This Tuesday in Texas
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | December 3, 1991 | |
| Venue | Freeman Coliseum | |
| City | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Attendance | 8,000[1] | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Survivor Series (1991) | This Tuesday in Texas | Royal Rumble (1992) |
This Tuesday in Texas was a World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event that took place on December 3, 1991 at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas and featured on the WWF Supertape '92 home video release.[2][3] The event was an attempt by the WWF to establish Tuesday as a secondary pay-per-view night. Lukewarm reaction and a disappointing 1.0 buyrate rendered the experiment a failure,[1] and the company shelved its plans until nearly thirteen years later, when it broadcasted Taboo Tuesday.
Despite this, however, the event played its part in two storylines. Randy Savage made his return to the ring after his "retirement" at WrestleMania VII as part of a heated feud with Jake Roberts, and the result of the main-event was the catalyst for the WWF Championship being contested in the 1992 Royal Rumble.
[edit] Results
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: The Harris Brothers (Don and Ron) defeated Brian Donahue and Brian Costello
- Dark match: Sir Charles defeated Dale Wolfe
- Charles pinned Wolfe.
- Dark match: Chris Walker defeated Brian Lee
- Walker pinned Lee.
- Dark match: Chris Chavis defeated JW Storm
- Chavis pinned Storm.
- Dark match: Ric Flair defeated Roddy Piper
- Flair pinned Piper with his feet on the ropes.
- Bret Hart defeated Skinner to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (13:46)
- Hart forced Skinner to submit with the sharpshooter.
- Randy Savage defeated Jake Roberts (6:25)
- Savage pinned Roberts after a flying elbow drop
- Following the match, Roberts beat down Savage, then forced Miss Elizabeth to beg him to stop the beating. When apparently dissatisfied with her, Roberts grabbed Elizabeth by the hair and slapped her across her face.
- Davey Boy Smith defeated The Warlord (w/Harvey Wippleman) (12:45)
- Smith pinned Warlord with a crucifix.
- Ted DiBiase and The Repo Man (w/Sensational Sherri) defeated Tito Santana and Virgil (11:28)
- DiBiase pinned Virgil after The Repo Man hit Virgil with his knee.
- Hulk Hogan defeated The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) to win the WWF Championship (13:09)
- Hogan pinned Undertaker with a roll-up after throwing ash from Undertaker's urn into his eyes.
- Due to a disputed finish (Hogan's use of ash to subdue Undertaker and Ric Flair's interference on Undertaker's behalf),[4] WWF President Jack Tunney later declared the title vacant, and thus the winner of the Royal Rumble (which would eventually turn out to be Ric Flair) would become the new champion.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b [1], Pro Wrestling History
- ^ "Trivia for Tuesday in Texas (1991) (TV)", IMDb
- ^ "WWF - Supertape '92 (1990)", Amazon.co.uk
- ^ "Hulk Hogan Dec. 3, 1991 - Dec. 4, 1991", World Wrestling Entertainment
- ^ "WWWF/WWF/WWE Heavyweight Title History April 1963 - Present", Solie's Vintage Wrestling
[edit] External links
- "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts", Wrestling’s Historical Cards, Kappa Publishing, 2007, pp. 139.
| Former pay-per-view events |
| The Wrestling Classic (1985) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) • King of the Ring (1993-2002) |
| In Your House (1995-1999) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003-2004) • Fully Loaded (1998-2000) • Over the Edge (1998-1999) |
| InVasion (2001) • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005-2007) |
| Former International pay-per-view events |
| One Night Only (1997) • Mayhem in Manchester (1998) • Capital Carnage (1998) |
| No Mercy (UK) (1999) • Rebellion (1999-2002) • Insurrextion (2000-2003) |
