What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – November 2, 1992

Vince McMahon moderates this evening’s usual panel of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.

“WWF Slam Jam” is coming January 9!

Rick Martel (26-6-3) beats Jim Brunzell via submission to the Boston Crab at 4:53:

This match took place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on October 12. Martel is dressed as a ship captain and he tells the camera that he is going to “Sail to the top.” He is treated as a babyface by the crowd, showered with cheers and applause when winning some technical encounters. Martel works Brunzell’s back after blocking a monkey flip. That momentarily is for naught as Brunzell kicks him in the head when Martel ducks his head too early on an Irish whip. Brunzell gets a below average dropkick for two but runs into a backbreaker and Martel puts him away with the Boston Crab. A decent match between two longtime veterans. Rating: **

Hillbilly Jim hypes Coliseum Videos. Footage of a six-man tag earlier in the year of Roddy Piper & the Bushwhackers against the Mountie & the Nasty Boys is shown from the WWF’s Hottest Matches tape. Heenan jokes that Coliseum Video needs to do a video of Sean Mooney’s honeymoon entitled Sean Mooney Does Nothing.

Perfect argues that Marty Jannetty deliberately hit Sensational Sherri with her mirror while Jim argues that Shawn Michaels pulled her in the way. Heenan points out that security should have stopped Jannetty from getting involved and when Jannetty did get in the ring he took the coward’s way out by waffling Sherri. Duggan yells that Michaels ran away quick afterward but he will not be able to run away from Jannetty for long. Heenan wonders if Jannetty could cost Michaels his WWF title match against Bret Hart at Survivor Series. McMahon raises an interesting point that maybe Heenan and Perfect helped Jannetty return to mess up Michaels’ title hopes so Ric Flair could be positioned to win the title later. McMahon also notes that there are rumors going around that Flair has inner ear problems that are affecting his balance. Heenan and Perfect refuse to answer those points.

A cameraman catches up to Sean Mooney on his honeymoon after locking his wife in the closet. An angry Mooney punches out the camera.

Tatanka (35-0) defeats Kamala (w/Harvey Wippleman & Kim Chee) (18-3) via count out at 6:06:

This match was filmed in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on October 13. After a fast back and forth, Kamala slows down the action after blocking Tatanka’s flying chop with a blow to the throat. Tatanka fights out of a nerve hold and does successfully perform the flying chop, continuing to chop away as Paul Bearer wheels a casket to ringside. Kamala thinks of running away but is convinced by his handlers to return to the ring because the Undertaker is not in the coffin. That assumption is misguided as the coffin lid opens and the Undertaker sits up, causing the Ugandan Giant to flee through the crowd and give Tatanka a count out win. There was decent action here but the Undertaker angle overwhelmed everything that had transpired. Rating: *

WWF Tag Team Champions Money Incorporated, with Jimmy Hart, and the Natural Disasters appear via satellite. The Disasters say that without the Headshrinkers they will get the belts back from Money Incorporated. The new champions respond that they beat the Disasters fairly, which kills the segment in their favor.

After footage of the Nasty Boys going after Jimmy Hart airs, there is a resumption of the debate between the two tag teams. The Disasters promise that the next time that Money Incorporated defend the titles that they will lose the belts. Money Incorporated and Hart argue that the Nasties need to be suspended for putting their hands on Hart and that the Disasters will only get a title match if they create a contract for one. Hart adds that he made the switch to Money Incorporated to keep the Disasters on their heels.

Heenan argues that it is not possible for the Undertaker to shove Kamala in a casket at Survivor Series.

Max Moon (5-0) defeats Repo Man (24-7-1) via disqualification after Repo Man tries to use his tow rope as a weapon at 5:42:

This is another match from the Regina, Saskatchewan tapings. These two could have a fun program if Repo Man were to steal some of Moon’s entrance gear and then repossess it for his own use for a few weeks. Repo Man has a good strategy of keeping Moon grounded but he loses some mat wrestling exchanges. Gorilla Monsoon tells fans that the Bushwhackers have stepped aside in the eight-man tag team match at Survivor Series and have given their place to the Nasty Boys. He also makes mention of the British Bulldog facing the Mountie there, which is impossible now that the Mountie quit the promotion. Repo Man catches Moon’s float over effort in the corner and counters it into a stun gun. Repo gets a few near-falls from strikes but Moon catches him with a forearm off the ropes and gets a two count from a back elbow. A desperate Repo Man grabs his tow hook and tries to take a shot but misses, which results in him getting disqualified. These two had some good chemistry but the weak and predictable finish weighed the bout down. Rating: *½

After the bell, Moon dropkicks Repo Man out of the ring.

Tune in next week to see WWF Champion Bret Hart defend his title against the Berzerker!

The Last Word: All of the participants in the feature matches demonstrated good effort but two of them were weakened by expected finishes. The Undertaker’s feud with Kamala has boiled down to trying to get fans to buy the pay-per-view to see him shove the big man in a coffin while Repo Man continues to lose matches because of his tow rope hook, something one would think he would seek to correct. The big news on the broadcast was that the Nasty Boys would be in the eight-man tag team match at Survivor Series.

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