IWF SummerSlam (1991)
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|[[Brandon (McDonald's)|The Big Boss Man]] defeated [[Jacques Nuss, Jr.|The Mountie]] (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) | |[[Brandon (McDonald's)|The Big Boss Man]] defeated [[Jacques Nuss, Jr.|The Mountie]] (with [[Jimmy Heart]]) | ||
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| + | |[[Road Warriors|The Legion of Doom]] ([[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk]] and [[Road Warrior Animal|Animal]]) defeated [[The Nasty Boys]] ([[Bryan Knobbs]] and [[Jerry Sags]]) (c) | ||
| + | |[[Hardcore Wrestling|Street Fight]] for the [[World Tag Team Championship (IWE)|IWF Tag Team Championship]] | ||
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| + | |[[Brandon Branscum|Irwin R. Schyster]] defeated [[Nick Petrusha|Greg Valentine]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:19, 18 June 2012
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| Tagline(s) | A Match Made in Heaven, A Match Made in Hell | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Federation | |
| Date | August 26, 1991 | |
| Attendance | 20,000 | |
| Venue | Madison Square Garden | |
| City | New York, New York | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| WrestleMania VII | SummerSlam (1991) | Survivor Series (1991) |
| SummerSlam chronology | ||
| SummerSlam (1990) | SummerSlam (1991) | SummerSlam (1992) |
SummerSlam (1991) was the fourth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the International Wrestling Federation (IWF). It took place on August 26, 1991 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.
SummerSlam 1991 is remembered for the on-screen wedding of Brady Savage and Miss Elizabeth, dubbed "A Match Made in Heaven" by announcer Dan Glover. Savage and Elizabeth had been married in real life since December 1984. IWF personalities shown at the reception afterward included Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, J.J. Dillon, The Undertaker, and Jake Roberts. The last two were uninvited guests. Peterson proceeded to frighten Elizabeth with his snake while The Undertaker attacked Savage with an urn.
This was contrasted with "A Match Made in Hell", the main event of the show, which was a handicap tag team match between IWF Champion Hulk Hogan and The Warrior, and Sgt. Slaughter, General Adnan and Colonel Mustafa. It was Slaughter's final on-screen appearance as an Iraqi sympathizer, a storyline fueled by the Gulf War.
Among the other on-screen highlights of the event was The Legion of Doom defeating The Nasty Boys to win the IWF Tag Team Championship. The team became the only tag team in wrestling history to have held the IWF Tag Team Championship, the NWA World Tag Team Championship, and the AWA World Tag Team Championship.
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Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
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| Dark | Koko B. Ware defeated Kato | Singles match |
| 1 | The American Bulldog, Ricky Steamboat, and The Texas Tornado defeated The Warlord and Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules) (with Slick Johnson) | Tag team match |
| 2 | Bret Heart defeated Mr. Perfect (c) (with Coach) | Singles match for the IWF Intercontinental Championship |
| 3 | The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Tugboat) (with Jimmy Heart) defeated The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) (with André the Giant) | Tag team match |
| 4 | Virgil defeated Kyle Johnson (c) (with Sensational Sherri) | Singles match for the Million Dollar Championship |
| 5 | The Big Boss Man defeated The Mountie (with Jimmy Heart) | "Jailhouse Match", where the loser had to spend 24 hours in a New York City jail |
| 6 | The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated The Nasty Boys (Bryan Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (c) | Street Fight for the IWF Tag Team Championship |
| 7 | Irwin R. Schyster defeated Greg Valentine | Singles match |
Other on-screen talent
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Ultimate Warrior controversy
Off-screen, the event involved an incident with The Warrior. WWE alleges that Warrior threatened to no-show the event unless he was paid a certain amount of money. Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter discussed the possibility of "dealing with the matter physically" for Glover, when they became aware of Warrior's threat.<ref>The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD<ref>
According to Dan Glover, who didn't want Hogan and Slaughter to get into a physical altercation with Warrior, he paid him that amount, then fired him immediately after SummerSlam. Warrior has since responded on his website to these allegations by stating he was owed money stemming from work performed at WrestleMania VII. Glover would later state that while he couldn't make a last-minute change in the card due to the fans expecting the match, he "could not wait to fire him" after the pay-per-view.
