Ranking every WWE SummerSlam PPV in history

15. WWE SummerSlam 1992

• The Legion of Doom def. Money Inc.
• Nailz def. Virgil
• Rick Martel vs. Shawn Michaels ended in a double count-out
• The Natural Disasters def. The Beverly Brothers to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
• Crush def. Repo Man
• The Ultimate Warrior def. WWE Champion Randy Savage by count-out
• The Undertaker def. Kamala
• The British Bulldog def. Bret Hart to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship

The 1992 edition of SummerSlam, which for the first time was held outside the U.S. and the first-ever pay-per-view from Wembley Stadium, was the first SummerSlam without Hulk Hogan on the card as other stars attempted to take the spotlight. This is one of those cards in which the big matches shined very brightly, which certainly helped this one get into the top half, while others were just there. This type of pay-per-view could never happen today with the internet, as this was actually taped a few days before it aired.

The opener was a solid tag match with The Legion of Doom getting a victory over Money, Inc., who don’t quite get the credit they deserve for being one of the better tag teams of the era. Animal closed things out after getting the hot tag and pinned Dibiase in a good opener. This was the last we’d see of LOD for a while.

An awful match followed as Nailz (this was obviously before he attacked Vince McMahon in real life) got a submission win over Virgil. This was a big waste of time. Shawn Michaels and Rick Martel were up next in a match where they agreed not to hit each other in the face, one of a few odd stipulations for Martel in that era. There were teases from each to do it but each did get a slap in, so that was something, I guess.

The match ended in a double count-out after Sensational Sherri, who was in no way related to Rick Martel despite both using the same stage name, fainted and The Model performed CPR on her, which infuriated HBK and caused them to brawl up the aisle. This was a good match that could have been better without the stipulation.

The Natural Disasters retained the WWE Tag Team Championship over The Beverly Brothers in a match that was five minutes too long, and it was only about 10 minutes total. But at least it was better than Crush’s squash win over Repo Man, who, if you’ll remember was Smash from Demolition, the same Demolition that Crush was once a part of as well.

The WWE Championship was on the line next in a WrestleMania VII rematch between The Ultimate Warrior and Macho Man Randy Savage. The circumstances were certainly different this time around as both were babyfaces and nobody’s career was on the line.

While the match wasn’t quite as good as their bout the year before at ‘Mania, it was still very good and probably didn’t measure up due to those same circumstances. But they got a good half an hour to go at it and the presence of Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect actually added a nice piece to the story.

I’m usually not one for interference in a big title match but this served a purpose and protected everybody. Warrior got the win via countout while Savage was tied up with Flair on the outside and then saved Savage from the attack and handed him his title in a nice moment between two of the biggest stars of the era.

In what was an unfortunate early theme in his career, The Undertaker had another bad SummerSlam bout, this time with Kamala. It was about three minutes long and had a horrible DQ finish. That led to a Coffin Match down the line at Survivor Series, and you’re better off not watching that one either.

What you do want to go back and watch is the main event, which is one of the best in SummerSlam history and one of the best matches in WWE history. With the Intercontinental Championship on the line, The British Bulldog went in front of 80,000 of his countrymen to take on his real-life brother-in-law, Bret Hart. And much like Bret would do with his actual brother Owen two years later, he and Bulldog blew the roof off the place (if Wembley Stadium actually had a roof).

For more than 25 minutes, it was back and forth and great spot after great spot. Family members were in the audience, which only added to the drama, and this was one of those classic matchups that still holds up to this day. And what was great about it is that there was no big finisher to close things out, just a smart pinning combination that fit what the match was.

Bret went for the sunset flip and Bulldog just dropped to his knees, hooked Bret’s arms and that was that. The place obviously went crazy and we got another nice moment with Bret handing the title to Davey Boy. Much like ’94, the strength of the main event coupled with another great match on the card between Savage and Warrior was good enough to get this in the top half.