Location: Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan
Commentators: Vince McMahon, Jim Ross
This event was broadcast live.
The show opens with the newly formed Nation of Domination coming to the ring.
Vince McMahon asks Ahmed Johnson why he's joined the Nation. He replies,
"Ask yourself why, white man!" Ahmed claims he's been held back in the
WWF because he's black. He threatens Vince, telling him he'll beat him up if
he even looks at him the wrong way.
On two occasions D-Lo Brown grabs the microphone to talk to Vince. This is
curious for two reasons. D-Lo has never talked much in the past. Whenever he
talks, Faarooq looks at him critically, as if D-Lo isn't supposed to be
talking.
Faarooq says that he fired Crush because he couldn't rely on him. At this
moment Crush and three other wrestlers ride into the arena on motorbikes.
Crush says that he wasn't fired, he quit. He calls his new team the Disciples of
Apocalypse. He says that they're a real brotherhood; they live together, ride
together and fight together. A free-for-all breaks out with the eight
wrestlers hitting one another.
1. Rockabilly vs Ken Shamrock
Rockabilly is accompanied to the ring by the Honky Tonk Man. Dan Severn, a former UFC
champion, joins Vince McMahon and Jim Ross at the commentary table. After a
short fight Ken applies a leg lock, and Rockabilly taps out. Honky Tonk Man
wants to hit Ken over the head with his guitar, but when Ken turns round he
pretends to be playing a tune.
2. Legion of Doom vs the Godwinns
This is the third match of the tournament to decide the new tag team
champions. The Godwinns say they want revenge for the Legion of Doom breaking
Phineas Godwinn's neck
two months ago. That sounds bad, but he seems to have recovered.
The Legion of Doom wins the match by pinfall, but after their victory the
Godwinns attack them, hitting them over the head with their slop buckets. As
the Godwinns leave, the Hart Foundation (Owen Hart, British Bulldog and Brian
Pillman) run into the ring to attack the Legion of Doom, while Bret Hart
stands at the top of the ramp and looks on.
3. Flash Funk vs Sabu
Paul Heyman joins Vince McMahon and Jim Ross at the commentary table. Sabu is
a guest from the ECW, and he's accompanied by the former WWF referee Bill
Alfonso. Paul Heyman claims that Sabu is the most brutal wrestler in ECW.
I don't think I've ever seen Flash Funk fighting as well as in today's match. He
proves himself to be skilled at martial arts, and he puts up a good fight
against Sabu. Flash is thrown out of the ring, and Sabu sets him up on a
table. The referee counts both men out, but Sabu continues and jumps onto
Flash, knocking him through the table.
4. Mankind vs British Bulldog
Mankind comes to the ring wearing an Austin 3:16 shirt and a sign saying "Pick
me, Steve". He wants to be Steve Austin's tag team partner. He continues to
wear the sign when the match starts, until British Bulldog tears it off. It's
a hard fight in which Mankind has the upper hand. It ends when Bulldog hits
him over the head with a chair and is disqualified.
5. Intercontinental Championship, Owen Hart vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs
Goldust
Owen Hart, the reigning Intercontinental Champion, has to defend his title
against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Goldust in a Triple Threat match. Triple H
and Goldust are both former Intercontinental Champions. The special guest
referee is Pat Patterson, who became the first Intercontinental Champion in
1979.
In a Triple Threat match anyone can win by pinning someone else. There's no
advantage for the reigning champion, because Owen Hart can lose the title
without being pinned.
It's a chaotic match. Every attempt at a pin is interrupted by the third
wrestler. Eventually Goldust slams Owen Hart and pins him. Pat Patterson
counts him out, not seeing that Owen's foot is on the rope. Pat declares
Goldust the new champion, but there are arguments in the ring. Gorilla Monsoon
enters the ring and shows Pat what happened on the Titantron. Pat reverses his
decision, and the match starts again.
Chyna watches on with cold, mean eyes, waiting for a chance to intervene.
When Triple H and Owen Hart are brawling outside the ring she goes in and
attacks Goldust.
Owen Hart pins Triple H. Goldust wants to break the pin, but Brian Pillman
pulls him away. Owen retains his title.
Bret Hart comes to the ring, accompanied by Jim Neidhart, to be interviewed by
Vince McMahon. Bret says that his team will easily win the 10-man tag team
match at the next Pay-Per-View in Canada. Then he turns his attention to the
boxer Tommy Hearns, who's sitting in the audience.
Bret is angry with Tommy, because he also calls himself the Hitman. He says
there's only room for one Hitman, so he challenges him to a fight. Tommy
enters the ring and knocks Jim Neidhart down with a single punch. At this
moment the officials intervene to keep the two men apart. So we'll never know
who's the true Hitman.
6. Brian Christopher vs Scott Taylor
So Jerry Lawler is in the building after all? He accompanies Brian Christopher
to the ring to take part in a light heavyweight match. Then he takes a seat at
the commentary table. That's where he should have been all evening. The
McMahon-Lawler-Ross team is the best commentary team ever. Any two of them are
great, but all three together are perfect.
While the match is being fought Jim discusses with Jerry whether Brian
Christopher is or isn't his son, which was claimed by Paul Heyman
last week. Jerry neither agrees nor denies it, he just insists that Brian is an
outstanding athlete, better than anything ECW has to offer. And yes, Brian
Christopher defeats Scott Taylor by pinfall, but I'd like to see what he can
do against Sabu.
7. Faarooq/D-Lo Brown vs Undertaker/Vader
This is the fourth match of the tournament to decide the new tag team
champions. For weeks the Undertaker has been arguing with Paul Bearer, saying
he wants to leave him, but Paul knows some sort of secret with which he's
blackmailing the Undertaker. The Nation of Domination is represented by
Faarooq and D-Lo Brown, supported by Kama Mustafa. Ahmed Johnson isn't present
because he was injured in the scuffle with the DOA at the beginning of the
show.
The two teams are evenly matched, but they're interrupted when the Disciples
of Apocalypse come out and attack the Nation of Domination. The Undertaker
joins in, attacking everyone in sight, until the officials manage to evict the
DOA from the arena.
When Vader wants to tag the Undertaker, the Undertaker hits him, and he's
pinned by Farooq. The Nation of Domination leaves victorious. The Undertaker
attacks Vader and tombstones him. Then he threatens Paul Bearer, who runs
away. As the Undertaker walks up the ramp, Paul yells that next week he'll
reveal the Undertaker's secret. The suspense is killing me. Or at least, it
would be if I didn't still remember the secret from when I watched
Monday Night Raw 25 years ago.
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