WWF Monday Night RAW (May 9, 1994)

Original Airdate: May 9, 1994 (Taped April 26)

From Burlington, Vermont; Your Hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage.

Opening King of the Ring Qualifying Match: Razor Ramon v Kwang: They trade wristlocks to start, but Kwang throws an elbow, so Razor slaps the mist out of his mouth. Kwang with a few turnbuckle smashes, and he chops Razor in the corner, but Ramon misunderstands 'chops' as 'cops' and freaks out - knocking Kwang out of the ring. Kwang snaps his neck across the top rope on the way in, but wastes time with his mist, and Ramon backslides for two. Vince: 'that mist has great psychological effect!' Randy: 'um, I think it's more physical than psychological at this point!' Razor with an armbar, and actually works a bodypress for two. Well, you don't see that everyday. Kwang fires back with a spinheel kick, as Vince declares that Razor is 'out cold.' Randy: 'um, it looks like he's moving.' Savage was GROSSLY underrated as a commentator. Yeah, he wasn't actually good in any sane way, but he was never boring, and he always made McMahon look like an idiot. Kwang with a headvise, so Razor powers into the corner to break, but Kwang kicks him down again. Facebuster and a sleeper, but Razor slugs free, and catches him with a chokeslam for two. Slugfest goes Ramon's way, but Kwang blocks a side superplex, and dives with a 2^nd rope bodypress, but Razor rolls through for two. Kwang blasts him with a superkick for two, but a telegraphed backdrop is countered into the Edge - which they botch. Another try works, and Ramon is in the tournament at 15:02. Some nice back-and-forth action here. * ¼

King of the Ring Report! Roddy Piper faces Jerry Lawler! The New WWF Generation, folks!

Ugly RAW Girl Sign of the Week: Rock 'n' RAW

Crush v Ray Roy: Roy looks like a somehow whiter, jobber version of Lance Storm. Crush destroys him with bootleg martial arts stuff, and hits a backbreaker. Press-slam and a heart punch (complete with spasm sell job by Roy) finish at 3:33. His name might have been Roy, but Crush broke him like a toy! Boom! DUD

WrestleMania Revenge Tour promo. I love that they leave stuff like this in on the Network airings, because even though it's useless now, it's one of those little touches that makes these shows such awesome nostalgia trips

Duke 'The Dumpster' Droese vignette. He's got used needles, and he's not afraid to use 'em, kids!

On Superstars, Jerry Lawler interviews Doink and Dink, but Doink turns on his doppelganger via a pie to the face. It turns out to be Jeff Jarrett under the mask however, which is too bad, because I'd have loved to see Doink go heel again, and destroy Dink

Doink v Mike Terrance: Doink and Dink play pranks on the jobber, as Jeff Jarrett calls in to gloat about humiliating Dink. Dink continues to interfere at will, and the referee doesn't even offer a word of protest - though, it's Danny Davis, so that's not exactly surprising, I guess. Doink with a backbreaker, and the Whoopee Cushion finishes at 3:00. I can't believe I actually liked these clowns as a kid. I feel dirty. DUD

We take a look (via video package) at Earthquake's legit late 80s sumo career

Jerry Lawler hosts The King's Court, with guests Yokozuna, Jim Cornette, and Mr. Fuji, who accept Earthquake's challenge to a Sumo Match next week

Some gardener claims The Undertaker tried sleeping in a trench he dug

Mabel v Mike Bell: Bell attacks from behind, but Mabel swats him away before he gets anything done, and takes him down for an armscissors. Vertical suplex and a scrapbuster finish at 2:25. DUD

Backstage, Jerry Lawler catches up with Earthquake to hype the Sumo Match. Kinda weird that he’s ‘catching up’ to him in the shower

BUExperience: Not a good episode, but at least we’re rolling towards King of the Ring now, with two guys qualified, and one match announced.