Monday, May 23rd, 1994
Struthers Fieldhouse
Youngstown, Ohio
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King Of The Ring Qualifying Match
Owen Hart vs. Doink
Well this was supposed to be Earthquake, but he was injured at a house show by Yokozuna and that's the last we see of Quake. So Doink is the mystery opponent here, as he falls further into being a jobber. The crowd is pretty hot here and once again we are benefitted by the fact that the show is live this week. Owen is frustrated early on and Dink loves it. He chases Dink around the ring and gets leveled by a clothesline by Doink. Owen is able to catch Doink in the corner and slams his knee into the post as we go into commercial break. We're now at the point in the match where we can basically see Doink's entire face. Doink makes his comeback and hits a belly-to-belly overhead suplex. Out comes Jeff Jarrett and he grabs Doink. This provides the distraction to allow Owen to roll him up and get the victory. This was probably the best non-Matt Borne Doink match.
Overall Rating: ***
We are now only 4 weeks away from King Of The Ring and Todd is here in his hat to tell us about it. We have two spots left and the qualifying matches left are 1-2-3 Kid vs. Adam Bomb and Tatanka vs. Jimmy Del Ray. Diesel cuts a promo on his match with Bret Hart. He would come a long way in the next few years because this is pretty lame. Plus, more Roddy Piper. I just can't believe how lame Piper is here.
Duke Droese vs. Barry Horowitz
Droese comes out to no reaction here on his Raw debut. We're only about a year away from Horowitz's run. Horowitz actually gets quite a bit of offense in here, which doesn't make much sense with a new performer. He misses with a dropkick and Droese hits a spinebuster on him. It's time to take out hte trash and hits an elbow drop for the victory. Droese then sells his shoulder injury from the match. I can't imagine why this didn't work.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We now get more highlights from the WrestleMania Revenge Tour. They are really hyping up the house show stuff here in '94.
IRS vs. Gary Sabaugh
I know what will kill the live crowd, let's trot out a garbage man and then a tax man. I mean how many headlocks do we need to see from IRS to get the point? Seriously though, why does he need a nearly five minute squash over three years into his run? He hits probably his weakest clothesline I have seen and finally wins it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get highlights of the Jeff Jarrett/Lex Luger match on Superstars. Luger is now the guest on King's Court. They say that Luger hurt Crush, so of course Crush is brought out. As Crush runs his mouth, it looks like Luger is trying his best not to laugh. Crush pokes Luger with his arm that isn't in a sling, so Luger clotheslines him. We then discover there's nothing wrong with him and they are broken up before they start brawling.
Nikolai Volkoff vs. Matt Hardy
Ted DiBiase is a guest commentator here and he reminds us that he was the one who brought in the Undertaker and that he will find him. Volkoff is old enough to be Hardy's grandpa. I type this every week, but I still have no idea how they thought this would work. Volkoff puts Hardy in the Boston Crab and that's it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week we get Tatanka/Del Ray and Lawler announces that his guest next week will be Bret Hart. Savage is loving that announcement.
Man, did this show fall off a cliff or what? After a good opening match and a hot crowd, things came to a screeching halt and totally killed the crowd. The trifecta of Droese/IRS/Volkoff is about as bad as it comes in any era. It's too bad, because live Raw shows are usually awesome.
Overall Rating: 40%
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