WWF Superstars (August 15, 1992)

Original Airdate: August 15, 1992 (taped July 20)

From Worcester, Massachusetts; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect

Big Boss Man v Skinner: What? A feature match? What sorcery is this?! Seriously though, this is the first star/star match we've seen on this show in months. Skinner attacks while Boss Man is putting away his gimmicks, but gets suckered on the outside, and Boss Man decks him. Back in, Boss Man adds a backelbow, and Skinner bails. He grabs his gator claw to put Boss Man down with when Boss Man tries going after him, and Skinner uses it to choke him down with on the way back inside. Doing a good job of hiding it from the referee, too. See, that's why you wear real pants and not tights. Pockets! Skinner with a corner whip, but the charge in goes badly, and Boss Man makes a comeback. Boss Man Slam finishes at 3:31. On the one hand, I don't want to complain because we actually got a feature match. On the other, this one this one was terrible. Or maybe that was by design, because this one felt like it went on so long it was several matches. DUD

Kamala v Joe Steel: It's weird seeing 'Steel' as a name without the 'e' on the end. Dude looks less like Joe Steel than Joe Dirt, anyway. Vince goes on about how Kamala is a savage, and how terrible that is, but then in the same breath he's singing the praises of one Randy Savage. Make up your mind, you fucking maniac! Kamala with a splash at 2:29. This one was almost nothing but chops and ugly superkicks, in front of a dead crowd. DUD

Repo Man threatens to repossess Crush's career. Well, he certainly didn’t have one anymore by 1995, so I guess Repo made good on that threat

Undertaker wants Kamala to rest of peace. Well, that's nice. I like when people wish each other a good rest. Kindness is contagious

Undertaker v Chris Duffy: Speaking of Kamala, he's still around ringside, since he's apparently too primitive to find his way out of the arena, and so we get a confrontation with Undertaker in the aisle, but nothing comes of it. Vince notes that there's 'no fear in the eyes of Kamala.' Well, yeah. He just passed the guy as one might someone on the street. Why would there be fear in his eyes? Just what kind of psychopath is this Undertaker fella? Tombstone finishes at 1:20. DUD

WBF Bodystars ad. Or porn. I'm honestly not sure

Gene Okerlund brings WWF Champion Randy Savage out for a podium interview, and he's sporting one of his better outfits tonight. 1992 was a banner year for over the top Macho Man gear, but then I'm in the minority that thought the neon cowboy look was the best of all his looks. Savage refuses to confirm or deny whether or not he's negotiating with Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect, since he's not foolish enough to show his hand. This draws Perfect over to the stage to try and bluff his way into getting Macho into a bidding war with Ultimate Warrior, but Randy is too shrewd for him. This continues to be a really great angle

Money Inc v Tim McNeavey and Jerry Seavey: Money Inc are fresh off of losing the tag title to the Natural Disasters in a dark match earlier in the taping, so they're probably in a great mood. McNeavey and Seavey are lucky they're not the Legion of Doom or the Steiner Brothers. And speaking of the LOD, Paul Ellering and Rocco split screen in to... fuck it, let's pretend that didn't happen. Million Dollar Dream finishes at 2:04. Well, of course. Who would expect Tom and Jerry to make a good team? Wait, it's Tim? Okay, just go with it. ¼*

Virgil sees what Nailz did to Big Boss Man, but he's too legit to quit. Why does Virgil look positively petrified in every one of his promos

Berzerker sings Brass in Pocket for Tatanka

Tatanka is apparently under the impression that he's wrestling Mr. Fuji at SummerSlam. That must have been quite the disappointment for him

Gene has got the SummerSlam report, brought to you by the SummerSlam Program. I really wish I saved any of the programs I had from various live events from this period. But wait, how can the Program bring us an update? Is it sentient? What does it eat? Does it like Kamala? So many questions

Razor Ramon v Jim Powers: Hey, this is a borderline second star/star match! Razor's got mismatched gear again, and it looks weird. Perfect is in love with him, though. Razor misses a charge that allows Jim some fire, but Ramon gets sick of him quickly, and delivers a chokeslam. Vince implies Razor may be gay here, which is a weird angle to take. Ramon with a side superplex, and the Razor's Edge finishes at 2:29. ¼*

Crush wants Repo Man to stay up all night and think of ideas for their match. Uh, dude, kayfabe. Maybe save that conversation for the Zahorian line?

Money Inc wonder aloud why they're even fighting the LOD at SummerSlam. Oh, they weren't the only ones

BUExperience: Fun episode this week, as they’re really pushing SummerSlam now, and doing a good job of it. Plus a feature match (and a half), good stuff.