Original Airdate: Saturday, May 30th, 1992
Onondaga War Memorial
Syracuse, New York
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God, how many bad matches did the poor people of Syracuse need to sit through? Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are here as usual. Perfet is hyping Papa Shango.
Legion Of Doom vs. Kato & Rich Mitchell
It's good to see they at least work with Kato. Vince hypes up the famous IcoPro and that LOD uses it. LOD squashes are usually pretty spirited and this one is no exception. I don't ask for much on this show, just a little bit of energy as if the match mattered.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Mean Gene is here to recap us on the Ultimate Warrior/Papa Shango feud. No wonder this stuck so well with young fans at this time. They have beaten this footage into the ground. Gene wonders if it is voodoo or just appendicitis?
Brian Brieger vs. Papa Shango
The lights go off and Brieger's boots are on fire and the chocolate syrups on his head. So he doesn't even need to wrestle. No match.
To Sean Mooney in the Event Center we go. Tatanka goes on about honor and getting his feathers back. Repo Man promo that is the same one from last week.
Bob Bradley vs. Sgt. Slaughter
This was just a weird time in Sarge's career. Bradley and his rattail get some offense in, but then Slaughter slams his face to the mat. Slaughter hits one of the weakest clotheslines I have seen due to a poor sell job by Bradley. Cobra Clutch and that's all she wrote.
Match Rating: 1/4*
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Rick Martel vs. Jim Powers
Powers seems pretty excited to be here today. WBF is setting the standard for drug-free competition. You can say things as many times as you'd like, but it doesn't make them true. Powers almost gets to play this as a competitive match. Then out of nowhere, Martel gets the Boston Crab on and wins. Would it really have killed them to have like a 3 minute match every now and then?
Match Rating: 1/4*
We're back to Mooney and the Nasty Boys. High Energy better look out or so they say. Undertaker and Paul Bearer cut a promo that is somehow a face promo.
Natural Disasters vs. Dwayne Gill & Mike Fury
I don't like Dwayne Gill's chances here, but for some reason Fury is the guy taking the beating. Typhoon hits two suplexes in the same match. They do a bunch of splashes and slams. Quake's splash never really looked to impressive of a move, but it certainly was over.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Dave Roulette vs. Big Boss Man
I like this era of Boss Man, but man the spinning punch is always so lame. Boss Man Slam and that's it. In through the crowd comes the man who would eventually be named Nail. He comes in and attacks him with the nightstick and then a pretty stiff looking knee. He handcuffs Boss Man to the top rope and continues to beat him with the night stick. Boss Man had just teamed up with Virgil, Jim Duggan and Sgt. Slaugher and none of them were available to help him out? He takes the handcuff off the rope and handcuffs both of Boss Man's hands. Nailz is so awkward here. This went on for like 4 minutes too long.
Match Rating: 1/4*
The Berzerker vs. Glen Ruth
Berzerker is destroying poor Ruth with boots over and over while the announcers completely ignore the match and continue to talk about the beating Boss Man took. Berzerker dumps him out of the ring and wins via countout. Vintage Berzerker.
Match Rating: 1/4*
God, make these Crush vignettes stop.
Sean Mooney says Crush has made meals of his opponents. Sarge lets us know that he isn't the Mountie. Bret Hart says he has a lot of respect for Shawn Michaels. I bet you won't.
Don't forget to tune in next week so you can find out whether or not Big Boss Man is ok.
This was not a good show, but again it did have at least the one memorable angle, even if it never led to anything worthwhile. Superstars was obviously designed to feature the different characters, but having them do three moves and winning is getting pretty old. I really wish they would just focus and have just three or four matches with a little more length.
Overall Rating: 29%
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