Original Airdate: Monday, January 24th, 1994
Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, Virginia
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It's 2 nights after the Royal Rumble...uhhh actually it's taped almost 2 weeks before the Rumble. How lame is that? Jim Ross is the guest announcer here this week.
Lex Luger vs. Austin Steele
Vince is bragging about Raw being the top cable show last week. Luger for whatever reason decides to use actual wrestling here while JR talks about him being on the Dean's List. Luger hits a back suplex and then a vertical suplex. Luger takes it up a notch and then hits a superplex and that is all. Luger waives the flag, as JR describes the upcoming Headshrinkers/Men On A Mission match as a slobberknocker.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go to Todd Pettengill, who recaps the Royal Rumble.
Jeff Jarrett vs. John Paul
Jarrett hits a big clothesline, but almost gets beat with an inside cradle. Jarrett hits a fist off the second rope and it sure looked like Paul was maybe supposed to move or get his boot up. Jarrett ends up getting the victory by holding the tights while performing a roll up. After the match, he gives Paul a DDT for good measure. I do appreciate that Jarrett tries to make things interesting.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week, it's 1-2-3 Kid vs. Johnny Polo.
Men On A Mission vs. Headshrinkers
This was supposed to be the Headshrinkers against the Harts. Yeah, okay. Mo starts off hot against Fatu and as a result we get some stalling. Mo slams Fatu face-first into the mat and celebrates it, but of course Fatu pops up and hits a superkick. Mabel gets tagged in and body slams Fatu. He hits a suplex and then Mo is back in and hits a clothesline. Samu hits Mo in the back with a kick as he running the ropes and we have a shift in the momentum at the commercial break. When we come back, the Headshrinkers hit a double clothesline. The Headshrinkers have been working for over a year and have they ever gotten a tag title match? Mo finally makes a hot tag to Mabel and he hits a couple of clotheslines, including a leaping clothesline. He hits one of the weaker double noggin knocker you'll see, which isn't supposed to work on the Headshrinkers. The referee stops the pin attempt to get Samu out of the ring. Things have broken down and Mable is knocked to the floor by Samu. Fatu hits the big splash on Mo and the Headshrinkers pick up the victory. After the match, Mabel hits a double clothesline and Vince just talks over that with what's coming up next. This was a decent match, but not something that really stood out in an way.
Match Rating: **
Adam Bomb vs. Tommy Angel
JR sings the praises of Angel for some reason. Angel gets a couple of dropkicks in, but ducks for the back body drop and that's all Bomb needs. Bomb hits a dropkick of his own and Bomb hits a top rope clothesline The crowd is absolutely dead for this, but it also doesn't help that this is probably very deep into the taping. Bomb hits the Atom Smasher for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Sparky Plugg vignette time. So bad.
Doink vs. Joey Stallings
Stallings falls for Dink's invisible dog and why did we ever get rid of evil Doink? Stallings looks like he walks in mud and even Vince calls him slow. Stallings misses with a dropkick, so Doink hits him with one. This is not a good squash match. Doink hits the Whoopee Cushion and puts us out of our misery.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Lord Alfred gives a recap of Royal Rumble. Don't forget to order the encore!
Shawn Michaels vs. Tyrone Knox
Michaels toys with Knox while Vince talks about Fox getting the NFL TV rights. Knox fights back with some headbutts but then eats a pretty stiff looking superkick. Michaels hits a piledriver and that is all. This episode pretty much defines pointless.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Don't forget next week, it's Johnny Polo vs. 1-2-3 Kid and Kwang debuts.
Well, when you tape a show before your pay-per-view and air it after, this is what you get. A bunch of meaningless matches with no real story because you didn't want to give anything away. Next week should hopefully provide a much needed spark as we head into WrestleMania season.
Overall Rating: 36%
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