Original Airdate: Saturday, August 27th, 1994
Wheeling Civic Center
Wheeling, West Virginia
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Bret Hart is here for an interview with Vince McMahon to kick things off. He tells Owen that this isn't just a couple of kids rolling around in the Dungeon for fun any more. He then calls Jim Neidhart a big fat tub, which naturally gets a smirk out of Vince. After the show intro, they show Bret walking back and Owen and Neidhart walking to the ring, which leads to a confrontation into the commercial break.
Jim Neidhart vs. Frank Stalletto
We join the match in progress and Vince blames Jerry Lawler for sending out Owen and Neidhart early. He beats up Frank and slaps on the Camel Clutch for the victory. After the match, he puts the hold back on so that Owen can slap on Bret's glasses.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Lawler goes to interview them on their way to the back. Owen says that Bret's reign as WWF Champion is over. He also claims that Bret robbed him of his youth.
Live Event News focuses on the epic Undertaker feud.
Mabel vs. Barry Horowitz
Neither man gets an entrance here. In just one year from now, Mabel will be headlining SummerSlam and Horowitz will have a match on the main card. This is a super quick squash that ends with a second rope leg drop from Mabel.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for more Leslie Nielsen. We then head to Todd Pettengill for the SummerSlam Report. Tatanka says he is going to prove that Lex Luger sold out. Luger says Tatanka is jumping to conclusions.
Jeff Jarrett vs. Duke Droese
I don't think I've ever seen Jarrett wear this color attire before. It's a total prom dress color. Droese starts off hot. Droese charges at Jarrett, but Jarrett ducks and rolls him up. He puts his feet on the ropes and gets the victory. Out comes the voice of reason, Oscar and says that Jarrett's feet were on the ropes. A second official comes out and that the match will continue. Jarrett decides to head to the back, but Mabel is there. He turns around and Droese is there. He finds a route to the side and runs up the arena steps. Droese gets back in the ring and wins by countout. What a feature match.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for more of the SummerSlam hard sell with a Bret/Owen video package and then a Walter Payton promo letting us know Razor Ramon is coming up next.
Razor Ramon vs. Mike Collins
Razor slaps Collins a little bit, throws on a couple of short-lived submission holds and hits the Razor's Edge for the victory. I'm not sure if we've gotten more than 5 minutes of actual ring action this week.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the Heartbreak Hotel and the guests are Ted DiBiase and Underfaker. Make it stop. During the interview, the lights start flickering and we also get fake noises. Paul Bearer is on the video board and then get to hear Undertaker's voice where he probably talks about resting in peace. I don't know, I lost interest.
Vince and Lawler try to make sense of it all and that's all.
There really wasn't much to this episode. It was a the final show before SummerSlam and they let you know it. There was no real last minute movement in the feuds outside of the real Undertaker talking. This was 100% skippable, even if it was a quick paced show.
Overall Rating: 37%
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