I Rewatched All of 1990 WWF (It's Worse Than You Remember)

Wrestling

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Panoorin Ngayon

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1990 should have been WWF's victory lap. Instead, it was the year the cracks became impossible to ignore. WrestleMania VI gave us one of the most iconic moments in wrestling history: Ultimate Warrior defeating Hulk Hogan in front of 67,000 fans at the SkyDome. Two championships. Two legends. One unforgettable image. But what looked like the dawn of a new era was actually the beginning of creative collapse. In this deep dive, I rewatched every major PPV from 1990 and discovered a promotion that had completely lost its way. The Royal Rumble that revealed corporate fear. The post-WrestleMania booking that exposed how little the WWF understood storytelling without Hogan. The SummerSlam match that proved they valued presentation over substance. And the criminal misuse of Randy Savage that still hurts to watch. This isn't about nostalgia or cheap shots. This is about understanding how a company at the peak of its dominance made decisions that would haunt them for years to come. 📌 KEY TOPICS COVERED: • Why Hogan winning the 1990 Royal Rumble was a massive red flag • The structural failure of WrestleMania VI's babyface vs babyface booking • How Ultimate Warrior's championship reign exposed WWF's creative bankruptcy • Why Rick Rude should have been champion (and what it says about WWF's priorities) • Randy Savage's unforgivable burial during his prime years • The meta-failure: no pipeline, no plan, no pressure 1990 wasn't when WWF declined. It was when the rot became visible. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. #WWF #UltimateWarrior #HulkHogan #WrestleMania