Original Airdate: Saturday, October 3rd, 1992
Hersheypark Arena
Hershey, Pennsylvania
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We kick things off right away with Mean Gene Okerlund bringing out Razor Ramon. We get a super short promo where he basically says that he still has his gold and Macho Man doesn't. Deep stuff.
Crush vs. Duane Gill
The battle of the awful mullets here. Crush hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, but his timing is off and it looks like it would have hurt pretty badly. Gill tries to get some offense, but it just angers Crush and he knocks him over the top rope with a right hand. Vince is then amazed that Crush jumps over the top rope to get to the floor. Crush throws Gill back in over the top rope from the floor and then hits the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a second time. Crush puts on his submission move and gets the victory. Honestly, this was about as good as Crush has looked in this singles run.
Match Rating: 1/4* (out of 5)
Nailz vs. Gus Kantarakis
They show Nailz standing in the dark near the entrance and it honestly may be the best thing about Nailz. Nailz chokes Gus and he might as well be choking me because that's the only thing worse than watching one of his matches. Nailz hits his awful looking clothesline and then his sleeper choke hold for a victory. Again, this is embarrassingly bad.
Match Rating: 0 stars
Next up, we get to see a Bob Backlund highlight package. What a strange time. Backlund says he is 43 and he's making a comeback and wants to become WWF Champion once again.
They show clips from two weeks ago from Kamala's match and then him being frightened by the casket that Paul Bearer wheeled out.
Undertaker vs. Von Krus
Taker ties Von Krus up in the ropes and hits him with a series of fists and boots. Taker then hits his leaping clothesline. Tombstone and that's all. After the match, Von Krus gets put in the body bag.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Event Center time with Sean Mooney. Kamala, Harvey Wippleman and Kim Chee say that the only thing Undertaker has going for him is intimidation. Hacksaw Jim Duggan is back on Superstars and wants you to vote.
Repo Man vs. Laverne McGill
Lots of punches and kicks from Repo here today. He avoids a dropkick because he's sneaky. McGill gets put in the tree of woe and Repo delivers more punches. Repo works on the knee and then puts on the half crab for the victory. That was a pretty uninspired performance by Repo. After the match, he ties up McGill's legs and hangs them on the ropes.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Back to Sean Mooney again. Big Boss Man talks about when he was a little bitty boy and gives the same promo he gave on a recent episode. Papa Shango curses from the east and the west, so watch out Bret Hart. His book then lights on fire.
They show clips from the 1991 Survivor Series, which I feel like is pretty rare during this time period.
Natural Disasters vs. Bob Bradley & Barry Horowitz
Typhoon and Horowitz engage in a test of strength and we know how that works out. Typhoon toys with Horowitz and then throws him in his corner and he tags in Bradley. Bradley gets in some offense and bites Typhoon, but Typhoon just throws him halfway across the ring. In comes Earthquake and he hits a leaping kick and then an elbow drop. Earthquake hits his finisher and is followed up by Typhoon's splash for the victory. If they would have given Quake a workhorse partner, similar to Yokozuna/Owen Hart, they really could have had something special.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Mean Gene is backstage and tries to find Jimmy Hart. He questions which team is the #1 contender, Money, Inc. or the Nasty Boys? Hart avoids the question and he backs into the restroom.
Ross Greenberg vs. Rick Martel
The gimmick was a little tired at this point, but if they would have pushed him a little higher up the card I think it would have had lasted longer mostly because Martel was such a solid worker. Martel hits the Boston Crab for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Event Center time yet again. Skinner talks about the Hurricane Andrew and he's in a bad mood now. Look out. Bret Hart thinks his match with British Bulldog was one of the best matches of all time.
Next week we get Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Kamala, Nailz (are you serious?) and they are going to announce the main event for Survivor Series.
Negative points deducted for Nailz wrestling, but the rest of the show flowed pretty well. They had a real who's who of jobbers with Gill, Greenberg and Horowitz here. I still don't get why they couldn't at least put one feature match every week here, but it is what it is.
Overall Rating: 40%
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