From: zimmerma@corsa.ucr.edu (Christopher Robin Zimmerman) Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Subject: WWF Monday Night RAW - 11/7/94 Date: 14 Jul 1994 04:47:23 GMT Organization: UC Riverside, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 151 Message-ID: <302g0r$4tm@galaxy.ucr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: corsa.ucr.edu One Year Ago on RAW: Yokozuna *demolishes* Crush, culminating in four buttdrops, and only Randy Savage can save him from any further punishment. The Head Shrinkers knock two more guys unconscious, Tatanka pins the Brooklyn Brawler, Mr. Hughes receives a black wreath but still wins his squash, as does Adam Bomb. MOM with another video, oh boy. WWF Monday Night RAW, coming to you from the Fernwood Resort in Bushkill, PA 11.7.94 (but taped...when?) and broadcast, close-captioned and on two audio channels, on the USA Network. Retrospective of the 1-2-3 Kid's career. Win over Razor Ramon, win over Ted DiBiase, tag team champion (with who? hahaha), win over Nikolai Volkoff for the title shot. Tonight, that title shot, against WWF Champion Bret "Hitman" Hart. Hart, at the Hall of Fame ceremony, praised the 1-2-3 Kid...how *ironic*. Your hosts are Jim Ross and Randy Savage. Savage says the Kid has "everything to gain, and nothing to lose." Bret Hart v. the 1-2-3 Kid for the WWF Title - Cue Owen and Jim, who come out after the entrances. Owen wants the belt, you know. Referee "Blind" Dave Hebner won't start the match until the pair of Harts leaes. Two more refs come down to ringside and escort the gentlemen out. Does this mean we WON'T get a screwjob? I can only hope. I mean, this ain't the WCW (see last Saturday Night). Lockup, the Kid takes him down. Hart is surprised. Test of strength lockup, nothing. Repeat, Hart with arm wringer. The Kid coutners into a wristlock and armbar. Hart counters with a slam. Kip up by the Kid (Is that a Kid up?). Lockup, Kid with headlock into hammerlock (thank God Ross knows all the names of these moves). Hart tries to throw the Kid over, but he rolls with it and keeps the hammerlock on. The Kid with an arm wringer, and Hart elbows the Kid in the jaw off the ropes. Hart snaps him over and applies a headlock. The Kid gets up and powers out. Hart with a shoulderblock. Leapfrogs. The Kid with a sunset flip. Hart catches the Kid, so the Kid gives him a ghetto blaster, and follows it up with another thrust kick. Hart goes outside, and we take an ad break. When we come back, the Kid has Hart in an arm bar. Make your own Steamboat joke. The commentators speculate on whether the pair of Harts will make a return appearance. The Kid has a counter for every one of Hart's attempts to get out of the arm bar. The Hitman pushes out and after going off the ropes, Hart drives a knee into the Kid's stomach. Hart plants a boot to the abdomen. Hart with scoop slam followed by a legdrop (not o' doom though). The Kid struggles to get up. Elbow by Hart...or is it a forearm? Ross calls them European uppercuts, and they look pretty painful. Hart delivers about five of them. Hart with...well, something. Elbow to the back of the head. Another elbow. And a kick. All these moves are legal, sayeth Ross. Swingin neckbreaker by Hart for 2. Hart goes to the reverse chinlock. Elbow to the temple by Hart. Head into the turnbuckle. Repeated kicks. (all legal!). Back to the European uppercuts. Whip into the corner, and the Kid lands hard. Whip into the ropes, Hart misses an elbow, and the Kid manages a high cross body for 2. Hart with a headbutt. Whip into the corner, the Kid was supposed to try a victory troll, but it didn't work, so Hart sat on him for 2. Hart whips him into the ropes, the Kid goes under and tries a crucifix. Again Hart sits on him. 1, foot on the ropes, 2, 3. Hart tries to tell Hebner that there was a foot on the rope. Referee "Blind" Tim White comes out and tells Hebner the same thing. Apparently, Hart's an idiot, he wants the match to continue. He gets his wish. Let's take an ad break. Segunda caida - Well, it didn't work for Jeff Jarrett last week, but maybe Hart knows something. When we come back, they're at it. Let's go to the double feature. During the break. The Kid tried a sneaky rollup and got 2. Meanwhile, Hart gets a 2. Hart has a chinlock on the Kid, whose arm falls twice. The Kid somehow gets up and elbows out. Backslide by the Kid for 2. Hart with an elbow to the back of the head. Legdrop for 2. Hart with a DDT! 1, 2, no! Hart with a bodyslam, and he climbs the ropes. Hart meets up with a boot for his troubles. Hart comes back first, and kicks the Kid in the ribs. Hart misses a clothesline, and the Kid lands a martial arts kick. The Kid manages to get up, and kick Hart on the way in. BIG martial arts kick. Whip into the corner, BIG dropkick with Hart having nowhere to go and absorbing ALL of it. The Kid climbs the ropes and lands a quasi-moonsault for 2. The Kid with a powerbomb (Ross calls it a jackknife, ick). The Kid climbs the ropes again and drops a leg, from the top, for 2. Both men get up and the Kid clotheslines the Hitman over the top to the outside. The Kid tries a moonsault from the top to the floor, but doesn't quite make it. They're both down. Hart gets in the ring first, and the Kid goes in, and climbs to the top AGAIN. He misses ANOTHER moonsault when Hart rolls away. Hart manages to get up and apply the Sharpshooter, but the Kid is too close to the ropes. Hart goes back to the European uppercuts. Hart sits the Kid on the corner. Superplex city...no! The Kid lands on Hart for 2! The Kid whips Hart into the ropes, and misses a victory roll start. Hart drags the Kid by the hair into a corner. Bulldog for Hart. Hart decides he'd better go up to the top, too. The Kid grabs him and throws him into the centre of the ring. Then the Kid goes up. Hart blocks the dropkick and puts on the Sharpshooter. The Kid gives up. Wow. This is my #2 match of the year (behind the ladder match, and AHEAD of Bret vs. Owen). What makes it especially gratifying to watch is that they didn't screw us over like WCW would, with a crappy ending. My faith in the WWF gets restored, and grows stronger. Promos: ICOPRO (Narcissist), GI Joe, Super Street Fighter 2 game carts Todd Pettengill with *your* SummerSlam Report, sponsored by Domino's. Here's your first report: SummerSlam '94 will take place at the United Centre in Chicago, Illinois on the night of Monday, 29 August. The huge main event is: Undertaker vs. Undertaker. Todd's confused. Paul Bearer interview attempts to shed some light on the situation. You know, considering what they just gave me with that title match, I am willing to give the WWF the benefit of the doubt on this one...for now... Crush (his friends call him Kona) v. Matt Hardy - Crush is accompanied by Fuji, and not Cornette. YOu tell me why Hardy has "HV" tights. Savage repeatedly does his Andres Cantor impersonation (make your own joke here). Crush with a quick 360 backbreaker for the pin. Next week's big matchup: Lex Luger vs. Diesel for the Intercontinental Title. Meaningless shot of Razor Ramon in the locker room. I guess he's coming up next. rRazor rRamon v. the Greatest Wrestler Alive, Barry Horowitz - Promos: Champions World Class Soccer game carts, Slim Jim (Savage), Mortal Kombat game carts Big "Razor" chant--this crowd has no taste. This is your tasteless joke warning: skip the next sentence if you're easily offended. Hey, look! Referee "Blind" Joey Morella! He's back from the dead! He...ok, that's enough. I guess that would place this taping before or on 4 July. I would further speculate that we won't see any news of Morella's death (if we get any) until this taping is over (which would be 25 July). Anyway, Razor cheats, 'cause that's the only way you can defeat Horowitz, and he does. Razor doesn't even go to the Razor's Edge, he pins him with a small package. The King's Court, pre-taped from one of the offices of the Multimillion Dollar Man. Is he really going to purchase Lex Luger? DiBiase: "Well, I'm no longer trying to purchase Lex Luger....HE'S MINE!!!!" Apparently, Ted made Lex an offer he couldn't refuse. Luger hasn't signed the contract, though... The commentators are skeptical. Apparently, we'll all find out next week if DiBiase accompanies Luger to his big title match. Irwin R. Schyster v. Ray Hudson - After an eternity, Irwin gets the submission with the Penalty. Next week: Mabel, Owen Hart, IC title match. The commentators interview Hart, who's backstage. He does the whole "respect" business and says that he is "lucky" he held onto the title. Savage asks Hart about Owen, and Bret now says that Owen's pin was "a fluke," and promises to have one of his brothers in his corner to counteract Jim Neidhart. See ya next week! PS: Hey, I didn't spell check THIS one either! See last week's report. -- / Christopher Robin Zimmerman / kzim@koko.csustan.edu / zimmerma@corsa.ucr.edu /