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[1994-06-06-WWF-Raw] King's Court: Jerry Lawler


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Lawler's guest is apparently Roddy Piper, and I know what's going to happen before it even happens. A kid with Kate Moss's body comes out in a kilt and Vince couldn't be more appalled. He does a decent amateur Piper impersonation. They had Tom Pritchard on the roster - why not use him for this segment?

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The worst part was when Piper kid inexplicably turned babyface at the PPV and seconded Piper in the match against Lawler. At least, I remember it seeming inexplicable at the time - maybe they did some sort of throwaway line or story that I don't remember where Lawler turned on him.

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"THAT'S NOT ROWDY RODDY PIPER!" Yeah, Lawler's intro was right out of the Howard Finkle-at-WrestleMania-5 playbook. This would have been funnier with either one of the Prichards, or Lawler doing a full-on Brother Love and interviewing himself. This kid isn't bad, though, even if he sounds more New England than Canada. Lawler and the guy make some SO not 1994-PG-WWF jokes about what's under Piper's skirt and where he got his earring from.

 

There's some good stuff to come from the WWF, but after the company was pumping so much good stuff in '93, we're firmly into the UN-BE-LIEVABLE New Generation Era, and a lot of this I suspect is going to be a tough watch. A skit like this isn't a bad way to add to a feud, but this stuff is going to make up ENTIRE feuds now. Compare and contrast with Terry Funk interviewing "Rick Flaire," which made up like 1/100th of the Funk/Flair feud as opposed to being the primary focus (not to mention this segment lacked a babyface coming out to take up Piper's side and leading to an awesome brawl--can't have too much excitement on one show).

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