Owen Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid
Bret vs Kid from a few weeks earlier is the best Raw match
we’ve seen so far in 1994, but this isn’t too far off. Owen is so smug at the
start of this match, utterly slappable face. He charges Kid from the get go,
but runs into a leg lariat, then misses a corner charge at full speed. Kid gets
a good chunk of control on a man who is the current #1 contender to the world
title, as Owen is unable to shake him off from a headlock, before Kid sends him
out of the ring with a dropkick. Kid continues by baseball sliding Owen into
Jim Neidhart at ringside, then hits a huge top rope cannonball to the floor.
Owen takes over by suplexing Kid from the apron to the floor in a huge bump,
Kid’s ankles clipping the railings on the way down. Owen zones in on Kid’s back
at this point, hitting two slams into the ringpost, then hitting some lovely
looking offence to the spine. Vicious kneedrop, lovely second rope elbow and a
ridiculously high elevation backdrop. However, he misses a top rope kneedrop,
really crashing down, and Kid takes full advantage. He kicks Owen’s leg away,
ties it in the ropes, then locks in a half crab after ducking an enzuigiri.
This lures in Neidhart for the save and the unlikely 1-2-3 Kid DQ win. Not sure
how this ending makes sense with the upcoming PPV match, as the steel cage
meant Neidhart interference was impossible and the next world title contender
really should be winning these matches, but the match itself was really good.
Duke “The Dumpster” Droese vs Nick Barberi
Short squash joined in progress with a big Droese slam. Barberi
gets a little shine as he hits Dumpster with a few milky elbows, but Droese
levels him with a beautiful clothesline. Leaping elbow, which is actually
Droese’s least impressive move in this match, gets the three.
Kwang vs Tony Roy
Barely goes two minutes, Kwang clubs Roy down, standing leg
lariat then hits a spinning kick for the three. Pointless, though the finishing
kick does look good.
Mabel vs Raymond Roy
Not the best Mabel squash, doesn’t really show off his speed
or agility. Big necksnap did look good, but we only get a few slams before Roy
gets smooshed by a corner splash and a second rope elbow for the win. Some of
his best offence, like his full weight belly-to-belly suplex, was sadly
missing.
Jeff Jarrett vs Scott Taylor
Another ludicrously short squash, though Jarrett still find
time to let Taylor get a few nearfalls. Jarrett’s main character trait is his
cockiness, so it makes sense that he’d underestimate his opponent. Taylor
misses a crossbody though, and Jarrett zones in on his leg straight away.
Figure four gets the quick win. Post match, Mabel comes out to set up their
Summerslam match, and Jarrett takes full advantage of the refs stopping Mabel
getting in the ring, with big overblown chicken gestures and lying on his back
to show the big man how unconcerned he is. Glorious.
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