Original Airdate: Saturday, November 21st, 1992
Hullman Center
Terre Haute, Indiana
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WWF Championship Match
Virgil vs. Bret Hart
We are getting a rare WWF Championship match here on Superstars. In typical Hitman fashion, he gives Virgil a fair amount of offense, including one of the weaker monkey flips I have seen. Virgil misses a crossbody off the second rope and Hart immediately puts him in the Sharpshooter for the victory. If they were going to let Virgil get that much offense, it would have probably been better had it been a little bit longer. They shake after the match.
Match Rating: * (out of 5)
Mean Gene is here with the biggest update in recent history. Ultimate Warrior is out of the main event of the Survivor Series. They show a clip from Prime Time of Randy Savage saying Mr. Perfect is going to be his partner, as Bobby Heenan and Perfect laugh it off. We then get another interview of Savage saying he doesn't like Perfect, but he is the best partner. This turn really makes no sense, but I guess we're going for it.
Back to the arena and Heenan is furious about the news.
Todd Becker vs. Yokozuna
Vince and Heenan continue to talk about the Perfect news. Meanwhile, Yokozuna continues to impress at his much lighter weight here. The dude was incredibly agile for this era at that size. Another impressive squash here. The rocket would be strapped soon.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time to go to the Event Center with Sean Mooney. Yokozuna has signed an open contract for Survivor Series. The Natural Disasters and Nasty Boys do a lot of yelling while Typhoon just bobs his head like the Red Rooster. Kamala and his crew talk about the big casket match.
Now we get an Update with Lord Alfred Hayes. They show highlights of the Intercontinental match from Saturday Night's Main Event. They then show Bret Hart vs. Papa Shango. Then they show the interview of Bret and Shawn from SNME. Alfred was not good at this job at all.
Steve Walker & Mike Kramer vs. Natural Disasters
I can't even imagine wrestling Twitter during this era. The amount that has changed in the past few weeks is pretty crazy. Vince makes mention of the Survivor Series Showdown for the first time. The big guys destroy the poor jobbers, who are a bit bigger than your run of the mill jobbers.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We are in full hype mode today and it's now Survivor Series Report time. He talks about the big tag team match. Razor says nothing has changed, but Flair is furious and is a total maniac here. Nailz says it is his turn for revenge and Boss Man tells Nailz he will serve hard time. A new match is announce between High Energy and the Headshrinkers. We get a second Harvey Wippleman interview for some reason and he says this will be Undertakers last coffin match.
Bam Bam Bigelow says he will make his debut next week.
Barry Horowitz vs. Lance Cassidy
Cassidy's cup of coffee continues here. Doink is out again with a hammer. Cassidy never had a chance to make it here. He gets pretty aggressive with a series of kicks to the chest and then hits a clothesline off the top rope. Doink is shown again in the crowd and that's it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Back to Sean Mooney and we are talking about Survivor Series again. High Energy says that the Headshrinkers have never seen anything like them before. Martel says that Tatanka will get his first loss Wednesday night. Tatanka says he will take back his eagle feathers back.
Heenan says that this will be the Perfect pay-per-view here Wednesday as Perfect will be gone. Vince says we may see the Perfect funeral, which sounds like a good selling point for parents on the fence about ordering it for their children. We go back to Undertaker's workshop to unveil Kamala's casket, which Undertaker comes out of and basically says that he is going to murder Kamala on live TV.
This was basically Superstars last gasp hype show before Wednesday night. I would have liked to have seen a little bit more impressive match in the opener, as that could have been fun. Other than that, they were in scramble mode trying to figure out what to do about old reliable Ultimate Warrior. The Mr. Perfect turn made no sense and didn't ultimately lead to much after this for him. This wasn't a horrible show, but there were a few too many interviews.
Overall Rating: 41%
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