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Footage is shown of Razor Ramon attacking Randy Savage and helping Ric Flair regain the WWF Championship from Randy Savage.  No graphic says where this match took place or when so this was a stunning and disorienting event for fans to process.

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect call the action, concluding the taping in Huntsville, Alabama.  Perfects talks about how excited he is about Flair regaining the WWF Championship.

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.