Original Airdate: Monday, December 5th, 1994
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Poughkeepsie, New York
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Shawn Michaels is out to be the guest commentator tonight on Raw.
Jeff Jarrett vs. British Bulldog
Jarrett's ring attire is something here. The Roadie is out for the first time here tonight. Jarrett plays the typical cowardly heel to begin and Bulldog is all over it. Bulldog hits the delayed vertical suplex and Jarrett rolls out and Roadie blocks the crowd from going near him. Vince and Shawn aren't aware of who he is just yet. Bulldog goes up top, but Jarrett hits a right hand and crotches him. He surprisingly hits a superplex, which was a pretty protected move at this point. Jarrett hits a top rope clothesline and gets a 2 count right before the commercial break. When we come back, Jarrett misses of the second rope and then they collide off the ropes. Jarrett is able to slap on the sleeper hold in the middle of the ring. He gets out and Jarrett hits a bulldog for another nearfall. Bulldog comes back and uses a Perfect Plex, but Jarrett kicks out. Michaels claims that move doesn't beat anybody. Bulldog comes back with an inverted atomic drop and a back body drop. He hits some running clotheslines and Jarrett rolls out of the ring. He starts to head to the back, but Bulldog lifts him over his head and throws him back into the ring. Bulldog tries to get back in, but Roadie is under the ring grabbing his leg. The referee counts to 10 and Jarrett is your winner. It was a little questionable to debut Roadie with no one knowing who he was, but this was an effective way to get him over. They got a lot of time and I enjoyed what they gave us.
Match Rating: ***
Desperate to make WWF look relevant, they show clips of Superstars at the American Broadcasters dinner.
1-2-3 Kid vs. Barry Horowitz
We're getting closer and closer to this no longer being a squash match. After some Horowitz offense, Kid hits a couple of spin kicks. He rolls him up and that's all. I kind of thought that one would go on for another minute or so.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week, it will be Bob Backlund vs. Doink. Oh boy.
Kwang vs. Scott Taylor
Harvey Wippleman is making fun of Howard Finkel at ringside. Kwang hits a kick to the jaw and sprays some red mist. Kwang hits a running spin kick on Taylor in the corner and a thrust to the throat. Taylor slides under the legs of Kwang, but misses with a crossbody. He hits another spin kick and that's all. The Royal Rumble is coming up, so this seems like a good time for them to remember that Kwang exists.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the King's Court and Lawler makes fun of how ugly the crowd is. He brings out his mystery guest and it's Shawn Michaels. He just hammers home the fact that he made Diesel with a lot of 1994 Shawn Michaels catchphrases.
They show Bob Holly at the Snowball Derby, which looks like a backyard racing league. He lost, but he'll be back.
It's the 100th episode of Mania coming up. Get ready for that.
They show the Hakushi "vignette" again.
Well Dunn vs. Bushwhackers
Harvey makes fun of Fink again before the match. Well Dunn does lots of illegal double teaming behind the referee's back. They hits a drop toe hold/leg drop combo and honestly that was the best I've ever seen them look. Butch breaks up a pin attempt, but Luke gets hit with some more leg drops. Luke is able to hit a clothesline and make the hot tag to Butch. We get some more hongi talk, but really they look so old here. We get a double noggin knocker and then the Battering Ram to send Well out of the ring. Wippleman trips up Butch from behind. He gets hit with a knee in the back and he rolls him up for the victory. After the match, Fink tells the referee what happened and they get in each others faces into the final commercial.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Vince and Shawn are with Backlund. Backlund goes on a rant of how he doesn't like clowns and he's going to exterminate him.
This one started off well, but by the end, I couldn't wait for it to be dunn. Sorry, guys. The opener was good though for Raw in 1994 and everything was tolerable up to the main event.
Overall Rating: 50%
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