Original Airdate: Monday, May 9th, 1994
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We kick off with a clip last week of Earthquake challenging Yokozuna to a match.
King Of The Ring Qualifying Match
Razor Ramon vs. Kwang
Randy Savage predicts Kwang to win because he is a martial arts expert. Kwang starts off in control until Razor goes on a flurry and knocks Kwang off the apron a couple of times. Kwang gets wise and snaps Razor's neck on the top rope. Razor fights back and starts to work on Kwang's left shoulder. 1994 Razor is really incredible. Everything he does is gold. Kwang fights back with a spin kick that gives Razor a bloody lip, which Vince promises they won't show any close up shots for all the youngsters out there. Congrats to Kwang on getting a two segment match on Raw. Razor pulls a Rock Bottom out of nowhere and gets a nearfall. Kwang hits a reverse crossbody off the second rope, but Razor rolls through and almost steals the victory. Razor hits a knee lift and follows it up with a Razor's Edge attempt, but he can't get him up and falls over. That was a legit failed attempt. Kwang misses with a dropkick and he hits the Razor's Edge this time for the victory. This was a surprisingly good match with Kwang looking the best he has looked in his short run.
Match Rating: **1/2
It's time for the King Of The Ring Report. Next week Sparky Plugg will face Bam Bam Bigelow in a qualifying match and will take on Razor Ramon in the 1st round. Of course the big news is again Roddy Piper taking on Jerry Lawler and they show us the same clips they showed on Superstars. Just because I was curious, Roddy was 40 years old here and Lawler was 44.
Crush vs. Ray Roy
Roy hits Crush with a dropkick from behind and rolls him up for a 2 count. Unfortunately, that's all for Roy. Unfortunately, this one isn't following the Superstars trend and we're stuck watching Crush for a couple of minutes. Crush hits the devastating heart punch for the victory. Next.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Duke Droese gets another vignette for whatever reason.
They shows clips of Jeff Jarrett dressed up as Doink again from Superstars.
Doink vs. Mike Terrace
Doink uses a leg sweep and dink punches Terrace in the nose. Jeff Jarrett joins via telephone while Dink illegally continues to interfere. Doink hits a back breaker and follows up with the Whoopee Cushion for the victory. This is one of the times where they played the fart noise on it too, which is such a stupid idea. Tell me your show isn't live without saying it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show photos of Earthquake during his time as a sumo wrestler.
It's time for the King's Court and Yokozuna is the guest this week. But first, Lawler says he wishes that Piper would be a guest but he won't because he's out making movies. Cornette rambles on and says that they'll accept the challenge and says that they should have a sumo match.
We get another Undertaker sighting video. How many more of these do we have to suffer through?
Mabel vs. Mike Bell
Bell takes a page out of Terrace's book and gets in his two moves early and just makes Mabel mad. Savage announces that Earthquake has accepted the sumo challenge. Mabel hits a big splash in the corner. Mabel hits a side slam and that is all. We get to see him "dance" after the match. You're welcome.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Lawler is backstage with Earthquake and he says he's going to kick Yokozuna's butt.
This show started off surprisingly good and then took a dive off a cliff with some boring squash matches. I mean, that's kind of what Raw was a lot of weeks during this time, but this one more than usual.
Overall Rating: 43%
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