BobbyUK Here are the matches . . .Hart Foundation v Brainbusters: Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard actually have the tag titles here but the match was signed before they had them so this contest is a no title match. The Foundation look impressive here and The Brainbusters sell every move, even the basic ones, as if their lives depended on it and the psychology is flawless. A couple of nice moves involve Bret flipping and reversing to make double armdrags, Niedhart slingshot to the outside and Anvil reverse slamming Bret onto Tully for an attempted pin which is interrupted by an Arn Anderson double axe handle off the top rope. Arn then makes the switch and the pin. A very intelligent match from both sides and a great way to kick things off. 8/10 Dusty Rhodes v Honky Tonk Man: The effeminate Dusty takes control to start with and gains a psychological hold on Honky by roughing up his hair. Jimmy Hart's megaphone comes into play when it gets whacked in Rhodes's stomach (probably the only time the megaphone hasn't been decisive in a Hart match). The guitar becomes the decider when Jimmy Hart accidentally smacks Honky over the head with it aiming for Rhodes who gets the pin. Honky's delirious interview after the match is hilarious. 3/10 Red Rooster v Mr Perfect: Terry Taylor pretty much kills his wrestling career by posing as a rooster in this match with the impeccable Curt Hennig. Perfect performs a lovely hip-toss and standing dropkick. Rooster attempts to slam Perfect but falls backwards for Perfect to receive a 2 count. I reckon Taylor injured himself because seconds later Perfect scores the Perfect Plex for the pin. 4/10The Rockers and Tito Santana v Rougeau's and Rick Martel: Santana from here becomes a jobber to the stars and Martel has some relatively successful feuds - even their feud gets ignited once every year thereafter if they meet at The Royal Rumble. This energetic match is fast-paced throughout and shows some nice double team moves on both sides, Martel settling into his heel role very well. The match ends when Martel makes the save on a Marty Jannetty rollover pin attempt on Jacques (even though Michaels was the legal man) and pins him making this the first and last PPV win for The Rougeaus. 6/10 Ultimate Warrior v 'Ravashing' Rick Rude for the Intercontinental title: Warrior no sells Rude to start with and gorilla presses Rude to the outside where Warrior follows him and whacks him over the back with the Intercontinental belt which sparks off the famous 'he can do what he likes he is outside the ring' exchange between Jesse Ventura and Tony Schiavonne. Rude attempts the 'Rude Awakening' neck breaker but Warrior powers out of it. The action escalates when both wrestlers collide with the referee which causes Warrior to power-slam and pile-drive Rude for a near 3 count. The only bad point to the match is Rude messes up a reverse pile-driver but it doesn't look too obvious. 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper comes along and moons at Rude which distracts him enough for Warrior to belly to back suplex him off the turnbuckle, gorilla press and splash for the pin and the Intercontinental title. A great moment in the WWF and a brilliant promo by Bobby Heenan afterwards. 9/10 Demolition and 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan v Twin Towers and Andre the Giant: Duggan enters the ring with his face painted in the stars and stripes while wearing a crown and robe. Andre the Giant can barely stand up without falling over so needs to be in a tag team to carry him throughout the rest of his wrestling career. Smash creates the highlight by slamming both Twin Towers to a crowd pop. The match ends when 'Hacksaw' smacks Akeem over the back with his 2 by 4 and places Smash on top of him. Mercifully short. 4/10 Hercules v Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine: 'Rugged' Ronny Garvin starts the proceedings as ring announcer stammering through his weak insults against The Hammer. This match is absolutely hopeless as Greg gets the illegal pin with feet on the ropes over poor ol' Herc. Ronny puts a spanner in the works again as he informs the referee of the injustice and reverses the decision to disqualification in Hercules's favour. 2/10 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka v 'Million dollar man' Ted Dibiase: The only eventful thing that happens in this match was Snuka botching a reverse leapfrog and landing on top of Dibiase. The rest is rather boring as Snuka predictably gets distracted by Virgil as he attempts the Superfly splash on Dibiase. Snuka gets counted out chasing after Virgil but manages to get revenge by performing the move on Virgil after the match. 2/10 Hulk Hogan and Brutus 'Barber' Beefcake v 'Machoking' Randy Savage and Zeus: It's Savage's second Summerslam in the main event and the second time he was overshadowed - this time by a talentless actor called Tom 'Tiny' Lister. The match is mostly a brawl with 'Machoking' settling into Ted Dibiase's role the year previously carrying his partner through the match, noticeably giving him instructions throughout as Brutus looks convincing in his role of support as Hogan does his thing. Elizabeth plays her part as cheerleader. The match ends illogically because Zeus is portrayed as indestructible that even chair shots don't affect him yet it only takes a couple of Hogan clotheslines at the end to rock Zeus. Hogan takes the loaded purse and wallops Zeus in the face with it. Hogan completes the slam and running leg drop for the pin. 6/10 Overall, a great event that goes downhill featuring the lacklustre undercard matches at the end, especially after the excellent Intercontinental title match. With a bit of match reshuffling Summerslam 1989 would feel more balanced.

wrestlingsitewebmaster This Summerslam from the Meadowlands arena, failed to product a worthy PPV. Summerslam in 1988 was way better than this and some of the matches were a colossal bore. Tom 'Zeus' Lister was an actor not a wrestler and it showed. All he could do was shout and smile, he had no wrestling qualities, but then again McMahon liked the guy because of his size. The result? A p*ss poor main event.Results from the show: The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Heidhart) in a fair but long match.Dusty Rhodes defeated The Honky Tonk Man in a boring match. The only interesting thing in this match was at the end. Jimmy Hart accidentally hit Honky with his own guitar and Dusty got the win.Mr Perfect downed The Red Rooster in a short match.The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) and Tito Santana lost to The Fabulous Rougeou Brothers and Rick Martel.The Ultimate Warrior beat Rick Rude to win the Intercontinental Championship in a passable match.King Duggan and Demolition defeated Akeem, Big Bossman and Andre the Giant in a fair match.Greg 'the hammer' Valentine defeated Hercules. However special ring announcer Ronnie Garven declared that Hercules won by DQ after Valentine cheated by putting his feet on the ropes. No one actually knows who the winner was, even to this day!!! 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase defeated 'Superfly' Jimmy Snuka in a good match.Hulk Hogan and Brutus 'the barber' Beefcake defeated 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Zeus in a crap match.Not good! Overall Grade - C

Spawn Devil He was the most powerful force in the universe, and the key to Randy `Macho Man' Savage's plan to destroy his bitter enemy, Hulk Hogan. His name was Zeus, a mountain of a man standing at nearly 7 feet and weighing around 300 pounds of solid muscle. Savage recruited Zeus in an effort to take down Hogan, who with his ally, Brutus `The Barber' Beefcake, battled Savage and Zeus in a tag team match to headline SummerSlam 1989. In the end, Hulkamania triumphed again when Hogan bodyslammed Zeus and hit the legdrop for the win! For the second year in a row, the Ultimate Warrior made history at SummerSlam by capturing his second Intercontinental Championship. Warrior defeated `Ravishing' Rick Rude, who five months earlier defeated Warrior for the title at WrestleMania V. The win would eventually lead to Warrior's epic title-for-title confrontation with Hogan at WrestleMania VI.SummerSlam 1989 The Brain Busters defeated the Hart Foundation Dusty Rhodes pinned the Honky Tonk Man Mr. Perfect pinned the Red Rooster The Rougeaus & Rick Martel defeated the Rockers & Tito Santana The Ultimate Warrior pinned Rick Rude to win the Intercontinental Title Demolition & "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeated Andre the Giant & the Twin Towers Hercules defeated Greg "the Hammer" Valentine by DQ Ted DiBiase defeated "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka by countout Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake defeated Randy Savage & ZeusOverall Mark: C+

Big Movie Fan The original SummerSlam was superb. The second annual SummerSlam was also superb.Back in 1989 all the WWF stars put on good matches even though some of them had limited abilities. The WWF of 1989 had many varieties of wrestler-high flying wrestlers,technical wrestlers,brawlers etc.There are great matches throughout this card. There are two that really stand out. The Ultimate Warrior has an awesome match with the late Ravishing Rick Rude. This bout even topped their fantastic match from WrestleMania V.(SPOILER AHEAD)The main event pitted Hulk Hogan and his best buddy Brutus Beefcake against dastardly heels Randy Savage and the seemingly unstoppable Zeus. It was great to see Hogan and the power of Hulkamania overcome the 'invincible' Zeus.