Original Airdate: Monday, November 1st, 1993
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
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They show Bastion Booger scarfing down food and Bobby Heenan is there to interview him. He then lets us know that it's Raawwwww.
Razor Ramon vs. Bastion Booger
Why wouldn't you save this for a pay-per-view main event? Razor throws the toothpick at Booger and we're underway. Well, not really, because we get a really early commercial break. Booger is dancing, so Razor clotheslines him from behind over the top and to the floor. Razor hits a reverse elbow and Booger gets tied up in the ropes. Despite being the Bad Guy, he's a good guy and lets Booger get untied. He goes to the outside and trips Razor and drags him outside to attack. Booger locks in the dreaded bear hug, but Razor uses right hands to get out of it. He goes for the body slam, but he can't get him up and Booger goes back to work. It can't be understated how boring Booger's offense is. We get yet another bear hug, because you can never have enough of that. Razor gets him up for the body slam and he signals for the Razor's Edge, but Booger hits a back body drop. Booger does his dance and squashes Razor. Razor is able to counter the pin attempt and gets the victory. This was a Booger match, so it wasn't very good.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Todd Pettengill is here this time for the Survivor Series Report, which is a huge upgrade. Todd hypes Bowe/Holyfield, which just feels so weird. They show highlights of Tatanka vs. Ludvig Borga from Superstars and how Tatanka was attacked by the Foreign Fanatics.
We now go back to the arena and Vince McMahon is in the ring with the Foreign Fanatics. Cornette handles most of the talking here, but honestly this is pretty paint by the numbers.
Mr. Perfect vs. The Executioner
Executioner gets in a nice hip toss, but Perfect ends up kicking him from the top rope and then dropping him to the mat. Perfect decides to work the legs of the Executioner, like most people would in a squash match. Perfect finally hits the Perfect Plex to put Executioner away. I'm not sure why they didn't just give one of the other non-squash matches more time.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get another Jeff Jarrett vignette. He makes fun of Billy Ray Cyrus. This is not dated at all.
Smoking Gunns vs. Well Dunn
Believe it or not, I have never seen a Well Dunn match. I do love how Bobby Heenan puts over Harvey Wippleman as the toughest man walking the streets though. Billy's mullet is as good as it has ever looked. The Gunns hit a suplex/crossbody double team and get a 2 count. Well Dunn hits an illegal double team on Bart to finally gain control of the match. Well Dunn keep working on Bart until he is able to slam Dunn face-first to the mat. In comes Billy and he hits a back body drop and a leaping clothesline. Billy goes off the ropes, but Wippleman trips him up and Earl Hebner calls for the bell. The Gunns clear the ring and are awarded the contest by disqualification. This was a very basic tag team match.
Match Rating: *1/4
Randy Savage is on the phone and he tells us that he will be there next week.
Adam Bomb vs. Virgil
Virgil gets the already in the ring treatment. They do a criss cross, which leads to Virgil hitting a crossbody. Virgil takes it to Bomb on the outside, but then chases after Wippleman. He runs in the ring and then hits a dive on Bomb before bringing him back in the ring. That's about all for Virgil though, as Bomb slows things down and hits his power moves. Virgil fights back and hits a missile dropkick for a 2 count. They screw up a spot where Virgil goes for a reverse crossbody, but Bomb neither catches him or sells it. He then hits the Atom Smasher for the victory. Well, they tried.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Next week it's Ludvig Borga vs. Scott Steiner. Plus Crush and Randy Savage.
On one hand, this show actually had non-jobber matches. Unfortunately, the talent involved was nothing to get excited about. This wasn't a very strong episode and the roster depth is really starting to show here towards the end of 1993. This one is a definite skip.
Overall Rating: 42%
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