Original Airdate: Saturday, August 1st, 1992
Glens Falls Civic Center
Glens Falls, New York
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The Nasty Boys vs. Kerry Davis & Ross Greenberg
Greenberg gets a pit stop early on and for some reason they didn't add in any fake boos to this match Davis's mullet is in a league of its own. Although, I guess Knobbs and Saggs' aren't too far behind. Big splash by Knobbs into the corner. The crowd could not care less about this match. Powerslam by Knobbs and then Saggs finishes him with an elbow drop from the top rope. The tag division was well on its way to being dead in the WWF again after a really good run.
Match Rating: 1/4*
WWF Update with Mean Gene brought to you by WWF Superstars ice cream bars. There was one ice cream shop that carried those and of course it was like 5 miles further than probably 5 other ice cream places, but we would always beg to go to that one. We get clips of last week of the interview with Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior.
Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Bret Hart
Finally a Mike Sharpe appearance. Bret lets Sharpe get a little bit of offense in. They show a clip of Helen Hart being so upset that Bret and Bulldog are fighting. It was a nice layer to add to the story since face vs. face matches always have a hard time succeeding. Bret gets the Sharpshooter and the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
To the Event Center we go. I am always curious about the dates of pay-per-views. Why was SummerSlam on a Monday night? British Bulldog is ready to win the Intercontinental Championship. Shawn Michaels is ready for Rick Martel, in a match that I still don't understand.
Rick Martel vs. Bill Pierce
Martel is putting on a nice little clinic on the art of a squash match here. They show a promo of Martel still talking about Tatanka. This is all mind boggling to me. SummerSlam is in 4 weeks and he's still hyping a feud that won't have a payoff on the show. Pierce goes for a monkey flip, but Martel reverses it with an inverted atomic drop. Boston Crab finishes it off. Martel looked good here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Mean Gene introduces Undertaker and Paul Bearer. Undertaker gives a paint by number interview. Nothing to see here.
Tony Roy vs. Papa Shango
No voodoo to start the match. How does he decide when to make people vomit and when not to? Vince tells us that Shango won't ever be on WBF. Papa Shango hits his finisher and gets the victory. After the match he holds the skull over Roy and then sparks comes out of the skulls head.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Back to Sean Mooney. Kamala is here and Harvey says SummerSlam is the end of Undertaker and Paul Bearer. Bret Hart says that every dog has its day, but SummerSlam won't be Bulldog's day.
It's now time for the highlight of the show, SummerSlam Report. He runs over the 4 matches announced last week and then we get an interview from HBK and Sherri. They also announce that Natural Disasters will take on the Beverly Brothers for the Tag Team Championships. Natural Disasters give a promo and talk about two guys who are in different leagues. They also announce a HUGE matchup of Nailz vs. Virgil. Nailz gives a terrible promo and Virgil gives a generic face promo. They also announce Legion of Doom against Money, Inc.
Flex Armstrong & Richie Rich vs. Legion of Doom
It's time for more Rocco! Paul Ellering takes him around to the kids at ringside. I still don't understand how this even happened. Vince just loves it. Standard fare here by LOD, as it's pretty obvious that they aren't happy with where they are. Doomsday Device finishes it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Razor Ramon is hanging out with a group of senior citizens and talking about how they are wasting their time. He calls out Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man.
Sean Mooney reminds us again that SummerSlam is August 31st. The Beverly Brothers say they are walking out of SummerSlam as the champions. Money, Inc. say that they were robbed of the titles and that they will become the #1 contenders.
Next week we get Kamala, British Bulldog, Natural Disasters and the debut of Razor Ramon. Ultimate Warrior will be back with an interview.
Well, not much happened on this episode after last weeks big angle with Savage, Warrior and Flair. We did get the Helen Hart clip to help sell the story of the Intercontinental title match and they added a few random matches to SummerSlam. I guess that's something, right?
Overall Rating: 28%
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