STW

[@danielescalera6638]

Oh man Vince introducing the old royal rumbles was gold back in the day

[@CanadianGuitarist]

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKKUUUUUUUUUU!" is one of my favourite things ever.

[@jaw0608]

AHHHHNNNNDRRRAAAAYYYYY THE GIANT!

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Can't remember if it was this rumble but there was one where he announced Ax's name and because its only one syllable it came out like AAARGHHH-XXXXX

[@philiprobertson395]

Yes. That was my favorite.

[@DJIronMike1981]

I love the Dibiase vs. Roberts spot. It's so masterfully built. Jake's music hitting, him slowly walking to the ring and pointing at the Million Dollar Man and the crowd pop always gives me goosebumps. Even Schiavone screaming gives me the nostalgic feels.

[@geneanderson5162]

When Conrad states "meltzer says" I want Bruce to scream "who cares what meltzer says" 🤣😂🤣😂👏👏🤘🤘

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

It's definitely tired to hear Conrad act like Dave Meltzer is some sort of unbiased authority on wrestling, like someone insisting that a video game is great because of its MetaCritic score.

[@FIREBALLER100]

Either that or " IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DAVE MELTZER SAYS". Lol

[@pikkon899]

@@palaceofwisdom9448 Meltzer shouldn't even be put on a Metacritic comparison. It's the opinion of one guy who's notoriously harsh when it comes to the WWF/E and American Wrestling in general as opposed to Metacritic being an aggregated score based on several individuals.

[@danielescalera6638]

@@palaceofwisdom9448 I prefer Alvarez and Keller to Meltzer myself

[@danielescalera6638]

@@pikkon899 6 stars in the egg dome

[@roberdink]

in my opinion, this was the best 30-man Rumble of all time!

[@roberdink]

@Chris Terry how was the 92 Rumble better?

[@roberdink]

@Chris Terry I will agree that 92 had better commentary, but 90 had more former and future World champions combined. It also had Andre The Giant.

[@roberdink]

@Chris Terry at the Wrestlecrap forum there is a thread titled "Best 30-man Rumbles by each decade".

[@crushthecrushermachinewwel6500]

Royal Rumble 1990 is my favorite

[@gurtejbauer659]

Same

[@Dizzy1980]

1:19:30 Amazing promo by Hacksaw... especially when he corrects his pronunciation of "approach" with such searing conviction! Sean Mooney too... what a legendary WWF mic man!

[@machoman3828]

Conrad is heavier than Earthquake

[@billhedstrom16]

I like how the photo is the rumble 94. I just don't remember Adam Bomb trying to eliminate the hit man or Shawn Michaels beat Marty janetty!

[@danielhamby9448]

Glad I’m not the only one who caught that.. Bam Bam Bigelo laid up in the turnbuckle was the first thing that caught my attention

[@D2Kprime]

If you guys haven't already you should do a watch-along of the 1991 Royal Rumble. There is a *TON* of things to talk about in that one. Of course, it would be the last WWF PPV we'd see Bruce on for a long time.

[@Dizzy1980]

I remember the arena practically rioted when Slaughter pinned Warrior. That was back when wrestling fans really BELIEVED. It was amazing.

[@mrkipling2201]

3:40 I would say is the start. That’s where I started it from.

[@mew888]

How could "Big Dave" hate the 89 rumble pose down spot? That segment was fantastic. Jessie and Bobby were on top form and made it amazingly entertaining.

[@Dizzy1980]

"Shut up Monsoon! Nobody won nothin' yet! Rude all the way!"

[@nickm393]

Because it didn't have midgets doing flips.

[@ericjackson7632]

I loved the Posedown. "Look at that most muscular by Rude." - Jesse Ventura. Also Heenan' s condescending comments to the crowd. Great stuff.

[@wooobenny]

it was maybe a little long but yeah how else to you get rude a win (not a match win but win a battle in the war) vs warrior?

[@AdamSmith-sp5cf]

53:22 Buster Douglas lost the title to Evander Holyfield not Moorer, come on Conrad lol

[@elitedls]

They don't know boxing. No remembers buster Douglas on Saturday night main event

[@hooksncrosses3419]

Plus Tyson had gone over 2 rounds by January 1990! He went the distance with Bonecrusher Smith and Tony Tucker!🤦‍♂️

[@tomgilmartin672]

Holyfield was supposed to go against Tyson after that but......well you know

[@stevenhanna1434]

Moorer lost to Forman

[@TruckerJenkins82]

Something To Wrestle with Dave Meltzer featuring Bruce on colour

[@danielescalera6638]

5 stars in the egg dome

[@machoman3828]

It’s so sad but that’s what this show is, Conrad hurts the show with his bullshit Meltzer reports ... who gives a fuck what he reported. Guy sucks (Meltzer & Conrad)

[@skimmer243]

Ya its Royal Rumble time again 2020 , looking back at them all this mite be the best one 1990 , has to be one of the best so Unpredictably , so different . 13 out of the 30 of them have passed away since 1990 RR RIP to them all.

[@marvinfoster8406]

The 1990 royal rumble is the first thing i remember when it comes to wrestling i had it on vhs recorded i swear i use to always watch this

[@DavysFlicks]

Conrad man, I say this with love - lose some weight. You were out of breath just doing that intro. You've done enough shows on wrestlers dying young putting pressure on their hearts. Don't be the same.

[@Jbobloochjr3]

As much as he's done for me/us love to find a way to help if he's interested.

[@deepblue8143]

He wasn't out of breath, if he was constantly out of breath he would always sound like that on the Podcasts. It was obvious that he was nervous being in front of the camera.

[@Jbobloochjr3]

@@deepblue8143 Hope and think you're right but if he wanted to help I'd love to help him. His shows been a huge help to me the last year or two and would love to give back/help in return. Have a great weekend

[@deepblue8143]

@@Jbobloochjr3 thank you, you have a great weekend too. I know what you mean about this show helping out, it's done the same exact thing for me and has really kept my mind off of certain things while keeping me happy and positive. I hope I'm right too and Conrad is doing good. The saving grace to me is that he doesn't seem out of breath on the shows as opposed to how he is speaking here.

[@Jbobloochjr3]

@@deepblue8143 I understand that completely probably or maybe with different meanings/ways. His shows and friends with shows here just made a lot of rought/tough days better the last 18months or good days greater. Hope he's okay like we say and it was just a rough commercial pitch he had. And if he feels the need to "cut a promo" on me for being wrong I completely understand and still would help if interested. Hope you're Sunday is good Heath!

[@Halbared]

My joint favourite Rumble. Not seen it for over 20 years but I can still name the entrants in order. Loved the intros by Vince and the old rumble music.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

1:04:17-That was at Wrestlemania V! I had a tape, and Me and my friend discovered that and we mist have rewound that part a million times laughing our asses off!!!

[@Bermondseybob]

My first ever WWF event I saw. It's probably my most watched event full stop!

[@winnebagonutshot8137]

Best part about this episode is towards the end where they play the audio from the promo montage. It's great trying to figure out who each one is with just their voice. Much better than trying figure out if that really is Tessa Blanchard taking a shit or not.

[@tiradouken2854]

Yea. It brought back so many memories of my childhood. I think that ppv was the 1st one I ever saw.

[@Njbear7453]

I watched the show before and it was fun remembering who cut each promo. Jimmy snuka: royal rumble woo woo 😭😭😂😂😂

[@Super122291]

Was wrong with Tessa

[@1sportsfan]

Buster Douglas lost the title to EVANDER HOLYFIELD not Michael Moorer.

[@randylynch4330]

Now....did you use 94 RR graphic cause its episode 1-94......as in January 1994?

[@thewiseguy3690]

Hey Conrad when can we get an episode on the 1996 Royal Rumble? We definitely need more episodes from 1996 in general like the 96 Survivor Series which has a lot of great content that you can cover, IYH Good Friends, Better Enemies, IYH Mind Games. By the way I love the show both you and Bruce are a great team. I just started listening about 3 weeks ago and I literally listen every single day at work for about 7-8 hours.

[@sheilastrong6569]

Rumble 1990 talk starts at 55:15

[@carminebasilicata6755]

Conrad is a great interview but get to the point lol

[@fightfiendmiggs7473]

Not sure if there is one yet, but an episode Rumble '91 would be cool. I'd be interested to hear Warrior's reaction to being told he's dropping the belt to Slaughter and if there was any push back from him.👌🏽

[@derekgaliee4351]

That is on you tube by one of his fans for a hour . He wearing a black coat starting removing it talk his upbringing to WCCW to Von Erichs to WWF to WCW Backstage politicians and Hogan being a Phoney

[@josephboza7448]

This was a great episode. It did its job of setting up the main event of Wrestlemania. The rocket ship was strapped to the Ultimate Warrior. it was obvious at Survivor Series 89 when The Ultimate Warriors vs The Heenan Family was the main event. Episode 95 of What happened when: Conrad watched this pay per view with Tony and we learned the backstory of why Tony worked the show when we were used to at the time Vince and Jesse. Bruce did a great job on the Brother Love show with Sherri and Sapphire.

[@jees4711]

The way they put the Rumble match together was perfect

[@Dizzy1980]

1:25:04 Demolition's promo was absolutely priceless!

[@Dizzy1980]

Nobody gave a scarier promo than Demolition Ax in his prime!

[@boskocam4854]

this is probably my favorite 1990 royal rumble, and 2001

[@Halbared]

I could have quoted Dusty Rhodes promo back, I still remember it

[@ogarstyle]

Hercules is in the Rumble Royal!!!

[@tyreed.3716]

1990 Royal Rumble was the last WWF PPV Carson, CA didn't air before In Your House

[@jeff136]

B-BUT when does the episode start.....

[@Ramenshea83]

Loved this royal rumble growing up. Warrior Hogan made everyone pop , arena and House

[@zhakimw]

The warrior theme was the reason i won track, out ran police when i done some shit...something about that theme send a surge of energy in your body

[@Super122291]

Hmmm u naughty boy 👦

[@l.j.garcia1042]

Valentine vs Garvin wasn't gonna be anything flashy or exciting but I always loved that these 2 would chop the shit out of each other. I actually enjoyed that feud.

[@henrikschmidt3964]

Paul Roma had perhaps the most impressive drop-kick I ever saw. Power and Glory should have been pushed to the moon.

[@titone311]

great tag team that should of had a title run

[@AWrestlingHistorian]

That was the plan before the Nasty Boys showed up.

[@henrikschmidt3964]

@@AWrestlingHistorian Damn those Nasties.

[@bonesbrigader]

If this were today WWE would turn The Ultimate Warrior heel 2 months after Wrestlemania

[@aaronwillhite8463]

Love you Conrad and Bruce, truly the best podcast on KZbin and and in the world!!! Please keep doing these wonderful videos you guys have truly have made my life better doing these it means a lot to me!

[@WillS724]

Every rumble entrant had more intensity in their promos than anyone in the last 5 years.

[@RyanDMoore]

That was ALL caused by cocaine, every single promo at the end. No doubt whatsoever. Do it once and you'll certainly know lol it's hard to listen to.

[@ZEUSDAZ]

god, most of this chat had nothing to do with the rumble, I wanted to know more about who thought of the idea for Hogan and Warrior to meet and did any of the managers or wrestlers know this was gonna happen at the Rumble as I remember watching it and all the managers stayed at ringside to watch what would happen as if they had no idea this was planned, sorry guys but you only scratched the surface of this Rumble, would have been better if you hadn't spent most of the bloody time talking about Tyson.

[@vxrdrummer]

I thought exactly the same. They covered the Tyson stuff in another episode. I had to check that it wasn't a repeat!!! I wanted to hear all about my favourite RR! I always remember that I hadn't seen RR 90 and I had WM6 on VHS, and seeing the clips of it like the Piper - Bad News piece, and then the Hogan - Warrior piece, I was so desparate to see it. I wasn't dissapointed at all!!!! I think that RR 90 and RR 92 are the best ones overall.

[@DirtyDadDingus]

Butch gave Raymond a “quick rub and a squeezey squeezey”

[@billhedstrom16]

OSW fan I assume?

[@mikedolan6176]

Yes, but what bar was he?

[@DirtyDadDingus]

Well Mike, Raymond is wearing blue, yellow and white. He is.....a box of lemon heads

[@mikedolan6176]

@@DirtyDadDingus A winner is you! Give that man a can of coke!!!

[@neonsabbath6324]

Either this one or 1992 had the best 30 man roster for the Rumble.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Watching this Rumble now! 11/3/2022 @1830est

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

Man! Queen Sherri is fine AF!

[@theultimatejoost]

Am I the only one that thinks the Hulk had a bit of a walrus look?

[@matsong5134]

“I think pay per view even had those adult movies on it” don’t lie Bruce, YOU KNOW! 😂😂😂

[@neellabar7160]

Matson G bruce spent much of the late 80’s / early 90’s in hotel rooms fighting off brother love rats ... he needed no porn. He WAS the porn

[@Dizzy1980]

1:28:50 "If they REFUSE to understand that the power of the Ultimate Warrior has spread like a virus amongst the WWF....then let them continue to walk as normal as they seem." Those are words to live by, ladies and gentleman, words to live by! :D

[@roberdink]

I like better the line he uses later "EVERY MAN SHALL FIGHT FOR WHAT HE FEELS IS IN HIMSELF!"

[@scotthenderson5648]

Roid lingo

[@roberdink]

@@scotthenderson5648 Yes, but eloquent.

[@ericjackson7632]

Conrad proved Bruce was right with that Michael Moorer comment.

[@jfoxxbrowning]

Is the picture of the Rumble match in the graphic of the Rumble from 1994?

[@stevepmg9202]

100%

[@stevenoliviero3652]

This was a huge WWF PPV January 21 1990

[@RATEDRFORRICHARD]

Missed opportunities: Earthquake having a face to face with André the Giant. Having Jake the Snake Roberts last until the end with Mr. Perfect, Rick Rude and Hulk Hogan with Jake going for the DDT on Mr. Perfect and getting eliminated by Rick Rude. Or having The Ultimate Warrior winning the Royal Rumble.

[@Dizzy1980]

Yes, Ultimate Warrior last eliminating Hulk Hogan! Though I suppose that would've made WrestleMania VI way too obvious.

[@roccotheman4154]

Buster Douglas lost the belt to Evander Holyfield

[@frednichols9851]

Dave Meltzer is way off on this one. Great PPV!!

[@Natefuentes]

#fuckdavemeltzer

[@mox19380]

meltzer always had a ingrained bias for NWA/WCW

[@jamesbonnen]

1:26:00 You can hear Shawn Michaels southern drawl in that one

[@Holden308]

Actually, the promo cut by the Ultimate Warrior for this one was one of his best, and most coherent. And just like his SummerSlam 1989 promo hinted at his coming feud with Andre the Giant, this one hinted at a confrontation with Hulk Hogan.

[@mox19380]

as a kid i LOVED the bushwackers. i was 8 at this time and they were one of my favorite tag teams. As an adult i can't wait for their matches to end. now their NWA days, that's for adults

[@Adb12San]

One hour in; still haven't talked about the rumble ppv yet.

[@hitmangfx7162]

Followup question...What happened with Rick Rude coming out earlier? Did he miss the bell/timer?

[@FIREBALLER100]

Does anyone have a time cue on each Royal Rumble promo ?

[@machoman3828]

Conrad sucks, Bruce carries this show but looking forward to Bruce talking Royal Rumble 1990

[@matthewbaumber3554]

I'd give this Rumble 2 thumbs up too. Valentine vs Garvin was 1st submission match I saw and was white hot. Couldn't imagine either submitting. Rumble match was best one so far and a great set up for Wrestlemania.

[@cpalmer8945]

When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to order wrestling or any other PPV's. I would still put it on the channel even though picture was scrambled i would still listen to the commentary and woul still be able to catch an image here and there. Anyone else out there did that? Holla if you hear me

[@SonicAlchemy13]

I would look forward to and make a party out of listening to PPV's on the scrambled signals just as much as if I was actually able to watch them. I'd have my bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, soda and Chewy bars and turn up the TV as loud as it could go and was in 10 year old heaven. I also enjoyed the fact that I could play with my toys and games at the same time cause I didn't have to watch the screen. Great childhood memories you've brought up!

[@cnell75]

yes! i thought i was the only one. of course there was no way my parents were ordering any wrestling pay per view. i remember watching this one scrambled just hoping for a clear image for just a second. i did this for several other ppvs as well

[@bigperm4119]

These ads on here are ridiculous.

[@Davidjon1946]

, why was Buster Douglas Landing in Buffalo New York does anybody know

[@jims.6393]

It'll never be this good again. #Promos

[@RyanDMoore]

I had to laugh at HOW coked up EVERY one of those promos were. Jesus Christmas for being a kids program, it sure is adult behind the scenes. Way too much coke, no wonder how many of them have died from overdosing.

[@pikkon899]

"Hogan squeezed too hard" Hahaha! It doesn't take much to put someone out with a front face lock, especially someone with a neck like Belzer, who gave no indication it was on "too hard" Hogan did screw up by dropping him like that. I'll agree there.

[@butch5419]

Tyson was doin some HBO fights around this time, not as much ppv.

[@foxmulderGC]

Outstanding!! Warrior : “28 men...” “28 men”... “29 men...” Hercules : “Rumble Royal”

[@mcmaniac1000]

1:15:00 Bruce ass could WORK!! He would spill out that ring graphic as hell like he was dead. It was almost "Hennig-like".

[@taekwondotime]

Conrad looks like the One Man Gang / Akeem. :)

[@shane-irish]

Thats his gimmick

[@machoman3828]

Taekwondo Time I see Earthquake / Yokozuna kid if they had one .... just 600 lbs of fat smelly shit

[@LooseCan88]

Most Las Vegas Casinos would not take action on the Buster/Tyson fight. Something was odd about that.

[@HighVoltageRockNRoll]

The 1990 Royal Rumble match is my 2nd favorite rumble of all time behind the 92 rumble. It was fantatsic. The ppv itself was good as well. Dave Meltzer gave the rumble match 3 stars? Why does anybody listen to that goof. In terms of crowd reactions, the way the wrestlers entered and the moments in produced it was top notch. I couldn't agree more about promos being a lost art it is severely lacking in todays wrestling.

[@henrikschmidt3964]

I was sad to learn that Lanny Poffo hated his match with Beefcake. To me it was a good comedy match that delievered pretty much what I would hope.

[@michaelpitt57]

Whats the betting Conrad spends 2 hours yacking about the timeline and barely an hour actually talking about the royal rumble 1990 ppv?

[@winnebagonutshot8137]

One month of events and happenings leading up to a 3 hour happening. Sounds about right to me.

[@travismcdonald6576]

Mikey P Hey, at least he talks wrestling here.

[@gripstrength]

"Giving the old 'How's your father?' to one of the Rougeaus..." Never heard that expression before, but I know exactly what you're referring to.

[@davidpriolo434]

What's with the abrupt ending where's chaka khan

[@davesampson158]

I agree with Bruce about still having Tyson regardless of his loss. Having Tyson on their WWF platform would've been a great way for Tyson to redeem himself by letting the world know that "Tyson lives" and he's not going anywhere!.

[@cpalmer8945]

The movie " Generally Horny Hospital" was a great PPV success

[@stingrey1571]

i remember where i was when i heard tyson lost to buster douglas. i was a kid up late watching a syndicated show called "comic strip live." in the middle of his set. the comedian on stage said, mike tyson just got knocked out. the audience laughed. then he told them, "no, i am not joking. buster douglas knocked out mike tyson."

[@welterskelter]

Link?

[@borednow5838]

Awesome show! Had high hopes going in and it didn't let me down. Man Hogan VS. Tyson at the time would have been epic! Love the Macho-Buster Douglas story. Think overall this is one of the more underrated Rumble cards. Rumble 95 should be a great listen next week too. Oh, and "Fuck Dave Meltzer!"

[@machoman3828]

Wish Bruce would say “wait what did Meltzer report?” Then soon as fat Conrad goes to answer just cut him off and scream “IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT MELTZER REPORTS!!!!!”

[@averyconnordaddy]

It's tough being jealous, isn't it?

[@machoman3828]

Keith Antonevich lmfao jealous???? Fat Conrad is 600 lbs and bound to die within next 3 years at his current eating pace. I’m concerned that you’re a fat Conrad fan, didn’t know they existed

[@justpunishingvaginassince1923]

Macho Man YOU CAN HEAR THROUGH THE AIR DUCTS CONRADS OBESITY, FUCKING DISASTEROUS

[@theuserwithnoname7688]

@@machoman3828 What's up way Conrad? Seems like an alright kinda guy, unless I've missed something pretty obvious?

[@shane-irish]

@@machoman3828 so what if he is fat no need to be an asshole about it

[@jasonbantle]

That’s the 94 rumble in the pic below. Come on, guys....

[@andrebdd5818]

The answer is Michael Moore Good to see Conrad knows as much about boxing as he does the inner works of wrestling. It was evander Holyfield

[@henrikschmidt3964]

That lawsuit with Richard Beltzer was such BS. I am hardly Hulk's biggest fan but he did NOTHING wrong in my estimation.

[@jrblanton9284]

RR 1990 talk starts at 3:49.

[@steelenigma17]

Thanks bud

[@machoman3828]

JR Blanton actually it starts at 1 hr 2 mins, that’s when start discussing actual card .... save yourselves first hour of bullshit

[@Aizenborgman]

So as usual. The information about Mr. Perfect’s Rumble victory was just a rumor . some of Hogan's haters are crying ^^

[@DaRealBenRichards]

It looks like the highest in this time period was 760k buys while the top boxing matches at that time were doubling that number.

[@andrewmartin4416]

looking great conrad. You hitting ddp yoga?

[@lukeboard696]

Have a promo at beginning Conrad!!

[@vcvortex6356]

Still with the mic clicking after all this time and money made. Will Conrad and Bruce EVER upgrade their equipment? It's such a shame that these great podcasts continue to be riddled with subpar audio. Edit: 26:10 perfect example. Once you notice this, you will keep noticing it throughout pretty much every podcast.

[@williamweber9390]

I love how he says rumblr was executed perfectly and mentioning mr perfect lol

[@ROSTAFA]

Rumble Event Starts at 1:00:29

[@machoman3828]

ROSTAFA so sad such a great event and Conrad had Bruce talking so much bullshit for first hour all we got was 45 mins of actual Royal Rumble 1990 event being covered. Conrad sucks

[@troyelich9307]

Buster lost to Evander Holyfield not Michael Moorer Conrad!!

[@DJRitty]

Sherri is the female GOAT. The RR suffered from losing Vince doing the roll call intro and the in between promos with the superstars...its so simple and they just don't do it. Vince should have never stopped doing the intros except when he's heel..

[@gothchicksbongrips5712]

Do an episode on the 2007 Royal Rumble.

[@YoNickSoko]

I fell asleep to STW last night but damn 1:24:35 FUCK. Woke me straight the hell up.

[@cpesq.5884]

When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside

[@tomgilmartin672]

I love the hard hitting questions: which Paul Roma tag team do you like better Young Stallions or Power & Glory

[@robwest5457]

If you watch wrestle mania 5 at about 46:53 you'll see what Conrad is talking about with Luke giving a Roujeau a bit of a how's your father...its...weird

[@carminebasilicata6755]

Hogan and Mr.T vs Tyson and Flair lol it would draw a huge crowd