Original Airdate: Saturday, April 25th, 1992
Wings Stadium
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Vince introduces the show solo today, as Mr. Perfect is getting ready with Ric Flair. Honestly, Vince almost looks like he is older here than he is during the Attitude Era.
Ric Flair vs. Ron Cumberledge
Flair is fresh coming off his loss to Randy Savage at WrestleMania VIII. Cumberledge at least looks more presentable than your typical Superstars jobber. They once again hype up the dual photographs of Miss Elizabeth with both Savage and Flair. Flair is all business and locks in the Figure Four and Cumberledge instantly submits.
Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)
Mean Gene with an Update segment, which once again shows the awesome clip of Jimmy Hart, Nasty Boys, Mountie and Sherri singing some generic rock song and it is so, so good. WrestleMania weekend sure has come a long way.
Kevin Kruger vs. British Bulldog
Kruger is my type of jobber, a complete dork in every way possible. Bulldog is fresh off getting bumped off WrestleMania, upsetting 9 year old me back in 1992. Bulldog's suplex is still a thing of beauty. His dreadlocks, not so much. Running powerslam and that is all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Beverly Brothers vs. Eric Collins & Mike Freedom
The Genius sure had a weird role during his time with the company. Mike Freedom is a great ring name. They refer to LOD as LOS (Legion of Sissies). Beverly Brothers are just one of those gimmicks that really makes no sense and never really took off, but they were solid enough to hang around as long as they did. After the match, they paint Eric Collins' face and chest with LOS. This feud really never had much promise.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Sean Mooney is back in the studio and we get some more interviews. LOD gives a standard rebuttal towards the Beverly Brothers, but Repo Man's promo is absolute gold.
Another classic Crush vignette that flashes back to when he was a kid and he spills milk over the table. I smell main event for this youngster.
Shawn Michaels vs. George Anderson
Shawn and Sherri were quite a package together. Bret Hart lets us know that he has no respect for Michaels. Michaels hits Sweet Chin Music and then pretty much drops poor George on his head for the 3 count.
Match Rating: 1/4*
I'm surprised I never got a subscription to the WBF Magazine, since I was such a sucker.
Back to Mooney in the Event Center. Texas Tornado goes on about the Von Erich name while Nasty Boys talk about getting back to the top.
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Brooklyn Brawler
It's Brawler time. Slaughter lets him get a few moves in before going in for a lot of punches and dropkicks. Apparently, Slaughter and Mountie had a feud? That one doesn't ring a bell at all. Slaughter looks really old here, so after a quick Wikipedia check, I see that he was 43 here. So yeah, definitely not a young man anymore. Cobra Clutch for the huge win over Brawler.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sid Justice and Harvey Wippleman join Okerlund in the arena and starts ripping on Ultimate Warrior. The train runs off the tracks pretty quickly, as I have no clue where he was going with that one. Not surprising given that it is Sid. Harvey Wippleman again added not a single word to the interview.
Howard Finkel announces that Shawn Michaels has left the building. I wouldn't mind them bringing that back for a new talent.
Kent Carlson & Tom Stone vs. Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters are still fuming over their countout victory over Money Inc. They do a corner splash and honestly it doesn't even look like it hurt in the least. Then they do a double splash and shockingly pick up the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sean Mooney is back and we get a great Skinner promo. I can't believe they didn't sell dip spit cans for the kiddos. Tatanka's promo is your typical cheese face interview.
Berzerker vs. Undertaker
Main event time and sadly I was probably pretty pumped up for this matchup. Berzerker was definitely a guilty pleasure from this era. Fuji steals the urn and then Berzerker attacks first Bearer with the shield and then the Undertaker. Berzerker grabs his sword and knocks out Taker with it and then famously goes to stab him, but Taker sits up just in time. Berzerker clotheslines him out of the ring and continues to go to work on him. Berzerker then does a piledriver on the exposed concrete. Taker still sits up and stalks Berzerker and Fuji to the dressing room. I know this segment is insanely silly, but I have to say I enjoyed the insanity of it all. The match never got started.
Next week we get Skinner vs. Ultimate Warrior. Two Skinner promos in one show. You can't beat that. Macho Man will also be there for a special interview and an update on Berzerker/Undertaker. They they replay Berzerker trying to stab him, just in case your parents missed it.
This was a much more focused show than last week and it at least had an interesting angle to close it.
Overall Rating: 36%
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