What the World Was Watching: WWF Superstars – June 13, 1992

Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect provide commentary for the second of three episodes taped in Lexington, Kentucky. It does not take long for McMahon to remind fans about The WBF Championship taking place in the evening.

Opening Contest: Tatanka (17-0) beats Barry Horowitz after the Samoan Drop at 2:23:

Tatanka keeps recycling enhancement opponents as he last faced Horowitz on the March 1 edition of Wrestling Challenge. Horowitz briefly staggers Tatanka but that is brief. In the split screen, Rick Martel gloats about how beating Tatanka will put another feather in his cap. Tatanka botches a gorilla press slam, unable to get Horowitz up for it so he dumps his halfway through. The usual flying chop-Samoan Drop combination finishes.

Gene Okerlund’s Update segment recaps Papa Shango’s recent curses. The Ultimate Warrior does a taped promo about his flesh melting off and how even as a skeleton he is still an ultimate warrior.

Shawn Michaels (w/Sensational Sherri) (17-1) beats Graig Brown after the Teardrop Suplex at 1:41:

The oddly spelled name for Michaels’ opponent was for Craig Brown, who also went by Greg Brown for some matches. So it appears he thought it would be cute to combine those names together. Brown was trained by Jerry Oates and had done enhancement work throughout the 1980s for the WWF, WCW, AWA, Mid-South, and Georgia Championship Wrestling.

In the split screen, Michaels admires himself in a mirror and says that he is going to take Bret’s most valuable possession: the Intercontinental Championship. Brown takes Michaels to the buckle, so Michaels rolls out of the ring to assess the damage in the mirror that Sherri is holding. That angers Michaels, who gets back into the ring, and makes quick work of his opponent. After the bell, Michaels rolls Brown from the ring and admires himself in a mirror some more.

A vignette airs for a Cuban character named Razor Ramon. He walks the streets of Miami talking about how he got his nice clothes and gold without an education. Ramon ends the segment by flicking a toothpick into the camera. Ramon was Scott Hall, who was coming over to the WWF from WCW.

The Natural Disasters (14-0) defeat the Executioners when Typhoon pins Executioner #1 after the Tidal Wave at 2:58:

The smaller Executioners think that dropkicking the big men will get them places. It does not. Typhoon breaks one of the Executioners over his knee in a backbreaker several times as if his opponent is a toy. The Disasters never play to the crowd, even for their big moves, and that is their greatest deficiency as a babyface act.

The Mountie (w/Jimmy Hart) (12-4) pins Bill Koby after the dropkick at 1:26:

In the split screen, Sergeant Slaughter tells the Mountie that Flag Day will not mean much when he gets a hold of the Mountie. Speaking of flags, Koby’s tights are the colors of the Canadian flag. Perhaps upset at this level of disrespect for his native land, the Mountie ties Koby up in a Tree of Woe and lays in a few shots before capturing the win with a dropkick. Afterward, the Mountie gets out the big shock stick and gets his opponent to cower in fear. The jobber escapes before the Mountie can shock him.

Okerlund talks with WWF Champion Randy Savage in an empty arena. The feud is pivoting from Elizabeth to Savage winning the title at WrestleMania VIII by grabbing Ric Flair’s tights. Savage rants with song lyrics, so Okerlund has to translate that Savage will do whatever it takes to keep the WWF title. As noted before, this feud needs a new angle or direction to heat it up because it is as dead as the empty arena they were filming the segment in.

Kamala (w/Harvey Wippleman & Kim Chee) (4-0) pins Dale Wolfe after a splash to the back at 1:24:

McMahon puts Kamala over as a vicious killing machine and how referees are intimidated by him but nowhere in the squash does Kamala try to go after or intimidate the referee. Kamala chops and chokes his way to another win as the WWF looks to establish him as a big heel for the summer.

El Matador (18-1-1) pins Mike Samples after El Paso del Muerte at 1:26:

El Matador does an insert about how his friend Danny Padilla is going to win The WBF Championship as he makes quick work for another enhancement opponent.

Perfect calls the Big Bossman as an image shows the Bossman with a swollen eye, busted lip, and bruised face from Nailz’s attack two weeks ago. When Perfect asks if the Bossman is going to retire, the Bossman says he will be back.

Nailz beats Ron Cumberledge via submission to a chokehold sleeper at 1:05:

Nailz, real name Kevin Wacholz, was trained by Brad Rheingans and began his career in 1982. Sporting a good physique, he wrestled as Thor for World Class in 1985 and Mid-South Wrestling. He wrestled as a heel named Kevin Kelly for the AWA from 1984-1988, feuding with Tommy Rich and pursuing the tag team titles with Nick Kiniski. After the AWA he did a tour of Japan with Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling before the WWF signed him in 1991.

Nailz carries a nightstick to the ring and the crowd does not provide a reaction since this taping took place before his big angle with the Bossman aired. The character is not supposed to be a wrestler so Nailz’s offense is just chokes and kicks. That does not make things exciting to watch but in a short match like this it is not a big deal. After the bell, Nailz chokes Cumberledge with the nightstick and continues to beat him up. Cumberledge does a stretcher job after Nailz leaves. The beatdown was better than the actual match.

Perfect announces that Shawn Michaels has left the building.

Tune in next week to see Crush, the Undertaker, WWF Tag Team Champions Money Incorporated, the Legion of Doom, and Papa Shango in action!

The Last Word: This was a decent show since there were some notable developments. Nailz had an effective in-ring debut, maintaining the vicious character that the WWF wants him to portray. The two highlights of the show were the Razor Ramon vignette, a character that will get a big push upon its arrival because of how bad the heel side of the roster is. The other was revelations about the Big Bossman’s injuries and how he would return at an undetermined time to face Nailz.

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