DerangedHermit 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2008 What's with the footage from Survivor Series 1992...it looks different than most WWE footage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted September 13, 2008 It's shot differently for some reason. Or it looks like it. Haven't seen it on video tape. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted September 13, 2008 The Headshrinkers vs. High Energy The Big Bossman vs. Nailz Rick Martel vs. Tatanka Randy Savage & Mr. Perfect vs. Razor Ramon & Ric Flair Yokozuna vs. Virgil The Nasty Boys and The Natural Disasters vs. The Beverly Brothers and Money Inc. (weird matchup) in an elimination match Kamala vs. The Undertaker in a Casket Match Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Championship Can't wait! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 This was the first PPV I ordered, so a lot of fond memories. The two main events delivered big. The rest of the matches weren't bad, even Bossman/Nailz is watchable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 IIRC, High Energy vs Headshrinkers is a very underrated opener. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 "Afa's having din-din." This was the first SurSer to eschew the elimination tags, correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 It had the one tag team elimination match but otherwise it was there to blow off a lot of feuds that had been going throughout 1992. Nailz/Bossman, Bret/Shawn, UT/Kamala, Martel/Tatanka. I enjoyed this PPV quite a bit, even the silly gimmick matches are kept short and are amusing, like the Coffin match or the Nightstick match. The original card of this show was WAY different than what we actually got. I recall getting a Survivor Series preview magazine and the announced card was something like this: Macho/Warrior vs. Razor/Flair (Hennig replaced Warrior, Flair was supposed to have title still) Bulldog vs. Mountie for IC (Bulldog was canned, lost IC to Shawn) HBK vs. Bret in a whatever match, no belt at stake. Mr. Perfect's face turn is one of the best "Oh crap we gotta do something else!" pieces of booking I've ever seen. In one single segment on PTW they had him believably go from Flair stooge to Macho's partner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DerangedHermit 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 It's shot differently for some reason. Or it looks like it. Haven't seen it on video tape. It almost reminds me of the footage they used to show from overseas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 It looks like the type of footage you'd see if you watch a PAL tape. I saw this when it originally aired and have watched the video many times since; it looked normal. I don't know what's going on here. Nailz is one of the worst wrestlers/promos the WWF had in the early '90s. Holy hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 I have a very fond memory of this show in regards to the Mr. Perfect thing. We didn't get Prime Time in Canada so, with the big angle happening on a show we don't get, how are Canadians supposed to know what's going on? Well, the "Community Bulletin Board / Local Cable Access" channel or whatever you want to call it had an ALERT~! appear on screen. "ATTENTION WRESTLING FANS - due to unforseen circumstances, The Ultimate Warrior will not be appearing at Survivor Series. "Macho Man" Randy Savage will now be teaming with Mr. Perfect" (or some form of this bulletin). Talk about a head scratcher - I thought this was some trap Savage had walked into and told everyone at school about this exciting news. I miss that channel, with it's solid blue screen and two red lines at the top and bottom, computerized text on screen and ASCII graphics for Christmas Trees when they did the holiday greetings. Good times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 One of the first tapes I remember renting so obviously I would have a lot of fondness for it even if it weren't that good. Surprisingly, this card does hold up. Even the crap is relatively short (Yokozuna/Virgil) and/or entertaining (Kamala/Taker, Bossman/Nailz). I don't have much to add that hasn't already been said. Though I must say that the show ending with Bret Hart celebrating a successful title defense with Santa has always been kind of surreal. That came across as corny even to a six year old King Kamala. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 I may be wrong but I recall Yokozuna falling over at one point during the Virgil match (though I think he ended up using as an offensive move). That (possibly false) memory and him CLEARLY being down on the mat at the 93 Rumble always caused me to not really buy the whole "Duggan tries to knock Yokozuna off his feet for the first time ever!" angle afterwards. I think the deal there was Yoko hadn't been offensively knocked off his feet (again, a memory issue - I always remembered it as Savage flooring him with repeated axe handles, but I think he actually fell after a missed charge). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 Was Sags injured in the elimination tag? It seemed like he was a bit out of it at one point and there was a pretty obvious edit. Speaking of edits, quite a few "WWF"s got past the censor, it seems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 I'm almost positive it was multiple ax-handles that dropped Yoko, not a missed charge, DocV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2008 I also have very fond memories of this show, in spite of the fact that I always prefer a card with multiple elimination matches. I love the Perfect/Savage vs. Flair/Ramon tag team match, and this featured the second great main event with Bret Hart that year. Just for the sake of fun, if you were to book this to feature a minimum of three elimination matches, how would you do it? I might do it this way: Elimination Match Tatanka, Marty Jannetty and High Energy "The Model" Rick Martel, Repo Man and The Beverly Bros. Nightstick Match Big Bossman vs. Nailz Elimination Match Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect & The Nasty Boys vs. Ric Flair, Razor Ramon & Money Inc. Elimination Match Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Virgil and The Natural Disasters vs. Yokozuna, Bam Bam Bigelow and the Headshrinkers Casket Match The Undertaker vs. Kamala WWF Championship Bret Hart © vs. Shawn Michaels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heyguesswhatidid 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2008 Holy shit, this is the first PYBO in months that it actually let me burn to my DVDR without it saying "Copy written Material." that makes me happy and i hope that means I'll be able to record the new roundtable episode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kirk angel 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 Heenan was outstanding during the Flair/Ramon vs Savage/Perfect match. Almost as good as he was when Flair won the Royal Rumble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2008 You have to love Vince taking every opportunity he could to needle him about Perfect. You could tell that Heenan really enjoyed working that angle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2008 I laughed my ass off when Virgil came in and Heenan says, "He doesn't even have a last name!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2008 Cogeco put this up today but man, the VQ is a bit distracting. I'm actually a bit worried - this is actually the first "WWE Classics" branded thing they've aired so I hope it's not the beginning of a trend. It's watchable and everything, but it takes getting used to. I've noticed that sometimes when I FF a DVD on the Xbox 360 and go back to regular playback, the video looks like this temporarily. Oh well. Kind of odd how the Headshrinkers got the jobber "already in the ring" entrance for the opener. I haven't seen this show in years - I'm glad they showed the deal from Prime Time because Heenan slapping Perfect then begging for forgiveness less than a second later is awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2008 That's some list of big stars that Mean Gene points out Bret Hart has beat. "The Berzerker, The Mountie, Rick Martel, BIG Papa Shango, and recently Virgil". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boner Kawanger 0 Report post Posted September 19, 2008 The "perfect tag team partner" segment from Prime Time, the prematch promos, the match, and the postmatch promos are some of the best segments from that era. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Pipes 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2008 That's some list of big stars that Mean Gene points out Bret Hart has beat. "The Berzerker, The Mountie, Rick Martel, BIG Papa Shango, and recently Virgil". Yeah, not exactly Murderer's Row. But that was meant to put over how much of a fighting champion Bret Hart was. He wrestled everyone and he wrestled on television frequently, something the WWF Champion didn't do at the time. That was Bret Hart's gimmick, wrestling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSSNintendo 0 Report post Posted September 20, 2008 "It looks like the Hindenburg with a sidecar" - Bobby Heenan after Yokozuna sidewalk slams Virgil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadylpete 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 I really don't get what you guys mean by the picture quality being different. Looks the same to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 It looks like it was encoded for 24/7 Online and then somehow put on TV. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 Mr. Perfect's face turn is a timeless classic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2008 I just watched Rumble '93 the other night, and it was a missed charge that sent him down. Savage only knocked him to one knee with the axhandles. But Re: Perfect's face turn. I just posted this in the TSMarketplace, but if anyone has a copy of that PTW episode on tape, I'd be glad to buy a copy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted September 24, 2008 My star ratings...again. The Headshrinkers vs. High Energy Good little match. Very quick. Afa at Survivor Series is good for a laugh. **. The Big Bossman vs. Nailz Nailz promo was good. By that I mean, it made me laugh. He talked as if he was constipated. Not a bad match, but could've been better if these two brawled around the arena. *. Rick Martel vs. Tatanka I like Martel. A lot. But I didn't like this. Liked Doink's appearance! *1/2. Randy Savage & Mr. Perfect vs. Razor Ramon & Ric Flair Oh man, this is good. Real good. I was left...wanting more. I could watch this match quite a few times more. Heenan, as mentioned, was great. ***1/2. Yokozuna vs. Virgil Squash. *1/4. The Nasty Boys and The Natural Disasters vs. The Beverly Brothers and Money Inc. (weird matchup) in an elimination match The only thing good about this was the end. Crap. Unfortunately, the tag division was dust during '92, but that's just my opinion. The Steiners and Quebecers fixed that. 1/2*. Kamala vs. The Undertaker in a Casket Match DUD. Funny as hell, but not a good match. At all. Shawn Michaels vs. Bret Hart for the WWF Championship ****1/2. Just like during KotR 1993, seats emptied during Bret's big match. Not as many as then, but quite a few this time. I don't think people were "ready" for him. I loved the match. The lack of a tag team division is the only thing that keeps me from saying that WWF 1992 is my favorite year from any promotion, but well, that's just what it is. Conversely, WCW's tag team division was the shit. As for the show, it's eh by what you'd call "today's standards", but my standards are quite different. I loved it. The wrestling wasn't the best, but everything hit a perfect (nyuk, nyuk) note. To me, anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 Nailz's voice is awesome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
