World Wrestling Federation: It's SHOWTIME

Stojy · Jan 3, 2025

Another awesome edition here. As usual, everything hit the right notes. Love the cheesiness of Crush cutting his promo in front of the radiation warning signs before the Adam Bomb debut. Probably my favourite part of this weeks update.

Lawler's segment with the Elvis impersonator was also very good, and it was nice to see a rather simple spotlight shone on HBK at the beginning of the show as well.

And I obviously marked out to see Diesel back on the show.

Just trying not to waste time by rewriting and recapping everything you've written with this feedback, but there isn't much constructive criticism to offer at this point. Can't wait for post Summerslam shenanigans.

Qui-Gon Bren · Jan 4, 2025

The top of the episode was probably my favorite part. Strong TV time for Shawn Michaels, with a fantastically written promo package (I especially liked the self-narration) and a nice win in the "work rate" match of the night. Fitting for the IC Champion.

At first, I rolled my eyes at the King's Court segment. I was like yeah alright, here comes some cheesy early 90's heat. "Elvis" dubbing Jerry Lawler the real King. All I kept thinking about was how COOL it would be if Razor just came out there and smoked everyone. When I saw the pink caddy, I KNEW you were about to make my day lol. The reveal of Razor as the "grease monkey" was a nice touch. Even better was poser Elvis being in on the attack! It shows Razor can be cunning when he needs to be.

"Wait just a minute - that's not really ELVIS!" might be the greatest line in the history of pro wrestling commentary. Legitimate lol moment for me.

I'm a little bummed that neither of the two marquee matches of Hogan/Bret and Sting/Yokozuna had further development, but I understand there are a lot of mouths to feed, especially with one hour of TV time a week and a big PPV coming up. In that regard, I thought this episode did a great job fleshing out many of SummerSlam's lower card match ups. The Undertaker is my all-time favorite wrestler, but I have to admit, I don't enjoy much of his work around this time period. And even here, when the gong hits and the lights come up, I was disappointed that the Deadman himself wasn't the reveal! But I can definitely imagine the funeral wreaths as warning sign happening in 1993. Subtle yet effective.

The Crush and Doink/Ringmaster story hasn't resonated with me yet, BUT this latest chapter certainly made an impact. Big cuzzie no selling the taser was a very cool moment. Talk about setting the tone. And what a crazy ass look he has! Crush and Adam Bomb are guys I'm aware of, but probably have never watched and definitely have no nostalgic memory of. So I'm a clean slate when it comes to this new power house duo. And sir, now you have my attention.

Dubb · Apr 10, 2026

WWF Monday Night Raw
August 23, 1993
Manhattan Center - New York City

Our cold open this week starts by highlighting WWF Superstars from July 31 when Bam Bam Bigelow told Bret Hart that he promised a special surprise for him on Raw that following week before we cut to the August 2nd Raw as Hulk Hogan was being interviewed remotely from Florida on the set of Thunder in Paradise.

Hulk Hogan: ...So let me ask you this Bret Hart, at SummerSlam, WHATCHA GONNA DO...WHEN.....

Hogan was cut off as he was CLOBBERED FROM BEHIND...

BY BAM BAM BIGELOW?!

Bigelow was making a big statement as he attacked the WWF Champion on the set of his own movie, using the sneak attack to his advantage as he slammed Hogan into the wall and continued to wail away at the WWF champion. But Hulk began to battle back, but a knee to the very lower midsection quickly stopped Hogan as Bigelow scooped Hogan up and SLAMMED him to the floor! Bigelow then grabbed a camera cable off the ground and wrapped it around Hogan's neck..as the attack airs, we hear audio from Bigelow as he explained his actions in the following weeks.

Bam Bam Bigelow:
Ya see, I just wanted you to know that just like you -I'm willin' to do what it takes. I'm willin' to do things that ya brother, he won't do in a million years. Your brother is too goody two shoes to see things like you and me see.

We fade to Hogan's response.

Hulk Hogan:
BAM BAM BIGELOW....I think you've made a HECK OF A MISTAKE, BROTHER. I get it, dude - you wanna make a name for yourself. You wanna be somebody in the WWF. And what better way than tryin' to take out The Immortal One - but NEWSFLASH BROTHER, they call me the IMMORTAL ONE for a reason! HULKAMANIA IS STILL ALIVE AND KICKIN', BAM BAM BIGADOOF! But listen up and listen up good, BROTHER - if you wanna try and make a name for yourself against the Hulkster, how about you do it where it counts, JACK - in the RING! The countdown to SummerSlam is tickin' and in TWO WEEKS TIME, THE HULKSTER is comin' to Raw...and I'm gonna see YOU THERE BIGELOW! You want a piece of Hulkamania, you're gonna get off more than you can chew! And as for YOU, BRET HART...

Hulk Hogan pointed to the camera.

Hulk Hogan:
You can play innocent all you want, but you aren't foolin' the Hulkster for one second, BROTHER. You and Bigelow are in this together, but it doesn't matter. I've taken on Giants...I've taken on ARMIES of MEN in my career...and I'll take you both on if I have to! But at SummerSlam, if you think you're taking this title from me, brother - YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING! You can cry and moan all you want, all the way back to Canada for all I care...this WWF Championship is right where it belongs, Hitman. AND IT AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE! So let me ask you this...Bigelow...Hart...WHATCHA GONNA DO...WHEN HULK HOGAN COMES BACK TO RAW IN TWO WEEKS...AND RUNS WILD...ON....YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

Hulk Hogan pointed and flexed to the camera as we faded to the Raw intro.

The sirens are blaring which means we're LIVE for Monday Night Raw! The crowd in the Manhattan Center are ruckus with lots of red and yellow around the arena - because tonight..."THE IMMORTAL" HULK HOGAN is in the building!

"BAM - BAM!"

The jeers from the crowd are loud as Bam Bam Bigelow makes his way out from the back. That's right, we're wasting no time getting right to the meat of the action tonight as Vince McMahon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan officially welcome us to the show. After Bigelow tried to gift an attack on Hogan a few weeks ago, now the WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan gets a big test ahead of his match at SummerSlam next Monday as Bam Bam is looking to finish the job he started on the set of Thunder in Paradise!

Bigelow ignores the boos from the crowd as he makes his way down to the ring and climbs in. He rubs his hands and wrists while setting his eyes towards the stage....

"REAL AMERICAN"

The New York crowd are on their feet and the atmosphere is electric! The patriot tune pumps through the arena for nearly a minute before Hulk Hogan finally walks out from the back - sporting his yellow spandex Hulkamania shirt and is immediately playing to the crowd, eating up the reaction like only the Hulkster can.

Hogan takes his time to slap hands with fans on each side of the aisle, eating up some precious Raw runtime - but hey, who's going to tell Hulk not to take his time on the way to the ring? Well for one, in the ring, Bigelow is chomping at the bit and urging Hogan to cut the theatrics and get into the ring with him...

CRACK!

Not so fast! Hogan wouldn't make it to the ring. Well, at least not on his own accord.

BRET HART comes running out from the back armed with a steel chair, planting it across his SummerSlam opponent's back! Hogan arches his back and cries out, selling the chair shot as Bret delivers another blow to the Hulksters back with that chair as Bigelow watches from in the ring with a toothy grin.

Hulk drops to a knee after the 2nd chair shot, but Hitman quickly grabs him by his skullet and sends Hogan rolling into the ring to the waiting Bigelow. Bigelow attacks, stomping away at Hogan on the mat.

Vince McMahon:
This was nothing more than a set up! Bam Bam didn't want this match! This was just a way to get to Hogan before SummerSlam! Bret has been saying all along he didn't want Bigelow's help - well look at him now!

Bobby Heenan:
It's genius McMahon! Absolutely genius!

Vince McMahon:
This is just another example of The Hitman showing his true colors!

The crowd is not holding back on Bret and Bigelow, voicing their displeasure as The Hitman climbs into the ring to join in on the beatdown alongside The Beast from the East. After laying the boots to the champion, Bigelow pulls Hogan up and holds him in a Full Nelson while Bret gets in Hogans face, now holding Hogan's own WWF Championship.

"YOU THINK YOU DESERVE THIS!? YOU THINK THIS IS YOURS!" Bret screamed off mic while holding his face and that belt mere inches away from Hogan. "I DON'T THINK SO......BROTHER!"

Hart rears back and proceeds to sucker punch the restrained Hogan repeatedly before backing off to allow Bigelow to shove Hogan down to the mat. Hart pauses to lift up the WWF Championship as the fans rain down the boos.

Meanwhile, Bigelow continues to attack Hogan, not letting the Hulkster get back to his feet - charging in with a big running kick to Hogan's ribs as he tries to pull himself up off the mat.

Bobby Heenan:
I'm tellin' ya right now Vince, Hogan might not make it to SummerSlam at this rate!

And it sure looks like that could be the plan as Bigelow points to the chair that Hart originally started the attack with. Hart puts down the WWF Championship and picks up the chair off the mat before instructing Bigelow to get Hogan back up. Bam Bam follows the directions, once again putting Hogan into a Full Nelson - leaving Hogan prone as Bret prepared to deliver a chairshot right to Hogan's unprotected skull...

Hart SWINGS...

BUT IT'S STOPPED!

OWEN HART has come from the back and just snatched the chair out of his own brother's hands!

Vince McMahon:
Finally, a voice of reason in the Hart family!

A heated Bret Hart goes nose to nose with his brother.

"THIS DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU!" Bret shouts.

"You can't win like this!" Owen pleads once again with his brother.

As Bret and Owen argue over wrestling ethics, Bigelow releases his hold on Hogan in order to break up the argument with a clobbering forearm smash to Owen's back! Bret steps aside, not doing anything to stop Bigelow as he goes after his brother, pummeling Owen down to the mat with a barrage of headbutts.

Now it's Bigelow grabbing the chair and looking to use it on Owen..and Bret finally steps in, telling Bigelow "that's enough!" Bigelow sneers, clearly not agreeing...but before Bigelow can do any more damage...HOGAN IS BACK TO HIS FEET AND HE'S HULKING UP!

Hulk makes the save for Owen, ducking a chairshot from Bigelow and then nailing the Beast with a BIG BOOT! Bret Hart decides that he wants nothing to do with the revived Hogan, and heads for higher ground while a staggered Bigelow bounces off the ropes and back into the arms of Hogan who lifts Bigelow up and BODYSLAMS him down to the mat! Hogan pops back to his feet like nothing had happened to him all night...and plays to the crowd with a Hulkster flex and pose before bouncing off the ropes and hitting the Running Legdrop to Bigelow!

With Bigelow taken care of, Hogan turns his attention to Owen - offering his hand to "The Rocket" and helping Owen back up to his feet. Hogan shows his appreciation for the youngster by lifting up his arm - the crowd giving them both a round of applause.

Hogan gives Owen a big pat on the back before Owen leaves the ring, leaving Hogan alone as "Real American" once again blares across the speakers. Hogan sticks around as we head to break to continue to pose and play to the Hulkamaniacs.

After the break, backstage reporter Jim Ross catches Owen Hart as he made his way in from the ring.

Jim Ross:
Owen, just'a moment, please..

Owen reluctantly stops to speak with JR.

Jim Ross:
I just wanted to get your thoughts on what just happened out there - you made the save for the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan from your brother...

Owen Hart:
Y'know Jim Ross, I'm done tryin' to get through to my brother. I wanted him to live up to being the big brother I've always known - but he's just too consumed about the WWF Championship, it's all that matters to him anymore and clearly he's gonna do anything he can to get it back. He wants to drag the Hart name through the mud, well that's on him. For me, I gotta be able to sleep at night, Jim. And I g....

Owen is interrupted as now Hulk Hogan has finally made it back from the ring as well.

Hulk Hogan:
Owen - brother, I just gotta come over and thank you for your help tonight - it means a lot, DUDE. The Hulkster owes ya one!

Owen simply acknowledges Hulk and nods as Hogan turns his attention to the camera.

Hulk Hogan:
And for you BRET "HITMAN" HART - ya know something, it says a lot about a man when his own flesh and blood want nothin' to do with 'em. Just shows what kinda of piece of human garbage Bret Hart REALLY is. You want this belt back so bad, Bret - it's gonna take more than a chair or Bam Bam Bigelow to stop Hulkamania, brother. If you want this title, you're gonna have to take it out of my cold, dead hands! So Bret Hart...NEXT MONDAY....DETROIT....SUMMERSLAM......WHATCHA GONNA DO...WHEN HULK HOGAN AND THE WWF CHAMPIONSHIP...RUN WILD...ON...YOU!!!

Hogan comes in close for another big flex before turning back to Owen and giving The Rocket another respectful pat on the shoulders as JR sends it back to Vince and Heenan at ringside.

In the ring, Reno Riggins is already in the ring as Vince provides us with some recap of the ongoing saga between Crush and CarnEvil. After finding himself often outnumbered by Doink the Clown and The Ringmaster, Crush had to resort to what he called "fighting fire with fire" or perhaps fighting "freaks" with a "freak" as he headed out to Pennsylvania and found himself a survivor of the 3 Mile Island incident.

"ATOMIC BOMB"

And that man, Adam Bomb, heads down to the ring to make his official in-ring debut! Certainly a big dude, approaching 7 feet tall (yeah, we fudge numbers in WWF) and 300 pounds - but he comes to the ring rocking some thick yellow goggles and is sure to stick out his unnaturally bright red tongue. Upon removing his goggles pre match, he also reveals his nearly neon green eyes.

Reno Riggins vs Adam Bomb

While he's making his in-ring debut tonight, in one week he would be teaming up with Crush to take on CarnEvil, so that's the hype focus during this match. While the tongue and eyes certainly show the signs of his "radiation" exposure, we take things a step further because as Reno Riggins unleashes a flurry of kicks and punches to Adam...all of them are completely no sold...allowing Vince to point out that the radiation has also left Adam Bomb darn near impervious to pain - reminding us that The Ringmaster's taser last week had no effect on the man! "Who does this guy think he is, Superman?" Heenan questions, but in the ring - he certainly looked the part of "super" as he shrugs off the offensive attempt by Riggins and quickly overpowers the enhancement talent and in mere moments was putting him away with ease with a Pumphandle Slam coined The Meltdown.

Winner: Adam Bomb by pinfall in 1:02

Vince puts over the impressive debut for Adam Bomb and once again reminds us we won't want to miss this big time tag team match with Crush & Adam Bomb vs. CarnEvil at SummerSlam! Vince reminds us that still to come tonight, we'd get to check in on the Deadly Venom Tour ONE LAST TIME as Sting heads to Detroit, Michigan - home of SUMMERSLAM!

After the break, Gene Okerlund treats us with another WWF SummerSlam Report. Sadly, I won't be writing this one out because I plan to do a pretty lengthy preview write up for SummerSlam but needless to say, Okerlund pimped out the show - hyping up Hogan vs. Bret before discussing Randy Savage and Shawn Michaels in a battle to determine the "Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time!" An insert promo from Randy Savage had Savage putting over Michaels' athletic abilities but warning Michaels that his own hubris would be his downfall.

Okerlund also discusses the match between The Smoking Gunns and Men on a Mission. Men on a Mission had managed to recollect the "bounty" that the Gunns had "stolen" from them a few weeks ago, but an insert promo from The Gunns revealed that to them, it was never about taking that money...for them it was about making things right. Men on a Mission robbed them of their chance at the WWF Tag Team Championships, so as far as Billy and Bart are concerned - those Bounty Hunters were now on the Gunns' "Most Wanted List."

And finally, Okerlund hypes up the Mixed Tag Match at SummerSlam that Okerlund assures us will be the final chapter in this long running feud as Lex Luger & Luna Vachon will take on Tatanka and Sensational Sherri. In their insert interview, Luna promises to take out Sherri's other eye, rip her hair out one strand at a a time and feed it to her. Luger admitted that this was a pretty weird thing to say, but Luger was just really excited to finish off Tatanka once and for all and was even more excited about meeting up with his best friend Sting next week for the first time since he joined WWF! Luna snarls at Luger, telling him to stop worrying about Sting and focus on BRUTALIZING their opponents on Sunday. "Got it!" Luger says sheepishly to end the promo.

One last request from Okerlund to tell you to buy the damn PPV before he sends us to the ring.

Back to ringside and Typhoon is making his way down to the ring. Vince can barely contain his excitement for SummerSlam but now how about a match with absolutely no SummerSlam implications!

"MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY"

The Former WWF Tag Team Champion "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase made his way out to the ring, about to take on Typhoon and is accompanied as usual by Mr. Hughes. A pre-match Picture-In-Picture Promo with DiBiase has The Million Dollar Man admitting that he has been on a downward trend lately but that was about to change tonight - he would get back on his winning ways tonight and his "stock" was going nowhere but up from here!

Typhoon vs. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (w/Mr. Hughes)

Vince starts the match off by indicating that Typhoon isn't exactly the type of "get right" match you'd want to be in if you're looking to get back on the winning track. And it was clear from the opening bell that this would be no cake walk for DiBiase, as Typhoon quickly overpowers DiBiase in a collar and elbow tie up. Typhoon to his own credit has been on quite the win streak on Superstars and would certainly love a big win over DiBiase tonight. It is all Typhoon early, simply overpowering DiBiase and having his way with the Million Dollar Man! A commercial break would interrupt the match, and as we came back, DiBiase was trapped in a tight bearhug from the massive Typhoon. Before DiBiase could succumb, he was able to break free with a not so legal eye rake. Ignoring the officials warning, DiBiase used the brief blindness as an opening to start chopping Typhoon down to size - working over the big man's legs in an attempt to keep him off his feet and thus level the power playing field.

Unfortunately for DiBiase, he ends up finding himself unable to keep the big man down, with the end of the match seeing Typhoon using his strength to battle back against DiBiase. A concerned Mr. Hughes climbs the apron, distracting the referee long enough for DiBiase to get in a LOW BLOW to Typhoon! "The Great Equalizer!" Heenan declares from the announce booth, "that hurts the same no matter how big you are!"

Looking to capitalize, DiBiase attempts an Irish Whip towards Hughes, but it's TYPHOON with the reversal!

DIBIASE AND HUGHES COLLIDE!

DiBiase is staggered as he walks into a SIDE SLAM from Typhoon...which Typhoon follows up with the big TIDAL WAVE jumping splash down onto DiBiase! One - Two - Three!

What a win for Typhoon who continus his hot streak!

Winner: Typhoon by pinfall at 6:26

While it is a big win for Typhoon, things in the Money Inc. camp are far less rosy. Post-match, we see Mr. Hughes trying to help DiBiase up and once again profusely apologizing to a clearly irritated Million Dollar Man as we fade to the back.

Backstage, Jim Ross has no caught up with the other parties involved in the altercation that started off the show. He has found Bret Hart and Bam Bam Bigelow in a heated discussion.

Jim Ross:
Alright gentlemen, just what in the Heck was that all about earlier tonight?

Bigelow and Hart stop the conversation to address Jim Ross.

Bret Hart:
If you have to know Jim Ross, it's a little something called strategy. Every get champion has a strategy to get to the top of their sport.

Jim Ross:
Are you kiddin' me? Your strategy was a flat out sneak attack!

Bret Hart:
I'm not here to make friends, Jim. I've played nice for too long in this business and the only thing it got me was sittin' on my back and watchin' Hulk Hogan take my championship at WrestleMania. I'm not makin' that same mistake twice. At SummerSlam, just like I told Hogan in the ring, that belt is mine again.

Jim Ross:
And what about this man, Bam Bam Bigelow?! I thought you had nothin' to do with his previous attack on Hogan. After tonight, it sure looks like you two are in it together! And what about your brother?!

Bret Hart:
Bam Bam has proven himself to be someone who has a similar view point to me in this business - and like I said before, it's all about strategy, Jim Ross. If I'm gonna have someone in my corner...I'd much rather have Bam Bam on my side than not. And as for Owen..

Bam Bam Bigelow:
Yeah, y'r lil' snot nosed brother is a problem! I warned you about this!

Bret Hart:
Owen is in denial. He thinks the world is black and white, but me and you Bam Bam - we know that it's all about shades of gray. But deep down, I think Owen knows the truth. I think he knows what has to be done. And just like I told him a few weeks ago - we're brothers. I'll always have his back and when it comes down to it, I know he feels the same way.

Jim Ross:
I gotta tell ya Bret, it sure didn't look that way earlier tonight!

Bam Bam Bigelow:
Listen up, The Hitman has more important things to worry about than his lil' pipsqueak brother. But I tell ya what Bret, like I said before - this Sunday at SummerSlam - I'm gonna see if he has that same fire you got. I'm gonna beat the snot outta him and maybe by the time I'm through with him, he'll be ready to open his eyes up! Hahahahaha!

Bigelow and Hart head off together while Jim Ross is left to just shake his head as we fade out to break.

But wait, we're not heading to commercials yet. Instead, the screen fades to the scene of a dark graveyard. The camera pans through the graveyard as we hear the sound of digging...

Through the darkness, we spot...The Undertaker! He's standing beside not one but TWO open graves, tossing in dirt to the closest grave.

The Undertaker stops digging as he looks up to the camera.

The Undertaker:
Diesel.....Harvey Wippleman.....you've made.....a grave mistake. Next week....SummerSlam....prepare....to journey into...The Darkside. A journey...neither one of you....will return from. Next Monday....prepare...to....REST. IN. PEACE.

Undertaker returns to shoveling the dirt into one of the open graves. The camera pans around him to reveal funeral wreaths next to the graves - each one labeled with Diesel and Harvey Wippleman's names much last last week, along with the date of August 31, 1993.

Now we finally do get in those commercials.

NON-TITLE MATCH:
Thunder & Lighting (TJ Thunder & Luke Lightning) vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner)

Our final match of the evening puts the WWF Tag Team champions in action against the young duo of TJ Thunder and Luke Lightning, a team that has proven to impress lately on WWF Superstars, though they haven't picked up a win but have given competitive matches to Rock & Shock and Men on a Mission. Meanwhile, the WWF Tag Team Champions have their work cut out for them in one week when they have to defend the titles against The Quebecers at SummerSlam! The speedy duo of Thunder & Lightning prove elusive early on for Rick and Scott - Lightning especially demonstrating some impressive quickness that actually earns a smile from Scott Steiner. However, Rick and Scott are clearly the better team who are at the top of their game right now and soon overpower the youngsters.

The end of the match finds Scott in control and tagging in his brother before lifting Luke Lightning up onto his shoulders as Rick climbed to the top turnbuckle...but Luke is fighting Scott off with some punches to the forehead....and he escapes the Steinerizer attempt with a VICTORY ROLL!

Unfortunately, Scott is no longer the legal man so there's no real pinfall attempt here, and when Luke gets to his feet, Rick comes off the top with the Steiner Bulldog! Rick promptly takes out an incoming TJ Thunder with a Steinerline before making the pin on Luke to pick up the three count victory.

Winners: The Steiner Brothers by pinfall at 5:01

Post-match, The Steiner Brothers celebrate with a brotherly hug before helping Luke and TJ up their feet and giving them both a handshake as a sign of respect. The young team head backstage as The Steiners stick around to celebrate in the ring, posing for the fans as Vince starts to send us to break, reminding us we would check in on the Deadly Venom Tour one last time after the break...

BUT WAIT!

Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Oulette from out of nowhere slide into the ring...armed with...PLUNGERS! Rougeau cracks Scott across the back with the wooden handle of the plunger while Oulette attacks Rick! Bobby Heenan laughs as he points out that the Quebecers have constantly referred to The Steiners' home state of Michigan (and the site of SUMMERSLAM!) as 'Canada's Toilet.' Each Quebecer stomps away at his respective Steiner before they teamed up to take Rick Steiner down with a double flapjack.

Scott Steiner tries to fight his way back to his feet, but the numbers are just too much and The Quebecers finish off their attack with Pierre locking in a bearhug as Rougeau comes in with a seated senton to drive Scott into the mat.

The French Canadian duo aren't quite done yet, as Jacques leaves the ring and goes under the apron and retrieves two toilet seat lids! He tosses one in to his partner before returning himself...and they add insult to injury as they each place a toilet seat lid around the necks of the fallen Steiner Brothers!

The crowd heavily boos the evil foreigners as they climb the turnbuckles, celebrating their attack here tonight as Heenan says we could be looking at our next WWF Tag Team Champions!

Back from break, Vince and Heenan give us one last hype job for SummerSlam - running down the top matches of Hogan/Hart, Savage/HBK, Taker/Diesel, and Razor/Lawler...and of course, the in-ring debut of "The Man They Call Sting!'

Vince reminds us off the cross country tour Sting has been on that lead to his contract signing two weeks ago...and that with all that done, there was only one stop left on the tour...Detroit - the site of SummerSlam!

With that, the video package started rolling as we see the Deadly Venom Tour Bus rolling into the Motor City. We see clips of Sting visiting workers at Ford plant, and doing other random autograph signings for adults and kids alike and then a shot of the Stinger waving the green flag at a NASCAR race at Michigan Motorspeedway (hey, wrong demographic!).

However, suddenly we cut from the sights and sounds of Sting visiting the Motor City...to a shot of the Deadly Venom bus by itself, parked in an empty parking lot while Sting is out and about, no doubt.

Coming into the shot...YOKOZUNA AND MR. FUJI! And ominously, Yokozuna has his big palm wrapped around a sledgehammer!

Mr. Fuji:
Enjoy the moment, Sting! Because at SummerSlam...The Man...They Call...YOKOZUNA - will end your WWF career...before it's even beginning! Hahahaha! Go ahead, show them!

Yokozuna walks over to the bus...and lifts up the sledgehammer...

Yokozuna:
BONZAI!

Yokozuna yells out before swinging and smashing the glass window of the bus tour door into pieces. Yokozuna uses the sledgehammer to smash his way through the door and walk aboard the bus - the bus shaking at with the weight of the former WWF Champion.

Inside the bus, Yokozuna continues his destruction by knocking out the windows.

Mr. Fuji:
Hahaha! Sting - if my Yokozuna does this to your bus - you just wait to see what we'll do to you next week at SummerSlam! SEE YOU SOON! HAHAHAHA!

Bobby Heenan:
What a message sent here by Yokozuna! I think this is an emphatic end to the Deadly Venom Tour!

Vince McMahon:
This is pure vandalism, Brain! Absolutely disgusting act by both Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji! But in one week...next Monday night on Pay-Per-View, Sting will get his hands on Yokozuna - and what a match that promises to me! Don't miss out ladies and gentlemen...we'll see you at...SUMMERSLAM!

The credits pop up on the screen as we get one last shot of Yokozuna continuing to destroy Sting's bus before fading to black.

THIS WEEK ON WWF SUPERSTARS:

This week on WWF Superstars, it was one final hype job for SummerSlam. One thing I didn't mention last week that I will now retcon in is Jerry Lawler was absent from the announce booth following the attack from Razor Ramon last week on Raw and once again this week, no Jerry Lawler on commentary. Vinnie Diamond did appear for a brief interview with Pettengill where he told Ramon he was lucky that "The King" wasn't pressing charges and suing Ramon for all he was worth...but then admitted that Ramon was worth nothing anyway! Diamond promised to make Razor Ramon kiss his foot this Monday at SummerSlam.

As for Razor Ramon, he had one last "warm up" for Lawler as he made short work of Duane Gill with the Razor's Edge.

After issuing one last warning to Men on a Mission on Raw, The Smoking Gunns took to action on Superstars with a win over Tony Roy & Jason Headings after hitting Roy with the Sidewinder.

In case you missed it a couple weeks ago on Raw, the "I'll Be Your Hero" video highlighting Sting's Deadly Venom Tour aired again and this time featured ending footage from Raw when Yokozuna destroyed Sting's tour bus with a sledgehammer.

With a big match coming at SummerSlam against Crush and Adam Bomb - CarnEvil (Doink the Clown & The Ringmaster) were interviewed by Todd Pettengill. The Ringmaster took issue with the use of the word "Freak" that Crush used to describe CarnEvil and Adam Bomb, and that Crush had no idea the Pandora's Box he had opened. Doink and Ringmaster cackled before Doink ended the interview by smashing a pie in Todd's face. The Ringmaster would go on to defeat The Brooklyn Brawler with a DDT.

In singles competition, Mister Bob Backlund continued his recent resurgence with a win over Barry Hardy by submission with the Crossface Chickenwing.

Rock & Shock ("The Rocker" Marty Jannetty & "1-2-3 Kid" Chris Candido) took to action again this week in the feature match of the night, picking up a competitive win over The Beverly Brothers after a Rocker Dropper to Blake Beverly followed by a Flying Legdrop from Candido to pick up the pinfall win.

WWF SummerSlam 1993
August 30, 1993
Live on Pay-Per-View from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan

WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan (w/Jimmy Hart) (c) vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart

THE MAN THEY CALL STING DEBUTS!
Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) vs. Sting

WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
"The Heart Break Kid" Shawn Michaels (w/Flash Norton) (c) vs. "The Macho Man" Randy Savage

KING VERSUS KING
"The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler

WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Steiner Brothers (c) vs. The Quebecers

The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) vs. Diesel (w/Harvey Wippleman)

"The Narcissist" Lex Luger & Luna Vachon vs. Tatanka & Sensational Sherri

Owen Hart vs. Bam Bam Bigelow

The Smoking Gunns vs. Men on a Mission (/w Oscar)

Crush & Adam Bomb vs. CarnEvil

Dubb · Apr 10, 2026

SUMMERSLAM 1993 PREVIEW

The countdown to SummerSlam is on! And what better way to prepare for the big show than by turning over to your local cable provider's PPV channel and sitting through WWF's hype preview show that plays on a loop constantly!

The show kicks off with Todd Pettingill welcoming us into his home...well, his mom's house anyway...and the basement to be exact.

"Welcome to Casa De Pettengill!" Todd welcomes us as he takes a seat on his touch. Todd is here to run down the matches and what has gotten us to here. He's super pumped for SummerSlam and has his mom whipping up plenty of snacks for the big night!

So kick back, relax and come along for the ride! Todd leans back on the couch, crosses his legs, grabs his remote and acts as though he's turning on a TV that's directly behind the camera we're watching him through.

SUMMERSLAM. CAN YOU STAND THE HEAT?

WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan (w/Jimmy Hart) (c) vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart

First up, it's the WWF Championship Match between champion HULK HOGAN and challenge BRET "THE HITMAN" HART in a first time meeting between these two!

To get the full story on this one, we have to go all the way back to WrestleMania IX when Bret Hart lost the WWF Championship to Yokozuna, only to have Hulk Hogan rush out and promptly get challenged by Mr. Fuji on behalf of Yokozuna. Hulk Hogan then proceeded to win the championship from Yokozuna (thanks to an errant powder through from Mr. Fuji that blinded Yokozuna) in mere seconds. SECONDS! All while Bret Hart had to watch from the sidelines.

For Bret Hart, it was back to the drawing board as he looked to make his way back to the WWF Championship. Luckily for him, a brand new event called King of the Ring was just around the corner and the winner would be in "championship contention" - some nebulas/vague descriptor that didn't make it clear if/when said winner would receive a title shot, but that's besides the point.

Bret Hart was quick to tell the world that we may be in for a "new" Bret Hart as he looked to make his way back to the WWF Title in an interview with Vince McMahon. For Hart, he told the world that it was "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and that he was willing to do whatever it took to get back to the WWF Championship.

Even after Hart showed a lot more viciousness in his first post-Mania Raw matchup against Steve Vega where Hart repeatedly slammed Vega's knee into the ring post and then refused to let go of the Sharpshooter at first, there was still one man who wasn't buying into Hart's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" attitude, and that was the man he was scheduled to face off against in the King of the Ring Quarterfinals - BAM BAM BIGELOW.

Bigelow had recently injured Bret's brother Owen in a WWF Superstars match up and had promised to do the same thing to Bret. But Bigelow seemed to be actively TRYING to bring out some darkness in Bret, quite evident on May 24th's episode of Raw when Bret ran out to make the save as Bigelow was attacking his opponent Phil Apollo post match. Hart snatched a chair from Bigelow, while The Beast from the East began to actively taunt Hart to hit him with the chair. When Hart hesitate, Bigelow laughed - not thinking Hart had it in him...only for The Hitman to lay out Bigelow with the chair after all! As Hart left the ring that night, Bigelow got back up to his knees with a grin on his face, knowing he was getting to The Hitman

At the King of the Ring Pay Per View, Bigelow would continue to taunt Hart during the match, and Hart would ultimately use an undetected Low Blow to help secure a victory over Bigelow.

Okay, so a little low blow didn't necessarily mean The Hitman was embracing the "dark side" - right? It certainly showed that he was going to do what it took to win, but still not enough to indicate any kind of true change in character. The theme continued into the semi-finals when Bret Hart took on Tatanka where Tatanka's rival Lex Luger would provide a distraction, allowing Bret Hart to pick up the win - though it was unclear if Hart actually noticed the distraction.

But more and more came out as Bret went into the King of the Ring Finals against Razor Ramon. Bret was relentless in the match, brutalizing Ramon's shoulder to the point where Ramon began to get sympathy from the crowd. Ramon himself had been slowly turning face over the past month and earlier in the night seemed to establish that face turn when he turned down an offer from Ted DiBiase to "buy" a win in the QuarterFinals.

A hard fought match saw Hart get a little carried away, trying to rub salt in the wounds of Ramon by finishing him off with his own Razor's Edge, but Ramon was able to escape and backslide his way to victory - picking up the crown of King of the Ring!

But Bret took his new attitude to a new level post match, attacking King Ramon from behind before repeatedly slamming the King of the Ring scepter into Ramon's weakened shoulder from their match - officially turning heel to end the PPV.

Meanwhile, WWF Champion Hulk Hogan was busy at King of the Ring with a big problem of his own - the man he "defeated" at WrestleMania for the title, Yokozuna. Yokozuna would give Hogan a run for his money as Hogan proved to be unable to bodyslam Yokozuna AND Yokozuna even managed to kick out of Hogan's LEGDROP! But ultimately, Hogan picked up a victory by countout after Yokozuna had missed a splash to Hogan on the ring post, knocking himself out.

The question following King of the Ring became, who would now challenge Hogan for the WWF Championship at SummerSlam? After the events of King of the Ring, a match a rematch was signed for July 4th at the 1st ever Stars & Stripes Challenge - "King of the Ring" Razor Ramon would go up against Bret "The Hitman" Hart with a shot at the WWF Championship at SummerSlam on the line! That much anticipated rematch would go in favor of The Hitman, thanks to an assist from Jerry "The King" Lawler - but more on that to come.

So the stage was set - Bret Hart vs. Hulk Hogan - FIRST TIME EVER - For the WWF Championship at SummerSlam! While Hogan was still busy wrapping up his filming of his movie-turned-TV Series Thunder in Paradise, Bret Hart continued to point out that Hogan didn't "deserve" the WWF Championship. Bret put over how he was the one putting his blood, sweat, and tears into to the WWF while Hogan shows up and casually thinks he should be deserving of the WWF title. Meanwhile, there was someone who was concerned by Bret's new attitude - his own brother OWEN HART who was returning from injury. Owen wanted to see Bret win the WWF Championship back, but not by bending the rules to do so. Owen wanted Bret to do things "the right way" while Bret said that he tried that...and it didn't work...so now he was doing things HIS way.

Bam Bam Bigelow continued to play a part in Hart's new attitude - going as far as to take credit for getting Bret to do what it takes and began to take a vested interest in seeing Hart succeed with his newfound attitude. Bigelow went as far as to promise a little surprise for Hart...a surprise that ended up being a sneak attack on Hulk Hogan on the set of Thunder in Paradise! In response to the attack, Hogan would come back to Raw on the last episode before SummerSlam to take on Bam Bam...but despite Bret constantly saying he had nothing to do with Bigelow's attack and they were not working together, Bret would attack Hogan before that match - leading to a double team that revealed Bret and Bigelow were in fact working together. Complicating things a bit more was Owen Hart making the save for Hogan...but we'll discuss that more later.

But the time has come...this Monday live on PPV - Hulk Hogan defends the WWF Championship against Bret Hart in a match that you won't want to miss!

THE MAN THEY CALL STING DEBUTS!
Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji) vs. Sting

Yokozuna went from on top of the world after defeating Bret Hart at WrestleMania IX to win the WWF Championship to mere seconds later losing to Hulk Hogan. He tasted gold but quickly lost it in record setting fashion. And after once again failing to win back the WWF Championship, despite not being pinned at King of the Ring, YOKOZUNA was on a warpath and he and Mr. Fuji were declaring war on not just the WWF but all of America.

They latched on to the one thing Hogan failed to do at King of the Ring....SLAM Yokozuna to the mat. Since his WWF debut, no one had successfully lifted the damn near 600-pound Yokozuna off the mat and slammed him down...so Fuji called out all American athletes, not just the ones in the WWF Locker Room. The gauntlet was laid out for The July 4th Stars & Stripes Challenge - any and all American Athletes were welcome to attempt to slam Yokozuna, but Fuji was sure they'd all fail.

For Fuji and Yokozuna, it was all about embarrassing America on the most patriotic day of the year. But America turned out in large numbers - athletes from the NFL, NBA, and NHL all showed up alongside WWF stars to attempt to slam the big man...but one by one, they failed. A couple along the way were actually able to just barely lift Yokozuna's leg off the mat...but even what appeared to be the final competitor, "MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE, couldn't get the big man off his feet.

Just as it appeared all hope was lost...America was defeated on her birthday...a helicopter appeared and made a landing aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid Battleship that was hosting the event. As a sea of people swarmed the helicopter, out stepped...THE MAN THEY CALL STING!

It was a surreal moment in professional wrestling history. A moment no one thought was possible. The decorated champion who had wrestled all over the world, but never the WWF, had made his debut! And with America on his side, Sting did the even more unthinkable...and SLAMMED Yokozuna to the mat to win the Bodyslam Challenge!

Mr. Fuji would go on to protest the decision, noting that Yokozuna's own momentum from charging towards Sting had aided Sting in his ability to "just barley" get Yokozuna up off the mat, but what was done was done! And further more, it was announced Sting would officially be joining the WWF!

The next month saw Sting touring the country as part of his Deadly Venom Tour visiting fans across the US to hype up his big contract signing at an upcoming Raw. Meanwhile, Yokozuna was now more enraged than ever after being embarrassed by Sting at Stars & Stripes - destroying opponents in the ring, often hitting two or more Bonzai Drops before finishing a match. It was declared by Bobby Heenan on one Raw that Sting had "created a monster" in Yokozuna.

As the Deadly Venom Tour pulled into New York, Sting would make his long awaited debut on WWF Raw to join Vince McMahon in the ring and officially sign his WWF contract. But first. Mr. Fuji showed up, advising Sting that he would be making a big mistake if he signed the contract - because Yokozuna would be waiting for him at SummerSlam if he did...and at SummerSlam, Yokozuna would end Sting's WWF career before it could even begin! Of course, this didn't scare Sting off as he promptly signed the contract and couldn't wait to match up with Yokozuna at SummerSlam!

With SummerSlam just a week away, Yokozuna would deliver one more message to Sting heading into the PPV. As Sting made one more stop on the Deadly Venom Tour - Detroit, the home of this year's SummerSlam....but while Sting was busy signing autographs and making public appearances...Mr. Fuji and Yokozuna showed up to DESTROY the Deadly Venom Bus! Armed with a sledgehammer, Yokozuna pummeled the bus as our final image before SummerSlam! This Monday, Sting makes his WWF in-ring debut...but can he survive this first gargantuan challenge that is Yokozuna?

WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
"The Heart Break Kid" Shawn Michaels (w/Flash Norton) (c) vs. "The Macho Man" Randy Savage

Another FIRST TIME EVER match! There has been perhaps no hotter act in 1993 than WWF Intercontinental Champion "THE HEART BREAK KID" SHAWN MICHAELS. He's been on a roll as champion, taking on and surviving all types of challenges along the way. You'd think someone modest like HBK wouldn't let the success go to his head, but over the past few months - Michaels began to repeatedly refer to himself as The Greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time!

The first person to take issue with this was another former IC champion in MR. PERFECT. However, HBK would get out of having to step up to Perfect's challenge when HBK's debuting bodyguard FLASH NORTON attacked Perfect in the parking garage and put Perfect on the shelf.

With Perfect out of the picture, HBK became tangled up with his former partner MARTY JANNETTY as well as what would turn out to be Jannetty's protégé, "THE 1-2-3 KID" CHRIS CANDIDO after Candido had score a couple unsanctioned roll up pins on Michaels. Ultimately, HBK was able to defeat both Jannetty and Candido, but winning just wasn't enough for Michaels. After his win over Candido, Micahels and Norton assaulted both Candido and Jannetty post match until "THE MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE made the save!

For Savage, he had spent most of 1993 at the announce booth, joining the commentary team when Raw made it's TV debut earlier in the year. Savage had done it all in his career and seemed ready to take a step back - signing a contract that made him purely a commentator and not a wrestler. But Savage, a former Intercontinental Champion himself, grew tired of hearing Michaels claiming week in and out about being "The Greatest Intercontinental Champion" - and watching him and Norton assault the two men in the ring finally set The Macho Man off and he couldn't take it anymore!

The physical contact broke his announcers contract, but Savage had once again found the fire to get back into the ring. He had motivation now and that motivation was to put HBK in his place. After a meeting with Jack Tunney, Savage was able to get himself an Intercontinental Championship match at SummerSlam - and despite HBK's best efforts to put a stop to the match...it's ON! This one has all the potentials to steal the show and be a match for the ages!

Could this match determine who truly is The Greatest Intercontinental Champion Ever?

KING VERSUS KING
"The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler (w/Vinnie Diamond)

Speaking of hot acts, RAZOR RAMON is another star on the rise in 1993, thanks in a large part to his aforementioned King of the Ring tournament win. After stealing the show alongside Bret Hart at KOTR, as we learned earlier in the preview - Ramon would get a shot at the WWF Championship if he could defeat Bret Hart in a KOTR rematch. However, in the weeks leading up to the Stars & Stripes Challenge, JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER took issue with Razor Ramon being called "King."

Lawler himself could've been part of the KOTR tournament, but instead chose to take a bribe from Ted DiBiase - because after all, he's already THE KING and didn't need a tournament to prove anything. But Lawler took big exception to someone like Ramon, a "slimey, sleazeball" being a King - constantly comparing Ramon to the "low life" fans. Ultimately, it was Lawler who showed up and attacked Ramon during his high stakes match with Hart at Stars & Stripes, leading to Ramon losing the match and his shot at the WWF title.

Over the weeks leading to SummerSlam, Lawler continued to play mind games with Ramon - egging him on from the announce booth on WWF Superstars and bringing in a former associate of Ramon's...VINNIE DIAMOND - a night club tycoon from Florida who was previously Ramon's boss before the WWF, to try and defame Razor in front of the WWF audience. But perhaps most memorably was when Lawler brought in none other than ELVIS (well, an Elvis impersonator obviously) to be a guest on The King's Court.

Jerry Lawler soaked in some kudos from "The King of Rock and Roll" as Elvis admitted that Lawler was more of a King than even he..and offered to give up his own title as King to Lawler! Elvis even went on to offer Lawler his "baby" - his hot pink Cadillac.

However, it turned out to all be a set up from Ramon, who was "cleaning" the car for "Elvis" - leading to Ramon attacking Lawler and using the Cadillac as a weapon against both Lawler and Vinnie Diamond. Following the attack, Lawler would be missing in action on commentary the following two episodes of Superstars leading into SummerSlam. But at SummerSlam, Ramon finally gets his hands on Lawler as we determine who the KING of the WWF really is!

WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Steiner Brothers (c) vs. The Quebecers

There is no denying that THE STEINER BROTHERS are THE team right now in the WWF. Not only is it the fact that they are the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions - but they've been pretty darn dominant in their WWF run to this point.

After streamrolling the competition, The Steiners finally got their shot at the tag titles at King of the Ring as they defeated MONEY INC to pick up the gold and then would go on to win a rematch as well (with Mr. Hughes taking the place of an injured Irwin R. Schyster).

THE QUEBECERS are a much newer team but have been very impressive since their debut. It was a couple weeks before Stars & Stripes, Jacques Rougeau (former IC Champion The Mountie) made his return to the WWF, sans Mountie outfit but still sporting the same Anti-American attitude. It was "HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN, of course, who came to America's defense - beginning a short program between these two with Duggan even picking up the win over Rougeau at the July 4th Stars & Stripes Challenge. However, the very next night - July 5th on Raw - Rougeau would attack Jim Duggan and he was joined by his new partner, Carl Oulette - with both men being French Canadians, they quickly dubbed themselves, The Quebecers

Jim Duggan would get another shot at The Quebecers in a singles match with Carl Oulette - and thanks to Rougeau, Oulette would pick up the win. However, it was The Steiner Brothers making the save of a post-match double team...as The Steiners didn't want to stand by and let their friend Duggan get treated that way.

The Steiners quickly became The Quebecers next target thanks to their save and the fact that they're from Detroit - which they have affectionately been referring to as "Canada's Toilet." The Quebecers would earn a shot at SummerSlam by defeating THE SMOKING GUNNS, setting up this showdown - but not before one last sneak attack on the Raw before the PPV, with Rougeau and Oulette using plungers and toilet seat lids to add insult to injury to the WWF Tag Team Champions!

The Undertaker vs. Diesel (w/Harvey Wippleman)

WrestleMania IX saw THE UNDERTAKER being knocked out thanks to the use of chloroform - so though he won the match, THE GIANT GONZALES and HARVEY WIPPLEMAN had seemed to "take out" The Undertaker. Of course, the things are never that easy as The Undertaker would come back a few weeks later and sent Gonzales packing, tossing him in a coffin, never to be seen again.

While the world was spared any more Giant Gonzales matches on WWF TV, it left Harvey Wippleman without a client to battle Taker. But Wippleman wasn't detered as he promised to seek out the "biggest and baddest man" he could find to be The Undertaker's next challenger.

And at King of the Ring - Wippleman found a man named Kevin...but you can call him DIESEL. Wippleman's search lead him to "The Country Club" which was just an ironic name for a biker bar where he found the big rig driving, motorcycle ridin' man known as Diesel. After Wippleman accidentally set off a bar room brawl, he offered Diesel a chance to join him...but it wasn't until the mention of fame and fortune did Diesel agree.

On the July 15th episode of Raw, Diesel and The Undertaker would meet face to face as Diesel introduced himself to Taker and proceeded to attack "The Dead Man" - thinking he had already accomplished what Wippleman wanted...only for Taker to do what he always does in these situations...SIT UP! It was clearly going to take more than just a little attack to keep the Dead Man down.

Wippleman was no newcomer to the mythos of The Undertaker, and knew what had to be done to defeat him...and it all revolved around THE URN. A plan was hatched on the July 26th episode of Raw to get the urn away from Paul Bearer. And after Wippleman's initial idea failed, Diesel took matters into his own hands - kidnapping Bearer and loading him into the back of his big rig before attacking Taker with a tire iron and driving off with both Bearer and the urn in his possession.

Since then, Wippleman has been happily toating the urn while Bearer hasn't been seen...but this past week on Raw, Undertaker made his first appearance since the attack and was seen digging graves for both Wippleman and Diesel, with funeral flowers marking August 30th as their proverbial dates of death.

"The Narcissist" Lex Luger & Luna Vachon vs. Tatanka & Sensational Sherri

We pick this feud up prior to WrestleMania as SENSATIONAL SHERRI had left Shawn Micahels to joined up with TATANKA as her new client as Tatanka battled HBK for the Intercontinental Championship. At WrestleMania, LUNA VACHON debuted alongside Michaels to "even the odds" so to speak. Tatanka would end up winning the match by countout, but the women stole the show with their post-match brawl that really both started the feud and kicked it off with a bang.

Luna and Sherri continued to be at each other's throats, while LEX LUGER found himself thrust into the feud when Sherri interrupted an interview segment involving Luger. When Luger didn't take kindly to the interruption, he put his hands on Sherri - leading to Tatanka making the save. Luna would also get involved and the segment would end with Luna putting Sherri head first into Luger's full body mirror resulting in an injury to Sherri's eye that has lead her to wearing an eyepatch ever since.

After this, Luger and Luna began to work together - calling themselves "The Beauty and the Beast" as they did everything they could to make Sherri and Tatanka's live's Hell - including costing Tatanka his undefeated record in a rematch with Shawn Michaels. Tatanka would get some payback as he cost Luger a spot in the KOTR Tournament, but then Luger himself turned around and distracted Tatanka in his KOTR Semi-finals match with Bret Hart, costing Tatanka a victory.

Sherri and Luna would eventually get a one on one match aboard the U.S.S Intrepid at The WWF Stars & Stripes Challenge - in a short but vicious brawl, it was Sherri who surprised Luna with an inside cradle to pick up the win!

But that wasn't the end of the story, as Luger and Tantanka would also get their chance at one another - with Tatanka scoring the pinfall on Luger, but not before he accidentally knocked his own manager Sherri off the apron to lead up to the win. With Luger calling foul on the way they won - and also trying to plant seeds of doubt between Tatanka and Sherri by suggesting that Tatanka cared more about winning than Sherri...a match was made for SummerSlam between these two rival pairings!

Owen Hart vs. Bam Bam Bigelow

As we found out earlier in the preview, this one really all started on an episode of WWF Superstars before King of the Ring when BAM BAM BIGELOW and OWEN HART were competing in the Feature Match of the evening. An injury to Owen cut the match short, allowing Bam Bam to pick up the win. With Bam Bam taking ownership of "injuring" Owen, Bam Bam set his sights on the KOTR Tournament and Owen's brother Bret.

When Owen returned from his injury, he at first was just confronting his brother over Bret's recent change in attitude. Owen didn't like the changes and didn't even recognize this version of his brother. Owen implored Bret to "do the right thing" - but Bret was quick to point out that "doing the right thing" had gotten Owen nowhere in his career and had lost Bret the WWF Championship. Meanwhile Bigelow has continued to be the figurative "devil on the shoulder" to Bret. Meanwhile, Bigelow has tried to further the divide between the two brothers by insisting to Bret that Owen is going to "get in the way" of Bret winning the WWF Title and that Bret had "more important" things to worry about.

While Bret still seems to care for his brother, as evident by The Hitman preventing Bigelow from attacking Owen with a chair on the most recent episode of Raw, he definitely has his eyes set on the WWF Championship. However, Bam Bam Bigelow has said that perhaps he could do for Owen what "he did" for Bret...bring out the "fire" and show him what "needs to be done" to get to the top.

This Monday at SummerSlam - what will Bigelow have in store for Owen in the ring and can Owen get some payback on Bigelow and perhaps show his brother that you can win with morals?

The Smoking Gunns vs. Men on a Mission (/w Oscar)

Besides the tag champions, there probably has been no stronger team in the WWF's tag team scene this Summer than THE SMOKING GUNNS. Debuting prior to the King of the Ring, The Gunns have been on a tear - going undefeated up until recently including their biggest win coming over MONEY INC in what many considered to be an upset.

And speaking of upset, no one was more upset about the lose than "THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN" TED DIBIASE himself. Not one to enjoy being humiliated by a loss, DiBiase promptly put a bounty on the heads of the Smoking Gunns - making them WWF's Most Wanted!

Over the next few weeks - teams like THE BEVERLY BROTHERS and THE HEADSHRINKERS tried and failed to take out The Gunns...meanwhile, vignettes began to air for MEN ON A MISSION BOUNTY HUNTERS - three down on their luck bounty hunters who were struggling to make ends meet. However, DiBiase's "Wanted" flyers showed up and suddenly they saw their chance to earn themselves a highly sought after reward.

WWF Stars & Stripes saw Money Inc and The Smoking Gunns in a rematch...but it was a match that would never actually happen as Mabel, Mo, and Oscar - The Men on a Mission - made their debut by attacking the Gunns and earning themselves that bountiful bounty. Or at least, so they thought...because on a following Raw, The Smoking Gunns managed to lasso themselves the steel briefcase containing that bounty money before DiBiase was able to hand it over to M.O.M!

With the Gunns in possession of their own bounty, they found themselves in a match with THE QUEBECERS with a shot at the WWF Tag Titles on the line - but it was Men on a Mission who showed up to attack The Gunns and allow The Quebecers to pick up the win, while Oscar was able to get their bounty back as well!

For the Gunns, it's not about the money...it's about payback on The Men on a Mission...and the tables have turned, because it's now The Gunns with their own "Most Wanted" list...with Mo and Mable right at the top!

Crush & Adam Bomb vs. CarnEvil

There's perhaps no longer running feud in the WWF right now than CRUSH and DOINK THE CLOWN - dating back to early 1993 when Crush became one of the first victims of the pranks being committed by Doink around the WWF. The duo would meet up at WrestleMania with Doink picking up the win thanks to use of a prosthetic arm and another Doink!

Following WrestleMania, Crush began to have paranoia about other Doinks - constantly checking under the ring as Doink would play mindgames with Crush, such as having his theme music randomly play during one of Crush's matches. Both men would be entered into the King of the Ring tournament and found themselves matched up against each other in a Quarterfinals Match. However, Doink had another trick up his sleeve when he tied up and replaced a WWF official with a man who would go on to be known as THE RINGMASTER (Scott Levy). Ringmaster would use a taser on Crush and then count a 3 count for Doink, which would later be thrown out from the record books since The Ringmaster was not an actual WWF Official.

Doink and The Ringmaster began going by the name CARNEVIL and continued to torment Crush - including attacking him before Crush was scheduled to have one of his biggest matches of his career against Yokozuna. That attack had Crush off TV for a few weeks before coming back to announce he was going to find himself a tag partner to even the odds with CarnEvil...and to do so he was going to fight "fire with fire" or..."Freak with Freak."

Finding himself his own "Freak" - Crush went to 3 Mile Island to find ADAM BOMB - a man who survived the 3 Mile Island incident but not without certain radioactive side effects...bright green eyes, bright red tongue...and perhaps most impressive - an extremely high tolerance for pain - as seen when Crush revealed him to the world and Ringmaster attempted to use his taser on Adam Bomb only to have it have no effect on the big man!

With such a powerful ally now on his side, can Crush finally defeat CarnEvil once and for all? Or will the circus act have one more trick up their sleeves?

Well, Todd's Mom had finished the snacks...he was ready...are you? If you haven't ordered the PPV yet - WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Contact your cable provider RIGHT NOW!

WWF SummerSlam 1993
August 30, 1993
Live on Pay-Per-View from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan

PREDICTION TEMPLATE

WWF Championship Match: Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Bret Hart

The Man They Call Sting Debuts!: Yokozuna vs. Sting

WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Randy Savage

King vs. King: Jerry Lawler vs. Razor Ramon

WWF Tag Team Championship Match: The Steiner Brothers (c) vs. The Quebecers

Diesel vs. The Undertaker

Mixed Tag Team Match: Lex Luger & Luna Vachon vs. Tatanka & Sensational Sherri

Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Owen Hart

Men on a Mission vs. The Smoking Gunns

CarnEvil vs. Crush & Adam Bomb

BONUS:
1. Predict the match order
2. Who gets the pinfall in the Mixed Tag Team Match
3. What will be the Longest Match?
4. What will be the Shortest Match?

BattleTank · Apr 12, 2026

Oh, man! So great to see this back. Big fan of the graphics, they give me serious 2020 locked down at home with absolutely nothing to do vibes

I feel like I've predicted this show before, but the great news is I have zero recollection of this show being written out or not, so I am going into this one as a new reader, which is really cool!

10 WWF Championship Match: Hulk Hogan (c) vs. Bret Hart
Pushing Bret makes the most sense. Would Hogan ever do the job? No. But in this world, Bret reigns supreme!

9 The Man They Call Sting Debuts!: Yokozuna vs. Sting
The thread is named after the man, so no chance he loses here.

5 WWF Intercontinental Championship Match: Shawn Michaels (c) vs. Randy Savage
A feud I've always wanted to see play out. Savage is a tough challenger, but this is more about adding another notch to Shawn's belt.

7 King vs. King: Jerry Lawler vs. Razor Ramon
Razor/Bret is the money feud down the line. Lawler is good fodder for Razor.

1 WWF Tag Team Championship Match: The Steiner Brothers (c) vs. The Quebecers
No chance The Steiners lose here.

2 Diesel vs. The Undertaker
I sense some sort of shenanigans take place here. Taker can't lose clean, and neither can Diesel for that matter. I'm putting down Taker as the winner but I can see a No Contest or Double DQ happening.

3 Mixed Tag Team Match: Lex Luger & Luna Vachon vs. Tatanka & Sensational Sherri
Wow, I totally forgot about this spot before reading your preview. So much fun. Give me Tatanka over anybody not named Crush...

4 Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Owen Hart
Owen will show Bret that he has what it takes. Some sort of shock win for Owen here, maybe a Victory Roll?

6 Men on a Mission vs. The Smoking Gunns
We all win with this match! I'm picking the Gunns because they make more sense taking on The Steiners down the line, although the thought of Rick trying to hoist Mo or Mabel up on his shoulders is quite the thought...

8 CarnEvil vs. Crush & Adam Bomb
Only going with young Kronic because of Crush. How could I not pick CarnEvil while looking at that pic of Raven in a top hat? I'm really excited for this matchup.

BONUS:
1. Predict the match order- DONE
2. Who gets the pinfall in the Mixed Tag Team Match- Tatanka
3. What will be the Longest Match? HBK/Savage
4. What will be the Shortest Match? MOM/Gunns

Really excited that you brought this back. Such a trip down memory lane. Pumped for whenever it hits newsstands! Best of luck writing, my friend!

Stojy · Apr 12, 2026

Looking forward to reading Summerslam... Again. Just going back through this again, this is easily my favourite BTB of yours. Booking is phenomenal and this Summerslam card is sexy as all hell.

Dubb · Apr 15, 2026

WWF SUMMERSLAM 1993
August 30, 1993
LIVE on PPV from the Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI

We open up to patriotic music playing overtop of the sights and sounds of The Deadly Venom Tour as it made stops in cities all over the US this Summer - with Sting greeting fans, chumming it up with celebrities, and making publicity stops like throwing off the first pitch at a Cubs game and waving the green flag for a NASCAR race. Gene Okerlund greets us with his voice over.

Gene Okerlund:
The Deadly Venom tour has been crisscrossing this great land of ours. With THE MAN THEY CALL STING meeting hundreds of thousands of fans of all ages! His final destination - The Palace of Auburn Hills in Suburban Detroit - TONIGHT - the home of SUMMERSLAM!

The video transitions over to the Deadly Venom Tour Bus arriving in Detroit and being greeted by a mass gathering of Lil' Stingers.

Gene Okerlund:
However, one man was not going to give the Deadly Venom Tour a happy ending! That man is Sting's opponent tonight at SummerSlam - the man that Sting defied all odds by SLAMMING TO THE MAT aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid on July 4th - the FORMER WWF WORLD CHAMPION - YOKOZUNA!

Video transitions to the footage from last week on Raw as Yokozuna destroyed The Deadly Venom bus with a sledgehammer both inside and out as Mr. Fuji watched on, laughing.

Gene Okerlund:
TONIGHT, THE MAN THEY CALL STING makes his WWF debut as he takes on YOKOZUNA! BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!

The video transitioned to a replay from WrestleMania IX as Hulk Hogan came out following Yokozuna's title win over Bret Hart, winning the belt seconds later in an impromptu match.

Gene Okerlund:
It's a match four months in the making! Since losing the title at WrestleMania, Bret "The Hitman" Hart has done WHATEVER IT TAKES to get back to this point...

Video now shows off Bret attacking Razor Ramon after The King of the Ring and then the double team on Hulk Hogan from Raw with Bam Bam Bigelow.

Gene Okerlund:
It's the WWF CHAMPION "THE IMMORTAL" HULK HOGAN...it's BRET "THE HITMAN" HART...FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER...RIGHT HERE TONIGHT FROM THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS...THIS IS THE 1993 EDITION OF SUMMERSLAM!

We went LIVE from the Palace of Auburn Hills as the raspy voice of Vince McMahon welcomed us to the show while the camera panned from the top level of the arena, showcasing the capacity crowd. Vince was joined at ringside by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and they hyped up tonight's show, which Vince mentioned featured not one, not two, but THREE WWF Championship Matches - but Heenan quickly interjected to correct Vince, saying that there were actually FOUR titles on the line tonight. Vince seemed confused as he mentions Bret Hart vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF Championship, Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, and The Quebecers vs. The Steiner Brothers for the WWF Tag Team Championship...that's THREE. But Heenan pointed out that the title of KING OF THE WWF is on the line as well with King of the Ring Razor Ramon taking on Jerry "The King" Lawler!

And, of course, the moment the world has been waiting for since July 4th when he stepped off the helicopter aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid - THE MAN THEY CALL STING makes his WWF debut right here tonight at SUMMERSLAM!

"WE'RE NOT THE MOUNTIES!"

The awful singing from Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Oulette over the arena's sound system mean we were kicking the night off with one of those aforementioned title matches as The Quebecers became the first wrestlers to walk out to greet the Michigan crowd...and are promptly greeted with defeating boos. Vince chimed in for those not in the know, The Quebecers have spent the past few weeks bashing the home state of their opponents tonight, which happens to be the state of Michigan, by calling it Canada's Toilet! So needless to say, the crowd really let The Quebecers have it hear as they walk out from the back - each carrying a plunger in one hand and a toilet seat lid in the other!

Vince noted that this is reminiscent of Raw last week when Rougeau and Oulette attack Rick and Scott Steiner with those notable bathroom utensils and Heenan is hoping they get to use them again tonight.

The Quebecers climbed into the ring and Pierre took the microphone.

Pierre Oulette:
AASIEDS-TOI ET TAIS-TOI!

Nothing but a chorus of loud boos towards the French language.

Jacques Rougeau:
That means SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!

More boos.

Pierre Oulette:
STEINERS - CE SOIR, NOUS VOUS RINÇONS LES TOILETTES! HAHAHA!

Jacques Rougeau:
Haha - STEINERS, TONIGHT - WE FLUSH YOU BACK TO WHERE YOU BELONG...DOWN THE TOILET! HAHAHA!

"PRIDES OF MICHIGAN"

The boos filling the arena quickly turned to overwhelming cheers as the hometown boys, the WWF Tag Team Champions - Rick and Scott...THE STEINER BROTHERS, walked out from the back to interrupt the diatribe from the French Canadians. Rick and Scott took their time in the aisle, soaking up the adoration of the fans before heading down to the ring, giving out a copious amount of high fives along the way.

At ringside, we see that members of the Steiner family are in attendance tonight, Vince identifying Rick and Scott's mother and sister at ringside - cheering the tag champs on. Rick and Scott stopped to give the girls a couple hugs before they climbed into the ring to get tonight's first match under way!

WWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
THE QUEBECERS VS. THE STEINER BROTHERS (c)

The Quebecers tried to ambush the Steiners as soon as they entered the ring, but with the hot crowd behind them, Rick and Scott quickly battled back and would start the match hot, soon sending both Pierre and Jacques to ringside with a pair of dueling STEINERLINES.

While at ringside, Oulette and Rougeau spotted Mother and Sister Steiner and made the unwise decision to approach them and trade words...with Rougeau actually having the audacity to hit on the Steiner Sister - only to get a SLAP across the face! From commentary, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan cried for a DQ while Vince insisted that they "had it coming!"

After a brief brawl at ringside and Oulette taking Rick out of the picture briefly by sending him into the ring steps, the Quebecers were able to get the upperhand on Scott Steinr in the ring. However, The Steiners could not be contained in front of their home crowd, the advantage being brief before Scott was able to counter a backdrop attempt from Rougeau into a double underhook suplex.

Rick as the legal man came into the ring, trading some back and forth with Rougeau before Irish Whipping the French Canadian into the ropes. Off the ropes, Jacques ducked a Steinerline from Rick, bounced off the oppsite ropes and charged back towards Rick. Rougeau attempted to leapfrog Rick, but Rick CAUGHT him in the air and POWERSLAMS ROUGEAU TO THE MAT! Rick with the pinfall attempt...

ONE!

TWO!

KICKOUT!

Rick and Scott took turns working over Rougeau until Rougeau was able to get a boot up in the corner as Steiner chargerd in for a clothesline. With Scott staggering, Rougeau showed off some versatility as he climbed to the top turnbuckle and hit a FLYLING CLOTHESLINE to Scott Steiner! Rougeau with the pin this time: ONE, TWO, NO!

With Steiner in trouble, Rougeau backed off and takes a moment to rile up the crowd by miming a toilet flush, reigniting the louds boos from the Michigan fans, before he charged in with a corner clothesline to Steiner. Rougeau then made the tag to Pierre before lifting Scott up and holding him in place as Pierre bounced off the ropes with a head of steam...RUNNING LARIAT from Oulette combined with a LEGSWEEP from Rougeau! Rougeau left the ring as Oulette makes the cover: One, Two, Thre - NO! Shoulder up!

After Oulette picked up another nearfall on Scott Steiner after a slingspot splash, he headed over and made the tag to Rougeau. Pierre and Jacques both stomped on the fallen Scott Steiner before pulling him to his feet. Double Irish Whip to Steiner sent him into the ropes...and Steiner DUCKED a double clothesline attempt, before bouncing off the ropes and coming back with...

A DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE OF HIS OWN!

The crowd was alive as Steiner had taken down both members of the Quebecers and now he himself was making the crawl to the corner and GOT THE TAG TO RICK!

The hot tag proved effect as Rick came in and cleaned house with a pair of Steinerlines for each Quebecer as well as a Belly to Belly Suplex to Rougeau! Rick made the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

Oulette came in with a jumping elbow drop to break up the pin...

BUT RICK MOVED OUT OF THE WAY!

OULETTE NAILED ROUGEAU WITH THE ELBOW!

Rick greeted Oulette back to his feet with a few punches before clotheslining him over the top and to the ringside area! Rick turned his attention back to Rougeau, while at ringside Oulette got back to his feet and grabbed one of the toilet seat lids! As Rick dropped his partner in the ring with a back suplex, Oulette slid into the ring and charged towards Rick with the toilet seat lid...

But Scott Steiner cut him off with his own STEINERLINE! Down went Oulette and the toilet lid! Scott sent Oulette into the corner, placing him on the top turnbuckle while Sister Steiner jumped over the guard rail and grabs the other toilet seat lid, tossing it in to Rick! Scott picked up the one Oulette had and they share a look with one another..and they open up the lids and Rick placed his lid around Rougeau's neck while Scott did the same for Oulette - each Quebecer now wearing a toilet seat lid like a necklace.

The crowd was loving it as Scott put Oulette seated on the top turnbuckle while Rick climbs to the opposite turnbuckle as Rougeau was staggering on his feet...STEINER BULLDOG TO ROUGEAU...and a FRAKENSTEINER TO OULETTE - both while wearing toilet seat lids!

Rick made the cover on Rougeau!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

The Steiner Brothers win in front of their home town crowd!

Winners and STILL WWF Tag Team Champions: The Steiner Brothers by pinfall at 7:32

"It looks like it's the Quebecers getting FLUSHED tonight after all!" Vince declared as The Steiner Brothers celebrate in the ring. The Quebecers were left to an embarrassing shot of both lying on the mat, wearing toilet seat lids in a similar fashion to how they left The Steiners lying on Raw...but tonight was when it mattered, with the WWF Tag Titles on the line! The Tag Division is still owned by the Steiner Brothers!

Rick and Scott leave the ring with the belts, stopping at ringside to celebrate with their sister and mother once more much to the delight of the fans - what a way to start the show!

Over at the WWF Hotline, you can call in and talk with WWF Superstars! In a few moments, The Steiner Brothers would be on the line to discuss their win but right now, "The Macho Man" Randy Savage was on the horn as we listened in on a caller asking Randy about some of his all time favorite matches.

"HIGH ENERGY"

Back to the ring, "The Rocket" Owen Hart was making his way out in his baby blue tights with matching ring jacket. And as his theme music title suggests, he really brought the energy as he rushed down to the ring, slapping hands with the fans before climbing up onto the turnbuckle and backflipping his way into the ring. While Vince put over Owen's speed and agility, Heenan said it wouldn't matter when his opponent is this man...

"BAM BAM"

"The Beast from the East" Bam Bam Bigelow made the slow walk down to the ring, receiving loud jeers from the crowd. As Bigelow made the long and slow walk down to the ring, ignoring the boos, Vince and Heenan discussed how Bigelow had really brought out a new side of Bret Hart back at King of the Ring...but Owen Hart was refusing to cross over to "the dark side" - Vince commended Owen for his integrity but Heenan wasn't so sure. The competition is tough in the WWF and sometimes doing what "ya gotta do" has to be done!

"THE ROCKET" OWEN HART VS. "THE BEAST FROM THE EAST" BAM BAM BIGELOW

Owen wasted absolutely no time starting the match by rushing in with a running dropkick to Bigelow that barely phased the Beast from the East. But Owen tackled him head on from the opening bell, showing some of that "fire" as he unloaded rapid right hands that had Bigelow against the ropes. Vince was quick to tell Bigelow he should "be careful what you wish for" because early on, Owen was showing he came to fight.

Bigelow would quickly look to extinguish the flame of Owen's early offense as he connected with an impressive standing enziguri that literally sent Owen head over heels to the mat. Bigelow then began to unleash his powerful headbutt offense to Owen. With Owen seemingly in trouble early, Bigelow grabbed another handful of Owen's long golden locks and let out a primal roar to towards the crowd before yelling out "C'MON OWEN! SHOW ME WHATCHA GOT!" and then proceeded to deliver another crushing headbutt to Owen to send him back down to the mat.

Despite Bigelow's continued dominance, Owen showed off his heart as he tried to fight his way back - soon stopping Bigelow's block of Owen's own kick to turn it into a repayment from earlier moments as Owen hit an ENZIGURI of his own to Bigelow that sent the Beast down to one knee. With Bigelow shaking off the cobwebs, Owen headed to the top turnbuckle and took flight - hitting a FLYING FRONT DROPKICK TO BIGELOW that finally TOOK THE BIG MAN DOWN!

After attempting a Sunsetflip for only a ONE count, Owen began trying to work over Bigelow's arm with a standing armbar mixed in with some elbows to the upper arm, but Bigelow powered free and bodyslammed Hart to the mat - but an elbow drop from Bigelow was avoided as Owen rolled out of the way!

Owen once again tried to rally, but Bigelow absorbed the blow and with a handful of Owen's hair, Bigelow showed off his strength as he RAGDOLLED Owen through the ropes to ringside! As Vince would point out as Bigelow followed Owen to ringside with a sadistic grin, this is not where Owen wanted to be.

It was all Bigelow at ringside as he pummeled the younger Hart with headbutts and chops as well as utilizing the guard rail to slam Owen back first into repeatedly. Bigelow then took Owen by the hair and walked with him at ringside..."THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE!" Bigelow yelled at Hart before tossing him head first into the ring post!

Continuing his dominance, Bigelow would repeatedly egg on Owen with a loud "C'MON OWEN!" before continuing his attack - including choking him at ringside with a cable cord while the referee would eventually break it up and threaten disqualification towards Bigelow.

Finally returning to the ring, Bigelow stalked over Owen as "The Rocket" was struggling to get up...making his way up to his knees as Bigelow watched over, admiring his handiwork. Bigelow walked over to the struggling Owen...and SLAPPED HIM SQUARE ACROSS THE FACE!

"C'MON OWEN!"

SLAP!

"C'MON! SHOW ME THAT FIRE!"

SLAP!

"SHOW ME YOU CAN DO WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN!"

SLAP!

"SHOW ME LIKE YOUR BROTHER DID!"

SLA - NO! OWEN BLOCKS IT!

Owen found his second wind as the crowd rallied him, taking Bigelow down with a spinning heel kick and then picking up a nearfall off of a swinging neckbreaker, but Bigelow was able to kick out. However, Owen's rally attempt was cut short after Bigelow blocked a running crucifix attempt into a SAMOAN DROP.

Unrelenting on his attack, Bigelow pulled Owen up - lifting him up into the air into a Gorilla Press before slamming The Rocket back down to the mat! After dropping another pair of headbutts down onto Owen - Bigelow headed over to the upper righthand corner of the ring and began messing with the top turnbuckle pad as the referee was checking in on Owen. Bigelow untied the pads, much to the chagrin of Vince McMahon from commentary. The referee returned to position to notice Bigelow finishing untying the pad and leaving it hanging by one final strand. Another warning came Bigelow's way as the referee began to attend to the pad attempting to get it back on.

With the referee busy, Bigelow approached Owen and...helped him back up to his feet? Bigelow reached inside his trunks and pulled out..BRASS KNUCKLES!

But Bigelow surprised everyone, especially Owen himself as Bigelow placed the KNUX in Owen's palm. Bigelow then stepped back and dropped down to his knees.

"DO IT!" Bigelow begbed with a smirk.

While Heenan wondered what Owen was waiting for, Vince called Bigelow sick and twisted for what he was doing - literally begging to get Owen to cheat to win! But Owen was hesitant in the ring, looking down at the brass knuckles and then...TOSSING THEM AWAY out of the ring! "You idiot!" Heenan declared while Vince commended Owen for doing the right thing...

But the right thing came at a price.

After Owen tossed away the knuckles, he turned back towards Bigelow only to be met with a KICK TO THE GROIN! A lowblow that went completely undetected as the referee finished replacing the turnbuckle pad and returning to see Bigelow hitting Owen with a double underhook backbreaker! With Owen laid out, Bigelow climbed to the top turnbuckle - flying off with the DIVING HEADBUTT to Owen!

Bigelow made the pin...

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Winner: Bam Bam Bigelow by pinfall at 8:07

Bigelow pulls away from the referee as he tries to lift up his arm in victory and instead walks over to the fallen Owen and kneels down beside him. The camera gets in close to capture Bigelow's words as he can be heard telling Owen..."Looks like...you just don't got it! HA HA HA HA!"

With that, the Beast from the East rolls out of the ring and heads up the aisle to a warm round of boos from the crowd. Vince calls Bigelow's win disgusting but Heenan criticizes Owen for not having the "killer instinct" and that's why he lost tonight!

We kick it back to Todd Pettengill who is with the two members of CarnEvil - Doink the Clown and The Ringmaster. They are about to head to the ring for their tag team match against Crush and Adam Bomb. The Ringmaster does most of the talking here as he talks about how they take issue with the use of the word "Freaks" when Crush stated he was fighting fire with fire by getting his own "freak." The Ringmaster warns Crush that he may think tonight will end this battle once and for all..but ominously declares that this was just the next "act" in the "Greatest Show on Earth." Doink maniacally laughs and tells Ringmaster it's time to go..."Have some fun!"

"NUCLEAR WINTER"

Sure enough, back to the ring - Crush was making his way down to the ringside alongside his partner, the newest WWF superstar Adam Bomb. Vince caught us up on the backstory of Adam Bomb being a survivor of the 3 Mile Island incident and that he has some mutations as a result - including his green eyes, blood red tongue, and of course his abnormal pain tolerance. The duo climbed into the ring, shared a double high five and then awaited their opponents.

"GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH"

The Ringmaster walked out before Doink came out holding several balloons. On the way to the ring, Doink handed out some balloons to some lucky kids, but each time he handed out a balloon...he used a needle to POP it - causing much laughter from both Doink and The Ringmaster and disgust from Vince McMahon on commentary.

CRUSH & ADAM BOMB VS. CARNEVIL (DOINK THE CLOWN & THE RINGMASTER)

Eager to get his hands on both Doink and Ringmaster, Crush started the match off for his team while Doink looks to start the match for CarnEvil. Crush came in with a head of steam, wanting to get his hands on Doink, but Doink ducked a punch from Crush and rolled out of the ring. An angered Crush yelled out to Doink from in the ring, telling the "coward" to get back in...but Crush was attacked from behind by The Ringmaster! The smaller Ringmaster tried to get the drop on Crush, but Crush quickly fought back with his size and strength advantage...until Doink re-entered the ring to bring the numbers game to Crush!

Doink and Ringmaster managed to get Crush into the corner as the referee tried to get some control, but Doink instead shoved the referee away as they continued to double team Crush with boots to the midsection in the corner...

But in came ADAM BOMB!

The big man stepped over the top rope to enter the ring - immediately drawing the attention of both Doink and Ringmaster. They grabbed arms and ran in for a double clothesline to Adam Bomb, but it was completely no sold by the "mutant." Adam Bomb grabbed Ringmaster and tossed him through the ropes to ringside! Staring down the big man and witnessing the ease he just handled his partner, Doink decided to avoid conflict and duck to ringside himself to join Ringmaster instead of taking on Adam Bomb by himself.

Pumped up, Crush joined his partner in the ring - slapping him on the back and throwing his fists up in the air.

Crush walked to the ropes and pointed at Doink and Ringmaster, encouraging them once again to get back into the ring before turning back towards his partner...

BIG BOOT FROM ADAM BOMB TO CRUSH!

"WAIT JUST A MINUTE!" Vince cried out. "ADAM BOMB JUST LAID OUT HIS OWN PARTNER!"

Doink and Ringmaster were all smiles from ringside as Adam Bomb grabbed Crush by the head and pulled him to his feet before dropping him back down with a big delayed vertical suplex.

Doink and Ringmaster now climbed back into the ring. Ringmaster and Doink both stared down at Adam Bomb...before Ringmaster reached over and gave the big man a PAT ON THE BACK! As Vince realized Adam Bomb seems to be in on it with CarnEvil - Heenan pointed out that he definitely fits in better with the circus...and advised that next time Crush might want to not refer to his "friends" as "freaks."

A brief three on one attack to Crush lead up to Adam Bomb showing off his strength as he lifted Crush up onto his shoulders before driving him down into the mat with the Nuclear Meltdown pumphandle slam.

Doink gladly made the cover afterwards....

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Winners: CarnEvil at 3:02

The crowd greeted the winners with boos as they celebrated in the ring alongside their apparent newfound member. While Adam Bomb doesn't show any emotion, he did walk off with Doink and Ringmaster - leaving Crush alone in the ring on his back as tonight their sideshow appeared to be one member stronger.

In the back, Todd Pettengill, was with the WWF Intercontinental Champion, "The Heart Break Kid" Shawn Michaels getting his thoughts on his match later tonight with Randy Savage. As his brick wall of a bodyguard, Flash Norton stood in silence behind him, HBK said that "they" don't call him the "Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time" for nothing - he's EARNED IT by beating the best the WWF has to offer. Michaels admitted that his opponent, Randy Savage, had accomplished a lot of great things in his career - but "WHAT HAS HE DONE LATELY? Sit on his BUTT and collect a paycheck?!" HBK said, referencing Savage's time as a WWF Raw commentator. Michaels promised that tonight, he'd send Savage to the retirement home once and for all.

"DIESEL BLUES"

Back to the ring, Harvey Wippleman was leading his client..the big and bad Diesel down to the ring from the back. Wippleman was looking more confident as ever as he carried The Undertaker's urn down with him to the ring, and Heenan said he had every right to - because despite all his attempts at taking down The Undertaker and the many clients he has had going after The Dead Man - he's never had someone like this man, DIESEL in his portfolio. Heenan said Diesel had it all - "He's got the power, he's got the strength, he's got the skills, and just look at him - he's cool, he's got the look, McMahon!"

Diesel did head to the ring behind Wippleman with a certain amount of swagger, ignoring the boos from the crowd as he stepped up onto the apron and stepped over the top rope to enter the ring with ease. He tossed his fist up in the air, bringing in the boos from the crowd.

"FUNERAL MARCH"

The lights in the arena went out and the gongs could only mean one thing - the arrival of THE UNDERTAKER was imminent. The crowd were on their feet awaiting the arrival of Taker, who hadn't been seen in arena since Diesel and Wippleman stole the urn and kidnapped Paul Bearer - though he has been sending some funeral arrangements over the last few weeks to Diesel and Wippleman, sending a clear message for what The Undertaker had in mind tonight.

The Undertaker finally slowly walked out from the back...and there was still no Paul Bearer in sight. As McMahon and Heenan wondered where Bearer has been since we last saw him in the back of Diesel's trailer...The Undertaker made his way down and climbed into the ring.

DIESEL (w/HARVEY WIPPLEMAN) vs. THE UNDERTAKER

Having watched The Undertaker's entrance from outside the ring, Diesel looked to strike first as he climbed into the ring and headed straight at The Undertaker to start the match. But Taker saw him coming and they meet each other, center of the ring, with an exchange of right hands. Back and forth they went as Bobby Heenan pointed out this certainly will not be a "wrestling" match between these two! Vince put it over as power vs. power as the two continued to trade right hands with neither backing down.

A knee to the midsection from Diesel to Undertaker was the first true change of pace, as Diesel got in the first upperhand. Diesel sent Taker into the corner before charging in with a big corner clothesline to The Dead Man, the ring ropes literally rocking from the collision in the corner. As Wippleman polished the urn at ringside, Diesel unloaded a flurry of elbows and knee strikes in the corner to The Undertaker.

Diesel looked to continue that same offense, whipping Undertaker into the opposite ropes and charging in for a clothesline - but this time THE UNDERTAKER GOT HIS BOOT UP! Diesel was left staggering as Undertaker now charged out with his own big running clothesline...but Diesel was still standing! Undertaker would go right back on the attack with some right hands before Diesel fought back with his own right hands, working Taker across the ropes and then CLOTHESLINING HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR - but THE UNDERTAKER landed on his feet at ringside!

The fight would continue at ringside, at first in favor of The Undertaker - until Harvey Wippleman tried to get involved with the turn. However, Undertaker saw him coming and quickly chased the sniveling Wippleman away. But all this allowed Diesel to recover long enough to attack Undertaker from behind.

However, Undertaker would end up BLOCKING an attempt from Diesel to slam him head first into the ring steps. A back elbow from Undertaker to Diesel staggered him as Undertaker grabbed him by the head and instead sent DIESEL heard first into the ringsteps!

Back in the ring, Undertaker would attempt a pinfall but Diesel would kick out after just one. Diesel would start to battle back against Taker, but after attempting sending the Dead Man into the ropes and attempting a backdrop, Underter telegraphed it and countered it by dropping to the mat and hitting abig UPPERCUT THROAT THRUST to Diesel! Diesel was STAGGERD as Undertaker moved in for the kill..looking for the TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER...but Diesel escaped down Taker's back.

Despite escaping the Tombstone, Diesel was unable to take advantage. Taker was able to get back in control, soon performing his tight rope walk across the ring ropes while holding the arm of Diesel and coming down with a FLYING CHOP to Diesel's right shoulder. It still didn't take Diesel down to the mat - only staggering the big man. Looking to follow up, Taker bounced off the ropes and went for a clothesline, but Diesel DUCKED. Off the opposite ropes, Undertaker ran into a BIG BOOT from Diesel!

Showing some weariness from the battle, Diesel dropped to a knee, unable to immediately take advantage of the desperation Big Boot. Undertaker would roll out to the apron and begin to pull himself as Diesel went in pursuit. Diesel grabbed a handful of Undertaker's hair, but Taker would beak it up by reaching up and grabbing Diesel by the head and dropping down throat first across the top ropes! Diesel staggered away from the ropes as Taker climbed back on the apron, scaled the turnbuckle...DIVING CLOTHESLINE FROM THE UNDERTAKER TO DIESEL! As Vince was in awe of a man of Undertaker's size flying through the air: The Undertaker went for the pin: ONE - TWO - THR.....NO! Diesel kicked out!

Undertaker wasn't finished with putting on a highlight reel showcasing his freakish abilities. After sending Diesel out of the ring once again with a clothesline, Undertaker showed he was pulling out all stops in this battle as he bounced off the far ropes...and LEAPED OVER THE TOP ROPE, NO HANDS, WITH A SUICIDE DIVE ONTO DIESEL leaving both Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan speechless. Vince noted that The Undertaker wanted this one perhaps more than he's ever wanted a win in his career after what Diesel and Wippleman have done to him and Paul Bearer, and moves like that one show just what he's willing to do to get the win.

The brawl continued outside the ring, with Diesel fighting his way back after reversing Undertaker's Irish Whip into the guard rail. Diesel showed off his power as he lifted Undertaker up into his arms almost as if he was hugging Taker, lifting him off the ground and RAMMING HIM BACK FIRST INTO THE RING POST! Diesel did that two more times before laying Taker down onto the apron and rolling him back into the ring.

Back in the ring, the pace slowed down as Diesel was now in almost complete dominating control over Taker, working over his back with Undertaker looking like at points completely lifeless in the ring as Diesel had his way with him. Vince didn't think he'd ever seen anyone manhandle The Undertaker the way Diesel was at this point. Wippleman watched on with a grin as he cradled and polished the urn as Diesel pummeled away at Undertaker in the ring.

Bobby Heenan was convinced that not having Paul Bearer at ringside in possession of that "supernatural" urn was why we weren't seeing the usual "powers" of the Undertaker...there was no sitting up and Undertaker was being dominated like never before as Diesel was continuing to have his way over the Dead Man. The Undertaker was still continuing to try and get back to his feet, but Diesel wouldn't let up on the attack - showing his strength as he lifted Taker up off the feet and slammed him down into the mat with a SIDEWALK SLAM! Diesel with the pin:

ONE!

TWO!

NO! Undertaker still managed to get a shoulder up!

Diesel went back to work, dishing out more punishment to Taker including dropping him face first across the top turnbuckle with Snake Eyes. The crowd began to chant for The Undertaker, trying to rally him back from the dead - and as Diesel worked him over in the corner with some punches and knee lifts...Undertaker began to finally show some signs of life! The Undertaker fought his way out of the corner with some right hands to rock Diesel backwards before sending Diesel into the ropes...Undertaker ran off the opposite ropes and they ran at each other....

BIG BOOT...FROM BOTH MEN!

Both Undertaker and Diesel went for and connected on a Big Boot to one another - leaving BOTH MEN DOWN!

The referee began a ten count with both men lying on their backs. By the time he got to seven, The Undertaker rolled to stomach and began to pull himself up...once again, noticeably not sitting up as one would've expected in that position. Undertaker stopped Diesel from recovering by dropping an elbow down across his chest before getting back up and stumbling over to the corner...and once again THE UNDERTAKER was heading to the top turnbuckle! Diesel pulled himself up as Taker TOOK TO THE AIR ONCE AGAIN - DIVING CLOTHESLINE TO DIESEL!

The Undertaker makes the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

NO! Diesel gets his shoulder up at the last second!

Undertaker was back up after the nearfall, helping Diesel to his feet before sending the big man into the ropes. Undertaker went for a backdrop, but Diesel countered with by coming in with a forearm to Taker's back while he was bent over...and then pulled him in to set him up for THE JACK KNIFE!

BUT UNDERTAKER LIFTS THE THREE HUNDRED POUND DIESEL UP OVER HIS BACK WITH A BACKDROP to escape the Jack Knife Powerbomb attempt!

Diesel staggered back to his feet as Undertaker was regaining his composure, but Diesel walked right into the CLUTCHES OF THE UNDERTAKER - palm wrapped around Diesel's throat...could he be going for it...THE CHOKESLAM WAS COMING...

BUT NO! Diesel fought it off with a pair of punches to rock The Undertaker backwards. Diesel moved in on Taker going for a back suplex to The Dead Man...but UNDERTAKER FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED ON HIS FEET! Diesel turned around, and TAKER GRABBED HIM BY THE THROAT AGAIN!

CHOKESLAM TO DIESEL!

Undertaker was down on a knee following the Chokeslam while Harvey Wippleman was livid at ringside..."THIS COULD BE IT! GOOD NIGHT DIESEL!" Vince McMahon exclaimed as The Undertaker made the lateral press.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

NO! DIESEL GOT HIS SHOULDER UP!

"UNBELIEVABLE!" Vince McMahon declared as The Undertaker was unable to put Diesel away with The Chokeslam! But The Undertaker wasn't finished. He got back up to his feet and lifted his thumb in the air, delivering the cut throat sign. The Undertaker was ready to finish things off with the TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!

But before he could pick Diesel up off the mat, Harvey Wippleman was on the apron with the urn in hand - using it as distraction! The Undertaker turned his attention from Diesel to walk over to Wippleman...

AND UNDERTAKER GRABBED WIPPLEMAN BY THE THROAT!

It looked like a Chokeslam was in Wippleman's future, but Diesel made the save for his manager - attacking Undertaker from behind was Wippleman dropped to the floor, clutching his chest as if he was about to have a heart attack. Back in the ring, Diesel got a boot to the midsection on The Undertaker and set him up once again for the JACK KNIFE....lifting The Undertaker up in the air, but UNDERTAKER BATTLED BACK IN THE AIR - slamming fists into Diesel's head...sending Diesel FALLING BACKWARDS with the Undertaker's 300-pounds landing seated on Diesel's chest!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - - KICKOUT BY DIESEL!

The Undertaker pulled himself to his feet and immediately grabbed Diesel as he was getting up, lifting Diesel up onto his shoulders and moving him into position...for THE TOMBSTONE!

But DIESEL FOUGHT FREE - ESCAPING DOWN THE BACK OF THE UNDERTAKER ONCE AGAIN!

The Undertaker turned around to get another BOOT TO THE MIDSECTION...

JACK KNIFE!

THIS TIME DIESEL NAILED IT! THE UNDERTAKER WAS LAID OUT IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!

DIESEL WITH THE PIN!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

NO!

DIESEL PULLED UP THE UNDERTAKER UP BY HIS HAIR TO BREAK THE COUNT!

Vince McMahon was outraged at the hubris of Diesel to not pick up the win when he had the chance here. Even Wippleman at ringside was beside himself that his client just stopped the three count himself. The confident Diesel instead pulled Undertaker back up to his feet amid loud boos from the crowd...

AND HIT A SECOND JACK KNIFE TO THE DEAD MAN!

Once again, The Undertaker was laid out in the center of the ring. This time, Diesel didn't make the cover and insead...as we've seen him do in each of his previous wins since debuting - Diesel planted his right boot across the chest of The Undertaker and lifted his fist up in the air..

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

It was all over - Diesel had scored the victory in impressive fashion, but added the final insult of posing over his victim to end the match.

Winner: Diesel by pinfall at 15:44

As the bell rang and Diesel was declared victorious, an ecstatic Harvey Wippleman rushed into the ring to celebrate his win over long time rival The Undertaker. Wippleman wrapped his arms around Diesel in an nonmutual hug of Diesel, who would pry Wippleman off.

But Diesel wasn't done yet, he reached down and snatched the Undertaker's Urn away from a confused Wippleman. Diesel grinned as he walked over to The Undertaker's fallen body, giving it a few "playful" tap of his boot to confirm Taker was still down for the count. Diesel lifted the urn up in the air...

Turned it over..

AND DUMPED THE ASHES INSIDE ALL OVER THE UNDERTAKER!

Diesel laughed as he shoved the now empty urn back into Wippleman's arms, who nervously laughed along with Diesel before the two left the ring together - leaving the Undertaker lying on his back in the ring, covered in the ashes as Vince McMahon condemned that disgusting act performed by Diesel tonight.

Cutting to the back, Todd Pettengill had caught up with Owen Hart after his loss earlier tonight against Bam Bam Bigelow. Pettingill wanted to get Owen's thoughts on Bigelow trying to get him to cheat to win, but before Owen could respond...Bret Hart walked into the frame to interrupt the interview. Bret got right in his brother's face...

Bret Hart:
Is this what you want? IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT, BROTHER?

Owen had no response for The Hitman.

Bret Hart:
You had your chance! This is what I've been telling you aboot, Owen! You want to be somebody? Do you EVER want to be a champion in the WWF? You can't just let opportunity pass you by! When opportunity knocks, you better let him in! What I saw out there was a DISGRACE! IT MADE ME SICK to see you pass up the chance to win.

Owen shook his head.

Owen Hart:
I told you...not like th -

Bret Hart:
Yeah, yeah - get off your high horse, Owen. You wanna "Rocket" to the top of the WWF - then prove it. But all I see out of you is a guy who's gonna spend his career looking up at the lights while people like me and Bam Bam take our opportunities and run with them. Which do you want to be, brother?

Bret shoved his way past his own brother as Owen was left, hands on his hips, shaking his head in disappointment.

"BAD GUY"

Back to ringside - the 1993 KING OF THE RING, Razor Ramon made his way out to a loud ovation from the crowd. Chomping on his tooth pick, Ramon slapped hands with some of the fans as Vince and Heenan recapped the rivalry with Lawler, Heenan agreeing with Lawler that nothing about Razor Ramon screams "royalty" while the King personifies it.

"THE GREAT GATE AT KIEV"

Razor Ramon removed his gold chains and placed them at ringside as he awaited his rival's arrival...however, after a lengthy pause...Jerry "The King" Lawler was nowhere to be found! As Ramon questioned the referee in the ring, Vince wondered if Jerry Lawler had realized he may have bit off more than he can chew with Razor Ramon and maybe has ran back to Tennessee...

But it would turn out that Lawler WAS in the building..

As out he HOBBLED on a pair of crutches and a neck brace around his neck! The crowd booed as the apparently injured Lawler made his way out from the back with his new pal Vinnie Diamond by his side.

Ramon lifted his arms up as the fans continued to rain in the boos - clearly neither him nor the audience buying this act.

Diamond got his hands on a microphone.

Vinnie Diamond:
HEY! All you Michigan SCUMBAGS need to sit down and SHUUUUUDDDDUUUUUPPPP - 'cause ya KING has somethin' to say!

Diamond brought the microphone over and held it so Lawler could continue to support himself on the crutches. The "BURGER KING chants were in full force before Lawler could talk.

Jerry Lawler:
Laugh it up, you peasants! I didn't realize there could be a place worse than New York but here we are!

BOOOOOOOO!

Jerry Lawler:
Razor Ramon - you know I was lookin' forward to making you kiss my boot here tonight and declaring myself as the TRUE KING OF THE WWF! But you showed your true colors a couple weeks ago on Raw!

In the ring, Ramon smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

Jerry Lawler:
Oh don't play dumb with us Ramon...

Vinnie Diamond:
- oh, he ain't playin', King - you know that!

Both Lawler and Diamond can't help but laugh at Vinnie's interjection.

Jerry Lawler:
Be that as it may - Ramon, you showed the world you're a yella bellied rat with your lil' ruse and sneak attack - SULLYING THE GREAT NAME OF ELVIS in the process! So thanks to you - I can't come down to the ring and whip your butt from one side of the ring to the other!

Not pleased, Ramon climbed the turnbuckles in the ring and dared Lawler to come on down anyway.

Jerry Lawler:
Believe me! ("No one does" Vince added from commentary) If I could, YOU KNOW I WOULD! But right here...

Vinnie Diamond reached into his denim jean pocket to pull out a white envelope and handed it to Lawler, who fumbled with his crutches before being able to lift it in the air.

Jerry Lawler:
Right here, I have an executive order from WWF President Jack Tunney himself...stating that I have not been medically cleared to wrestle tonight! So...RAZOR RAMON...tonight...TONIGHT YOU GOT LUCKY!

Lawler chuckled as the crowds' boos only got louder. In the ring, Ramon finally got his hands on his own microphone.

Razor Ramon:
'Ey Yo, listen up mang, I dunno what kinda mumbo jumbo you're runnin' your mouth about...but mang...Razon Ramon...I came to fight someone tonight, chico! So I don't care who it is...one of you better get in this ring right now, or I'm comin' out there and bringin' ya here myself!

Ramon tossed the microphone back to ringside and got into a fight stance in the ring, before motioning for Lawler to get in the ring.

Jerry Lawler:
You're absolutely right Ramon. You should still get your butt kicked tonight - so....VINNIE - you heard the man! Get down there!

Vinnie seemed slightly thrown off by Lawler throwing him under the bus here, but after the two conferred, Diamond was all smiles as he decided he would head down to the ring.

It wasn't quite as advertised, but it would appear we would still have ourselves a match!

"THE BAD GUY" RAZOR RAMON VS. "THE LORD OF THE NIGHT LIFE" VINNIE DIAMOND (w/JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER)

Diamond removed his purple sports jacket before climbing into the ring to wrestle in a buttoned up white shirt and tight fitting blue jeans. The match officially got under way with the ring of the bell and Ramon wasted no time moving in to go in with a collar an elbow lock up with his former "boss" Vinnie Diamond. Ramon quickly got the upperhand, hiptossing Diamond to the mat. Diamond smirked as he clutched his back and got back to his feet..."That all ya got?" Diamond said with confidence before going back after Ramon with another lock up, but once again with was Ramon getting the upperhand and making Diamond eat his words by sending him into the corner, repeatedly slamming Vinnie's head into the turnbuckles.

Diamond was clearly out of his league here in the ring with Ramon as even Vince put over how in over his head he was. Ramon had his way with Vinnie, seemingly toying with him a very unhappy Lawler watched on from ringside on his crutches.

A Fallaway Slam from Ramon took Diamond to the mat hard before Ramon looked to put away the "Lord of the Night Life" - setting him up for the Razor's Edge..

But before Ramon could lift him up, Lawler rolled into the ring..and looked perfectly healthy as he ran in with one of his crutches - CRACKING IT ACROSS RAMON'S BACK - drawing the disqualification bell.

Winner: Razor Ramon by DQ at 2:27

Lawler laughed as Vinnie Diamond got back to his feet and they both began stomping on Ramon's back before The King reached up and ripped off his neckbrace - revealing to the surprise of absolutely no one, that he was not at all injured.

The King grabbed his second crutch as Vinnie Diamond helped Ramon to his feet and held him in place...as Lawler drove the blunt end of the crutch right between Ramon's eyes! Razor hit the mat as Jerry Lawler got the microphone once again.

Jerry Lawler: Hahahahaha! You people are all as stupid as you look!

Lawler grabbed the envelope he showed off earlier, ripped it open and pulled out a BLANK PIECE OF PAPER.

Jerry Lawler: There was no ruling from Jack Tunney! So that means...OUR MATCH IS STILL ON, RAMON! RING THE BELL REF!

Diamond left the ring with the remaining crutch as the confused referee did just that...

"THE BAD GUY" RAZOR RAMON VS. JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER (w/VINNIE DIAMOND)

The overly confident Lawler taunted the crowd before finally dropping down and making the cover on the fallen Ramon! Vince once again expressed his disgust at Lawler picking up a win like this..

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

WAIT!

NO! RAMON KICKED OUT!

Lawler's eyes were bugging out as he realized it wasn't as easy as that! The crowd was coming alive with loud support for the 1993 King of the Ring, but Lawler quickly went on the offensive, attacking Ramon before he could get back to his feet and then set up Ramon for the Piledriver...but Ramon COUNTERED WITH A BACKDROP!

Heenan and McMaohn couldn't believe Razor Ramon was able to battle back, but he had survived the attack with the crutches and was now back on his feet! Vinnie Diamond quickly got to the apron with the crutch in hand, distracting the referee as Ramon began to hit Lawler with right hand/back hand chop combination attack, but Lawler was able to slow Ramon back down with an eye rake behind the referee's back.

With Diamond in position with the crutch, Lawler Irish Whipped Ramon towards Diamond...but RAMON REVERSED IT!

LAWLER AND DIAMOND COLLIDED!

Diamond fell to ringside as Lawler staggered into the waiting arms of Ramon who lifted him up....FALL AWAY SLAM!

Ramon wasted no time as he grabbed Lawler and pulled him back up..

RAZOR'S EDGE!

RAMON WITH THE PIN as the fans happily counted along with the referee...

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Despite the trickery from Lawler - it was RAZOR RAMON winning the match and was no doubt the UNDISPUTED KING OF THE RING!

Winner: Razor Ramon by pinfall at 3:58

Razor didn't waste much time celebrating in the ring, instead leaving and high fiving the fans at ringside while Jerry Lawler and Vinnie Diamond recovered in the ring. Lawler gave Diamond a shove as he got to his feet and the two argued as we headed to the back once again.

Outside the arena, Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji were standing beside the Deadly Venom Tour Bus that last week on Raw, Yokozuna had destroyed with a sledgehammer. Mr. Fuji issued one final warning to Sting that tonight, this bus was going to look good compared to how Sting would look. Tonight may be Sting's beginning but it will also be his END in the WWF. Tonight - his Yokozuna would DESTROY THE MAN THEY CALL STING! BOOONNZZAAIIII!

"WE'RE ON A MISSION!"

The Bounty Hunting offices of Men on a Mission made their way out with Oscar leading the way with that steel briefcase containing their bounty was in his hands. As Mabel and Mo followed beind in their bounty hunting gear - Vince McMahon recapped us on how this trio had debuted back at the Stars & Stripes Challenge, cashing in on the bounty put on their opponents tonight by Ted DiBiase but they had failed to put these next two men out of action..

"SMOKIN'"

BART & BILLY GUNN - THE SMOKING GUNNS jogged out from the back in jeans and cowboy hats - shooting their pistol blanks into the air much the delight of the crowd. Vince put over how impressive the Gunns have been in tag team action since their debut, their only loss coming to The Quebecers earlier this month - thanks in large part to interference from their opponents tonight, Men on a Mission!

Bart and Billy took off their cowboy hats, putting them on a pair of kids at ringside before heading to the ring.

MEN ON A MISSION (MABEL & MO) (w/OSCAR) vs. THE SMOKING GUNNS (BILLY & BART GUNN)

Mo and Billy Gunn start the match off for their respective teams and despite some jaw jacking between the two teams pre-match, things get off to a relatively civil start with a collar and elbow tie up with both men showing off some more traditional wrestling with some back and forth are wrenches and wrist locks. The duo continued their early exchange with Billy Gunn showing off some agility as at first was able to avoid some of the high impact and power attacks from Mo, but eventually size won out as Mo was able to scoop up Gunn and slam him hard to the mat with ease.

While Billy had shown off some agility early, Mo had the ability to be light on his feet despite his stature, connecting with an impressive looking dropkick to Billy as the blonde Gunn was trying to get to his feet. An early pinfall attempt by Mo would only get a ONE count.

As Vince discussed how a win here would be big for both of these teams as they are both still a couple of the newer and younger teams in the WWF, it was Mo dominating the action in the early goings, working over Billy's arm until Billy finally was able to break free from Mo's clutch to tag in Bart. Bart charged in with a head of steam, only to have Mo take him down with an arm drag as well and go right to work on Bart's arm!

With Mo working over that arm, he brought Bart to the M.O.M corner and got the tag to Mabel, bringing the big man into the match for the first time. The mammoth Mabel immediately showed off his strength as he picked up Bart Gunn like he was a ragdoll and walked him around the ring, trading some words with Billy in the corner before SLAMMING Bart down in the center of the ring.

While continuing to work a slowed pace, Mabel bodyslammed Bart two more times with ease before picking up where his partner leg off, extending Bart's arm on the mat and then hitting a MASSIVE LEGDROP onto Bart's arm! A pinfall from Mabel picked up TWO on Bart.

It was back and forth as Mabel and Mo took turns tagging in and out, clobbering away at Bart Gunn while keeping him isolated in their corner until Bart was able to reverse an Irish Whip to Mo, sending Mo into the ropes an it was Bart connecting with a big standing dropkick to the running Mo that opened the door for Bart to get the tag to Billy. Bart and Billy showed off their solid team work as they sent Mo into the ropes and Billy hit a drop toe hold to Mo while Bart dropped an elbow down across the back of Mo's neck.

The Gunns now found themselves in the driver's seat - picking up a few nearfalls on Mo including one after Double Side Russian Legsweep, but once again Mo was able to kick out after a TWO count. Concern grew for Oscar at ringside, and he would provide an assist by grabbing Billy Gunn's foot when he attempted to bounce off the ropes, slowing Gunn up enough for Mo to recover and catch Billy with a powerslam - giving the tag back to MABEL.

With the monster Mabel back in the ring, things were once again all M.O.M. as Mabel dominated the action and absorbed the blows from a Billy Gunn come back attempt. A CHOKELIFT slam from Mabel saw the big man go for a pin and Vince though it could be over: ONE - TWO - THRE...BART GUNN was in at the last second to make the save!

Mabel continued to dominate the action in the ring with Billy Gunn showing heart and determination to keep kicking out and trying to battle back with some solid fan support. With Bart cheering him on, Billy began to rally one more time, finally rocking Mabel backwards towards the ropes...and finally got the big man against the ropes. Billy ran to the opposite ropes...but ran into a big SPINNING SIDE SLAM FROM MABEL! MABEL HOOKED THE LEG!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

The referee's hand hit three times...but BILLY'S FOOT WAS ON THE ROPES! The referee caught it at the last second and called off the win, but Mabel, Mo, and Oscar all thought it was over! Mo and Oscar hug at ringside, celebrating as the referee tried to explain to Mabel that the match isn't over! Meanwhile, Billy rolls to the corner...and GOT THE TAG TO BART GUNN! Bart charged in and caught Mabel from behind with a big running and jumping BULLDOG to send Mabel into the mat! He rolled the big man over and made the pin!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE - NO! MABEL KICKED OUT!

Bart put the boots to Mabel's head, keeping the big man from getting to his feet before tagging his brother back in...and the duo approached Mabel from behind as he was getting back to his feet...they each hooked an arm...can they get him up???

YES! DOUBLE BACK SUPLEX TO MABEL! Bart and Billy both jumped up to their feet, firing off finger pistols to the crowd as Oscar and Mo both began to enter panic mode. Oscar tossed Mo the steel briefcase before he climbed up to distract the referee. Mo entered the ring with the briefcase in hand, ready to plaster Billy, but Bart was there to cut Mo off and grabbed the briefcase from behind.

A tug of war ensued between Bart and Mo, until Bart willingly let go, sending Mo stumbling backwards into a waiting Billy Gunn who nailed a DROPKICK to Mo that sent Mo falling through the ropes to ringside! A lariat from Bart Gunn to Oscar sent their manager down to the floor, but as soon as Bart turned around, Mabel attacked him with a running splash that sent Bart falling out of the ring!

This left a weary Billy Gunn in the ring alone with the nearly 500-pound Mabel. Billy scored a dropkick to Mabel that sent him staggering backwards into the corner, but a running splash attempt into the corner by Gunn saw Mabel catch Billy Gunn in his arms. Mabel walked out of the corner and SLAMMED ALL HIS WEIGHT down onto Gunn in the center of the ring! Mabel stayed on for the pin..

ONE!

TWO!

THRE....SHOULDER UP!

Vince questioned where Billy found the energy to get that shoulder up, but the match would continue. Mabel slowly pulled Billy towards the corner, before himself climbing up the middle turnbuckle...looking for a SPLASH which Vince knew would certainly be the end of the match...but BART GUNN WAS BACK! BART was looking to make the save for his partner, climbing up onto the middle ropes with Mabel...Mabel fought back and as the two powerhouses traded blows, Billy recovered and joined his brother to help subdue on the ring ropes...and the two each grabbed Mabel by the head...

DOUBLE BULLDOG OFF THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE TO MABEL!

Billy went for the pin, hooking Mabel's massive leg as MO entered the ring with the briefcase once again...

But it was BART with a LEG LARIAT to once again cut of Mo!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Winners: The Smoking Gunns by pinfall at 8:23

As the bell rang, Bart Gunn picked up the steel briefcase that Mo dropped in the ring, walking over to Billy as they had their arms lifted up victorious. Bart popped open the briefcase to reveal the plethora of cash that filled the briefcase to the brim...

Billy and Bart's expressions were both of awe of how much money there was as Heenan once again called them thieves for taking that hard earned bounty from the Men on a Mission, but Vince once again pointed out that especially with this loss tonight, the Men on a Mission haven't earned that bounty at all!

Bart and Billy headed to ringside with the briefcase as the defeated Men on a Mission bounty hunting trio regrouped in the aisle...and could only watch on as Billy and Bart began tossing the money into the crowd!

We head back to catch up with Todd Pettengill once again as he is now standing by with the man about to head to the ring - "The Macho Man" Randy Savage! Savage heard what HBK had to say earlier tonight, and Savage said that Shawn Michaels is a great young talent, perhaps the BEST young talent in the WWF. Macho Man can see BIG things for HBK in his future - probably even the WWF Championship...but HBK still has A LOT TO LEARN. And as for as Macho Man, he still has A LOT left in the tank and tonight, he'd start by bringing back the WWF Intercontinental Championship for the third time. OOOOOOOHHH YEEEAAAHHHH!

From Savage we fade to a video narrated by Gene Okerlund.

"Thanksgiving Eve...Prepare yourself for a little stuffing..."

Clips of The Steiner Brothers hitting the Steinerizer, Razor Ramon hitting the Razor's Edge, and a Tombstone Piledriver from The Undertaker.

"And perhaps some squash."

Now clips of Yokozuna hitting the Bonzai Drop and Diesel dropping the Jack Knife.

"WWF Survivor Series. The Thanksgiving Eve tradition America waits for. Only on Pay-Per-View!"

"POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"

Vince and Bobby Heenan both agreed to be looking forward to this next match up as their former associate at the announce booth, "The Macho Man" Randy Savage trotted out from the back, spinning around and playing to the loud crowd reaction he got for his return to the WWF ring. This match has a lot on the line - not just the Intercontinental Championship but as Heenan would point out, it's a battle for GREATEST INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION in the mind of many.

Savage high fived the fans be fore climbing the apron and entering the ring. Savage climbed each othe turnbuckles and played to the crowd as he awaited the champion.

"SEXY BOY"

And with the crowd quickly adjusting to loud boos, Shawn Michaels sauntered out from the back, stopping to kneel and pose with Flash Norton walking out and standing directly behind him. HBK obnoxiously chewed his gum on the way to the ring - stopping to pretend to give a fan a high five, but instead pulled back and ran his fingers through his hair instead before laughing equally obnoxiously.

HBK finally entered the ring, locking eyes with Savage before handing his Intercontinental Championship to Norton.

WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
"THE MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE vs. "THE HEART BREAK KID" SHAWN MICHAELS (w/FLASH NORTON) (c)

The match got underway with the Savage and Michaels meeting in the center of the ring for a lock up as Heenan questioned whether or not Savage was going to be able to shake off the ring rust in time - pointing out it had been a long time since he had been in an actual match. Savage held his ground in the lock up, neither man able to get an advantage as they went into the ropes to break it up. With the referee stepping in, HBK tried to sneak attack Savage, but Savage countered the incoming HBK with a big HIPTOSS that sent Michaels flying in the air and down to the mat. Michaels quickly rolled back up to his one knee as Savage grinned and held his arms out to taunt HBK before doing a little Macho Man twirl..."How's THAT for Ring Rust, Brain?" Vince quipped back at his partner.

Back to his feet, Michaels and Savage circled one another before they moved in for another lock up only to have Michaels duck into a go behind into a hammer lock to Savage. The duo performed some back and forth stand up chain wrestling - exchanging hammerlocks and standing armbars until HBK put an end to the counters with a knee to the midsection and sent Savage into the ropes. HBK charged in to follow up, but Savage got BOTH LEGS up to halt HBK's momentum!

After driving Michaels head first into not one turnbuckle but two...Micahels was left staggering on his feet before Savage rushed in with a big running lariat to Michaels - sending HBK to the mat! Savage once again played to the crowd as HBK rolled out of the ring to regroup with Flash. McMahon noted HBK might need to rethink his game plan because he may have underestimated Savage - which is NOT something you should ever do!

Savage followed Michaels out to ringside, not wanting to give him a breather...and HBK quickly ducked behind Norton and ran to the opposite side of the ring before rolling back in. Savage and Norton have a brief stare down before Savage returned to the ring without any altercation between the duo.

Back in the ring, the champion and challenger locked up once again, this time going back and forth with headlocks before Savage shoved HBK off into the ropes only to have Michaels take Savage down with a shoulder tackle. Off the ropes, HBK connected with a second shoulder tackle as Savage got back to his feet. The third time, Savage was able to drop down to the mat and cause HBK to have to leap over the Macho Man. Off the ropes, Savage used HBK's own momentum to grab him and TOSS HIM over the top rope. But Michaels grabbed the top rope and SKINNED THE CAT back into the ring...to a waiting Macho Man who nearly TOOK MICHAEL'S HEAD OFF with a CLOTHESLINE OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR!

With Michaels down at ringside, Savage CLIMBED TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE...but Flash Norton would step infront of Michaels - TAKING THE FLYING AXEHANDLE SMASH FROM THE TURNBUCKLE TO OUTSIDE THE RING! Norton dropped down to a knee from the impact as Heenan noted that Norton was earning his paycheck as Michael's bodyguard by taking that bullet! Savage grabbed Michaels and slammed him head first into the apron before rolling him back into the ring. Selling the attack, HBK crawled across the apron and began complaining to the referee...serving as a distraction as Norton stopped Savage from re-entering the ring! Norton clobbered Savage from behind before tossing him shoulder first into the unforgiving ringpost! Norton backed off as Savage slumped over across the ring steps as the referee turned his attention back to the action.

HBK took advantage of the opening provided by Norton, heading back outside the ring and taking the attack to Savage around ringside - including slamming Savage's arm and shoulder repeatedly into the gaurd rail and the ring steps. HBK sent Savage back into the ring and targeted that arm with stomps and boots as well as an armbar, slowing the pace down as Bobby Heenan praised the game plan here to take away Savage's trademark Flying Elbowdrop finish. Everytime Savage tried to pull himself back up, HBK was there to put another stomp onto that shoulder to sent him back down tot he mat.

Michaels upped the pace a bit as he sent Savage into the ropes, caching the Macho Man with a tiltawhirl backbreaker before going for the pin: One - Savage's feet were in the ropes to save him! But HBK didn't let up, continuing in control of the former champion before going for another pinfall coming off the ropes with a swinging neckbreaker. This time Michaels would pick up a TWO count before Savage was able to kick out.

Growing more and more confident as the match went on, HBK pulled Savage to his feet and let him stand up on his own, letting Savage stagger as HBK began to dance around him as if he was Muhammad Ali, in a boxing stance before unleasing a jab to Savage. Savage was rocked as HBK continued to dance around, taking another swing at Savage, but SAVAGE DUCKED! Savage went for a very wild right hand that HBK easily DUCKED and then POKED SAVAGE IN THE EYE before decking Savage!

Ignoring warnings from the referee for the eye poke, HBK continued on the attack and was taking his time as he let Savage get back to his feet. HBK gave him a BOOT to the midsection before setting him up for a PILEDRIVER, but Savage countered with a DOUBLE LEG TAKEDOWN! Savage held onto HBK's feet...and CATAPULTED HIM into the corner! HBK overshot the turnbuckles with his head colliding with the top of the ring post! An exhausted Savage dropped to the mat and BOTH MEN WERE DOWN!

Savage was able to make the long crawl over to Michaels first, draping his body over the champion's for the pin - ONE, TWO, SHOULDER UP by HBK!

With the door opened, Savage looked to take control - now working over HBK, hitting him with some left hand punches to work HBK into the ropes. Savage went to clothesline HBK over the top rope, but noticed it was where Flash Norton was standing and stopped himself...and instead he took HBK by the hair and ran with him, TOSSING HIM out of the ring on the opposite side! Savage quickly scaled the turnbuckles and LEAPED OFF WITH A FLYING AXEHANDLE before Norton could get to the other side of the ring! Savage connected but was DOWN at ringside as well, selling the worn down shoulder!

Norton watched on as Savage was up to his feet first, grabbing HBK as he got to his feet and IRISH WHIPPED HBK hard into the ring post! When Savage rolled HBK back into the ring, some blood was trickling down the side of Michaels' face from the impact he had hit the ring post! Michaels slowly pulled himself up as Savage scaled the turnbuckles once again - FLYING CROSSBODY FROM SAVAGE! ONE - TWO - THREEEEE-NO! KICKOUT by HBK!

Back up to their feet, Savage sent HBK into the ropes and went for a hiptoss, but Michaels went head over heels, landing on his feet and responded with a short arm clothesline to take Savage back down to the mat - but Michaels also dropped down to his knee, unable to immediately follow up. The bloodied Michaels stumbled back to his feet and greeted the recovering Savage with an elbow between the eyes before scooping him up and slamming the Macho Man to the mat. With Savage laid back out, it was HBK's turn to climb to the top turnbuckle - hitting a FLYING FISTDROP to Savage. Michaels with a nonchalant pinfall attempt - not hooking the leg: ONE, TWO, KICKOUT!

HBK had some words with the referee about a slow count before grabbing Savage by the hair to pull him up, but Savage began to fight back with some punches to the midsection! A big uppercut from Savage had HBK staggering and allowed Macho Man back up to his feet. Macho Man was finding his wind again as he began to unload on HBK with a flurry of punches and then locked the champion into a headlock..and began relentlessly pounding on HBK's head, focusing in on that wound.

Michaels was able to shove Savage off into the ropes. He would attempt a backdrop, but Savage telegraphed it and came back with a boot right to the chest of the bent over Michaels. With HBK doubled over, Savage pulled in the champion and delivered a big PILEDRIVER to the champ! The exhausted Macho Man crawled his way over to the ropes to help pull himself up...before POINTING TO THE TOP ROPE! Savage was going to look to put away HBK as he made the long, slow climb to the top turnbuckle...but once there, Savage stood up tall and motioned to the crowd...

FLYING ELBOWDROP TO HBK!

IT CONNECTED - right square in the chest...but Savage delivered it with his weakened right arm and was unable to capitalize! Savage rolled off to the side, clutching his arm and shoulder in pain! The referee checked in on both men and began a ten count...but Savage reached out and began to inch his way over, crawling ontop of Michaels for the cover, unable to hook a leg himself..

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

NO! MICHAELS WITH THE SHOULDER UP!

We were fractions of a second away of crowning a new Intercontinental Champion but Michaels had somehow found the energy to get his shoulder up at the very last moment! Savage sat up with some shock on his face but went back to work, pulling Michaels up and whipping him into the ropes. Backdrop attempt is countered by HBK with a SUNSET FLIP!

ONE!

TWO!

KICKOUT!

Both men were back up to their feet and HBK struck first, elbowing Savage before attempting an Irish Whip only for Savage to reverse it. Off the ropes, Michaels ducked a clothesline before hitting a springboard back elbow to Savage off the opposite ropes! Another pinfall attempt by HBK with Savage kicking out after two once again. HBK sat up, wiping away the blood from his face and looked to ringside as Flash Norton gave a knowing nod. As Michaels went to pull Savage to his feet, Savage once again battled his way back, working HBK over to the ropes before backing up and charging in for a clothesline - but HBK dropped down, pulling the top rope down and Savage went sailing over the top rope to where Flash Norton was nearby!

In the ring, Michaels pretended to be struggling to see due to the blood - asking the referee for assistance...providing the distraction as Norton came in with a big kick to Savage's worn down shoulder. Norton once again tossed Savage into the ring post shoulder first...before lifting Savage up across his own shoulder...and driving Savage down into his knee with a devastating SHOULDER BREAKER! Norton rolled Savage back into the ring as Michaels could suddenly see once again!

Michaels grabbed Savage's leg and dragged him to the center of the ring, but instead of going for the pin...Michaels looked over to the turnbuckles. HBK headed to the corner, climbing to the top rope with blood still covering one side of his face, HBK mocked Savage's top rope taunts before diving off the top rope with his own...

FLYNG ELBOWDROP!

IT FOUND IT'S MARK! Michaels had delivered and was going to finish the match off with Macho Man's own Flying Elbow!

HBK WITH THE PIN.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

MACHO MAN KICKED OUT! MACHO MAN KICKED OUT!

HBK sat up on his knees, his jaw dropped with his hands running through his long hair. He couldn't believe it - Vince and Heenan couldn't believe it - and even the fans at ringside facial expressions suggested that they couldn't believe it either!

As Michaels began arguing with the referee, Savage was making his way back up to his feet....clutching his right arm. Michaels turned back to Savage and went for a right hand - but SAVAGE DUCKED! With his right arm hanging limp, SAVAGE UNLOADED A BARRAGE OF LEFT HAND PUNCHES TO HBK! With HBK rockin' - Savage used his left hand to whip HBK into the ropes and caught him off the ropes with a left handed hiptoss! "WITH JUST ONE ARM, "THE MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE IS MOUNTING A FURIOUS COMEBACK!" Vince bellowed out as the crowd were on their feet for Savage.

With that one good arm, Savage attempted a back drop suplex to HBK, but HBK managed to flip over and land on his feet...Savage turned around...

SWEET CHIN MUSIC!

BUT SAVAGE CAUGHT THE FOOT WITH HIS LEFT ARM and A LEGSWEEP TOOK HBK down to the mat so that Savage could hit a jumping KNEEDROP down onto the champion!

Savage paced around the ring, playing to the crowd with his arm as Michaels slowly pulled himself up to his feet..and Savage met him with a boot to the midsection before dropping him to the mat with a DDT!

With the crowd on their feet and giving the Macho Man a standing ovation, Savage once again POINTED TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! "No way, he can't be that stupid can he?!" Heenan wondered as Savage did in fact scale the turnbuckles once again...and once again played his theatrics, though with just that one good left arm as his right arm dangled....

FLYING ELBOWDROP WITH THE LEFT ARM!

BUT MICHAELS ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY!

SAVAGE CRASHED TO THE MAT!

BOTH MEN WERE DOWN!

The referee began the ten count with neither man showing anything for the first 6 seconds of the count. By 7, both were starting to stir...and at 9...both were on shakey legs.

SWEET CHIN MUSIC!

HBK CONNECTED OUT OF NOWHERE as they both were getting to their feet!

Savage hit the mat as HBK collapsed ontop!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Shawn Michaels has SURVIVED this war and has RETAINED the WWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

Winner: Shawn Michaels by pinfall at 23:04

Flash Norton climbed into the ring with the Intercontinental Championship, helping Shawn Michaels get up to his feet and then lifting up his arms in victory. The duo head out of the ring as medics enter the ring to check on Savage.

On the way up the aisle, HBK stopped to pull the camera in close: "That's it - you saw it...I'M THE GREATEST!" HBK said before blowing a kiss to the camera and continued to the back with Flash Norton.

Now cutting to the back where the Toddster was standing by with the HULKSTER - WWF Champion Hulk Hogan along with his friend and manager Jimmy Hart. Hulk Hogan was fired up to be in the great city of Detroit and couldn't wait to see all the Hulkamaniacs out there tonight. Because while Hogan may be on his way to starring in his own movie and soon to be hit TV show, THUNDER IN PARADISE, the WWF is always going to be important to him and as long as he's the WWF Champion, Hogan's going to be here and be a "fighting" champion, BROTHER. At WrestleMania, Hogan won the belt after Bret Hart lost it and he doesn't blame Hart for wanting the belt back - it's the biggest prize in all of professional wrestling! But brother, the way he went about getting back up the ladder just wasn't right! The Hulkster didn't agree with Hart's actions, and he refused to let Hart win that grand prize by nefarious means, jack! After all, Hulk Hogan got to the top of the mountain the right way - he said his prayers and he took his vitamins...so TONIGHT, HITMAN - WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN HULKAMANIA RUNS WILD ON YOU?!

"NARCISSIST"

The music along with the full body length mirror in the ring meant it was time for our mixed tag match and out first was "The Narcissist" Lex Luger and Luna Vachon or as she has referred to them in the past, "Beauty & The Beast." "What a rivalry this has been" Vince recapped - dating back to WrestleMania when Luna Vachon made her WWF debut, attacking Sensational Sherri and these two have been at each other's throats ever since - including a one on one match at the Stars & Stripes Challenge in July!

Luger and Luna entered the ring and Luger stopped to do his flexing and posing in front of the mirror as Luna barked at him, trying to fire Luger up for the match.

"WAR CRY"

Speaking of fired up, Tatanka and Sherri were both fired up as they both SPRINTED down to the ring for the match. Vince reminded us that it was Lex Luger who cost Tatanka his nearly two year long undefeated streak in the WWF and also Luger had cost Tatanka in the semi-finals of the WWF King of the Ring Tournament! Tatanka does hold a singles victory over Tatanka from Raw a few weeks ago - but tonight, things would be settled once and for all between these four individuals!

MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH
"THE NARCISSIST" LEX LUGER & LUNA VACHON vs. TATANKA & SENSATIONAL SHERRI

While Sherri was eager to get her hands on Luna, it was Luna who stepped out onto the apron and Luger insisting that the men start the match out - so for now, Sherri was chomping at the bit to get in the ring as Luger and Tatanka started things off as the legal men. The two heated rivals started off with a bit of a slug fest, trading blows with Luger able to get the upperhand in that exchange, working Tatanka towards the ropes.

However it was not long before Tatanka was battling his way back, already channeling the Native Spirits early as he began to absorb and no sell Luger's punches before unleashing a flurry of chops to Luger...that had Luger going into retreat mode. Luger scurried to try and make the tag...but ended up in the wrong corner and got a big SLAP from Sherri before turning into a TOMAHAWK CHOP FROM TATANKA!

As Tatanka let out a "war cry" - Luger rolled to the corner and tagged in Luna. Luna stepped into the ring and squared up with Tatanka, but the rules of the match dictated it was Sherri's turn to get in as well! And Tatanka was happy to tag in his partner/valet...who wasted no time entering the ring...but Luna quickly darted OUT of the ring! Sherri gave chase, chasing Luna around ringside before sliding back into the ring to tag Luger back in, forcing the men back in before Sherri could get her hands on Luna! Vince declared that Luna was "all bark and no bite!"

Luger attacked Tatanka as he was trying to re-enter the ring - taking a brief control before Tatanka was able to reverse an Irish Whip attempt by Luger and then hit a big BACK BODY DROP to Luger to send the Narcissist back to the mat once more!

Tatanka and Luger took on most of the heavy lifting here as they went back and forth - Tatanka picking up a nearfall off a running crossbody to Luger, but Luger was able to get his boot up when Tatanka charged in to the corner to open the door for the heels, and Luger would get a nearfall himself after a powerslam to the Native American Warrior.

Luna would get physical, but it was with Tatanka after Luger had dropped him down neck first across the middle ropes. Luna was more than happy to take a cheap shot of kicking Tatanka in the back of the head and then choking him across the middle ropes while Luger had the referee distracted, much to the chagrin of the increasingly irritated Sherri.

Eventually it was a double clothesline from both Tatanka and Luger that took both men down and had both men crawling to their corners looking for the tags..and Luger would be able to tag in Luna, who came in as Tatanka tagged in Sherri! Luna stopped in her tracks, but it was too late...Sherri charged in and used a double leg takedown to take Luna to the mat and began unloading some vicious punches to Luna, much to the delight of the crowd.

The fired up Sherri continued her offensive barrage on Luna, working Luna over in the corner with some kicks to the midseciton before grabbing Luna by her long blone braids...and SNAPMARING HER TO THE MAT BY HER HAIR! Heenan cried fowl but the referee had nothing to say as Sherri turned around and nailed LUGER WITH AN ELBOW FOR GOOD MEASURE! Luna began trying to pull herself up on the ropes, but Sherri charged in and CLOTHESLINED LUNA through the ropes to ringside!

Sherri followed Luna to the outside, leaping onto Luna's back with a chokehold, but Luna was able to run backwards and drive Sherri's back into the ring apron to break it up and get the upperhand. After dishing out some punishment on the outside to Sherri, Luna rolled Sherri back into the ring and went for the pin: One, Two, KICKOUT by Sherri.

Luna slowed the pace down in the ring, pounding on Sherri and trying to keep her from getting back to her feet...but Sherri began to rally as Tatanka slammed the turnbuckles in the corner, getting the crowd solidly behind the Sensational One. But as Sherri was mounting her comeback, Luger was able to slap Luna's back off an Irish Whip to make the men legal once again!

After going back and forth with Tatanka, Luger gained the upperhand briefly and attempted a Military Press to Tatanka...but Tatanka escaped down Luger's back. Luger turned back around into a TOMAHAWK CHOP from Tatanka followed by ANOTHER as Luger got back to his feet before Tatanka climbed to the top turnbuckle to hit the FLYING TOMAHAWK CHOP! Tatanka stomped around the ring with his war dance before picking Luger up and setting him up for the Papoose To Go...

But Luna entered the ring and leaped into Tatanka's back to prevent him from picking up Luger! Luna was CHOKING TATANKA, but Tatanka held his ground and walked towards his corner to allow Sherri to get the tag to make the women legal...Sherri entered the ring and pounded on Luna's back while he was still holding onto Tatanka...and then pulled her off of her partner with a BELLY TO BACK SUPLEX! Sherri went for the pin.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE - NO! LUGER MADE THE SAVE - pulling Sherri off by her feet!

Sherri was up in Luger's face, but Luger grabbed her by the hair only for Tatanka to rush in to make the save for her partner as well! Luger and Tatanka began to brawl as Sherri turned her attention back to Luna. After a vertical suplex to Luna, Sherri headed to the top turnbuckle...but some miscommunication from Tatanka lead to Tatanka running to the ropes at the same time...and Sherri lost her balance, falling crotch first across the top turnbuckles as Tatanka clotheslined Luger over the top rope with enough force that both men went tumbling to ringside.

With Sherri now in a dangerous position, Luna recovered and climbed the turnbuckles with her...but Sherri fought back! Sherri kicked Luna away and was able to jump off with a FLYING CROSS BODY TO LUNA!

ONE!

TWO!

KICKOUT!

Sherri began to pull Luna up to her feet, but Luna was able to reach up and hit a jawbreaker to Sherri that sent the Sensational One to the mat. Luger and Tatanka had continued their brawl at ringside as Luna pulled Sherri up only to drop her down to the mat with a sitout powerbomb and the pin!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

NO! This time it was Tatanka getting into the ring to pull Luna off! Luna responded with a SHOVE to Tatanka, but Tatanka...SHOVED LUNA BACK...INTO A ROLL UP!

ONE!

TWO!

THR - KICKOUT!

As both Luna and Sherri were getting to their feet...Luger rolled back into the ring and charged at Tatanka..

BIONIC FOREARM!

BUT TATANKA DUCKED...

AND LUGER TOOK OUT SHERRI WITH THE FOREARM!

Both Luger and Tatanka seemed surprise by what had just happened, but Luna wasted no time taking advantage, going for the pin!

ONE!

TWO!

TATANKA WENT FOR THE SAVE BUT LUGER TACKLED HIM TO THE MAT

THREE!

Winners: Lex Luger & Luna Vachon by pinfall at 9:14

Luna jumped up in down in celebration, jumping into Luger's arms and throwing her hands in the air. Luger was all smiles, though he did show some uncharacteristic concern for Sherri from his errant Bionic Forearm, but Luna lead him away from the ring as Tatanka crawled over and began attending to Sherri as we headed backstage.

Backstage Todd Pettengill was standing by with the man of the hour, the man about to make his in-ring WWF debut..The Man They Call Sting! WOOO! Sting was fired up and so excited to get out there into the WWF ring for the first time. He brought up the fact that Yokozuna may have destroyed his tour bus - but he wouldn't be able to crush the spirit of America or the spirit of the Stinger! At the Stars & Stripes Challenge, Sting answered the call and SLAMMED Yokozuna's big butt to the mat on behalf of America...and tonight at Summerslam, Sting would FINISH THE JOB!

As Todd was about to kick it back to the ring, the interview was interrupted as Lex Luger cut into the frame as he had returned from the ringside area. Luger was all smiles as he came in and gave Sting a big hug. Sting seemed slightly taken back as Luger said it was so great to see his buddy again. Sting halfway hugged Luger back, and said it was odd Luger was so excited to see him considering Luger hadn't returned his calls in over a year.

Luger shrugged it off and said his "agent" must not be giving him his messages and promised to fire him. But Luger quickly moved on, asking if Sting had saw his big win tonight - which Sting apologized and said he hadn't, he was busy getting ready for his own match...and Luger told Sting to "not worry about it" and to "go get 'em!" Luger gave Sting a pat on the back and said they would catch up later...

Luger headed off screen as a confused Sting watched on and we cut back to the ring.

"SUMO"

Yokozuna got his own Japanese ring announcer who makes the introduction for Yokozuna completely in Japanese - though it's hard to hear him over the loud boos from the crowd. From there, Mr. Fuji lead out Yokozuna down to the ring, waving the Japanese flag on the way out. Meanwhile, Vince and Heenan briefly discuss the odd interaction between Luger and Sting - Vince knew they had a history with one another - winning tag championships in the past in other parts of the country, but to be sure Sting wouldn't agree with the way Luger has acted since his WWF debut and especially the way he won his match tonight. Heenan brushed it under the rug, saying friends don't always agree on everything but they're still your friends. Heenan said he has friends who won't speak with him at all - it's great!

"SHOWTIME!"

The fans in attendance were on their feet as STING walked out from the back, decked out in a the stars and stripes across his ring jacket and white tights with a red scorpion running down the side along with his blue ring boots. As he stated in his pre-match interview, Sting was here representing the Stars & Stripes, and there was no denying it with this garb. Sting high fived the fans along the aisle and continued around ringside - seemingly enjoying the reaction and the interaction before finally climbing into the ring - ready to start his first ever WWF match.

YOKOZUNA (w/MR. FUJI) vs. STING

Sting and Yokozuna met in the center of the ring with Sting fired up, getting right in Yokozuna's face and talking a lot of inaudible smack to the former WWF Champion. Yokozuna's face sneered up, but the big man remained mostly stoic...as from behind, Mr. Fuji was sneaking onto the apron. "Look out here, Mr. Fuji has something planned.." Vince pointed out from commentary. However, Sting caught Fuji out of the corner of his eye, turned and PUNCHED FUJI OFF THE APRON! "WHAT A CHEAPSHOT" cried Heenan as in came Yokozuna from behind, looking to capitalize on the distraction by attacking Sting from behind, but Sting side stepped his opponent and began unloading punches to Yokozuna, rocking the "Japanese" superstar into the corner to start the match!

A hot start from the Stinger continued, after working over Yokozuna in the corner, he played to the crowd as Yokozuna came out only to be met with a boot to the midsection from Sting. Sting sent Yokozuna into the ropes and bounced himself off the opposite ropes - LEAPING LARIAT to Yokozuna! But Yokozuna was only merely rocked by the manuver, so Sting went for a right hand but it was BLOCKED by Yokozuna. A SCOOP up by Yokozuna, but STING slid down the back of Yokozuna and hit a DROPKICK to the small of Yokozuna's back, sending Yokozuna into the ropes once again!

Sting went after Yokozuna as he leaned into the ropes, but got met with a big back elbow from Yokozuna that sent Sting falling backwards to the mat. After a couple of boots, Yokozuna bounced off the ropes and went for a big legdrop to Sting, but HE ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY! Sting popped back up to his feet and let out a big WOOOOOOOOOO! to the crowd as Yokozuna got up, favoring the leg he landed on. Sting pounced at that opportunity, hitting a series of low kicks to that leg of Yokozuna as Vince noted there was no better way to even the playing field against a big man like Yokozuna like going after the legs.

With Yokozuna staggering, Sting finally took the big man down as he stumbled - favoring that leg - by hitting a running low dropkick to the leg and TIMBER, down went Yokozuna to the mat! Another WOOOOO from the Stinger before he bounced off the ropes and hit a JUMPING ELBOW DROP to the sternum of Yokozuna! Stinger with the pin: ONE - Yokozuna POWERED out.

Sting's hot start came to a quick hault as Yokozuna got to his feet and the Stinger bounced off the ropes, looking for a cross body block, but Yokozuna caught him in mid air and proceeded to SLAM Sting down to the canvas. Yokozuna then picked up head of steam as he ran to the ropes and came back to drop his massive elbow down across Sting's chest!

Yokozuna slowed the pace down to favor his style as Sting clutched his chest in pain, rolling out onto the apron and then out to ringside - Vince noting that the wind had to be knocked out of Sting after that 600 pounds coming crashing down on his chest, while Heenan was accusing Sting of "running away" from the fight. Yokozuna waited in the ring as Sting struggled to regain his composure at ringside, but eventually the Stinger climbed back on the apron only to have Yokozuna attack him as he re-entered the ring.

Yokozuna would send Sting into the ropes, but Sting DUCKED a clothesline attempt from Yoko before unloading another series of punches to Yokozuna to rock the big man...and Sting bounced off the ropes for a CLOTHESLINE. But Yokozuna no sold it and simply shook his head at Stinger. But Sting wasn't daunted as he gave a kick to Yokozuna's oversized midsection and then WHIPPED the big man into the turnbuckles. Sting followed in...

STINGER SPLASH!

WOOOOO!

With Yokozuna cornered, Sting climbed up and began a ten count punch to the head of Yokozuna, with the referee eventually stepping in and breaking it up. With the referee creating some space, Yokozuna was able to sneak in a SAVATE KICK to Sting that sent the Stinger dropping hard to the mat. Just like that, the tables were turned back in Yokozuna's favor as he Sting pulled himself up in the corner only for Yokozuna to light up his chest with some back hand chops before blatantly choking Sting right in front of the referee. The referee counted to five and broke it up, but by that time Sting had slumped down to the corner.

Yokozuna began to control the action - not letting Sting get to his feet, hitting him with stomps and headbutts to drop Stinger every time he tried to get back to a fighting base. The match spilled to the outside where Yokozuna continued on the offensive, slamming Yokozuna into the guard rail before setting him up against the ring post and delivering a few hard body shots to continue to wear the WWF newcomer down. With Sting still leaning against the ring post, Yokozuna backed up...and charged in with a BODY AVALANCE AGAINST THE RING POST!

Yokozuna rolled Sting back into the ring and slowly climbed back in himself and made the cover: ONE - TWO - KICKOUT!

The match continued with Yokozuna continuing the offensive advantage, soon sending Sting into the turnbuckles with an Irish Whip before charging in for a corner Body Avalanche, BUT STING MOVED OUT OF THE WAY! Yokozuna crashed hard into the corner! Sting caught fire again, rocking Yokozuna with some big right hands before bouncing off the ropes and hitting a running clothesline to the big man, but Yokozuna was still on his feet...until Sting headed to the top turnbuckle - FLYING CLOTHESLINE TO YOKOZUNA took the big man down! Stinger with the pin! ONE - TWO - KICKOUT!

Sting didn't let up as both men climbed back to their feet. Sting gave Yokozuna a boot to the midsection before bouncing off the ropes. Sting leaped over Yokozuna and went for a sunset flip...but Yokozuna blocked it and LEAPED UP, DRIVING HIS MASSIVE HIND END down into a seated position across Sting's chest! Vince called it a mini version of the Bonzai Drop and Yokozuna was sitting on Sting's chest for the pin!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - NO!

Sting with the kick out!

While he managed to kick out just in time, Sting was clearly suffering the repercussions of all that weight coming down onto his sternum. Yokozuna stood up and assessed the damage as a recovered Mr. Fuji prematurely celebrated at ringside, waving the Japanese flag. As Sting struggled on the mat, Yokozuna bouned off the ropes and dropped another elbow down across Sting's chest. Sting was looking in a bad way as Yokozuna wasn't done yet, bouncing off the ropes and this time hitting a running SPLASH to Sting - Yokozuna hooked the Stiner's leg this time...

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - SHOULDER UP!

Somehow, someway, Sting was fighting to stay in this one, managing to get the shoulder up with what energy he could muster. Yokozuna stared a hole through the referee before turning his attention back to Sting, grabbing Sting by the throat with both hands to pull him up to his feet...and then lifting him up in the air in a chokelift! The referee counted to five before Yokozuna released it, dropping Sting to the mat lack a sack of potatoes.

Yokozuna stalked Sting as he valiantly pulled himself back up to his feet using the ropes, but Yokozuna would strike, beating Sting around the ropes with a combination of chops and kicks - continuing to be in complete control of the match. Sting tried to fight back, but Yokozuna wrapped his arms around the Stinger and delivered a devastating BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX to take Sting back down to the mat! Yokozuna crawled over and made the cover.

ONE!

TWO!

THRE....KICKOUT!

Some frustration could be seen now on Yokozuna's face as he sat up on his knees and once again glared at the referee. But Yokozuna pulled Sting back up and whipped him into the corner once again. Yokozuna slowly made his way over and began to work Sting over in the corner with some chops before transitioning to punches, but STINGER BLOCKED A PUNCH and fired back with a flurry of punches of his own as he began to find a surge of energy out of the corner! Sting alternated between punches and chops himself to back Yokozuna out of the corner and into the ring ropes. Sting then bounced off the ropes, ducked a clothesline from Yokozuna and came back off the ropes with a rolling karate kick to Yokozuna, sending the big man down to the mat!

Both men were slow to recover, but it was Sting up first as Yokozuna was not quite to a vertical base...bent slightly over as Sting ran in, and hit a JUMPING DDT TO YOKOZUNA! Vince wondered if Sting could capitalize, as he was slow to recover himself...making the crawl over and draping himself across Yokozuna's massive frame for a pin:

ONE!

TWO!

KICKOUT BY YOKOZUNA!

Both men began to pull themselves up once again, with Sting coming in from behind with a waistlock to Yokozuna, thinking he could hit the big man with a suplex, but he couldn't quite get Yokozuna off the mat and Yokzuna fired back with a back elbow. Sting came back and was able to lock in a headlock to Yokozuna, but Yokozuna over powered it, lifting Sting up with a BELLY TO BACK SUPLEX to take Sting right back down to the mat! Yokozuna doesn't go for the pin, and instead gets up and bounces off the ropes...LEGDROP to the fallen Sting! NOW he does go for the pin, indicating it was OVER - ONE, TWO, THRE.....NOT YET, STING KICKED OUT!

"Yokozuna CANNOT put THE STINGER away" Vince McMahon cried out as once again Yokozuna sat up on his knees with frustration. Yokozuna looked over to Mr. Fuji who motioned towards the top rope and yelled out "BONZAI!" Yokozuna nodded as he grabbed Sting by the arm and began to pull his body across the ring towards the corner. "If he hits this, it's all over McMahon" Heenan declared as Yokozuna was setting Stinger up for the Bonzai Drop. Up he goes...

BONZAI DROP!

BUT NOBODY WAS HOME! Yokozuna's large back end hits nothing but canvas as STING had rolled out of the way!

Something you don't see very often was Yokozuna showing pain across his face as he was selling the impact of the missed Bonzai Drop. Both men were very slow to get back to their feet as Yokozuna used the ropes in the corner to start to get back up...but once he was back to his feet, he was surprised by a...

STINGER SPLASH!

Yokozuna staggered his way out of the corner as Sting ran in with a dropkick to Yokozuna's back, sending Yokozuna falling into the opposite corner...

STINGER SPLASH TO THE BACK OF YOKOZUNA!

A staggered Yokozuna made his way out of the corner to the waiting Sting...who GRABBED YOKOZUNA AND MANAGED TO GET HIM UP OFF THE MAT AND SLAM HIM TO THE CANVAS! A repeat from the U.S.S Intrepid! STING HAD SLAMMED YOKOZUNA TO THE MAT ONCE AGAIN!

Sting took advantage, grabbing Yokozuna's legs and turning him over...into THE SCORPION DEATH LOCK! Sting struggled slightly to get the big tree trunks turned over, but Sting locked it in and the referee began to check in with Yokozuna to see if he was going to give up. With the referee checking in on Yokozuna, Mr. Fuji looked to do a repeat of WrestleMania IX as he snuck over with the white powder...but Sting saw him coming and released the hold! STING PULLED FUJI INTO THE RING...Fuji backed off, asking for mercy...but Sting TOOK HIM OUT WITH A CLOTHESLINE!

Fuji rolled out of the ring, once agaain incapicated by Sting...but it was YOKZUNA ATTACKING FROM BEHIND thanks to the distraction provided by Fuji! A couple of hard shots from Yokozuna to the back of Sting seemed to staal that huge momentum...and Yokozuna lifted Sting up into a fireman's carry...walking with Sting around the ring while talking trash...think he had Sting right where he wanted him and about to drop him down with the Samoan Drop...

BUT STING FOUGHT FREE....

DOWN THE BACK OF YOKOZUNA - GRABBING YOKOZUNA BY THE HEAD ON THE WAY DOWN..

FALLING INVERTED DDT TO YOKOZUNA!

Sting dropped down and hooked the leg...

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

The Stinger picked up a gargantuan win in his first World Wrestling Federation match over the former World Champion!

Winner: Sting by pinfall at 16:40

Sting pulled himself to his feet and had his arm raised up in victory by the referee, much to the delight of the crowd. As a disappointed Mr. Fuji watched on, Sting climbed the turnbuckles and let out another "WOOOO" howl to the crowd before climbing to ringside and high fiving his way to the back. "What a debut for The Man They Call Sting" Vince McMahon declared, "the start of what should be a remarkable WWF career!"

Backstage, Bret "The Hitman" Hart was making his way to the ring but first he had a word with Todd Pettengill. Brett said that tonight was the culmination of his redemption story that started back at WrestleMania - when he lost what was rightfully his. When Hulk Hogan took something that didn't belong to him. Something that he never earned. Hart came out after WrestleMania and told the world he was going to do WHATEVER IT TOOK to get back to the WWF Championship...and he'll be damned if he hasn't done just that. He competing in the King of the Ring, he defeated Razor Ramon for the shot, and now here he is...minutes away from a match they never said would happen...a match Bret CERTAINLY KNOWS Hulk Hogan never wanted to see. TONIGHT - the Hitman will be BACK ON TOP of the World Wrestling Federation!

Howard Finkel was in the ring to make the big Main Event introductions.

"HART ATTACK"

Coming to the ring first, the former WWF Champion and man who has made it clear that he never should've lost the belt in the first place, Bret Hart. Hart stopped in the aisle, taking in the boos from the crowd before making his way down to the ring. Vince noted just 4 months ago, the cheers for Bret Hart would be deafening, but what a difference between WrestleMania and SummerSlam. Heenan said not caring about the fans was what Hart needed to do if he wanted to get back to a shot at the WWF Championship. These fans aren't winning the title for him - the only man who can do that is Bret Hart!

"REAL AMERICAN"

And the "Suburban Detroit" crowd was alive for the arrival of the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan! Hogan, decked out in his red and yellow Hulkamania muscle shirt and matching tights and of course, the WWF Championship around his waist, trotted out from the back. Hogan high fives a few fans on the way to the ring before climbing right in and ripping off his shirt and posing for the adoring fans.

WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
BRET "THE HITMAN" HART vs. "THE IMMORTAL" HULK HOGAN (c) (w/JIMMY HART)

Hart and Hogan met in the center of the ring to start the match, both jaw jacking back and forth before a steamed Hart SHOVED Hogan back, to which Hogan came back with a SHOVE of his own to Hart! The exchange between the two leads into a lock up with Hogan overpowering Hart and moving him quickly towards the ropes where Hart gladly allows the hold to be broken. The referee finally breaks them up, as Hart complains about the referee taking too long to get Hogan off of him, pointing to the fact that he was in the ropes.

Some more stalling to start the match as they now circled one another before moving in for another lock up, this time with Bret pulling Hogan into a headlock only to have Hogan shove Hart off into the ropes. Hart ducked a clothesline from Hogan, bounced off the ropes but ran into a big shoulder block from Hogan to take the Hitman down to the mat. Hart sat back up as Hogan played to the crowd. Hart was back up and went right after Hogan and the two locked up again. This time Hogan it looked like Hogan was showing that he could match Hart with some "mat technician" skills as he got the upperhand on Hogan with a hammer lock before performing a leg lock take down to sent Hart face first to the mat where Hogan repositioned himself across Bret's back, locking in a front face lock only to have Hart counter it, grabbing Hogan by the arm and pulling Hogan into an armbar submission!

Vince questioned if trying to outwrestle the Hitman was the best of strategies by Hogan as being on the mat is clearly where Hart wanted Hogan. Hart took advantage of having Hogan down on the mat and secured by the arm by also driving some repeated knees into the side of the WWF Champion. But luckily for Hogan he was in close vicinity to the ring ropes and was able to reach out with his foot to break up the submission by Hart.

Hart went right back on the attack once they were to their feet, grabbing Hogan by the arm and performing a couple arm wrenches to Hogan before pulling Hogan in for a pair of shoulder thrusts. Hart then pulled Hogan back into another head lock, driving his fist into the top of Hogan's heat repeatedly before locking the headlock in tighter before Hogan once again managed to overpower Hart and push him off into the ropes. Hogan prepared for a clothesline, but Hart held onto the ropes and BAILED to ringside instead!

As Hart recalculated his strategy on the outside, Hogan paced in the ring - taunting Hart to get back into the ring. After taking most of the ten count, Bret slowly climbed back into the ring, the match once again coming back to a reset with both men in the ring and circling one another. Champion and challenger once again lock up with Hogan once again trying out his wrestling prowess with a headlock into a hammerlock to Hart, Hart attempted to escape with a back elbow but Hogan ducked and then took Hart to the mat with a snapmare and locked him into a front face lock submission! Vince was impressed with Hogan matching up well with Hart with the mat wrestling but Heenan said Vince was right earlier, in the long run there's no way he can go hold for hold with the Hitman!

But for now, Hogan was holding his own, keeping Hart locked in the submission, wearing Hart down with his power. The referee checked in on Hart, but Hart waved him off and began to get back to a vertical base where he was able to BACK SUPLEX his way out of the submission to take Hogan down to the mat! Hart looked to follow it up with a running elbow drop, but Hogan ROLLED out of the way!

Back up to his feet, Hogan went back to his element as he just unloaded with some hard right hands to the head of Bret Hart. Hogan had the Hitman rocking before bouncing off the ropes and hitting a running fist to Hart's head to send the challenger down to the mat!

Hart staggered back to his feet as Hogan went back in, going for an arm wrench of his own to Hart but Hart broke free with a rake of the eyes of Hogan! Hart ignored a warning from the referee to go back on the attack, hitting a kick right to the midsection of Hogan. Hart took control of Hogan, taking him to the mat with a waist lock take down before locking in another armbar submission. Hart pulled back on the arm while at the same time using a hand to push Hogan's face into the canvas!

Hogan battled his way back up to his feet with the crowd rallying behind him, breaking free of the submission with some punches to Bret's midsection, but Bret brought his knee into Hogan's midsection himself to stop a comeback attempt by the champion before executing an Inverted Atomic Drop that had Hogan staggering around the ring. Bret grabbed Hogan by the arm again and began to twist his arm around and go for another armbar, but Hogan grabbed Hart by the trunks and threw him into the ropes - sending Hart toppling out of the ring! "What a dirty move by the champion!" cried out Heenan as Hogan popped back up to his feet.

Hogan left the ring to pull Hart up and toss him back in and took control, grabbing Hart by the head and pointing to the turnbuckles before running and slamming Hart head first into the top turnbuckle padding and then doing the exact same thing with the opposite turnbuckle. Having Hart where he wanted him now, Hogan sent him into the ropes - running off the opposite ropes and nailing Hart with a big clothesline! Hogan didn't let up - dropping two elbows down across the chest of Hart's chest before getting up and raking his boot across the eyes of Hart! "Oh come on!" Heenan cried foul again while Vince pointed out Heenan's hypocrisy if Hart were to "Cut corners" like that.

While the referee warned Hogan, Hart pulled himself up. Hogan went back in, whipping Hart into the ropes and went for a backdrop, but with Hart countered off the ropes with a kick to the chest and followed up with a SWINGING NECKBREAKER! HART with the pinning attempt: ONE, TWO, KICKOUT by Hogan.

Hogan sat up from the pinfall only to have Hart come in from behind with a sleeper hold as the Hitman looked to put Hogan out for good here. Hogan was struggling against the submission while Hart slammed the apron and rallied the fans to get Hogan to stay awake. Just as it looked like Hogan was getting back up to a vertical base, Hart was able to reposition his wait and drive Hogan down to the mat and still have the sleeper locked in. Heenan thought for sure this was going to be the end of the WWF Championship "reign of terror" by the Hulkster. Out of desperation, Hogan began to reach up and grab at Hart's long hair, but the referee stepped in to stop it.

It looked like Hogan was going to sleep...and the referee checked in on his arm.

FIRST LIFT...down went Hogan's arm.

SECOND LIFT...down went Hogan's arm.

THIRD LIFT....IT STAYED UP! There's still life left in the champion!

With the crowd amplifying, Hogan began to surge...making his way back to his feet once again, his arms shaking frantically with the HULK UP. BACK ELBOW! BACK ELBOW! BACKE ELBOW! Three in a row finally get the hold broken and Hogan runs to the ropes - SHOULDER TACKLE to Hart! Hogan bounces off the adjacent ropes, and Hart drops to the canvas - Hogan jumps over Hart and heads to the opposite ropes as Hart goes for a boot, but Hogan caught it! NOT SO FAST BROTHER! Hogan spun Hart around - ATOMIC DROP! Down goes Hart...Hogan bounced off the ropes - ELBOW DROP...but HART ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY!

Both men were slow to recover, but Hart was able to strike first, coming in from behind with a running bulldog to take Hogan to the mat. With Hogan down, Hart headed up to the middle rope where he came down with a second rope axe handle elbow to Hogan. Bret went for the pin: ONE, TWO, KICKOUT!

Hart didn't let up after the nearfall, grabbing Hogan by his skullet and tossing him head first into the turnbuckles repeatedly before leaning Hogan against the padding. Hart left the ring and shoved the ring steps out of the way...before reaching into the ring and pulling Hogan's legs out from under him down to the mat...and pulling him groin first into the ring post! But Hart wasn't done as he locked in the Figure Four Leg Lock around the ring post! Hogan cried out in pain as the referee counted Hart down and at five Hart released the hold to avoid the disqualification - but the damage had been done as Hogan was clutching his knee in the ring.

Back in the ring, Hart went right after that knee - driving his own knee down into it, stomping on it, slamming it repeatedly into the canvas, and wrapping the leg around the ring ropes to inflict more damage to the Hulkster.

Feeling like he had the champion in trouble, Hart stood back and would let Hogan try and pull himself up, only to go right back after the knee - dropping down with a chopblock to Hogan! With Hogan on the mat, clutching at the leg in pain, Hart grabbed ahold of him and pulled him to the center of the ring...stepping through and turning Hogan over into the Sharpshooter!

"This could be it!" Vince exclaimed as Hogan was trapped in the center of the ring in Hart's finishing submission manuever! The referee checked in on Hogan, who clutched at his face and cried out "NO!" - refusing to give up. Once again it was Jimmy Hart rallying the fans, trying to support Hogan in any way they could to try and get him to break the hold. Hogan finally pulled himself up onto his arms and began to use wahtever strength he could find to scratch and claw his way to the ropes...reaching out....and oh so close....

BUT HART PULLED HIM BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RING!

Hart sat back down, pushing Hogan back into the mat as the champion showed off his agonizing pain. The referee continued to check in on Hogan, but Hogan waved him off again - still refusing to submit. The Hulkster began to pull himself up on his arms once again, channeling the power of the Hulkamaniacs as he muscled his way up and PULLED himself and Hart back to the ropes once again. This time Hogan is able to rreeeeeaaacchhh......and...GRABBED THE BOTTOM ROPE! Bret Hart had no choice but to break it up, but not before holding it the full five second from the referee.

With the Sharpshooter broken, Hart immediately stomped right at Hogan's leg before dropping a pair of fist drops down onto the Hulkster. Bret would drop down and make the pin on Hogan but only pick up a two count. Pulling the champion to his feet, Hart whipped Hogan into the corner, charging in behind him with a clothesline. Bret then began to work over Hogan with some punches...but NOT SO FAST...HOGAN was getting fired up in the corner...the HULKSTER WAS COMING ALIVE...

A BLOCKED punch from Hart led Hogan to grabbing Hart and tossing him into the corner in stead! Hogan unloaded a flurry of punches to the Hitman. Hogan backed away from the corner, posing for the crowd as Hart stumbled out of the corner on wobbly knees, right into a BODYSLAM from Hogan! Hogan played to the crowd once again before bouncing off the ropes...

LEGDROP!

NO!, HART rolled out of the way! And Hogan was down on the mat after the missed Legdrop, clutching that leg that Hart had been working over! Hogan sat up, but Bret came in from behind, wrapping his arms around Hogan's neck in a reverse choke hold - after the five count, the referee broke it up and issued another warning to Bret Hart, who held his arms up as if he had done nothing wrong. Hart then took Hogan to the mat with a RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP before Hart made his way over to the corner.

Bret Hart climbed up to the second turnbuckle...DIVING ELBOWDROP TO HOGAN! BRET WITH THE PIN!

ONE - NO!

HOGAN POWERED OUT EMPHATICALLY!

Bret rolled back to his feet as the wild-eyed Hogan was now up on his knees, once again HULKING UP! Hart moved in with a pair of right hands to the kneeling Hogan, but Hogan completely NO SOLD the attack and just stood back up to his feet, confronting Hart in the middle of the ring! Another right hand from Hart went unsold by Hogan as Hogan now began to shake himself around the ring....but Hart wasn't having it, moving in with a knee lift to Hogan, but Hogan kneeled over briefly before standing right back up and wagging his finger at Hart! RIGHT HAND from Hart - BLOCKED! Hogan fired back - right hand...and another right hand...and another! Hart was on the ropes!

Hogan grabbed Hart and WHIPPED HIM INTO THE ROPES...

BIG BOOT!

NO! HART DUCKED and then CLIPPED HOGAN'S LEG to send him back to the mat!

But Hogan was quickly getting back to his feet, Hart tried to put a stop to Hogan's resurgence, locking him in a headlock - but Hogan shoved Hart off...

RIGHT INTO THE REFEREE!

With the referee down, Hart turned around from the collision...right into the BIG BOOT from Hogan! Hart hit the mat...Hogan bounced off the ropes...

LEGDROP!

This time it connected! Hogan made the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

The crowd counted...but there was no referee! As Vince declared Hogan had the match won, the champion got to his feet and went to check on the referee...and was blindsided by BAM BAM BIGELOW now in the ring! Bigelow attacked Hogan from behind with a CHAIRSHOT! Hogan dropped to his knees as Bigelow now helped Hart to his feet and handed Hart the chair.

As Hogan held his back in pain and began to get back to his feet, Bret Hart prepared to deliver a final blow to Hogan, lifting the chair high above his head...

But it was OWEN HART arriving and pulled the chair away from Bret's arms! A furious Bigelow and Bret confronted Owen as Hogan was now back to his feet.

As Owen turned around and DECKED HOGAN ACROSS THE HEAD WITH THE CHAIR!

The arena was drowning in a sea of boos as Bret Hart's anger quickly faded as his little brother took out the WWF Champion. Owen, shook his head - seemingly not fully pleased with what he had done as he left the ring with the chair, tossing it away while Bigelow also headed to ringside. Bret pulled the referee over as he made the cover as Vince McMahon cried bloody murder on commentary..

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Bret Hart had done it - he had defeated Hulk Hogan to become the WWF Champion for the second time in his career!

Winner: Bret Hart by pinfall at 19:11

Bret sat up on his knees - nearly in tears as he realized he had done it. The referee brought over the WWF Championship, handing it to Bret as he stood up and lifted up Hart's arm in victory as loud boos rained in on the new WWF Champion.

Bam Bam Bigelow gave his approval at ringside as Hart lifted the belt up high. Vince McMahon was distraught over what had happened - speechless over Owen Hart's decision to help his brother win the WWF Championship in that way. "Blood is thicker than water, McMahon," Heenan declared, "and a Brother is always going to have the other's back. No matter what! That's what Owen Hart did tonight - he did what was best for the Hart family!"

Vince didn't like it one bit, but like it or not - BRET HART was the WWF CHAMPION!

Bret posed with the belt in the ring, motioning for his brother to join him in the ring. Owen seemed reluctant but did climb into the ring...and Bret pulled his younger brother in for a big hug! Bam Bam Bigelow joined the trio in the ring and SummerSlam came to a close Bigelow lifting Bret up onto his shoulders and Hart holding the title high in the air while the boos filled the air.

Dubb · Apr 21, 2026

SEPTEMBER WRESTLING NEWS ROUND UP

With Hulk Hogan dropping the WWF Championship at SummerSlam, it would appear he will be leaving the WWF after his contract ends at the end of 1993. Hogan plans to pursue his career in Hollywood with his new show Thunder in Paradise picked up and to begin airing in 1994. Hulk Hogan is expected to still work select dates the rest of the year, including Survivor Series

Speaking of expiring contracts, Gene Okerlund seems to be severing ties with the WWF after 10 years. He finised up at Summerslam and will be starting with WCW in September. He will be doing interview segments on TV and hosting WCW's 900 hotline. Apparently, Bobby Heenan was involved in the negotiations as well, with the 2 of them planning to jump to WCW as a package deal, but Heenan backed out before the negotiations got serious. Okerlund was reportedly unhappy with the new deal WWF offered, which included him having to move to Connecticut. His WCW deal is reportedly $250,000 per year, plus 35% of the 900 hotline revenue

More releases could be coming as WWF continues to watch it's costs.

With Okerlund out, the WWF have hired another name that will join Jim Ross and Todd Pettingill as backstage reporters and that man is former nationally syndicated wrestling radio show host Mike Tenay. Tenay's show was recently ended when a new program director decided wrestling wasn't something he wanted his channel to cover anymore.

The Undertaker is expected to take some time off to heal up from an injury he sustained while playing softball.

August's Clash of the Champions event in WCW was headlined by Big Van Vader successfully defending the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Davey Boy Smith. The show also featured Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeating The Hollywood Blonds for the Tag Team Titles, 2 Cold Scorpio defeating Lord Steven Regal, Johnny B. Badd defeating Maxx Payne, Ricky Steamboat beating Paul Orndorff for the TV Title, Dustin Rhodes and Mystery Partner Road Warrior Hawk defeated Rick Rude & The Equalizer. But perhaps the most memorable moment of this Clash of the Champions event was Dustin Rhodes, Davey Boy Smith, and Hawk revealing their final partner for War Games next month agains Vader, Vicious, and Harlem Heat - THE SHOCKMASTER. The Shockmaster was portrayed by recent WWF release Giant Gonzales, making his return to WCW...but the near 8-footer stumbled through his entrance, becoming the laughing stock of pro wrestling and even his own teammates...in a moment that will probably be forgotten about and not at all laughed at for years to come.

WWF Raw is pre-empted on Labor Day due to US Open tennis but will return on September 13th for the first post-SummerSlam show which, according to advertisements during WWF Superstars, will feature an interview with new WWF Champion Bret Hart and his brother Owen Hart. We will also here from Sting after his successful WWF debut match at SummerSlam. And the feature match will pit Tatanka looking to rebound from a loss at SummerSlam up against the newest member of CarnEvil - Adam Bomb!

BattleTank · Apr 22, 2026

After reading Summerslam, not sure if you originally posted it on WC or here...it all came back to me that I indeed do vaguely remember this show...and in turn that led me to remember making graphics for Survivor Series 93 lol

So, here are my live thoughts. Wrote them down while reading this from scratch. Somewhere in the middle of the show it dawned on me that I read this a million years ago...

Enjoyed the opener, you already know this but you always hit the nail on the head with all of the New Gen canon that takes place. The Quebecers talking shit only to be pinned wearing toilet seats is so great. The Steiners look strong here, which was the goal.

I'm never against Bammers getting a win in a big spot. I am expecting Owen to find that "killer instinct" soon, possibly later tonight...because Hogan isn't going down without interference...

Obviously this CarnEvil versus young Kronic has a special spot in my heart lol So much fun here. Adam Bomb defecting only makes sense to strengthen the group. Love the use of "freaks" throughout. Got me excited for some things to come in my own project...The thought of Doink, Adam Bomb and Polo together just makes perfect sense. Curious to see if Crush eventually takes the Adam Bomb route when he ultimately becomes Evil Crush.

HBK and Scott Norton- a match made in heaven!

I was surprised that you had Diesel go over clean, but then reading the Round Up, it seems that Sid needed a substitute First Basemen for his softball league lol Clever way to write out Taker for now, I'm assuming he takes a seat, returns at the Rumble, and takes down Diesel at WMX.

Creative way to keep the Lawler/Summerslam 93 spots in-tact here. Love Razor being the guy to get the heat over Lawler. Still have zero recollection of Vinny Diamond, so I just read that as if it were DDP because I'm not sure who it actually is lol Razor needed that after the KOTR loss, so it's good to see him being well booked headed into the fall months...

You somehow managed to keep me entertained throughout the Gunns/MOM match. Gunns winning makes sense, they should be a nice opponent for The Steiners down the road...

Always expected HBK to win. And it was fun to read the match. One of the biggest misses was not having these two have some sort of a program in real life. I know they fought a few times throughout the years, but man, this one was wrapped on a silver platter for WWF. You did a great job in making HBK look really good at the end. Great stuff. By far my favorite read of the show thus far.

This mixed-tag match was fine for what it was. Never gonna not get excited for a Tatanka match. Luger and Luna look strong here, but Tatanka will always be over so it didn't really matter if he lost or not.

Stinger was always winning his debut match, but this was a thing of beauty. Carrying Yoko to a 16 minute match is no easy task, but you somehow did it here. Escaping the Samoan Drop was a clever way to transition into the Death Drop. So much fun here throughout. So much fun just reading this project again.

Heel Bret is so much fun. Owen doing what needed to be done is intriguing. He found his killer instinct, but now that he has it...does he turn it around on Bret down the line? In switched roles, with Bret being the heel throughout while Owen gains the respect of the fans? I'm assuming that's the direction this will go, and I'm really excited and all for it! Hogan looked fine here throughout. Wonder if his contract really expires, or we get a one-off down the line. Regardless, the big story here is Bret Hart starting a nice title reign.

Overall, I'm so glad you posted this. It was a relatively quick read, mostly because your writing style is a breeze to get through. No clutter, no gigantic paragraphs- it really suits my attention span these days lol Keep up the great work, my friend. Hoping to see this updated regularly now!

Dubb · Apr 23, 2026

WWF SEPTEMBER 1993 UPDATE (PART ONE)

:::WE ARE FAMILY:::

Coming out of SummerSlam, obviously one of the biggest stories was not just the fact that Bret "The Hitman" Hart had walked out of Detroit with the WWF Championship - but it was how he did it. After weeks of Bret's brother Owen Hart begging to see the Bret he "knew" come back, not agreeing with Bret's recent attitude and win at all cost mentality, it was Owen who gave in to his brother's ways instead and decked Hulk Hogan with the chair that gave Bret the win.

The question, of course. would become why would Owen help his brother? After Bret had aligned himself with Owen's rival Bam Bam Bigelow and sent Bigelow to "teach" Owen a lesson on "how to win" in the WWF.

While Raw was pre-empted due to US Open tennis, on the September 4th episode of WWF Superstars, Bret Hart was interviewed by Jim Ross and in this short interview, Bret proclaimed that his brother had made the right choice to "choose family" and that he had promised his brother that he won't regret it. Bret was promising Owen that he would lead him to "gold" in the WWF.

On the September 13th episode of WWF Raw, Bret's associate Bam Bam Bigelow was in action, defeating Rich Myers with ease - but toying with him long enough to allow Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan to recap the events of SummerSlam. But after the match, Vince McMahon would enter the ring and bring out Bret and Owen Hart for their first interview together.

As Bam Bam Bigelow had his arm raised in the air by the referee, Vince McMahon climbed into the ring with a microphone.

Vince McMahon:
Certainly an impressive performance here tonight by "The Beast from the East" Bam Bam Bigelow! But Bam Bam, I think the people here at Raw and watching at home across the world are very interested to hear from the man you played a part in helping win the WWF Championship at SummerSlam - so how about we bring out the NEW WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPION...BRET "THE HITMAN" HART!

"HART ATTACK"

The boos filled the Manhattan Center as the confident Bret Hart made his way down to the ring, pulling back his black leather jacket to reveal the WWF Championship around his waist. Joining Bret, was his brother Owen, now sporting his own matching black leather jacket instead of his usual track suit/wind breaker. Owen looked slightly less enthused than Bret, who wrapped his arm around the neck of Owen on the way down to the ring, showing endearment to the brother who all but won him the WWF title at SummerSlam.

The duo entered the ring and Bam Bam Bigelow greeted Hart with a hug. Bigelow reached out to shake Owen's hand, but Owen ignored it.

Vince McMahon:
I don't know if everyone at home can feel it, but right now, standing in this very ring, it certainly does not feel like everything is all sunshine and rainbows, Bret Hart! What's going on here with you and your brother?

Bret Hart:
First off all, Vince, allow me to point out that once again in my career, I've done what people thought was impossible. Once again in my career, people wanted to count The Hitman out after WrestleMania. But I sat here on Raw after WrestleMania - and I told the world...I said I would do WHATEVER IT TOOK to get the WWF Championship back. AND I DID JUST THAT!

Hart lowered out his arms and extended them to the crowd, once again showing off the WWF Championship belt, garnering plenty of boos from the crowd.

Vince McMahon:
Well, yes, we all know that you defeated Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam, but the story is more...HOW you won the belt, Hitman.

Bret Hart:
Why are we harping on the how, McMahon? In 20 years, when people are reading about SummerSlam 1993 in the history books...the HOW won't matter. What will matter is that it will show that Bret "The Hitman" Hart put an end to Hulkamania once and for all, and became the WWF Champion for the second time in his career! And then it'll go on to talk about all the other successful defenses I will no doubt have.

Vince McMahon:
With all due respect, Bret - I'm not particularly interested in what you have to say tonight. We all know you won the belt. We all knew you would be willing to cut corners and win at all costs at SummerSlam. Quite frankly, nothing you can say would surprise me about that match with Hulk Hogan. I think I speak for everyone when I say, the person we want to hear from is standing right there...OWEN HART.

Bret Hart:
Listen, people think Owen turned his back on the fans and on Hulk Hogan on Sunday night. But at the end of the day...Owen is a HART. He's my brother. And brother's stick together through the thick and the thin. Don't you have a brother, Vince?

Vince McMahon:
Well, yes, I do have a brother...

Bret Hart:
And do you always see eye to eye? Do you always agree on EVERYTHING?

Vince McMahon:
Well, of course not....but that's not what I'm...

Bret Hart:
That's right, of course you don't. Brothers argue. Brothers fight. But when all is said in done, you're always gonna to have your brother's back. And the past month, I've been trying to do what's best for Owen...I've tried to show him the way. You might call it 'tough love' when I sent our mutual friend Bam Bam here to try and show Owen the way. And I think, after SummerSlam, Owen...has finally seen the light. He wants to make something of himself. He wants to be a CHAMPION here in the WWF and just like his big brother, he's finally willing to do whatever it takes to win.

Bret reached out and wrapped his arm around Owen's neck once again, pulling him in close for a side hug.

Bret Hart:
And you know brother, just like you had my back at SummerSlam - you better believe I'm gonna be there to return the favor. And I'm gonna see to it that you do become a champion where in the WWF, brother - SOONER than later.

Vince McMahon:
Now Owen, your brother just said an awful lot on your behalf...but I've yet to hear from you. Is everything Bret saying really how you feel?

The camera moved in tight on Owen who remained silent, lowered his head briefly before bringing it back up and moved towards the microphone...

Owen Hart:
Vince..I just...

Bret Hart:
No, no, no! You don't owe him or any of these people in the audience anything, Owen. The only thing that matters is US. We have each other's backs no matter what. Me, you, yeah - even Bam Bam...he's proven that he's got my back and I' do the same for him - just as if he was my own brother. 'Cause ya know what, Owen - WE...WE ARE FAMILY and that's...that's what this is all about! And we're about to dominate the World Wrestling Federation as we were meant to..as...A FAMILY.

Vince McMahon:
But, If I may--

As Bret turned with Owen, their back away from Vince and heading out of the ring - Bam Bam Bigelow stepped in..

Bam Bam Bigelow:
We're done here!

"Hart Attack" played once again as this "family" headed away from the ring and we headed to break.

:::TARGETED:::

If the outcome of SummerSlam's World Championship match was one of the big talked about moments from the PPV, the other one was the official debut of The Man They Call STING who was successful in his attempt to defend America against the evil foreigner Yokozuna. On Superstars, Sting had a brief solo/cut away promo where he was excited to put Yokozuna behind him and get on to bigger and better things in the WWF.

However, the on the September 11th episode of Superstars, The Quebecers had their own cutaway promo where they decided to take some shots at Sting when discussing how they were sick of having to share the locker room with "American patriots" like Sting, Jim Duggan, and The Steiner Brothers. The Quebecers were crying fowl about the way their tag title match ended (claiming The Steiners cheated) and were going to make an example out of the rest of those who "proudly wave the red, white, and blue" - like Sting.

And they would emphasize that once again on Raw.

Jim Ross:
Welcome back to WWF Monday Night Raw ladies and gentlemen and standing with me right now is the man of the hour, the man who made one of the more impressive WWF debuts I have ever witnessed when he defeated the 600-pound Yokozuna at SummerSlam! Sting - I know you've been told this a lot, but welcome to the WWF and boy are we proud to have ya here.

Sting:
WOOOOOOOOOO! JIM ROSS, I gotta tell ya, I don't get tired of hearin' it but there's no one more proud to be here than the Stinger himself! Everybody knows that if you REALLY want to be on top of the wrestling world - the WWF is where ya wanna be! And at SummerSlam, I faced my first challenge...and it was no mere hurdle...I squared off against a LITERAL mountain of a man! But there's no challenge or opponent too big for the Stinger, JR!

Jim Ross:
I think the world wants to know now that your first challenge is in the books, where does Sting go next?

Sting:
Well, ya know JR, I think that...

"Blah Blah Blah!"

The voice of Jacques Rougeau interrupted the backstage interview as he and Pierre Oulette - The Quebecers - entered the frame to join Sting.

Jacques Rougeau:
Allow Pierre to answer that question for you...."Stinger."

Pierre Oulette:
Tout le monde s'en fout!

Sting and JR shared a look as neither had any idea what Pierre was saying.

Jacques Rougeau:
What's the matter, STING? Oh! Silly me! I forgot, you're just like most STUPID AMERICANS - you only know ONE language. Well, allow me to translate...NOBODY CARES!

Rougeau and Oulette shared a laugh as Sting just stared, his hands now resting his hips.

Jacques Rougeau:
So let me make this clear, Sting. You waltz into the WWF - wearing those disgusting colors of America - fighting for the so-called HONOR of this awful country...and that puts a TARGET on your back! And you picked a bad time to be wearin' those colors - because Pierre and myself, we're TICKED OFF after what happened at SummerSlam..

Sting:
Ohhh yeah! You mean where you both lost, right?

Rougeau sneered in response.

Jacques Rougeau:
YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR MOUTH!

Sting:
Listen, FELLAS - look, I'm a reasonable guy! You have a problem with me and the good ole' USA...and listen, I'm not really sure why, but that's okay! Because I was in a meeting with Jack Tunney after SummerSlam and he wanted to have me wrestle on WWF Raw for the first time in a couple weeks...but we weren't sure who my opponent should be! But you guys showin' up has me thinkin' - you want a piece of the Stinger it seems, so one of you two boys, pony on up and take the Stinger on, ONE ON ONE on MONDAY NIGHTRAW! And boys, I've had a target on my back my whole life...so take your shot! WOOOOO!

Sting gave Rougeau and Oulette a pair of pats on the shoulder before walking off - leaving the Quebecers stewing as we headed back to the ring.

:::THE END:::

At SummerSlam, we witnessed The Undertaker take a beating like we've perhaps never seen the Dead Man take before as Diesel at points man handled him while Harvey Wippleman watched on from ringside with The Undertaker's own urn. In the end, it was Diesel picking up the impressive victory over Taker.

But just winning wasn't enough for Diesel, as post match he unceremoniously dumped the ashes inside of Undertaker's urn all over the Dead Man.

Believe it or not, Diesel and Harvey Wippleman weren't done yet with that Urn...well, not yet anyway.

Raw cut to a pre-recorded video of an empty parking lot with Diesel's big rig transfer truck idling as Diesel and Wippleman stood outside - Harvey Wippleman still hodling onto The Undertaker's urn.

Diesel:
How's it feel, Hank?

Harvey Wippleman:
You have no idea, Diesel. No idea!

Diesel:
Nah, see that's where you're wrong, lil' man. 'Cause I know it feels GREAT!

Harvey Wippleman:
I've been trying to get rid of The Undertaker for so long...but like a cockroach he always comes back....

Diesel:
You just had to find the right man for the job. Trust me, after SummerSlam, he's as good as dead. Plus, he'd be just plain stupid to try and come back after the beatdown I gave him. And without this...

Diesel reached over and grabbed the urn from Wippleman's grasps.

Diesel:
...Without this, he's nothin' anyway. So I say...we get rid of this piece of junk once and for all.

Harvey Wippleman:
I like the way you think, Diesel!

Diesel walked over to the front of the transfer truck, reaching down and placing the urn right between the tire and the pavement before walking back over to Wippleman and opening the door to the cabin. Before climbing into the driver's seat, Diesel looked back at the camera.

Diesel:
Take a good look - you don't wanna miss this shot!

Diesel shut the door and after a moment, the truck shifted into gear and rolled forward...the pressure and weight from the massive tires crushing down onto the urn...SHATTERING IT across the pavement as the camera picked it up with a close up.

Wippleman bent over laughing as Diesel rolled down the window and stuck his head out, surveying the damage.

Diesel:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust - or-whatever moombojumbo Paul Bearer would say! That right there - that's the end of The Undertaker!

The camera zoomed back in on the shattered urn on the pavement before fading out.

:::THE F WORD:::

CarnEvil grew on member stronger at SummerSlam when it turned out that Crush's hand picked partner wasn't the ally he thought he was. Or, as it turned out, Adam Bomb wasn't too thrilled with the use of the word 'freak' to describe him - or as The Ringmaster called it in an interview on Superstars "The F Word."

In the same interview, The Ringmaster said that this was just the beginning - Adam Bomb may be newest act, but "The Greatest Show on Earth" was only going to get bigger - and GREATER! The Ringmaster issued an invitation: "For anyone who has been called a FREAK....a LOSER...a WEIRDO - CARNEVIL is here and we are waiting for you."

On Raw, it would appear The Ringmaster already had his eyes on a potential new recruit as Adam Bomb took on Tatanka, who was looking to bounce back from the Mixed Tag Match loss at SummerSlam.

Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) vs. Tatanka (w/Sensational Sherri)

Pre-match, The Ringmaster got on the microphone and welcomed everyone to "The Greatest Show on Earth" and turned our attention to the "center ring" for the introduction of the "Man Who Feels No Pain" - the "Radioactive Man!" - ADAM BOMB! The Ringmaster was certainly proud of the newest recruit to their Sideshow.

Meanwhile, things weren't quite as all smiles on the other side of the ring. After their loss as at SummerSlam, and the miscommunication that lead to Sherri eating the Bionic Forearm from Lex Luger...Tatanka was actually WALKING to the ring for once - not rushing the ring with his usual high energy. And things seemed rather frosty between Tatanka and Sherri, the two barely talking to each other pre-match.

Tatanka went straight at Adam Bomb to start the match, rocking him with some knife edge chops and hard right hands moving Bomb into the ropes before sending him in and connecting with a big back elbow - but Adam Bomb absorbed the blows and battled back, including hitting an impressive standing dropkick to showcase some of his agility. Tatanka rolled out of the ring, displaying some frustration as Sherri confronted him. Sherri wanted Tatanka to get back into the ring and go after him, but a frustrated Tatanka could be heard saying "nothing was working!"

Back in the ring, Tatanka went after Bomb once again - getting the big man staggering and began to unload the TOMAHAWK CHOPS to Bomb - finally knocking him down to the mat. But no matter what Tatanka threw at Bomb...he couldn't keep the "Radioactive Man" down! But Tatanka showed he would keep trying, showing off his strength when he was able to hit the Papoose To Go Samoan Drop onto Bomb! But outside the ring, The Ringmaster had approached Sherri and the two were having a discussion at ringside...which Heenan reminded us that The Ringmaster and Doink had indicated they were going to continue to "recruit" for CarnEvil.

Tatanka climbed to the top turnbuckle, looking to hit the Flying Tomahawk Chop...but he noticed Sherri and Ringmaster talking at ringside. Tatanka called out to Sherri, asking what she was doing...and this distraction had allowed Adam Bomb up to his feet. Bomb grabbed Tatanka and TOSSED HIM off the top rope to the mat!

Tatanka staggered up to his feet into a RUNNING BIG BOOT from Adam Bomb!

Adam Bomb grabbed Tatanka by his hair, pulling him to his feet...NUCLEAR METLDOWN TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN!

PIN! ONE - TWO - THREE!

What a huge win for the newcomer!

Winner - Adam Bomb by pinfall at 7:43

Post match, The Ringmaster celebrated by lifting up Adam Bomb's arm in victory as Sherri watched on, looking none to pleased to see Tatanka taking another loss.

:::THE SHOULDER BREAKER:::

Flash Norton has spent most of the last few months stoically standing in the corner of every Shawn Michaels match and has been a big factor in many of HBK's wins since becoming employed as the bodyguard of the Intercontinental Champion. He certainly played a big part in the huge win for Michaels at SummerSlam when he delivered a devastating Shoulder Breaker to Randy Savage (who already had been having his arm and shoulder worked over during the match). It rendered Savage's arm useless for the rest of the match, especially effecting Savage's ability to land his Flying Elbowdrop.

What we haven't seen thus far is Flash Norton actually in action...but that changed after SummerSlam when he wrestled on both episodes of Superstars following the Pay-Per-View event. Norton would pick up dominating victories over Ralph Mosca and Jeff Lebolt, finishing each of them off with that Shoulder Breaker finisher. Both of his unfortunate opponents had to be medically escorted to the back with injuries to their shoulders.

In related news, following his decisive victory over Jerry "The King" Lawler at SummerSlam, Razor Ramon followed it up by returning to action on WWF Superstars with a victory over Reno Riggins. But more importantly, during the match it was announced that Razor Ramon had been named the number one contender and next challenger for Shawn Michaels' Intercontinental Championship in a match that would happen on the September 20th episode of Monday Night Raw! That match would continue to be hyped on Raw when Ramon was in action with another win, this time over The Executioner.

:::FIRED:::

Since losing the WWF Tag Team Titles at King of the Ring, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase has been hitting a rough patch in his career. Wins have been hard to come by, he lost his tag partner IRS to injury and his hired security Mr. Hughes was proving to be quite useless - including accidentally letting The Smoking Gunns steal the bounty payment for Men on a Mission and then more recently on the Raw before SummerSlam, a miscommunication between Hughes and DiBiase cost The Million Dollar Man in a match against Typhoon.

On the September 11th episode of WWF Superstars...Ted DiBiase had had enough.

Thunder & Lightning (TJ Thunder & Luke Lightning) vs. Money Inc. (Ted Dibiase & Mr. Hughes)

The young upstart duo of Thunder & Lightning (or perhaps from your reality you'd know them as Justin Credible & Sean Waltman) had been making waves in the WWF - putting on somewhat competitive matches with the likes of The Steiner Brothers, Men on a Mission, and School of Rock - but had yet to score a victory in the WWF. Money Inc. saw this as an opportunity to get back on track - but found themselves quite frustrated with how much fight these two youngster had!

The speed of Luke Lightning was especially impressive and DiBiase's age was starting to show as he was really struggling to keep up with the youngster. To his credit, Hughes was able to use his power to get control of the match - and after Hughes had done the dirty work of wearing down TJ Thunder - DiBiase tagged himself back in and looked to take over. However, when DiBiase put Thunder in a Full Nelson, he instructed Hughes to get in some cheap shots...Hughes went in for a big right hand, but TJ escaped and Hughes nailed DiBiase!

TJ LIGHTNING ROLLED UP THE MILLION DOLLAR MAN...

And a SPRINGBOARD DROPKICK from Luke Lightning sent Hughes falling through the middle ropes to ringside!

ONE - TWO - THREE!

What an upset! Thunder & Lightning had scored the victory over Money Inc!

Winners: Thunder & Lightning by pinfall at 6:32

TJ and Luke got their chance to celebrate, but the story of the post match was that this was the straw that broke the camel's back for Ted DiBiase. DiBiase put all the blame on this loss and ALL the other failures square on the back of one Mr. Hughes - and FIRED HIM on the spot! Hughes face looked like she had smelled something just terrible (aka - pretty much the way he always looks) as DiBiase walked away in a combination of embarrassment and anger.

With Hughes fired and IRS out for the foreseeable future, it seemed like Money Inc. was no more.

:::QUICK RESULTS:::

WWF Superstars (9-4-93)
Men on a Mission (Mo & Mabel) (w/Oscar) def. The Ferguson Bros (Mike & Aaron Ferguson)
Typhoon def. Mike Moraldo
Rock & Shock (Marty Jannetty & Chris Candido) def. Russ Greenberg & Mark Thomas
Flash Norton def. Ralph Mosca
Razor Ramon def. Reno Riggins
WWF World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) def. Fred Williams & The Brooklyn Brawler

WWF Superstars (9-11-93)
Flash Norton def. Jeff Lebolt
Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) def. Ron Neal
Thunder & Lightning (TJ Thunder & Luke Lightning) def. Money Inc. (Ted Dibiase & Mr. Hughes)
Tito Santana def. Barry Darsow
The Smoking Gunns (Bart & Billy Gunn) def. The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu)

WWF Raw (9-13-93)
Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) def. Tatanka (w/Sensational Sherri)
Bam Bam Bigelow def. Rich Myers
Razor Ramon def. The Executioner
Typhoon def. Tony DeVito

:::COMING UP IN THE NEXT UPDATE:::

Shawn Michaels defends the Intercontinental Championship against "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon!

Sting makes his Raw wrestling debut as he takes on Jacques Rougeau!

Tatanka looks to avenge his loss to Adam Bomb as he now takes on the leader of CarnEvil - Doink the Clown!

An update on Randy Savage's shoulder following SummerSlam!

And MORE!

Dubb · Apr 27, 2026

WWF SEPTEMBER 1993 UPDATE (PART TWO)

:::THE BAD GUY versus THE SEXY BOY:::

As we found out last week, after his dominating performance at SummerSlam and his momentum since becoming the 1993 King of the Ring, "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon was named the number one contender to "The Heart Break Kid" Shawn Michaels' Intercontinental Title with a match to happen on the September 20th episode of WWF Raw. Michaels himself was riding a high wave of momentum coming off his big win over "The Macho Man" Randy Savage at SummerSlam as well, so the always confident champion was more full of himself than usual, once again declaring himself the "Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All Time."

Razor Ramon was hoping to put an end to that reign - but, as usual with a match with Shawn Michaels - he was also going to have to deal with his bodyguard at ringside, Flash Norton.

WWF Intercontinental Championship Match
"The Heart Break Kid" Shawn Michaels (w/Flash Norton) vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon

As the bell rang and the match got under way, Michaels and Ramon went toe to toe in the center of the ring, both competitors talking trash to one another before HBK gave Ramon a shove. Ramon staggered backwards and smirked before he reached back to his ear and grabbed a tooth pick...and tossed it right between the eyes of HBK! Michaels oversold the "toothpick attack" by pretending to be blinded...dropping to the mat and rolling out of the ring where Flash Norton came to his aid. HBK cried out for a disqualification as Ramon extended his arms in the ring in frustration. The referee ordered Michaels back into the ring, beginning the count as Ramon dared him from in the ring.

Michaels would finally enter the ring before getting counted out and the pair would lock up. Some fast pace back and forth ensued, each man reversing a headlock and exchanging reversals off the ropes until Ramon would go for a back suplex only to have HBK flip over and land on his feet. Michaels grabbed Ramon from behind and performed a reverse double leg takedown, sending Ramon face first to the mat. The cocky Intercontinental Champion then walked across his challenger's back, giving a stomp across the back of Ramon's head at the end. The confident HBK stopped to pose for the unappreciating crowd, as Razor popped back up to his feet...and DECKED Michaels with a big right hand when he turned around, sending a roar through the crowd!

Ramon sent HBK into corner and worked over Michaels with some big right hands to the upperbody that had the champ reeling. It was all The Bad Guy until he made the mistake of going for a backdrop after sending Michaels into the rope as HBK would counter coming in with a big SWINGING NECKBREAKER! Michaels would make the cover: One - Two - KICKOUT by Ramon. Despite the kickout, Michaels found himself in control now as he worked over Ramon with some knee drops before sending Ramon into the corner and slammed him head first into the top turnbuckle. Michaels remained in the drivers seat until he went to the top turnbuckle for a flying body press only to have Ramon CATCH HIM in midair! Ramon walked with HBK to the center of the ring before tossing him back with a FALLAWAY SLAM!

Vince McMahon thought that could be hit as Ramon went for the pin! ONE - TWO - THR - NO! Michaels with the kickout.

Flash Norton watched on from the ring, keeping his eyes glued to Ramon as Razor locked HBK in an armbar on the mat, but HBK made his way back up to his feet and was able to break the hold by yanking on Ramon's long dark hair. Ramon battled back quickly and went to Irish Whip the champ, but Michaels reversed it connected with a well placed dropkick to the face of Ramon off the ropes! Another pin got another TWO count for HBK.

The Bad Guy slowly staggered to his feet as HBK began to dance around the groggy Ramon, hitting him with a series of left boxing jabs before bouncing off the ropes and decking Ramon with a big right jab to the jaw that literally sent spit flying from Ramon's mouth as he dropped down across the middle ropes!

The referee warned Michaels about using closed fists, which allowed Norton to come in and CHOKE Ramon across the middle ropes! Norton quickly let go as the referee turned back around - noting the moving ropes, the suspicious referee warned Norton to stay out of the action as HBK took a turn choking Ramon across the ropes as well! The referee would quickly break that up as well but HBK locked in a side headlock to Ramon, looking to continue to wear down the King of the Ring winner.

The crowd rallied behind Razor, allowing him to fight his way back from his knees up to a vertical base and he broke HBK's grip with a series of back elbows to the champ's midsection. But a rake of the eyes from HBK halted the comeback and Michaels sent Ramon into the ropes. Hiptoss attempt by HBK is BLOCKED by Ramon who holds onto the arm and transitions into a BACKSLIDE! Vince reminded us that this is how Ramon beat Bret Hart at King of the Ring!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

WE HAVE A NEW....NO! HBK just barely escaping in the nick of time!

Both men were back to their feet at the same time and the champ struck first with a standing dropkick to take Ramon back down to the mat. HBK with the cover: One, Two, Ramon with the kickout again!

Signs of frustration from the champ as he got to his feet and pulled Ramon up by his hair. Michaels whipped Ramon into the ropes and went for a leapfrog....but Ramon telegraphed it and grabbed HBK's legs and pulled him down to the mat with a double leg slam. Ramon held onto the legs and looked around to the crowd and behind him at ringside as HBK pleaded...but it was on deaf ears as Ramon CATAPULTED HBK backwards with such force and momentum that HBK SAILED OVER THE TOP ROPE..

Only to LAND IN THE ARMS OF NORTON! FLASH NORTON CAUGHT HBK as he came flying in from the ring!

Norton put Michaels back down on his feet gently, and HBK gave his bodyguard a big pat on the back before deciding he had HAD ENOUGH! Michaels grabbed his Intercontinental Championship and told Norton to "COME ON!" as he looked ready to take the countout loss that would allow him to retain the title!

Vince cried foul from the announce booth as Michaels and Norton headed up the aisle...but Razor Ramon wasn't about to let his title shot slip away like that! Ramon left the ring and ran up the aisle, only for Flash Norton to get in between the two! A frustrated Ramon traded words with Norton in the aisle, tying to get past the brick wall as HBK taunted Ramon from a safe distance.

Eager to get his hands on Michaels and not see his title shot end this way, Ramon shoved Norton and then hit a pair of right hands to the massive bodyguard...but Norton completely absorbed the blows, much to the amusement of HBK! Realizing his offense wasn't working, Ramon shrugged his shoulders...and KICKED NORTON RIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGS!

"The great equalizer!" Vince McMahon declared as Norton was now definitely showing pain as he doubled over. Ramon grabbed HBK by the hair and pulled him back to the ring, tossing the champion back in. Ramon rolled into the ring as HBK tried to attack, dropping an elbow only for Ramon to roll out of the way before HBK could connect! Ramon was back to his feet and HBK went for a right hand but it was BLOCKED by Ramon and he fired back with a right hand of his own to ROCK the champ! HBK came back with another attempt of a right hand but once again Ramon blocked it and fired back with is own! And another! And another! Followed up with a ROUNDHOUSE RIGHT HAND to take HBK down to the mat!

Razor Ramon was CALLING FOR THE EDGE as the crowd was on their feet. Ramon pulled Michaels in and set him up, lifting him up into the Crucifix...but HBK fought free and dropped down behind Ramon! Ramon spun back around and went for a lariat to Michaels, but Michaels ducked...

AND FLASH NORTON WAS IN THE RING - MASSIVE CLOTHESLINE TO RAMON to draw the disqualification!

Winner: Razor Ramon by Disqualification at 11:02

Post match, Flash Norton put the boots to the fallen Ramon while HBK cheered his bodyguard on while the crowd booed them both. Bobby Heenan pointed out that Norton clearly didn't appreciate the low blow from Ramon, and that's what he gets for playing dirty!

Norton would pull Ramon up to his feet and allow Shawn Michaels to finish him off with the Sweet Chin Music to lay Ramon out in the middle of the ring. HBK knelt over The Bad Guy in his signature pose, the boos raining down, as we headed to commercials.

The fallout from the Flash Norton attack and disqualification that cost Ramon the Intercontinental Title would see Razor turning his eyes towards Flash. In a promo that aired the following week on Raw, Razor Ramon talked about how sick and tired he was of Shawn Michaels getting by on the work of his bodyguard. So he was going to take the fight straight to Norton - challenging Flash to a one one match.

That same night, Flash Norton took to action in the ring and once again showcased his Shoulder Breaker finisher which has been putting wrestler after wrestler on the shelf over the month of September - starting with Randy Savage back at SummerSlam. Norton would once again win in dominating fashion with that Shoulder Breaker with Phil Apollo requiring medical attention after the match.

:::GOT YOUR BACK:::

After his in-ring debut and big win over Yokozuna at SummerSlam, Sting now had another milestone WWF achievement on the horizon, which was his in-ring debut on Raw! We learned last time that Sting would challenge any member of The Quebecers to be his first opponent after Rougeau and Ouellett turned their American hate towards the man who defended America against Yokozuna.

With his Raw debut set for the September 27th episode of Raw, one week prior - people were quick to point out that Sting may be at a numbers disadvantage when he would be taking on Jacques Rougeau.

Jim Ross:
Next week, ladies and gentlemen, this man - The Man They Call Sting - will be steppin' foot in the ring right here on TV...right here on the USA network...right here on RAW for the very first time and he'll be takin' on one half of the Quebecers, Jacques Rougeau! Sting, I think I already know the answer to this question, but...are you ready to wrestle here in the Manhattan Center for the first time?

Sting:
IM ROSS - is The Stinger ready? IS...THE STINGER...READY?! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT! The fans here in the Manhattan Center are like none other - and you know I've been all over the world, JR! It's gonna be my pleasure to step out next week and see all the lil' Stingers in the crowd and kick some French Canadian butt!

Jim Ross:
Now you're takin' on Jacque Rougeau, and you gotta believe that where one Quebecer goes, the other won't be far behind? Are you worried about the numbers game?

Sting:
It's like I said last week, JR - the Stinger is used to having a target painted on his back. He's used to going up against the odds. So Jacques Rougeau, you bring whatever French Canadian buddies you have with you next week and I'll send all of ya, runnin' back North towards the border!

"WELL YEEEEEHHHAAWWW!"

Interrupting the backstage interview was the team of Bart & Billy Gunn - The Smoking Gunns!

Billy Gunn:
Pardon us, Mr. Stinger - we mean no harm and hate to interrupt ya - but we happen to know a thing or two about those there Quebecers...

Bart Gunn:
Them no good, DARN QUEBECERS! If it wasn't for them - we might be WWF Tag Team Champions right now!

Billy Gunn:
Eeeeaassyyyy there, brother. But my partna here has a point and I know you're one of the best wrestlers on the face of God's green Earth, Stinger...but just know, Jacques Rougau and the Quebecers are gonna do whatever it takes to win next week...

Sting:
Fellas, listen - I know what you're gettin' at - I get your gitty up, I guess you could say.

Bart and Billy shared a look a confused look at one another and both shook their head at Sting's attempt to "speak their language."

Sting:
Hey, I'm just a beach blonde dude from the beaches of California - not many cowboys out there, so you'll have to excuse my vernacular. But yeah, I appreciate the offer but like I said, I'm no stranger to the numbers game. I'll be fine - trust me.

Billy Gunn:
Well, that's mighty brave of ya Stinger - but just know...if anything happens out there...you can count on the Smoking Gunns to be your cavalry!

Sting echoed his gratitude, high fiving with both Billy and Bart as we headed to break.

--------

Later that night, Sting seemed to be on his way out of the arena when he was stopped by his "old friend" Lex Luger.

Lex Luger:
Hey, man! Sting - hold up!

Sting stopped in his tracks and turned to face the jogging Luger.

Sting:
What is it Lex?

Lex Luger:
I couldn't help but overhear earlier you turning down backup for your match next week. Now, as your best friend, I can't just sit idly by and let those Dirty Canadians gang up on you! Look, I'm not takin' "No" for an answer - I'm gonna be in your corner next week! Just like old times! LUGER & STING!

Sting smirked and placed his hand on Luger's shoulder.

Sting:
Listen...old friend...like I told the cowboys...I GOT THIS! I can handle The Quebecers myself - I'm sure you got better things to worry about anyway...that mirror of yours isn't going to wax itself!

Luger seemed unphased by Sting's slight backhanded comment.

Lex Luger:
Hey, you got it! The Stinger wants to go it alone - I wouldn't be your best friend if I didn't listen to your wants and needs! So...you got it, you can count on me!

Sting:
....Thanks...

Luger gave his "best friend" a quick hug before jogging back off screen as Sting watched him walk off, continuing to be pretty confused about Luger's antics...but he shook it off and headed out of the arena.

And so the next week, Sting took on Jacques Rougeau as planned. And as many thought, Carl Ouelett was definitely at ringside and ready to make his prescreen felt.

Jacques Rougeau (w/Carl Ouelett) vs. Sting

The fans were fired up to see Sting in action for the first time on Raw, and Sting equaled their energy on his entrance. Rougeau tried to stall to start the match as he and Ouelett circled the outside of the ring with Sting standing in the middle of the ring, glancing back and forth between the two Quebecers - knowing he was outnumbered. Ouelett climbed the apron, briefly distracting Sting as Sting went after him...but Pierre jumped down off the apron as Rougeau slid into the ring and attacked Sting from behind to start the match!

Rougeau tried to use that upperhand to his advantage, but Sting quickly fought back - fending Rougeau off with some powerful right hands before working him over into the corner and slamming Rougeau's head repeatedly into the top turnbuckle! It was all Sting and the Manhattan Center crowd was loving every moment of Sting having his way with the Quebecer.

A rake to the eyes gave Rougeau the chance to get in some offense, picking up a nearfall off of a running, jumping back elbow. Rougeau continued to pummel on Sting, keeping the pace slowed down until he would attempt a Flying Crossbody only for Sting to move out of the way! Sting had found his second wind and Rogueau was in trouble as Sting sent him into the corner for a STINGER SPLASH! Sting went whipped him into the opposite corner and went in, hitting a second STINGER SPLASH!

A concerned Ouelett climbed to the apron, but Sting jumped to the adjacent ropes and hit a springboard LARIAT to take Oulette down to the floor!

Rougeau stumbled out of the corner before falling face first to the mat! Sting grabbed Rougeau by the legs, turning him over into the Scorpion Deathlock! Rougeau quickly tapped to give Sting the win!

Winner: Sting by submission at 6:41

As soon as the bell rung, Carl Ouelett was back in the ring and attacked Sting from behind while Sting still had the Scorpion Death Lock on Rougeau! Sting fell to the mat as Oulette began to stomp away on the back of the Stinger. Soon Rougeau was staggering to his feet and joining in on a double team attack...

Until THE SMOKING GUNNS rushed down to the ring to make the save! The Quebecers saw the Gunns coming and quickly darted to ringside, heading for higher ground as Billy and Bart checked on Sting, helping him to his feet.

As Jacques and Pierre headed back up the aisle, they looked back to the ring to see Billy and Bart Gunn standing in the ring, each lifting up one of Sting's arms in victory.

Vince noted that The Smoking Gunns had held true to their word and had Sting's back here tonight...but noticeably absent was the other man who had claimed it as well...Lex Luger!

:::BROTHERLY LOVE:::

The September 20th episode of Raw was concluded with a match that saw the WWF Tag Champions The Steiner Brothers in action against a couple of enhancement talent "brothers" Mike & Aaron Ferguson. Earlier in the night, in an interview with Jim Ross, The Steiner Brothers brought up the fact that they would be taking on another team of brothers tonight. "With all due respect to the Gunns," Scott Steiner declared, "The Steiner Brothers are the best pair of wrestling brothers on the planet AND the best tag team in the world!"

The match itself went as expected, with The Steiner Brothers defeating the Ferguson Bros. with relative ease. But the real story to close out Raw was that there was another set of brothers in the back that took issue with Scott Steiner's words.

As Rick and Scott celebrated in the ring, it seemed like Raw would close out with the Tag Champs soaking in the cheers from the crowd...but instead, the celebration was interrupted as WWF World Champion Bret Hart and his brother Owen Hart walked out from the back!

Bret Hart:
Well..congratulations Steiner Boys! Very impressive.

Bert mockingly provided a round of applause as Rick and Scott watched with hands on their hips in the ring.

Bret Hart:
And I couldn't help but hear you two running your mouths earlier about being the best pair of brothers in wrestling. Now granted, you guys certainly deserve bragging rights - you're the WWF Tag Team Champions after all. You're the top of the food chain. I completely understand that because...well...

Bret pulled back his leather jacket to reveal the WWF Championship around his waist.

Bret Hart:
So no, you don't have to tell me that having gold around your waist means you're the best in the world. But you may have forgot that there's no closer pair of brothers in this company than me and Owen...

Bret grinned as he put his arm around Owen's neck, pulling him in close.

Bret Hart:
And it just so happens that I've assured my little brother here that I'd get some gold around his waist too. So I think we can rectify this pretty easily...by taking those tag titles from you - confirming The Hart Family as the best there is in the world - giving me, and my brother, of course, another belt as well!

Rick and Scott weren't backing down from that challenge - taunting Bret, inviting them into the ring.

Bret Hart:
Not so fast - we'll do this on MY time because I am the WWF Champion after all. But we just wanted to come out here tonight...and let you know that your days holding the WWF Tag Titles are numbered!

The next week on Raw, it would be confirmed that the challenge had been accepted by The Steiner Brothers and approved by WWF President Jack Tunney to happen on the October 4th episode of WWF Raw.

In preparation for their tag team championship match, The Hart Family took to action on the September 27th episode against Paul Van Dale and Jim Stern. With Bam Bam Bigelow in their corner, Bret Hart spent the match trying to give Owen Hart pointers on basically how to cheat/cut corners - including attacking their opponents before the bell, double teaming behind the referee's back, and distracting the referee while Bigelow roughed up Paul Van Dale at ringside. Owen Hart would be the one to get the winning pinfall on Van Dale after a Northern Lights Suplex.

:::THE RECRUITMENT CONTINUES:::

Following the addition of Adam Bomb to their group, CarnEvil declared their intentions to seek out the other freaks, losers, loners, and under-appreciateds in the WWF to join "The Greatest Show on Earth" where they would be loved and welcomed.

It would appear that the one-eyed Sensational Sherri has become a target of CarnEvil's recruiment, as seen on the September 13th episode where The Ringmaster (Scott Levy) was seen talking to Sherri at ringside during Tatanka's match with Adam Bomb. That conversation proved to be enough distraction for Tatanka to lose focus and allow Adam Bomb to pick up his biggest win of his short WWF career so far.

Following this incident, Sherri and Tatanka were interviewed on Superstars and brushed off any suggestions that there was issues between the two after SummerSlam when Sherri ate a Bionic Elbow thanks to Tatanka and Tatanka issued a warning to CarnEvil to stay away from Sherri.

But when Tatanka had his chance to take on their leader, Doink the Clown on September 27th's edition of Raw, it certainly seemed things weren't as peachy as Tatanka wanted us to believe.

Doink The Clown (w/The Ringmaster) vs. Tatanka (w/Sensational Sherri)

From the get go it's clear that there is still a lot of tension between Sherri and Tatanka after SummerSlam and after Sherri has become of a target of interest in CarnEvil's recruitment efforts and we see it when Tatanka was back at his normal entrance after a more somber entrance last time we saw him - rushing down to the ring, full of energy...while conversely, Sherri slowly made her way out well after Tatanka was in the ring and simply stood at ringside. And as "The Greatest Show on Earth" made their way down to the ring, Doink the Clown stopped to "curtsy" for Sherri, and then kneeling to kiss her hand while The Ringmaster presented her with a single red rose.

Tatanka wasn't pleased in the ring as he watched on, and quickly took out his frustrations on Doink as the match got underway - pummeling Doink to start the match with a barrage of hard right hands which Bobby Heenan found unnecessary and called Tatanka a "bully" for going after Doink right out of the gate.

It was all Tatanka until a distraction from The Ringmaster allowed Doink to attack from behind and wrestle Tatanka down to the mat. Doink worked over Tatanka's leg and knee on the mat, clearly wanting to weaken him up for the Stump Puller submission, but Tatanka began to battle his way back with the fans solidly behind him.

A few Tomahawk Chops had Doink reeling but once again it was The Ringmaster getting a little too friendly with Sherri, causing Tatanka to head to the ropes and shout out to The Ringmaster to step away from her...allowing Doink to sneak in with a ROLL UP! Doink also grabbed a handful of tights to pick up the three count and give CarnEvil another big win over Tatanka!

Winner: Doink the Clown by pinfall at 6:26

Post match - Doink and Ringmaster left the ring quickly before Tatanka could get any type of payback.

Tatanka's frustration in the ring was clear as he argued with the referee and motioned to his tights. Meanwhile, Sherri shook her head in disgust at another loss by Tatanka, deciding to walk away by herself - leaving Tatanka beside himself in the ring.

While it remained unclear if Sherri was going to take CarnEvil up on their invitation to join them, it definitely seemed evident that the days of this Tatanka/Sherri pairing were numbered one way or another.

:::A ROYAL KNIGHTING:::

Following being pretty much embarrassed by Razor Ramon at SummerSlam, Jerry Lawler spent most of the next several episodes of Superstars bemoaning the match and walking back the fact that his doctor's note wasn't real, saying he wasn't really cleared to wrestle after all. Then on the September 20th episode of Raw, a frustrated Jerry Lawler interrupted an interview with Jim Ross and Rock & Shock and Tammy Lynn as later in the night, "The 1-2-3 Kid" Chris Candido had a big match against Mister Bob Backlund

Jerry Lawler was annoyed that he hadn't gotten any "interview" time since SummerSlam and that these two "dweebs" of Candido and Jannetty weren't even AT SummerSlam and they were getting his precious interview time. This lead to Jannetty and Candido mocking Lawler, noting with how fast he lost to Ramon, he might as well not have been at SummerSlam either!

Not taking kindly to being the butt of the joke, Lawler would show up again later in the evening when Candido and Backlund were closing out the show. Candido was holding his own with the veteran and former champion Backlund, but Lawler would show up and whack Candido outside the ring and behind the referee's back with his royal scepter. He rolled Candido back in the ring as Jannetty chased him off, but the damage had been done and Backlund put Candido away with the Crossface Chickenwing Submission.

The following week, Jerry Lawler would host another edition of The King's Court with his special guest being Mister Bob Backlund. Lawler put over Backlund as a man of integrity. A man who understood what it meant to be a true wrestler and didn't give a "damn" about what the fans thought! Lawler and Backlund both voiced their outrage at the "young punks" like Chris Candido have NO respect for people like Backlund and Lawler!

Lawler went as far as to say that Backlund was one of the very few people he's met in his wrestling career that he thought had the true qualities of royalty, much like himself. And that's why Lawler wanted to extend Backlund the offer to become a member of his "royal court" and be KNIGHTED right then and there on Raw!

Backlund acted shocked and admitted it would be one of the highest honors he'd ever had in his career! And with that, Lawler used his scepter to official "knight" Backlund as SIR ROBERT BACKLUND, setting up what could be a very formidable pairing in the WWF moving forward.

:::MONEY, MONEY,YEAH YEAH:::

After firing Mr. Hughes, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase was interviewed on the September 18th edition of WWF Superstars about what was next now that Money Inc. was basically just him. DiBiase admitted that his best days in the ring were probably behind him, but that didn't mean that he was going away anytime soon. In fact, DiBiase was just getting started and that he knows there is talent in the WWF that could use his...resources...to make it to the top. He was busy setting up some meetings in the coming weeks to find just who was the best of the best in this business that could use the services of The Million Dollar Man.

Speaking of using his resources, DiBiase would be interrupted as Men on a Mission showed up and weren't too pleased with the fact that the bounty they felt like they earned on The Smoking Gun had not been paid to them. DiBiase laughed and told them that was not his problem, they lost fair and square and obviously they hadn't done their job in the first place.

However, DiBiase did have a proposition for them. Maybe they could earn a spot on his payroll permanently and become the first clients in what will no doubt be a "Million Dollar Corporation" - suggesting that they could go out and make an example out of the team that "made a fool" out of him a couple weeks ago. Still eager to get the pay day they came to the WWF for, Oscar readily accepted the challenge on behalf of Mo and Mabel and the match was set for the September 25th episode of Superstars.

Thunder & Lightning vs. Men on a Mission (w/Oscar)

The youngsters Thunder & Lightning were nothing but energy as they made their way out, riding a wave of confidence and momentum after picking up the win over Money Inc and having won another Superstars match since then - but tonight they had a pretty big hill to climb, quite literally, in the form of Mo and the massive Mabel.

The duo were able to use their quickness early to evade attacks from Mo and even working together they were able to make quick tags, strike fast with swift kicks and dropkicks and eventually a double spinning heel kick that took Mo to the mat. However, eventually Mo was able to get his hands on TJ Thunder (Justin Credible) and bodyslammed him to the mat to take away that momentum. Once Mabel was the legal man, the pair were able to have their way with TJ.

To his credit, TJ showed heart as he kicked out of multiple pinfalls from both Mabel and Mo - and after hitting a desperation enziguri - he was able to make the hot tag to Luke Lightning (Sean Waltman). A springboard dropkick from Luke was able to take Mo down for a two count, but a blindside from the giagantic Mabel quickly put a stop to any hopes of a comeback these kids had.

A Samoan Drop followed by a Running Splash from Mabel was enough to pick up the three count for the win for Men on a Mission.

Winners: Men on a Mission by pinfall at 5:47

:::A SAVAGE UPDATE:::

In a WWF Update segment hosted by newest WWF Reporter Mike Tenay, we checked in on "The Macho Man" Randy Savage who was nursing a shoulder injury from SummerSlam at the hands of Shawn Michaels and Flash Norton. Savage insisted that Michaels may have "won the battle" but that he will not "win the war!" They may have injured him but they forgot to KILL him! Savage said this wasn't over yet and had already gotten the green light from WWF President Jack Tunney to captain a Survivor Series Match against a team that will be captained by Shawn Michaels! And Savage insists this time, he better make sure he finishes the job on the Macho Man if he doesn't want to have him breathing down his neck for that title anymore! OOOOOHHH YEAH!

:::EYES ON THE GOLD:::

With The Undertaker apparently now in his rear view mirror, Diesel questioned Harvey Wippleman about what was next for the big man in a promo that aired picture in picture before his match on September 20th episode of Raw. Wippleman reminded Diesel that he may have brought him here to take out The Undertaker, but remember what was "in it for him" - championship glory! Wippleman told Diesel it was time to set his eyes towards some gold in the WWF and Diesel admitted that he definitely loved gold.

Diesel then promptly squashed LaVerne McGill in a flawless victory.

:::QUICK RESULTS:::

WWF Superstars (9-18-93)
Doink the Clown (w/The Ringmaster) def. Ray McShane
Marty Jannetty (w/Chris Candido & Tammy Lynn) def. Blake Beverly
Thunder & Lightning (TJ Thunder & Luke Lightning) def. Russ Greenberg & Mark Thomas
Lex Luger (w/Luna Vachon) def. Dan Dubiel
Tito Santana def. Barry Horowitz
The Smoking Gunns (Bart & Billy Gunn) def. Mike Bell & Tony DeVito

WWF Raw (9-20-93)
Razor Ramon def. Shawn Michaels (w/Flash Norton) by Disqualification in an Intercontinental Championship Match (HBK retains due to DQ).
Diesel (w/Harvey Wippleman) def. LaVerne McGill
Mister Bob Backlund def. "The 1-2-3 Kid" Chris Candido
The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) def. The Ferguson Brothers (Mike & Aaron Ferguson)

WWF Superstars (9-25-93)
Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) def. Kevin Kruger
Bam Bam Bigelow def. Todd Becker
Tatanka (w/Sensational Sherri) def. Barry Horowitz
Men on a Mission (Mo & Mabel) (w/Oscar) def. Thunder & Lightning (TJ Thunder & Luke Lightning)
Marty Jannetty (w/Chris Candido & Tammy Lynn) def. Jack Reno
Typhoon def. Dan Rubins

WWF Raw (9-27-93)
Sting def. Jacques Rougeau (w/Carl Ouelette)
Flash Norton def. Phil Apollo
The Hart Family (Bret Hart & Owen Hart) (w/Bam Bam Bigelow) def. Paul Van Dale & Jim Stern.
Doink the Clown (w/The Ringmaster) def. Tatanka (w/Sensational Sherri)

:::COMING UP IN THE NEXT UPDATE:::

The Steiner Brothers defend the WWF Tag Team Championships against The Hart Family!

Razor Ramon looks for some payback as he takes on Flash Norton!

Sting will seek out a tag partner and take on The Quebecers in tag team action!

We will hear from Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji for the first time since SummerSlam!

Plus more Captains will be named for Survivor Series Matches!

And MORE!

Stojy · May 5, 2026

CarnEvil continuing to try and recruit and focusing on Sherri is a fun angle to take. Will be happy for Sherri to eventually get rid of Tatanka to because, ugh, Tatanka. Sir Robert Backlund is awesome. Get him to have LONG promos using vocab that nobody knows what it means please. Anyway, that touch is awesome for the alliance between The King and Backlund, and the feud against Jannetty and Candido here just works.

I love Thunder and Lightning if I haven't already said that at some point. Dare you to make them champs at some point. The Sting stuff is fine as he has a little filler angle here with The Quebecers before his next big program kicks in. Smoking Gunns having his back was fine, but the fun stuff here is Luger not showing up for his "best friend". Luger obviously seems really dodgy here, so looking forward to following this angle and seeing how and where Sting/Luger lands.

LOVE that Flash is breaking shoulders and now most likely going to have a match at some point with Razor. This makes me so happy, and Shawn/Savage SS match most likely encompassing these two will work well. Diesel for World Champ in this BTB, please. Also The Steiners/Hart Foundation feels like one of those dream matches we never really got. To make things more interesting, the character work between Bret and Owen makes it even more intriguing. Can't wait for this.

You're clever and creative with your character work, so I expect DiBiase to end up managing somebody quite left field, but epic. Let's see...

I remember I would gush over you when this was first posted, and it's more of the same here. Can't think of a single thing I'd change at the moment, a pleasure to read.

TFC · May 5, 2026

Hey Dubb
Just wanted to drop by and say I just got up to date with this project.
I just wanted to say that I like the overall direction and presentation of it so far.

I didn't get into wrestling until 2007, don't hold that against me hahaha, but I like the idea of Sting in the WWF.

Dubb · May 19, 2026

WWF OCTOBER 1993 UPDATE (PART ONE)

:::BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS:::

On the September 20th episode of Raw, The Hart Family fired their shot at the WWF Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers. Earlier in the night, Scott had made the declaration of being the best tag team and the best pair of brothers in all of wrestling. The WWF Champion Bret Hart took issue, claiming that he and his brother Owen deserved that title. And after Owen had helped Bret win the WWF Championship at SummerSlam, Bret had promised to lead his brother to gold...so their eyes were set right on those tag titles held by The Steiner Brothers.

The challenge had been accepted and finalized by Jack Tunney for the October 4th episode of Raw.

WWF Tag Team Championship Match
The Hart Family (Bret Hart & Owen Hart) (w/Bam Bam Bigelow) vs. The Steiner Brothers (c)

Scott Steiner started the match out as the legal man across the ring from the WWF World Champion Bret Hart. As the bell rang to get things underway, the two circled one another, measuring each other up before each moved in to grapple, but Steiner went lower than Bret, taking out his legs with a double leg takedown to take the champion to the mat! Scott immediately tried to transition into a half nelson, showcasing his amateur skills but Bret was in the ropes and forced a quick break. Back to their feet, both men came in for a collar and elbow tie up. After a brief struggle, Bret was able to position himself into the upperhand and bring Steiner to the mat with a Fireman's Carry takedown transitioned into an armbar but this time it was Steiner who was in the ropes forcing the break up.

Back up, another lock up lead to Steiner trapping Hart with a side headlock until Hart was able to break free and shove Steiner into the ropes. Hart ran off the opposite ropes, leapfrogging over Steiner, but Scott came back with a gigantic shoulder tackle that sent the WWF Champion down to the mat and rolling out of the ring! Steiner climbed the turnbuckles, playing to the crowd as Bret regrouped with Bigelow at ringside while Owen watched on from their corner. Meanwhile, from the nearby corner, Rick Steiner barked out at Bigelow to keep his distance.

Taking his time, Bret finally climbed back into the ring as Scott Steiner was eager to get his hands on the champ once again. They looked to move in for another lock up, but Bret instead caught Steiner right in the eye with a thumb! Hart took advantage as he grabbed Steiner by the arm and twisted it over into a standing armbar but Steiner broke free with a knee to Hart's midsection! Steiner whipped Hart into the ropes and went to grab Hart into a slam coming back, but Hart slid down Steiner's back and then executed a roll up on Steiner..

Bret HAD THE TIGHTS! ONE - TWO - KICKOUT by Steiner!

Both men were quick back to their feet but Bret struck first with an arm drag take down into an armbar. Hart held onto the hold as he brought Steiner to the corner to tag in his brother Owen. Owen takes over for Bret, grabbing the arm and wrenching it twice before putting more pressure into the standing armbar submission. Owen seemed to be getting Steiner down to a knee, but Steiner found a surge of energy as he got back up and showed off his size and strength advantage as he muscled his way out of the armbar, scooping Owen up and slamming him to the mat!

Scott would make the tag to his brother Rick as the crowd let out some barks for the Dog Faced Gremlin. Rick came in and he and Owen traded some fast back and forth grapples on the mat with neither man able to get the upperhand until Rick was able to send Owen into the ropes. Owen DUCKED a clothesline attempt from Rick, came off the opposite ropes and leaped up for a leapfrog, but Rick CAUGHT him in midair and then SLAMMED The Rocket down to the mat! Rick tried to stay on Owen, dropping an elbow but Owen was able to roll out of the way.

Back to his feet, Owen took a swing at Rick that was ducked and instead it was Steiner lifting up Owen into a big back suplex. Steiner with the lateral press: One, Two, kickout by Owen!

Rick looked to slow the pace down, applying his own armbar to Owen, but Owen showed off his agility on the mat, using a kip up to get back to his feet and escape the hold. Owen went in for a side headlock only for Steiner to reverse it into a back suplex attempt, but the nimble Owen flipped over and landed on his feet, grabbing a waistlock to Steiner from behind...

GERMAN SUPLEX with a bridge to Steiner!

ONE!

TWO!

NO! Kickout by the elder Steiner Brother!

Bret provided some coaching to Owen from the apron, wanting Owen to cut some corners but Owen still seemed reluctant while Rick rolled to his corner and got the tag to Scott Steiner.

Scott came in with a lock up to Owen and overpowered The Rocket, attempting an Irish Whip but Owen reversed it and sent Steiner into the ropes. Owen dropped down to the mat as Steiner leaped over him back off the ropes again right into a SPINNING HEEL KICK from Owen! Vince couldn't help but commend Owen on his performance in match thus far as he went for another cover - One, Two, Kickout by Scott.

Owen grabbed Steiner by the legs and flipped over, landing back to Steiner's belly for a cradling pin attempt - but at two, Steiner wrapped his arms around Owen's waiste and POWERED his way up into a vertical base while now having Owen's head down at midsection. Steiner clobbered Owen's back and then took him to the mat with a big DOUBLE UNDERHOOK SUPLEX!

Steiner with the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - BRET HART was there to make the save!

Rick Steiner entered the ring to protest and was cut off by the referee - allowing Bret to stomp multiple times on Scott Steiner's back and back of his head before leaving the ring while Rick protested. The referee turned around to confront Bret, but Bret was holding his hands up in innocence on the apron. The referee went over and warned Bret...as BAM BAM BIGELOW pulled Rick Steiner down off the apron and shoved him head first into the ring post!

Bigelow backed off before the referee could turn around, and as Scott reached out for a tag...his partner was down on the floor!

Steiner pulled himself back up in the corner as Owen also got back to his feet. Owen scored a dropkick that sent Steiner into the ropes before Owen climbed up onto the ropes and began pounding on Scott's head in the corner - repeatedly for the ten count corner punches...but Steiner powered his way out, CARRYING Owen out of the corner and then falling backwards so that Owen's head collided with the top turnbuckle!

Both men were down after Steiner's desperation move and both men were looking for the tag. Unfortunately for Scott, Rick was still trying to shake off the cobwebs from being thrown into the ring post...while Owen was able to get the tag in to his brother. Rick pulled himself up on the apron and ALMOST got the tag to his brother but Bret grabbed Scott's boot and pulled him to the center of the ring!

Heenan praised Hart's high ring IQ and proclaimed "that's why he's the champ!" as Bret dropped repeated knees down into Scott Steiner's inner thighs in the center of the ring, looking to wear him down for an eventual Sharpshooter, no doubt. Hart looked to keep Scott on the mat, working over his legs and eventually moving Steiner into the ropes, choking Steiner blatantly across the middle ropes as the referee warned and counted finally breaking it up.

Rick Steiner's frustration on the apron was evident as he shouted out to the referee but he could only watch on as Bret continued to pick apart Scott in the ring. Bret would soon take Steiner down to the mat with a vertical suplex before climbing the turnbuckles. From the second turnbuckle, Bret came off with his axe handle elbow drop...

BUT STEINER GOT HIS BOOT UP!

Bret was DOWN as Scott rolled to the corner..and GOT THE TAG TO RICK!

Rick climbed up to the top turnbuckle as Bret was slowly pulling himself up in the ring, his back facing Rick....

FLYING BULLDOG!

RICK STEINER with the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE..

NO!OWEN HART made the save for his brother!

Owen left the ring as instructed as Rick stared down the younger Hart before going back on the attack to the Hitman, sending him into the corner and following him in with a big clothesline before whipping him hard chest first into the opposite turnbuckles with such force that Hart immediately dropped back to the mat. Another lateral press from Rick: One, Two, kickout by The Hitman!

Rick kept on the attack, sending Hart into the coner once again and this time slamming Bret head first. Bret staggered out of the corner, using the ropes to hold himself up as Rick charged in...but BRET DUCKED and LIFTED RICK STEINER OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR!

Outside the ring, Bam Bam Bigelow began to stalk over Rick...but SCOTT STEINER came down off the apron to confront the Beast from the East! Steiner and Bigelow traded words as Bret Hart made the tag to Owen in the ring! Bigelow backed off as Rick was getting to his feet. Owen ran to the corner and then used the ropes to SLINGSHOT himself over the top rope into a plancha down onto both Rick and Scott Steiner!

Bret Hart joined his brother at ringside and they paired off at ringside as things began to break down. Bret took Scott Steiner and drove him back first into the ring apron while Rick Steiner reversed and Irish Whip and sent Owen Hart crashing into the ring steps! Rick rolled Owen and then himself back into the ring to prevent a double count out as the referee warned Bret to return to his corner after once again slamming Steiner into the ring apron once again.

Back in the ring, Rick went for the pin: One, Two, Thre - NO! Owen with the kickout.

Rick pulled Owen back up to his feet but Owen fought back with punches to the Dog Faced Gremlins' midsection. The tag champion was doubled over as Owen Hart hooked him to attempt a gutwrench suplex but Rick was able to block it and clobbered Owen across back with a couple of big forearms. Owen was staggering as Rick ran to the ropes...RIGHT INTO A KNEE TO THE BACK from BRET HART on the apron! Rick Steiner was staggered as Scott Steiner tried to protest to the referee but Owen Hart grabbed Rick...

NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX with the bridge!

After momentarily being distracted by the the frustrated Scott Steiner, the referee slid into position!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - NO! Just barely a kickout by Rick Steiner!

Owen sat up on his knees, showing some surprise that he didn't put Rick Steiner away while Bret entered the ring and complained to the referee about not being in position to make the count. Meanwhile, Rick made the crawl to his corner to try and tag in his partner...BUT IT'S BAM BAM BIGELOW AGAIN! THIS TIME HE PULLED SCOTT STEINER OFF THE APRON!

But Scott was fired up and he decided he had had enough of Bigelow and he began wailing away at The Beast from the East! The referee continued to struggle to keep this one under control as he now left the ring to pull Steiner off of Bigelow, allowing the match to continue as Vince noted the referee never actually saw Bigelow do anything wrong except be on the wrong end of an assault from Scott!

In the ring, Bret Hart illegally entered and used a chopblock to take Rick Steiner down to the mat before leaving and telling Owen to finish the job!

Owen pulled Rick to the middle of the ring as the referee returned and Scott returned to the apron. Owen took Rick by the legs and turned him over into a SHARPSHOOTER!

The referee checked in on Rick who was refusing to submit and Rick used his power to lift himself up and begin to scratch and claw his way to the ropes...finally reaching out and grabbing the ropes to break the hold. Owen immediately dropped the submission, which got him an earful from his brother on the apron.

Owen pulled Rick to his feet and whipped him into the ropes, going for a front dropkick...but RICK grabbed the ropes to stop his momentum and Owen hit NOTHING BUT AIR! A shocked Owen staggered back to his feet as Rick ran in with a POWERFUL STEINERLINE! Down went Owen and Rick got the HOT TAG TO HIS BROTHER SCOTT!

Scott was on fire as he charged into the ring and immediately took Owen back down to the mat with Steinerline of his own before running over and knocking Brett off the apron for good measures! Vince noted that Scott had clearly had enough of Bret's antics during the match and was taking out his frustration!

The younger Steiner Brother turned his attention back to Owen in the ring as he sent him into the ropes and caught him with a TILTAWHIRL BACKBREAKER! Steiner with the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - NO! Kickout by Owen!

Scott wasted no time pulling Owen back to his feet, locking him in a full Nelson which he then turned into a release DRAGON SUPLEX!

Another pinning attempt:

ONE!

TWO!

THREE...ITS BRET HART in to make the save, just barely breaking up the cover!

Bret tried to attack Scott but Rick Steiner was in to even the odds! Rick battled back against Bret and then sent Bret through the ropes with a clothesline! Owen Hart was left alone in the ring with both Steiner Brothers...and Scott had him in prime position as he lifted Owen up onto his shoulders. Rick made the climb to the top turnbuckle for the STEINERIZER...

But BAM BAM BIGELOW WAS ON THE APRON!

Both the referee and Rick Steiner were distracted by Bigelow just long enough for Bret Hart to get back up on the apron and SHOVE RICK STEINER OFF THE TOP ROPE TO THE FLOOR! Steiner crashed hard to ringside as Owen...wiggled his way free atop Scott Steiner..

INTO A VICTORY ROLL!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

STEINER KICKED OUT JUST AFTER THE THREE!

Owen Hart had secured the win for the Hart Family! Bret and Owen were the NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Winners: The Hart Family at 18:44

Post match, Bret celebrated triumphantly as Bam Bam Bigelow entered the rings with the WWF Tag Titles, handing them both to Bret. Owen eyed his brother...who walked over and handed Owen the belt, seemingly with tears in his eyes! Owen looked down at the belt, seemingly in disbelief before he began to smile. Bret pulled Owen in for a big hug..and unlike the previous weeks where Bret hugged his brother, this time...Owen wrapped his arms around his older brother in glee for his first time holding WWF gold.

:::BROKEN RAZOR:::

Razor Ramon recently had the chance at the WWF Intercontinental Championship on Raw against champion Shawn Michaels, but it was an attack by HBK's personal bodyguard Flash Norton that ended the match with a disqualification finish, allowing HBK to retain the belt.

Obviously not happy with Flash Norton and the fact the Michaels keeps winning thanks to Norton, Ramon decided someone needed to go straight for the bodyguard. Meanwhile, since SummerSlam, the last month has seen Flash Norton leaving a plethora of victims being sent to the hospital thanks to his deadly Shoulder Breaker finisher.

Razor vs. Flash was set up for the October 4th episode of Raw. Jim Ross would catch up with Razor earlier in the night to get some words from "The Bad Guy."

Jim Ross:
What a night so far and there's still much more to come, including this man, "The Bad Guy" and the 1993 King of the Ring Winner - Razor Ramon, taking on Flash Norton. Now Razor, I know after losing a shot at the WWF Intercontinental Championship, you are certainly eager to get your hands on Norton.

Razor Ramon:
Mang, Shawn Michaels....once again, you got lucky, chico. That lil' insurance policy of yours keeps stickin' his neck...heh, I mean - what neck he has...where it don't belong. That Intercontinental Title should belong to...Razor....Ramon. So tonight....

SWEEET CHIN MUSIC!

Out of nowhere, Shawn Michaels broke up the interview with his Superkick straight to the chops of Razor Ramon. JR scurried off as Michaels and Norton stood over Razor after he dropped to the mat.

Shawn Michaels:
You watch your damn mouth, boy!

Michaels put a couple boots to Razor's back as Flash Norton watched on.

Shawn Michaels:
You like to run your big mouth?! Flash - how about you shut him up!

Flash Norton actually showed a slight smile as he nodded his head and warmed up his hands, eager to "get to work." Norton pulled Razor up by his hair and tossed him head first into the wall! Norton then picked up a trash can and slammed it down across Razor's back.

Vince McMahon ordered security and WWF officials to get backstage as Norton continued his onslaught to Razor Ramon, pummeling him before eventually lifting Razor up into a crucifix before dropping him down across his knee with his DEVISTATING SHOULDER BREAKER!

WWF Security finally showed up as Norton gave Razor a little slap across the face to add insult as he stood up. Norton and Michaels walked off, satisfied with their handiwork while WWF officials began to check on Ramon, who clutched his shoulder in pain on the ground.

We would check in later with medical updates as a doctor examined Ramon. They were icing up his shoulder which the doctor was saying had been dislocated - and Ramon indicated he was still wrestling tonight and told the doc to "pop it back in."

So despite the thoughts of the medical team, Razor Ramon vs. Flash Norton was still on.

Flash Norton vs. "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon

From the moment he walked out, despite his best efforts to look as cool and confident as ever, it was clear Razor Ramon was favoring that right shoulder from the attack from Flash Norton. Vince reminded us how that move had been putting wrestler after wrestler on "the shelf" over the last month, including "The Macho Man" Randy Savage back at SummerSlam! But here Razor was trying to valiantly continue and have the match tonight while Bobby "The Brain" Heenan thought it showed just how few lightbulbs Razor Ramon had on upstairs.

To start the match, Ramon met Norton in the center of the ring - going toe to toe with the brick house, staring him down and talking some smack while Norton was stoic. Finally they locked up and Norton easily overpowered Ramon, TOSSING him across the ring into the corner! Ramon clutched his shoulder, but smirked as he got back to his feet and went back at Norton. Norton moved in for another tie up, but Ramon ducked out of the way and began unloading a flurry of left hand punches to Norton - not relenting despite Norton no-selling the attack, but eventually getting Norton into the corner.

Ramon would attempt an Irish Whip, but Ramon reversed it and sent The Bad Guy hard into the opposite corner. Flash then charged in looking for a Body Avalanche, but Ramon moved out of the way! Norton collided hard with the turnbuckles and staggered backwards into a kick to the midsection and a SWINGING NECKBREAKER from Ramon! Ramon slowly rolled over to make the lateral press.

ONE!

T - NO! Flash easily kicked out after just the one count.

Ramon met Flash back up at a vertical base and began to unload some more left hand jabs to Flash, but Flash fired back with a knee lift to quickly slow the wounded Ramon. With a handful of hair, Norton tossed Ramon through the middle ropes to ringside.

Climbing out to join Ramon - Ramon pulling himself up and trying to battle back but Norton quickly putting a stop to it as he threw Hall injured shoulder first right into the STEEL ring post! The fans at ringside let Norton have it, but he ignored them as he pulled Razor back to his feet and now tossed him shoulder first into the STEEL ring steps!

Norton continued his assault on Ramon, but had to re-enter the ring and climb back out to prevent a double countout before he continued on the attack - stomping on Razor's shoulder on the ground before picking up back up...and THROWING HIM ONE MORE TIME INTO THE RING POST shoulder first again!

Mercifully, Norton finally rolled Ramon back into the ring as Vince implored that the match be ended as Ramon was in no shape to be out there - but Flash continued on the attack, not going for a pin. Instead he lifted Ramon high into the air with a big BACK SUPLEX down onto the mat.

The boos continued to pour in as Flash methodically stomped away at Razor's shoulder before picking up back up and delivering ANOTER BACK SUPLEX, with most of Ramon's weight landing on that shoulder as well!

Norton signaled he was about to end this once and for all as he picked Ramon up and began to set up him for a second Shoulder Breaker of the night. The referee was even now stepping in and pleading with Norton, knowing that Ramon wouldn't be able to sustain another one of those devastating moves tonight, but it went on deaf ears as Norton lifted him up...

SHOULDER BREAKER!

Ramon dropped to the mat, writhing in pain as he clutched towards his shoulder. The referee decided to call for the bell, stopping the match in order to get medical attention for Razor Ramon.

Winner: Flash Norton by "referee stoppage" at 6:03

Raw would come to a close with Flash Norton standing tall as Razor received medical attention. WWF Update with Mike Tenay on WWF Superstars, we'd get some extended footage that happened after Raw went off the air that showed Razor having to be escorted out of the ring by medical staff. Tenay reported Razor would be missing "several" weeks due to his shoulder injury sustained at the hands of Flash Norton!

:::TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES:::

The first half of October was busy for Shawn Michaels as once Razor Ramon had been "dealt" with, he still had to think about the upcoming Survivor Series Pay-Per-View where he would be captaining a team to take on a team helmed by "The Macho Man" Randy Savage.

HBK made it pretty clear he already had a teammate in Flash Norton, but he was planning on surrounding himself with some "big and bad dudes" and that this time, he wouldn't let Randy Savage walk out of the building on his own.

On the October 11th episode of Raw, Michaels would continue to build his team.

In the ring, Diesel dropped Russ Greenberg with the Jack Knife, pinning him with his trademark one boot on the chest after barely breaking a sweat.

Harvey Wippleman climbed into the ring to celebrate with his client as their celebration was interrupted by the tunes of "SEXY BOY" - bringing out the WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels who was joined by Flash Norton, one week after Norton had sent Razor Ramon onto the "injured reserve" list, so to speak.

Diesel leaned over and whispered something to Wippleman, seeming to express some confusion about what Michaels was doing - but Shawn climbed into the ring with a microphone to quickly explain himself as Diesel looked ready for a fight.

Shawn Michaels:
Woah! Woah! Woah! Eeeeaaasssyyyyy big fella! We come in peace!

Diesel looked down to Wippleman, who nodded and instructed Diesel to be "at ease."

Shawn Michaels:
I don't believe we've been formally introduced, but my name is Shawn Michaels A.K.A THE HEART BREAK KID...A.K.A...THE WWF Intercontinental Champion...A.K.A. THE GREATEST INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING!

The crowd booed while Diesel just watched on, seemingly unimpressed but he did give a sarcastic golf clap towards Michaels.

Shawn Michaels:
Thank you! Thank you! And now I know you're still somewhat new around here, but don't think people aren't noticing how you're out here each week just DOMINATING people. I know I was watchin' at SummerSlam when you DESTROYED THE UNDERTAKER like no one has ever before!

Diesel smirked and nodded as the crowd once again let the boos rain in at the mention of Diesel's win over The Undertaker.

Shawn Michaels:
And now I'm hearin' through the grapevine that you got your eyes on some gold here in the WWF. And well...it doesn't take a genius to take a look around and see that means your eyes are pointed right at me and...this baby right here...

Michaels lifted up the WWF Intercontinental Championship to more boos as Diesel nodded his head in agreement.

Shawn Michaels:
Lesser men would probably be a little intimidated by that, big guy. But not me - not HBK. Because I've taken on ALL CHALLENGERS for this belt and I've proven time and time again that I am the greatest champion this business has ever seen.

Diesel now began to grow irritated by HBK's long winded rant and walked over to Michaels and stared him down, quickly shutting the champ up. Diesel pulled the microphone up to his mouth while HBK still hold it.

Diesel:
Get to the point, pretty boy.

Diesel let go of the mic, turning the reigns back over to HBK as he backed up towards Wippleman once again. HBK nervously smirked and wiped the sweat off his brow.

Shawn Michaels:
My point? Right, of course. Like I was sayin' - I'm a fightin' champ but I'm also not an idiot. I believe in earnin' a shot...and I also believe in the ole' philosophy of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." Y'see, I gotta build up a team for Survivor Series to take on Randy Savage and whatever ragtag group of rejects he pulls together. For me, I know what I need to win - the biggest and baddest dudes in the back. So, of course, I got my man Flash Norton on my team already - but you, my man, Diesel - you'd fit that description to a T.

Diesel seemed unsure, sharing a look with Harvey Wippleman...

Shawn Michaels:
Hey, I get it - we just met! You're probably wonderin' what's in it for me. Well, you join The Heart Breakers and lead us to victory and my man, you'll be next in line for a shot at this WWF Intercontinental Championship! So - Whaddaya say?!

Diesel and Wippleman begin to confer, whispering back and forth into one another's ear as Diesel bent down to his punitive manager's level. Diesel then stood up with a smirk as Harvey Wippleman walks over to join Michaels at the microphone.

Harvey Wippleman:
On behalf my client, those terms are ACCEPTED!

Michaels shook hands in agreement with Wippleman before throwing his arms in celebration, knowing he had just garnered a huge get for his Survivor Series team.

So 3/4ths of The Heart Breakers were already confirmed while we so far we only knew of Randy Savage as the Captain of his team. That would change during WWF Update with Mike Tenay where Randy Savage would deliver another video promo about building his team for Survivor Series.

The Macho Man once again disputed Shawn Michaels' claim to be the "Best Intercontinental Champion" ever - if he was the best, he wouldn't need Flash Norton doing his dirty work on the outside. But that's why for his team, Randy Savage is building an Intercontinental All Stars group - and the first man joining his team is two time IC Champion, TITO SANATANA! (Try to maintain your excitement here people). But stay tuned, because The Macho Man had many more tricks up his sleeve to come!

:::TRUST ISSUES:::

September saw Sting emerging from SummerSlam with a "target" on his back which was quickly locked in to by The Quebecers, who took issue with Sting's defense of America and defeat of Yokozuna. Sting would go on to have his first televised match on WWF Raw against Jacques Rougeau. Prior to the match, Sting had both The Smoking Gunns and his "old friend" Lex Luger offering up support for Sting in case The Quebecers tried to use their numbers advantage on the Stinger. Sting would decline help from both, insisting he had it under control and could handle Rougeau and Ouellet himself.

Sting would, in fact, defeat Rougeu on Raw but post match, Carl Ouellet would attack Sting leading to a double team with The Smoking Gunns making the save for Sting - rushing in as the "calvary."

Following the match, Sting had some questions for his "old friend."

Backstage on Raw, Sting was just finishing up doing some curls as Lex Luger entered the shot.

Lex Luger:
Stinger! My man! You know I hated watching those French Canadians gettin' the best of you last week...

Sting:
Oh yeah? I'm REAL sure you did, BUDDY.

Lex Luger:
Hey, don't be so defensive! I did EXACTLY what you told me to do - I stayed out of it and let you go it alone, just like you wanted. A true friend is one who listens!

Sting put his hands on his hips, but knew Luger had a point.

Sting:
I did tell you that, didn't I? Well, Lex, it is what is is - but that's okay because in a few weeks - The Quebecers are gonna get what's comin' to them, this time..in TAG TEAM ACTION!

Lex Luger:
Alright! Now that's what I'm talkin' about - LEX LUGER & STING - teamin' up again!

An excited Luger hugged his friend, but Sting wasn't quite as excited.

Sting:
Listen, Lex - I want to say I can trust you and that it can be "just like the good ole' days" again, but I've been down this road before, and it NEVER ends well for The Stinger!

Lex Luger:
But I...

Sting:
...And don't think I'm not watchin' - I've seen how you've been going around winning matches, using that illegal plate in your forearm - you see, that's not the STINGER way! And as long as that's gonna be how you want to go about your business, I'm afraid there won't be any Sting...and Lex Luger. And besides, I've got...someone else in mind to team up with to take on The Quebecers.

Sting gave Luger a solemn pat on the shoulder before walking off screen as a dejected Luger watched on.

In a follow up, on WWF Superstars - Lex Luger would seem very dejected and quite disappointed that Sting didn't trust him but he promised that he would show Sting that he could change and that he would earn his trust back! Meanwhile, his manager Luna Vachon seemed very frustrated at Luger's infatuation with Sting, slapping him on the back of the head and telling him to get his "had back in the game,"

The following week on Raw, The Quebecers had a "warm up" match on Raw as they took on Tommy Morrison & Sid Curtis in a winning effort. In a pre-match picture in picture promo, The Quebecers pompously assured us that they weren't worried about who Sting was going to find as a partner - but they also told those "dirty cowboys," The Smoking Gunns, to keep their lassos out of their business next week.

Following the match, Jim Ross caught up with Sting to get an update on the tag match with The Quebecers for next week. JR hoped to get a scoop on who Sting's partner would be...Sting played it a little coy before dropping the most blatant hint of all as he said "All I can say Jim Ross, is that my tag partner next week...is...A...REAL...AMERICAN!"

:::BEHIND CLOSED DOORS:::

One man who hasn't been seen since his loss to Sting at SummerSlam was the former WWF Champion Yokozuna. The October 11th episode of Raw was supposed to be when we finally hear from Yokozuna and of course his manager, Mr. Fuji.

However, as Vince McMahon sent it to Jim Ross for the interview, we only found a very confused Jim Ross with no one to interview. JR said was going to try and get some answers as to why he had been "stood up" for the interview. He headed over to a dressing room with Yokozuna's name on it and knocked on the door.

Mr. Fuji would finally answer the door. JR asked if they were still having the interview, but Fuji told JR to go away - he and Yokozuna were having a very important "business meeting." JR noted he could hear another voice in there, but Fuji responded by slamming the door in JR's face.

A disappointed Jim Ross said that it looked like we wouldn't be hearing from Yokozuna tonight after all, but hopefully soon we'd get to the bottom of just what's going on behind that closed door.

:::A MILLION DOLLAR REJECTION:::

After disposing of Reno Riggins & John Paul on the October 2nd episode of WWF Superstars, Men On a Mission were looking for answers. Oscar took the microphone after the match and demanded "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase come out and give them what they deserve for taking care of business last week against Thunder & Lightning.

DiBiase answered the call, walking out from the back - but wisely decided to not enter the ring with the trio. DiBiase reminded us that he was looking for "the best of the best" for his services - because he knew how to lead people to greatness. DiBiase was looking for a very special talent to build his Million Dollar brand...his Million Dollar Corporation around...

And he had to admit, there's a lot to like about Men on a Mission. He was especially complimentary of Mabel. He think under the right tutelage, a guy like him could go VERY far. Someone like The Million Dollar Man could make a star out of Mabel...if he was willing to drop some of the dead weight on the team.

Those comments obviously didn't sit well with Oscar and Mo, and Mabel made it clear they were a "package deal."

That being said, DiBiase also pointed out that he liked how hungry and eager they were to make a quick buck. BUT - in the end, it all just "stinks of desperation" and that's NOT what he's looking for in his Million Dollar Brand! So it was a "Sorry" from DiBiase but the Men on a Mission would NOT be the first talent signed to the Million Dollar Corporation!

DiBiase gave his laugh before walking to the back while in the ring, the M.O.M. Bounty Hunting trio were quite livid.

:::MORE TRUST ISSUES:::

Crush made his first appearance since SummerSlam on the Octber 4th episode of Raw where he was interviewed by Jim Ross. Crush admitted he perhaps he needed to be more careful with who he trusted because he though Adam Bomb was going to have his back, and instead - he got stabbed in the back. Next week on Raw, a match had been made between the two and Crush couldn't wait to get his hands on Adam Bomb, promising to make him pay.

Before the interview could wrap up, Tatanka walked in wanting to speak with Crush. Tatanka noted that they had "common enemies" in the form of CarnEvil after they had set their sights on recruiting his manager, Sensational Sherri.. Tatanka proposed that Crush lead a team at Survivor Series to take on CarnEvil.

However, Crush was hesitant. Last time he teamed up with someone to take on with CarnEvil, it didn't exactly go as planned. Tatanka told Crush he could trust him but Crush was going to need some "time to think."

The next week on October 11th, Crush would get his match against Adam Bomb.

Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) vs. Crush

The Ringmaster brought out Adam Bomb first to start off Raw, getting on the microphone and welcomed everyone to "The Greatest Show on Earth" and turned our attention to the "center ring" for the introduction of the "Man Who Feels No Pain" - the "Radioactive Man!" - ADAM BOMB!

Crush was eager to get his hands on the man who turned on him at SummerSlam, RUSHING down to the ring and sliding into the ring - going straight for Adam Bomb and the duo immediately began to slug away at one another in the middle of the ring. The fired up Crush worked Adam Bomb back into the corner and continued to just fire off punch after punch to Bomb before whipping him into the opposite corner and charging in with a clothesline to the corner! Crush whipped Bomb into the opposite corner but this time it was reversed with Bomb sending Crush into the corner instead. Bomb charged in, but Crush got his boot up!

Adam Bomb staggered backwards as Crush charged out of the corner and took the "Radioactive Man" down to the mat with a clothesline. Crush then crouched down onto Adam Bomb and just began unloading a barrage of closed fist punches to Adam Bomb's head. This brought The Ringmaster to the apron. Crush spotted The Ringmaster and stood up, now turning his attention to the man in the top hat. Crush rushed to the ropes and grabbed The Ringmaster by his suit jacket, but Adam Bomb came in with a forearm blow to Crush's back. Adam Bomb continued to clobber Crush in the back as The Ringmaster got down off the apron and "dusted off" his suit and readjusted his top hat with a grin.

The momentum had shifted clearly in the direction of Adam Bomb as he wore down Crush in the ring before dumping him to ringside and doing the same outside the ring. Adam Bomb rammed Crush repeatedly into the gaurdrails before heading over to the announce booth and attempting to slam him head first into the table...but Crush BLOCKED it! Crush elbowed Bomb in the sternum and grabbed him by the head, slamming HIM into the announce table instead...but Adam Bomb no sold it and starred Crush down, grabbing him by the throat and then tossing him into the apron back first!

The fight headed back to the ring with Adam Bomb still in control. Bomb would take Crush down with a Sideslam and go for the pin: One, Two, KICKOUT by Crush!

Adam Bomb would show off his ability to get airborne as he picked up another nearfall after climbing the turnbuckles and hitting a Flying Clothesline to Crush - but once again Crush was able to kick out after two.

Showcasing his strength, Adam Bomb lifted Crush up into a Gorilla Press and walked around the ring holding the 300 pound Crush up in the air, but Crush was able to fight free and escape down the back of Bomb where he reached under his arms and hit a FULL NELSON SLAM to Bomb! Crush with the pin, but it was a kickout at two by Adam Bomb! Before Adam Bomb could get up, Crush reached down and locked in the KONA CLUTCH to Adam Bomb!

The referee checked in on Bomb, but Bomb signaled he wasn't giving up...as Bobby Heenan pointed out a submission on a man who is impervious to pain is useless! Realizing the submission was futile, Crush let go of the hold and instead landed a jumping knee drop to Adam Bomb before going for another pin which would once again be kicked out of by Bomb.

Some frustration was setting in on Crush as Adam Bomb wouldn't stay down. As the Radioactive one got back to his feet once again, Crush grabbed him by the throat and looked to attempt a Chokeslam, but Bomb fought free of it with a knee lift and then grabbed Crush by the throat and hit his OWN Chokeslam to Crush! Bomb with the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE - NO! Crush just barely got his shoulder up!

Grabbing Crush by the hair, Adam Bomb pulled him back to his feet and sent him into the ropes. Crush tried to fight back once again, slugging away at Bomb before whipping him into the ropes. Crush went for a backdrop, but Adam Bomb telegraphed it and came back with a knee to the head! The staggered Crush was in prime position now as Adam Bomb bent him over into a Pumphandle...and slammed him into the center of the ring with the NUCLEAR MELTDOWN!

The Cover:

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Adam Bomb with another impressive victory in his early WWF career!

Winner: Adam Bomb by pinfall at 9:38

Post match, The Ringmaster joined Adam Bomb in the ring and the CarnEvil duo seemed to no be done with Crush yet as The Ringmaster started putting the boots to the fallen Crush. Adam Bomb joined in as Vince remarked that this was all uncalled for - the match was over, Adam Bomb had won!

The double team continued until help would come in the form of TATANKA! The Native American rushed down to the ring and The Ringmaster quickly darted out of the ring while Adam Bomb met him head on. The fiery Tatanka came in with chops ablazin' - lighting up Adam Bomb with his knife edge chops, working the big man to the ropes and then CLOTHESLINING him over the top rope to the floor!

Adam Bomb would land on his feet at ringside, and looked ready to climb back into the ring...but The Ringmaster pulled him back instead. As the duo headed back out of the ring, Tatanka climbed the turnbuckles and challenged them to come back and fight - but it seemed he wouldn't get his wish tonight as they continued their walk up the ramp to the back.

Back in the ring, Crush got up to one knee and noticed Tatanka in the ring. Tatanka headed over and extended his arm out to Crush...and Crush accepted Tatanka's hand - getting back up to his feet! Tatanka lifted up Crush's arm towards the crowd for a mild reaction, symbolizing that Crush may have changed his tune about teaming together at Survivor Series.

Elsewhere, the recruitment drive for CarnEvil continued as The Ringmaster and Doink were seen scouting Typhoon both Raw and Superstars during the first half of October. A picture in picture promo showed The Ringmaster encouraging Typhoon to join CarnEvil, where he could take the spot on the "Greatest Show on Earth" as "The IMMOVEABLE OBJECT" or "THE ONE MAN NATURAL DISASTER"

:::A ROYAL INVITATION::

September saw the formation of a new team in the WWF as Jerry "The King" Lawler knighted Mister Bob Backlund as Sir Robert Backlund to form The Royal Court. The Royal Court would make their debut as a team on October 4th in a winning effort over Scott Taylor & Mark Thomas.

After a run in with Rock & Shock in September where Lawler helped Backlund defeat Chris Candido after Candido & Jannetty had mocked Lawler for his loss at SummerSlam, issues continued to arise between these two teams.

During a match between The Headshrinkers and Rock & Shock on the October 9th episode of WWF Superstars, Jerry Lawler was doing his usual commentary at ringside with Vince McMahon when he began to openly come on to Candido's girlfriend/manager Tammy Lynn at ringside - insisting that if she wanted a "real man" she could come have a seat on "The King's Throne" - much to the disgust and dismay of Vince. Candido would catch wind of Lawler's advances, and confront Lawler at the booth. It looked like they may come to blows, but in the ring - Jannetty had been left alone, getting hit with Fatu coming off the middle ropes with a flying body splash to pick up the win for the Headshrinkers!

Rock & Shock would get a rematch with The Headshrinkers on the October 11th episode of Raw, this time being able to avenge their loss with a clean win. However, during a picture in picture promo, Lawler invited Tammy Lynn to join him as a guest on an upcoming edition of The King's Court!

:::QUICK RESULTS:::

WWF Superstars (10-2-93)
The Smoking Gunns def. Chad Miller & Tom Bennett
Diesel (w/Harvey Wippleman) def. Sonny Rogers
Bam Bam Bigelow def. Gary Jackson
Lex Luger (w/Luna Vachon) def. Rod Bell
Typhoon def. Steve Moore
Men on a Mission (w/Oscar) def. Reno Riggins & John Paul

WWF Raw (10-4-93)
The Hart Family (Bret & Owen Hart) (w/Bam Bam Bigelow) def. The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott Steiner) (c) to win the WWF Tag Team Titles.
The Royal Court (Jerry Lawler & Sir Robert Backlund) def. Scott Taylor & Mark Thomas
Flash Norton def. Razo Ramon

WWF Superstars (10-9-93)
Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) def. Mitch Bishop
The Smoking Gunns def. Damien Demento & Anthony Green
Tito Santana def. Red Tyler
The Headshrinkers def. School of Rock (w/Tammy Lynn)
Diesel (w/Harvey Wippleman) def. Jerry Fox
Crush def. Rod Bell

WWF Raw (10-11-93)
Adam Bomb (w/The Ringmaster) def. Crush
The Quebecers def. Tommy Morrison & Sid Curtis
Typhoon def. Cory Student
Diesel (w/Harvey Wippleman) def. Russ Greenberg
Rock & Shock (w/Tammy Lynn) def. The Headshrinkers

:::COMING UP IN THE NEXT UPDATE:::

A "Dream Team" of Sting and Hulk Hogan team up to take on The Quebecers!

More Survivor Series Team Building for The Macho Man!

Who was Mr. Fuji and Yokozuna Meeting With?

Will Typhoon Join CarnEvil?

The King's Court with Special Guest: Tammy Lynn!

WWF SURVIVOR SERIES 1993
Live on Pay-Per-View: Wednesday, November 24, 1993
Boston, MA

Current Card

4-on-4 Elimination Tag Match
The Heart Breakers (Shawn Michaels, Flash Norton, Diesel, & ???) vs. The Intercontinental All Stars (Randy Savage, Tito Santana, ???, & ???)

4-on-4 Elimination Tag Match
CarnEvil (Doink the Clown, The Ringmaster, Adam Bomb, & ???) vs. Team Crush (Crush, Tatanka, ???, & ???)

Stojy · May 24, 2026

I didn't forget how good this thing was by any means, but I had forgotten what happened post Summerslam so enjoying the last few updates a lot. Love the development of Owen being swayed by gold to finally accept his brothers way, and that match between Steiners/Harts was written awesomely well. I've no issues with you dragging out the Razor/Michaels/Norton stuff, as it just makes Norton look like a beast. In terms of the SS elimination stuff, I feel like Diesel chasing Shawn after Survivor Series would be a really cool direction at some point. He'll need to cash in that title shot right.

BAH GAWD IT'S STING AND HOGAN, KING! Hitting the right notes with that dream pairing, but it also further progresses the Luger stuff. Can't see this angle ending in anything but an eventual Luger/Sting showdown but let's see. The Yoko business meeting is intriguing to say the least. The Million Dollar Rejection works for me, would have been a pretty uninspiring choice in my opinion. Crush's trust issues being used as an arc for his SS team works well, and Tatanka, whilst I hate the guy, is a solid enough first choice. Enjoying the continued recruitment from CarnEvil as well.

Lawler/Tammy next update should be a lot of fun to. That BETTER be written in full. Yeah, this is less feedback and more glazing, but this deserves it. Everything is working.

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