Savio Vega vs. Waylon Mercy
A surprisingly over Savio Vega comes out to a huge ovation shaking the hands of the Spanish commentary team before he enters the ring. They show a brief clip of the first In Your House, featuring Savio destroying several mid-carders in his debut. He’ll be facing the man who gave Rotunda the Bray Wyatt gimmick in recent years, known as Waylon Mercy.
Everything from the unwashed hair, the vest/ garish Hawaiian shirt combo, the southern voice, Waylon is remarkably similar to Bray Wyatt. Waylon offers a handshake to Vega, Vega accepts, but as soon as he turns his back, Waylon charges but only catches the turnbuckle. Savio takes the early offense beating Mercy from corner to corner with punches and chops, dodging all of his opponent’s offense. Vega goes for an arm drag but Waylon is clearly jumping to the mat, it’s far too obvious that Vega isn’t doing this. Vince remarks ‘That’s most unusual’. Good cover Vince.
Another botched arm drag, JR remarks ‘Waylon’s a southpaw, that’s why Savio is working hard on the left arm of Mercy’, great commentary by Jim, as usual. Waylon wipes out Savio with a lariat and starts chopping him on the outside, as Vince mentions Waylon’s undefeated streak in the WWF. Waylon whips Savio and slams him neck-first into the rope in a brutal looking move.
Dox Hendrix interrupts the match to appear on screen as he informs us that Owen Hart isn’t here for the main event, he’s at the hospital as his wife is giving birth. Interesting. Waylon sends Vega to the ropes and catches him in the sleeper hold, whilst doing his crazy, wide-eyed look. Savio surprisingly makes it to the buckle and is able to get free. Naturally, Waylon picks him up and does it again, but Vega hits a back bodydrop to survive. Both exchange awful punches, Savio hits a big boot to Waylon, and a spinning heel kick for a 2-count. Savio hits a RIDICULOUSLY GOOD bulldog for a 2-count.
Waylon kicks out and dominates the offense with several body slams, but Vega runs the ropes and hits another incredible spinning heel kick for the 3-count!
Winner: Savio Vega
That was a surprisingly good opener, both looked fairly strong from the match, the Waylon Mercy gimmick is gold, but it doesn’t pan out in the long run as Dan Spivey retires shortly after this pay-per-view due to sustained injuries. It’s a shame for sure, as the weak WWF roster in 1995 might have resulted in him having a monster push at some point. We cut to backstage as WWF President Gorilla Monsoon grills Jim Cornette about the whereabouts of Owen Hart for tonight’s main event. He says he’ll be there, as Sid comes out for his match.
