RESULTS: Monday Night Raw Apr. 28, 1997
REVERSAL!!! It's WINDHAM who hits the exposed steel!! Bradshaw holds his head at the mix-up!! Arn drops down off the apron, cursing... they looks up! His eyes go wide as he comes face to face with Hawk and Animal!!!
Hawk and Animal make it clear that the Enforcers should leave. Benoit stands side by side with Arn, but Woman moves around to the OTHER side of the ring. The Warriors start backing the Enforcers up, threatening with their nightsticks. Chris and Arn move back.
Lucifer Graves chuckles at Windham, seeing the exposed turnbuckle. He tags in Manson who pulls Windham forward.... AND TOMBSTONES HIM!!!
JR: HE GOT HIM!!! THE TOMBSTONE!!! He's COVERING!!!
But there's no count!! The referee is trying to sort out the Enforcers and LOD! Manson pounds the mat and looks around! Woman moves in front of him... and from the outside... SPRAYS HIM IN THE EYES WITH PERFUME!!!
Manson stands up and stumbles around, blindly. The referee turns back around and sees Manson in the ring... and Graves on the outside. He's ordering Graves back in!
Sarah: What's this?
JR: The ref didn't see them tag! He was tied up with the outside action! He can't allow what he didn't see!
Graves leads out the temporarily blinded Manson and gets in. He shoulderblocks Windham down to the mat, then complains to the ref that there WAS a tag! Maxx Payne on the outside agrees, but the referee just shrugs!
Graves pulls up Windham... and PLANTS HIM UNDER A 517 POUND POWERSLAM!! He yells at the referee to count... he hooks the leg... 1... Windham gets a shoulder up!
Lucifer rolls him over and puts his full weight on him in a reverse chinlock!!
Stevie: I told ya they're better!!!
JR: With a man like Graves on you... you'll give up in a hurry!
Graves yanks back on Windham and the ref gets down to check for a submission. Windham shakes his head...
No! But he's hurting! Anderson and Benoit look move past the Road Warriors... but the LOD hold up their nightsticks and they back off, moving halfway up the runway. Shadow paces toward Woman, who keeps on the opposite side of the masked 'executioner'.
Referee John Pinnette: How about it Windham? Do you give?
Windham: NO! NO!
Frustrated, Graves lets him out... pulls him up... THE PAY ROLL... BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX!!! Lucifer reaches out and tags Manson, then holds Windham up over his head in a high-bear hug. Mean Mark runs from behind Graves... leaps up... and CLOTHESLINES Windham down!!!
JR: THE HEART ATTACK! LIKE THE HART FOUNDATION!
Sarah: They may get the win!
Manson covers and the ref counts... 1... Windham gets a shoulder up! Mean Mark switches instinctively to body scissors, but Barry, a mat technician, swings around and pulls himself to his feet... and he pops out. Manson gets up with him... AND TOMBSTONES HIM!!!
JR: HE GOT HIM!!! CAN HE GET IT NOW?
He covers! The ref counts... 1... Arn and Chris make a run to the ring... 2.... the LOD hold up their nightsticks and take wild swings... and Chris and Arn stop... KICKOUT!!!
JR: Barry WINDHAM!! He kicks out! What a performance!! What GUTS!
Mean Mark Manson doesn't stop! He grabs Windham by his black hair and yanks him up.... POWERBOMB!!!
JR: THE EQUALIZER!!!
Manson covers again, hooking the leg... 1.... 2....