10 Fascinating WWE 1990 Royal Rumble Facts

10. It Was Tony Schiavone's Last WWE Pay-Per-View

Schiavone in WWE was one of those weird inhabitations, like Randy Savage in TNA in 2004, or Rick Martel in WCW in 1998. Schiavone's measured hyperbole and consummate narration were more at home in a Jim Crockett or Ted Turner production, as opposed to something from the Titan realm.

And yet for one year, from the spring of 1989 until March 1990, Schiavone plied his trade in WWE. During that time, Schiavone called two pay-per-views: SummerSlam 1989, and this here 1990 Rumble, alongside Jesse Ventura (who was dressed as a walking endorsement for Disney products).

According to Bruce Prichard, Vince McMahon didn't care for Schiavone, and felt his accent was "too southern" for WWE's product. That sounds a bit strange, considering that Schiavone doesn't exactly have a thick drawl, but that didn't stop McMahon from (according to Prichard) imploring Schiavone to take speech classes to shave the ruralness from his voice. For Schiavone's part, he claimed in a 2017 shoot interview that he left WWE due to the high cost of living in Connecticut.