Untold Truth Behind WWE SummerSlam 1989 – Sean Mooney Tells All

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

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4.8 • 761 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Former WWE announcer Sean Mooney breaks his silence on the shocking backstage stories, real heat between top stars, and what WWE never wanted fans to know about one of the most iconic events in wrestling history: SummerSlam 1989. From Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake's controversial main event with Zeus and Randy Savage, to the off-camera tension, scrapped plans, and backstage chaos—this deep dive pulls back the curtain on a PPV that defined an era.

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0:00.0	What is going on wrestling fans in twice?
0:10.7	The fall.
0:11.2	Welcome back to 10 count media on today's edition of the Golden Era podcast with
0:14.7	Shaw Mooney.
0:15.5	We're talking about SummerSlam.
0:18.5	Yeah.
0:19.4	I always love SummerSlam.
0:22.0	Like it has a certain, I don't know, feel.
0:24.0	It doesn't have a rest of many, it feels.
0:25.3	It just has a different, I don't know, like a hot.
0:28.0	Different vibe.
0:28.8	Yeah.
0:29.7	Yeah.
0:30.0	Summer.
0:30.8	You know, we have all the shots, people at the beach, kids eat an ice cream.
0:35.7	Vince losing his voice and it was at
0:41.5	it was in New Jersey in the summer
0:43.5	where everybody wants to be
0:44.7	that's what I think of the shore
0:46.5	it's like I don't know if the metal ends
0:48.8	but they had 20 20,000 people there
0:51.4	Steve so we're a good crowd
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