A running back elbow gets Michaels another nearfall.Īs the crowd chants his name, Ramon makes a comeback with a series of clubbing blows but he runs right into a sleeperhold. Michaels pounds away in the corner before dragging Ramon’s forehead across the top rope. With Ramon lying prone on the apron, Michaels connects with a running elbow. When we return, we see Diesel roll Razor back into the ring. The pair exchange nearfalls in the ring before Michaels uses Ramon’s own momentum to throw him over the top rope and to the outside.Īs the referee checks on Michaels, Diesel drops Ramon with a clothesline as we head to another break. According to McMahon, this is Michaels’ first match since WrestleMania and he wonders if he picked up a back injury in that match. Ramon catches Michaels in a bearhug in the middle of the ring as a concerned Diesel looks on at ringside. Ramon applies an Abdominal Stretch in the middle of the ring but a rake to the eyes breaks the hold.Ī series of elbows staggers Ramon but Michaels puts his head down and has his face rammed into the mat. Ramon catches him and throws him from the top. When we return from the break, we see a replay of the slingshot before Michaels heads up top. A couple of elbows from Ramon breaks it up, Michaels attempts a dropkick but is caught and Ramon slingshots him up and over to the outside. It’s now the time for Michaels to slow things down as he applies a reverse chinlock. But Michaels gets one of his own with a clothesline. Ramon gets a nearfall, with a backslide, out of nowhere. With the referee distracted by Michaels, Diesel chokes Ramon on the middle rope. Michaels follows up with a big right hook. Ramon is whipped into the ropes and Michaels connects with a dropkick for a nearfall. An Irish whip is reversed but Michaels leapfrogs Ramon and continues to work on the man who will face Diesel for the IC title at SummerSlam. Michaels fights back and hits a succession of forearms on Ramon. Ramon applies an arm bar as we slow the pace down a bit. Michaels attempts a crossbody off the second turnbuckle but is caught and Ramon hits a fallaway slam for a nearfall. He hammers away on Ramon, driving him face-first into the top turnbuckle. Ramon, though, then puts head down and a spinning neckbreaker puts the Heartbreak Kid back in control. He stops Ramon in his tracks with a thumb to the eye and comes in off the top but only connects with Ramon’s fist. Michaels tries to re-enter the ring several times but is knocked off the apron. Michaels dodges a couple of clotheslines then pulls Ramon down by his feet but walks into a big right hook and is whipped into the corner and up over the top to the outside. Savage tell us we’re looking at a ring full of the Next Generation. Match 1: Shawn Michaels (w/ WWF Intercontinental Champion Diesel) vs. We then see pre-recorded clips of the two threatening the other.Īfter the title sequence, we cut to ringside and Vince McMahon is back on commentary, where he’s joined by Macho Man Randy Savage – who welcomes McMahon back to Raw. We start with a video promo hyping the match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon by showing footage from their WrestleMania X ladder match and the resumption of their feud two weeks ago on Raw. WWF Tag Team Champions: The Headshrinkers Today we take in the episode of Raw from 1 August 1994 with Shawn Michaels facing Razor Ramon and Bull Nakano, Alundra Blayze and the Smokin’ Gunns all in action. Welcome to the latest edition of ‘ Raw Rewind‘.