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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – September 6, 1992

By LScisco on 22nd December 2023

The recap of SummerSlam ’92 that aired on Superstars is shown.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary, taped from Nashville, Tennessee.  Monsoon teases Heenan that Flair is upset over the failure of Plan A at SummerSlam.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – September 5, 1992

By LScisco on 20th December 2023

Vince McMahon narrates footage of SummerSlam, relaying the results of the WWF title match, Intercontinental title match, and the Undertaker’s clash with Kamala.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are hosting the show, still taped from Huntsville, Alabama.

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What the World Was Watching: SummerSlam 1992

By LScisco on 18th December 2023

There is a montage of fan predictions before the show, with a rather famous clip of a young man claiming that the British Bulldog will win the Intercontinental Championship “whether he wants to or not.”

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, taped from London, England as the show took place on August 29 and did not air in the United States until August 31.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the show drew a crowd of 78,927, with 75,000 tickets sold.  The WWF announced attendance as 80,355.  The card drew a buyrate of 1.50 (280,000 buys), a decline from the previous year’s buyrate of 2.70 (405,000 buys).

There were three matches, including the Tatanka-Berzerker match that got hype on syndicated shows, that did not make the pay-per-view telecast.  Those bouts would air on future episodes of Prime Time Wrestling.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – August 30, 1992

By LScisco on 15th December 2023

According to the Blog dashboard, this is my 1,000th column.  Thanks to all of those who have been reading my work over the last 12 years here and I hope to continue to write more in the future!

Like Superstars, there is a recap of Randy Savage & the Ultimate Warrior facing the Nasty Boys on SummerSlam Spectacular.  The only difference is Gorilla Monsoon narrates instead of Vince McMahon.

Monsoon and Bobby Heenan provide commentary for the new taping in Nashville, Tennessee, the same site as the SummerSlam Spectacular show last week.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – August 29, 1992

By LScisco on 13th December 2023

There is a recap of what happened when Randy Savage and the Ultimate Warrior faced the Nasty Boys at SummerSlam Spectacular.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are doing commentary, starting a new taping cycle in Huntsville, Alabama.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on August 10.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling “SummerSlam Spectacular” Special – August 23, 1992

By LScisco on 11th December 2023

WWF Champion Randy Savage says that the Ultimate Warrior is not macho or the champion and he will beaten at Wembley Stadium.  The Warrior rebuts that he will be leaving with the gold.

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, taped from Nashville, Tennessee.  Heenan is dressed like Sherlock Holmes to discover who Mr. Perfect will manage at SummerSlam.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, this show took place at a Wrestling Challenge taping on August 11, drawing a crowd of 7,500, of which 3,700 paid.

This show is the first where the WWF has a video screen for entrances.  The screen is located to the left of where wrestlers are making their entrance.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – August 23, 1992

By LScisco on 8th December 2023

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan provide commentary for the last episode of the taping cycle in Portland, Maine.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – August 22, 1992

By LScisco on 6th December 2023

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are providing commentary, concluding the tapings in Worcester, Massachusetts.  After a delay, Perfect says he is going to be in the winner’s corner at SummerSlam.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – August 17, 1992

By LScisco on 4th December 2023

The footage available for this show cuts out at times and leaves out many of the panel segments and interviews.  As a result, it is uncertain whether Sergeant Slaughter succeeded in his goal to make Bobby Heenan and Mr. Perfect do any military training.

Vince McMahon moderates this evening’s panel, which features Sergeant Slaughter in the place of Hillbilly Jim.  The other panelists are Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – August 16, 1992

By LScisco on 1st December 2023

There is a replay of the Ultimate Warrior’s interaction with Ric Flair on last week’s Superstars.

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are on commentary, taped from Portland, Maine.  Heenan refuses to answer Monsoon’s questions about what Mr. Perfect is up to.

WWF Champion Randy Savage’s interview with Gene Okerlund on Superstars airs.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – August 15, 1992

By LScisco on 29th November 2023

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect provide commentary for a new episode, taped in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – August 10, 1992

By LScisco on 27th November 2023

Vince McMahon is in charge of the panel this evening that is composed of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.

Nailz’s promo from Wrestling Challenge two weeks ago airs.

The Big Bossman’s squash from Wrestling Challenge is shown.

Gene Okerlund’s interview with the Ultimate Warrior from Superstars is shown.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – August 9, 1992

By LScisco on 24th November 2023

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are today’s commentators, starting a new taping cycle in Portland, Maine.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on July 21 and attracted a crowd of 6,054.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – August 8, 1992

By LScisco on 22nd November 2023

There were some unique matches that aired on the August 3 edition of Prime Time Wrestling that were not available for viewing.  Here were the results of those matches, courtesy of thehistoryofwwe.com:

-Tatanka (24-0) pinned Mike Sharpe after the Samoan Drop at 4:43

-Papa Shango (17-0) pinned Phil Apollo after the reverse shoulderbreaker at 1:52

-Rick Martel (18-5-1) beat Sergeant Slaughter (9-1) after hitting Slaughter with Arrogance at 9:22

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect provide commentary for this week’s Superstars episode, which kicks off a new taping location in Worcester, Massachusetts.  According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on July 20 and drew a crowd of 11,000.  The strong crowd was indicative of the WWF doing well in its traditional markets even as it struggled in other regions of the country.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – August 2, 1992

By LScisco on 20th November 2023

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan provide commentary, concluding the tapings in Binghamton, New York.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – August 1, 1992

By LScisco on 17th November 2023

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are in the booth, wrapping up the tapings in Glen Falls, New York.  It’s National Clown Week so clown puns are used by Perfect to recap the interaction between Randy Savage and the Ultimate Warrior on last week’s program.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – July 27, 1992

By LScisco on 15th November 2023

Vince McMahon moderates the usual panel of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.  McMahon needles Heenan and Perfect for Ric Flair not appearing in the SummerSlam main event.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Wrestling Challenge – July 26, 1992

By LScisco on 13th November 2023

Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth, still broadcasting from Binghamton, New York.  Heenan is coy about left out of the WWF title match at SummerSlam.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – July 25, 1992

By LScisco on 10th November 2023

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are doing commentary, still taped in Glen Falls, New York.  McMahon and Perfect do Rolling Stones puns because it is Mick Jagger’s birthday.

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What the World Was Watching: WWF Prime Time Wrestling – July 20, 1992

By LScisco on 8th November 2023

Vince McMahon moderates a panel of Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.  While Duggan and Jim are excited for the Randy Savage-Ultimate Warrior SummerSlam main event, Heenan and Perfect are sour about it.

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