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WWF (Wednesday) Night Raw February 15, 1995
Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler welcome us to this special edition of Raw, airing on a Wednesday. But despite the change in date, action is still plentiful with this special 2-hour edition of Raw. Not only will we see the semi-finals of the Intercontinental Title Tournament here tonight, but we will also see the WWF Title itself on the line as Diesel defends against Yokozuna. Plus Bret Hart will also be in action tonight. But first we kick things off with the first tournament semi-final.
Match #1: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie d. Adam Bomb by pinfall with the #1 Smash Adam Bomb is certainly the more powerful of these two superstars, but what Double J lacks in power he makes up for in craftiness and guile. Jarrett focused on Adam Bomb's knees for most of the match, limiting Adam's offense to a few big power moves. Those moves did take their toll, though, as their were a couple of close falls in the early going for Adam Bomb. Before long however Jarrett had managed to get the big man down on the canvas and worked over the knees of Adam Bomb, before slapping the Figure-4 Leglock on him. Bomb managed to fight out of it, reversing the hold and forcing Jarrett to break it. This seemed to rally his reserves, as Adam Bomb then delivered a couple of powerful clotheslines to Nashville's Favorite Son. Adam Bomb called for the Meltdown, when The Roadie climbed up on the apron, providing the distraction. Adam Bomb grabbed the Roadie and slammed him into the ring, before knocking him down with a stiff right hand that left him nearly unconscious. The distraction though was just enough for Jarrett, who kicked Adam Bomb in the gut, flipped him around and hit the #1 Smash on him, drilling him head first to the canvas and scoring the 1-2-3. After the match, Jarrett collected his dazed Roadie and hightailed it out of there, leaving Adam Bomb fuming.
Backstage Todd Pettengill is standing by with Yokozuna, Mr. Fuji and James E. Cornette. Cornette tells him that ever since Yokozuna lost the WWF Title to Bret Hart at Wrestlemania X, he's been clamoring for a rematch. Well that rematch happens tonight. Big Daddy Cool isn't going to have to worry about facing Shawn Michaels at Battle Lines, according to Cornette. He certainly won't have to worry about Razor Ramon at Wrestlemania. Because tonight Diesel's reign as champion is coming to an end at the hands of Yokozuna. Yokozuna signs us off with a Banzai before we cut back to ringside.
Match #2: Hunter Hearst Helmsley d. The Brooklyn Brawler by pinfall with The Pedigree Hunter Hearst Helmsley continued his undefeated streak against perennial canvas resident The Brooklyn Brawler. Helmsley wasted no time going to work on the New York native, pelting him with a variety of technical moves and showcasing his great technique before finishing him off with a devastating Pedigree. Both Vince and Jerry remark with how ferocious Hunter Hearst Helmsley is with his opponents, and wonder who exactly can stop him.
Match #3: Owen Hart & Bob Backlund d. The Smoking Gunns by submission with a Crossface Chickenwing to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles Before the match McMahon says that Men on a Mission are likely watching this match with great interest, as they have been named #1 contenders to the titles no matter who wins this match. Both teams started off brawling, the Gunns wanting revenge for being cheated out of the titles at the Royal Rumble. Once things settled down, however, Billy and Bart managed to isolate Bob Backlund and wear down the veteran grappler. A tag to Owen though turned the tide, as Owen began to work on the back and torso of Billy Gunn. After a couple of near falls, Billy managed to tag in his brother who fought back against the tag champs. Things de-escalated once more, until the referee had appeared to have lost all control. Owen managed to get a roll up on Bart, dangling his legs on the second rope for leverage in order to score the pinfall. Owen and Backlund began to celebrate a successful title defense, while the Gunns tried to convince the ref that Owen had stolen the victory again. The British Bulldog then came out, corroborating the Gunns story. The referee ordered the match restarted, much to the chagrin of the champions. Their argument almost cost them, as Owen was rolled up from behind by Billy for a quick two count. Owen and Backlund reestablished control though, once again working over Billy Gunn in their corner. The end began once Billy again got the hot tag to Bart, who came in guns blazing. After laying out both Owen and Backlund, he picked up Owen while Backlund rolled out to the ring apron. With Owen the legal man, Bart whipped him into the ropes. Owen caught a blind tag to Backlund on the apron, making him the legal man, before he was drilled with a powerslam. Bart tried to pin Owen, only for the ref to tell him that Backlund was now legal. The momentary lapse allowed Backlund to sneak in and hook on the Crossface Chickenwing on Bart Gunn cinching it up in the center of the ring. Billy tried to save his brother, but Owen caught him with a spinning heel kick. After fighting it off for more than a minute, Bart finally gave up, giving the champs the victory.
We come back for the King's Court, as Jerry Lawler is understandably freaked out by his guest this evening, none other than the Undertaker. Undertaker and Paul Bearer make their way out to ringside. Lawler asks the portly manager how it feels to have the urn, the source of the Undertaker's power yanked right out from under him by Ted DiBiase and the Million Dollar Corporation. Paul Bearer contends that it was never the urn that gave his Undertaker his power, but rather the creatures of the night out there all around the world. The urn is merely a symbol to rally behind, a physical thing, but the spirit of the creatures of the night can never be destroyed. Undertaker then repeats his threat from weeks previous, saying that Ted DiBiase and his million dollar corporation shall pay for their numerous sins. One by one they shall be destroyed, and only after the last of them have fallen with they know peace. Just then, Bam Bam Bigelow came out from the back, charging into the ring. He and Undertaker immediately started trading blows, Undertaker eventually starting to get the best of him. The rest of the corporation came out in force, however, and Undertaker was quickly overwhelmed by the numbers game. Bigelow was left to drill the Undertaker with the Greetings from Asbury Park, leaving him lying right in the middle of the ring. Afterwards King Kong Bundy hit a big splash, crushing the ribs of the Undertaker, while Paul Bearer was left to helplessly watch. After the Corporation left the ring, Paul Bearer once again beckoned the fans to cheer for the Undertaker to sit up. With great effort, Undertaker eventually rises to a sitting position, stumbling to his feet while Ted DiBiase laughs in the entryway.
Match #4: Henry Godwinn d. Doink the Clown with the Slop Drop Godwinn faced his toughest challenge in Doink thus far, and this match wound up being back and forth. Doink actually had the advantage, and was looking to go for the Whoopee Cushion, when Kama came back out and distracted the clown. Doink jumped off the top rope and pointed at Kama, but the distraction allowed Godwinn to sneak from behind, hit the Slop Drop and score the pinfall victory. Afterwards Henry looked on to Kama, who smiled and nodded his head at him, while Godwinn had a bewildered look on his face.
Match #5: The 1-2-3 Kid d. The British Bulldog by pinfall after outside interference The second semi-final of the Intercontinental Title Tournament was just as contentious as the first, with Bulldog dominating most of the match with his power but seemingly unable to put the Kid away for the count. The Kid utilized his martial arts to his fullest ability, trying desperately to keep Davey Boy Smith at bay. Near the end the referee caught a kick from the Kid inadvertantly, and immediately after the Bulldog hit the Kid with the running powerslam. The ref though was out cold. Owen Hart wandered down to ringside, arguing with his brother-in-law over the fact that the Bulldog got their match restarted earlier in the night. The distraction allowed Bob Backlund to sneak in from behind and hook Davey Boy Smith in the Crossface Chickenwing. Backlund hooked the Bulldog in the hold with a body scissors, while Owen came in and put the boots to his brother-in-law. After a couple of minutes Backlund released the hold, and Owen draped the arm of the still semi-conscious 1-2-3 Kid over the Bulldog. Owen and Backlund left the scene just as the referee came to and counted the pinfall for the Kid, sending him to the finals. Lawler says turnabout is fair play, while McMahon states Bulldog was just trying to do the right thing...Owen and Backlund are sick and despicable!
Backstage we see Bret Hart warming up in his locker room. When he turns around though, he is immediately met by a Sweet Chin Music from Shawn Michaels. Michaels begins to lay into Bret, drilling him with right hands as he lie unconscious on the ground. Security and officials come in and break up the fight, but Hart has been left laying on the ground, and his match is supposed to be next!
Match #6: Bret "The Hitman" Hart d. Irwin R. Schyster w/Ted DiBiase with the Sharpshooter Despite his injury, Bret Hart came out to wrestle his match with IRS. Irwin dominated most of the early going, as it was clear that the Hitman wasn't 100%. Nevertheless Bret Hart perservered and managed to hook the taxman in the Sharpshooter for the victory. After the match though, Shawn Michaels again came out and attacked Bret Hart. Bret managed to fight off Michaels somewhat, but HBK got more than a few good shots in before he was finally dragged off of Bret Hart for good. Hart had to be helped to the back following the assault.
Match #7: Tekno Team 2000 d. Well Dunn with a combination spinebuster neckbreaker Watts and Fortune picked up their second win in their young careers, totally dominating the team of Timothy Well and Steven Dunn. As he had before, Ted DiBiase was shown in the back, as always with his eye on the lookout for new talent for his million dollar corporation.
Match #8: Diesel d. Yokozuna w/Mr. Fuji and James E. Cornette by pinfall with a Sidewalk Slam to retain the WWF Championship Power was the name of the game as these two behemoths squared off with each other for the richest prize in the game. Neither man could seem to get a power advantage, as Diesel was strong enough to withstand Yokozuna's power, but not strong enough to move his massive girth. As Gorilla Monsoon would quip, the irresistible force meeting the immovable object. Finally Diesel seemed to begin to wear out after trying so many shots and power moves against Yokozuna with little to no effect, when an earthshattering belly to belly suplex nearly brought his title reign to a screeching halt. Yokozuna then dominated for about five minutes, again scoring a near pinfall with a big legdrop across the chest of the champion. Diesel fought back, hitting the big boot to the face and then finally dropping the challenger with a huge clothesline off the second rope. That only garnered a two count though. Diesel then signaled for the Jackknife, but was unable to lift the nearly 600 pound force of nature that is Yokozuna. Yoko countered this with a splash in the corner, and then signaled for the Banzai Drop. He tried to hit his finisher, but Diesel moved out of the way. Yokozuna sat up slowly and was suddenly scooped up with a tremendous show of strength, and then dropped to the canvas with a sidewalk slam, which was enough for the three count. After the match Crush and Shawn Michaels both rushed out to beat down the champion, but had no sooner gotten to the ring then Razor Ramon came out to confront him. The five men began fighting in the middle of the ring, with Razor and Diesel chasing Crush, Yokozuna & HBK out of the ring, standing tall once again to end the show.
WWF Superstars February 18-19, 1995
(Due to the length of Raw, only winners are being written up for Superstars this week. It should be noted that JR announces that Men on a Mission have agreed to receive their tag title shot the night following Battle Lines, as The British Bulldog and a Mystery Partner have challenged the tag team champions to a non-title match at the PPV after this past weeks actions on Raw.)
The 1-2-3 Kid d. Mark Starr with a Moonsault Skip d. Nick Barberry with a BodyBuster Rad Radford d. Man Mountain Rock with the Death Valley Driver The Blu Twins d. The Hardy Boyz with a double side slam Crush d. Doink the Clown with a Heart Punch
Current Card for In Your House: Battle Lines
WWF Championship Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels
Razor Ramon vs. Crush w/James E. Cornette & Mr. Fuji
Finals of the WWF Intercontinental Title Tournament "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie vs. The 1-2-3 Kid
The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer vs. Tatanka w/Ted DiBiase
Non-Title Match "The King of Hearts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund vs. The British Bulldog & A Mystery Partner
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WWF Monday Night Raw February 20, 1995
Coming off of last week's special edition of Raw, we are welcomed back by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Tonight in our main event we will see Shawn Michaels one on one with the #1 contender for the WWF Championship, Razor Ramon. Also we will see The British Bulldog square off with 1/2 of the WWF Tag Team Champions in Bob Backlund. But first, the Bodydonnas...
Match #1: Skip w/ d. Dick Murdoch with a Frankensteiner Skip faces a bit of a tougher challenge in the veteran grappler Dick Murdoch this week, but in the end it is the same result we have seen week in and week out. Skip is victorious once more, showing his prowess and finesse inside the squared circle. After the match, Sunny gets back on the microphone, challenging anyone in the back to come down to Battle Lines this Sunday, and have a chance to knock off the undefeated Skip of the Bodydonnas. Sunny says she is so sure that her man will not lose, that she is willing to put $25,000 on the line as a victory purse for anyone who can defeat Skip for the first time.
Match #2: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett d. Aldo Montoya with a Figure-4 Leglock Double J got a nice tuneup for this Sunday night when he will challenge the 1-2-3 Kid for the vacant Intercontinental Title. During the match, The Kid called in, publicly apologizing to Davey Boy Smith for what happened last week and saying that, as soon as he beats Double J, he'll give the Bulldog first crack at the title. Lawler says that the Kid may be counting his chickens before they hatch, as Jarrett is more likely to win this Sunday. The Kid replies that he's made a living out of shocking the world, and this Sunday is going to be no different when he wins the Intercontinental Championship. Meanwhile inside the ring, Double J finishes off the Portuguese Man-O-War with a Figure-4, looking impressive just six days out from Battle Lines.
As we come back, before the next match, Vince McMahon mentions that there is a huge announcement from the World Wrestling Federation offices this week out of Stamford Connecticut, as longtime president of the WWF Jack Tunney, has announced that the day after Wrestlemania XI he will officially retire as President. Thus now the speculation begins as to who might be the replacement for Jack Tunney. Jerry Lawler puts his own name forward, stating his first order of business would be firing Bret Hart and then firing McMahon, which causes Vince to just laugh.
Match #3: The British Bulldog d. Bob Backlund by disqualification Backlund was frustrated throughout this match, unable to deal with the power of the Bulldog. However it became clear pretty early on that this whole thing was nothing but a setup, as Owen Hart came out and began to attack his brother in law again. The two on one didn't last very long however, as the #1 contenders to the tag titles, Men on a Mission, came out to the Bulldog's aid. They await the champions next week on Raw, but the bigger question is who will Davey Boy Smith's mystery partner be this Sunday.
Match #4: Kama w/Ted DiBiase d. Jim Steele The Supreme Fighting Machine easily dispatched his opponent this week, sending Jim Steele to an early exit with a Shoulderbreaker. During the match, Ted DiBiase continued to flaunt the urn in front of the people in the crowd. After Kama's victory, the lights suddenly went down, and the Undertaker appeared in the entryway. However he was blindsided from behind by the Native American Tatanka. Tatanka and The Undertaker continued to fight in the entryway, Kama joining in for a two on one before security managed to separate the fight. The issues between Taker and the Corporation continue to grow, as Taker starts his quest to run through the Corporation this Sunday against Tatanka.
Match #5: Razor Ramon & Shawn Michaels wrestled to a no-contest Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon, two storied rivals, were set to have another classic here tonight, however time was conspiring against them certainly, as halfway through the match Bret Hart made an appearence, going straight after Shawn Michaels. Michaels and Hart continued to fight, while Crush and Yokozuna made their way down the aisle, cornering the #1 contender. In a repeat from last Wednesday night, Diesel came down to Razor's aid, keeping Crush and Yoko at bay. Meanwhile, Michaels drilled Hart with a steel chair, stalling him long enough to sneak into the ring and drill Diesel in the back with it as well. Razor fought back to Michaels, but Crush and Yoko came into the ring and ganged up on the fallen champion and his #1 contender. When all was said and done, Yokozuna delivered a Banzai Drop to the fallen champion, and then propped him up for a Shawn Michaels Sweet Chin Music. Raw closes with Michaels posing over Diesel's fallen body, the title firmly in his hands.
WWF Superstars February 25-26, 1995
Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect run down the happenings from this past Monday Night, also running down the card for the big In Your House PPV this Sunday Night. This weekend on Superstars though, Henry Godwinn is in action. And we will also see Hunter Hearst Helmsley as well.
Match #1: The Heavenly Bodies w/James E. Cornette d. Leroy Howard & Mark Starr by pinfall with a gorilla press splash from the top The Heavenly Bodies get back on the winning track in the tag team ranks, as Jim Cornette's boys beat the makeshift team of Howard and Starr rather convincingly. Men on a Mission might be the #1 contenders for now, but with the tag division gaining new blood lately it's imperative that the Bodies keep winning to be in line for a title shot somewhere down the line. Mr. Perfect wonders exactly how much of his mind is with the tag team he brought into the WWF, and how much is with his other clients Crush and Yokozuna.
We see a bunch of people dancing on a street in Puerto Rico, a jazzy salsa beat playing in the background, and the announcement that in just a few weeks, Savio Vega will be making his debut here in the World Wrestling Federation.
Match #2: Henry Godwinn d. Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly with the Slop Drop Bob Holly gave it his all in this match, trying to beat out the wrestling hog farmer, who's been on a bit of a winning streak as of late. Once more, however, Henry Godwinn picked up a win with the aid of someone in the Million Dollar Corporation. This time it was IRS who came to ringside, distracting the Spark Plugg at a crucial moment in the match that allowed Godwinn to hit the Slop Drop and pick up the victory. Mr. Perfect wonders when DiBiase will show up to close the deal as it were. Jim Ross points out that Godwinn doesn't seem to know what's going on, as he's just as surprised by IRS' appearance as the rest of them were. Nevertheless, the evidence would appear to suggest that Godwinn has sold out.
Match #3: Tatanka d. Tony DeVito with the End of the Trail In a tuneup for this Sunday night, Tatanka was rather convincing in his victory over Tony DeVito, showing that he is ready to face the Undertaker at Battle Lines. Tatanka is ruthless in his assault, hitting DeVito with the End of the Trail not once but twice as a message sent to the Dead Man.
Ross and Perfect again run down the card for Battle Lines, including the challenge of Sunny's that has been accepted by Duke "The Dumpster" Droese. If Duke can defeat the Bodydonna Skip this Sunday, then Sunny will give him $25,000 cold hard cash. Also a matchup between The Smoking Gunns and The Blu Twins has been added, that will likely go a long way to determining who challenges for the WWF Tag Team Championship at Wrestlemania XI.
Match #4: Hunter Hearst Helmsley d. Rick "The Model" Martel with the Pedigree Neither of these stars would qualify as a fan favorite certainly, but The Model scored a few cheers as Hunter Hearst Helmsley was his opponent this week. Hunter wasted little time in defeating the multiple time tag champion, however, finishing him off with the devastating finisher, The Pedigree. Superstars closes with Hunter doing his customary curtsy for the crowd, disdain clearly written on his face.
Battle Lines Final Card
WWF Championship Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels
Razor Ramon vs. Crush w/James E. Cornette & Mr. Fuji
Finals of the WWF Intercontinental Title Tournament "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie vs. The 1-2-3 Kid
The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer vs. Tatanka w/Ted DiBiase
Non-Title Match "The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund vs. The British Bulldog & A Mystery Partner
$25,000 Challenge Match Skip w/Sunny vs. Duke "The Dumpster" Droese
The Smoking Gunns vs. The Blu Twins w/Uncle Zebekiah
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WWF In Your House: Battle Lines February 26, 1995 Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Pre-Show Match: Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly d. Man Mountain Rock by pinfall with the Pitstop Plunge---- Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler welcome us to the first ever In Your House PPV, here at the sold out Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. They have jampacked the rafters, Vince says, in order to see the huge main event tonight, as Big Daddy Cool Diesel puts his WWF Title on the line against his former tag team partner and best friend The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. Lawler says that Bret Hart may have cost HBK a chance at the Royal Rumble match, but nothing is going to stop Shawn Michaels tonight from winning the WWF Title and going on to headline Wrestlemania XI. Vince says that's far from a guarantee, but one thing that is guaranteed is that we will have a new World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Champion this evening, as Double J Jeff Jarrett faces off against the 1-2-3 Kid. But first we have tag team action! vs.
Jacob & Eli Blu w/Uncle Zebekiah The Smoking GunnsThe Blu Brothers make their way out to ringside first, both led to the ring by the wily Uncle Zebekiah. Vince notes that while the Blu Twins have been successful in such a relatively short time here in the World Wrestling Federation, they lack a sort of signature win to make them stand out in the crowd of the red hot tag team division, something they could achieve tonight. Lawler thinks it's something they will achieve, given the slump that the Gunns have seemingly been in since losing the titles back at the Royal Rumble. Vince notes that they have had some success but certainly need a victory to get back in the title hunt. The Gunns come out to a round of applause from the Indiana crowd. They get in the ring and remove their hats and coats and square off, Bart starting the match with Eli.
The Blu Twins definitely have the power advantage over the Gunns, even over the powerhouse of the group in Bart, as Eli easily pushes Bart Gunn to the mat with little effort. Bart rethinks his strategy, using right hands to try and soften up Eli, but the hard headedness of the Appalachian twins proves hard to overcome. Eli grabs Bart and whips him into the corner, drilling his shoulder into Bart's midsection before scooping him up and slamming him to the ground. He tries an elbow drop but Bart rolls out of the way. A dropkick from Bart sends Eli to the canvas, as Bart tags in his brother Billy. Billy and Bart use some double team tactics on Eli Blu. Billy climbs up to the second rope and drops his fist across the bridge of the nose of Eli, getting a two count on the cover. Billy then celebrates to the crowd, saying something to his brother. Unbeknownst to them, however, Jacob pulls the old switcheroo behind their back, rolling Eli to the outside and taking his place on the ground.
Billy comes over to attack "Eli" only, to have Jacob catch him off guard with a sharp right hand. Jacob then puts the boots to Billy Gunn before picking him up and whipping him into the corner. Jacob tags the real Eli back into the match and the two of them go to work on Billy in the corner, stomping away at his midsection. Eli then picks up Billy and slams him down to the canvas with a modified spinebuster, before running off the ropes and delivering a hard elbow drop to Billy Gunn. He goes back to his corner and tags in Jacob, utilizing the quick tags to keep the fresh twin in the mix. Jacob climbs up to the second rope and drops his leg across the chest of Billy Gunn, getting a two count in the process, before applying a chinlock to weardown the former tag champ.
Bart stands in his corner, clapping his hands and trying to rally support for his brother. Billy gets a surge of energy and gets to his feet, hitting elbows to the midsection of Jacob to break the hold, before bouncing off the ropes and hitting a clothesline that staggers the big man to the ground. This gives Billy enough time to get to his corner and make the tag to Bart, who comes in Gunns blazing with right hands to both of the Blu Twins. He picks up Eli and slams him down to the canvas, before whipping Jacob into the ropes and hitting a powerslam for a two count. Bart is overcome by a double team though, as Jacob and Eli come to their senses and start to work over Bart Gunn, only for Billy to come rushing in and counter their double team. A quick double clothesline by the Gunns on Eli knocks him out of the ring, as Billy runs back to his corner. Bart tags him in and places Jacob on his knee, as Billy comes down with the legdrop, hitting the Sidewinder and scoring the pinfall!Winner by Pinfall: The Smoking Gunns
The Gunns celebrate in the ring, having picked up the big victory here at Battle Lines. McMahon says that now the Gunns can sit back and watch as the tag title situation unfolds with Men on a Mission getting their shot tomorrow night on Raw, and certainly the mystery partner of the British Bulldog will add some intrigue to the equation as well. Lawler says it doesn't matter who the Bulldog gets, or how the Gunns do, no one is beating Owen and Backlund for the belts.
We go backstage to Todd Pettengill who is standing by with the #1 contender to the WWF Title, the man who will go to Wrestlemania, the Bad Guy Razor Ramon. Pettengill asks Razor if he has any preference about who he faces at Wrestlemania, and Razor replies it doesn't matter to him. He's not even worried about that. All he's worried about is his match tonight. Crush has run and Crush has hidden from him, but all that changes once Razor gets his hands on him and carves him up. Todd then asks what about the possible interference of Yokozuna in the match. Razor just chuckles and says if that's what he's gotta go through, then so be it, because The Bad Guy is ready to move on to Wrestlemania, after he gets done with Crush tonight.$25,000 Challenge Match vs.
Skip w/Sunny Duke "The Dumpster" DroeseThe Bodydonnas make their way to the ring, Sunny holding a duffel bag that is presumably filled with $25,000 of money for anyone who can be the first person to beat Skip in a match. Lawler says it's a sucker's bet for anyone to make, because no one will ever beat Skip with as impressive as he's been. Vince concedes that the fitness guru is impressive, but he's never had to deal with someone quite like Duke "The Dumpster" Droese. Lawler quips thankfully there's only one of him.
Duke makes his way to the ring, eager to begin this matchup, and the minute he gets in the ring he goes right after Skip, not letting the fitness guru get a move in edgewise. Duke uses his brawling skills to full effect, pounding away on the head of Skip and backing him into the corner. Duke raises his arm to the crowd and proceeds to hit several short clotheslines against Skip, backing him into the turnbuckle everytime, before finishing it off with a fifth thunderous blow. Skip rolls out of the ring to collect his thoughts, while Duke salutes the crowd. Lawler says Skip needs to take his time, collect himself and get back in the ring, while McMahon has a sneaking suspicion that the Dumpster may be 25,000 dollars richer by the end of the night. The Dumpster climbs out of the ring, chasing Skip around ringside. Skip dives behind Sunny, hiding behind her which causes Duke to back off for a moment. When Skip stands up, pointing to his head as if he were smart, Duke rushes forward and smashes his boot straight into the head of Skip, bypassing Sunny altogether who runs to the other side of the ring.
Duke goes to whip Skip into the steel steps, but Skip reverses and Duke goes crashing head first into the solid steel. Skip then picks up Duke and rams his face into the steel post again, before tossing him under the mat. Skip climbs up to the apron and then slingshots in over the top rope, dropping his elbow on the wrestling trashman. Skip then puts the boots to Duke, stomping away at him before doing a few jumping jacks for the crowd. Skip then picks up Droese and lifts him for a suplex, slingshotting him off the top rope and dropping him near the middle of the ring, before floating over for the two count. He then slaps on a chinlock to wear down the larger opponent. Skip buries his knee into the small of the back, trying to gain a little more force on the chinlock, but Duke is able to muscle his way back to his feet and out of the hold. He pushes Skip into the ropes and drops him with a shoulder tackle. Duke picks Skip up and delivers a hard bodyslam, before picking him to his feet again. He tries a suplex, but Skip gets out of it and lands behind Duke, pushing him against the ropes and getting a rollup for a two count. Skip then runs at Duke, only to be caught with another big boot right to the chops. Duke pumps his fist up and down, as McMahon can feel the momentum changing hands, much to Lawlers dismay.
Duke catches Skip with a clothesline, and then a second one. He ducks a roundhouse right from the fitness guru and hits a hard atomic drop. After saluting the crowd he runs after Skip with a clothesline. Skip catches his arms and goes for a belly-to-belly suplex. Duke counters with a headbutt and a hard elbow to the side of the head. Duke then picks up Skip and slams him to the mat. Skip struggles to his feet as the Trashman climbs to the top rope. He attempts a double axehandle, but Skip counters with a dropkick to the breadbasket. He then followed up with a swinging neckbreaker on the trashman. Skip climbs up to the top rope, Sunny cheering him on, and he hits a huge senton splash on Duke The Dumpster, going for the pin and getting the three count.Winner by Pinfall: Skip
Sunny throws her hands up in celebration, the money still safely in their possession on this night. Skip does a few jumping jacks in the ring before putting the boots to the fallen Duke the Dumpster. McMahon berates him for the poor sportsmanship but Lawler says Duke could have stopped him, and wound up in the garbage for his troubles. Be that as it may, the big news is that Skip is still undefeated, and the newly christened challenge goes on. Next on the agenda though is certainly something that has no chance of ending real soon as the Undertaker goes one on one with the Native American Tatanka. Undertaker has vowed to go through every single member of the Million Dollar Corporation one by one in his quest both for the urn and for revenge. That quest starts tonight. vs.
Tatanka w/Ted DiBiase The Undertaker w/Paul BearerTatanka makes his way to ringside, flanked by his confident manager The Million Dollar Man. In DiBiase's possession is the urn of the Undertaker, flaunted in a taunting manner. McMahon says he doesn't think its wise to bring the urn out here, while Lawler speculates its a distraction for the deadman, and could be the difference in the matchup. McMahon starts to argue the point when the lights go out and the bell tolls. The crowd becomes unglued as the Undertaker slowly makes his way down the aisle, led by Paul Bearer. The Undertaker walks up the ring steps, raising the lights as he always does, although this time it is accompanied by a loud crack of thunder that startles Tatanka. Paul Bearer removes the coat and hat of his client as the bell rings, and we are underway. Both men lock up in the center of the ring, only for the Undertaker to shove Tatanka down to the canvas. The Native American rises up to one knee, somewhat startled by the strength of the Phenom. The two hook up again, this time Tatanka pushing Undertaker into the corner. Tatanka delivers a couple of hard knife edge chops to Taker, only for Undertaker to block the third one and deliver an uppercut to him. Taker follows up with two more uppercuts and then a boot to the midsection, before dropping to his knees and hitting a harder uppercut that sends Tatanka to the canvas, and rolling to the outside.
Tatanka paces back and forth for a moment, looking to regain some momentum, but he is undone by the Undertaker diving over the top rope and clotheslining Tatanka to the concrete. Undertaker than strikes with reckless abandon, hitting hard right hands on Tatanka before finally letting up when the referee threatens to disqualify him. Undertaker picks up Tatanka by the head and rams him face first into the steel steps before setting him up on the apron. Undertaker climbs up to the apron, runs along and drops his leg across the throat of Tatanka, smashing his head against the edge of the ring. Taker then rolls back in and drags Tatanka to the center of the ring. He runs off the ropes and tries to deliver an elbow, only for Tatanka to roll out of the way. Undertaker immediately sits up and stalks back after Tatanka, but the Native American begins to pound away on the dead man with clubbing blows designed to wear him down. Tatanka runs off the ropes and tries to clothesline The Undertaker, but only staggers him, a second clothesline attempt also fails. Finally on the third try he hits a jumping shoulder tackle and brings the deadman down.
Tatanka then proceeds to go to work on the Undertaker, putting the boots to him and dropping his leg across the throat twice before attempting a cover and getting a quick two count. He backs the Undertaker into the corner and whips him to the opposite side of the ring, following in with a huge splash. He sets Undertaker up and hits a huge vertical suplex, floating over for a two count again. He climbs up to the top rope, waiting for The Undertaker to get to his feet and then drops him with a tomahawk chop, again getting a two count. Lawler questions the ref's cadence while Tatanka starts to get frustrated in the ring. He slaps on a reverse chinlock, as Lawler goes on about how this is prove that without his urn, the Undertaker's power has left him. Vince questions this logic, saying that you can see this crowd trying to will the Undertaker back into the match. Indeed the Undertaker regains a vertical base, whipping Tatanka into the ropes and scoring a boot to the head. Tatanka gets back to his feet and is met by an uppercut to the throat. Undertaker then twists the arm of the Native American and walks over to the corner. He climbs the turnbuckles and climbs the top rope, before dropping down and hitting Tatanka square across the shoulders. Undertaker then raises his hands for the chokeslam, the crowd popping big. DiBiase climbs up to the apron, and Undertaker promptly punches him in the jaw, sending him sprawled out to the floor, while Taker turns his attention back to Tatanka. This brings out King Kong Bundy, who goes out to first on DiBiase, and then jumps up on the apron with Undertaker's back turned. The referee tries desperately to keep Bundy from getting in the ring. Undertaker grabs Tatanka by the throat, only to be floored by a blindside chair shot from Bam Bam Bigelow, who had run in from the crowd. The chairshot stuns Taker enough for Tatanka to break out of the chokeslam and clothesline the Undertaker to the canvas. With Bundy still distracting the referee, eyeing Paul Bearer in the process, Bigelow climbs back into the ring and onto the top rope, hitting a headbutt across the chest of the Undertaker before climbing out and leaving back through the crowd. The referee finally turns around and sees Undertaker down, with Tatanka catching his breath in the corner.
Tatanka doesn't go for the cover, instead scooping up the Undertaker and drilling him with the End of the Trail. Tatanka signals that it's over, covers the Undertaker, and to everyone's shock only gets a two count. Tatanka yells at the referee. In this exchange, Paul Bearer rallies the crowd to chant for the Undertaker, which causes him to sit up. Lawler screams at how this could have happen, while McMahon says the Undertaker is drawing his power from the thousands of WWF fans. Tatanka comes over and hits a clubbing blow to the rising Undertaker, to no effect. Undertaker regains a vertical base, hitting a couple of uppercuts in retaliation. He whips Tatanka into the ropes, running off of them himself and hitting a high flying clothesline. Undertaker again sits up, more slowly, and goes after Tatanka, who counters with a thumb to the eye. Tatanka whips Taker into the opposite corner and again goes for a running splash, but Undertaker moves out of the way and Tatanka drives himself face first into the ring post. This stuns the Native American long enough for him to be scooped up by Taker, and then drilled with a Tombstone Piledriver. Undertaker folds the arms and gets the 1-2-3.Winner by Pinfall: The Undertaker
Ted DiBiase makes a beeline out of the arena, the urn still in toe, while Undertaker and Paul Bearer celebrate in the ring. McMahon cheers that the march through the Corporation has just begun, and there will be a day of reckoning for Bam Bam and the rest of the corporation. Lawler still thinks that Undertaker's weakened by the lack of the urn. McMahon starts to segue into the next match, when he suddenly receives word from Doc Hendrix in the back that Bret Hart has arrived at the building, which shocks and surprises Lawler. Cut back to Doc who is standing by the the former champ. He asks Bret what he is doing here, as Bret was not scheduled to compete tonight. Bret says he's just here to watch what will surely be a great championship match between Diesel and Shawn Michaels. He says he's been in the ring with both men and knows what both of them are capable of, and he says that he hopes it will be a competitive match. He then adds that this is also research...because sooner or later whoever the champion is will step in the ring with Bret Hart, and when that happens Bret will become a 3-time World Wrestling Federation Champion. Hendrix thanks him for his time.
Back at ringside, Jerry Lawler is incensed, as he is convinced that Bret Hart is here tonight to cost Shawn Michaels the WWF Title just like he cost him the Royal Rumble match. Vince doubts that very much, and if the roles were reversed, Lawler would have no problem with HBK being out here for Bret's match. But speaking of costing titles, it was just two weeks ago when Owen Hart and Bob Backlund the tag team champions, interjected themselves in the matchup involving the British Bulldog, and cost him an opportunity at the Intercontinental Championship. Lawler reminds Vince that the Bulldog had stuck his nose where it didn't belong, in his opinion, and almost cost Owen and Backlund the tag team championship. Vince says that regardless of who cost who what, the issue is going to be settled in the next matchup.Non-Title Match vs.
" The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund The British Bulldog & A Mystery PartnerOwen and Backlund make their way down the aisle, confident in their abilities and with the world tag team titles wrapped firmly around their waist. Owen yells at some fans as they walk by, a stark contrast to his fan favorite brother. As they climb in the ring, McMahon speculates as to who the mystery partner might be, while Lawler quips that Bulldog probably couldn't find anyone so he will have to go it alone. At first it seems as if Lawler might be right, as Bulldog comes down the aisle by himself, but he eventually points to the entryway, and the crowd cheers when the entrance music for Lex Luger plays over the background. Luger comes down with the Bulldog, slapping high five to each other before climbing into the ring together.
The match starts off with Backlund and Luger, with both men locking up in the center of the ring. Backlund goes behind Luger with a hammer lock, which Luger then powers out of, whipping Backlund into the ropes. Backlund catches Luger with a shoulder tackle, but Luger doesn't go down. Backlund again tries a shoulder tackle but fails. McMahon obviously realizes that someone with Luger's power won't go down, and when Backlund tries again he has to laugh when Luger gives him a powerslam. Luger picks up Backlund and whips him into the ropes, delivering a high back body drop afterwards. Luger grabs Backlund by the shoulders and scoops him up, delivering a backbreaker to the aged grappler before tagging in the Bulldog. Bulldog slams Backlund to the mat and then drops his elbow across the sternum of Backlund, getting a two count on the cover. Bulldog then sets Backlund in the corner and hits a hard chop across his chest, getting a second one in for good measure. Davey Boy then whips Backlund hard into the opposite turnbuckle, before clotheslining him down to the mat and playing for the crowd.
Bulldog picks up Backlund again and slams him to the mat, before tagging in Lex. Luger applies a surfboard stretch to Backlund, who is able to weasel his legs underneath the bottom rope and get a legal break. As Luger goes to pick up Backlund, the champion pokes a thumb to the eye, and then drills Luger with a right hand. Backlund tags in Owen and both of them start to pound away on Luger, neither one giving credence to the referee's command to get out of the ring. Backlund finally does, allowing Owen to continue the assault himself, putting the boots to Luger in the corner. Owen climbs up to the second rope behind Luger, waiting for him to turnaround, before drilling him with a front dropkick that levels the man made in the USA. Owen then applies a modified Camel Clutch, trying to wrench the neck back of Luger. Owen breaks the hold and whips Luger into the ropes, delivering a spinning heel kick to the man before getting a two count. He tags back in Bob Backlund, who drops his elbow across the sternum of Luger, before applying a reverse chinlock. The hold doesn't last long, as Luger is able to power to his feet and hit right hands on Backlund. Backlund is whipped into the ropes, making a blind tag to Owen as he does so. Owen comes back in and drills the unaware Luger with a dropkick, before the tag champs hit a double suplex on Luger. Owen points to his brother in law in the corner, who seems to be chomping at the bit to get in the ring, but he maintains his cool.
Owen climbs to the top rope, waiting for Luger to get to his feet, before delivering a strong cross body and hooking the leg, only to get a two count. Owen then picks up Luger and delivers a backbreaker to him and then tags in Backlund. Bob climbs to the second rope and hits a fistdrop on Luger, scraping his fist across the bridge of Luger's nose in the process. Backlund then applies a three quarter nelson into a rollup, nearly scoring the pinfall. Backlund transitions into a modified chinlock, again wearing down Luger. The fans clap their hands in support, rallying the cause for Lex Luger, who starts to get back into the swing of momentum. He resumes a vertical base and whips Backlund into the ropes, hitting a hard clothesline that drops the former WWF Champion. Luger then makes a tag to Bulldog, as Backlund makes the tag to Owen. Owen immediately backs away from Bulldog, but Davey Boy Smith won't be denied. Bulldog hits Owen with right hand after right hand, then taking the champion over with a hard hip toss. Bulldog hits a clothesline on Owen, followed by a second, and a third. Bulldog then hooks Owen up and hits a vertical suplex, floating over for the two count. The British Bulldog picks up Owen, but he takes a double axehandle from behind from Bob Backlund. Backlund works over Bulldog, but eats a running forearm from Lex Luger for his troubles, sending Backlund to the floor with Luger in pursuit. Bulldog goes back to Owen, who tries to kick him in the gut. Bulldog catches Owen's foot, and when Owen tries an enziguri kick he ducks it. Bulldog then scoops up Owen and hits the running powerslam for the victory.Winners by Pinfall: The British Bulldog & Lex Luger
Bulldog and Luger celebrate their victory over the tag team champions, a certain upset by most standards. Owen and Backlund collect their tag team titles, the only solace they have that the championships were not on the line tonight. McMahon wonders if this is a sign of things to come for the tag team champions when they defend the titles tomorrow night on Raw. Lawler says this means nothing, and when the gold is on the line Owen and Backlund will not disappoint. McMahon says we will certainly find out.
We go backstage to Todd Pettengill, who is standing by with Crush, along with his managers Mr. Fuji and James E. Cornette. Pettengill asks Crush about his match tonight with Razor Ramon, as he won't be able to surprise him with his co-hort in crime Yokozuna this week. Crush angrily asks if Pettengill is implying he can't get the job done, to which Todd immediately answers in the negative. Crush says that he is tired of being passed over here in the World Wrestling Federation, tired of being overlooked by all the bigshots at the top. It's time for the WWF to realize that the Kona Destroyer is the top of the food chain, the Kona Destroyer is the Great White Shark in this Ocean, and that the Kona Destroyer is deserving of being the World Wrestling Federation Champion. Razor Ramon...he has nothing against him personally. He just happened to be the wrong guy at the wrong time, and tonight his career is going to be left going the wrong way...straight into the gutter.
We cut back to ringside as McMahon says that because of Razor winning the Royal Rumble, he had to forefit the Intercontinental Title which set up a tournament and got us to this point tonight, where we crown a new Intercontinental Champion. Both these men have had to win two matches to get here, and are now one match away from Intercontinental Gold.Finals of the WWF Intercontinental Title Tournament vs.
"Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie The 1-2-3 KidDouble J slowly makes his way down the aisle, strutting his way in with a chorus of boos and heckles from the crowd behind him. The Roadie carries Double J's guitar, setting it at ringside as Jarrett does his trademark strut in the ring. McMahon points out the Roadie, saying he has been key to the victories of Double J as of late especially where one Adam Bomb is concerned. Lawler says Jarrett won his matches and deserves to be here tonight, regardless of how he won them. Besides, the Kid got an assist from Owen Hart as Vince likes to point out. The difference, McMahon replies, is that the Kid didn't ask for Owen's help. Be that as it may though the 1-2-3 Kid makes his way down the aisle to the ovation of the Ft. Wayne Indiana crowd, as Jarrett waits for the match to start.
The two men lock up at center ring and Jarrett backs the kid up to the corner. Jarrett backs away, cockily underestimating the Kid's resolve, and then slaps him in the face before strutting back towards the crowd. The Kid takes offense to this, and jumps over the referee, throwing rights and lefts at Double J. The 1-2-3 Kid kicks Jarrett in the gut and then runs off the ropes, hitting a running knee lift to the mid section that sends Jarrett down to the canvas. Jarrett no sooner gets back up then the kid drops him with a dropkick. Jarrett gets back up, now irate and lunges after the kid. The Kid dives away from Jarrett when Double J goes to lock up, hitting several kicks to the midsection. The Kid then whips Jarrett into the ropes, trying a spin kick on his return, but Double J very quickly slows the match down by running to the outside, collecting his thoughts.
The Kid however only allows him a momentary respite, as he dives over the top rope with a plancha and crashes into Double J and the Roadie, who was giving the Nashville Star some water. The Kid picks up Jarrett, pummeling him with a hard spin kick to the gut again, before whipping him into the guardrail. The Kid clearly wants to win the Intercontinental Title tonight, and is willing to do almost anything to do it. He throws Double J back into the ring, climbing up to the apron. The kid climbs to the top rope and tries a big legdrop on Jarrett, but Jarrett rolls out of the way, causing the kid to land square on his tailbone. Jarrett immediately takes advantage, going to work on the knee by pulling, kicking, and stretching the hamstring and quadriceps in every direction he can think of, trying to take away a big part of the kids offense.
Jarrett lifts the kid to his feet and executes a quick snap suplex. He then puts on a step over toehold, before dropping down with all of his weight on the knee. Jarrett pulls the kid over to the ring ropes and sets his injured leg up on the bottom rope, slamming himself down into the knee twice for good measure. He then picks up the kid and executes a running bulldog out of the corner, before going for the pin and getting a two count. Jarrett then tries to whip the kid into the corner, but the knee of the kid gives out and he collapses in the ring. Jarrett smiles to himself, while Lawler says that Jarrett has got this match in the back. Jarrett does his victory strut before going over to the Kid, who out of nowhere pulls out a small package and nearly scores the pinfall.
McMahon takes this time to remind Lawler to never count out the 1-2-3 Kid. Jarrett, irate by the sudden burst of energy, drops several elbows onto the knee of the Kid, trying to incapacitate him permanently. Jarrett then climbs to the top rope and drives his knee down into the side of the kid, nearly scoring a fall on him. Jarrett argues with the referee before grabbing the leg of the kid and sinching in the Figure-4 Leglock. The Kid screams out in pain, while the Roadie stands by on the outside ready to celebrate. The Kid though fights through the pain and manages to reverse the hold, forcing Jarrett to break it. The Kid slowly gets to his feet, and Jarrett is there to meet him with a roundhouse right. He grabs the kid and sets him up for the #1 Smash, but The Kid fights out of the manuever and hits Jarrett with a quick succession of elbows, before delivering a russian legsweep that leaves both men down.
Both Jarrett and the Kid get to their feet, the Kid limping from all the damage dealt to his knee. He ducks a Jarrett roundhouse and hits him with a kick to the midsection, followed by a kick to the thigh, and another to the side. A fourth kick is blocked, but the Kid counters with an enziguri that takes Jarrett down. The Kid stretches out his knee, trying to loosen it up again, while Jarrett stumbles back to his feet. He runs after the kid and gets a spinwheel kick for his trouble. The Kid climbs to the top rope, his back facing Jarrett, and he leaps off when he sees Jarrett standing, hitting him with a spinning heel kick from the top rope. He goes for the cover and nearly gets the fall. Jarrett struggles to his feet and catches the Kid with a thumb to the eye to try and regain control. Jarrett sees his opening and goes for a back suplex. The Kid flips up in mid air and lands gingerly on his feet. When Double J turns around, the Kid kicks him in the gut and hits a facebuster that drops him to the mat. The Kid signals skyward and gets Jarrett in position for the moonsault. The Roadie jumps up on the apron to distract him, but gets a dropkick from the Kid for his trouble. Jarrett in the meantime makes his way to his feet, and the Kid runs over to drop him with another spinning heel kick, but the country star ducks and the Kid inadvertantly drops the referee.
Jarrett crawls to the corner as the Kid checks on referee Tim White. The Roadie climbs back in the ring and pummels the kid from behind, but the 1-2-3 Kid counters with a right hand of his own and then proceeds to launch him out of the ring, much to the delight of the crowd and Vince McMahon. However he fails to notice Jarrett in the corner has grabbed his guitar. The Kid turns around and is suddenly blasted by Jarrett's acoustic equalizer, laying him out unconscious in the middle of the ring. Jarrett disposes of the evidence just as the referee comes too and gets the pin...and the victory.Winner and NEW WWF Intercontinental Champion: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett
McMahon is immediately sickened by what Jarrett just did and calls for medical attention for the kid right away. Lawler is celebrating Double J's victory, just the same as Jarrett is, grabbing the Intercontinental Title Belt and walking out with it, while The Roadie shields him from fans who scream at him for the way he just won. Officials come out to check on the Kid, as we go to a video package for Wrestlemania, which will be held in our nation's capital Washington D.C. As we come back we see officials helping the Kid to the back, and we segue into our next matchup. The issues between Crush and Razor Ramon center around the fact that Razor is going to Wrestlemania and Crush isn't. Even though Razor wasn't the man who eliminated Crush from the Royal Rumble matchup, he was the eventual winner and Crush's professional jealousy has created this matchup. Lawler says its not jealousy, Crush is just tired of being overlooked. And who can blame him! Not many title shots have been coming his way, but if he wins tonight, he may just throw a monkey wrench into the plans of Razor Ramon. vs.
Crush w/Mr. Fuji & James E. Cornette Razor RamonCrush makes his way out to ringside first, flanked by both of his managers. It has only been recently that Crush has added the services of James E. Cornette in addition to the services of Mr. Fuji, something his friend and tag team partner Yokozuna has been doing for a while now. As Crush climbs in the ring, the crowd boos him unmercifully, and he merely shrugs it off, focused entirely on this match. The music of Razor Ramon hits, and the crowd explodes in cheers. The Bad Guy saunters his way down the aisle, cocky as he ever is. Razor climbs in the ring and does his trademark entrance for the crowd, fireworks exploding behind him. Suddenly Crush runs up from behind, catching him off guard with a clubbing blow to the back of the head. Crush continues to pound away on Razor as the referee tries to pry Crush off before ringing the bell. Crush finally backs away, allowing the referee to check on Razor who says to begin the match and ring the bell. Crush goes right back to work immediately after, continuing to pound away on the Bad Guy, but Razor starts to fight back, trading right hands with the Kona Destroyer. Razor starts to get an advantage and hits a hard discus punch that sends Crush sprawling out of the ring and to the floor. Razor points at himself, daring Crush to come after him, but Crush merely walks on the outside to regain the upper hand in strategy.
Crush climbs back into the ring, as he and Razor hook up right in the middle. There is a hard struggle for dominance, but both men break out of the tieup with neither one getting an advantage. They hook up a second time in the center of the ring, and the same result happens again, with neither man gaining an advantage. McMahon notes the similarities between the two men both in height and in power. They lock up a third time, and this time Crush twists the arm of Razor Ramon and pulls at the shoulder, trying to dislocate it. Crush then whips Razor into the ropes and tries a back elbow, but Razor ducks it. Razor delivers another sharp right hand which sends Crush staggering into the corner. Razor follows up with a hard knife edge chop across the chest of the Kona Destroyer. Razor whips Crush into the opposite turnbuckle and follows up with a hard clothesline that sends Crush to the ground. He starts to scoop up Crush, but Crush counters with a thumb to the eye. He then headbutts Razor and sends him into the turnbuckle, before burying his shoulder deep into the midsection of Razor and following up with another headbutt that sends Razor slumped over in the corner. Crush then backs off and takes a running headstart, driving his boot right into the side of Razor's head and smacking it against the bottom turnbuckle.
Crush then scoops up Razor in a powerbomb position, pulling him out of the corner and slamming him to the mat. He puts the boots to Razor Ramon and points to the crowd, asking them what they think of their so-called hero now. Crush picks up Razor and whips him into the ropes. He lifts him up on the rebound and then drops him with a gorilla press slam. He goes for the cover, but only gets a two count. Crush argues with the referee briefly before slapping on a chinlock and driving his knee straight into the upper back of Razor, trying to wear out the neck of the bad guy. McMahon says Razor has to find someway to get back into this matchup, while Lawler remarks easier said than done. The crowd chants for Razor, and the bad guy starts to pound his leg against the mat in time, trying to build off the energy of the crowd.
Crush breaks the hold though and hits a clubbing blow to Razor to stop the rally. Crush then picks up Razor and executes a beautiful vertical suplex. He scoops him up again and, to Lawler's delight, executes a piledriver on Razor and leaves him lying on the mat. Crush plays to the crowd for a few precious seconds, before covering Razor and narrowly missing out on a victory. Vince says if Crush had covered him right away he might have had him. Crush argues with the referee, backing him into the corner on the argument, while Cornette yells at him to calm down. Razor meanwhile shakes out the cobwebs and staggers to his feet. Crush goes over to deal with Razor, but Ramon counters with a hard right hand, followed by a second, and then a third. Razor whips Crush into the ropes and hits a high back body drop. Crush gets up and trades punches with the bad guy again, Razor once more getting the better and forcing Crush near the corner. Crush tries a discus punch, but Razor ducks it and then picks up Crush, placing him up on the top turnbuckle in a back position. Razor climbs to the second rope and hits the back suplex off the top, leaving both men down on the canvas.
The referee's count reaches 7 before Razor manages to get a cover on Crush, only getting a two. Razor gets back to his feet first, but Crush stops his rally with a hard boot to the gut. He places Razor's head in between his legs and extends his arms, mocking Razor and attempting a Razor's Edge for himself. Razor counters with a backdrop though, sending Crush hard to the mat. Razor puts the boots to Crush, running off the ropes and hitting a hard shot to the side of the temple. He picks up Crush and puts him in position for the Razor's Edge, but Crush manages to fight out of it and lands behind Razor Ramon. Razor tries a clothesline but Crush ducks. Crush comes off the ropes and hits a huge big boot right to the jaw of Razor, sending him down like a sack of potatoes. Without waiting Crush picks up Razor and places his arm behind his head, and delivers a Heart Punch straight to the chest of Razor.
Crush goes for the cover and gets a two count before Razor is able to barely get his foot on the bottom rope. Crush raises his hands, thinking he had a three count and a victory, but the referee tells him otherwise. Crush is irate, and James E. Cornette jumps up on the apron to complain to the ref. Crush uses the distraction to pick up Razor and hold him for Mr. Fuji, who climbs up to the ring apron. Fuji tries to throw salt in the eyes of Razor, but Ramon ducks and Crush takes a face full of salt. Razor then drills Mr. Fuji with a right hand, sending him down to the floor below. Razor scoops up Crush and executes a fallaway slam, before giving the sign that he's gonna finish it. Razor picks up Crush, sets him up, and hits the Razor's Edge, getting the three count afterwards.Winner by Pinfall: Razor Ramon
McMahon notes the cheers for the #1 contender to the WWF Title. Razor stands in the ring celebrating as Crush stalks off to the back, irate at both Razor and, apparently, Mr. Fuji, as he tries to wipe the salt from his eyes. Razor makes a motion to the crowd that the belt is going around his waist at Wrestlemania. The question now, as McMahon says, is who will be wearing the belt heading into the grandest spectacle in all of sports entertainment...Big Daddy Cool Diesel? Or the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels? Lawler says Michaels brought Diesel into the WWF and now he's gonna take him out of the WWF, and take the title with him. They continue to talk about some of the history between them when suddenly Bret Hart's music plays over the PA. Bret Hart comes out in street clothes, apparently to join the King and McMahon at commentary. McMahon welcomes him, while Jerry Lawler is irate, saying that Bret is just out here to cost Shawn Michaels the title. Bret says the only reason he's out here is to get a closer look at this match and at both opponents, because after Wrestlemania he'll be coming for whoever the WWF champion is.WWF Title Match vs.
"Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn MichaelsShawn Michaels makes his way out to the ring first, wary of Bret Hart's presence at the commentary table. Bret and Shawn look at each other before Shawn gets in the ring, doing his customary poses. As he waits for Diesel to enter, Lawler goads Hart some more saying that Bret can't wait to hit Shawn Michaels. Bret again denies that's why he's out here. The sound of a truck horn ends the conversation though as Big Daddy Cool makes his way down the aisle, the WWF Title strapped around his waist. He climbs in the ring and raises his gloved hand for the crowd, before removing the title and staring across the ring at HBK. The bell rings and we are underway.
Diesel tries to lock up with Diesel, trying to utilize his power to his advantage. Michaels sees through this quickly, utilizing a quickstrike offense and peppering the champ with taunting rights and lefts, never letting Diesel get in close for a big move. Shawn merely taunts Diesel from the corner, causing Big Daddy Cool to smirk. Michaels finally nods his head and backs away, before charging in like he's gonna tie up with Diesel, only to stop halfway and slink out of the ring. Shawn dusts himself off, pointing to his head, but quickly starts running as the irate Diesel has had enough of Shawn's games and comes charging out of the ring. Diesel chases Shawn halfway around the ring before HBK dives in under the bottom rope. Diesel dives after him but Shawn immediately goes to work on Diesel, putting the boots and fists to the big man. The blows seemingly stun the champion, and Shawn kicks Diesel in the gut and delivers a swinging neckbreaker. He goes for a quick pin but doesn't even get past a one count as Diesel forces Shawn off of him. Diesel gets back to his feet and Shawn decides on a different tactic, slapping Diesel's knee with a hard kick. McMahon notes that's the same knee that Bret Hart, and also Shawn Michaels, gave a good go-over of at the Royal Rumble.
Shawn finally gets Diesel down to one knee and begins hitting him with closed fist shots to the face. He runs off the ropes and hits a flying knee to the face of Diesel, taking him down all the way to the canvas. Shawn then stomps away at the knee, trying to keep the big man off his feet. Shawn then climbs up to the top rope and tries a big splash, but Diesel gets the knees up and blocks the attempt. Diesel gets back to his feet and now grabs Shawn by the nape of the neck, delivering several clubbing blows to the face and back of Shawn Michaels. He whips Michaels into the corner and then begins delivering his trademark elbows to the face of Shawn. He whips him to the opposite turnbuckle and when Michaels stumbles out of the corner Diesel delivers a hard clothesline that sends him down. Diesel picks up the challenger and then drops him face first into the turnbuckle. He whips Shawn Michaels into the ropes and lifts him high into the air in a gorilla press position. He moves around with Michaels threatening to deposit him on the outside, but Michaels is able to rake the eyes of Big D and force him to drop Michaels in the ring. HBK lands on his feet and goes running off the ropes, hitting a clothesline that sends both men sprawling over the top rope and onto the floor.
Michaels is the first one to his feet, picking up Diesel and hitting him with right hands. Michaels whips Diesel into the steel steps, causing them to collapse around the fallen champion. He rolls into the ring to break the count and then rolls back out, peeling back the protective matting on the ground after he does so. Michaels then, with a tremendous show of power, delivers a piledriver to the champion on the exposed concrete. He rolls Diesel into the ring and follows him in. He goes for the cover but somehow Diesel manages to get a shoulder up. Michaels looks up shocked at the referee, thinking that was a three count. Intent on winning, HBK goes back to work on the knee of Diesel, trying to soften it up. He places the leg on the bottom rope and then climbs to the top rope. Michaels leaps off and drives his foot into the prone knee of Diesel, causing the champion to scream in pain. Michaels looks over at Bret Hart, muttering that's how its done, before turning back to Diesel. He picks up the champ, and Diesel gets a sudden surge of strength and begins to hit Michaels with fists to the midsection. Michaels rakes the eyes and whips Diesel into the ropes. Michaels tries a dropkick, but Diesel holds onto the top rope and Michaels hits nothing, falling to the mat. With another blast of energy, Diesel charges forward and hits a massive clothesline on Shawn Michaels. Michaels pops back up and Diesel does it a second time. He scoops up HBK and slams him hard to the canvas. Diesel then gingerly climbs to the second rope, waiting for Michaels to get to his feet. He clotheslines HBK off the second rope and goes for the cover, only getting a two count.
Undeterred, Diesel grabs Michaels and whips him into the corner. He launches towards Michaels, his big boot heading straight for his head, when Michaels ducks out of the way. With Diesel's injured knee prone, Michaels dropkicks the exposed joint and causes Diesel to fall over backwards, foot caught in between the top and second rope and dangerously hyperextending his knee. Diesel cries out in pain again, and Michaels goes to work, drilling the knee with hard kicks while the referee tries to dislodge Diesel from the ropes. He finally does so, only for Michaels to drag Diesel to the middle of the ring. HBK again points to Bret Hart, mocking him in a way, and then applies the Sharpshooter of all things to the champion. Bret merely watches, silent but seething as Michaels makes a mockery of his submission hold, though with effect as Diesel does cry out in pain from the tork on his damaged knee. Michaels eventually breaks the hold and wanders over to the top rope. Michaels hits his trademark elbow from the top and goes for the cover, shocked when he only gets a two count.
Bret Hart, who had been quietly in Diesel's favor throughout the commentary, can now be heard actively clapping for Big Daddy Cool. Michaels looks over and stares at Hart, walking over and sticking his head out between the ropes. Bret finally has enough and drops the headset, walking over to HBK, while the referee checks on Big Daddy Cool. Michaels, ever the brazen one, spits in the face of Bret Hart. Bret gets angry and tries to storm the ring, but the referee stops him on the apron. Diesel meanwhile slowly gets to his feet, while Michaels loads up for Sweet Chin Music. Michaels tries to hit the kick while Bret Hart jumps down off the apron. Diesel though ducks the kick and delivers hard right hands to Michaels. He scoops up the challenger and hits a huge sidewalk slam that leaves both men down on the ground.
Surprisingly, Michaels is the first man to his feet, and he walks over to the top rope and climbs up, checking to see if Diesel is up yet. As soon as Big D is up on his feet, Michaels attempts a moonsault. Diesel catches him and then drops him face first into the turnbuckle for a second time. Diesel then kicks the dazed Shawn Michaels in the gut and sets him up, hitting the jackknife powerbomb. Diesel then falls on Michaels getting the cover, and getting the victory.
Winner by Pinfall and STILL WWF Champion: "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel
The crowd cheers for Diesel while Jerry Lawler derides the "distraction" that Bret Hart seemingly provided with his presence at ringside. Diesel is handed his title and he lifts it high in the air, only to be drilled with Sweet Chin Music after the match. Michaels attacks Diesel with reckless abandon, which brings Bret Hart into the ring. Hart and Michaels start fighting it out, with Bret Hart getting the advantage and clotheslining Michaels out of the ring. He hands Diesel his title again, attending to him, as Michaels sulks off to the back. Vince McMahon thanks everyone for watching In Your House, and says we'll see you next month at Wrestlemania XI.
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WWF Monday Night Raw February 27, 1995
Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler welcome us to Monday Night Raw on the heels of a very exciting In Your House PPV as Big Daddy Cool Diesel successfully defended his title against The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. And tonight we will hear from the former challenger last night, as we head along the road to Wrestlemania. And in tonight's main event, the WWF Tag Team Championship is on the line as Men on a Mission face Owen Hart and Bob Backlund. Plus another $25,000 challenge match from Skip.
Match #1: Hunter Hearst Helmsley d. Scott Taylor with the Pedigree Basic opening match for Monday Night Raw, as the Connecticut Blueblood continued his own personal undefeated streak here in the World Wrestling Federation. Hunter Hearst Helmsley made short work of the young Scott Taylor, drilling him with a Pedigree in under two minutes. He then got on the microphone and asked if that was it. If that was the best the WWF had to offer. Because if it was...then he should be champion within the next month or so. Helmsley demanded competition in the future, and said that no matter who it was, they would be made humble before him. He then bowed to the crowd and walked off.
We cut to video from Coliseum Video last night, where Crush was tossing around a locker room after losing his match to the Bad Guy Razor Ramon. Crush's managers, James E. Cornette and Mr. Fuji came in to try and calm him down. Crush pointed a finger at Mr. Fuji blaming him for the loss. This brought in Yokozuna, who accompanied the two men into the locker room, who stood between Crush and Yokozuna. Cornette finally seemed to make the peace between them. They bowed to one another, reluctantly, before the camera shut off.
Match #2: Savio Vega d. Nick Barberry with a Spinning Heel Kick The Cuban Sensation Savio Vega made his debut tonight, and an impressive debut it was as he showed off a variety of martial arts kicks and power move combinations against journeyman Nick Barberry. Vega finished him off with a spinning heel kick, raising his hand in victory to the delight of the crowd.
Match #3: Skip w/Sunny d. Doink the Clown w/Dink with a Top Rope Frankensteiner Skip & Sunny once again put $25,000 on the line against anyone who could pin Skip in the ring. That brought out Doink the Clown, who seemed a bit more focused than usual this week, as he obviously wanted the money. He gave a good go of it too...getting Skip down on the ground and seemingly looking to finish him off with the Whoopee Cushion. However Skip was too quick for him, getting to his feet and knocking Doink into a prone position atop the turnbuckle, before hitting a top rope frankensteiner and scoring the pinfall. Keeping his money in tact for now.
Shawn Michaels came out for an interview. He says that he should be humble in defeat, that maybe he should acknowledge that Diesel is the better man. But we all know that's just not true. He says the only reason Big Daddy Fool walked out of Battle Lines with the WWF Title is because of the distraction provided by one Bret The Hitman Hart. Bret Hart just doesn't know when to stop sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. At the Royal Rumble, if he had just let bygone be bygones, then he would be champion right now. If he had just left it alone, HBK would have won the Royal Rumble. And if he hadn't of been at ringside last night, then HBK would be WWF champion at this very moment. Michaels says the only way he's gonna get anything done around here is for two things to happen. One...he's going to hire a new bodyguard to watch his back...someone we will meet next week right here on Raw. And two...he's challenging the Hitman to a match at Wrestlemania XI. Maybe then, once he's dealt with Bret, he'll be able to deal with Big Daddy Fool. And Diesel, he adds, and yes...Razor too. Don't get to comfortable at the top...cause HBK is coming back...and nothing's gonna stop him this time.
Match #4: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie d. Rip Rogers with a Figure-4 Leglock The new Intercontinental Champion made his way to ringside, easily dealing with veteran Rip Rogers in a non-title contest with a Figure-4 Leglock. It is noted, however, that next week on Raw there will be a 15 Man Battle Royal to determine who the new #1 contender to the Intercontinental Championship will be, and who Double J will defend the title against at Wrestlemania.
Match #5: Owen Hart & Bob Backlund d. Men on a Mission with the Sharpshooter to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship This match was certainly a back and forth affair, as Backlund and Hart didn't seem to have lost any of their ring luster from losing the non-title match to the newly formed Allied Powers the night before. They focused on Mo for most of the match, keeping Big Mabel on the outside. Once Mabel did get in, though, it seemed as if he might win the tag team titles single handedly, as neither Backlund nor Hart could keep Mabel from attacking them. Mo tagged back in at one point, when Mabel started to get winded, and that allowed Backlund to surreptitiously get Mabel to the outside. With that accomplished, and Mabel unable to save his partner, Owen hit the enziguri and then locked on the Sharpshooter, scoring the victory and retaining the titles. As Raw goes off the air though we see Luger and Bulldog at the entryway, pointing at Owen and Backlund, saying they want the titles.
WWF Superstars March 4-5, 1995
Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect welcome us to WWF Superstars. They recap what happened on Raw this week, and announce a match for Monday Night between the Undertaker and the next member of the Corporation he's after...IRS in a Royal Rumble Rematch. They also announce that Bret Hart has accepted the challenge of Shawn Michaels for a match at Wrestlemania.
Match #1: Yokozuna d. Bob Holly with a Banzai Drop Yokozuna made his return to WWF Superstars this week, and Perfect and Ross speculated on the tension that occured last week between Yokozuna and Crush. Nevertheless that doesn't distract Yokozuna, as he destroys Bob Holly with a Banzai Drop and picks up a big win on his way back to the top of the WWF, or so he hopes.
Match #2: The Smoking Gunns d. Marty Garner & Lenny Carlson with the Sidewinder A short victory for the Gunns, who are looking to get back into the title picture. With so many teams looking to get in on the Tag Title Picture, Perfect wonders what Tunney's gonna do for this contendership. Ross reminds us that Tunney's tenure as President is short-lived, as he will soon be retiring in favor of someone new.
Match #3: Henry Godwinn d. Jimmy Del Ray with a Slop Drop Henry Godwinn took out the Gigolo with a Slop Drop this week, doing it without the aid of the Million Dollar Corporation. That, however, didn't stop Ted DiBiase from coming out to ringside himself. He got in the ring and said it was time to make it official, to join the Million Dollar Corporation. Godwinn thinks about it, and nods his head, shaking the hand of DiBiase who raises his hand in victory. Then, to the delight of the crowd, Godwinn clotheslined the Million Dollar Man to the ground. He then picked up his slop bucket and proceeded to dump the slop all over Ted DiBiase's head. Godwinn yelled out SOUEEE to the crowd, who yell back in turn.
A vignette is shown, showing a fashion runway and the stylish streets of Paris. A New York accented voice is heard, uttering that the whole world likes to think that they're stylish. We'll they're not...at least not compared to me. There is no one in this world more stylish than me, more handsome than me, or a better wrestler than me. And I'm coming to the WWF to prove it. So the question you'll ask yourself is...
WHO BETTA THAN KANYON?
The answer? Nobody.
Match #4: 1-2-3 Kid. d. The Black Phantom with a Moonsault The Kid rebounded from his loss at Battle Lines with a rather dominating win over the Black Phantom this week. He finished off the Gothic Warrior with a Moonsault, leaving no frills or fuss. He will be in the 15 man battle royal this Monday, and it may only be a matter of time before he is the #1 contender to the Intercontinental Title.
Match #5: Diesel d. The Brooklyn Brawler with a Jackknife Diesel finishes us off this week with a dominating performance over the Brooklyn Brawler. His timing seems to be right on and there is no lingering damage to the knee from last week. Diesel stands tall and proud as champion now, but will he still be that way come Wrestlemania as he faces Razor Ramon. JR and Perfect sign out to finish the night.
Current Wrestlemania XI card
WWF Title Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart
WWF Intercontinental Title Match "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie (c) vs. The Winner of a 15-Man Battle Royal on Next Week's Raw
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WWF Monday Night RawMarch 6, 1995Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler welcome us to Monday Night Raw, and we are about to get right into the action as the ring has filled up with 15 superstars, all looking for a shot at Jeff Jarrett's Intercontinental Title at Wrestlemania XI.Match #1: Adam Bomb wins a 15 Man Battle RoyalThe match kicked off, as the 15 men in the ring were Adam Bomb, Marty Jannetty, the 1-2-3 Kid, King Kong Bundy, Kama, Tatanka, Steven Dunn, Timothy Well, Bob Holly, Henry Godwinn, Aldo Montoya, Rick "The Model" Martel, Hakushi, Doink the Clown & Man Mountain Rock. The match was chaos for a few moments, but eventually it became clear that Bundy and Adam Bomb were the two men who were on the path to victory, as they dominated most of the match. Eventually it came down to Adam Bomb, the 1-2-3 Kid, King Kong Bundy & Henry Godwinn in the ring. The three men took to trying to eliminate Bundy first, before fighting amongst themselves, but Bundy was able to eliminate the hog farmer in short order. It looked as if Bundy would win the match, but a timely counter dropkick from the 1-2-3 Kid staggered Bundy into the ropes, and allowed Adam Bomb to finish him off. The Kid and Bomb then squared off, both men with a shot at redemption to the Intercontinental Champion who had screwed them in recent weeks. In the end, Adam Bomb's power won the day, as he eliminated the Kid and will now go on to face Double J at Wrestlemania.Jerry Lawler now climbs into the ring for a special edition of the King's Court, welcoming this week's guest The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. Lawler says the speculation has been running rampant in the WWF locker room all week as to who Shawn Michaels would have for his bodyguard, and the time has now come for the unveiling. Shawn says all in due time, but first he has something to say to Bret Hart. He tells Bret that all of this could have been avoided. All of this could have just been swept under the rug if he had just kept his nose out of Shawn Michaels' business. But now that the deed has been done and the match is set for Wrestlemania XI, Bret is going to have to reap what he has sewn. Therefore without further adieu, HBK is proud to present his new bodyguard...the big the bad the vicious...SID.Sid walks down the aisle, a mixture of boos and cheers as some fans remember the villanous Sid Justice from a few years before. Sid gets in the ring and high fives Shawn Michaels, taking the microphone from Lawler. Sid says that when HBK made the call, looking for someone to watch his back at Wrestlemania and beyond, Sid just couldn't say no. He says that Bret Hart won't be able to run and hide at Wrestlemania XI. And if anyone else tries to get into Shawn Michaels business, then they will run afoul of Sycho Sid. Sid says he doesn't mind being called a Sycho, let people think he's crazy, it'll just make it that much better when they take the fall of pride and taste the powerbomb from the master and ruler of the world. Sid's music hits and Michaels smiles, obviously feeling confident now with Sycho Sid in his corner.Match #2: Eddie Fatu d. Tom Prichard w/James E. Cornette with a Samoan DropEddie Fatu, a man making a difference, made his debut this week against the doctor of desire. Despite a decent amount of offense from Prichard, Fatu showcased a wide array of power moves and martial arts skills before finishing off the Heavenly Body with a samoan drop. James E. Cornette left ringside, obviously despondent over another loss by one of his heavenly bodies members. During the match, Vince speculates that Cornette's mind is probably on the rift that we saw develop at Battle Lines between Yokozuna and Crush, to which Lawler says there is no rift.Match #3: The Allied Powers d. Barry Horowitz & AC Connor with a running powerslam Another go of it was made by the team of Lex Luger & The British Bulldog, as they defeat the makeshift team of Horowitz and Connor this week on Raw. During the match, Owen Hart calls in to the show, saying how the victory at Battle Lines means nothing since they are still the champions. Vince asks about what will happen when the time inevitably comes when the Bulldog and Luger challenge Owen and Backlund for the titles. Owen says that if...if that day ever comes, then he will do to Bulldog just what he has done to his brother Bret...he will outshine him. And he will still be a World Tag Team Champion along with Mr. Bob Backlund. Vince then drops the announcement that there will be a #1 contenders match next week as The Allied Powers will square off against former tag team champions The Smoking Gunns.Match #4: The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer d. Irwin R. Schyster w/Ted DiBiase with a Tombstone Piledriver The second member of the Million Dollar Corporation to fall victim to the deadman, IRS certainly put up a good showing for himself, attacking The Undertaker before the match with his briefcase to try and gain an advantage. Though he had some degree of control in the early going, Undertaker eventually proved too much for the taxman, putting him down for the second time in as many months, this time with a Tombstone Piledriver. Once again Undertaker motioned towards DiBiase, who went running to the back, hiding behind Kama and King Kong Bundy who had placed themselves between the Undertaker and their boss. Bam Bam Bigelow then appeared at the entryway, and Undertaker pointed straight at him, making his throat slashing gesture. Before Raw goes off the air, we cut to the back where we see Big Daddy Cool Diesel being attacked brutally by Crush and Yokozuna. Suddenly Razor Ramon comes running to the champ's aid. Ramon finds himself outnumbered though, and Crush and Yokozuna get the best of him as well. Raw closes out with Crush and Yokozuna standing triumphant over their two fallen enemies.WWF SuperstarsMarch 11-12, 1995Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect welcome us to WWF Superstars this week, where we continue on the road to wrestlemania. After last week's brutal assault by Crush and Yokozuna, a tag match has been signed for this Monday night as Razor Ramon and Diesel will actually teammates against Crush and Yoko. Also this Monday we get the #1 contenders match for the tag titles. This week though, we get The Undertaker in singles action.Match #1: Tekno Team 2000 d. Men on a Mission w/Oscar with a double DDTIn what could certainly be considered an upset, Tekno Team 2000 scored the biggest victory of their young careers by defeating Mabel and Mo. They figured the key to success was to keep Mabel out of the ring as much as possible, keeping Mo isolated in their corner and eventually finishing off the veteran with a double DDT. After the match, an obviously frustrated Mabel ignored attempts by Oscar to keep his cool. Meanwhile in the entryway, Tekno Team 2000 is met by Ted DiBiase, who claps his hands looking at the both of them. Watts and Fortune look at each other, and then at DiBiase, and all three of them leave the arena together.Match #2: Skip w/Sunny d. Ray Lloyd with a bridging suplexSkip continued his winning ways and retained the $25,000 wager that Sunny has open to everyone, finishing off Ray Lloyd in near record time it seemed like. Skip made the motion that he barely even broke a sweat, and Mr. Perfect wonders if anyone will ever manage to pin this guy.Match #3: Hakushi d. Nick Barberry with a Missile DropkickIt has been a rough go of it as of late for the White Lotus, but he hopes to get back on the winning track with a victory over Nick Barberry this week. He's obviously a talented individual, and all it takes is one big win for Hakushi to make it to the top. Match #4: Adam Bomb d. Rip Rogers with The MeltdownAdam Bomb clearly showed that he was ready for Wrestlemania, with a dominating victory over Rip Rogers this week. After the match though, the Roadie made his way out to ringside to confront Adam Bomb. The Roadie says that he's here on behalf of the champion and that he's not here to cause trouble. Jeff recognizes that Adam Bomb is a great competitor, and the Roadie says that Jarrett sent him out here to tell the challenger that he hopes they have a good match at Wrestlemania. The Roadie offers his hand in friendship, and Adam Bomb looks at it warily. He eventually shakes the hand, but The Roadie tries to blindside Adam Bomb. The challenger catches him and then drills The Roadie with a hard right hand before tossing him out of the ring, to the delight of the crowd.Match #5: The Undertaker d. Kama with a Tombstone PiledriverThings certainly aren't looking good for the Million Dollar Corporation, as The Undertaker continues to mow through the Corporation one member at a time, just like he said he would. This week it is the Supreme Fighting Machine who is placed on the sacrificial alter, and though Kama scores several near falls, in the end he fails to stop the Deadman just as Tatanka and IRS before him. Superstars goes off the air with The Undertaker saluting the crowd, rolling his eyes in the back of his head.Current Card for Wrestlemania XI
WWF Title Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels w/Sycho Sid
WWF Intercontinental Title Match "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie (c) vs. Adam Bomb
The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer vs. Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase
WWF Tag Team Title Match "The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund (c) vs. The Smoking Gunns/The Allied Powers
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WWF Monday Night RawMarch 13, 1995Vince McMahon welcomes us to Monday Night Raw, as we are set for a fantastic night of action tonight. Tonight we will see the #1 contender to the World Wrestling Federation Championship, Razor Ramon, in singles competition against one half of the WWF Tag Team Champions in Mr. Bob Backlund. Also we will see the #1 contenders match for the World Tag Team Championship as The Allied Powers face off against The Smoking Gunns. But first we begin with The King Jerry Lawler in action.Match #1: Eddie Fatu d. Jerry "The King" Lawler with a top rope splashEddie Fatu made it two weeks in a row, as he took out the arrogant Jerry Lawler with relative ease. The veteran King used a couple of underhanded tactics to try and score an early victory, but in the end the power and skill of the former Headshrinker made itself apparent, as he charts a new path for himself here in the WWF. Vince says it's clear Eddie Fatu is going to be a major force in the future of the WWF.Before we cut to break, we get a breaking scene in the back, as something has happened in The Smoking Gunns locker room. We cut back there and see Bart writhing in pain on the ground, while Billy is being beaten down by Watts and Fortune, with Ted DiBiase egging them on. Billy Gunn is picked up and tossed into the wall like a lawn dart, and is left semi-conscious on the ground below. Mabel and Mo, along with WWF security and other superstars, eventually make their way into the dressing room and chase off the tandem of Watts and Fortune, but its clear that the Gunns are down and they are seriously injured.As we come back The Allied Powers are in the ring, obviously unaware of what has happened to the Smoking Gunns. An usher runs down to ringside and speaks with Howard Finkel, who announces that the Smoking Gunns will be unable to compete tonight. Therefore the winners by forefit are The Allied Powers. Bulldog and Luger start to head to the back, concerned about the Gunns well being, but they are suddenly interrupted by Crush and Yokozuna. James E. Cornette gets on the microphone and says that Luger and Bulldog aren't getting the #1 contendership that easily, and he challenges them to a match with his men right here and right now. Luger and Bulldog accept, and we have an impromptu match.Match #2: The Allied Powers d. Crush & Yokozuna with a Running ForearmThis was a back and forth matchup, that saw Crush and Yokozuna try to isolate Lex Luger and keep the powerful Davey Boy Smith out of the match. However The Bulldog did eventually get in, and even managed to slam the massive Yokozuna to the mat! The crowd erupted when they saw this happen, but booed just as quickly as Crush came in to pick up the pieces for his team. Eventually the match settled back down and the Bulldog was now on the receiving end of the offense. Luger managed to tag back in and knocked Crush clear out of the ring with a hard clothesline. Crush, losing his cool again, stormed around ringside and grabbed a steel chair. Cornette tried to calm him down, and eventually Crush relented, getting back on the apron. Yokozuna managed to hit Luger with a belly to belly out of nowhere, and set up Luger for the Banzai Drop. Bulldog rushed in to save his tag partner, and Crush came in to stop him. Admist the chaos, with the referee trying to get Bulldog out of the ring, Crush picked up Luger and held him for Yokozuna to hit a thrust kick. Luger dodged and hit Crush by mistake, before bouncing off the ropes and hitting the running forearm on Yokozuna, knocking him down and picking up the victory.After the match, Crush is furious once more, and he grabs the steel chair he had before. He looks to hit Yokozuna with the steel chair, all the while Cornette pleading with him to back off. Mr. Fuji takes matters into his own hands and yanks the chair out from Crush's. Crush takes offense to that, pushing the elderly manager, before grabbing him by the robe and setting him up for a heart punch. Yokozuna comes to and rushes Crush, causing Mr. Fuji to be cast aside. Yokozuna and Crush fight amongst themselves over the treatment of Mr. Fuji, as security comes down to break up this huge donnybrook.We come back and security has just no separated Crush and Yokozuna. Vince says its pretty clear the issues between these two men runs deep, while Jerry Lawler says Crush has every right to be angry. Vince says Crush might deserve to be angry, but you don't take your aggression out on a nearly sixty year old man like that.Match #3: Skip d. Marty Garner with a BodybusterSkip of the Bodydonnas didn't even bother putting his $25,000 duffel bag on the line this week, nor did he bother breaking a sweat against Marty Garner, finishing him off with a Bodybuster in an easy finish. Skip and Sunny got on the microphone, saying that Skip is now clearly the best in the WWF, and that no one can touch him. This, suddenly, brings Bret Hart out of the back. Bret says that if Skip thinks he's so great, why doesn't he step into the ring with the Excellence of Execution next week, and he'll find out, just like Shawn Michaels will find out at Wrestlemania who the real best in the WWF is.Match #4: Razor Ramon d. Mr. Bob Backlund with the Razor's EdgeDiesel came out for commentary on this match, surveying his opponent for Wrestlemania. Razor looked to be in sharp form tonight, as he took every shot that the veteran grappler could throw at him and came back twice over. Razor pins Backlund with the Razor's Edge, an impressive display to be sure, as Diesel stands at the announce position, clapping his hands for Razor. Ramon looks down at Diesel, pointing to the belt and then pointing at him. Diesel says that he's gotta make it through him first, and the show closes on the two men staring each other down at ringside, Diesel holding the WWF Title high in the air.WWF SuperstarsMarch 18-19, 1995Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect welcome us to another episode of WWF Superstars. On the rundown of the week's events, the fallout of which has seen a new match added to Wrestlemania, as Yokozuna has challenged Crush to a match at Wrestlemania. James E. Cornette apparently has something to say about that as we head towards Raw this week. Also the Undertaker has one more singles member of the Corporation to go through in big King Kong Bundy, as he will face Bundy this week on Raw, and Bundy will tune up with a match tonight. This in addition to Bret Hart taking the $25,000 challenge of Skip. We now head to this weeks action.Match #1: The Million Dollar Team, Watts & Fortune d. Ray Lloyd and Terry Richards with a tilt-a-whirl slamWatts and Fortune apparently have made their alliance with Ted DiBiase known, as they will now be known collectively as the Million Dollar Team. They certainly haven't lost any of their technical skills either, as they make short work of Ray Lloyd and debuting star Terry Richards as well. Watts and Fortune will clearly be a force in the tag team division going forward.Match #2: Aldo Montoya d. Mo w/Mabel with a Gutwrench PowerbombAldo Montoya was in singles action this week, facing the tag team specialist Mo. The Portuguese Man O War, despite his somewhat ubiquitous win-loss record, does manage to score the victory here, winning with an impressive gutwrench powerbomb. After the match Mabel consoles with Mo, saying they will get him the next time they square off.Match #3: Hunter Hearst Helmsley d. "The Gambler" Jeff GannNo question to the outcome here, as Hunter Hearst Helmsley made short work of another journeyman talent in the Gambler Jeff Gann. Hunter finished him off with the Pedigree in about two minutes flat. However, not satisfied with that, he then picked up the Gambler and delivered a Pedigree again, eager to make a statement. Hunter yelled into the camera anyone, anywhere, anytime, for the face off.Match #4: Savio Vega d. Barry Horowitz with a Spinning Heel KickSavio Vega continued his winning ways, seeing Barry Horowitz down to the ground with a spinning heel kick. Savio celebrated with the fans after the match, actually going into the crowd and high fiving people as a way to connect with the fans of the World Wrestling Federation.Match #5: Henry Godwinn d. King Kong Bundy with the Slop DropBundy's task was twofold this week, get a good tune up against the Undertaker on Monday Night, and exact some measure of revenge on Henry Godwinn for slopping his boss a few weeks back on Superstars. Unfortunately he was unable to achieve either goal this week, thanks to the supernatural powers of the Undertaker. When it looked as if Bundy was going to win the match, the lights began to flicker, and an eerie light shined from the back. Bundy was mesmerized by it temporarily, long enough for Godwinn to get to his feet and hit the Slop Drop on Bundy and score the pinfall. After the match DiBiase was irate at Bundy, and even threatened him that if he didn't win this Monday, he'd be fired from the Corporation. DiBiase seems to be becoming unhinged from all these months dealing with the Undertaker. We go off the air with the lights flickering again, and DiBiase yelling at the sky to SHOW YOURSELF!Wrestlemania XI Current Card
WWF Championship Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels w/Sycho Sid
The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer vs. Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase
WWF Intercontinental Championship Match "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie (c) vs. Adam Bomb
WWF Tag Team Championship Match "The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund (c) vs. The Allied Powers
Yokozuna vs. Crush
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Apr 3, 2014 19:31:37 GMT -5
This is pretty good, a shame the board is too dead for this to get replies.
3/6/95 I've always loved Adam Bomb so I'm glad to see him win the battle royal and I hope he can win the Intercontinental Title. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XI should be awesome, and bringing in Sid makes sense. Eddie Fatu winning is cool. I hope to see the Allied Powers get the Tag Team Titles. I never liked Lex Luger but they had potential as a super popular team. Undertaker winning was obvious but I hated his feud with the Million Dollar Corporation. Interesting to go with Razor/Diesel at WrestleMania even though both seem to be faces. Overall, a good and realistic Raw.
3/11-12/95 Tekno Team 2000! Memories. Good win for them, I hate Men on a Mission. Skip squash was good, I like the $25,000 idea. Hakushi! Another favorite of mine in 1995. Adam Bomb win was obvious, big build up for him. Undertaker win was again good. I do however feel that multiple guys should win and get showcased each week. Like Adam Bomb and The Undertaker didn't need two wins in a week.
3/13/95 I like Fatu winning as I hate Jerry Lawler. I have no idea who Watts and Fortune is but an attack on the Smokin' Gunns is interesting. Big tag team match and seeing the Allied Powers win again give me hope for WrestleMania. Yokozuna/Crush is an original idea. Skip winning again is fine, but I was surprised to see Bret come out. Could be interesting. Razor winning was clear and the staredown to end Raw was intriguing to say the least.
3/18-19/95 Million Dollar win is fine, gotta research who these guys are though. The Portuguese Man O'War! Aldo Montoya winning is fine. Hunter Hearst Hemsley victory is obvious, I hope to see him get a push as well. Ah, Barry Horowitz, the ultimate jobber. Savio Vega is someone I kinda liked though. Shocked to see Henry Godwin beat King Kong Bundy, but I like that Ted Dibiaes is fed up.
Overall, realistic and good shows. Would like to see a few more segments though, like backstage stuff or things that you would see on TV back in 1995. Also, the WrestleMania card is intriguing and Bam Bam is easily the best opponent possible at this WrestleMania for Undertaker.
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WWF Monday Night RawMarch 20, 1995Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler welcome us to Monday Night Raw, now just 13 days out from Wrestlemania XI. Tonight we have a huge matchup in our main event as The Undertaker squares off against the 400 plus pound King Kong Bundy. Also Bret Hart takes the $25,000 challenge of Skip of the Bodydonnas, while Adam Bomb and the 1-2-3 Kid will team up to face Double J and The Roadie. Before our first match though, the music of The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels plays as he makes his way down to ringside, flanked by his newfound bodyguard Sycho Sid. Michaels joins McMahon and The King at commentary.
Match #1: Skip w/Sunny d. Bret "The Hitman" Hart by countout Bret Hart had come out last week to answer the $25,000 challenge of Skip of the Bodydonnas, eager to give him a real challenge. It certainly seemed as if Bret would finally be able to put the fitness guru in his place, as Skip was unable to combat the technical prowess of Bret Hart. However Skip managed to turn the tide with a sudden Frankensteiner, and then tossed Bret outside of the ring. Sunny then came up, distracting the referee, as Sid managed to make his way over to the fallen Hart. With the referee distracted, Sid through Bret into the ringpost and then tossed him back into the ring. Skip immediately tried a cover, but to no avail. Skip then tried to wear down the Hitman, using rest holds and a couple big power moves to do the job, but Bret countered and delivered a Russian Legsweep. Bret then seemed to lose interest in winning this match, instead diving out through the ropes onto Sycho Sid and knocking him over. Bret then got to his feet and went after HBK, who bolted from the commentary position and fled through the crowd, Bret in toe and Sid close behind. The referee then counted Bret Hart out, awarding the upset victory, and the $25,000 to Skip of the Bodydonnas.
We come back to ringside, as Vince McMahon makes the announcement that next week's Monday Night Raw will be two hours in length, the final stop on the road to Wrestlemania. He then cuts to Jerry Lawler in the ring, who introduces his guest tonight as James E. Cornette. Lawler talks about the challenge that has been made and accepted between his two big name clients, Crush and Yokozuna. Cornette says that Crush's temper has merely gotten the best of him, and that this whole thing should have never gotten this far. Cornette says Yokozuna shouldn't have taken things as personally as he did, but he's decided to allow this match for the both of them to let off some steam, as it were. Lawler asks how can he be so certain that those two won't destroy each other after what Crush tried to do to Mr. Fuji last week. Cornette says that he's spoken with both men, and went to retiring WWF President Jack Tunney to make it very clear that the only way he would allow that match to take place is if he was the Special Guest Referee, so that things don't get out of control. Crush then comes out to Cornette. He says that maybe he let his temper get the best of him lately, but that won't matter if Mr. Fuji tries to interfere in his match at Wrestlemania. He won't be held responsible for what happens then. Cornette tells Crush he needs to just keep calm and let him handle it. Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji then appear at the entryway. Fuji says that Crush has been a poor student, and his never learned discipline, and that at Wrestlemania, his Yokozuna will show him what a true champion looks like. Yoko then delivers a Banzai, and the two men stare each other down from the entryway.
Match #2: Diesel d. Mantaur with a Jackknife Powerbomb Diesel made short work of the mythic man-beast, an impressive showing of strength as he managed to lift the 300 plus pounder in the Jackknife Powerbomb for the victory. As we cut backstage we could see Razor Ramon watching on the monitor, eager to keep on about the competition for the main event of Wrestlemania. Diesel celebrates in the ring, holding the WWF Title high in the air. But will he still be champion at Wrestlemania...that remains to be seen.
A vignette is shown for the soon to debut Sultan of Style, Chris Kanyon. The question is again asked of Who's Better than Kanyon? As we come back to ringside Vince runs down that at Wrestlemania we will have a special guest ring announcer in Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, as well as a bevy of other celebrities to join in the festivities.
Match #3: Adam Bomb & The 1-2-3 Kid d. "Double J" Jeff Jarrett & The Roadie with the Meltdown If this match is any indication, then Double J's Intercontinental Title Reign may be a short one in deed. Double J let the Roadie do most of the grunt work, trying hard to keep himself out of the ring with the challenger for his title unless he was in a compromising situation. That only worked for so long, however, as Adam Bomb eventually got his hands on Double J and pinned him clean in the center of the ring with the Meltdown. He then held the Intercontinental Title high above his head before tossing it down to the Roadie at ringside, along with the fallen champion, indicating he will get his.
Match #4: The Undertaker d. King Kong Bundy with a Diving Clothesline The Undertaker was looking to go through the final member of the Corporation, minus the newly acquired Watts and Fortune, before heading to Bam Bam at Wrestlemania. This match certainly wasn't a technical masterpiece, as both men slugged it out in an effort to merely outlast the other. Bundy actually did hit his corner Avalanche, and managed to get a close two count on the Deadman. However Undertaker battled back and finished off Bundy with a top rope clothesline that flattened the walking condominium. Undertaker did not stick around for DiBiase, who did not bring the urn out with him to gloat this week. Instead he merely pointed at the Million Dollar Man and slit his throat to indicate what's about to happen at Wrestlemania. DiBbiase got in the ring, lambasting Bundy, and eventually officially firing him from the Corporation. Bundy took offense to this and grabbed DiBbiase by his jacket. This brought out Bam Bam Bigelow, who attacked Bundy from behind, actually lifiting him and slamming him to the mat. He stared down at Bundy as the crowd starts to cheer, as Undertaker slowly made his way back to the ring. The two men stared at each other, and the Undertaker raised his hands and dropped them. Flames shot out of the ringposts, causing Bam Bam to stagger backwards as he stared at the Phenom. Undertaker again slit his throat staring at Bam Bam to close the show...
But we cut to backstage, where Bret Hart has finally caught Shawn Michaels and is punching away at him on the ground. Sid however enters the picture and KOs Bret with a hard boot to the back of the head. He then lifts up the Hitman and Powerbombs him on the concrete floor. We close on Bret Hart lying motionless on the floor, WWF personnel coming to his aid.
WWF SuperstarsMarch 25-26, 1995About a week away from Wrestlemania, we are welcomed to WWF Superstars by Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect, who run down what happened this past week at Raw, as well as saying that there will be a special edition of The King's Court this Monday Night as Diesel and Razor Ramon will be in the same ring with each other, just six days before their big title match at Wrestlemania XI. They also say that Bret Hart was injured this past Monday night, but he is expected to be at Raw to address Shawn Michaels and their upcoming match next Sunday.Match #1: Mabel d. Fortune w/Ted DiBiaseMabel was in singles action this week, showcasing his own abilities against Fortune of the Million Dollar Team. Men on a Mission have apparently challenged The Million Dollar Team for Wrestlemania, in response to the savage attack that Watts and Fortune perpetrated against M.O.M.'s friends, the Smoking Gunns. Mabel deals Fortune his first official loss in the WWF as a singles competitor, finishing him off with a second rope splash.Match #2: Crush d. Lenny Carlson with a Heart PunchCrush made his way out to the ring without either Mr. Fuji or Jim Cornette this week, and took out his anger and frustration on Lenny Carlson, finishing him off in no time flat with a Heart Punch before signaling to the crowd that Yokozuna is next.Match #3: Bam Bam Bigelow d. Henry Godwinn with Greetings from Asbury ParkTed DiBbiase finally got some measure of revenge against the Wrestling Hogfarmer, as Bam Bam Bigelow defeated the monster Arkansan with a thunderous Greetings from Asbury Park. Clearly Bam Bam is ready for the Undertaker at Wrestlemania.Match #4: Eddie Fatu d. Terry Richards with a Top Rope SplashEddie Fatu continued to showcase his own individual talents this week, as he defeats the young, but impressive, Terry Richards with a Top Rope Splash. Fatu then got on the microphone and called out Skip, saying that he can make a huge difference with the $25,000 that Skip seems to be flaunting about, and that Eddie Fatu will take the challenge and win, at Wrestlemania.Match #5: The Allied Powers d. Jacob & Eli Blu with a running forearmThe Allied Powers continued their march to the WWF Tag Team Title Opportunity at Wrestlemania with a victory over the Blu Twins this week on Superstars. After the match they celebrated in the ring, the show closing on them motioning around their waists, as they are looking to capture tag team gold.Current Wrestlemania XI Card
WWF Championship Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels w/Sycho Sid
The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer vs. Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase
WWF Intercontinental Championship Match "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie vs. Adam Bomb
WWF Tag Team Championship Match "The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund vs. The Allied Powers
Crush vs. Yokozuna w/Mr. Fuji James E. Cornette Special Guest Referee
$25,000 Challenge Match Skip w/Sunny vs. Eddie Fatu
Men on a Mission w/Oscar vs. The Million Dollar Team w/Ted DiBiase
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WWF Monday Night Raw March 27, 1995
Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King Lawler welcome us to a special two hour edition of Monday Night Raw, as we are live just six days away from the extravaganza that is Wrestlemania XI. Tonight we will see one half of the tag team champions in Owen Hart facing off against one of his challengers, Lex Luger. Also tonight we will hear from Bret Hart. Lawler chimes in that tonight on a special edition of the King's Court we will see Razor Ramon and Diesel square off in a war of words so to speak, just six days before their big title showdown at Wrestlemania. Match #1: Yokozuna d. Duane Gill with a Banzai Drop Yokozuna came out with Mr. Fuji at his side, but without James E. Cornette, who seems determined to remain neutral in this whole affair as he is the special guest referee for the match between Yokozuna and Crush this weekend. Yokozuna squashes Duane Gill flat, literally, delivering not one but two Banzai Drops as a message to Crush, staring straight into the camera as he does so.
Another vignette for Chris Kanyon, the Sultan of Style, is shown.
Match #2: The Undertaker d. The Million Dollar Team by disqualification The Undertaker had vowed to go through every member of the Million Dollar Corporation before Wrestlemania, and that included new recruits Watts and Fortune. The Deadman was showing good strength against the duo, but it seemed that his luck had finally run out as every member of the corporation (minus the recently fired King Kong Bundy, mind you) made their way down the aisle and attacked the Phenom. This culminated with Bam Bam Bigelow hitting a top rope headbutt on the fallen taker, and then following up with a devastating Greetings from Asbury Park. Bam Bam then took the urn from Ted DiBiase, opened it up and spit into it and then handed it back to the laughing Million Dollar Man. Vince says that there won't be any laughing when the Undertaker gets his hands on Bigelow this Sunday.
Match #3: Sycho Sid d. Doink the Clown with a Powerbomb Shawn Michaels bodyguard Sycho Sid certainly showed off his prowess this week with a total destruction of fan favorite Doink the Clown. Sid laid waste to the clown in a matter of minutes, showcasing his power and strength in the process. During the match though, Bret Hart called in to Monday Night Raw. He is back home in Calgary, recooperating from injuries sustained from the assault by Sid last week. He says he'll be 100% by Wrestlemania and that he will be ready for Shawn Michaels. And if Sid decides to become involved in the match, then Bret Hart will have to take him out too.
Match #4: Savio Vega d. Jean-Pierre LaFitte with a Spinning Heel Kick Another week another victory for the Caribbean Superman Savio Vega. Savio certainly looked impressive, as he has in recent weeks. He then got on the microphone and issued a challenge to someone who's been looking for a fight. He challenges the upper class snob Hunter Hearst Helmsley for anytime, anywhere, he'll be ready for a good fight.
Backstage Doc Hendrix is with Adam Bomb. Doc asks what he thinks about this Sunday night when he will challenge Double J for the WWF Intercontinental Title. Adam Bomb says that Double J has been using underhanded tactics to keep his title, and did the same to win the thing in the first place. Adam Bomb then adds that at Wrestlemania, it doesn't matter what the Roadie does, Adam Bomb will go through twenty men if he has to...just to become the new Intercontinental Champion.
Match #5: Bob Holly & Eddie Fatu d. Skip & Rad Radford with a top rope Splash Vince makes note of the fact that Eddie Fatu and Skip will meet at Wrestlemania with the $25,000 bet on the line. Skip stays out of the action mostly, letting Radford take the brunt of the punishment. He does get involved near the end, but runs and hides from Fatu when it appears as if he might get beat in this tag match himself. After Radford tastes defeat, Sunny gets on the microphone saying her man is still unbeaten, and it will stay that way at Wrestlemania. Eddie Fatu rubs his fingers together as a sign of getting the money, which Skip clutches to his chest possessively.
Next week, Vince McMahon reminds us, we will have a new President here in the World Wrestling Federation. Speculation has certainly been running rampant these last few weeks as to who the new President might be. Lawler says he still wants the job, but Vince says that's highly unlikely to happen.
Match #6: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett d. Bart Gunn with a Figure-4 Leglock Jeff Jarrett seemed out to prove himself tonight, going it alone without The Roadie in this non-title matchup. Jarrett easily dealt with the former tag champion, using his technical prowess to work over the knee and score a big singles victory with the Figure-4 6 days before his match with Adam Bomb.
Match #7: Owen Hart d. Lex Luger with a rollup Owen merely won this highly competitive matchup due to a rollup by way of distraction from his tag team partner. Post match-up the two teams start brawling in the ring, The Allied Powers chasing off the tag team champions and standing tall in the ring.
As we come back, Jerry Lawler is in the ring for this special edition of the King's Court. He summons first the challenger for the WWF Title this Sunday in Razor Ramon to the ring. He then brings the WWF Champion, Big Daddy Cool Diesel into the ring as well. Both of them stand face to face, as Jerry begins to speak. Razor interrupts him, saying he's got something to say. Razor talks about how Diesel and he have a long history over the last year, from their battles over the Intercontinental Championship to their match at Survivor Series. And over that time, the Bad Guy has gone from hating Diesel to giving him some begrudging respect. This Sunday is the chance of a lifetime for The Bad Guy, and he's not going to let it pass him by. Diesel grabs the microphone and says that's all well and good, but the fact of the matter is despite this opportunity, he's the one with the title going in. Diesel says he knows this is gonna be different then their previous encounters, but the outcome isn't gonna be any different. Diesel is going to walk out as the WWF champion, just the same as he walked in. Razor smirks and says we'll see about that. He then takes the toothpick out of his mouth and tosses it in Diesel's face. Big Daddy Cool smirks back and merely holds the title up in the air. Vince says that's what its all about the mutual respect between the two men, and the WWF Title. We close on the two men staring each other down.
WWF Superstars April 1-2, 1995
(Quick results this week)
Kama d. Charlie Hunter Hunter Hearst Helmsley d. Dennis Knight Well Dunn d. Pat Powers & Scott Stevens Bob Backlund d. Buck Quartermain Bob Holly d. Mantaur
WWF Championship Match "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c) vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
Bret "The Hitman" Hart vs. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels w/Sycho Sid
The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer vs. Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase
WWF Intercontinental Title Match "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie (c) vs. Adam Bomb
WWF Tag Team Title Match "The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund (c) vs. The Allied Powers
Crush vs. Yokozuna w/Mr. Fuji Special Guest Referee: James E. Cornette
$25,000 Challenge Match Skip w/Sunny vs. Eddie Fatu
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Savio Vega
Men on a Mission w/Oscar vs. The Million Dollar Team w/Ted DiBiase
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Post by snickelodeon on Apr 8, 2014 20:32:43 GMT -5
All the diaries on this board at the minute seem to be either going into or heading out of WrestleMania and your's is another one, heading into Mania 11
I need to remember it's 1995
Mania 11 may have been one of the hardest Mania's to book in hindsight no one was really hot including the WWE Champ, Diesel. Your in a difficult situation...
I read your Mania card at the bottom of the page and it didn't read like a Mania card it feels like it could be any PPV but that's not a knock on you its a sign of the times. I like the effort being put into Razor/Diesel I don't know if I would have went that way but not many other options.
I find your shows easy to read, the booking makes sense and is enjoyable but you are working on an era that no body cared about which is going to make it hard for people to get interested in this. You need to do a little more, change things round a little more then with a bit of patience more people will get interested in this because at the minute while it's well booked its not overally exciting. This can go anywhere you want it too, you can do what you like and because WWE was so poor in 95 I would advise completely flipping it on its head.
None of that was criticism of you, you are doing a tidy job you just need to do a bit more to improve a time no one cared about
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Post by DTP. on Apr 11, 2014 13:22:31 GMT -5
WWF WrestleMania XI Analysis: Holy HELL you eager to get to WrestleMania. I am hoping you slow down after WrestleMania, even just slowly. Evaluating the card, you have taken an obviously very different approach to WrestleMania, and though it all looks god, I'm not too sure about how BIG your upper card is looking right now. Diesel and Razor Ramon challenging one another for the WWF Championship sounds great, and it could be time to finally see Ramon hit the big time and prevail as WWF Champion, though I'm not sure how that would help Diesel at this point, and where he would go from here. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels sounds like an awesome match, but I'm not sure about it leading up behind Diesel and Ramon: I think it could have been saved for another time, perhaps SummerSlam. WWF were visibly keeping both of them away from each other in 1995, so this I'm not too sure of. Sid being in Shawn's corner should add a twist to the match, however. The Undertaker and Bam Bam Bigelow is a WrestleMania match that should have happened, and it should be a solid one, at that. I do like to see Adam Bomb mixing it up in the midcard ranks, challenging for Jeff Jarrett's WWF Intercontinental Championship: I think Bomb had the character to be a champion in the WWF, by 1995 they were starting to phase him out unfortunately. I'm still not too sure about Owen Hart and Bob Backlund as a tag team, but you made the right choice having the Allied Powers challenge for the WWF Tag Team Championships - though really, Davey Boy Smith, Lex Luger and Owen should be doing better things than being in this sort of match. Crush and Yokozuna I'm not too sure what to think of. Maybe it's because I missed the build up, but who is the face and who is the heel? Why is James E. Cornette the referee? Again with Skip and Eddie Fatu; Fatu is a catchier ringname, FYI. I assume Sunny put up a $25,000 challenge to Fatu; although $25,000 isn't that much really, when you think about all of the challenges made with money throughout the history of professional wrestling. Hunter Hearst Helmsley against Savio Vega should be good, and I'm not sure who the Million Dollar Team actually are. Nonetheless, it looks like a stacked card, could you fit this into a three hour show? I'll be watching. Though I'm more intrigued about where you will go from the window between WrestleMania and SummerSlam.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2014 19:29:29 GMT -5
Some questions that have been asked up till now:
The Million Dollar Team consists of Erik Watts and Chad Fortune, who in real life were collectively known as Troy and Travis...or Tekno Team 2000. Instead of saddeling them with that lame gimmick for too long, I repackaged them as the personal enforcers of the Million Dollar Man going forward.
James E. Cornette is acting as the manager for Crush and Yokozuna at this point in my diary. He is trying to maintain the peace between his two clients as they have had issues (Fuji cost Crush a match at Battle Lines and Yokozuna inadvertantly cost them a chance at the tag team titles a few weeks back). This is somewhat uncharted territory, as Crush, in real life, was gone from the WWF shortly before Wrestlemania.
$25,000 doesn't seem like a lot of money in today's dollars and cents...it's more of a gimmick ala the Masterlock Challenge kind of deal. The deal with the challenge is it goes to whoever can pin or make Skip submit, a showing of how strong Skip is in their mind.
As to where I go from here, I have tentative cards written for the next years worth of PPV's (assuming I can keep the desire to write going that long) and long term plans even longer than that. The ultimate goal would be to take this diary from the New Generation time through the Attitude Era...but I'm not certain exactly how far I will make it. For now I have decided to forgo many real life events as they happened within reason.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2014 17:35:55 GMT -5
(I am aware that Wrestlemania XI took place in Hartford CT in real life. I have changed it for my own reasons in this diary.)
Wrestlemania XI April 2, 1995 USAir Arena Washington D.C.
Pre-Show Match: Henry Godwinn d. I.R.S. w/Ted DiBiase by pinfall with a Slop Drop
Howard Finkel asks us to rise as we start the show, and pay our respects to America as Grammy nominated artist Queen Latifah sings America the Beautiful. Once she has finished her rendition of the song, we cut to video clips of Wrestlemania moments gone by, and the promise of more to come this year. We cut back to the Wrestlemania theme playing in the background, as we are welcomed to the US Air Arena by Vince McMahon and Jerry The King Lawler. They run down the card for tonight, including the main event for the World Wrestling Federation Championship as Big Daddy Cool Diesel defends against The Bad Guy Razor Ramon. Also two hot feuds will be settled tonight, as Bret The Hitman Hart faces off with The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels, while The Phenom The Undertaker squares off with The Beast from the East Bam Bam Bigelow. But we are set to begin this huge event with our opening contest, worth $25,000.
$25,000 Challenge Match
| vs. | | Skip w/Sunny
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| Eddie Fatu
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Skip and Sunny come out to a chorus of boos, the crowd laying it on thick for this opening matchup. Sunny grabs the microphone from Howard Finkel and welcomes us all to Wrestlemania. She says that so far, her man Skip has been less then impressed by the competition here in the World Wrestling Federation, and that $25,000 has been offered to intice some of the real men in the back to come out and give Skip an actual workout. But again...no dice. So tonight, she's upping the ante. She announces that the award for pinning or making Skip submit is now increased to $50,000. So let's see if the chump they got tonight can manage to make Skip work up a sweat.
Fatu comes out to a good ovation, slapping the hands of the crowd on his way to ringside. As he climbs in the ring, clapping his hands with the crowd, he is ambushed from behind by the Bodydonna. Skip pummels him with club like fists, before whipping him into the ropes and delivering a hard kneelift without even allowing Fatu time to remove his coat. Skip takes said coat and almost rips it off Fatu before putting the boots to the Samoan. He motions downward in a mocking fashion, yelling out to the crowd with boos raining down on him. He picks up Fatu who suddenly counters with a right hand of his own. Skip and Fatu trade punches as Fatu gets the upper hand, momentum swinging his way after a hard headbutt to Skip. He whips Skip to the ropes and hits a hard hip toss on the rebound. Skip pops back up only to be dropped with a clothesline to the mat below. The same result is repeated a second time. Skip looks to get up a third time, but before Fatu can hit a clothesline Skip dives underneath the bottom rope and escaping the onslaught. He points to his head arrogantly, but when he turns around Fatu nails him with a baseball slide dropkick that sends him tumbling to the floor.
Fatu follows Skip out to ringside, scooping him up and then slamming him down to the mat below. Sunny screams at him from the side, causing a momentary distraction, but nothing comes of it. Fatu whips Skip into the ringpost, causing his head to bounce off hard before tossing him back into the ring. As Skip slowly staggers to his feet, Eddie Fatu climbs to the top rope and attempts a crossbody. Skip suddenly leaps up and hits a dropkick on Fatu, causing him to crash and burn. As Fatu struggles upwards, Skip runs after him and hits a swinging neckbreaker, as now Sunny claps on the outside. Skip puts the boots to Fatu, running off the ropes and hitting a short drop knee to the side of Fatu's head. He then scoops up the man making a difference and suplexes him back down to the mat, covering him for the two count. He slaps on a reverse chinlock, wearing down the Samoan.
Fatu bangs his foot against the ground as the crowd chants for him to get back in this match. Fatu resumes a vertical base and drills Skip with an elbow to the breadbasket, breaking the hold. He attempts a shoulder tackle to Skip, but the bodydonna counters with a back elbow. Skip then goes to the ropes, springboards off the second rope and hits another back elbow at Fatu, dropping him to the mat. Skip goes for the cover and nearly gets the pinfall, but Fatu is up at two. Skip climbs to the second rope and hits a fist drop across the bridge of the nose of the Samoan, but Fatu kicks out again at two. Skip now, frustrated, whips Fatu into the corner. He lifts Fatu up into the corner and sets him up for a top rope frankensteiner. Fatu fights out of it though and manages to send Skip down to the canvas. Fatu climbs down and picks up Skip, whipping him off the ropes and hitting a high back drop. Skip pops back up, only to be met with a second backdrop. He pops up again and Skip this time counters the backdrop with a boot to the face. Skip tries to Irish Whip Fatu, but the Samoan reverses and catches Skip with a hard thrust kick on the return, covering him and nearly getting a three count.
Fatu yells at the crowd and points skyward, signaling he's going for his top rope splash. Fatu climbs up to the top but is too slow, as Skip catches him and causes him to straddle the top rope. Skip positions himself underneath Fatu and then carries him over with a firemen's carry, before lifiting him up and dropping him down over both knees with the Fitness Buster. Skip goes for the cover and then is shocked when he only gets a two count. He stands up, arguing with the referee as Sunny jumps up on the ring apron to do the same. Fatu takes the opportunity to recover and rolls up Skip from behind and nearly scores the pinfall. Skip then pounds away on Fatu, trying to keep the Samoan down. Skip taunts the crowd, doing jumping jacks and giving a thumbs up. When he turns around though Fatu scoops him up and hits a samoan drop. Fatu then slowly climbs to the top rope and hits the top rope splash. The referee goes down to count the three, as Sunny can only watch on in horror as her money is taken from her.
Winner by pinfall: Eddie Fatu
In a scene reminiscent of Andre the Giant at the first Wrestlemania, Eddie Fatu is handed the bag with the $50,000 and tosses some of the money to the crowd, only for Sunny to grab the bag and hightail it out of the arena, leaving Skip lying on the ground unconscious. Fatu glares at the departing Sunny, who looks back at the ring with an annoyed look on her face. She stamps her foot and screams, while McMahon chastizes her for literally taking the money and running.
We cut to backstage, where Gorilla Monsoon is standing by with outgoing WWF President Jack Tunney. Tunney says that he is proud of his run here in the World Wrestling Federation, and he looks forward to the future with a new WWF President, who will be revealed tomorrow night on Raw. When pressed for who his replacement might be, Tunney is coy, merely saying that we're in for a wild time in the future of the WWF.
| vs. | | Men on a Mission w/Oscar
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| The Million Dollar Team w/Ted DiBiase
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We cut back to ringside where Ted DiBiase and his Million Dollar Team are currently in the ring. McMahon says that the former Tekno Team 2000 certainly have been impressive since being hired as members of the Million Dollar Corporation. Lawler says it is a testament of the managing genius of Ted DiBiase. Vince brings up the recent firing of King Kong Bundy, which Lawler dismisses as "corporate downsizing". The music of Men on a Mission hit and the three men start dancing their way down to ringside, Oscar on the microphone doing some freestyling. They climb up on the apron, only for Watts and Fortune to attack them before the bell and send them both sprawling to the floor. Mabel seems to land awkwardly on his ankle, and the referee forces Watts and Fortune to back up. Mabel waves off Oscar and Mo, saying he'll be fine, but it's clear he can barely put any weight on the ankle. Mo slaps Mabel on the back and says he's got this, before diving under the bottom rope to attack the Million Dollar Team. Oscar calls for help for Mabel from the back, as this tag match has suddenly become a handicap match.
Watts and Fortune immediately double team Mo, but he holds his own against the onslaught, taking down both members of the Million Dollar Team with clotheslines and arm drag takeovers. He hits a dropkick on Watts that tosses him to the outside, then proceeds to launch Fortune out to the floor as well. DiBiase takes a moment to confer with his team, discussing strategy for a moment before getting the match back under control. Watts goes in against Mo and they lock up in center ring. Mo whips Watts into the corner and then executes a back body drop to him. Mo yells to the crowd, who yells back in response, as Mabel is slowly helped to the back on his bad ankle. Watts makes the tag to Fortune, who comes in and locks up with Mo. Mo executes an armwringer on Fortune, and then climbs up to the second rope, using the leverage to pull at the shoulder of Fortune. Fortune uses his strength to yank Mo down, hurting his arm in the process but breaking the hold. He grabs Mo in a headlock, and Mo pushes him into the ropes. The two collide in center ring with a shoulder tackle, neither man moving an inch. Fortune runs off the ropes again, and Mo ducks down. On the comeback, Mo hits an armdrag, sending Fortune down to the ground. DiBiase slaps the mat and yells at his men to get their act together.
Mo and Fortune again tie up at center ring, and this time Fortune whips Mo into the ropes. Watts interjects this time, and hits a knee to the back of Mo, causing him to stagger forward and then get hit with a huge powerslam from Fortune. Watts tags in and the two men begin putting the boots to Mo. The referee finally gets Fortune out of the ring, as Watts drops the elbow onto the fallen Mo. He scoops up the man from Harlem and tosses him into the corner, before laying into him with knife edge chops and hard right hands. Watts scoops up Mo and drops him into the corner face first. He then nonchalantly walks over and tags in Fortune before bodyslamming Mo to the canvas. Fortune climbs to the second rope and then drops an elbow across the chest of Mo, getting a two count. Fortune then drops his leg across the throat of Mo before tagging in Watts again. The two men whip Mo into the ropes and deliver a double back body drop. All the while McMahon laments that the end may be near for Mo in the face of this two on one advantage.
Watts hooks on a surfboard stretch, as Oscar pounds the ring apron, trying to get the crowd behind his overwhelmed client. Mo starts to climbs to his feet, but Watts stops the momentum with a boot to the midsection. Watts then delivers a sharp right hand right between the eyes of Mo, dropping him to the canvas like a sack of potatoes. The Million Dollar Team showboats to the crowd, as DiBiase claps in approval. Watts turns back to Mo and looks to suplex him, when Mo all of a sudden hits a boot to the midsection and drops Watts with a DDT out of nowhere. Watts is stunned, but Lawler is quick to point out that Mo has no one to tag. Suddenly the crowd comes to life as Mabel limps his way back out to ringside, refusing all help as he struggles to make it to his corner. He gingerly climbs up the stairs, getting Mo's attention as Mo starts to stir. Watts tags in Fortune, who grabs Mo by the foot and tries to stop him from tagging Mabel. But Mo lunges forward and gets the tag to the big man. Mabel comes in and Fortune immediately clears out of the ring, wanting no part of Big Mabel. Mo lifts himself up to a standing position in the corner as Mabel stands triumphant in the center of the ring. McMahon cheers for Mabel...until Mabel suddenly runs into his own corner and squashes Mo flat. Mo falls to the ground in a heap, as McMahon, the crowd and Oscar are all stunned. DiBiase starts laughing as the Million Dollar Team climb back into the ring, and give the high five to Mabel, who now has no sign of injury. Mabel has sold out to the Million Dollar Man!
Oscar jumps into the ring and pleads with Mabel, but Mabel simply tosses him out of the ring with little more than a thought. Watts and Fortune take the nearly unconscious Mo into the center of the ring and lay him out, as Mabel runs off the ropes and drops a 500 pound legdrop across the broken body of his former tag partner. Mabel laughs again and shakes hands with the Million Dollar Man, as the referee has left and thrown this match out.
Winner: No Contest
Jim Ross rushes down to ringside to try and get a word with Mabel. He wants to know how Mabel could have done this to a man who was like a brother to him. How he could have turned his back on people who were like family. Mabel says it was easy...cold hard cash. DiBiase buts in, saying he's said it a Million Times...Everybody's Gotta Price for the Million Dollar Man! And with Mabel in his corporation, there isn't a force on earth now that can stop them. He laughs again as the four men make their way to the back. McMahon can barely believe what he's just heard, while Lawler is delighted, saying there's no way the corporation can be stopped now...by the Undertaker or anybody.
We cut back to backstage where Todd Pettengill is standing by with The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels and his bodyguard Sycho Sid. He asks Shawn Michaels if the presence of Sycho Sid gives him confidence going into this match. HBK says he didn't need Sid for confidence, he needs Sid for protection, and that's what the big man is going to provide. But then he asks how can he lose with 300 + pounds of insanity behind him. Bret Hart has been a thorn in his side for long enough, and Michaels elaborates that after tonight, there won't be anything left of Bret Hart to be a thorn in anybody's side.
Pettengill asks if Sid will get involved, which HBK clarifies only if he has to. And for Bret's sake...he hopes he doesn't. Because if that happens, the only thing left of the Hitman will be a tiny pink and black smudge on the canvas. And after he's disposed of the Hitman, he's going right back to where he should be, challenging either Big Daddy Cool or the Bad Guy for the WWF Title. HBK walks off, and the camera lingers on Sid for a moment, who laughs maniacally and then just as quickly turns silent, creeping Pettengill out who sends it back to ringside.
| vs. | | Hunter Hearst Helmsley
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| Savio Vega
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Savio Vega makes his way to ringside, slapping the hands of the eager fans as he does. Vince mentions that both of these superstars are undefeated thus far here in the World Wrestling Federation, and that we are certainly in for a great matchup. Lawler remarks that Savio Vega shouldn't be competing against someone as refined as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, and that Helmsley will put him in his place here tonight. The crowd's cheers suddenly turn to boos as Hunter Hearst Helmsley makes his way down the aisle, his prominent nose sticking up in the air as he looks down at the assembled masses with disdain. Helmsley gets in the ring and curtseys to the crowd, before removing his robe and then staring across the ring at his opponent.
Hunter and Savio hook up at center ring, neither man seeming to get an advantage in the beginning. They break off and Helmsley moves around Savio, trying to find a weakness in the Caribbean Sensation's stance. They hook up again and Hunter grabs the arm of Vega, twisting it around and pulling on it to try and loosen the shoulder. Hunter whips Savio into the corner, following him in with repeated boots to the midsection. Hunter then wraps Savio's left arm around the top rope, trying to dislocate the shoulder. He follows up with hard knife edge chops across the chest of Savio Vega. This seems to electrify Vega more than anything, who fights back with chops of his own, forcing his way out of the corner. He drops Hunter with a right hand, and when Hunter pops up he drops him with another one. Savio then scoops up Helmsley and slams him to the mat. He runs off the ropes and tries to hit a dropkick on Hunter, but Helmsley swats him away. The two men lock up again in center ring and Helmsley whips Savio into the ropes. Vega ducks the clothesline and then hits one of his own on the rebound, causing Hunter to roll out of the ring to regain his composure.
Savio waits for Hunter to get back in the ring, and when he does Hunter tries to lock up again. Savio however counters with an armdrag takeover, holding on to the hold and trying to gain some leverage for himself. Hunter rolls through the hold and gets to his feet, hitting a thumb to the eye of Savio. He then whips Savio to the ropes and executes a huge spinebuster that sends the Caribbean sensation to the mat. Helmsley bounces off the ropes and rops his knee across the face of Savio Vega, before climbing to the second rope and delivering another knee drop across the head of Savio Vega. Hunter goes for the cover and is frustrated by merely a two count. He picks up Savio, but Vega comes to life again, hitting hard right hands to the stunned blueblood. Vega whips Hunter into the ropes, looking for a backdrop, but Hunter counters with a hard knee to the face. Helmsley again tries a cover, but again only gets a two count. He hooks on a reverse chinlock to wear down the Caribbean Sensation.
Helmsley yells out at the crowd as they try to rally behind Savio. Hunter breaks the hold, whipping Savio hard into the corner. When Savio stumbles out of the corner, Hunter hits a Harley Race high knee to his face, knocking him senseless. Hunter poses for the crowd, curtseying with disdain and a smirk on his face, as McMahon is disgusted with his actions. Hunter arrogantly goes for the cover and again is frustrated by a close two count. He argues with the referee before picking up Savio Vega and attempting a suplex. Savio counters the suplex though and delivers one of his own. Savio struggles to his feet as Hunter shakes his head and gets up to meet him. Hunter's right hand is blocked by Savio, who delivers one of his own. Savio hits several shots to Hunters face, then delivering a throat chop that sends him staggering backwards. Hunter comes back and tries to hiptoss Savio by Vega counters with a knee to the midsection, and then delivering a swinging neckbreaker to Helmsley. Vega seems to have momentum as he climbs up to the top rope to try and put the hurt on Helmsley, but Hunter is up quickly and counters. He climbs up after Savio and delivers a superplex to Savio Vega, nearly scoring the three count.
Hunter gets up and argues with the referee again. He picks up Savio and gets ready to set him up for the Pedigree, but Savio counters with a backdrop. Savio comes back at Hunter with right hands, forcing him into the corner. Savio climbs up to the second rope and fires off ten rapid punches to the face, causing Hunter to stagger out of the corner. When Helmsley turns around, he is caught by a huge spinning heel kick from Savio Vega. Vega goes for the cover and nearly gets a three count. Savio moves to the corner and lines up for another kick. As Hunter gets to his feet, Savio tries the move but Helmsley is able to duck out of the way. Helmsley then kicks Savio in the gut and sets him up, hitting the Pedigree and scoring the pinfall.
Winner by Pinfall: Hunter Hearst Helmsley
The crowd boos as Helmsley's hand is raised in victory. McMahon applauds the great match, and even The King has to admit that Savio Vega showed him something here tonight. Helmsley, breathing heavily, sneers at the crowd as he does his trademark taunt once again
We cut to a video package talking about Wrestlemania XII next year, as Wrestlemania Goes Hollywood, taking place in the newly built Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim California!
WWF Tag Team Title Match | vs. | | "The King of Harts" Owen Hart & Mr. Bob Backlund (c)
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| The Allied Powers
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We come back as Howard Finkel announces the arrival of the world tag team champions. Lawler expouses their virtues, saying that since they became champions there hasn't been a team that Owen Hart and Bob Backlund didn't defeat, which Vince says there is one team...in the Allied Powers, the superteam of the World Wrestling Federation. Owen and Backlund climb into the ring, somewhat reluctant to surrender their tag team titles, but do so anyway. The music for the Allied Powers plays and Lex Luger and The British Bulldog make their way to the ring, each one hoisting a flag of their respective countries high into the air. Luger and Bulldog climb in the ring, removing their jackets and saluting the fans. The referee calls for the bell and this match is underway.
Owen and Bulldog start off, the two brothers-in-law circling each other looking to gain an advantage. They hook up at center ring, with Bulldog clearly gaining the power advantage, whipping Owen into the corner. Bulldog looks to run in after him with a clothesline, but Owen ducks out of the way, causing Bulldog to fall in with no one there. Owen puts the boots to Davey Boy, trying to keep him down, but Bulldog blocks a right hand and returns with one of his own. Bulldog runs off the ropes, trying to drop Owen with a shoulder tackle, only for Owen to duck down. Bulldog runs back off the ropes and gets hit with a dropkick for his trouble. Owen again goes back to putting the boots to the British Bulldog, trying to keep the man down. Owen picks up Bulldog and slams him down to the ground, running off the ropes and hitting a quick legdrop across the chest and going for a quick cover, barely even getting a one count. Owen whips Bulldog in the corner, but Bulldog reverses, and then hits a hard clothesline as Owen Hart comes back out of the corner. Bulldog goes over and tags in Lex Luger, and both men run off the ropes and hit a double clothesline on Owen, sending him over the top rope. Backlund comes rushing in and gets the same treatment.
The champions regroup on the outside, discussing strategy with one another in the face of overwhelming power from Luger & The Bulldog. Owen gets back in the ring and slowly approaches Luger. He feigns a grapple at center ring and instead pokes Luger in the eye before following up with several quick kicks to the thigh area, trying to hyperextend the quadriceps muscle. Owen tags in Backlund, who runs in and wrings the arm of Lex Luger, setting it up for a quick crossface chickenwing. Backlund rings the arm again and pulls at it, trying to hyperextend the shoulder, before wandering over to the ropes and diving through the middle rope, further damaging the left shoulder of Luger. Backlund climbs back in the ring and tries to whip Luger into the corner, but Lex reverses. Lex Luger then follows up with a huge clothesline that drops the former WWF champion. Luger picks up Backlund and slams him to the ground, shaking out his shoulder and trying to get feeling back in his hand. He drops the elbow on Backlund and then follows up with a huge suplex that drops the champion like a sack of flour. He tags in Bulldog, still trying to work out the kinks in his arm. Bulldog drops a double axehandle across the back of Backlund, before whipping him into the ropes and hitting a huge backdrop. He poses for the crowd, and Owen looks to come in to try and thwart his brother-in-law. The referee is quick to stop Owen from coming in, but the distraction allows Backlund to fire a low shot at the Bulldog, doubling him over immediately. Backlund then takes Bulldog to their corner and hooks on a pseudo abdominal stretch while tagging in Owen Hart. Owen goes up to the second rope and then drops an axehandle across the exposed abdomen of Davey Boy Smith.
Owen then takes the leg of the Bulldog and whips it forward, trying hard to hyperextend the knee and set him up for a sharpshooter. Owen sets Bulldog's knee over the bottom rope and then wraps it around, pulling as hard as he can and utilizing full advantage of the four count of the referee, walking the tightrope line of disqualification. McMahon notes that the champion's are being very lax with the rules, something that Lawler mentions is obvious because the Allied Powers have to beat the champions and not the other way around. Owen meanwhile hooks on a step over toehold, continuing to wrench the knee of Davey Boy. Bulldog is able to hook the bottom rope, forcing the break. Backlund tags back in and picks up where his tag partner left off. He follows up a hard body slam with another leg whip, before hooking on a half boston crab. He gives the thumbs up to the crowd, seemingly oblivious to their boos, as Bulldog barely manages to power his way to the bottom rope. Backlund picks up Bulldog and delivers an atomic drop to one of the challengers, getting a two count on the cover. Backlund then looks to go back to the half crab, but the British Bulldog is able to twist his way out of it and chuck Bob Backlund off. Owen Hart rushes into the ring, distracting the referee as Bulldog manages to make the tag to his partner. However since the referee never saw it, he forces Luger back into his corner as Backlund and Owen then let off a double team on Bulldog's injured leg. Owen climbs back out to the apron, only to make his way back in on the tag from Backlund. Owen hits a backbreaker on the Bulldog, as Luger claps his hands trying to get his tag partner back in this match. Owen then climbs to the top rope, signaling that it's over. He hits a high missile dropkick on his brother-in-law, and goes for the cover, only for Lex Luger to break it up.
Owen then grasps Bulldog's legs and calls for the Sharpshooter. He steps through but is unable to get Bulldog turned over, as Davey Boy uses his power to flip out of the submission hold before Owen can sinch it in. Bulldog slowly gets to his feet and blocks a right hand from Owen to deliver one of his own, and then another one. Bulldog then sets up Owen and tries a high vertical suplex, but his leg seemingly gives out, allowing Owen to hit a pinning combination and nearly score the fall again. Owen again goes for the Sharpshooter, and this time is able to turn him. Bulldog shakes his head when asked if he wants to quit, but obviously he's in quite a bit of pain. He finally manages to drag his way over to the ropes and force the break. Owen puts the boots to Bulldog's back, before lifiting him up and whipping him into the ropes. Bulldog counters however and catches Owen with a surprise powerslam that leaves both men down in the middle of the ring. The referee gets to four before Owen is able to make the tag to his partner. But before Backlund can stop him, Bulldog tags in Luger, who comes in like a house of fire. Luger clotheslines down Backlund three times before picking him up in a gorilla press and then slamming him down to the mat. He pumps his fists in victory, as Owen rushes in to defend Backlund. He pounds away on Luger with right hands, but Lex quickly counters and manages to take advantage of Owen Hart, hitting right hands of his own. The tide turns when Luger catches a kick attempt by Owen, only to get an enziguri to his head. Owen celebrates over the fallen Luger, only to be clotheslined over the top rope by the British Bulldog. Backlund slowly gets to his feet, as Luger has his back turned to him. Backlund looks on in anticipation, and tries to cinch in the Crossface Chickenwing. Luger is able to fight out of it and whip Backlund into the ropes, and then hit the running forearm on the champion. Luger goes for the cover, and Owen is kept from jumping into the ring long enough to get the three count.
Winners and NEW WWF World Tag Team Champions: The Allied Powers
Luger and Bulldog take their titles and celebrate on the outside, as Vince McMahon says Luger is finally a champion here in the World Wrestling Federation. Owen Hart stamps his feet in frustration over the loss, as the Allied Powers begin the celebration, raising their hands and their newly won titles in the air in victory.
We cut backstage to Todd Pettengill standing by with Ted DiBiase and Bam Bam Bigelow. Pettengill says that since the Royal Rumble the Undertaker his made mincemeat out of the Million Dollar Corporation, only for DiBiase to stop Todd from talking and set the record straight. Yes it's true that the Deadman has done a number on the corporation, but there's one man who has consistently bested the Phenom, and that man is Bam Bam Bigelow. He's the one who has beaten the Undertaker every time they have met, he's the one who will lead the Corporation to victory, and he's the one who will leave the Deadman six feet under. Bam Bam grabs the microphone and talks about how the Undertaker has been trying to play mindgames and trying to get under the skin of the Beast from the East. He says that's not going to work Undertaker, because as bad as Undertaker is, the baddest man in the WWF is Bam Bam Bigelow. And when all is said and done, the Undertaker is going to be put to bed once and for all tonight.
James E. Cornette as Special Guest Referee
| vs. | | Crush |
| Yokozuna w/Mr. Fuji
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As we come back we get the introduction of James E. Cornette as the special guest referee for this following matchup. Crush makes his way to ringside first, some in the crowd booing him and some actually cheering for the Kona Destroyer. McMahon says this is unlike any other match at this year's Wrestlemania, as neither man is particularly well liked by the WWF fans. Lawler says Crush doesn't care about being well-liked, he merely wants to destroy anything in his path. Yokozuna comes out next, flanked by Mr. Fuji who was recently assaulted by Crush, really presenting the need for this match. The two titans stand in the ring opposite one another, each one staring at the other. The bell rings and Cornette intercedes, trying desperately to get the two men to shake hands and, hopefully, forget about this whole thing. Cornette's wishes are quickly ignored though, as Crush and Yokozuna start to pummel away at one another. Cornette tries in vain to separate the two, but he is again ignored as Crush's right hand sends the mighty Yokozuna backing up into the corner. Crush goes after the sumo wrestler with a heavy handed offense, delivering hard right hands to the much larger opponent. Yokozuna counters however, blocking a right hand and reversing it, backing Crush into the corner instead. Yoko then delivers a hard thrust chop to the throat of Crush, before whipping him into the corner and following up with a hard shoulder tackle that drops Crush.
Yokozuna picks up the Kona Destroyer, whipping him into the ropes and hitting a hard side slam on the rebound. He bounces off the ropes and tries to end the match early with a legdrop across the chest of Crush, but the big man moves out of the way. He kicks Yokozuna in his massive gut and then delivers a hard elbow to the head. Forcing the mighty Yokozuna into the corner, Crush is forced to back up and deliver a hard running clothesline into the corner to try and get the big man down. He repeats this a second time to finally get Yokozuna down. Crush then works over the head of Yokozuna, trying to keep him dazed and confused. The whole time Cornette isn't officiating the match in truth, merely trying to keep Crush from hurting his other client. Cornette finally tries to pull Crush off of Yokozuna and talk to him. Crush merely backs away and stares at Cornette, causing his manager to back up. Crush turns back around and his floored by a clothesline from Yokozuna.
The sumo then runs off the ropes and drops his leg across the fallen Crush, covering him. Cornette reluctantly counts to two before Crush gets the shoulder up. Yokozuna regards him with an annoyed look on his face before slapping a nerve hold on the trapezes muscle of Crush. The Kona Destroyer grimaces in pain as Yokozuna forces as much of his weight as he can on the shoulder of Crush, trying to gain the submission. Crush manages to stretch his legs out to the bottom rope and hook it, allowing Cornette to force Yokozuna to break the hold. Yokozuna picks up Crush and then, as if he were a rag doll, actually takes the 300 pounder and hits a belly-to-belly suplex on him. Yokozuna again goes for the cover, and again Cornette reluctantly counts a two count before Crush barely sneaks out.
Yokozuna now starts to stare at Cornette, as Fuji stands on the outside arguing with Cornette about the cadence of the count. Yokozuna again grabs Crush and hooks on a bearhug. He is only able to hold on for a few seconds though, as Crush counters with a thumb to the eye that breaks the hold. Crush then hits more right hands and elbows to the head and face of Yokozuna, before running off the ropes and delivering a huge big boot that causes Yokozuna to plummet to earth. Crush then, instead of going for the cover, climbs up to the second rope, waiting for Yokozuna to get up. When he does Crush hits a flying clothesline that drops the big man again. Crush goes for the cover, and Cornette again reluctantly counts to two before Yokozuna gets the shoulder up. Crush stares at Cornette, angry, as Yokozuna slowly gets to his feet. Crush backs Cornette into the corner, Cornette pleading with Crush to stop this nonsense and make peace with Yokozuna. Crush is suddenly blind sided by Yokozuna, who squashes him in the corner, Cornette barely managing to sneak out from the corner before he too is squashed. Yokozuna gives the high sign and sets up Crush for the Banzai Drop. As he climbs to the second rope, Cornette pleads with Yokozuna to not do this. Yokozuna comes down off the ropes and looks at Cornette and then looks to Mr. Fuji. Fuji wastes no time in telling Yokozuna what to do, slashing his throat and then pointing to Cornette. Yokozuna grabs Cornette by the scruff of the neck, causing the manager to get down on his knees and beg for mercy. Yokozuna finally lets him go and walks back towards Crush, only to find his opponent back on his feet. Crush surprises Yokozuna with another boot to the head, and then tries to slam him to the ground. But the massive weight of Yokozunafalls on top of Crush, causing a pinning predicament. Cornette hits a fast count on the match, ending it rather abruptly.
Winner by Pinfall: Yokozuna
Cornette celebrates Yokozuna's victory, but Yokozuna merely looks at him with a stunned look on his face, as Crush slowly rolls out of the ring. Mr. Fuji comes in, complaining about Cournette's actions during the match. Cornette insists he was just trying to salvage the situation. He also doesn't appreciate Fuji, pushing the elderly manager. Fuji pushes back, only for Cornette to be met with a thrust kick from Yokozuna. Yokozuna then looks to the fans, who cheer him on, and he drags Cornette to the corner. Yokozuna climbs to the second rope and, much to the chagrin of Jerry Lawler, squashes James E. Cornette with the Banzai Drop. Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji leave James E. Cornette lying in the corner as WWF officials tend to him, leaving the ring to the cheers from the WWF fans.
We cut to a video package of some of the great events at this year's Wrestlemania weekend, from the Wrestlemania fan fair including autograph sessions and meet and greets with the superstars. A commentary booth where you can call the action for some of the all time great WWF matches. A beauty pagent to crown the new Miss Wrestlemania, and so much more. We cut back to ringside, where Howard Finkel informs us that the next match is for the Intercontinental Championship.
WWF Intercontinental Title Match
| vs. | | "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie (c)
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| Adam Bomb
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Adam Bomb makes his way to ringside first, motioning around his waist that the Intercontinental Title will soon be his. Lawler quips that he wouldn't be so sure about that, given how talented Double J is. Adam Bomb gets in the ring to a strong ovation from the WWF fans. This ovation turns into boos though, when Double J's music hits. He slowly makes his way down the aisle, guitar held high above his head and the Intercontinental Title wrapped around his waist. McMahon notes the guitar, which certainly played a huge part in Double J winning the title one month ago at Battle Lines over the 1-2-3 Kid, as was the Roadie. The bell rings and the referee holds the Intercontinental Championship Belt high above his head, before showing it to the challenger. The two men stare each other down, Adam Bomb flexing his muscles as a sign of intimidation. They start to approach at center ring, but when Adam Bomb rushes Double J he moves out of the way. Jarrett points to his head, showboating a bit, before adopting a serious look on his face again. Adam Bomb charges at him again, only for Jarrett to back through the ropes, causing the referee to hold Adam Bomb at bay. Jarrett again points to his head as an indicator of intelligence, but Adam Bomb looks like he's had enough and goes right after Double J, hitting him with a hard right hand that sends him to the mat. Adam follows up with several other right hands, tossing Jarrett into the corner before stomping away at the midsection of the champion. He whips Jarrett hard chest first into the turnbuckle, before lifting him high into the air on a gorilla press and then depositing him on the outside...right on top of the Roadie who tries in vain to catch his employer. Adam Bomb pounds his chest, much to the approval of the crowd.Double J wanders around ringside, shaking out the cobwebs. He takes one look at Adam Bomb and tosses his hand aside. He grabs the IC Title belt and looks like he's gonna take a walk out of the arena. Adam Bomb doesn't let him though, grabbing the champ by the hair and causing him to drop the belt. He whips Jarrett into the ringpost, bouncing his head off the steal like a rubber ball before tossing him back into the ring. Adam Bomb climbs up to the apron, and suddenly has his foot grabbed by The Roadie. Adam quickly kicks the nuisance aside and gets back in the ring, but the distraction allows Double J to hit a hard right hand to the temple. Jarrett follows up with more right hands, desperately trying to gain some kind of advantage over the larger man before whipping him into the corner. Double J then hits knife edge chops across the massive chest of Adam Bomb. Adam Bomb however counters, placing Jarrett in the corner and delivering some knife edge chops of his own. He picks up the champion and slams him hard to the mat, before waiting on Jarrett to sit up, delivering a clothesline to a seated Double J and causing his head to bounce up off the mat. Adam Bomb goes for the cover and nearly gets a three count. He picks up Jarrett and whips him into the ropes, trying a back body drop. Jarrett counters though with a kick to the face and follows it up with a spike DDT that drops the challenger.Double J now goes to work on the challenger, stomping away at his prone form in an effort to weaken the much larger man. He picks up Adam Bomb and somehow manages to suplex him to the mat, floating over for a two count. Double J then goes to work on the knee, stomping away at the joint in an effort to destroy Adam's vertical threat. Jarrett places the leg of the challenger up on the bottom rope and then slams down on the knee, repeating this move twice more in an effort to set him up for the figure 4. He sets the leg up again before climbing to the second rope and then dropping an elbow across the knee of Adam Bomb, causing him to writhe on the mat in pain. Jarrett moves him over for the cover, and again only gets a two count. He holds the leg up for the figure-4, signaling to the crowd that he's about to end it, only for Adam Bomb to kick him off and into the corner. Jarrett comes back over and stomps away at the challenger, but to no avail as Adam bomb slowly gets to his feet. Adam Bomb blocks a right hand attempt from the champion, before delivering a thunderous clothesline that sends him to the mat. Adam bomb whips him off the ropes and hits a huge boot to the face, covering him for the two count. He climbs up to the top rope, signaling that he's gonna end it. The Roadie again gets involved, holding on to Adam Bomb's leg. Adam kicks him away and makes a decision, diving off the top rope and delivering a clothesline to The Roadie. With the lackey dealt with, Adam Bomb gets back in the ring and is met by a chop block from Double J. Jarrett hooks on the Figure-4 Leglock, causing Adam bomb to scream in pain. He refuses to give up, and after a minute or so he manages to turn the hold around and reverse the pressure to the champion. Jarrett breaks the hold.Both men stumble to their feet, Adam Bomb more so as he favors his leg greatly. Jarrett sneaks up from behind and tries to hit the #1 Smash on the challenger, only for Adam to counter and kick Jarrett in the gut. He sets up the champion for the Meltdown, lifting him up only for Jarrett to wind up behind him. Jarrett pushes Adam Bomb to the ropes, trying to roll him up from behind, but Adam Bomb hooks the top rope and causes Jarrett to roll away. The referee moves away from Adam Bomb for a split second, and this allows a single moment in which The Roadie jumps up from the outside, drilling Adam Bomb with the Intercontinental Title Belt that had been dropped earlier in the match. Adam Bomb stumbles forward, allowing Jarrett to set him up and hit him with the #1 Smash. Jarrett goes for the cover and is incensed when he only gets a two count. He stands up, arguing with the referee. He shoves referee Earl Hebner who shoves him back, right into the waiting arms of Adam Bomb, who sets him up and hits the Meltdown. With both men out the referee starts his count, only for the challenger to drape an arm over the champion. The ref counts two before The Roadie leaps up on to the apron, pointing out the foot of Double J on the ropes. McMahon screams that the Roadie was the one who put the foot on the ropes in the first place. Adam Bomb slowly gets to his feet. He sees the Roadie, puts two and two together and then pulls the Roadie into the ring. He sets him up and delivers the Meltdown to the Roadie, before kicking him outside the ring. The distraction buys the time the champion needs, however, and Adam Bomb is felled from behind by another chopblock to his injured knee. Double J drags him to center ring and hooks on the Figure-4 once again. Adam Bomb screams in pain and tries in vain to get to the ropes, but with nowhere to go he is forced to tap out, giving the victory to Double J.
Winner by submission and STILL WWF Intercontinental Champion: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett
Double J slowly stands to his feet, demanding the Intercontinental Title Belt as he hastily makes his way to the back, grabbing the semi-conscious Roadie along the way. McMahon says Adam Bomb was robbed by Double J and the Roadie, but Lawler says that alls fair in love and the World Wrestling Federation. The challenger slowly stands up, clearly favoring his knee, to a large ovation from the WWF fans, who seems to indicate that they appreciate the effort put forth by Adam Bomb.
We cut to backstage where Doc Hendrix is standing by with the winner of the Royal Rumble and the #1 contender to the World Wrestling Federation Championship, the Bad Guy Razor Ramon. Doc says it's been a long road for Razor Ramon to get to the main event of Wrestlemania XI but tonight is the night where he can finally see it through to the glorious end. Razor says he's been working towards this day his whole life. Everything he has done has been in preperation to be the World Wrestling Federation Champion. He says Diesel, despite some disagreements in the past year, has earned the Bad Guy's respect as a competitor. But tonight? None of that means anything. Tonight two men walk in vying for the championship, and only one will walk away with their head held high, and that is going to be the Bad Guy, Razor Ramon.
A video package is shown, highlighting the feud between Bam Bam Bigelow and The Undertaker. It all started back at the Royal Rumble when Ted DiBiase orchestrated the theft of the Undertaker's urn right out from under him. Since that time The Undertaker has systematically gone through every member of the Million Dollar Corporation, starting with Tatanka and making his way through everyone else in short order. However, every time Bam Bam and The Undertaker have squared off, Bam Bam has ultimately gotten the better of the Deadman. The Beast from the East does not seem to be intimidated by the Phenom, but will the man from the Darkside is determined to finish his vow and make the Million Dollar Man and his corporation rest in peace. | vs. | | The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer
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| Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase
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Bam Bam Bigelow makes his way to ringside first, flanked by Ted DiBiase who holds the stolen urn from the Undertaker. However they are quickly joined by another man, as Big Mabel makes his second appearence of the night. McMahon is incensed at the sudden appearence of the newest member of the Million Dollar Corporation making his way down to ringside, while Lawler says Mabel just wants a ringside seat for the final destruction of the Undertaker. The revelry is stopped in its tracks quickly by the tolling of the bell and the darkening of the lights. The crowd comes to life as The Undertaker slowly makes his way down the aisle, flanked by his manager Paul Bearer. DiBiase and Mabel clear the ring quickly, leaving Bigelow alone to stare down the Deadman. The bell rings and the two big men approach one another, neither one blinking in this showdown. Bam Bam mouths off to the Undertaker and eventually shoves him back. This angers Taker and the two start exchanging right hands, trading blow for blow. Undertaker manages to get the advantage, hitting an uppercut to the throat of Bigelow and then forces him into the corner. Undertaker continues to deliver hard shots to the Beast from the East, but Bam Bam takes it on the chin and blocks a shot, turning Taker around and moving him into the corner. Bigelow fires back with a barrage of body blows the take the wind out of the Phenom. He whips the Undertaker into the ropesand runs in for a huge corner splash, but Undertaker gets his foot up, causing Bam Bam to fall backwards. Undertaker fights back with kicks to the midsection before running off the ropes and clotheslining both himself and Bam Bam over the top rope and onto the floor.
Undertaker turns and looks towards Mabel and DiBiase, regarding them with no emotion on his face. DiBiase surreptitiously turns away from the Dead Man to the opposite side of the ring, keeping Mabel between himself and the Undertaker. Taker grabs Bam Bam and pushes him spine first into the guardrail. He then tries to whip Bam Bam into the ring steps, but Bigelow reverses and sends Taker sprawling to the floor. Bam Bam waits for Undertaker to get up and then runs him over with a hard clothesline. He rolls into the ring to break the count and then goes back outside. He picks up the ring steps and sets them down next to the Undertaker. He then picks up the Deadman by the throat and proceeds to slam him down on the cold hard steel. He rolls Undertaker back into the ring and then climbs up to the second rope. He drops an elbow across the prone form of the Deadman, going for a cover and getting a two count.
Bam Bam hooks on a reverse chinlock, wearing down the Phenom. Paul Bearer screams from the outside, urging the fans into willing the Undertaker forward. Undertaker gets back to his feet slowly, lifting the massive Bigelow as he does so, as McMahon is amazed at the display of power. Undertaker falls backwards, dropping Bigelow onto the mat. Taker sits right back up and gets to his feet as Bigelow staggers up, and kicks him in the gut with several shots, following up with hard uppercuts to the throat. Undertaker whips Bam Bam off the ropes and then bounces off the side opposite, hitting his trademark flying clothesline to Bigelow. As Bigelow slowly gets to his feet, the Undertaker grabs his arm and wrings it around. He climbs to the top rope still holding the arm of Bigelow before jumping off and delivering a huge clubbing blow to the back of his head. Undertaker goes for the cover and only gets a two count. Undertaker comes off the ropes and hits a leg drop on Bam Bam, again going for the cover and again only getting a two count. Paul Bearer nods his head in approval as Ted DiBiase can only watch on in horror.
Undertaker looks at the crowd and slashes his throat, a gesture that he will end it with the tombstone. Mabel jumps up to the apron and eats a boot from the Undertaker, while DiBiase merely remains stoic. Bigelow slowly gets to his feet and Undertaker tries to scoop him up, but Bigelow is able to carry his momentum over and end up behind Undertaker. Bigelow grasps Undertaker from behind and hits a huge back suplex that drops the deadman hard. Both men slowly get up, but Bigelow stops Undertaker with a hard headbutt to the skull. He whips Undertaker into the ropes and hits a big splash in the corner, causing Undertaker to slump down into a seated position in the corner. Bam Bam then runs out of the opposite corner and hits a huge boot to the side of Undertaker's head. He yells out to the crowd, mocking the Undertaker in the process before picking the still sitting Undertaker up to a vertical position. Bam Bam hooks his hands around the Undertaker and then executes an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Bigelow goes for the cover, only to be frustrated by a two count. While Bam Bam is arguing with the referee, Undertaker suddenly sits up, causing Bigelow to look at him with apprehension. Bam Bam hits another running boot to the Undertaker, but the Phenom again sits up. Another boot followed by another sit up. Bam Bam shakes his head as Undertaker once again gains a vertical base. Taker blocks a right hand and delivers another uppercut to the Beast from the East. Undertaker whips Bam Bam into the ropes and then grabs him by the throat, lifting him up for a huge chokeslam. Undertaker goes for the cover and amazingly only gets a two count.
Ted DiBiase now jumps up to ringside, still holding the urn. Undertaker looks at him, freezing DiBiase in place. He goes to grab the urn, but is stopped dead in his tracks when Big Mabel runs over and drops Paul Bearer with a clothesline. Undertaker immediately moves to go after Mabel, who is hightailing it from ringside along with DiBiase and the urn, but Bam Bam gets up and avalanches Undertaker in the corner once more. He then picks up the Undertaker in a reverse fireman's carry position, before dropping forward and hitting the Undertaker with a modified powerslam. He flips Undertaker over and goes up to the top rope, and rather than going for the top rope headbutt he hits a moonsault off the top! Bam Bam goes for the cover, and comes within inches of getting a three count. Bam Bam lifts his head in frustration, staring at the Undertaker, as Paul Bearer slowly gets to his feet on the outside. Bam Bam slashes his throat in a mocking fashion for the Undertaker, as he scoops him up and sets him up for the Greetings from Asbury Park. Undertaker moves his legs though and reverses the hold, lifting up Bigelow and then nailing him with the Tombstone. Undertaker folds the arm and gets the three count.
Winner by Pinfall: The Undertaker
Undertaker immediately goes to the outside and checks on Paul Bearer, glaring at the entryway where once again Ted DiBiase has managed to escape his clutches. Vince says there will be a time and place where the Undertaker will get his revenge on the Million Dollar Man.
We cut to a video package chronicling the history of the feud between Bret "The Hitman" Hart and "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. The images from the Royal Rumble, in which Shawn Michaels cost Bret Hart the WWF title, and then subsequently Bret Hart cost Shawn Michaels the Royal Rumble match itself. This feud has been highly personal, and there is of course the unknown element that has been added to it of the bodyguard for Shawn Michaels, one Sycho Sid at ringside.
| vs. | | Bret "The Hitman" Hart
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| "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels w/Sycho Sid
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Bret Hart is the first man to come through the curtain to a loud ovation from the WWF crowd. He looks very focused on this match and knows that a huge victory here tonight could very well put him back in line for a title shot against whomever the WWF champion is after tonight. He climbs in the ring and salutes the crowd, climbing out and slipping his trademark sunglasses onto a youngster's face before getting back in the ring and awaiting Shawn Michaels arrival. Michaels follows in next, oozing confidence as Sycho Sid is flanking him. Michaels climbs in the ring, cockily smiling at the crowd and then looking at his opponent as he removes his entrance attire. Michaels fluffs up his hair, the smirk never leaving his face as Bret Hart merely stands focused at him. The bell rings and the two men immediately hook up at center ring to get us started.
Michaels and Hart tie up, neither man willing to give the advantage to the other as they push against one another in a fruitless struggle. They break off the grapple, only to try a second time with the same result. The third time HBK goes for a go behind, hooking the Hitman in a waistlock. Hart fights out of it with a back elbow and grabs the arm of Shawn Michaels wringing it around his head. Michaels flips out of the move and breaks away. He whips Bret Hart into the ropes and leapfrogs over the Hitman. He catches Bret Hart on the rebound with an attempted hiptoss, but Bret Hart counters with a hip toss of his own. Michaels immediately pops back up and hits a kick to the gut. He places his leg over Bret's head and tries to drive it down to the mat, only for Bret to flip him up in the air. Michaels lands on his feet and is immediately taken down by a clothesline from Bret Hart, forcing HBK to retreat to the outside.
Michaels finds no solace on the outside though, as Bret Hart dives through the ropes and falls on HBK. Sid can only watch as Shawn Michaels is pummeled by Bret Hart on the outside, all pretence of psychology abandoned for the moment. Michaels fights back a little bit, only for Bret to begin putting the boots to him. He picks up Michaels and whips him into the ring post, before banging his head on the ring post and tossing him back into the ring. Sid makes a move to come over, but the referee cautions him away. Bret Hart climbs back into the ring and jumps up onto the second rope, hitting his elbow drop across the bridge of the sternum of Shawn Michaels, going for the cover and getting a two count.
Bret Hart picks up Shawn Michaels and tries a vertical suplex, only for Michaels to counter and deliver a suplex of his own. Michaels then runs off the ropes unexpectedly and catches Bret with a flying forearm. He scoops up the Hitman and slams him to the ground, hooking the arm with a modified quarter nelson submission hold on Bret Hart. Bret rolls out of the submission and gets back to his feet, but is taken down by Michaels tripping him up at the legs. Michaels rolls through and hooks on a front headlock, as Lawler marvels at the display of technical wrestling Shawn Michaels is putting on here. Bret Hart stands back up, though, and delivers an inverted atomic drop. Bret runs off the ropes and tries a clothesline but Michaels ducks underneath. He catches Bret with a mule kick and then runs off the ropes and hits a cross body, getting a two count and the near fall.
HBK then hooks on a reverse chinlock, as he looks to wear down the Hitman. The crowd starts chanting Let's Go Bret repeatedly, as the Hitman slowly gets back to his feet and hits a jawbreaker that breaks the hold. Bret then picks up Michaels and drills him with a couple of right hands, before taking a running leap and clotheslining both of them to the outside. Bret grabs Michaels and again whips him into the steel steps. Sid wanders over again, distracting Bret Hart for a moment, which allows Michaels to sneak up from behind and toss Bret shoulder first into the ringpost. Michaels walks over to the Spanish announce table and starts to dismantle it, tearing the monitors off the cords and clearing it completely off. He rolls into the ring to break the count, disregarding the referee's complaints before going back to Bret Hart. Bret has recovered though, and blocks Michaels punch attempt with one of his own, and then delivering a second right hand that forces HBK against the table. Bret climbs up to the top of the table and sets up Michaels for a piledriver, but Michaels counters with a back drop to the concrete floor below. The referee now leaves the ring, stopping his count and desperately trying to get both men back in the ring. Michaels ignores him and merely sets Bret back up on the table. He crawls into the ring and climbs to the top rope, saluting the crowd before delivering an elbow drop through the Spanish announce table onto Bret Hart.
Michaels slowly gets to his feet, as McMahon can't believe the state that both men are now in. Michaels slowly rolls Bret Hart back into the ring, and then covers him. Mike Chioda's hand nearly comes down for three, but it stops just shy when he sees Bret's foot on the bottom rope. Michaels stamps his foot in disbelief. He rolls Hart back near the center ring, before holding up both legs of Bret Hart. He steps through as if he's going to hook on the Sharpshooter on Bret Hart, but Bret rolls him up out of instinct and nearly scores the pinfall on the Small Package. Shawn Michaels pops back up and merely watches as Bret Hart slowly gets back to his feet. Michaels hooks up Bret and hits his trademark back suplex, again going for the pinfall and only getting a two count.
Michaels again climbs to the top rope. Bret Hart suddenly pops up to his feet though and catches Michaels at the top rope. He sets up HBK and hits a superplex off the top. Both men slowly struggle to their feet as Sid cheers on his employer from the outside. Bret and Michaels trade right hands, with Bret eventually getting the best of the exchange. He whips Michaels hard into the turnbuckle, causing him to nearly flip over out of the ring. Michaels stumbles over towards Bret and gets a russian legsweep for his troubles. Hart goes for the cover, only for the referee to get pulled out and then punched out by Sid. Bret Hart sees this and wastes little time, diving out of the ring and dropping Sid with a suicide dive to the outside, Sid smacking his head against the guardrail and knocking him unconscious. Bret Hart then climbs back into the ring, his back turned to Michaels. When he turns back around Shawn Michaels drills him with the Sweet Chin Music. Michaels goes for the cover, and its several seconds before another referee comes running down. The referee counts to two before Bret barely gets the shoulder up. Michaels can barely believe it, but he signals that this whole thing is gonna be over. Michaels goes over to the corner and begins to stamp his foot, tuning up the band so to speak. Bret slowly staggers to his feet, Sid still out on the floor. Michaels tries his superkick, but Bret Hart ducks it and trips up Michaels in the same move. He wraps HBK's legs around his own and hooks on the Sharpshooter in the center of the ring. Michaels screams out in pain, and looks over to Sid who is still out cold. Michaels tries in vain to break out of the hold, get to the ropes, or anything, but eventually the pain is too great and HBK is forced to give up.
Winner by Submission: Bret "The Hitman" Hart
The crowd explodes for the big victory for the Hitman as he collapses from the effort. Bret Hart's hand is raised as Sid slowly starts to come too on the outside, HBK rolling out of the ring dejected in defeat. Vince McMahon says Bret Hart is back on his way to the top of the World Wrestling Federation as the Hitman celebrates, and that he will certainly watch with great interest as we all will the title match yet to come.
A video package is shown, chronicling Razor's victory at the Royal Rumble and Diesel's four and a half month title reign that has gotten us to this point. Both men certainly know each other from their past battles and have earned a degree of respect for one another. But that respect will mean nothing in the shadow of the World Wrestling Federation Championship.
WWF Championship Match
| vs. | | "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel (c)
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| "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
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Razor Ramon is the first to enter the ring, as the Bad Guy exudes confidence heading into this championship match. Vince McMahon says this is the first opportunity that Razor has had at the title in over two years, and he certainly looks to make the best of it right here tonight. The Bad Guy's music is interrupted by the sound of a Diesel horn blaring, as Big Daddy Cool makes his way to ringside, WWF Title belt wrapped firmly around his waist. The question is, for how much longer. Both men stare at each other in the ring as the referee holds the title belt high into the air. The bell rings and we are underway.
Razor and Diesel hook up at center ring, both men putting their power on display. Diesel backs Razor into the corner and the referee calls for the break. Before Diesel completely breaks the hold he drives an elbow into the jaw of Razor. The champion smirks at the challenger, who holds his jaw in pain. Razor nods his head and the two men circle each other once more. After another collar and elbow tieup, Razor this time backs Diesel into the corner. As he breaks away, he paintbrushes Diesel with a right hand. Diesel holds his jaw in much the same way Razor did before. The two men back away from each other and stare each other down, before suddenly breaking out into a flurry of right hands, trading punches back and forth. Razor eventually gains the advantage and runs off the ropes, trying a shoulder tackle Big Daddy Cool to the mat. They both collide and freeze in place. Razor backs into the ropes and runs at Diesel again, getting the same result. Razor tries this a third time, and this time Diesel tries a big boot, only for Razor to duck it. Razor delivers three more hard right hands to Diesel before grabbing his leg and hitting a leg whip that brings down Big Daddy Cool.
Razor hooks on a modified leg grapevine, but Diesel is quickly able to get to the bottom rope. Both men stand to their feet and hook up in a collar and elbow again. Diesel finally gets the advantage and hits Razor with several clubbing blows, before whipping him into the corner and following up with a hard clothesline. He begins to drill Razor with back elbows to the face and knees to the gut, determined to wear down the challenger. Razor gets a burst of strength and fires back with three hard right hands, before spinning around and hitting a discus punch that drops Big Daddy Cool to the mat. Razor picks up Diesel and whips him into the corner, hitting a huge back body drop on the rebound. He picks up the champion and hooks him up, hitting a strong vertical suplex in the process. Razor goes for the cover and gets a quick two count. He puts the boots to the champion, trying to keep the big man grounded, before he takes a risk by climbing up to the top rope. Razor tries a double axehandle, but Diesel is able to counter with a huge shot to the gut of the challenger.
Diesel buries his knee into the now injured ribs of Razor Ramon, before hitting a clubbing blow to the back. Diesel continues to work on this new target, hitting hard shots to the spine and rib area as he softens up Razor Ramon. Big Daddy Cool slams Razor down to the ground and then flips him around, sitting down in the small of the back of Razor and hooking on a camel clutch. Diesel wrenches back on the submission, and Razor grimaces in pain from the tork being applied to his ribs. The crowd seems to be torn between cheering for Diesel and cheering for Razor, but Razor manages to get his second wind and somehow powers up to a vertical position, lifting the 300 pound Diesel and dropping him back down onto the mat to break the hold. Diesel slowly gets up, as does Razor, with the challenger obviously favoring his ribs. Razor delivers a couple more right hands but gets whipped into the ropes. Diesel catches him on the rebound, hooking him in a bear hug. He squeezes the ribs of Razor, trying desperately to get a submission victory. Razor manages to fight his way out of the smothering hold, and deliver a couple more right hands to Diesel. Big Daddy Cool blocks the third one though and follows up with a knee to the gut. He scoops up Razor and delivers a snake eyes into the corner before running off the ropes and hitting a big boot to the challenger's face. Diesel goes for the cover, and is frustrated by a two count.
Diesel gets to his feet and places Razor in the corner. He again goes for a hard elbow shot to the head, but Razor is able to duck out of the way. Razor attacks with a flurry of kicks and chops that lays waste to the champion. Diesel tries a half hearted haymaker that merely causes him to swing around. Razor lifts him up and places him on the top turnbuckle, his back facing the ring. The challenger then drops Big Daddy Cool with a hard back suplex, that leaves both men down trying to regain their strength. Razor is able to make a weak cover, but Diesel easily gets the shoulder up at two. Both men stagger to their feet, trading right hands back and forth in a slugfest. Diesel eventually hits another knee to the injured ribs of Razor, and whips the challenger into the ropes. Razor reverses and counters the clothesline Diesel attempts by grabbing him, lifting him, and hitting a fallaway slam. Razor gives the sign that he's going to end it, and sets up Diesel, before hitting the Razor's Edge! Razor goes for the cover....and only gets a two count.
The crowd is shocked that Diesel kicked out of the Razor's Edge, as is Razor himself. Razor looks on disparagingly at the referee, before turning his attention back to Diesel. He puts the boots to the champion, trying to think of something that would defeat Diesel. Razor whips Diesel into the ropes, by the champion reverses and hits a big boot on the challenger. He nails a sidewalk slam on Razor Ramon, and signals to the crowd that he's going to end it. Diesel picks up Razor and hits him with a Jackknife Powerbomb. Diesel goes for the cover...and HE only gets a two count. Diesel stares at the referee, slamming his fist on the mat. Diesel then picks up the nearly unconscious Razor and signals that he will jackknife him again, only for Razor to counter with a back body drop. Both men crumple to the ground as the referee administers the count. He gets to eight before both men get to their feet and start trading right hands again. Razor hits a hard left hand that spins Diesel around and sends him staggering into the corner. Razor then whips Diesel hard into the corner before following it up with a clothesline. Exhausted, Razor climbs up to the second rope in front of Diesel and motions for him to come forward. He places Diesel's head between his legs and signals to the crowd. Amazingly he is able to lift up the champion and deliver a Razor's Edge off the second rope to Big Daddy Cool. Razor falls over and gets an arm over Diesel's chest...and picks up the victory.
Winner and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon
The crowd explodes as Razor slowly stands to his feet and is handed the WWF title. Diesel starts to stir as Razor collapses onto the ground, the title barely in his grasp, as he can barely believe he has one. As he stands back up, Diesel gets to his feet and rips the title out of his hands. The crowd pauses for a moment as the former champion regards the title...before slapping it over the chest of Razor Ramon and shaking his hand, hugging him in the process. Fireworks go off as Razor Ramon celebrates winning the WWF Title for the first time, as Vince McMahon declares that the New Generation is now led by the Bad Guy. We sign off on that note.
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Post by Zigzag on Apr 21, 2014 18:23:11 GMT -5
I thoroughly enjoyed the WrestleMania XI card. In fact the only thing I really didn't like, was your changing the location to D.C. Just a personal nitpick, a me thing. I was at the actual event in Hartford, CT. If a lot of what happened in your version, actually happened that night, it would've been the perfect first PPV event for me to have attended. I can't wait for you to continue, and witness Kanyon's debut, as well as find out who the new WWF President is. Keep up the great work.
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Post by DTP. on Apr 22, 2014 12:48:14 GMT -5
WWF WrestleMania XI: Sunday 2nd April 1995...I'm not entirely sure what the point of moving WrestleMania into Washington, DC was. I realise they held the 1995 Survivor Series there, but I don't understand this. Anyhow, onto the show. Henry O. Godwinn opening things up in the dark match with a win over Irwin R. Schyster made sense, a babyface kicking off the night by exciting the fans. I guess you decided to go with him being a face and not a heel, which is acceptable. Whilst the theme song inclusions are nice, it looks horrible on the layout and graphics would have potentially looked better. Anyhow, slightly underwhelming opening contest to WrestleMania with Skip facing Eddie Fatu, it just doesn't scream an opening contest to the biggest show of the calendar year to me. Fatu winning made perfect sense, winning $25,000. Up next, the Million Dollar Team and Men on a Mission colliding made sense, though I'd have hated it if it went on for long - considering that Erik Watts and Chad Fortune were horrible workers, Mabel was green and Mo was about the same. Strange that the bout was thrown out as a no contest, I think a win for the Million Dollar Team would have made more sense, honestly. I like the heel turn of Mabel here, but I don't really think he needs the Million Dollar Corporation. I just think that Ted Dibiase's faction is stacked as it is. I wonder what you have in store for Mabel. Next, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Savio Vega matching up made for a decent match, both extremely new to the World Wrestling Federation. Helmsley winning made more sense, good call. I don't know, I just sort of think the WWF Tag Team Championship match would have made best as the opening contest, at the minute the ordering of the card is thrown out there from least important to most important - which is good, but you'll wear your audience out that way. Space out the card and move things around, similar to what I did with WrestleMania XII. I can imagine this being quite a good match, and it's good to see the Allied Powers get a victory over Owen Hart and Bob Backlund, seeing as I never really saw Owen and Backlund as having the right chemistry to be formidable WWF Tag Team Champions. I hope you have big things in store for the British Bulldog and Lex Luger down the line. Up next, the implosion of one of my old favourite short-lived tag teams, Yokozuna and Crush. I can't imagine it being a masterpiece, but oh well. I'm surprised Crush wasn't sent to jail here. Nice match, Yokozuna winning made the best sense, and the face turn for Yoko was great, seeing as his heel persona was growing stale by now. I'm not too sure about the Banzai Drop on Jim Cornette - I don't think it's necessary with so many big angles ending on one show - don't give too much away, otherwise there isn't much to look forward to following this supershow. Wow, I think Jeff Jarrett and Adam Bomb were in the death spot here following a hot angle with Yokozuna and James E. Cornette, and I think this should have been lower on the card, honestly. Jarrett retaining the WWF Intercontinental Championship was good, and I'm interested to see where Jarrett's reign goes from here. Interesting for Jarrett to get a clean submission win, I'd have maybe protected Bomb a bit, here. Up next, the eventful showdown between Bam Bam Bigelow and the Undertaker, strange to see Mabel down there because I'd have waited to use him on RAW to explain his heel turn. It would have made more sense. That and Mabel would have further plagued this big match. The Undertaker winning made the best sense, and it sounded like a solid bout. I can imagine that Mabel will be the Undertaker's next opponent from the Corporation. Next, the semi-main event - I would have definitely spaced these last three matches out. Just so much star power for an hour-an hour and a half to feature back to back. Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart facing off as you know already I'm not fond of - but at the same time it raises the question where your direction for WrestleMania XII is headed, hopefully not a rematch between the two, because that would feel repetitive and something we've already seen before. Great point, and wise booking with Sid's involvement at ringside. It will be interesting to see if Bret gets another big push from here on out. And lastly, Diesel defending the WWF Championship against Razor Ramon. I feel like Razor should have had a longer chase to the gold, but him winning made the most sense. Ramon always deserved the WWF Championship I felt. I hope he manages to keep onto the title for a decent amount of time - but only if you make him interesting enough and have an interesting array of opponents for him. No idea who the face or heel was here, but it's irrelevant. I also am not too sure about Diesel losing the WWF Championship so shortly after he won it - but then again that is a five month window. Overall, this was a stacked show that featured maybe far too much on it. I hope you have big plans to mix things up going into the summer. That's your next window. Keep it up, but keep it low on the excessive detail, and many abandon those YouTube links.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Apr 22, 2014 14:13:31 GMT -5
WrestleMania XI was a pretty good show. I would have rather had The Allied Powers versus Hart and Backlund open the show up, especially with a team like the Allied Powers winning. It would have been better fit, I feel, with the undercard being rather underwhelming. I'm glad to see Jeff Jarrett keep the Intercontinental Championship, I didn't really want to see him lose it to Adam Bomb... Undertaker defeating Bam Bam Bigelow was the right decision and it was a solid match up. A great match up between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and despite the ringside aid of Sid, Bret Hart getting the win was the best choice. I hope he gets a push in the future. The main event between Diesel and Razor Ramon doesn't sound amazing for a main event, but Razor getting the win in the main event was awesome, he always deserved to be WWF Champion. Although his push was a little rapid, I'll take it. Overall, it was a good WrestleMania show. I would suggest, as Dan said, killing down the detail. The pay-per-views are fine as I do that, but on the regular shows you don't need to go so far in depth. Keep going.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2014 19:15:07 GMT -5
WWF Monday Night Raw April 3, 1995
Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler welcome us to Monday Night Raw, where tonight history will certainly be made, as we will hear tonight from the new President of the World Wrestling Federation, whomever that might be. Plus on the heels of Wrestlemania, we will see the NEW WWF Tag Team Champions The Allied Powers in action against Jacob & Eli Blu. And in the main event...we will see the NEW WWF Champion Razor Ramon square off with the Supreme Fighting Machine Kama in a non-title matchup. But first up...it's the man who should be a lot richer tonight but isn't, Eddie Fatu.
Match #1: Eddie Fatu d. Mike Khoury with a Top Rope Splash Simple victory for Eddie Fatu, as he dispatches Mike Khoury with little more than a second thought here tonight. Vince reminds us that last night at Wrestlemania, Eddie Fatu won the $25,000 challenge, which had actually been made $50,000 before the match, only to have the money snatched away from him by the sore loser Sunny. As Fatu celebrates his win tonight, we'll have to see if he gets some kind of revenge for what happened last night in the future.
Match #2: Adam Bomb d. A.C. Conner with the Meltdown In all honesty, Vince says, Adam Bomb should be the new Intercontinental as well tonight, had it not been for the instrumental actions of The Roadie. Adam Bomb finishes off AC Conner in short order, and signals to the crowd that he intends to continue his quest to win the Intercontinental Title.
Match #3: WWF Tag Team Champions The Allied Powers d. Jacob & Eli Blu with a running powerslam One title that did change hands were the tag team championships, as The Allied Powers ended the nearly three month reign of Owen Hart and Bob Backlund. The Bulldog and Lex Luger continued to show off their well-oiled abilities, as they outfoxed the Blu twins on numerous occasions to pick up a nice win.
We cut to the inside of the ring, where we see Vince McMahon. He says he once again wants to thank outgoing WWF president Jack Tunney for his many years of service with the company, and that he hopes he enjoys his well-deserved retirement. Before Vince can reveal who his replacement is, though, he is interrupted by Shawn Michaels and Sycho Sid. Michaels says he wants to focus on the bigger picture here, the fact that last night at Wrestlemania, if it weren't for a slow referee, he would have beaten Bret The Hitman Hart. He says Bret Hart got lucky, and that he wants another crack, at the Hitman...but on his terms. He wants Bret to find a tag partner...any partner...and then they can see how they stack up against The Heartbreak Kid and Big Sid.
Vince replies maybe he should take that up with this man, the new President of the World Wrestling Federation...Rowdy Roddy Piper! Piper comes out to a standing ovation, a loosely done tie over his neck the only "corporate" gesture he seems to be giving the job. Michael looks livid at this development. Piper gets in the ring, shaking the hand of Vince McMahon, before staring at HBK. He says if HBK and Sid want a fight, then their gonna get one...at In Your House Collision Course. But as far as the near future is concerned, Sid is gonna have to get in the ring next week as part of a huge double main event...as he will go one on one with whoever Bret Hart selects as his partner at In Your House. Sid merely nods his head, stoic at this development. Piper also says he has a big announcement for next week, as the other half of that main event will be a #1 contender's match to the WWF Title...in a Wrestlemania rematch as Bam Bam Bigelow will face The Undertaker. And, most importantly, starting next week on Monday Night Raw, Raw is going to be two hours every week!
Match #4: WWF Champion Razor Ramon d. Kama w/Ted DiBiase with the Razor's Edge The title certainly seemed to fit around the waist of the Bad Guy, as he made his first appearence with the title tonight on Raw. Bam Bam Bigelow, one of his prospective challengers at IYH: Collision Course was at ringside, scoping out the competition. Despite some good offense from Kama, Razor makes relatively quick work of the Supreme Fighting Machine, and finishes him off with the Razor's Edge. Bam Bam tries to get in the ring to attack Ramon from behind, but the Bad Guy is waiting for him, and a sudden ominous bell tone quickly changes the tune of Bam Bam. We end the show on Razor standing tall, with the WWF Title held high above his head.
WWF Superstars April 8-9, 1995
Jim Ross and Mr. Perfect welcome us to another edition of WWF Superstars, as we are set this week to see the long awaited debut of the Sultan of Style Chris Kanyon. Plus Yokozuna is in action in our main event.
Match #1: Skip w/Sunny d. Marty Jannetty with a Body Buster Skip came back from his first loss in a big way, destroying Marty Jannetty in the process. Jim Ross made note that Sunny still had not made good on her word to pay off Eddie Fatu, and that a reckoning there could be soon in coming.
Match #2: Mabel w/Ted DiBiase d. David Sierra with a Legdrop Mabel, the newest member of the Million Dollar Corporation, certainly showed his value by absolutely leveling journeyman David Sierra, dropping his massive 500 pound leg across the face of him for the three count. Mabel appeared like he was going to do it again to Sierra, but all of a sudden his former tag partner, Mo, came rushing from the back wielding a steel chair. Mabel and DiBiase hightailed it out of the ring, as Mo is clearly out for revenge.
We see an open field, and a large man in a colorful shirt and white tank top sitting on a picnic basket. He says that the world can be a cruel place, if you don't know really where to look, and that people are gonna be forced to learn to see the bright side of life. After all...they won't have a choice...since lives are gonna be in Waylon Mercy's hands...if you know what he means.
Match #3: Tatanka d. Phil Apollo with the End of the Trail DiBiase's second match of the evening saw the Native American Tatanka pick up an easy win.
Match #4: "The Sultan of Style" Chris Kanyon d. Doink the Clown with the Stylizer After much hoopla and fanfare, Chris Kanyon made his debut and certainly was impressive, as he took it to Doink the Clown, who was minus his little friend this week. Kanyon finished off Doink with The Stylizer, a modified reverse Russian Legsweep, that left Doink flat on his face and then flat on his back.
Match #5: Yokozuna d. "The Doctor of Desire" Tom Prichard Noticable by his absence was James E. Cornette, who was essentially squashed by Yokozuna last week at Wrestlemania. Tom Prichard was going it alone this week, but he was no match for the sumo giant...as Yokozuna easily dispatched the Doctor of Desire to close out Superstars this week.
Current Card for In Your House: Collision Course
WWF Championship Match "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon (c) vs. The Undertaker/Bam Bam Bigelow
"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels & Sycho Sid vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart & A Partner of His Choosing
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Post by DTP. on May 1, 2014 11:00:11 GMT -5
WWF Monday Night RAW: Monday 3rd April 1995...It's time for fallout week from WrestleMania XI. Eddie Fatu in action to kick off the show was fine, giving Fatu some additional momentum after being screwed by Skip and Sunny last night. Cannot complain, I can imagine a rematch with go down at In Your House, whenever the next show is. Adam Bomb with a win is fine to regain momentum after suffering defeat against Jeff Jarrett for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Bomb was so underrated in this role, hopefully he doesn't get jobbed out so quickly. Next, a solid match between the Allied Powers and the Blu Brothers; this match at WrestleMania was surprisingly entertaining to me. I'm wondering who the opposition for Lex Luger and the British Bulldog could be as WWF Tag Team Champions now. Ah, President Jack Tunney is finally retiring. Interesting segment with Shawn Michaels and Sid; and Roddy Piper returning to be WWF President is cool. A solid line-up made for In Your House in one night, already! Ugh, I'm not a fan of the logic of the Undertaker facing Bam Bam Bigelow in a WrestleMania rematch on an already stacked edition of RAW. I'm doing similar in 1996, but that was acceptable due to WWF having competition in WCW Nitro - but in April 1995, WWF had no direct competition and didn't need to give away big matches, nor do they need a second hour. I don't think a two hour show would suit the roster they had in 1995, either. Lastly, Razor Ramon defeating Kama was fine, allowing Ramon to gain some momentum as being a credible WWF Champion. My only problem with this match was Bam Bam Bigelow's interference - which to me triggers a hint that he will be the winner of next week's match with the Undertaker. It's just tiny things that damage the credibility of a line-up. I'm not excited for the two hour format, or the emphasis on star-studded line-ups for RAW because they diminish the value of In Your House shows. Nontheless, this was an acceptable show with some memorable events taking place on it. Another thing, maybe jumble up the card in future to feature a midcarder vs midcarder match opening the show, with the other decisive match main eventing - just to mix things up. The first half of this RAW appeared weak, but the second half was maybe overkill.
WWF Superstars: Saturday 8th April 1995...Skip defeating Marty Jannetty made sense, in a decent opening contest. Jannetty is best in this star-enhancing role, after his tenure in the WWF. Mabel winning made sense, allowing some credibility to sink into the former Men on a Mission member's new gimmick as a member of the Million Dollar Corporation. I see you are bringing in Waylon Mercy! I'm hoping you execute it better than in real life. Tataka winning was fine; I'm not too sure about Chris Kanyon debuting in 1995 where he would have most probably been green - but I guess I like the character choice, as long as it doesn't go overboard. Nice little use of Doink the Clown, too. And lastly, Yokozuna defeating Tom Prichard was good, allowing Yokozuna to start getting over as a babyface. Overall, not too bad a week of television, really.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2014 19:50:47 GMT -5
WWF Monday Night Raw April 10, 1995
We open on Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler welcoming us to the first ever permanently 2-hour edition of Monday Night Raw. And what a way to certainly kick off this inaugural night, then with a huge double main event...as Sycho Sid will face whomever Bret Hart has chosen to be his tag team partner at In Your House Collision Course in 20 days. Also, a huge Wrestlemania rematch with title implications, as Bam Bam Bigelow goes one on one with the Undertaker for a shot at the gold. But first things first we kick things off with singles competition.
Match #1: The Roadie d. Duke "The Dumpster" Droese with a Pump Handle Slam The Roadie started off in singles competition, certainly looking impressive against the garbageman. Double J joined commentary at ringside, saying that he's proven that he's the greatest Intercontinental Champion already, and he will prove it again in the future, against all comers. Vince uses this time to state that new WWF President Roddy Piper says that next week he's going to choose Double J's next challenger, and that it will either be the 1-2-3 Kid or Adam Bomb again. Double J looks a little wary, but he says that's alright, because nothing will stop him from being successful. The Roadie picks up the win in the end, and Double J is quick to hightail it out of there.
Match #2: Hunter Hearst Helmsley d. Eddie Fatu by countout Shortly before the match began, Hunter Hearst Helmsley came out and berated the crowd for cheering this modern day savage in Eddie Fatu. He says that people like Fatu, where Hunter comes from, don't belong in a wrestling ring, they belong in a carnival freak show. Fatu takes offense to that and comes down guns a blazing. Fatu and Hunter have a very evenly paced matchup, but the end comes when Fatu is suddenly distracted by Bodydonna Skip. Skip comes out to ringside, tripping up Fatu at an inopportune time. Fatu loses his temper and goes chasing after the bodydonna, giving Hunter the countout victory.
On a sandy beach somewhere in the southland, a tall man walks along, the breeze casually blowing his hair behind him. He says that on a calm day like today, it could be easy to overlook the more evil things in life. On this pristine, untouched beach, it seems as if there's not a care in the world. He leans forward, picking up a rock from the sand, revealing a muddy, dirt covered blemish on the white sands. He then says that if you look hard enough though, even on a place like this, you're gonna find the dirty spot. You're gonna find that spot that needs to be cleansed from society, by force if necessary. And he's gonna find that spot in the World Wrestling Federation. Lives are gonna be...in Waylon Mercy's hands.
Match #3: Mabel w/Ted DiBiase d. The Brooklyn Brawler with a samoan drop Mabel made it two for two since joining the Million Dollar Corporation. Once again making short work of his opposition, Mabel and DiBiase got on the microphone and issued a challenge to his former tag partner, who tried to attack him last week. He says anytime Mo wants to get in the ring, and prove who the real power behind Men on a Mission was, Mabel is glad to oblige. He says there's only one power that's greater than the power that Mabel possesses, and that's the cold hard cash of the Million Dollar Man.
Match #4: Sycho Sid w/Shawn Michaels & "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel w/Bret Hart wrestled to a no contest Sid came out to the ring for his match with Bret Hart's tag team partner...only to see that tag team partner turn out to be none other than former WWF Champion Big Daddy Cool Diesel! Michaels and Sid seemed to lose their cool on that one, and the four men began brawling in the center of the ring, as referees came out to try and stop this madness from spreading. It's pretty clear that the collision course has been set for April 30 between these two titanic tandems.
Match #5: Skip w/Sunny d. Savio Vega with a Bodybuster Skip and Savio Vega had a hard fought match here this week, as Savio gave everything he could to Skip and then some...only to find himself on the short end of the stick this time around. As Skip and Sunny stayed in the ring celebrating, however, Eddie Fatu came back out, holding the bag of money they stole from him at Wrestlemania. Fatu gets on the microphone and says he's willing to strike a wager...he'll give back the money against the hair of a bodydonna. Skip readily agrees, and the match appears to be made...until Fatu turns back around and says he should clarify...if Skip loses this match, then it's Sunny who gets shaved bald. Sunny screams out at Fatu as the crowd cheers at the prospect of the vain Sunny getting shaved bald at Collision Course.
We come back for another edition of the King's Court, as Jerry Lawler has a special guest tonight in the former world tag team champions, Owen Hart and Bob Backlund. Owen gets on the microphone and says that at Wrestlemania, he and Mr. Backlund were robbed of their titles. They then remind us they have a right to a rematch, and that next week right here on Raw, the King of Harts and Mr. Backlund will get back the titles they so rightly deserve. Jerry says he certainly can't wait for Owen and Bob to win back the titles, but then he says he has a special announcement to make in regards to Owen's brother Bret, that Owen will want to hear. Jerry says that, like Owen, he is tired of hearing all about how great the Hitman is. He is tired about hearing of the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. He's tired of hearing of how perfect Bret Hart is. Well after hiring some private detectives, and seeing the man in person, Jerry Lawler is convinced that Bret Hart is exactly what he's said he's been all along, a fraud. Owen nods his head, and then Jerry says that soon, very soon, The King will bring someone into the World Wrestling Federation, someone who Bret Hart at one time considered as close as a brother, only to stab him in the back. Owen smiles, as if he knows who this is. The King points his finger at the camera and says soon, Bret Hart, the skeletons in your closet are going to be exposed.
Match #6: The 1-2-3 Kid d. Matt Hardy with a Moonsault One of the two top contenders to the Intercontinental Title was in action here, as the 1-2-3 Kid showed off a strong victory over the youngster Matt Hardy in singles competition. Matt Hardy certainly makes a good showing of himself, but ultimately the Kid prevails, and maybe shows an impressive victory to President Roddy Piper, who will make his championship announcement next week on Raw.
Backstage, The Undertaker is shown with Paul Bearer. They make the comments that while Bam Bam was beaten at Wrestlemania, the anger and hatred for the Million Dollar Corporation still festers like an open wound. And tonight, the Undertaker will close that open wound once and for all, and Bam Bam will now and forever...rest in peace.
Match #7: Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase d. The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer with a Greetings from Asbury Park Bam Bam and the Undertaker duplicated their donnybrook brawl from Wrestlemania a couple of weeks ago, and the end certainly appeared to be near for the Beast from the East. However Undertaker failed to get a three count after a chokeslam, and before he could hit a tombstone to seal the victory, Ted DiBiase got on the ring apron to provide a distraction. Bam Bam got back to his feet and went after the Undertaker, but Taker anticipated that and fought back, but unfortunately caught the referee with an errant clothesline that Bam Bam ducked out of the way of. Undertaker again seemed primed for victory after a second chokeslam, but Mabel came from the back. He assaulted Paul Bearer from behind, clotheslining him down. Taker immediately went after Mabel, but Bam Bam was handed the urn by DiBiase, and Bam Bam proceeded to smash the urn across the back of the head of the Phenom. Bam Bam then ko'ed the Undertaker with a second shot from the urn between the eyes, before scooping up the deadman and delivering the Greetings from Asbury Park for good measure and scoring the pinfall from the groggy referee.
After the match, Bam Bam grabbed a chair and placed it over the face of the Deadman. Mabel then ran off the ropes and dropped all 500 pounds of his weight across the face of the Undertaker, crushing his skull beneath the massive weight with a legdrop. Before anymore damage could be done, WWF Champion Razor Ramon came running out to the Undertaker's aide, but too little too late. Razor looked over the fallen Phenom, as Mabel laughed and Bam Bam motioned around his waist that the title was coming to him in 20 days to close the show.
WWF Superstars April 15-16, 1995
The Million Dollar Team w/Ted DiBiase d. Kenny Kendall & Mark Starr Henry Godwinn d. Sonny Rogers "The Sultan of Style" Chris Kanyon d. Virgil Mo w/Oscar d. Rad Radford Adam Bomb d. Rick "The Model" Martel
Current Card for WWF In Your House: Collision Course
World Wrestling Federation Championship Match "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon (c) vs. "The Beast from the East" Bam Bam Bigelow w/Ted DiBiase
Sycho Sid & "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart & "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel
Money vs. Hair Match If Skip wins, he wins the money of Fatu If Fatu wins, Sunny must have her head shaved Eddie Fatu vs. Skip w/Sunny
World Wrestling Federation Intercontinental Championship Match "Double J" Jeff Jarrett w/The Roadie (c) vs. Adam Bomb/The 1-2-3 Kid
(as always, you can check the first post in this thread for current roster updates and my thoughts as well as potential future debuts/storylines down the pike. This is in lieu of an Internet rumors post scattered throughout the thread...mainly for convenience and also for some degree of authenticity.)
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