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WWE: Monday Night Raw (06.20.94)

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Monday Night Raw
June 20, 1994
White Plains, NY
Westchester County Civic Center

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (3/20/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Diesel (4/30/1994)
World Tag Team Champions: The Headshrinkers (5/2/1994)

To kick off the program, we get still shots with audio of Owen Hart’s coronation. He will now be known as the “King of Harts”.

Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon and Randy Savage. Vince is gone recovering from neck surgery. Gorilla introduces us to the original Spanish announce team consisting of Carlos Cabrera and Ed Trucco. Read the rest of this entry

WWF: Monday Night Raw (06.28.93)

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Monday Night Raw
June 28, 1993
Poughkeepsie, NY
Mid-Hudson Civic Center

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Yokozuna (6/13/1993)
Intercontinental Champion: Shawn Michaels (6/6/1993)
World Tag Team Champions: The Steiner Brothers (6/19/1993)

Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Randy Savage, and Bobby Heenan. Read the rest of this entry

WWE: Monday Night Raw (06.07.93)

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Monday Night Raw
June 7, 1993
New York City
Manhattan Center

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Hulk Hogan (4/4/1993)
Intercontinental Champion: Shawn Michaels (6/6/1993)
World Tag Team Champions: Money Inc. (10/13/1992)

We kick off the program with the introduction of Shawn Michaels as the NEW Intercontinental champion after dethroning Marty Jannetty the night before in Albany, NY. He’s got a rather large man behind him that we do not know.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Randy Savage, and Bobby Heenan. Read the rest of this entry

WWE: Monday Night Raw (05.20.96)

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Monday Night Raw
May 20, 1996
Sioux City, IA
Civic Auditorium

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Goldust (4/22/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Godwinns (5/19/96)

Some quick Madison Square Garden highlights start the show. Phineas kissed Sunny and that’s about all we can draw from what we saw. Hmpfh, sounds like a pretty uneventful show if you ask me.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry

WWE: Monday Night Raw (05.13.96)

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Monday Night Raw
May 13, 1996
Sioux City, IA
Civic Auditorium

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Goldust (4/22/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Bodydonnas (3/31/96)

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry

WWF: Monday Night Raw (05.22.95)

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Monday Night Raw
May 22, 1995
Binghamton, NY
Broome County Arena

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Diesel (11/26/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Jeff Jarrett (5/21/1995)
World Tag Team Champions: Owen Hart & Yokozuna (4/2/1995)
Women’s Champion: Alundra Blayze (4/3/1995)

Let Us Take You Back: Seven weeks ago, Shawn Michaels was put on the shelf after Sid turned on him as part of a diabolical plan set by Ted DiBiase. King Kong Bundy is here to finish the job Sid started nearly two months ago.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry

WWE: Monday Night Raw (05.30.94)

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Monday Night Raw
May 30, 1994
Youngstown, OH
Struthers Fieldhouse

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (3/20/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Diesel (4/30/1994)
World Tag Team Champions: The Headshrinkers (5/2/1994)

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage. Read the rest of this entry

The Shawn Michaels Mixtape (Part Two)

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The Shawn Michaels Mixtape (Part One)

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Since I’m trying to keep this mainly about Shawn’s singles run, you’ll find the Rockers era completely left out. There’s a handful of tags, but most of them just accentuate a feud he might be involved in at the time. Even if I did leave in the Rockers era, I can’t think of any hidden gems that I haven’t already recapped from their time in the WWF, for sure. I’m sure there’s an AWA match with Buddy Rose and Doug Somers I haven’t seen like the one from WrestleRock, but I’ve done the three main ones – the bloodbath, a cage match, and the title switch. I’ve recapped all three of Shawn’s DVD sets, which took care of a lot of his matches, so what you’ll see here is what’s left. Read the rest of this entry

WWE: The Top 25 Rivalries in Wrestling History (BLURAY REVIEW~!)

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BLU-RAY REVIEW
Released: May 28, 2013

DISC ONE

Your host is newcomer Renee Young. She’s decked out in a lab coat with a chemistry set. Unlike various countdowns with quick clips and talking head comments, each rivalry listed gets narrated by a wrestler. While reviewing the countdown, my boy Slack will also give his brief thoughts on each ranking. Read the rest of this entry