Original Airdate: Saturday, March 25th, 1995
William Bell Auditorium
Augusta, Georgia
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They show Lex Luger slamming King Kong Bundy and then Tatanka attacking him.
Tatanka vs. British Bulldog
This episode was taped 52 days before it was airing. Can you imagine them doing something like that now? After a slow start, Bulldog knocks Tatanka out of the ring. Bulldog hits a vertical suplex and gets a 2 count. They continue to hype up the individual "feuds" between the Million Dollar Team and the NFL players. Tatanka's guy is Chris Spielman, one of my all time favorite Detroit Lions. We get a commercial break from this disappointing match. Tatanka hits a vertical suplex and then climbs to the top rope. He hits him with a chop to the top of the head, but Bulldog kicks out at 2. Tatanka gets knocked out of the ring and tries to walk to the back. Bulldog throws him back in. Tatanka is out of the ring again and Bulldog chases him around. DiBiase trips Bulldog, Tatanka gets back in the ring and wins by countout. This wasn't a very good match and the finish made Bulldog look dumb.
Match Rating: 3/4*
They show the highlights of the scuffle between Steve McMichael and Kama. That leads us to a WrestleMania XI Report.
We once again see the Men On A Mission attack of the Smoking Gunns.
Smoking Gunns vs. Chic Donovan & Rip Rogers
You would never expect this, but the Gunns are all over the historic team of Donovan and Rogers. They hit the Sidewinder and that's all ahead of their title match at WrestleMania. They looked sharp as usual.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Aldo Montoya vs. Hakushi
After a cartwheel by Hakushi, he hits a superkick while McMahon can't stop talking about the writing all over his body. Montoya goes for the quick pinfall attempts before hitting a dropkick to knock Hakushi out of the ring. Shinja distracts Montoya and Hakushi slowly walks behind him and kicks him in the back of the legs. Hakushi then hits the handspring elbow in the corner. Hakushi hits a Bronco Buster as we go into a commercial break. When we come back, Hakushi hits a dropkick and then hits a shoulder tackle off the top rope. Montoya fights back and hits a missile dropkick for a 2. He goes for a reverse crossbody, but Hakushi hits him with a fist to the jaw. Hakushi hits a moonsault and that's all. It looks like Montoya got hit pretty hard in the head with Hakushi's knee there. I really like Hakushi, but it did seem like he was still trying to get comfortable to the style here.
Match Rating: *3/4
Back to Todd to talk about WrestleMania. We're only a week away and he talks some more about LT/Bam Bam Bigelow.
We get our WrestleMania moment and surprisingly it's Hulk Hogan/Andre The Giant at WrestleMania III.
They show clips of Bob Backlund and Jeff Jarrett in their bizarre pre-WrestleMania feud.
Henry Godwinn vs. Mark Starr
Godwinn hits a big clothesline and then rams Starr's head into the turnbuckle. Godwinn hits the slop drop and picks up a quick victory here.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go to Jim Ross, who introduces Bret Hart to receive his Japanese media award. He is with four members of the Japanese media and reads the award to Bret. Bret says that it's a shame that all it takes is one person these days to ruin someone's character. If you only knew what 2023 was going to be like, Bret. After Bret accepts it, Shinja and Hakushi are out. Shinja says that Bret hates Japan and yells at the media. Hakushi then attacks Bret and kicks him off the platform. He then hits a moonsault off the platform. This is all so weird with WrestleMania just 8 days away. After a commercial break, out comes Bob Backlund and he attacks Bret as we go off the air.
The Bulldog/Tatanka match was about as dull as that could have possibly been. The rest of the show had a good pace to it though and was an easy watch. It was nice to see a new character get some airtime after kind of just showing up here and there with Hakushi.
Overall Rating: 42%
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