WWF Prime Time Wrestling 9/14/1992

WWF Prime Time Wrestling 9/14/1992

We see clips of Ric Flair celebrating his WWF Title win with Heenan and Mr. Perfect. That match will air on this show.

Our hosts are Vince McMahon, Hillbilly Jim, Jim Duggan, Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect.

Heenan and Perfect are in a good mood. Jim yells at Heenan and Perfect, saying Macho Man was hurt and injured in the title loss. Heenan says Macho has guts and ability but not the belt. Jim says Heenan and Perfect had this planned the whole time. Jim says it's not over until it's over.

The Bushwhackers (Luke and Butch) and Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs The Nasty Boys (Saggs and Knobbs) and The Mountie

This is from Summerslam 1992. From what I read, it aired in England but didn't make the PPV for some reason.

The heels pound on the faces in the corners then they are thrown into each other. The BW's then march and pose. Knobbs pounds on Luke then takes a bunch of punches to the gut. Knobbs is sent into Saggs then Saggs goes into the buckles and falls on Knobbs. The Nasty's take triple clotheslines then all the heels go out to recoup.

Saggs short arm clotheslines Butch then hits forearms. The BW's get the edge on The Nasty's then Knobbs splashes his partners on accident in the corner. The BW's battering ram all 3 heels in the corner.

We go to break and return. Knobbs kneels on Luke's throat. Luke is dropped on the ropes throat first. Mountie stomps on Luke and sits on his back for a chinlock. Saggs then takes over with the chinlock. Luke is held for shots from The Nasty's in the corner. Luke is slammed by Saggs. Knobbs comes off the 2nd rope and Luke puts his boot up to intercept him.

Mountie and Jim get in. Jim hits punches then hits shots on all 3 heels. Jim double lariats The Nasty's. Jim bangs Mountie's head off the buckles then Mountie takes a battering ram. The BW's grab Jimmy Hart and Jim hits the three point stance lariat on Mountie. Saggs tries to top rope elbow drop Jim while he's on top of Mountie, but Jim moves. Jim then pins Mountie.

Thoughts: I liked this. We had some fun triple team spots and the crowd was hot. The BW's and Duggan had their limits but they knew what they were doing. Everyone worked a little harder than usual here.

Vince then mentions the Summerslam 1992 VHS will be released soon but doesn't mention that the match we just saw won't be on it.

Jim said he had 80,000 English folks chanting "USA". Vince asks what would happen if The Ultimate Warrior faced Ric Flair and Perfect/Heenan have to think about it.

WWF Event Center

Crush says since coming to the WWF, something hasn't been right. He says his friends tell him this isn't him and says he needs to tell people who he is in a Hawaiian accent. He talks about being from Hawaii and talks in Hawaiian saying "shaka".

Heenan interrupts Sean Mooney, saying he doesn't do a good job in the Event Center. He says Jamison could do it and says Sean is related to Jamison. 

We see clips from last week's Wrestling Challenge. Razor Ramon says the first time Macho comes face to face with him, he will give him a lesson in machismo.

We see a Macho Man interview with Mean Gene Okerlund. He limps to the podium. He said Summerslam vs Warrior was the toughest match of his career. He said they beat each other from pillar to post. He says The Warrior is as much apart of the WWF Title as he is. Macho says he will bring Flair and Perfect down for making him and Warrior doubt each other.

Razor Ramon comes in. He says he saw Macho at Summerslam and he didn't impress him. Razor says everyone knows that he (Razor) wears the gold. He says he will take Macho's gold. Razor says he oozes machismo while Macho needs lessons in it. Razor flicks his toothpick in Macho's face. Macho says he thinks he dropped his toothpick then he nails Razor. Razor goes off the stage then officials intervene.

Shawn Michaels vs Jim Powers

SM hits punches then running elbows him. Jim leapfrogs and clotheslines Shawn over the top to the floor. SM then checks himself in his mirror. They shove each other and Jim side headlocks him. SM goes for a reverse monkey flip and is stomped.

SM goes up and over then lariats him. SM hits a dropkick. SM flying knees him. Jim goes for the monkey flip then rolls him up for 2. SM chinlocks him. Jim hits elbows to the gut and is eye poked. SM bends over and gets kicked. Jim boots SM out of the corner then atomic drops him. Jim hits him in the gut and hits a kneelift. Jim dropkicks him.

Jim misses a corner charge and is superkicked. SM hits a backdrop and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a solid match with Jim maybe getting more offense in than Shawn did. They kept it moving, Shawn bumped around a lot and made Jim look decent prior to winning.

Vince says we will see the WWF Title match and he shows us clips of Flair hitting Macho in the knee with a chair at Summerslam. 

WWF Title - "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs Ric Flair

Perfect pulls at Macho's leg to start. Macho is limping and Flair takes Macho down by the leg. Macho goes out and Perfect goes for Macho again while he's in the ring. Flair punches Macho in the head then boots the knee. Macho punches Flair down and escapes from Flair as Flair goes for the legs.

Macho boots Flair away during his figure four attempt. Flair chops and hits Macho in the knee. Flair snapmares him then stomps his knee. Macho gorilla press slams Flair and Macho sells the knee after it. Perfect swipes at Macho. Macho cobra twists Flair but Flair hits the knee to get out.

Macho lariats Flair out of the corner and both go down. Flair suplexes Macho then elbow drops him for 2. Flair stomps on Macho. They trade in the corner. Perfect trips Macho and Macho boots him away. Flair backdrops Macho.

Flair takes him down by the leg and single leg crabs him. Macho ropebreaks. Flair slams Macho then knee drops him. Flair leglocks Macho and Macho ropebreaks. Macho cradles him for 2 and Perfect pulls at Macho's leg again. Flair sends Macho over the top and we go to break.

We return and Macho rolls in. Macho hits punches on Flair then back body drops him. Macho lariats him then lariats him over the top to the floor. Flair is sent into the rails then suplexed on the floor. Macho punches Flair outside. Flair eye pokes him. Flair is back body dropped on the floor. Flair's head is banged off the rails. Macho top rope double axe handles Flair but his knee hurts too much to make the pin.

Razor Ramon comes out. Perfect trips Macho then Flair dropkicks Macho from behind. Macho goes out of the ring to the floor. Razor kicks Macho in the back of the leg. 

Flair figure fours Macho in the ring. Flair has the hold on for a while. Macho passes out and the ref counts his shoulders down for the 3 count. Flair gets the win.

Thoughts: You really couldn't do what they were trying to do much better. Macho sold the whole time and did a good job with it. Flair and Perfect were total jerks, constantly cheating and going after the knee and Razor also chipped in to get some heat. It told a fabulous story. The only downfall was that it was a one sided match for the most part and Macho really couldn't get a ton of offense in because of the story. Perfect did a fantastic job as the heel manager here, constantly trying to trip up Macho. It was a great match and with a title change also happening here, it's a must see for 1992.

Heenan and Perfect toast drinks as we return to the roundtable. Hillbilly and Duggan are mad about Razor being out there and say you have to give Macho credit. Perfect just smiles as Vince says he was swiping around there like a dog.

We go back to the match. Macho is down and trying to leave but Razor Ramon comes back out. Razor bangs Macho's leg off the apron and the post. Razor slaps Macho around the hits punches. Refs come down to try and break it up. Macho eventually slides out and The Ultimate Warrior comes out in street clothes to carry him to the back.

The panel then talk. Duggan says when you fight like Warrior and Macho did, it forms a bond. Perfect says him, Heenan and Flair have a strong bond. Duggan then compares them to The Three Stooges.

Bret Hart is wearing weird sunglasses and is satellite interviewed. Vince says Papa Shango is hot on Bret's trails. Bret says he doesn't believe in The Boogeyman and says he lost in Wembley to a better man. He says Shango had nothing to do with it. Perfect questions Bret, bringing up the curse Shango put on Bret. Bret says Shango uses fear as a weapon. Perfect says Shango has his number. Heenan asks how things are with Davey and Bret's families. Bret says everything is back to normal and Heenan says that means they stiff you for gifts at Christmas this year.

Bret says he will prove that Shango is a big boogeyman. He says he will execute him and dares Shango to curse him.

Nailz vs Sgt. Slaughter

It got cut off, but Vince said something about Sarge taking an absence and I wonder if this plays into it.

Nailz hits Sarge while he's on the apron and Sarge goes down to the floor. Nailz hits Sarge with his night stick outside. Sarge is dropped throat first on the rail. Nailz chairs Sarge then hits him with the night stick.

Nailz chokes Sarge with the night stick. Sarge's head is banged off the apron then Nailz chairs Sarge in the gut. Nailz foot chokes Sarge. Refs come to break it up as Nailz continues to choke him with the night stick. Nailz then chairs him.

The stretcher is brought out for Sarge and Sarge is put on it and wheeled out.

Thoughts: This was all angle here with the match never getting started and Sarge being taken out from the start. 

WWF Event Center

Money Inc and Jimmy Hart do a promo. IRS says he can't stand a thief and says that's what The Natural Disasters are for taking their tag titles. Ted says The ND's stole their money and said the money in the WWF is being champ. Ted says they won't stand for it. He says he will buy them a one way ticket out of here.

Heenan and Perfect interrupt Sean. Heenan says when you talk about money and gold, you can only talk Ric Flair. Heenan says Jamison could do the Event Center. 

The video is cut off. Heenan hands Vince pencils and tells Vince to give Macho these so he can sell them on the corner. We hear something breaking and Jamison walks in. Jamison has some kind of food that looks nasty.

The Undertaker vs Kato

Kato hits Taker from behind then takes uppercuts for it. Taker catches Kato off the buckles and chokes him. Kato boots him and lariats him. Taker no sells it. Kato tries lariats and then eye rakes him.

Taker blocks Kato's hiptoss then chokeslams him. Taker chokes him. Taker tombstones Kato and gets the pin.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with Kato getting some offense in but Taker no sold all of it.

We return to the studio. Jamison is eating and the show ends.

Overall thoughts: The opener was a fun match and was a rare Summerslam dark match. Shawn vs Powers was good. Macho vs Flair was great and a must see match for 1992, but a bit one-sided. Nailz/Sarge was all angle and Taker/Kato was a squash. I believe there was a Big Boss Man match that got cut off of this one also. The co-host panel were very entertaining as well. I'd give this an 8 out of 10 and it was definitely a can't miss edition of Prime Time.