Superstars 3-18-95 Review

Original Airdate: Saturday, March 18th, 1995
William Bell Auditorium
Augusta, Georgia

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They show the clip from Action Zone with Men On A Mission attacking the Smoking Gunns after their match.

Tom Prichard vs. Adam Bomb

It's kind of weird to me that they couldn't find anything for Bomb to do. He dominates early on until Jim Cornette provides the distraction. Prichard knocks him out of the ring and then hits a running clothesline off the apron. Prichard hits a monkey flip and gets a 2 count. He goes for a second one, but this time Bomb hangs onto the ropes. Bomb goes up top, but Prichard gets there before and goes for a superplex. Bomb blocks it and drops him face-first. He hits him with a top rope clothesline and picks up the victory. This was a pretty good little match and I'm digging the better matches here on Superstars from this taping. 

Match Rating: *1/2

We go to a pre-taped interview between Vince McMahon and Diesel in the TV production area. He jokes around pretending to be working in an airport. They act as if Diesel is studying tape on Shawn Michaels and talk about the Sid factor. If you like the joking Diesel, this one is for you.

Shawn Michaels with Pamela Anderson says he will be the WWF Champion.

Well Dunn vs. Jacob & Eli Blu

This is an interesting choice for the heel Blu's to take on. The big mountain men take it to Well Dunn, with their usual combination of punches, kicks and elbows. I will say that I do much prefer this version of them compared to the DOA. They hit a spinebuster into a knee drop and pick up the easy victory. This was just a squash. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

It's time for you WrestleMania Report. He mostly talks about Lawrence Taylor/Bam Bam Bigelow, but this one is quick and they throw it to our next match.

King Kong Bundy vs. Lex Luger

Bundy is absolutely ice cold heading into a match with Undertaker at WrestleMania. I can't believe they couldn't have come up with something better. Luger clotheslines him over the top rope and I think I still stand by the fact that Luger was better in WWF than I ever imagined he would have been. They try to hype up individual matchups between the Million Dollar Corporation and LT's NFL friends. Bundy's on offense, so they make the wise choice and give us a commercial break. Luger tries to make a comeback, but Bundy stops that from happening and out comes Paul Bearer. That wakes up the crowd and Luger hits a body slam. Out comes Tatanka and he attacks Luger for the DQ finish. Out comes the British Bulldog to make the save and this probably would have been the better match for WrestleMania instead of the random match with Jacob and Eli. This match was about what you would expect from these two on Superstars.

Match Rating: 3/4*

Stephanie Wiand tells us about the Fan Fest.

Man Mountain Rock vs. Black Phantom

After a MMR jam, we get a Diesel Slim Jim commercial. Rock looks to be really out of shape and is extremely nonchalant with the way he wrestles. He puts on the Whammy Bar for the easy victory. This was bad. After the match, Lawler makes him look like the Easter Bunny.

Match Rating: 1/4*

We get a Nicholas Turturro/Ted DiBiase vignette. 

We get a LT hype video with him saying that he's only afraid of snakes and alligators.

Kama vs. Leroy Howard

I guess they're starting to shove Kama down our throats now. Lawler talks about the pairings of wrestlers and NFL players while Kama hits a spin kick to get the quick victory. Kama continues to not be impressive.

Match Rating: 1/4*

It's time for another WrestleMania Report. Todd runs down the rest of the card and honestly, they should have just done Undertaker/Bret Hart at WrestleMania. 

Vince and Lawler tells us that Aldo Montoya will face Hakushi next week. I honestly forgot about Montoya already at this point. We also will see the Smoking Gunns and the main event will be Tatanka vs. British Bulldog. They leave us with a WrestleMania moment, which is Roddy Piper and Morton Downey Jr. If you only saw this part of the segment, you'd think it was great and you'd be dead wrong. 

I like that they have been sprinkling in more name matches on here, but it doesn't always mean the matches will be good. It does make for an easier watch, but both Kama and Man Mountain Rock have been terrible so far this year. 

Overall Rating: 39%