Monday, July 31, 1995

Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 31, 1995

King Mabel beats Nick Barbury. After the match, King Mabel tells the crowd to shut up and respect him, as he will be both king and champion after SummerSlam.

"Make A Difference" Fatu returns to his old high school, and is glad to see that kids now have the right idea about making a difference.

Jerry "The King" Lawler interviews "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels backstage. Michaels pushes Lawler's buttons, teasing a future match for the Intercontinental title between the two of them. Lawler keeps saying that he took a journalistic oath that keeps him from wrestling Michaels, but Michaels isn't buying it.

From Hollywood, California, weighing 246 pounds...Goldust...

Bam Bam Bigelow beats Bob Cook. During the match, there is an advertisement for a deal for 10 free hours on America On-Line for WWF fans to check out America On-Line's services, including the new WWF area which will be available prior to SummerSlam.

We hear from Dean Douglas again. This time, Douglas make a scathing critique of Bam Bam Bigelow.

Jim Cornette says that "The King of Hart" Owen Hart and Yokozuna's tag team titles are as secure as the gold in Fort Knox.

Before the next match, The Body Donnas (Sunny and Skip) still can't get over their loss to Barry Horowitz.

Skip beats Major Yates. Diesel is available on Option 2 on the WWF Superstar Hotline. After the match, Skip tells Barry Horowitz that he will get him back for beating him three weeks ago on Action Zone.

Diesel will be defending the WWF Championship against King Mabel at SummerSlam. Diesel tells Mabel that the WWF Championship is the true measuring stick of success, and that he will earn Mabel's respect as he retains the title at SummerSlam. Also at SummerSlam: Bret "The Hit Man" Hart takes on Jerry "The King" Lawler's dentist, Isaac Yankem, D.D.S. We hear from Lawler and Yankem, who say that Bret Hart's career is over. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels defends the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Sycho Sid, a result of Sid turning on HBK as well as HBK's recent attack on Sid at the most recent In Your House during the WWF Championship Lumberjack Match.

Diesel takes on Sir Mo next week on Raw.

Barry Didinsky advertises the new Razor Ramon T-shirt. Only $16 plus shipping and handling!

Razor Ramon and Savio Vega beat "The King of Harts" Owen Hart and Yokozuna to win the WWF Tag Team Champions...almost. Owen Hart was pinned by Razor Ramon, but Hart was not the legal man. The match is officially continued, and Jim Cornette is banned from ringside for putting his hands on the official after the match while trying to explain everything. The show runs out of time before the match can end, and will be restarted next week.

Monday, July 24, 1995

Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 24, 1995

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels beats "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray.

Speculation runs rampant that The Roadie and not "Double J" Jeff Jarrett sang on With My Baby Tonight as Shawn Michael's Intercontinental Championship win and the ranor between Jarrett and The Roadie is recapped.

The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn) beat John Faulkner and Rick Stockhauser.

Barry Didinsky sells the "Ain't I Great" T-Shirt, only $17 plus $3.95 shipping and handling. Coming with the shirt: an audio cassette tape copy of With My Baby Tonight.

We get our first look at Goldust...or rather, the word "Goldust" in gold glitter.

"Make A Difference" Fatu talks about where he grew up once again.

Waylon Mercy beats Gary Scott.

King Mabel tells Diesel to bow down to him, and that the only reason he's giving him a match is because he's doing it out of the goodness of his royal heart. He considers Diesel unworthy of the WWF Championship, and plans to drop him like a bad habit at SummerSlam, provided he's brave enough to enter his royal kingdom.

Savio Vega and Razor Ramon face Yokozuna and "The King of Harts" Owen Hart for the WWF Tag Team Championships next week on Raw.

Bret "The Hit Man" Hart beats Hakushi with the Sharpshooter. Shinja gets in the ring after the match, but Bret Hart puts him in a piledriver. As Bret "The Hit Man" Hart celebrates, Jean-Pierre LaFitte shows up, grabs the bag with the replica of Bret Hart's severed head in it and heads to the back with it.

We get our first look at Dean Douglas, who plans to school the Superstars of the World Wrestling Federation.

Next week: King Mabel! The Body Donnas! Bam Bam Bigelow!

Vince McMahon interviews "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels. Jerry "The King" Lawler tells Michaels he's a marked man, but The Heartbreak Kid isn't scared of Lawler.

Sunday, July 23, 1995

In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks - The Results

The Roadie beats The 1-2-3 Kid with a piledriver from the top rope. During the match, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett is preparing for his live singing debut. After the match, The Roadie checks on equipment for the live performance.

Todd Pettengill interviews "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Sycho Sid, Tatanka, Kama, King Kong Bundy, and Irwin R. Schyster. They all say that Diesel is in Sycho Sid's house - make that "asylum."

Barry Didisnky is in Diesel's dressing room along with the good guys. He advertises the Diesel vs. Sycho Sid T-Shirt, only $16 with shipping and handling.

King Mabel and Sir Mo beat Razor Ramon and Savio Vega. Before the match, Razor Ramon throws the wrap around his ribs at Mabel's face.

The WWF Superstar line is now available in Puerto Rico!

The 1-2-3 Kid and The Roadie are both on the WWF Superstar Hotline.

Todd Pettengill has some fun with the drummer and interviews the rest of "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's backing band.

Dok Henrix is backstage with Bam Bam Bigelow, Man Mountain Rock, Adam Bomb and The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn). A rumor is going around that "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase has bought one of Diesel's lumberjacks, but all five men deny that they are the turncoat.

"Double J" Jeff Jarrett performs With My Baby Tonight live.

SummerSlam is live on pay-per-view August 27th!

Todd Pettengill interviews members of the audience, asking what they thought about "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's performance.

Bam Bam Bigelow beats Henry Godwinn. After the match, Bob Backlund campaigns for President in the audience.

Todd Pettengill interviews Shawn Michaels. Shawn gives "Double J" Jeff Jarrett credit for knocking them dead in his live performance tonight, but says he's taking the Intercontinental Championship.

Before the next match, The Roadie introduces "Double J" Jeff Jarrett to the ring.

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels beats "Double J" Jeff Jarrett to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a third time after The Roadie accidentally grabs Double J's ankle outside of the ring.

Barry Didinsky is in Diesel's locker room, where there is much celebration over Shawn Michaels' championship win. Didinsky advertises the $21 (plus shipping and handling) combination of Shawn Michaels T-Shirt and sunglasses with red heart-shaped lenses.

Dok Hendrix delivers some breaking news: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie have finally come to blows, as The Roadie has struck Double J after an argument over what just happened.

Owen Hart and Yokozuna retain the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog).

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels is on the WWF Superstar Line.

Todd Pettengill interviews Diesel backstage. He tells Sycho Sid he's finishing this once and for all.

Diesel retains the WWF Championship against Sycho Sid in a Lumberjack Match.

Monday, July 17, 1995

Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 17, 1995

Irwin R. Schyster tells Shawn Michaels he'll feel what it's like to pay the taxman, but Shawn plans on slapping the taxman around tonight.

"The King of Harts" Owen Hart and Yokozuna beat Jim Dimitri and Gus Kantarakis with a Sharpshooter to Dimitri.

Jean-Pierre LaFitte beats David Thornberg. During the match, it is announced that the newest edition of The Ross Report has Jim Ross speculating on who will become the next President of the World Wrestling Federation following the retirement of Jack Tunney.

We see Fatu in his old neighborhood of Sunnyvale, California. When he comes to the WWF, he's going to make a difference.

We see the music video for Jeff Jarrett's With My Baby Tonight yet again.

Shawn Michaels beats Irwin R. Schyster.

Barry Didinsky advertises the Razor Ramon All-Over T-Shirt as well as the Shawn Michaels T-Shirt; the later available for $20 with shipping and handling. The Shawn Michaels shirt also comes with sunglasses with red, heart-shaped lenses. As Didinsky peddles products, Shawn Michaels kisses the young lady in the Razor Ramon shirt.

Hakushi takes on Bret "The Hit Man" Hart next week on Raw.

Jerry "The King" Lawler spends more time with Isaac Yankem, D.D.S, and Lawler insists that Yankem will pull Bret "The Hit Man" Hart's teeth out with his fists as Yankem pulls an abscessed tooth out of the mouth of an unlucky kid.

Kama beats Billy Mack.

After the break, Kama harasses the two Undertaker fans that have been seen in the stands for the past several weeks.

Vince McMahon interviews Diesel in the ring. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase may have bought the best lumberjacks money can buy, but Diesel has some friends to back him up. Diesel takes solace in the fact that Sycho Sid won't be able to run away from him anymore, and promises that Sycho Sid won't be taking the WWF Championship away from him. We then see Diesel's lumberjacks: Bam Bam Bigelow, Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, Bob "Spark Plug" Holly, The 1-2-3 Kid, Troy, Travis, Adam Bomb, Savio Vega, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, Man Mountain Rock, Shawn Michaels, and Fatu. Diesel and friends make it clear that Sycho Sid won't be going too far if he decides to retreat again. Vince McMahon then introduces Sycho Sid.

After the break, Sid's lumberjacks are all in the ring. Sid teases getting into the ring, but retreats along with all of his men. The good guys all celebrate in the ring.

Monday, July 10, 1995

Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 10, 1995

Sycho Sid tells Diesel that he'll tell him why he's not afraid of a Lumberjack Match later in the show.

The Roadie beats Jerry Flynn.

We see a brief recap of "Double J" Jeff Jarrett's breaking into the music business since his WWF debut. along with an airing of the music video for With My Baby Tonight.

The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog) finally have Tatanka where they want him: away from a 2-on-1 situation where the numbers are in his favor and into a much more fair 2-on-2 tag team match. They plan to become the new WWF Tag Team Champions.

Barry Didinsky advertises the Razor Ramon all-over T-shirt, only $20 plus shipping and handling.

Savio Vega beats Mike Khoury with an unconventional pin.

Yesterday, the 1995 Special Olympic World Games at New Haven, Connecticut came to an end, but not before the WWF Superstars had a good time along with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Special Olympics Chairman Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. and Miss USA Shina Mochler.

Vince McMahon interviews "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Sycho Sid inside the ring. DiBiase assures everyone that Sid is not a coward, and that everyone will find out at In Your House that he is the master and ruler of the world. DiBiase also says that they are bringing the best lumberjacks money can buy: Irwin R. Schyster, Tatanka, Henry Godwinn, Eli Blu, Jacob Blu, Jean-Pierre LaFitte, Mantaur, Skip, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, King Mable, Sir Mo, Kama, "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray, and Rad Radford. DiBiase says that in less than two weeks, there is no escape for Diesel, and that Sycho Sid will become the next WWF Champion.

WWF Raw is now available on Sega 32X!

Barry Horowitz' win over Skip on yesterday's Action Zone is replayed.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley beats Matt Hardy.

At In Your House, Razor Ramon and Savio Vega will take on Men on a Mission (King Mabel and Sir Mo), while Bam Bam Bigelow takes on Henry Godwinn.

Option 5 on the WWF Superstars Hotline is the Superstar Challenge game, and Shawn Michaels is waiting for your challenge! Can you beat Shawn Michaels and maybe win a prize?

The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog) beat Henry Godwinn and Tatanka.

Next week: Owen Hart and Yokozuna! A special interview with Diesel! Jean-Pierre LaFitte! Shawn Michaels takes on Irwin R. Schyster!

We meet Jerry "The King" Lawler and Isaac Yankem, D.D.S. in the latter's office as Lawler talks about Bret "The Hit Man" Hart. They don't take too kindly to the fact that Yankem's latest patient is a fan of Bret Hart.

Monday, July 3, 1995

Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 3, 1995

Sycho Sid says Bam Bam Bigelow is a slow learner and will earn his PhD. in pain, but Bam Bam Bigelow says he's gonna set Sid on fire.

Jerry "The King" Lawler is back on commentary.

The 1-2-3 Kid beats Mike Bell.

Ten lumberjacks have been confirmed for the WWF Championship Lumberjack Match at In Your House. Sid's side consists of Irwin R. Schyster, Kama, Eli Blu, Jacob Blu, and King Mabel. Diesel's side consists of Adam Bomb, Razor Ramon, Savio Vega, Billy Gunn and Bart Gunn.

Last week after Raw went off the air, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and Shawn Michaels went at it after Jarrett wanted to defend the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Michaels, and Michaels took him and The Roadie again. Now that match is official for In Your House. The 1-2-3 Kid will also be taking on The Roadie.

Owen Hart and Yokozuna will be defending the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog) at In Your House.

The music video for "With My Baby Tonight" by "Double J" Jeff Jarrett is re-aired.

Bob "Spark Plug" Holly beats The Brooklyn Brawler. During the match, it is mentioned that on the Superstar line that "The Million Dollar Man" has been trying to buy lumberjacks for Sid's side at In Your House, and that the WWF Superstar Hotline has info on who he's trying to recruit, which also involves some old friends.

The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog) take on Tatanka and King Kong Bundy next week on Raw.

Henry O. Godwinn beats Barry Horowitz.

Barry Didinsky advertises the Bam Bam Bigelow, the Shawn Michels all-over shirt and the Adam Bomb shirt. The Bam Bam Bigelow shirt is $20 plus shipping and handling, and one size fits all. The Adam Bomb shirt comes with a free Adam Bomb blimp.

Before the next match, it is discovered that Henry Godwinn is still at ringside as "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Sycho Sid make their entrance. After the break, Henry Godwinn keeps Bam Bam Bigelow from entering the ring. This starts a brawl between Bigelow and Godwinn that officials have to break up.

Sycho Sid beats Bam Bam Bigelow when Henry Godwinn knocks Bigelow off the top rope as "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase distracts the referee. After the match, Sycho Sid hits Bigelow with a power bomb, then DiBiase and Godwinn join Sid in the ring as the crowd chants for Diesel.

This past weekend, WWF Superstars were at the 1995 Special Olympics World Games in New Haven, Connecticut.

Waylon Mercy beats Jeff Hardy with a sleepeer hold. During the match, it is announced that Henry Godwinn will take King Kong Bundy's place in next week's tag team match agains The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog).

We finally see Dr. Isaac Yankem, DDS as Jerry "The King" Lawler sits in his office telling people about him.

Next week: Savio Vega! The Roadie!