Monday, June 24th, 1996
Brown County Expo
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Follow me on Twitter: @WorkTheNetwork22
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Ahmed Johnson
This is a non-title match, as Helmsley is still being punished for high fiving his friends. Did they ditch the valet gimmick for Helmsley too? They may not have been able to find an attractive woman in Green Bay. Sorry, I'm a Lions fan. Helmsley survives the early domination by Ahmed and has absolutely no heat here whatsoever. He leaps off the top rope to hit Ahmed in the back and the crickets are chirping. They interview Goldust and he says he'll be back. He's still mad at Ahmed, so naturally we need to throw in another match with Undertaker for no reason. We get a commercial break and when we come back Ahmed is making a comeback. Ahmed hits a big spinebuster and goes for the Pearl River Plunge, but Helmsley counters with a backdrop. I am mistaken, they show a valet cheering Hunter on. He sends Ahmed off the ropes and ducks his head, so Ahmed hits the Pearl River Plunge and gets the victory. This was fine, but the crowd could not have cared any less for Hunter.
Match Rating: *3/4
Dok Hendrix is out to interview Ahmed and asks him about being the first ever African American Intercontinental Champion. He says that he will defend this title for all people. He tells Goldust that he isn't hard to find if he wants another shot.
They show a commercial for the replay of King of the Ring and then the Slam of the Week, which is Marty Jannetty hitting a top rope powerbomb on Skip. Sunny is now out to join the announce team.
Body Donnas vs. Brooklyn Brawler & Jerry Fox
They show some entries for people that tried to become the Body Donnas new manager. Sunny yells at how gross Kloudi is. This match is a lot of yelling and just some moves in the background. Sunny announces that she's going to be bringing in a singles competitor. She literally asks if Vince thinks that only 2 men can keep Sunny occupied. The Body Donnas are a pretty solid team, but again no one cares about them. Skip hits a top rope hurricanrana and then Fox does the most obvious re-positioning I think I can recall ever seeing so that he can get hit by Zip's Whoopee Cushion. Kloudi then taunts Sunny and chases her around the ring. She eventually makes it backstage. This was fine.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They hype up Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty next week and show their history. Kloudi then goes after Lawler into the commercial break.
Aldo Montoya, Savio Vega & Barry Horowitz vs. Vader, Owen Hart & British Bulldog
This is quite the drop on the card for Savio here. He gets to be the one to knock Vader down with a nice looking spin kick. Aldo hits a couple of dropkicks on Owen before running into a spin kick from Owen. Vader hits a chokeslam and a splash in the corner. Bulldog hits a running powerslam and then tags in Owen instead of going for the pin. He puts on the Sharpshooter and that's all. This was shorter than I was anticipating but was fine enough for what it was setting out to do.
Match Rating: 3/4*
Another commercial to watch the replay of King of the Ring. We then get a weird ad telling us to unleash the Warrior in you.
Brian Pillman is out and Vince and Pillman wants to know where his money is. Vince says that he is yet to step into the ring and Pillman says he doesn't need to.
Steve Austin vs. Undertaker
I should also note that Austin really didn't get much of a reaction here just 24 hours after his big moment. It did take some time. Undertaker looks extra white here for some reason. Austin attacks Taker and wouldn't you know it, it doesn't work. Lawler gets up and goes after Paul Bearer asking him about what happened last night against Mankind. For those that don't know, Bearer accidentally hit Taker in the head with the urn and cost him his match. Austin runs into a boot in the corner and we go to commercial break. Don't miss the Attitude Adjustment Tour. They do list the Joe Louis Arena show that I attended, but it is most famously remembered for who didn't attend it. That person being the Ultimate Warrior. Austin is able to drill Taker's knee into the ring post. The crowd gets a "Rest in peace" chant going and that gets Bearer excited. The match itself, not so much. As Austin is working on the knee, out come Goldust and Marlena. Goldust joins the announce team as Taker breaks out of the submission hold and we get another commercial break. Don't forget to call the hotline. Taker hits a chokeslam and Goldust takes off the headset. Taker gets Austin up for the Tombstone and Goldust throws well, gold dust in his eyes. That's a DQ, but they still keep brawling. Austin retreats and Taker's music plays. That was a lame finish. Bearer seems a little hesitant during their celebration. Lawler comes up on the ring apron and tells Undertaker to ask Bearer why he did it. I don't remember them really hinting at them splitting this early. This was a pretty dull match and had an even worse finish.
Match Rating: *
Well, I mean this wasn't terrible or anything. It just didn't feel like the night after a pay per view type of show. The crowd for whatever reason was pretty out of it also, so that didn't help. I'm not really sure why this was a Netflix selection.
Overall Rating: 44%
No comments:
Post a Comment