Original Airdate: Monday, December 26th, 1994
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After a three month absence, Undertaker makes his Raw return and Diesel will be Jerry Lawler's guest on King's' Court. Plus, Tatanka will face British Bulldog in our feature match.
Tatanka vs. British Bulldog
Shawn Michaels says that Tatanka looks a little lethargic tonight, like Barry Sanders did last night. I don't care what kind of heel you are, but don't you ever compare Tatanka to Barry. Vince simply just talks too much during this era. He's afraid that any dead air will make you realize how poor the product is. Anyway, Bulldog hits a vertical suplex and Tatanka rolls out to regroup with Ted DiBiase. Bulldog goes for the running powerslam, but Tatanka grabs the ropes and falls on him for a 2 count. They go to a commercial break during the pin attempt because that always makes sense on a taped show. Tatanka goes for a chop off the top rope, but Bulldog is ready for it and hits a suplex. He follows it up with some clotheslines, but then DiBiase pulls down the top rope and Bulldog spills to the floor. Out comes Lex Luger to help even the odds. Tatanka goes after Luger, but Luger gets the best of him and they start brawling. Out comes Bam Bam Bigelow and we have a melee. The referee obviously calls for the bell, although they don't say the result. I'm guessing it would be for a DQ, but online is saying double countout. I guess it really doesn't matter.
Match Rating: *3/4
It's time for a Royal Rumble Report and Todd makes some dorky joke about getting an electric screwdriver and now he's hanging pictures he doesn't even like. They announce the same entrants as Royal Rumble except they cut to Shawn Michaels in the high school gym, I mean arena, for him to make some comments. We get Bret Hart sitting in front of a fireplace talking about how he got to be home with his family for the first time in years on Christmas. He's rested and 100% and now he got what he wanted, a title shot.
Henry Godwinn vs. Mike Khoury
They talk about Godwinn being a favorite in the Royal Rumble. Apparently all you have to do is win 2 matches against jobbers to be a favorite in 1995. Godwinn hits a headbutt to the midsection and then the Slop Drop for the victory. This was a squash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show highlights of Hakushi's victory on Superstars.
It's time for the King's Court and he insults some women in the crowd. His guest today is WWF Champion Diesel. Lawler offers him a handshake, so Diesel squeezes it until Lawler is on his knees. Lawler goes on a rant, so Diesel takes his crown off and tosses him out of the ring.
Kwang vs. Rich Myers
Howard Finkel has an interview spot during the match where he apologizes for pulling Harvey Wippleman's pants down last week. Literally no one cares about this match. Kwang hits a spin kick and that's all.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go to Vinny Pazienza working out to talk about some match he has coming up in Atlantic City. He says he wants to get some of Shawn Michaels and his dangly earrings. I have never heard of this goof.
Kama is coming to the WWF.
Stephanie Wiand interviews DiBiase and he accepts Bulldog and Luger's challenge for a tag team match with Bam Bam and Tatanka.
Undertaker vs. Brooklyn Brawler
Brawler charges and eats a boot to the face. Taker hits Old School and the crowd is absolutely dead for this. Taker hits the Tombstone and puts us out of our misery here. This was bad Undertaker. The druids are out with IRS as the show ends.
Match Rating: 1/4*
This was your typical Raw during this era. The feature match wasn't good enough to make the episode good and for whatever reason, Undertaker was particularly bad here. I guess it's that high school gym energy.
Overall Rating: 40%
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