Original Airdate: Monday, April 18th, 1994
Memorial Auditorium
Utica, New York
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They replay Jerry Lawler falling from last week to kick off the show. It's Vince McMahon and Randy Savage again this week. This week, Jerry Lawler is interviewing Alundra Blayze. Remember her? Plus it's Bret Hart against Superstars main eventer, Kwang.
Bret Hart vs. Kwang
Kwang is already in the ring, getting the jobber treatment. Kwang attacks Bret as he enters the ring after putting his sunglasses on a youngster. Kwang then misses in the corner and Bret goes to work on the arm. Being the babyface that he is, Bret spits at Harvey Wippleman. The action spills outside and Kwang misses a kick and hits the ring post. He no sells it as we go into the commercial break. When we come back, we are joined by Owen on the phone. Did you know that he beat Bret at WrestleMania? Meanwhile, Vince can't help himself and counts the "1...2..." while Owen is talking not once, but twice. Bret just seems like he's had enough and decides to put on the Sharpshooter sort of out of nowhere for the victory. This wasn't anything special, but Bret rarely has a bad match.
Match Rating: **
Jeff Jarrett vs. PJ Walker
Jarrett obviously dominates the beginning here, but Walker gets in some offense for a little bit. Walker misses in the corner, but then Jarrett hits a bouncing suplex and a knee off the second rope. Jarrett plants him with the DDT and that is all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Captain Lou Albano wants a decision from Jack Tunney on the Headshrinkers getting a title shot.
Steiner Brothers vs. Mike Khoury & Barry Hardy
I honestly had no idea that the Steiners were on TV this far into 1994. Vince teases them splitting up and compares it to Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley. They then make fun of Nancy Kerrigan, just to date this a little bit more. Vince then "sings" "Mustang Sally" and it reminds me of George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld. Rick hits a nice superplex from the corner and decides that this match needs to go a little longer. Scott hits a Samoan drop from the second rope and that's still not good enough for the Steiners. Scott hits suplex into a piledriver for the victory. I'm not really sure why that was over 5 minutes, but I guess they can do whatever they want.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Duke Droese is shown picking up the garbage and high fiving garbage lids with his co-worker.
Jerry Lawler is in the ring for the King's Court. Lawler rips on Alundra's looks and she calls his show a rip off of Piper's Pit. Lawler wonders where her belt is and she thinks that he stole it. Lawler brings out Luna Vachon. They get into it and Alundra walks off. This was pretty lame and extremely dated.
Next week it's Razor Ramon vs. Jeff Jarrett for the first of their best of 99 match series.
Earthquake vs. Mike Bell
Earthquake hits a couple of dropkicks and a belly-to-belly suplex. He hits the big splash and that is all. We are already nearing the end of this run for Tenta.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We then get the entire recap of the IRS attack on Tatanka.
IRS vs. Major Yates
IRS is lulling me to sleep with a chinlock on a jobber. Yates makes IRS have to do an actual move with a vertical suplex. He puts him in a STF, which he calls the Penalty. Thankfully that's over.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week it's Bam Bam Bigelow, 1-2-3 Kid, Owen Hart and the aforementioned Razor vs. Jarrett.
This was a breezy show to get through, even if the Alundra segment aged poorly. Ending with IRS was a sour note, but it's always nice to see Bret in action. Yes, even if it's against Kwang.
Overall Rating: 49%
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