Original Airdate: Saturday, April 30th, 1994
War Memorial Auditorium
Rochester, New York
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We get highlights of the Shawn Michaels/Diesel/Razor Ramon story, which has been very good. Today, Diesel gets his shot at the Intercontinental Championship with about as big of a match as you're going to get on Superstars.
Mabel vs. Jim Messenger
We get no entrances here, as they continue to focus more on going right to the action. After an awkward looking move from Mable he jumps on Messenger's arm. Mabel hits his spin kick and a DDT to finish things off. This was short, as it should have been. Only about 16 months until Mabel headlines SummerSlam.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Intercontinental Championship Match
Diesel vs. Razor Ramon
Razor goes right after Diesel and we are underway. Shawn is wearing a weird tank top with his logo on it. I'm not sure I've ever seen that. After a series of right hands, it sends Diesel out of the ring. On the way back in, Diesel is able to snap Razor's neck on the top rope. Diesel hits a side suplex and Snake Eyes. I still can't get over how good Razor was during this era and I'm enjoying all of it. I also don't quite understand how Diesel went from here to challenging Bret Hart at King Of The Ring. Razor makes a comeback and hits his leaping second rope bulldog. Shawn eats a right hand from Razor that sends him flying, but allows Diesel to regain control. Razor throws Diesel into Shawn, sending him soaring once again. Diesel hits the Jackknife and we have a new Intercontinental Champion. This was a fantastic sprint of a match between two guys with Shawn bumping all over the place. After the match, Shawn and Diesel celebrate to the back, as Razor sells the effects of the Jackknife. This was really a flawless 5 minute match.
Match Rating: ***1/2
Sparky Plugg vs. Tony DeVito
I can't think of a better way to follow up with that perfection than with a race car driving wrestler. Sparky hits a second rope clothesline and a snap suplex. He hits the top rope knee drop and puts DeVito out of his misery. Another quick squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's finally time for the first King Of The Ring Report with Todd Pettengill. He announces that Scott Steiner vs. IRS will be the first qualifying match.
It's time for another Duke Droese vignette.
Heavenly Bodies vs. PJ Walker & Mike Khoury
The Heavenly Bodies have the angel wings on their jackets this week. Jimmy Del Ray was a genius. Walker gets a hot tag and misses with a top rope reverse crossbody. They hit their awesome finisher and that is all. Why did we not get more of these guys? I say that after every match they have.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Dink is here for an interview with Jerry Lawler. Doink comes out, even though we were told he is on vacation. I can't wait to see how they stretch this feud all the way to Survivor Series in 7 months. Doink has some pies an squashes them in Dink's face. Doink reveals himself as Jeff Jarrett as poor Dink walks away in shame.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Jason Headings
Some older guy who actually bought a Doink shirt is the guest ring announcer. Headings tries to get something going, but Bam Bam catches him for a slam and then tosses him out of the ring. Luna gets in a few cheap shots and then Bam Bam brings him in the hard way. Headings goes for a sunset flip, but Bam Bam squashes him and gets the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show us highlights of the Intercontinental match earlier and then they show them getting into a limo. They stand up through the sunroof as it drives up the ramp out of the arena.
We get another Undertaker sighting. This time it's a traffic cop. God, these are stupid. Next week we get Owen Hart, 1-2-3 Kid, Jeff Jarrett, Lex Luger, Scott Steiner vs. IRS and Ted DiBiase on the Heartbreak Hotel.
Any episode of Superstars that has a big moment like this is an automatic thumbs up. The squashes were all short and the Diesel/Razor match was really good. That's about as good as TV gets in 1994.
Overall Rating: 61%
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