SummerSlam (1989)

SummerSlam 1989
Promotional Poster showcasing Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake, Randy Savage, Zeus, and Sensational Sherri
Tagline(s)	Feel the Heat
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	August 28, 1989
Attendance	20,000
Venue	Meadowlands Arena
City	East Rutherford, New Jersey
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania V SummerSlam 1989 Survivor Series (1989)
SummerSlam chronology
SummerSlam (1988) SummerSlam 1989 SummerSlam (1990)

SummerSlam 1989 was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 28, 1989, in the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The main event was a tag team match between the team of WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake (who would later be known as The Mega-Maniacs in the 1990s) and the team of Randy Savage and Zeus. The main matches on the undercard were Ted DiBiase versus Jimmy Snuka,Ultimate Warrior versus Rick Rude for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and Jim Duggan and Demolition (Ax and Smash) versus André the Giant and The Twin Towers (Akeem and Big Boss Man).

The main feud heading into SummerSlam pitted WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake against Randy Savage and Zeus. At WrestleMania V in April 1989, Hogan defeated Savage to win his second WWF Championship. WWF financed a professional wrestling movie "No Holds Barred". Hogan starred as the hero Rip, a popular professional wrestler, while Tom Lister played the villain Zeus. In the movie, Hogan defeated Zeus. The rivalry spanned in WWF, because Zeus wanted to take revenge from Hogan in real-life due to Hogan breaking Zeus's nose on set. In the WWF, he was also billed as Zeus. He made his first appearance on WWF television on May 27, 1989 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event before Hogan's WWF title defense against Big Boss Man in a steel cage match. He was introduced by Boss Man's manager Slick. During Hogan's entrance, Zeus badly attacked him. On the July 29 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, Zeus attacked Brutus Beefcake during Beefcake's match with Hogan's rival Randy Savage. Zeus did this because Beefcake was on the cusp of defeating Randy Savage. Hogan came to the rescue but was unable to drop Zeus because Savage gave him two chair shots in the back. This led to the Hogan & Beefcake vs. Savage & Zeus encounter at SummerSlam.