Slamfest 95

[Guest bob_barron]

Slamfest 95

 

This is basically a Coliseum tape featuring matches from the summer of 1994.

 

Ted Dibase is the studio host. Todd Pettengill gives us strategy tips for NBA Jam, True Lies and Warlock

 

Diesel (w/Shawn Michaels) v. Lex Luger for the WWF Intercontinental Title

 

Lockup. JR and Macho are on commentary. Lockup, Lockup again and Diesel paws Luger’s face. Diesel shoves him to the outside. Luger sunset flips him back in-2. HBK gives advice. This is at Fernwood Resorts and Casino. Lockup- Diesel knees him and takes control with forearms. Lex comes back with a powerslam-2. Lex hammers away and Diesel falls out. The crowd is hot. Lex tries to ram HBK and Diesel heads together but Diesel takes him outside and they brawl. Back in- Lex blocks Jacknife with backdrop but he misses a charge and flies out. Diesel slams him on the floor. HBK clotheslines him. CLIP. Diesel has a sleeper. Luger tries to run the ropes but Diesel counters by ramming him into the ropes and locks the sleeper. HBK tells the timekeeper to ring the bell. Hmmmmmmmmm. Luger fights up and gets a gut suplex. Luger hammers way and tries to clothesline him down. Luger ducks a big boot and gets a DDT for two. Top-rope clothesline-2. Blind charge by Luger eats boot and the ref gets bumped. Torture rack by Luger but HBK runs in with a superkick to the back. HBK revives the ref and Diesel covers for two. Razor Ramon comes out and goes after HBK. HBK runs into Lex who lays into him as the ref calls for the bell. *** This match was pretty good as both Diesel was working hard to justify his push and Lex was pretty good.  Diesel chucks Lex out but Razor cleans house until the numbers take over and they kick his ass. Luger saves Razor from a spike piledriver.  

 

1-2-3 Kid v. Yokozuna (w/James E. Cornette and Mr. Fuji)

 

Gorilla and Stan Lane are on commentary. This is a Coliseum exclusive. Kid uses his speed to avoid Yoko. ‘1-2-3’ chant. Yoko takes him down with shoulderblock but Kid kicks away and eventually kicks him out. Yoko soon uses his size to take control and chucks Kid out. Kid hammers away and uses his kicks. Kid misses a charge and Yoko takes control. Kid gets a rollup for two. Yoko chops away but misses Banzai charge. More kicks by Kid but he tries a kick from the top. Yoko catches him and gets a bely to belly for three. Not a total squash which was nice. **

 

Dibase comments on last match and previews next match.

 

Bret “Hitman” Hart and British Bulldog v. Owen Hart and Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart

 

Stan and Gorilla are on commentary. Owen and Hitman start. Owen keeps pointing and taunting Bret which is funny. Lockup- Bret pushes Owen who celebrates and flexes. Funny stuff. Owen gets hammerlock, Bret reverses. Drop toe-hold by Owen and Bret gets a hammerlock as Owen whines. Bret with an armringer. Crucifix-2 and Bret goes back to the arm. Hammerlock by Bret. Owen elbows out and gets a shoulderblock but Bret monkeyflips him and clotheslines him out. CLIP. Bulldog is playing face-in-peril as Anvil has a chinlock. Tag Owen who hammers away and gets the European uppercuts. Legdrop- Bulldog throws him off. Owen hammers away and gets an enziguri for two. Heels cheat and do a 2-1 attack. Inverted atomic drop, tag Anvil. Hair slam by Anvil  but he puts his head down and gets kicked. Bulldog tries to tag but Owen stops him. Owen celebrates and Bret chases him. Owen runs into the ring and they give a Hart Attack to Bulldog- Bret saves. That was pretty cool. Owen and Anvil continue to cheat. Owen gets a neckbreaker-2 and does a cbinlock. Bulldog breaks and a double-KO spot occurs. False tag Bret. Heel miscommunication occurs. Bulldog boots Owen, hot tag Bret who cleans house. Russian leg sweep to Owen-2. Backbreaker, second rope elbow-2. Suplex, Sharpshooter- Anvil saves. Bret tags Bulldog who presses Owen but gets nailed by Anvil. Small package by Bulldog, Anvil reverses so Owen is on top, Bret comes in and pushes it over so Bulldog is on top for the win. It’s the Hart family- of course its good. ***1/2

 

Doink (w/Dink and Wink) v. Jeff Jarrett

 

This is in Burlington, VT. Match starts with Jarrett on the outside. Jarrett works on the ankle. JJ misses ankle shot and Doink gets armdrag. Slam by Doink and Dink bites him. Vince and Macho on commentary. Doink works him over. Drop toehold by JJ but he misses elbow and Doink gets a headlock. JJ breaks with forearms and gets the abdominal stretch and of course uses the ropes. Vince recaps the midget war between King and Doink. Dink bites JJ to stop the cheating and Doink takes control. Queasy and another midget (I think Cheesy) come out and lay the boots to Doink. JJ stomps away. CLIP. JJ with a dropkick-2 and he goes to the chinlock. Doink breaks quickly but walks into a high knee. JJ goes back to the chinlock and uses the ropes. Still to come on RAW- Bulldog, Holly and Heavenly Bodies. Doink breaks chinlock but misses elbow. JJ gets sleeper but Doink breaks but walks into an enziguri for two. JJ kicks his ass but puts his head down and Doink gets a suplex. JJ up first and he stomps away. Fistdrop misses and JJ blocks rollup. Doink gets powerslam as JJ calls timeout. JJ gets whipped into the midget who goes flying. Suplex by Doink-2. Dropkick-2. MIDGETS EXPLODE on the outside!!!! Doink gets Whoopi Cushion- ref is distracted. King runs in nails Doink from the top and puts Jarrett on top for the win. Started out slow but really picked up. ***1/4

 

Diesel and Shawn Michaels v. Razor Ramon and 1-2-3 Kid for the WWF Tag Titles

 

Vince and Todd are on commentary. THE CLIQUE EXPLODE! This is from WWF Action Zone. Pier-4 brawl to start. Diesel and HBK get whipped into eath other. Diesel goes flying out and HBK gets Razors Edged- Diesel saves. Diesel and HBK decide to leave but Razor stops him and Kid covers him for two. HBK goes to eye but Kid gets backdrop. Top-rope crossbody-2. Cradle-2. HBK powerbombs him and tags Diesel. Diesel kicks his ass. Kid tries sunset flip but it fails and Diesel throws him around. Dropkick by Kid and he tags Razor. Razor hammers away and kills HBK with a punch. Slam to Diesel-2. Diesel gets clothesline and hammers away. Razor comes back with punches but HBK cheats. CLIP. Diesel kicks his ass. Sidewalk slam-2. Tag HBK. Slam and HBK gets top rope elbow for two. Chinlock by HBK. Razor elbows out and gets a backslide-2. Dropkick by HBK-2. Tag Diesel. Snake Eyes and HBK chokes him on bottom rope allowing Diesel to drop a leg. Two elbows by Diesel-2 and he hammers away. Chinlock- Razor breaks but HBK knees him but Diesel gets flying clothesline for two. Tag HBK. CLIP. Both wrestlers out, HBK accidentally superkicks Diesel. Hot tag 1-2-3 Kid who cleans house. Kid flies out after HBK and flies out at him foe two. Tag Razor. Razor Slam and he tags Kid. Razor Razor Slams Kid onto HBK.  Razor slams him from top-2. Bodyslam- Diesel is still out from superkick. Razor throws Kid onto HBK for two. Tag Razor. HBK tries to revive Diesel and walks into a clothesline from Razor for two. Razor knocks Diesel out but HBK gets a sleeper. Kid runs in and punches HBK as Diesel starts to stir. Razor slingshots HBK into post. Razor tags Kid who hits a top rope legdrop onto HBK for two. HBK whips him into Diesel’s big boot which gets the win. A very famous match for a very good win. ****1/2- What happens when three great wrestlers bust ass and another one tries hard as well? Great matches like this.

 

Dibase wraps it up.

 

The Bottom Line- OHHHHHHHHH YEA! This tape is one hour of good wrestling and a kickass final match. This is one Coliseum tape to hunt down and find. It’s definitely worth it.

 

Highest Recommendation

[Guest goodhelmet]

Man, I feel dumb requesting this tape since I already own it. But I agree with some of your assessments. The Clique match is excellent thanks to HBK and the Kid. And Nash did what he does best, nothing for the majority of the match. I liked the Harts match a little more then you did. As for the Luger-Diesel match, I think there was a little too much stalling to give it *** but the match is certainly watchable. And I think you were way too generous for the Doink-Jarrett match but that's just a difference of opinion.

[Guest Tony149]

It's weird watching Luger wrestle in his "All American" tights. Knowing the Lex Express had a car crash. HBK/Diesel vs. Ramon/Kid is great. To think that was on the Action Zone.

[Guest bob_barron]

Thanks for the feedback.

 

Luger-Diesel was one of those matches I just liked. Nothing extroadniary in the match- I just liked it.

 

Jarrett-Doink does start off kind of bad but as the match gets going it gets really really good.