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WWE / WWF Monday Night Raw April 05, 1993, taped from the Manhattan Center in New York. Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Randy Savage. They tease that Rob Bartlett is still stuck in Las Vegas following Wrestlemania.

TV Rating: Ratings Weren’t Released Until 1995, likely in the high 1.0’s low 2.0’s.

Quick Results:
Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Virgil
Bob Backlund defeated Kim Chee
Damien Demento defeated Jim Brunzell
The Steiner Brothers defeated The Beverly Brothers
Jerry “The King” Lawler defeated Jim Powers

Full Report
Opening footage from backstage following WrestleMania IX of Gene Okerlund interviewing Yokozuna & Mr. Fuji, with Fuji saying they have protested to WWF President Jack Tunney claiming because there was no written contract between Yoko and Hulk Hogan then Hogan’s title win shouldn’t be allowed; included the announcement WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS would face the Bushwhackers the following week but the match ended up not taking place.

Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Virgil with the diving headbutt at 6:59.

Bob Backlund pinned Kim Chee at 3:58 with a bridge.

Damien Demento pinned Jim Brunzell at 5:07 with the jumping kneedrop; during the bout, Rob Bartlett called in to Vince McMahon and Randy Savage on the phone, calling from Las Vegas, wondering why no one was at Raw the previous week; Bartlett then said he had no money and was stuck in Vegas; McMahon hung up on him, claiming there was a bad connection, when Bartlett asked for help getting back.

Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Beverly Brothers at around 11:30 when Scott pinned Blake with the Frankensteiner.

Jerry Lawler pinned Jim Powers at 6:16 with the piledriver and using the tights for leverage; the bout was to have taken place earlier in the night on two separate occasions but Lawler walked out each time after a chant of ‘Burger King’ began; after the bout, Vince McMahon conducted a ringside interview with Lawler in which Lawler made several comments directed at Randy Savage; Savage responded by standing up from his commentary seat but the show ended before anything else occurred (Lawler’s free-TV in-ring debut).