Monday, September 25th, 1995
Welsh Auditorium
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Vince hypes up Undertaker being on the show before going into the controversy over the Tag Team Championships from last night's In Your House. They show Jim Cornette with Clarence Mason working on getting a resolution. Owen Hart and Yokozuna are the champions still, but will have to defend their titles tonight.
Marty Jannetty vs. Skip
Vince hypes up the big surprise of Jannetty returning tonight. He 100% will never do anything stupid again. I promise. Skip doesn't get a televised entrance, which is surprising because, you know, Sunny. We get lots of Marty being too quick and outsmarting Skip and Sunny here. Skip eventually slows things down and for some reason Dean Douglas is watching and taking notes. After a commercial break, Skip hits a clothesline and is still in control. Marty is able to hit a German suplex and catches Skip for a powerbomb. Sunny distracts Marty, but he sees Skip coming and sends him flying over the top. He tries to suplex him back in the ring, but Skip falls on top with the help of Sunny for a 2 count. Marty hits a Rocker Dropper and hits a top rope fist for the victory. I guess you had to have him win his debut, but they sure have made Skip a jobber quickly. Lawler continued to hype up the name Clarence Mason. The match was solid, as you would expect from these two.
Match Rating: **1/4
We go over the title situation, this time showing Mason negotiating with Gorilla.
WWF Tag Team Championship Match
Owen Hart & Yokozuna vs. Smoking Gunns
Don't forget to buy your In Your House t-shirt. After 2 commercial breaks, we finally get to the match. We get some good action from both teams and the crowd is into this one. Just as Owen is pinning Billy, we get another commercial break. Yokozuna putting on my second favorite move, the nerve hold, is a perfect time to hype up the WrestleMania special on Fox. Billy is finally able to move out of the way of a Yoko elbow drop, but then he misses a leg drop of his own. Owen is tagged in and tries his best to keep Bart out, but Billy makes the tag and Bart hits a military press slam. Yokozuna barely gets in the ring on time to break up the count. They throw Owen into Yoko, knocking him down. They hit the Sidewinder and then Yoko goes to break up the count, but they move and he splashes Owen. The Gunns make the pin and we have new champions. Diesel and Shawn Michaels are out to give high fives to the new champs. What is going on here in the last 24 hours? There's been quite a few really strong matches here on WWF television.
Match Rating: ***1/4
Next week on Raw, Jean Pierre Lafitte will once again Bret Hart. I'm good with that. Razor Ramon will also take on 1-2-3 Kid. Obviously, Nitro has had an impact.
Dok Hendrix talks to Gorilla Monsoon and he announces that British Bulldog will take on the WWF Champion Diesel at In Your House. He also says that Bret Hart will take on the winner of that match at Survivor Series. He then says that Shawn Michaels will take on Dean Douglas for the Intercontinental Championship as well. I bet he won't.
British Bulldog vs. Undertaker
It's kind of an odd booking decision to have Bulldog take on Taker just after being announced the #1 contender. Taker goes for Old School, but Bulldog drags him off the top. A Jim Cornette distraction helps out Bulldog and he hits a chop block on him. King Mabel and Sir Mo are now watching the match from the aisle. Bulldog surprisingly hits a traditional piledriver and gets a 2 count out of it. Taker comes back, but then Mabel is in the ring. Bulldog knocks into Mabel's arms and he hits the belly to belly suplex. Bulldog then hits the running powerslam, followed up by a Mabel leg drop. Diesel and Michaels are out to make the save. The match was fine for what they were aiming for here.
Match Rating: 3/4*
They actually show video footage of the end of the Razor Ramon/Dean Douglas match. No still photos! They hype up next week's double main event while Diesel and Shawn continue to celebrate in the ring.
This was one of the absolute best Raw episodes of the year. We got some new champions, a couple of good matches and the new style of announcing matches with Gorilla Monsoon just making stuff happen. The main event was meh, but it had star power at least.
Overall Rating: 77%
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