From: zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Christopher Robin Zimmerman) Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Subject: WWF Monday Night Raw - 24/5/93 Message-ID: <31617@galaxy.ucr.edu> Date: 25 May 93 22:54:43 GMT Sender: news@galaxy.ucr.edu Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 128 Nntp-Posting-Host: ucrengr Is sweeps month over? WWF Monday Night Raw, shown 24.5.93 (but taped 17.5) from the Manhattan Centre and broadcast on the USA Network. Your hosts are Vince McMahon, the Macho Man Randy Savage, and Bobby the Brain Heenan. They discuss the upcoming Doink/Perfect matchup and Bobby alludes to "triple-vision." Doink (The Clown) v. Mr. Perfect (Part III) in a KotR Qualifying Match - Doink has another new wig, this resembles a lot of green yarn. While Doink makes his entrance, we cut to Lord Alfred Hayes, who is standing there with...Doink. He's confused. The commentators are confused. I'm not, it is taped after all. Hayes is squirted by the Clown. The Doink in the centre, meanwhile, has emerged from under the ring. It seems he had left a flower there. Mr. Perfect enters and is immediately jumped from behind. Doink picks up Perfect's towel and uses it to choke him. Perfect recovers and uses the towel to clothesline *him*. The towel leaves the ring. They trade blows, Perfect with takedown and lots of punishment to the knee, a la Perfect/Doink part II. Perfect takes the knee to the cornerpost, and the ad break beckons. When we come back, Doink is begging for mercy and Perfect is relentless. Doink manages a kick. Doink hammers back, and tosses Perfect out of the ring. Doink jumps out (on his bad leg, yet) and Perfect meets the cornerpost. Before he can get counted out, Perfect is dragged back in (by the hair). They trade blows and Perfect again is on the mats. Again, Perfect is pulled in by the hair. Fireman's carry, but Prefect turns it into a head scissors. Doink turns that over and tries a knee to the shoulders. 2 count for this choke. They break (finally) and trade holds in a series that would only please fans of technical wrestling (ie, yawn hold after yawn hold...at least they change holds quickly). Perfect stomps Doink on the bad knee. Perfect snaps Doink's leg back. Perfect with punches, slaps, then a modified figure four. Repeated two counts, during which Doink would sit up, and Perfect would slap him back to the canvas for another two. Doink manages a Stooges eyepoke and throws Perfect out of the ring AGAIN. He follows and they flail away on the outside. Doink takes out Perfect's elbow with the cornerpost. Doink with pretty wrestling holds, making sure to punish the elbow. Doink does the "I'm going to stomp on your elbow while your hand is bent backwards on the canvas" move that really looked painful (as in Part II). For an encore, Doink bodyslams Perfect, making sure he lands on his bad arm. 1, 2, ad break (but Perfect kicked out). I guess there's no time limit, this time. When we come back, Perfect hits a reverse atomic drop, and a clothesline. Doink manages to pull Perfect into the corner. Doink misses a clothesline, and Perfect hits one. Doink is comatose outside the ring. Unbeknownst to everyone except a stalwart WWF cameraman, another Doink has entered the arena and gone under the ring. Doink #1 is pulled under the ring and Doink #2 comes out (Doink III, I think?). Vince manages to figure out that it isn't the same guy (no limp, makeup still completely on). Doink mauls Perfect, but from nowhere Perfect hits the perfectplex. 1, 2, 3, and you thought the perfectplex wouldn't work on a fresh guy. What a crappy ending for such a good match. Ah well. Anyway, Doink #1 comes to and the Doinks double team Perfect. Luckily, Crush comes out and cleans house. Anyway, Perfect is in the KotR, and the Doinks walk off arm in arm. Mean Gene Okerlund presents *your* King of the Ring Report. Main Event: You Know Who vs. Yokozima. BORING Hogan/Jimmy Hart spiel. Hulk gives the equivalent of a promise of a half hour slam of 'Zima. RIGHT. Well, here is your final bracketing for the KotR: Bret "Hitman" Hart (#1 seed) \_______ Razor Ramon (defeated Santana) / | |_______ Mr. Perfect (defeated Doink, sorta) \_______| | Mr. Hughes (defeated Kamala) / | |_______ "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (defeated Shango) \_______ | Bam Bam Bigelow (defeated Typhoon) / |_______| | Tatanka (won by DQ against Gonzales) \_______| The Narcissist Lex Luger (defeated Backlund)/ Money, Limited v. Mike Bell and Tony DeVito - DiBiase brings back "Everybody's got a price" by offering $100 for someone to do a shoeshine for he and Irwin. After the lad does the shine, IRS takes 70% and gives him $30. That turns out to be the highlight of this match. Promos: ICOPRO (Tatanka), GI Joe, WWF Figures During the match, the eight man tag at KotR is hyped (I guess they changed it after Gene-o's taping). Steiners/Scotsmen (replaced the Nasties, I bet) vs. Money/Shrinkers. Razor Ramon's special announcement later in the show is hyped. Money, Limited are not hyped. They win anyway. WWF Mania ad. Y'know, if Ramon turns, they're going to have to stop using that footage of him clocking Owen Hart with a garbage can. Speaking of Owen, he'll be facing Mr. Hughes this Saturday. (Purple) Crush v. Bobby Who - Heenan feels sorry for Shawn Michaels since Crush, Perfect and Jannetty are all after him. From the commentary, you wouldn't think that Doink/Crush feud isn't over yet either. In between Who jokes, Razor Ramon's special announcement (later in the show!) is hyped. Who submission, guess how? All-American Wrestling ad. This Sunday, Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Bob Backlund. Place your bets. Vince McMahon interviews rRazor rRamon (finally). He's unhappy, as you might expect. He calls the Kid "stick" and "cockroach," and said he wasn't beaten last week. Crowd begs to differ and chants "1-2-3." Ramon holds up $2500 and offers it to the Kid for a rematch, to "stop the laughing." Vince brings up his KotR match with the Hitman, and, as if on cue, Bret Hart comes walking down. He grabs a house mic and starts up a "1-2-3" chant with the crowd. Hart suggests that this vendetta shows that Ramon isn't doing his homework on Hart and will go down easily at KotR. Vince takes it a step further and suggests it'll quickly be "1-2-3" at KotR. Ramon is full of fury. I don't get it. All this does is goad the crowd into chanting "1-2-3" at house shows. How will this facilitate a face turn? Doesn't this mean people will have to root for whichever heel Ramon is facing, too? I'm confused. Johnny Polo takes over Bobby Heenan's television. We see a nuclear explosion. Adam Bomb v. Phil Apollo - Apparently, Polo provides the personality for this lifeless stiff. I guess this means Terrific Terry Taylor is going to have to find a new finisher. Next week: Steiners, Ramon (vs. the Kid?), Hughes, Duggan, and an intercontinental title match: Jannetty vs. Bigelow (Hrmmmmm...) Promos: WWF Figures (again), GI Joe (again), "WWF Royal Rumble" SNES cart. MIA: Slim Jim. Quick words from Bigelow. Apparently, Sherri will be in Jannetty's corner, so Bigelow will have Luna Vachon in *his* corner. Fire up your VCR. Christopher Robin Zimmerman, that RAW guy