"SummerSlam" 1993: Fat Chance! Quiz

Answer: The Palace at Auburn Hills

That's right; the Palace at Auburn Hills was the very same arena in which "SummerSlam" 1993 was hosted on August 30, 1993.

Twenty-three thousand nine hundred fifty-four wrestling fans attended the event on this particular night, and because of that, the event became to be sold out. Given the 23,954 fans that attended, this "SummerSlam" marked the highest attendance crowd at any "SummerSlam" event.

As for the arena itself (Palace at Auburn Hills), it is located in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

Answer: Razor Ramon

Owen Hart and Barry Horowitz did indeed wrestle a Singles Match against each other; however, this was not during the actual event itself and would become a Dark Match (non-televised; only able to be seen by the fans in attendance).

In the Dark Match, Owen Hart defeated Barry Horowitz via a pin fall. As for the other two men, Razor Ramon and Ted DiBiase, it was them whom were placed in the opening contest of the 1993 "SummerSlam" and after all was said and done, Razor Ramon walked away the victor after delivering a "Razor's Edge", followed by the three count, all under a length of ten minutes.

Answer: Rick Steiner and Jimmy Del Ray

Because of this match for the WWE World Tag Team Championships, this would be the fifth time in "SummerSlam" history that the belts would go on to be retained by none other than the then-defending champions at that time. Given that this was the case, at the 1993 "SummerSlam" The Steiner Brothers would retain their belts after Rick, one half of The Steiner Brothers, pinned Jimmy Del Ray, one half of The Heavenly Bodies in a little less than ten minutes.

Not only was this "SummerSlam" the first time in which The Heavenly Bodies would wrestle in a match, it would also be the first time in which The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) would walk into a "SummerSlam" as the then-reigning WWE World Tag Team Champions.

Answer: A count-out victory

So what exactly was the "history" that was made on this night you ask? For the very first time ever at a "SummerSlam" event, the WWE Intercontinental Champion that would be walking in as the champion would be walking out with it, still the WWE Intercontinental Champion. This would of course mean that the championship would be successfully defended by the then-champion, and in this case, it was none other than Shawn Michaels whom had broken the "SummerSlam" curse of the then-WWE Intercontinental Champion losing the belt at the event, which occurred in ALL of the five previous "SummerSlam" events (ever since its debut in 1988).

However, it was not without a count-out victory that the curse became to be broken which would mean, on the other hand, had Mr. Perfect became the winner via the same method (or a disqualification for that matter), the champion would have retained the belt.

Answer: Irwin R. Schyster

The 1-2-3 Kid, better known as X-Pac or Sean Waltman (real name), was defeated by Irwin R. Schyster in a little under six minutes. Because of Schyster's win on this night, this would mark his second victory at a "SummerSlam" event. As for the other given choices provided, it wasn't until two years later at "SummerSlam" that Hakushi would emerge victorious in a Singles Match against The 1-2-3 Kid, that being in 1995.

Bam Bam Bigelow became involved in a match later on this night, being a part of a Six-Man Tag Team Match and lastly, Isaac Yankem, better known as Kane, would make his "SummerSlam" debut in 1995, facing off against Bret "Hitman" Hart in a singles bout.

Answer: 16 minutes

Bret "Hitman" Hart became the first man to be involved in such an act at a "SummerSlam" event. This came to be after Bret Hart, in his first and originally scheduled match, defeated Doink via his submission move, the "Sharpshooter". Afterwards, the man whom happened to be holding a grudge against him, Jerry "The King" Lawler, decided to instigate and stir something up between himself and Hart, which led to a Singles Match. Originally, in the match between Hart and Lawler, Bret won the match after forcing Jerry to submit to the "Sharpshooter".

Bret, whose purpose was to send a direct message, wouldn't let go of the hold, leaving the referee with no other option but to reverse the decision and announce Lawler as the winner of the match, but by a disqualification given The Hitman's actions. As for how long each match lasted - the first one (Bret Hart vs. Doink) ended at the 9 minutes and 5 seconds mark, whilst the second ended at the 6 minutes, 32 seconds mark, adding up (without estimations) to a total of 15 minutes and 37 seconds.

Answer: Ludvig Borga

This match happened to be Marty Jannetty's first match at a "SummerSlam" as a singles wrestler, and in this very one, the man that made his "SummerSlam" debut, Ludvig Borga, forced Jannetty to submit after applying a "Torture Rack". The match itself was short in length, as it ended in a little over five minutes. In previous "SummerSlam" events, Marty Jannetty would instead be involved in tag team bouts, alongside "The Heart Break Kid" Shawn Michaels to form the well-known tag team The Rockers. Each of the "SummerSlam" events to have taken place prior to the 1993 edition would always have The rockers lose each of their matches, where it'd be Six-Man Tag Team Matches or just traditional 2-on-2 tag bouts.

As for the rest of the choices (Jeff Jarrett, Mabel and Diesel), these three men were not involved in any of the matches of the 1993 "SummerSlam". Each of them would be making their "SummerSlam" debuts in matches the following year (1994). On an additional note, Ludvig Borga served as a replacement to Rick "The Model" Martel, who was scheduled to be Marty Jannetty's original opponent. However, the reason behind the sudden replacement stands unknown to this day.

Answer: There would be no disqualifications nor count-outs

Very similar to a Street Fight Match (or a No Holds Barred Match for that matter), the Rest in Peace Match would have the standard wrestling rules, with the exception that there would be no disqualifications and no count-outs. After all was said and done, The Undertaker would be the man to emerge out of "SummerSlam" 1993 victorious after pinning his opponent (and his same one at WrestleMania IX) Giant Gonzales after a "Flying Clothesline", followed by the one-two-three. Before this result came to be, during the match, Paul Bearer, who was in the corner of The Undertaker, revealed out a black wreath in an attempt to "scare off" all of the adversaries of The Undertaker, but unfortunately for him, Bearer would be shortly attacked by Harvey Wippleman (who was, on the other hand, in the corner of Giant Gonzales), who knocked him out cold with a straight punch to the head. Minutes later, following Gonzales' loss to The Undertaker, Gonzales became upset because of this and "blamed" it all on Wippleman, and took matters into his own hands by attacking him and ending their alliance.

Answer: Tatanka

It was none other than Tatanka whom had received the pin fall in this Six-Man Tag Team Match, that being over one-half of The Headshrinkers, Samu (the other being Fatu) after locking in the roll-up maneuver and getting the three. At ringside in the corner of The Headshrinkers and Bam Bam Bigelow stood Afa, who failed to do (considerably) a "manager's duties" when it comes to professional wrestling matches, that being ensuring that his/her wrestler(s) win their scheduled match(es), or whatever the case may be.

This match happened to be one of the "sudden replacements" to occur at this "SummerSlam" since originally it was supposed to be Tatanka (with Sherri) squaring off against Bam Bam Bigelow (with Luna Vachon). However, despite all that, the then-red-haired Tatanka still walked away with a victory after 11 minutes of back-and-forth action.

Answer: Lex Luger

Yokozuna, the then-WWE Champion, walked into "SummerSlam" the champion, and STILL walked out with the belt. However, Lex Luger walked away with the victory as Yokozuna would become counted out after Luger struck him with his forearm, which was plated with steel.

Not being able to drag him back in the ring, Luger instead won the match via a count-out, but not the championship, which he had been hoping for. Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette were the two men that were at ringside for this match, that being in the corner of Yokozuna. This match ended at the 17 minute, 58 seconds mark but immediately before this WWE Championship Match of the 1993 "SummerSlam" started, not one but two national anthems were attempted to be sung at the Michigan crowd. First came the Japanese national anthem, but "Macho Man" Randy Savage came out to interrupt and introduced American singer Aaron Neville to perform a rendition of the American national anthem.