Monday, February 1st, 1993
Manhattan Center
New York City, New York
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Tatanka vs. Damien Demento
Tatanka ducks a clothesline and gets a 2 count from a small package. Tatanka hits a couple of body slams and then knocks Demento out of the ring, who then begins talking to spirits. Tatanka drags him back in and hits him with some chops. Demento hits an elbow and follows up with a leg drop for a 2 count. After a heat segment by Demento, Tatanka is doing the war dance and hits a Samoan Drop and gets the victory. Well, at least it was short. Demento had the look, but not much else.
Match Rating: 1/2* (out of 5)
They show a clip from Headlock For Hunger where they donated $100,000. Bret Hart got to do the honors.
Brutus Beefcake is here for an interview, who Vince introduces as one of the all time greats. Yes, seriously. He says that he is going to be returning to the ring and gets a pretty good ovation. He talks about prior to the accident that he lost both of his parents and then his wife filed for divorce. He then says that the only person who was there for him was Hulk Hogan. They then pan to a kid picking his nose. This was a really good chance for Beefcake to cut a passionate promo and it was pretty much the opposite of that.
High Energy vs. Iron Mike Sharpe & Von Krus
Owen starts and shows off his athleticism on Sharpe. The Raw ring girl was walking around the ring prior to this match with signs that said "Raw & Order" and "Steak Tartare is Raw" in a skimpy bikini. In the time that I took to type that, High Energy hits their dropkick into a pin finisher and that is all. That's about as quick as it gets for a tag team squash match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show highlights of Doink attacking Crush.
Doink vs. Typhoon
They don't make feature matches any bigger and better than this one. Doink is able to trip Typhoon off his feet and puts him in a front facelock. The New York City crowd is showing Doink some support here tonight. I don't think it gets said enough that Typhoon had one of the worst mullets in wrestling. Typhoon makes a comeback, but Doink gets out of the bear hug with a rake to the eyes. Doink is slapping Typhoon, but he's having none of it and so he hits a powerslam. Doink fights back and hits a shoulder tackle off the second rope and holds the tights for a 3 count. Borne was still getting comfortable with the gimmick, but it was a much darker gimmick than what the company was presenting at that time. The match wasn't very good, however.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Howard Finkel leads a 10 bell salute for Andre The Giant, who passed away on January 27th. Knowing how much Vince loved Andre, I'm surprised that there wasn't somethign more than that.
Yokozuna vs. Bobby DeVito
It baffles me that they didn't have Yokozuna on Raw last week after winning the Royal Rumble. Yoko hits a superkick on a charging DeVito. Vince is on the phone with Hacksaw Jim Duggan, who apparently has challenged Yokozuna. Yoko hits the Banzai Splash for the victory. This was exactly what it needed to be.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Money, Inc. are here for an interview with Vince. Ted screws up Humpty Dumpty, but he relates it to Brutus. They accept Beefcake's open challenge and they flip a coin over it. DiBiase wins the coin toss. Jimmy Hart comes down and tells them that he's worried about them being hurt.
They show Lex Luger's entrance and then show Mr. Perfect's football clip with Steve Jordan of the Minnesota Vikings.
Lex Luger vs. Jason Knight
They announce that Beefcake has accepted DiBiase's challenge. Luger drops Knight over the top rope and hits a body slam. He then hits him with the loaded forearm, but Luger says that's not enough. He picks him up again and hits another forearm. He then puts his pinky on Knight for the 3 count. After the match, Luger does an airplane spin that would make Cesaro want to puke. Luger didn't seem particularly motivated here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They say that there is no Raw next week because of the dog show, but on the 15th it will be Beefcake and DiBiase.
To say that Raw was bad this week would be an understatement. Essentially all we got were all squash matches and two lousy interview segments. After watching that interview, it's not a surprise that Beefcake's return was such a dud.
Overall Rating: 32%
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