Superstar Sleeze Posted October 4, 2024 Report Share Posted October 4, 2024 Undertaker vs Samu - WWF RAW 7/5/93 I was so impressed with Taker against Yoko; I wanted to watch some of his work from 1993 but unfortunately in 1993 he was squandered by being married to Giant Gonzalez. Taker deserved a lot better than that. This was his highest ranked match on Cagematch for 1993 no real story between these two in particular, but it is a good match. The angle is Mr. Hughes in alliance with Harvey Whippleman (the manager of Giant Gonzalez) stole the Urn and beat up Paul Bearer. Now I don’t know if Taker/Hughes was the original plan for Summerslam and Gonzalez replaced Hughes or if Hughes was a henchman. The story of the match is how would Undertaker fare without the Urn and Bearer. Turns out, Taker is actually a cruiser weight and the Urn just put a lid on his athletic abilities. He does a drop-down, blows a leapfrog. He does a drop toehold to the amazement of the Macho Man but Vince no-sells it. Then he does a drop kick and even Vince has to agree this is a different Undertaker. Samu takes advantage of a missed clothesline and some Afa distraction but Taker comes roaring back with a choke and whips Samu pillar to post. A bit disappointed with the random side slam that sets up The Samu diving headbutts. On the third, Undertaker sits up. Chokeslam. Tombstone. Fatu seems like the better Headshrinker but Samu is ok. I enjoyed the elegance of the match. An unexpected shine. Samu gets his near fall. Zombie Sit-up, Two Big Bombs that’s all she wrote. Effective. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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