Raw Deal - Raw recap for June 26, 1995

Shawn Michaels guests on commentary this week to fill in for a conspicuously absent Jerry "The King" Lawler, who is still feeling the effects of last night's Kiss My Foot Match.

The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn) beat Jason Ahrndt and The Black Phantom.

Earlier today, Jerry "The King" Lawler is in the office of his best friend Isaac Yankem, D.D.S., who has worked on his mouth for the past hour. Lawler says that Bret "The Hit Man" Hart has not seen the last of him, and that Isaac Yankem will take care of Bret Hart himself, as he was once a great wrestler (under a presumed name) before he became a great dentist (in Lawler's words), and extract revenge along with some teeth. All the while, Lawler is trying to fix his breath with toothpaste, chewing gum, gargling water and any other means necessary.

The Encore Plus edition of King of the Ring 1995 will be aired tomorrow night at 8 PM Eastern/Pacific.

Barry Didinsky gives us one last chance to get the King of the Ring hat and T-shirt. Also available: The official Bret "The Hit Man" Hart glasses with a signature Bret "The Hit Man" Hart hat for only $19.

Skip beats Scott Taylor.

This past Saturday, the WWF Superstars had a charity softball games with the stars of Hollywood and the NFL as part of "Hitting for the Heartland." Benefits went to Disaster Educational Fund, founded by local businesses to provide college funds to the children of those who lost a parent or guardian in the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing earlier this year.

Due to Sycho Sid's actions last night, Diesel gets another shot at Sid in a Lumberjack Match at In Your House, live on July 23rd.

Earlier tonight, Savio Vega said that "Double J" Jeff Jarrett may be a tough guy, but he's bringing the WWF Intercontinental Championship to Puerto Rico.

Bam Bam Bigelow takes on Sycho Sid next week on Raw.

Man Mountain Rock beats Phil Apollo with the Whammy Bar. During the match, it is announced that Jim Ross' current status report on Razor Ramon is available on The Ross Report on Option 6.

Before the next match, Mabel - in full King of the Ring royal regalia - is carried on a throne to the ring.

Mabel - now calling himself King Mabel - beats Kenny Kendall.

Waylon Mercy debuts on Raw next week. As he sits in a lifeguard's station by the beach, he says that the lives of the Superstars he goes up against will be "in Waylon Mercy's hands."

This weekend on Superstars, we see the debut of the music video for the long-awaited "Double J" Jeff Jarrett single, With My Baby Tonight.

Savio Vega beats "Double J" Jeff Jarrett by disqualification to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship after The Roadie interferes.. During the match, The Roadie almost gets physical with Shawn Michaels for pulling on his hair and putting his hands on him. "Double J" Jeff Jarrett tries to take advantage of the situation, but Shawn Michaels gets a shot on Jarrett as he does a running double axe handle on him. After the match, Shawn Michaels goes to town on Jarrett and The Roadie and sends them both out of the ring, then raises Savio Vega's hand in victory.

After the break, Shawn Michaels dances and poses on the announce table while his entrance music still plays to much applause. "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie come back, and Jarrett gets on the mic, but he cannot be heard at all before the show ends.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for June 20, 1994

Gorilla Monsoon, having filled in for Vince McMahon at King of the Ring, fills in for Vince on Raw.

For the first time, Raw can be viewed in Spanish. Carlos Cabrera and Ed Druco provide the commentary via the SAP feature.

Diesel beats Mark Thomas.

An encore presentation of King of the Ring will air on pay-per-view next Tuesday.

The 1-2-3 Kid gets an upset win on a cocky Nikolai Volkoff to get a shot at Bret "Hit Man" Hart and the WWF Championship in three weeks on July 11th. After the match, Volkoff attacks The Kid, and Virgil shows up to stop Volkoff and almost gets his hand on his former master "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase until Volkoff gets Virgil from behind. Lex Luger runs in to scare Volkoff and DiBiase out of the ring.

Bam Bam Bigelow and Mabel square off next week on Raw.

Yokozuna beats Nick Barbury.

Typhoon is back, and on his way to the ring, he runs into Yokozuna who is on his way out. During the break, Typhoon counters a punch thrown at him by Yokozuna.

Typhoon beats The Black Phantom.

It's time for The King's Court. After "The King" Jerry Lawler makes excuses for losing to "Rowdy" Roddy Piper at King of the Ring, he calls the crowd "garbage" and brings out tonight's guest, whom he claims looks just like them: Duke "The Dumpster" Droese. He tells Droese to stay out of the ring and "downwind of him." Droese tells Lawler he stinks too much even for him. Lawler is still stung that Droese dumped garbage on him on Superstars, and interrupts Droese every time he tries to speak. Droese finally has enough and walks out, but Lawler runs out of the ring and attacks Droese with his own trash can.

The Heavenly Bodies (Dr. Tom Pritchard and "Gigolo" Jimmy Del Ray) beat Russ Greenberg and Jim Powers.

The powers that be in WWF have stated that they do not condone "The King" Jerry Lawler's actions towards Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, and Gorilla Monsoon apologizes for the incident.

SummerSlam is coming August 29th to pay-per-view!

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase is backstage. He's had his eye on Lex Luger for a long time, and says he has a ton of potential. The only thing he feels Luger is missing is proper guidance, and plans to give it to him.

Raw Deal - Raw recap for February 28, 1994

Harvey Whippleman guests on commentary for this week.

"Macho Man" Randy Savage beats Yokozuna by disqualification after Crush runs in and attacks him. Bret "Hitman" Hart makes the save and goes after Crush, and Lex Luger shows up and guns for both Yokozuna and Crush. Yokozuna retains the WWF Championship, but it is Luger, Hart and Savage that stand tall. Savage spits on Crush as Crush is forced to leave along with Yokozuna, Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette. Hart, Luger and Savage then celebrate in the ring.

Bam Bam Bigelow beats Mike Khoury.

Earthquake beats The Black Phantom. During the match, it is revealed that Adam Bomb will be taking Ludvig Borga's place in the match against Earthquake at WrestleMania 10.

The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn), Tatanka, The 1-2-3 Kid and Thurman "Sparky" Plugg will take on The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu), Irwin R. Schyster, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and "The Model" Rick Martel in a 10-man tag team match.

Kwang beats John Crystal (misspelled "Chrystal"). During the match, Whippleman briefly leaves commentary to manage Kwang. Vince McMahon also interviews Sy Sperling, president of the Hair Club For Men.

Stan Lane interviews Shawn Michaels, clad in only a towel and his Intercontinental Championship belt. He says that the Intercontinental Championship will be around his waist for good after WrestleMania 10. He's come after Razor Ramon to tell him there's only room for one Intercontinental champ. (Michaels also calls himself "The Heartbreak Kid" in this interview.)
"The Rocket" Owen Hart and Crush take on The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn) next week on Raw.

Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo) beat Steve Smith and The Brooklyn Brawler.

Next week: Undertaker sightings! Jeff Jarrett vs. Virgil! Doink! Irwin R. Schyster! A special presentation to Tatanka from the Lumbee tribe!

Come As You Are (WWF Superstar) - Superstars recap for February 26, 1994

Razor Ramon beats The Black Phantom.

On Update, we hear from Bret "Hit Man" Hart, who says that he has had a most difficult task set before him at WrestleMania 10, and that wrestling his brother "The Rocket" Owen Hart is going to be hard to do. He says that Owen is a great wrestler and like a dog ready for the hunt, but when he steps in the ring with him, he will be in the ring with the best dog. He respects Lex Luger and what he said at last week's edition of The Funeral Parlor, and wishes him the best of luck against Yokozuna before reminding him that he will go down when he steps in the ring with him. We then hear from "The Rocket" Owen Hart, who says that Bret's confidence is a cover-up for fear, as they both know that he is the better Hart and that Bret has been keeping him down in his shadow. At WrestleMania 10, he will step out of his shadow and prove he is the better Hart brother. He tells Bret not to look past him for the World title match, as he will not get past him.

Tony Bueti is the honorary ring announcer for the next match.

The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre) beat John Paul and Miguel Rosado. Before the match, Johnny Polo - who replaces Stan Lane on commentary this week - accompanies The Quebecers in a black bathrobe, a snorkel mask and swim flippers. Nikolai Volkoff is seen in the front of the crowd again. During the match, we hear pre-recorded comments from Oscar, who tells The Quebecers that Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo) will beat them to become WWF Tag Team Champions.

We hear from Crush, who says that he has not been more prepared for anything in his life. He says the fans may be sick and tired of him interfering in "Macho Man" Randy Savage's business and that Savage may be sick and tired of seeing his face, but he is sick and tired of Savage, who he calls "a backstabbing snake." Crush says they will settle it once and for all at WrestleMania 10, and that Mr. Fuji has prepared him for the match. Mr. Fuji tells Savage he will pay from head to toe, and that there will be no mercy when Crush takes care of him once and for all. Crush says that he might take advantage of the rules of their Last Man Standing Match just to pin him in the ring again and again, as there is no room for the both of them in the WWF and it will be finished once and for all.

Thurman "Sparky" Plugg beats Derek Domino.

Raymond Rougeau interviews Shawn Michaels in the ring. As Shawn heads to the ring, he takes the ladder in the aisle and places it in the center of the ring. He talks about how he stood equal everyone until he was no longer happy with it and decided to step up and rise about everyone else by climbing the WWF ladder to sit on top. He says he will continue to sit on top of the WWF, and after all is said and done, he will be standing tall as the undisputed WWF Intercontinental Champion at WrestleMania 10. Shawn then goes on to say that his being declared the winner will be the last thing Razor Ramon sees as he is looking at the lights.

Before the next match, Irwin R. Schyster says it is about time that people stopped cheating on their taxes.

Irwin R. Schyster beats Phil Apollo.

This week on Raw: Yokozuna vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage!

During the WrestleMania 10 Report, it is announced that Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids On The Block will be appearing at the event. We then hear from Yokozuna, Jim Cornette and Mr. Fuji. Cornette says there is a word on everyone's lips in the WWF: confidence. He says WWF President Jack Tunney is confident that he made the right decision concerning the Royal Rumble Match as well as WrestleMania 10, that Bret "Hit Man" Hart is confident that he will beat Yokozuna for the WWF Championship as well as straighten his brother "The Rocket" Owen Hart out, and that Lex Luger is confident he will beat Bret. But he says that when you have confidence, you had better back it up, and only Yokozuna is able to back up his own confidence going into WrestleMania 10, as he has put people in the hospital, wreaked havoc and overcome every challenge despite all the obstacles in his path to retain the WWF Championship. He tells Luger to get confident, and says Bret will be focused on other things as he will be torn that he had to face his brother Owen on pay-per-view, which will make him unable to win it all at WrestleMania 10. We then hear from "Macho Man" Randy Savage, who says he is ready to go with Crush at WrestleMania 10. It is then announced that there will be a ten-man tag team match between the team of The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bar Gunn), Tatanka, The 1-2-3 Kid and Thurman "Sparky Plug" and the team of The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu), Irwin R. Schyster, "Double J" Jeff Jarrett and "The Model" Rick Martel at WrestleMania 10. (The match never happens due to time constraints, and is pushed back to the Raw after WrestleMania 10.)

Bret "Hit Man" Hart beats Adam Bomb with the Sharpshooter. During the match, "The Rocket" Owen Hart is seen watching the match from across the aisle.

We hear from Johnny Polo and The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre). Polo says The Quebecers are guaranteed victory at WrestleMania 10, and Jacques says September 13th was the beginning of a new legend when they won the tag team titles. Polo then mocks Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo) through hip hop verse.

Next week: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett! The Bushwhackers (Bushwhacker Butch and Bushwhacker Luke)! Diesel! The Funeral Parlor with special guest "The Rocket" Owen Hart! Lex Luger!