[1996-05-13-WWF-Raw] Shawn Michaels and Davey Boy Smith brawl in the ocean

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Davey Boy attacks Shawn on the Persian Gulf and then throws him in the ocean and tries to drown him.

[El-P]

Why does Davey Boy Smith always end up in stupid videos on beaches ?

[Tim Evans]

I like HBK totally no selling the attack and gets right up.

[BackToBionic]

I got back into wrestling around this time, after watching Wrestlemania, and a lot of this stuff is totally unfamiliar despite the fact that I'm positive I was watching this (and only this....wasn't into WCW again yet). But I clearly remember this for some reason.

[PeteF3]

First we get a history lesson on the history of Kuwait--5 years earlier, Kuwait City was overtaken by Iraq until it was saved by Hulk Hogan defeating Sgt. Slaughter the efforts of Gen. Schwarzkopf and Desert Storm. Highlights of the WWF in Kuwait follow.

 

Fancam footage of Shawn talking to a family on the beach, when he's jumped from behind by Davey Boy Smith. Neat, unique little angle.

[El-P]

Gotta love the propaganda video. Hey, these people were waiting for one thing, watch WWF action.

[soup23]

The WWF symbol in the Kuwait flag gets me. This was fun stuff with Davey Boy's bathing suit being the highlight.

[tim]

Gotta love the propaganda video. Hey, these people were waiting for one thing, watch WWF action.

 

Hahaha. This, tribute to the troops -- the real deep state is WWF/E pushing for Iraq wars so they can piggyback with their patriotic philanthropy initiatives!

[dawho5]

This type of segment is crazy to me.  Davey Boy throws Shawn around in the ocean for a minute or so and then runs off.  What was that meant to accomplish unless you were going to go way outside of wrestling and have Davey attempt to actually try to drown Shawn?  Which, as we know from certain WCW segments in the desert, is incredibly stupid.

End of the day, it was kind of porn-lite for the ladies like the Sunny segments are for the guys.