SummerSlam (1992)

SummerSlam 1992 was the fifth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 29, 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, England, but was aired in the United States on August 31.

[edit] Results

Dark match: Jim Duggan and The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) defeated The Mountie and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (w/Jimmy Hart) (12:33)
- Duggan pinned The Mountie after Sags accidentally elbow dropped the Mountie.
Papa Shango defeated Tito Santana (6:00)
- Shango pinned Santana. This match was not seen on the U.S. telecast [1].
The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) (w/Jimmy Hart) (15:10)
- Animal pinned DiBiase after a Powerslam after Dibiase collided with I.R.S. on the apron.
- This was the last WWF(E) pay-per-view appearance for LOD until 1997.

Randy Savage climbs to the top rope to perform an aerial move to The Ultimate Warrior.

Nailz defeated Virgil (3:55)
- Nailz defeated Virgil by TKO when Virgil passed out from a sleeper hold.
Shawn Michaels (w/Sensational Sherri) fought Rick Martel to a double count-out (8:06)
- Due to pre-match stipulations made by Sherri, neither man was to hit the other in the face, since Sherri had the hots for both men. The match ended in a double count-out when Sherri got on the apron but fainted and fell off resulting in both Martel and Michaels going to check on her. They got in a fight over who should attend to her and were counted out, then brawled up the aisle and both attempted to carry her backstage until Martel dumped a bucket of water on Sherri, reviving her.
The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Blake and Beau) (w/The Genius) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship (10:30)
- Earthquake pinned Beau after a Earthquake squash.
Crush defeated The Repo Man (5:41)
- Crush made Repo Man submit with a Cranium Crush. This match was not seen on the UK telecast.
The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF Champion Randy Savage (28:00)
- Warrior defeated Savage by countout due to interference from Mr. Perfect and Ric Flair.

Bret Hart raises Bulldog's hand after his victory.

The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Kamala (w/Harvey Whippleman and Kim Chee) (3:27)
- Undertaker defeated Kamala by disqualification.
Tatanka defeated The Berzerker (w/Mr. Fuji) (5:46)
- Tatanka pinned Berzerker. This match was not seen on the U.S. telecast [2].
The British Bulldog (w/Lennox Lewis) defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship (25:40)
- Bulldog pinned Hart with a roll-up after countering a sunset flip pin attempt.

Promotional poster of SummerSlam 1992

SummerSlam 1992 was the only SummerSlam ever to take place in an open air venue.
SummerSlam 1992's attendance of 80,355 the second largest crowd for a WWF/WWE event.
This is the only one of the "Big 4" WWE/F pay-per-views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series) to ever take place in the UK, and outside of North America.