Monday, March 1st, 1993
Manhattan Center
New York City, New York
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Bret Hart vs. Fatu
We get started with Fatu already in the ring and Bret making his entrance. Rob Bartlett is dressed up like Elvis. This won't get old fast. Fatu catches Bret and body slams him, but misses with the elbow drop. Bret goes to work immediately on the arm. Meanwhile, Vince and Bartlett continue talking about Elvis rather than the WWF Champion. Bret tries to slam Fatu face-first into the mat, but he's Samoan so he doesn't sell it and hits a superkick. Bret goes outside and out comes Samu to attack him while Fatu distracts the ref. When we get back from the commercial, Bret is still laying on the ground. No one takes an Irish whip like Bret does. I'm not quite sure why more of the current roster doesn't try to steal more from Bret. Fatu goes up top, but Bret hits him with a fist and then hits a big superplex. Bret hits the bulldog, but Fatu kicks out. Bret goes for a Sharpshooter, but Afa distracts the ref and Samu attacks him from behind. Fatu rolls out of the ring and Samu goes for the pin. Fatu comes back in and Bret pushes them into one another. Bret then takes out Afa with a dropkick. Bret puts the Sharpshooter in and that is all. Yet another brilliant performance by Bret here in 1993. It really is such a shame that the roster was so weak for the peak years of Bret's solo run.
Match Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5)
It's WrestleMania Report time with Mean Gene. New matches announced are Tatanka vs. Shawn Michaels and Mr. Perfect vs. The Narcissist. Gene then makes a Joey Buttafuco joke about Savage's outfit. 1993 in a nutshell.
Crush is shown on a beach in Hawaii and he crushes a coconut and says that is what he'll do to Doink.
Doink vs. Koko B. Ware
Doink attacks Koko as he's entering the ring. Doink goes after his leg and puts him in a STF. Bartlett is still making Elvis jokes. Doink makes quick work of him and puts him in the Stump Puller for the victory. Bartlett as Elvis then interviews him after the match. He asks what's in the present that Doink brought to the ring. He gives him a little pie and then shoves a big pie in his face. That just made him the biggest babyface of the night. The match was nothing and it almost looked like Koko may have been hurt going into the match. Doink here was really finding his groove though.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Vince introduces Money, Inc. to the ring. DiBiase tells some stupid story about the American Express CEO retiring that gets zero reaction. They thank Hulk and Beefcake for taking Jimmy Hart away from them. IRS shows a picture of Hulk on the "beefcase". God, who in the world thought anyone wanted to see this at WrestleMania? This wasn't even worthy of a Survivor Series match in 1993.
The Narcissist vs. PJ Walker
Luger tosses Walker around and we get Bobby Heenan live on the phone. Luger puts Walker in the tree of woe and kicks away. Meanwhile, Bartlett keeps talking about Luger making his boobies dance. Luger hits the forearm and then pins him with his forearm. As stupid as the gimmick was, he was better suited for something like this than he was for what was to come.
Match Rating: 1/4*
The Steiner Brothers vs. Duane Gill & Barry Hardy
The Steiners throwing around jobbers will always be fun. Rick clotheslines Hardy over the top rope to the floor. Rick sends Gill fly with a back body drop and then a backbreaker. Scott hits the Frankensteiner and gets the victory. That was your usual good Steiner squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week we are getting Money, Inc. against Virgil and El Matador plus Mr. Perfect against Rick Martel.
Any one hour show that gives me a 15 minute Bret Hart match is going to at least be halfway decent. Nothing of note happened outside of that match, but if I'm going to get squash matches in 1993, then the Steiners and Doink are at the top of the list of guys I want to see. Decent show.
Overall Rating: 53%
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