Wrestling Results: 1994-01-02 Challenge

Tatanka vs. Ton Devito

My copied joined this match in process but what you’d expect from this time, a complete squash
Gorilla and JR talk about Tatanka coming back from his recent injury at the hands of Yokozuna and Ludvig Borga
Devito was a good hand in the ring. If he was a little taller I think he could have a decent lower midcard run
I believe he ended up being one of the Baldies in ECW now that I think about as that lower midcarder
Tatanaka ended it with a chop from the top, not his usual finisher which was interesting

Special report is next and is all about the Royal Rumble

Alfred Hayes was such an interesting person to run this with his proper English voice and pronunciations.
I love that we would see some of the same segments on all shows since not everyone saw the same shows. It is interesting to see where wrestling was some 20+ years ago

Samu/Fatu vs. Russ Greenberg/John Crystal

Rikishi sure looked like his kids back during these days! US – OH!
I remember watching the Headshrinkers as a kid and thinking they were actually just beating these guys up. Always looked stiff in the ring. Believable!
Always makes me laugh when JR or Gorilla randomly say stuff about the enhancement talent, made it interesting

Face to Face

Time for some Face to Face. I actually liked this concept for when shows were going to be in the local area. Better than the event center but not as good as when Mean Gene or someone would just do standups
Diesel talks about the New York Royal Rumble and sure wasn’t the Nash that we have grown to love. He was just starting to come into his own.
Shawn Michaels also talks about the NYRR and he was good as that cocky heel....but you have to wonder was he acting or was he just being himself?

Doink vs. Duane Gill

I really liked the original heel Matt Bourne Doink. Then Doink became a good guy then we got Dink and I was over it.
One thing about however was in the Doink makeup they were always really good in the ring.
Good grief Dink was annoying!
Quick squash for the clowns

Interview time!

Yokozuna, Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette interviewed by Stan Lane
I wonder how much fun Stan and Corny had together doing things like this. I was disappointed that they rarely referenced Stan’s career as a wrestler as an announcer
How bad was Stan’s hair?
Also how great was and is Corny?

Mabel/Mo vs. Reno Riggins/Louie Spicolli

I never got Men on a Mission, especially with Oscar
But the fans really loved them so who am I to argue
Neither were really great in the ring at this point, Viscera, as I will always think of him as, would get better
I think Riggins and Spicolli were better performers than MOM even though we never saw the late Spicolli in the ring

Video Package for Sparky Plugg

This video was HARDCORE! (get it...hardcore...holly....I am sorry)

IRS vs. Mike Khoury

I love the idea that he had Razors gold in the case even though he knows the camera will try to look into it!
How great was IRS in the ring?
I think Money Inc was one of my favorite teams
Second match this week that didn’t end with the stars usual finisher. IRS used a snapped belly to back suplex instead of the clothesline or samoan drop. Very interesting and I think I like it!

Royal Rumble Report

His weird little jabs at the guys still make me chuckle
“Mabel from MOM, Scott Steiner from his Mom”. Ha ha
“Fatu from the Headshrinkers, Samu from the Headshrinkers, Shamu from Seaworld”

Shawn Michaels vs. John Santana

Shawn has the IC belt but wasn’t recognized. This obviously was building toward the famous ladder match
Shawn was always so smooth in the ring till his back injury.
Interesting to see Shawn finish with the elbow from the top ala Randy Savage who was still with the company.
Yet another non-finisher finish even though he used the superkick earlier in the match
I don’t know if he was using Sweet Chin Music as his finisher her or still using the suplex

Face to Face

Crush and Randy Savage continue to build their feud here. Nothing special

This match reminded me how good the in ring action was at this time if the characters and storylines were great. IRS, Shawn Michaels, Doink, Gill, Spicolli, Riggins, Tatanka and DeVito were all good to great. Sad that this time isn’t remembered for the good in ring but instead for the bad gimmicks and storylines.

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Thursday, February 21, 2019

1994-01-02 Challenge

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