Diesel vs. The British Bulldog
WWF Championship
Diesel and Bulldog lock up, before immediately wasting time as they break, and circle each other in the ring. Bulldog runs the ropes, but gets clocked by Diesel. Bulldog tries it again, goes for a crossbody, but Diesel slams him, as Davey bails out of the ring to recuperate. Diesel rolls him back in and hits multiple running clotheslines from corner to corner, before wearing Davey down with a few stiff elbows. Davey retaliates with a strike to the quad (but no tear), but he does hit a great dropkick to send Diesel out.
Diesel stares down Hart and shoves him, but Bulldog takes advantage from behind. Bulldog then stares down Bret, before rolling Big Daddy Cool back in. The fans chant avidly for Diesel as Davey gets to work on the left ankle. Bulldog grabs both legs and goes for a weird semi-hold, but breaks it to stomp on the head of Nash anyway. Cornette joins in with a crafty elbow and a few stomps to Diesel, as he’s down on the outside.
Davey rolls Diesel back in and locks in a half-Boston Crab, before bailing on the hold yet again to stop his knee instead. Bulldog now puts on the full Boston Crab. Diesel starts to come back, but Bulldog drops it before he can escape, before stomping Diesel back down to the matt.
The next ten minutes of the match plays out the same way as you’d expect, Diesel teasing multiple come backs with Davey stopping him each time, before a dozen more restholds, I won’t bore you with the details. We get the eventual finish as Davey and Diesel are both down on the outside after finishers attempts, as he slaps the face of Bret Hart. Bulldog runs back in the ring, as Bret follows him and slaps the shit out of Davey Boy, as Hebner calls for the bell.
Winner by Disqualication: British Bulldog
And so our long and arduous main event for the world title ends with a shitty DQ finish, as Diesel and Bret brawl awkwardly in the ring with multiple refs trying to break them up. Eventually jobbers galore try to separate the two men as Vince thanks us for watching. This match was awful, partially because it was incredibly slow, partially because it made Diesel look weak and Bulldog look moronic.
Why did Bulldog bother to slap Hart when he was most likely going to win the world title? Why was Hart more annoyed at Diesel afterwards? This was both boring and nonsensical at best.
As for In Your House #4 as a whole, it was a night of boring wrestling and nonsensical finishes. The tag match with Kid and Razor was entertaining, but we already know the result as soon as the match starts. They well and truly buried Dean Douglas, Goldust came out to a mediocre debut, while a young Hunter Hearst Helmsley managed to wrestle a good match out of Fatu. Ultimately, there’s not one match that this show is worth watching for, and there isn’t one appealing angle or feud that’s worth following out of this.
That’s it for this time, be sure to join me in my next review for Halloween Havoc ’95, as Big Show and Hogan face-off in monster trucks!
