Original Airdate: Monday, November 6th, 1995
Keystone Centre
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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We get a quick Todd Pettengill hype video and then it's straight to business.
British Bulldog vs. Marty Jannetty
Dok Hendrix is with Vince now because of Jerry Lawler wrestling tonight. How many times did this poor crowd have to hear Jannetty's music at this taping? They work a nice pace to start things off, which once again is why Marty is so valuable. He brings out the best in his opponents. Bulldog then press slams Marty onto the top rope. We hear from Clarence Mason and he says that Bulldog will face the winner of Bret Hart/Diesel at In Your House on December 17th. Bulldog continues his dominance into a commercial break. Cornette gets in some cheap shots behind the referee's back. Bulldog gets Marty in the tree of woe and he gets in a few stomps and then slows things down. Jannetty gets some momentum, but then he runs into the ring post. Bulldog immediately scoops him up for the running powerslam and picks up the win in a nice opening match.
Match Rating: **3/4
We go to a pre-recorded video from Washington D.C. with a cheesy Bill Clinton impersonator.
Dok then interviews Bulldog and Cornette. Bulldog is going to win the WWF Championship like he should have before. He then tells Shawn Michaels that if he double crosses Bulldog, he's going to make Syracuse look like a walk in the park.
They show the interview from Superstars with Goldust. Bam Bam Bigelow interrupted and challenged Goldust to a match.
Henry Godwinn vs. Terry Richards
Richards is Rhyno in I believe is his WWF debut. Don't quote me on that. Godwinn looks a little more motivated here and getting back to his better squash ways. He hits the Slop Drop and that's all. After the match, Helmsley attacks Godwinn and hits the Pedigree outside the ring. He then puts on some gloves and then dumps the slop on Godwinn. We are finally getting some character development here with Helmsley.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the Survivor Series Slam Jam, this time with Todd. They announce that Undertaker will captain a team with Fatu, Savio Vega and Henry Godwinn against King Mabel's team that includes Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Isaac Yankem and Jerry Lawler. We hear from Paul Bearer and then Diesel.
Kama vs. Tony Roy
You can buy 1,000 Mad Caps for only $21! Are you kidding me? Just in case you weren't sure that no one cared about Kama, we get a Shawn Michaels phone interview here. Kama wins. Nothing important happens.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Next week on Raw, it will be Sid vs. Razor Ramon with 1-2-3 Kid as the referee.
We get a Smoking Gunns Karate Fighters promo.
Jerry Lawler & Isaac Yankem vs. Bret Hart & Hakushi
You have to love wrestling logic when Bret and Hakushi are able to team up now. Hakushi hits the cartwheel reverse elbow, but the second time around Yankem knocks him silly from behind. Hakushi goes for a dive outside the ring, but Yankem catches him and rams him into the ring post. Lawler hits a piledriver on Hakushi, but he doesn't go for the cover. He hits a second piledriver instead. We get a commercial break and now Yankem has Hakushi in a Boston crab. Bret breaks it up and it leads to him getting the hot tag. He hits a double noggin knocker and a side Russian leg sweep. He goes for the Sharpshooter and locks it in. Hakushi blocks Lawler's attempt, but Hakushi distracts the ref when Yankem is submitting. Lawler tries to hit Bret with a chair, but Barry Horowitz makes the save. The ref sees Horowitz with the chair and calls for the bell. That's a lame finish. Yankem sucks.
Match Rating: *3/4
Next week, Helmsley will face Godwinn and Ahmed Johnson will debut. They show clips of the Raw, proving that the show is taped. Interesting strategy.
This was a good Raw overall, thanks to a better than expected Jannetty/Bulldog match. They seem to be sprinkling in a little bit more of storyline development now.
Overall Rating: 51%
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