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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – March 10, 1990

9th June 2021 by LScisco

Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura call the action and they are still in Phoenix, Arizona.  This week Ventura has an Ultimate Warrior t-shirt, changing his prediction on the WrestleMania VI main event after doing some research.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – March 5, 1990

7th June 2021 by LScisco

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio for this evening’s broadcast.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – February 19, 1990

21st May 2021 by LScisco

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are hosting tonight’s broadcast.  Heenan announces that Mike Tyson will not referee the WWF title match between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage on The Main Event.  Monsoon follows up by saying that Buster Douglas will take Tyson’s place.  Heenan is discouraged by this news because he hoped to referee the bout.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – February 18, 1990

19th May 2021 by LScisco

Tony Schiavone and Gorilla Monsoon are doing commentary and they are taped from Fort Myers, Florida.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – February 17, 1990

17th May 2021 by LScisco

Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are doing commentary and they are doing the second episode from Miami, Florida.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – February 10, 1990

10th May 2021 by LScisco

Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura call today’s action and kick off a new round of television tapings at the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on January 22 and drew a crowd of 15,063, 10,500 of which paid to attend.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – February 5, 1990

7th May 2021 by LScisco

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan host tonight’s show.

The Bushwhackers squash from the January 29 Wrestling Challenge episode airs.  Heenan wonders whether fans need shots after the Bushwhackers lick them.  He likens the spectacle to “a petting zoo on the road.”

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – February 3, 1990

3rd May 2021 by LScisco

Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura are doing commentary and they are concluding the tapings in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Dusty Rhodes squash match from Prime Time Wrestling airs.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – January 29, 1990

30th April 2021 by LScisco

As per usual, Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio hosting this evening’s show.  Heenan says that the Colossal Connection will be interested in seeing Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior team up tonight.  Monsoon says that Tugboat, who will appear on this show, is a “strange individual” who looks like he came from the Popeye cartoons, a great endorsement of the gimmick.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – January 22, 1990

21st April 2021 by LScisco

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan do the studio duties for tonight’s show.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Royal Rumble 1990

19th April 2021 by LScisco

Tony Schiavone and Jesse Ventura are in the booth and they are live from Orlando, Florida.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, this show drew a sellout crowd of 16,000 fans.  It also drew a buyrate of 2.0 (an estimated 260,000 buys), an increase from the 1.5 number the Rumble did the previous year.  This would also be the last pay-per-view that Schiavone would call for the WWF.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – January 15, 1990

12th April 2021 by LScisco

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the studio to spar with each other before they toss the broadcast over to new matches.  Tonight’s feature match comes from Chattanooga, Tennessee and was taped on January 3.

Heenan is upset that he cannot have the guests he wants on the program whereas Monsoon was able to bring Arnold Skaaland on last week’s show.  Monsoon tells Heenan that he had better not abscond with the yellow Royal Rumble hats on the broadcast desk.

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What the World Was Watching: WCW Saturday Night – September 30, 1995

16th September 2019 by LScisco

–Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan are calling the action and they are taped from Atlanta, Georgia.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, these tapings took place on September 20.

–Dusty Rhodes comes out to take on his new role as a color commentator.  Heenan demands that Dusty leave and when Dusty refuses, Heenan takes a hike, doing a funny bit of giving Schiavone and Dusty a bunch of chances to take him back.

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