The Shaun Selector-Results-Week 3
By Shaun Best-Rajah.Com Reporter
Here's what you voted for last week. Enjoy!
Raw 1993-Loser Leaves WWF
Ric Flair vs Mr Perfect
Flair challenged Perfect to a Career ending match the week before. Perfect accepted and here we go. Bingohall Raw. Bobby Heenan goes ringside to wish Flair well upon entering. Heenan had advised Flair not to take this match as anything can happen on Raw and he has a financial investment in him. Staredown. Flair calls for a test of strength, one arm linked, Flair has second thoughts. Lockup Flair backs Perfect to the corner, shoves the chest. Perfect responds with a slap. Flair shoves and Perfect slaps again and a third time. Staredown into a lockup. Flair side headlock, Perfect sends off the ropes by the hair. Flair shoulder tackle, Perfect with a drop toehold slaps at the head. Flair up Perfect slaps the face to drop Flair as Perfect dances round Flair with fancy footwork. Flair ducks outside as Perfect mocks Slick Ric. Heenan goes off headset briefly to advise Flair and tries to slip him a hammer. Flair back in side headlock worked into a hammerlock by Flair, Perfect reverses, Flair with a drop toehold, front facelock, no Perfect with a hammerlock on the canvas. Flair up tries elbows instead backing Perfect to the corner and elbowing the head. Flair chops, Perfect chops back cue a Flair flop. Flair backs up to the corner. A few hesitant test of strength attempts lead to nothing. Both lockup again. Flair with a side headlock takedown Perfect headscissors free. Standoff. Lockup, Flair knees the gut, chop and punch in the corner. Flair punches again. Perfect reverses and chops Flair into another Flair flop. Perfect punches Flair down continuously. Flair up and in the corner, hesitant test of strength, one arm locked in, Flair pokes the eyes and throws Perfect over the top rope. Flair rolls out and grabs a chair which the referee takes away from him and he falls to the floor (the ref). The action is clipped to back inside the ring and Flair stomps on Perfect. Flair Irish whips and Perfect goes up and over crashing off the apron to the floor. Flair stalks Perfect from inside as the referee nips out to check on him. Flair pulls Perfect in through the ropes by the hair and takes shots in the corner before telling the ref to keep his mouth shut. Flair with more punches and an Irish whip as Perfect does a 360 before hitting the mat. Perfect is busted open by the way. Flair with a chinlock has one of his feet in the ropes gets several nearfalls. Flair argues with the ref as he sneakily chokes Perfect with his shin on his throat. Flair knees the face, Perfect punches back. Flair chops, Perfect punches and slaps. Flair boots the gut, Irish whip reversed by Perfect. Flair rebounds and Perfect forearms him down. Perfect rolls on top for a cover for two. Flair punches Perfect's midsection, Perfect off the ropes blocks a hiptoss and attempts a backslide. Flair tries to resist but Perfect drops to his knees and Flair goes over but Perfect gets a two. Flair tries a whip to the ropes, Perfect reverses to an Irish whip. Flair rebounds into a backbodydrop. Flair on his ass wants mercy as he inches to the corner. Perfect advances and brings Flair to the centre by grabbing the legs and throwing him up and down. Flair is pulled up and punched to the corner. Perfect mounts Flair, 5 punch assault, Flair with an inverted atomic drop. Flair with a rollup for two. Flair rolls under the bottom rope as Perfect limps round the ring. Flair on the apron Perfect chops then suplexes him back in. 2 count only. Flair to the corner boots Perfect's gut who's advanced again. Flair whips Perfect off the ropes and applies a sleeper. Perfect drops to one knee and starts to fade but he keeps his arm up at three and fights back to his feet and goes to the corner ducking as Flair hits the top turnbuckle and staggers back. It looks like Perfect hit the second turnbuckle/ringpost too during that. Flair is on the canvas. Very slow paced match this. Flair back up as Perfect recovers. Flair reversed off the ropes Perfect botches a leapfrog and turns it into grabbing Flair from behind and throwing him down to the canvas with him on top. Perfect covers for two. What the hell was that? Perfect with a rear naked choke gets some nearfalls. Flair taps his arm, watch it as it looks like you're tapping out. Flair back on his feet back suplexes Perfect. The referee lays the count on both. Perfect uses the ropes to help him back up Flair yanks Perfect away by the leg, goes for the figure four and cinches it in whilst grabbing the top rope for extra leverage. Perfect writhes and Flair gets nearfalls until the referee sees Flair cheating with the rope and forces him to break the hold. Flair up via the ropes Perfect limps up and round a little. Flair with knees to the leg, Flair chops and snapmares Perfect. Flair goes up top, Perfect catches and throws him to the canvas. Clipped again as we join back to see Perfect advance towards a blind Flair who's clutching the ropes on his knees. Flair pulls some knucks from his kneepad as the referee ushers Perfect away. Flair decks Perfect then hides the knucks back in his kneepad. Flair drops an elbow for good measure and covers 1-2- referee sees Perfect's foot on the bottom rope. Flair pulls it off, hooks the leg 1-2 another kickout. Heenan smiles as Flair delivers shots to the head of Perfect. Flair is trying to open up Perfect's wound on his head and get the match stopped. Flair takes Perfect to the corner and chops but it stirs Perfect who stares back at Flair and shakes his head. Flair hits again and again and Perfect is shaking his head in rage. Flair backs up wanting mercy. Perfect chops him, Irish whip, backbodydrop. Perfect clotheslines oooh it just got him as Flair botched it by ducking prematurely allowing Perfect to bonk the top of his head. Perfect fires up as he pulls up Flair in the corner, Irish whip and Flair goes over, runs across the apron, leaps up top, comes off and Perfect catches with a blow to the head. Cover gets two. Perfect advances Flair feigns mercy again, double leg takedown rollup with foot on the ropes gets two and again. Referee kicks Flair off and Perfect hooks a cradle for two. Flair whips Perfect off the ropes puts his head down Perfect with a Perfect Plex 1-2-3. Here is Your Winner: MR PERFECT. In truth Flair's last night in the WWF was Royal Rumble 1993 as this was filmed before then so technically that was Flair's farewell. Perfect celebrates cue expletives form Heenan who throws down his headset and consoles Flair. Flair rolls out. Heenan raises Flair's arm and they take their leave as Perfect raises his arms in the ring.
King of The Ring 1993-Semi-Finals
Bret "Hitman" Hart vs Mr Perfect
Mene Gene stirs it up backstage with both men pre-match talking about Bret's earlier comments and saying he thinks Mr Hughes would be a harder opponent. Hart disagrees saying he said he respects Perfect's wrestling ability and that theirs would be a wrestling match. Perfect says Hart couldn't get by Mr Hughes. Hart says he could and past Perfect. Gene restores order but stirs again upon mentioning both are second generation wrestlers before asking if their fathers ever met. Hart says yes and his won. Perfect disagrees brings up SummerSlam (1991) says he owes Bret and his dad couldn't beat his on his best day. Perfect then says his style hasn't changed and he will do what it takes as he's a winner. KOTR is the most important thing in the world at the moment for Hart. Perfect says may the best man win, extends his hand Hart goes for it, Perfect pulls back, "Gotcha just like in the ring". Hart leaves as his music hits. Perfect reminds us again he owes Hart for Summerslam and Mr Perfect will prevail. It's the Perfect Plex vs Sharpshooter. Note Bret has a dislocated finger on his left hand courtesy of Razor Ramon earlier. Hart shakes it off. Lockup, break. Perfect go-behind, Hart gets to the ropes, break. Bret utilizes a side headlock a couple of times early on. Bret scores with a shoulder tackle and hiptoss while Perfect displays his mat skills with a headscissors. Bret counters back to a headlock and Perfect takes Hart to the corner and chops. Irish whip is reversed by Bret. Both men exchange slams and each kicks the other one down. Bret goes back to the side headlock takedown. Perfect wrestles Hart's chin. Back up Hart off the ropes into a crucifix for two and back to the headlock we go. Perfect forearms the back, Hart off the ropes lands a cross body for one. Bret goes under the bottom rope. Hart on the apron, head to the gut, sunset flip gets two. Trapped once again in a headlock Perfect hooks the hair and gets up in the ropes, Perfect knees the gut. Boot to the nether region by Perfect. Perfect kicks Bret's rib. Standing dropkick sends Hart rolling out. The strap is down for Perfect. Perfect opens ropes for Bret but suckers him halfway in with a kick. Perfect kicks and rams Hart into the top turnbuckle. Perfect chops and clubs Bret. Stomps to the head. Hart pulled up for a kneelift. Perfect covers for two. Perfect kicks Hart under the ropes. Perfect chops and rams into apron. Perfect rolls in to boos. Hart on the apron Perfect pushes off via the ropes into the guardrail as Heenan says if Perfect wins it and apologizes he'd consider handling him again. Bret clutches his knee, Perfect steps out/in to break the count. Perfect pulls Hart on apron to punch and Hart slithers in under bottom rope. Perfect kneelift for two. Bret punches Perfect punches down. Perfect off top rope connects with a dropkick two count as referee sees Bret's foot on the ropes. Perfect pulls it off and gets another two. Perfect chops and Irish whips Bret face first into the corner. Two count again. Perfect punches Bret down. Perfect off top again no Bret up punches Perfect who gets crotched. Bret with a suplex off second rope and a lateral press gets two. Bret kicks Perfect's leg from under him twice, single leg takedown, Figure four cinched in by Bret. whooo Ric Flair. Perfect swipes at Bret's face to no avail, struggles but grabs bottom rope. Hart picks up Perfect grabs a leg another single leg takedown, drops his weight down and into a leg grapevine. Perfect hooks Bret back by the hair and drops a leg across his face to escape. Both men limping, Perfect drives Hart to turnbuckle then throws him across the ring and down by the hair. Bret picked up, Bret off ropes, Perfect leaps into a sleeper. Hart drops down after clasping at the ropes. Hart hacks the hair in desperation. Hart up/down gets to the ropes and Perfect utilizes a full referee count before he breaks. Perfect staggers back to the canvas before chopping Hart, and re-applying the sleeper. Perfect pushes his foot against the ropes for unfair leverage, Bret eventually stirs back up and runs to the corner and Perfect's head hits the turnbuckle. We've passed 15 mins by the way in a 30 minute time limit match. Hart pulls himself up and together and uppercuts Perfect down. Perfect's head is rammed into the corner. Hart throws Perfect down by the hair and Perfect crotches himself in the ringpost. Hart drags Perfect by the hair. Inverted atomic drop, side russian legsweep by Bret. Lateral press for two. Hart drops a leg pulls Perfect up, backbreaker by Hart. Hart connects with an elbow off the second rope for two. Bret goes for the Sharpshooter but Perfect grabs Bret's injured fingers and stomps on them. Perfect stomps the midsection picks up Bret and goes for a Perfect Plex. Bret fights it as both get near the roeps and blocks and a suplex by Bret sends both men out of the ring. Perfect makes it back in followed by Bret. Both men have been in the wars. Perfect cradles Bret for two, Bret reverses 1-2-3. Here is Your Winner: BRET "HITMAN" HART. Perfect is gutted and in disbelief as Hart gets his arm raised. Perfect faces Hart then goes out and curses himself. Perfect kicks the steps as Hart stops limping. Perfect gets back in runs his mouth and extends the hand. Code of Honor is accepted. Perfect takes his leave and Hart salutes the fans signalling one more to go.
WrestleMania V
The Twin Towers w/Slick vs The Rockers
The Boss Man is really fat at this point This match was in a huge arena that unfortunately I bet WWE couldn't sell out today. Rockers duck the advancing Towers upon entering and the Towers give chase outside. Rockers get in and backelbow Towers on the apron. Akeem falls down, Boss Man stays on dazed. We settle down to Boss Man and Michaels. Michaels facelock, Boss Man sits him on the top turnbuckle and slaps his face. Jannetty distracts allowing Michaels to hit a dropkick, Boss Man then staggers into Rockers punches. Michaels reversed off the ropes, ducks, leapfrog, Michaels punches at Akeem and Boss Man. Boss Man gets Slick advice and tags Akeem as Michaels gets the crowd into it. Akeem and Michaels have a brief dance off. Michaels' moonwalk is classic. Michaels ducks a grab attempt works the arm, tag to Jannetty who controls with an armwringer. Akeem rakes the face picks up Jannetty who slips behind, Akeem blindtags, Jannetty gets reversed off the ropes, steps over Akeem into a waiting Boss Man bearhug. Akeem crushes Jannetty and the Towers get the heat on Jannetty after a Boss Man pose and spit at Michaels. Boss Man with a headbutt spikes Jannetty in the ropes. Tag to Akeem, Boss Man holds Jannetty in the ropes for an Akeem splash. Akeem jucks and jives and tags out before holding Jannetty for a Boss Man boot. Boss Man punches Jannetty away, tag to Akeem. Boss Man Irish whips then gets Irish whipped into Jannetty. Akeem follows through with an avalanche in the corner. Akeem and Boss Man punish Jannetty in their corner. Boss Man tags in. Jannetty counters a punch, Boss Man clubs the back. Facebuster, Jannetty tries to punch again, Boss Man clubs him and tags Akeem. Boss Man holds, Akeem off the ropes, Jannetty elbows free and Akeem crashes into Boss Man. Jannetty crawls under Akeem and makes the hot tag to Michaels. Michaels leaps in catching Akeem with a dropkick. Michaels hammers away with a mounted 5 punch assault in the corner. Jannetty is ushered in, 3 double Irish whips to Akeem and a double shoulder tackle off the second rope drops him. Michaels gets thrown off a cover at one. Michaels throws punches, Akeem reverses off the ropes, Michaels ducks the swing but Akeem levels with a clothesline. Boss Man tags and comes off the top but misses an ugly splash attempt. Michaels is thrown off a cover at two. Michaels off the ropes jumps onto Boss Man's shoulders going for a hurricanrana. Michaels punches, Jannetty comes in and Boss Man trips over him. Double dropkick to Akeem on the apron. Rockers go up top and hit a double dropkick nearly in stereo to Boss Man. (Jannetty hits, Michaels was a split second off). Michaels covers 1-2- Akeem breaks it up with a boot to the head. Jannetty punches Akeem, Akeem sends him over the top rope. Michaels up top, Boss Man catches in mid air with a spinebuster. Akeem tagged in off the ropes big splash. 1-2-3. Here Are Your Winners: THE TWIN TOWERS. Post match Towers celebrate as Jannetty comes in checking on and shielding Michaels.
Royal Rumble Match 1997
Finkel goes over the rules. Every 90 seconds = new entry. We get a brief firework display then we get the first two entrants who are Crush with NOD heads, Clarence Mason, D'Lo Brown and another coloured guy. Ahmed Johnson is next out and Crush can't believe it. Crush attacks Ahmed as soon as he gets in. Crush works over Ahmed in the corner, Ahmed hammers back and clotheslines Crush off the ropes. Crush and Ahmed tussle to the canvas and continue to brawl back and forth. Crush gains the upper hand with measured attacks to Ahmed's kidneys and now there's an elimination attempt by Crush. The clock is temporarily down and here comes the fake Razor Ramon. Ahmed is out of trouble and on the offensive with Crush. Razor unloads with punches and kicks to Ahmed cue a trademark Razor taunt. Ahmed punches back and throws Razor over the top rope. See Ya. Ahmed and Crush standoff and lockup with Ahmed working on Crush in the corner before nearly getting him over, Crush stays alive and fights back when Ahmed climbs over the top and eliminates himself. Why oh he's seen Faarooq in the entrance way and gives chase. Crush is shocked too as he's all alone in the ring. Every Rumble entrant has music by this point and next in is Phineas Godwinn with Hillbilly Jim. Crush eventually sells Phineas' attacks then wraps himself around the ropes to stay in. Crush with a sloppy takedown a tussle then a boot to the face of Phineas. Punches are exchanged Crush wins and punishes Phineas. The glass shatters and here comes Stone Cold Steve Austin. DTA Ya lil' Bastards. Phineas reverses and unloads on Crush and chokes as Austin makes his way down in no hurry. Austin takes his jacket off and rolls into a Phineas attack. Phineas with an Irish whip and clothesline. Crush ambushes Phineas and focuses on the kidneys, Crush calls for Austin's help. Crush holds Phineas, Austin off the second rope Phineas ducks and Crush gets clotheslined. Austin shrugs as Phineas deposits Crush over the top rope. The clock is working and starts counting down as Phineas celebrates and turns into a Stone Cold Stunner. Austin crouches and mocks talking trash picks up Phineas and throws him out as here comes Bart Gunn. Bart ducks Austin's swing and hammers away, Austin reverses off the ropes, Bart with a fameasser, drops elbows, Bart off the ropes, Austin throws into the ropes, Bart hangs on. Austin clotheslines him out. Austin all alone does some pushups. Austin sits up top and looks at his imaginary wrist watch. We countdown to Jake "The Snake" Roberts with his snake bag. Austin prays and refocuses. Jake throws the bag in Austin steps over but walks into Jake's punches. Jake winds up the arm and the crowd are chanting DDT. Jake works a wristlock, Austin fights back but Jake still has a grip and Austin goes down. Jake pulls him up as the clock counts us down, Jake hears the calls reels in Austin into a short arm clothesline. Jake gives the sign as British Bulldog enters but Austin backdrops Jake out then gets rid of the bag as Bulldog gets in. Bulldog clotheslines down and beats on Austin. Bulldog stomps a mudhole. Bulldog with a powerslam Austin hooks the ropes. Bulldog pulls him off to the canvas. Bulldog keeps on Austin as Pirot a masked Mexican enters. Bulldog reverses him off the ropes into a spinebuster. Snapmare followed by forearms from the Bulldog. Pirot fights back and clotheslines Bulldog down. Cover?? and snapmare into a rear naked choke by Pirot. Austin from the second rope axehandles Pirots' back, drives a boot to the gut and Bulldog kicks. Austin and Bulldog take turns on Pirot until Austin gets turned on by both. The Sultan makes his way out accompanied by the Iron Sheik/Colonel Mustafa. Austin drops an elbow on Pirot, Bulldog drives knees to Austin's back, Sultan nearly has Pirot out as does Bulldog with Austin. Pirot can't scoop up the Sultan who shows him how it's done. Austin works Bulldog's leg. Mil Mascaras is next in who goes at it with the Sultan and nails a flying cross body off the ropes. Sultan with a belly-to-belly to Mascaras. Bulldog's with Austin who's trying to oust Pirot. Mascaras nearly has Sultan out as Hunter Hearst Helmsley comes in. HHH goes after Bulldog and him and Sultan pool their resources. Mascaras attacks HHH, Irish whip, Bulldog clotheslines Sultan who does a 360, Bulldog then clotheslines him over and out. Austin clotheslines HHH down, Austin thinks he's thrown HHH out but he hangs on as Pirot holds Bulldog for a Mascaras chop which Bulldog ducks. Austin with a snapmare and an elbow from the second rope to HHH. Owen Hart is out now with Slammy in hand. Pirot off the ropes Mascaras hits with a diving cross body attack. Owen hands his Slammy to an outside official and he and Austin go at it. Inverted atomic drop to Bulldog by HHH. Bulldog saves Owen from Austin, Bulldog has Austin over, Owen from behind pushes the Bulldog over and out. Owen pleads his innocence and Bulldog is spitting feathers. Owen goes after Mascaras as Pirot has HHH perched. Mascaras Irish whips Owen as Goldust is next in with Marlena in tow. Owen on the apron being worked on by Mascaras. Austin goes after Goldust, Owen leaps back in Austin reverses a Goldust Irish whip and clotheslines in the corner. Austin with a slam and kneedrop off the ropes to Goldust. Nearly everyone tries to get Goldust out before splintering away. Sibernetico is next in (another masked Mexican). Sibernetico goes after Mascaras as HHH whips Goldust off the ropes. Goldust ducks and comes back with a clothesline. Mascaras is trying to take the mask of Sibernetico off. Pirot nearly gets HHH out. Owen attacks Austin blaming him for Bulldog's elimination earlier LOL. Austin sends Owen into the corner via the tights, HHH hangs on as Goldust throws him over but not out. Austin spikes Owen in the ropes as Wildman Marc Mero enters with Sable who's looking hot. Mascaras ducks a Pirot clothesline that sends Sibernetico out during Mero's entrance. Mascaras then dumps Pirot over too. Mascaras goes up top and hits a cross body on Pirot outside to eliminate himself. Those crazy Latinos. Owen has Austin in a firemans carry. Mascaras gets back in but he's definitely out. Apparently he's confused by the rules. Goldust clotheslines HHH who stays in but a second one eliminates him. Mero attacks Goldust as Owen nails Austin with an enziguiri. Latin Lover comes in and slaps the hand of one of the Mexicans making his way to the back. Latin Lover isn't masked and kicks Goldust. Lover lost his mask at an earlier date and in Mexico traditionally when a mask comes off it stays off. Owen attacks Lover who rebounds with a crescent kick followed by a snapmare and slam. Goldust knocks Lover down as Austin introduces Mero to the turnbuckle. Goldust throws Owen over, Owen skins the cat. Lover sends Goldust off the ropes Goldust hangs on as Lover's dropkick meets air, Owen clotheslines Goldust then Owen puts him over and out. Owen suplexes Lover and nearly has him out as Faarooq enters. Faarooq takes over on Lover, Lover punches back, Lover runs the ropes but Faarooq throws him over and out. Austin clotheslines Faarooq down and both go at it but here comes Ahmed Johnson again with a 2x4. Faarooq gets smacked by it a couple of times sending him over and out. Austin has rolled out for a breather and The NOD posse escort Faarooq back and Ahmed also leaves. We cut back to see Owen and Mero in the corner both having been dumped out by Austin. The clock goes and Austin by himself on the mat signals bring it on. Savio Vega is here. Double leg takedown by Vega and both exchange punches. The fresh Vega gets Austin up knocks him down and catapults to the corner. Vega nails a spinning heel kick off the ropes. Austin reverses Vega off the ropes, Vega slips behind pushes Austin into the ropes Austin holds on Vega rolls back. Austin hotshots him into the top rope then clotheslines him out and asks for more. Double J Jesse James is out. Austin delivers punches, Double J counters with hooks of his own. Irish whip, James poses and charges hitting a clothesline. James struts Austin boots the gut and throws him over and out no James is on the apron. Austin backelbows him off. Next. Austin rests on the second ropes and holds his hands on his head in horror as Bret Hart makes his way down. Austin wants it, slugfest ensues. Inverted atomic drop, clothesline by Bret. Bret pounds Austin down in the corner, Austin pokes the eye cue more slugs. Austin sees an Irish whip attempt reversed, Bret puts him down and applies the Sharpshooter as next in is Jerry "The King" Lawler from commentary. Jerry removes his jacket and headset proclaiming "It takes a King...." King leaps in and two punches later by Bret he's out. Back to commentary goes King. King finishes off with Vince saying "It takes a King to know a King" and with that he puts his headset and jacket back on. Bret with a side russian legsweep, elbow from the second rope and a blow to Austin's groin. Backbreaker by Bret. Fake Diesel (Kane) enters as Bret stays on Austin. Diesel waylays Bret then Austin. Diesel works on both in opposite corners and Hart lends a hand trying to get Austin out. Austin stays in it. Hart side headlocks Austin but is sent to the buckles face first. Austin snapmares and elbows off the second rope as Terry Funk makes his way down. Funk pulls up Austin talks a little trash and hammers away as Bret stops Diesel from eliminating him. Austin puts Funk into the buckles and nearly has him over as Bret grinds down Diesel then saves Funk who shows his gratitude by hitting him. Funk U. Funk with a messy looking piledriver to Bret as here comes blue chipper Rocky Maivia with pineapple on his head style hair. Rock tangles with Austin (how big that feud would turn out) then Diesel as Bret is busy with Funk. Funk gets tangled and trapped in the ropes. Bret throws Funk over who hangs on then he and Bret have a staredown. Diesel attacks Rocky who manages to gain the upper hand. Mankind is next out as Funk and Bret nearly have Rocky and Austin out respectively. Funk has Rocky on the apron, Mankind attacks Funk and throws him over but Funk hangs in there again as Mankind beats on him. Austin suplexes Bret followed by mounted punches. Bret reverses Austin off the ropes into a sleeper, Austin counters with a jawbreaker. Flash Funk (Scorpio) is here without the Funkettes. Bret delivers a piledriver to Austin dropping to his ass then Bret drops a leg. Flash off the top nails a cross body on Diesesl and the other Funk, Terry. Diesel attacks Flash as Mankind punishes Terry Funk with his boot and Funk is hanging on the apron upside down. It's Vader Time. Terry back in throws Mankind over no Mankind hangs on. Vader goes after Bret until Flash interrupts. Vader turns the tables with ease then Austin hits Vader. Diesel has Rocky perched while Terry Funk performs mounted punches on him. Vader reverses Austin off the ropes and muscles him down. Henry Godwinn with Hillbilly Jim is the penultimate man in and he goes after Vader who nearly has Bret out. Vader off the ropes is clotheslined down by Godwinn. Flash Funk is nearly ousted by Rocky. There's so much action going on in a crowded ring. Bret drops a knee on Vader's nuts. Flash nearly gets Rocky out who grabs the ringpost and gets back in. It's time for the last entrant. The lights go out and the Undertaker walks down to the ring and we have our last 10 men in, one of whom is going to WrestleMania to face the champion. Vader greets Undertaker who pounds Vader down. Undertaker is hitting anyone in sight. Chokeslam to Austin then Vader and a thunderous right to Diesel (that's no way to treat your future brother LOL) then Flash Funk. Noggin knocker for Flash Funk and Diesel courtesy of the Deadman. Flash Funk off the ropes leaps at Vader who catches and throws him over his shoulder and out. Bret elbows Austin down from the second rope. Austin has been in for over 40 minutes. Mankind is choking Diesel with his boot and Rocky nearly has Bret out. Austin makes the save Ironically. Terry Funk and Austin exchange chops as Undertaker throws Godwinn over who hangs onto the rope and pulls himself back in. Godwinn pounds on Undertaker, Irish whip charge no Undertaker grabs hoists Godwinn up and and puts him over and out. Impressive. Undertaker helps Bret try to get Austin out who is pushed out onto the apron. Mankind Irish whips Rocky, Rocky leaps onto the second rope and blindly jumps off right into the Mandible claw. Rocky staggers back falling over the top rope and out. Terry Funk and Mankind punch one another as Vader knocks Diesel down off the ropes. Funk misses a spike attempt on Mankind and gets caught in the ropes. Mankind mauls him with Funk rebounding up via the ropes. Mankind steps back and a clothesline puts both men on the apron and both men hook the top rope. Funk gets in and tries to suplex Mankind back in but Mankind suplexes Funk out and Mankind stays in oh no Undertaker with a boot drops Mankind to the floor. He's out and the referees are busy with Funk and Mankind who continue to brawl on the outside. We're down to the last five. Vader is with the Undertaker. Austin with a waistlock takedown on Diesel hammers away with mounted punches. Austin steps off, Bret grabs Austin and launches him out. Wait a minute the referees are still on the other side of the ring trying to separate Funk and Mankind and don't see it. Austin snucks back in as the referees finally restore order and get back to watching just in time to see Austin push both the Undertaker and Vader out. Bret has Diesel over and pushes him out and Hart thinks he's won but Austin from behind shoves Bret out and we have a winner albeit tainted but that's the bottom line. Here is Your Winner: STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN. Bret blows a gasket post match and complains to the commentators after shoving the referees in the ring in disgust. Austin has taken his leave by this point with his arms raised as he walks to the back. This would set up the classic Final Four encounter but that's for another date. Bret finally leaves as we check a replay to end a good Rumble matchup.
Order of Entry: CRUSH, AHMED JOHNSON, FAKE RAZOR RAMON, PHINEAS GODWINN, STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN, BART GUNN, JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS, BRITISH BULLDOG, PIROT, SULTAN, MIL MASCARAS, HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY, OWEN HART, GOLDUST, SIBERNETICO, WILDMAN MARC MERO, LATIN LOVER, FAAROOQ, SAVIO VEGA, DOUBLE J JESSE JAMES, BRET "HITMAN" HART, JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER, FAKE DIESEL, TERRY FUNK, ROCKY MAIVIA, MANKIND, FLASH FUNK, VADER, HENRY GODWINN, UNDERTAKER.
Order of Elimination: FAKE RAZOR RAMON, AHMED JOHNSON, CRUSH, PHINEAS GODWINN, BART GUNN, JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS, SULTAN, BRITISH BULLDOG, SIBERNETICO, PIROT, MIL MASCARAS, HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY, GOLDUST, LATIN LOVER, FAAROOQ, OWEN HART & WILDMAN MARC MERO, SAVIO VEGA, DOUBLE J JESSE JAMES, JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER, FLASH FUNK, HENRY GODWINN, ROCKY MAIVIA, TERRY FUNK, MANKIND, UNDERTAKER & VADER, FAKE DIESEL, BRET "HITMAN" HART. Winner: STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN.
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