Survivor Series 1992 - Richfield Coliseum - 11/25/92 |
Survivor Series '92, or as I like to call it, Generic Wrestling Show '92, returned to the place where it all started, the Richfield Coliseum. This was the first Survivor Series after Hulk Hogan's departure and featured a host of brand new main event stars. The WWF had moved away from the superhuman power wrestlers due to mounting steroid allegations, and focused on smaller grapplers and more athletic action.
Sadly they also moved away from a Survivor Series format for this installment and it became just another PPV event.
The show opened with the newly-signed Headshrinkers (or Samoan Swat Team as they had been called in WCW) vs. High Energy (Owen Hart and Koko B. Ware, who for some reason both wore Jim Neidhart's old MC Hammer-style pants). This was a serviceable kickoff tag bout but little more than a showcase for the Wild Samoans: NextGen team.
Next up was The Big Bossman facing Nailz (a "former convict" whom the former prison guard Big Bossman had allegedly mistreated in the clink) in a Nightstick on a Pole match. Nailz was comically evil and had a digitally enhanced speaking voice to make him sound more monstrous. This was his final televised WWF match, as he was later fired for physically assaulting Vince McMahon. Probably not the smartest move to beat up your boss, but then again Steve Austin made a great living that way.