Vince McMahon moderates tonight’s panel, which features Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect. Many of the panel discussions were missing from this copy of the episode but other online reviews say that there was discussion of Elizabeth’s ties to Ric Flair and the power of Papa Shango’s voodoo.
A Hacksaw Jim Duggan-Colonel Mustafa bout that aired on the September 30, 1991 edition of Prime Time Wrestling is the first bout of the show.
Sergeant Slaughter (2-1) beats Kato (0-10) via submission to the Cobra Clutch at 4:27:
This match took place in Niagara Falls, New York on April 28. Slaughter is doing what he can to get over as a babyface, slapping the hands of all the fans he can around the ring and down the aisle but time has passed his character by. Gorilla Monsoon makes a good observation on commentary that Kato is trying to kick Slaughter in the mid-section, the same area that the Mountie shocked several weeks ago. He also makes a funny comment that if Kato was unmasked he may not be Asian – something that was true – and it gets funnier when Lord Alfred Hayes makes a vehement denial of that claim. Slaughter gets generous with bumping near the end, doing his chest-first bump into the corner and flying out of it onto the canvas but he stops a whip into the corner, blasts Kato with a clothesline, and wins what is basically an extended squash with the Cobra Clutch. Rating: ½*
The panel hypes the Crunch Classic Coliseum Video release.
Crush (1-0) beats Barry Hardy after a spinebuster at 1:36:
Crush wrestled his first match on May 9 and then the WWF ran some new vignettes for him as if the character needed to be re-introduced. Crush does an awkward powerslam when Hardy tries a flying body press off the top rope and does an insert promo telling the WWF roster that he will show them why he is called Crush. Crush grounds Hardy after a flying elbow to the back off the top rope and finishes with a spinebuster. Overall, Crush had some good moves but his movements around the ring were not fluid, almost as if he was not comfortable in his own skin. Bringing him back as a babyface was also a curious choice because the roster is hurting for good heels and he is bound to get lost in the shuffle on the “good guy” side without good mic skills.
Non-Title Match: Money Incorporated (WWF Tag Team Champions w/Jimmy Hart) (8-1) defeat Jim Brunzell & Glen Ruth when Ted DiBiase made Ruth submit to the Million Dollar Dream at 3:49:
The Money Incorporated team continues to polish their teamwork, doing most of their offense on the younger Ruth when Brunzell gets an early advantage. Like many WWF heels, Money Incorporated are being booked as cowardly outside of their squash matches, losing on house shows to the Natural Disasters by walking out when they are on the verge of losing. In this squash, DiBiase gets the honor of winning the bout, finishing Ruth with the Million Dollar Dream.
The Undertaker’s squash from Superstars is shown.
The Nasty Boys (w/Jimmy Hart) (8-0) beat the Bushwhackers (5-4) when Brian Knobbs pins Butch after Jerry Sags hits Butch with the ring bell at 12:38:
This is another chance for the Bushwhackers to win a feature match this year as they have come up short on every other occasion. They last faced the Nasties in a tag team match on the January 27 edition of Prime Time Wrestling, losing when Knobbs pinned Luke after a clothesline. This bout is from the Madison Square Garden show on February 23. Sometimes these teams have had sneaky chemistry but that is not the case in this match, with the Bushwhackers doing their usual crowd routine to kill time. There is a long heat segment on Butch after he is placed in peril and the Nasties kill more time with a chinlock that they switch out of. Knobbs misses a dive off the top rope and that allows Luke to receive the hot tag. When it looks like the Bushwhackers might win, Hart distracts the referee and Jerry Sags clocks Butch in the back with the ring bell, allowing the Nasties to escape with a win and remain undefeated for the year. Rating: ½*
The Legion of Doom’s squash from Wrestling Challenge airs.
The British Bulldog-Mountie match from the December 2, 1991 edition of Prime Time Wrestling is shown.
Shawn Michaels’ squash from Superstars is shown.
Virgil’s squash from Superstars airs.
The Last Word: Prime Time Wrestling’s ratings were falling to record lows and it is little wonder with the shows the WWF has offered fans the last few weeks. The feature bouts were either bad, were squashes, or recycled from the previous year. The stretch from WrestleMania to SummerSlam was usually dry because of the lack of a June pay-per-view in this period but this is the worst it has ever been.
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