Monday, September 26th, 1994
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Utica, New York
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Intercontinental Championship Match
Tatanka vs. Razor Ramon
I'm not really sure why they didn't change Tatanka's music, as it's just too upbeat for a heel. A DiBiase distraction allows for Tatanka to attack Razor from behind. It's not long until Razor is able to clothesline Tatanka over the top and to the floor. Tatanka gets in a little offense and then is knocked out of the ring again. Razor keeps knocking him off the apron when he attempts to come in, but Tatanka gets smart and is able to snap him on the top rope. They are battling outside the ring as we head into a commercial break. When we come back, Razor is on the ground next to a Pepsi cup. Tatanka comes from behind and hits a chop to the back and then pushes him into the apron twice. Back in the ring, Tatanka hits a reverse elbow and then puts him in Razor's own abdominal stretch. He uses some heel tactics by grabbing DiBiase's hand until he gets caught and then he just stomps away on the champ. Razor is able to get the abdominal stretch on, but Tatanka hip tosses to get out of it. He misses with an elbow and Razor fights back with some right hands. He hits a back suplex off the second rope and DiBiase is now on the apron. This leads to a weak distraction spot, where Tatanka started going after him too early. Out comes Lex Luger, but he is attacked by Bam Bam Bigelow before he even gets to the ring. Tatanka joins in and is counted out. Out comes Razor and we have a full fledged brawl right into another commercial break. The match was decent enough, but ended up being pretty meaningless.
Match Rating: **
They show the same Paul Bearer/Undertaker promo spot about the Hart Attack Tour against Yokozuna from Superstars. Once was enough.
Kwang vs. Rich Myers
Here's a great way to kill a live crowd. Myers gets a headscissors in but then gets hit with a chop. I know all the wrestling people say how great Savio Vega was as a worker, but seeing a guy do a gimmick that isn't working and not changing a single thing doesn't do much for the argument. Kwang hits the spin kick for the victory and not a single person in the arena cares.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the King's Court and his guest is British Bulldog. Lawler pulls off some of his worst one liners with a bunch of dog jokes. Bulldog then talks about picking Lawler up with a pooper scooper. Out comes Neidhart and then tells Bulldog that he shouldn't have been at SummerSlam because he's not a true family member. Neidhart challenges Bulldog and he gladly accepts.
They then announce that Luna Vachon and Bull Nakano take on Alundra Blayze and Heidi Lee Morgan.
They once again show the Bob Backlund interaction from last week.
1-2-3 Kid vs. Kenny Davis
Davis is about as unimpressive as they come. Kid hits a series of kicks and out comes Bob Backlund with a gift. He hands it to Randy Savage and walks away. Davis misses an elbow drop and then Vince lets us know he's going to grab his cheaters. That joke writes itself. The gift is a dictionary naturally. Kid hits a top rope leg drop for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get the same cheesy King Kong Bundy vignette.
Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Chris Kanyon & Bob Starr
Vince and Savage let us know that Samu has been a no-show lately. Diesel hits a Jackknife and Shawn tags in to get the easy victory. Out from behind, it's the Headshrinkers to attack them. Only there's no Samu, it's Sione instead. Sione is the Barbarian for those who don't know. They clear out the ring and we go to commercial.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Captain Lou introduces us to Sione and Shawn has to do everything he can to keep Diesel from going back at the Headshrinkers.
As we get further into 1994, the quality continues to take a pretty big dip. This episode was no different. I appreciate them giving us a big name match by this era's standards, but there was no real story and it was on the dull side.
Overall Rating: 40%
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