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- Lame introduction time, mainly because I usually do these FIRST, but this time doing it last. Rant-a-mania time: What a horrible month THIS has been...THREE hurricanes (all missing, as predicted thankfully), my computer nearly crashing, and having to re-download about 300 NES, SNES, Genesis, and Gameboy ROM's saved on my computer. Oh well, onto the tape. We start with the 1995 Survivor Series (who will survive?) and go into the TV matches pimping In Your House 5.

WWF Survivor Series 1995:
Live from Landover, Maryland - November 20th, 1995:

- The Underdogs (Barry Horowitz, Marty Jannetty, Hakushi, Bob Holly) vs. The Body Donnas (Skip, Rad Radford, Dr. Tom Prichard, ???):
Yes, we get the Return of the Team Names! Bob Holly is a late substitution for Avatar. Avatar was Al Snow under a mask, except he came to the ring maskless and put it on before the bell. The Msytery Partner is the newly turned 1-2-3 Kid, replacing Jean Pierre Lafitte, who was having some kind of operation on his back or something. Quick Elimination Run Down: Bob Holly pinned Dr. Tom Prichard with a cross body press at 5:17. Skip rolled up Bob Holly at 5:23. Rad Radford pinned Hakushi at 8:10 after a 1-2-3 Kid kick to the head. Barry Horowitz cradled Radford at 11:26 while he was doing push-ups. The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Horowitz at 12:25 with snap leg drop. Marty Jannetty pinned Skip with a top rope Powerbomb at 15:02. The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Jannetty after Sid hung him across the top rope at 18:45.
Sole Survivor: The 1-2-3 Kid. ***1/2 The match kept a great pace going, even though only one feud was going on at the time. A little too out of place with the Kid winning, but everyone put forth a great effort.

- Team Alundra Blayze (Alundra Blayze, Kyoko Inoue, Sakie Hasegawa, Chaparita Asari) vs. Team Bertha Faye (Bertha Faye, Aja Kong, Tomoko Watanabe, Lioness Asuka):
OK, so no one got a team name here. Jim Ross is really the only person doing commentary here, since he actually knows what the hell they are doing, and gives us background and most of the Japanese lady wrestlers. Alundra Blayze pinned Lioness Asuka at 1:42 with a German Suplex. Aja Kong pinned Sakie Hasegawa at 3:58 with T-bone suplex. Aja Kong pinned Chaparita Asari with a second rope splash at 4:25. Aja Kong pinned Kyoko Inoue at 5:02 with a sit down splash on her face. Alundra Blayze pinned Tomoko Watanabe at 6:30 with a piledriver. Alundra Blayze pinned Bertha Faye at 7:11 with a german suplex. Aja Kong pinned Alundra Blayze with a back-hand punch at 10:11.
Sole Survivor: Aja Kong. *** Much like the opening match, no real feuds here except for one between the two "bigger" names, and put on an effort to wow everyone, showcasing moves that weren't seen for years to come.

- Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Goldust:
Goldust had recently debuted at In Your House #4 in Ontario and Bam Bam Bigelow has steadily been de-pushed since jobbing to Lawrence Taylor at Wrestlemania XI. Boring Boring Boring match until Goldust pins Bigelow at 8:18 with a running bulldog headlock. 1/4* because I feel sorry for Bigelow's career at this point.

- The Dark Side (The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu, Henry Godwinn) vs. The Royals (King Mabel, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jerry Lawler, Issac Yankem D.D.S):
The Undertaker is making his return after a vicious attack from the fat men of WWF, where they CRUSHED his face, forcing him to wear a Halloween Mask for a few months, even though it wasn't Halloween. The 7 Non-Undertakers put on a boring match until The Undertaker cleans house. Fun Note: Curt Hennig (making his WWF return) tells McMahon that Hunter likes being called Triple H. Anyway, the order of eliminations...The Undertaker pinned Jerry Lawler with a tombstone piledriver at 12:19. The Undertaker pinned Issac Yankem with a tombstone piledriver at 12:50. The Undertaker pins Hunter Hearst Helmsley by chokeslamming him from the ring apron to the middle of the ring at 13:35. Mabel is counted-out at 14:21 when Undertaker no-sells his offense.
The Survivors: The Undertaker, Savio Vega, Fatu, Henry Godwinn. * Not much of a match here like earlier noted. I'm surprised they allowed Undertaker to squash the new comer HHH with ease, even though he was pulling an "undefeated gimmick." I guess Tag Matches don't count.

- Wild Card Team #1 (Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, Psycho Sid, British Bulldog) vs. Wild Card Team #2 (Dean Douglas, Owen Hart, Yokozuna, Razor Ramon):
No, this isn't a mistake. For some reason (rumors were because of a deflated roster), the WWF set up a Survivor Series match where heels teamed with faces. Shawn Michaels had been feuding with Sid at the time, and Ramon with Douglas, so it was naturally they had to team with their enemies. Onto the eliminations, Shawn Michaels rolled up Dean Douglas at 7:30 with the help of Ramon. Ramon pinned Sid at 16:18 after Michaels hit Sid with sweet chin music. Sid gave him a powerbomb for his troubles. Ahmed Johnson pinned Owen Hart with the Pearl River Plunge at 21:49. The British Bulldog pinned Razor Ramon at 24:08 with the running powerslam. Ahmed Johnson pinned Yokozuna at 27:24 after HBK Sweet chin music and a WEAK splash.
The Survivors: Shawn Michaels, Ahmed Johnson, British Bulldog. **3/4 Not the classic it should've been, as the eight men really couldn't blend to well outside of Michaels vs. Owen, Michaels vs. Ramon or Michaels vs. Douglas. Still a good entertaining match, but too messy with too many bad workers.

- WWF-World Championship; No DQ; No Count-Out; Title Match:
Diesel (c) vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart:
Bret Hart performs a miracle by carrying Diesel's worthless, 7'0" tall, chicken legged ass to the greatest match he could ever have. Nice spots include both men exposing turnbuckle steel at the beginning of the match, and Diesel sling shots Hart off the apron onto a table, giving us our first broken table spot on a PPV. Bret plays possum and is able to roll Diesel up for his 3rd of 5 World Championships in the WWF. ****1/2 Absolutely incredible effort by Hart, who pretty much had to switch gears completely and brawl with Diesel instead of his normal match. Afterwards, Diesel has a hissy fit and Powerbombs Bret Hart twice, which signals his status switch from Face to Tweener.

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- Shawn Michaels video package, which Vince McMahon narates with his "concussion" of doom from Owen Hart the night after Survivor Series '95. Everyone actually bought into this as being real as Shawn Michaels collapsed in the middle of the ring. EMT's came into the ring and performed sorts of CPR and stretchered him out to a nearby hospital. To take it even further, they actually checked Michaels into the hospital for observations. This built up Michaels as a sympathetic babyface, and actually worked.

- Alundra Blayze & Kyoko Inoue vs. Aja Kong & Tomoko Watanabe:
To the surprise of NO ONE, the all Japanese team comes out to the Orient Express theme music. Some shmuck shills a new Bret Hart T-Shirt for $20. Heels attack and whip Blayze & Inoue to the corner. Kong misses a charge and the faces kick away. Irish whip and double dropkick to Kong. Camera pans the crowd and Lawler makes fun of a fat chick. Inoue with a chop to the side of the neck, but Kong no sells. Vader like pump splash by Kong followed by a clothesline in the corner. Off the ropes and Kong with a big splash. Watanabe in with a hair throw and some choking. Snapmare by Watanabe followed by a surfboard like submission hold. Irish whip and Watanabe misses a cross body press from the middle of the second ropes. Inoue works in her own surfboard and releases at a two count. Blayze tags in and slaps Watanabe around like a bitch. Blayze controls Watanabe and tags in Inoue, and Kong tags in as well. Kong pummels Inoue and connects with a brain buster for two. Commercial and Inoue puts the heels down with a series of clotheslines. Inoue with a scoop slam followed by a reverse elbow off the top rope for two. Irish whip and Watanabe connects with the body press from the second rope for two. Watanabe to the top rope, but Inoue "Angle's up" and scores with a belly to belly suplex off the top rope for two. Kong kicks Blayze in the ass and misses the backhand punch. Blayze connects with an enziguri and comes off the second rope with a missle dropkick. Blayze connects with a second dropkick, and goes up for another and misses. Watanabe with a slam and Kong comes off the second rope, missing a splash. Blayze tags in Inoue and she puts Kong down with a charging clothesline. Inoue tries a piledriver but Kong is too big. Inoue ducks the back hand but is caught with a nasty T-Bone suplex. Kong with the back-hand punch and covers for three at 6:02. ***1/2 Very good match, and this is coming from someone who absolutely hates todays womens wrestling. They only were given a short amount of time but were able to keep a nice, fast pace going with some great spots. Throughout the match, on Nitro, they aired their own Womens tag team match between former WWF wrestler Bull Nakano & Akira Hokato against Cutie Suszuki & Ozaki. For anyone who doesn't get the Angle up bit, it's when Kurt Angle no sells whatever and rushes to the top rope and belly-to-belly whoever was on the top rope.

- We get the RETURN of the Brother Love Show, with special guest, and recently new World Champion, Brother Hitman, Bret Hart. Love calls Hart a marked man because everyone is after the World Championship Belt. Normal Brother Love gimmick, asks the babyface questions and cuts them off when they start to answer. Mr. Bob Backlund runs in and attacks with the cross-face. Over on Nitro, Hulk Hogan is selling for HUGH MORRUS. I don't know which was worse when comparing the two. Hogan selling for a JTTS, or this.

- The Undertaker vs. Sir Mo of Men on a Mission:
This is suppose to be Taker vs. Kama, the Supreme Fighting Machine, but he comes down with a nasty case of crutch-itus. Mo looks REALLY REALLY fat here, and by that I mean fatter than he normally is. Mo stalls a lot until Undertaker just comes over and punches him in the mouth. Undertaker with a scoop slam and goes off the ropes, but Dibiase trips him up. Mo clotheslines Taker outside, but he lands on his feet and chokes Dibiase. Kama attacks Taker, thus already no-selling his fake injuries. Mo beats on Undertaker and we go to a commercial. Choking on the second rope by Mo and he punches Undertakers face protection. Undertaker finally starts no selling and throws Mo to the corner and chokes him. Hard irish whup to the corner and the Undertaker boots Mo in the face. Undertaker connects with the flying clothesline and beats Kama up outside. Mo eats a NASTY Chokeslam and the Undertaker covers for three at 4:06. DUD no questions asked. The Undertaker momentarily takes back his "urn" that was melted down into a giant chain, but the fat-asses of Yokozuna & Mabel are able to steal it back. Over on Nitro (again) we get a Four Horsemen beatdown on Luger & Sting. I guess I backed the wrong horse when taping this week of RAW.

- Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly vs. The British Bulldog (w/ Jim Cornette):
Can you smell squash? They lockup and Bulldog shoves Holly down like the sack of shit he is. Holly with a hammerlock into a headlock, but Bulldog reverses. Irish whip and Holly with an arm drag followed by a scoop slam. Holly connects with a series of clotheslines, sending Bulldog outside to take a breather. Bulldog with a standing side headlock, and we get a criss cross sequence. Bob Holly with a powerslam for two and goes to an armbar. Bulldog with press slam and he drops Holly spread eagle on the top rope. Bulldog rams Holly to the buckle and hammers with a series of forearms. Holly with a small package for a quick two count, so Bulldog puts him down with a clothesline. Bulldog with a delay vertical suplex and some trash talking to the cameras before covering for two. Bulldog applies a reverse chinlock but Holly breaks free and gets a sunset flip for two. Holly runs into a knee of Bulldog, and the Bulldog follows with a slam and leg drop. Holly ducks a clothesline and gets his token dropkick in the match. Holly with a series of rights followed by a back elbow. Irish whip and Holly with a second dropkick for two. Irish whip to the corner and Holly with mounted punches of doom for two. Irish whip is reversed and Bulldog catches Holly with the running powerslam for the win at 5:04. * Blech, Bulldog really had it in cruise control, which is seriously bad considering he hasn't been the worker he use to be for at least 5 years at this point. WHY was the NUMBER ONE CONTENDER having a hard time beating up a JTTS? No wonder 1995 was such a horrible year. Diesel as World Champion and lack of serious title threats.

- WWF-Intercontinental Championship Match:
Razor Ramon (c) vs. Dean Douglas:
This is definitely not the match we wanted to see again, considering how much they hated each other's guts backstage. Ramon looks seriously drunk here, so Douglas slaps him in the face. Douglas attacks Ramon from behind and stomps a mudhole in him. Douglas takes the belt, but is stopped from using it as a weapon. Douglas with a series of rights, and a criss cross sequence leads to a Ramon fallaway slam. Ramon with a clothesline sends Douglas out of the ring and allows him to take off his vest. Ramon tosses Douglas back into the ring and puts Douglas down with an arm drag. Ramon applies an armbar and slaps him in the back of the head. A Nice close up of Ramons ankle shows he has a piece of tape with "Shawn" on it taped to his boot. Ramon ehips Douglas to the buckle and comes in to meet the boots. Douglas to the second rope and connects with a sloppy bulldog. Douglas with a scoop slam followed by a sprinboard splash off the second rope. Commercial break and we come back to Douglas applying an abdominal stretch. Ramon ends up reversing it and Douglas hip tosses back. Douglas with a cross body press of the second rope, but Ramon rolls through for two. Ramon with a roundhouse right and signals for the Edge. Ramon connects with the Razors Edge to finish the squashing of Dean Douglas at 4:28. 1/2* What was the point of this again? Not one bright spot besides McMahon & Lawler putting over Douglas' back injury.

- Marty Jannetty vs. Psycho Sid (w/ Ted Dibiase):
This has a chance to be good, if they work a good style. Of course that means Sid on offense as little as possible and Jannetty tries to play Jesus, or someone else who can perform miracles. Maybe Jannetty was watching some Bret Hart tapes before the match to get himself pumped. Jannetty attacks Sid with a series of rights followed by a cross body press. Jannetty rams the head of Sid into the canvas and bounces off the ropes with another cross body. Sid catches him though and plants Jannetty with a powerslam and starts to talk smack. Sid rams Jannetty's face into the canvas a few times and beats him in the corner with punches and chokes. Was that white powder I see on the edge of Jannetty's nose? There, I got my one tasteless joke in. Sid with some weak kicks to the midsection and whip to the corner. Jannetty boots him in the face and nails the flipping face buster. Jannetty with a jumping fist drop gets a two count. Commercial break and we come back to Sid killing Jannetty with a clothesline, with the 360 spin. Jannetty fights back with punches and goes for a sunset flip...but Sid no sells, and misses a fist. Sid with another clothesline and Jannetty with ANOTHER over-sell spin, probably in memory of the ultimate over seller, Shawn Michaels. Sid with a reverse chinlock, his favorite move of all time. Dibiase beats on Jannetty outside, but he no sells. The 1-2-3 Kid attacks Jannetty from behind and this brings Ramon out to chase the evil Kid & Dibiase around. Bell sounds at 5:07 as Ramon punches Sid over the top rope and chases the Kid through the crowd. Jannetty is announced as the winner via disqualification. *1/4, Jannetty tried, but eh, Sid sucks. Back inside the ring and Sid plants Jannetty with a powerbomb to a mega pop. Gotta love stupid Sid marks who worship his awful work rate, and thus exposing us to horrible main events. Dibiase stuffs Jannetty's crack money in his mouth after the beating.

- Clips from an Aja Kong vs. Chapparita Asari match from December 11th, 1995. Kong now has KWANG the Shitty Ninja's Shitty music instead of the awesome Orient Express theme. Kong obviously wins over the 90 pound Asari with the back-hand punch. A close up reveals Asari has a bloody nose. Ouch.

- In ring interview with Ted Dibiase, The 1-2-3 Kid, and Psycho Sid. We reveal that a NEW Match has been added to the In Your House (#5) Pay-Per-View, where The Kid & Sid (that rhymes!) takes on Razor Ramon & Marty Jannetty, to see which team is battling more personal demons than the other. Sid's drug of choice was playing softball, so I guess Ramon & Jannetty win in a coke slide.

- WWF-World Championship Match:
Bret "Hitman" Hart (c) vs. Mr. Bob Backlund:
Yes, this is the big blow-off to the Backlund attack from two weeks ago. A Raw World Title Match, back when the World title never changed hands on non-PPV television. Diana Hart is in the crowd for some reason. Backlund fails at several leg sweeps and Bret applies a go behind waist lock, but Backlund makes the bottom rope. Greko Roman Knuckle Lock and Bret with another waist-lock. Backlund looks for the leg and is able to reverse. Hart with a takeover into an armbar, but Backlund reverses into a head scissors. Hart kicks out and applies a front headlock. Bret with another waist-lock and Backlund again makes it to the ropes. Diana is seriously not good looking when we get a close up of her. Backlund with a uniqe method of putting Hart down with a hammerlock, and Bret reverses into a waist lock. Commercial and Backlund is dumped outside the ring. Bret sling shots Backlund back into the ring and drives an elbow into the shoulder of Bob. Hart applies a wrist-lock and jerks the arm. Irish whip and Backlund is able to apply the Chicken-Wing, but Hart makes it to the middle rope. Backlund hangs the arm across the middle rope and starts to go into crazy old man mode. Backlund wraps the left of arm of Bret in the top rope and whips him hard across the ring. Backlund teases the crossface but Hart is able to back himself into the corner. Backlund with a snapmare and elbows the arm of Hart. Backlund continues working the arm by stomping across the elbow and taking Hart down with an armbar. Bret tries mounting a comeback but Backlund elbows him in the face and applies an armbar. Backlund goes for a slam but Hart falls on top for a two count. Hart with a small package gets another two count. Hart with a headbutt and we go to a commercial. Hart with a russian leg sweep gets a two count. Hart with a back breaker followed by an elbow drop from the second rope. Hart goes for the Sharpshooter, and in comes the Bulldog. Backlund applies a crossface and Bulldog attacks for the DQ at 9:47, and we get the double teaming on Bret. *** Another very good match, if it was a little on the boring side. Nowhere near as good as the Survivor Series '94 match, mainly because that got 35 minutes, but this wasn't bad for the amount of time. Nice to see two men actually WRESTLE on a wrestling show.

- We get a Bret Hart/British Bulldog tale of the tape-like segment hosted by Jim Ross on the "Ross Report". Clips from Summerslam '92 between Hart & Bulldog is used to study what key elements the two should use to come out victorious. For Bulldog to win, he must stay vertical, take no unnecessary chances, and exploit Bret's weaknesses from the previous match. For Hart to win, he should focus on Bulldog's legs, keep the Bulldog on the canvas, and ignore his personal feelings.

- Ahmed Johnson vs. Issac Yankem D.D.S:
From Superstars of Wrestling the day before the In Your House PPV. Johnson is getting pushed, Yankem isn't. Who goes over shouldn't be real mystery in this one. This one is going to suck hard. Yankem talks trash to Ahmed and hammers away with forearms. Backing up to the corner and Yankem whips Ahmed across the ring and connects with a clothesline. Irish whip and Ahmed reverses, and connects with a short arm clothesline followed by a funky pump kick. Ahmed catches the evil dentist with a nice powerslam, but misses an elbow drop. Yankem uses the ropes to work on the left arm of Johnson, and applies a knuckle-lock. Insert promo from Dean Douglas who threatens to paddle Ahmed. Yankem continues his boring attack until Ahmed no sells and catches him with an elbow to the jaw. Irish whip by Yankem, and Ahmed comes off the ropes with a shoulder tackle. Irish whip and Ahmed with a spinebuster. Ahmed signals for the end and puts Yankem away with the Pearl River Plunge, but Lawler runs in for the DQ at 3:10 as the referee was counting. DUD Double teaming from the heels until Ahmed no-sells some more and chases off the evil men with bad teeth.

- Memorable Moments of 1995:
Instead of doing these every time they mention one, I'll just put them all in one little section here, so I don't have to type the title over and over again.

1. Barry Horowitz getting a surprise victory over Bodydonna Skip (Chris Candido) on July 19th on an edition of the Action Zone. We were then introduced to the most annoying phrase ever: "HOROWITZ WINS HOROWITZ WINS! HOROWITZ WINS!" (Editor's note: more annoying than "Touchdown!! KAN-zassss City!!"?)
2. Ahmed Johnson slamming the 641 pound Yokozuna twice. On October 30th and November 19th on the 9th Annual Survivor Series. So wouldn't that be TWO memorable moments?
3. From the May 15th episode of Monday Night Raw, where Mr. Bob Backlund announces he is going to run for President of the United States, and he even has his own band playing hail to the Chief.
4. From In Your House on May 14th In Your House where some losers win a shitty house that probably was made with tooth picks.
5. From King Of The Ring on June 25th, where Bret Hart beat Jerry Lawler in a "Kiss My Foot" Match on one of the worst PPV's ever. Bret forces Lawler to kiss his own foot, which he said he hasn't washed for weeks... Yes, 1995 sucked.

Time for WWF Commercials. The 1st commercial is for WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game, one of the worst 16-bit WWF game ever. No, I'm not surprised it came out in 1995. The second commercial is with WWF Wrestlers dressed up as Santa. An Anti-Tobacco commercial where Harvey Wippleman plays the evil one. Razor Ramon, Hakushi, Ahmed Johnson, and a fat guy thats probably Yokozuna beat him up with their Santa bags, and Ramon gives him the Razors Edge.

- Time for what the WWF Superstars want for Christmas in the year Ninteen Hundred Ninety Five. Again, I'll just clump them up into a list form so it's easy to read, and doesn't break up anything else.

1. Barry Horowitz: He doesn't know at first, then says he wants Skip & Sunny in a Steel Cage.
2. Henry Godwinn: He grins revealing he doesn't have his two front teeth.
3. Sir Mo: He wants the Tag Team Titles.
4. Mable: He wants the Undertaker.
5. Cornette: He has everything, so he wants a box to put it all in.
6. Owen: All he wants is a little respect.
7. Droese: He wants a new garbage can, but never gets it.
8. Sunny: She wants a Mink coat and a Diamond ring.
9. Razor Ramon: New-old Cadillac.
10. Hakushi: Mumbles something in broken english.
11. Fatu: He doesn't know what he wants.
12. Hunter Hearst Helmsley: Anything that he wants.
13. Jerry Lawler: He doesn't care, as long as he gets more than he gives. Evil Chuckle Here.

- Final Thoughts: Pretty thin tape when it comes to Regular Television matches. A couple of good ones here, but everything else isn't must see T.V. Survivor Series 1995 though, was probably one of the better Pay-Per-Views of 1995 (which isn't saying much) and finally ended Diesel's reign of suck.

(Editor's Note: Judging by the timeframe, should we assume that the fabled RAW Bowl will lead off the next tape?!)

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