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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 21, 2021 19:43:07 GMT -5
SummerSlam 1992 was originally intended to take place at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland. Shawn Michaels was originally booked to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Bret Hart
Does anyone know what the rest of the card was going to look like?
Where would Davy Boy had fit it?
WOuld Hogan have mad a appearance?
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Post by The Brain on Dec 21, 2021 20:07:58 GMT -5
Gotta think it'd be the same card. Only difference being the WWF Title match wouldve been the main event. As far as Bulldog goes, considering his drug problems at the time who knows if Vince still keeps em on the show. Only spot I can see em in is facing Martel or how about the match we never got at Mania VIII!!  |
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 21, 2021 21:21:48 GMT -5
Gotta think it'd be the same card. Only difference being the WWF Title match wouldve been the main event. As far as Bulldog goes, considering his drug problems at the time who knows if Vince still keeps em on the show. Only spot I can see em in is facing Martel or how about the match we never got at Mania VIII!! Bulldog and Martel could have been fun. Both guys could work. I seem to remember Bulldog and Repo Man building to a feud around this time, it's possible he could have faced him at Summer Slam. I remember Repo hanging Davey Boy over the top rope with his tow hitch/rope. |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 21, 2021 21:35:47 GMT -5
Gotta think it'd be the same card. Only difference being the WWF Title match wouldve been the main event. As far as Bulldog goes, considering his drug problems at the time who knows if Vince still keeps em on the show. Only spot I can see em in is facing Martel or how about the match we never got at Mania VIII!! Bulldog and Martel could have been fun. Both guys could work. I seem to remember Bulldog and Repo Man building to a feud around this time, it's possible he could have faced him at Summer Slam. I remember Repo hanging Davey Boy over the top rope with his tow hitch/rope. Ahh yeah another feud on the''didnt have an ending list''. I'm glad they went with Repo/Crush though. Nice little nod to their past together |
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Post by nibs92 on Dec 22, 2021 11:24:14 GMT -5
If Michaels beat Bret for the IC belt, wonder if They face off again at Survivor Series? Maybe Macho keeps the belt and faces Flair at SSeries and Bret regains the IC. potentially Macho or Flair v Bret for the big one at WM9.
Bulldog I would say would be paired with Repo/Berzerker/Papa Shango or someone of that ilk. And I’d imagine that Hogan wouldn’t have featured.
Love these sorts of questions, really gets the imagination flowing.
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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 22, 2021 13:54:19 GMT -5
If Michaels beat Bret for the IC belt, wonder if They face off again at Survivor Series? Maybe Macho keeps the belt and faces Flair at SSeries and Bret regains the IC. potentially Macho or Flair v Bret for the big one at WM9. Bulldog I would say would be paired with Repo/Berzerker/Papa Shango or someone of that ilk. And I’d imagine that Hogan wouldn’t have featured. Love these sorts of questions, really gets the imagination flowing. Interesting point...I wonder how much was affected by change of venue |
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Post by nibs92 on Dec 22, 2021 15:12:08 GMT -5
Was the plan always for Bret to win the HW belt or was Summerslam a trial run for his main event potential?
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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 22, 2021 15:57:57 GMT -5
Was the plan always for Bret to win the HW belt or was Summerslam a trial run for his main event potential? If I recall Bret didn't know till the night of he was inning the title so if it WAS the plans he had no idea |
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 22, 2021 17:11:21 GMT -5
Was the plan always for Bret to win the HW belt or was Summerslam a trial run for his main event potential? If I recall correctly, the change from Savage/Flair to Bret was a pretty quick decision. I think Vince lost faith in Savage around Summer Slam; a lot of people say Savage lost some of his desire around this time because of his split from Liz. So, they dropped the belt to Flair at a TV taping which was ultra-rare for the WWF at the time. It was also during this match that Vince got very upset with both Flair and Savage, made them redo the match that same night in front of the same crowd. And after the second match, Vince was still pissed at both guys. Shortly after Flair won the belt back from Savage, he was injured in a match against Warrior at a house show. Flair ended up with an inner-ear issue that caused him to experience some Equal Librium problems. He was going to need some time off, so it was then that Vince decided to take the belt off Flair. Supposedly, Vince had a list of 5 names that he was going to push as the new Champion of the company. From what I've heard the names on the list were Bret, Shawn, Taker, Martel, and Tito. Vince went with Bret. Around the time that Bret was going to win the belt from Ric, Flair's inner ear problem corrected itself, but by then Vince had made up his mind to go with Bret. I think part of the reason he didn't give the belt back to Flair was because of his age, and if the inner ear issue came back, it could have been a recuring issue that would have caused more problems. |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 22, 2021 18:12:15 GMT -5
Bret was the best choice. Hot off the heels of his IC run, he was definitely ready for the main event scene by that Fall. Doing the title change in Canada was the cherry on top.
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Post by cordless2016 on Dec 22, 2021 19:01:41 GMT -5
I know Hogan was laying low due to the steroid scandal, but any chance he returns for SS ‘92 had it been held in the states? Don’t think I’ve ever heard anything in this but wondering if anyone has commented on this.
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 23, 2021 2:01:01 GMT -5
Bret was the best choice. Hot off the heels of his IC run, he was definitely ready for the main event scene by that Fall. Doing the title change in Canada was the cherry on top. Yep. Shawn wasn't quite ready. Taker was popular enough, but his match style and opponents didn't scream main event just yet. Tito really didn't make a lot of sense; he was definitely talented enough but by this time he hadn't been push/promoted as a main event or even IC contender for some time. Martel would have been interesting, but like Tito, he hadn't really been pushed as a top title contender for a while. I do wish that Flair and Bret got more of a big time TV feud. I think that would have helped Bret's first title reign more to have TV/PPV matches with Flair on his way to winning the belt. They could have done a story of Bret as the up-and-coming star and Flair as the veteran who knows all the angles. I would have had Bret and Flair have a few TV matches (SNME and a PPV) with Bret almost winning the belt but Flair retaining the belt through DQ's or Count Outs. Eventually, Bret would win the title (either at RR93 or WM9) overcoming Flair's tactics. I know Hogan was laying low due to the steroid scandal, but any chance he returns for SS ‘92 had it been held in the states? Don’t think I’ve ever heard anything in this but wondering if anyone has commented on this. I think he was laying low and filming a movie. I imagine he could have made an appearance, but it wouldn't have been necessary. I always wondered if he was considered to be Warrior's replacement at the Survivor Series. He could have made a one-off appearance, reforming the Mega Powers, and the WWF could have at least had 1 PPV with Hogan vs Flair. |
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Post by nibs92 on Dec 23, 2021 3:40:35 GMT -5
Was the plan always for Bret to win the HW belt or was Summerslam a trial run for his main event potential? If I recall correctly, the change from Savage/Flair to Bret was a pretty quick decision. I think Vince lost faith in Savage around Summer Slam; a lot of people say Savage lost some of his desire around this time because of his split from Liz. So, they dropped the belt to Flair at a TV taping which was ultra-rare for the WWF at the time. It was also during this match that Vince got very upset with both Flair and Savage, made them redo the match that same night in front of the same crowd. And after the second match, Vince was still pissed at both guys. Shortly after Flair won the belt back from Savage, he was injured in a match against Warrior at a house show. Flair ended up with an inner-ear issue that caused him to experience some Equal Librium problems. He was going to need some time off, so it was then that Vince decided to take the belt off Flair. Supposedly, Vince had a list of 5 names that he was going to push as the new Champion of the company. From what I've heard the names on the list were Bret, Shawn, Taker, Martel, and Tito. Vince went with Bret. Around the time that Bret was going to win the belt from Ric, Flair's inner ear problem corrected itself, but by then Vince had made up his mind to go with Bret. I think part of the reason he didn't give the belt back to Flair was because of his age, and if the inner ear issue came back, it could have been a recuring issue that would have caused more problems. Now that you mention it, I have heard the Tito rumour before. Think it was based around a reward for his loyalty and to try and appeal to the Hispanic market. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but they definitely made the right choice with Bret. |
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Post by JimRiga on Dec 23, 2021 16:30:44 GMT -5
I have a theory that it would have been Savage vs Warrior in the main event with Bret defending the IC title against Michaels.
The other two matches shuffled would be British Bulldog vs Berzerker and Tatanka vs Rick Martel.
If you think about it, Martel had already stolen Tatanka’s eagle feathers, so their issue needed resolving. It did seem strange how they suddenly stopped feuding until their Survivor Series match, which had clearly been put back for Martel to face Michaels in the reshuffle.
Remember in the months/weeks before Summerslam there were three 40-man battle royals? Davey Boy won one, Tatanka won one and Berzerker won one. Were Bulldog and Berzerker going to get their match on the basis of being battle royal specialists? And when plans changed Tatanka won one too. I always found it too much of a coincidence that two of the three 40-man battle royal winners faced off so soon after. The thing is though, I remember seeing the British Bulldog’s win on tv first, but the Tatanka win actually happened first according to official results, so that kinda blows my theory up a bit. Plus no mention was made during the Tatanka-Berzerker match about the battle royals.
So the pieces kind of fit.
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Post by Butchers on Jan 1, 2022 15:02:27 GMT -5
I've always wondered this too. I've watched back most of the superstars shows from around May 92 onwards, some of the feuds were that seemed to just be dropped
LOD vs Beverlys
Repo Man vs Bulldog
Flair vs savage continued
There were more but I'm drawing a blank lol.
Think there was a nastys or money inc vs disasters being set up but then that got switched up as well.
I think bret vs shawn was planned but changed when they booked Wembley. Pretty sure bret mentions it in his book.
There were tag matches between shango and berzerker vs taker and warrior... but I'm not sure if that was after Mania 8 or not? May have been 1991 before warrior got fired.
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Post by MKSavage on Jan 1, 2022 22:15:53 GMT -5
I've always wondered this too. I've watched back most of the superstars shows from around May 92 onwards, some of the feuds were that seemed to just be dropped LOD vs Beverlys Repo Man vs Bulldog Flair vs savage continued There were more but I'm drawing a blank lol. Think there was a nastys or money inc vs disasters being set up but then that got switched up as well. I think bret vs shawn was planned but changed when they booked Wembley. Pretty sure bret mentions it in his book. There were tag matches between shango and berzerker vs taker and warrior... but I'm not sure if that was after Mania 8 or not? May have been 1991 before warrior got fired. Yes, if the match happened in DC, it would have been Bret dropping the belt to Shawn. Bret talks about this on a shoot interview, the match was also going to be a ladder match. I also remember hearing that LOD vs Money Inc was supposed to be their big rematch with LOD winning the belts back from Money Inc. I think I heard that Vince wavered on LOD after their return, I don't think he fully trusted Hawk to make dates or past drug tests, so Money Inc. lost the belts to the Natural Disasters before the event. Shango & Berzerker vs Warrior & Taker took place after WM8 through most of the summer. I imagine if Flair and Macho faced off at Summer Slam, then Warrior most likely would have worked with Papa Shango as that was the only other person he really worked with during that time. |
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