On August 27, 1990 the WWF’s third annual SummerSlam was held in front of 19,304 fans at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the final match on the card, WWF World Heavyweight Champion The Ultimate Warrior put his title on the line against “Ravishing” Rick Rude (with Bobby "The Brain" Heenan) in a steel cage match. Warrior and Rude had been feuding since the 1989 Royal Rumble. Rude left the WWF in late 1990 due to a dispute with the company about money. The Warrior held the WWF World

WWF @ Madison Square Garden – October 20, 1980 Dusty Rhodes & Pat Patterson defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans in a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match via referee’s decision; fall #1: Rhodes pinned Sika with an elbow at 11:47; fall #2: the curfew expired | RassleRama

Rocky Johnson, born in 1944, joined the WWF in the early 1980s after success in the NWA. In 1983, he and Tony Atlas, as “The Soul Patrol,” became the first African-American WWF World Tag Team Champions, holding the titles until 1984. After retiring in 1991, Rocky trained his son, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, helping him enter the WWF. He appeared occasionally, like at WrestleMania 13 in 1997, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008 by The Rock, before passing away in 2020. Dwayne “The R

1980 WWF Championship Wrestling Vince McMahon interviews Tony Atlas. This brings out Hulk Hogan and Fred Blassie. | RassleRama