Original Airdate: Saturday, July 1st, 1995
Stabler Arena
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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They open the show with the same softball highlight package they showed before. We have a big episode today with the debut of Jeff Jarrett's music video, Waylon Mercy's debut and Henry Godwinn vs. Adam Bomb.
Dok Hendrix is dressed in an American flag jacket and is grilling hot dogs.
1-2-3 Kid vs. Ken Raper
Kid made his comeback at King Of The Ring at the historic King Of The Ring show. Kid hits a pretty stiff looking powerbomb. Kid hits some pretty stiff looking kicks here too. He rolls him up and picks up the victory. That finisher never caught on. I can't imagine why?
Match Rating: 1/4*
We go to Todd Pettengill and he shows us a bunch of still photos from that huge, epic main event at King Of The Ring. He talks about the Lumberjack Match at In Your House. Diesel guarantees that he'll finish it this time. Sid and Ted DiBiase ensure us that Sid is not a coward.
They show Henry Godwinn getting his slop bucket ready and then he drinks it.
We come back to Kama verbally attacking the Creatures of the Night.
Kama vs. Jason Arhndt
Kama comes out firing and slugs him with a pretty big right hand. Kama uses the ropes to slow him down and then slugs him back. He hits the second rope reverse splash and that's all. He goes back to teh "fans" and yells at them some more and they continue to no sell it.
Match Rating: 1/4*
We now get still photos of the Kiss My Foot Match last week. That really was a fantastic show. This leads to them showing the Isaac Yankem vignette with Lawler again.
They show highlights from the Savio Vega/Jeff Jarrett match on Raw. They show a good amount of the match including the post-match brawl with Shawn Michaels in there. They show the footage that happened after Raw went off the air and it leads to us getting Shawn/Jarrett at In Your House. They then show the world premiere of "Alone With My Baby Tonight" and I'd say it's the best moment of 1995.
Allied Powers vs. Billy Mack & Lloyd Anoai
Dok lets us know that the Allied Powers will be facing Owen Hart and Yokozuna at In Your House. We're already seeing the downfall of doing monthly pay per views, as this match would have been on King Of The Ring if there was no In Your House. The champions along with Jim Cornette are out to get a closer look at their challengers. Bulldog hits the delayed vertical suplex and Luger hits the running forearm for the victory.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They show highlights from the Hall Of Fame cermony. It's fun to see this before it became a spectacle.
It's time for Waylon Mercy, ya know what I mean?
Waylon Mercy vs. Bill Weaver
Well, we finally made it to the debut of the beloved gimmick that just wasn't meant to be. Spivey looked the part here, but just was in no condition to pull it off in the ring. He slaps on the sleeper hold and gives a great sadistic look before the referee calls for the bell. It's definitely a shame that it didn't work out.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for more still photos and this time it's of the actual King Of The Ring tournament. Todd then runs down the three previously aforementioned title matches at In Your House. 1-2-3 Kid also is going to take on Roadie. The card is legitimately 5 times better than King Of The Ring's.
The Smoking Gunns will take on Men On A Mission next week on Superstars. We finally get that match.
Adam Bomb vs. Henry Godwinn
We join the match in progress and it quickly turns into a brawl outside the ring. Just as Godwinn is throwing Bomb into the steel steps, the bell already rings for a double countout. Godwinn then dumps his bucket on Bomb. What was the point of this? They could have at least had a couple of minutes to lead into this. Bomb then runs to the back to go after Godwinn.
Match Rating: No Rating
We go back to Dok and Vince. Dok burnt the hot dogs. They talk about the tag team match next week and we get some fireworks.
I will say the squashes had spunk this week, but the feature match was a letdown. The Jeff Jarrett video helps make up for that a little bit and they've actually put together a decent card for the first time since Royal Rumble.
Overall Rating: 40%
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