From: zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Christopher Robin Zimmerman)
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Subject: WWF Monday Night Raw - 7/6/93
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Date: 11 Jun 93 18:06:38 GMT
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Sorry it's late, but I had to have another depressing birthday (pretty sad
considering it was only my 22nd), and didn't get to it until Thursday.  Not
that anything earth-shattering anyway...

WWF Monday Night Raw, shown "live" from the Manhattan Centre on 7.6.93 and
broadcast on the USA Network.

Bill Dunn: "Ladies and gentlemen, may I now introduce you to the NEW
intercontinental champion....Shawn Michaels!"  And out he comes, with some
large, unnamed guy behind him.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon, the Macho Man Randy Savage, and Bobby the
Brain Heenan.  Shawn interrupts the opening remarks with gloating.  He
introduces us to his bodyguard, his "insurance policy."

Shawn Michaels v. Ross Greenberg - Greenberg could win, you know...remember
how the 1-2-3 Kid won against Razor Ramon?  Is anyone else getting tired of
being reminded of this?  Vince tells us that Michaels defeated Marty
Jannetty "yesterday in Albany."  Time will tell if we hear the name Marty
Jannetty ever again.  This match lasts long enough for the commentators to
hype the upcoming Michaels/Crush match at KotR, the exciting tag match
taking place later in the show, the exciting Adam Bomb/Tito Santana match
taking place later in the show.  I wish this match would take place so I
could get later in the show.  Michaels finally wins with a half hour
piledriver.  He's developing a Flair-like strut, by the way.

Mean Gene presents YOUR KotRR.  The *first* ever King of the Ring, and it's
a doozy.  Main Event.  Tourney.  Blah blah blah...oh look, the
Michaels/Crush "grudge match" has become a title match (Tunney even said
so).  The KotR is finally sold out.  And once again, Gene fails to mention
the exciting eight man tag match.

Michaels comes storming out.  He can't believe that his match on Sunday is a
title match.  It's a conspiracy, no one will let him sit back and enjoy
being two time IC champ.  But it doesn't matter, he will win anyway, and his
insurance policy will help see to that.  Personally, I think he'd have been
better off with Luna.

Nuclear explosion.  I guess that means we're going to see - 

Adam Bomb v. ***EL*** Matador - They've outfitted Adam with some yellow
contact lenses, like this is a big deal.  Lockup.  Santana with arm wringer.
To the ropes.  Adam with kicks, punches, powerslam "with authority."  Adam
misses with two consecutive dropped elbows, so Tito goes back to the arm
wringer.  Tito is an exciting, one move wrestler now, boy.  Bomb runs him
into the corner, then misses.  Santana with arm drag (Oh boy!!!).  Vince
tells us that Razor Ramon has upped the ante yet again, to $7500 for the Kid
to get into the ring.  Matador with sunset flip for two.  Bomb takes him
down, then kicks him.  Vicious rope attack, more kicking.  Santana fights
back until his face gets raked.  Tito goes from corner to corner.  Adam with
suplex.  Vince tells us Hart is leading in the Hotline poll, but Luger
(Heenan's favorite) is doing well.  They trade blows, but Santana manages a
flying forearm out of nowhere.  BUT ONLY 2!!!!  Whatever.  Anyway, Bomb goes
outside and does a leap over the rope, hitting Santana from behind (some
aerial thing, I guess) and pins him.  Apparently, Jobbers to the Stars do
NOT take powerbombs.

KotR ad.

The King of the Ring Hotline is 1 (900) 288 KING.  Oooooooooo!  Interviews!
A voteline!  Hulkster interviews!  Conference calls during the PPV!  Wow!
Where's my piggybank?

Tatanka v. Peter Weeks - Tatanka/Luger KotR match hyped.  Possible
Tatanka/Bam Bam match hyped.  Hacksaw/Bigelow match hyped.  The way Vince is
talking, I guess the plans may have been changed after all.  The Tatanka/Bam
Bam isn't the certainty I thought it was a couple weeks back.  The Atlanta
Braves Rally War Whoop (tm) is deafening.  Tatanka is pretty obvious in
giving direction to Weeks.  Yep, he wins, with a tomahawk chop from the top
rope (Weeks is too large to lift for the papoose to go).  Tatanka, by the
way, is #2 on the voteline of pick a KotR winner.

Saturday on WWF Mania, Tatanka will take on Mr. Hughes.

Promos:  ICOPRO (Tatanka), "The Incredible Crah Dummies" Nintendo carts, WWF
Figures

The King's Court.  There are about a thousand Burger King crowns in the
crowd, which is undoubtedly making Burger King extremely happy.  Lawler
works the crowd, pretty well too.  After an ad break, Mr. Fuji and Yokozima
come out.  Fuji mistakenly calls Lawler "boy-san...your highness, I'm very
sorry" which struck me as funny.  'Zima is up to 550 pounds, you know.  When
Lawler says "I want him to squash Hulk Hogan so flat, you'll need an
envelope to put him in," the crowd actually musters up some lukewarm
support.

Billy the Scotsman and Rick Steiner v. Irwin R. Schyster and Fatu - Savage
wishes Howard Finkel a happy birthday, then wishes Mrs. Pritchard in Houston
a happy birthday (!).  Savage does not wish me a happy birthday.  Of course,
all nine guys come out.  IRS gives Fatu a bill to start out against Gunn.
Fatu looks at it, gives it to Samu, who looks at it, gives it to Afa, who
looks at it, and eats it.  Ho ho ho.  Both faces have their way with Fatu,
getting two counts, until Fatu elbows Rick.  IRS tags the upperhand.
Steiner is taken over to the corner for Fatu to hold him.  Schyster bounces
off the ropes, but Steiner ducks out and Irwin nails the Samoan.  As the
Headshrinkers advance on Money, Limited we take an ad break.  During the
break, DiBiase and Schyster, forks over lots of money and Afa again eats it.
Ho ho ho.  Rick gets thrown out of the ring, and while the ref is distracted
Dibiase and Samu take shots at him.  Fatu tags in and does some more
demolishing.  Quick tags.  Finally, Fatu lands on Rick's knees.  Both teams
tag and Gunn is a house on fire!  He's a one man gang!  Unfortunately, while
celebrating taking out DiBiase (who appeared on the apron), Schyster
clotheslines him from behind and pins him.  The heels celebrate, the rift
healed and walk off, Afa carrying the Money, Limited briefcase.

Promos:  Load Hugger, GI Joe, "WWF Royal Rumble" SNES cartridge

Vince interviews Razor Ramon:  Next week, he'll be facing The Stickman, or
so he would have us believe, for $7500.  No confirmation of this by anybody,
but Ramon is sure that he'll take the money.  Ramon is only getting a 7%
vote on the hotline.  Ramon promises Hart will be "another grease spot on
the mat."

Next week:  Marty Jannetty (!) vs. Doink.  Mr. Perfect.  The King Jerry
Lawler (guess what angle must be coming up?)

Christopher Robin Zimmerman / zimmerma@ucrengr.ucr.edu / others