World Wrestling Federation '92

9 to 5 · January 13, 2005

Okay, Been catching up with this, Last show I read was the one where Sting debuted. I liked the Raw where Bearer returned, I didn't see him being the leader of the DC. I honestly thought it would have been DiBiase or Heyman in some kinda swerve. I knew Sting was coming since you had a sig with him on it, But Sting versus Undertaker should be a awesome match.

Also, I noticed you hold a few PPV's in England, Like small ones. You had your Arsenal shows there didn't you? I just wondering about that..... Is that like a yearly tradition in England? I'll catch up with the other shows tomorrow or later on in the week, Good stuff Javert :thumbsup:

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Yeah, we normally get like 2 PPV's here a year that aren't shown over there. Nothing much happens really in terms of importance.

ChuBalso · January 13, 2005

Okay, Been catching up with this, Last show I read was the one where Sting debuted. I liked the Raw where Bearer returned, I didn't see him being the leader of the DC. I honestly thought it would have been DiBiase or Heyman in some kinda swerve. I knew Sting was coming since you had a sig with him on it, But Sting versus Undertaker should be a awesome match.

Also, I noticed you hold a few PPV's in England, Like small ones. You had your Arsenal shows there didn't you? I just wondering about that..... Is that like a yearly tradition in England? I'll catch up with the other shows tomorrow or later on in the week, Good stuff Javert :thumbsup:

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Yeah, we normally get like 2 PPV's here a year that aren't shown over there. Nothing much happens really in terms of importance.

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marc · January 13, 2005

Javert Bravo Can't Wait for Summerslam

Hewey · January 14, 2005

Just finished the rest, The hype for SummerSlam was good. Though I wished the ECW title match would have been just a normal match between Avatar and Akiyama. I like the Kronus gimmick with HHH, Though I could see HHH dumping Kronus to the side and getting a singles push in the future. I'm hoping Perfect gets the title, But I have a feeling Corino will sneak out the win. I also love the big Waltman push, Hopefully he'll be a future WWF Champion

Also, When you get to '98 will you post title histories? If you remember them or if you had them or whatever.

rsl · January 14, 2005

On the England PPVs IRL they have done a few title changes such as Shawn beating Davey Boy Smith for the European Title in his home country. No one expected that and I think Regal has won that title on one of the England PPVs to?

ChuBalso · January 14, 2005

I will not PUSH HHH. That's a promise. (That's why it was mentioned that he will remain a tag team specialist)

Fear not my friend, there are several title histories updates...before wm98! Glad you're keeping on it! The title History, like my tangeant filled commentary above, will also fill in some gaps, that are quickly referred to here.

January 14, 2005

you trying to say hhh will never get a big singles push?? thats just wrong

oldskool · January 15, 2005

So much diary...

Any chance there's a list of "Wrestlers that play the gimmicks" out there so I can catch up as to who got what gimmick?

TGC · January 15, 2005

I reread the first two pages of this diary in the last two days, and I must say it's almost weird to see where and how you began knowing where and how you'll end up before you start posting new stuff.

I mean, watching The Mountie's rise to stardom in the opening months, I am just before WM 1994 right now, and knowing that he'll be jobbing in one tag match after another come 1997 is bizarre. I said it then and I'll say it again now, you made The Mountie's world Title reign a believable one as you built him into a credible ME in the span of five months.

I'd forgotten how often you juggled a few of those titles around and how you horribly mistreated so many "stars", like Piper and Luger to name but a few. But to see the IC Title change hands like three times in the span of a few weeks, it really WAS Russo booking this thing. :shifty:

I can't even comment on P.H.A.T. I hated them in 2002 when I first read this diary, and lo and behold I hate them now. Some things never change I guess.

Anyways, I should be to page 4 by tomorrow or Monday, so i am sure I'll have more to say then as I reread the classic that is/was WWF '92 by javert. Keep those updates coming monsieur.

TRC

EDIT: I don't suppose there is any chance The Crimson Twins Of Crap got "lost" in the reposting is there? I hated them more than P.H.A.T. and The Insane Clown Posse combined, and that's saying a LOT!

Edited January 15, 2005 by theromacomplex

January 16, 2005

Is this diary still alive?

Im really pissed off that I didn't read this when you first started it as I read the first few Raw's and its awesome.

Im going onto Survivor Series and I am going to read the whole damn lot of this!

Absolutly awesome.

And could someone tell me why this isn't in the HoF?

Benji · January 16, 2005

And could someone tell me why this isn't in the HoF?

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Because it's incomplete.

Top work as usual Javert, I've got to say I'm not a huge fan of the Undertaker/Sting feud, it just seems a very obvious feud to me, but you have pulled it off quite well so far. Look forward to the next batch of results.

ChuBalso · January 17, 2005

you trying to say hhh will never get a big singles push?? thats just wrong

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Benji · January 18, 2005

I posted this the ohter day;
I think I have an idea to HOF this, since I should HOF this by demand. I will post this diary up until the show before Wrestlemania. It'll serve as an end to the WWF '92 diary, and will be masked with some sort of farewell show to 'insert wrestler/staff member here'.

Then I will start a new thread, in full diary mode. It will be called "World Wrestling Federation '98 - The X Factor". It will be in theory a new diary for the simple fact that now it's a new WWF. But, it will simply be a contiuation of this diary from WM '98 on complete with recaps.

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So will this mean a change in booking style due to the retirement? Or will it just be simply the end of one era and the beginning of another?

ChuBalso · January 18, 2005

Only 3 Months until Series '97...

August 31rd, 1997

SUMMERSLAM-

Venue: Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

Attendance: 23,383

Announcing Team: Sean Mooney & Jesse 'The Body' Ventura

In-Ring Announcer: Joe Pedicino

Referee Team: Bill Alfonso, Earl Hebner, Mike Chioda, Dave Hebner, Shane McMahon, Jimmy Korderas, Joey Marella, Charles Robinson, Billy Silvermann, John Finnegan, Jim Mollineaux,

By

Dave Schmeltzer

The Locker Room

Mike Barton got into a fight with Steve Corino a few hours before the start of the show. Something happened to the effect of Barton telling Corino that soon he was going to be the top heel in the company. Corino continues to be upset with the balance of power in the locker room, probably since he fears he'll be phased out like Bruce Pritchard's been--although Pritchard's still a very active booker. Dillon & Russo have been trying to convince the young Champion that we have absolutley NO plans to tone him down, but I guess there has to be more upper card cuts, before Corino is fully satisfied. Barton's been causing a little bit of a stir lately, including showing up late for a few shows during the past few weeks. Well, it's just Inoki's influence here in the WWF. Speaking of Inoki, he presented me with a great idea for the Main Event at Shangril-A, now...just a couple of months away. I liked it. I liked it alot--but told him that we should hold off on the announcment until tommorow night on RAW. The time was 6:59pm, Madison Square Garden was as live as ever. It was time for SummerSlam ' 97.

SummerSlam '97 did a 1.97 buy rate, with 22,383 paid live at the Garden. WCW's 'Dusty Bowl' did a 2.00 buy rate with the WCW Title match, Arn Anderson - Hulk Hogan on top. But the WWF has nothing to worry about, since they seem to hold the upperhand each week in the ratings. Sean Mooney and Jesse Ventura opened the Pay Per View from their announcers table, hyping the entire card. It was announced here that Alex Porteau & Juventud Guerrera were added to the ECW Title match making the match a fatal four way matchup.

1. Jun Akiyama retained the ECW Heavyweight Championship after eliminating Avatar in 14:21 of a fatal fourway

Referee: Bill Alfonso

This match would've been so much better if Porteau wasn't in the match. He really slowed down the match on more than one occasssion with his inability at..well..doing anything basically. First elmination came at 6:33 when Avatar nailed Porteau with the snow plow. Akiyama, Avatar, and Juvi then had a good 10 minutes of constant hight spots, as well as Akiyama springboarding Juventud Guerrera over the top turnbuckle and on top of the ring post, causing him to fall to the outside of the ring in the process. This kept Guerrera down on the outside for a while, while Akiayama and Avatar worked in the ring. Akiyama teased the exploder on many occassions, but Avatar kept blocking him. For short while, Avatar kept nailing Akiyama with consecuting leg corkscrews until Akiyama limped to the outside of the ring. Here, he and Juvi had a great exchange outside the ring, which included Akiyama running knee first into the ringside steps. Next elimination came at 10:22, when Juvi regained the upperhand on Akiyama from outside the ring, when he missed that knee. Juvi ran in the ring planning to go for a suicida dive on Akiyama...but Avatar stopped him catching him with a hip toss. Avatar then went for what looked to be a Liger Bomb, but Juvi clamped onto Avatar's neck while in the move, and suprised Avatar with a hurranicana. With that, he redirected his attention back to Akiyama on the outside, and went for that suicida Dive. But, with so much time to recover, Akiyama moved, causing Juvi to go crashing into the ring railing and unable to make it back into the ring. He was counted out. Just as the ref was finishing up counting Juvi out, Akiyama and Avatar went into a chopfest, blow for blow, trying to get the fans into it. Akiyama had some classic facial expressions selling the severity of Avatar's chops. Avatar was heavily built by Mooney as a 'martial arts expert.' Avatar scored a few near falls on Akiyama after German Suplexing him into the turnbuckle twice. One of those suplexes looked to hurt Akiyama legit as he kept clutching his neck from that point forward. Finals of the match came 5 minutes later when Avatar went for another German Suplex--but Akiyama blocked it twice. He then elbowed Avatar and went for the exploder. But Avatar blocked the exploder, and tossed Akiyama into the turnbuckle, but Akiyama reversed and charged right behind Avatar with a forearm, catching Avatar square in the face. He then quickly followed up with an Exploder tossing Avatar from one corner of the ring, almost completly to the other. Avatar was nearly dead at this point, and didn't get up from the 3 count. Jun Akiyama retains the ECW Heavyweight Title with the Exploder at 14:21. After his victory, Akiyama sold his neck being hurt big time...However it seemed very legit, once again. I won't be suprised if this match puts Akiyama on the shelf for a few months.

Overall: 69***

Crowd: 63

Match: 76

The ECW Title has gained image

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" Avatar came very close to winning this match, but Akiyama proved to be just a bit too quick, Jesse!!"

Ventura" He's quick! He's fast! And he's lethal!! He'll knock you silly with those forearms!! Avatar didn't even see him rushing him from behind! What a match Mooney...and we've only just begun!"

Mooney" You hear that music?"

Ventura" That's right Mooney!! It can only be Simon Diamond & The Only Dick that matters!! Johnny 'Dick' Swinger!"

2. Spike Dudley defeated Simond Diamond in 12:22 after interferance from the debuting Buh Buh Ray Dudley

Referee: Billy Silvermann

Basically the comedy match of the night. Big Dick was in Spike's corner while Swinger was in Diamond's. These two had a great match, but it was during this match that Mike Tyson was spotted standing near the curtain by the fans. As a result much of the fans attention was directed at staring at Tyson. Ventura as always, has a reputation for acknowledging awkward moments like this, pushing Tyson's presence;

"Mooney!! I think he's been spotted!! The 'Baddest Man On The Planet' is here Mooney!! I can feel the excitement! It's SummerSlam!! WWF Action at it's best!!"

Ref bump happened at 6:33 of a pretty fast paced match. At this point, Swinger, snuck over to the corner of Big Dick and quickly snapped handcuffs on Big Dick Dudley, locking him into the turnbuckle. Swinger then joined the action in the ring, making the match a 2-1, with Billy Silvermann knocked out. Suddenly, a figure emerged from underneath the ring. It was another Dudley! He snuck up behind Swinger and Diamond, who at this point were hovering over a beaten Spike Dudley. This Dudley, establishing himself as the 'Doofy' Dudley, started dancing in back of the unbeknowst Diamond & Swinger. The crowd started cheering this, as Diamond and Swinger 'thought' that they were cheering for them. They slowly turned around into a series of double punches by the debuting Buh Buh Ray Dudley. As Swinger & Diamond were staggering in place, Buh Buh yelled; 'BUH BUH STTUUUNNAAAAAA!!!!, then nailed Diamond with a front face neckbreaker {Stone Cold Stunner}. With that, Buh Buh yelled it out again, and caught Swinger with the Buh Buh Stunner, laying them both out. After that he went and pulled out a key from Swinger's tights, and proceeded to unlocking Big Dick from the post. Spike and the referee both recovered, as Spike then nailed a knocked out Diamond with the Spike Driver off of the top rope for the victory! Buh Buh made a nice debut establishing himself as the 'singles compitetor of the Dudley's', dancing away in pushing his 'goofy' image, but also getting over his finishing move--The Buh Buh Stunner.

Overall: 62**1/2

Crowd: 45

Match: 79

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" Would ya look at that! What fun their having!! It's the Dudleys!! Spike, Big Dick...and Buh Buh Ray!!"

Ventura" How many of these dumb Dudley's are there, Mooney? And what the hell is the deal with him yelling out 'Buh Buh Stunna' to the crowd?"

Mooney" That's his move! The Buh Buh Stunner!! And that looks to be a devastating move!! The WWF had better watch out!!" *Slick's music starts to play*

Ventura" Ohhhhhh Moooney!! Here comes the WWF's baddest man on the planet!! Here comes, ZEUS!! The Intercontinental Championship Title is on the line!!"

3. Sabu retained the WWF Intercontinental Title eliminating The Dark Patriot in a Triangle 3 way dance at 12:22

Referee: John Finnegan

This turned out better than many thought. Ventura put over Zeus like he was Superman for this match. And of course, Zeus acted like Superman. Sabu started off punching Zeus, including laying a few punches after bouncing off of the ropes. Zeus no-sold everything in playing his Superman act. The crowd started getting behind Sabu here, as Paulie Dangeroulsy screamed like a mainiac on the outside. Slick was loving every bit of this. Suddenly, Zeus snapped, and just started choking Sabu, shoving him into the corner. The Dark Patriot, then appeared out of no where charging the ring and started attacking Zeus from behind. Zeus, simply turned around as Patriot pounded on his back--grabbed The Dark Patriot and shoved him 5 feet accross the ring. The crowd loved this. Referee John Finnegan had no idea what to do at this point. Should he disqualify Sabu? Throw out the match? Sabu stood in the corner, as Zeus was choking away at Patriot on the other side of the ring. The camera focused on Paulie Dangerously who was yelling in the ear of long time WWF ring announcer--the official replacement of 'The Fink', Joe Pedicino. Paulie's words were heard off mic;

"Make this match...a 3 way Dance!!! Make it a 3 way!!"

With that, Pedicino annoucned that this match would be following the 'One Pinfall Rule', whereas the first person to get a pinfall would win. At this news Sabu went to the outside and grabbed a chair. After a bit of resistance from referee John Finnegan, Sabu charged Zeus from behind cracking him over the back with the chair, knocking him over the top rope. But of course Zeus landed on his feet, with Slick running over to him to fire him up. Meanwhile, Sabu went right to work on a fatigued Dark Patriot, who had been choked for quite some time. Sabu threw the chair at Patriot's head a few times. Mooney put over referee John Finnegan as being one of the lenient referees on the referee staff, explaining him not disqualifying Sabu. Patriot start to fight back, small cradling Sabu for a near fall. He also gave Sabu a wierd looking frankensteiner for another near fall. The actual wrestling came to a stop when Zeus made his way into the ring again, this time equipped with his own chair. Zeus & Sabu dueled chairs until Sabu nailed Zeus in the head with a nice shot, staggering him. Sabu went against the ropes for another shot, but was met by Zeus' chair shot instead knocking him on his back. Patriot then 'asked' Zeus to back up...as he picked set up Sabu's chair, for what seemed like a Triple Jump Moonsault of his own. Dark Patriot went into the ropes and leaped onto the chair, but was met with a defying Zeus, nailing him square in the face with his chair. The MSG crowd popped extremley high for this, along with Ventura yelling;

"Only the baddest man on the planet would do something so vile, Mooney! Did you see that! He smashed The Dark Patriot in the face with the chair--just as he was trying to do his own version of the Triple Jump Moonsault! The Dark Patriot is out cold!!"

There was a slight 'ECW' chant, for those that remembered the small promotion that Paulie Dangerously was once apart of from '92-early 94. Zeus was holding his hands out posing for the screaming fans who approved of the spot. However, as Zeus was posing, Sabu slowly recovered and re-positioned the chair, and quickly nailed The Dark Patriot with the Triple Jump Moonsault, for the cover and the victory at 12:22.! Sabu excaped the ring, grabbing his title, as Zeus threw a fit in the ring. He, along with Slick couldn't believe how they let this one slip away.

Overall: 75**1/2

Crowd: 82

Match: 61

Commentary Aftermatch

Ventura" Mooney!! I hope Mike Tyson doesn't show his face around Zeus!! Zeus is a very very very angry man!"

Mooney" Indeed, Jesse Ventura! Sabu managed to score a victory in what became an impromptu 3 way match!! Wow!!"

*PRIDE'S Music Starts To Play*

Ventura" Are you ready, Mooney? It's another Title match!! The GWF Heavyweight Title is on the line!! And here comes my pick!! Accompanied by Wrestling greats Antonio Inoki...and...(notices Jim Cornette swining his tennis racket around leading Tenzan) AND JAMES E. CORNETTE...it's Hiroyoshi Tenzan! "

4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Stan Hansen in 18:31 to capture the GWF Heavyweight Title

Referee: Shane McMahon

The big news here, as annonced by Jesse Ventura on commentary was that James E. Cornette was back in the leadership of PRIDE. Once again, Jim Cornette is side by side with the very first person he brought in as part of the beginnings of what would eventually evolve into PRIDE, back in 1995, Antonio Inoki. According to insider reports, Cornette's injury is finally healed, and the doctors have cleared him away to start managing again. I wonder who their going to have do RAW, with Styles now? As expected, the match proceeded with a very slow place, mostly thanks to Hansen. But luckily, Tenzan is great in working a stiff style match, which kept the crowd into the match. After some lame power spots, Tenzan struck Hansen with his overhead Somoan Tenzan chops. Hansen, sold it a bit, but fired back with a stiff Ric Flair chop. Tenzan ate it up, urging Hansen (in Japanese) to hit him more. Hansen obliged, causing Tenzan's chest to flare up like a red peach--but again, Tenzan screamed for more. Hansen started to really wack Tenzan hard in the chest...but Tenzan refused to go down. Inoki, kept screaming to Tenzan on the outside;

'Fighting Spirit of PRIDE!! FIGHTING SPIRIT!!"

When Mooney seemed dumbfounded as to what Inoki was talking about, Ventura seemed to actually be iritated by Mooney's ignorance:

"Mooney, don't you know anything about wrestling? This is the way the wrestlers in PRIDE think! It's the Fighting Spirit, Mooney! The Drive to win!! You Americans make me sick!"

After a few more chops, Tenzan bounced off the ropes and tried to Lariat Hansen, which got quite the responce from the crowd--Tenzan was trying to use Hansen's own Western Lariat against him. Hansen staggered back then went for a lariat--Tenzan ducked went against the ropes and nailed Tenzan with a jumping cartwheel kick, leading to a near fall. The next few minutes were alot of chop spots by Tenzan, along with an eventual somoan drop for a near fall. Hansen started to mount a comeback, when Tenzan started to climb the turnbuckle for a moonsault. Hansen got up before Tenzan could leap off of the turnbuckle and buckled his legs, putting Tenzan in the squatting position on the top turnbuckle. Hansen then followed up with a top rope back drop, pretty much dropping Tenzan on his head. After a near fall Hansen had offense the next few minutes of the match, filled with mostly backdrops on Tenzan's head, and some nasty forearm shots. Minutes later, Cornette hopped on the apron trying to get Hansen's attention, and slipped the Tennis racket in the ring. But, Hansen, being the smart 'legend' that he is, simply turned around and grabbed the tennis racquet himself. This led to a brief scuffle between him and referee Shane McMahon, wrestling for the Tennis Racquet. As this was going on, Tenzan snuck up behind Hansen and went for a german suplex. But, Hansen blocked it--twice. Tenzan then headbutted Hansen in the back of the head twice, and then was finally able to lugg Hansen over into a German Suplex, causing both men to be laid out for minutes. Tenzan sold the idea of using all of his energy to get Hansen up and over into the suplex. Tenzan got up first, and went to the top rope for a diving elbow...but Hansen started to get up...standing in the upright position once Tenzan was at the top. Tenzan then decided to turn around, and nailed Hansen with a suprise moonsault pinning combination for the victory at 18:31 of a tough battle. Hiroyoshi Tenzan is the new GWF Heavyweight Champion!! Jim Cornette and Inoki jumped in the ring, and raise the hands of a fatigued Hiroyoshi Tenzan. Inoki placed the belt around Tenzan's waist as the crowd booed away. Cornette gave a few racquet shots on Hansen before exiting the ring...

Overall: 77***

Crowd: 79

Match: 73

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" What a hard fought victory for Hiroyoshi Tenzan!"

Ventura" Mooney that was an epic battle!! Tenzan nearly had his neck broken on a number of occassions by that Texan nut, Stan Hansen! He deserves that GWF Belt!! And what a great welcome back present for Jim Cornette!!"

Mooney" Well, Jesse, at this time...I think we're going to joined by our special guest commentator for SummerSlam!! (Turns house mic on) Ladies and Gentleman...you know him from some of the most classic battles in boxing history! Just a few months ago, he's been the centre of controversy after the ending his last match with Evandor Holyfield...Ladies and gentleman, please give a WWF welcome to 'The Baddest Man in the World', Iron Mike Tyson!!"

Ventura" The greatest boxer in the world!!"

- Mike Tyson Makes Waves At WWF SummerSlam '97 -

Mike Tyson walked over to the announcing table and shook hands with both Sean Mooney & Jesse Ventura before posing to the Madison Square Garden crowd. The WWF allowed serveral press photographers to the broadcast area for this segment, I guess aiming to get some publicity on the National News, and/or Sports programming. Tyson was accompanied by nearly 10 security people. Geez. That much protection needed from the press? Tyson got a mixure of booes and cheers--but the responce was still very strong. Sean Mooney started off asking Tyson some lame questions about his boxing career and his past and current WWF favourites. Tyson actually mentioned WCW's Dustin Rhodes as being one of his favourites, which resulted in Mooney quickly cutting him off to ask him another question. Finally, Ventura popped in and got the angle going;

Ventura" Ok! Ok! Enough of the small talk, Mooney!! Tyson--everyone wants to know the big question!! Do you think you're badder--tougher--meaner; than WWF Superstar Zeus!?"

Tyson" Well, you know what Jesse, you know--Zeus is a very big guy, but he don't know 'bout me. He don't know 'bout my world! He gotta remember...I'm not just a boxer--I'm a fighta', a fighta'..yea---" (A host of WWF Officials come out of the lockeroom trying to stop Zeus from coming out of the curtain)

Ventura"....and it looks like we have company!"

At this point, Zeus came out, with Slick supporting him from behind. Tyson, Ventura, and Mooney all popped up at once. For once, Mooney didn't run away. Right behind Zeus came more WWF Officials, including Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco. They were treating this as if this was unplanned. At first, the officials along with Tyson's guys stood in between the two, but then, as Zeus slowly approached the table, Tyson backed his guys away. The two men were soon nose to nose with each other in a very good staredown. Tyson's big, but Zeus was bigger. The crowd was actually mixed, with half of the Garden cheering for Tyson, and the other for Zeus. The two then butted heads, with talking trash to each other. Mooney actually did a good job here, of building this as a collission between two of the most unpredictable Superstars in their respective sports. Zeus then started screaming, leading to officials from both sides rushing in between the two again. This infuriated 'Iron' Mike as he starting pacing around the announcing area, ripping open his shirt and throwing it onto the announcers table, screaming for Zeus to hit him. The crowd was really getting into this here as officials were literally throwing themselves all over the announcing area trying to prevent the two from colliding. Even Jesse Ventura took off his headset to help keep Zeus away from Tyson. Tyson then spit at Zeus from a distance, which led to Zeus charging Tyson, tackling him onto the announcers table virtually on top of Mooney, who kept calling the events. JJ Dillon & Vince Russo bolted out of the backstage area to help the staff clear this up. The two wrestled onto the floor also taking down Mooney and several other officials, in the process. After a few more minutes of scuffling, officials were finally able to get the two up, as well as getting Mooney back on his feet. However, just when it looked like order was on it's way, Tyson threw a roundhouse right punch accidently catching Mooney who was to his immediate right. Mooney went down like a sack of potatoes, while Zeus, who got nipped by the punch went right back into tackling Tyson again. At this point, several wrestlers from the lockeroom came out to separate Zeus & Tyson, including, The Sandman, Steve Corino, The Rock, Brutus Beefcake, Earthquake, Flexx Kavanna, PJ Walker, Diesel, and The Space Croppers. Sean Mooney was also being attended to by doctors as he was caught nicely in the eye. JJ Dillon grabbed the mic here, and yelled;

"We'll be right back after this 5 minute intermission! Goto the bathroom, get your food, WWF merchandise and all that stuff--In 5 minutes, SummerSlam continues!"

Dillon put down the mic, but was clearly heard screaming to referee Mike Chioda, "Get me some more fucking guys out here!"

Reminds me of the time, Heenan was heard at Wrestlemania 5 yelling to Andre The Giant; 'I'm the fucking boss!'

I don't know if Mooney was supposed to get hit but it made for great Pay Per View television, either way. 86%

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For the next 10 minutes they showed a recap of the feuds of the remaining matches, along with fan predictions from those who attented SummerSlam '97. The longer intermission leads me to believe that maybe Mooney was a little too close to the action.

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5. Owen Hart defeated Bret 'Hitman' Hart in 22:11

Referee: Dave Hebner

After the break, Mooney was back at the table with order restored sporting a huge lump on his left eye. He also had a band aid of some sort on his eye, showing that his eye was worked on during the break. Mooney said that he may have been too close to the action, but he 'loves what he does' and wouldn't have done anything different. He then called Tyson & Zeus, two pyscopaths who would tear a building down if they ever got together in a fight. Ah. The subtle hint at a confronatation. This match, was probably the best match of the show. Bret went after Owen full force, leading to Owen spending most of the first part of the match running for saftey. Bret teased a sharpshooter spot at 6:33, but was countered with a small cradle, for a near fall. The crowd got right on Owen at the slightest offense. The crowd went nuts after what I learned was The Hart Spot, at 10:22--a series of spots that Owen and Bret have practiced together since their childhood. Bret was down on the mat, so Owen went for a moonsault. Bret started to get up, so Owen did the moonsault, but landed on his feet behind Bret. Bret turned around, catching Owen's leg countering the kick. Owen faked going for a jumping cranium kick to counter which caused Bret to let go of Owen's leg and duck. Owen in his quickness then dashed against the ropes and did a backroll over a crouching Bret, scooping him into a german suplex, with both men selling heavy fatigue after the spot by both laying on their back for quite some time. The crowd actually applauded this series of spots for quite some time. Owen was the first to recover and stayed on offense for the next few minutes. Bret regained offense at 14:01, when the action spilled to the outside of the ring. After nailing Hart with a top rope body splash to the outside, Owen went for it again. This time, after mocking Bret Hart's taunts to the crowd while in the ring. Owen spent too much time in the ring and this time went crashing from the top rope straight into the guard rail, actually busting his mouth open. Bret started to make his comeback here, and went with his closing routine minutes later. He then locked on The Sharpshooter, as thousands of fans popped in support for Hitman's finishing move. Out came The Iron Sheik, Iranian Flag in hand, yelling and screaming on his way to the ring, and up onto the apron, dropping the flag in the ring. Bret, who's back was turned to the ramp had no idea that the Sheik was there, but the ref did and started yelling at the Sheik as Owen squealed in pain from the sharpshooter yelling; 'I quit!! I quit!!' Wondering why the bell didn't ring, Hart released the hold to find Hebner arguing with The Sheik. With that, Bret knocked the Sheik off of the apron, leading to Hebner leaping to the outside ushering the Sheik to the back. As Bret turned around, Owen was waiting with the flagpole in his hand, and struck Bret in the gut with the flag end. He then snapped the flag over Bret's back, following up with a DDT, taking Bret down. Before throwing the two broken peices of the pole out of the ring, Owen locked on his very own Sharpshooter! The fans were really hot at Owen here, as referee Dave Hebner dashed back up the ramp and into the ring for the submission hold...Bret started inching twoard the ropes, so that Owen could break the hold. At this point, to a huge pop, came Sean Waltman, the Lightning Kid - Bret's 'protege. Waltman got on the apron and started yelling for the ref to look at the flag peices outside the ring. Here, just as in the case of The Sheik, Hebner got up and starting yelling at Kid, trying to send him to the back. While this was going on, Bret finally made it to the ropes to another big pop...but since the ref wasn't looking, Owen just yanked Bret off of the ropes, and kept the Sharpshooter locked in while the ref continued to argue with Waltman. I noticed that Jesse Ventura was refering to The Kid as 'Waltman' a couple of times. I don't know if it was a slip up...or if their trying to erase the 'Kid' image from Waltman. Anyway, finally Owen got tired of waiting for the ref, released the hold, and gave Waltman a dropkick sending him tumbling off of the apron. Owen argued with Waltman until the Hitman was back up struggling to his feet. He grabbed Owen, and German suplexed him, but Owen was able to land on his feet behind Bret. He then charged Bret, who caught Owen and threw him into the ropes, but was met with an elbow to the back after crouching attempting an overhead toss. With that, Owen locked on, another submission hold - the Camel Clutch, a move he learned from one of his mentors, The Iron Sheik. Hebner ran back into the ring for the submission, after getting Waltman away from ringside. Bret tried to battle to the ropes again...but this time...it was too much...Bret Hart submitted to Owen's Camel Clutch in 22:11 of an absolute classic. After the match, both men could barely stand. On the ramp, Owen took a mic, gasping for air;

"Bret! I beat you...I beat you...proving...that I am the better Hart! You may be good! You may be great, even! But, Bret...I'm younger than you! I'm faster than you....and tonight I proved...that I'm better than you...I'm sure we'll meet again Bret...and when we do...I promise...next time--I won't be so easy on you!"

Overall: 90****

Crowd: 94

Match: 83

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" Jesse Ventura...you are not going to find action like that anywhere else, but right here, in the WWF! Amazing...amazing match!"

Ventura" Mooney, I'd even go as far as to say that that was the greatest match I've seen in WWF history! I have a feeling that this battle is far from over!"

Mooney" You know Jesse...I think you're right. Not only is this a personal rivarly...but it's also a competative rivarly, as well!

Ventura" That's right Mooney!! And look at that!! It's time for the first of our two cage matches, tonight! It's time for The retirement match!! Lawler - Beefcake..IS NEXT!"

6. Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake defeated Jerry 'The King' Lawler in 14:11 of a retirement Cage match

Referee: Joey Marella

Pure old school type match here. Alot of trade off shoulder spots to begin with. The match started picking up at around 6:44 when Beefcake reversed an irish whip on Lawler sending him head first into the cage. Lawler bladed hard here, as blood started pouring out of his forehead. The crowd saw this and instantly got behind Beefcake. Beefcake used alot of double axehandles, followed by bodyslams, in addition to a long arm bar spot. Because Beefcake is so over, and everyone hates Lawler, the crowd popped for pretty much everything Beefcake did. Beefcake teased the Sleeperhold at 9:00 but Lawler reversed out of it with the neckdropper. Lawler went to climb the match here, but was stopped by Beefcake as he neared the top of the cage. Final moments of the match came when Lawler went for the Piledriver, but Beefcake no-sold it popping right back up to a huge pop. He then started to do his version of hulking up...or as Mooney called it, " Beefing Up". Beefcake then nailed Lawler with a reverse atomic drop, two clotheslines, and a running knee drop. He tried to escape here again...but Lawler kept tugging on his leg...this led Beefcake to jump off with a double axehandle on a bloodied Lawler, followed by the sleeper hold. This gave Beefcake ample time to escape the cage, and win the retirement cage match, at 14:11. Mooney and Ventura pushed the idea that not only was Lawler loosing alot of blood--which he was--but he also had his circulation cut off from Beefcake's 'special' sleeper hold. After the match...Beefcake went back in the cage, and helped a bloodied Jerry Lawler up, since this was his final match. After a brief square off, Beefcake extended his hand, showing respect to one of the most influencial wrestlers in WWF History. The crowd, for the first time in months, began once familiar 'Lawler' chant urging him to accept Beefcake's hand. He finally accepted it, followed by the two raising their hands and posing to the crowd from inside of the cage. Here is when Brian Christopher, chair in hand, came into the ring...and started yelling at his Father for shaking Beefcake's hand...

Overall: 79**1/4

Crowd: 92

Match: 50 <--- :lol:

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" Why is Christopher yelling at his Father!! This is his final night in the ring!! "

Ventura" He shook Beefcake's hand, Mooney!! And Christopher's got that chair! I have a feeling Beefcake's gonna get wacked really hard!!!"

Mooney" Christopher is yelling at his Father--calling him 'weak'--for shaking hands with Beefcake--for accepting Beefcake's disply of respect!"

Ventura" Christopher's upset and---"

Mooney" OH MY GOSH!! HOLY CHAIRBLAST!!! Christopher JUST NAILED BEEFCAKE WITH THE CHAIR!!!"

Ventura" And look at Lawler cover up Beefcake protecting Beefcake from his own son! I don't believe---"

Mooney" WHAT THE!!? HOLY TURNCOAT!! CHRISTOPHER JUST BLASTED LAWLER IN THE BACK WITH THE CHAIR!!! What the...? Why!! Why!! And he's hitting him again...and again...and again!! What has gotten into Christopher!!"

Ventura (Christopher is now hovering over his Father) " His own Father! He must have a good reason--Shhhh, he's saying something..."

Christopher (Heard off mic) " Dammit, I 'aint letting you retire without handing the torch over to ME!! The new Lawler in charge!!--BRIAN CHRISTOPHER!! You may be retired from the ring...but sooner or later...you're gonna have one more match...and it's gonna be against me, 'Daddy!!' " (Does his high pitched laugh)

Ventura" Did you hear that Mooney...did you hear that? Christopher came to Lawler's aid when he needed it, but Lawler didn't even return the favour by handing over the torch!! Aren't King's supposed to pass the torch to their heirs!?"

Mooney" That's his Father, Jesse!! I don't believe what I just saw!! WHAT A HEINOUS ACT BY BRIAN CHRISTOPHER!"

Ventura" You call it a henious act, and I call it initiative, Mooney!! INITIATIVE!"

7. Sting defeated Lee The Undertaker in 13:01 of A Cage Match

Referee: Earl Hebner

Sting got a thunderous ovation in his Madison Square Garden debut. Brian Lee was great in acknowledging the fans by giving some ringside fans some chilling looks for cheering Sting. Corino and Perfect may be the world title contenders, but these guys are the most over wrestlers in the company right now. Lee has also gone from being extremely disgruntled from the early months of the year, to becoming Perfectly happy with his current role. The two started off with a Tyson/Zeus like staredown followed by Sting scoop slamming Undertaker twice. Both times Undertaker sat up, which got made the crowd go nuts. Sting then went into the ropes for a leaping clothesline. Once again, The Undertaker sat right back up. Sting then went for the ole' two fingers in the eye, which worked, getting laughs from the crowd. Sting threw The Undertaker into the turnbuckle and went for an early Stinger Splash, but leaped straight into a stranglehold by Undertaker. Lee, then tossed Sting hard into the cage, sending him down to the canvas. Lee was in control for the next few minutes, while a deafening 'Stinger' chant went on. Undertaker's interaction with the fans was great, Lee sells the Character well--going beyond a no-selling stiff, like Calloway. Lee began climbing the cage at 8:33, but Sting was able to climb up beside him--leading to a battle near the top of the cage. The battle ended with Sting headbutting Lee off the cage down to the mat. It seemed as if Sting would go for the win here, but instead, he simply moved over to the corner, and went for an elbow drop. But he missed, allowing for The Undertaker to nail him with the Prime Time Slam. Undertaker then went over to one of the turnbuckles, trying to undo the protective covering, exposing the steel, but he took so long that Sting was able to suprise him with a Stinger Splash, causing him to bounce right off of the steel, knocking Lee out cold. The crowd went bonkers here, as Sting played to the crowd, teasing going to the cage. However, at this point, someomone seemed to be cutting open the ring from underneath it. Suddenly a hand popped up from underneath the ring and clutched Sting's foot. It was Damien Demento, also from the Dark Carnival. At this point, Lee slowly began to sit up. Seeing Sting try to wrestle his leg away from Demento's grasp, Lee started to climb the cage--At this point Sting's music began to play. The lights began to dim, as spotlights started to shine on the entrance way--Lee continued to climb the cage, keeping an eye on the curtain, wondering who would come out. At this point...BARRY HOROWITZ emerged fromt the curtain. Except...he had face paint similiar to that of Sting on. He then turned around and patted his back three times...revealing his new jacket: 'BARRY "STINGER" HOROWITZ'. I don't know if this little gimmick for Horowitz is permanent, or if it was a one time deal, but the live crowd loved it. The music continued to play as Horowitz marched to the rinside area. He grabbed the cage key from the timekeepers table, opened the door, and stomped on Damento's hand which was holding Sting. This allowed Sting to leap onto the cage, and just stop The Undertaker from beginning to climb down the cage on the other side. Sting and Lee traded some punches atop the cage, until Sting was able to grab Lee and supersplex him off the top of the cage down to the mat. Lee has a reputation for taking the high bumps, which is why he's a great guy to have in a match like this. Along with Horowitz, who at this point was pounding on Damento on the outside of the ring, the fans went nuts as Sting slowly began to make his way to his feet. The Undertaker showed no signs of getting up from the Superplex. This allowed Sting to climb up and over the cage defeating the Undertaker in 13:01 of an electrifying match. Sting celebrated with the face painted Horowitz on his way up the ramp to a huge and funny 'Sting and Barry' chant. The Undertaker stayed layed out, while they were taking down the cage, and started going after officials, but was stopped by Paul Bearer and the Urn. The announcers explained Horowitz interferance based on his previous encounters with The Undertaker.

Overall: 88***

Crowd: 98

Match: 68

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" Sting has won his very first PPV, what an amazing bout! The Dark Carnival almost won...but Barry Horowitz..who came very close to entering the Darkside last night on WorldWide came out and helped the man...who saved him last night!! Wow!"

Ventura" Is that all you can say!? Is that all you can say, Mooney? Barry Horowitz comes out here with paint all over his face, wearing a goofy jacket and that's all you can say!? He's gone nuts, Mooney! He's not a stable person--and neither is Sting! They gave the Undertaker his first singles loss in over 2 years!"

Mooney" And The Undertaker is Stable?"*Eye Of The Tiger Starts To Play*

Ventura" You hear that Mooney!!? The Eye Of The Tiger!! Here comes the WWF Champion of The World!! Steve Corino!! It's Ladder Match time!"

8. Mr. Perfect defeated Steve Corino in 17:45 of a Ladder Match to Win the WWF World Championship

Referee: Dave Hebner

Ventura had a funny comment in this match about 'the referee from the last match' reffing this match as well, telling his usual Hebner joke of the night. Very strong match, the crowd wasn't as into this match as much as the Sting debut match, but they were alive and well for this much--as they had been for pretty much the entire card. Mr. Perfect was wearing tape around his ribs selling the angle from a few weeks ago on RAW. The idea was that he still wasn't fully healed, but didn't want to miss this shot at SummerSlam. Not much of mat wrestling here, but the ladder was used alot. Corino was busted open after Perfect basically tossed the ladder at Corino, as he was coming down off the top rope with a double axehandle. Killer spot at 9:00 saw Perfect set Corino in the tree of woe, and blast him with a baseball slide, kicking the ladder into Corino's face. Both Corino & Perfect went for covers a few times during the match 'forgetting' that this was a Ladder match. Corino regained offense when Perfect charged him with the ladder while in the turnbuckle, but Corino held up his feet, causing Perfect to crash into the ladder. Corino began to work on Perfects ribs for a while, tearing off the tape, rather recklessly. Minutes later, Corino followed with a leg drop off the top rope, before trying to climb the ladder. Perfect, however was able to run up to the other side and battle Corino until both men tipped off the ladder to the ring mat. The fans were really into the match at this time, as they felt that this was indeed anyone's match. Another high spot off the ladder came about 5 minutes later, where, once again, both men were on the top of the ladder, jocking for position--the exchange ended when Perfect gave Corino a swinging neckbreaker off the top of the ladder down to the mat, sparking a huge 'Perfect' chant. At this point, Jack Victory came to the ring, and started jawing back and forth with ringside fans, who felt that he shouldn't be there. Getting one of the biggest pops of the night, Perfect, who was the first to get up, took the ladder and launched it at Victory on the outside, cracking him right in the head. The crowd loved this, as Ventura had a fit on commentary;

"Mooney...what the hell was that for? He should be concentrating on his opponent, Steve Corino! Not attacking poor Jack Victory who's just minding his own business!"

At this point, Steve Corino oddly snuck out of the ring and went underneath the mat--revealing another ladder. While Perfect went to the outside to retrieve his ladder, Corino snuck around to Perfect's side of the ring , and suprised him by charging him with his ladder that he just covered from the ring, knocking him hard into the ringsteps. At this point, Corino threw both ladders in the ring, hinting that he would be going for the win...now that Perfect was practically dead. Corino, who suffered from heavy loss of blood, hapazardly placed the ladder under the belt. But Perfect looked to be showing signs of life, so Corino, decided to climb back down and go after Perfect. The two battled on the apron--Perfect from the outside; Corino from the inside, until Corino and Perfect locked in the Suplex position. Perfect teased suplexing Corino onto the ramp, but it was Corino who suplexed Perfect into the ring. What happened next was truly unbelievable. Corino positioned the ladder in one of the turnbuckle corners. He then dragged Mr. Perfect to the centre of the ring. He then climbed up to the turnbuckle, and pointed to the top of the ladder along with giving the signal for the Dusty Rhodes Elbow Drop. Here' Sean Mooney squeeled;

"He's going to nail the Bionic Elbow from the top of the ladder!! This is dangerous, wrestling fans! This is dangerous!"

With that--and blood literally dripping from his face and chin--Corino started to climb to the top of the ladder. With the crowd chanting 'Perfect', Perfect slowly started crawl to the ropes, pulling himself up to his feet, staggering. At this point...Corino was standing upright on top of the ladder, with seemingly almost puzzled as to what to do, now that Perfect was on his feet, staggering. As soon as Perfect noticed Corino, he charged the ladder, dropkicking it, causing Corino to tumble from the top of the ladder, all the way to the outside of the ring, and onto the Time Keeper's Table, crashing into ring announcer Joe Pedicino, and the Prodcution crew. The ladder tipped over the turnbuckle/top rope also, nearly plowing into the front row seats. The Madison Square Garden crowd was on their feet at this point, as Perfect struggled to get the second ladder from the other side of the ring, to set it up under the belt. The crowd broke into an 'ECW' chant, which I'm sure had Heyman filled with joy backstage. With Corino laying motionless sprawled out over the Timekeepers table, along with Pedicino, also hurt, Hennig was able to climb the ladder and win the World Wrestling Federation Championship for the first time in his career, at 17:45 of the WWF's first ever Ladder Match. Joey Styles came down the isle to make the official announcment, sending both Mr. Perfect and the New York crowd into a frenzy like I've never seen before...

Styles" Ladies and Gentleman...Your winner and the Neeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww World Wrestling Federation Champion: 'MR. PERFECT' CURT HENNIG!!"

Corino and Pedicino were helped to the back by WWF Officials, as well was Jack Victory, who was caught quite hard with Perfect's ladder shot. Perfect, posed on each of the four turnbuckles holding the WWF Title in the air, to 4 equally loud pops. A this point, coming out of the curtains were Antonio Inoki, Jim Cornette, and The new GWF Heavyweight Champion--Hiroyoshi Tenzan. The cheers turned, within a second to loud booes, Cornette and Inoki watched Tenzan walk to the ring holding his GWF Title on his shoulder. Tenzan, despite getting yelled at from fans in every direction as he walked down the ramp, did not take his eyes off Curt Hennig for one second. One in the ring, Tenzan stood head to head with Mr. Perfect, holding his GWF Title on his shoulder, to an extremely hot MSG crowd who wanted them to go at it right there and then. After a staredown that lasted for nearly 3 minutes, with the crowd firmly behind the new WWF Champ, Tenzan, then raised his GWF Title in Perfect's face, before returning to Inoki and Cornette--then eventually going back into the curtains. After, 'thinking', for a few seconds, Perfect went back to celebrating as SummerSlam '97 went off the air.

Overall: 87

Crowd: 93

Match: 74

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" Mr. Perfect is the new WWF World Champion!! What an amazing match!! A ladder Match!! There's only one of its kind! WOW!!! What an amazing triumph for the Perfect One!"

Ventura" Yea, but ya know what this means right, Mooney!? We have two heavyweight champions that think that they're the best wrestler in the WWF!! Ya see, before we had two Heavyweight Champions--Corino & Hansen--who weren't bothered by each other's presence!! BUT NOW--I don't think that the new GWF Heavyweight Champion wants to share the Heavyweight Title spotlight with Mr. Perfect!! We're in for some rocky times, Mooney! Rocky Times!!!"

Mooney" That you very much for joining us, here at WWF SummerSlam!! It was truly a memorable event...we'll see you tommorow night on Monday Night RAW!!! My oh my! It's the aftermatch, live from the Nassau Colliseum!"

Ventura" Only two months till Suvivor Series '97!! Two more months until SHANGRIL-A!!!"

Show Quality: 76%

Buy Rate: 1.97

Best Match: Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart (second PPV best match in a row for Owen)

Worst Match: Brutus Beefcake vs. Jerry Lawler

Other Shows

WCW Dusty Bowl - Buy Rate 2.00

Best Match: WCW Title- Arn Anderson vs. Hulk Hogan

Worst Match: The Patriot vs. 'Mean' Mark Calloway

Reality Twist: Stunning Steve Austin; over=89, UpperMidcarder

GCG Global Warming - Buy Rate .80 - Global 11 (+1)% :eek:

Best Match: Kurt Angle vs. The Black Tiger (Eddie Guerrero)

Worst Match: Sid Vicious vs. Hawk

Reality Twist: Signed Kurt Angle, Sid, and Hawk after they've just hit global.

ECA Tone Def - Buy Rate .66 - National 66%

Best Match: Shawn Stasiak vs. Tommy Dreamer

Worst Match: Rusha (Joanie Laurer) with Tank Abbot in her corner vs. Debra McMichael w/ Steve McMicheal in her corner

Reality Twist: I named Chyna, 'Rusha'.

ChuBalso · January 18, 2005

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Only 2 Months until Series '97...

September 1rd, 1997

Monday Night Raw-

Channel: USA Network - Prime Time

Venue: Nassau Colliseum, New Jersey

Attendance: 12,033

Announcing Team: Joey Styles and his headset.

In-Ring Announcer: Joe Pedicino

Referee Team: Bill Alfonso, Mike Chioda, Dave Hebner, Shane McMahon, Jimmy Korderas, Joey Marella, John Finnegan, Jim Mollineaux

By

Dave Schmeltzer

- Cornette Interrupts Sting - Announces The C-1 CLASH Tournament -

Monday Night Raw, as always with it's ECW-esque opening, with Joey Styles standing in the ring as the crowd chanted 'Oh My GaWd'. And after SummerSlam...they certainly have a reason to be excited. Styles, after setting up a brief series of recap clips from SummerSlam then yelled;

" Ladies and Gentleman! THIS...IS....STING!!!"

With that, Sting hit the ring to one of the biggest pops of the night, posing on all four turnbuckles before talking. Styles congratulated Sting on defeating the Undertaker. Sting answered back, being grateful for Barry Horowitz's help. This is when PRIDE'S music hit...and James E. Cornette, accompanied with Antonio Inoki, made his way to the ring....

Styles" Hey!! What are you doing here!! YOU'RE MY BROADCAST PARTNER!!"

Cornette" Joey Styles, didn't you watch SummerSlam, last night? I've had enough of sitting back, watching the Sandman drink beer every week on Raw! I'm sick of watching the organisation that I brought to the WWF be overshadowed like people such as Sting! "

Styles" Wait a minute!"

Cornette" So I've come out here to make to make a few announcements, and Sting you can just stand right there and look hip for a few moments because some of what I'm about to say pertains to you! First of all, President Ted Dibiase is still in full control, and will remain as the advisor of PRIDE!! And he's sent me out here to make a very special announcment. First of all, everyone knows that the best Wrestler in the WWF, is The Newwwwwww GWF Heavyweight Champion - Hiroyoshi Tenzan! This is a man, who at first wouldn't get the light of day when he first came in the promotion! No one wanted anything to do with this man, because he wasn't 'cool' enough, like a face painting moron, like Sting...(The crowd booes as Sting makes a motion to go after Cornette, but is blocked of by Inoki.) Hold it there...I'm not finished...But you see, in 1992, I decided to take this man under my guidance! I managed him from the very beginning, and his superior ring talent, has led him to his first Title here in the WWF; defeating that fat loaf, Stan Hansen. But you see, now that he's the GWF Champion, there's another problem; He's not 'Perfect' enough!! People still don't see him as the VERY BEST in the WWF. Some are saying that Mr. Perfect is a better wrestler after winning that ladder match, last night! Well...Ted Dibiase has told me to announce that AT SURVIVOR SERIES'97, The GWF Champion, whoever it maybe--and we all know it will still be, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, will face the WWF Champion, whoever he should be at the time!! This will unify the belts, so that their can be only ONE BEST WRESTLER IN THE WWF!!!"

Styles" Now wait a minute!! That's all great and dandy, but what about top contenders, for the World Titles? Like Bret Hart, The Sandman, Terry Taylor--STING!!!!"

Cornette" Well, Styles if you would hold on to your panties, that's the second part of my announcment! Starting next week, on Monday Night RAW, it will be the start of the second bracket type tournament in WWF--but, unlike King Of The Ring, and the North American Title Tournament of '94--this one is only for the elite--for the top contenders in the WWF!! It's called the C-1 CLASH TOURNAMENT! It was thought up by Antonio Inoki, High ranking official, himself--12 MEN....TWO BRACKETS...The sole winners of the two point based brackets will meet...and the winner of that...WILL GO ON TO SHANRIL-A and will be inserted in the WWF World Title Match--making it a three way elimnation match!! That's right--THE WWF WORLD CHAMPION VS. THE GWF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION VS. THE C-1 CLASH WINNER!! And...from what I saw, Stinger...you're on that bracket list! So Stinger, I hope that you do make it to the finals, and onto Shangril-a!! Coz..with all this talk about the ultimate sacrifice...I would love for the ultimate sacrifice to be you getting your shoulders pinned to the mat, by the best wrestler in the WWF today--PRIDE'S VERY OWN--HIROYOSHI TENZAN!!!"

With that, Cornette & Inoki stormed out of the ring to a nice heel reaction, as Sting clasped his hands together...thinking about winning a WWF Championship. They then showed some highlights of Don Frye's unique style of fighting....91%

James E. Cornette gained overness from this segment.

Don Frye d. Rick Steiner

Good opener here. Frye is a good person to open with since his 'shoot' style is alot different then most of the WWF WRestlers. Frye won with an armbar at 7:43. Frye was accompanied by, as he was described by Styles; his 'shootfighting agent'. I'm hearing it's his real life agent brought in to be his mouthpiece.

Overall: 57

Crowd: 47

Match: 67

Rick Steiner lost overness from this match. Don Frye gained overness from this match.

-ADVERTS-

- President Ted Dibiase; Furious At Sting & Horowitz -

Coming out of the break, we see President Ted Dibiase arrive out of his limousine with Mike Rotunda. He looked to be pissed, as the camera followed him all the way through the corridor and into the ring, with him saying to Rotunda; "Horowitz and Sting think they can work together--and get away with it--in MY WWF!?"

When in the ring, Dibiase grabbed the mic out of Joe Pedicino's hand making his case short but passionate;

Dibiase" Sting!!! You beat the Undertaker last night..but with HELP!!! With help from that...that..that..LOOSER!!! Barry freakin' Horowitz!! (Crowd bursts into cheers) Shut up!!! Quiet!! He helped you escape the Undertaker, but not tonight!! That's right!! Because I've had enough of all of this Stinger crap!! Because, tonight!! In this ring!!! You will team up with Barry Horowitz, against The Undertaker and....a former WWF World Champion...a former WWF Intercontinental Champion...A former WWF Tag Team Champion....One of the greatest managers...and Presidents of the World Wrestling Federation...(The Crowd starts to boo when they get the picture)..Mwahahahaa!! That's right!! ME!! Ted Dibiase!! Mwahahahaa!!! And, you will find out, that not only does everyone have a price for the Million Dollar Man...but IT DOESN'T PAY TO CROSS..."

The crowd finished his sentence, '...The Million Dollar Boss...' Dibiase is definately the most over that he's ever been in his career. Even moreso then he was when he held the WWF Title. Suddenly Jerry 'The King's Music played, to a huge ovation. Jerry had been over as a face, since they showed him getting attacked by his son last night at SummerSlam. However, out came Brian Christopher, laughing all the way to the ring, as the crowd starting booing him intently. BC and Ted Dibiase looked at each other for a while. The crowd was super hot into this segment as they remember that it was Dibiase, who was the first to turn Christopher against his father in 1994, when Christopher was like 22. After a while, they both did their 'signature laughs' at the same time, and hugged, to a heckling 'Million Dollar Kid' chant...BC's first gimmick in the WWF. Christopher took the mic.

BC" All you people could quite down right now, and thank this man right here!! Not only is he a hands on President by getting in the ring later on tonight...but he was the first to open the door to me for me to realise what a bum my Daddy always was!! And because of that, I supported you, Ted Dibiase, in your battles against Jerry Lawler--but now..I'm older!! I've matured!! And I wanna take it to the next level!! Because, ya' see, It's time for Lawler to retire--but he don't wanna pass the torch to me!! He's afraid of his son outshining him! That's where I'm asking for your help!! Give my Daddy one more match, here in the WWF!! Give him one more match at WWF Tokyo Explosion! The event that will be televised all over the world, later this month! I wanna go one on one with my Daddy!! And I will be the new King of the WWF!!!"

Dibiase" Mwahahaahahaha!!! You want Lawler at the Tokyo show? You got it!! Ya know what, Brian...I have a feeling that you and I are going to have a very, very, very profitable future!! Hahahaahaha!!!"

With that, Ted Dibiase raised the hand of Brian Christopher, both doing their 'patented' laughs, as Mike Rotunda clapped along on the sidelines. 82%

-ADVERTS-

Avatar d. Bob Backlund

It was announced that ECW Champion, Jun Akiyama was injured during his match at the PPV. Styles put over the 'martial arts expert', Avatar as being the cause of the injury. I had eerie feelings of ECW with Joey Styles doing the announcing by himself. I wonder who's going to replace Cornette as colour commentator. After the match, Jesse Ventura hit the ring, to a nice ovation, getting ready for a special interview...

Overall: 77

Crowd: 75

Match: 80

Avatar gained overness from this match.

- Corino introduces his 'New Age Enforcer'... -

Jesse Ventura got in the ring and introduced, "A man who went through an epic battle last night in the first of it's kind--A Ladder Match", former WWF Champion, Steve Corino. Corino came out with a patch on his head, selling his bump from last night's ladder match. Corino talked about holding the WWF Title since WRestlemania and being one of the greatest Champions in WWF history. Ventura asked Corino if he was going to enter the C-1 CLASH Tournament. Corino, answered yes--but promised to that he would be the WWF Champion, anyway, by Shangril-a. He then challenged Perfect to a re-match at this televised Tokyo show later on this month--that has yet to be given an official name--on television at least. After that, he introduced into the WWF, in what was cleverly designed as a knock to WCW Champion, Arn Anderson, his friend...and I guess the 2nd of his two 'lackey's, as Joey Styles called Jack Vicotry...CW Anderson.

Corino" You know, Ventura...Not only do I have to concentrating on getting back MY Title from Mr. Perfect...but I now have to protect myself from GWF Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan...who probably sees me as a threat now!!! I have to protect myself from the 5 other men in my C-1 CLASH tournament bracket! So..introducing, MY ENFORCER!! No..this isn't a middle aged enforcer, this is...THE NEW AGE ENFORCER--C.W. ANDERSON!!!"

Styles kept screaming 'An Anderson!! An Anderson!! Steve Corino has an Anderson on his side!! ' If they don't get someone to shut Styles up, I'm going to get really tired of him fast...as are most viewers. With that, Corino posed--with Jack Victory & CW Anderson in the background--making the 'title around waiste' gesture as they went to another advert break. 72%

Steve Corino lost overness from this segment. CW Anderson gained overness from this segment.

-ADVERTS-

Sabu d. The Dark Patriot - WWF IC Title

This was built as a return match from last night. The main reason they had this match, was so that Joey Styles could talk to himself about how crazy the Zeus-Tyson SummerSlam altercation was. He mentioned that it was shown on most local news outlets as well as the day's ESPN Sportscentre programming. He pushed Zeus being at WorldWide this weekend, as well as RAW...because...well we all know that nothing happens at WorldWide. Sabu defeated Patriot with the Triple Jump Monsault at 8:33. I have a feeling Gilbert's being slowly faded down.

Overall: 77

Color: 81

Match: 71

- Jerry Lawler Demands To Go Out In Style -

After Sabu's victory, and a look back at Brian Christophers attack after Lawler lost the retirement match, Lawler's music hit, to a huge pop. The crowd started a huge 'Lawler' chant as he stood in the ring, almost breaking into tears, emotional from the respect that he was getting from the fans. The fans gave him a standing ovation, as Joey Styles on commentary sold Lawler as being one of the most beloved Wrestlers in WWF history. Finally, he began to speak...

Lawler" Well...It's great to be King! (Big Pop from the crowd) First things first...Brian...I should've known. I should've known that you were only helping me...to help yourself! You selfish little brat! You want to fight me in a match? Well, it looks like I'm going to have to give you the beating I should've given you a looooooonnnnnnnnggggggg time ago!! (Crowd bursts into cheers again..causing Lawler to have to pause) Now...Dibiase. How nice of you to grant me one more match...against my very own son. But you see, that's not coming up for a while...and it's quite frankly a match that I'm not going to be proud to be in. But I want MY LAST HURRAH IN THE RING TO BE RIGHT HERE TONIGHT AT THE NASSAU COLLISEUM!! (The crowd bursts into cheers--Lawler starts to slip into Heel Mode from here...but the crowd loves it anyway) That's right...I wannaa team with the best Wrestler in the WWF Today--STEVE CORINO--and I want to go against Mr. Perfect and his buddy--The man that said that he would not only help Mr. Perfect get the title...but who would also retire me out of the ring--which he did. I'm talkin' about the dysfuntional Barber--Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake! Mr. Barberude himself!! Yeaaa!!!!"

The crowd bursts into cheers at this star studded tag team bout. Suddenly The Million Dollar Man's music hits, and out he comes out of the curtain joined with, not only Mike Rotunda, but Brian Christopher...

Dibiase" Lawler!! Mwahahahaha!! Let's face facts!! Brian Christopher isn't the selfish one here--YOU ARE!! You've always kept the spotlight to yourself, and never showed your support to your son!! Who came to who first? It was BRIAN, to came to you first, supporting your fight against Brutus Beefcake! And you wanted to just dissappear out of the ring, without helping Christopher make his mark in the WWF!! And why? I know why!! He knows why!! All these people know why!! And YOU know why!! It's because YOU don't want to be outshined by your son!! That's right!! YOU ARE AFRAID THAT YOUR SON WILL HAVE A STRONGER LEGACY than you, in the WWF! Well, Lawler...you want a final shot in the spotlight! Fine!! You've got your farewell match tonight! Because, soon you'll be saying goodbye to the spotlight, FOREVER!! That's right...there's a new Memphis great in the WWF!! AND THAT'S BRIAN CHRISTOPHER!!! Mwahahahaha!!"

Christopher and Dibiase did their laugh again, returning to the back, as Lawler proceeded to leave the ring to 'run after' Dibiase & Christopher. I guess Road Agent Mike Rotunda's presence is just to remind fans that Dibiase is still the President of The WWF. Anyway, great segment from top to bottom. From the emotional beginning with Jerry Lawler, to Ted Dibiase putting over Brian Christopher like very few can. 97%

Ted DiBiase gained overness from this segment.

-ADVERTS-

- The Sandman & Taylor end with the Hansen Salute -

Mike Barton & Stan Hansen d. The Sandman & Terry Taylor

The idea of this match is that Hansen was forced to team up with Barton, and it worked well to protect The Sandman & Terry Taylor. Final moments came when Hansen nailed Sandman with the lariat. Barton then blind tagged Hansen, forcing him to leave the ring. He then nailed a combative Sandman with the Death Valley Driver at 10:11 for the cover. After the match, he started drinking the Sandman's beer, but was wacked out of the ring via a cane shot by The Sandman minutes later. Cornette was at ringside with Barton, and helped him to the back. After the post match actions, Hansen had a beer with the Sandman,-- and did his salute at the same time with both Taylor and the Sandman which the crowd liked alot.

Overall: 75

Crowd: 81

Match: 64

Mike Barton gained overness from this feud ending. Stan Hansen gained overness from this feud ending. The Sandman gained overness from this feud ending. Terry Taylor gained overness from this feud ending.

-ADVERTS-

- Lee The Undertaker Gives Sting 'Time' To Live... -

Sting & Barry Horowitz d. Ted Dibiase & Lee The Undertaker

Dibiase wrestled well, especially for not stepping into the ring for over a year. Dibiase got alot of offense on Horowitz, but then was quickly thrown around by Sting. He then tagged out to Undertaker, who had a great slugfest with Sting. Final moments of the match came when Dibiase had the Million Dollar Dream (which got a nostaglia pop) on Sting, which got broken up with a Barry Horowitz Dropkick. Horowitz also nailed Undertaker with his dropkick, which sent the Undertaker up and over the top rope and onto the ring floor. After a couple of Stinger Splashes, Sting locked Dibiase in the Scorpion Deathlock for the victory at 9:41. Dibiase was helped to the back by Road Agents, Mike Rotunda & Pat Patterson. The Undertaker tried going back in the ring to fight Sting but was held back by both Ringmaster Jim Neidhart & Paul Bearer..

Overall: 83

Crowd: 91

Match: 65

The Undertaker gained overness from this feud ending. Barry Horowitz gained overness from this feud ending.

Paul Bearer ripped the microphone from Pedicino's hand and handed it over to The Undertaker. He then spoke, in probably the 3rd time in his entire WWF Career, stressing the importance of what he had to say;

The Undertaker

"....Sting!!! You may have won in our first meeting...you may have won tonight..but your meeting with the Darkside is inevitable. You can prolong Death--but you cannot avoid it....So, Sting...for you I say...enjoy your stay...look around....explore the WWF....make your mark...Because after Shangrila...that mark that you make...will...be...erased....REESSSSSSTT...INNNNNN....PEEEEEAAACCCEEEE...."

The live crowd had alot of troubling hearing Lee, but it came accross on television better. Styles had about 30 different meanings of what The Undertaker could've meant. It'll be interesting to see where things go from here, for both men... 65%

The Undertaker lost overness from this segment.

-ADVERTS-

- The King's final Match; Injures Brutus Beefcake -

Jerry 'The King' Lawler & Steve Corino d. 'Brutus' The Barber Beefcake & Mr. Perfect

Both Corino and Perfect were pretty busted up from the ladder match from last night, so Brutus and Lawler did most of the working. Perfect got a huge ovation when he came out with the belt. Of course, I knew that they wouldn't have Lawler loose his final match. Final moments of the match came when Lawler got out of a Barber sleeper hold, followed by his shoulder strap spot, which had the crowd going bonkers--since that would be the last time they would see it. After a couple backdrops, Lawler nailed Beefcake with his patented stump Piledriver, to a huge pop. Lawler then nailed Beefcake with another Piledriver, this time coming down incredibly hard, for the victory. After the bell, Beefcake was on the mat clutching his neck in pain, selling the piledriver--Lawler helped him up and raised his hand, as the crowd sparked a huge 'Jerrytude' chant--I guess combining their thoughts of Beefcake and Lawler. According to serveral reports, Beefcakes neck troubles were actually legit, and it is rumoured that he may need some sort of surgeory before it can be fully healed. Raw went off the air, The Sandman coming out and giving a beer to Lawler, tributing a great WWF personality.

Overall: 80

Crowd: 90

Match: 60

Mr. Perfect gained overness from this feud ending. Brutus Beefcake gained overness from this feud ending.

Commentary Aftermath

Styles (Above a 'Jerry' chant) " What a wild night here at the Nassau Colliseum...and there isn't a better way to end it. I cannot stress to you, the emotions...the feelings of gratitude that is present in the Nassau Colliseum right now..from the fans...the WWF staff...the Wrestlers..This isn't about revenge, titles, or jealousy. Right now, it's about one man. And that is...the man who will forever be the King of the WWF; Jerry 'The King' Lawler."

Show Quality: 79%

TV Rating: 8.00

Other Shows: Head to Head, Monday Nitro - 7.85

Biggest Complaint: Joey Styles' overeactions

Behind The Scenes Issues: Jun Akiyama injured from SummerSlam; 4 months

Brutus Beefcake injured from RAW; 4 months

WWF WorldWide!!

--The Annoucement of the C-1 Clash Tournament Brackets!

--Brian Christopher vs. Stan Hansen

--Carl Oulette vs. The Dark Patriot

--And much much more!!!

The Helmsley's, Spike Dudley, Bret Hart, Owen Hart etc.!!

--And the Debut of The Ebony Experience!!!!

Benji · January 18, 2005

That was one hell of a goodbye for Lawler, and it seems you got lucky Brutus getting injured just as the feud ends, Akiyama wasn't so lucky. I love the 'Million Dollar Kid' gimmick. Back to Lawler, please don't make him the new commentator, it seemed so right the way he went out, that I think it'd ruin him to go alongside Joey.

Hewey · January 18, 2005

Good shows, SummerSlam was great. I hope Owen's getting pushed after his win over Bret. The Undertaker/Sting stuff is great and I hope Lee gets pushed as well. Surprised to see Barry Horowitz making a big impact, I wouldn't be surprised to see him with some gold soon.

ChuBalso · January 19, 2005

I posted this the ohter day;
I think I have an idea to HOF this, since I should HOF this by demand. I will post this diary up until the show before Wrestlemania. It'll serve as an end to the WWF '92 diary, and will be masked with some sort of farewell show to 'insert wrestler/staff member here'.

Then I will start a new thread, in full diary mode. It will be called "World Wrestling Federation '98 - The X Factor". It will be in theory a new diary for the simple fact that now it's a new WWF. But, it will simply be a contiuation of this diary from WM '98 on complete with recaps.

←

So will this mean a change in booking style due to the retirement? Or will it just be simply the end of one era and the beginning of another?

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Edited January 19, 2005 by Javert

marc · January 19, 2005

Javert Sorry Haven't Posted In A while been busy with work but excellent shows man Sting And Lee The Undertaker excellent cage match, i do have to say i am loving the sandman and loved how he gave jerry lawler the beer at the end of raw anyways man keep it up

ChuBalso · January 22, 2005

Only 2 Months until Series '97...

WWF Worldwide Saturday Nights-

Channel: FOX

Venue: Moxfurous Arena, Chicago IL

Attendance: 12,012

Announcing Team: Sean Mooney & D'lo Brown

In-Ring Announcer: Joe Pedicino

Referee Team: Bill Alfonso, Mike Chioda, Shane McMahon, Earl Hebner, Charles Robinson, Jim Mollineaux, John Finnegan

By

Dave Schmeltzer

Furnas & Lafon (Doug Furnas & Phil Lafon) d. The Helmsley's (Hunter McMahon & John Kronus Helmsely)

A good match here. Kronus is great as a tag team worker, in being able to hide his lack of wrestling skill behind Hunter. Furnas won the match for his team with a Full Nelson suplex pin on Kronus at 12:22. Mooney was heavily pushing Furnas and Lafon as one of the more technically sound teams in the WWF--even moreso than The Thrillseekers.

Overall: 66

Crowd: 61

Match: 72

-ADVERTS-

Psicosis d. Pat Tanaka

Another strong Worldwide match, which seems to really put on the strong matches. Psicosis nailed Tanaka with the running Liger Bomb at 7:33.

Overall: 59

Crowd: 40

Match: 79

- The Hitman, Live On WorldWide -

Eric Bischoff hopped into the ring, and announced that the WWF had a big suprise for the WorldWide fans, with that he introduced, Bret 'Hitman' Hart. He asked Hart how he felt about loosing the match to Owen Hart. Bret mentioned something about him and Owen having battles since they were kids. He said Owen won some, and he won some...but on that day--SummerSlam '97--Owen just happened to be better. Hart then talked at lenght about the C-1 CLASH. I like how their placing heavy importance on this tournament, which on paper looks to be very strong. Hart said that no matter what 'they' try to do, he'll still overcome all odds...and he promised to win the C-1 CLASH, and go onto Surivor Series '97 to win the WWF Championship for a 6th time. Hart got a nice pop. Bischoff asked Hart, who were 'they'. Hart said to 'tune in' to RAW, this upcoming week. 83%

-ADVERTS-

CW Anderson d. Ray Rougeau

CW looked great here. Mooney kept pushing Anderson as the 'New Age Enforcer', along with citing that he was an Anderson. Anderson looked great here and won the match with...of course...A Spinebuster. This actually got CW a nice pop.

Overall: 62

Crowd: 46

Match: 78

Raymond Rougeau lost overness from this match. CW Anderson gained overness from this match.

- Dlo Brown Gets Ready For the Debut Of Ebony Experience -

After Anderson's victory, Dlo Brown began taking off his headset. When Mooney asked him where he was going, D'lo answered;

" Mooney!! I'm going to be part of an experience...An Ebony Experience!!" 66%

D'Lo Brown gained overness from this segment.

-ADVERTS-

The Ebony Experience (Booker T & Stevie Ray) d. T.R.A.S.H.

Just being called up from the GWF, Booker T & Stevie Ray, came to the ring, led by Dlo Brown, doing the same gimmick as they had been doing in the GWF. Both men were wearing what was described by Mooney as; 'Extremely Expensive Fur Coats..', and carried hand mirrors to the ring with them. They wore sunglasses to the ring, along with cigars, but maintained a 'ghetto type' image wearing bandanas on their head--I guess to avoid the assumption that they are pimps. on They were also accompanied by a fairly built, yet femine black woman, carrying one giant mirror, who was introduced by Pedicino as Lady Jacqueline. After about 30 seconds of both men looking in the mirrors, they got 'annoyed' at T.R.A.S.H, for watching them and went into the attack. Good match, as the match was ended with a Harlem Highrise at 7:22 on Brian James, which is a double flapjack. Good debut for this tag team.

Overall: 62

Crowd: 54

Match: 71

Brian James lost overness from this match. Stevie Ray gained overness from this match. Booker T gained overness from this match.

-ADVERTS

- Ebony Experience Bump into The 'Crazy' Space Croppers -

Returning off the break, we see The Ebony Experience returning to their locker room, when they bump into the Space Croppers, Rhyno Starr & Devon Storm. Rhyno and Devon however didn't spend to much time bothering Booker T or Stevie Ray, but they kept following their reflections in the giant mirror that Lady Jacquelin carried...as if they've never seen their reflections before...Booker T then tried shoo'ing them off, as if they were dogs yelling;

" Get!! Get!! Get away! Shooo! Damn!! Ya'll aint never see yo' reflections befo'?"

Stevie Ray chimed in with a comment that got alot of laughs, before walking off with Booker and Jacqueline;

"Yea...Where ya'll from...Outer Space or somefin'?" 77%

Devon Storm gained overness from this segment. Rhyno Starr gained overness from this segment. Booker T gained overness from this segment.

- Don Frye's 'Shootfighting Style' Upsets Jeff Jarrett -

Don Frye d. Jeff Jarrett

Don Frye was accompanied to the ring by that guy again, who this time was announced as Clyde Vasseur, and identified by Mooney as Frye's real life agent. The idea here was that Jarrett didn't see Frye as 'a Wrestler', so didn't take him seriously. But Frye suprised Jarrett with his extensive knowledge of martial arts, and submission holds, and scored the upset at 8:33 after Jarrett had to submit to Frye's armbar.

Overall: 65

Crowd: 60

Match: 70

Jeff Jarrett was sluggish and didn't put much effort in. Jeff Jarrett lost overness from this match. Don Frye gained overness from this match.

After the match, Eric Bischoff hit the ring, and approached Vasseur, asking him how Frye learned the unique moves that he's been doing, and used to upset Jarrett. Vasseur did a great job of getting over the UFC promotion, as well as getting over the shootfighting style that Frye employs. He stressed that Frye doesn't go in the ring to 'put on a show', but is instead intent on doing whatever it takes to put his opponent into as much pain as possible to yield submission. He stressed that this is what Frye was trained on...and will use that style to achieve success in the WWF. Vasseur did a good job here. The fans are starting to understand what Frye is all about. 60%

Clyde Vasseur gained overness from this segment. Don Frye gained overness from this segment.

-ADVERTS-

- The Dark Carnival Take Another.... -

In the ring, Jeff Jarrett's arm was still being attented to. This is when The House of Mirrors music hit on the PA system; out came ICP, Damien Demento, and Papa Shango, all proceeding to jump Jeff Jarrett. Damien Demento then debuted a move that he called 'The Inner Voices', which was basically a move that I haven't seen in years--The Iron Claw. The idea behind this move was that Demento was channeling powers from the inner voices in his head through his arm giving him incredible strength for his claw. As Demento kept the Claw on, The Undertaker accompanied by Ringmaster Jim Neidhart, and Paul Bearer, began rolling a giant casket down the isle and to the ring. Bearer walked ahead, placing the unconcious Jarrett into a bodybag, followed by Neidhart and Undertaker placing Jarrett into the casket. Mooney sounded like a little girl screaming;

"They have to be stopped! This has to be stopped!! Not another!! What a HEINOUS ACT by the Dark Carnival!!" 85%

- Ted Dibiase's Pick For The G-1 Clash -

Brian Christopher d. Stan Hansen

President Ted Dibiase was in town for this show, apparently in the corner of Brian Christopher. He kept yelling to the camera; "Lawler!! He's going to do what you never did!! Win the WWF Championship!! Win the Intercontinental Championship!! Win the Tag Team Titles!! He's going to do it all Lawler!! He's going to be better than you!" Christopher got nailed pretty hard a few times with Hansen's nasty forearms, and wasn't able to do much with the immobile Hansen, but won in the end with the Tennesee Jam, at 11:34.

Overall: 73

Crowd: 82

Match: 55

Brian Christopher gained overness from this match. Stan Hansen didn't really sell very much, which hurt the match rating.

Commentary Aftermatch

Mooney" What a great night on WorldWide!!"

Dlo" Yea!! Could you believe that those Space Cropper's didn't even know what a mirror was!!"

Mooney (Laughing) " Well...anyway the C-1 CLASH starts this week on RAW!!! Seeya next week folks!!!!"

Show Quality: 65%

TV Rating: 7.57

Other Shows: Early Evening; 6.37

Biggest Complaint: Sean Mooney's Announcing

Behind The Scenes Issues:

Raw Preview!!

--C1 CLASH MATCHES!!

*Bret Hart vs. Johnny Ace (A Block)

*Sting vs. The Iron Sheik (C Block)

*Mike Barton vs. Zeus (B Block)

*Barry Horowitz vs. The Executioner (D Block)

--As Always ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!!!!

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