Monday, November 28th, 1994
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
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This is a live episode of Raw for those of you keeping score at home. They show a recap of the Survivor Series, which leads to them showing Diesel beating Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
Owen Hart vs. John Paul
We are quickly joined by Bret Hart on the phone. Bret informs us that he has stretched tendons, but no tears and predicts he'll be back around the New Year. He's going to watch the match back on the Survivor Series encore tomorrow night. Paul comes back with a nice dropkick, but Owen hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Owen locks in the Sharpshooter and that is all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Adam Bomb vs. IRS
Before the match, IRS talks some tax trash about Undertaker. IRS is having problems with Bomb to start and Bomb hits a slingshot clothesline before a big Irish whip. I guess that I should note that there is a druid out with IRS and DiBiase. A DiBiase distraction allows IRS to hit a knee from behind and then sends him to the floor. Bomb comes back with a crossbody and gets a 2 count just as we go to commercial break. When we come back, IRS has Bomb in an abdominal stretch. IRS gets caught using the top rope for leverage and Adam Bomb gets an inside cradle for a 2 count. Bomb hits a couple of clotheslines to the delight of the dozens in attendance. He goes up top and the druid pushes Bomb off the top rope behind the referee's back. That allows IRS to pick up the victory and then he and the druid attack Bomb after the match. Lex Luger comes out to help make the save. This was fine for a time killer.
Match Rating: *
Bob Holly vs. Tony DeVito
Holly hits a dropkick and then Vince and Lawler talk about the exact same race that they talked about on Superstars. Was DeVito the bass player for the Goo Goo Dolls? DeVito gets in a good amount of offense on Holly and even garners some cheers from the crowd. I can't believe that a bunch of wrestling fans in New York wouldn't cheer for a race car driver who goes by "Sparkplug". Holly goes up top and hits a clothesline for the victory. I like that his finisher is just now hit something off the top rope.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show the same Henry Godwinn vignette from Superstars.
Lex Luger vs. Bert Centeno
Luger dominates Centeno with a series of slams. He quickly puts him up for the Rebel Rack and that's all. He gets a firework celebration and although he's still probably feuding with Tatanka, he's just treading water like much of the roster at this time.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Vince McMahon is in the ring to bring out the new WWF Champion, Diesel. From there, Diesel takes us down a minute by minute history of his entire day before his match with Backlund at MSG. He then references Jackie Gleason. The New Generation, ladies and gentlemen. Being the big babyface he is now, Diesel says that he will be a fighting champion, just like Bret. He tells him to enjoy his family and tells him any time he wants a shot at his belt, he's got it. That's a promise from Big D. And that is officially the beginning of the doomed title reign for Diesel.
Next week, it's Jeff Jarrett vs. British Bulldog here on Raw.
Heavenly Bodies vs. Gary Scott & Buck Quartermaine
Bob Backlund is out at ringside as the match starts. Meanwhile, the Bodies hit a springboard double suplex. Backlund is completely distracting Vince from the match, but Prichard hits a gut wrench sit down powerbomb. In comes Delray and he hits a top rope splash while Prichard is holding his opponent up. That's enough for the victory and Backlund is still rambling.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get more Backlund for a few moments and then another commercial break. They remind us of Jarrett/Bulldog and the Survivor Series encore presentation.
This was a pretty standard '94 Raw that didn't really take advantage of it being live. The feature match was fine and the squashes were better than Superstars this week. The Diesel interview was the beginning of the end for the New Generation and he had only been champ for 2 days.
Overall Rating: 41%
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