The Smoking Gunns vs Owen Hart & Crush
All four guys cut quite a quick tempo to start, including
Bart Gunn hitting a moonsault crossbody on Crush, which looked good. The Gunns
do a few bits here that I really liked, with Billy trying to take Crush over
with a crucifix and, when Crush proved to be too strong, transitioning to a
sunset flip instead. Loved Owen tagging in, but his ego causing him to rush into
a hiptoss right away. Owen takes over with a leg lariat on Billy, but we miss
almost the entire heat section due to commercial break. We actually come back
right on the hot tag. Terrific. The end sees Crush clip Bart’s leg as he has
Owen up for a powerbomb, and Owen locks on the Sharpshooter for the win. What
we saw was fine, but they really missed the heart of the match.
Virgil vs Jeff Jarrett
Man, whoever laid out this match deserved firing. Virgil
takes 80% of this match, which is ridiculous considering which of the two was
getting a push, and it’s not even compelling domination. It’s mostly Virgil
working a wristlock on Jarrett with nothing to pop the crowd. The only
entertaining thing about Virgil’s domination is Jarrett’s stooging: yelling “I
got him” before Virgil reverses a hammerlock, and having this hilarious look of
total shock as he goes over on a sunset flip. JJ breaks the wristlock and
things speed up a bit….for 30 seconds before Jarrett DDT’s Virgil for the win.
A match that helped no-one.
Doink vs “Iron” Mike Sharpe
In many respects, the comically loud Sharpe is the perfect
foil for the hijinks of Doink. Sadly, there is very little of note to this
squash, as a missed corner charge by Sharpe leads to the Whoopie Cushion for the
Doink win. Missed opportunity.
IRS vs Matt Thomas
An IRS squash is not the exciting main event that would have
kept me tuned in in 1994. Thomas looks in good shape, but isn’t much cop in the
ring, as IRS holds his hand through an armwringer reversal before Thomas almost
botches a roll-up. Not that IRS’ offence is much better. He works a dull
abdominal stretch section that goes on too long, before pointlessly working
over Thomas’ leg for about 30 seconds. I say pointlessly, as the very next move
after releasing the leglock is the matchwinning clothesline. Not a good episode
of Raw.
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