10 Fascinating WWE SummerSlam 1990 Facts
5. An Injury Prevented The Blow-Off To The Strike Force Feud
Man, did SummerSlam 1990 have some rotten luck with injuries or what? Up until the weekend of SummerSlam, a one-on-one match pitting Tito Santana against former Strike Force partner Rick "The Model" Martel was advertised. After the two split at WrestleMania 5 more than a year earlier, they'd faced off in multi-person matches at the ensuing pay-per-views, never getting their true feud-ender.
SummerSlam 1990 looked to the be the place where devious Martel would vanquish Santana for good. However, the French-Canadian suffered an injury in June 1990 that sidelined him until October. The Warlord ended up being an extremely-late substitution for Martel, and defeated Santana in an extended squash.
The kayfabe explanation given for Martel's absence is that he was attending a fashion show in Paris the same day as SummerSlam. Now that's commitment to the character.