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Monday Night Raw 11-7-94 Review

Monday, November 7th, 1994
Fernwood Resort
Bushkill, Pennsylvania

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Bret Hart & British Bulldog vs. Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart

We're live from one of our favorite early Raw locations, Bushkill. All 4 men start brawling as soon as Owen and Neidhart hit the ring and it leads to Bulldog throwing Owen on top of Neidhart. Bulldog gets a 2 count after a vertical suplex on Owen. Owen comes back with a spin kick and then he and Neidhart make a wish on Bulldog. They continue to single out Bulldog as we go into a commercial break. The beatdown continues up until another commercial break, but Bulldog is starting to show some signs of life. He finally gets the tag into Bret and he hits a series of right hands on both relatives. Bret gets kicked in the back by Owen as he's running the ropes, which leads to Bulldog dropkicking Bret as he's being held up by Neidhart. Owen then leaps off the top ropes onto Bret and that's almost enough for victory. Bulldog pulls Owen out of the ring and tripped up Neidhart. Bret slaps on the Sharpshooter on Neidhart and that's enough for the victory. This wasn't as crisp of a match as I would expect with the competitors involved. It certainly wasn't bad, but just not as good as I had hoped. 

Match Rating: **3/4

It's time for the Survivor Series Report and it just isn't as fun when they've already announced all the matches. 

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Tyron Knox

Knox shows a little fire with some right hands, but he gets hit with a rear elbow in the jaw. They show a sign that says "Vince For Senate". Yeah, I think we're good. I'm not sure why this match is still on, as Bigelow should be squashing a guy like Knox. Bam Bam hits a dropkick before hitting a roundhouse kick for the victory. This was about 3 minutes too long.

Match Rating: 1/4*

We now get the famous Raw moment where Vince McMahon announces that the WWF was not able to come to agreement with Randy Savage. Vince actually thanks him and wishes him the best of luck going forward. This is one of those rare sincere moments that broke kayfabe a little bit. 

It's time for the King's Court and his guest is the 1-2-3 Kid, who will take on Bob Backlund next week. Lawler makes fun of the Kid a little bit and then out comes Backlund. Kid is able to fight him off and out comes Bret for backup. Owen adn Neidhart come out and tell Backlund to calm down. 

We get a promo for Bob Holly vs. Jerry Lawler on the Action Zone. 

Doink vs. Pat Tanaka

It's always good to see Tanaka back on my TV, even if it's as a jobber. Tanaka blocks a sunset flip attempt with a right hand. Doink hits a back suplex and a knee drop, which sets up for the Whoopee Cushion and the victory. Poor Pat. After the match, Vince allows Doink to grab Lawler's crown and puts it on all of their heads. Oh, the hilarity. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Hey, want to waste a few bucks? You can tell the WWF which submission hold you think is more effective. I'm not sure what the difference is between this and petty theft. 

Next week, we're going to see Aldo Montoya's debut, Jeff Jarrett and British Bulldog will be a guest on King's Court. Don't forget about 1-2-3 Kid vs. Bob Backlund. We then get a little preview of the Survivor Series between the little people. We now have Bret Hart ready for an interview and he says that he will be watching Kid's back. He fumbles over his words a little bit as he tries to backpedal for calling Backlund basically old. 

This was another fine episode of Raw, but not as good as it looked on paper. With that being said, as lame as 1994 WWF has been here in the fall months, Raw has been pretty steady as an entertaining show. 

Overall Rating: 48%

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