World Wrestling Federation presents Primetime Wrestling
Date: 8/10/1992
From: Various Locations
Matches:
1.) Tito Santana defeated Iron Mike Sharpe
2.) British Bulldog defeated Repo Man
3.) The Undertaker defeated Duane Gill
Angle Developments/Notes:
1.) Vince McMahon, Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect are on the panel where they promote the show. British Bulldog will be in action agains the Repo Man on the show. Heenan and Perfect are glad that Big Bossman is back in the WWF. Heenan says they are happy to see Bossman back so that they can see Nailz finish Bossman off.
2.) Santana controls Sharpe with a hammerlock, but Sharpe goes to the ropes to break the hold. Santana gets a wrist lock on Sharpe, but switches to a hammerlock. Sharpe reaches the ropes to break the hold. Sharpe eye rakes Santana followed by an overhand strike and chops against the ropes. Santana ducks a clothesline to hit a crossbody for a two count and arm drags Sharpe to the floor where Sharpe regroups for a bit. Sharpe strikes Santana while keeping a headlock on and rubs Santana’s eyes over the top rope. Sharpe rams Santana into the corner a few times. Santana fights back with a few strikes and rams Sharpe into the corner. Santana keeps a front face lock on Sharpe, but Sharpe backs Santana into a corner. Sharpe shoulder rams Santana several times in the corner. Santana kicks Sharpe several times and continues with right hands. Santana strikes Sharpe in the midsection and comes off the ropes to deliver a flying forearm smash for the win. (*. Just your typical squash. Santana is still enjoyable in the ring and the crowd responded well to him here.)
3.) During Sean Mooney’s SummerSlam report, Heenan tells Mooney that Ric Flair had one hell of a night last night. Perfect says that he’ll manage either Savage or Warrior at SummerSlam. Perfect notes that he’ll be rich either way.
4.) Back to the panel, they promote the match between Tatanka and Berzerker at SummerSlam. Duggan says that Tatanka is giving up a lot of weight to Berzerker, but Tatanka has the heart to overcome it. Heenan makes a few Indian jokes about Tatanka.
5.) Virgil cut a promo on Nailz saying he’s really mad about what Nailz did to Bossman. Virgil started the promo shaking in angry. Virgil is going to be the hammer and beat Nailz to the floor at SummerSlam. Heenan clarifies that Nailz was in prison for one weekend. Mooney notes that Nailz spent a good deal of time in prison and can confirm it.
6.) Repo works over Bulldog with strikes in the corner before the bell sounded. Repo sends Bulldog into the corner and continues by choking Bulldog over the top rope. Bulldog hip tosses and dropkicks Repo to the floor. Bulldog chases Repo on the floor, but Repo gets back in the ring and strikes Bulldog several times. Repo misses a clothesline and Bulldog decks Repo with a clothesline. Bulldog takes Repo down to the mat to get wrist control. Bulldog stomps on Repo’s elbow on the mat. Bulldog keeps control with a wrist lock, but Repo backs Bulldog against the ropes to break free with a strike. Repo eye pokes Bulldog, but Bulldog shoulder blocks Repo and almost wins with a rollup. Bulldog eye pokes Repo to maintain the advantage. Bulldog keeps wrist control on the mat. Repo tries for a sunset flip, but Bulldog strikes Repo. Repo nails Bulldog with a right hand and hits a snap suplex. Repo strikes Bulldog on the mat. Repo stomps Bulldog on the mat several times. Repo sends Bulldog into the ropes chest first to stop Bulldog’s momentum. Repo chokes Bulldog on the mat and gets a two count. Repo tries for a piledriver, but Bulldog backdrops Repo. Bulldog avoids an elbow drop and sends Repo hard into the corner. Bulldog elbows Repo coming off the ropes. Bulldog drives Repo down to the mat with a delayed vertical suplex for a two count. Repo gets a rollup on Bulldog for a two count. Bulldog clotheslines Repo and hits a running powerslam for the clean win. (*. I’m actually surprised that this TV feud actually had a conclusion on television. I thought it would be a house show exclusive, but Bulldog getting the clean win to end the feud before SummerSlam is a good decision. The match isn’t very good largely because Repo Man doesn’t have interesting offense at all.)
7.) Back to the panel. Bobby Heenan thinks Razor Ramon has a bright future and offers his services to him. McMahon thinks Heenan would try to take Ramon to the cleaners, but Heenan is sure that Ramon has someone to do his laundry for him.
8.) Sgt. Slaughter joins the show via satellite from Charleston, SC. Slaughter says it’s hot in South Carolina and was just training a few privates. Slaughter thinks he’d have some fun with Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect in training. Slaughter doesn’t think that Heenan would survive three steps. Slaughter also says that Perfect has changed for the worse since being with Heenan as Perfect once acted similar to Razor Ramon. Duggan offers Slaughter to be their guest next week, and Slaughter accepts. Heenan and Perfect are not thrilled by this.
9.) Undertaker wins his squash match following a tombstone piledriver.
10.) Mean Gene interviews Money Inc. and Jimmy Hart on the podium. Jimmy Hart claims he’s almost had a nervous breakdown since Money Inc. lost the tag titles. Hart claims that Money Inc. were in the hospital ten minutes before the title defense they lost to Natural Disasters Hart says it’s just a matter of time before they are champions again. IRS says the titles were robbed from them and calls the Disasters thieves for stealing the titles from them. IRS says nobody steals from IRS or Money Inc. DiBiase says that the Disasters are gloating over winning the titles from them. Gene brings up the upcoming match at SummerSlam against Legion of Doom. IRS is sure that Gene cheats on his taxes and he’s just as sure that they are going to beat Legion of Doom in front of all the royal dummies. DiBiase puts over LOD for being strong and mean guys in the WWF. DiBiase reminds us that LOD was undefeated in the WWF until they fought Money Inc. DiBiase tells Gene that he can take it to the bank that LOD will lose to them a second time.
11.) Back to the panel, Vince McMahon wants to know how much Perfect has been offered, but Heenan declines to reveal anything since it’s a personal question. Jameson brings out a pizza for Heenan and sneezes on it. Heenan leaves the stage looking to vomit.
Final Thoughts:
A skippable episode of Prime Time Wrestling this week. There has been good hype on the weekend shows, but this week on Prime Time didn’t have much entertainment for exclusive content.
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