SummerSlam (1992)

The 1992 SummerSlam was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the fifth annual SummerSlam and took place on Saturday, August 29, 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England and aired on tape delay on Monday, August 31, 1992. It was the first major WWF pay-per-view to take place outside North America. The pay-per-view included two main event matches. At the time of the event, Ultimate Warrior challenging "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWF Championship was promoted as the top of the bill match. The Ultimate Warrior won the match by countout but did not win back the title he had held in 1990-1991. Retrospectively, WWE recognises "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith pinning Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship as having been the main event. The undercard also included The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) retaining the WWF Tag Team Championship over The Beverly Brothers (Beau and Blake), and Shawn Michaels and Rick Martel wrestling to a double countout in a match with the stipulation that the wrestlers were banned from hitting each other in the face. The event had an attendance of 78,927. The company themselves claimed a disputed attendance of 80,355, which would make it their seventh-biggest event. It remains the highest attended wrestling event to take place in Europe. Between ticket prices and merchandise sales, the WWF made over $3,650,000 in revenue. Reviews of the event were almost all positive, with the Smith–Hart match rated as the best match in SummerSlam history.