Summerslam (1992)

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Summerslam 1992 was the eighth Summerslam event produced by World Wrestling Federation which took place on 16th August 1992

## Background

The main match heading into Summerslam is WWF Champion Koko B.Ware defending against Hulk Hogan. Ever since winning the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania 8, Koko has felt like he never got the respect he deserved with his moments always being stolen giving examples such as Superstars 100 winning the WWF Championship being overshadowed by Ricky Steamboat turning on him and Sting cashing in, Royal Rumble 1992 his WWF Championship win being stolen with Rick Martel cashing in right after, Wrestlemania 8 his WWF Championship win being overshadowed by Four Horsemen debuting and taking him out, RAW after Wrestlemania where he finally achieved a full day with the title but was attacked by Empire. He started a feud with Empire and was joined by Hulk Hogan, at In Your House 1 Koko was pinned by Randy Savage, Hogan started helping Koko even when he didn't want it, he specifically asked Hogan to not be in Koko's match against Randy Savage at In Your House 2 but he showed up anyways leg dropping Savage to give Koko the win. Koko finally snapped at Hogan during another tag match, he said that Hogan was the one who respected him the least, not expecting him to win anything so always trying to help him, Koko tried to be a heel during this time but as the crowd kept cheering him, he went off the script saying that the crowd clearly respected him and he will take this support as he beats Hogan, gets his respect and gets a moment without being overshadowed tonight.

On the Smackdown side, we have Ric Flair defending the World Heaviweight Championship against Tatanka. Tatanka has held a grudge against Four Horsemen since Shawn Michaels low blowed him and ended his streak at 120-1, at In Your House 2 during Yokozuna vs Ric Flair, Tatanka showed up making sure Yokozuna retained but Flair won it anyways 2 weeks later, Tatanka defeated another member of Four Horsemen in Lex Luger at In Your House 3. Ric Flair chose Bret Hart as his challenger for Summerslam since there was no one else capable of Flair's greatness but GM of RAW and President of WWF Jim Duggan showed up and made a match between Bret and Tatanka with the winner getting the title match, Tatanka won with the help of Yokozuna and Strike Force

At In Your House 1, Owen Hart defeated Mr.Perfect to become the inaugural European Champion, Mr.Perfect has praised Owen proclaiming him as the future of WWF. Mr.Perfect ended up winning King of the Ring and is getting another shot tonight, these 2 have been having some friendly but taunting banter as Owen says he thanks Perfect's praises but he's gonna break his legs tonight, Perfect grins saying those are some big words for a rookie and challenged him to a 15 minute time limit submission match which is accepted

Shawn Michaels qualified for the Money in the Bank beating last year's winner Rick Martel. Martel turned face in the following weeks joining Yokozuna on his battle against Four Horsemen. Martel announced he entered King of the Ring just to have a way to beat up Shawn Michaels at Summerslam and take the Intercontinental Championship from him. At King of the Ring, Martel was facing Ted Dibiase when Shawn SCM'd Dibiase ending the match in a DQ so Dibiase would advance, Rick Martel realized that Shawn took the win away from him but also gets SCM'd right after. Shawn Michaels says he actually quite enjoyed beating up Martel so he's giving him a chance, if Martel and a partner of his choosing can beat Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart, Martel can face Shawn at Summerslam for not only the Intercontinental Championship but also the Money in the Bank briefcase. At In Your House 3, Rick Martel reunited with Tito Santana and beat Shawn and Bret as tonight he faces Shawn in a ladder match for both the briefcase and the IC title

At In Your House 1, Natural Disasters won a tag team royal rumble and became the first ever RAW tag team champions, commentators and fans started calling them the "New King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd" as they too were 2 big men who were the first ever world tag team champions, Natural Disasters addressed this saying they aren't the new them as they can actually wrestle, they continued being called that and got pissed off and straight up challenged them to a match at Summerslam. King Kong Bundy(released in 1988) and Big John Studd(released in 1986) returned and ambushed them as tonight is a battle of the hosses

Demolition turned heel at RAW and started demolishing every single team they found, RAW or Smackdown, demanding tag title shots to GM of RAW Jim Duggan, after he refused, he also got thrown through a table which became Demolition's signature move during this arc, Duggan couldn't take them anymore at RAW so he traded them to Smackdown where Demolition immediatly attacked the tag team champions Headshrinkers, they challenged them to a tag title match which Demolition of course accepted saying Smackdown's tag team division is nowhere near as decent as RAW's so it's gonna be a piece of cake to destroy the division, Demolition defeated Headshrinkers at In Your House 3 to win the world tag titles and tonight they claim their rematch

Mr.Fuji blinded Bobby Heenan with powder on the Smackdown before In Your House 3, because of this Jim Duggan assigned Fuji as the temporary GM of Smackdown while Heenan was gone. Jim Duggan actually liked the decisions Fuji was making so decided to play the bad guy and make Bobby Heenan choose a representative because he will face Fuji's representative, Yokozuna in a match where the winner becomes the GM of Smackdown, Bobby Heenan picked his Four Horseman partner Bret Hart, Bret and Yoko have history as Bret kept trying to get Yokozuna to lose the title to Ric Flair

During his feud with Koko B.Ware, Randy Savage kept interfering in his main events, he did this twice with an Undertaker WWF Championship match costing Taker the match those 2 times, Jim Duggan was tired of this constant interference and made Undertaker vs Randy Savage a match for Summerslam. Undertaker announced it would be under his rules in a new match type called Buried Alive match.

In a segment leading up to Wrestlemania 8, Big Boss Man was arresting a man for trespassing when the man put his name for the battle royal at Wrestlemania 8 which would determine the GM of Smackdown. While he didn't win it, Nailz was now signed to WWF and put on the RAW brand but since he was supposed to be in jail, his sentence would now be that he had to be stuck to Big Boss Man all the time, the 2 started working as a dysfunctional team but started growing in their teamwork. At In Your House 2, Demolition threw Nailz through a table and Boss Man stood up for him but got beaten up as well. While at the hospital, Nailz decided to escape and went on the run, Boss Man called this decision idiotic as Nailz only had 3 more weeks left of being stuck to Boss Man but with an escape, his sentence is extended to 1 year, Boss Man finally caught Nailz during a match but Nailz had a preposition for him, a steel cage match and if Nailz wins, he's free from Boss Man but Nailz himself says that is very unlikely so this will just be Boss Man legally being able to beat up Nailz and then arresting him anyways, Boss Man accepted

At In Your House 1, Razor Ramon made his debut squashing The Berzerker, he started his first feud with Sycho Sid at RAW 40 attacking him after he won a match. At King of the Ring, Ramon did his full entrance during a Sid match distracting him enough to get him rolled up by Thrasher. Ramon got a match against Sid in an episode of RAW and defeated him but Empire came out to attack him, Headbangers showed up saving Ramon and have been on Ramon's side since then, tonight they face Sid and Steiner Brothers in a G1 qualifying match

## Details

* Earthquake top rope suplexes King Kong Bundy which makes the whole ring shake and everyone falls down including the ref who falls out of the ring, he comes back and Quake is on top of Bundy knocked out and wins
* Demolition attack Shawn Michaels after his match
* Big Boss Man is going for the powerbomb on top of the cage when Nailz quickly gets out and storms down the cage to win
* After the match, Nailz runs away but gets big booted by a big man, he gets a mic and starts talking to Big Boss Man calling him by his first name Bubba, he introduces himself as Big Boss Diesel making his debut and announces that Bubba is fired from the police force effective immediatly
* Koko finally gets his moment as the 2 men shake hands afterwards and Hogan raises Koko's hand