September 13, 1993
Location: Manhattan, New York, USA (Manhattan Center)
Announced attendance: ca 1200
TV rating: 1.8 (USA Network) [down 43.8% from the previous episode’s 3.2 rating]
RAW is back after some weeks without a show. With SummerSlam now in the history books, more history is made on RAW when The Steiners put the tag titles on the line in a unique match against a new WWF tag team, The Quebecers. Plus, Razor Ramon, Doink and Mr. Perfect are in action tonight.
Here is the list of champions in WWF heading into this RAW:
- WWF Champion: Yokozuna [92nd day of his 2nd reign] – previous champion: Hulk Hogan
- WWF Intercontinental Champion: Shawn Michaels [99th day of his 2nd reign] – previous champion: Marty Jannetty
- WWF Tag Team Champions: The Steiners (Rick & Scott Steiner) [86th day of their 2nd reign] – previous champions: Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster)
Note: in title matches, the defending champions appear underlined
Enjoy the review!
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan & Randy Savage
The announcers show us the ‘Quebec Province Rules’ for the upcoming tag title match: the title can be lost by disqualification or by count-out, piledrivers are illegal, jumping off the top rope is illegal as is throwing someone over the top rope. Thank god Bill Watts isn’t from Quebec.
Quebec Province Rules – WWF Tag Team Championship: The Steiners (Rick & Scott Steiner) vs. The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) (w/ Johnny Polo)
Jacques starts with some body shots to Rick, but gets caught with a powerslam. Jacques takes a powder and Pierre is the one who gets back in, only to eat a powerslam himself for a one count. Tag to Scott, who drops Pierre with a butterfly powerbomb. Dropkick gets two. Scott misses a blind charge in the corner, and Pierre comes off the middle rope with a flying clothesline for two. Fistdrop gets two more. Scott explodes with a backdrop to Pierre and takes Jacques down as well. Rick sets up Jacques for a piledriver, but Scott reminds him of the Quebec rules and Rick punches him instead as we take a break.
Commercial break
We’re back with Rick blocking a powerslam and an O’Connor Roll by Jacques, with the latter dumping Jacques all the way to the floor. The action returns to the ring with Scott locking in a chinlock on Pierre. He fights out of it, blocks a hiptoss attempt and clotheslines him. However, Scott comes back with an overhead suplex for two before locking in a half crab submission. Scott brings Rick in, who applies the same hold until Jacques breaks it up. The Steiners maintain control though, with Scott dropping an elbow on Pierre’s back for two. Rick with a belly-to-belly suplex and he goes up top, with Scott having to remind him of the rules yet again. Pierre eventually meets Rick on the middle rope, with Rick picking him up and slamming him off. Jacques breaks up the pin, but ends up elbowing Pierre by mistake. Johnny Polo takes him team for a pep talk on the outside while we take another break.
Commercial break
We return with Pierre cheapshotting Scott to put the Quebecers in control. The heels hit a bunch of double team moves for a nearfall. The Quebecers cut the ring in half and cheat while Rick keeps trying to interfere and distracts the ref. Pierre slams Scott and hits a Vader Bomb for two. Scott finally gets a shot and milks the hot tag, with Pierre breaking it up just in time. The Quebecers with yet another great double team move as Jacques backdrops Pierre onto Scott’s body for two. Scott manages to hit a DDT out of the corner and goes to make the tag, but now Pierre enters the ring and cheapshots Rick. Rick goes after Pierre while Scott leaves the ring, with Johnny Polo threatening to use the hockey stick. Instead, Jacques jumps Scott on the floor and puts him back in. Jacques with an Alabama Slam right into a Boston Crab, with Pierre coming off the middle rope with a flying legdrop too. He goes for it again, but this time Rick enters the ring and slams Pierre off before breaking up Jacques’ submission too. Jacques breaks up the hot tag yet again, only for Scott to explode with a double clothesline on both Quebecers. It finally opens the door for the hot tag to Rick, who cleans house! It turns into a PANDEMONIUM with all four in the ring, and Scott hits the Frankensteiner on Pierre for two. Jacques broke up the pin, but Scott wasn’t legal anyway. Meanwhile, Polo throws the hockey stick in the ring while the ref is busy with Rick. Jacques goes for a shot, Scott blocks it and hits Jacques just as the referee turns around, causing the DQ and giving The Quebecers the belts at 22:00.
Winners by DQ & new champions: The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre)
- Rating: The unique rules resulted in a really fun match for the most part, with some nice teases by Rick selling the gimmick well. It started off a bit slow since they were going long, but it got pretty good once The Quebecers took control. I really liked their double-team moves and they did a great job of neutralizing The Steiners. They used the rules to their advantage, as they should’ve, and it worked in the end with Scott losing his temper and using the hockey stick to cause the DQ. Cheap title change but it made sense considering who was involved. ***1/2
Mr. Perfect vs. Tony DeVito
DeVito strikes first with a pair of cheapshots and runs all the way to the back. Perfect forces him back inside the ring and he pounds away. DeVito hits a dropkick, but Perfect bounces back with a dropkick of his own. The crowd chants “we want Shawn” right before Perfect puts him away with the Perfectplex at 2:47.
Winner: Mr. Perfect
- Rating: Just a normal squash. Perfect was angry, selling his loss at SummerSlam well. 1/2*
We see a recap of Ludvig Borga challenging Lex Luger in the dressing room at SummerSlam.
Razor Ramon vs. Executioner #1
Razor overpowers Executioner to start. Executioner with a thumb to the eye, and he slugs away for a while. Razor with a chokeslam while McMahon hypes up a Razor/IRS feud on commentary. Fallaway slam by Ramon. Abdominal stretch, but Razor breaks the hold and hits a backdrop suplex off the top rope for the win in 2:36.
Winner: Razor Ramon
- Rating: Fun squash as always with Razor. 1/2*
The Quebecers & Johnny Polo promo
Vince McMahon interviews The Quebecers, who are extremely happy about winning the titles. McMahon thinks they should be worried about a rematch with The Steiners under normal rules. Jacques doesn’t think they deserve it because it took him 7 years to get a title shot. The Steiners join us at ringside while the promo is going on. Johnny Polo says they’re on, but only if one of the Steiners can beat one of the Quebecers (they later reveal it’ll be Pierre) in a singles match next week. The Steiners walk away and the Quebecers sing their song to end the segment. This was designed to give The Quebecers some heat since the title win came a bit out of nowhere, but this wasn’t great.
Main Event
Doink the Clown vs. Rich Myers
Doink is distracted with the bucket of confetti, allowing Myers to jump Doink to start. That goes nowhere, though, as Doink turns things around with a belly-to-belly suplex. Pumphandle slam followed by a German suplex. Doink remains in control as we get a live call from Crush on commentary. Crush hangs up the phone when Savage speaks, teasing their feud and Crush’s heel turn. Doink finishes with the flying buttdrop splash at 2:10.
Winner: Doink the Clown
- Rating: Very solid showing from Doink here. 3/4*
Bobby Heenan wants Doink to throw the bucket of water on McMahon and Savage, but Doink ends up giving Heenan a shower instead to begin his face turn.
Next week: Bam Bam Bigelow, Mr. Perfect and IRS are all in action. Plus, Pierre vs. Scott or Rick Steiner for the right to a title rematch.
END OF THE SHOW
Final thoughts: Really good episode this week with a lot of stuff happening. The Quebecers winning the tag titles in a unique (and pretty good) matchup, The Steiners having the chance to earn a rematch next week, Doink showing some face signs and Crush slowly teasing a heel turn. Obviously, The Steiners and The Quebecers took much of the time this week and were the highlight of the episode. 7/10
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