Original Airdate: Monday, November 15th, 1993
Fernwood Resort
Bushkill, Pennsylvania
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We get a Crush/Randy Savage recap from last week.
Razor Ramon vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Brawler attacks Razor as he is getting into the ring and tries to hit him with the Intercontinental Championship, but the referee grabs it. Razor fights back with a bulldog and some big right hands. Brawler gets in a little bit more offense, but not for long. Razor hits the Razor's Edge and that is all. Razor looked good, as he usually did here in 1993.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Crush cuts a studio promo and it's nothing special. We then find out that Bret Hart will face Yokozuna at the Survivor Series Showdown. That is a higher profile match than anything on the Survivor Series card.
The Headshrinkers vs. Mike Bucci & Mike Moraldo
The Mikes try to do a double pin on Fatu, but it naturally doesn't work. The Headshrinkers seem a little less motivated than usual here, working a slower pace. Fatu hits the splash off the top rope and that's all for that. Disappointing by their normal standards.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show Undertaker joining Lex Luger's team and this is absolutely terrible.
Pierre vs. Lex Luger
They go at it right away and after some Luger domination, Pierre goes outside. Luger gets distracted by Johnny Polo, but it backfires and Pierre gets back body dropped and we have a commercial break. Polo distracts Luger again and this time it works, as Pierre knocks him out of the ring and slams him into the steps. Pierre hits a Vader Bomb and gets a 2 count. Pierre continues to dominate and hits a painful looking top rope leg drop, but it's still not enough. He goes up top again and this time he goes for the somersault dive, but Luger moves out of the way. Luger makes a comeback and hits some running clotheslines. A Luger powerslam gets a 2 count and then Luger props Pierre on the top rope. Pierre tries to get out of it, but Luger powerslams him instead. Luger knocks Polo off the apron and hits Pierre with the loaded forearm for the victory. Call me crazy, but this was actually quite good. Both guys really seemed determined to put on a good match and they accomplished it.
Match Rating: **3/4
Pierre does a stretcher job and they speculate if he will be out of Survivor Series.
Diesel vs. Sid Garrison
I'm not sure why this match isn't done in the time that I finish this sentence. Why is Diesel applying a chinlock to Garrison? Diesel hits an elbow drop for the victory. This was pretty weak.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They run down the entire card for the Survivor Series. We get a highlight clip of Doink messing with Bastion Booger on Superstars. This leads to a Jeff Jarrett sighting and he's causing trouble while recording music.
About 25% of the show was devoted to the Luger/Pierre match and they pulled off a nice little match. The squash matches were all pretty bland and there wasn't much else going on in terms of must see TV. While the episode was pretty good, they did nothing to make me want to see Survivor Series, which is a shame. I am not looking forward to re-visiting that show for the first time in years.
Overall Rating: 58%
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