[1996-07-23-WWF-In Your House II] Yokozuna & Owen Hart vs Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith

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WWF World Tag Team Champions Yokozuna & Owen Hart vs Lex Luger & British Bulldog - WWF In Your House II

There was no more fitting end to Lex Luger’s tepid WWF run than having him stare up at the lights after a Yokozuna leg drop. Luger & Yoko we’re so tied together for last two years and for Yoko to get first pinfall and send Luger packing feels right. I love Luger, a Top 50 fave but WWF was just an awful fit for him. Anything interesting thing most WWF wrestlers of this generation had their best match against Bret or Shawn but Luger never got a chance to work with either. I wonder if he did if his run would’ve went better. Last note, I have never seen an Owen/Yoko match before and I have always been intrigued by the team. These two  holding the tag title definitely elevated them. 
 

Yoko/Luger start off not much of a shine at all for Luger. Yoko body slams misses an elbow but Yoko goes back on offense, weird. Luger does rally and knocks Yoko on his ample posterior which lands on poor Owen’s foot. This ends up being the best part of the match. Owen selling is good comic relief and they tease some tension in Camp Cornette. Luger/Owen have a brief exchange which makes me wonder how Luger would’ve done with better wrestlers. Bulldog comes in. They work their standard Stampede wrist lock spot. Yoko gives Bulldog a good whack as he is running the ropes. Owen and Yoko take over. Yoko does the nerve pinch. We get a good spinning heel kick and the Enziguiri of Doom (though he hadn’t KO’d Shawn yet). I forget the transition to the hot tag but Luger gets a good one. He press slams Owen onto Yoko. The Allied Powers back suplex Yoko together. Owen crashes down on Luger. Yoko drops the leg. 1-2-3. Hello WCW!

The most poetic ending to the ignominious WWF run of Lex Luger. ***