Original Airdate: Monday, October 30th, 1995
Keystone Centre
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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We get Todd Pettengill doing a Dracula voice for the intro hype video. Vince McMahon is dressed up as a prisoner, how fitting. Jerry Lawler is dressed up as a doctor.
Savio Vega vs. Goldust
I absolutely love the pumpkin WWF logo used for this Halloween edition. Goldust's music is still a classic. Goldust attacks Savio and gets the upper hand. The old ring attire for Goldust is still kind of weird. Goldust ducks too soon and eats a boot. Goldust hooks himself on the ropes so Vega misses the dropkick and then throws his shoulder into the ring post. There are 4 guys in the crowd dressed up as Goldust fans. He continues working on the shoulder and we go into a commercial break. Savio makes a comeback with some clotheslines and Vince says that Goldust's TV debut is going to be a flop. Savio misses his spin kick and Goldust hits a big boot. He pins him by yanking on the injured shoulder and picks up the victory. This was a pretty good debut and from what I remember, these two had good chemistry with one another.
Match Rating: **
It's time for the Survivor Series Slam Jam and Dok Hendrix has his face painted. He announces that the Diesel vs. Bret Hart match will be no countouts, no disqualifications and no time limit.
We get Barry Horowitz taking on Hakushi in Karate Fighters and Horowitz wins.
Marty Jannetty vs. Joe Dorgan
Jannetty hits his usual high notes here. Minus the part that he's not a good guy, he is a valuable wrestler to have on the roster. It's a shame that he chose to ruin his potential. He hits the top rope fist for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week on Raw, Bret Hart teams with former enemy, Hakushi, to take on Isaac Yankem and Jerry Lawler. Plus, Marty takes on British Bulldog. They were really making Marty earn his paycheck on this taping, huh?
British Bulldog, Jim Cornette, and Clarence Mason are in the ring with Vince. They aren't happy with what happened at In Your House. He wants Diesel and he wants Bret Hart. He brings up that the contract said that the "winner" of the Diesel/Bulldog match would take on Bret at Survivor Series and Bulldog won the match by DQ. They are demanding a match with Bret and that the Wild Card match is unfair. They then say that Jannetty is just a stepping stone and out comes Jannetty to jump him from behind. The segment was a little long and I'm not sure the crowd was really buying it, but it wasn't bad.
Smoking Gunns vs. Scott D'Amore & Otis Apollo
We see some highlights of the finish and aftermath from In Your House. We then hear from 1-2-3 Kid and he apologizes for what he did at In Your House. He wants a rematch and they better do it soon. Kid was just so weak when it came to promos. The Gunns hit the Sidewinder and pick up the easy victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We hear from Bret Hart and he talks about the rules being into his favor and that he will be the new WWF Champion.
Intercontinental Championship Match
Owen Hart vs. Razor Ramon
In case you didn't know, Karate Fighters is a sponsor. The first big move of the match is Razor catching Owen and hitting the fall away slam. He then knocks Cornette off the apron and goes back to work on the shoulder of Owen. Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji are on their way out now and we go to commercial break. Razor gets dumped out of the ring and then Owen hits a nice running dropkick through the ropes and knocks Razor into the guardrail. Nice sell by Razor there as well. Owen hits a spin kick that looks like it may have connected more than he would have liked there, but I think it was just two pros making it look good. Owen hits a reverse neckbreaker and then a top rope elbow drop that looked amazing. Razor kicks out at 2 and we go to another commercial. During the break, Razor was able to counter out of a sleeper hold by hitting a back suplex. Razor goes for the super back suplex, but Owen counters and then Razor rolls over for a double counter and gets a 2 count. Razor hits a clothesline and we get yet another commercial. Razor has Owen up for the Razor's Edge and in comes Yokozuna to interfere for the DQ finish. Yoko hits a leg drop and Owen stomps away. Out comes 1-2-3 Kid to try and make the save. Now out comes Ahmed Johnson to make his debut. Yoko doesn't see him, but when he turns around, Ahmed hits a body slam to a good pop. Out comes Bulldog and he wants nothing to do with him as we go off the air. The match was good, but the commercial breaks hurt the flow.
Match Rating: ***
That was an improvement over last week with a little bit better flow, despite the squash matches. Owen and Razor put on a good main event. Ahmed got his big spot too that they will use to continue his hype.
Overall Rating: 52%
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