More Various Questions from TBG

[True Brit Grit]

Things I've always wondered:

Why did the Headshrinkers have to drop the tag titles to HBK and BDC the night before SummerSlam '94? Was it anything more than to make the two of them look better?

Royal Rumble 1994 - Owen & Bret v Quebeckers. This started out as a tag title match before the Quebeckers lost the titles to 123 Kid and Marty Janetty, thus making the match a non-title one. They then won them back the week before the Rumble, making it a title match again. Any reason for the switch?

WrestleMania XIII - Was Sid really not supposed to have kicked out of Hogan's leg-drop, as I've heard rumoured so many times?

From first match to last - how long was SummerSlam 1992? And I don't mean how long was the videotape, I mean does anyone know how long the show lasted? I know some bouts were bonus matches, but at the first match (involving Hacksaw et al) it was beaming of early afternoon sunshine. Come the end of the Bulldog/Bret match - it was pitch black, and in summertime here that doesn't happen till around 10:00-10:30pm in August. I doubt the show was eight hours long but there must be some explanation?

Was Monday Night Raw a 2 hour show when it first started in 1993?


Many thanks if any of you can help with any one or more of those.... Just small things that are bugging me.

[Xero]

Only know two...

Sid wasn't supposed to kick out as far as I know. Apparently Papa Shango made the run-in too late and he was forced to kick out.

RAW started out as as a one hour show. I'm not 100% sure when they made the 2 hour leap. I THINK it was 1997 but it may have been earlier.

[mrslackalack]

Why did the Headshrinkers have to drop the tag titles to HBK and BDC the night before SummerSlam '94? Was it anything more than to make the two of them look better?

It was because Samu was about to leave the WWF. He was replaced by Sionne (The Barbarian)

Royal Rumble 1994 - Owen & Bret v Quebeckers. This started out as a tag title match before the Quebeckers lost the titles to 123 Kid and Marty Janetty, thus making the match a non-title one. They then won them back the week before the Rumble, making it a title match again. Any reason for the switch?

Id say they did it for one of 3 reasons

1, An upset win for Kid/Janetty
2. Kid/Janetty had been getting pushed as a team prior to this time and had been the sole survivors in their SS 93 match so this was to see how they would do as tag champs
3. They did the switch to promote the rematch at MSG which attendace had been down

WrestleMania XIII - Was Sid really not supposed to have kicked out of Hogan's leg-drop, as I've heard rumoured so many times?

Xero is right

From first match to last - how long was SummerSlam 1992? And I don't mean how long was the videotape, I mean does anyone know how long the show lasted? I know some bouts were bonus matches, but at the first match (involving Hacksaw et al) it was beaming of early afternoon sunshine. Come the end of the Bulldog/Bret match - it was pitch black, and in summertime here that doesn't happen till around 10:00-10:30pm in August. I doubt the show was eight hours long but there must be some explanation?

It was a little bit over 3 hours. The total in ring wrestling action on the entire card was 2 hrs and 4 minutes long. Plus you have to calculate in wrestler entrances and interviews plujs Roddy Piper playing Scotland the Brave

Was Monday Night Raw a 2 hour show when it first started in 1993?

Xero is right. (RAW was one hr long from 93 till it went to 2 Hrs in early 97, I am not for sure but I think the 2 hr RAW started in Feb.)

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