WWF Raw 21/2/1994

The Quebecers vs Razor Ramon & the 1-2-3 Kid
You may remember from the last episode of Raw that this was supposed to be Marty Jannetty teaming with Razor, but in classic Marty fashion he'd been fired at this point. There's some fun stuff in this match, and the Razor/Kid tandem are portrayed as the more dominant throughout. Loved some of the early double-teams, including Razor using the fallaway slam to hurl Kid onto Pierre. They also neutralize the Johnny Polo threat early, as his receipt for interfering at the start is taking a Razor's Edge on the floor. I loved some of Razor's work here, including very deliberately sliding to a stop with his fist out to lowblow Pierre off a leapfrog. Hilarious spot. Diesel comes out to distract Ramon and the Quebecers finally work some heat on Kid after a gnarly looking double-team flapjack. The Kid makes the Quebecers offence look terrific, especially when Pierre hits a big corner avalanche. Razor hits the Razor's Edge on Pierre following the hot tag, but Shawn Michaels comes in to cause the DQ and cost Ramon/Kid the titles. Necessary screwjob ending to a fun match. It actually works to have the Quebecers look weak going into Mania, as you buy a silly team like Men On A Mission as having a chance against them.

Bret Hart vs Tom Pritchard
Nice to finally see Bret on an old Raw, and this is a fine TV match. Loved the opening matwork, where Pritchard was allowed to look good, but Bret was clearly portrayed as being better, reversing Pritchard's armbars and working the arm with some nice shots. Pritchard is able to come back, grounding Bret with a headlock and wearing him down with a knee to the spine. There's some external stuff where Randy Savage prevents Jim Cornette interfering, which allows Bret to come back. Loved Bret mixing up the "5 Moves" by locking Pritchard up for a suplex, and swiftly going for a small package instead. The ending features some outside inteference, but in a way that I loved. Some Cornette inteference on the floor creates an opening for Owen Hart to come down. Owen picks up Bret from the floor and throws him back into the ring, hilariously saying to the camera "He always needs my help getting up". However, as Owen heads back down the aisle, Bret has managed to lock Pritchard in the Sharpshooter for the submission. Owen gives this great disbelieving as Bret beckons him to the ring, really builds up the Mania match. Really enjoyed this.