Monday Night Raw – December 12, 1994: How Bob Backlund Is Like Steve Austin
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Night Raw
Date: December 12, 1994
Location: Liberty High School, Liberty, New York
Attendance: 1,400
Commentators: Vince McMahon, Shawn Michaels
Bob Backlund rants about Doink besmirching the WWF and leading it into hypocrisy.
Doink is ready to show off his amateur background. What a bizarre main event choice.
Opening sequence.
Bob Backlund vs. Doink the Clown
I can’t get over the fact that they’re actually in a high school gym. It’s something you would expect to make a TNA joke over but here it is on Raw. Dink comes out for a distraction so Doink can jump Backlund from behind. Maybe Backlund is right about Doink being evil.
I guess Vince was right with his “anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation” line. A nice amateur trip sets up a rollup for two on Bob, who has a bunch of Doink’s makeup on his back.
as Backlund works on a hammerlock. Doink FINALLY comes back with a middle rope cross body and a small package for two, only to miss an elbow drop. That means the chickenwing to make Doink tap.
We look at the brackets for the Tag Team Title tournament.
Tatanka/Bam Bam Bigelow
Men on a Mission
Headshrinkers
Jim Neidhart/Owen Hart
Heavenly Bodies
Bushwhackers
Smoking Gunns
Well Dunn
There’s even a VHS with tips and strategies. Allow me to simplify things: punch and kick a lot then pin the other guy.
Razor Ramon vs. Mark Starr
Razor just blasts him with a forearm though and it’s the belly to back superplex and Razor’s Edge for the easy pin.
Rating: D. That knee injury thing was such a breath of air. I mean, the match was still a squash but it was so nice to see them not just waste time and make the match look fake. Nothing else to see here, though Starr would actually be put in a low level tag team in WCW in a few years.
Make-A-Wish ad.
which really is the best way to showcase Lawler at this point. In this case, he tells the kids to close their eyes and imagine what they’ll get for Christmas. “Now what do you see? Nothing! Exactly what you’ll get!” The guest tonight is IRS, who has Undertaker’s druids with him as part of one of the lamest feuds in company history.
The biggest tax cheat of them all though is the Undertaker, who claims to have the power of the urn. IRS however has the power of the Million Dollar Man’s money, which is more than enough to make Undertaker pay. Also, IRS is going to make Lex Luger pay next week and promises to have friends behind him.
Hakushi is still coming.
Aldo Montoya vs. Nick Barberri
Nick tries to get Montoya in an early wheelbarrow slam only to be sent throat first into the middle rope. Harvey Wippleman comes out to watch as Aldo cranks on an armbar. Barberri sends him into the buckle as we’re promised Well Dunn vs. the Bushwhackers AGAIN next week. Egads what is wrong with this company? Aldo makes his comeback as Shawn points out that Montoya’s mask is a jockstrap. Montoya finishes with a quick middle rope bulldog.
Clips from the 100th episode of WWF Mania.
King Kong Bundy vs. Bobby Knight
Knight (dang I wish it was the famous one) bounces off Bundy to start and is sent hard into the post for his efforts. Back in and Bundy yells a lot before actually going to the middle rope, only to have Knight bail to the floor out of self preservation. Bundy slowly pounds him down and finishes with the Avalanche (big splash) for a five count.
Santa Claus comes out and gives Shawn a toy Ladies Title to end the show.
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