From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: 1/25/93 San Jose Taping
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:21:36 GMT
Followup-To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling

My daughter and I got there a bit late because of traffic, so we missed
most of the first match.  I don't wear a watch, so I didn't time the
matches, but you all know how long TV matches last anyway.  If I don't
write the finish, assume that it was the usual finishing move for the
winner.

The first match was Money, Inc. vs Bushwhackers.  Luke and Butch got the
audience warmed up nicely, and they were supposed to do.  Money, Inc. won
with the aid of a Jimmy Hart run in.

Next was Tenryu over Brooklyn Brawler with a Power-bomb press.  No biggie. 
Hardly anyone knew who Tenryu is, and he drew some boos from the crowd
after the match.

Repo Man vs Koko Ware.  Both of them got a pop; Koko's was bigger.  Frankie
wasn't there.  Repo got DQed for choking Ware with the ropes.

Typhoon squashed Ed Morani.

Next was an interview with Bam Bam by Rogeau.  "I'm faster than Bret Hart;
I'm stronger than Razor Ramon; and I'm bigger than Earthquake."  He then
knocked Quake some more, and Tenta came out to the interview platform. 
They challenged each other to a match "right here, next week."  Next week
turned out to be a minute later because "I've just been informed that they
don't want to wait a week."  It was a good big-man match.  When Quake tried
his third avalanche, Bam Bam fell down (he didn't duck), and Quake went
over the top rope to the floor and was counted out.  After Bigelow was
declared the winner, Tenta came back in, knocked him down and butt-splashed
him, had the audience count to three for the pin.

Yokozuna squashed Ryan Willis.  You've seen it before; no change in the
script.  Fuji was there, but only one flower girl.

Shawn Michaels vs. Tatanka in a non-title match.  Both got big pops, but
Tatanka's was really big.  Both worked quite well, and pretty much sold
each other.  Tatanka won with his fireman's carry slam (or whatever they
call it) and a press.

Steiners squashed a pair of jobbers (I didn't catch their names).  Scott
sat one of them on his shoulders and Rick gave him a bulldog from the top
rope.  No Steinerlines and no Frankensteiner to be seen.

Luger squashed Mark Mayne (?).  Two gimmicks:  They put full-length mirror
in the ring for Luger to pose in front of.  Unforntunately, the back of the
mirror was to me, so I didn't see any of it.  After the match, a paramedic
comes out, puts on rubber gloves, and checks the jobber.  In this case,
Luger won with an elbow to the throat and a press; my daughter thought that
the medic was for real because she couldn't see any cameras aimed at them. 
I pointed out the ones that were and she felt better about it.

Crush crushed the White Shadow (a masked jobber)--very brief match, thank
God.

Howard Finkle then asked the crowd to stand up and shout and cheer for 90
seconds.  Then he asked us to boo and turn thumbs down for about 30 seconds
to a minute; then another 30 seconds of cheering.  Then he introduced a
famous wrestler of the past who is from the bay area and asked us to cheer
him.  Said famous wrestler being Pat Patterson.

The Volcano Kid (who looks a lot like the Tonga Kid) beat Bobby Young with
a cross body block off the top rope.  Yawn.

Scott Basil, Dan Firren, and Louis Spicolli vs. "The Giant Gonzales" who
was led to the ring by his manager, Harvey Whippleman.  When the three of
them saw him, the jumped out of the ring and argued about who was starting.
 Gigante pulled one of them up into the ring by his hair, and pounded away
at him, then threw him out, and reached for another one.  The two of them
ran back to the dressing room, shortly followed by the third.  They were
counted out and "Gonzales" won.  After all was done, Mike McGurk had to
repeat Gonzales's introduction because she forgot to mention Whippleman the
first time.  They will simply dub the second introduction over the first.

Razor Ramon squashed Buddy Wayne.

Undertaker squashed Raymond Lord.

Headshrinkers squashed Tully News and Robert Thompson.

Kamala, escorted to the ring by his manager, the Reverend Slick, beat (i'm
tired of writing squashed) Mike Starr.  Kimchi came down the aisle, pointed
his finger at Kamala, who tried to go out to attack Kimchi.  Slick
restrained him, and Kimchi left.  When Kamala tried to pin the guy while on
his face, Slick had the audience yell to Kamala to turn the guy over.

Hennig beat Bobby Young

Earthquake vs. Yokozuna.  (BTW, Yokozuna is the Japanese word for Sumo
grand champion; it is not a name.)  They pushed each other around, and
knocked each other down.  Yokozuna whipped Tenta into the corner.  Quake
hit the corner with his back, and then deliberately turned around so he was
facing the corner.  Yokozuna avalanched him, and a but-splash from the
second rope later, it was over.

Bob Backlund vs. Tom Patterson.  I thought that it was a good time to go to
the bathroom, and so did a lot of other people.  Backlund won.

Rougeau. interviewed Whippleman and Gonzales.  Whippleman said that
Gonzales interfered in the Rumble because the Undertaker ruined
Whippleman's financial relationship with Kamala by putting him in that
coffin.  Kamala hasn't been the same since then.  Gigante said that he will
demolish the Undertaker.

Some jobber whose name I didn't catch lost to The Predator, whoever he is
(Predator wears a mask and his body hair looks a lot like Scott Hall's).

Davy Starr squashed by Damian Demento.

Nasty Boys did it to Mark Mayne and Jim Fordham.

Razor Ramon vs. The Undertaker.  Ramon had control most of the match, but
Mean Mark kept doing his rising from the dead routine.  Both were out of
the ring, and Calloway got back in first, so Hall was counted out.

Luger vs. Powers.  Again with the mirror.  While Luger posed for the
cameras after posing for himself, Powers started posing in front of the
mirror.  Luger saw him, and closelined him.  A bunch of close lines and
body blocks later, he pinned him.  Again with the medic.

Doink vs. Boss Man.  It was BBM most of the way; then Doink reached into
his coat that was hanging on the ring post and pulled out a squirter (it
looks like a turkey baster, but shorter and with a flexible tube), and
squirted BBM in the eyes, then pinned him.  A ringside offical spoke to the
ref and to McGurk, and the announcement was BBM by a DQ.

Bam Bam vs. Hart for the belt.  It see-sawed pretty much; Hart couldn't
lock in the Sharp Shooter, and Bam Bam missed a head but from the top rope.
 Bam Bam took off the padding from a turnbuckle and tried to ram Hart's
head into it.  Hart put on the brakes, knocked Bigelow's head into it, and
pinned him for the win.  A group of guys behind me kept shouting "Bam Bam  
 Bam Bam."  during the match, and it drew Bigelow's attention; he looked up
at them a few times.  After a while another group started shouting "sucks"
after each "Bam Bam."  A guy in the first row (of the stands, not ringside)
then got up, faced us, and pretended to be a conductor to synchronize
everyone who was shouting.

Not anywhwere in sight were Heenan, Monsoon, McMahon, Marty Janetty, Randy
Savage, the Beverly Brothers, Owen Hart, Lanny Poffo, Papa Shango, Jim
Duggan, or Sensational Sherri (and undoubtedly a few others whom I forgot);
someone said that there was a house show in Reno the same night.

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