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00:00Welcome everyone to the World Wrestling Federation on USA.
00:29Welcome to Monday Night Raw.
00:33Vince McMahon here along with Jim Ross and take a look if you would at this extraordinary
00:39athlete, Lex Luger.
00:42What a weekend Lex Luger just had, Vince.
00:45Co-winners of the WWF Royal Rumble for the first time in World Wrestling Federation history.
00:50Lex Luger and Bret the Hitman Hart.
00:52I know it's my first Rumble and one that I will never, ever forget.
00:56And also Luger's very first as well.
00:59Many of you saw the Royal Rumble last Saturday night on pay-per-view.
01:04What a weekend it was for Lex Luger to draw a pretty decent number coming into the Royal
01:10Rumble number 23 and Lex Luger could not be denied his moment.
01:17Lex Luger, one of the great competitors in the WWF, ready to lock up here with his competition,
01:23Austin Steel.
01:25Tremendous crowd on hand, enthusiastic as always.
01:29And how big is the crowd?
01:31How enthusiastic is the crowd?
01:34Last week, ladies and gentlemen, Monday Night Raw ranked number one in the ratings.
01:38That's right, the most heavily watched cable show in all of America.
01:42Monday Night Raw, number one.
01:46All right.
01:47And a lot of folks thought that Lex Luger was number one at the WWF Royal Rumble.
01:51Personally, I saw it the other way.
01:53I think Bret the Hitman Hart won it.
01:55Gorilla Monsoon and I were working on Radio WWF.
01:58He thought that Lex Luger won it.
02:00Great controversy.
02:01We'll have more on the Royal Rumble event.
02:04Notwithstanding the Royal Rumble matchup as we progress through Monday Night Raw, everything
02:09imaginable happened and even somewhat the supernatural, which we'll get in a little
02:14bit later on.
02:15Luger now with a hammerlock on his competition, Austin Steel.
02:19Lex Luger seems to have kicked it up a notch or two here in the WWF as of late.
02:23Jim Rush.
02:24He certainly has, Vince.
02:256'5", about 265, 270.
02:28Very physically gifted.
02:29He can beat you not only with power moves, but this is a very quick big man.
02:35Luger now, standing side headlock on Austin Steel.
02:41Starting to grind it out a bit here is Lex Luger.
02:43And Austin Steel better do something pretty quick.
02:46Not bad.
02:47Don't get in Luger's way.
02:48Luger over Austin Steel right back at him.
02:50Hit, toss, no.
02:51Nice block by Luger and a nice reversal.
02:54And another one.
02:56Austin Steel is up, but not for long.
02:59Right back down.
03:00Luger goes right back to the power when he gets the opportunity.
03:03Tremendous upper body development and great power.
03:06And that man's no dummy either, ladies and gentlemen.
03:08A Dean's List student in college.
03:11Yes, indeed.
03:12An extraordinary athlete.
03:13An extraordinary student as well.
03:16He really has it all.
03:17Lex Luger.
03:18Uncrushed by one of the more exemplary athletes in all the WWF.
03:23Lex formerly in the National Football League.
03:25I'm sure he watched the playoffs yesterday.
03:27Oh, yes.
03:28My goodness.
03:30By the way, Lex Luger originally denied entry into the Royal Rumble, as you know.
03:34Mr. Fuji, Jim Cornette, Yokozuna wanted to make sure that Luger didn't win the Rumble.
03:39They were afraid of facing Luger at WrestleMania.
03:42They may have to do just that.
03:44Jack Cunning made a very difficult decision, Jim Ross, as you know,
03:48as to who won the Royal Rumble matchup.
03:51Bret Hart or Lex Luger announcing for the first time ever co-winners,
03:55but maybe an even tougher decision coming up this weekend.
03:59Absolutely no doubt about it.
04:00Mr. Tunney has got a great decision to make,
04:03because who is going to meet the WWF champion at WrestleMania 10?
04:07And again, as you said, we hope to know that this weekend from the president's office.
04:11Well, speaking of WrestleMania,
04:13WrestleMania tickets went on sale in Madison Square Garden this morning.
04:16And I can tell you, by sunup tomorrow, they'll all be gone.
04:20WrestleMania will be sold out.
04:21But you do have an opportunity to charge your tickets by phone
04:24if you dial this number, 212-307-7171.
04:28WrestleMania is hot.
04:30The WWF is hot.
04:31And so is Lex Luger.
04:32Oh, my, look at that.
04:35Lex Luger building momentum just as he did in the Royal Rumble matchup.
04:39However, remember, Jim Ross, before the Royal Rumble matchup as well,
04:43we saw Tinru and Kabuki attacking Luger in the hallway even prior to the match.
04:49There were some questions whether or not Luger was gonna make it in.
04:52Obviously, a premeditated plan orchestrated by Mr. Fuji.
04:56And Lex Luger was very lucky to be able to make it to the Royal Rumble in one piece.
05:01And not only did he make it in one piece, the first man out was Kabuki.
05:05And then from there, Tinru was eliminated by both Bret Hart and Luger.
05:09And look at this, from the top down to the canvas, Luger hooks the leg.
05:14And just like the Royal Rumble matchup, he will not be the ninth victory.
05:21Mr. Fuji's conspiracy backfiring.
05:24And Lex Luger, ladies and gentlemen, could be the man who goes to WrestleMania and
05:28faces the champion.
05:29And again, it could be Bret Hart.
05:30What a tough decision.
05:32WWF President Jack Teddy has to make.
05:35He's gotta make it this weekend.
05:39Tremendous victory for Lex Luger, ladies and gentlemen.
05:42They love him here.
05:43They love him all over the United States of America, all over the world.
05:46Doesn't matter.
05:48Welcome once again, ladies and gentlemen, to Monday Night Raw.
05:51This is the man here along with Jim Ross.
05:54In addition to the action we just saw in the Luger matchup, what about the tag team matchup
05:58we're gonna see, Jim, with men on a mission, Bo Mabel and Oscar, squirting up against the
06:03Hedge Trigger.
06:03Two huge team spits.
06:05Where I come from in Oklahoma, we call a match like that, folks, a slobber knocker.
06:09That's what you're gonna see.
06:11Well, in addition to the slobber knocker, we're also gonna see in action Double J, Jeff
06:15Jarrett, who's joined on the card by Shawn Michaels, Doink the Clown, Adam Bob, and who
06:20knows what's gonna happen here on Monday Night Raw.
06:23However, standing by for a special Royal Rumble report, let's take you to our colleague Todd
06:29Pettengill.
06:30Todd?
06:31Thanks, Vince, Jim, and welcome, everyone, to your WWF Royal Rumble report right here
06:35on Monday Night Raw.
06:36I'm Todd Pettengill.
06:38I am here to tell you what a Royal Rumble.
06:40Everybody here at the WWF studios still talking about it.
06:44I mean, everything I thought would happen at the Rumble didn't.
06:46Conversely, everything I knew couldn't possibly happen did.
06:50Take the Rumble, for instance.
06:51Talk about action.
06:52That had to be the most intense, grueling, exhausting, but entertaining Royal Rumble
06:57match of all time.
06:59And then the controversial ending?
07:00I mean, just who do you think won the Rumble?
07:02I mean, I personally think that President Jack Tunney had no choice but to declare Lex
07:06Luger and Bret Hart co-winners.
07:08By the way, you'll get a chance to register your opinion later on tonight right here on
07:12Raw.
07:12Now then, that disputed ending to the Rumble match.
07:15If that wasn't enough to debate, I got a larger issue for you.
07:18Just which one of these guys, Lex or Bret, goes on to WrestleMania X to face the WWF
07:23champion?
07:24The answer is, I don't know.
07:26I mean, I'm not the president.
07:27However, Jack Tunney is, and apparently he is going to deliberate all week long, and
07:32we'll be getting the answer to the question this coming weekend on the WWF television
07:36network.
07:37Now, there is one thing I know, and that will be either Lex Luger or Bret Hart will be going
07:42on to WrestleMania X to face the then-current WWF champion, which right now remains, amazingly
07:48enough, Yokozuna.
07:50That's right.
07:50The 600-pound WWF sumo warrior still is the World Wrestling Federation champion.
07:57Now, those of you who watched the championship matchup saw something out of this world that
08:02night, and you know exactly what I'm talking about.
08:04Those of you who missed it, you missed, for lack of a better word, the supernatural.
08:09I mean, I don't want to say too much, because the WWF Royal Rumble Encore is airing tomorrow
08:14night.
08:14Now, how about the tag championship?
08:16Was that the worst display of sportsmanship in history last night, or what?
08:20I mean, after the match, what Owen did to his brother Bret was appalling.
08:24I mean, it was really disgraceful, just unbelievable.
08:27And it even made what Bret Hart did later on in that night even more spectacular.
08:31Anyway, what you heard me say earlier on was absolutely 100% correct.
08:35There was an encore viewing of the 1994 WWF Royal Rumble.
08:39No question, the most surprising, controversial, exhausting, entertaining Royal Rumble of all
08:45time.
08:46Tomorrow night, 8 Eastern and Pacific, and only on pay-per-view cable television.
08:51If you missed it once, don't miss it again.
08:53If you saw it once, you may very well want to catch it again.
08:56Without a doubt, the most unbelievable Royal Rumble in history.
09:00Tomorrow night, and exclusively on pay-per-view.
09:03Right now, let's get back to Vince McMahon.
09:05Thank you, Todd Pettengill.
09:08Yes, indeed, in America, we have a choice, ladies and gentlemen.
09:10It is the land of opportunity, and the choice is clearly ours.
09:14We can watch the WWF Encore of the Royal Rumble tomorrow night, or we can listen to President
09:22Clinton give us the State of the Union address.
09:24So the choice is clearly yours.
09:26President Clinton's State of the Union, or the WWF State of the WWF.
09:30I'm calling my cable company.
09:32I've heard enough from Hillary.
09:35Double J, ladies and gentlemen, in action when we return with more Monday Night Raw.
09:44You know this, Double J did quite well in the WWF Royal Rumble, and he was also involved
09:51in the shocking situation involving The Undertaker and Yokozuna, among others.
09:57Yes, indeed, and we'll get into that a little bit later on.
10:00We said before, look at that drop kick.
10:02And you heard from Todd Pettengill trying to describe and words actually defy what happened
10:08to The Undertaker at the Royal Rumble.
10:11John Paul, my, what a clothesline by Double J.
10:14This man is definitely making a reputation for himself as of late.
10:19He said when he came here, he was going to use the WWF to attain stardom.
10:24Oh, there's an inside cradle.
10:25One, two, and three.
10:26Almost, and Double J caught off guard.
10:30Anything can happen in the WWF, and certainly on Monday Night Raw, which is unquestionably
10:35one of the reasons why Monday Night Raw is the number one show in America on cable TV.
10:43And Paul trying to get him down again.
10:45One, two, and.
10:47Well, I don't think actually Double J was in any danger of being pinned there,
10:50but nonetheless, it was close.
10:52Certainly was.
10:52The second near fall situation that John Paul has been able to get Double J in,
10:57and he may pay for that in time.
11:00Oh, Double J, ladies and gentlemen, Jim Ross mentioned Double J, one of the ten men
11:05who did to The Undertaker what no one thought could ever be done.
11:09And then from there, The Undertaker did what no one thought could ever be done.
11:13I mean, you talk about a hair-raising experience.
11:17If you saw the Royal Rumble Saturday night, you saw a first ever in the WWF
11:24as it relates to The Undertaker.
11:26And if you didn't see it, as Todd Pettengill said,
11:29you better catch it Tuesday night or watch it.
11:33No, I'm calling my cable company.
11:35I can't wait to see it tomorrow night.
11:37And I'll tell you something, Double J, Jeff Jarrett, as we mentioned earlier, Vince,
11:41very, very impressive.
11:42And he drew a tough number in the WWF Royal Rumble.
11:45He drew number 12.
11:48Yes, he did.
11:49Lasted quite a long time as well.
11:50An extraordinary competitor.
11:52And I would suggest much better at single competition than he is in any other type match.
12:00He certainly has a unique ring attire for a man with his music city roots.
12:07Well, I guess what he's trying to do is unquestionably be different.
12:09He is just that.
12:10He is very, very different.
12:12As you said before, trying to make a big name for himself in the WWF.
12:15So he can go on to his real route.
12:17So he can go on to Nashville and do what he claims to do best, sing.
12:22Now then, will he sing?
12:24Will he dance?
12:26At the Music City News Country Songwriters Awards on March 9.
12:30We understand he has been invited.
12:32He's on the cover recently of Country Beat magazine.
12:36And Double J is on a tear.
12:38Well, I'm surprised to hear that because I subscribed to that publication and
12:41I apparently haven't gotten my copy yet.
12:43But if he's on the cover, that means he's well on his way to stardom in Music City.
12:48And he unquestionably is on his way to stardom here in the WWF as John Paul is finding out.
12:54Although Paul is hanging tough.
12:55That's what it's about in the WWF.
12:58To hang tough in there until you can pull off an upset.
13:02And that can happen as it has happened so many times before here on Monday Night Raw.
13:07As it happened at the Royal Rumble event last Saturday night.
13:10Oh my, look at this, back body drop, nicely executed.
13:15Boy, Jarrett doesn't make many mistakes.
13:16Oh, there's one.
13:17Come on, Paul.
13:20Paul earlier with a couple of near falls.
13:22And if she can capitalize, here we go.
13:24Here's one, two, and three.
13:25Oh, no.
13:26Man.
13:27Very, very close.
13:28Third time in this matchup that Jeff Jarrett has found himself in a tough situation.
13:33Jarrett found himself in a tough situation.
13:36Jarrett puts on the brakes, goes upstairs, misses with the elbow.
13:39Paul, right on target.
13:41Paul with another uppercut.
13:43John Paul with a clinched fist.
13:45Reversal here.
13:45Paul coming off the rope.
13:46Double J sets him up.
13:48Getting behind John Paul, driving.
13:50No, behind, nice reversal.
13:51A roll up there.
13:53Shoulders down, pulling the tights in.
13:55Count of three.
13:57Now I don't think he had to pull the tights to win that matchup.
14:01He clearly had John Paul's shoulders on the canvas.
14:05Nonetheless, that's the kind of competitor Double J is.
14:08And look at this.
14:09The match officially over.
14:11There's no call for this either.
14:12Look.
14:14What a DDT right there.
14:16Totally unnecessary.
14:18Absolutely ridiculous.
14:20The action's going to get hotter and heavier here tonight.
14:23And get a load of what's coming at you next week on Monday Night Raw.
14:28The one, two, three kid.
14:30This former tag team champion teamed with Marty Jannetty to defeat the cocky Quebecers.
14:35Now he wants to settle a score with their loud mouth manager, Johnny Polo.
14:40He still has little respect for the kid.
14:42It's put up or shut up time for the man with the motor mouth.
14:46The one, two, three kid battles Johnny Polo.
14:49Next week on Monday Night Raw.
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15:13Need a little excitement?
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15:16Oh, yeah.
15:19We're back.
15:20And the one, two, three kid is returning back.
15:23Back to action.
15:24He missed the Royal Rumble last Saturday night.
15:27But he won't miss next Monday night.
15:29He's had a great deal of success here on Monday Night Raw.
15:32And here comes the team hoping for success.
15:35Indeed, this will be the biggest test to date here in the WWF for men on a mission.
15:42Moe, Mabel, Oscar getting it on here.
15:45And they're gonna lock up with Uncrushed.
15:47One of the toughest tag teams in all of the World Wrestling Federation.
15:52The Head Shrinkers.
15:53Some move by two.
15:55But right now, Oscar, Moe, and Mabel are in the house.
15:59Listen up.
16:05We're having some fun here tonight on Monday Night Raw.
16:10And when we return, we're gonna have some tag team action.
16:14Oh, yeah.
16:18We are back and we are ready for action.
16:21As you see in the ring right now, Fatu and his tag team partner,
16:23Samu, ready to lock up with Men on a Mission.
16:25Originally, this was to have been the Head Shrinkers against the Hart Brothers,
16:30Owen and Bret.
16:31And perhaps it would have been a tag team title match.
16:34Many of you were hoping that, as well as we.
16:37But that's not what happened.
16:39Jim, you want to attempt to explain the actions of Owen Hart?
16:42Well, I'll tell you something.
16:43I'm a big Hitman fan.
16:45And until Saturday night, a big fan of Owen Hart.
16:47But what he did, I think, was one of the most revolting situations.
16:52It's unfortunate it had to happen before such an expansive audience on pay-per-view.
16:57But I felt so sorry for Bret Hart.
17:01The tears coming down his face were not just tears of pain.
17:04I really believe, and I'm not trying to sound so melancholy here,
17:08but I believe a piece of his heart was literally broken
17:12on Saturday night by his own little brother.
17:16A very unfortunate incident occurring at last Saturday night's Royal Rumble.
17:22With Owen and Bret attempting to win the tag team championship
17:25back from the Quebecers.
17:27And the Quebecers remain champions.
17:29And we will never again, I would suspect, ever see Bret and Owen teaming up.
17:34I'd like to hear what Owen has to say for himself, is what I'd like to hear.
17:38As a matter of fact, we are scheduled to have an exclusive interview
17:40with Owen Hart this coming Sunday on WWF All-American.
17:45And look at this.
17:46Now, not too many people have the power and the girth
17:50to tackle a man like Samu, or rather Fatu, and put him down on the canvas.
17:54I personally like the term girth.
17:56I have been referred to that.
17:57Girth is on the outside waiting to be tagged in.
17:59That's Mabel, that's girth.
18:02Mabel is the straw that stirs the drink for this team, in my opinion.
18:06You know, you got Offa on the outside, Vince.
18:08I guess he's the Jimmy Johnson of the WWF because he guaranteed a victory here today.
18:13He certainly did.
18:15And Offa himself, former tag team champion here in the WWF.
18:19Imagine getting advice from Offa.
18:21Nonetheless, it is effective.
18:22Then again, you wonder what sort of advice
18:25that Offa is giving men on a mission.
18:27Offa, unquestionably, a student of the game, as they say.
18:31I think that Offa certainly has a great advantage in that area.
18:36He gives the Head Shrinkers a big advantage because of his experience.
18:42Well, he and Seiko are a wild team in their day, former WWF Tag Champions.
18:47And Mo now awaiting to see what Fatu is going to come up with
18:52after a bit of consultation on the outside with Offa.
18:57It's going to be interesting to see which team can build some continuity here.
19:00Coming off the rope now, Mo and Mo!
19:02Yes!
19:03But that won't hurt!
19:04That will not hurt Fatu!
19:06And Mo should know better.
19:08Now he does.
19:09He's not going to make that mistake again.
19:12Mo made the mistake of styling and profiling.
19:14Ah, look at this!
19:15Now, Fatu makes the mistake!
19:18Fatu doesn't know who's in the ring!
19:23Oh, look at this!
19:24In your face!
19:26Oh, no!
19:27An attempt at a slam!
19:29And Fatu should know better than that.
19:31I don't think anyone can slam Mabel.
19:33I think that's impossible.
19:35Well, Fatu-
19:35Look at this!
19:36Wait a minute, Samu coming in as well!
19:37Bringing in the huge boot!
19:39A one-man game in there right now!
19:41Uh-oh.
19:41Oh, wait a minute!
19:42Right up into the butt of the jaw!
19:43Down goes Mabel!
19:45But only to one knee!
19:47And Fatu-
19:48Oh, come on!
19:49Give me a break!
19:50That's absurd!
19:51To even attempt that!
19:52Nice reversal by Mabel!
19:55Fatu's 300 pounds, Vince.
19:57Yeah, Mo.
19:57Oh, yeah!
19:58That's still delusions of grandeur to think you can get a 500-pound man up and suplex him like that.
20:03Mo, back in!
20:04Nice clothesline!
20:05Yeah!
20:06Here's the cover!
20:07Referee out of position!
20:08Back over and through!
20:09No!
20:09Very, very close to the three count.
20:11Very close!
20:12Less than a half a count there!
20:15Mo trying to set up Fatu!
20:16He has some momentum!
20:17It's reversed!
20:18Mo off the ropes!
20:19Over butt!
20:19Oh, look at this!
20:20Wait a minute!
20:21Samu kicks him right in the back!
20:22Fatu now slams him down!
20:25Trying to go for the cover!
20:26We'll be right back as we continue!
20:33Welcome back, everybody!
20:34One more Monday Night Raw!
20:35Samu now reaching for the tag!
20:36Here comes Fatu!
20:37And Mo has been paying his dues in this tag team matchup!
20:40Look out!
20:41Here comes the double team!
20:42Coming out the rope now!
20:43Double clothesline!
20:44My goodness!
20:45And Mo is out on him!
20:47Oh!
20:47Look at that!
20:48He may be even further out on him!
20:50Samu, Fatu, unquestionably one of the toughest tag teams in the WWF.
20:55And as you stated earlier, Jim Ross, put to the test as weak man in a mission!
20:59However, a kick out there and not much of a cover, actually, on Fatu's part.
21:02Well, not real technically sound, Vince, but I think what you're seeing here is that
21:05whatever the head shrinkers have to do, they will do to keep Mo in the ring.
21:10They do not want to face Mabel under any circumstance,
21:14so I think you're going to see Mo be really physically challenged here.
21:18Samu, Fatu were two of the ten men who jumped on The Undertaker,
21:24one on ten, last Saturday night at the Royal Rumble.
21:27Mo now coming off the rope, and Mo threw the rope to the outside!
21:31And that's not all that happened at the Royal Rumble.
21:34Let's talk a bit more, if we may.
21:36Uh-oh!
21:36Mabel wants to come in.
21:37Stay with this.
21:40Referee out of position here.
21:41Way out of position!
21:43And, oh, come on!
21:45Mo rams into the steel steps on the outside.
21:52And, again, these head shrinkers will do anything and
21:54everything they think they can get away with.
21:57They have been-
21:58Wait a minute!
21:58That's reversal!
22:00But that was the head.
22:03And, again, that was the kick.
22:04Mo not learning from the first time.
22:06You cannot hurt either Samu or Fatu by hitting him in the head.
22:12It can't be done.
22:14Samu, Fatu, related.
22:16They are cousins.
22:18And, of course, speaking of tag teams,
22:20that would take us back to the Hart Brothers that we thought, perhaps,
22:22would be tag team champions.
22:23I can't get over Owen Hart blaming his brother Brett.
22:27Blaming his brother Brett for losing the match.
22:29And then, from there, after the Quebecers had left with the belts,
22:33and Brett Hart could not stand.
22:35That's how intense the pain was from there.
22:37Owen, his brother didn't help him up.
22:39No.
22:41Owen berated him to verbal barrage on his brother Brett.
22:46Uh-oh.
22:47And right here, again, not much of a cover.
22:51Could it be that the HeadShrinkers attempting to punish Mo?
22:54They've done a good job of getting Mo away from tagging his partner, Mabel.
22:59And look out, Oscar!
23:00He's taking off.
23:01Don't worry about that.
23:02He's not gonna be around.
23:04I just can't get over Owen Hart, and then physically attacking his brother.
23:10That was totally unwarranted and uncalled for last Saturday night.
23:14And I'm sure, Jim Ross, that has, more than anything else,
23:18upset the entire Hart family.
23:21Can you imagine, ladies and gentlemen, how Stu and Helen Hart must have felt
23:26be sitting at home in their living room,
23:28seeing this despicable display by their youngest child?
23:3212 children, Owen being the youngest,
23:35and acting like that on that pay-per-view broadcast.
23:39Oh, wow.
23:41Mo now is coming off the rope, and a bit of a sunset flip.
23:45He gets him down, but again, out of position.
23:47The official and Batu attacking nonetheless.
23:51We could very well see a disqualification here.
23:53Certainly, we have seen a number of those as it relates to the HeadShrinkers.
23:57They get out of line.
23:58Look at that.
23:58There's a cover reversal to it.
24:01Nope.
24:01Still can't get him.
24:03Nice move there by Mo to turn that slam into an inside cradle.
24:07Yes, but the greatest move that Mo could make
24:10would be to tag his partner, Mabel.
24:12Standing dropkick.
24:13I'll tell you, these HeadShrinkers are extraordinary.
24:16Very athletic maneuver by Samu,
24:18and again, you've got to remember, this man is just over 300 pounds.
24:22And you may not like either Samu or Batu,
24:24but at least they don't blame each other when something doesn't go their way,
24:27as in Owen Hart, obviously.
24:30Double headbutt.
24:31Oh!
24:33A cover, and here comes Mabel!
24:35And Mabel's going to break things up.
24:38Good thing he did.
24:38Uh-oh.
24:39Uh-oh.
24:39Look out here!
24:41Hook up out the wishbone!
24:43Well, I'll tell you, Oklahoma's wishbone never looked quite like that.
24:47Mo, he's being challenged here, Vince.
24:49He's got to make the tag.
24:50Yes, otherwise this one's going to be over and over very quickly.
24:54Samu, Batu really taking it to Mo.
24:57And another headbutt.
24:58Oh, goodness.
25:00To the outside now.
25:00What's going to happen?
25:02Big 300 pounder, Batu going out, taking his time.
25:06Batu now, trying to measure Mo.
25:09Mo!
25:10Oh, look at that!
25:12Mo launching for the rope, and in fact, he lost his balance and fell backwards.
25:16But now, it was actually an offensive maneuver.
25:19Samu trying to tag Mabel.
25:22He's got to make the tag right now.
25:24This is his chance.
25:25Hey, wait a minute.
25:26Samu has tagged in, and here comes Mabel!
25:31Mabel, with a hard right hand, setting up Samu.
25:35Coming off the rope now.
25:36Oh, what a close one.
25:37But get it, but another one.
25:40Mabel!
25:41And there he is, both head triggers.
25:43Look at the power of Mabel.
25:45Mabel, where will you look, Hunter?
25:48Mabel!
25:48Oh!
25:49Whoa!
25:52Yes, Mabel is on a mission!
25:56And look at this!
25:57And Mabel, bringing down the house!
26:01And that's 500 pounds of bad right there.
26:04He's manhandling all three of these men, the head shrinkers and Alpha.
26:09Mo!
26:10Oh, my goodness!
26:11I can't forget about this one's history!
26:14Two and-
26:14Oh, wait a minute.
26:15Wait just a minute.
26:16I think the official should have continued the count, but he stopped the count to get
26:21Batu out of the ring.
26:22Was there a-
26:23There was no tag, I don't believe.
26:25Yeah, there was a tag.
26:26I don't know why Mo tagged Mabel.
26:27Mabel had things going his way.
26:30Mo wanted a tag.
26:31He got it.
26:32And that's not all Mo got.
26:35Oh, Mabel coming in to help out there.
26:38So, if you want to fight fire with fire, that's what Mabel will do.
26:41Oh, look at this.
26:43Mabel to the outside now!
26:45A clever maneuver on the part of Samu.
26:47And Mabel's got Samu.
26:49Mabel to the outside now!
26:51A clever maneuver on the part of Samu.
26:53Double head knocker.
26:57And the tag, here we go.
26:59Going up now.
27:01Uh-oh, Mabel's still on the outside.
27:03From the top rope and-
27:05Boom!
27:07Forget about it.
27:09Oh, my.
27:11Well, there you have it.
27:13A victory for Samu and Batu.
27:15Mabel coming in to try and help out his tag team partner.
27:17No dissension there, as we saw Saturday night.
27:19With Owen Hart, as it relates to Bret.
27:21But nonetheless, Mabel is-
27:23Looks like Mabel's angry.
27:25Mabel now with Samu and Batu.
27:27Yeah!
27:29All right, takes them both down.
27:31It's a con, ladies and gentlemen.
27:33Adam Baum in action.
27:35Going to the cloud.
27:37And Shawn Michaels as well.
27:39Will Bizzle be in the corner of Shawn Michaels?
27:41And is he still angry at Shawn?
27:43Who knows?
27:45Saturday Night Raw.
27:47Things heating up here in the arena.
27:49Heating up weather-wise as well in the Northeast.
27:51Take a look, if you would, at Adam Baum, Jim.
27:53From Three Mile Island, he eats it up all right.
27:55And here's a guy that got the dream draw
27:57in the WWF Royal Rumble match itself on Saturday night.
28:01Number 30.
28:03And from there,
28:05Adam Baum with an impressive performance
28:07in the Royal Rumble.
28:09But thus far,
28:11history states that
28:13no one who has drawn the dream draws,
28:15you say, number 30,
28:17has ever won the Royal Rumble matchup.
28:19How about that?
28:21Well, I blame part of that on Harvey Wivelman
28:23because Harvey, I think, should have prepared that young man better.
28:25And another thing, Vince,
28:27this is one of ten men that got involved
28:29before the Royal Rumble match itself
28:31in that whole Undertaker brawl.
28:33Yes, indeed.
28:35Adam Baum.
28:37And youngster getting a good look
28:39at the most unusual presence
28:41of Adam Baum.
28:43Adam Baum
28:45attempting to intimidate.
28:47Just from a visual standpoint,
28:49Adam Baum now locking up with his opposition
28:51here, Tommy Angel.
28:53And Angel has quite a bit of experience
28:55as far as wrestling knowledge is concerned.
28:57Known Tommy Angel
28:59for quite some time.
29:01A very fundamentally sound young man
29:03looking for that big opportunity
29:05and a victory here on Monday Night Raw
29:07would be it.
29:09Adam Baum.
29:11Right now trying to manhandle Tommy Angel.
29:13It's pretty easy to read the book
29:15on Adam Baum.
29:17Adam Baum is a tough competitor.
29:19Big, awesome, powerful man.
29:21Missing with a clothesline. Angel on target.
29:23Angel with a roundhouse right again.
29:25A dropkick by Angel and does it get it all.
29:27And another one right back up and a little bit more that time.
29:29Tommy Angel
29:31sending Adam Baum coming off the ropes and...
29:33Uh-oh.
29:35Big mistake there. He dropped his head,
29:37and that's exactly what happens.
29:39You can't do that with a caliber of athlete
29:41of this young superstar here in the WWF.
29:43You need not.
29:45Adam Baum backing Angel to the corner.
29:47Angel has to get out of there.
29:49And, uh,
29:51Adam Baum
29:53apparently disregarding some of the remarks
29:55from the official. Hip toss over goes
29:57Tommy Angel. Here on USA
29:59Thursday, when a famous writer helps
30:01release a convict, she could be
30:03writing her own obituary.
30:05Bobby Benson and Jennifer O'Neal star in
30:07Invasion of Privacy.
30:09A USA World Premiere
30:11movie encore.
30:13Thursday night at 9 o'clock.
30:15And that's 8 Central, of course.
30:17And a standing dropkick
30:19by Adam Baum. I wonder if, uh,
30:21does Sally Perdue have a walk-on
30:23in that movie, Invasion of Privacy?
30:25I don't know. She's been
30:27offering some pretty good jobs, I understand.
30:29At least that's what she says. Former Miss Arkansas,
30:31you know.
30:33That's close to Oklahoma, isn't it?
30:35Right next door, they're our neighbors.
30:37You know, they call Arkansas the Land of Opportunity.
30:39And, uh, Sally Perdue seems
30:41to be giving new meaning to that term.
30:43I see. To the buckle.
30:45Angel having his
30:47problems, nonetheless, making a match of it.
30:49Who knows? Maybe we'll see another upset.
30:51Adam Baum spinning Angel. Oh, wow.
30:53Adam Baum back in control now.
30:55If this onslaught continues with Adam Baum,
30:57I would suggest that Angel could take a page
30:59from Michael Jackson and try and settle this thing.
31:01Ooh!
31:03Suplex.
31:05And Adam Baum still...
31:07Why is he going for the cover, Jim?
31:09I don't know. I think, uh, again, that's, uh...
31:11Bad advice? Harvey's fault.
31:13Harvey's not got this guy ready.
31:15Harvey sends him to the top. Now, high-risk
31:17maneuver. And I don't think
31:19he'd have to do this to polish up a man like
31:21Angel. He can blow a knee very easily
31:23and... Ooh! On target.
31:25Man.
31:27Adam Baum.
31:29Pretty conclusive right there, Vince.
31:31Harvey is... Why doesn't Harvey
31:33send Adam Baum for the cover
31:35here? I think he's been
31:37spending too much time shopping for Hush
31:39Puppies, Vince. Uh-oh. Look at this
31:41now. Adam Baum
31:43with Tommy Angel and up
31:45and... down to the canvas.
31:47The Adam Smasher
31:49and her history.
31:51Very impressive athlete. Yes, indeed.
31:53I would suggest we're gonna be seeing a great...
31:55Look. Did you see Harvey Wimbleman?
31:57I sure did. It reminds me of
31:59little Andrew Giuliani. He wants some
32:01camera time. Well, ladies
32:03and gentlemen, coming into WWF,
32:05many of you saw him last Saturday night. An
32:07impressive debut for Sparky.
32:11Boy, that's my baby
32:13right there.
32:15Hello, everybody. My name is
32:17Thurman Plunk. My friends,
32:19they call me Sparky.
32:21Listen to the roar of these engines.
32:23Smell that fuel burning.
32:25I'm just so excited, I can't
32:27stand it.
32:29See that race car?
32:31I'm running down that straightaway. I'm
32:33wide open, pedal to the metal.
32:35Just like when I come to the World Wrestling Federation.
32:37I'm gonna be wide open, pedal to the
32:39metal. Ain't nobody gonna stop
32:41Sparky Plunk.
32:43And I'm a believer of that. You can see,
32:45ladies and gentlemen, this coming weekend making his debut,
32:47his single competition debut
32:49on WWF Superstars
32:51and WWF Challenge.
32:53But take a look at this.
32:55Oh, my goodness.
32:57Look at the size of that dog.
32:59Look at the size of that
33:01dink.
33:03There's dink and there's
33:05time.
33:07A most unusual athlete
33:09to say the least. And Joey Stallings knows
33:11that he's in for a...
33:13What was that phrase you used earlier?
33:15A slobber knocker. What would you call this one? What would be an
33:17Oklahoma term for what we're likely to see
33:19here in this match? Well, I don't know. My mom
33:21says that a little dink is cuter than a speckled pup.
33:23There you go. You know,
33:25I hope that, though, Joey
33:27Stallings is not wearing...
33:29The question is whether or not dink's dog
33:31bites. If Stallings got
33:33milk bone underwear, we're in trouble.
33:35Is he a duck bait?
33:37We're gonna find out.
33:39Is that
33:41dink's dog or doink's dog?
33:43Maybe it's doink
33:45petting the dog.
33:47Another apparition
33:49here in the WWF.
33:51Anything can happen.
33:53Give me a break. Oh, please.
33:55Ha, ha, ha, ha.
33:57Oh, my.
34:01Stallings, uh, he's a sandwich
34:03or two short of a picnic, I think.
34:05There's nothing there. Nothing to pet.
34:09However,
34:11doink to Cloud.
34:13A little goofy as far as the look is concerned,
34:15no question. And he has a laugh or two.
34:17Although, I would suggest
34:19he was, uh, not laughing
34:21when all of a sudden,
34:23in the Royal Rumble matchup, he had
34:25on his back Diesel
34:27and Crush at the same time. That
34:29was no laughing matter. Man was Diesel.
34:31I mean, he's, like, one of the MVPs
34:33of the, uh, Royal Rumble match
34:35itself. Stallings very slow
34:37coming off the rope and, uh-oh, belly to
34:39belly. Yes, indeed.
34:41Doink knows how to wrestle. He'll mix
34:43it up technically. He'll brawl with
34:45him. He'll do anything he likes.
34:47This is an extraordinary
34:49competitor in doing.
34:51He also likes to have some fun in there.
34:53You know, Vince, we know that Doink's had his share
34:55of problems with Bam Bam Bigelow
34:57and Luna Vachon, the ever
34:59lovely Luna, I might add. Uh-huh.
35:01And, uh, he's gonna have to really
35:03refine his mat wrestling skills.
35:05Bigelow close to 400 pounds.
35:07Gotta outweigh Doink 150 pounds.
35:09Yes,
35:11no question of that. But then again, I think
35:13the tactics and the skills of Doink
35:15completely throw Bam Bam off guard.
35:17He doesn't know what to expect next. Did you ever
35:19wonder why he dresses in this particular ring
35:21attire? Because it's obvious that
35:23the guy is a heck of a wrestler.
35:25I think a great wrestler.
35:27Then again, take nothing away
35:29from the beast from the east, Bam Bam
35:31Bigelow. Is it, uh,
35:33Luna Vachon from, originally from Oklahoma?
35:35No, she's probably from Texas.
35:37A lot of strange people come from Texas.
35:39Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
35:41Oh, my. And, uh, Doink
35:43has a nice maneuver. Nice move there.
35:45Stalling for the cover, the count.
35:47Nope. You know, Vince,
35:49clowns abound this past Saturday
35:51on Mania. Todd and Randy Savage
35:53did a great job on Mania here
35:55on USA. It was live, and it was
35:57it was red hot. Yes, I'm anxious
35:59to tune in this coming Saturday morning
36:01and find out what the Macho Man and Todd
36:03Penngill have up their sleeve
36:05this coming Saturday morning.
36:07And now Doink is laughing.
36:09However, no laughing matter at all
36:11as to who won the Royal Rumble matchup.
36:13Suspense abounding
36:15this past Saturday night.
36:17Lex Luger's music started playing.
36:19I think the ring announcer was gonna announce
36:21Lex as the winner. Then it stopped.
36:23Then Bret Hart, look at that dropkick.
36:25Bret Hart's music started playing. The ring announcer was gonna
36:27announce Bret as the winner.
36:29These are two referees, I thought,
36:31who obviously saw it, uh, from opposing
36:33points of view. I thought they were gonna go at it.
36:35I mean, they were angry. Jack Tunney
36:37gets involved, and, well, maybe Tunney
36:39made the only decision he could make.
36:41Nonetheless, one of those men
36:43will go on to face the WWF
36:45champion at WrestleMania.
36:47And the one who does it, I would
36:49suggest, will be most disappointed, Joe.
36:51Absolutely, Vince, and
36:53that's gonna be a major decision.
36:55Maybe Jack Tunney's biggest decision
36:57of his presidency
36:59to be made this weekend. And
37:01look at this. Starling's in the air,
37:03and big power slam there by
37:05Doink.
37:07Doink dropping the knee, and
37:09what's this? Number one?
37:11I think he's through clowning around.
37:13Alright. Doink to the outside.
37:15Doink going up now.
37:17And Starling appears to be totally
37:19out of it. Doink from the top,
37:21and...
37:23Forget about it.
37:27And another victory for Doink the Clown.
37:29No telling what sort of
37:31antics Doink and
37:33Doink are gonna come up with,
37:35and I guess maybe the dog does
37:37bite after all.
37:39The 1994
37:41WWF Royal Rumble
37:43was one of unbelievable
37:45action and unimaginable
37:47intrigue.
37:49Witness the betrayal as
37:51Owen Hart turned on his brother
37:53Brett once again.
37:55I'm not worried about
37:57you, I'm worried about
37:59myself.
38:01Experience the incredible
38:03as a conspiracy of many
38:05put The Undertaker
38:07into a casket,
38:09but could not keep him buried
38:11for long at all.
38:17And who really won the Royal Rumble
38:19match? Brett Hart
38:21or Lex Luger? You
38:23decide.
38:25You decide.
38:27The World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble
38:29Encore. You can't afford to
38:31miss it. Tomorrow night at 8
38:33Eastern on pay-per-view.
38:37I want my Raw.
38:39Everyone wants their Raw, and everyone wants to watch their
38:41WWF, and you can get that shot as we just
38:43saw. It's coming Tuesday night.
38:45Your choice is either
38:47once again the Encore of the Royal
38:49Rumble or Bill Clinton's
38:51State of the Union. Take your pick.
38:53Promotional consideration
38:55paid for by the following.
38:57Attention SEGA CD fans.
38:59Unleash the Rage in the Cage with
39:0120 supercharged WWF
39:03superstars in incredible steel cage
39:05action from Acclaim.
39:07Who knows
39:09there could be some crash dummies in next
39:11year's WWF Royal Rumble
39:13matchup. Look at this. Diesel takes
39:15the step over the top rope. Not too many
39:17people can do that. And Tyrone
39:19now locking up with Shawn Michaels.
39:21Diesel's stock really rose in my eyes
39:23after the Royal Rumble match
39:25itself this past Saturday night, Vince. But I'll tell
39:27you something. If he watches the Encore
39:29tomorrow night,
39:31he may part
39:33the way with his pal, Shawn Michaels.
39:35Indeed it was Diesel
39:37who challenged Michaels when he first came in the ring.
39:39Remember now, it was every man for
39:41himself, and that's a thing you only see
39:43once a year in the WWF.
39:45Look at Michaels. He is arrogant.
39:47Although he wasn't as arrogant as you thought he
39:49might be when Diesel invited him to
39:51go one-on-one.
39:53He declined that opportunity.
39:55And then from there,
39:57Michaels, doesn't Michaels one of the
39:59individuals who shoved Diesel
40:01over the top with
40:03everyone else in the ring? I thought he just
40:05stood back and watched. He didn't try to help
40:07his bodyguard or associate
40:09or whatever the heck he is. Actually, I think
40:11the Encore will show that Michaels
40:13was the last man in. Just an extra
40:15little touch added to the eight
40:17thousand people in there who actually threw
40:19Diesel over the top, and you're right.
40:21If Diesel sees that footage, I don't think
40:23he's going to be hanging around Shawn Michaels.
40:25Michaels, oh, look at this!
40:27Michaels missing! Tyrone
40:29coming out of the corner. Tyrone working the same
40:31left arm and shoulder.
40:33Tyrone knocks, winding up
40:35Shawn Michaels. And everyone
40:37saw, if you saw
40:39last Saturday night, look at the look of intensity
40:41in the eyes of Diesel.
40:43Could you believe what Shawn Michaels did
40:45with that Razor Ramon jump?
40:47Well, he almost pulled it off. He almost
40:49succeeded in doing exactly
40:51what we know he wanted to do,
40:53and that was to make sure that Razor Ramon
40:55did not leave Providence, Rhode Island
40:57with the Intercontinental belt.
40:59Yes, indeed. And there,
41:01for a while, everyone thought, including the
41:03official, that Erwin R. Shyster,
41:05who obviously has a bone to pick later on
41:07with the officiating, IRS
41:09thought for sure he was the new
41:11Intercontinental champion, thanks to
41:13Shawn Michaels. But then,
41:15thank goodness,
41:17better officiating
41:19prevailed. The match
41:21allowed to continue,
41:23and I'm not too sure IRS even...
41:25Uh-oh. Take a look at this. That's the right hand.
41:29Nah, he's not gonna bother with it.
41:31Tyrone back in there.
41:33Tyrone
41:35knocks, and Shawn Michaels.
41:37Michaels, one of the more aggressive
41:39and certainly
41:41one of the more arrogant individuals
41:43in all the WWF. He certainly says
41:45he's the wrestler of the 90s. I think
41:47Mr. Machismo has
41:49something to say about that, and I
41:51can't wait when those two will finally
41:53get together and settle this whole
41:55Intercontinental title situation.
41:57Great dropkick there, once and for all.
41:59Razor Ramon,
42:01looking forward to the opportunity,
42:03especially considering the happenings
42:05at the Royal Rumble matchup last Saturday.
42:07Razor looking forward to
42:09once again facing Shawn Michaels.
42:11By the way, did you watch any
42:13football this past weekend, Jim? Every day
42:15on of every game. Uh-huh. Big cowboy
42:17fan, you know. Unfortunately for CBS,
42:19as everyone knows, losing the NFL package,
42:21going over to the Fox Network.
42:23I'd like to, however, put to rest
42:25the rumor that Neil Pilsen,
42:27president of CBS Sports, has been negotiating
42:29with the World Wrestling Federation to bring
42:31the WWF to CBS to replace
42:33the NFL package. That is
42:35not true. The World Wrestling Federation
42:37is staying right here on
42:39USA, America's favorite
42:41cable network, and America's
42:43favorite show, no doubt, Monday Night
42:45Raw.
42:47Right now, and Tyrone
42:49Knox is taking his
42:51knocks. And again,
42:53but no. How about that?
42:55Tyrone must have a pretty hard head.
42:57Tyrone, no headbutt.
42:59You go, Tyrone.
43:01And a reversal there.
43:03Tyrone coming up. Uh-oh.
43:05That wasn't, uh, on the forehead.
43:07That was underneath the chin. So much
43:09for momentum for old Tyrone there.
43:11Who does this man remind you of?
43:13Former television star Shawn Michaels
43:15reminds you of who?
43:17Eddie Haskell. Yeah, I think so.
43:19He's a condescending, arrogant young man.
43:21Yeah, leave it to Beavers.
43:23Eddie Haskell, I think it fits him to a tee.
43:25Boy, this, and this, uh...
43:27Powerful! That would have
43:29fitted Tyrone to a tee. Yeah, flattened
43:31out his head.
43:33We'll be back, ladies and gentlemen,
43:35with more Monday Night Raw.
43:37Stay with us!
43:39Welcome back to
43:41more Monday Night Raw. Vince McMahon
43:43and Jim Ross. And next week, ladies
43:45and gentlemen, the one, two, three kids
43:47squaring off against Johnny Colo.
43:49What a matchup that's gonna be.
43:51Well, Vince, we saw what happened recently right here
43:53on Raw with Colo, with 101,
43:55with Marty Jannetty. Let's hope that next week
43:57history doesn't repeat itself.
43:59Let's hope the Quebecers stay up in Quebec.
44:01But in addition to where I'm at,
44:03Bryan will join us, the martial art expert
44:05in action. And this Saturday night on
44:07Radio WWF, we'll be talking to all the great fans
44:09when our guest will be Bret
44:11the Hitman Hart. And as far as comments are concerned,
44:13his brother, The Rockin' Owen Hart,
44:15as we stated before, on hand for
44:17All-American Wrestling this Sunday at 12 noon
44:19Eastern, will bring you his comments
44:21next Monday night
44:23as well. And also joining us
44:25next Monday night, Rex Luger
44:27and the Hitman Bret Hart.
44:29We thank you, ladies and gentlemen,
44:31for making us the number one
44:33cable television program in America.
44:35What a broadcast next week
44:37right here on USA
44:39Monday Night Raw. Vince, I can't wait.
44:41Ladies and gentlemen, in addition to all of that
44:43and more, Erwin R. Shyster will join us
44:45as our guest commentator. Who knows
44:47what's gonna happen next week on
44:49Monday Night Raw. So long, everybody.