From: zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Christopher Robin Zimmerman)
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Subject: WWF Monday Night RAW - 21/2/94
Date: 22 Feb 1994 07:08:52 GMT
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One year ago, this week on RAW:  Just when you thought it was safe to watch
the WWF, back comes Hulk Hogan to the rescue of his ol' buddy Brutus
Beefcake.  He and the Barber are now a tag team, with newly-converted
Hulkamanic Jimmy Hart.  Pulling the name "Megamaniacs" out of thin air,
Hogan declares that he is "on a mission" to take the tag team belts from
Money, Inc.  Meanwhile, Tatanka pins Shawn Michaels--for the second time--as
part of a 6-man tag match (Tatanka with the Nasty Boys, Michaels with the
Beverly Brothers).  Crush applies the head vice to Terrific Terry Taylor,
Bam Bam Bigelow wins in a squash, and we fade out in the middle of an
exciting Skinner/Undertaker matchup.

WWF Monday Night RAW, coming to you "live" from the Mid-Hudson Civic Center
in Poughkeepsie, New York 21.2.94 and broadcast on the USA Network.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage, who almost has to enter to
the Quebecers theme.  No mention is made of Savage's ban from commentary,
which means we're all expected to have forgotten about it.  If it's
Poughkeepsie, the HELLO R.S.P-W sign must be right behind Vince 'n' Randy.

Les Quebecois v. rRazor rRamon and the "1-2-3" Kid for the Tag Team Titles -
No explanation is made of Jannetty's absence.  The Kid seems to be limping,
although he alternates between exaggerating a limp and pretending to be
fine.  The Kid also has a nice new red outfit with really small numbers, and
almost subliminal lightning bolts.  Here's your warning, this match goes on
forever so the blow=by-blow is also long and boring.  You may just want to
skip to the next match after awhile.  I know I did.

The Quebecers immediately attack, taking Ramon outside the ring and stomping
on the Kid's knee, which immediately validates any limping he may have to do
later.  Razor comes back in and the tide is turned, ending in Ramon throwing
the Kid onto a Quebecer for a 2 count.  This is followed by an extended
meeting outside the ring between the Champs and their manager, Johnny Polo.
Pierre eventually goes back in.  Extended embrace.  Since there's not much
going on, Vince feels like he has to fill the time, so he says how great it
would be for Razor Ramon to hold two belts at the same time.  See if you can
figure out which precedent he's ignoring.  After some more stalling by
Pierre, we have a lockup.  Takedown by the Kid.  Chinlock into arm bar, into
tag to Ramon.  Ramon with a wristlock, much to the fans' delight.  I can't
figure it out either.  Anyway, Pierre powers out of it, and as Ramon bounds
off the ropes, Polo takes the opportunity to trip him up.  Tag to Jacques,
but Ramon comes back with a double clothesline.  Seeing a chance to take the
tag team titles, Ramon instead goes outside to take care of Polo.  Polo runs
around until meeting up with that brick wall, the Kid.  Polo turns back, and
meets up with Ramon, who delivers a Razor's Edge on the mats.  Much to the
Quebecers' dismay, Polo is out.  Three more refs come out, but not to
disqualify anyone or anything important like that, no, they're out to cart
off Polo.  Let's take an ad break and let all this sink in.

When we come back, Pierre and Ramon are at it, and Ramon again is using the
wristlock.  Tag to the Kid who feels that he has to do a top rope move to
make us think he's not injured.  Whatever.  After all that, he resumes the
wristlock.  Tag to Ramon, who resumes the wristlock.  I'll bet this is the
kind of stuff they go nuts over in Japan.  Pierre finally powers out and as
he leaps, Ramon sticks out a knee for the detached atomic drop.  Ramon
follows it up with a back body drop.  Tag to the Kid, and they do a
wishbone-type move.  With all that momentum, they hit Jacques who is sitting
outside the ring minding his own business.  The Kid with a kick, then a
limp, then a 2 count.  The Kid with a painful leglock.  Tag to Ramon, who
slaps on another leglock.  Pierre puts his shoulder down for 1 on repeated
occasions.  Ramon shows us his impressive array of leglocks.  Ramon attempts
a figure four, but Pierre kicks him while his back is turned.  Tag to
Jacques.  Drop toe hold by Ramon and tag to the Kid.  Kid with yet another
leglock.  Jacques removes the pressure by repeatedly pulling the Kid's hair.
Just when you were worried this was turning into one of those mat wrestling
matches, who should walk up the aisle but Diesel.  Meanwhile, Ramon is
continuing the exciting legwork.  The other Quebecer comes in and breaks it
up, since everyone is distracted by Diesel's mere presence.  Now Ramon is
being viciously doubleteamed, and of course the Kid is only too happy to try
to come in, where he succeed only in drawing away referee "Blind" Bill
Alphonso so the Champs can do even MORE vicious doubleteaming, and some
choking with the tag rope while we're at it.  Of course, in the midst of all
this there's another ad break.

When we come back, Ramon is still getting worked over.  As if on cue, Ramon
ducks out and Pierre hits Jacques instead of his intended target.  Tag to
the Kid who does that house afire bit until Pierre pulls up and makes the
Kid land on the hard ring apron instead of the nice soft Quebecer.  Tag to
Jacques.  They do the high elevation thing with the Kid, who does a neck
stretch on the ropes and bounces nicely.  Jacques works on the [injured]
knee, then pulls the hair.  Tag.  Jacques drops Pierre on the Kid.  2 count.
Clothesline by Pierre for 2.  Tag.  Doubleteaming, and another 2 count.
Jacques drives the Kid's head into the turnbuckle.  Since the Kid is not
Tatanka, this actually hurts him.  For an encore, Jacques does it again, but
instead uses Pierre's boot instead of the buckle.  Tag.  Whip into the
corner, then Jacques whips Pierre onto the Kid.  Bodyslam and tag.  Jacques
once again attempts to drop Pierre on the Kid, but he ducks out and Pierre
hits the canvas.  The Kid tags Ramon, who does HIS house afire bit,
culminating in a noggin knocker.  Ramon gives Pierre the DDD and gives the
"Thass'it!" hand motion.  He DOES give Pierre the Razor's Edge, which is no
mean feat when you think about how large Pierre is.  1, 2...and out of
nowhere comes Shawn Michaels to save Pierre.  Since everyone was looking at
Diesel this whole time, no one saw Michaels coming.  Alphonse calls for the
bell and awards the match to the good guys via DQ.  I thought I saw the hand
count 3, but what do I know.  The Quebecers walk off, Shawn taunts Ramon but
walks off with Diesel, all smiles.

Promos:  ICOPRO (The Narcissist), Slim Jim (Savage), Street Fighter 2:
Special Championship Edition Sega carts

Next week's big match:  Yokozuna vs. the Macho Man for the WWF Championship.
Golly!  

Savage guarantees victory, not only over Yokozuna, but over Luger and Hart
at WrestleMania.  How's THAT for confidence?  At least he's thought it out,
and I like it.

Jim Cornette, who is set to introduce Dr. Tom Pritchard, does some
badmouthing of Savage before he calls out the "designated hitter" of the
Heavenly Bodies.  

Dr. Tom Pritchard v. Bret Hart - At least Bret isn't dressing like Owen
anymore.  Savage is now "guaranteeing" victory.  I already know that THIS
match will be too fast for a blow-by-blow so instead I'll wait until
Yokozuna comes out.  I will say though, that there's some more of that mat
wrestling stuff everyone goes wild over.  By the way, Nikolai Volkoff is in
the audience, along with one of his $15 suits.  We do manage to make it to
the first ad break without gimmickry (well, in the ring anyway).

When we come back, who should be on the phone but NKOTB's own Donnie
Wahlberg (NKOTB being Russian for "goofy").  Somehow the discussion turns to
the parallels between Wahlberg, his brother, Marky Mark, and Bret and Owen
Hart.  God, and I was worried there might actually be some commentary in
this match.  Maybe this weekend when it's rerun.  Anyway, Vince speculates
that someone is probably whispering in Owen's ear and wonders who it could
be.  Probably Reo Rodgers.  OK, finally some gimmickry:  Jim Cornette is
ready to lay into Hart with his tennis racket, when all of a sudden Savage
leaps up from the commentators' table and wrests the racket away.  As he
returns to the table, Pritchard runs to his manager's aide, and as the
audience counts Pritchard out, we take another ad break.

When we come back, Hart is using his entire library of pinning combinations,
all of which stop at 2.  But Cornette is still distracting enough for Hart
to turn his back and get a knee in the back from Pritchard.  Just when you
were worried there wasn't enought gimmickry for me to comment on, out comes
Owen Hart, who "helps out" Bret by putting him back in the ring.  "I'm
always helping him!"  Meanwhile, Bret suddenly remembers the Sharpshooter
and Pritchard submits.  Turning to face Owen, Bret invites his brother into
the ring--a subtle change in attitude regarding his brother, according to
Savage.  They don't really wanna get at it though...it only takes a second
referee to keep these two apart.

Promos:  NBA Jam carts, GI Joe Battlecorps figures, WWF Royal Rumble carts
("It's Perfect!")--huh, is it all right to see Perfect again?

Todd Pettengill with *your* WMR.  Todd rattles off the list of celebs:
Little Richard, Burt Reynolds, Donnie Wahlberg (oh!  He's the BROODING one,
right?), Jennie Garth, Bucky & Vinny, and Sy Sperling.  Hey, there's some
matches too:  Savage vs. Crush, falls count anywhere, Ramon vs. Michaels, IC
ladder match, MOM vs. Quebecers, tag team title match, Alundra Blayze vs.
someone who probably isn't Debbie Coombs, ladies title match, Earthquake vs.
Ludvig B0rga, meaningless match, Doink & Dink vs. Bam Bam Bigelow & Luna
Tunes, comic relief match, and of course, Hart vs. Hart, Luger vs. Yokozuna,
and Hart vs. Whomever, all with special guest referees.  There's all sorts
of speculation, not the least of which is what the hell happens when Savage
wins next week.  Geez, if they keep hyping it, I just might start believing
it.

Cornette, still stinging from the loss of his beloved tennis racket, comes
out, flanked by Mr. Fuji and Yokozuna.  Just when you think something
exciting is about to happen, we take our final ad break.

Little Richard gives it to ya.  Where's Slick when you need him?  They'd
make quite a pair.

Cornett accuses Savage of theft.  Savage enters the ring and throws the
racket at Cornette.  Man, Savage and Yokozuna don't want to wait until next
week, they're going at it later in tonight's taping!

Christopher Robin Zimmerman, that RAW guy / kzim@ucr.edu