TNM WWF CIRCUIT (CLASSIC)


In Your House - The Turning

Hayabusa pinned Dave Finlay after a German suplex in 0:15:54. Rating: *** 1/2 Click here to see highlights. The Head Hunters defeated Public Enemy when Head Hunter #1 pinned Grunge with the Moonsault in 0:02:18. Rating: * 1/2 Click here to see highlights. Shawn Michaels and Diesel defeated Cactus Jack and Sabu when Michaels pinned Sabu with the Superkick in 0:15:20. Rating: ** 1/4 Click here to see highlights. Dean Malenko pinned Bret Hart after a dragon suplex in 0:19:40. Rating: ** 3/4 (Dean Malenko retained the WWF Intercontinental Title.) Click here to see highlights. The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair and The Undertaker) defeated The New Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson and Chris Benoit) when Flair defeated Anderson via pinfall in 0:17:21. Rating: * 1/2 Click here to see highlights. Rick Steiner and Steve Williams defeated Toshiaki Kawada and Yokozuna when S. Williams pinned Kawada after the Doctor Bomb in 0:18:48. Rating: ** 1/4 (Rick Steiner and Steve Williams won the WWF World Tag Team Titles.) Click here to see highlights. Vader pinned Hollywood Hogan with the Power Bomb in 0:11:58. Rating: -1/2* (Vader retained the WWF World Title.) Click here to see highlights. Card rating: * 1/4 Match observations: WWF officials have finally been able to secure the service of one of Japan's most exciting wrestlers, Hayabusa. His debut tonight came as something of a surprise considering the parties had unsuccessfully negotiated for close to eighteen months. As things turned out, Vince McMahon and Atsushi Onita closed the deal to bring Hayabusa to the WWF and it could not have been at a more appropriate time. Hayabusa was supposed to do an interview segment only but Owen Hart, who was supposed to face Dave Finlay in a match for the top contendership to the WWF Intercontinental title. The match can be summed up with one word: awesome. Hayabusa and Finlay proved without a shadow of a doubt that both deserve not only shots at the IC title but that they are destined to achieve bigger things in the World Wrestling Federation. The Head Hunters absolutely squashed The Public Enemy, and if our information is correct, this match spelled the end for Rocko Rock and Johnny Grunge for the time being. WWF bookers are less than happy with their performances as of late. Shawn Michaels and Diesel won an extremely - pardon the pun - close match against Paul E.'s boys, Sabu and Cactus Jack. There was more than one time where Michaels and Diesel were at the brink of oblivion. The match led to an intersting twist: Paul E. issued a challenge to Shawn Michaels and Diesel that he was going to bring in a team which would wipe the floor with them. Michaels and Diesel called his bluff and told Paul that after they beat Kawada and Yokozuna for the tag titles at SummerSlam, they will give Paul's boys a title shot on the spot and send them right back to where they came from. Bret Hart was determined to take the Intercontinental title away from Dean Malenko, and he definitely drove that point home. However - and this is a major surprise - Bret with his decades of experience made a mistake worthy of the greenest rookie: he underestimated Dean Malenko's poise. Malenko sold one of Bret's uppercuts bigtime, and Bret then tried to finish off Malenko with his patented flying bulldog. Malenko, on the other hand, was simply playing possum, waiting for Bret to jump. He did, Dean moved out of the way and caught a bewildered Bret Hart with a dragon suplex for the win and the title defense. Dean Malenko will now defend the Intercontinental title against Hayabusa at SummerSlam. Just when you thought Steve Austin was taking a break to heal his various nagging injuries, here he is wreaking havoc. Austin made one thing clear: he hates the Horsemen --- all of them. Austin gave Ric Flair an ultra- stiff chairshot, jumped Chris Benoit from behind, stunned the Undertaker and Arn Anderson and even flipped Woman off. What is Austin trying to accomplish ? It's well-known that he hates Flair, Anderson and the 'Taker but why Benoit ? Is it just guilt by association ? The game plan Michaels and Diesel had was definitely thrown for a loop by the unexpected tag title change from Yokozuna and Toshiaki Kawada back to Rick Steiner and Steve Williams. It was a surprising win but a deserved one as Williams and Steiner had the superior team work. After Yokozuna and Kawada double-teamed Rick Steiner and as Yoko was moving his massive girth out of the ring, Rick Steiner ducked out of the way of a Kawada enzuigiri and hot-tagged Steve Williams who immediately finished off Kawada with his patented Doctor Bomb. Yokozuna didn't even notice until the bell sounded ! In any case, Shawn and Diesel may have to eat their words now. As confident as they are, I don't see them taking the wind out of the rejuvenated new champions' sails. Steve Williams and Rick Steiner are back as a team and in a major way. Michaels and Diesel will have a lot to overcome if they even want to find out who Paul E.'s new force is. We'll keep you posted. Vader beat Hogan. There is nothing else to be said about that match. SummerSlam is coming up next week... Benoit challenges Vader... Hayabusa against Dean Malenko and Michaels/Diesel against the new champions Rick Steiner and Steve Williams... what a show it'll be !
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Last updated: February 21, 2020