WWF RAW November 1 1993 Review (Razor Ramon Vs. Bastion Booger)

Tomás Cunha
Nov 13, 2024
7 min read

Updated: 6 days ago

November 1, 1993 Taped show (on October 18, 1993) Location: Poughkeepsie, New York, USA (Mid-Hudson Civic Center) Announced attendance: unknown TV rating: 2.8 (USA Network) [up 7.7% from the previous week’s 2.6 rating]

Hey everyone. Welcome to another RAW review here on the site. This week, The Foreign Fanatics will appear ahead of their showdown with The All-Americans at Survivor Series. Plus, Razor Ramon faces Bastion Booger.

Here is the list of champions in the WWF heading this show:

WWF Champion: Yokozuna [141st day of his 2nd reign] – previous champion: Hulk Hogan
WWF Intercontinental Champion: Razor Ramon [21st day of his 1st reign] – previous champion: Shawn Michaels, before it was vacated
WWF World Tag Team Champions: The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) [49th day of their 1st reign as a team; Jacques’ 1st individual reign & Pierre’s 1st individual reign] – previous champions: The Steiners (Rick & Scott Steiner)

Note: in title matches, the defending champions are underlined

Enjoy the review!

Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Bobby Heenan

The show opens with Bastion Booger eating raw food like a maniac backstage ahead of his match with Razor Ramon. Booger says he’ll eat Razor up too. One person found this hilarious, and you know who that was…

Razor Ramon vs. Bastion Booger

This is a non-title match. They face off early on and Razor throws the toothpick at Booger. Lock up to start and we already go to our first break.

Commercial break

We come back with Booger splashing Razor for two. Booger turns his back to do some taunting, allowing Razor to dump him over the top rope to the floor. Back in, Razor with a back elbow smash and Booger gets caught in the ropes à la Andre the Giant. Razor has some fun by slapping Booger’s belly while the referee helps him get off the ropes. Booger takes Razor to the outside, splashing him into the ring post. He rams Ramon a couple of times into the apron and takes him back inside the ring for a bearhug. Razor manages to escape the hold and goes for a slam, but Booger is way too heavy and he can’t do it. Bastion Booger hits a slam of his own for two. He applies the bearhug again. We stay there for a while until Booger changes his mind and rams Razor into the buckle. Razor fights back, Booger reverses a whip into the buckle only to miss a running splash. A clothesline rocks Booger but isn’t enough to take him down, and Razor actually delivers the slam this time around. The spot gets a big reaction. Razor calls for the Razor’s Edge, but Booger reverses with a backdrop. Booger drops all his weight on Razor’s chest for two, but Razor reverses the pin and gets the win at 7:09.

Winner: Razor Ramon

Rating: Razor Ramon could do no wrong at this point in his career, and this match proves it. The crowd absolutely loved everything Razor did, and this was as good a match as anyone could have with the Bastion Booger character. The slam and Razor’s Edge teases were cool and got the crowd going, with the fans exploding when Razor slammed him. This was much better than I though it’d be. *1/2

Survivor Series Report w/ Todd Pettengill

Pettengill promotes the upcoming Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield fight that coming Saturday on PPV
The All-Americans will take on The Foreign Fanatics in the main event of Survivor Series
On Superstars, All-Americans member Tatanka was destroyed by Yokozuna moments after suffering his first loss at the hands of Ludvig Borga

Interview with The Foreign Fanatics

The Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, The Quebecers & Ludvig Borga) are in the ring alongside managers Mr. Fuji, Jim Cornette & Johnny Polo. Vince McMahon is hosting the interview.

Cornette wants to know where ‘Tatanto’ is after the beating they gave him on Superstars. He claims the rules of the Survivor Series are to eliminate and survive, and The Foreign Fanatics already have a 4-on-3 advantage after what they did to ‘Tatanto’. In fact, The All-Americans might have no members left by the time Survivor Series comes, as Ludvig Borga will face Scott Steiner next week on RAW. McMahon asks Borga about Steiner, adding Borga could very well be the one who gets “eliminated” next week. Borga thinks that’s nothing but an American dream that will never happen – what he did to Tatanka was a pleasure, and what he’ll do to Steiner will be more than a pleasure. Interesting choice of words. Cornette closes the promo by quoting Agatha Christie’s novel And Then There Were None, which is what will happen to The All-Americans by the end of Survivor Series. They all say “survive” several times and Yokozuna yells “BANZAI” to end the segment.

A fine promo (totally carried by Cornette) to hype the main event of the PPV.

They show a video promoting next week’s Borga vs. Steiner match.

Mr. Perfect vs. The Executioner

The Executioner is Duane Gill under a mask. The announcers mention Perfect will be at the Survivor Series, which sadly didn’t happen since he got hurt. Executioner actually starts in control but that doesn’t last long. Perfect applies an Indian Deathlock and keeps slapping Executioner in the face everytime he tries to get back up. Perfect continues to work the leg until Executioner thumbs him in the eye. However, Perfect takes him back down immediately with the classic kick to the leg. He applies the hold again as he keeps attacking the leg. He hits the necksnap before finishing with the Perfectplex at 4:51.

Winner: Mr. Perfect

Rating: This was technically solid, but it was too long for a squash. Sadly, this turned out to be Perfect’s last week of TV (he also beat Iron Mike Sharpe on Wrestling Challenge) before he got injured. He’d only return to the ring four years later with WCW, and he’d only wrestle on RAW again in 2002. 1/2*

Meanwhile, Jeff Jarrett is back with yet another vignette.

The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn) vs. Well Dunn (Timothy Well & Steven Dunn) (w/ Harvey Wippleman)

Billy Gunn avoids a big right hand from Well to start. Billy connects with a right hand of his own and Well hugs Steven Dunn before tagging out. Dunn and Billy get into a wrestling sequence on the mat until we get a stalemate. Dunn gets caught in the wrong corner allowing The Smoking Gunns to take control. Bart Gunn comes in for the first time as The Gunns hit a double-team suplex/crossbody move, but Well breaks up the pin immediately. Bart with a hiptoss and a dropkick, but Well gets involved yet again as he snaps Bart’s neck on the top rope behind the ref’s back. Dunn follows it up with a clothesline for two. Well Dunn exchange quick tags and cut the ring in half. They hit a double-team back elbow smash and Dunn gets two. Well Dunn remain in control through some cheating, though Bart nearly steals it with a sudden O’Connor Roll. Dunn chokes away on Bart, who manages to hit a faceplant before making the hot tag. Billy Gunn makes the comeback on both members of Well Dunn. He’s ready to finish Dunn, but Harvey Wippleman trips him up in front of the referee who calls for the DQ at 7:31.

The teams continue to fight for a while, with The Smoking Gunns clearing the ring.

Winners: The Smoking Gunns by DQ

Rating: Solid tag team action that I really enjoyed until the really lame ending. I don’t see the need for a DQ finish in a match like this. *3/4

Meanwhile, Randy Savage joins us via telephone call. Macho Man says he’ll be back to RAW next week to do commentary and confront Crush.

Main Event

Virgil vs. Adam Bomb (w/ Harvey Wippleman)

Poor Virgil doesn’t even get an entrance at this point in his career. There’s a brief ‘Virgil’ chant in the beginning, though. They criss-cross back and forth as if this is Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior, until Virgil hits a sloppy crossbody for two. Virgil with an armdrag and Adam Bomb bails. He stops to talk some strategy with Harvey Wippleman, allowing Virgil to jump him from behind. Virgil turns his attention to Harvey, chasing him all over ringside before entering to hit a dive on Adam Bomb. The action is so awkward here. Bomb finally turns things around with a back elbow smash and chokes away on the ropes. Adam Bomb delivers a standing dropkick and a hiptoss out of the corner. Clothesline by Bomb. Virgil gets his knees up on a blind charge and makes the comeback with a very weird missile dropkick. They sort of covered it up by changing the camera angle, but that looked really bad. Anyway, Virgil covers Adam Bomb for two. The match continues with Virgil crushing Bomb’s SKULL with his KNEES on a springboard high crossbody attempt. Ouchhhhh. The Atom Smasher finishes Virgil at 5:31 and Adam Bomb sure looked PISSED while making the cover.

Winner: Adam Bomb

Rating: Good lord, that was a brutal match. It seemed like both men were in completely different planets the whole time, with awkward action from start to finish and a couple of bad-looking spots resulting from bad timing from both performers. Even as the winner, Adam Bomb didn’t come out of this match looking better than he did walking into it. DUD

Next week: Scott Steiner vs. Ludvig Borga, Crush will be in action and Randy Savage will return to RAW.

END OF THE SHOW

Final thoughts: After a mediocre show last week that nearly got a 4 rating, the WWF followed it up with another uneventful episode of RAW. Unfortunately, with very little buildup to Survivor Series, outside of an interview from The Foreign Fanatics, without a strong featured match (Jannetty/Kid from last week was much better than Razor/Booger) and without anything involving Randy Savage or Crush, outside of Randy’s brief telephone call, there’s nothing to save this show from hitting that rating. 4/10