Calvin Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 This is for Diesel's WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Diesel certainly has no shortage of good opponents. Jarrett bumps/sells hard and stooges with aplomb here. It's a formula WWF TV match, so they're not breaking any new ground, but it's very well-worked. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted October 19 Report Share Posted October 19 WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel vs Jeff Jarrett - WWF RAW 2/20/95 I am really loving these interesting WWF title defenses on these early RAWs. You don’t really hear anyone talk about them except the very famous Bret/Kid match but there’s a lot of interesting matchups that I didn’t know existed. Diesel has defended the title against Owen (Action Zone) and Bret at Royal Rumble (really great match). Interesting to see Diesel early in his title reign. He seems to be over but NOT OVER if you know what I mean. I am also interested to see how Double J does as I have not seen a lot of his stuff from this era…he just won the IC title from Razor. The best part of this match is easily the shine especially the two Memphis stooge spots that really stand out in WWF. Diesel decks the Roadie and the press slams Jarrett from the ring onto the Roadie to the floor. Then Diesel wristlocks Jarrett and Roadie tries to save Jarrett from being dragged into the ring but Roadie gets pulled in and Hebner kicks their hands apart leaving Road Dogg to eat it face first. Overall Diesel is moving great and just hit a barrage of his stock spots, the straddle in the ropes (that came off really organic); it is funny because Jarrett uses the same move as a stock spot (he uses it in the heat). Nash uses the boot choke in the buckles which is a stock Nash spot. The transition to heat is a good 3-part transition. Jarrett bumps Diesel off the apron, Roadie hits a flying clothesline from the apron and Jarrett uses a ref distraction to smash Diesel into the post. Here’s where I think the match could have been improved Jarrett doesn’t go for the leg even though he said in his pre-match promo he would focus on applying the Figure-4. I think that would have garnered more heat for Diesel’s comeback. His use of a drop kick and a top rope crossbody felt too baby face. He didn’t heel it up enough. Diesel gets back onto offense with sidewalk slam, the Snake Eyes, Big Boot and Jacknife! It was a strong finishing combination for Diesel stringing together all his stock spots. Diesel gives Roadie the Jacknife Powerbomb for good measure. Shawn with his debuting new bodyguard Sid come out to stare down to his WrestleMania opponent. Enjoyable match they stuck to the formula well enough and a couple Memphis spots brought a smile to my face. *** 1/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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