[1997-05-31-USWA-TV] Interview: New Diesel / Vince McMahon promo / New Diesel vs New Razor Ramon

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

New Diesel has a few words for New Razor on tape from … VINCE MCMAHON! He has this whole explanation of how this guy came to him and said please hire me, I do great impersonations. I am on the floor! He calls the guy an ingrate and says the only thing he hates more than ingrate is someone that's stupid. He blames Razor for his planned Diesel/Razor tag team push in the WWF not working, as it fell apart because Razor wants to stay in the USWA because he prefers it there. Yes, that's really the only reason now that I think about it. So he's ordered Diesel to destroy him. This is a brilliant promo.

 

Diesel and Razor end up getting into it before their expiration of time match, and this is a true Twilight Zone episode of USWA TV.

[Zenjo]

How wrong I was to think that Diesel and Razor had been consigned to the scrap heap by this point.

[Kevin Ridge]

Now we have the fake Diesel cutting a promo before Vince McMahon shows up on screen in full suit! McMahon in USWA is a fave of mine. He totally buries fake Razor as much as possible. Just wow. Vince is not a fan of fake Razor. USWA was the testing ground for heel Mr. McMahon. Jacob’s charisma is so below Kevin Nash for that character. We get the Fake Razor/Fake Diesel feud that I've been clamoring for.

[soup23]

Diesel begins his run to Director of Operations with this promo that he throws to Vinny Mac. McMahon gives a glorious heel promo nailing all the mannerisms that will become mainstream in wrestling later in the year. Razor and Diesel end up brawling and this whole thing is a mind fuck.

[BackToBionic]

But wait, I thought JR brought in Fake Razor and Fake Diesel. Now Vince is saying HE brought in Fake Razor cos he's good at impressions?! *MIND BLOWN*

[PeteF3]

Fake Diesel and Fake Razor are now feuding--not exactly the MegaPowers exploding. McMEMPHIS!! Vince carefully explains to the USWA fanbase what an "ingrate" is, and explains how a "complete bum" who can't wrestle but can do impressions was made into something by the World Wrestling Federation, only to turn his back...for the USWA, of all things. Vince is much more animated here than in 1993. Razor and Diesel end up brawling.