Original Airdate: Monday, December 19th, 1994
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Liberty, New York
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Lex Luger vs. IRS
We kick the show off right away with Luger on his way to the ring. We have the holiday WWF logo in the corner, which has me feeling a little nostalgic. I do have to say that I completely expected Luger to be a lot less inspired than he has been during this run, but he usually brings a pretty good level of intensity to his matches. I think he's just a better wrestler than I always thought he was. IRS gets in a little bit of offense before they zoom in on a ring worn by one of the druids before going to commercial break. It's an IRS match, so you know I don't typically don't recap his offense. Luger makes a comeback and then the druid hits him with a cheap shot. Luger goes after the druid and it ends up being Tatanka. Luger somehow gets counted out rather than winning by disqualification. Whatever. The match wasn't terrible, but the finish was lame.
Match Rating: *1/2
We get a recap of the first match of the WWF Tag Team Championship and then they show Howard Finkel with the Bushwhackers.
Jeff Jarrett is shown at Bally's and is approached by Rip Taylor.
Smoking Gunns vs. Chris Avery & Roy Raymond
Vince hypes up the Gunns bull riding careers. The Gunns drag this one out longer than I would expect here. They hit a double side Russian leg sweep. Billy hits a suplex and tags in Bart and they hit the Sidewinder. Bart sets up Avery on his shoulder and Billy hits the splash for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week it's Tatanka vs. British Bulldog on Raw. Plus, the Raw debut of Henry Godwinn.
It's time for King's Court and Jerry Lawler's guest is Bob Backlund. Lawler doesn't even talk, it's just Backlund cutting his usual insane promo with nonstop yelling. He calls Diesel a tyrannosaurus rex.
Bob Holly vs. Chris Kanyon
Kanyon looks like he's trying out to be the fake Razor Ramon here tonight. Holly ducks too soon and Kanyon snaps him back to the mat before hitting a body slam. He taunts Holly and that backfires. Holly hits a big boot to the face and a vertical suplex. Holly hits a top rope elbow drop and picks up the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the Royal Rumble Report. This is basically the same one from Superstars. I love how Dick Murdoch is just treated as someone we're supposed to know.
Well Dunn vs. Bushwhackers
Howard Finkel is out with the Bushwhackers and somehow does the arm thing wrong. They storm right in and double team Well Dunn with a lot of clotheslines. This is your typical Bushwhacker match where the heel team looks like idiots. Well Dunn get in a DDT and then a reverse elbow off the top rope for a 2 count. Luke gets a boot up when one of them goes off the second rope and tags in Butch. If you're new around here, I refuse to learn which Well Dunn member is which. Harvey Wippleman tries to cheat, but Fink pulls his pants down and Butch gets the victory. I don't even know what I just watched here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
We go to Mabel sitting on Santa's lap and not being able to talk. They then switch to Santa sitting on Mabel's lap. I could barely type because I was laughing so hard.
Jim Neidhart vs. Nick Barbarry
We come back from commercial with the match already started. Neidhart hits a back body drop over the top rope and to the floor. Meanwhile, Scrooged is going to be on USA Network. I can't remember the last movie that I watched on TV even before streaming. Neidhart puts on the Camel Clutch and picks up the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We get a Pamela Anderson Royal Rumble commercial. Next week it's Tatanka vs. British Bulldog and Undertaker will be in action. We'll get the Raw debut of Henry Godwinn and Diesel on the King's Court.
This was a halfway decent episode, but they are still treading water a little bit as we close out the year. December is not typically noted as being a great month for them, but with Royal Rumble right around the corner, it seems like a good time to start turning it up a notch.
Overall Rating: 40%
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