{"id":193396,"date":"2025-02-28T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=193396"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:23:43","slug":"30-yrs-ago-kellers-wwe-raw-report-2-27-1995-lex-luger-vs-tatanka-plus-vince-mcmahon-jim-cornette-on-commentary-lawrence-taylor-interview-owen-hart-kama-bigelow-doink-mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/02\/28\/30-yrs-ago-kellers-wwe-raw-report-2-27-1995-lex-luger-vs-tatanka-plus-vince-mcmahon-jim-cornette-on-commentary-lawrence-taylor-interview-owen-hart-kama-bigelow-doink-mo\/","title":{"rendered":"30 YRS AGO \u2013 Keller\u2019s WWE Raw Report (2\/27\/1995): Lex Luger vs. Tatanka, plus Vince McMahon &#038; Jim Cornette on commentary, Lawrence Taylor interview, Owen Hart, Kama, Bigelow, Doink, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3072661439\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>The following report originally published 30 years ago this week in the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter paper copy&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>KELLER\u2019S WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW REPORT<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 27, 1995<br \/>\nORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PRO WRESTLING TORCH NEWSLETTER (<a href=\"https:\/\/members.pwtorch.com\/artman\/publish\/1995PWTorchNewsletters\/article_86001.shtml\"><span class=\"artnameonpage\"><span class=\"style161 style104 style120\">ISSUE #323<\/span><\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The World Wrestling Federation, for over fift-(unintelligible) year (sic) the revolutionary force in sports entertainment&#8221; said the sleek new opening anchor for Raw. (The WWWF became the WWF about 15 years ago, but if the voice actually said &#8220;for over 50&#8221; years, well, someone needs a history lesson. The WWWF was formed less than 35 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>A new opening montage (with the same music) marked the opening of the 100th edition of Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon and Jim Cornette opened the show with hype of L.T.&#8217;s appearance later on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Lex Luger promo&#8217;d his TV match against Tatanka&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(1) Lex Luger (w\/Jay Strongbow) defeated Tatanka via countout. The bout had a high level of energy, but a low level of athleticism and overall weak looking moves. Luger made a comeback at 10:40 and applied a sleeper, which McMahon pointed out was Jay Strongbow&#8217;s finisher that he must have taught Luger. Moments later Tatanka ripped off Strongbow&#8217;s headdress. Jay chopped him in return. After a flurry by Luger, Tatanka fled the ring and was counted out.<\/p>\n<p>A clip aired of Bret Hart stomping on Jerry Lawler&#8217;s foot causing his elimination from the battle royal on WWF Superstars over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3325122775\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;PWTorch &#8217;90s Pastcast&#8221; with Patrick Moynahan and Alex McDonald, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/pwtorch-90s-pastcast-moynahan-mcdonald-discuss-pwtorch-newsletter-320-2-11-95-incl-sid-vs-lawler-hogan-vs-vader-updates-more--64488911\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=64488911&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(2) Owen Hart beat Larry Santo (son of El Santo, according to Cornette). When Cornette talked of maybe managing Owen, McMahon cut him off and sarcastically said &#8220;whatever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-McMahon and Cornette interviewed L.T. and Bigelow. L.T. said Bigelow disrespected himself by losing to a 13 year old.<\/p>\n<p>-Bigelow said 1-2-3 Kid is not 13 and he is a member of the WWF new generation. They exchanged words but mainly hyped their confrontation at the Tuesday New York press conference&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(3) Doink (w\/Dink) won a squash.<\/p>\n<p>-An ECW style promo aired for next week&#8217;s British Bulldog-Shawn Michaels main event (w\/distorted screen, feud history, and music in the background)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(4) Kama won a squash.<\/p>\n<p>-Bulldog promo&#8217;d Raw next week<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pro Wrestling Then and Now - WWF Saturday Night&#039;s Main Events III &amp; IV\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/br86AwJ_WxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2557593424\"><div id=\"pwtor-211380242\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The following report originally published 30 years ago this week in the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter paper copy&#8230; KELLER\u2019S WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW REPORT FEBRUARY 27, 1995 ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE PRO WRESTLING TORCH NEWSLETTER <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/02\/28\/30-yrs-ago-kellers-wwe-raw-report-2-27-1995-lex-luger-vs-tatanka-plus-vince-mcmahon-jim-cornette-on-commentary-lawrence-taylor-interview-owen-hart-kama-bigelow-doink-mo\/\" title=\"30 YRS AGO \u2013 Keller\u2019s WWE Raw Report (2\/27\/1995): Lex Luger vs. Tatanka, plus Vince McMahon &#038; Jim Cornette on commentary, Lawrence Taylor interview, Owen Hart, Kama, Bigelow, Doink, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":193848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specialfeatures","category-exclusives_flashbacks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-28-at-2.21.30\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193849,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193396\/revisions\/193849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}