SummerSlam (1991)

SummerSlam (1991)
Tagline(s)	A Match Made in Heaven, A Match Made in Hell
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Federation
Date	August 26, 1991
Attendance	20,000
Venue	Madison Square Garden
City	New York, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
WrestleMania VII SummerSlam (1991) Survivor Series (1991)
SummerSlam chronology
SummerSlam (1990) SummerSlam (1991) SummerSlam (1992)

SummerSlam (1991) was the fourth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 26, 1991 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.

SummerSlam 1991 is remembered for the on-screen wedding of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth, dubbed "A Match Made in Heaven" by announcer Vince McMahon. Savage and Elizabeth had been married in real life since December 1984. WWF personalities shown at the reception afterward included Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, J.J. Dillon, The Undertaker, and Jake Roberts. The last two were uninvited guests. Roberts proceeded to frighten Elizabeth with his snake while Undertaker attacked Savage with an urn.

This was contrasted with "A Match Made in Hell", the main event of the show, which was a handicap tag team match between WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior, and Sgt. Slaughter, General Adnan and Colonel Mustafa. It was Slaughter's final on-screen appearance as an Iraqi sympathizer, a storyline fueled by the Gulf War.

Among the other on-screen highlights of the event was The Legion of Doom defeating The Nasty Boys to win the WWF Tag Team Championship. The team became the only tag team in wrestling history to have held the WWF Tag Team Championship, the NWA World Tag Team Championship, and the AWA World Tag Team Championship.

Contents 1 Results 2 Other on-screen talent 3 Ultimate Warrior controversy 4 References

Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
0 !Dark	Koko B. Ware defeated Kato	Singles match	06:03
1	The British Bulldog, Ricky Steamboat, and The Texas Tornado defeated The Warlord and Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules) (with Slick)	Tag team match	10:43
2	Bret Hart defeated Mr. Perfect (c) (with Coach)	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	18:04
3	The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) (with André the Giant)	Tag team match	06:27
4	Virgil defeated Ted DiBiase (c) (with Sensational Sherri)	Singles match for the Million Dollar Championship	13:11
5	The Big Boss Man defeated The Mountie (with Jimmy Hart)	"Jailhouse Match", where the loser had to spend 24 hours in a New York City jail	09:38
6	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (c)	Street Fight for the WWF Tag Team Championship	07:45
7	Irwin R. Schyster defeated Greg Valentine	Singles match	07:07
8	Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior defeated Sgt. Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa, and General Adnan.	Handicap match with Sid Justice as special guest referee	12:40

Other on-screen talent

Commentators Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Gorilla Monsoon "Rowdy" Roddy Piper Interviewers "Lord" Alfred Hayes Sean Mooney "Mean" Gene Okerlund Ring Announcer Howard Finkel

Referees Danny Davis Earl Hebner Joey Marella Other Tony Garea Rene Goulet Pat Patterson

Ultimate Warrior controversy

Off-screen, the event involved an incident with The Ultimate Warrior. WWE alleges that Warrior threatened to no-show the event unless he was paid a certain amount of money. Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter discussed the possibility of "dealing with the matter physically" for McMahon, when they became aware of Warrior's threat.^[1]

According to Vince McMahon, who didn't want Hogan and Slaughter to get into a physical altercation with Warrior, he paid him that amount, then fired him immediately after SummerSlam. Warrior has since responded on his website to these allegations by stating he was owed money stemming from work performed at WrestleMania VII. McMahon would later state that while he couldn't make a last-minute change in the card due to the fans expecting the match, he "could not wait to fire him" after the pay-per-view.

References

• "2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts". Wrestling’s Historical Cards (Kappa Publishing): pp. 89. 2007. 
• onlineworldofwrestling.com – SummerSlam '91 results
• twnpnews.com – SummerSlam
• wrestlinginformer.net – SummerSlam '91 review
• hoffco-inc.com – SummerSlam '91 review

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