Wrestling Observer Flashbacks 1990

Wrestling Observer Flashback – 10.15.90

It’s my birthday and what better way to celebrate than with a Wrestling Observer Flashback!

And not only that, but it’s a Wrestling Observer Flashback…FLASHBACK. So yeah, a reader with too much time on his hands pointed out that I had skipped the 10/15 issue from 1990 for whatever reason. So let’s head back to 1990 and see what was going on that week!

Previously in the Observer… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/18/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-17-90/

It’s the final issue of 1990 as we head into the Christmas break, and this is gonna be a weird transition for me as we move from my collection to the archives on f4wonline.com.  No more scrawled handwitten newsflashes or mistakes fixed with correction tape!

I would be remiss if I didn’t encourage everyone to sign up for the monthly subscription, at $10.99, and you can follow along with me and get access to another 10 years of issues!  I’ve been a subscriber since the day the premium version of the site launched and I’ve never regretted it.  Since I’ve spent the past year or so piggybacking off Dave’s writing with these, the least I can do is hopefully send some business his way.

http://account.f4wonline.com/signup

OK, enough business talk.  Let’s wrap up 1990!

Previously in the Observer Flashback…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/17/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-10-90/

Time for Dave to figure out what the heck is going on with Maeda and the UWF…

Previously in the Wrestling Observer Flashback… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/16/wrestling-observer-flashback-12-03-90/

Geez, ANOTHER promotion dies this week?  What a downer 1990 is turning into.

But hey, on the lighter side to start…

Previously in the Observer Flashback…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/14/wrestling-observer-flashback-11-26-90/

It’s time for a double shot of Dave reviews:  Survivor Series 90 and Clash XIII!

Also, it’s time to say goodbye to another territory.  This is a long one, might want to get some coffee first.

Previously in the Observer…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/13/wrestling-observer-flashback-11-19-90/

We closed out last issue teasing some major shakeups coming to WCW, and we’re about to find out why…

Previously, in the Observer…  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/12/wrestling-observer-flashback-11-12-90/

Hey, did anyone else notice that the 11/12 Observer was posted…on 11/12?

Anyway, remember that big title change last week…?

HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS, Dave notes, because it’s BIG NEWS week.

Wait, what if we’re not wearing a hat?  Oh shit, we’re screwed now.

Previously in the Flashback:  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/11/wrestling-observer-flashback-11-06-90/

I was actually going to redo the Halloween Havoc 90 rant based on the full PPV version that I’ve never seen…but the Network only has the Turner Home Video version.  That seems like a pretty huge oversight.

Well, let’s see what Dave thought about the show…

WHAT THE FUCK, WHITE PEOPLE?!?

Previously in the Observer Flashbacks, written during the glorious time before DONALD FUCKING TRUMP became President:  http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/07/wrestling-observer-flashback-10-22-90/

So it turns out that “fired” might not actually mean fired for a bunch of guys.

Previously in the Flashback… http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/2016/11/04/wrestling-observer-flashback-10-08-90/

I think I’m missing 10/15, but I don’t think much happened anyway.

Houses are down in the WWF, and housecleaning is about to begin…

What, ANOTHER child molestation charge?  What a downer this year is.

I’m currently writing this during a very tense 7th game of the World Series, and what better way to unwind than with an in-depth look at the life of Antonio Inoki?

Lest you think that petty legal squabbles bringing down a minor league wrestling promotion are a recent development, let us take you back to the slow death of the USWA in Dallas…

The Black Scorpion = RATINGS GOLD?!? 

Apparently we really are in Bizarroworld.

Oh hey, remember how Onita was going to do an angle with Jose Gonzales in Puerto Rico, but then everyone came to their senses?  Well, about that…

Man, we’re just moving through this year like crazy, aren’t we?

Thanks to Mr. Tito for the shoutout last night, always appreciated.

If I might quote Vince McMahon:  It’s SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUMMER time, time for SUMMERSLAM!

Just about time for Summerslam next week, but first another obit to open the issue…

It’s a patented Slow News Week as we head into Summerslam, but the issue is still 10 pages.  Oh, Dave.

But don’t be fooled by the Slow News, as two major promotions actually reach their finales this week, although we didn’t realize it at the time.

The downers keep downing this week with another famous tragedy.

Never could get the hang of Wednesdays.