Original Airdate: Saturday, February 19th, 1994
Westchester County Civic Center
White Plains, New York
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Owen can't wait to beat Marty Jannetty today and Bret at WrestleMania, brother.
Owen Hart vs. Marty Jannetty
This is legitimately one of the best possible matchups with the roster they had at the time. I love that Owen still wrestled pretty much the same as he did as a babyface, but still was able to make it feel like heel offense. Jannetty hits a flurry of offense and Owen rolls out of the ring to regain his composure. Owen hits his spinning kick and gets a 2 count. Marty fires back with a superkick and he too gets a 2 count. Both men trade some big moves and we get a number of nearfalls. Owen hits a swinging reverse neckbreaker and locks in the Sharpshooter and that is all. Man, they had at least 5 more minutes in them there. This was still a good Superstars match, it just deserved more time.
Match Rating: **1/4
We get a studio Bret Hart promo where he basically says the same thing he has been saying for the last few weeks.
Vince is now joined by Johnny Polo.
Kwang vs. Scott Taylor
Kwang is already in the "no one cares" zone. Scotty gets some flashy offense, but it ends with him taking a kick to the jaw. He hits a pretty big thrust to the throat and then another kick for the victory. This was a spirited squash at least.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Stan Lane is here for Face To Face and if they were looking for someone to try to talk fans out of buying WrestleMania, then they picked the right guy. Shawn Michaels cuts a promo with no Diesel about the ladder match.
WWF Women's Championship Match
Heidi Lee Morgan vs. Alundra Blayze
Finally a match from Alundra. Morgan attacks her before the bell, but Blayze is able to overcome it and hit a big body slam. Blayze goes up to the second turnbuckle, but Morgan tosses her off. She in turn hits a body slam. Blayze then hits a Northern Lights suplex into a bridge for the pinfall victory. Blayze appears to possibly injured. This was way too short.
Match Rating: 3/4*
It's the WrestleMania Report with Todd Pettengill. Crush says that he is going to end Savage's miserable career. Savage says that he's just getting started. He announces that Alundra Blayze will be in action, but this time with no opponent. Earthquake is taking on Ludvig Borga and Doink and Dink are teaming up against Bam Bam Bigelow and Luna Vachon. They then show Sy Sperling saying that he could help out Bastion Booger.
Earthquake vs. Jim Messenger
Messenger attacks Earthquake from behind and Vince calls him an idiot. Earthquake hits his signature moves and then even hits a dropkick. They show a insert promo of saying that him being back is not good for Ludvig Borga. Quake hits the big elbow and then the splash for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week it's Bret Hart vs. Adam Bomb on Superstars.
Undertaker's music hits, but it's just Paul Bearer here for the Funeral Parlor's big return. The stage rises up from the ground, which is actually pretty cool. Maybe it's just me, but the quality of this episode is really poor. His guests are Yokozuna, Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji. Cornette says that Lex Luger and Jack Tunney are as crooked as a country road. Luger then comes out and this just feels weird with him on the Funeral Parlor. We get lots of yelling here, with Luger getting the last word in. This was better than I expected.
Mike Miraldo vs. Diesel
Diesel talks some trash to Nikolai Volkoff, who for some reason is in the front row here. Diesel hits his few power moves and finishes off Miraldo with Snake Eyes. This is just to help continue getting Diesel over while giving him some experience.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go back to Stan Lane and he's putting me to sleep. It's now Owen's turn to cut the same exact promo he's been cutting.
Next week we get Razor Ramon, the Quebecers and the aforementioned Adam Bomb vs. Bret Hart. Adam Bomb and Harvey Wippleman are here to tell Bret that he may not make it to WrestleMania.
This was a pretty good episode by 1994 Superstars standards. The only complaint here is that the two featured matches didn't get much time. The Funeral Parlor was also a fairly strong segment, especially when you consider who was involved. Overall, this episode moved along nicely and was a nice little nostalgia trip.
Overall Rating: 53%
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