Original Airdate: Saturday, June 18th, 1994
Erie Civic Center
Erie, Pennsylvania
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Vince runs down the King Of The Ring tournament bracket to kick off the show.
Tatanka vs. Dave Cryner
Cryner has some epic jobber hair. Cryner hits Tatanka with a hard chop, so Tatanka starts chopping back. Out comes Owen Hart to scout Tatanka. Cryner gets in a little bit more offense until Tatanka is doing the war dance. Tatanka hits a top rope chop and gets the victory. This felt pretty uninspired.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show highlights of the Hall Of Fame inductions. Alundra Blayze, who apparently still wrestles here, was in attendance. They show clips of Gorilla and Regis. It doesn't get any better than that.
Koko B. Ware vs. Owen Hart
High Energy explodes!!! My Superstars re-watch comes full circle. Koko is still rocking the taxi cab gear. Koko hits a clothesline and then out comes Tatanka. Koko hits a couple of body slams and arm drags. Owen misses an elbow drop and Koko goes back to work on the arm. Koko sells a knee injury after a leap frog and Owen slams his knee into the ring post. Owen locks in the Sharpshooter and gets the victory. I was hoping they were going to get a little bit more time, but it wasn't meant to be.
Match Rating: 3/4*
They show the highlights of the Quebecers/Headshrinkers match that isn't up on Peacock.
They show a recap of the Underfaker segment from last week.
Headshrinkers vs. Curtis Harrison & Larry Marconi
The jobbers don't get their names announced, I'm just going off of Vince. I still don't really understand why Captain Lou is with the Headshrinkers. Samu hits a gutwrench powerbomb and then they hit a double Skull Crushing Finale. Fatu hits the splash off the top and that is all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the Heartbreak Hotel and the guest today is Diesel. He talks about having Shawn in his corner and tells Bret to bring the whole Hart clan with him to witness his last title defense. He wants to look into Bret's fathers eyes on Father's Day and tell him that Bret didn't measure up. This was a good 60 second promo that went on for 5 minutes.
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Emilio Ulcia
Bam Bam is easily dominating Emilio and out comes Razor Ramon. I'm sensing a theme here. Bam Bam wants to go right now. Bam Bam goes up top and hits his spinning semi-moonsault for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get our final King Of The Ring Report. Bret Hart says it's time to stop talking because it's time right now. Well, at least in like 32 hours or so. We then get a Roddy Piper in a bathing suit promo. Todd Pettengill gives us his predictions and he thinks Razor Ramon winning it all against Tatanka.
Razor Ramon vs. Tracy Padell
You'll never guess what happens here? How did you know Bam Bam was going to come out? Razor hits the back suplex off the second rope and the Razor's Edge for the victory. Razor looked disinterested here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show highlights of the D-Day Challenge and the WWF Superstars defeating the servicemen.
Mabel vs. Nikolai Volkoff
Mabel gets no entrance here. Volkoff attacks Mabel from behind and DiBiase likes it. Volkoff hits a kick to the chest and a knee drop for a 2 count. Mabel hits a drop toe hold and cranks back on the leg of Volkoff. Out comes IRS and he attacks Mabel to cause the DQ. Now Tatanka joins in and attacks IRS. Owen Hart, Razor Ramon and Bam Bam follow and we have a brawl. Volkoff walks on out with DiBiase. This wasn't really a match, just a reason to have a brawl.
Match Rating: 1/4*
This was all about the King Of The Ring tournament and honestly the show suffered because of it. Nothing interesting happened and it didn't necessarily make me want to see the pay-per-view more. I know I'm in the minority, but I've been enjoying my rewind back in 1994 WWF, but this wasn't a highlight.
Overall Rating: 34%
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