SummerSlam (1992)

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SummerSlam 1992

Details
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	August 29, 1992 Aired August 31, 1992
Venue	Wembley Stadium
City	London, England
Attendance	80,355
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania VIII	SummerSlam 1992	Survivor Series 1992

SummerSlam 1992 was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 29, 1992 in the Wembley Stadium located in London, England, but was aired in the United States on August 31.

There is some controversy as to whether Wrestlemania 3 or Summerslam 1992 was the more largely attended event. Wrestlemania 3 is listed as having the largest attendance for a WWE event, at 93,173. However event promoter Zane Bresloff later provided wrestling journalists, such as Dave Meltzer, with documents listing the event's attendance of actually being 78,000 with 75,500 paid, [1] [2]. If this is true, then Summerslam 1992 would be considered to have had the largest crowd in WWE history.

1 Results
2 Other on-screen talent
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Results

Dark match: Jim Duggan and The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) defeated The Mountie and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (12:33)
- Duggan pinned The Mountie.
Papa Shango defeated Tito Santana (6:00)
- Shango pinned Santana. This match was not seen on the U.S. telecast [1].
The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) (15:10)
- Animal pinned DiBiase after a Powerslam.
- This was the last WWF(E) pay-per-view appearance for LOD until 1997.

Randy Savage climbs to the top rope to perform an aerial move to The Ultimate Warrior.

Nailz defeated Virgil (3:55)
- Nailz defeated Virgil by TKO when Virgil passed out from a sleeper hold.
Shawn Michaels (w/Sensational Sherri) fought Rick Martel to a double count-out (8:06)
- Due to pre-match stipulations made by Sherri, neither man was to hit the other in the face, since Sherri had the hots for both men. The match ended in a double count-out when Sherri got on the apron but fainted and fell off resulting in both Martel and Michaels going to check on her. They got in a fight over who should attend to her and were counted out, then brawled up the aisle and both attempted to carry her backstage until Martel dumped a bucket of water on Sherri, reviving her.
The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau) (w/The Genius) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (10:30)
- Earthquake pinned Beau after a Earthquake squash.
Crush defeated The Repo Man (5:41)
- Crush made Repo Man submit with a Cranium Crush. This match was not seen on the UK telecast.
The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF Champion Randy Savage (28:00)
- Warrior defeated Savage by countout due to interference from Mr. Perfect and Ric Flair.

Bret Hart raises Bulldog's hand after his victory.

The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Kamala (w/Harvey Whippleman and Kim Chee) (3:27)
- Undertaker defeated Kamala by disqualification.
Tatanka defeated The Berzerker (5:46)
- Tatanka pinned Berzerker. This match was not seen on the U.S. telecast [2].
The British Bulldog (w/Lennox Lewis) defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (25:40)
- Bulldog pinned Hart with a roll-up after countering a sunset flip pin attempt.

[edit] Other on-screen talent

Commentators

Interviewers

Referees

Others

Bushwhacker Butch - interviewed
Howard Finkel - ring announcer
Tony Garea
Rene Goulet
Brian Knobbs - interviewed
Bushwhacker Luke - interviewed
Pat Patterson
Jerry Saggs - interviewed

Promotional poster of SummerSlam 1992

[edit] Trivia

This is the first WWF pay-per-view to not feature Hulk Hogan. He does however state in his book 'Hollywood Hulk Hogan' that he was there.
SummerSlam 1992 was the only SummerSlam ever to take place in an open air venue.
SummerSlam 1992's attendance of 80,355 is one of the largest attendance records for a WWF/WWE event.
After the Undertaker/Kamala match, Roddy Piper played "Scotland the Brave" on his bagpipe.
Bret Hart stated at his Hall Of Fame induction speech that his match here was his best and favorite match of his career.
This is the only one of the "Big 4" WWE/F pay-per-views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series) to ever take place in the UK.
The match between Crush and Repo Man was ironic because a year earlier they were partners in the tag team, Demolition. Crush was Crush, and Repo Man was Smash. A year later, they are bitter rivals competing against each other.
Bret Hart convinced Vince McMahon to let the Intercontinental title close out the show rather than the WWF title match. Bret Hart believed the fans wanted to see The British Bulldog win in the main event.
This marked the pay-per-view debut of The Ultimate Warrior's ridiculous flesh-colored body suit.