Original Airdate: Monday, October 25th, 1993
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
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Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan are here to kick things off and we get highlights of the Crush/Randy Savage Summit. Heenan is so good at introducing a show.
Crush vs. Phil Apollo
Crush is wearing the facepaint and purple attire. Crush kind of hits a spin kick in an awkward fashion. I will say the military press slam is pretty impressive here and then puts on his Kona Clutch for the easy victory. Crush is still Crush.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Johnny Polo makes fun of 1-2-3 Kid and Marty Jannetty.
1-2-3 Kid vs. Marty Jannetty
I'm not quite sure why this is a match here, but I'm pretty stoked to watch it. We get a slow start, you know, since they are both babyfaces. They start showing off their speed and ability though and these guys are among the most talented on the roster right now. Kid hits a leaping spin kick and gets an early 2 count. Kid goes up for a dropkick, but Jannetty catches him and hits a powerbomb. Out comes Johnny Polo as we go to commercial break. Polo trips up Jannetty and the Kid almost steals the victory. Kid goes up top and misses with a somersault dive. Kid goes off the ropes and this time Polo trips him up. Jannetty slows things down and hits a snap suplex. He goes for another one and Kid counters into a German suplex into a bridge for a nearfall. Kid goes for a somersault plancha, but misses with Polo pushes Jannetty out of the way and Kid goes splat on the floor. Both men get counted out and Polo walks away laughing hysterically. Jannetty goes after him and brings him back into the ring. He and Kid work together and hit a double superkick. The match was good and unlike just about everything else on WWF TV in this time period.
Match Rating: ***
We get another Jeff Jarrett vignette. He calls out Undertaker and Mr. Perfect, which is a weird pairing. These vignettes are pretty lame.
Ludvig Borga vs. Mike Bucci
So glad to be blessed with another Bucci match. Borga goes right after him as soon as he enters the ring. Borga is kind of just a crappy version of modern day Brock Lesnar to be honest. He hits a couple of suplexes and then a leaping clothesline. He puts on the Toture Rack for the victory. It's the same thing every match for Borga.
Match Rating: 1/4*
After the match, he says he will end Tatanka's streak.
Men On A Mission vs. Todd Mata & Steve Greenman
Mo hits a second rope clothesline and then in comes Mabel to steamroll Greenman. They hit a double dropkick and Greenman tags in Mata. Mabel hits a splash in the corner and a double team for a clothesline to the back. Mabel finishes him off with a running inverted bulldog. That was a boring squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's Survivor Series Report time. Four Doinks against Bam Bam Bigelow, Headshrinker and Bastion Booger is added. Also added is Mr. Perfect, 1-2-3 Kid, Marty Jannetty and Razor Ramon against Adam Bomb, Diesel, Rick Martel and IRS.
Diesel vs. Dan Dubiel
Nice work on a taped show to spell Diesel wrong. With a mullet like his, I guess that's enough to distract you. Diesel just toys around with Dubiel, not really doing much of anything. Diesel hits a big boot and then a right hand, which I guess is his finisher. That wasn't overly impressive. It's a testament to how far he would come by 1994.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week it's Well Dunn vs. Smoking Gunns and Razor Ramon vs. Bastion Booger. It doesn't get much better than that.
Even though this show featured one of the better Raw matches of the year, it also featured some of the worst squash matches of the year between Diesel, Borga and Crush. Nothing else really happened storyline wise either and none of the feuds feel hot as we near Survivor Series.
Overall Rating: 41%
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