Monday, May 31st, 1993
Manhattan Center
New York City, New York
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Hacksaw Jim Duggan dedicates this episode to all of those protecting our country from outside the Manhattan Center.
Intercontinental Championship Match
Marty Jannetty vs. Bam Bam Bigelow
Marty is down with Sherri here and Bam Bam is accompanied by Luna Vachon. This should be interesting, as Bam Bam is a big favorite of the Manhattan Center crowd. Sherri attacks Luna before the match starts, which leads to Bam Bam attacking Marty. Marty is bumping all over here to start. He makes a little run and hits a chop off the top rope for a 2 count. Bam Bam hits a back body drop, but Marty lands on his feet, so Bam Bam puts him in a bear hug. Marty gets on Bam Bam's shoulders, but Bam Bam hits him with an electric chair. Marty gets a boot up on a charging Bam Bam and hits a flying clothesline. Bam Bam hits an awesome variation of a backbreaker. Bam Bam goes off the ropes, but Sherri grabs his feet. Marty hits a baseball slide and then a flying crossbody to the floor. They start brawling on the outside and Bam Bam regains control. As Bam Bam is getting back in the ring, Sherri distracts him one more time and he misses the count. Marty retains the title, but is attacked after the bell. It really is a shame that Marty could never get out of his own way because he was a truly underrated performer that had a lot more to offer than what we got.
Match Rating: ***1/4 (out of 5)
After the commercial break, Sherri is still in the ring and calls out Luna. Mike Chioda blocks Luna from entering, so Sherri attacks her and starts destroying her. Then from behind, Bam Bam holds Sherri's arms to allow Luna to attack her. Tatanka is out to make the save, which is kind of weird since Sherri was just with Marty. Sherri is helped to the back.
The Steiner Brothers vs. Rich Myers & The Executioner
It's so weird that the Steiners have no direction 5 months into their run. Myers has one heck of a mullet. Rick slams him into the turnbuckle and Scott hits a belly-to-belly suplex with a release. The Steiners seem a little sluggish here today. Scott hits a suplex into a piledriver and then they hit flying bulldog for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Mr. Hughes vs. Bert Centeno
Hughes tosses Centeno around and hits a variation of a powerbomb. This match is putting me to sleep pretty quickly. Hughes finally hits his sideslam for the victory. Not an impressive showing here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go to Mean Gene for the King of the Ring Report. Crush vs. Shawn Michaels has been added to the card.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs. Mark Thomas
Duggan hits a body slam and follows it up with a knee drop. Duggan does his usual here and finishes Thomas off with a clothesline? Nothing to see here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
After the match, he leads the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Kid is here wearing a lucky Raw t-shirt and tells us he was watching Raw with his grandparents and saw Razor's $5,000 challenge. He says that he is not going to accept it due to the amount of risk involved.
Razor Ramon vs. Tony Roy
Roy rolls up a distracted Razor for a close call to start. Razor then takes out his anger on poor Roy. Razor hits a superplex and finishes him off with the Razor's Edge. Razor was so good in this era.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji are here and Fuji cuts a typical Fuji interview. Vince is doing a pretty horrible job asking questions here. While the interview is going on, Duggan comes out in the balcony and chants "U-S-A" and we are off.
This episode started off great and then just completely fell off a cliff. The Marty/Bam Bam match was just another in a line of good matches here on Raw. Unfortunately, nothing else was really worth watching.
Overall Rating: 48%
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