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The following report originally published 30 years ago in the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter paper copy…
KELLER’S WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW REPORT
DECEMBER 24, 1994
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PRO WRESTLING TORCH NEWSLETTER (ISSUE #313)
-Shawn Michaels & Vince McMahon introduced the program…
(1) I.R.S. (w/Tatanka, Ted DiBiase) beat Lex Luger via countout. The match ended when Luger was counted out for chasing the Druid at ringside because the Druid grabbed his leg during the match. Luger dehooded the Druid revealing Tatanka…
-A short clip aired of The Bushwackers and Howard Finkle eating sardines. The Wackers rubbed sardines on Finkle’s scalp at the end of the skit…
-A clip aired of Jeff Jarrett in Las Vegas…
(2) The Smoking Gunns beat Chris Avery & Roy Raymond during which McMahon said one of the Gunns went to college on a rodeo scholarship…
-Tatanka-British Bulldog was promo’d as next week’s Raw main event…
-On “King’s Court,” Jerry Lawler interviewed Bob Backlund. Backlund did his usual psycho vocabulary interview. When he mentioned Diesel by his real name, Kevin Nash, Shawn Michaels asked McMahon if he heard that and knew he was referring to. McMahon said he did, although neither got specific. Michaels said he taught Backlund all about Diesel. By the end of Backlund’s intense interview, Lawler was left speechless as Backlund returned to the locker rooms…
(4) Bob Holly beat Chris Kanyon…
-Todd Pettengill announced that the Rumble this year will only have one minute intervals between entrants (down from two) which will cut the Rumble’s time duration in half, take away most of the drama and intrigue of seeing unique match-ups because they’ll be too short, and overall seriously damage one of the WWF’s showcase matches of the year. Nonetheless, by WWF logic, the rule changes make this “the most exciting Rumble ever”…
(3) The Bushwackers beat Well Dunn after which Howard Finkle ripped off Harvey Wippleman’s pants revealing his white briefs… Mabel sat on Santa Clause…
(4) Jim Neidhart beat Nick Barbarry…
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