[1994-10-10-WWF-Monday Night RAW] Lex Luger vs Bam Bam Bigelow

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Lex Luger vs Bam Bam Bigelow - WWF RAW 10/10/94

I wanted to capture a Lex Luger vs Million Dollar Corporation match because it was such a significant part of Luger’s WWF run. At this point, he was still #3 babyface in WWF and the whole sellout angle was heavily pushed on RAW. What really killed him was Diesel turning baby face and Shawn Michaels as well that really dropped him to the midcard. Luger has to take some personal responsibility as these performances have not exactly lit the world on fire.

I was not expecting much out of this as Luger has been lighting it up in WWF and Bam Bam Bigelow is one of my least favorite wrestlers of the 90s. True to form this is decidely average. It is interesting that  Bam Bam is being used as gatekeeper for Tatanka. I would have thought Bigelow was higher on the pecking order than Tatanka. Tatanka ends up costing Bigelow the match and Vince really drives home how much they are arguing so the seeds for the baby face turn are already there. Luger/Tatanka is the “hot” story coming out of Summerslam.

In addition to Tatanka, Sexy Nikki V and DiBiase are at ringside and the human condominium King Kong Bundy which made me laugh saunters out. IRS is also MDC 4 LIFE but is not present. The match itself is as basic as basic gets. Bam Bam gets early advantage from the distraction. Luger uses clothesline and punches to take back over. Works in and out of an arm bar. Bigelow gets a weird power slam but misses the top rope headbutt. I think this is when Bundy comes down and Bam Bam takes back over. The weird duo of Adam Bomb and Mabel prove Luger has friends. Bam Bam goes for what I think is a Frankensteiner but Luger bumps backwards and Bigelow takes a flat back. The best part is they show a replay and Vince/Savage gush over this terrible spot. At one point Vince calls the Torture Rack the Rebel Rack which is a horrible name. Luger never attempts it. Luger comes back with clotheslines. Tatanka gets up on the apron and Bigelow runs into him. Schoolboy.

Just a pretty lame match. It is the type of match that would never happen today and it gives 20th Century wrestling a bad name.