World Wrestling Federation presents Primetime Wrestling
Date: 6/29/1992
From: Various Locations
Matches:
1.) WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart defeated Bob Bradley
2.) British Bulldog defeated Barry Horowitz
3.) WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Skinner
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Vince McMahon, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect are on the panel this week. Heenan denies insulting Undertaker last week, but Hillbilly Jim recalls what Heenan said. McMahon shows footage of Heenan insulting Undertaker by calling Undertaker a dummy and said “no brain, no pain.” Heenan gets nervous while drinking water and blames them for dubbing the tapes to make him look bad. Actually, Paul Bearer joins the panel in studio. Heenan back peddles and tries to make amends with Bearer. Bearer tells Heenan that Undertaker is always closer than you think. Undertaker appears from behind as Heenan is completely unaware. Heenan tries to leave, but bumps into Taker and backs off again.
2.) WWF Update hosted by Mean Gene focuses on Tatanka who visited his tribe members. Tatanka visited the area in his complete wrestling attire. Tatanka met with kids to share a positive message and talked about his feathers.
3.) Back to the panel, Undertaker is standing behind Heenan, but walks over to the other side of the table to sit down next to Hillbilly Jim.
4.) Mean Gene conducted an interview with Nailz on the podium. Gene talks about Nailz delivering one of the worst beatings he’s ever seen to Big Bossman. Nailz asks who the boss is now? Nailz says it’s the first beating in a long list of beatings and says that Bossman is in his prison now and he’s thrown away the keys. Nailz says there are no bars between them anymore and there’s no more handcuffs. The system can not protect Bossman anymore. Nailz warns Bossman that he’ll hunt him down if he comes back and there’s nothing Bossman can do about it. Nailz says nobody can stop him and it is Bossman’s turn to serve hard time.
5.) In a comical moment, Paul Bearer seemingly gets a bit excited at the idea of the bodies of WBF.
6.) Savage shoves Skinner and grabs Skinner by his shirt, but Skinner cheap shots Savage and works over Savage in the corner with strikes and bites his forehead. Skinner spat his dip into Savage’s face actually. Skinner continues to control Savage in the corner. Skinner pummels Savage on the mat with right hands and chokes the champ for a few moments. Skinner continues to choke Savage on the floor. Skinner rams Savage face first into the ring steps. Skinner rolls Savage into the ring and chokes Savage over the ropes. Skinner scares the referee away after choking Savage in the corner some more. Skinner chokes Savage under the bottom rope. Savage elbows Skinner coming out of the corner and staggers to the corner. Savage kicks Skinner and decks Skinner with several right hands. Skinner takes his belt off and whips Savage over the back several times. Skinner scares the referee away and continues to whip Savage. Savage gets up and clotheslines Skinner and uses the belt to choke Skinner. Savage tosses Skinner to the floor and leaps off the top to hit an axe handle to the floor. Skinner hits the guard railing face first, as well. Savage grabs a chair and slides it into the ring. Skinner has grabbed his claw necklace and decked Savage with it to maintain the advantage. Skinner spikes Savage with a piledriver leading to a near fall. Skinner rams Savage face first onto the mat and chokes Savage over the middle rope again. Skinner drives Savage down with a shoulder breaker for a two count. Skinner bites Savage’s forehead and continues with deliver right hands. Skinner sends Savage into the ropes and delivers a big boot. Skinner plants Savage with a reverse DDT for a near fall. Skinner stomps Savage in the corner a few times. Skinner misses a splash in the corner and crashes to the mat. Savage heads to the top rope and hits the flying elbow drop for the win. (**. Skinner’s offense in the first few minutes was rather boring with the heavy usage of choking to fill time. However, this turned into a decent TV match once they got past that part.)
7.) Back to the panel talking about the issues between WWF World Champion Randy Savage and Ric Flair. Heenan doesn’t seem interested in talking smack because Undertaker is at the table now. Heenan insists he doesn’t want to talk and pretends to get a phone call.
8.) The panel talk about the Berzerker knocking on Undertaker’s door, so to speak. Paul Bearer doesn’t understand why Berzerker would try to stab Undertaker. Undertaker chimes in and says that Berzerker has knocked on the door, but the other side is the reaper. If the reaper doesn’t call on you, you don’t call the reaper. They will rest in peace.
9.) To close the show, Undertaker and Paul Bearer stalk Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect, who are both freaked out.
Final Thoughts:
I’ll give this a mild thumbs up as I liked the different approach by having an act like Undertaker and Paul Bearer in the studio. Heenan playing off someone fresh could make for a more entertaining dynamic on a weekly basis. Plus, seeing the WWF World Champion Randy Savage compete in a competitive match was good to see, as well.
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