Superstars – August 24, 1991: All These Years Later
Superstars
Date: August 24, 1991
Location: Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts
Commentators: Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, Randy Savage
It’s the last show before Summerslam 1991 and that means it’s time for the final push towards the show. That means we’ll be looking at the main event of Hulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter/Colonel Mustafa/General Adnan, plus Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect. Let’s get to it.
Opening sequence.
Commentary hypes up Summerslam.
We run down the card for this week’s show.
The Dragon vs. Jim McPherson
Believe it or not, Steamboat chops away to start but McPherson gets in a shot of his own. Steamboat’s top rope chop sets up the high crossbody for the pin at 1:30.
Gene Okerlund has an UPDATE, which is….a recap of Jake Roberts sending Ultimate Warrior into a special room, where a snake bit Warrior in the face. Roberts was very pleased with Warrior being poisoned and seemingly left him to die. This brought in Undertaker and Paul Bearer, who were working with Roberts in quite the twist. That was Roberts’ heel turn, as Warrior wanted Roberts’ help against the Undertaker but then Roberts turned on him. It worked rather well.
Roberts talks about how snakes have to turn on people, like a snake that ate a rabbit one time.
Okerlund is disgusted, but sweet goodness Roberts is selling the heck out of this turn.
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Bill Pierce
Slaughter strikes away and it’s off to an insert promo from Slaughter and company, promising to destroy Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. A gutbuster and backdrop have Pierce down again, setting up a top rope double stomp to the back (GEEZ SARGE!). The camel clutch finishes at 2:38.
Buy the bodybuilding magazine! Sweet goodness I can’t escape that stupid stuff.
Koko B. Ware vs. Dick Wernick
Ware armdrags him down to start and claps a lot as commentary talks about anything else. The Ghostbuster finishes for Ware at 1:27.
Sean Mooney is in the Event Center and tells us about some of the non-main event. British Bulldog, the Dragon and Texas Tornado are ready for the Warlord and Power & Glory. Tornado: “At Summerslam.” Bulldog: “91!”
The Mountie is ready to lock the Big Boss Man in the jailhouse.
IRS vs. ???
IRS clotheslines him down to start and grabs the abdominal stretch. Greg Valentine, facing IRS at Summerslam, promises to prove there is no escape from his Figure Four. A Samoan drop finishes for IRS at 2:00.
Here is Sid Justice for a platform interview. He’s ready to call the main event down the line, with Gene Okerlund asking how he can possibly be impartial. Sid doesn’t like that and promises that justice will be served.
Bobby Heenan holds up the big gold belt and says it’s making Hulk Hogan’s knees shake. The owner of this belt may be coming to the WWF and his name is Ric Flair. It’s not the initial announcement, but this stuff is still incredible to imagine, as it was worlds colliding.
Natural Disasters vs. Ray Garcia/Ross Greenberg
Jimmy Hart is here with the Disasters. Garcia gets taken into the wrong corner as we get an insert promo from the Bushwhackers and Andre The Giant, the latter of whom looks about 4000 years old and threatens the Disasters with his crutch. A double shoulder sets up a powerslam into the Earthquake for the win at 2:13.
Bret Hart is ready to win the Intercontinental Title and threatens to execute Mr. Perfect. Dude have you thought about just trying to pin him?
Mr. Perfect, with the Coach (a terrible fit for Perfect), is ready for what might be the best match this company has ever seen. It might not have been that great, but it did wind up being pretty awesome.
Gene Okerlund hypes up Summerslam and focuses on the Tag Team Title match, with the Nasty Boys threatening to get rid of the Legion Of Doom. The Legion Of Doom says they own Nastyville.
The Mountie tours the jailhouse in New York City and gets some nice photos taken. The Boss Man promises to have Mountie locked up. Advantage, Mountie.
Bret Hart vs. ???
Hart shoulders him down to start and we get an insert promo from Mr. Perfect, who is ready. Hart goes into his usual stuff and finishes with the Sharpshooter at 2:25. Total squash.
IRS is ready to face Greg Valentine and is almost as happy as he is for tax day.
The Natural Disasters are ready to squash the Bushwhackers. That might be literal.
Commentary wraps us up.
Overall Rating: C+. Considering this was hyping up a show I’ve seen a ton of times, they did quite the job of making me want to see it again. This was nothing more than an hour long commercial and they actually did quite the good job. Summerslam wasn’t even that great of a show, but they absolutely went all out to make me want to see the show again, which is quite the effect. Good enough stuff here, and as usual it just flies by.
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