the AWA World Tag-Team Championship anyway via stipulation. That summer they began to feud with The Midnight Rockers, a series that Michaels would later credit as taking his team with Jannetty to the next level. World Wrestling Federation (1990–1991) Rose returned to the WWF on February 5, 1990 at a house show in Brandon, Manitoba and was defeated by Hillbilly Jim. He made his televised return on the March 12th edition of Prime Time Wrestling, teaming up with Iron Mike Sharpe against The Hart Foundation. Rose was primarily used as an enhancement talent during this run, losing his televised matches to elevate other stars. Rose lost to Kerry Von Erich in Von Erich's WWF television debut on the July 1990 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event XXVII. Having gained a large amount of weight, Rose turned it into a comical gimmick; when the ring announcer introduced him and listed his weight at 317 pounds, Rose would angrily take the microphone away from the announcer, and claim to weigh "a slim, trim, 217 pounds"; this drew jeers from the crowd. On occasion, he would do one-handed push-ups and kip-ups in the ring, and challenge muscular opponents to a "pose-down." Rose claims that Vince McMahon told the locker room, "I want everybody to work out... except for Buddy," knowing that Rose's weight was his gimmick. Rose memorably appeared in a faux infomercial for the "Buddy Rose Blow Away Diet," which consisted of pouring powder all over himself and then "blowing away the fat" with a household fan; Rose looked exactly the same, after the blow away. In this run however Rose was not winless; he did secure pinfall wins against Jim Powers, Pez Whatley, Dale Wolfe, Jim Brunzell, and Dustin Rhodes on house shows. On August 27, 1990, he wrestled Shane Douglas in the dark match of SummerSlam '90. Rose finally gained his first televised victory on the December 10, 1990 edition of Prime Time Wrestling, where he defeated Mario Mancini. Rose left the company after a January 14, 1991 house show encounter against Koko B. Ware in Huntington, WV. Pacific Northwest Wrestling (1991–1992) Buddy Rose returned to Pacific Northwest Wrestling and began to experience a career revival. He made his debut on a television show on December 21, 1991 and upset PNW Champion Demolition Crush in a non-title match. Four days later on Christmas Day, Crush defeated Rose at a house