Bob Bob Bobelow
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Aug 8, 2011 14:42:16 GMT -5
Week #1: January 3rd - January 9th
WWF RAW 1/3/1994 (Poughkeepsie, NY) 1. Ron Simmons defeated Hank Iron in 2:10 following a spine buster. During the match, Jim Cornette called in telling the announcers that at the Royal Rumble we will not see the fairy tell ending of the hero overcoming his bitter rival. Instead, evil will win and Crush will rip the hearts out of all the Simmons fans. 2. Kings Court w/Shawn Michaels: Jerry Lawler ripped on the crowd to begin the segment saying that Poughkeepsie, NY sure does smell like poo and he figures that’s the origin of the town. Lawler introduces his guest, the man who will defeat Bret Hart at the Royal Rumble and prevent Hart from regaining the Million Dollar Mansion, Shawn Michaels! Michaels walks down the aisle avoiding contact with fans while he plugged his nose to insult the fans even more. Michaels starts off telling Lawler that he has never been able to beat Bret Hart in a singles match in his career, but he has evolved as a wrestler and believes that he truly has the necessary tools to be the top guy in the World Wrestling Federation. He talks about Bret’s drama with losing the WWF World Championship, and then not being able to provide for his poor family. Michaels says that Hart will not have to wait for WrestleMania X, because he will not make it there. Hell, he will not make it to the Royal Rumble because his bodyguard and friend Diesel will surely break Bret Hart in half on WWF Superstars this week. “Hitman, I hope you are ready for a long life of sorrow because your days as being the best are over!†3. WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defeated John Paul/Scott Taylor in 3:04 when Rick pinned Paul following a bulldog. 4. Vince McMahon Phone Call: While Vince McMahon is promoting the main event, he is told someone has called into the show and it is urgent. McMahon takes the call and it is Henry Holmes who is Hulk Hogan’s agent. Holmes thanks McMahon for taking his call. Holmes announces that Hulk Hogan will be at the Royal Rumble to formally respond to Ric Flair’s statements from the Survivor Series. McMahon freaks out at the announcement that Hulk Hogan will be at the Royal Rumble! 5. Yokozuna defeated Eric Gilbert in 1:44 following the Bonsai Drop. During the bout, Tatanka shared some pre-tape comments to promote their match next week. Tatanka said "as they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Next week, Yokozuna you will fall to the Native American!" 6. Royal Rumble Report: Todd Pettengill promoted the Royal Rumble which happens on January 23rd. He runs down the card which will see the following. WWF World Champion Lex Luger defend against Mr. Perfect in a no disqualification match. WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel defend against Razor Ramon. WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defend against the Heavenly Bodies. Ron Simmons will take on Crush. Bret Hart squares off against Shawn Michaels. Lastly, Todd promotes the Royal Rumble match and announces several more guys competing in the match which are Marty Jannetty, The Kamikaze Kid, Quebecer Jacques, Quebecer Pierre and Ted DiBiase. DiBiase shared some pre-tape comments saying that he isn’t worried about Bret Hart since Shawn Michaels will take care of him. DiBiase is turning his attention to the WWF World Championship and says he will eliminate all the poor losers over the top rope and make the main event the million dollar main event at WrestleMania X! 7. WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel defeated Randy Savage in a non-title match in 10:41 when Tamara crotched Savage on the top rope and allowed Martel to pull Savage off the top and roll him up for the cheap win. After the match, Martel tried to put the Boston Crab on Savage but Razor Ramon entered the ring and scared Martel away. Ramon backed up and ended up bumping into Savage. Ramon and Savage stared at each other until Savage put his hand out for a handshake. Ramon looked around briefly before accepting Savage’s hand!
Next week on RAW: Yokozuna will take on Tatanka in singles action. Can Tatanka overcome the enormous Yokozuna or will mighty Yokozuna continue his dominance as the Royal Rumble gets closer?
WWF Superstars 1/8/1994 1. Owen Hart defeated Beau Beverly in 5:14 following a missile dropkick. 2. Mr. Perfect Interview: Jim Ross conducted a sit down interview with the number one contender, Mr. Perfect. Ross talks about the year long journey that Perfect has encountered and how he can full a lifelong dream of winning the WWF World Championship in just a few weeks. Perfect recalls winning the Royal Rumble last year, when no one considered him as a favorite. Then, having to deal with being cheated out of his spot by Ric Flair and seeing him main event WrestleMania. Perfect notes that at WrestleMania IX Lex Luger was the better man, but their meeting at the Royal Rumble is much different. “This time, it’s for the greatest prize in the world. I have came so far, so close to achieving greatness that at the Royal Rumble I will not fail I will prevail and win the WWF World Championship for the perfect ending to long journey.†3.the Smoking Gunns defeated Jim Powers/Mike Bell in 3:53 when Billy pinned Bell. 4. Heavenly Bodies Interview: Vince McMahon conducted an interview with the Heavenly Bodies and Jim Cornette regarding their upcoming title match against the WWF World Tag Team Champions, Steiner Brothers at the Royal Rumble. Cornette puts over his team as the greatest tag team to ever compete since they have won titles in every promotion, region or terrority that they have ever competed in. “At the Royal Rumble, the Doctor of Desire, Tom Pritchard and the Gigolo Jimmy Del Ray will continue to add championships to collection at the expense of the Michigan meat head Steiner Brothers, I promise you that!†5. Ludvig Borga defeated Mike Lewis in 2:16 following a shoulder breaker. During the bout, Chris Benoit called in saying that he proved that he was better than Borga and Jim Cornette knew that. However, Benoit wants the records to show he made Borga tapped out. So, Benoit issues a challenge to Borga for another match next week on Superstars! 6. Royal Rumble Report: Todd Pettengill promoted the Royal Rumble which happens on January 23rd. He runs down the card which will see the following. WWF World Champion Lex Luger defend against Mr. Perfect in a no disqualification match. WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel defend against Razor Ramon. WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defend against the Heavenly Bodies. Ron Simmons will take on Crush. Bret Hart squares off against Shawn Michaels. Lastly, Todd promotes the Royal Rumble match and announces several more guys competing in the match which are, Brian Knobbs, Jerry Saggs, Fatu, Samu and Jerry Lawler. Pre-tape comments by Jerry Lawler are aired. Lawler says that it will only be fitting for royalty to win the Royal Rumble and that he will toss all the peasants out the ring so that the King will reign supreme! 7. Bret Hart defeated Diesel by disqualification in 14:39 when Shawn Michaels entered the ring and super kicked Hart as he tried to put the Sharpshooter on Diesel. After the match, Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart ran down to the ring to make the save for Bret. Michaels and Diesel head up the aisle way where DiBiase appeared and paid them with a roll of one hundred dollar bills.
Next week on Superstars: Chris Benoit will compete against Ludvig Borga in singles action. Also, Razor Ramon competes against one half of the Heavenly Bodies Tom Pritchard!
WWF Wrestling Challenge 1/9/1994 1. the Undertaker defeated Samu in 5:19 following a tombstone pile driver. 2. Bam-Bam Bigelow Interview: Bam-Bam Bigelow shared some pre-tape comments regarding his non-sanctioned match against the Undertaker at Madison Square Garden on January 17th and the Royal Rumble six days later on January 23rd. Bigelow tells us that he has beaten the Undertaker before and kept him away from the WWF for the better part of five months after WrestleMania IX. He battled the Undertaker to his limit at SummerSlam but his fire to end the Undertaker will not be put out. On January 17th, we will see the end of the Undertaker and then on January 23rd he will defeat twenty nine other men and main event the Royal Rumble cause he is the toughest, baddest and meanest man in the world! 3. WWF World Champion Lex Luger defeated Mark Starr in 2:35 with the Torture Rack. 4. the Kamikaze Kid/Marty Jannetty defeated Glenn Ruth/Russ Greenberg in 2:34 when Jannetty pinned Ruth following the Rocker Dropper. 5. Royal Rumble Report: Todd Pettengill promoted the Royal Rumble which happens on January 23rd. He runs down the card which will see the following. WWF World Champion Lex Luger defend against Mr. Perfect in a no disqualification match. WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel defend against Razor Ramon. WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defend against the Heavenly Bodies. Ron Simmons will take on Crush. Bret Hart squares off against Shawn Michaels. Lastly, Todd promotes the Royal Rumble match with the winner competing in the main event at the Royal Rumble. 6. Jeff Jarrett defeated Mo in 8:21 following a jumping DDT. After the match, Scott Norton and Mabel had a stare down and began to exchange blows as the show came to an end.
Next week on Wrestling Challenge: IRS will compete against Jim Neidhart. Also, we will Bam-Bam Bigelow in action!
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Post by DTP. on Aug 8, 2011 16:26:46 GMT -5
WWF RAW: Monday 3rd January 1994..Happy 1994. Ron Simmons with a win was a nice opening contest. Jim Cornette's insert was quite nice. Simmons like I've said before, needs the win against Crush at the Royal Rumble. Shawn Michaels on the King's Court was great, liked its promotion for both Superstars of Wrestling as well as the Royal Rumble. The Steiner Brothers' win was acceptable. Loved Vince McMahon's phone call, Hulk Hogan at the Royal Rumble should be fantastic. Wonder what he does. Yokozuna's win was fine, looking forward to Yoko and Tatanka's match. Yokozuna does need to stop facing enhancement talents now. I could see Ted Dibiase being another primary and potential winner of the Royal Rumble match, good additions to the match. Rick Martel beating Randy Savage was fantastic. Great move, despite Razor Ramon's botched interference. Surprised to see Ramon and Savage shake hands though. Not a bad show.
WWF Superstars of Wrestling: Saturday 8th January 1994...Owen Hart beating Beau Beverly sounded like a fair opening contest. Mr Perfect's interference was well done, promoting us for the match with Lex Luger at the Royal Rumble. The Smokg Gunns' win was ideal. They do need some more offence. The Heavenly Bodies' promo showed that they are ready for the WWF Tag Team Championships, I guess. I still hope they don't get the titles from the Steiner Brothers though. Ludvig Borga with a win is fine, not looking forward to Borga getting a rematch with Chris Benoit next week, the last time they fought was only two weeks ago. More filler added to the Royal Rumble match, which is fair. I hope Jerry Lawler does something fun in the match. Bret Hart beating Diesel was for the best, liked Shawn Michaels' involvement though. Didn't find Jim Neidhart and Owen Hart's involvement necessary though. Decent episode of Superstars. Razor Ramon needs the win against Tom Pritchard, but at the same time Pritchard I guess needs the win to look credible for the Heavenly Bodies against the Steiners.
WWF Wrestling Challenge: Sunday 9th January 1994...The Undertaker beating Samu was for the better, odd to see the Headshrinkers actually in action, albeit one of them. Bam Bam Bigelow's interview was quite good. Looking forward to their match at Madison Square Garden. Lex Luger, the Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty winning was fair, nothing special. Jeff Jarrett beating Mo was a good main event, liked Scott Norton and Mabel's confrontation especially. Overall, not a bad show, Jim Neidhart and Irwin R. Schyster doesn't sound like a good match. Fair week of television.
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Post by duan on Aug 11, 2011 23:31:15 GMT -5
WWF 1994 (Week #1):
- Welcome to your second year Bob! Glad to see you make it in! Liking the Simmons/Crush feud and I think we will see Simmons go over. Powerful Michaels promo and this whole 'poor Bret Hart' thing has gone over well for me. Steiner's squash for the win. HOGAN AT THE RUMBLE! Royal Rumble looks stacked. Good ending to Raw with the Razor save and then handshake. Love the next week preview touch. Solid Raw. Perfect seems determined and I'd freak out if you gave him a run. Now is better than ever man! Benoit coming in is interesting and him feuding with Borga is giving them something to do I guess. Good ending again; like how this Hart Foundation/Million Dollar Men feud is playing out. Superstars seemed well. Bam Bam/Undertaker unsanctioned will be insane. Not much to really write home about on the challenge, but that is fine. Awesome job this week as always.
Maybe its just the format or the way you write, but you make it so easy and fun to read/reply. Keep it up man, you deserve your title this month.
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Post by Elliot on Aug 12, 2011 8:56:11 GMT -5
Bob, I know I owe you a ton of replies from the past, and I promise from now on I'm going to do my best to keep up with your shows.
Monday Night RAW; A good win for Ron Simmons, however, I was always a Crush mark, so I'd like to see him win at the Royal Rumble. A good edition of The King's Court with Shawn Michaels, I used to love King as a mega heel. An obvious victory for the WWF Tag Team Champions, The Steiner Brothers there. Good to hear that Hulk Hogan will be at the Rumble. Obvious victory for Yokozuna, and I look forward to his bout with Tatanka next week, not sure who'll come out on top there. I would LOVE to see Ted DiBiase win the Royal Rumble, that would be great. Or a segment where he tries to buy elimination would be awesome. A good Main Event, surprised to see Rick Martel defeat Macho Man, but it made sense with the cheap victory. Good to see Razor Ramon in there too.
WWF Superstars; A good victory for Owen Hart. Mr. Perfect as WWF Champion would be immense. The Smoking Gunns with the win is good. Never been a fan of The Heavenly Bodies, so I hope The Steiner Brothers retain at the Royal Rumble. A good win for Ludvig Borga, and a match with Benoit next week should be great. A good way to end the show with Bret Hart defeating Michaels' bodyguard, Diesel. DiBiase paying Michaels and Diesel? Interesting.
Wrestling Challenge; Obvious victory for The Undertaker. I like Bam Bam, but I don't see him winning either his match with The Undertaker or the Royal Rumble, tbh. Another obvious victory with the WWF Champion, Lex Luger getting the win. Pleased to see Marty Jannetty on the winning team. Jeff Jarrett defeating Mo was the right move, a good way to close the show.
A good set of show there. On another not, don't know about anyone else, but I'm seeing "’" in the place of some punctuation marks, haha.
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Post by Jord on Aug 12, 2011 21:50:35 GMT -5
I'm really, really annoyed with myself for falling behind on this and not keeping up to date! I'm going to go back and read through from where I left off (eventually) but for now, I'll reply to Week 1 of 1994. Win for Simmons was fine and I'm quite surprised to see his feud with Crush still going on. I like that it's went on a good few month now. I like Simmons but I'd much rather see Crush win their feud blow-off. Love the addition of Shawn Michaels to the DiBiase/Hart feud! Hulk Hogan being in attendance at the Royal Rumble is huge. Solid main event, even if I was surprised to see Martel go over Savage.
Fine win for Hart to kick off Superstars. Really would not mind seeing Perfect capture the WWF Championship from Luger at the Royal Rumble. That'd be unique as I can't recall it happening in any old school diary on here. Huge main event for Superstars. The DQ finish helped keep Diesel strong even if he lost and the interference from Michaels helped build towards his match with Bret at the Rumble. Liked Owen and Neidhart making the save, however, I still think it's only a matter of time before either Owen or Jim turn on Bret and align with DiBiase.
The Undertaker was never going to lose against Samu. Decent interview with Bam Bam Bigelow. I love how you're making an effort to build up the Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty as a team as I remember them as a team at SurSer being really random. Jarrett winning was expected. Wow, Scott Norton? I've got a lot to catch up on!
This is still easily my favourite diary on the board. Like Duan said, you're format is really fun to read and it has the detail if needed, however, if there's no need for a lot of detail then it's not there. Glad to see you in your second year and hope to see it continue for many more!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Aug 14, 2011 16:21:14 GMT -5
Week #2: January 10th - January 16th
WWF RAW 1/10/1994 (Poughkeepsie, NY) 1. Diesel defeated Dave Scott in 2:19 following a power bomb. 2. Kings Court w/Ron Simmons: Jerry Lawler welcomes everyone to the greatest talk show to ever be aired on television, the Kings Court. He discusses the Royal Rumble which is thirteen days away. He says that royalty will rightfully win the Royal Rumble and that he will main event WrestleMania! Eventually, Lawler introduces his guest this week, Ron Simmons. Lawler talks about Camp Cornette and more specifically Crush, who turned on Simmons back in October. Lawler believes that Crush did the right thing by cutting the deadweight that was keeping him down which was the fans and Simmons! Lawler asks what Simmons has done in the WWF other than slamming Yokozuna which is the biggest fluke to ever happen. Lawler doesn’t believe Simmons could do it again and sure as heck doesn’t believe that Simmons can beat Crush at the Royal Rumble. Simmons is clearly aggravated saying that he came here to the WWF to make a statement, to be someone the fans can get behind. Simmons says that he trusted Crush and that ended up being the wrong idea. However, Simmons believes that when you get knocked down you have to get back up and to never give up. Lawler quips in saying that only a moron would think that way. Simmons stares down Lawler and tells him that if he wants a piece of him to just say so. Lawler laughs at Simmons suggesting that he is any competition to him. Lawler decides to tell Simmons that next week he will show all the moronic fans that just because Simmons has big muscles doesn’t mean he can beat royalty! 3. Bret Hart defeated Tony DeVito in 2:54 with the Sharpshooter. During the bout, Ted DiBiase shared some pre-tape comments saying that he isn’t worried about Bret Hart because he believes Shawn Michaels will take care of business in thirteen days. DiBiase continues by saying that he is going for the WWF World Championship as he plans on tossing twenty nine other chumps over the top rope. 4. Lex Luger Hype Video: A video promoting the WWF World Champion Lex Luger was aired. The video went over Luger’s journey in the WWF for his first year. He debuted at the Royal Rumble with a special unveiling by Bobby Heenan, defeating Mr. Perfect at his first WrestleMania, defeating Randy Savage, Mr. Perfect and Crush to win the 1993 King of the Ring, and beating WWF World Champion Bret Hart at SummerSlam. Now, he meets the man that he has defeated two times before in singles action. He is a man who not only wants but needs to win the WWF World Championship to prove to himself that he is a champion. Lex Luger meets his greatest test to date, Mr. Perfect on January 23rd, 1994. 5. WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defeated Charles Haroldson/Steve King in 3:12 when Scott pinned King following the Frankensteiner. 6. Royal Rumble 1994 Report: Todd Pettengill hypes up the Royal Rumble which takes place in less than two weeks. After promoting the championship matches and singles matches taking place Pettengill mentions that there are a few men pulling double duty at the event as they will compete in singles action and the Royal Rumble. Pettengill reveals that those men will be Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Tatanka, Crush, and Ron Simmons! Pettengill believes this will be one event you simply can’t miss! 7. Yokozuna fought Tatanka to a double count-out in 7:24 when Tatanka blocked a tennis racket shot from Cornette and went to the floor. Yokozuna followed and they brawled while the referee counted them out.
Next week on RAW: The loud mouth Jerry Lawler has gotten himself in trouble again. He will meet Ron Simmons in singles action next week on RAW!
WWF Superstars 1/15/1994 1. Razor Ramon defeated Tom Pritchard by disqualification in 6:49 when Jimmy Del Ray attacked Ramon while he went for the Razors Edge. After the match, Ramon was able to fight off both men after breaking free from Pritchard and sent both men to the floor. Ramon signaled that at the Royal Rumble the gold will be coming back around his waist! 2. Crush defeated Roger Davidson in 2:05 with the Kona Vice. 3. Ted DiBiase/Bret Hart Hype Video: A video promoting Bret Hart’s recent issues is aired. It starts off with him losing the WWF World Championship at SummerSlam and was dejected afterwards. Things didn’t get better for him as after he was unable to take care of his parents home, the rich Ted DiBiase swooped in and bought the house while making Bret’s parents and sister into his servants so that they could remain living there. Also, Hart has to battle Shawn Michaels at the Royal Rumble to even get a shot at DiBiase at WrestleMania. Can Hart get his life back on track or will he crumble to the pressure? 4. Jeff Jarrett defeated Mark Starr in 2:49 following a jumping DDT. During the bout, Jarrett shared pre-tape comments saying that next week Scott Norton makes his debut and will make a huge impact by tossing Mabel on his butt in their over the top rope challenge! 5. Royal Rumble 1994 Report: Todd Pettengill hypes up the Royal Rumble which takes place in less than two weeks. After promoting the championship matches and singles matches taking place Pettengill mentions that there are a few men pulling double duty at the event as they will compete in singles action and the Royal Rumble. Pettengill reveals that those men will be Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Tatanka, Crush, and Ron Simmons! Pettengill believes this will be one event you simply can’t miss! 6. Mr. Perfect defeated Dale Robinson in 2:11 following the Perfect Plex. 7. Ludvig Borga defeated Chris Benoit in 8:34 after a distraction by Jim Cornette and Owen Hart on the apron. Cornette got on the apron with his tennis racket looking to hit Benoit but Owen got on there as well to tug the racket away. However, the momentum from tugging away ended up seeing him hit Benoit in the head accidentally as Benoit went over to take care of Cornette. That lead to Borga hitting a dazed Benoit with a shoulder breaker to win the bout.
Next week on Superstars: The muscular bodyguard Scott Norton will compete against Mabel in an over the top rope challenge. Who will display their incredible strength as we are just days away from the Royal Rumble? Also, the WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers will be in action!
WWF Wrestling Challenge 1/16/1994 1. WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel defeated Chris Kanyon in 3:14 with the Boston Crab. During the bout, Razor Ramon called in to say that at the Royal Rumble Martel will no longer have the chance to brag about his model looks because the Bad Guy is angry and going to break Martel’s face with his fists! 2. Tatanka Interview: Jim Ross conducted an interview with Tatanka. Tatanka is target for the promo is Jim Cornette who continues to get involved in matches that involve Yokozuna, Ludvig Borga, Crush and the Heavenly Bodies. Tatanka says that on RAW he believed he had Yokozuna right where he wanted him and that Cornette knew that. He believes that Cornette is afraid of what Tatanka is capable of doing. Tatanka says that everyone will see what he capable of doing at the Royal Rumble! 3. The Kamikaze Kid/Marty Jannetty defeated Mike Bell/Barry Horowitz in 4:39 when Jannetty pinned Bell following the Rocker Dropper. During the bout, Diesel and Shawn Michaels shared some pre-tape comments by saying that next week on Wrestling Challenge they are going to an end to this little underdog team as they the new big boys of the tag team division and everyone is to take notice of that! 4. Doink the Clown defeated PJ Walker in 2:44 following the Whoopee Cushion. 5. Royal Rumble 1994 Report: Todd Pettengill hypes up the Royal Rumble which takes place in less than two weeks. After promoting the championship matches and singles matches taking place Pettengill mentions that there are a few men pulling double duty at the event as they will compete in singles action and the Royal Rumble. Pettengill reveals that those men will be Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Tatanka, Crush, and Ron Simmons! Pettengill believes this will be one event you simply can’t miss! 6. Jim Neidhart defeated IRS in 6:15 following a running power slam. After the match, IRS smashed Neidhart in the face with his steel briefcase before being escorted to the backstage area by officials.
Next week on Wrestling Challenge: Diesel and Shawn Michaels will be in tag action against the Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty!
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Post by DTP. on Aug 14, 2011 17:16:37 GMT -5
WWF RAW: Monday 10th January 1994...Diesel with a win is fine. Ron Simmons' appearance on the King's Court was fine, I'll be looking forward to Simmons facing Jerry Lawler next week. Could see Simmons losing with thanks to Yokozuna and Crush next week. Bret Hart's win was quite nice, liked Ted Dibiase's promo as well. Lex Luger's hype video accomplished a lot, preparing the Mr Perfect and Luger no-disqualification match at the Royal Rumble. I could still see Luger retain the WWF Championship though. The Steiner Brothers' win was acceptable. Wow, strong new batch for the Rumble. Can definitely see Bret winning the Royal Rumble. Yokozuna and Tatanka's double count out finish wasn't expected I admit. Not bad though. Nothing too special this week on RAW.
WWF Superstars of Wrestling: Saturday 15th January 1994...Razor Ramon beating Tom Pritchard was fair, liked Ramon overcoming the odds and noting how prepared he was to regain the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Crush's win was fine. Ted Dibiase and Bret Hart with a hype video...too soon. I'm still not fond of you announcing Dibiase and Hart officially prior to actually finishing off the Shawn Michaels and Hart feud properly. Was far too soon. Mr Perfect's win was fine. Ludvig Borga matching Chris Benoit up with a win of his own this week was good. Overall, not a bad episode, nothing too special though really, yet again. Going to be a fun match between Scott Norton and Mabel in the over-the-top rope challenge next week.
WWF Wrestling Challenge: Sunday 16th January 1994...Rick Martel winning the opening contest was a good call. I can definitely see Martel retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the Royal Rumble. Tatanka's interview prepared us for his feud with Camp Cornette brewing, as well as setting us up for the Royal Rumble match more. The Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jennetty & Doink the Clown with wins is also fine. Lastly, uninspiring main event win for Jim Neidhart against Irwin R. Schyster. Didn't do a great deal for me. Looking forward to Diesel and Shawn Michaels facing the Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty, despite the fact that we know Diesel and Shawn are winning. Not really an exciting week, just more hype for Royal Rumble.
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Post by Zigzag on Aug 14, 2011 18:10:42 GMT -5
Can't wait for the Royal Rumble, man... Have you announced all 30 participants yet? Simmons-Lawler should be a good match. I could picture it happening in either WWF or WCW, back around that time. Norton-Mabel over-the-top-rope challenge was a good idea, can't wait to see Norton in action. Only real disappointment so far, is Benoit's rotten luck against Borga. I'd love to see things turn around for him soon.
You're doing great, man. I was beginning to miss this but I can't wait for more. Thanks!
Oh... When might we see the results for the Year End Awards?
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Post by Jord on Aug 14, 2011 18:57:29 GMT -5
Diesel winning a squash opener was fine. King's Court with Ron Simmons was decent, although it's almost as if you have the King's Court every week on RAW directly following the opening match. However, I did like the set-up for Lawler/Simmons next week. I'm predicting a Simmons victory. Bret winning was fine. Would love to see DiBiase win the Royal Rumble match. You've booked Luger's reign as champion so well and I'm torn as to who I want to leave the Rumble as WWF Champion. Yokozuna/Tatanka's count out finish was slightly random.
Ramon losing to Pritchard via Disqualification was odd, to say the least. Liked him standing tall post-match and signalling that he is coming for the Intercontinental Championship. Decent win for Crush. I really like the stipulation of Bret fighting HBK at the Rumble and if he wins, he gets DiBiase at WrestleMania. I think it's pretty obvious Bret will beat HBK, however, I'm starting to think it's so obvious that you might pull off a swerve. Really surprised to see Borga go over Benoit, although the finish made sense.
Chris Kanyon? Awesome. Martel going over was obviously the right call. I'm loving Camp Cornette. Once again I like how you're making an effort to build Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty up as a tag team. Decent main event with a good win for Neidhart. Diesel/HBK vs. Jannetty/Kamikaze should be interesting next week considering Michaels/Jannetty's past.
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Post by Elliot on Aug 15, 2011 8:52:05 GMT -5
Monday Night RAW; A good win for Diesel, bouncing back from his loss to Bret Hart on WWF Superstars last week. The King's Court was interesting, and I hope Ron Simmons beats King next week on RAW. Glad to see Bret Hart with the win, and Ted DiBiase is really promoting himself lately, I'd love to see him win the Royal Rumble. I'm backing Mr. Perfect come the Rumble, really hope he becomes the WWF World Champion. Another good victory for The Steiner Brothers, and I hope they retain at the Rumble. Yokozuna going over Tatanka was probably the right move, keeping Yokozuna strong.
WWF Superstars; A disqualification finish was interesting following the attack from Jimmy Del Ray. I'd like to see Razor take back the Intercontinental Championship. Obvious win for Crush, and I have a feeling he could be coming out victorious against Ron Simmons at the Royal Rumble. Good win for Jeff Jarrett. I don't see Scott Norton winning the Over-the-Top-Rope Challenge next week. Mr. Perfect with the victory is always good, especially since he's the #1 Contender for the WWF World Championship. Was totally expecting Chris Benoit to pull out the victory here, so shocked to see Borga come out on top.
WWF Wrestling Challenge; Rick Martel going over is good, but I hope he loses at the Rumble to Razor Ramon. Good tag team match, but I'm pretty certain that Shawn Michaels and Diesel will walk out victorious when they face off. Good to see Doink the Clown taking a victory. Jim Neidhart over IRS was the right call, but I like how IRS remained strong due to the post-match attack.
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Post by duan on Aug 16, 2011 9:28:05 GMT -5
94 - Week #2!
- Safe to say you now have an every week reader out of me man, I am digging it. Raw was well written, especially the King's Court segment. Crush will get involved next week in Lawler's match with Simmons. The only bad thing about Raw in this era is that it was mostly squashes, so I really can't comment so much. The main event seemed pretty good though, the double countout seemed like the right way to go. Solid show, good Rumble build. Great Superstars opener with Ramon going over and looking real strong afterward. Hart/Dibiase feud is the best thing going. Good main event here, liked how Owen inadvertently cost Benoit the match; nice job with this edition of Superstars...looking forward to Scott Norton's debut. Awesome Razor comments about Martel on the Challenge. 2 Dudes with Attitudes competing next week should be awesome; liked the main event also. Everything seems to be well with the WWF this week! Nice job pal.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Aug 17, 2011 12:54:21 GMT -5
Week #3: January 17th - 23rd
WWF RAW 1/17/1994 (Poughkeepsie, NY taped) 1. Jeff Jarrett Mike Sullivan in 2:35 following a jumping DDT. 2. Ric Flair Calls In: Vince McMahon’s phone next to him rings and he picks up before making sure that there will be sound so it will be broadcasted. It ends up being Ric Flair who greets McMahon with a “wooooo.” Flair talks to McMahon about Hulk Hogan saying he will be appearing at the Royal Rumble 1994. Flair says “Well, I guess the Nature Boy is going to have to get in a jet and strut his way to Providence, Rhode Island for some fun.” Flair hangs up while McMahon ponders the possibility of Flair showing up at the Royal Rumble! 3. WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel defeated Dave Andrews in 3:24 with the Boston Crab. 4. Mr. Perfect/Lex Luger Confrontation: Jim Ross conducted a face to face confrontation between WWF World Champion Lex Luger and number one contender Mr. Perfect just six days away from their no disqualification match at the Royal Rumble. A table is set up in the middle of the ring along with two chairs. This has been set up to allow both men to get some last verbal jabs in. Luger starts off telling Perfect that everyone keeps on talking about his story. How he overcame Ric Flair and battled his way to another championship match. Luger brings Perfect back to reality that he hasn’t beaten Luger in a singles match. “We both know that at the end of the day, you can’t beat me one on one and I’ve proven that many times before.” Perfect chimed in talking about how no one believed that he would beat Ric Flair at SummerSlam and he did just that. Perfect wants Luger to think that he won’t win because he wants to shock the world one more time and win the WWF World Championship this Sunday! Luger grabs his championship and raises it right in front of Perfect’s face telling him “this is the closest you will ever get to my championship, and you are going to have to live with that.” Perfect tells Luger he better enjoy the last six days he has with that championship because the gold is going home with Mr. Perfect! 5. the Undertaker defeated Derek Newton in 2:32 following a tombstone pile driver. 6. Royal Rumble 1994 Report: Todd Pettengill promotes the Royal Rumble which is six days away. 7. Ron Simmons defeated Jerry Lawler in 8:57 following a spine buster. After the match, Crush and Yokozuna run down to ringside looking to attack Simmons. However, Randy Savage and Tatanka sprint to the ring and stand by Simmons’s side in the ring to prevent Camp Cornette from entering the ring!
Next week on RAW: The Year End Awards results will be revealed. Also, the fallout from the Royal Rumble will be an explosive one as Bret Hart will meet Crush in singles action. How will Bret Hart mental state of mind be after the Royal Rumble and will Crush have crushed the beloved Ron Simmons? Tune into RAW to see the fallout if your unable able to see the Royal Rumble live this Sunday night on pay per view!
World Wrestling Federation Madison Square Garden House Show Date: 1/17/1994 From: New York, NY Arena: Madison Square Garden Attendance: 20,165 Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan Aired on MSG Network only
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan welcome everyone to the broadcast. Monsoon hypes up the Royal Rumble which is only six days away. He notes that tonight we will see Mr. Perfect team with Randy Savage to take on WWF World Champion Lex Luger and Jerry Lawel! Also, Bret Hart takes on Diesel and in a Royal Rumble preview Ron Simmons takes on Crush plus much more! Heenan chimes in saying that Luger will take care of Perfect tonight and we will not have a title match at the Royal Rumble. They also mention that Undertaker vs. Bam-Bam Bigelow unsanctioned match taking place but that will not be aired on television but rather a future Coliseum Home Video release.
Opening Contest: Shawn Michaels defeated the Kamikaze Kid: These two put on quite the opening contest. Kid got in several top rope moves such as a cross body and a springboard spin kick but couldn’t put Michaels away. Michaels gained control with a gut wrench suplex and a delayed vertical suplex. Kid was able to crotch Michaels on the top rope as he tried an elbow drop to his a hurricanrana. Kid looked for a top rope moonsault but missed! As Kid got to his knees Michaels nailed him with a super kick to win the bout. (9:25, ***)
Second Contest: Owen Hart defeated IRS: This was the exact opposite to the opening contest as IRS controlled Owen with some mat wrestling to start the bout. Owen ducked under a dropkick to spin kick IRS for a near fall and began to get pick up the pace. Late in the match, Owen ducked under a clothesline to pin IRS with a crucifix pin. (6:56, *½)
Third Contest: Yokozuna defeated Tatanka: They exchanged right hands to open the bout until Yoko dropped Tatanka with a belly to belly suplex for a two count. Yoko kept control with several nerve holds and splashed Tatanka in the corner. Tatanka began to make his comeback with several over hand chops and knocked Yoko off his feet with a middle rope shoulder block. Late in the bout, Tatanka looked to hit the top rope chop but Cornette whacked him over the back with his tennis racket causing him to flip over and crash to the mat. Yoko got up and hit the Bonsai Drop to win the bout. (8:43, **)
Fourth Contest: Razor Ramon/WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel/Heavenly Bodies: All six men started off in the ring brawling until Ramon and the Steiner’s cleaned the heels out of the ring. Scott and Pritchard opened up the bout with Scott controlling Pritchard with his mat wrestling skill. Pritchard blocked a back drop attempt with a kick and whip lashed Scott to the mat to give the heels the advantaged. Pritchard tagged out following a swinging neck breaker and entered Martel who did some jumping jacks taunting the fans and Ramon. Martel worked on Scott’s back for a few moments by delivering a few back breakers. Scott avoided a clothesline and ended up connecting with a double under hook power bomb. Rick tagged in and cleaned house with several clotheslines. Martel crawled away and tagged in Del Ray who quickly ran into a over head belly to belly suplex. Late in the match, Ramon got tagged in and looked to hit the Razors Edge on Del Ray but Pritchard and Martel entered the ring causing the Steiner’s to enter to allow Ramon to hit the Razors Edge to give his team the win! (14:03, ***¼) After the match, Ramon grabbed the WWF Intercontinental Championship and taunted Martel saying the gold will be his in six days!
Intermission: During the intermission, promos by Ron Simmons, Bret Hart and Lex Luger were aired. Simmons hyped up his Crush match coming up next. Hart hyped up his battle with Diesel while Luger promoted his tag match with Lawler against Perfect and Savage.
Fifth Contest: Crush defeated Ron Simmons: Simmons quickly went at Crush on the aisle way and they brawled around ringside for several moments before the bell was sounded. Crush rammed Simmons head first into the ring post and sent him shoulder first into the ring steps. Crush got into the ring believing that Simmons would be counted out. However, Simmons rolled in and shoulder tackled Crush when he turned around. Simmons nearly won with a snap power slam. Late in the match, Simmons was getting ready for another running shoulder tackle but Cornette grabbed his foot from the outside. This distracted Simmons and allowed Crush to knee Simmons in the back and put the Kona Vice on Simmons to win the match! (8:45, **¼)
Sixth Contest: Bret Hart defeated Diesel by disqualification: Diesel got the early advantage with a knee lift and quickly delivered a side slam for a two count in the early moments. Diesel worked on Hart with a bear hug and would send Hart into the ropes chest first and deliver several forearm shots. Diesel worked on Hart in the corner with knee lifts and looked for a running big boot but Hart moved out of the way causing Diesel to get his leg caught on the top rope and kicks away on Diesel’s left knee. Hart pulls Diesel out of the corner by connecting with a running bulldog for a two count. Hart continues with a side Russian leg sweep and a middle rope forearm shot. Hart tried for the Sharpshooter but Diesel kicked Hart away into a corner. Diesel gets up and choke slams Hart but isn’t able to put Hart away. Diesel signals for the Jackknife and gets Hart up but Hart punches Diesel on the head several times knocking Diesel down. Hart is able to go for the Sharpshooter and turns Diesel over. However, Shawn Michaels runs down and ends up super kicking Hart on the back of the head causing the DQ. (11:38, ***) After the match, Diesel gets up and power bombs Hart. Michaels stands over Hart and trash talks the Hitman.
Main Event: Mr. Perfect/Randy Savage defeated WWF World Champion Lex Luger/Jerry Lawler: Perfect and Lawler kicked off the match with Perfect hammering away on Lawler in a corner. Luger tried to get a shot in from the apron but Perfect back elbowed Luger to the floor. Perfect is distracted allowing Lawler to low blow Perfect and nearly win the bout with a roll up. Lawler works on Perfect with a few standing fist drops before tagging out to Luger. Luger clotheslines Perfect a few times followed by a delayed vertical supelx for another near fall. Perfect countered a pile driver attempt with a back drop and managed to hot tag Savage. Savage forearm strikes both Luger and Lawler until Luger stops Savage as he was pummeling Lawler in the corner. Luger attempted a back suplex but Savage landed on his feet and knee lifts Luger to the floor. Luger ends up tagging out to Lawler. Late in the match, Luger grabs his championship and heads to the back leaving Lawler all alone. Savage scoop slammed Lawler and leaps off the top to hit the elbow drop for the win. (10:31, **½) After the match, Savage and Perfect celebrate the win while Luger looks on from the aisle way raising the championship up despite the loss.
Non-Televised Main Event: The Undertaker defeated Bam-Bam Bigelow in a unsanctioned match: They exchange blows to kick off the bout until Taker gets the upper hand and ends up sending Bigelow and himself over the top to the floor with a clothesline. On the floor, Taker drops Bigelow face first over the ring steps and tossed Bigelow into the guard railing a few times. Taker looked to splashed onto Bigelow against the railing but Bigelow moved out of the way. Bigelow sends Taker shoulder first into the ring post before grabbing a chair and whacking Taker over the back a few times. Bigelow looked to pile driver Taker onto the chair but Taker blocked it and back dropped Bigelow onto the chair on the floor! Taker grabs Bigelow by the throat looking for a choke slam on the floor but Bigelow kicked Taker in the groin to break free. Bigelow plants Taker with a DDT on the floor but isn’t able to get the win. Bigelow rolled Taker into the ring and went up top looking for and hitting a diving head butt. Bigelow continued to deliver a few falling head butts before going for the pin which only got him a two count. Bigelow argued with the referee as Taker slowly sat up. Bigelow continued to deliver a few shots but they had little affect as Taker got to his feet. Bigelow appeared to back off but ended up charging towards Taker only to be met with an uppercut. Bearer slides a chair into the ring as Taker sends Bigelow back first into a corner with such force that Bigelow quickly staggers out. Taker lifts Bigelow up and sets him up for the tombstone. Taker walks over to the chair and drives Bigelow down with a tombstone on the chair for the win! (15:43, ***¼) After the match, Taker kneeled down and celebrated his win while Bearer held the urn. Bigelow was helped to the backstage area with several referees to close the show.
WWF Superstars 1/22/1994 1. WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defeated Barry Horowitz/John Jackson in 3:39 when Rick pinned Jackson following a top rope bulldog. 2. Chris Benoit/Owen Hart Confrontation: Jim Ross conducted an interview with Chris Benoit who made it clear that he is disappointed with how his WWF career has started out. He believes that he hasn’t been ruthless enough and that he has been letting up. Ross brings up Owen Hart who accidentally hit Benoit with Cornette’s tennis racket. Benoit doesn’t know what Hart’s problem is because he should know that Benoit never asks for help and doesn’t need it. Owen comes out to the podium and tells Benoit that he was just having his back. Benoit doesn’t care saying that Owen didn’t do a good job by hitting him with a tennis racket. Benoit believes that Owen is threatened by him and doesn’t want Benoit to succeed in the WWF. Owen disagrees with that statement saying it was simply a mistake. Benoit notes how he tried to help the Hart’s at the Survivor Series and he gets repaid by being hit with a tennis racket. Benoit goes on to say that he is the greatest wrestler to ever come out of the Hart House and Owen knows that! Before Owen can comment back, Johnny Polo and the Quebecers come out. Polo pokes fun at them and their issues saying that he hasn’t seen a family have so many problems. Polo says that the Quebecers are people who stick together. As he says that, the Quebecers go into attack mode beating down Benoit and Owen until they battle back and both men dropkick the Quebecers off the podium causing Polo to run away. Benoit gets up and shoves Owen getting in his face while Ross tries to calm things down to end the segment. 3. Crush defeated Dom Hooper in 2:11 with the Kona Vice. 4. IRS Interview: Vince McMahon interviewed IRS regarding his attack on Jim Neidhart last week. IRS has his briefcase which has a dent due to hitting Neidhart so hard in the face. IRS tells McMahon that he had to collect what Neidhart didn’t pay to the IRS. He says that he broke Neidhart’s face and that he will continue to collect from people who don’t pay. 5. Randy Savage defeated Jeremy Jones in 3:45 following a top rope elbow drop. 6. Royal Rumble 1994 Report: Todd Pettengill promotes the Royal Rumble which is only six days away. 7 Scott Norton defeated Mabel in 3:22 in an over the top rope challenge match. After the match, Jeff Jarrett enters the ring and reacts like he just won the Super Bowl by jumping into Norton’s arms.
Next week on Superstars: Chris Benoit and Owen Hart will team up despite their apparent tension to take on the Quebecers in tag team action.
WWF Wrestling Challenge 1/23/1994 1. Razor Ramon defeated Hank Fredrick in 2:52 following the Razors Edge. During the bout, Rick Martel called in saying that later in the day Razor Ramon will not take the WWF Intercontinental Championship from him. Martel knows he is better than Ramon and he will walk out with the championship. 2. Bret Hart Interview: Vince McMahon conducted a sit down interview with Bret Hart. McMahon talks about Hart having a really rough past few months. Hart says that losing the WWF World Championship at SummerSlam was a tough pill to swallow and notes how he was never given a chance to regain the gold. He says that having wrestled Luger at the event, he believes that given the opportunity he could beat him to win back the championship and everything will fall back into place. Hart believes that the Royal Rumble is the biggest event of his life. He has to beat the loud mouth Shawn Michaels in order to get to DiBiase at WrestleMania to reclaim the home that DiBiase purchased and made his family into his personal servants. That is his main focus. However, he also can have the chance to main event WrestleMania if he wins the Royal Rumble match. He believes that he will do just that and that at WrestleMania X, he will reclaim the Hart House, reclaim the WWF World Championship and prove without a shadow of doubt that he is the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be! 3. IRS defeated Mark Starr in 2:49 following a lariat. After the match, IRS whacks Starr over the back with his briefcase. 4. Owen Hart defeated Luke Moore in 2:18 following a missile dropkick. 5. Royal Rumble 1994 Report: Todd Pettengill promotes the Royal Rumble which is only six days away. 6. Shawn Michaels/Diesel defeated the Kamikaze Kid/Marty Jannetty in 10:17 when Michaels pinned Jannetty following a super kick. After the match, Michaels cuts a brief promo with Jim Ross saying that at the Royal Rumble, he will ruin Bret Hart’s chances of reclaiming the house, championship and he will be regarded as the best ever!
Next week on Wrestling Challenge: Ludvig Borga, Doink the Clown, Ron Simmons and Tatanka will be in action. Plus, the Nasty Boys have demanded they are given interview time as they have a lot on their minds!
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Post by chaz on Aug 17, 2011 16:52:14 GMT -5
1994 Week #1
RAW: Nice win for Simmons and a decent follow up appearance by Cornette. I hope to God that Crush wins, though deep down I don't see it.
Kings Court with Shawn is nice. I probably would have expected to see this later on in the show, perhaps to end. I love the build up for Hart and his feud with Shawn/DiBiase, but I think you pulled the trigger way to early on this match. Bret/Shawn should have come years later as the match everyone wanted to see. Decent segment overall.
Hogan at the Rumble will surely be a historic moment. Can't wait to read that.
I hope Yoko is pushed really hard in this. He deserves it and he is highly valuable as part of your roster. Tatanka's insert was nicely written.
I'm slightly puzzled about who's going to win the Rumble. I don't think it will be DiBiase. I feel he will screw Bret over in his match with Shawn, and then he'll return the favour later on in the Rumble.
Fine main event. Love Martel as IC Champ, highly deserved and something I did way back in my 92/93 diary also. I hope the run continues and that we do see Razor go over eventually. Nice stuff between these two. The handshake with Savage is interesting. I wonder what you'll be doing there.
Superstars: I like Owen during this period. There is so much potential for him. Work him into the DiBiase/Bret feud as much as possible, imo.
Very much looking forward to Perfect/Luger. And this one I cannot call. That's the beauty of it. I'd put my money on Perfect but I don't know if you'll give him the belt right now.
Hate the Heavenly Bodies. Can them, soon. Very soon. In fact, just let Scott suplex them both onto their heads. That would be far more satisfactory.
Dislike Benoit being here. Doesn't really fit for me. I did like Ludvig Borga, tbh. I think he could be a decent addition to the midcard. If he taps out to Benoit, he's ruined.
Very nice main event, and a great finish to the match. Classic Michaels behavior. Love the inclusion of Owen and Neidhart. I'm predicting some sort of 3-on-3 match for SNME before WrestleMania (if you host one!).
Challenge: Decent opener for Undertaker.
Great Bigelow promo. I love how you've used him over the past year. It's the way he should have been used. To me, Bigelow has definitely fit the role that Yokozuna played during this time period. Predicting an end to the feud with an Undertaker win.
Kamikaze Kid = blugh. 123 Kid = yay!
Jarrett over Mo is fine. Don't know why you're pairing him with Norton, though.
I think it's evident you need to start creating more characters. Guys like Benoit and Norton have no character and Ron Simmons has a very loose, forgetable. patriot character. There is one definite improvement I can suggest right now.
1994 Week #2
RAW: Diesel going over is fine. Odd opening to the show.
King's Court again? And in the same slot? I feel these should be more sporadic. Even so, this was another great segment and nice build for a match next week on RAW.
Hart going over is fine. Nice insert from DiBiase. Nothing special.
Nice little video package for Luger. Does a good job of putting him over.
Seems like a very lackluster way to end the main event. A brawl I can accept, but the way it was carried out was kind of poor. I'd like to have seen Tatanka be put over here by knocking Yoko out of the ring to cause the count-out. Bleh.
Superstars: Razor going over is good, but your challengers for the Tag Titles now look stupid. They can't take care of one guy so how are the fans expected to believe they can take on the Steiners?
Crush really needs some interaction with Ron Simmons.
Norton vs. Mabel in an over-the-top-rope challenge sounds fun, looking forward to that.
Borga over Benoit is great, definitely the right decision. Cracks about to appear in Benoit's and Owen's relationship? Could be a nice opening match for WrestleMania.
Challenge: Kanyon cameo! Good opening win for Martel. Great stuff with Razor and I look forward to their Rumble match.
Nice little interview with Tatanka to address Cornette. I wonder what you'll be doing with this.
Diesel and Shawn vs. Kid and Jannetty sounds fun. Next week is shaping up to be a good week already!
Neidhart over IRS is surprising. Would have loved a DiBiase appearance here perhaps. Nice post-match stuff. Should only serve to aggravate the situation with Bret and DiBiase further.
1994 Week #3
RAW: Great stuff with Flair. Get Mean Gene out on the podium every once in a while! Flair should be out in the arena riling the crowd up to get the show going. God knows Jeff Jarrett isn't going to! Flair/Hogan confrontation at the Rumble is going to be epic. I don't know what to expect.
I think the feud between Perfect/Luger could have benefited a little more with an attack from either man during this segment. For Perfect, attacking Luger shows the fans that there is actually a possibility of Perfect beating the Champion. It adds anticipation. For Luger, attacking Perfect puts him over strongly and instills concern in the fans. Can Perfect get the win? It's win-win, rather than having just a "civilised" meeting.
Nice ending to RAW, packed with excitement. Expecting some kind of multi-man match to occur soon.
MSG supershow: Glad to see you're starting these.
Michaels over the Kid is nice build for their upcoming tag team match. The right decision was made in regards to the winner.
Owen over IRS is fine for Owen, but IRS not so much considering he just lost to Neidhart aswell. Would loved to have seen IRS beat Owen up with the briefcase too, on orders from Ted DiBiase.
Yoko over Tatanka is cool. Cheap finish wasn't really needed but it's fine to increase Cornette's heat.
Nice six-man tag here. Went probably a little too long. Glad to see Razor looking strong. I think it's obvious what will go down at the Rumble now.
Crush over Simmons is fantastic. Love this decision. Don't think Cornette was needed again. I can understand sporadic interference but in every client's matches just makes them look like they can't get the job done alone, which is bad.
Bret/Diesel was alright, just a repeated match from last week. Bit disappointed with that.
Great main event. Luger leaving the ring shows the fans that he has something to fear in Mr. Perfect. That little detail is great for their match on Sunday.
I think it's very clever of you to put this "unsanctioned" match on after the event airs. Could make for a great Coliseum exclusive. As predicted, The Undertaker goes over, which is fine with me. I'm excited to see what both men move on to now. Perhaps we have a Royal Rumble winner here?
Superstars: Good win for the Steiners. They continue to look unbeatable, really.
Ah, nice promos from Owen/Benoit. The inclusion of the Quebecers in this only leads me to believe that you'll be modifying the events surrounding the WWF Tag Title match from the real Royal Rumble '94 event. Benoit should be the one to turn. He would prove to be more "ruthless" as a heel.
Nice little IRS promo. Gives him some relevance on TV.
Decent singles coverage for Savage too.
Glad to see Norton go over, though it was very predictable. I feel this wasn't given enough time, and only serves to make Mabel look weaker. It also undermines Norton's achievement slightly.
Challenge: Great to see Razor opening. Martel's call was ok.
After reading Bret's interview, I'm now finding it harder and harder to predict what direction you're going in. And that's not a bad thing. I don't know whether you'll go with Bret vs. DiBiase at WrestleMania, or hold it off and allow Bret to go for the rematch with Luger. It's great stuff, Bob, honestly.
IRS with the win is great. Love that the briefcase shot is now becoming his trademark.
Diesel/Shawn over Kid/Jannetty was obvious all along, but still a great main event. Perhaps went a little too long for a one hour show. Shawn's promo was a nice addtion.
A decent few weeks of TV, and great build for the Royal Rumble. Can't wait to see what you actually do. If I could offer some criticism, it would be that you need to bring in more characters in order to make certain superstars stand out more (Benoit, Norton, Simmons, etc.). Also, I'd give more prominent roles to some guys who are missing off TV a lot. One man that comes to mind is The Undertaker. There should be a lot of focus on him considering how hugely popular he was at this time. Keep it up, Bob!
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Post by Zigzag on Aug 17, 2011 16:53:53 GMT -5
Awesome week, sir. Loved the inclusion of the MSG show. Taker-Bigelow was a great main event for a house show. Pleased to see story progress with Benoit, and looking forward to an eventual feud/program with Owen. I can't wait for next week. The Rumble should be a great card, and I'd love to see the year end results. Thank you for the continued great job, man.
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Post by Rule 30 on Aug 18, 2011 16:25:05 GMT -5
Madison Square Garden House Show I'm in a bit of a rush to get in all of these replies so I'll drop one to the Madison Square Garden show, but next week I'll reply to everything and the Royal Rumble like normal. Excellent match to kick things off with Shawn Michaels going over The Kamikaze Kid. Glad to see that match got ten minutes. Not the greatest match next, but it is nice to see Owen Hart get the victory over IRS. I could actually see Yokozuna and Tatanka having a fun match. Good win for Yokozuna. Great win for Razor Ramon and WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers defeating WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel and Heavenly Bodies. I wouldn't mind seeing Ramon take back the title, but Rick Martel is an interesting champion. Wow, I did not expect Crush to go over Ron Simmons here, Bob. Nice way to change things up. Good win for Bret Hart getting the DQ win, with a nice run in from Shawn to hype up their Royal Rumble match next week. Fine television main event and it was obvious the faces, Mr. Perfect and Randy Savage going over. Finally, I've been waiting for this one. Great win for The Undertaker, predictable, but the match was great and this was an overall enjoyable show, Bob.
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Post by Elliot on Aug 19, 2011 8:57:04 GMT -5
Monday Night RAW; Slight typo in the opening contest I believe as you missed out "defeated", haha. Glad to see Jeff Jarrett got the win here. I'm way too young to remember these 'phone-ins' you do, but I really like them, haha. Obvious victory for Rick Martel, but I so hope Razor Ramon takes the gold at the Royal Rumble. A good confrontation between WWF World Champion, Lex Luger and the #1 Contender, Mr. Perfect. I would LOVE to see Perfect take the title at the Royal Rumble, but I have a feeling that Luger will walk out with the win for some reason. A good victory for The Undertaker, and I can't wait to see what comes of him and Bam Bam Bigelow. Great Main Event with Ron Simmons defeating Jerry Lawler, and I liked the interaction afterwards.
Madison Square Garden House Show; A good victory for Shawn Michaels going into the Royal Rumble. Owen Hart over IRS is definitely the right move here. Once again, Yokozuna defeats Tatanka, I wonder if Tatanka will ever overcome the big man. Very happy to see Razor Ramon and the Steiner Brothers come out on top here, and I hope to see them win again in their respective matches at the Royal Rumble. Crush over Ron Simmons is interesting, but I think it will be the other way around come the Rumble. A DQ victory for Bret Hart makes sense with the Shawn Michaels interference. Great win for Mr. Perfect and Randy Savage, and like I keep saying, I really hope Perfect wins the World Championship. Happy to see The Undertaker defeating Bam Bam Bigelow in the untelevised Main Event.
WWF Superstars; With the Steiner Brothers picking up all these wins, it's possible the Heavenly Bodies could be walking out of the Royal Rumble with the gold. I hope not. Interesting segment between Chris Benoit and Owen Hart, that would be a great match. Liked the Quebecers involvement. An obvious victory for Crush there. I was always an IRS fan, haha. A good victory for Randy Savage. Shocked to see Scott Norton defeat Mabel in the Over-the-top-rope Challenge. Can't wait to see Benoit and Hart against the Quebecers next week.
WWF Wrestling Challenge; Good win for Razor Ramon, and Martel trash talking him was good. Strong words from Bret Hart, he is definitely a potential Rumble winner. A good victory for IRS, and I like how he's attacking people with the briefcase a lot lately. Pleased to see Owen Hart on the winning end. Shawn Michaels and Diesel going over makes sense with them being in the bigger storyline of the two teams.
Really can't wait for the Rumble, Bob. Really enjoying this diary.
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Post by Jord on Aug 20, 2011 18:01:18 GMT -5
Ric Flair appearing at the Royal Rumble should be interesting. I was fully expecting a brawl during the Perfect/Luger segment and I'm kind of disappointed that there wasn't. Fine main event and a predictable win for Ron Simmons. I liked Savage and Tatanka aiding Simmons against Camp Cornette. I can see Yoko, Crush and Borga (why do I get the feeling he's not in Camp Cornette and I'm going to look ridiculous now?) vs. Savage, Simmons and Tatanka in 2 weeks time since you didn't announce it for next week. RAW was decent, although, it did seem quite lackluster.
Clear win for The Steiner Brothers in the Superstars opener. The Owen/Benoit segment was good and the Quebecers appearance was random to me, although it made sense after I saw that Owen/Benoit will take on the Quebecers next week. A win for Crush is fine. Liked the note about IRS' briefcase having a dent in it, lol. I like how you're continuing to push IRS even although he's not with DiBiase. I am actually quite surprised to see Norton beat Mabel, although I am glad he did.
The main focus of the Bret interview seemed to be about regaining the WWF Championship in the WrestleMania main event and I hope that doesn't happen. The DiBiase/Bret feud has been my favourite thing going and it deserves a spot on the Mania card. However, I'm intrigued to see where you go with Bret/HBK at the Rumble. Solid main event for Wrestling Challenge with Michaels and Diesel going over Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty. I liked Michaels pinned Marty due to their past as a team.
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Post by DTP. on Aug 21, 2011 11:41:04 GMT -5
WWF RAW: Monday 17th January 1994...Jeff Jarrett with a win is a fair opening contest. Ric Flair's phone call was quite good, some hype for what we can expect this Sunday at the Royal Rumble. Rick Martel's win was fine. Good confrontation between Lex Luger and Mr Perfect; they've rivalled for most of the Fall and Winter season; hopefully their final encounter is this Sunday at the Royal Rumble. The Undertaker's win was cool. And lastly, good win for Ron Simmons against Jerry Lawler. Liked Randy Savage and Tatanka making the save for Simmons from Camp Cornette. Nothing special, just some last minute build.
WWF MSG Live: Monday 17th January 1994...Fair opening contest with Shawn Michaels beating the Kamikaze Kid. It got the job done, that's for sure. Owen Hart beating Irwin R. Schyster was expected, nothing special. Owen's underdog gimmick is a little old at this point. Yokozuna beating Tatanka was nice, a decent match in actuality. Solid six man tag team match to bring us to intermission, with Razor Ramon and the Steiner Brothers overcoming their rivals, Rick Martel and the Heavenly Bodies. Good idea to air promos during intermission. Crush beating Ron Simmons; hopefully Simmons gets more momentum. He needs some wins; your face roster is lacking some headliners, and that could be Simmons' place. Bret Hart beating Diesel; they had great matches at King of the Ring 94' and Survivor Series 1995, so this should have been nice. Nice finish with Shawn getting involved to prepare Snday night, and liked Diesel attacking Hart afterwards. Mr Perfect and Randy Savage beating Lex Luger and Jerry Lawler made for a fun main event, star studded main event to the MSG Network airing. And the non-televised main event was chaotic, the Unsanctioned match. Great win for the Undertaker to finally end the rivalry with Bam Bam Bigelow. A solid show that was everything it needed to be.
WWF Superstars of Wrestling: Saturday 22nd January 1994...The Steiner Brothers' win was fine, preparing tomorrow night's Royal Rumble defence of the WWF Tag Team Championships. Wow, great confrontation between Chris Benoit and Owen Hart, very dramatic. A lot of dissension building, and I loved the Quebecers interrupting them. Sets up a tag team situation for sure. Crush's win was fine, as was Randy Savage's. Irwin R. Schyster with air-time? Oh dear. Not looking forward to IRS facing Jim Neidhart. Scott Norton with some showcase against Mabel was good; liked the stipulation to promote tomorrow's Royal Rumble match with the big men. I feel like Shawn Michaels and Jeff Jarrett essentially have the same gimmick, not sure about it if I'm honest. Not bad, might have been better than RAW in my eyes.
WWF Wrestling Challenge: Sunday 23rd January 1994...Tonight is the Royal Rumble, brilliant. Razor Ramon's win was good, looking forward to Rick Martel and Ramon's match tonight for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. Bret Hart's interview was great, reviewing the last couple of months. Looking forward to facing Shawn Michaels. Would be amazing if you did a similar thing as the two WWF Championship defences at WrestleMania X, where Bret faces Ted Dibiase with the contender meeting the WWF Champion later in the night for the WWF Championship. Irwin R. Schyster and Owen Hart's wins were fine. And lastly, nice win for Shawn Michaels and Diesel against the Kamikaze Kid and Marty Jannetty; liked the backstory with Shawn and his ex-Rockers partner Jannetty. 10 minutes may have been a bit too long for a match containing Diesel though. Overall, a fair week of television just promoting tonight's Royal Rumble.
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Post by Kemp2k on Sept 1, 2011 18:33:44 GMT -5
You know you've been keeping me updated with this diary. You've been doing a helluva job. I skimmed through this. I love the whole DiBiase/Hart as I've told you on MSN. I LOVE the fact that you also wrote up a MSG event. Brilliant.
I'll give you a good reply on the Royal Rumble. Can't wait to see.
I'm hoping for Mr. Perfect to capture the WWF Championship from Lex Luger, and I'll see somebody else other than Ted DiBiase/Bret Hart (I see a Rumble 94' all over again elimination) winning the Royal Rumble.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Sept 2, 2011 19:44:19 GMT -5
World Wrestling Federation presents Royal Rumble Date: 1/23/1994 From: Providence, RI Arena: Providence Civic Center Attendance: 14,500 Announcers: Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan
The show opens up with several wrestlers sharing pre-tape comments regarding the Royal Rumble match. Bret Hart shared his thoughts believing that tonight he will beat Shawn Michaels, win the Royal Rumble, head to WrestleMania X where he will beat Ted DiBiase and reclaim the WWF World Championship. Bam-Bam Bigelow said that the fire inside him continues to burn and it will not stop until he is the last man standing tonight! Jim Cornette talked on behalf of Yokozuna saying that no one will toss the mighty Yokozuna over the top rope! Lastly, Paul Bearer finishes off the opening saying that the Undertaker will put twenty nine other souls to rest as the Undertaker will main event WrestleMania and recapture the WWF World Championship! Vince McMahon welcomes everyone to Providence, Rhode Island before introducing Bobby Heenan, his broadcast partner, for the 1994 Royal Rumble. McMahon promises this to be the best Royal Rumble to date and believes that we are in store for some major surprises. McMahon hypes up the title matches which will see WWF World Tag Team Champion Steiner Brothers defend against the Heavenly Bodies, WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel square off against Razor Ramon and the WWF World Champion Lex Luger defends against Mr. Perfect under no disqualification rules! Heenan tells McMahon that tonight Ramon will be discredited as a Bad Guy when he is tapping like a little baby in the middle of the ring. The muscle head Steiner’s will be deflated when the Heavenly Bodies capture gold and that he can’t wait for Mr. Perfect’s dream become a nightmare when he fails to beat Lex Luger for the WWF World Championship. McMahon also heavily promotes the highly anticipated confrontation between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair scheduled to take place later tonight! With that he sends it over to Howard Finkel for the ring introductions for the first match! Opening Contest: WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Martel w/Tamara vs. Razor Ramon for the title: Ramon tried to get after Martel but the champ bailed to the floor where Tamara gave him a shoulder massage until Ramon chased after Martel around ringside. Martel got the early advantage after rolling back into the ring and stomped away on Ramon. Martel sends Ramon into the ropes but is greeted with a right hand and Ramon knocks Martel off his feet with several clotheslines. Ramon works on Martel in the corner with several punches before ducking a wild right hand and connects with a back suplex for a two count. Martel comes off the ropes and blocks a backdrop with a boot to Ramon’s chest and drops Ramon with a quick clothesline but that isn’t good enough for a three count. Martel continues with a scoop slam and leaps off the middle rope connecting with a fist drop but Ramon still has plenty left in the tank as he powers out at two causing Martel to roll to the floor. Ramon follows Martel to the floor where he scares Tamara away. Ramon looks to send Martel into the ring steps but Martel puts the breaks on and sends Ramon shoulder first into the ring post! Martel grabs Ramon and rams him back first into the ring post two more times as Tamara cheers on the champion! Martel rolls Ramon into the ring and puts a camel clutch on Ramon for a few moments but the Bad Guy will not give up. Ramon gets to his feet with Martel on his back and rams Martel back first into a corner. Martel gets on the middle rope and leaps off looking for a cross body when Ramon turns around but Ramon catches Martel and hit’s a fall away slam! Ramon gets up and signals for the Razors Edge and grabs Martel until Tamara gets on the apron. Ramon shoves Martel down to the mat and goes towards Tamara who has the Intercontinental Championship with her. Ramon grabs her and kisses her causing Tamara to drop to the apron where she slides the championship to Martel while the referee tries to pull Ramon away. Tamara distracts the referee acting as if she somehow got emotionally injured. Ramon turns around and is nailed right in the face with the Intercontinental Championship. Tamara walks away from the referee and grabs the championship that was tossed away by Martel. Martel covers Ramon and picks up the win! (Rick Martel over Razor Ramon, 12:26, ***¼) After the match, Martel rolls to the floor where Tamara hands him the championship and kisses Martel on the cheek and wipes sweat off his forehead. Martel holds the championship up in the air while McMahon notes that Martel cheated his way to victory, which Heenan is happy to see. Backstage, Todd Pettengill is with Shawn Michaels and Diesel. Pettengill asks Michaels about tonight’s match against Bret Hart. Before he can answer, Ted DiBiase comes into the picture and says that he has invested a lot money into Shawn Michaels and Diesel to take Hart out once and for all so that there will not be a match at WrestleMania and he can keep the Million Dollar Mansion to himself. DiBiase digs into his pocket and gives Michaels and Diesel $5,000 dollars in 100’s. DiBiase leaves while Michaels puts the money in his tights. Michaels simply says that tonight HE will be prove that he is the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be! Backstage, Mean Gene is with Bret Hart who is very focus tonight. Hart tells Gene that tonight he will shut Michaels up and not only prove that he is still the best wrestler to ever step in the ring but he will assure himself a match against Ted DiBiase at WrestleMania X. Also, he will win the Royal Rumble and challenge for the WWF World Champion at WrestleMania X so that he can provide for his family. “It all starts tonight, and I won’t be denied.” Second Contest: Shawn Michaels w/Diesel vs. Bret Hart: Michaels stalls by avoiding Hart until he is chased around the ringside area. On the floor, Hart ducks under a big boot attempt by Diesel and delivers a flurry of right hands on him. This allows Michaels to leap off the apron and double axe handle Hart from behind to gain the upper hand. Michaels tosses Hart into the guard railing back first before they enter the ring. Michaels puts Hart in a hammerlock and sends Hart shoulder first into a corner. As Hart stumbles out of the corner Michaels drops him with a neck breaker but only gets a two count. Michaels continues his offense with a snap suplex and stomps Hart right on the nose, causing a bloody nose. Michaels pulls Hart up to hit a dropkick but only gets a two count. Michaels works on Hart with right hands and several shoulder rams. Hart is able to counter a Irish whip and sends Michaels into a corner where Michaels tries to hit a springboard cross body but Hart drops down and Michaels hits the mat. Hart comes off the ropes and decides to surprisingly take Diesel out with a suicide dive on the floor! Hart quickly gets back into the ring and ducks a clothesline to deliver a side Russian leg sweep on Michaels. Hart pulls Michaels up by the hair and connects with a running bulldog for a two count. Hart goes for the Sharpshooter but Michaels is able to kick Hart away into the ropes where Diesel grabs Hart’s foot. Hart tries to kick Diesel away but Michaels gets up and knee lifts Hart to the floor where Diesel drops Hart throat first across the guard railing, which the referee sees and ejects Diesel from ringside! Michaels and Diesel both flip out over the ejection and we see backstage that Ted DiBiase is tossing chairs around in disgust of the ejection as he is clearly worried! Back to the match, Michaels rolls Hart back into the ring and heads to the top rope looking for an elbow drop and connects! Michaels goes for the cover but Hart manages to just get his shoulder up in time at two! Michaels argues with the referee before deciding to set up for the super kick. Hart gets up and blocks the attempted super kick and leg trips Michaels down to the mat! Hart locks in the Sharpshooter even though Michaels tries to wiggle away and after a few moments Michaels taps out! (Bret Hart over Shawn Michaels, 15:53, ***½) After the match, Bret Hart celebrates the win while we see backstage Ted DiBiase has trashed his locker room out of anger of the outcome. McMahon is happy for Hart while Heenan doesn’t think much of the win as Hart still has a lot of work to do. Backstage, Mean Gene is with Jim Cornette and the Heavenly Bodies. Cornette talks about the Steiner Brothers and how they have beaten every tag team in their path to retain the championships they won back in June. However, Cornette notes that they haven’t defeated the Heavenly Bodies, who have won tag team championships in every company they have ever been a part of and tonight they will continue that trend when they beat the Michigan Morons! Third Contest: WWF World Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers vs. The Heavenly Bodies w/Jim Cornette for the titles: The champs clean house early on easily taking Del Ray and Pritchard down with over head suplexs and they taunt Cornette who is freaking out on the floor for his team to quickly recover. Del Ray and Rick start off the bout with Rick taking Del Ray down to the mat with a fireman’s carry and controls Del Ray with several mat wrestling holds. Del Ray is able to get a eye poke in and kicks Rick in the ribs to gain the cheap upper hand. Del Ray delivered several elbow strikes and along with Pritchard connected with a side slam forearm drop off the middle rope. Pritchard continued the offense with a back breaker and a pancake suplex for a near fall. Pritchard came off the ropes but was caught by Rick who slammed Pritchard. Rick followed up with an overhead belly to belly suplex and clotheslined Del Ray off the apron. Rick charged at Pritchard with a clothesline and tagged in Scott. Scott looked unstoppable as he drove Pritchard down to the mat with a tilt a whirl side slam and stopped an interfering Del Ray with a double under hook power bomb. Scott put Pritchard on his shoulders and Rick came off the top rope to hit a top rope bulldog. Scott covered Pritchard and earned the win. (Steiner Brothers over the Heavenly Bodies, 7:43, **)After the match, Jim Cornette slams his tennis racket on the apron in disgust of how his team performed and marches his way to he backstage area while the Steiner Brothers celebrate their win. Backstage, Todd Pettengill is standing with Ron Simmons. Simmons tells Pettengill that he has been waiting for this night since October when Crush turned his back on himself and everyone else that put so much into Crush. He says “Tonight Crush, you meet your maker.” Backstage, Mean Gene is with Crush and a fuming Jim Cornette. Cornette is flipping out as we join Gene. Cornette doesn’t want to talk about the previous match and demands that Crush doesn’t let him down like the Heavenly Bodies just did. Crush says that he will get the job done! Fourth Contest: Crush w/Jim Cornette vs. Ron Simmons: They start off trading a series of right hands until Crush kicks Simmons in the midsection and delivers a head butt to back Simmons into a corner. Crush continues to deliver right hands and chokes Simmons. Crush looks to send Simmons across the ring but Simmons counters and tosses Crush into a corner and splashes Crush! Crush staggers out of the corner and Simmons comes off the ropes to shoulder block Crush to the floor. Simmons leaps off the apron and shoulder blocks Crush on the floor. Simmons blocks a tennis racket shot from Cornette and begins to stalk towards him. Simmons turns around and is met with a bicycle kick from Crush! Crush rolls Simmons back into the ring and works on Simmons with a nerve hold. Simmons gets up but Crush is able to press slam Simmons back to the mat for a near fall. Crush continues to control Simmons with a few back breakers but is still unable to keep Simmons down for a three count. Crush locks in a bear hug and Simmons nearly passes out but as the fans rally behind him he breaks free from the hold. Simmons comes off the ropes and ducks a clothesline attempt. Crush spins around and is driven down to the mat with an enormous spine buster! Simmons covers Crush hooking the leg and picks up the win! (Ron Simmons over Crush, 8:11, **¼) After the match, Cornette has had enough and enters the ring and hits Simmons with his tennis racket but that has zero effect on Simmons. Simmons grabs Cornette and scoop slams Cornette much to the delight of the fans! Crush pulls Cornette out of the ring while Simmons celebrates his victory! A video promoting WrestleMania X, which takes place on March 19th, is aired. The event will be taking place live from Madison Square Garden in New York! Vince McMahon is standing in the ring and he asks if the fans are ready for the Hulkster! They make it very clear they are and McMahon introduces Hulk Hogan! Hogan makes his way out from the backstage are and the crowd is going crazy for him. Hogan cups his ear several times on the aisle way while slapping fans hands as he gets on the apron where flashes go off from the thousands in attendance. Hogan enters the ring and rips off his shirt as the fans continue to make some serious noise for him. Vince McMahon welcomes Hulk Hogan back to a World Wrestling Federation ring and says that everyone has missed him a great deal. Hogan appreciates the kind words and says that it is great to be here tonight. McMahon talks about how the WWF has changed since Hogan has left noting that it is a New Generation. Hogan believes that no matter what generation it may be, there will always be a place for Hulk Hogan in the WWF! Before Hogan can talk any longer, Ric Flair’s music hits and the fans greet Flair with incredible amount of boos almost equal to the cheers that Hogan had received. Flair struts his way down to the ring with a grin on his face. Flair puts his hand out to shake hands with Hogan, who moves to shake, but Flair pulls his hand back and woos right in Hogan’s face! McMahon has to put his hand on Hogan’s chest for prevent him from doing anything. Flair grabs a microphone and says “Ohhhh boy. It’s the almighty Hulkster. The savior for WWF. The greatest wrestler to ever step in the ring. The immortal Hulk Hogan. Haha, give me a break.” Flair notes that he isn’t impressed by Hogan and believes that for the past ten years he has been feeding the fans lies. Flair believes that Hogan is a coward and is afraid of him. Flair recalls when he first came into the WWF back in 1991 and Hogan always sidestepping any encounter against him. “We both know why you never wanted to step in the ring with me, it’s because your yellow trunks turn brown at the thought!” Flair remembers that Hogan could have wrestled him at WrestleMania VIII for the WWF World Championship, but instead of coming for the gold, he ran away scared to wrestle a turncoat. “I’ve known for years that you are a coward, but these fans will never believe it until I beat you. And, big man, I want to do just that. I am sick and tired of hearing you are the greatest wrestler, the greatest champion. I will give you one thing. You are the greatest coward!” Flair continues saying “I want you in this ring. I want to beat you right in the middle of the ring on the biggest stage of them all, WrestleMania X live on pay per view March 19th! Stop being a coward, stop making your dumb movies, and fight me!” Hogan looks around the stadium as the fans want him to accept the challenge and shut Flair up. Hogan grabs McMahon’s microphone and says the following in dead seriously “Brother, March 19th, Hulkamania will run wild on YOU!” Hogan drops the microphone and gets right in Flair’s face as they have a heated stare down while McMahon is close by to prevent anything physical. A video promoting the WWF World Championship match is aired. The video is rather lengthy as it promotes Lex Luger’s debut in January, his victory over Mr. Perfect at WrestleMania IX, his victory of Mr. Perfect at King of the Ring, Mr. Perfect winning the steel cage showdown over Ric Flair, Lex Luger winning the WWF World Championship at SummerSlam, Lex Luger running away from Perfect’s challenge at SNME and lastly Perfect pinning Luger at the Survivor Series leading to this highly anticipated match. Backstage, we see both Mr. Perfect and WWF World Champion Lex Luger making their way to the ring while McMahon and Heenan promote the importance of this match. Fifth Contest: WWF World Champion Lex Luger vs. Mr. Perfect in a no disqualification match for the title: Perfect doesn’t wait for the bell as he hammers away on Luger in the corner until Luger bails to the floor but Perfect quickly follows. Luger tries to get over the railing into the crowd but Perfect grabs Luger by the hair and prevents that from happening. Perfect drops Luger chest first across the guard railing and atomic drops Luger causing the champ to hit the ring post face first! Luger rolls back into the ring but Perfect quickly follows and begins to kick Luger in the leg several times. Perfect snap mares Luger and deliver a rolling neck snap and quickly connects with a knee drop for a two count. Perfect works on Luger’s leg with a spinning toe hold but Luger kicks Perfect away sending him chest first into a corner. Luger drives Perfect to the mat with a back suplex followed by a scoop slam and comes running off the ropes to clothesline Perfect to the floor. Perfect grabs a chair as Luger drops down to the floor. Perfect jabs Luger in the gut with the chair and whacks him over the back! Perfect slides the chair into the ring and then goes into his boots to get a chain. Perfect chokes Luger with the chain and he looks like a man possessed to win the title. Perfect wraps the chain around his knuckles and starts to pummel Luger on the floor! Perfect rolls Luger back into the ring and stands him up in the corner. Perfect puts Luger on the top turnbuckle and slaps Luger in the face! Luger is slightly cut up from the chain shots. Perfect sets up for a superplex and connects! Perfect goes for the cover but Luger is able to kick out at two! Perfect tries for the Perfect Plex but Luger is able to counter with a backdrop. Luger quickly hit Perfect with a running knee lift and attempted a running clothesline but Perfect side stepped him and sent Luger back first into a corner. Perfect has his back turned before charging the corner for a splash but Luger puts a chair in front of him and Perfect splashes the chair! Luger grabs the chain that Perfect had used earlier in the match and wraps the chain around his forearm. Luger charges towards Perfect and nails Perfect on the back of the head with a running forearm smash! Perfect is knocked out cold as Perfect covers Perfect and gets the three count. (Lex Luger over Mr. Perfect, 10:22, **½) After the match, Lex Luger rolls to the floor and grabs the WWF World Championship while Mr. Perfect is out cold in the ring. Eventually, several officials come down to the ring and help Perfect to the backstage area while the fans give him a round of applause for his efforts against the dominate Lex Luger. A video of several wrestlers sharing their Royal Rumble thoughts is aired. The wrestlers included, Ted DiBiase, Jeff Jarrett, Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Marty Jannetty, the Undertaker, Crush, Tatanka and Yokozuna. Main Event: 30 Man Royal Rumble to determine the number one contender for the WWF World Championship at WrestleMania X: Entrants: 1. Marty Jannetty 2. Quebecer Pierre 3. Billy Gunn 4. Ron Simmons 5. Mo 6. Scott Norton 7. Mabel 8. Ludvig Borga 9. The Kamikaze Kid 10. Jim Neidhart 11. Quebecer Jacques 12. Diesel 13. Crush 14. Owen Hart 15. Shawn Michaels 16. Tatanka 17. Chris Benoit 18. The Undertaker 19. Jeff Jarrett 20. Randy Savage 21. Jerry Lawler 22. Roddy Piper (surprise) 23. Bam-Bam Bigelow 24. Bart Gunn 25. Bret Hart 26. Doink the Clown 27. IRS 28. Yokozuna 29. Ted DiBiase 30. British Bulldog (surprise) Eliminations: 1. Quebecer Pierre by Ron Simmons 2. Billy Gunn by Scott Norton 3. Mo by Scott Norton 4. Quebecer Jacques by Marty Jannetty 5. Jim Neidhart by Ludvig Borga 6. The Kamikaze Kid by Ludvig Borga 7. Ron Simmons by Diesel 8. Ludvig Borga by Mabel 9. Mabel by Scott Norton 10. Marty Jannetty by Scott Norton 11. Scott Norton by Diesel 12. Crush by the Undertaker 13. Owen Hart by Chris Benoit 14. Tatanka by Jeff Jarrett & Diesel 15. Jeff Jarrett by Diesel 16. Jerry Lawler by Roddy Piper 17. Bart Gunn by Diesel 18. Diesel by the Undertaker 19. Roddy Piper by Bam-Bam Bigelow w/ help from Jerry Lawler 20. Doink the Clown by Chris Benoit 21. Chris Benoit by Shawn Michaels 22. Randy Savage by Bam-Bam Bigelow 23. Shawn Michaels by Bret Hart 24. Bam-Bam Bigelow by Bret Hart and the Undertaker 25. British Bulldog by Ted DiBiase and IRS 26. IRS by Bret Hart The final four entrants came down to the Undertaker, Bret Hart, Ted DiBiase and Yokozuna. DiBiase went over to Yokozuna offering him some large amount of money to go after Bret Hart, which appeared to take Yokozuna a few moments to catch onto. Yokozuna backs Hart into a corner delivering several throat thrusts while DiBiase tries to avoid the Undertaker. DiBiase ducks under a right hand attempt and begins to jab Taker in the midsection figuring that he has the advantage but Taker isn’t bothered. Taker turns the tables and chokes DiBiase in the corner until Yokozuna comes over and clubs away on Taker. Hart comes over and tries to get his hands on DiBiase but Yokozuna quickly makes the save by tossing Hart over the top rope to the floor from behind! 27. Bret Hart by Yokozuna DiBiase stares at Bret Hart and laughs at him for losing! Behind DiBiase, Taker has knocked Yokozuna off his feet with a leaping clothesline and is now standing right behind DiBiase. DiBiase turns around right into Taker chest and quickly begs off but Taker grabs DiBiase by the throat and dumps DiBiase over the top rope right in front of Hart’s feet! DiBiase tries to get away from Hart but Hart gets a few shots in until officials hold Hart away. 28. Ted DiBiase by the Undertaker Yokozuna is up and charges towards Taker looking for a clothesline but Taker senses him coming and manages to backdrop Yoko over the top to the floor! 29. Yokozuna by the Undertaker Winner of the 1994 Royal Rumble: the Undertaker (1:05:29, ***¼) After the match, Paul Bearer comes down to the ring with his urn and celebrates the win with the Undertaker while Vince McMahon hypes up the fact that the Undertaker will now be going to WrestleMania X to challenge WWF World Champion Lex Luger! Bobby Heenan is heard muttering to himself in disbelief that Yokozuna lost. McMahon thanks everyone for ordering the show and the show closes out with a three minute replay video of what happened on the show. Notable Moments for the Royal Rumble match: Diesel, Ludvig Borga and Scott Norton were responsible for most of the first ten eliminations. Norton displayed his strength yet again when he eliminated Mabel. Diesel was pretty dominate until the Undertaker put the brakes on Diesel’s dream to main event WrestleMania X. Chris Benoit was responsible for the elimination of Owen Hart, a friend but enemy as of late. Jerry Lawler took his time getting to the ring until the surprise entrant, Roddy Piper, ran down from behind tossed Lawler into the ring and quickly eliminated Lawler from the match. Lawler didn’t leave quietly as he helped Bigelow eliminate Piper from the match by pulling on Piper’s trunks. Lawler ran away like the true coward he is when Piper got to his feet. The second surprise entrant, the British Bulldog was the last entrant and made a huge return as he saved Hart from being eliminated by DiBiase and IRS. However, Bulldog’s own intensity got the better of him as he lost focus and was eliminated by IRS and DiBiase. [/font]
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