Original Airdate: Saturday, November 14th, 1992
Saskatchewan Center
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Intercontinental Championship Match
Repo Man vs. British Bulldog
Well, we're kicking things off with a bang this week. Has there ever been a tough guy wrestler who has ever had to transition to a doofus more than Barry Darsow? Bulldog hits a nice press slam, but Repo then hangs Bulldog on the top rope. Apparently Saturday Night's Main Event is also tonight and they are pretending that Bulldog has to fight two matches in one day. I'm not sure if Repo is acting more serious because it's a title match or if it's just because he isn't feeling it today. Repo goes after the second rope, but Bulldog counters it with a weird thrust. Then out of nowhere, Bulldog hits the powerslam for the victory. It was almost as if they just erased three minutes out of the match for no reason. They had a nice little match until the abrupt ending.
Match Rating: *3/4 (out of 5)
They run down the card for Saturday Night's Main Event as a triple crown, meaning all three championships will be up for grabs. British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels, the Ultimate Maniacs vs. Money, Inc. and Bret Hart vs. Papa Shango.
We get another Bob Backlund vignette, which will never not be weird to me. I really don't get how they thought he was going to get over in this era.
Bob St. Laurent & Jim Powers vs. The Headshrinkers
The Headshrinkers headbutt each other before starting the match. Jim Powers looks like he's lost 100 pounds. Doink makes another appearance here. Fatu hits the splash off the top rope for the easy win. This was a little disappointing. I was hoping for a little bit more physical squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Event Center time with Mean Gene. He quickly runs through Saturday Night's Main Event again and then it's on to Survivor Series. Rick Martel says it will be smooth sailing for the Model. Big Boss Man says he's going to get to the stick and make Nailz serve hard time.
Bam Bam Bigelow will be here soon and he yells "Bam Bam" a lot.
Iron Mike Sharpe vs. Marty Jannetty
Marty dropkicks Sharpe out over the top rope. Marty lets us know that he's used to working for what he wants and what he wants is to kick Michaels' butt. Marty hits the flying fist off the top rope and that's all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Update time with Lord Alfred Hayes. They recap Bret Hart's match with Berzerker on Prime Time. Hart wins the match after the Sharpshooter. If Bret Hart beats Papa Shango he will defend the title again here on Superstars against Virgil.
Nailz vs. Ken Johnson
Uggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh. Nailz has lost any momentum that he had here. The highlight is getting to see Doink in the crowd.
Match Rating: 0 Stars
The Natural Disasters and the Nasty Boys are here for an interview. They make lots of loud noises and say they are going to kick butt.
Back to Mean Gene again. Ric Flair, Razor Ramon and Mr. Perfect say Warrior and Savage are the ultimate joke. Warrior and Savage say they aren't going anywhere.
Steve Gillespie vs. Kamala
You have to love the slow burn on the feud between Harvey Wippleman and Howard Finkel. This Kamala/Undertaker feud would probably be more effective if they would have given Kamala a feud prior to it. This is every Kamala squash you've ever seen.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go back to the Undertaker's workshop, where we are on day 72 of him making a wood box.
Mean Gene reminds us one more time to watch Saturday Night's Main Event and then that Survivor Series is in a week and a half. Tatanka channels his inner-Ultimate Warrior and somehow doesn't ever stop to breathe the entire interview. The Beverly Brothers and Money, Inc. say they are the most talent and wealth accumulated anywhere.
Next week we get Bret Hart vs. Virgil and the triple crown on Saturday Night's Main Event.
Well, that wasn't as good of a show as last week but it still is a nice improvement over the episodes earlier on this year. They had a lot to build to with SNME and a pay-per-view all in the next week and a half and were successful with that.
Overall Rating: 48%
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