From: zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Christopher Robin Zimmerman) Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Subject: WWF Monday Night RAW - 8/11/93 Date: 9 Nov 1993 06:39:06 GMT Organization: University of California, Riverside (College of Engineering/Computer Science) Lines: 122 Message-ID: <2bndua$dqj@galaxy.ucr.edu> Reply-To: kzim@galaxy.ucr.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: ucrengr WWF Monday Night RAW, coming to you "live" from the Fernwood Resort in Bushkill, PA 8.11.93 and broadcast on the USA Network. Hype for tonight's B0rga/Steiner match. Tatanka getting a drubbing is shown. Silhouette interviews. Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Bobby "the Brain" Heenan, and a returning Macho Man Randy Savage. Heenan is wearing a parachute to show you how live this is. Savage promises that all hell's gonna break loose if Crush shows up and wrestles. Vince plugs tonight's voteline. Who should Quebecer Pierre's opponent be? The 1-2-3 Kid? Doink? Marty Jannetty? Or maybe Lex Luger? Ludvig B0rga v. Scott Steiner - B0rga jumps him, wotta shock. Kidney punches send Steiner to the canvas. Clothesline. Borga to the top and flying clothseline down. Kidney punch amid "USA" chant. Steiner with modified powerbomb when Borga puts his head down. Steiner with abdominal stretch into slam, and Borga takes a trip outside the ring. Savage, who hasn't done any commentary, continues to mouth off about Crush during the lull. Borga finally comes back in and applies a headlock. Steiner counters with a belly-to-belly suplex. Steiner puts *his* head down and Borga punches away. Borga with flying clothesline for 2. Bodyslam. Missed elbow. Steiner with (weak) dropkick, but the Finn still goes outside. As if on cue, the Quebecers come out to cheer their teammate on. Let's take an ad break. The Packers are still losing, by the way. Steiner with a suplex as we come back. Steiner with Boston Crab (!), and out comes Rick Steiner to cheer on his brother. Borga: I said NO!!!! Slowly, Borga inches over to the rope, and makes it. Whip into the rope, but Steiner puts up a boot. Steiner for 2. Small package by Steiner for 2. Borga with powerslam for 2. Borga punches Steiner out of the ring. Borga has a nosebleed, by the way. Steiner attempts to reenter the ring, but is met with more Borga fists. For no particular reason, Rick jumps up onto the ring. Borga brings him in the hard way and suplexes him, much to the crowd's delight. Suddenly, the five man brawl is on, as well as the double DQ. Of course, the Steiners get the better end of the deal, as lots of WWF officials put space between the All-Americans and the Non-Americans. Savage is still pretty quiet, by the way, just how I like him. Voteline plug. Jeff Jarrett spiel. Savage again threatens Crush. I guess we'll hear about this all hour. Green Bay is toast. Men on a Mission (from God) v. Steve Smith & Cory Student. Oscar raps completely out of time, and no one notices. Vince *again* warns Savage about violating certain clauses in his commentator's contract by interference, and Savage basically badmouths Jack Tunney, WWF President. Did I mention that M.O.M. win? OK, they do. Promos: ICOPRO (Ramon), GI Joe, Electronic Talking Battleship ("Yeah!") Todd Pettengill with *your* SSR. Two main events, you know. Todd's using his booming DJ voice, I might add. One ME: All-Americans v. Foreign Fanatics. This weekend, we'll find out the replacement for Tatanka. The other main event is the Hart Family vs. The King & His Knights. Bret Hart interview, he's an angry young man, you know. Perfect, Ramon, Kid, Jannetty vs. Bomb, Diesel, Schyster, and Martel. Bigelow, Booger, Head Shrinkers vs. Doinks. Let us take you back to WWF Superstars, where two Doinks take over the video wall, much to the Head Shrinkers' consternation. SMW Tag Team Title Match. Vince hypes the Voteline, saying Luger is in the lead. The Undertaker tells us that drinking and driving is bad. Now I'll NEVER forget it. The Model Rick Martel v. (The Pope) John Paul - Hey, the atomizer is back! Whoopee! Vince speculates that maybe the Macho Man might be a good replacement on the All-American team. Heenan suggests Bernie Kosar might be a better replacement. The Martel/Ramon IC rematch is hyped (on Superstars...hmm, must be a sweeps month). Martel demonstrates the *correct* way to apply a Boston Crab. Voteline hype. Luger is WAY ahead. Crush is next, and Savage postures for us. Heenan interviews the Quebecers. Jacques says it doesn't matter who wins the voteline, Pierre will take care of him. Crush v. Dan Dubiel - Vince tries to restrain Savage as Crush is announced. Amazingly, Savage THROWS McMAHON TO THE GROUND and takes off, landing on Crush. They go at it while a stadium full of WWF officials valiantly but unsuccessfully attempts to break them apart. When Vince manages to shake the cobwebs loose and get back on the mic, he proclaims Savage "a lunatic." Dubiel watches from the ring with bemused interest, but stays out of it. Smart jobber. The match never takes place, so I'd say Dubiel wins by DQ. The Greatest Wrestler Alive, Barry Horowitz v. Bob Backlund - Geez, this Backlund guy sure looks familiar. Fortunately, Savage comes back, taking the camera off this exciting mat wrestling action. We learn that Crush has been locked in his dressing room. As if on cue, we cut to a shot of Crush breaking through his dressing room door. Savage takes off AGAIN, and we see Crush choking Earl Hebner, who won't let him get to Savage. It's all academic as Crush and Savage hook up again. Completely ignoring the match in the ring, we take an ad break. When we come back, we learn that SAVAGE has been locked out of the building. No mention of Horowitz destroying Backlund, which is what happened, I'm sure. Promos: "New" WWF Figures, Electronic Hot Shot Basketball, Dual Turbo controllers By a landslide, Luger has won the voteline and will face Quebecer Pierre next week. How nice to know that they didn't count West Coast votes again. We cut to an exterior camera, where Crush and Savage...well, you know. Other news: The Survivor Series Showdown will take place 20 November at 7pm EST/PST. Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna for the WWF Championship has been annouced. Hold on to your hats. Christopher Robin Zimmerman, that RAW guy / kzim@galaxy.ucr.edu There's no H in Wippleman