WWF at Nassau Coliseum (August 26, 1994)

Original Airdate: August 26, 1994

From Uniondale, New York

Opening Match: Pierre v Thurman Sparky Plugg: Jacques had left the promotion by this point, but Pierre was still kicking around until eventually getting repackaged as Jean-Pierre LaFitte the following spring. Sparky dominates with speed in the early going, and a dropkick sends Pierre to the outside for a plancha! Sparky tries a cross corner whip on the way back in, but Pierre reverses, and dumps him over the top. Pierre violently drops him across the top rope on the way back in, and delivers a legdrop to the groin from there. Pierre works a bodyscissors, but Sparky starts to escape, so Pierre dumps him to the outside for a baseball slide. Plugg pulls him out after him for a whip into the steps, however, and Sparky comes off the top with a flying bodypress on the way back in - only for Pierre to roll through for two. Pierre adds a clothesline to take the spark out of Plugg’s step, and a gutwrench powerbomb gets him two. Backdrop, but Sparky counters with a sunset flip for two, so Pierre clobbers him again. Bodyslam sets up a 2nd rope legdrop for two, and a clothesline leads to a chinlock. Pierre with a swinging neckbreaker for two, and a 2nd rope fistdrop finds the mark. Plugg is doing some crazy overselling tonight. Slugfest goes Pierre’s way, but he runs into an elbow on a corner charge, and both guys desperately throw clotheslines for a double knockout. Pierre gets the better of it, and makes it to the top for a flying somersault senton splash, but Plugg rolls out of the way, and it’s comeback time! Backdrop gets him two, and a corner whip allows for a dive, but Pierre lifts his boot to block. Cover, count, two! That was a great nearfall. Pierre tries a clothesline, but Plugg ducks, and hooks a sunset cradle at 11:49. Plugg was a great opening match guy during this period. **

The Bushwhackers v The Heavenly Bodies: No thanks. Look, I know I should make more of an effort to do actual play-by-play for this, but I hate the Bushwhackers with a passion, and I can tell you every single beat of this match before the bell even sounds. I actually even find this pairing offensive, since the Bodies are actual workers, yet they’re saddled having to do this stupid comedy bullshit. But, at least by this point the Bushwhackers were mostly running this grift on the house shows, and not pay per views. Heel double team allows the Bodies to steal a pin at 11:55. Yes, twelve minutes of this shit! DUD

WWF Women's Title Match: Alundra Blayze v Bull Nakano: Okay, now this I will gladly do play-by-play for. Blayze catches her with a dropkick to start, but a second one misses, and Bull whips her across the ring by the hair a few times. Nakano with a matslam and a legdrop for two, and she grounds Alundra in a chinlock from there. Blayze makes the ropes, so Bull uses them to choke her, and a corner whip flips Blayze over the top. Luna Vachon attacks out there, but Blayze reverses her into the post, so Bull comes out and clobbers her herself. Inside, Bull uses a piledriver for two, but Blayze counters a pop-up powerbomb with a rana for two. Spinkick finds the mark, but Bull ducks a second one, and chokeslams the champion for two. Bull locks on a Boston crab, but Blayze won’t quit, and manages a schoolboy for two. Bull quickly fights her off with a surfboard sharpshooter, and Luna adds another cheap shot once Blayze is well worn down. Bull with a clothesline for two, but Blayze comes back with a trio if matslams for two. Powerbomb, but Bull counters with a backdrop, and adds a kneedrop. Bodyslam gets the challenger two, and another clothesline finds the mark, but Blayze dodges a corner charge, and hooks a backslide for two. Blayze tries a rana, but gets blocked with a powerbomb for two, and Nakano adds a bodyslam. That allows the challenger to go upstairs for a flying legdrop, but Blayze rolls out of the way. German suplex, but Bull blocks, and clobbers her with another clothesline. Blayze fights through, however, and grabs a bridging German suplex at 9:25. I thought this lacked the same delivery that some of their other matches had, with Blayze not taking her bumps with her usual commitment. ** (Original rating: ** ½)

Adam Bomb v Kwang: Kwang attacks as Bomb is climbing into the ring, and he unloads in the corner. Rollup, but Bomb blocks, and blasts him with a clothesline to send Kwang bailing. Bomb chases, but gets nailed with a right hand out there, and Kwang leaves him to take the count. Bomb comes back with a slingshot clothesline, and he goes for the mask, but Kwang fights him off with an enzuigiri. Bomb comes back with a bodypress for two, but Kwang quickly cuts him off with a spinheel kick that sends Adam to the outside. Kwang follows to introduce Adam to the steps, and a spinkick gets him two on the way back inside. Kwang works a nervehold, so Bomb tries a sunset flip, but Kwang blocks. Bomb manages a DDT to trigger a comeback, and a sidewalk slam finishes at 9:12. Nothing special, but I appreciated that they actually made an effort to have a different match than the one they had the day before in New York, instead of just painting by numbers. ½*

WWF Tag Team Title Match: The Headshrinkers v Diesel and Shawn Michaels: Fatu starts with Michaels, and Shawn is in full Freebird stall mode. He eventually walks into the wrong part of town, however, and the champs knock him to the outside with a few headbutts. Shawn stalls out there, but tries a headlock on the way back in, only for Fatu to quickly shoulderblock him down. Shawn thinks about tagging out, but he wants to do this thing, and goes back to the headlock. He slaps Fatu across the face when the champ tries another shoulderblock, and Michaels suckers him into a chase. That backfires when Samu attacks on the outside, and Fatu clotheslines Shawn over the top. That’s enough to make Shawn rethink tagging out to Diesel, and Samu tags in as well. Diesel pounds him for a while, but misses a charge in the corner, banging up his knee. Tag to Fatu for stereo headbutts, so Shawn helps out with a cheap shot from the apron, and Diesel knocks Fatu to the outside with a clothesline. Shawn is waiting with a superkick out there, and the challengers take control. They cut the ring in half on Fatu, until Diesel telegraphs a backdrop, and gets blasted with a headbutt. Shawn tries saving things, but Fatu fights him off with a backbreaker, and dodges a corner charge - complete with great oversell from Michaels. Hot tag to Samu, and Roseanne Barr the door! Diesel gets Fatu in place for the powerbomb, but Samu saves with a roundhouse kick. That allows Fatu to cover, but Michaels dives in to save at two. The challengers hit a rocket launcher for two, but things spill to the outside, and we have a double countout at 17:50. This was a good step down from the match they had the night before in New York, but it was still solid action, with Michaels again working notably hard (even when in lower gear than at the Garden). ** 

Mabel and Doink the Clown v Bam Bam Bigelow and Jeff Jarrett: Mabel and Bigelow start, and a distraction from Jeff allows Bam Bam to attack, but Mabel fights him off in the corner. Clothesline gets Mabel two, and a corner whip sets up an avalanche for two. Again, but Bigelow sidesteps, and nails him with an enzuigiri. Tag to Jeff to hammer the big man, but Mabel powers out of a wristlock with ease. Over to Doink to work a wristlock of his own, so Jeff tries a hiptoss, but the clown reverses. Sunset flip (with an assist from Dink) gets two, and Doink works an armbar. Jeff escapes long enough to tag, but Doink catches an incoming Bigelow with a drop-toehold, and he works another armbar. Bam Bam punches him in the face to escape, so Doink tries a bodyslam, but gets toppled. That draws Dink in again, and the distraction allows Doink a bridging German suplex for two. but Jeff tags in to backelbow him. 2nd rope fistdrop, but Doink dodges, and tags. Mabel clobbers Jarrett with a clothesline, but a second one misses, and Bigelow trips him up, allowing Jeff a series of elbowdrops. Bam Bam with a jumping shoulderblock to knock Mabel to the outside, where Jeff is waiting to blast him with a chair. Inside, the heels work Mabel over, in a weird choice for a guy to take a heat segment. Mabel fights off a double team to get the tag, and Doink is a clown car of fire! Powerslam on Jarrett gets two when Bigelow saves, so Mabel comes in an absolutely drills Bam Bam with a charge, sending him flying out of the ring with such power that I’m surprised he wasn’t seriously injured. That allows Doink to hit the Whoopie Cushion on Jarrett, but gets distracted by some bullshit with Dink, and Jeff schoolboys at 13:26. * ¼ 

Indian Strap Match: Tatanka v Irwin R Schyster: IRS attacks before they can tie them together, and he dumps Tatanka to the outside for some abuse. Inside, IRS hooks up, and clotheslines Tatanka with the strap, but wastes time posing, and gets clobbered with a series of tomahawk chops. He chokes Irwin with the strap some, but fails to make it to the four corners, and IRS unloads with the strap. He dumps Tatanka to the outside, but gets clobbered when following, and Tatanka crotches him with the strap a few times on the way into the ring. Tatanka unloads with the strap again, but IRS reverses a vertical suplex on him, and delivers a legdrop. He goes for the corners, with Tatanka hitting them behind his back, but a punch accidentally backfires when it knocks IRS into the win at 6:54. This felt really lazy and uninteresting. DUD

Main Event: Bret Hart and Razor Ramon v Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart: Bret and Owen start, and they fight it out, with Bret showing a lot of aggression. They trade hammerlocks, with Bret getting the better of their exchanges, and a crucifix gets him two. Schoolboy gets two, so Owen bails, and we get tags all around. Neidhart powers Razor around, until Ramon catches him with a drop-toehold, and schools him. Armbar, so Neidhart tries a bodyslam, but Razor keeps it applied through. Tag to Owen to clobber the Bad Guy, but Ramon catches him with a right hand, and Owen stalls. Owen tries a headlock, but Ramon quickly escapes, so Owen tries a dropkick, but Razor catches him with a catapult into Neidhart. Tag to Bret to hammer his brother’s arm, but Neidhart is on the ball with a cheap shot, and Owen capitalizes with a spinheel kick. The heels works Bret over, until Owen hits boot on a corner charge, and Bret is able to dive with a 2nd rope clothesline. Neidhart comes in, but Bret fights off the double team, and gets the tag to Ramon - Roseanne Barr the door! The heels nail Ramon with the Hart Attack, but Bret saves. That allows Razor to try a bodyslam, so Anvil shoves him over - only for Ramon to roll through the cradle on Owen at 15:44. Why is Owen eating pinfalls on all the house shows leading up to SummerSlam? What else is Anvil even there for? I guess they were still banking on a Bret/Neidhart program for the fall at this point, and wanted to keep Neidhart strong. While a lot of the other workers made an effort to have unique matches, this almost a carbon copy of the one they had at the Garden, with the only real difference being the guy taking the heat segment. * ¼ 

BUExperience: Some solid wrestling, but nothing worth actually bothering with on this one.

DUD