SummerSlam '91

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

I started watching through the history of SummerSlam this weekend, pulling a page out of KB's literal book to write an ebook on the event. It's actually going pretty well, except I have to keep going at a 2-a-day rate just to get through 2012 on time. I'm not sure I can keep this up.

Anyways, I drudged through the first three SUmmerSlam cards, which were fairly passabile. The third sucked pretty hardcore. About the only redeeming factor was the Rockers, and the Demolition/Hart Foundation/Legion of Doom angle. Also...as much as I hate to admit it, watching these old school shows again is making me a Hulk Hogan fan.

So I'm finally at SummerSlam '91, which I've been waiting to get to for once single reason... Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect for the Intercontinental Championship.

Spoiler

Here's a link, if anybody wants to watch the show with me.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10kx1v_summerslam-91-part-1_sport

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

First up, Ricky Steamboat, Kerry Von Erich and the British Bulldog vs. Warlord, Paul Roma and Hercules.

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

Heh. I forgot that Bret ripped Perfect's tights.

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

Oh sweet god of Christmas in August, it's the Mountie.

Well, I guess this is good a time as any...

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[Hard Hit Prince]

SS91 was pretty bad...

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

There was a LOT going on in 1991. Lots of transitional stuff. It is impossible to stress how big Savage and Elizabeth getting back together was for the wrestling world. Hell, pop culture.

Hart and Perfect was THE match of SS '91. But the main event wasn't too bad, the 6-man tag was a lot of fun, and DiBiase vs. Virgil was entertaining at worst. Plus the wedding, that's a decent SummerSlam card, considering the three pretty lousy events that preceded it.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

Hard to call it the best, but I certainly think it's the most entertaining.

 

[The Brain]

SS91 was pretty bad...

that's a decent SummerSlam card, considering the three pretty lousy events that preceded it.

That's it. Both of you give me your address so I can come burn your houses to the ground and watch you die a slow and torturous death.

 

[The Brain]

Perhaps I overreacted a bit. I respectfully disagree with your opinions on the early SummerSlam events.

By the way, SummerSlam 89 was all kinds of awesome.

 

[Wolf Pac]

The Mountie jail segments are my favourite part of Summerslam 91.

"You want the finger? Here's the finger"

"You're not taking my picture"
"So, I guess the Boss Man kicked your butt, huh?"
"What did you say?!"
*click*

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

Perhaps I overreacted a bit. I respectfully disagree with your opinions on the early SummerSlam events.

By the way, SummerSlam 89 was all kinds of awesome.

Maybe I was a bit harsh just clumping them together. There are parts fo the first 3 I really enjoy. Actually, the are partially responsible for me becoming a Hulk Hogan fan. Except, I also really don't like Hogan after about 1992, because when he came back at WrestleMania XI he fucked up everything by (essentially) taking the title from Bret Hart, and then not having the decency to blow off a potentially great feud at SummerSlam.

Really great things about the first 3 SS include: Warrior, The Bulldogs, the Fabous Rougeaus, The Rockers, Rick Martel, Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ted DiBiease, Dusty Rhodes, and shockingly more importantly than anybody else...Miss Elizabeth. How that woman got such a reaction, I will never know.

'89 was better than '88, which was WAAAY better than '90 and almost better than '91, but not nearly as good as '92.

But really... '90 was terrible. Outside of the tag team title match, find me one redeeming thing about that awful show.

 

[jmt225]

I haven't watched it in ages but as a kid I loved Summerslam 1990. It had a great tag title match, one of the Ultimate Warrior's best matches ever, and Kerry Von Erich (my favorite wrestler at the time besides Sting) winning the IC Title. I look back at it with fond memories.

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

You should keep it that way then, and not watch it again.

 

[Hard Hit Prince]

I thought the first three were okay, 88,89,90... 91 sucked. Sure it had that good classic moment with Macho Man, but that was it for me.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I thought the first three were okay, 88,89,90... 91 sucked. Sure it had that good classic moment with Macho Man, but that was it for me.

The commentary alone puts it in the top five. The Bossman/Mountie storyline that ran throughout the show was ten times as entertaining as anyone could've expected. Hart and Perfect put on one of the top five matches of that entire decade. Hogan and Warrior together blew the crowd away. The whole thing was entertaining, top to bottom. Having "great matches" on a card is overrated. It's entertainment.