Original Airdate: Saturday, June 20th, 1992
Rupp Arena
Lexington, Kentucky
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Perfect and Vince make some lame joke about bugs. It can only get better from here, right?
Legion Of Doom vs. Barry Hardy & Tom Bennett
Hawk is in there throwing Bennett around like it's nothing. They keep referring them to Legion Of Sissies. The Beverly Brothers say that the LOD are mama's boys. Barry Hardy gets the honor of getting destroyed by the Doomsday Device.
Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)
Update time here with Mean Gene. He hypes up the ice cream bars. We get a clip of the interview of he and Savage that was aired in it' entirety. Then we get Flair and Perfect. Flair says he will be the champ again.
Papa Shango vs. Chris Hahn
Hahn for whatever reason is not in the ring and they show him hesitating to get in the ring. All of a sudden his hand is on fire and he runs to the back. Why wouldn't Papa Shango just do that to everyone?
Event Center time with Sean Mooney. Crush reminds us that his name is Crush and that he loves to crush things. It's amazing that he made it as far as he did in this business. The Nasty Boys show no mercy or something.
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Red Tyler
Perfect actually compliments Slaughter, which is kind of weird. Tyler is decked out in red, white and blue, which makes no sense since his facing Slaughter. Sarge gets him in the Cobra Clutch and wins.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They then hype some article about the use of anabolic steroids. I bet all the 6 year olds were dying to read that.
Repo Man vs. Brian Costello
This roster was so full of jobbers, couldn't they have more featured matches on this show? These one minute matches are wearing on me. Repo naturally destroys Costello and then puts him into a half crab for the victory. The world needs more half crab finishes. After the match, Repo ties the rope around Costello's legs.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Back to the Event Center and we get a Bret Hart promo and he says he'll take on anyone anywhere. Rick Martel brags some more about his feathers for like the 15th episode in a row.
Crush vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Crush's neon spandex really is something else. Crush actually goes up top and hits a fist. We then get our dumbest finisher since the half crab with the head crusher. Next.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Mean Gene is here with Shawn Michaels and Sherri. Sherri has the mirror with her. Not only does Michaels see the sexiest man in the mirror, but he also sees the next Intercontinental Champion.
Razor Ramon is riding a decked out Cadillac. He is really playing up the accent here.
Dwayne Gill vs. Undertaker
Vince transitions by saying, "speaking of cool dudes" when referring to Taker. Taker is, like most matches during this era, just going through the motions. Gill does a poor job on the jumping on the clothseline spot. Tombstone and it's over. After the match they put Gill in a body bag.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Fink announces that Shawn Michaels left the building.
Rock Werner & Butler Stevens vs. Money Inc.
This one was so exciting that I fell asleep. So now I have to go and re-watch it. Money Inc. makes quick work of the jobber.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Owen Hart calls the Nasty Boys the Fat Boys. Tatanka talks about his heritage. No wonder none of these guys were getting over.
Another terrible episode here. It's not really a wonder that I lost interest back in the day and it's easy to see why they felt the pressure to create something new with Monday Night Raw. It will be interesting to see how they shift gears towards Macho Man/Ultimate Warrior and Bret Hart/British Bulldog here in the next few weeks.
Overall Rating: 19%
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