WWF Monday Night RAW (March 22, 1993)

Original Airdate: March 22, 1993

From New York, New York; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon, Rob Bartlett, and Randy Savage.

Opening Match: The Bushwhackers v Damien Demento and Repo Man: Those wacky Bushwhackers make their entrance through the crowd in the balconies of the Manhattan Center. Unfortunately, that's about as entertaining as they get. Onto the match, Butch starts with Demento, and gets overpowered, and it quickly turns into a four-way, ass-biting brawl. That's not a reference to anything, mind you... I mean the 'Whackers were literally biting asses. Both heels bail to get the necessary shots, and the dust settles on Luke and Repo Man. Luke gets caught in a double-team, and Demento takes over to help cut the ring in half. Unfortunately, 3/4 involved here likely don't understand basic math (let alone tag team psychology), and so Luke gets the tag without much effort, and they finish Repo with the Battering Ram at 5:28. It's rare that a five minute match could border negative stars, but there you go. Dull, stall-filled junk from bell-to-bell. DUD

Fat RAW Girl Sign of the Week: That Wasn't Nice...

Tatanka v Reno Riggins: Riggins jumps him from behind at the bell, but misses a backdrop, and gets chopped into the ropes. Tatanka with a backdrop of his own, so Riggins tries a sleeper, but gets dumped into the corner, and atomic dropped. Criss cross ends with Tatanka hitting a monkeyflip, and he armdrags Riggins into an armbar. Reno powers into the corner to break, but Tatanka no-sells a pair of chops, and returns fire - only to miss a bodypress off of the middle rope. Riggins goes for the kill, but Tatanka JIGS UP!! Chops! Powerslam! End of the Trail! 3:30! Half as long as the opener, and twice as exciting. ¼*

We get a video package announcing the creation of the WWF Hall of Fame, with the recently departed Andre the Giant as the first inductee - complete with cheesy piano music. Kinda weird how much of an afterthought the whole Hall was until the mid-2000s, when they realized they could make a lot of money off of it.

We see three actors from One Life to Live in the crowd - including a pre-real fame Ryan Phillippe.

WWF Tag Team Title Match: Money Inc v Jeff Armstrong and Scott Rich: Ted DiBiase starts with Rich, and apparently takes offense to his name, as he slaps the shit out of him. Short-clothesline and a kneelift leave Rich staggering, and another clothesline knocks him over the top for IRS to abuse. Meanwhile, Bartlett sets up another TV on top of his monitor, and starts flipping through channels to see what else is on. Vince: 'THERE IS NO COMPETITION!' Whoops! Back in the ring, the tag champs switch gears and hammer Armstrong, and IRS finishes him with the Write Off at 3:02. Kinda wish they did Bartlett's channel changing bit during the opener (since we missed a good bit of the match because of it), but it was just a squash, no biggie. DUD

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Doink v Kamala: Doink offers Kamala a wrapped present at the bell, but pulls it away at the last moment, and 'hides' it in the corner. Kamala goes for it, of course, so Doink jumps him, and tries a Dragon sleeper. Kamala powers up, so Doink sweeps the leg, and tries a wristlock. Kamala chops his way free, so Doink rakes the eyes and sweeps him again - this time into an armbar. More chops from Kamala to set up an avalanche, and he knocks Doink over the top. That leads to a chase around ringside, and Doink hands him the present - Kamala getting counted out as he gets distracted opening it at 5:40. And, of course, the box is empty (Kamala selling it with some brilliant facial expressions), so the chase is back on. I've said it before, I'll say it again: this version of Doink was awesome. ¼*

BUExperience: Nothing in the way of good wrestling or entertaining angles, this was just killing time until WrestleMania – though, unlike in later years, the push was almost non-existent, with not even so much as an appearance from Bret Hart, Yokozuna, Hulk Hogan, or Brutus Beefcake. Not a good episode.