Superstars 7-8-95 Revivew

Original Airdate: Saturday, July 8th, 1995
Stabler Arena
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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They open up showing the heel turn of Men On A Mission when they attacked the Smoking Gunns. Dok Hendrix tell us that he was there when King Mabel knighted Sir Mo.

Bob Holly vs. Mike Bell

Bell hits a backbreaker/side suplex combo because why not? They announce that Jack Tunney is retiring. Who will fill his shoes? Holly comes back with a dropkick and then a small package for the victory. That's a very convincing way to win a squash match. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show Henry Godwinn drinking his slop and the brawl between him and Adam Bomb last week. Bomb says that Godwinn has made the biggest mistake of his life. Godwinn says he slops all his hogs just the same. Boy, this is riveting. 

Jean Pierre Lafitte vs. Nick Barberi

Lafitte hits a big clothesline and then dumps Barberi over the top and to the floor. He then hits a somersault dive over the top rope. Lafitte deserves more air time. He ties Barberi in the ropes and hits a couple of crossbody dives into him. Lafitte is getting some cheers here. Probably because he's good. It's time for the Cannonball and that's all. Good stuff. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

It's time for the In Your House Report with Todd Pettengill. Diesel brags about not having to buy his lumberjacks. 

They show highlights of Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sid from Raw. By highlights, I mean pretty much the entire match. 

They show the Special Olympic video package from Raw. 

Hakushi vs. Jeff Hardy

Man, I think we all would have loved to have seen this match in 1999. Ah yes, this is the old Bret Hart head in a bag moment. Hardy gets caught with a superkick right to the chin after a little bit of a burst to start the match. I'm surprised they went with such a slow paced match here. Hakushi hits a springboard shoulder tackle and rolls into an arm bar for the victory. That was sort of an odd squash match. We even get a commercial break after the win and come back to Hakushi leaving the ring. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

We now get an encore of the Jeff Jarrett music video.

Next week, it will be Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Duke Droese in a culture clash on Superstars. 

Men On A Mission vs. Smoking Gunns

Oddly, the recently crowned King Mabel does not get an entrance here. We get a competitive matchup here, which makes this an odd choice for Mabel. I guess I just assumed they strapped the rocket to Mabel's back after King Of The Ring. The Gunns get a few close calls on Mabel. Mo interferes and they take care of him too. Mo breaks up a pin attempt and that leads to Mabel squashing Billy in the corner. He hits the belly to belly suplex and that's all. The match was pretty well paced considering Mabel was involved. 

Match Rating: **1/4

We go back to Todd and he announces Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Henry Godwinn at In Your House. We get a 7 second promo from the Allied Powers about their title match. 

Vince and Dok hype up next week with Duke vs. Hunter and Dok is going to unveil his list of candidates to replace Jack Tunney. We then get the same Isaac Yankem video from Raw. 

This was a pretty good episode this week. Lafitte looked really good and the feature match was strong by Superstars standards. The Hakushi match was odd, but not so much that it ruined anything.

Overall Rating: 51%