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[1994-08-15-WWF-Raw] Owen Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid


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This wasn't as spectacular as the PPV match, but wrestling at that pace for 10+ minutes would have been hard to do, anyway. These guys were a good fit for each other, and it's a bummer that they didn't get a long PPV match against each other until 1998, when the 1-2-3 Kid was recovering from an injury, and both guys had lost a little bit in the four years since this.

 

I don't understand why they'd have Owen lose via DQ just before his shot at the championship. Even if they wanted to build up Neidhart as a threat on the outside, there was probably a better time to do it than right before a cage match.

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Another very good match between these two. It's not as fast-paced as King of the Ring, but I think I like it about the same. Kid makes a good showing and the match has quite a bit of heat. I agree that doing the DQ finish when Owen is about to challenge for the title is a curious decision.

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Playing off their King of the Ring match, The Kid is now ready for Owen’s pre match sneak attack attempt. Kid also gets his own slidding dropkick to the outside on Hart. It's a step below the King of the Ring match which is understandable as they can't match that pace. But we get a longer which is still pretty good. The DQ finish kind of ruins things as Neidhart ran in to interfere when Owen was in middle of ring in submission. Owen needed to go over here as challenger for WWF Title.

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I don't get the finish either, but this might have been the best free-TV match of the year for the WWF. Not as balls-to-the-wall as KOTR but maybe more psychologically sound, between Owen's work over the back and the use of his enzuigiri. They also throw in an insane spot where Kid gets suplexed to the floor, with Owen going down with him. Good beatdown afterward, too--Owen, ever the heel, makes sure to yank on the ropes while he has the Sharpshooter applied. I approve.

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Owen Hart vs 1-2-3 Kid - WWF RAW 8/15/94

Kid had such a weird 94. The beginning has nice continuity with the Quebecers and climaxing of winning the tag belts on RAW. I don’t know if the situation with Marty screwed him over as he basically doesn’t have a program for the rest of the year. He just has killer 4+ star matches when called upon against Owen at KOTR, Bret on Raw and the Kliq Action Zone tag. A lot of people would kill for a year they good but there’s a whole lot of nothing in between the matches. Seemingly, this one other big featured Kid bout of 94, it is not as good as the KOTR 94 match but that’s the best sub 5 minute match ever so it is feed to compare.

I really liked the match after the commercial break. I found the match before the ad break to be very noisy. It was a lot of disjointed spots/sequences kind of grouped together. I liked Kid outfoxing Owen early nailing a kick and avoiding charge and getting a near fall. Then the transitions just become random. Some arm work by each guy then some headlocks by each guy. Owen gets enziguiri and Kid gets a spinning heel kick. You get Macho shouting DOUBLE KIP UP! Maybe they were going for symmetry but Owen was using a lot of hair pulling. It just didn’t connect. To further that point you do get a Kid dive before the ad break and an Owen dive after the ad break. I like symmetry BUT it didn’t feel right in this match.

I thought after the ad break it was a totally different match and a vast departure from KOTR style. This was Owen the bully heel which like Shawn is something you almost never get to see. That’s the value of Kid he allows these smaller heavyweights to get to play the bully. It is set up by a wicked suplex from apron to floor. Then the dive and a hard slap across the face. The bully shit kicks in with the back breakers to the ring post. The really targeted back work by Owen is excellent. He missed a top rope move landing on his knees. Kid makes a spirited comeback kicking the leg. Kid slaps on a single leg crab. I really thought they had something special, but Anvil doesn’t let them explore it as he attacks Kid triggering the DQ. 
 

The finish makes the match feel incomplete. Sometimes a DQ finish just feels right in the context of a match but this one, it felt too soon. Plus won at KOTR and could’ve used another win going into Summerslam so not only was timing off, it was not the right finish. Another 5-10 minutes I think they could’ve made up for the beginning and delivered another classic but that ain’t what happened. ***1/4 

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