WWE 1993

[Beautiful Mine]

Completely new to 90's WWE. Figured I might as well blog about it. I'll try and review/rate every single WWE match that happened in '93. Can't be bothered to summarize promos/non-wrestling segments, though.

 

RAW 01

January 11, 1993

Manhatten Center

New York City, NY

 

1. Koko B. Ware v. Yokozuna [with Mr. Fuji]:

 

Koko manages to stagger Yokozuna with a couple of dropkicks after multiple failed attempts at trying to knock him off his feet, but it’s all for naught. Yokozuna squashes Koko with the Banzai Drop. Rating: *

 

2. Steiner Brothers v. Executioners:

 

Scott Steiner's hair is glorious. I grew up watching him as Big Poppa Pump, so this iteration of him is a refreshing contrast. Steiners absolutely dismantle these dudes with suplexes and bombs in another, more enjoyable, squash match. Steiners get the pinfall after a killer Steinerizer. Rating: *¾

 

3. Max Moon v. Shawn Michaels [intercontinental Championship]:

 

First match on the card that’s given time to develop. Michaels’ heat segments are a bore. No real flow to the match. Outlandish costumes aside, Moon doesn’t stand out at all. His babyface comeback gains no traction. Michaels retains with a Teardrop Suplex. I almost fell asleep. Rating: *½

 

4. Damian Demento v. Undertaker [with Paul Bearer]:

 

It's strange seeing a green Undertaker. He's kind of stiff. His movements feel mechanical. Hmm. Nothing about the actual match is worth articulating. Undertaker gets the pinfall after a Tombstone. Rating: DUD

[C.S.]

Fun thread so far.

 

Just one thing though:

 

4. Damian Demento v. Undertaker [with Paul Bearer]:

 

It's strange seeing a green Undertaker. He's kind of stiff. His movements feel mechanical. Hmm. Nothing about the actual match is worth articulating. Undertaker gets the pinfall after a Tombstone. Rating: DUD

Pretty sure this was an intentional part of his "Dead Man" gimmick at the time.

[Matt D]

You can find some Superstars and Mania and CV matches around if you use historyofwwe.com, dailymotion, and dig around enough, if you're really going for everything, not to mention the fancammed MSG cards.

[Beautiful Mine]

You can find some Superstars and Mania and CV matches around if you use historyofwwe.com, dailymotion, and dig around enough, if you're really going for everything, not to mention the fancammed MSG cards.

 

Thanks, but to be more clear: I'm talking matches on '93 RAW's and PPV's. I don't plan on venturing beyond the Network.

[AstroBoy]

If I'm not mistaken, this is the year with Doink tearing it up over the summer in a handful of awesome matches. Look forward to that.

[Beautiful Mine]

RAW 02

January 18, 1993

Manhatten Center

New York City, NY

 

1. 'Terrific' Terry Taylor v. Mr. Perfect:

 

Taylor's an excellent chickenshit heel in this match. He's outclassed by Perfect, so he resorts to cheap tactics to swing the advantage his favor. Some neat back-and-forth exchanges between the two. Perfect has great punches. Flair interrupts the proceedings and beats the piss out of Perfect as Taylor distracts the referee. Perfect's tossed back into the ring and immediately counters one of Taylor's moves into the Perfect Plex for the pinfall. He runs to the back to find Flair. Good match up until the beat down - which ended up being no-sold and completely inconsequential. Rating: **½

 

2. Marty Jannetty v. Glen Ruth:

 

No adult should ever wear tassels. Jannetty does a ton of uninspired arm-work on Ruth over the course of the match. He goes back to it constantly and it's not particularly engaging. Ruth barely gets any offense in. Jannetty seems perpetually bored/sleepy based on his facial expressions. Match ends rather abruptly with Jannetty scoring the pinfall with the Rocker Dropper. Rating: *¼

 

3. 'El Matador' Tito Santana v. Ric Flair:

 

Good television match. Flair bumps like a maniac for Santana. I said earlier that Taylor played a tremendous chickenshit, but Flair's got the role down to a tee. Great Flair control segments/cut-offs. Santana is red-hot and the crowd rallies behind him during his comeback. Match ends in DQ after Perfect interferes and brawls with Flair all the way to the back to end the show. Rating: **¾

[NotJayTabb]

3. Max Moon v. Shawn Michaels [intercontinental Championship]:

 

First match on the card that’s given time to develop. Michaels’ heat segments are a bore. No real flow to the match. Outlandish costumes aside, Moon doesn’t stand out at all. His babyface comeback gains no traction. Michaels retains with a Teardrop Suplex. I almost fell asleep. Rating: *½

 

 

I've been watching 1994 Raws, and found the exact same thing with Michaels: as a heel, he's really uninspired at controlling matches. Even his jobber squashes are really lacklustre, even compared to the likes of Adam Bomb and heel Crush.

 

Great thread BTW, looking forward to reading more

[Mad Dog]

 

You can find some Superstars and Mania and CV matches around if you use historyofwwe.com, dailymotion, and dig around enough, if you're really going for everything, not to mention the fancammed MSG cards.

 

Thanks, but to be more clear: I'm talking matches on '93 RAW's and PPV's. I don't plan on venturing beyond the Network.

 

 

I would make one recommendation. You should venture out of the Network to find the other Perfect/Doink matches when you get into April/May.

[Matt D]

I'd say at least catch the Perfect/Bret vs Ramon/Luger match too. And the Bret vs Backlund MSG match.

[Sean Liska]

I'm a big fan of 1993 Raw because I see it as the fun mixture of Vince McMahon and Jerry Jarrett wrestling since Jarrett was consulting at that time. It really was WWF meets Memphis with the high-energy live show in the same small building every week and unpredictable stuff like Kid beating Razor or Jannetty returning and beating HBK. You never got stuff like that on Superstars.