World Wrestling Federation House Show
Date: 8/1/1993
From: Germany
Opening Contest: Tito Santana vs. The Predator: Predator works over Santana with strikes and a shoulder block at the start. Santana catapults Predator across the ring and arm drags Predator towards the ropes. Predator complains of a mask pull. Predator wants to shake hands, but Santana isn’t all that interested. Santana atomic drops Predator and arm drags Predator to the floor. Predator gains control with a wrist lock, but Santana counters. Santana kicks Predator away to hit an arm drag and Predator goes to the apron. Santana regains control with an arm bar. Predator tries for a hip toss, but Santana hip tosses Predator and keeps an arm bar on Predator. Predator sends Santana through the ropes to the floor. Predator stomps Santana on the mat and taunts the crowd. Predator chokes Santana over the middle rope and splashes Santana over the middle rope. Predator scoop slams Santana for a two count. Predator sends Santana into the corner and delivers a clothesline causing Santana to drop to the mat. Predator comes out of the corner to hit a leg drop. Predator covers, but Santana kicks out at two. Predator keeps Santana on the mat with a sleeper. Santana tries to break free, but Predator yanks Santana down to the mat. Santana fights to his feet and counters with a top wrist lock, but Predator quickly regains control of the match. Predator stomps on Santana several times. Predator cuts Santana off with a clothesline for a two count. Santana elbows Predator followed by right hands to gain momentum. Santana boots a charging Predator in the corner followed by strikes to the midsection. Santana dropkicks Predator to the mat. Santana scoop slams Predator and nails Predator with a running knee lift. Santana nails Predator with a leaping forearm smash for the win. (*. Predator didn’t do the greatest while in control of the match. Santana had some solid offense and his fire came across well with the Germany crowd reacting strongly. But, as an opener this wasn’t very good.)
Second Contest: Owen Hart vs. Papa Shango: Owen controls Shango with a side headlcok, but Shango sends Owen into the ropes and misses a clothesline. Owen tries for a crossbody, but Shango catches Owen to deliver a backbreaker. Owen fights back with a wrist lock, but Shango sends Owen into the ropes and misses a dropkick as Owen holds onto the ropes. Owen keeps Shango on the mat with an arm bar. Shango sends Owen into the ropes and Owen nails Shango with a kick to the head. Shango counters a hip toss with a strike to the chest and stomps Owen on the mat. Shango bites Owen’s forehead in the corner. Shango sends Owen into ropes and delivers a strike to the throat for a near fall. Shango knocks Owen to the mat and keeps control with a chin lock. Owen fights free with elbows, but is met with a knee lift to the midsection. Shango dumps Owen to the floor. Shango hits Owen over the back with a strike on the floor. They get back into the ring with Shango rams Owen into the corner. Shango rams Owen into the corner a few times. Shango runs into a boot in the corner. Shango misses a splash and Owen continues with strikes in the corner. Owen pummels Shango with right hands in the corner several times. Owen backdrops Shango coming off the ropes. Owen nails Shango with a spinning heel kick for a two count. Owen heads to the top rope and hits a crossbody, but Shango rolls through and pins Owen for the win. (*. Similar to the opening contest, there wasn’t much to this one. It’s a bit of a shock that Shango managed to pickup a win since the character doesn’t stick around much longer and by the winter Owen is involved in a major angle with Bret.)
Third Contest: Tatanka vs. Bam-Bam Bigelow: Tatanka knocks Bigelow to the floor with strikes during his entrance. Bigelow returns to the ring and stomps Tatanka on the mat to gain control. Bigelow shoulder blocks Tatanka coming off the ropes, but Tatanka responds with a few strikes. Bigelow delivers another shoulder block as Tatanka comes off the ropes. Bigelow misses a clothesline and Tatanka delivers a shoulder block and dropkick. Tatanka comes off the ropes with a crossbody. Tatanka chops Bigelow several times into the corner. Bigelow runs into an elbow in the corner and Tatanka delivers a few clotheslines with Bigelow dropping on the third clothesline for a two count. Bigelow strikes Tatanka in the midsection and a strike over the back. Bigelow sends Tatanka into the ropes, but Tatanka plants Bigelow with a DDT. Tatanka heads to the top rope missing a crossbody attempt. Bigelow delivers a falling headbutt and keeps control with standing headbutt against the ropes. Bigelow nails Tatanka with a standing dropkick for a two count. Bigelow sends Tatanka to the floor, but Tatanka returns to the ring before the count of three. Tatanka fights back with strikes out of the corner, but an eye rake stops Tatanka. bigelow splashes Tatanka in the corner.
Bigelow sends Tatanka into the corner, but runs into a boot. Tatanka gets out of a Samoan Drop, but Bigelow sits down onto Tatanka. Bigelow stomps Tatanka several times on the mat and taunts the crowd. Tatanka fights back with strikes, but Bigelow cuts Tatanka off with a headbutt and a leaping headbutt off the ropes for a two count. Bigelow puts a sleeper on Tatanka in the middle of the ring. Tatanka refuses to let his arm drop three times. Tatanka begins to get a burst of energy and elbows free from Bigelow. Tatanka delivers a few overhand strikes, but an eye rake stops Tatanka. Bigelow rams Tatanka into the corner, but Tatanka goes on the War Dance until Bigelow nails Tatanka with a kick to the back of the head. Tatanka ducks a clothesline and nails Bigelow with a few overhand strikes to knock Bigelow through the ropes to the floor. On the floor, Tatanka hits the End of the Trail and wins the match by count-out. After the match, Bigelow attacks Tatanka and tosses a referee to the floor. Bigelow tried to cut Tatanka’s hair, but was stopped. (**1/2. Compared to the other two matches there was some actual good wrestling taking place here. They tend to tour Germany often and this allows for another showdown between the two and have it mean a little more. These two tend to work fairly well with each other and that continued here.)
Fourth Contest: WWF Tag Team Champions Steiner Brothers vs. The Headshrinkers: Headshrinkers attack before the bell as the Steiner’s were posing for the fans. Steiner’s are sent to the floor, but they return quickly and hit overhead belly to belly suplexs to send the challengers to the floor. Samu headbutts Scott to gain the advantage and hits a clothesline in the corner. Scott fights back with a double under hook powerbomb. Samu staggers and is punched by Rick on the apron. Scott arm drags Samu and keeps arm control. Rick tags into the match and puts an arm bar on Samu. Scott returns to the match and takes Samu down to the mat before tagging Rick back into the match. Rick is backed into the corner and Fatu enters, but Rick backs off and there’s a standoff between the two teams. Samu wants a test of strength with Rick, but they stall for a bit. Fatu does the test of strength with Rick and they struggle until Fatu delivers a strike to the midsection and overhand strikes. Rick avoids a clothesline and powerslams Fatu. Samu goes to the floor to check on Fatu. Samu works over Scott with strikes and bites Scott’s forehead. Samu chokes Scott in the corner and Fatu uses the tag rope to choke Scott as Rick is distracting the referee. Scott continues to be double teamed in the corner. Samu keeps a nerve hold on Scott for a few moments.
Scott elbows free, but is yanked back down to the mat. Scott is double teamed in the corner with a flurry of strikes by the challengers. Scott boots Fatu in the corner and delivers a clothesline to turn Fatu inside out. Scott tries to tag in Rick, but Samu prevents the tag. Samu misses a splash attempt in the corner and hits the post. Scott crawls towards the corner and tags in Rick. Rick nails Fatu with a clothesline and does the same to Samu. Rick rams the Headshrinkers into each other, but they no sell and headbutt Rick. Samu clotheslines Fatu and Rick gets a rollup on Samu to win the match. After the match, Rick is nailed by a savant kick, but Scott makes the save. (**. Kind of a lackluster finish, but the fluke nature of the win sort of protects the Headshrinkers. These two teams are capable of a lot more and WrestleMania IX is a perfect example of that.)
Fifth Contest: Brutus Beefcake vs. Terry Taylor: Beefcake wants to shake hands, but fakes Taylor out and struts in the ring. Taylor backs Beefcake into a corner. Taylor gains control with a wrist lock. Beefcake counters and gets wrist control on the mat. Taylor goes to the ropes to break the hold. Beefcake gets out of a headlock, but Taylor pulls Beefcake down to the mat and gains control with a hammerlock. Beefcake elbows Taylor and comes off the ropes with a shoulder block. Beefcake takes Taylor down to the mat with a headlock. Beefcake controls Taylor on the mat with a side headlock. Taylor sends Beefcake into the ropes and delivers a hop toss. Beefcake kicks Taylor away and delivers a scoop slam. Beefcake controls Taylor on the mat with another side headlock. Taylor backs Beefcake into a corner and delivers a shoulder ram followed by a strike. Santana decks Taylor with a right hand and boots a charging Taylor. Taylor cuts Santana off with a clothesline for a two count. Santana kicks Taylor and keeps control with a headlock on the mat. Taylor eye rakes Beefcake and delivers a scoop slam to gain control followed by a knee drop and stomps Beefcake on the mat. Taylor drives Beefcake down to the mat with a backbreaker for a two count. Taylor controls Beefcake on the mat with a neck vice. Beefcake doesn’t give up, though.
Beefcake elbows Taylor, but is met with an elbow coming off the ropes for a two count. Taylor taunts the fans on the middle rope and delivers a splash for a near fall. Beefcake sunset flips Taylor and yanks Taylor’s trunks down leading to a near fall. Taylor jabs Beefcake in the face (which has metal plates, so that shouldn’t hurt?) and chokes Beefcake over the middle rope. Beefcake fights back with a few strikes to the midsection, but Taylor eye rakes Beefcake. Beefcake elbows Taylor charging the corner. Beefcake punches Taylor several times out of the corner. Beefcake decks Taylor to the mat a few times. Taylor tries to escape, but is brought back into the ring. Beefcake backdrops Taylor and continues with strikes in the corner. Beefcake rams Taylor several times in the corner head first. Beefcake locks in a sleeper hold, but Taylor sends Beefcake into the corner chest first. Taylor kicks Beefcake to the mat and covers for a two count even with his feet on the ropes. Beefcake gets a rollup on Taylor for a two count. Beefcake runs the ropes to hit a crossbody for a near fall. Beefcake nails Taylor with a high knee lift to pin Taylor for the win. (*. For the most part there was nothing that happened here, at all. Beefcake isn’t very good and Taylor can only do so much with a limited worker such as Beefcake at this point. The crowd did seem to eat up Beefcake, though.)
Sixth Contest: Bastion Booger vs. Jim Duggan: Duggan plays to the crowd to stall for a bit. They lockup, but they backoff and have a standoff. Booger backs Duggan into the ropes, but they counter each other a few times. Booger strikes Duggan and ducks an elbow. Duggan clotheslines Booger a few times to stagger Booger. Duggan ends up clotheslining Booger to the floor. Duggan jabs Booger several times and knocks Booger to the mat. Duggan kicks Booger on the mat and delivers a strike. Booger decks Duggan over the back with an axe handle. Booger chokes Duggan over the middle rope. Booger chokes Duggan some more over the middle rope. Booger punches Duggan over the middle rope and chokes Duggan for a moment. Booger eye pokes Duggan to keep the advantage. Booger locks in a bearhug in the middle of the ring. Duggan gets the fans behind him and fights out of a bearhug, but Booger knocks Duggan to the mat. Duggan fights back with a series of punches in the corner. Booger decks Duggan with something around his fist, but misses a splash. Duggan tries for a slam and successfully slams Booger! Duggan nails Booger with a running clothesline to win the match. (1/2*. Booger can’t do much more than eye pokes and punches. Duggan is at least entertaining, but he was handcuffed here from producing anything of quality.)
Main Event: WWF World Champion Yokozuna vs. Hulk Hogan: Hogan rams Yoko into Fuji and knocks Yoko to the floor to finish off his entrance and posing for the crowd. They lockup and Hogan shoves Yoko into the corner and taunts Yoko with some posing. Yoko shoves Hogan into a corner, but Hogan comes right after Yoko. Yoko works over Hogan with strikes, but Hogan responds with overhand chops and a kick to the chest. Hogan tries for a slam, but Yoko doesn’t move and strikes Hogan over the back a few times. Yoko strikes Hogan in the corner to maintain the advantage. Yoko forearms Hogan over the back to keep the advantage. Yoko headbutts Hogan to the mat. Yoko comes off the ropes, but misses an elbow drop. Hogan responds with right hands and backs Yoko into the corner. Hogan bites Yoko’s forehead in the corner and pummels Yoko with right hands. Hogan throat thrusts Yoko and delivers a clothesline in the corner. Hogan continues with strikes to stagger Yoko. Yoko doesn’t go down and Fuji distracts Hogan from the floor. Yoko stops Hogan with a throat thrust. Yoko chokes Hogan over the middle rope to keep the advantage. Yoko pulls back on the ropes and Hogan staggers to the corner. Yoko controls Hogan by choking the Hulkster.
Yoko headbutts Hogan in the corner followed by a chop to the chest. Hogan staggers and falls through the ropes to the floor. Yoko taunts the crowd as Hogan struggles to return to the ring. Yoko overhand strikes Hogan on the mat and delivers a forearm drop. Yoko keeps a nerve hold on Hogan, but Hogan doesn’t submit. Hogan tries to fight free, but Yoko overhand strikes Hogan to keep the advantage with a nerve hold on the mat. Yoko keeps Hogan on the mat, but Hogan prevents his arm from dropping three times. Hogan elbows free from the nerve hold. Hogan comes off the ropes to deliver a few clotheslines, but Yoko recovers and nails Hogan with a clothesline of his own. Yoko follows up with a big splash, but Hogan kicks out and begins to Hulk Up. Hogan no sells a few strikes by Yoko. Hogan fights back with several right hands. Hogan big boots Yoko and continues with right hands. Yoko falls to the mat after another big boot. Hogan hits the leg drop, but Fuji gets in the ring to cause a disqualification. After the match, Hogan decks Fuji and hits Yoko with the megaphone causing Yoko to fall through the ropes to the floor. (*1/2. There was never going to be a clean finish, but the crowd was hot for it and the formula match wasn’t too bad. Hogan did make Yoko look fairly strong, but in the end the Hulkster comes across as the superior wrestler.)
Final Thoughts:
Thankfully this show was edited on YouTube to a slimmed down 1hr 10min runtime as it was mostly the in-ring action. It’s not a good show as the action leaves a lot to be desired, but the Germany crowd loved the action there’s no doubt about that. I was mostly interested in this since it’s near the end of Hogan’s WWF run as he never worked TV after KOTR ’93 and only did house shows before departing for WCW next year. He looked very slim compared to previous years.
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