WWF at Market Square Arena (September 19, 1992)

 

Original Airdate: September 19, 1992

From Indianapolis, Indiana

WWF Title Match: Ric Flair v Ultimate Warrior: Warrior chases Flair into the aisle right away, and a shoulderblock drops the champion on the way into the ring. Warrior tosses him over the top, so Flair goes to the eyes as the challenger follows, and he whips Warrior into the guardrail, but Warrior no-sells. Ric begs off on the way back in, but Warrior ignores him, and delivers an atomic drop. A clothesline follows, so Flair bails, but manages to catch Warrior with chops on the way back inside. Warrior no-sells, and delivers a facebuster, then bashes the champion with a turnbuckle smash. Warrior with a cross corner whip, and he unloads, then another cross corner whip to send Flair flipping over the top. Warrior follows for a smash into the apron, but Flair steals the high ground, and puts the boots to him on the way in. A side suplex gets no-sold, however, and Warrior bodyslams him. Splash, but Mr. Perfect trips him up while he’s running the ropes, and Warrior immediately takes that bait. That allows the heels a double team, but Warrior no-sells that as well, so Flair grabs a chair, but the referee intervenes. Jerk. Perfect manages to get a shot off with the chair, and that finally - finally - gets Warrior to sell something. Perfect makes sure to damage the knee as he rolls Warrior in, and Flair pounces, working the leg. Figure four, but Warrior blocks. Again, blocked again. Third go gets blocked, so Flair starts pounding the leg again, but Warrior goes on the comeback trail. A jumping shoulderblock sets up a splash, but Perfect runs in for the DQ to save the title at 8:39. Warrior’s constant and aggressive no-selling got really tiresome in the first act, but Flair is such a great worker that he managed to carry him to a watchable match here. Warrior, for all his many faults, could be really carryable with the right dance partner. * ½ 

Bret Hart v Kamala: Hart tries a waistlock into a takedown, but Kamala blocks, and corner whips him. He follows in for an avalanche, but Bret moves, and grabs a wristlock. Kamala shoves him into the corner to break, but Bret dodges the charge again, and goes back to the hold. Kamala gets more direct with a tomahawk chop to escape, and a bodyslam sets up a chop drop, but Bret dodges. Hart with a dropkick and an armbar, but Kamala is in the ropes right away. Kamala calls for a test-of-strength from there, and he manages to pound the Hitman down. Bearhug, but Bret bites his way out, so Kamala throws a kick to the gut to put him back down. Kamala hammers him with chop drops, and a claw hold to the chest follows. Knife-edge chop, but Bret ducks it, and delivers a Russian legsweep for two. Hart hammers him into the corner for a ten-punch count, but Kamala reverses a cross corner whip. He charges in, but Bret lifts a boot to block, and dives with a 2nd rope clothesline. Hart with a monkey flip to set up a 2nd rope pointed elbowdrop, and he goes for the Sharpshooter, so Kim Chee distracts him. Hart takes the bait, but the double team backfires, and Bret schoolboys Kamala at 9:36. I wasn’t expecting much here, I didn’t get much here, but it also wasn’t terrible. Bret managed to get something out of the tuba. ¾*

Main Event: WWF Intercontinental Title Match: Davey Boy Smith v Mountie: Posturing to start, with Bulldog in control. Bulldog uses a standing headlock, but Mountie tries to escape, so Davey takes him to the mat in a wishbone hold. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone else use that. It’s really basic, but very easy to imagine how it hurts. Nothing wrong with that. Mountie gets the ropes and bails, and manages to catch Bulldog with a knee on a criss cross as he heads back in. Mountie adds a jumping backelbow for two, and he goes to a half-nelson, using the hold to turnbuckle smash the champion a few times. Mountie with a tree of woe, and a piledriver follows, but Mountie wastes time gloating instead of trying to score the pinfall. That allows Bulldog to recover, and he makes the comeback - finishing with the running powerslam at 9:44. ½*

BUExperience: This is an extremely incomplete version of the card, missing the three undercard matches (Kato/Jim Powers, Rick Martel/Virgil, and a six-man featuring Animal, Crush, Paul Ellering, Blake Beverly, Genius, and Brooklyn Brawler), but what’s left is the most intriguing section of the show anyway. I won’t rate it since half the show is missing, but what’s left isn’t worth going out of your way to see, except maybe as a curiosity.