RAW #117
Date: 26 June 1995
Location: Whitey McCloskey Center; Danville, PA
Commentary: Vince McMahon & Shawn Michaels
TONIGHT: It's the fallout from King of the Ring and Jeff Jarrett defends the IC Title!
We're in another high school gym for this set of tapings, as Vince welcomes us and his co-commentator for the night, Shawn Michaels, to the show. Jerry is still getting his mouth sorted or something.
The Smoking Gunns def. The Black Phantom & Jason Arhndt (1:41)
The Gunns apparently want revenge on MoM but it sounds like they'll have to get in line. Billy and Phantom start the match and Billy works him over. Both men tag and Bart catches Arhndt with a vertical suplex as the Gunns assert themselves. Billy is tagged back in and the Gunns finish Arhndt with a Sidewinder. The highlight of this was HBK making lots of subtle jabs at Sir Mo (who was pretty much universally hated at the time in the back).
We now catch up with Jerry Lawler at the office of his dentist, Isaac Yankem DDS, and apparently the loss to Bret Hart has affected King's oral hygiene badly. Yankem is, funnily enough, a wrestler as well as a dentist, and he's coming for Bret Hart. Yankem is, of course, none other than Glenn Jacobs (a.k.a. Kane) but we'll meet him soon.
Skip def. Scott Taylor (2:13)
Usual Sunny promo to start, as she continues to lap Skip in terms of both fan interest and charisma. Skip does some high-fives in the ring and goes for a pop shot on Taylor but misses. Taylor works Skip a bit, but the fitness bod drops him with an enzuiguiri and then parades himself around the ring a bit. Taylor actually gets his shit in though and dropkicks Skip out of the ring, before sending him into the barricade outside with a baseball slide. Skip halts his momentum pretty fast though and trips him from the outside, slamming him on the floor before levelling him with a plancha. Skip then takes his opponent to the top for a hurricanrana and gets the pin. Neat finish. As much as I've called the action, pretty much all the focus was on Sunny here.
King of the Ring Report now with Todd, as he wraps up the action from last night and plugs the main event for In Your House 2: Sid vs. Diesel in a Lumberjack Match. Meanwhile, Savio Vega and Jeff Jarrett cut promos ahead of their match later tonight.
Man Mountain Rock def. Phil Apollo (1:20)
Usual guitar solo introduction for Man Mountain Rock, who is still getting something of a push (at least for now). This is mostly a backdrop to talk about the Backlund presidency angle. Rock hits Apollo with a belly-to-belly and then beats on him a bit until it's time to go home with the Whammy Bar. Get this loser off my screen, please.
King Mabel def. Kenny Kendall (2:33)
They have four poor schmucks carry Mabel's fat ass out to the ring on his throne and that doesn't look fun. Inside the ring, Mabel roughs up his opponent and screams about being King. He whomps Kendall with an ugly-ass enzuiguiri and then tosses him into the steps on the outside. Back in the ring, Mabel is being compared to Henry VIII (I guess he gets a lot of bitches too) as he finishes Kendall with a belly-to-belly. This push is instantly DOA.
What isn't DOA is this awesome Waylon Mercy character, who debuts on RAW next week. Dan Spivey delivers the material really well, it's just a shame he couldn't really go in the ring.
Also, we're just a week away from hearing Jarrett's new single WITH MY BABY TONIGHT and oh boy, I'm excited.
Intercontinental Championship: Savio Vega def. Jeff Jarrett (c) via DQ (5:30 shown)
Roadie distracts the guy who pinned him last night to allow Jeff Jarrett to take control early on. Savio responds though and manages to avoid getting a boot to the face in the corner. He hits a flying punch for a near fall, before Jarrett manages to get him into a corner and work the challenger over. Vega fights back but Roadie tries to get involved and ends up getting knocked off the apron. The match moves to the outside now, as Savio clotheslines Jarrett, while Shawn has some fun on commentary and pulls on Roadie's dreads. Back from a break, Jarrett gets a two off a snap suplex and Roadie tries to attack Savio's throat with the ropes while Jarrett distracts the ref. Vega makes a comeback though and connects with his own suplex, as both men are down. Vega gets his arm over for two and then levels Jarrett with a chokeslam. Roadie tries to trip Savio now but gets kicked back onto the announce table, where Shawn plays with his hair once again and pushes him back. They get into it and Jarrett tries to sneak attack HBK, but Shawn has his number and beats on him, before throwing him back in the ring. Savio then goes for a victory roll, but Roadie runs in to save Jarrett's title and give Savio a DQ win. The stuff at ringside with Shawn was more interesting than anything in the match itself but it was fine for a TV match, I guess. *½
Post-match, HBK helps Savio even the odds, effectively setting up the Jarrett/HBK feud heading in to the next PPV. Shawn is over as hell (like, scarily more over than anyone else on this show) and that's how we finish things off this week.
Not a terrible show this week but there's not a whole lot to sing about right now and I have very little interest in any of the programmes they have going. Slight thumbs down.
NEXT WEEK: Bam Bam Bigelow goes one-on-one with Sid and Waylon Mercy debuts!
Date: 26 June 1995
Location: Whitey McCloskey Center; Danville, PA
Commentary: Vince McMahon & Shawn Michaels
TONIGHT: It's the fallout from King of the Ring and Jeff Jarrett defends the IC Title!
We're in another high school gym for this set of tapings, as Vince welcomes us and his co-commentator for the night, Shawn Michaels, to the show. Jerry is still getting his mouth sorted or something.
The Smoking Gunns def. The Black Phantom & Jason Arhndt (1:41)
The Gunns apparently want revenge on MoM but it sounds like they'll have to get in line. Billy and Phantom start the match and Billy works him over. Both men tag and Bart catches Arhndt with a vertical suplex as the Gunns assert themselves. Billy is tagged back in and the Gunns finish Arhndt with a Sidewinder. The highlight of this was HBK making lots of subtle jabs at Sir Mo (who was pretty much universally hated at the time in the back).
We now catch up with Jerry Lawler at the office of his dentist, Isaac Yankem DDS, and apparently the loss to Bret Hart has affected King's oral hygiene badly. Yankem is, funnily enough, a wrestler as well as a dentist, and he's coming for Bret Hart. Yankem is, of course, none other than Glenn Jacobs (a.k.a. Kane) but we'll meet him soon.
Skip def. Scott Taylor (2:13)
Usual Sunny promo to start, as she continues to lap Skip in terms of both fan interest and charisma. Skip does some high-fives in the ring and goes for a pop shot on Taylor but misses. Taylor works Skip a bit, but the fitness bod drops him with an enzuiguiri and then parades himself around the ring a bit. Taylor actually gets his shit in though and dropkicks Skip out of the ring, before sending him into the barricade outside with a baseball slide. Skip halts his momentum pretty fast though and trips him from the outside, slamming him on the floor before levelling him with a plancha. Skip then takes his opponent to the top for a hurricanrana and gets the pin. Neat finish. As much as I've called the action, pretty much all the focus was on Sunny here.
King of the Ring Report now with Todd, as he wraps up the action from last night and plugs the main event for In Your House 2: Sid vs. Diesel in a Lumberjack Match. Meanwhile, Savio Vega and Jeff Jarrett cut promos ahead of their match later tonight.
Man Mountain Rock def. Phil Apollo (1:20)
Usual guitar solo introduction for Man Mountain Rock, who is still getting something of a push (at least for now). This is mostly a backdrop to talk about the Backlund presidency angle. Rock hits Apollo with a belly-to-belly and then beats on him a bit until it's time to go home with the Whammy Bar. Get this loser off my screen, please.
King Mabel def. Kenny Kendall (2:33)
They have four poor schmucks carry Mabel's fat ass out to the ring on his throne and that doesn't look fun. Inside the ring, Mabel roughs up his opponent and screams about being King. He whomps Kendall with an ugly-ass enzuiguiri and then tosses him into the steps on the outside. Back in the ring, Mabel is being compared to Henry VIII (I guess he gets a lot of bitches too) as he finishes Kendall with a belly-to-belly. This push is instantly DOA.
What isn't DOA is this awesome Waylon Mercy character, who debuts on RAW next week. Dan Spivey delivers the material really well, it's just a shame he couldn't really go in the ring.
Also, we're just a week away from hearing Jarrett's new single WITH MY BABY TONIGHT and oh boy, I'm excited.
Intercontinental Championship: Savio Vega def. Jeff Jarrett (c) via DQ (5:30 shown)
Roadie distracts the guy who pinned him last night to allow Jeff Jarrett to take control early on. Savio responds though and manages to avoid getting a boot to the face in the corner. He hits a flying punch for a near fall, before Jarrett manages to get him into a corner and work the challenger over. Vega fights back but Roadie tries to get involved and ends up getting knocked off the apron. The match moves to the outside now, as Savio clotheslines Jarrett, while Shawn has some fun on commentary and pulls on Roadie's dreads. Back from a break, Jarrett gets a two off a snap suplex and Roadie tries to attack Savio's throat with the ropes while Jarrett distracts the ref. Vega makes a comeback though and connects with his own suplex, as both men are down. Vega gets his arm over for two and then levels Jarrett with a chokeslam. Roadie tries to trip Savio now but gets kicked back onto the announce table, where Shawn plays with his hair once again and pushes him back. They get into it and Jarrett tries to sneak attack HBK, but Shawn has his number and beats on him, before throwing him back in the ring. Savio then goes for a victory roll, but Roadie runs in to save Jarrett's title and give Savio a DQ win. The stuff at ringside with Shawn was more interesting than anything in the match itself but it was fine for a TV match, I guess. *½
Post-match, HBK helps Savio even the odds, effectively setting up the Jarrett/HBK feud heading in to the next PPV. Shawn is over as hell (like, scarily more over than anyone else on this show) and that's how we finish things off this week.
Not a terrible show this week but there's not a whole lot to sing about right now and I have very little interest in any of the programmes they have going. Slight thumbs down.
NEXT WEEK: Bam Bam Bigelow goes one-on-one with Sid and Waylon Mercy debuts!
