Original Airdate: Monday, December 6th, 1993
Westchester County Center
White Plains, New York
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We get a recap of the Razor Ramon/Diesel match from last week and the interference from both Shawn Michaels and 1-2-3 Kid. Shawn cuts a promo on his match with the Kid tonight.
Shawn Michaels vs. 1-2-3 Kid
I'm just glad that I got to this one before I only have the Peacock version of the WWE Network. We get a nice Rocker-esque beginning to the match and then Kid hits a springboard crossbody to Michaels on the floor. Kid hits a German suplex into a bridge for a 2 count and then puts him into a headlock. The pace quickens again and Michaels hits a headscissor that sends Kid to the floor. On the outside, Kid throws Michaels into the ring post. Kid goes for a leap off the apron, but Michaels catches him and hits a powerslam into the commercial break. Kid is able to battle Michaels off the top rope, but Michaels dropkicks Kid on his leap down. Kid ducks a clothesline and hits a spin kick and both men are down. Kid hits a top rope reverse crossbody, but then misses a top rope 360 dive into the commercial break. Michaels hits the Razor's Edge, but lifts Kid up before Danny Davis can count to 3. Michaels hits another one and out comes Razor Ramon. He puts him out for a third one, but Razor grabs Kid's legs and pulls him out of the ring. Shawn slaps Razor in the face and Razor chases Michaels down the aisle. Diesel attacks Razor and it allows Shawn to give Razor a Razor's Edge to the arena floor. They zoom into Razor's toothpick on the floor as if this is some art house film. Shawn then hits a second one and we head into the commercial again. This was a very entertaining match, especially for 1993. They did have a few minor timing issues, but this was good stuff.
Match Rating: ***1/4
The Quebecers vs. Mike Walsh & Bert Centeno
Jacques mocks Centeno's height and gets on his knees. Walsh hits a monkey flip on Pierre, but Pierre comes back with a clothesline. We get an awkward spot where Centeno looks like he wasn't able to turn around when he was sent to the ropes and he falls down. Jacques hits a fairly tame looking piledriver on Centeno and then they hit Flip, Flop and Fly for the victory. That was a pretty weak squash, but it's still the Quebecers on my television.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They now do an interview with Owen Hart, who says that he has a big surprise that's going to make everyone talk about him.
Doink vs. Tony DeVito
Welcome to the Dink era. This all just feels so much like a house show attraction rather than something that should be on TV. I really don't know why this match is still going on. Doink just does a bunch of mat wrestling while Dink goofs around on the apron. He finally hits the Whoopee Cushion and that is all. What's with the squashes here tonight?
Match Rating: 1/4*
Ugh, more Jeff Jarrett vignettes.
Next week it's Macho Man vs. Fatu. Sounds good to me.
Crush vs. Tony Roy
Call it a hunch, but I don't think this match won't break the streak of bad squashes tonight. They have Randy Savage on the phone here while Crush does his usual junk. Crush puts Roy up in a military press and then drops him on the top rope, which puts us out of our misery.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week we get an Undertaker interview, Adam Bomb, Smoking Gunns and the aforementioned Savage vs. Fatu. Out comes Gorilla Monsoon, who Heenan has been ripping on all night again. He grabs Heenan by the collar forces him to the backstage area. Heenan stumbles around on his clothes and then says goodbye. With this, we have sadly reached the end of the Bobby Heenan era.
Well, the first third of the show was fantastic, but the squashes here were terrible. It also ended with the memorable, but depressing moment that Heenan leaves the WWF. All in all, this was a good episode, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Overall Rating: 59%
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