Monday, August 1st, 1994
Beeghly Center
Youngstown, Ohio
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We get a hype video for what is legitimately a huge match for Raw in 1994. Oh, remember Vince McMahon? He's back.
Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon
With the passing of Scott Hall just this past week, this is going to be a tough one to watch. This match has been on my list of ones I've wanted to see for a long time. Early on Razor sends Michaels over the top rope and has the crowd fired up. Michaels gets caught off the top rope with a fist to the midsection, but Michaels retaliates with a reverse neckbreaker. Razor hits the fall away slam and gets a 2 count. Michaels comes back with a dropkick and he gets a nearfall. After the commercial break, they show Razor slingshot Michaels over the top rope and onto Diesel in a fun spot. Michaels climbs up top and Razor tosses him to the mat. Razor slaps on the abdominal stretch, but Michaels hits him with a poke to the eye. This whole era of Michaels is still so confusing to me, as he was clearly one of the best in any wrestling organization at this time. Razor is out of the ring and Diesel is able to get in a cheap shot before our second commercial break. Michaels hits a double ax handle with Razor draped on the apron. Michaels slaps on the sleeper hold and Razor is fading. He miraculously gets the arm up on the third drop and hits a back suplex. While running the ropes, they collide in the center of the ring and both are down. Razor hits a clothesline and goes for his second rope suplex. Michaels elbows him off and hits a reverse crossbody, but Razor rolls for a 2. Razor goes for the Razor's Edge, but Diesel gets on the apron. Razor fights him off, but Michaels grabs the Intercontinental title. He misses wildly, but Razor runs into a big boot of Diesel and that's enough for the pinfall victory. After the match, they attack Razor until the referees come out. That was a pay-per-view quality match, which is a rarity for 1994 TV.
Match Rating: ***1/2
Todd Pettengill is here for the SummerSlam Report and we are only 4 weeks away. I will still never understand their logic on doing SummerSlam on a Monday.
Bull Nakano vs. Alundra Blayze
Bull gets the Orient Express entrance music here. This is a non-title match and Nakano immediately runs her into the ropes. Luna is in Bull's corner and she's watching Bull throw Alundra around the ring. Every time Alundra tries to get something going, Bull cuts her off. She hits a piledriver on her and pulls her head up before the count of 3. She hits a powerbomb, but Alundra kicks out. She goes for it again, but Alundra hits a sunset flip for a 2 count. Bull goes to the top rope, but misses with a leg drop. Alundra goes for the German suplex into a bridge, but Bull kicks out. Alundra goes up to the second rope, but Bull throws her off. Bull goes up and Alundra knocks her to the floor. Alundra hits a top rope dive to the floor. They start brawling and we have ourselves a double countout. After the match, Luna attacks Alundra. Alundra is able to throw her into Bull and knocks them both to the floor. The match was a little off at first, but picked up towards the end before the abrupt ending.
Match Rating: **
Next week, Bam Bam Bigelow and IRS will take on Doink and Tatanka.
Jerry Lawler is out and goes out to the crowd. We get a proposal and then Lawler brings her into the ring and embarrasses her and then kisses her. This is just...weird. Now Bob Backlund is out and continues his heel turn. Vince keeps talking over him for some reason and they show the highlights from Superstars. They then leave the interview in the middle of it for a commercial break.
Smoking Gunns vs. George Anderson & Tom Bennett
When we come back, the Gunns are in the ring. They're working superspeed since there is a little over a minute left in the show. They hit a double side Russian leg sweep and we get another commercial break. What are they even doing here tonight? They hit their finisher and that is all just in time for them to go off the air. Did they really need to get this match in tonight?
Match Rating: 1/4*
Just one week after we got Tatanka/Nikolai Volkoff and Yokozuna/Adam Bomb, they gave us one of the stronger double main events in Raw history up to this point. Razor and Shawn had a very good match and the women finally got a chance to have a match with some time. The only complaint was the timing issues at the end. They spent more time on the proposal than they did for the Backlund angle.
Overall Rating: 70%
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