1994-02-12 Superstars

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-08-29, are going back to February 12th 1994 and checking out WWF Superstars.  We are on the road to Wrestlemania!  Will Randy Savage and Crush have an altercation?  What about the Hart Brothers?  I think we should go find out!

• I feel like Crush is underrated and often forgotten by fans
• Was he a ring technician?  No, but he was good in the ring!
• That head crush was a horrible finisher however
• The only thing worse was Slaughter's knuckle to the head thing
• Such a severe injury that he came out later in the Royal Rumble match.  Yep!
• Good grief, they are just ignoring the fact that Bret held Owen down his entire life!
• ITS THE ROCKET, AND FUTURE KING, OWEN HART!
• Worst guest ring announcer ever!
• I do not think that Brad is going to do the Anderson family proud tonight
• Brad is proving me wrong here, a decent showing 
• Triple B did not do a great moonsault
• Ah our weekly dose of WWF Cornette
• Owen Hart vs. Marty Jannetty?  Yes, please!
• Marty not only earns respect he will kill it!
• Two of my favourite enhancement talents!
• It is weird to think that Luke and Butch are in the HOF but Vader is not
• Is Jason even 18 years old?  He looks like he is still in high school!
• Shawn never lost the belt Toddy boy, so it is not a bogus belt!
• Why do Shawns shades have shades?
• How old was Debbie Combs at that point?
• Good grief who picked the ring gear Savage wore?  I realize he is wearing his Mania jacket but orange and neon green?  
• I do not think anyone goes over the top as good as Randy did
• This is a great old school match
• Martel is another forgotten guy by modern fans I think
• How did Savage not blow out a knee at least once on that double axe handle to the floor?

A good show.  That Savage and Martel match was good.  A great Owen promo.  A brief segment of Corny.  I really liked this show.  It moved the storylines towards Mania and still made a really entertaining show as well.  I miss these 46 minutes/hour shows, I really do

RESULTS

• Crush def. Jay P. Stryker via Submission
• Update:  Bret Hart
• Music Video:  Bret Hart
• Segment:  Owen Hart
• Bam Bam Bigelow def. Brad Anderson
• Face to Face:  Jim Cornette
• Luke/Butch def. Barry Horowitz/Reno Riggins
• Music Video:  Alundra Blayze (WWF Women's Champion)
• Ludwig Borga def. Jason Voltaire via Submission
• Recap:  Contract Signing:  Randy Savage & Crush
• Wrestlemania Report:  Shawn Michaels (Intercontinental Champion)/Razor Ramon (Intercontinental Champion)
• Randy Savage def. Rick Martel
• Face to Face:  Bret Hart
• Segment:  Paul Bearer

1994-02-06 Wrestling Challenge Review

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, we are going back, once again, to 1994.  This time it is for WWF Wrestling Challenge.  We are just after the Royal Rumble and on the road to WRESTLEMANIA!  Enough talk let us go to the ring!

• Love that we start with Owen!  WHOO!
• What?  Gorilla you are insane!  OWEN IS THE BEST!
• Never noticed they use the Superstars graphics,...wonder if this was supposed to air on that show
• I HATE DINK!
• I always felt like making Doink a face was a mistake.  But then again Matt was kind of insane
• Doink with an STF, surprised Ross did not call it that
• WHAT IN THE BLUE HELL ALPHONSO?  
• No wonder Bill stopped being an official and became a manager, he is awful!
• Bigelow is so underrated
• How is this not a DQ?
• Now Ross is upset that Luna is in there?  When it was Dink it was okay?
• YES!  Pull a King Kong Bundy and squash the midget!
• DAMN IT!
• I miss characters like Savage
• Brad is in trouble I think!
• You are not fooling anyone Bret, you are scared because you have held Owen down all along!
• I wonder why Adams never got a run with a title aside from the tag titles with Demolition
• Did you hear that chop?  Good grief
• Jim Ross should not rap!
• The Future Viscera was not great back in 1994
• Can you imagine seeing that leg coming down at you?  No thank you!
• I do love hearing Corny cut a promo!

An okay show.  Nothing major came out of it other than the continuation of Bam Bam and Doinks feud.  I wonder if this was their way of writing Dink out of the storylines....no I know it is not because we have to have all the Dinks and Winks and Pinks at Survivor Series (oh....spoilers huh?).  Anyway, an okay show.  Nothing special but we are just getting on the road to Wrestlemania so we have time!  Until next time...Abyssinia!

RESULTS

• Segment:  Owen Hart
• History:  Bam Bam Bigelow & Doink the Clown
• Doink the Clown def. Bam Bam Bigelow via Count Out
• Face to Face:  Randy Savage
• Diesel def. Brad Anderson
• Music Video. Alundra Blayze
• Wrestlemania Report:  History:  Lex Luger & Yokozuna (WWF Champion)/Bret Hart
• Crush def. Tyrone Knox via Submission
• Segment:  Paul Bearer
• Mo/Mabel def. Fidel Sierra/Terry Thomas
• Face to Face:  Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji
• Segment:  Jeff Jarrett/Tatanka

Raw 1994-01-31

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-03-29, we are going to the last show of January 1994.  It is time to get Raw!  Tonight we find out who is going to face Yokozuna first at Wrestlemania.  Plus it is the 1-2-3 Kid taking on Johnny Polo!

• It will be interesting to see how IRS does on commentary
• Wait...the Kid is on crutches!  I guess he will not be taking on Johnny
• Is there a better theme song than the Quebecers?
• How is this legal?  Marty should be suspended and fined!
• Polo might not be a full-time wrestler but he just beat Marty less than a month ago there Kid!
• Polo does a great job of wrestling like a manager, it cannot be easy!
• HE JUST TRIED TO BREAK POLO'S NECK!!
• I do not understand, why does IRS wear suspenders AND a shirt, does he not understand how it works in wrestling?
• THAT IS IRS GOLD!  RAZOR AND THE KID STOLE IT!!!
• Miguel is in shape!  Round is a shape, right?
• Is Miguel related to the Colons?  He sure does look like them
• What was that?  A weird jumping kick.  Was it a botched Enziguri?  
• Once again Owen Hart gets screwed
• Lex should not have been in the Royal Rumble, to begin with!  He blew his chance at Summerslam, I was there and he cheated with that loaded forearm!
• Bret was hoping to win because he was afraid of the Rocket!
• Did Bret ever face Flexy Lexy in the WWF?  They shot the angle at Wrestlemania 9 but did it ever happen?
• OH MY GOD!  Who is that "Raw Girl" in the commercial!?
• Was Bill Alfonso doing double duty with the WWF and ECW at this point?
• Owen is right!  It is not about the family it is about how Bret tried to hold him down!
• That explains it, I do not have any All American Wrestling and that seems to be where the Hart Brothers storyline is playing out
• I think I have said it before but I would take these Raw girls over the Nitro Girls any day of the week and twice on Sunday!
• QUAKE IS BACK!  I always like Quake...well after I got over him trying to destroy Hulkamania!
• Quake was only back for a few months and by the end of the year was in WCW once again trying to destroy Hulkamania
• DAMN!  That was a vicious hooked clothesline
• This is going on way too long, Quake should have beat this guy in 90 seconds
• IRS has done a really good job on commentary
• Maybe my favourite powerslam!  This or Goldust
• Every one of those fans are going to get an audit!

First off IRS did a fantastic job on commentary.  I would not want him every week but it was a great job for a guy who in WCW did not seem to have the ability to speak.  The Owen segment was great because well Owen was the best Hart on the mic.  The rest was just there for me.  It was all about the coin toss and starting what is now known as the march to Wrestlemania.  Not a bad show but nothing that jumped out either

RESULTS

• Segment:  Johnny Polo/Marty Jannetty
• Marty Jannetty def. Johnny Polo
• Segment:  IRS/Razor Ramon (WWF Intercontinental Champion)
• Segment:  Jack Tunney
• Bam Bam Bigelow def. Miguel Rosado
• Segment:  Bret Hart/Lex Luger/Jack Tunney
• Kwang def. Rich Myers
• Segment:  Owen Hart (During the above match)
• Wrestlemania Report
• Segment:  Paul Bearer
• Earthquake def. Corey Student
• Segment:  Marty Jannetty/Razor Ramon (WWF Intercontinental Champion)

1994-01-30 Wrestling Challenge

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-03-29, we are going back to the last WWF Challenge of January 1994.  We have Kwang, Sparky Plugg, the Bushwackers and more!

• Bob Holly and Bad Barry Horowitz!  Yes, please!
• Two very underrated wrestlers in my opinion.  
• Barry with some long hair at this point!
• Sparky had a great dropkick, maybe he still does!
• Sparky did not really do a great top rope splash
• Lord Alfred had such a unique delivery at this point in his career
• Man Lex and Bret did such a great job at this rumble
• Adam Bomb sure was a big man
• Is this the first time Gary was on WWF TV?
• Gary, of course, was a mainstay in WCW/NWA as the Italian Stallion
• Dear lord look at that dropkick!
• I always forget how southern Adam Bomb was
• Interesting finish with that slingshot clothesline
• I do love the Bushwhackers in a guilty pleasure way
• Borga was just rough looking all around
• Samu sure was an ugly man!
• They are just abusing Stryker
• That was almost clubbering!!
• Was Kwang always Savio Vega?

A decent show but nothing special.  The Debuts of Kwang and Sparky Plugg but honestly a completely pointless show otherwise.  None of the matches were great.  Unless you like one of these guys I would skip this show.  

RESULTS

• Sparky Plugg def. Barry Horowitz
• Special Report:  Jack Tunney/Yokozuna (WWF Champion) & Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji
• Adam Bomb def. Gary Sabaugh
• Vidoe:  Alundra Blayze (WWF Womens Champoin)
• Face to Face:  Jacques & Pierre (WWF Tag Team Champions) & Johnny Polo
• Luke/Butch def. Scott Powers/Mark Thorn
• Ludvig Borga def. Larry Crow 
• Wrestlemania Report
• Video:  Earthquake
• Samu/Fatu def. JD Stryker/David Clements
• Segment:  Undertaker & Paul Bearer
• Kwang def. Ray Hudson
• Face to Face:  Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji
• Segment:  Bam Bam Bigelow & Luna Vachon/Doink

Classic Review: 1994-01-23 Wrestling Challenge

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-02-28, we are going back to 1994 and the January 23rd edition of Wrestling Challenge.   We have Owen Hart, IRS, The Smoking Gunns and more in action.  Let us go to the ring because the future King of Harts is in action and that is a good thing!

• Interesting that this is taking airing after the Royal Rumble but the commentary does not fit that
• I hated Shawn Michaels hair at this point, it is weird that he is bald now but a better look for sure
• One of Shawn's many finishers.  Weird he hit both the superkick and the piledriver but I do like that
• Here comes one of my favourites of all time, the Rocket King as Gorilla will soon be calling him
• Is that Scotty Too Hotty?  IT IS!
• Wow, they are talking a lot about the Hitman during the Rockets match.  No wonder Owen hated him!
• Did anyone do a better belly to belly then Owen?
• Billy and Bart coming out but more importantly Barry Horowitz!  I love me som bad Barry
• Neither Gunns should EVER talk....Billy only got slightly better in the future
• How stupid did those fans look!  No one actually bought those stupid foam hats
• Damn it, Raymond, do not say the "c" word!  YOU KNOW THAT!
• Bam Bam was so big at this point
• Uggg, and then we have good guy Doink....worst gimmick ever?
• Good grief that was a killer Stun Gun by Triple B
• Do you think Razor is going to come out and screw IRS again against Walker...and no because it is already over!
• Here comes Flexy Lexy!  Never really bought him as anything but a cocky heel
• I literally bought the Sega CD just for that Rage in the Cage game....and I do not remember it at all

Not the best show this week.  It was obviously just a throwaway show because of the Rumble the night before.  I did like the IRS and Owen match as both are amazing.  Plus is there anyone better than Corny on the mic?  However, at the end of the day, this was a forgettable show, unfortunately. 

RESULTS

• Shawn Michaels def. Tony Roy
• Owen Hart def. Scott Taylor via Submission
• Face to Face:  Crush & Mr. Fuji/Randy Savage
• Bart Gunn/Billy Gunn def. Barry Horowitz/Bert Centeno
• Interview:  Yokozuna (WWF Champion) & Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji
• Segment:  Paul Bearer & Undertaker
• Bam Bam Bigelow def. Phil Apollo
• IRS def. PJ Walker
• Music Video:  Royal Rumble
• Face to Face:  Jacques & Pierre (WWF Tag Team Champions) & Johnny Polo
• Lex Luger def. Chris Duffy

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-22 Royal Rumble

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2020-02-08, we are going back to 1994-01-22 and the Royal Rumble.  Maybe my favourite pay per view each year.  The Harts are in tag action, we get a casket match and of course, the Rumble itself so let us get to the ring!

• Unfortunately, the copy I have is the edited version after WWF changed names and lost to the panda.  I wish it was the original PPV version
• DiBiase was not the best announcer but what a great voice and of course the laugh
• Bam Bam filling in for Borga tonight
• I remember watching this PPV live actually, one of my favorite moments in wrestling.  I will bring it up when it happens
• What was that move that Bam Bam just did?
• An impressive powerslam by Ta-ta-ta-Tanka as Heenan would call him
• When did Tatanka stop putting the red in his hair, I just noticed it is not there
• Bret screwed Owen....just like he always did!
• Bret was always afraid of Owen, I knew it back then and I know it now!
• Damn I miss Owen
• They are not the mounties!
• I love The Quebecers music.  One of my favourites
• It is weird to think that Pierre is having a better year now then he did back in 1994
• That hiptoss right into a pinfall was awesome by Owen, obviously the best Hart!
• The ref is my favourite ref of all time Timmy White!
• Demolition's finisher!  I think my favourite finisher
• Listen to the crowd! 
• I am sitting here humming the Quebecers theme song damn it
• Bret took a great buckle shot
• Did Vince get a bonus every time he said Tremdous manoeuvre?
• This is a great match!
• That double hotshot/stun gun looked brutal on Owen!
• The Finisher on the Knee?  Thank goodness Bret Moved!
• Wait...is Bret going for the Sharpshooter?  JUST TAKE YOU SELFISH MORON!!
• I loved Raven as Johnny Polo, he was so great and annoying in that character
• It was that moment!  When Owen kicked Brets leg.  I literally jumped to my feet in my friends living room watching it live.  I have never been a bigger fan then that moment!
• Kicked your leg out of your leg, oh Owen
• Why JR?  Why should Owen be ashamed?  Because he finally gave his brother what he deserved?
• Stolen?  They were taken because Razor is a tax cheat JR!
• These two had great chemistry 
• IRS might be the only person in the world who sweats more than I do!
• IRS accidentally got tied up in the ropes Gorilla, of course he has an innocent look on his face!
• Montana will handle the Bills I am sure
• RAZOR CHEATED!  HE CHEATED!
• It is the real IC Champ Shawn Michaels!
• IRS does not know what happened because Razor hit him with an illegal foreign object!
• What is Earl doing in the ring?
• What a sore loser Ramon is
• What?  THERE WAS NO BELL!  IRS WAS ROBBED!
• Has there ever been a better ring announcer than Howard Finkel?
• Yoko had great facial expressions
• Is Yoko the best big man in history?  He is right there for sure!
• You have Jim Cornette on your show and you do not have him do a promo that is just wrong
• You do not see shots like that with a chair anymore!
• I miss chair shots like these
• Yoko did not get up for the chokeslam
• Taker rolling Yoko looks like me rolling out bed...and that is not a good thing!
• At this point, I remember realizing they were going to screw Taker
• It is also amazing they had Taker fight off a dozen men
• Did Taker just headbutt Bam Bam....he is undead!
• This is where Pro Wrestling meets entertainment, I do not hate or love it when done right/hokey.  But done wrong and it is just horrible
• I actually thought this was the end of the Undertaker back in the day
• Not early today Howard, we watched it on Mania
• I do not think drawing number one is what made Scotty upset
• 90 seconds this year at the Royal Rumble due to "time constraints"
• Why would they fight Ted?  They would just wait for the next man and beat them up
• Kwang pulling a Great Muta, brilliant
• Listen to the boos for Owen!
• This is before Bob went nuts, which is my favourite Backlund character
• Billy is a big man, I think people forget that.  But up next to Diesel he is not overshadowed
• Virgil is the man to eliminate Diesel obviously!
• Strangely enough, Virgil is my Grandpa's favourite wrestler!  Him and Hulk Hogan
• Listen to the fans!  Macho was always over
• I always like Jeff Jarrett.  I cannot say why but always has been one of the guys I enjoyed watching
• Brian Adams was and is underrated.  Too bad he passed young
• I loved that gut-wrench Tilt-A-Whirl backbreaker
• The fans are cheering everyone even Doink!
• I really liked the Matt Bourne Doink, this guy not so much
• Crush, Bigelow and Diesel, a lot of beef in that ring!
• And now Mabel comes in!  DEAR LORD!
• It is weird to think Nash is the only guy in the ring right now still with us
• Hardcore Holly is out and another of those guys I liked to watch because he never had a bad match
• Aside from the eye Shawn has not aged much has he
• The fans giving Big Daddy Cool a great ovation
• Does anyone really remember Mo?  They do Mabel/Viscera but Mo?  I think not
• The Hammer is a guy how never had a bad match either.  And has never aged and always looked the same
• Not everyone Vince, Mo is down and out
• Luger in the ring after the beating he took, he is an all American!  USA USA USA!
• I feel like Tenryu was usually a babyface
• Martel was an iron man at one point and another guy we do not hear about much anymore
• Here comes the selfish Hitman
• Does not care about his family or his brother.  Should have given Owen his spot
• Fatu was always a respected guy you could tell.  Always put into great positions 
• The Rockers explode once more!!!
• I remember being disappointed with the Rockers break up in 1992 even as a casual unsmart fan
• Did Vince really think Adam Bomb was going to win the Rumble?
• I am surprised Bomb/Clark did not have a better career.  Do you think it was his accent?
• Listen to the fans pop for Lex's music!  They are pissed that they stopped his music
• Okay that is a real pop for Bret's music
• Bret and Lex did such a great job of making sure you could not tell who won 

This show holds a special place in my heart for the Owen Hart moment.  I am no exaggerating how excited I was when Owen kicked Bret.  There are not a lot of moments that I remember in my wrestling fandom.  When Hogan said he was returning from Earthquake crushing him, being caught up in a Hogan vs. Flair house show match and cheering for Hogan, cheering for Jim Duggan at a World War 3, having Triple H giving the 1-2-3 Kid 3 Pedigree by chanting one more time and this moment.  I will most likely never forget jumping to my feet so excited for Owen.  If you take that away from this rumble the big thing coming out of this is that it is obvious they are going to put the rocket on Diesel, and the Undertaker is gone....or is he?

RESULTS

• Tatanka def. Bam Bam Bigelow
• History:  Bret Hart & Owen Hart
• Interview:  Bret Hart & Owen Hart
• Jacques/Pierre (WWF Tag Team Champions) def. Bret Hart/Owen Hart via Stoppage for the Titles
• Interview:  Owen Hart
• Segment:  IRS
• Razor Ramon (Intercontinental Champion) def. IRS for the Title
• History:  Undertaker & Yokozuna (WWF Champion)
• Yokozuna (WWF Champion) def. Undertaker in a Casket Match for the Title
• Lex Luger & Bret Hart defeated Scott Steiner, Samu, Rick Steiner, Kwang, Owen Hart, Bart Gunn, Diesel, Bob Backlund, Billy Gunn, Virgil, Randy Savage, Jeff Jarrett, Crush, Doink, Bam Bam Bigelow, Mabel, Sparky Plugg, Shawn Michaels, Mo, Greg Valentine, Tatanka, Great Kabuki, Lex Luger, Tenryu, Rick Martel, Fatu, Marty Jannetty, Adam Bomb

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-10 Monday Night Raw

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today I am checking out the next wrestling show from my journey back to 1994.  It is Raw from Jan 10th.  I am not sure much of what is going on at this time yet, other than we are on the road to the Royal Rumble.  So, and I hope this does not get me sued....lets get ready to RUMBLE!!

• Oh Johnny Polo, I loved your character and miss it.  Even though Raven was pretty good too
• For the titles?  THAT IS NOT FAIR!
• IT IS THE MACHO MAN!  He is not long for the WWF world at this point, less than a year actually
• My man Bastion Booger is on the show!  Poor Mike Shaw never had a chance, did he?
• It is weird to think 25 years later Pierre is the ROH champion 
• Such a weird team with these two.  
• Look how young Waltman looks!  I realize its 25 years ago but wow
• Rougeau was good in the ring, you cannot deny that....same with Marty
• The fans still loved the Kid at this point.  When I saw him in 1995 they did not!
• 12 days from now is one of my favourite wrestling memories at the Royal Rumble, because I love me some Owen Hart!
• That backdrop dropkick did not look good, Marty could not get the Kid high enough for it to look good
• Yeah, walkout guys, you have a much bigger match in 12 days!
• Did Rougeau do the best leapfrog ever?
• Superkick by Marty, a sign of him signing with AEW?  
• Rough fall tot he floor for Marty
• This was my favourite version of Waltman, the Lightning Kid/1-2-3 Kid before he was no longer the underdog
• A three-segment match in 1994?  That did not happen often that I remember
• IRS vs. Randy Savage next week?  That is exciting!
• What a tag move by the Quebecers, almost Total Elimination
• Watching this match I am extremely impressed with the former Mountie.  
• One of my favourite tag team finishers!
• Marty should have pulled the Kid to his corner!
• I remember being shocked by these results and thinking "what about the Royal Rumble?"  Now I almost wish we had seen the Hart Brothers vs. Kid/Jannetty, that would have been a hell of a match!
• Weird to think Borga was only around about a year in the WWF, give or take
• I thought they were really high on them then he just disappeared after an injury
• I miss a good ring announcer like The Fink
• I hated good guy Doink
• How great was Bobby selling that soaking!
• I know some people loved this Taker, my favourite was always the Ministry 
• It is weird to see Taker in a squash match in 1994.  You did not see the top guys like that at this point much
• HERE COMES MY MAN BOOGER!  I PICK BOOGER!
• Oh good grief, Booger is going to end up in that cake
• Is this the year that Bam Bam goes into the Hall of Fame?
• Was that planned?  Or did Bigelow have him too high
• Nope, I was wrong, it was IRS who took the cake to the face!

That was a fun show and reminded me how good the guys back then were.  They were not as athletic as the wrestlers are now but I think they were better pro wrestlers.  I bought that they were in a fight where now most look like they are dancing.  My wife, who now watches modern stuff after watching in the '80s as a kid, said wrestling is missing big guys like Booger.  It is true now guys look are the size of my 20-year-old daughter.  We are missing those massive guys like Booger and Bigelow.  Now everyone is my size which is under 6 feet.  I guess I miss those days where you had a variety of guys instead of most being the same.  I think that is why these reviews, the classics, get more views than modern stuff.  Anyway no more ranting back to this show.  I liked the longer title match and the rest being squashes.  I liked Vince and Randy as a team, they had such good chemistry.  Overall a fun show and a really good length!  Enough of this, however.  The next classic show will be WCW Power Hour from Jan 15th.  Until then....this is the Fat Man himself saying....Abyssinia!

Results

• Segment:  Jacques & Pierre (WWF Tag Team Champions) & Johnny Polo
• Marty Jannetty/1-2-3 Kid def. Jacques/Pierre (WWF Tag Team Champions) for the Titles
• Raw Anniversary Moment
• Royal Rumble Report  
• Raw Anniversary Moment
• Ludvig Borga def. Brad Anderson via Submission
• Recap:  Superstars
• Raw Anniversary Moment
• The Undertaker def. Ray Hudson
• Recap:  Bastion Booger & Bam Bam Bigelow
• Bam Bam Bigelow def. Bastion Booger 
• Segment:  Jacques & Pierre & Johnny Polo
• Raw Anniversary Moment
• Segment:  IRS/Randy Savage