1994-01-08 Mania

 

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this entry.  Today, 2021-05-29, I am going back to 1994 to check out Mania.  It is mostly clip show but a fun show so let's go check it out!

• I do love me some IRS.  One of the best technicians in the ring
• That is a write-off right there!
• Randomly finishes him off with a belly to back suplex, I like that
• Was there a better big man than Yoko?
• The answer is no
• Good night, what a sight
• I believe Yoko killed Dubiel there.  I think it is the one time that you see Yoko slip doing the Bonzai Drop
• Gotta do what you gotta do at the time you're doing it - Randy Savage
• I miss Percy and characters like him
• I miss shows like Mania, fun, and get chemistry with Todd and Randy
• Luger should not have been in the rumble!
• Luger was never a great interview
• YOU CANNOT CONTROL DESTINY!!
• I said Flexy Lexy was not a great promo but this was pretty good.  Straight forward but well done
• I love that the Quebecers try the switch when they look nothing alike!
• Poor Mike Shaw could not get a break outside of Calgary
• ENTER THE BATCAVE!!
• MOM was impressive because of their size but is so mid 90's gimmick wise
• Randy did not have much musical ability!
• Marty looks like he is homeless standing on the off-ramp

Nothing groundbreaking on this show but it is fun.  Todd and Savage seemed to actually be having fun.  Not much else to say here but another fun Mania show!

RESULTS

• IRS def. Mike Corey
• Interview:  Razor Ramon (Intercontinental Champion)
• Yokozuna (WWF Champion) def. Dan Dubiel
• Segment:  Undertaker & Paul Bearer
• Ludvig Borga def. John Crystal via Submission
• Interview:  Lex Luger
• JIP:  Lex Luger def. Jacques (WWF Tag Team Champion)
• Recap:  Raw
• Bastion Bogger def. Tony Roy
• Mo/Mabel def. Reno Riggins/Chris Duffy
• Recap:  Raw

1994-02-07 Raw

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this post.  We are going back to 1994 today and February 7th.  We are slowly moving to Wrestlemania 10!  We know we have Hart vs. Hart and Lex vs. Yoko and Hart vs. the winner of that match.  Will we find out more tonight?  I say we go find out!

• No, the Kid STOLE Irwins property
• They also broke into his property
• BASTION BOOGER!!!
• Sparky and Owen in action, I like this!
• The look on Vince's face talking to Booger is great
• Also Horowitz in action, this is great
• Coach Billy needs to grow that mustache back!
• I would love to have Roseanne as Booger's manager!
• Oh man I miss the Rocket King!
• Pro Wrestling Tees need to make a Boogermania shirt!  I would buy one!
• A Ted Turner reference and a Jane Fonda.  
• That is some good looking pizza!
• I miss IRS in the ring
• Justifiably stole a man's property, Vince?  YOU ARE DELUSIONAL!
• The ref should be fired!
• That was always a great jump by that Jannetty did into the post
• If you were a fan of Razor in this time frame you did that hairstyle with a strand on your forehead
• They are really burying the tag champs!
• I miss Hardcore Holly!
• I know he was known as a jerk but I liked him in the ring

The in-ring action was really good minus the last match.  Unknown Thornberg was not ready for Prime Time....or Raw....see what I did there.  Nevermind!  I enjoyed Vince and Booger on the mic.  This might have been one of Shaw's last showings on WWF TV sadly.  Overall a fine show.  Nothing outstanding but very well done in my opinion.  

RESULTS

• Billy Gunn/Bart Gunn def. Barry Horowitz/Reno Riggins
• Recap:  Bret Hart & Owen Hart
• Owen Hart def. John Paul via Submission
• Segment:  Paul Bearer
• Segment:  IRS
• Marty Jannetty def. IRS
• Sparky Plugg def. Duane Gill
• Wrestlemania Report:  Jim Cornette/Mr. Fuji/Yokozuna (WWF Champion)
• Crush def. Unknown Thornberg
• Interview:  Jacques/Pierre (WWF Tag Team Champions/Johnny Polo

Classic Wrestling Review: 1994-01-16 Challenge

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have found this entry.  We are a week away from the 1994 Royal Rumble as we check out the January 16th Wrestling Challenge.  We have JR and Gorilla as our hosts so lets get to the ring!

• That bonza drop in the open looks brutal!
• Uggg, Dink is here, I hate little people, they creep me out
• Mike Bell was a nice enhancement talent.  I think they should have given him a few wins to make him a threat
• Walsh looks huge compared to Marko Stunt
• Walsh's head is HUGE!
• How great was Lord Alfreds delivery!  I also liked that he gave jabs at times
• Uggg, I hated good guy Doink, he was a great character with Matt Bourne playing him
• That was one creepy Doink poster....both of them!
• One of my favourite submissions that you just do not see very often
• Boogers music is still better than Shockmasters!
• Poor Mike Shaw and this gimmick
• Enter the Batcave!
• I hope Cory talked to his family before this because Yoko is going to squash him!
• How was Yoko so agile?
• Yoko did not even use the Bonza drop
• Look how young and different Scotty looks
• The Steiners are not long for the world in the WWF I do not think.  They do not make many more appearance or Wrestlemania 10
• This bulldog will break your neck!
• I bought the Sega CD just for Rage in the Cage!
• BEAT THE REDSKIN!  WOW!

A solid show but it shows the difference between WWF and WCW shows.  WWF had mostly squash matches while WCW shows always had good matches, at least one "Star vs. Star" match.  While I loved the squash matches it shows why WCW ended up overtaking WWF in my opinion.

RESULTS

• Razor Ramon (Intercontinental Champion) def. Mike Bell
• Jeff Jarrett def. Brian Walsh
• Special Report:  Jacques & Pierre & Johnny Polo/Marty Jannetty & 1-2-3 Kid (Tag Team Champions)
• Doink def. Rich Meyers via Submission
• Face to Face:  Jacques & Pierre & Johnny Polo/Marty Jannetty & 1-2-3 Kid (Tag Team Champions)
• Bastion Booger def. John Crystal
• Interview:  Randy Savage
• Segment:  Undertaker & Paul Bearer
• Yokozuna (WWF Champion) def. Cory Student
• Segment:  Undertaker & Paul Bearer
• Royal Rumble Report:  Bret Hart & Owen Hart/Ludvig Borga/Tatanka/Lex Luger
• Rick Steiner/Scott Steiner def. Steve Smith/Jim Massenger
• Face to Face:  Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji/Tatanka
• Segment:  Tatanka
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Classic Wrestling: 1994-01-15 Superstars

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have found this blog.  Once again we are going back to 1994 this time to January 15th and it is time for WWF Superstars.  Like most of these shows, I have no idea what I will be seeing so let us get to it!

• Starting off with Flexy Lexy!
• BOOGER!  I love booger!
• Seriously I love Bastion Booger/Mike Shaw
• Guys like Booger are what is missing in wrestling. Now we do not get massive guys like Booger we get midgets like Marko Stunt
• Vince McMahon and his YES...NO call on a near fall, I miss that
• I love that they keep teasing the body slam, such great old school stuff to make the slam mean something
• Wow Flexy did not move when Booger charged the post like you expect
• Is this the best version of Vince?  I think so
• How great was Gorilla Monsoons voice?  
• I cannot imagine having to face the Headshrinkers
• DEAR LORD WHAT A DOUBLE BACKDROP!
• Bad Barry Horowitz!  Best enhancement performer?
• Weird, that armdrag was from the wrong side by Tatanka or it looked really weird
• Loss 5 million for Bad Barry
• 1994, I get see Jim Cornette on two companies shows...and that is not a bad thing!
• Wait...Virgil is going to get a squash match?  In 1994?  Really?
• Stan Lane did not say a word during that match
• The fans hated IRS but what a great performer.  I wonder why he never did any training...well that I know of
• Rest in Peace Gillberg!

A fun show with lots of memories of this time.  It was weird to see Virgil in 1994 as I do not really remember him much on TV at this point.  I think he shows up at the rumble filling in for Booger but that was about it.  I also do not remember Luger vs. Booger but that was a fun old school TV match.  The interviews though, a cocky young Double J was great and seriously I said this recently on the SMW review but is there a better person on the mic than the leader of the Cult himself Jim Cornette?  Throw in classic Vince McMahon on commentary and I had fun!

Results

• Lex Luger def. Bastion Booger
• Update:  Bret Hart & Owen Hart/Johnny Polo & Jacques and Pierre/Marty Jannetty & 1-2-3 Kid (WWF Tag Team Titles)
• Samu/Fatu def. Chaz Storm/Tony DeVito
• Face to Face:  Jeff Jarrett/Razor Ramon (Intercontinental Champion)
• Tatanaka def. Barry Horowitz
• Segment:  Undertaker & Paul Bearer
• Face to Face:  Yokozuna & Jim Cornette & Mr. Fuji
• Virgil def. Derec Domino via Submission
• Interview:  Shawn Michaels & Diesel/Bam Bam Bigelow/Jeff Jarrett/Crush/Adam Bomb/Rick Martel
• Royal Rumble Report:  Randy Savage/Billy Gunn & Bart Gunn//Marty Jannetty & 1-2-3 Kid (WWF Tag Team Titles)
• IRS def. Tony Roy
• Face to Face:  Crush/Randy Savage
• Undertaker def. Duane Gill

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