Original Airdate: Saturday, November 18th, 1995
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We get the hype video full of Goldust and then showing the clips of 1-2-3 Kid turning on Razor Ramon.
British Bulldog vs. Roy Raymond
Bulldog hits a delayed vertical suplex and we get a pre-recorded interview with Jim Cornette and Bulldog. He says that he wants Bret to win the title, so he can get his revenge. Vince makes fun of Raymond's forearm to the chest. Bulldog recovers and gets Raymond up for the running powerslam and the easy victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get a bunch of Superstars picking who they think will win the Diesel vs. Bret Hart. Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Fatu, Mo, Mabel, Jerry Lawler, Dean Douglas and Isaac Yankem all weigh in.
We get a hype video for Diesel/Bret and then the sit down interview with the two competitors.
Hakushi vs. Brian Wash
Wash attacks Hakushi from behind, but it only works for a moment until Hakushi hits a superkick. So even as of one day before the show, they still were hyping Avatar as being a partner to Hakushi at Survivor Series. Hakushi hits the cartwheel elbow in the corner and then the top rope shoulder tackle. He hits a hurricanrana into a pin and picks up the big win into the Survivor Series.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time to go to Dok Hendrix for the Survivor Series Slam Jam. He hypes up the card again and they actually show some footage of the Japanese competitors that will be squaring off tomorrow.
Dean Douglas vs. Tim McNeany
Douglas is just so dead in the water here and the crowd is sitting on their hands here. It will be interesting here, as we will begin to lose quite a few mid-card stars here soon. He hits the imperfect plex for the victory. He doesn't even get a recap of his match they just fade to a commercial when he raises his hands.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show the clips of 1-2-3 Kid turning on Razor and JR is disgusted. The Royals are next.
Oh, good. It's the Bill Clinton impersonator again.
They show a recap of Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Henry Godwinn before we get the entire team of the Royals in the ring. Lawler jokes that the Dark Side would make a good sitcom pilot for CBS. This is pointless.
Goldust vs. Bob Holly
We get a seesaw opener and a pre-recorded Bam Bam Bigelow promo. We get stuck listening to the announce team say movie quotes while there is little to no action going on. Holly makes a comeback and hits an inverted atomic drop and then a standard atomic drop. Holly's all fired up and hits a dropkick. Goldust hits a fist to the face and then hits the Curtain Call for the victory. Yikes, this wasn't very good. He was still figuring out the character and it just wasn't translating to good matches yet.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Next week it will be Skip and Rad Radford against the Smoking Gunns. Mark your calendars.
We get a Shawn Michaels video on the story of his last few months.
Ahmed Johnson vs. Scott D'Amore
We get the old handshake, sneak attack from D'Amore. Ahmed hits a scissor kick to the back of the head and I'm not sure why this match is still going on. D'Amore gets a few seconds of offense before getting hit with an elbow and an awkward fade to commercial. We come back and Ahmed hits the Pearl River Plunge for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We're going back to the Survivor Series Slam Jam for one last push. We hear from Sid and Ted DiBiase and they laugh a lot.
The announcers give us one more sell and then we go to Paul Bearer and Undertaker, which is a fitting ending for this crap episode. He sits up in a cemetery and delivers his usual cheesy promo.
This episode was extremely poor headlined by the flop of a Goldust match. There just wasn't really anything good here outside of the hype for Bret/Diesel.
Overall Rating: 29%
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