Monday Night Raw 5-23-94 Review

Monday, May 23rd, 1994
Struthers Fieldhouse
Youngstown, Ohio

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King Of The Ring Qualifying Match
Owen Hart vs. Doink

Well this was supposed to be Earthquake, but he was injured at a house show by Yokozuna and that's the last we see of Quake. So Doink is the mystery opponent here, as he falls further into being a jobber. The crowd is pretty hot here and once again we are benefitted by the fact that the show is live this week. Owen is frustrated early on and Dink loves it. He chases Dink around the ring and gets leveled by a clothesline by Doink. Owen is able to catch Doink in the corner and slams his knee into the post as we go into commercial break. We're now at the point in the match where we can basically see Doink's entire face. Doink makes his comeback and hits a belly-to-belly overhead suplex. Out comes Jeff Jarrett and he grabs Doink. This provides the distraction to allow Owen to roll him up and get the victory. This was probably the best non-Matt Borne Doink match.

Overall Rating: ***

We are now only 4 weeks away from King Of The Ring and Todd is here in his hat to tell us about it. We have two spots left and the qualifying matches left are 1-2-3 Kid vs. Adam Bomb and Tatanka vs. Jimmy Del Ray. Diesel cuts a promo on his match with Bret Hart. He would come a long way in the next few years because this is pretty lame. Plus, more Roddy Piper. I just can't believe how lame Piper is here.

Duke Droese vs. Barry Horowitz

Droese comes out to no reaction here on his Raw debut. We're only about a year away from Horowitz's run. Horowitz actually gets quite a bit of offense in here, which doesn't make much sense with a new performer. He misses with a dropkick and Droese hits a spinebuster on him. It's time to take out hte trash and hits an elbow drop for the victory. Droese then sells his shoulder injury from the match. I can't imagine why this didn't work. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

We now get more highlights from the WrestleMania Revenge Tour. They are really hyping up the house show stuff here in '94. 

IRS vs. Gary Sabaugh

I know what will kill the live crowd, let's trot out a garbage man and then a tax man. I mean how many headlocks do we need to see from IRS to get the point? Seriously though, why does he need a nearly five minute squash over three years into his run? He hits probably his weakest clothesline I have seen and finally wins it. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

We get highlights of the Jeff Jarrett/Lex Luger match on Superstars. Luger is now the guest on King's Court. They say that Luger hurt Crush, so of course Crush is brought out. As Crush runs his mouth, it looks like Luger is trying his best not to laugh. Crush pokes Luger with his arm that isn't in a sling, so Luger clotheslines him. We then discover there's nothing wrong with him and they are broken up before they start brawling. 

Nikolai Volkoff vs. Matt Hardy

Ted DiBiase is a guest commentator here and he reminds us that he was the one who brought in the Undertaker and that he will find him. Volkoff is old enough to be Hardy's grandpa. I type this every week, but I still have no idea how they thought this would work. Volkoff puts Hardy in the Boston Crab and that's it. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Next week we get Tatanka/Del Ray and Lawler announces that his guest next week will be Bret Hart. Savage is loving that announcement.

Man, did this show fall off a cliff or what? After a good opening match and a hot crowd, things came to a screeching halt and totally killed the crowd. The trifecta of Droese/IRS/Volkoff is about as bad as it comes in any era. It's too bad, because live Raw shows are usually awesome.

Overall Rating: 40%

Superstars 5-21-94 Review

Original Airdate: Saturday, May 21st, 1994
Knickerbocker Arena
Albany, New York

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Razor Ramon vs. Derec Domino

Razor is a little more aggressive here today, tossing Domino all over the ring. He also gets a lot more time here than we have been seeing from the Superstars squash matches. He finally hits the Razor's Edge and gets the victory. Razor continues to be impressive here in 1994. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show "highlights" of the sumo match from Raw. 

Crush vs Mike Terrance

Crush cuts a promo on Luger before his match. This one is quick and I don't think anyone has a complaint about that. He hits the spinning backbreaker and that is all. After the match he military press slams him over the top rope and to the floor. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Duke Droese vs. Mike Bell

Droese is making his debut here and dumps a garbage can on Lawler's head on his way to the ring. Droese hits a big spinebuster and it already kind of feels like he's at Kwang and Sparky Plugg's level. He hits a tilt-a-whirl type slam for the effortless victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

It's time for the King Of The Ring Report. Todd announces that the Headshrinkers will face Yokozuna and Crush. So apparently you can get a title shot without ever teaming with your partner. Diesel and Bret both cut promos on their match at the show. Plus, Todd makes the biggest announcement of all. Art Donovan will be a guest analyst. What could go wrong?

Headshrinkers vs. Jim Messenger & Ray Roy

Messenger and Roy try to attack the Headshrinkers, but they no sell it and headbutt each other. Samu hits a unique DDT with him standing on the second rope and then tags in Fatu for his splash finisher. I'm still not sure why they're faces, but they are.

Match Rating: 1/4*

More Undertaker sightings and this leads to Ted DiBiase standing in a cemetery saying that he has the resources find him. 

King Of The Ring Qualifying Match
Jeff Jarrett vs. Lex Luger

They announce that Mr. Fuji is managing Jarrett here. As they often do on Superstars feature matches, they do a lot of back and forth action, but Luger is mostly dominating here. Luger goes off the ropes and Fuji jams the Japanese flag in the back of Luger as we go into a commercial break. Lawler complains about going to commercial break because we didn't get to see Jarrett beating Luger. Jarrett hits a second rope clothesline, but Luger tosses him in the air on the pin attempt. Jarrett dumps Luger out of the ring and then attempts to go to the top rope. The referee is distracted and Crush attacks him by throwing him into the steel steps. Luger goes and chases after Crush and gets counted out in the process. They start brawling to the back while Jarrett celebrates his victory. Fuji then hands him the flag for Jarrett to waive. This was actually a pretty solid match.

Match Rating: **

We then get an interview with Yokozuna, Crush, Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette. Cornette does all the talking before the inevitable "Banzai!". 

Vince and Lawler bring out the 1-2-3 Kid, who will be battling Adam Bomb next week for a spot in the King Of The Ring. Kid says being in the tournament would be a dream come true. 

This was a quickly paced show and the feature match more than delivered over expectations. That's all you can ever really ask for from Superstars and I'm good with that. 

Overall Rating: 50%

SmackDown 5-19-06 Review

Original Airdate: Friday, May 19th, 2006
Tingley Coliseum
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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JBL is out in his limo and he announces that tonight will be a night that Rey Mysterio will never forget. The best part of this is that I just realized I watched Judgment Day out of order, confirming that I am indeed an idiot.

MNM vs. Brian Kendrick, Paul London & Jillian 

The women have to be held back as we go into an early commercial break to start off. When we come back, it's the tag teams going at it though. Despite a good start for the challengers, the champs are able to injure the knee of Kendrick. MNM does the heel thing until London gets the hot tag. They quickly slow down his momentum, but he hits a double dropsault for a 2 count. The women finally get in there and they brawl, which the crowd is very much into. Jillian hits a top rope crossbody and that gets the victory for a huge pop. That was a fun match overall and it is always a bonus to see the crowd react that way.

Match Rating: ***

They show the Judgment Day press conference highlights. This is because this show was before Judgment Day. Not after. 

After some clips of Mark Henry, Kurt Angle gives a backstage interview. Angle makes fun of Henry for not winning at the Olympics. 

Bobby Lashley vs. Jared Steele

This is obviously a tune up for Lashley here and he hits his usual offense. He hits the delayed vertical suplex and follows that up with a Spear for the victory. This accomplished what they were hoping to. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

As Lashley is celebrating on the top of the ramp, out comes Booker T and he's all upset heading into the commercial break.

Booker T & Finlay vs. Chris Benoit & Gunner Scott

Here's your reminder that Gunner Scott exists. It's kind of surprising he didn't stick around just because the roster was so shallow. Gunner gets the early portion of the match and looks pretty good. He makes a hot tag to Benoit after taking a beating from both opponents. Benoit actually is a pretty weak hot tag overall. Gunner gets beat up again, so we get another hot tag to Benoit. The action spills outside, which allows Finlay to use his shillelagh and regain the advantage. Booker slaps on the abdominal stretch and I have to say the crowd here has been really good all night. Gunner comes in and hits a second rope missile dropkick for a 2 count. Benoit and Finlay come in and start brawling. They end up spilling outside again thanks to a suplex from Benoit. Lashley makes his way out and sits in the throne on the stage. Booker and Sharmell are enraged, which allows Gunner to use a crucifix into a pin and steal the victory. This was actually pretty good even if it led to nothing for Gunner. 

Match Rating: ***

After yet another Tatanka vignette, Daivari is in the ring. He shows a video package hyping Khali and then brings him out. Khali yells and that's the segment. 

Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy

Poor Matt is back to being a jobber again. Matt baits Mark to have him chase him and hits him with a dropkick on his way back in. Hardy throws Henry into the ring post and then hits his second rope leg drop. Henry makes a quick comeback and slaps on my favorite move, the bear hug. He hits the World's Strongest Slam and that is all. Hardy tried here, but it was just way too short to make it compelling. After the match, Henry squashes Hardy in the corner and calls out Angle. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Vito and Nunzio are backstage and Vito is on the phone. This allows Paul Burchill to talk to Nunzio and let him know that he saw Vito in a dress. It's hard to get worse than this. 

Rey Mysterio vs. Kane

JBL comes out and gets Mysterio to say the date, which is May 19th. I'm sure this was great for the live crowd, as it wasn't May 19th. Out comes Kane and Michael Cole declares this a massacre. Kane destroys while we have to listen to JBL and Cole scream at each other. All of a sudden, the Kane mask comes on the screen and repeats "May 19th". This distraction allows Mysterio to hit the 619. Kane catches him with a chokeslam right after, but then Kane has a headache. JBL comes in and blames Mysterio for saying May 19th, which makes Kane give JBL a chokeslam. He uses his magical powers to make the ring posts explode and then walks away. What a bad ending to an otherwise good show. The match wasn't much.

Match Rating: 3/4*

This was a good go home show with a really invested crowd, but the ending was really stupid and did nothing to hype Judgment Day. If you just take that away, this was probably one of the stronger SmackDown shows of the year.

Overall Rating: 60%

Monday Night Raw 5-15-06 Review

Monday, May 15th, 2006
United Spirit Arena
Lubbock, Texas

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WWE Championship Match

Triple H vs. John Cena 

Mr. McMahon's music hits instead of Cena's and he says that he's changing the main event for tonight. He says that both the WWE Championship and Intercontinental Championship will be up for grabs in the first ever 3-on-2 Texas Tornado Handicap match. It will be John Cena and Rob Van Dam vs. Triple H, Shelton Benjamin and Chris Masters. 

Texas Tornado Handicap Match For The WWE Championship & Intercontinental Championship

John Cena & Rob Van Dam vs. Triple H, Shelton Benjamin & Chris Masters

Cena comes out first and he starts going at it with Triple H. For some reason the bell rings, even though none of the others are down yet. This is one of those matches that I have no recollection of ever happening. RVD hits a somersault dive onto Masters, Triple H and Cena going into the commercial break. When we come back, Shelton levels RVD with a kick to the back of the head. Triple H pulls Shelton off RVD and while they argue, Masters puts on the Master Lock. They break it up and it allows RVD to make a comeback. RVD hits Rolling Thunder and goes up top, but Triple H shoves him off the top and to the floor. Cena is back in and he takes out all three opponents. He hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but then Triple H goes for the Pedigree. Cena back body drops him to the floor and puts on the STFU on Shelton. Shelton gets saved by Masters, but then RVD hits the Five Star Frog Splash on Shelton. Triple H hits the Pedigree on both RVD and Cena. He and Shelton both make pinfalls, but Shelton was on RVD first and we have a new Intercontinental Champion. Triple H Pedigrees the ref in protest. I really enjoyed this match. It was chaotic and had a super hot crowd. This was a really good way to kick off the show. 

Match Rating: ***1/2

Trish Stratus is out to the ring and calls out Mickie James. Mickie attempts to attack Trish, but she ducks with the Matrix. Then out of nowhere Beth Phoenix attacks Mickie. Trish says that her new friend Beth is an old friend of Mickie's. Beth said she won't forget what she did to her. 

Triple H is furious in the locker room and in walks Shane McMahon. Shane says that he's the guest referee of Kenny vs. Shawn Michaels tonight. Shane informs him that Triple H will be in the corner of Kenny to make sure business is taken care of. 

World Tag Team Championship Match

Spirit Squad vs. Snitsky & Goldust

Johnny and Nicky are in there for the Squad tonight. One thing I can say about this is that it is a match. A tag team match to be exact. Anyway, no one really is into it. Snitsky and Goldust try to make a comeback, but Mikey does a flying bulldog off the trampoline behind the ref's back. That's enough for the victory. The match was meaningless, but the flying bulldog was pretty sweet. 

Match Rating: *

Mick Foley is here and bragging about hanging out with Melina. He brings out Terry Funk and he wants to know why Mick did what he did to Tommy Dreamer. Terry tells Mick that he's like a son to him. Mick questions why he wasn't at WrestleMania to watch his match and he lets everyone know that it was because he wanted too much money to be there. Funk keeps taking verbal jabs at Foley until he finally attacks him. Funk makes a comeback, but Funk takes care of him too. In comes Lita and she hits him with a low blow. No save from Dreamer here and the heels celebrate. I really didn't remember this angle not being that over, but that's two weeks in a row that it just isn't clicking with the live crowd. 

Matt Striker vs. Eugene

Striker makes fun of the crowd and Eugene comes out in a large cowboy hat. Striker dominates the early going until Eugene makes his comeback with the airplane spin. He hits a big boot and a leg drop for a 2 count. Striker hits his finisher basically out of nowhere and that is all. At least it was short. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Carlito is backstage for an interview with Maria. This leads to some terrible sexual innuendo joke and from there we go to Vince and Candice Michelle about to make out. This show sure is falling off the cliff quickly. In comes Triple H and they talk about back scratching. 

Umaga vs. Chris Wellman

Umaga's tree of woe headbutt gets a nice reaction from the live crowd. Wellman does a nice job of getting tossed around. This leads to the Samoan Spike for the easy victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Kenny vs. Shawn Michaels

Shane McMahon is the guest referee here and the other Spirit Squad members are banned from ringside. Triple H is at ringside though and he brought his sledgehammer. After some brawling, Michaels goes up top, but Shane pushes him off the top rope. Kenny follows up with a big reverse elbow and Shane tries his best for a fast count. Obviously this match is full of shenanigans and it leads to Shane attacking Shawn. He calls in Triple H and he accidentally hits Shane with the sledgehammer. Out comes Vince to check on Shane and he calls for medical help. Triple H says it was an accident and walks to the back as Vince holds Shane and we are off the air. There is no finish to this one. This wasn't much of a match despite them getting a few minutes. It was kind of a flat finish for the show overall.

Match Rating: *1/4

Well the show started off with a bang and just sort of whimpered along for the rest of it. I appreciated them doing something a little different to mix it up, but the depth of the roster isn't super strong right now and it showed here. I guess with all of that being said, it wasn't anything bad, just not something you needed to see. 

Overall Rating: 49%

NXT 5-8-14 Review

Original Airdate: Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Full Sail University
Winter Park, Florida

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NXT Women's Championship Tournament 1st Round Match

Emma vs. Charlotte

This one could have easily been the finals of the tournament. Emma avoids Charlotte in the corner, but Charlotte hits her with a forearm and snaps her head on the top rope. Charlotte then puts on a Figure Four headlock. Emma makes a comeback and then pulls out her version of the Cobra. She hits Sasha with it and Charlotte is able to roll her up for a victory. That was a big disappointment. They only got a couple of minutes and had a lame finish to go along with it. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

Legionnaires vs. El Local & Kalisto

The Legionnaires are Sylvester Lefort and Marcus Louis. Well, we finally have some tag teams on the show here. Lefort hits a neckbreaker and gets a 2 count. I'm not familiar with Louis, but apparently he was in TNA for a cup of coffee. The Legionnaires continue to dominate Local. He finally makes the hot tag to Kalisto, who hits a springboard crossbody and then a springboard corkscrew. He hits a corkscrew to the outside on Louis and hits a rolling kick to the head on Lefort. He then hits the handspring kick to the head for the victory. It was clear that this was to establish Kalisto as a star here and he looked great. 

Match Rating: **

Camacho vs. Captain Comic

So Camacho is fighting the Rosebud that he attacked last week. Captain Comic is Garret Dylan, who apparently is the son of Kris Kristofferson. Camacho obviously dominates the match, but his offense is still pretty generic. He hits a running Samoan Drop and then the running powerslam for the victory. You would have thought that Adam Rose would have been at ringside, but I guess that's not the case here. He comes out after and Camacho retreats. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Both Alicia Fox and Alexa Bliss get quick backstage spots before their match. Alexa cuts a pretty generic babyface spot. 

NXT Women's Championship Tournament 1st Round Match

Alicia Fox vs. Alexa Bliss

Alexa has a cool entrance where she blows out glitter for the Tinkerbell influence. The crowd is into Bliss here, but that may have more to do with Fox. Bliss hits a nice standing moonsault and drives her knees into Fox's gut. Fox dominates the rest of the match until Bliss is able to hit a spinning roll up for the upset victory. Bliss looked pretty good here for the most part. 

Match Rating: 3/4*

Adrian Neville gives us his thoughts on the battle royal tonight to determine the #1 contender. 

Battle Royal To Determine The #1 Contender For The NXT Championship

Mojo Rawley, Sami Zayn and Bo Dallas are the only three to get televised entrances. The Oliver Grey burial tour continues, as he's the first one eliminated. How did Tyler Breeze or Aiden English not get an entrance? The entire ring teams up to get rid of Brodus Clay. Smart choice. I've already lost interest in this one. Bo Dallas eliminates a bunch of guys in a row, which gets the crowd booing. He goes for Tyson Kidd next, but Kidd ends up throwing him out and gets a huge pop for it. We are down to Kidd, Breeze and Zayn. We get a lot of teased elimination spots and it leads to both Kidd and Zayn hanging onto the top rope next to each other. Kidd pulls Breeze over with his legs and all three men fall at the same time. That was a really well executed spot. The referees all get together while the crowd chants for a triple threat. Out comes Triple H and he declares that there will be a triple threat match next week to determine the #1 contender. Like most battle royals, it didn't get good until the end. The ending was better than most though and it worked well here.

Match Rating: **1/4

This was an entertaining, but unspectacular episode of NXT and that's okay. They continue to find their footing and are building a stronger roster. Hopefully soon we will get the women some more ring time. 

Overall Rating: 57%

Monday Night Raw 5-16-94 Review

Original Airdate: Monday, May 16th, 1994
Green Mountain State
Burlington, Vermont

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King Of The Ring Qualifying Match
Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sparky Plugg

Plugg hits a dropkick and it sends Bam Bam out of the ring. Bam Bam starts to dominate upon re-entering the ring and hits a powerslam. Bam Bam eventually misses in the corner and Sparky hits a DDT. He goes up to the top rope for a crossbody, but Bam Bam kicks out. He tries a small package, but it's not enough. Luna trips Sparky as he's running the ropes. Bam Bam capitalizes and picks up the victory. I'm not really sure why they thought Sparky needed protection here, but the match was pretty good overall. 

Match Rating: **

It's time for the King Of The Ring Report. So Bam Bam Bigelow matches up with Razor Ramon for the first round. 

Diesel vs. Mike Moraldo

Diesel takes Moraldo and throws him over the top rope with one hand. Diesel puts him in a bear hug before throwing him to the ground. Meanwhile, Randy Savage claims to hang out with Pee Wee Herman. Diesel hits the Jackknife for the victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Ugh, more Undertaker sighting vignettes. 

Now it's time for King's Court and boy are we lucky to have Ted DiBiase and Nikolai Volkoff as guests tonight. But first, Lawler talks about Roddy Piper. Now that I'm thinking about it, why didn't they just do Savage/Lawler? We go to commercial break and when we come back Volkoff is wearing his old gear and tells DiBiase that he hates him. I guess this is the precursor for the Vince/Austin angle. DiBiase gives Volkoff some new gear that says "Property of the Million Dollar Man". He then gets a tuxedo shirt and this segment is dragging on forever to absolutely no reaction from the crowd. I will say the cent sign is pretty funny. That's it. Did Vince owe Volkoff a favor or something? I mean the guy was a jobber for years. 

Owen Hart vs. Tony Roy

Owen hits a gutwrench suplex, which was always one of his more underrated moves. Roy goes for a dropkick, but Owen holds onto the ropes. He puts the Sharpshooter on and he instantly taps. After the match, Owen talks trash to the camera and then hits a spin kick on Roy. He then puts on the Bret Hart sunglasses and talks some more trash. With Owen not announced for the King Of The Ring tournament yet, it really is kind of weird that the guy who beat Bret Hart the night he won the WWF Championship would not be the #1 contender. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show the ring crew taking the ropes off for the Sumo Match. This leads into a promo for next week, as Earthquake takes on Owen Hart in a King Of The Ring qualifier. 

Sumo Match
Yokozuna vs. Earthquake

If you love stalling, do I have a match for you. Just think, they still gave us Akebono vs. Big Show nearly 11 years later. They finally start going at it after what feels like forever. The goal here is to push your opponent out of the ring, but for the most part you would think it was to see who could give the best sweaty hug. Earthquake finally knocks Yokozuna over and he rolls out of the ring for the victory. Vince sells it like the biggest upset in the history of sports. Randy Savage goes into celebrate with Quake. This was absolutely horrible television.

Match Rating: 0 Stars

They decide that this is the best time for them to promote the house show schedule. Next week it's Owen Hart vs. Earthquake and we're done. 

The opening match was decent enough, but the King's Court and Sumo Match were absolutely terrible. This was one of the weakest episodes in some time, as I have been enjoying Raw for the most part since WrestleMania X. Owen vs. Earthquake should make for a good episode next week though. 

Overall Rating: 34%

Superstars 5-14-94 Review

Original Airdate: Saturday, May 14th, 1994
War Memorial Auditorium
Rochester, New York

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Bret Hart's music hits to start the show. He joins Vince McMahon on the side stage. He says that we're going to find out who the best wrestler is when they step in the ring with each other. He then accepts the challenge from Diesel, which will take place at King Of The Ring. 

Kwang vs. Tony Outter

Kwang sure is becoming a mainstay here on Superstars. The weirdest thing is how Harvey Wippleman does nothing during his matches. Outter tries to mount some offense but gets hit with a spin kick and that's all. I guess they weren't quite ready to give up on Kwang yet. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

It's time for Live Events News and they talk about the big Yokozuna/Earthquake feud. 

King Of The Ring Qualifying Match
Pierre vs. Mabel

Pierre attacks Mabel as he enters the ring. Pierre hits a clothesline and then a missile dropkick, bringing the big man down. Pierre goes up top again, but this time Mabel powerslams him off. Mabel now goes up to the second rope, but misses with the splash. Pierre again goes up to the top rope and hits a nice looking leg drop, but Mabel kicks out at 2. Pierre goes for a body slam, but he can't keep him up and falls on his back for a nearfall. Mabel hits his sideslam and that's all for Pierre. Well, that sure was abrupt. Oscar then comes out and celebrates. They packed a lot in for a short match with a big man and made the most of it. 

Match Rating: *1/4

It's time for the King Of The Ring Report. We see that IRS is going to be the one to face Mabel and the winner will face Razor Ramon or whomever his opponent is. We're going to get Lex Luger/Jeff Jarrett and Bam Bam Bigelow/Sparky Plugg in our next qualifiers. We then get footage of Roddy Piper on his movie. 

Doink vs. Major Yates

Yates goes for a back body drop, but Doink gets a kick in and a double underhook suplex. Doink hits a pretty weak dropkick and a vertical suplex. Doink goes up top and hits the Whoopee Cushion (with fart sounds) for the victory. I can't believe this goes on for the rest of the year. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

They show Ted DiBiase yelling in his limo for Volkoff to open his door. 

Earthquake vs. AC Conner

Conner is none other than D'Lo Brown, which is fun. Quake hits his greatest hits here and of course the final squash for the victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Nikolai Volkoff vs. Duane Gill

I still can't wrap my mind around them thinking that this was a story people would get behind. Volkoff was 46 years old. The New Generation, everyone. Volkoff dominates early, but then DiBiase starts arguing with him and Gill gets in a few moves. Volkoff hits him with a kick to the gut and a clubbing blow to the back of the head for the victory. Good times. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Duke Droese does a spoof of the basketball McDonald's commercial and it's as good as you would expect. 

Tatanka vs. Gus Kantarakis

Tatanka really just feels like such old news here and he still has over a year left in his run. I completely understand why they turned him heel, I just don't think there was anything there as a performer. Kantarakis hits a DDT and actually gets a pin attempt. Tatanka hits the Samoan Drop for the victory. 

Match Rating: 1/4*

Vince and Lawler take a look at the replay of Pierre/Mabel and then bring out Jeff Jarrett. He lets Luger know that he's better than him, as they square off next week.

This one wasn't as fun of an episode since they cut the feature match down too short. The squashes were the usual and there was nothing else really of note. Just your run of the mill Superstars episode.

Overall Rating: 41%