Triple Header Match: British Bulldog & Yokozuna vs. Shawn Michaels & Diesel
Every Title is on the Line
We get plenty of time wasting and tedious show boating from The Dudes With Attitude, before Michaels and Shawn finally lock up. It’s straight to full speed, as Shawn and Davey run ropes several times and dodge each other, the exchange ending in Bulldog being dumped out of the ring. Yoko runs in to mow Micheals down, but he also tumbles out as Diesel and Michael reign dominant in the ring just a few minutes in.
The heels regroup as Bulldog gets back in before tagging the monstrous Yokozuna. Michaels does a stupid sumo pose and takes the piss out of Yokozuna, Yoko charges, but Michaels ducks under, runs the ropes and is knocked flat by a stiff clothesline. Diesel’s in, but he’s flattened by Yokozuna as well. Diesel runs and hits a strong forearm, followed by a big boot to knock Yoko out of the ring for the second time. Bulldog clocks and pummels Diesel despite not getting a tag, he goes for a delayed vertical suplex but drops him flat. Bulldog repeats the spot and hits it this time, as he strands Diesel in the corner and starts to choke him out.
Diesel fights out of it and hits Bulldog with running clotheslines from corner to corner, before tagging HBK back in. Michaels climbs on Diesel’s shoulders and hits a crossbody from the top! No matter, Bulldog’s back to his feet, as he picks up Michaels and dumps him crotch first on the ropes, as the heels finally take advantage. He tags to Yoko who starts choking him with his foot, before a few stiff chops in the corner. He whips him to the over corner, and Michaels does the over-the-top turnbuckle selling.
Michaels finally crawls back in and is met by a great back body drop from Davey Boy Smith. The heels strand HBK in the heel corner for several minutes, as Yokozuna locks in another headlock, and Bulldog waves Mr. Fuji’s Japanese flag around, for some reason. After several other headlocks, arm drags and stalling, Yoko misses the Banzai drop and Michaels gets the obvious hot tag to Diesel. Big Daddy Cool dominates both men easily, and Yokozuna accidentally squishes Davey Boy in a goofy, stupid looking corner spot.
Diesel telegraphs the powerbomb, but Michael’s is busy dealing with Cornette and Yoko catches him from behind. HBK superkicks Yokozuna out of the ring, but Davey hits a power slam on Diesel, but Michaels breaks the count. The match breaks down even more and Owen Hart appears! He misses a top rope nothing and Diesel hits the Jack-Knife Powerbomb for the 3-count. Hmmm.
Winners: Diesel and Shawn Michaels
Well, we’ve got new tag-team champions, but they didn’t actually pin Bulldog or Yoko, the two men who were actually sanctioned in this match. We’ll have to see if it sticks on Raw. This match was a pretty generic tag-team affair, with a screwy ending tagged on for good measure. The finish was a bit pointless given that we’ve been told throughout the night that Owen isn’t here, which is effectively lying to us, while it makes Owen look completely incompetent, as he’s powerbomb’d and pinned immediately, seconds into his interference. At least it was interesting and not as predictable as War Games was.
