Original Airdate: Saturday, June 25th, 1994
Erie Civic Center
Erie, Pennsylvania
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This is a bizzaro episode here. We have Gorilla Monsoon on announcing, it was taped a month before it aired and we have Pierre and Polo here against Typhoon.
Pierre vs. Typhoon
We get lots of house show level stalling to start. Polo, who for some reason is dressed in a shirt and tie, distracts Typhoon and Pierre hits a knee to the back. Pierre hits a missile dropkick for a 2 count. Typhoon hits a body slam and a splash for the victory because of course he does. Pierre really was solid, but he was lost without Jacques here.
Match Rating: *
We go to Todd for the King Of The Ring Report. We get lots and lots of still photos.
Well Dunn vs. Gary Sabough & John Paul
Here's a reminder that both Well Dunn and Harvey Wippleman both still exist. Well does most of the work here and actually looks pretty good. Sabough makes a quick comeback and Gorilla loves it. Well hits a nice spin kick in the corner and Dunn hits a running forearm for the victory. Gorilla proclaims that there is a bright future ahead for these two.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show a live event promo and nothing eventful happens.
Sparky Plugg vs. George South
"This is going to be a tremendous matchup" proclaims Gorilla. You've got to love it. South gets more offense here than you would think and no one cares. Half the crowd looks to be out of their seats at this point of the taping. Plugg is subjected to winning by a crucifix into a roll up. Why?
Match Rating: 1/4*
PJ Walker vs. Fake Undertaker
Faker does everything in his power here to keep his hair over his face, while Gorilla discusses why he went to the devious darkside. The crowd seems to have figured it out by the time he hits his first move. He hits the Tombstone and that's all. The angle is stupid, but in this instance they did a pretty good job of hiding it wasn't him. After the match, DiBiase holds out some money and Faker follows him.
Match Rating: 1/4*
1-2-3 Kid vs. Jeff Hardy
Well, we have a future pay-per-view match here. Hardy was 16 years old here. This is the rare time that Kid is the bigger guy and actually wrestles like it. Hardy goes up top and misses a sort of moonsault. Kid puts on a submission hold that Gorilla calls the pretzel hold and that's all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Kwang vs. Chris Hamrick
Hamrick slides under Kwang and hits him with a superkick. He tries again and misses, so Kwang hits him with the chop. So if you're Kwang, a guy played by someone always described by other wrestlers as a great wrestler, why do you not change things up at this point? It's obvious the gimmick is not getting over, but yet he has the same match week after week. Hamrick avoids Kwang in the corner, runs to the opposite corner, goes off the second rope and Kwang hits him with a superkick for the finish.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Todd. Again. Photos. Again.
Lex Luger vs. Barry Horowitz
They find the one adult in the crowd with a Luger shirt to be the guest announcer for this one. We're just about a year away from Barry's big run. Luger takes Barry to clothesline city and puts him in the Torture Rack for the easy victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week, Paul Bearer will be on the Heartbreak Hotel. Plus, IRS vs. Doink and Jim Neidhart is in action.
If you love watching TV to see thing that don't move, then this was the episode for you. Kidding aside, this was a pretty pointless episode of Superstars, which is saying something. Really the only thing of note was the first match of the fake Undertaker, which is something we would all rather forget.
Overall Rating: 38%
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