 Greg Valentine and Ronnie Garvin had been feuding since a match on December 30, 1988 in Madison Square Garden (MSG) which Valentine won by grabbing the tights for leverage.On the April 22, 1989 episode of "Superstars", Garvin defeated Valentine in a match.On the following edition of "Superstars", they both faced each other in a retirement match where the loser could not wrestle anymore in WWF.