WWF Superstars of Wrestling 8/1/1992

WWF Superstars of Wrestling 8/1/1992

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We are still in Glens Falls, NY.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are our hosts. Vince says it's National Clown Week. They make clown jokes and Perfect asks if we saw the fun they had with Warrior and Macho last week.

The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) vs. Kerry Davis & Russ Greenberg

Saggs short arm lariats Russ then knee drops him. Knobbs elbow drops Russ. Russ' face is banged off the mat. Russ takes a trip to Pity City and is knee'd in the gut.

Kerry gets in and is facebustered. Jimmy Hart says to call 911 quick. Kerry's face is banged off the buckles and Knobbs elbow drops him. Knobbs pounds on Kerry. Kerry's head is banged off the buckle then Knobbs corner splashes him. Knobbs power slams Kerry and Saggs to rope elbow drops Kerry for the win.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with the jobbers standing no chance. The Nasty's roughed up the jobbers as usual here and Jimmy Hart was pretty vocal here.

WWF Update

Mean Gene Okerlund talks about his interview last week with The Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man which ended in a brawl with Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect.

Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs "Iron" Mike Sharpe

Mike wristlocks him, Bret reverses it and Mike pulls him down by the hair. Bret hits shots to the arm then Mike bearhugs him. Bret atomic drops him then stomps him in the gut. We see an inset interview with Helen Hart, Bret's mom. Helen talks about Davey vs Bret and says this whole thing has become a nightmare that is falling to pieces.

Bret hits punches in the corner. Bret 2nd rope diving lariats Mike. Bret sharpshooters him and submits him.

Thoughts: It was a quick one. It's always good to see Mike though. Mike got a little offense in which was nice before going down.

WWF Event Center

The British Bulldog does a promo. He says he and Bret are brother-in-laws. He says his time has come as he's next in line for an IC Title match. He says let's leave the match between them and keep the families out of it. He says let's see who is the best.

Shawn Michaels does a promo with Sherri. Sherri asks what's so sexy about Rick Martel and Shawn says nothing. Shawn says everything is sexy about him though and that's the difference between him and Rick. He says Shawn is the best athlete in the WWF.

"The Model" Rick Martel vs Bill Pierce

Rick knees him in the gut and wristlocks him. Bill reverses it then Rick back body drops him. Rick kind of does a water wheel drop then kneels on his arm. Rick Martel does an inset promo. He says Tatanka's eagle feathers are his for good and will bring him luck. He says he will given Shawn Michaels all the reasons why he should be jealous of him.

Rick nodowa otoshi's Bill then hits boots to the gut. Rick hits knees to the gut and pounds on Bill in the corner. Rick blocks Bill's monkey flip and atomic drops him. Rick backbreakers Bill. Rick boston crabs him and submits him.

Thoughts: It was a quick one used to build up Rick vs Shawn at Summerslam. Rick's nodowa otoshi looked like it hurt.

Rick elbow drops Bill after.

Mean Gene Okerlund interviews Paul Bearer and The Undertaker on the stage. Paul Bearer says he can't understand why Harvey and Kim Chee want Kamala to go against Taker. He said he did research to see what permits are needed to ship from England and Uganda. He says it won't be a problem but they may need a bigger casket. He says he found out that they use a funeral fire in England and says he can see Harvey, Kim and Kamala burning in it.

Gene says he heard Taker and Paul may be Kamala's guest for dinner. Taker says the only ones dining after Summerslam will be the maggots and worms feasting on the rotting carcass of Kamala.

Papa Shango vs. Tony Roy

Papa hits a shot in the corner and bangs Tony's head off the buckles. Papa misses a charge then drops him with a shot after taking a shot. Papa does some kind of flying forearm at him.

Papa slams Tony then legdrops him. Papa does a trapezus hold on him then knees him in the back. Papa hits a shoulderbreaker and gets the pin.

Thoughts: It was your usual unimpressive Papa Shango squash. I still have no idea what that flying forearm move is but it looks like trash. 

Perfect wonders if he could get Papa to put a curse on The Warrior. Papa shoots fire out of his skull after.

WWF Event Center

Kamala, Kim Chee and Harvey Wippleman do a promo. Harvey says Paul Bearer signed Taker's career away by getting him a match with Kamala. He says it's the end of The Undertaker. and the beginning of Kamala's reign on top of the WWF.

Bret Hart does a promo. He says every dog has his day but Bulldog won't at Summerslam. He says they will be family before and after. He says he will still be champ after Summerslam and says Bulldog is barking up the wrong tree by stepping in the ring with him.

Summerslam Report

Mean Gene talks Summerslam. He runs down the card. Sensational Sherri and Shawn Michaels do a promo. Sherri says Rick Martel has no fashion sense. Shawn tells Rick to never compare his looks to his. He said Rick needed all the help he could get against Hart and won't get any help against Shawn at Summerslam.

They announce The Beverly Brothers vs The Natural Disasters. The Disasters do a promo. They say they will give The Bev's a present - a shot at the tag titles. Quake says they are ready so The Bev's better be. Ty says it takes 3 things to be a champ and said The Bev's will only do some crying, so they better get a big bucket. Gene announces Virgil vs Nailz. Nails says it's him and Virgil at Summerslam. He says everyone minds their own business where he's been and says when he's done with him, nobody will recognize him. Virgil says Nailz is a tough man when another man is handcuffed. Virgil says his hands are in his face and he will nail him down at Summerslam. He says to handcuff him.

Gene then announces The Legion of Doom vs Money Inc. 

Thoughts: What even is this Summerslam 1992 card? Because it's certainly not the card this promotion has been building for the last 4 months. After surprising us with a bunch of matches that didn't follow up on the booking last week, we got more here. The Natural Disasters, who have been feuding with Money Inc, are now facing The Beverly Brothers. The Bev's had been feuding with The LOD. And The LOD are now facing Money Inc. Oh, but it gets worse. Nailz pretty much only came to the WWF to face The Big Boss Man. He's been feuding with him since he arrived. Is he facing him at Summerslam? Nope. He's now facing Virgil. Yes, Virgil. Did Vince have an amnesia attack when he made this card? Because that's the only explanation at this point. It's like he completely forgot everything he had building for months. When people wonder why the WWF lost popularity in the early 90's, it was due to stuff like this. The TV was awful to begin with as they had endless squashes, but even the booking is going nowhere.

The Legion Of Doom (Animal & Hawk) (w/Paul Ellering) vs Flex Armstrong & Richie Rich

Rich is really bald. The LOD have Rocco with them. Vince says Rocco fits right in.

Hawk hits hots on Rich and Rich doesn't look real excited to get his whooping here. Hawk gorilla press slams him and Paul talks through Rocco. Animal lariats Rich then belly to belly suplexes him. Hawk headbutts Flex then gorilla press slams him.

Animal corner lariats Flex. Flex then takes the doomsday device as Rocco makes noises. Hawk pins Flex.

Thoughts: It was a quick one as usual. Vince made jokes about Rocco the whole time. Rich didn't look like he wanted to be there. I can't stress enough how much Rocco does not fit in with LOD's act and how much of a stupid idea he was.

We see Razor Ramon in a park watching a bunch of old men play dominoes. He says the old men are living in the past. He says forget about the past. He says no one cares where you come from, they only care where you are going. He says he's going to the top of the WWF. Razor tells Jack Tunney to bring his heroes on as he will knock them down like a stack of dominoes.

WWF Event Center

The Beverly Brothers and The Genius do a promo. Blake says what an opportunity it is at Summerslam for the tag titles. Beau says victory will be automatic and says The ND's reign as champs will be a short one.

Money Inc and Jimmy Hart do a promo. Hart says not to forget to bring Rocco. Ted says they didn't lose the tag titles and were robbed. Ted says more than ever, they have to beat LOD to become #1 contenders. IRS said they beat LOD once for the titles and will show them they can beat them twice.

Vince and Perfect talk about next week's show which will have the Superstars debut of Razor Ramon and an Ultimate Warrior interview.

Overall thoughts: There's no other way to come out of this show except for feeling disappointed. We watched endless squashes for months to get ready for Summerslam at the end of the day, it was for nothing. Every single storyline that was going on was changed for Summerslam. There's no explanation or defense for it. I can't recall many events where I thought the person booking it had amnesia while booking it.Other than that, we had the usual pointless squashes and lots of hype for Summerslam. I wouldn't recommend this at all.

Bonus:

I think this aired on the 8/3/1992 WWF Primetime Wrestling, but I figured I'd cover it here since it does get mentioned the next week and since that full episode of WBF Body Stars isn't out there.

WBF Body Star Wars 8/1/1992

Vince McMahon says they recently had WWF stars do a tug of war with WBF stars at Adventure Island in Tampa, Florida.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan talks to his WBF team and helps get them set up and in order. He says teamwork is important and says they will come out the victors. Perfect says his team has the perfect strategy. We get a "WBF" chant which is probably the first and last time that ever happened.

Mean Gene announces the teams:

Team WBF: Jim Quinn, Tony Pearson, Troy Zuccolotto, Aaron Baker, Danny Padilla and Tom Platz.

Team WWF: Ric Flair, The Mountie, Skinner, Ted Dibiase, The Berzerker and IRS.

Team WBF weights 1335lbs total while Team WWF teams 1555lbs total. Team WWF has 220lbs weight advantage.

Mean Gene interviews Tom Platz. He says he's planting his legs and he isn't worried. Danny Padilla says they can't lose and says bodybuilding is at stake. Aaron Baker says the other team will fly. Troy Zuccolotto says they are ready to go and it's like child's play. Tony Pearson says the jet man is fired up and says let's rock. Jim Quinn says he has mud while his opponent has dry sand. He said he won't lose to anyone who uses sun-in and mouse. Jim Duggan says to watch the water as the WWF guys will end up there.

Bill Alfonso is the ref for this.

Ric Flair says they will eat these guys like they do The Macho Man. The Mountie says he always gets his man. Skinner says he jerked bigger alligators than these geeks and says the guy with the big ears is going swimming. IRS says everyone is supporting the WBF because they are tax cheats like them. Ted Dibiase says we have Cadillac bodies with Volkswagon brains. He says we will beat them and buy them. The Berzerker says he was born standing up and hasn't been knocked down since.

Mean Gene runs down the rules and says this will be 2-3 pulls.

Round 1 - Team WWF lets go of the rope and Team WBF go flying. Team WWF laughs and Perfect says that's perfect.

Round 2 - Both teams actually pull here and it's looking even. Team WBF is really going at it and Flair accuses Team WBF of sitting. Team WBF gets the edge and wins th eround. The Mountie complains of someone on Team WBF sitting down. Mr. Perfect agrees.

Ric Flair says any time someone leaves their feet, they forfeit. Flair says they won. Bill Alfonso agrees and says he's giving the match to Team WBF. They say Tony Pearson accidentally sat down.

Even though this should be over, they keep going here. Duggan says Team WWF worked themselves up and they will pull them over.

Round 3 - They pull with Mr. Perfect yelling out instructions. Duggan tells his team they got it. Flair is pulling hard. Duggan says they got 'em. Team WWF is making some progress and they win, seemingly 3-0.

Duggan argues with the ref after. He says Team WWF was on the ground. Bill says he couldn't watch all 15 guys. Danny complains. Berz says he takes pills bigger than him. Danny says he knocked out guys bigger than him. Duggan says Ted Dibiase paid off Alfonso.

Mean Gene then is with team WWF. Gene says Ted Dibiase was seen trying to buy the ref. Ted says they had Cadillac bodies but volkswagon brains. He says they have leverage and know how to pull. He asks if Gene knows him to pay off anyone. He says Gene needs to cool off. Gene says he believes Ted did pay the ref off. Ted says they need to cool off Gene. They then throw Gene into the water and Mountie says they always get their man.