4. Dark Match: Koko B. Ware vs. ???
Paul Diamond- who wrestled a dark match as the masked Kato against WWE Hall of Famer Koko B. Ware - is listed as "Max Moon" on the payroll sheet. Apparently, somewhere between SummerSlam 1991 and when this payroll sheet was entered into evidence, Diamond's gimmicks got mixed up, as Max Moon didn't even appear in the WWF until early-1992, and was originally portrayed by Mexican wrestling legend Konnan; Diamond did not don the powder-blue outfit until later in the fall of '92. Instead, he was wrestling in a tag team- The Orient Express- with actual Japanese wrestler Tanaka. For their dark-match performances, Koko and Diamond were each paid only $1200....
Additional Fun Facts: Eight wrestlers on "stand-by" were paid more than either Koko and Diamond who, remember, actually wrestled in the ring that night; four stand-by wrestlers were also paid $1200 that night. In fact, $31,100 total was spent on having wrestlers wait backstage for someone to get hurt or no-show. Those wrestlers and what they were paid are as follows:- $2200: Marty Jannetty, Shawn Michaels, Barbarian, and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.- $2000: "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. - $1700: Jim Nord aka The Berzerker- $1200 (the same as the dark-match wrestlers): Beau Beverly, Blake Beverly, Steve Lombardi (listed as both Brooklyn Brawler and Kimchee), and Paul Diamond's Orient Express tag-team partner, Tanaka.- $1000: "El Matador" Tito Santana, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake (who only hosted The Barber Shop talk show at that time.)
The top paying stand-bys were Jake the Snake and the Undertaker (paid $5200 each, plus $3700 for their manager Paul Bearer.) The evil trio were interviewed backstage during the show, but their post-show run-in at the Savage/Elizabeth Wedding Reception was taped several days after SummerSlam.