Original Airdate: Monday, March 7th, 1994
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
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Ted DiBiase is the guest commentator tonight. Sadly, I just realized that with the WWE Network on Peacock now, I won't be able to review the March To WrestleMania special.
Smoking Gunns vs. Crush & Owen Hart
We get a spirited beginning to the match. The Smoking Gunns weren't like crazy over or anything, but considering how thin the roster was, I'm not sure why they didn't do more with them. Billy hits an odd looking bulldog off the second rope on Crush and then a few arm drags on Owen. Owen comes back with the spinning heel kick and a snap suplex. Crush holds up Billy while Owen hits a missile dropkick into the commercial break. We get the hot tag to Bart and he cleans house. He gets Owen up on his shoulders, but Crush takes out his leg from behind. Owen locks in the Sharpshooter and that is all. This was a good TV match that made the heels look strong without taking away too much from the Gunns.
Match Rating: **1/2
Vince interviews Owen and Crush and they talk about Crush taking on Bret Hart at the March To WrestleMania. Owen tells him not to beat him up too bad so that Bret has no excuses at WrestleMania.
We go to Todd Pettengill for the WrestleMania Report. They seem to have such a hard time explaining the March To WrestleMania and other specials. They announce Alundra Blayze will be taking on Leilani Kai.
Jeff Jarrett vs. Virgil
Yes, Virgil is still here. Vince makes the huge announcement that Rhonda Shear is going to be at WrestleMania. I was on the fence about buying the show, but now I'm sold. If you were hoping of like 2 minutes of Virgil working on Jarrett's arm, then this match is for you. We get some back and forth on the ropes and it all just leads to Jarrett hitting a DDT for the victory. This was not a good showing for Virgil here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Vince exposes DiBiase's fake country magazine cover.
Sy Sperling now shows what he can do for Mr. Fuji.
Mike Sharpe vs. Doink
Doink avoids Sharpe in the corner and then hits the Whoopee Cushion for the victory. I'm not sure what we would have done had they not shown that on TV. It almost felt as if Peacock cut off part of the match, but I'm not complaining.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Tatanka is out for a special presentation. This leaves DiBiase to announce by himself. He is presented with special feathers and is in the ring with Wahoo McDaniel and Chief Jay Strongbow. Tatanka is crying here, which of course DiBiase makes fun of.
After the commercial, out comes IRS and he makes fun of Tatanka.
IRS vs. Mark Thomas
They actually show an "Isn't Rotunda Stupid?" sign, which is surprising. IRS working on the leg of Thomas because of course he is. That leads to him hitting the running clothesline and I'd say an easy victory, but with all the sweat on his face, it must not have been.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They promote the Lex Luger vs. Jimmy Del Ray match on the March To WrestleMania and out come the Heavenly Bodies with Jim Cornette. Cornette talks about how much better Japanese cars are and that Del Ray is going to bust up Luger in time for WrestleMania. Del Ray is so good here and he doesn't even say a word.
The opening match was a spirited bout but the show fell off a cliff after that with three terrible squash matches. With no Raw next week, it would have been nice to see at least one hot angle going into WrestleMania here, but instead it just felt like an episode of Superstars that was taped 4 weeks prior.
Overall Rating: 40%
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