Original Airdate: Saturday, June 6th, 1992
Rupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
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Mr. Perfect calls the Big Boss Man beating last week the worst in WWF history. Mean Gene gets the pleasure of interviewing Papa Shango.
Bret Hart vs. Tom Stone
Shawn Michaels is still the guy they are pushing as the top contender for the Intercontinental Championship. Even in these pointless squash matches, it is so apparent how much better Bret is than most of the roster at the time.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Mean Gene shows us the highlights of the Boss Man beating again. Nailz has to be about one of the most awkward workers I can remember. This time around, I paid a little more attention to the crowd and most seemed to not care about this angle at all. Mean Gene announces that this mysterious man is called Nailz and we get our first interview.
Reno Riggins & Major Yates vs. Nasty Boys
The best part of seeing a Nasty Boys match is getting to see another High Energy promo. That's the gift that keeps on giving. I will say the Nasty Boys usually have more intense squashes than most others. Elbow drop off the top for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
WBF commercial for the best drug free competition there is. WBF was a million times worse of an idea than the XFL.
Texas Tornado vs. Mike Collins
Tornado gives a couple creepy hugs on his way to the ring. They show a pre-recorded promo of him during his match and it's him picking his winner for the WBF Championship. That's the best they had for him in 1992. Discus punch and it's all over.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Event Center time as the Mountie is still hyping up his new shock stick. Virgil talks about all the weird wrestlers coming into WWF and how he loves to rumble in the jungle.
Beverly Brothers vs. Mike Samples & Scott Bailey
The Genius was right up there with legendary managers like Coach in terms of overall impact. The Beverly Brothers steal a pair of the foam LOD shoulder pads from a kid in the crowd and paint LOS on them. Blake has quite the mullet. Beau sure smiles a lot. They hit their finisher for the win. Once again they paint their opponent after the match and then put the kids shoulder pads on him.
Match Rating: 1/4*
El Matador says that everyone is gunning for the championships. Thanks for the insight, Tito. Kamala promo is exactly what you would expect.
Crush vs. George Anderson
Just in case you were wondering, Crush also gives his WBF prediction. Crush hits his usual power moves and then his stupid finisher where he crushes the poor jobber's head. After the match, he raises the arm of Anderson.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's that time as we get Papa Shango for a live interview. Papa Shango's black circle is closing on the Ultimate Warrior. Pretty awful interview here. After, Papa Shango casts a spell on Mean Gene and he has the ooze coming from his wrist.
Kato & Kevin Kruger vs. High Energy
This is a perfect opportunity for this to be a 5 minute match, but I'm sure it will be 45 seconds. Mr. Perfect can't stop talking about High Energy's outfits, which I don't think anyone could blame him. These weren't cool in 1992. The top rope dropkick is a pretty solid finisher. That was about as good of a squash as there has been in the shows I have reviewed.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Repo Man vs. Dan Robbins
For a guy that's supposed to be sneaky, you'd think he'd want a less shiny outfit. He seriously wins with a half crab. What a time to be alive. He then ties up Robbins legs and drags him around the ring.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Back to the Event Center for another round of terrible interviews. Legion of Doom say that they're the only great team. Money Inc. talk about how rich they are. Don't the Nasty Boys get mad that Jimmy Hart also manages Money Inc.?
Next week we get Shawn Michaels, Kamala, Tatanka, Nailz and an interview with Randy Savage.
Well, that was another typical show with mostly pretty lame squash matches and the same old interviews week in and week out. The High Energy match was fun enough for what it is. Not much else to it this week.
Overall Rating: 28%
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