Original Airdate: Saturday, July 18th, 1992
Glens Falls Civic Center
Glens Falls, New York
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Mr. Perfect talks about how SummerSlam will be in London and then makes a Uranus joke because it is Space Week. Plus, we have a big announcement about the main event at SummerSlam.
Natural Disasters vs. Dwayne Gill & The Brooklyn Brawler
The Natural Disasters as faces was always so strange to me. Money, Inc. calls them a couple of bozos as Earthquake stomps away on Gill. Even as a young kid who knew next to nothing about wrestling, it was always pretty obvious that Earthquake was always the better performer. They do their double splash in the corner and for some reason Brawler runs in there, so they stick him in there and do it again. Body slam, Quake splash, Typhoon splash and that is all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
As always, it's Update time with Gene Okerlund. Apparently this is the SummerSlam we thought we would never see? We get a highlight package about bringing SummerSlam to London..or not? Looks like they maybe cut something out? Mean Gene then announces the main event will be Macho Man vs. Ultimate Warrior. Both men will be on Superstars next week.
Glen Ruth vs. Ric Flair
Flair gets right to Ruth and they are claiming it is because of the announcement of the main event that he's so angry. Mr. Perfect joins in on the party as well. Flair destroys Ruth and puts him in the Figure Four. After the bell, he refuses to let go and then him and Perfect destroy him some more. Angry Flair is always good.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Event Center time with Sean Mooney. Sgt. Slaughter gives his "I love the fans" promo and then talks about the Mountie. The Nasty Boys say that High Energy, LOD and Natural Disasters are the next to be Nasty-sized. For the record, neither the Nasty Boys or Sgt. Slaughter made the SummerSlam card.
Vince shows some clips from Prime Time Wrestling with Bret Hart vs. Rick Martel. As Martel has Hart in the Boston Crab, Shawn Michaels came down to the ring and they leave us in suspense as to what happens next.
Glen Millson vs. Virgil
Millson sort of looks like Isaac Yankem era Kane. I actually like Virgil squash matches. He does sort of an awkward spot where he bumps him out of the ring, but that leads to a splash over the top rope. Virgil looks gassed already. He hits a dropkick and a Russian leg sweep for the victory. Perfect is all fired up about Flair not being in the main event of SummerSlam.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Back to the Event Center and the Beverly Brothers are still trying to make Legion of Sissies happen. El Matador gives his generic "I have no feud" promo.
Repo Man vs. Fred Starr
Repo squashes seem to get worse every time we see them. He punches and kicks a few times and then makes Starr submit with his half crab. He then runs away to the back.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show a hype video for Body Star Wars which is a tug of war on WBF Body Stars.
Mean Gene is out to interview Big Boss Man, who is making his comeback here. Boss Man says that doctors weren't sure if he would ever walk right again, yet here he is looking as if nothing happened and he's going to get revenge on Nailz.
Jason Knight vs. The Mountie
Mountie even joins in and sings along live this week. I'm still not sure how this gimmick lasted as long as it did, but I for one am glad. Mountie hits his nice dropkick and that is basically the match here. After the match he threatens to shock Knight with the stick as Jimmy Hart blocks the ref. He lets Knight go so he can talk to the camera instead. He then sings again. God bless Jacques Rougeau.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Razor Ramon vignette time. He's at the beach this week He couldn't talk much slower here. Not very good.
Vito Krus vs. British Bulldog
Bulldog looks good here, hitting his signature moves. Repo Man cuts another ridiculous promo. Back body drop and then the running powerslam ends this one.
Match Rating: 1/4*
One more time we are back in the Event Center. Kamala is here and Harvey Wippleman reinforces that only Kim Chee can control him. Crush then gives one of the lamest promos you will ever see.
Next week they are going to announce more matches for SummerSlam along with Nailz, Shawn Michaels, Tatanka and a face to face interview between Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man. We get quick promos by both Macho and Warrior and we are all done here.
This show never really varies from week to week and this was more of the same. The Flair stuff was fun and I enjoy the ridiculousness of Mountie and Repo Man. However, it's still not enough to say this is a good show. Would it really have killed them to put on a signature match every couple of weeks?
Overall Rating: 28%
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