Superstars 9-5-1992 Review

Original Airdate: Saturday, September 5th, 1992
Von Braun Civic Center
Huntsville, Alabama

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We get a recap of SummerSlam, which surprisingly includes video, not just still photos. I have to say I am pretty shocked. They are showing highlights of the entire match of Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior and then also show clips from Kamala/Undertaker and British Bulldog/Bret Hart. This whole intro is over 8 minutes long. Vince's announcing is unsurprisingly over the top and obnoxious over the whole thing. They then pan to Vince with Mr. Perfect, who is not happy.

Legion of Doom vs. Gary Jackson & Jerry Stephens

How did Hawk ever sign off on Rocco? Hawk seems to be a little angry today, it looks like he is taking it out on these poor jobbers today. Doomsday Device ends it here for LOD, who won't be around a whole lot longer.

Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)

Vince then hypes up how there are no steroid freaks, just wrestlers using IcoPro, which uses science.

Event Center time with Sean Mooney. The Nasty Boys are the meanest and nastiest tag team around. Big Boss Man says he did what he had to do to protect society from the piece of trash, Nailz.

Nailz vs. Tommy Stevenson

Nailz instantly charges Stevenson and I can't believe it, but he starts choking him. He then kicks him and starts choking him again. There is absolutely no reaction from the crowd. Nailz gives Stevenson one of the worst looking clotheslines you will ever see and then does his chokehold sleeper for the victory. They should have just had Boss Man beat him at SummerSlam and move on like this never happened.

Match Rating: 0 stars

Back to Sean Mooney again. Natural Disasters say they will defend their titles any time. Rick Martel will show you that he is the best with arrogance.

Kato vs. Crush

Crush is now billed as being from Hawaii and then gets a quick interview shown of him speaking with an accent. Kato shows a little bit of fight, but Crush then hits a spinning backbreaker. Crushes then shows off his strength with a powerslam and crushes his head for the victory.

Match Rating: 1/4*

The Mountie vs. Ken Wayne

I think it's safe to say that Ken shares no relation to John. The Mountie grabs the mic before the match and starts singing along with his entrance music. The Mountie is in full ham mode today, which is pretty much why I love this character. Piledriver gets the victory here. After the match, he chases Wayne out of the ring with the shock stick and then sings along with his music again. The Mountie continues to be a highlight for me.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Mr. Perfect introduces a taped interview from Razor Ramon. Razor says that Macho Man may be champion, but their is only one person who is oozing machismo and that's Razor.

Barry Horowitz vs. Virgil

Vince claims that Virgil is really coming into his own just days after getting squashed by Nailz at SummerSlam. I do have to say Virgil's squashes have been among the best on my run of Superstars. Horowitz gets in a little bit of offense, but then out of nowhere Virgil hits the side Russian leg sweep for the victory. They cut away to the crowd at the last count for some odd reason.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Money, Inc. vs. Burt Styles & Warren Quinn

IRS does some of the lazier cheating I have seen in awhile by sort of half grabbing Dibiase's arm while doing the abdominal stretch on a jobber. I do like that Money, Inc. typically treat their squashes as actual matches. Dibiase puts on the Million Dollar Dream and that's it. The jobber gets $100 in the mouth for good measure.

Match Rating: 1/4*

Back to the Event Center and Tatanka and Repo Man do what they do. It's funny that the Repo Man still gets as much interview time as he does. It's probably just a guilty pleasure of Vince's...and mine too.

As they zoom into a child chewing on an Undertaker foam tombstone, next week we get Big Boss Man, Razor Ramon, Natural Disasters and Ric Flair. They then show Ultimate Warrior helping Macho Man up at SummerSlam.

This was your typical episode of 1992 Superstars with the bonus of getting to see actual highlights from SummerSlam if you were like me and didn't order the show. I enjoy the Mountie character a lot and the Virgil match was decent. Then there was Nailz...

Overall Rating: 36%