Let's be realistic.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Summerslam 1990 had some marvellous names on the card, plus some good story angles. The P.P.V had the potential to be a highly memorable one. Sadly, this wasn't the case in my opinion. The matches of The Rockers vs Power and Glory was too one-sided and also too predictable. Shawn Michaels had a legitimate leg injury so I can understand why he couldn't participate in the tag team match. Even so, it was disappointing. The Sapphire/ Queen Sherri match didn't even bloody happen so it was a waste of time in planning it! They had a bit of heat with their angle and I'll bet the fans were looking forward to it. The match of Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Volkoff against The Orient Express was terrible from beginning to end. Tito Santana had become a midcarder at this stage of his career when he took on The Warlord but it was a decent match anyway. Jake Roberts vs Bad News Brown was ok and Big Boss Man as the guest referee was a good idea. Macho King and Dusty Rhodes were still in the middle of their feud when they had their dreadful match at Summerslam. Rhodes was losing momentum by now and he didn't stay for much longer with the WWE. Mr. Perfect defended his I.C title against newcomer Texas Tornado after Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake had to withdraw. The resulting match was ok but too short. Demolition vs The Hart Foundation in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the tag team titles is undoubtedly the best one on the card. There were numerous twists and turns and I enjoyed it. The new member being Crush, meant that Ax was being fazed out due to an injury. Legion of Doom certainly added some spice to this title match and should have been included on the Summerslam card. The Hart Foundation proved they are one of the leading teams in wrestling history and deserved another title reign. Now for the double main event: Hulk Hogan had been absent from the company for a short time but he still had a good angle with the superheavyweight that was Earthquake. In Hogan's corner was Big Boss Man and with Earthquake was Canadian strong man, Dino Bravo. I rate the match as being very good. It was bound to be a bit more leisurely paced but it worked up about good head of steam. The Ultimate Warrior defended his heavyweight title against Ravishing Rick Rude inside a steel cage. It was the first time this kind of match had been held at a Summerslam event and it is great. The Warrior and Rude had re-ignited their angle from the previous year. According to various sources, Rude left the company in disgust after discovering how much The Warrior was paid for the cage match. That was quite a loss as Ravishing Rick Rude is a fine worker. Vince McMahon and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper provided some very good commentary. Some very good matches but also some very poor ones.

Yes, we have an intercontinental Title Tournament. Hope that Mr. Perfect won.1. Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty Vs Hercules/Paul Roma 6/10 2. Mr. Perfect Vs. The Texas Tornado - Hmm, new IC Champ 6/10 3. Sister Sherri Vs. Sapphire 4/10 4. The Warlord Vs. Tito Santana 5.5/10 5. World Tag Title Match: Hart Foundation Vs. Demolition 6/10 6. Bad News Brown Vs. Jake Roberts 5/10 7. Orient express Vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan/Nikolai Volkoff 4/10 8. Randy Savage Vs. Piggy Rhodes 4.5/10 9. Hulk Hogan Vs. Earthquake 4.5/10 10. The Ultimate Idiot Vs. Ricky Rude w. New Haircut Only for Rude 5/10 Last three matches was really weak except Rude.... Main event, ehm...

Roddy Piper joined Vince McMahon to comment this standout SummerSlam event of the good old days of WWF action. Power $ Glory took it to the original Rockers in a sneak attack before the bell. Watch for the final, wild moments of the Hulk Hogan-Earthquake revenge bout. Big Bossman was in Hulster's corner. He rushes the ring with a chair as Hogan is held up in a vicious choke hold-the, one, two shots to the 5-foot wide back of Earthquake (John Tenta)! Piper screams in disbelief to Mr. McMahon: "Did you see the welts on his back from that chair!" A steel cage main event title match follows with the late Rick Rude challenging his toughest opponent then WWF champion The Ultimate Warrior.

This one has always been a sentimental favorite of mine. I won a VHS copy of it in a newspaper competition about 8 years ago, and I still watch it today, it's great fun.It's like a peek into another world-Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior are on top of the WWF, and probably two of their more interesting , if not brilliant, outings are here. Vince McMahon and Roddy Piper are hamming it up on commentary, and virtually everything that was great about wrestling between 1988-92 is here-a great Hart Foundation bout, prime Curt Hennig stuff, The Rockers, the underrated Brother Love sketches and plenty more. Not totally great, but really fun stuff all round.