Original Airdate: Saturday, May 2nd, 1992
Wings Stadium
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Mr. Perfect opens the show talking trash about Randy Savage. They run down the card and we are going to get the debut of High Energy today. Lives will be changed.
Big Boss Man vs. Mark Roberts
Boss Man comes running down the ring like a bat out of hell. The man leaving the mysterious messages for Boss Man gets out of prison next week. This was the peak of Boss Man as an in ring performer. I'm not sure there was a more famous wrestler who whiffs on their punches more than Boss Man does. Boss Man Slam ends it. That was a very spirited squash match.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Mean Gene is here showing highlights of last weeks encounter between Berzerker and Undertaker. This feud will go down in history right up there with Austin/McMahon.
Red Tyler vs. Papa Shango
Here we go, it's the cult hero Papa Shango. Knowing what we know about Charles Wright now, it's kind of amazing that Vince McMahon saw him and thought this was the gimmick for him. Shango gets in some pretty generic offense and then hits a reverse shoulder breaker for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sean Mooney is in the new Event Center. Tito Santana said he went through a lot of hard training to become El Matador and now he is close to the top. Mic skills were never Tito's strength. Sid Justice gives Warrior a run for his money on what amounts to basically him yelling stuff.
Tatanka vs. Brian Costello
Tatanka chases Costello out of the ring and for some reason he walks around the ring with his head down and Tatanka catches him. Costello is pretty awful, even by Superstars jobber standards. Martel says Tatanka smells so bad that he's going to have to spray some extra Arrogance. Tatanka gets the pin and down comes Martel. This segment it taking forever. Tatanka jumps off the apron, but Martel sprays the Arrogance in his face. They could have cut this segment in half and it still would have been too long. Martel then sprays Tatanka's feathers and puts it in his hair.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Virgil is actually getting an interview and it's pretty terrible. Shawn Michaels' promo is basically a shoot interview.
We are now backstage with Tatanka who is selling this as if he was shot.
Money Inc. vs. Ron Cumberledge & Chris Hahn
Cumberledge gets about 5 seconds of offense. Going to one of these tapings must have been horrible. 2 Money Inc. squash matches? IRS gets the pin with a clothesline. That was very meaningless.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show a clip of the Savage/Flair match at WrestleMania VII, which leads to Mean Gene introducing Macho Man.
Another Crush vignette and it's the worst one yet, which is pretty impressive.
Mike Bennett & Dwayne Gill vs. High Energy
This is the debut of High Energy, but pre-Koko having a matching outfit. Both guys look solid here and in typical Superstars fashion, this one is over quickly after a double dropkick from the top rope.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Skinner vs. Ultimate Warrior
Skinner spits at Warrior, but Warrior gets right to his signature offense. Before you know it, this one is over with Warrior treating Skinner like Red Tyler. Not much of a feature match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
The Beverly Brothers say they are the only undefeated team in the WWF. Sgt. Slaughter gives a generic cringe worthy face interview.
Next week it will be Ric Flair vs. Sgt. Slaughter. And we get another Slaughter interview. How does this happen? Flair and Perfect run their mouth back and that's it.
Nothing very memorable on this show. High Energy and Big Boss Man gave better than usual efforts, but the Martel/Tatanka segment was really flat.
Overall Rating: 28%
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