1995 WWF (RR2004)

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The following is a WWF circuit from the 1995 era using Rick's rules from 2004. The initial roster featured 20 wrestlers.

Faces: Bret Hart, The Undertaker, The Allied Powers, The 1-2-3 Kid, Bob Holly, Diesel, Razor Ramon, and the Smoking Gunns.

Heels: Bob Backlund, Sid, Bam Bam Bigelow, King Kong Bundy, Jeff Jarrett, Owen Hart, Yokozuna, Shawn Michaels, and Well Dunn.

Bret Hart is the franchise wrestler, signed to 52 cards. All others are signed to 26 card contracts.

I'll start by posting a recap of January 1995.

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January 1995

The very first match in the history of the circuit was a tag team match between The Smoking Gunns and Well Dunn. While not the highest quality match, it still got the fans excited. In the end, Well Dunn won the match on a disqualification. Also on this card, Razor Ramon defeated Shawn Michaels in an excellent **** match. Also on this card, The Undertaker defeated Sid in a No-Disqualification Match with The Tombstone, and in the main event, Bret Hart pinned Mr. Bob Backlund. The stage was set!

The next week would feature the WWF Tag Team Title tournament. But before that, Bret Hart teamed with The Undertaker to defeat Mr. Backlund and Sid in a tag team I Quit Match. The match ended when Backland submitted to The Undertaker's dragon sleeper. From there, the tag team tournament! The finals saw the unusual team of Yokozuna and Shawn Michaels defeat Bam Bam Bigelow & King Kong Bundy to win the titles.

The next week saw The Smoking Gunns issue an open tag team challenge, which was accepted by the team of The Executioner and The Brooklyn Brawler! The match ended when The Brawler pinned Bart after a reverse neckbreaker. In other action, The Undertaker defeated Mr. Backlund and Sid defeated Bret Hart, both matches ending with a choke slam. The main event featured a rematch for the WWF Tag Team Titles, where Bigelow & Bundy won the titles from Michaels & Yokozuna when Bundy pinned Michaels after The Atlantic City Avalanche.

In the final event of the month, Jeff Jarrett defeated The 1-2-3 Kid by submission in an excellent match, and the team of Backlund & Sid defeated Bret & Undertaker, with Owen Hart acting as the special referee. Backlund locked in the Crossface Chicken Wing, and Owen ignored the fact that Bret kept his arm up on the third check!

In January we saw a couple of stellar wrestling matches, new tag team champions crowned, and the development of situations including Bret Hart, Mr. Backlund, The Undertaker, and Sid.

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February 1995

This month began with qualifying matches for the WWF Title Tournament. Yokozuna, Diesel, and King Kong Bundy all qualified on the first week. The main event of that first show in February saw Bret Hart defeat Mr. Backlund by disqualification.

The qualifying continued the follow week. Davey Boy Smith, Steven Dunn, The 1-2-3 Kid, and Bret Hart all won qualifying matches to gain entry into The WWF Title Tournament. On the card, Bigelow & Bundy were able to successfully defend the WWF Tag Team Titles against the Smoking Gunns, and The Undertaker defeated Sid in a Tables Match in the main event.

The road to the WWF Title Tournament continues! In a tag team match involving wrestlers who have already qualified, Steven Dunn & Yokozuna teamed up to defeat Bret Hart & Diesel. In other action, the WWF Tag Team Champions, King Kong Bundy & Bam Bam Bigelow defeated The 1-2-3 Kid and Bob Holly. In the main event, Timothy Well won a Last Chance Battle Royal to become the 8th and final entrant into the tournament. He won by last eliminating The Undertaker.

And on to the tournament! In Round 1 action, Bret Hart defeated Steven Dunn, The 1-2-3 Kid defeated King Kong Bundy with a small package, Diesel pinned Timothy Well, and in a tremendous feat of strength, Davey Boy Smith pinned Yokozuna after a Running Powerslam! In the next round, The 1-2-3 Kid pulled off another upset when he pinned Bret Hart with The Moonsault and Davey Boy Smith pinned Diesel after The Running Powerslam! In the finals, the British Bulldog hit his third Running Powerslam of the night to pin The 1-2-3 Kid and win The WWF Title!

[tommybrownell]

DBS is your NEW WWF Champeen!

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Yep. We better loop his theme about six times in a row!

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March 1995

And the action continued into the month of March! To start things off, the tag team combination of Razor Ramon and Diesel defeated Shawn Michaels & Yokozuna to earn a future shot at the WWF tag team titles. In other action, Bret Hart pinned Owen Hart with a German Suplex in an excellent match, and in the main event of the first card, Davey Boy Smith retained the WWF Title against the 1-2-3 Kid, polishing him off with the Running Powerslam.

The following week, the action again kicked off with a #1 contender's match, but this time for the WWF title! In the match, Bret Hart defeated Sid when Mr. Backlund interfered on Sid's behalf. In the main event, Bigelow & Bundy retained the titles over Razor & Diesel when Bigelow pinned Diesel.

In the third card of the month, things began with Jeff Jarrett defeated Lex Luger by submission. Later in the evening, the team of Yokozuna & Shawn Michaels defeated The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly in a falls count anywhere match, when Michaels pinned Kid after a flying elbowdrop in mid-arena! Finally, in the main event, Davey Boy Smith, The British Bulldog, retained the WWF Title when he pinned Bret Hart after the Running Powerslam.

In the final card of the month, the situation between Yokozuna & Michaels and Kid & Holly continued. In this match, a Towel Match, Kid defeated Shawn Michaels when Yokozuna threw in the towel for him. In other action, the combination of Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart defeated Bret Hart in a handicap match when Owen made Bret submit to The Sharpshooter. In the final match of the month, Bigelow & Bundy agreed to defend the tag team titles against Billy Gunn and a mystery partner, and Billy said it would not be Bart Gunn! Imagine the surprise when Billy announced his partner - The Undertaker! After about 5 minutes of action, Billy rolled up Bigelow with the inside cradle, and Billy Gunn & The Undertaker are the NEW WWF Tag Team Champions!

[tommybrownell]

Davey Boy Smith is on a roll...and Billy Gunn and The Undertaker?!?!

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Quite the odd pairing, isn't it? I haven't mentioned them much, but the Smoking Gunns were REALLY struggling at this point, so in a lot of ways, this just what Billy Gunn needed!

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April 1995

April began with a tag team match. Recall that in March, Bret Hart lost a handicap match against Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett. Well, this time, Razor Ramon agreed to tag up with Bret as he went for revenge. Worked out well for them, as Razor pinned Owen after The Razor's Edge. In other action, The 1-2-3 Kid pinned Shawn Michaels with a flying bodypress in a great match, and Davey Boy Smith successfully defended the WWF Title against Yokozuna when he pinned him after The Running Powerslam (!!!)!

The next week, Razor & Bret teamed up again, this time victorious over Mr. Backlund & Sid when Razor pinned Backlund after a double underhook superplex. In great wrestling action, Bart Gunn pinned Shawn Michaels after The Legdrop, and The 1-2-3 Kid defeated Yokozuna in a Texas Death Match! In the main event Billy Gunn & The Undertaker defeated Bam Bam Bigelow & King Kong Bundy in a return match to retain The WWF Tag Team Titles. Also on the card, Jeff Jarrett came out to challenge Davey Boy Smith to a WWF Title match next week!

The next card began in an unfortunate manner. Timothy Well issued an open challenge, and it was accepted by Scott D'Amore. They locked up and D'Amore instantly crumpled to the mat. The official ruled the bout a no-contest. Turns out that D'Amore had a broken neck. Once everything got back to normal, Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart took on Razor Ramon & Bret Hart in a rematch. They fought to a time limit draw, but after the bell, Razor turned against Bret! We had a three-on-one against Bret, but The Undertaker & Billy Gunn came to make the save. In the main event match, Jeff Jarrett defeated The British Bulldog with The Figure Four to win The WWF Title!

Bret, Undertaker, and Billy Gunn were looking for revenge this week as they took on Jarrett, Owen, and Razor. They got it, as The Undertaker pinned Razor with The Tombstone. In other action, Lex Luger defeated Shawn Michaels by disqualification, the team of Bundy & Bigelow defeated The Kid & Bob Holly. Davey Boy Smith also taped a special interview, which aired for the fans in attendance.

The next week began with a non-title tag team match, where the team of Owen Hart & Razor Ramon defeated The Undertaker & Billy Gunn when Razor pinned Billy after The Razor's Edge. The Undertaker pulled double duty this week, defeating old nemesis Sid in a Casket Match! Davey Boy Smith got back on the winning track, defeating Steven Dunn by countout, and in the main event, Adam Bomb challenged Jeff Jarrett for The WWF Title. Unfortunately for Adam, he was unsuccessful, as Jarrett defeated him with The Figure Four.

[tommybrownell]

Jarrett beat Davey Boy AFTER working a tag match that went to a time limit draw?! EESH.

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May 1995

Welcome back to more WWF action! The month kicked off with a singles match that saw Razor Ramon defeat Billy Gunn with a gutwrench suplex. Also that night, Bret Hart came down to the ring and said he had something on his mind. He laid out a challenge for a War Games match! He announced that he would be the first participant, but more participants would be announced later. In the main event of the night, The Undertaker & Billy Gunn successfully defended the WWF Tag Team Titles against King Kong Bundy & Bam Bam Bigelow.

The next card in the month of May began with an announcement that on tonight's card, The WWF Title would be defended, as Jeff Jarrett would square off against former champion Davey Boy Smith, The British Bulldog! And that's not all... Owen Hart would be the special guest referee! And that's still not all, because all three men were announced as participants in the WarGames match! So then, so far we have Bret Hart & Davey Boy Smith on one side, with Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart on the other. The in-ring action began with a tag team match between Well Dunn against The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly, and the match could not end on a countout! It didn't matter because in under two minutes, Timothy Well hit The Kid with a powerslam for the pin. In other action, tonight's special referee, Owen Hart was in singles action against a mystery opponent... who turned out to be Johnny B. Badd! They two put on a great match, that finally ended when JBB pinned Owen after a moonsault bodyblock about six minutes in. Razor Ramon also met Bret Hart in a WarGames preview match, as Razor was announced to be joining Jarrett & Owen. He defeated Bret after about six minutes with a belly-to-back suplex! The shocks weren't over yet, as up next Bigelow & Bundy challenged Undertaker & Billy Gunn for the WWF Tag Team Titles! After about 10 minutes, Bigelow drove Billy down to the canvas and got the pin! Bigelow & Bundy have regained the titles! Finally, in the main event, Davey Boy Smith challenged Jeff Jarrett for the WWF Title. After about 2 1/2 minutes, Davey Boy hit Jarrett with a big Running Powerslam and Jarrett was out! Owen had no choice but to make the count and Davey had regained the title! But it wasn't over, because Owen went to work on Davey, giving Jarrett a chance to recover and help out. It wasn't long before Bret Hart rushed out to even up the sides, but Razor came out as well. Bret & Davey held their own, but the villains were joined by the NEW tag team champions, Bigelow & Bundy! 5-on-2 was way too much for them! Billy Gunn came out to help, and so did Johnny B. Badd! Shortly after the lights went out and when they came back on, The Undertaker was in there as well! The villains made an exit, but it was clear that the WarGames match was set!

The next week would feature the WarGames match, but other great action as well! Sid came out to face a mystery wrestler... and it was Doink The Clown! In an astonishing result, Doink defeated Sid after the Whoopie Cushion! In a wild tag team bout, Well Dunn defeated The Kid & Holly in a $15,000 ladder match! And finally, The WarGames! Johnny B. Badd started out against Owen Hart and the villains won the toss, giving them the man advantage! Jeff Jarrett was the next to come in, followed by Davey Boy Smith on the other side! The match continued until the final man was in - The Undertaker! All the while, everyone absorbed tremendous sums of punishment, especially Johnny B. Badd. In the end, Bret Hart locked the Sharpshooter on Jeff Jarrett for the submission and the victory for his team!

The final card of the month started out with some sad news. As a result of injuries from the WarGames, Johnny B. Badd would have to retire from Professional Wrestling. Sad indeed, but the show must go on! The action opened with a Texas Death Match between Sid and Doink the Clown, which Sid won in convincing fashion. Later in the night, Owen & Razor were in a foul mood after being on the losing end of The WarGames. They issued a challenge for a falls count anywhere match, which was accepted by two wrestlers developing respect for one another - Shawn Michaels & Adam Bomb. In a wild and wooly match, Razor Ramon locked a sleeperhold on Shawn Michaels in the backstage area for the win! The WWF Tag Champions were up next against former champs Undertaker & Billy Gunn in a non-title match, which the champions won when Bundy pinned Undertaker after the Atlantic City Avalanche. The main event, and final match of the month was a WWF Title Match which saw Davey Boy Smith defend against the winner of the WarGames - his teammate Bret Hart! In a brief, but excellent match, Davey Boy hit The Running Powerslam about five minutes in to get the pin and retain the title!

[JoshiQ]

- Doink over Sid, wow. I am surprised Sid went for that.

- I always wished that the WWE would do a War Games after they bought out WCW. I'm still waiting for it. But I still want blood.

- Badd was forced to retire? What kind of fluke injury was that?

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When the Elimination Chamber came out, I thought that was going to be a war games match. Probably as close as we get.

The rules called for a retirement from a wrestler in the WarGames match, and it turned out that Johnny B. Badd was the one. There was no TNM injury.

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Oh....totally forgot you were using a rule set. How did the rules determine it was Badd?

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Well, Badd came in as an "m" key wrestler. Most of the other guys in the match had something coming up (per rules), so Badd was just about the only choice for the retirement.

[tommybrownell]

- Here comes Johnny B. Badd!! You don't wanna make him mad.

- There goes Johnny B. Badd!

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June 1995

Things opened up in June with a nice match between Lex Luger and Owen Hart, which Luger won after a knee to the back. Up next, Sid came out for a special interview. He said that he wanted to join forces with Bret Hart! Bret came out, and said that there was no way he would ever trust someone like Sid! And they started brawling! Security came out to separate them. In other action, at the request of the fans, Billy Gunn & The Undertaker, the former WWF Tag Team Champions, were in action! They took on Well Dunn, but unfortunately they came up short, as Steven Dunn made Billy submit to a Fujiwara armbar. In the main event, Bigelow & Bundy defended the WWF Tag Team Titles against The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly. In a shocker, The Kid pinned Bigelow after a spinning heel kick! The Kid & Holly are the NEW WWF Tag Team Champions!

Week 2 in June (Week #23 in all) kicked off with a no-disqualification tag team match between former two-time WWF Tag Team Champions, Bam Bam Bigelow & King Kong Bundy squaring off against the mutual respect team of Shawn Michaels & Adam Bomb... and Razor Ramon was the special referee! After about three minutes of action, Michaels pinned Bundy after a flying bodypress. In other action, Bob Holly pinned Steven Dunn after a dropkick! Also, Owen Hart made The 1-2-3 Kid submit to The Sharpshooter in a match that lasted about 5 1/2 minutes. In the main event, Bret Hart once against challenged Davey Boy Smith for The WWF Title. This time Bret was able to lock on The Sharpshooter and Davey Boy passed out from the pain! Bret Hart is the new WWF Champion! Bret Hart helped Davey Boy regain consciousness... when Jeff Jarrett walked out to the ring! This was the first time we had seen Jarrett since The WarGames! Just then Bam Bam Bigelow & King Kong Bundy came out, and we had a three-on-two! Before long the lights went out... and The Undertaker is in! The heels quickly cleared out!

In the opening match, we got a six-man tag to pick up where we left off last week: Bret Hart, The British Bulldog, and The Undertaker against Jeff Jarrett, King Kong Bundy, and Bam Bam Bigelow! About six minutes in Bigelow pinned Bret with the Greetings From Asbury Park for the pin! Team respect, Shawn Michaels & Adam Bomb, were in action, but things did not go so well for them, as they were defeated by Bob Backlund & Sid when Backlund locked Michaels in the Crossface Chicken Wing. Razor Ramon was out next with a strap! He challenged any of those goody-goodies in the back to come out here and face him in a strap match... but he was shocked when Yokozuna came out to accept the challenge! After about 11 minutes of action, Yokozuna hit The Banzai Drop and easily dragged him around the corners for the win. And in the main event, Well Dunn challenged The Kid & Holly for The WWF Tag Team Titles. About just a couple of minutes, Bob Holly was disqualified for getting a little too carried away with the official, but Kid & Holly retain!

We open with a non-title match between two WarGames participants - Razor Ramon and Bret Hart! After nearly five minutes of action, Razor hit the Razor's Edge for the pin! Big upset over The WWF Champion! In a non-title match, Well Dunn faced The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly again, this time getting the pin when Steven Dunn pinned Bob Holly after a powerslam! They still don't win the titles, though! Razor Ramon was back out later in the show, again issuing and open challenge against any goody-goodies, this time for an I Quit Match. Again, imagine his surprise when it was accepted by another villain - Owen Hart! Owen came out and they wrestled for about eight minutes before Owen locked on The Sharpshooter for the submission! We also learned that Shawn Michaels & Adam Bomb have decided to focus on singles wrestling, but will remain friends. In separate singles matches, Yokozuna pinned Adam Bomb with The Banzai Drop and Sid pinned Michaels with The Power Bomb. Maybe they should stick to being a tag team! In the main event, Bret Hart was wrestling for his second time of the night, defending The WWF Title against Jeff Jarrett! After about five minutes of wrestling action, Jarrett locked on the Figure-Four Leglock, and Bret passed out from the pain! Jarrett has regained The WWF Title!

The final card of the month opens with a 4-on-4 Survivor Series style match! It will be Bret Hart, The British Bulldog, The Undertaker, and Diesel up against Jeff Jarrett, Owen Hart, Sid, and Yokozuna! There were no eliminations under about the seven minute mark, when Bret Hart went for the Sharpshooter, but Owen reversed it! Bret had no choice but to submit! About four minutes later, Owen was battling with the Undertaker, when the Undertake just left the ring! He was counted out! He stayed at ringside though... what is this about!? Around the 14 minute mark, Diesel and Owen Hart battled on the outside and both were counted out! Just then, Diesel & The Undertaker both re-entered the ring. Diesel went over and kicked The British Bulldog in the midsection and hit the Jacknife down to the canvas! The Undertaker picked him back up and hit The Tombstone! Diesel & The Undertaker left the ringside area! Yokozuna came in a hit Davey with The Banzai Drop for the easy pin! The crowd was shocked at the actions of Diesel and The Undertaker! In other action, Well Dunn squared off against the team of Adam Bomb & Lex Luger in a match for a future WWF Tag Team Title shot! Not quite five minutes in, Steven Dunn hit Adam Bomb with The Superkick for the pin and Well Dunn are the #1 Contenders! We were also treated to a special unsanctioned match between two wrestlers not currently under contract! The wrestlers turned out to be Buff Bagwell... and Hulk Hogan! After about ten minutes, Bagwell hit The Buff Blockbuster for the pin! And in the main event, The 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly defended The WWF Tag Team Titles against Bam Bam Bigelow & King Kong Bundy in a cage match! Bundy & Bigelow were able to escape the cage to become three-time WWF Tag Team Champions!

[tommybrownell]

Kid and Holly beating Bigelow and Bundy AT ALL is a massive upset.

[Crpls]

Diesel and Undertaker getting along is so wrong.