10 Biggest Wrestling Hometown Pops EVER
3. The British Bulldog In London - SummerSlam 1992
The United Kingdom is a country with a starving wrestling audience who often know how to make their presence felt. Across the late 90s/early 00s, UK fans were positively spoiled by today’s standards with annual or even twice annual WWE PPV events. As such, many UK fans have fond memories of the likes of Rebellion and Insurrextion.
However, SummerSlam 1992 remains the high point of the company’s events in ol’ Blighty. Like a domino effect, the WWE’s growing popularity in the UK led to moving the event from the USA to London. In turn, the excitement of the promotion’s first major event outside of North America meant a huge crowd all too keen to fill out Wembley Stadium.
And, at the top of the card, Davey Boy Smith competed for the Intercontinental Championship. The British Bulldog was not just one of very few British stars in the WWE at the time, he was a great technician and it was a stage for him to display that against brother-in-law Bret.
From Bulldog’s entrance to the finish, the capacity crowd got hotter and hotter throughout a match that is the personal favourite of both workers and thousands of fans. When the three-count finally came, Wembley erupted. Brilliantly, Smith’s music doesn’t play - instead his victory is marked with one of the loudest pops in WWE history.