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Owen Hart v Jeff Hardy: Well then! This is actually the only one-on-one match between the two, though they would later meet in tag action near the end of Owen's life. Jeff is a scrawny little shit at this point (even for him), making Owen look like Hulk Hogan beside him. It's also hilarious to see captain emo dressed like some guy Marsha Brady would be swooning over. We see Diana Hart-Smith in the crowd for this, as well as Diesel observing from backstage. Jeff puts up a decent fight, but runs into a suplex, and does a backflip to sell a clothesline. Owen then drills him with a missile dropkick, and it's Sharpshooter time, but Hart decides to use a somersault cradle instead at 2:36. Energetic squash. Afterwards, Hart summons fat bud Yokozuna in to Banzai Drop poor Hardy, and then he puts on the Sharpshooter he neglected to use earlier, but Diesel runs in for the save. ½*
Aja Kong v Chaparrita Asari: Kong goes right at her, but misses a corner clothesline, and Asari hits a pair of double backflip mulekicks. That was some Simone Biles shit. Kong thumps her down, and starts snapmarring her by the hair, then casually throwing kicks. Kong looks like a fat Power Ranger. Kong with a hanging vertical suplex, but she pulls Asari up at two, and kills her with a cradle piledriver, but pulls it up at two again. Aja continues to take Asari apart piece by piece, but refuses to let the referee count to three. Asari tries to fight back with a dropkick, but she literally bounces off of Kong, and gets bodyslammed. She does manage to dodge a 2nd rope flying splash, but misses a sky twister press, and Kong finishes with a stiff spinning back-fist at 4:06. I dug Kong's female Vader act, but they were building a bridge to nowhere here, since Alundra Blayze bailed on the promotion before they could have their scheduled feud. * ¾
Earlier today, Todd Pettengill sat down with Shawn Michaels to discuss his condition. Remember the days when Shawn would wear street clothes that didn't make him look like a complete trailer park hick? Todd is good at being the goofy hype guy, but the character doesn't work as a serious interviewer. At all. Like, Gene Okerlund would have knocked this out of the park. At least they didn't put Brother Love on it, I guess. But Vince really should have done it. And, in fact, Todd makes the mistake of mentioning the 'R' word (retirement, shh), and Shawn gets all pissy
Ahmed Johnson v Rick Stockhauser: Shane Douglas pops up on the spilt screen to hype up his In Your House match with Johnson. The one that never happened. This puffy jobber actually tries to jump Ahmed before the bell, but gets completely slaughtered. The women's match was stiff, but at least it looked controlled. Ahmed's stuff is just sloppy and dangerous looking. No wonder
Dok Hendrix wants you to drop over $60 on a WWF denim jacket. Man, they were pushing those things hard for months. They must have overbought inventory. No wonder they did a bunch of Canadian shows in January
WWF Happy Holidays commercial. This is mainly notable to me because the kid in it is the same kid from the "go get 'em champ" Bret Hart commercial. Who was this kid? How did he get to be the official child of the WWF? Was he Dink without makeup? So many burning questions!
RAW Bowl, baby! New Years night!
Vince brings Ted DiBiase, Sycho Sid, and 1-2-3 Kid for an in-ring interview. I don't really know, but would it be completely wrong to guess that Kid joined DiBiase's team in hopes of getting access to whatever shit was making Sid so massive? I mean, clearly it had some weird side effects too, but what's a little twitchiness and inability to control volume compared to not looking like a middle school girl?
Next week, Razor Ramon defends the Intercontinental title against Yokozuna. Man, they were sure into that sideways image of the belt hanging above the ring at SummerSlam, weren't they? We've seen it almost every week since late August
Bret Hart v Bob Backlund: Bret's WWF Title is not on the line here. I'm kind of surprised this is happening at a different taping than Backlund's attack on Hart, since usually they set things up and pay them off at the same taping for the live crowd. Backlund tries for a takedown early, but Bret stays vertical, and wins an exchange over a waistlock by forcing Bob to hide in the ropes. Test-of-strength leads to them trading waistlocks again, and Bob tries a headscissors, but Hart counters to a standing front-facelock. They continue to trade holds, as Lawler hops into the crowd to interview Diana Hart-Smith about the showdown between her brother and her husband at the pay per view. She doesn't really have much to say, but it adds a nice layer to the build. Though, he's as wrong for the role as Todd doing a serious interview with Shawn. Of all the people to send to talk to one of the Harts, Jerry freaking Lawler?! Hart continues to dominate the hold exchanges, and hooks a backslide for two, so Bob bails. He stalls until Bret gets pissed and drags him back in, latching on with the wristlock. Bob counters to the Crossface Chickenwing, but Bret is in the ropes before the challenger can get it properly applied. It's enough to rattle the Hitman though, and Bob snaps his arm across the middle rope as he goes to work on the shoulder. Hart manages to topple him for two to block a bodyslam, and an inside cradle gets two. Russian legsweep is worth two, and a backbreaker sets up a 2nd rope pointed elbowdrop. Sharpshooter, but Davey Boy Smith runs in for the DQ at 14:52. Not as good as the Superstars and Survivor Series matches, but markedly better than the WrestleMania one. Afterwards, Bulldog and Backlund beat Bret down, which actually features a pretty hilarious moment where Bulldog mocks Backlund's craziness to his face. Ha! **
BUExperience: Hey, no Brother Love this week! Not exactly a homerun as far as a go-home show making me want to see In Your House, but a watchable episode.
Monday
Night Wars Rating Chart
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12/11/95
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Show
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RAW
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Nitro
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Rating
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2.5
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2.6
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Total Wins
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6
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6
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Win Streak
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1
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Better Show (as of 12/4)
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3
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9
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