Monday, January 31st, 1994
Fernwood Resort
Bushkill, Pennsylvania
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Oh, great. IRS is your guest announcer this week.
Marty Jannetty vs. Johnny Polo
Instead of the 1-2-3 Kid today, we are getting a rematch with Jannetty due to injury. The Kid joins Vince and IRS on commentary. Polo is running down the Kid before the match, so Jannetty ties his feet up with the microphone cord much to Vince's delight. The briefly brawl out in the aisle and Polo takes a back body drop to the floor. Jannetty is able to hit a top rope crossbody, but then Jannetty is able to attack him from behind when he is talking to the ref. When they come back from commercial, Jannetty is trying to make a comeback and then they have a botched spot that Vince refers to as sloppy, yet effective. Jannetty tries to make another comeback and this time it's effective. Marty eventually hits the Rocker Dropper and that's all. This one was nowhere near as good as their first match. After the match, IRS and Kid start arguing and IRS pushes him over. Jannetty comes and makes the save and Kid limps away with the briefcase.
Match Rating: *1/4
Back from commercial break and Pat Patterson is telling IRS to go back to the announce booth, but he wants to know where his briefcase is. He starts heading to the back and then out comes Razor and Jannetty. Razor has his gold chains around his neck and Marty has the briefcase. So that was the payoff to that angle?
They show Jack Tunney's speech again about the coin toss.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Miguel Rosado
We have angry Bam Bam tonight and he destroys poor Rosado here with a trio of falling headbutts. Bam Bam hits a unique version of a dropkick and then another falling headbutt and that is all. Short and sweet.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Vince is out with Jack Tunney and the usual stooges. Tunney actually gets a polite reaction from the fans. They bring out both Bret and Luger. Luger gets to make the call and he wins. So it will indeed be Bret vs. Owen and Luger vs. Yokozuna at WrestleMania. Bret isn't happy about having to face Bret, but he wishes Luger luck and says that it would be an honor to face him in the main event.
Kwang vs. Rich Myers
Kwang hits a nice spinning kick that spends himself over to the floor, where he sprays red mist into the air. They get Owen on the phone and he says that he is the big winner tonight because he gets to face his brother. If you ever wondered how big of plans they had for Kwang, this is a pretty good indicator. Myers misses with a reverse crossbody off the second rope and Kwang hits a kick for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the WrestleMania X Report with Todd Pettengill. Todd tries to convince us that the actual coin toss was pure excitement.
The Undertaker will return despite dying.
Corey Student vs. Earthquake
Big John Tenta is back and Student attacks him from behind. Quake catches him and hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Tenta was such a unique talent. They announce that Jannetty has accepted IRS's challenge for next week. He hits his finisher and that is all. The crowd seemed somewhat disinterested, but Quake did look good.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go back to Razor and Marty, where Marty cuts a promo that makes no sense. Next week, we get Thurman Plugg, Owen Hart and Smoking Gunns.
Despite the "historic" coin toss, the Raw slump continues. The feature match was pretty disappointing and nothing else really stood out. It was good to see Earthquake back, but we know he won't be around long.
Overall Rating: 46%
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