Monday, September 13th, 1993
Manhattan Center
New York City, New York
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So this is the first episode of Raw in almost a month and apparently the Quebecers have debuted.
Province Of Quebec Rules Match For The WWF Tag Team Championships
Quebecers vs. Steiner Brothers
So the rules are that the titles can change hand on a countout and disqualification. Also, no moves over the top rope, off the top rope or piledrivers. The Steiners were tearing it up here in '93 and this is one of those matches that has been on my list to watch for a long time. The Steiners have their way in the early going. Rick does a tease of doing a piledriver, but Scott talks him out of it into the first commercial break. Pierre clubs Scott with a clothesline, but then eats a belly-to-belly suplex. Rick goes to the second rope, which is legal, and kind of jumps on Pierre's leg in a an awkward looking move. Rick suplexes Pierre off the second rope and the Quebecers take a timeout and so does the broadcast. The Quebecers drop Scott on the ropes and go to work. Pierre kind of reminds me of a more athletic looking version of Farva here. Jacques hits a back body drop on Pierre, landing on Scott. I always liked that move. Scott fights back and hits a weird looking DDT. Pierre and Rick start brawling and Jacques dumps Scott out of the ring. Johnny Polo resists the urge to hit Scott with his hockey stick and the action goes back into the ring. Pierre hits a leg drop while Jacques has him Scott in his grasp and then turns him over for the Boston Crab. Rick breaks up the hold and Scott hits a double clothesline. Rick finally gets the hot tag and all four men are in the ring. Scott hits a Frankensteiner and despite not being the legal man, he gets a 2 count out of it. Jacques tries to use the hockey stick, but Scott gets it and uses it on Jacques and we have new champions. Although the rules were a little complicated by adding in so many rules, it made for easy heat and an easy story to tell here. It also gave a reason for the Steiners to lose. This wasn't quite as good as I was hoping, but it was still very entertaining.
Match Rating: ***1/4 (out of 5)
Mr. Perfect vs. Tony DeVito
DeVito tries to escape, but Perfect pulls him from behind the curtain. DeVito gets a dropkick in, but then Perfect hits one of his own. Perfect hits the Perfect Plex and that is all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show the clip of Ludvig Borga confronting Lex Luger after his SummerSlam match with Yokozuna.
Razor Ramon vs. The Executioner
The Executioner comes out swinging and even drives Ramon into the steel steps. Ramon comes in and hits a variation of a chokeslam. Razor hits the fall away slam and puts him in the abdominal stretch. He hits the back suplex off the second rope and that's all. No Razor's Edge here for the finish, but he gives him one after the match for the heck of it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They air a weird commercial for Raw featuring an attractive woman and a slob.
Vince McMahon is now in the ring to interview the new WWF Tag Team Champions. It seems like this would have made more sense for next week, but I'm always good with hearing their theme song again. More wrestlers need to watch Jacques Rougeau promos. Wrestling is in dire need of more characters and he is exactly that. They talk about a return match next week and out come the Steiners. They agree to Pierre fighting one of the Steiners and if they can beat him, they get a rematch.
They show a clip of Bobby Heenan on the Jerry Lewis telethon.
Doink vs. Rich Myers
Doink throws two buckets of confetti on the crowd. Myers attacks Doink when he enters the ring and we are underway. Doink hits him with a belly-to-belly suplex and an elbow drop. Doink hits a pump handle slam, which I don't think I have seen him use. Vince stumbles over his promo for Silk Stalkings while Doink hits a German suplex. Crush joins us via telephone, brudda. Crush says he's coming back soon and Doink hits the whoopee cushion for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
After the match Heenan comes behind Doink and tries to get him to dump the bucket of water on Vince and Savage. He dumps it on Heenan instead and it's the end of Doink as we know it. Heenan sells it like only he can by slipping and sliding all over the mat.
After the break, Doink's music hits again and he grabs another bucket from under the ring. He dumps some confetti on the crowd for some reason. Next week we are going to see Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Perfect and IRS. Plus, we are getting a special interview with Bret Hart. They also announce that Scott Steiner will be the one to face Pierre.
With the tag team match taking up about half of the episode, this was a no brainer for a thumbs up. The squash matches were all fine, even if the final one led to the unfortunate Doink babyface turn. I'm looking forward to seeing the follow up to the Quebecers/Steiners feud next week.
Overall Rating: 67%
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