WWF Summerslam 1992 8/29/1992

WWF Summerslam 1992 8/29/1992

Pre-show thoughts: The build going into this one was maybe the worst build ever to a major PPV. WWF spent months after Wrestlemania VIII building up Flair/Macho, Warrior/Shango, Bret/Shawn, Tatanka/Martel, Money Inc/Natural Disasters, Legion of Doom/Beverly Brothers, Undertaker/Berzerker, Mountie/Sgt. Slaughter and Nailz/Big Boss Man. Every single last one of these matches was cancelled with about a month to go. We got no payoffs on any of them and some were even still being built up on house shows while Summerslam matches were getting set up which created parallel universes. I've never seen anything like it. It was like a Vince had a sudden spell of amnesia. It made all of the television from Wrestlemania VIII to July 1992 completely pointless.

The promotion also took a major hit star power wise after Wrestlemania VIII. Hulk, Sid, Texas Tornado and Roddy Piper were either gone or taking breaks for various reasons. Their replacements including Papa Shango and Nailz were not on the same level.

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We are in London, England at Wembley Stadium.

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are our commentators. Bobby puts a crown on and says he's the King of England. Vince says he's a royal pain. Vince wonders whose corner Mr. Perfect will be in tonight.

The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) vs Money Inc. (Ted Dibiase and IRS)

These two were feuding earlier in the year but there was no real build to this one.

IRS gets on the mic beforehand. He says if the British tax cheats paid their fair share, they wouldn't put the burden on the royal family. LOD ride in on motorcycles and have gold shoulderpads. They also have Rocco and Ellering while Inc has Jimmy Hart.

Ted chops Hawk and bangs his head off the buckles. Ted then slides out to avoid a punch. Ted is hit by Animal from behind then lariated over the top. Animal then lariats him on the floor.

IRS hits shots on Animal then is sent hard into the buckles. Animal steps on IRS's tie then gorilla press slams him. Hawk works IRS' arm. IRS eye rakes him then sleepers him. Hawk is nearly out but rams IRS into the corner. He corner lariats him.

Hawk misses a top rope diving clothesline and goes out. Ted slams Hawk on the floor. Hawk's head is banged off of IRS' boot then he is thrown backwards into the buckles. IRS elbow drops Hawk. IRS chinlocks Hawk then Ted puts the chinlock on Hawk. Money Inc then switch for a 2nd time without tagging.

Ted knee drops Hawk. Hawk bangs Ted's head off the buckles. Hawk runs over IRS with a lariat. Ted hits knee drops on Hawk. IRS chokes Hawk with the tag rope. Hawk is double teamed in the corner then IRS and Hawk double clothesline each other.

Animal boots Ted after getting tagged in and flying shoulders him. Animal dropkicks IRS then pounds on Ted. Animal hits a double lariat. IRS is atomic dropped out. Animal corner lariats Ted. Animal electric chairs Ted but IRs dropkicks him. Hawk then drops IRS with a punch.

Ted is thrown into IRS then powerslammed by Animal. Animal then pins him.

Thoughts: I guarantee the finish happened due to Ted and IRS not wanting to take the doomsday device bump. There's no other explanation for it since the powerslam win was a worse ending. The match was fine with the heels working over Hawk, Animal getting and regaining control then the faces won. They say Hawk was really out of it during this match and the only thing I noticed was that he just didn't have a lot of energy out there.

Mean Gene Okerlund interviews Ric Flair.  Ric says when you talk about the bright lights, the big city and the WWF, you gotta talk about Ric Flair. Ric is asked why he's in his wrestling attire (since he's not on the card) and he says you gotta always be ready for action.

Gene asks about whose corner Mr. Perfect will be in tonight. Ric won't say. He says he's in the dressing room...the dressing room of the winner.

Sean Mooney interviews Virgil. Virg says Nailz handcuffed Boss Man and beat him like a dog. He said he survived the toughest streets in the world and the toughest street tonight is Wembley Stadium. He says he's too legit to quit.

Nailz vs Virgil

Nailz basically came to the WWF to fight The Big Boss Man. Instead of having Boss return here against Nailz, Nailz is fighting Virgil.

Nailz chokes him in the corner to start. Virg hits punches then running lariats him. Virg hits a nice dropkick. Nailz eye rakes him then Virg rolls him up. Nailz then chokes him again. Virg is thrown out. Virg's head is banged off the apron.

Virg double boots him out of the corner and is lariated. Nailz does a choke/chinlock on Virg and Virg is out. Nailz wins.

Thoughts: It was the usual weak Nailz match. His finisher looks awful and illegal and he provided little entertainment value here. It didn't go on too long thankfully.

Nailz grabs his nightstick after and hits Virg in the gut with it. He then chokes him with it.

Lord Alfred Hayes tries to interview Macho Man in his dressing room. He says he's been investigating the whereabouts of Mr. Perfect. He says he can't confirm that Perfect is in there but says he will keep investigating. 

Mean Gene interviews Sensational Sherri and we see clips of how Michaels/Martel came to be. Gene says Sherri is responsible for tonight's stipulations. Sherri says she always gets what she wants. She says both men are handsome and she sees no reason why either should hurt themselves. She says both men agreed not to hit each other in the face. Sherri says she will stand by her man and Shawn tells her to get going.

Rick Martel vs Shawn Michaels 

Shawn was feuding with Bret since after Mania and he seemed destined for an IC Title shot here, but he gets Rick instead.

Rick comes out in tennis attire. Shawn has a mirror with him and Sherri is basically wearing a thong with chaps. Vince says Sherri will leave with the winner.

They lock up and Rick side headlocks him. Rick pulls the hair then cartwheels. SM side headlocks him, slides through the legs and dropkicks him. Rick hits him from behind and stomps on him.

Rick hits knees to the gut and misses a 2nd rope twisting crossbody. SM takes him over by the wrist then they each take each other down by the hair. Rick throws Shawn out to the floor. Sherri tries to revive SM. Rick pulls Sherri away and hugs her. Sherri smiles.

Rick back body drops SM in the ring. SM backrolls him and pulls the tights. They both pull each other's tights and go into the ropes. SM superkicks him in the chest for 2. SM hits shots to the gut.

Rick runs into SM's knee in the corner. SM tries to pin him with his feet on the ropes but is caught. Rick rolls up SM for 2. They yell at each other and shove each other. SM slaps him then Rick slaps him back. Sherri gets on the apron as they shove each other. They go to punch each other and Sherri faints on the apron. Sherri then rolls off the apron to the floor.

Rick tries to do chest compressions to revive Sherri. Shawn and Rick shove each other over Sherri. SM then punches Rick and Rick punches back. They fight in the aisle way and they go to a double countout.

Thoughts: It was an unusual match on paper as it was heel vs heel. The premise was odd as Sherri basically flirted with Rick leading up to this but Shawn didn't care for some reason. The work was good but it would have been nice to get a finish here.

Rick and SM fight up the aisle. Sherri wakes up and looks at them then faints or pretends to faint again. The fight is then broken up. Shawn then carries Sherri out. Rick then nails Shawn as he carries her and drops both. Rick then carries Sherri. Shawn then hits Rick from behind and Sherri and Rick both go down. Shawn tries to carry Sherri again. Rick comes out with a bucket filled with something. He teases throwing it then dumps it on Sherri. Sherri then wakes up as Shawn chases Rick. Sherri eventually wakes up and runs to the back.

Thoughts: This was unusual as well. I don't know what was going on here. 

Sean Mooney interviews The Nasty Boys and Jimmy Hart. Saggs asks if we saw the mascara running off that dogs face. Knobbs says he thought the wicked witch of the west melted when she got wet. Saggs says Macho/Warrior is a nasty situation and says they beat them. The Nasty's don't know why they don't have a title shot after beating them. They ask Hart if they will get a title shot and he says of course they will.

WWF Tag Titles - The Natural Disasters (Typhoon and Earthquake) vs The Beverly Brothers (Beau and Blake Beverly)

The ND's recently won the titles off-air at a house show. The Bev's had a decent feud going with The LOD that was dropped for this.

The Genius does a poem before the match.

The Bev's hit The ND's from behind and boot them in the corners. Ty lariats Blake then Quake lariats Beau. Blake takes a sandwich splash as does Beau. The Bev's then get sandwiched splashed together.

Ty back elbows Blake and slams him. Ty then stands on his gut. and misses a legdrop. Blake goes for the slam but Ty drops down on him. Beau breaks it up and gets nailed by Quake. Ty corner splashes Blake then Quake splashes Ty on a failed double team.

Ty is stomped on by The Bev's. Blake pops up Beau into a splash on Ty. Beau is thrown out of the ring on the pin attempt. Heenan says Shawn Michaels has left Wembley Stadium. Blake 2nd rope diving headbutts Ty and legdrops him.

Ty is bridged on the ropes and takes a butt drop to the back. Ty is choked on the 2nd rope by The Bev's. Heenan says you could take Ty to the park and charge people to ride him. Beau top rope double axe handles Ty and pounds on him. Ty's head is banged off Blake's boot. Blake chokes Ty with something.

Blake 2nd rope double axe handles Ty then diving headbutts him for 2. Ty is bridged on the ropes and Beau top rope double axe handles him. Beau chokes Ty with the bottom rope as does Blake. Ty hits a double lariat. Ty holds Blake for a slam but Beau to rope dropkicks them both over. Beau distracts Quake and the ref on the floor. Blake hits Ty with Genius' scroll.

Quake elbow drops Blake. Quake hits shots on Blake then hiptosses him. Quake belly to belly suplexes him. Quake hits corner spears on Beau then hits a double shoulderblock. Quake corner splashes Beau then powerslams him. Quake butt drops Beau and picks up the win.

Thoughts: The work was fine and the match made sense but it was a little long and nothing too special. The Bev's got more in on The ND's than any other team I have seen. There was little reason to think The Bev's were winning here since The ND's just won the titles back.

The Genius is on the apron and gets pulled in by The ND's. The ND's then throw him over the top. 

Mean Gene Okerlund interviews The Bushwhackers. Butch says they are having fun at Summerslam and still don't know who Mr. Perfect will be with. Gene says a dentist in London is trying to see Luke the London Bridge. He says The BW's were also invited to dinner at Buckingham Palace. Butch says he's looking forward to it and says they will have sardines. Butch says they also may get to sit on the royal throne.

Lord Alfred Hayes is at The Ultimate Warrior's locker room. He thinks Mr. Perfect is inside. He says he's going to open the door and surprise them. He opens the door and it is quickly closed in his face. He says it doesn't mean Mr. Perfect is in the locker room but it was a shocking act of rudeness.

Crush vs The Repo Man

Repo was feuding with The British Bulldog prior to this but that got dropped as Davey was going to be in the main.

Repo hits Crush from behind. Crush no sells it then gorilla press slams him. Repo goes out. Crush running lariats jhhim outside. Crush hits shots to the gut and puts Repo on the top rope. He then pounds on him there.

Crush backbreakers him. Repo backdrops him. Crush belly to belly suplexes Repo then backbreakers him. Crush misses a knee drop and fires up as Repo pounds him. Repo bangs Crush's face off the mat. Crush throws him out on the pin attempt. Repo jumps off the top and is caught with a powerslam. Crush does the head squeeze on Repo and submits him to win.

Thoughts: We didn't really need to this one. It wasn't anything too special and was mostly Crush no selling Repo.

Mean Gene Okerlund talks about the Macho/Warrior/Perfect/Flair storyline and he tells us we are going to the main event now.

Vince and Bobby talk. Vince says Bobby knows whose team Perfect is on. Bobby says he doesn't know and they wouldn't tell him. Vince thinks Bobby said Warrior sold out then Bobby brings up Macho.

WWF Title - "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs The Ultimate Warrior

They had an easy storyline with Warrior retiring Macho and Macho trying to prove himself here but instead this became all about whose side Mr. Perfect would be on. They also had an easy Flair/Macho final blow off match that they could have done since they had been feuding all year, but they instead settled for this.

The bell rings with both guys still in their entrance gear and Mr. Perfect nowhere to be found. Macho offers a handshake and Warrior obliges. Warrior is pulled into him, they bump chests and get their entrance gear off. They lock up and Macho clean breakers him. Warrior shoves him off the lock up and pounds his chest. Macho knees him in the gut then running lariats him. He then lariats him from behind for 1. Macho comes off the top and is hit in the gut. Warrior atomic drops him twice. Warrior running lariats him for 2 then shoulders him over.

Warrior misses an elbow drop. Macho pounds on him and knee drops him. Macho sleepers him and Warrior jawbreakers him out. Warrior facebusters Macho for 2. Warrior chops and punches him down in the corner. Warriors boots him in the gut in the corner. Warrior short arm clotheslines him for 2. Macho pulls him into the buckles. Warrior is lariated over the top. Macho gets a 2 count on him. Macho top rope double axe handles him. Warrior runs in place and takes another one. Macho gets a 2 count.

Macho comes off the top and is caught. Warrior backbreakers him for 2. Warrior hits a bad punch then strikes him down. Warrior punches Macho in the corner then bearhugs him. Warrior then lets go of it for 2. Warrior side slams him for 2. Macho cradles him for 2. Macho spinning neckbreakers him. Macho pulls Warrior's throat over the top rope for 2. Macho goes for a suplex but holds his back in pain.

Warror hits him in the lower back. Warrior suplexes him for 2. Warrior runs at him and is pulled over the top rope to the floor. Macho top rope double axe handles him outside. Warrior then falls off the ring platform.

Warrior's head is banged off the steps. Macho sends him into the post for 2. Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect come out. Macho sunset flips him for 2. Warrior lariats him for 2. Warrior slams him. Warrior goes for a splash but Macho gets his knees up. They double clothesline each other and both go down. Perfect trips Macho from the outside. Warrior drops Macho with a punch.

Macho is thrown into the corner and bangs his head off the bottom buckle. Macho is supposed to be thrown into the ref but maybe hits his arm at best. The ref goes down and Warrior slams Macho. Warrior goes up top and top rope double axe handles him but the ref takes a while to count. 

Warrior argues with the ref, Macho knees him from behind and Warrior knocks the ref out of the ring. Macho piledrivers Warrior. Perfect gets in the ring and lifts up Warrior. Ric then punches Warrior in the face with brass knucks. Macho slams Warrior. Macho hits a top rope elbow drop on Warrior but the ref does another delayed count of 2.

Macho pounds on Warrior and Warrior hulks up. He shakes the ropes and prances. He nails Macho and hits running lariats. Warrior shakes the ropes again then flying shoulders him. Warrior gorilla press drops Macho. Perfect trips Warrior then Flair chairs Warrior in the back as he runs the ropes. Macho looks at Perfect and Flair and sees that Warrior is knocked out. Macho talks to the ref and knows something happened. Perfect trips Macho and Macho tries to kick him. Macho goes up top for the elbow drop. Macho then dives out onto Flair. Flair hits Macho with the chair in the knee as he comes down. Macho then gets counted out.

Flair and Perfect attack Macho and Flair figure fours him. Warrior tries to get up and rolls out of the ring. Flair grabs the chair and Warrior takes it away. Warrior chases Flair and Perfect up the aisle with the chair. The heels run and Warrior beats his chest.

Warrior goes back in the ring and stands over top of Macho. Warrior helps Macho up and gives him the title. He then holds his arm up and poses with him. Warrior then walks Macho to the back.

Thoughts: The storyline with Mr. Perfect didn't make a lot of sense from the start and ultimately didn't really get us anywhere here. I thought they could have gotten a lot more out of it than they did. Maybe he'd coach Macho for a while then coach Warrior for a bit. Maybe he'd try to throw one of them a weapon, they'd reject it then he'd help the other guy. Then they could have caught onto him, beat him up together and they could have gone with Flair just chairing them and causing a dirty finish. I think that would have been better and would have fit the story better. There was a lot of drama in the match and they figuring out that Perfect/Flair were against both of them was a nice moment as was them walking out together. But a DQ finish at Summerslam is pretty lame and the match was not as good as their Mania match, though just as long. I'd still it was good overall but this had potential to be so much more.

Mean Gene interviews Mr. Perfect and Ric Flair. Gene says there was no deal. Perfect says there was a done deal between him and Flair. He says Plan B is now in charge. Flair says he should have had the shot to begin with. He says he knows Warrior wants him now and he wants him too. He says him and Perfect are the two most perfect gentlemen alive. Flair says that the belt is coming home to him.

The Undertaker vs Kamala

Harvey Wippleman does the intro for Kamala as usual. The Undertaker comes out on the back of a hearse with Paul Bearer leading the way in a cool entrance.

Kam tries to attack Taker from behind but takes uppercuts. Taker chokes him. Kam misses a splash. Taker hits more uppercuts. Taker rope walks, Harvey gets on the apron and Kam pulls Taker down. Kam lariats Taker over the top. Taker grabs Kim chee and Harvey then Kam hits Taker. Kam kicks him in the gut and hits more chops. Taker's head is banged off the steps.

Kam headbutts him. Kam hits chops and Taker chokeslams him. Taker flying clotheslines Kam. Taker goes to slam Kam and Kim chee hits Taker. Kamala is DQ'd.

Taker punches Kim out of the ring. Kam kicks Taker from behind then corner splashes him. Kam slams Taker. Kam hits a splash then a splash off the 2nd rope. Kam goes up top and splashes Taker (they had been teasing him trying to go up top for a few weeks prior to this). Kamala goes to leave and Taker sits up. Taker goes after him and Kamala is shocked and scared. Kamala walks back in fear and trips in a funny moment. Taker then follows Kam to the back.

Thoughts: The match was short and had yet another dirty finish. The match wasn't that much but I liked them finally delivering on the much teased Kamala top rope splash. Kamala acting scared and running from Taker was top notch acting here. 

Sean Mooney interviews The British Bulldog. Davey says they are facing a lot of pressure in the family but he didn't make this, Jack Tunney did. He said he fought hard for 2 years to be the #1 contender for the IC Title. He says Bret is the champ and his brother in law but he says he doesn't know him when they fight. He says he hopes the families re-unite after. Davey says stepping out in front of his countrymen isn't pressure, it's a dream. He says he also dreams he will be the next WWF IC champ.

Bret Hart is interviewed by Mean Gene. 

Bret says he has proven he works well under pressure. He gets mad at Davey saying he never met him when they wrestle. Hart says to take a good look in his face and tell him he doesn't know him. Bret says he introduced Bulldog to Diana in the first place. He says Davey wouldn't be where he is in the WWF without him. He says Davey wanted a shot at the gold and the big fight and he got the big fight. He says Davey's big dream will turn into a nightmare and will think he woke up in the dungeon of Windsor Castle tomorrow. 

We get some bagpipe players and Roddy Piper joins them, making his first appearance in a while.

Sean Mooney interviews Diana Hart. She says it'll be the biggest match in the lives of Bret and Davey. She says she's worried about what they will do to each other. She says she's not concerned about who wins. She says she loves them both and says the bonds they have are more valuable than anything. She says she has the honor of giving support to both Bret and Davey tonight.

WWF Intercontinental Title - Bret Hart (c) vs The British Bulldog

Davey has Lennox Lewis walking him to the ring with the flag. 

They stare down and shove each other. Bret is side headlocked then Davey shoulders him out of the ring. Bret does side headlock takeovers and he grounds Davey. Bret backrolls him and cradles him. He then headlock takeovers him again. Davey hammerlocks him and knees the arm.

Bret wristlocks him. Davey headflips out and armlocks Bret. Bret is catapulted into the buckles. Davey lifts him up by the arm and keeps the armlock on. Davey crucifixes him then armlocks him. Bret knees him in the gut then stomps him in the gut. Bret chinlocks him. Davey runs into a hard back elbow. Bret elbow drops him. Bret atomic drops him.

Davey goes for a crucifix but Bret turns it into a drop on him. Bret then chinlocks him and clearly tells him what to do next. Bret shoulders Davey then Davey flips him with his feet. Davey runs into a boot in the corner. Bret bulldogs him.

Bret goes up top and Davey throws him down. Davey misses a top rope diving headbutt. Davey's face is banged off the mat. Davey tries to push Bret into the ropes but Bret slides under him and Davey goes out. Bret plancha's out and yanks Davey's head down to the floor.

Bret rams Davey's back into the post. Davey is sent hard into the buckles and Bret hits him in the back. Bret russian legsweeps him for 2. Bret hits euros on Davey then dropkicks him.  Bret back body drops him for 2. Bret chinlocks him. Bret suplexes him for 2 then chinlocks him. Davey backslides him. Bret backbreakers him then 2nd rope elbow drops him on the back for 2. Bret yanks on Davey's hair. Bret snapmares him and chinlocks him.

Bret hits punches then sleepers Davey. Davey ropebreaks and Bret stomps him. Bret sleepers him. Davey rams Bret in the corner to escape. Davey tries to gorilla press Bret but drops him and Bret is crotched on the 2nd rope. Davey lariats Bret several times for 2. Davey suplexes him for 2. Bret is sent chest first into the buckles. Davey powerslams Bret for 2. Bret germans him for 2.

Davey superplexes Bret for 2. They double clothesline each other. Bret sharpshooters him from the mat and Davey ropebreaks. Bret sunset flips him but Davey blocks it and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good match with Bret working the back. There were tons of rest holds here as Davey forgot the match they had planned. Bret was caught multiple times telling Davey what to do and this was a total carry job with Davey not doing all that much here.  They started off doing technical wrestling then Bret got rough about halfway through. The finish wasn't that well built up to here though but I liked the sharpshooter attempt from the mat near the end. The crowd was super hot all throughout here.

Davey offers Bret a hand up after. Diana cries. Bret and Davey shake hands then hug in a nice moment. Diana comes in and hugs them both. They then get sparklers and fireworks as they all pose together.

Overall thoughts: The opener was fine. Nailz's match sucked like usual. Martel/Shawn was going fine, then we went to a countout finish which was disappointing. The tag title match was okay but it went long and wasn't great. Crush/Repo wasn't that good. I thought Macho/Warrior was good overall but not quite as good as their Mania match and I thought there were better ways to get Mr. Perfect involved. I was disappointed with the countout finish. Kamala/Taker was short with a dirty finish. The main was good but Bret did almost all of the work in it and you could see him telling Davey what to do throughout the whole match. I'd give this one a 5 out of 10 total. The two big matches did deliver, but there were a lot of dirty finishes and they didn't have anywhere close to the best show possible. It was an an average show overall.