SummerSlam (1991)

Infobox Wrestling event
name=SummerSlam (1991)


tagline=A Match Made in Heaven, A Match Made in Hell
promotion=World Wrestling Federation
date=August 26 1991
venue=Madison Square Garden
city=New York, New York
attendance= 20,000
lastevent=WrestleMania VII
nextevent=Survivor Series (1991)
event=SummerSlam
lastevent2=SummerSlam (1990)
nextevent2=SummerSlam (1992)

SummerSlam (1991) was the fourth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on August 26 1991 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.

On-screen, SummerSlam 1991 is remembered for the on-screen wedding of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth, dubbed "A Match Made in Heaven" by announcer Vince McMahon. Savage and Elizabeth had been married in real life since December 1984. WWF personalities shown at the reception afterwards included Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, J.J. Dillon, The Undertaker, and Jake "The Snake" Roberts. The last two were uninvited guests. Roberts proceeded to frighten Elizabeth with his snake while Undertaker attacked Savage with an urn.

Among the other on-screen highlights of the event saw The Road Warriors defeat The Nasty Boys to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship. In effect, the team became the first (and thus far the only) tag team in wrestling history to have held the WWF Tag Titles, the NWA World Tag Team Titles, and the AWA World Tag Team Titles.

Results

Other on-screen talent

Ultimate Warrior Controversy

Off-screen, the event was best remembered for an incident with The Ultimate Warrior. WWE alleges that Warrior threatened to no show the event unless he was paid a certain amount of money, later confirmed by Hulk Hogan and Sgt. Slaughter. ["The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior" DVD] Hogan later mentioned that if Warrior did indeed no-show, him and Slaughter (who themselves were kayfabe feuding with each other at the time) were going to do it "the old fashioned way" and legitimately take out Warrior.

According to Vince McMahon, who didn't want Hogan and Slaughter to get into a physical altercation with Warrior, paid him that amount, then fired 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". McMahon 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.

References

*cite news|title=2007 Wrestling Almanac & Book of Facts|work=Wrestling’s Historical Cards|publisher=Kappa Publishing|date= 2007|pages=89
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/wweppv/summerslam91.html onlineworldofwrestling.com - SummerSlam '91 results]
* [http://www.twnpnews.com/information/summerslam.shtml twnpnews.com - SummerSlam]
* [http://www.wrestlinginformer.net/1991_summerslam_review.htm wrestlinginformer.net - SummerSlam '91 review]
* [http://www.hoffco-inc.com/wwe/ppv/ppv/sum91.html hoffco-inc.com - SummerSlam '91 review]

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/summerslam07/history/1991/ Official 1991 SummerSlam site]