1996-10-14 WWF Raw - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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We comprehensively reviewed this edition of Raw on episode #153 of the Malapert Smark Podcast with Vlad "The Wrestling Expert" and Robert "The Frozen Asian." YouTube Link:
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STORYLINES:
(1) Jake "The Snake" Swerves Jerry Lawler, Pretending To Be Drunk and Squashing Lawler Easily!
Participants:
Details:
-Jerry Lawler, conspicuous by his absence on commentary to open the show, will be facing Jake Roberts later...
-Lawler cuts promo in the ring before the match. Jake comes out but looks drunk, confirming Lawler's accusations. WWF President Gorilla Monsoon enters to check on Jake, who secretly tells Gorilla it's a ruse. The match starts as planned.
-Match: Jerry Lawler vs Jake "The Snake". Jake wins with a kick to the stomach and a DDT.
Winner: Jake
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
⭐️Vlad: I like the Gorillas face when he found out Jake was sober.
⭐️Robert:
(2) Stone Cold vs Shawn Michaels Has Inconclusive Ending As Vader & Sid Crash the Party
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Phineas Godwinn, Henry O Godwinn (who brought a dog), "Razor Ramon", "Diesel"
-> This will include multiple storylines crossing, as Stone Cold & HBK's highly promoted match is crashed by Vader & Sid, leading to all parties involved fighting to end the show..
-> Stone Cold took this chance to take a swipe at an absent Bret Hart in a promo, saying since Bret never shows, he'll beat the guy who beat Bret tonight...
Details:
-Video Package opening the show highlights Stone Cold's rise, and HBK's recent struggles with everyone after the champion...
-Replay: Vader & Sid drama from last week...
-Match: Vader vs Phineas Godwinn (w/Henry & a dog)...
Enter Sid to jaw jack with Vader.
Winner: Vader.
-Post match, Cornette enters to celebrate with his client...
-Backstage, Stone Cold is interviewed by the commentators, and cuts a promo on Bret Hart, who is not there, but has been defeated by Shawn Michaels, as Austin points out.
-Match: Stone Cold vs Shawn Michaels...
Cornette cut a promo with Vader in the back during the match.
Sid also cut a promo with in the back during the match.
Enter Vader... ref calls for DQ despite Vader not actually striking Michaels.
-Afterbirth: Stone Cold and Vader continue attack on Michaels.
Enter Savio Vega to fight Stone Cold...
Enter Sid to help Michaels, but Michaels doesn't know Sid is there to help him...
As fighting continues, Sid & Michaels get on the same page to put the heels out of the ring and celebrate together... Also, for some reason, the "new" Diesel & Razor were there to watch the proceedings from the entrance way, but did not get involved...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Why was Stone Cold not mad at Vader for ruining his match?
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
⭐️Kayhan (Further comments March 29, 2025): Ok so I just watched the following Superstars and JR and Mr Perfect on commentary discuss why Diesel and Razor were at this match. This is during "Razor's" match against Bob Holly... Perfect speculates that maybe theyre just taking a look at the top level talent... although JR did at least mention he was curious about it...So there was somewhat of a follow up to this...
(3) Mr. Perfect is Ready For Next Week's Return, Once Again Steals HHH's Girl and Nails Him In The Face Too!
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Freddy Joe Floyd
Details:
-JR interviews Mr Perfect in the ring who asks how ready Perfect is for his return. Perfect says he'll prove it next week that he's the greatest athlete the WWF has ever produced...
-Later,
Match: HHH (w/ an escort) vs Freddy Joe Floyd... HHH this time tries to handcuff his escort to the ring to ensure she isn't stolen.
Enter Mr. Perfect to take HHH's escort again. He gets the handcuff key's from a security guard. This time, HHH stays focused and wins the match as Perfect is walking out with his girl.
-Afterbirth: HHH runs down the ramp to stop Perfect but gets clocked in the face. The girl is worried for HHH but Perfect whisks her away.
-Commercial airs, promoting next week's match
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Why did that security guard have the handcuff key? are all handcuff keys the same?
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(4) Road Dogg Reveals Jeff Jarrett's Promises To Him, Only To Be Abandoned... Plans To Re Release "With My Baby Tonight"...
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Road Dogg cutting promo on the Jeff Jarrett incident in match with Shawn Michaels, and how it caused Jarrett to abandon Road Dogg, who he promised to take out of the dive he found him in. Road Dogg didn't want to follow him out of the WWF, so here we are... He also discusses re releasing the song Jarrett stole from him and took credit as his own.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(5) Although Recently Split, Farooq & Sunny Maintain Loose Relationship
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
The Pug
Details:
-Sunny cuts an in ring promo putting herself over and reveals a new Sunny banner.
-Match: Farooq vs The Pug. Sunny joins commentary for this match, and explains that although she has amicably split with Farooq, they may still work together at time...
Winner Farooq.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(6) Fourth Round of Cemetery Promos 6 Days Ahead of Buried Alive Match
Participants:
Details:
-Offsite, Mankind & Paul Bearer cut promo in a cemetery.
-Offsite, Undertaker cuts promo in a cemetery.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
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Other:
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(A) A replay was shown of Ahmed Johnson & Farooq arguing over the phone this past Saturday on Livewire.
Link to Livewire (10/12) Review:
https://malapert-smark.blogspot.com/2025/03/1996-10-12-wwf-livewire-review.html
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