[1994-12-26-WWF-Raw] King's Court: Diesel / Interview: Bret Hart / Interview: Vinny Pazienza

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Vince finds no humor in Lawler's rather humorous insults to the people at ringside. Lawler offers Diesel a handshake and Diesel death grips him, bringing him to his knees. Diesel gets tired of Lawler's berating, and throws him out of the ring while wearing his crown. They did a great job of having Lawler heat up the crowd before Diesel came out to ensure he'd get a big pop.

 

Next, Bret Hart does his first interview after losing the title that has made the yearbook. Bret praises Diesel for giving him a title shot and says he'll deal with Owen and Backlund after the holidays.

 

Next is Vinny Pazienza jumping rope and talking trash on Shawn Michaels.

[soup23]

Vince's face at the toupee line was great. The diesel segment is ok but he looks goofy as hell with the crown on.

 

Brets low key promo is good to reintroduce him and get him on the road to the title.

 

Vince promoting boxing seemed destined to fail.

[PeteF3]

Vince's reactions to Lawler are truly hilarious. Best Diesel interview of the year--Lawler cuts a 5-minute scorched-earth promo on him and Diesel says one sentence. Shawn: "He looks like the Cowardly Lion, and I'm gonna send him back to OZ!" Cute. Vince thinks Diesel in the crown is the funniest thing ever, naturally.

 

Bret does an interview from home and sounds so much more like a real person than just about anyone else in the company.

 

Hype for Vinny Pazienza vs. Roberto Duran, and Vinny calls out Shawn Michaels. This was less annoying than the 6-hour hype job for Sugar Ray vs. Lalonde during SummerSlam.