Jul 19, 8:00 PM
Ultimate Warrior rejected McMahon’s plan for a heel turn at SummerSlam 1992
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The Ultimate Warrior comes face-to-face with Randy Savage at SummerSlam 1992. | (Photo: WWE) Heading into SummerSlam and a WWE Championship match between two of its most popular stars, WWE considered an explosive heel turn for the challenger. However, the challenger shot that idea down. That sounds like a potential future episode of WWE Unreal about this year’s SummerSlam match between champion CM Punk and Cody Rhodes. Instead, that’s what reportedly happened 34 years ago, when the Ultimate Warrior challenged Randy Savage at SummerSlam. The Perfect Angle In 1992, WWE announced that SummerSlam was leaving North America and heading to Wembley Stadium in London, England. One of the card’s marquee matchups was the renewal of an old rivalry as then-WWE Champion “Macho Man” Randy Savage defended his title against the Ultimate Warrior. A year earlier, Savage cost Warrior the WWE title at the 1991 Royal Rumble. That March, they squared off in a retirement match at WrestleMania VII, which War