April 1992

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This was a lot of fun. Tedoradze throws some badass suplexes -- I mean, he doesn’t do much else, as in his strikes look weak and he isn’t that good on the mat, but boy, he can hit a deadlift German or a deadlift Olympic Slam. He’s fired the heck up right out of the great, press slamming Kimura like he’s nothing. Kimura takes advantage of Tedoradze’s lack of ground skills with an early takedown into an armbar. He also throws a pretty sweet suplex himself and isn’t afraid to kick, which Tengiz almost cartoonish-ly oversells toward the end before Kimura submits him.

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This is insanely short and only really built around Ogawa jobbing out to Butcher to build up his rep for the tag with him and Kimala. That said, it's a surprisingly good 5 minute bloodfest as Ogawa makes the mistake of attacking Abdullah before he even gets to the ring and ends up gushing with blood. I'm dead serious, he's just pouring with the stuff and it quickly makes his entire face look like a tomato, nasty stuff. Ogawa hurls and bumps all over for the bigger guy to get the crowd behind him, selling a table being dumped on his prone body like he'd just been burnt with hot coals. Abby plays well with the cameras and the crowd throughout by stabbing and poking at…

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Ray Combs is here to be the guest ring announcer. He insults the heel team with some solid family-friendly level burns and the heel team freak out at him. The reason he's really here is to promote the WBF vs WWF special edition of Family Feud. I had no idea Ray Combs died, as I could of sworn that he was still alive until I googled to see what he's been up to after seeing this match. This is was okay for what it was. Nasty Boys Knobbs screws up by not breaking a pin in time. This went six minutes and the action moved fast enough to not bore me, even if said action was pretty unspectacular. ★★

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Jake Roberts cuts a promo backstage before the match and it's amazing stuff. They runs down an angle where Roberts attacks Undertaker and lays out Paul Bearer. He comes across as a sick killer and it's a damn shame that I know that the match isn't going to be anywhere near the quality of his promo. Undertaker has spent the last year working as a heel who doesn't sell anything. Now a face, he still doesn't show much emotion and it hurts the quality of his matches, but the crowd are enamoured by him. Roberts even lands two DDTs and Undertaker sits right back up after a few seconds. Undertaker wins by landing a Tombstone on the outside and throwing Roberts back in the r…

The crowd are still worn out after throwing all their energy into the World title match. Poor Earthquake works his ass trying to get them to care by laying both of Money Inc. out after a barrage of lariats, but it's clear they are just waiting for Sid vs Hogan. Dibiase is a great worker, but he's taking it easy tonight. His best performances are behind him at this point. Money Inc. soon decide they've had enough and hightail it out of there, leading to the second consecutive countout finish for the tag titles on PPV. ★½

Skinner spits his tobacco at Owen at the start and lays him out with his reverse DDT finish. Owen kicks out and lands a roll-up to win this match. This went less than a minute. I question to why they even threw this on the card as Skinner was a jobber at this point and they didn't do anything with Owen until years later, unless you want to count that dreadful tag team they threw him in with Koko B Ware. At least this was quick. ★½

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Tatanka made his TV debut at the start of the year and it's obvious that they have big things planned for him. A Native American tribe perform a dance in the ring before the match and it's clear as day who's winning this. Much like many of the other undercard matches on this show, this wasn't anything special from a workrate perspective, but I found the ending to be completely baffling. Tatanka, who has been booked as a total powerhouse who crushes the opposition with ease, lands a lucky crossbody for the finish. Rick Martel, who played his role well, was winding down his career and could of afforded a jobber-like lose to their new star. The crowd did not care for this an…