![]() ![]() Onto the match, Owen realizes he can’t match strength with Animal and tags in Bulldog. So yeah, they are LOADED with gold right now. Speaking of the tag champs, Davey Boy wears the European gold while Owen carries his Slammy trophies and is about a week away from winning his first IC championship. They have already had their handful of opponents over the span of only two months – the Nation of Domination, the Godwinns, and now Owen and Davey Boy. The Legion of Doom returned to the WWF on the February 24 edition of Monday Night Raw. ![]() The Legion of Doom – (IYH: Revenge of the Taker, 4/20/97) WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs.Jannetty starts to haul off on Shawn, but thinks better of it and walks out. Afterwards, the Rockers argue and Marty just wants to hug it out, but Shawn refuses and gives Marty a couple slaps across the face. STEREO SUPERKICKS to Hawk! Shawn whips Marty into Animal and goes to dropkick them down, but Animal turns around and takes the dropkick to land him on top of Jannetty for the 1-2-3. HOT TAG TO JANNETTY! Shawn superkicks Animal into a sunset flip for 1-2-NO! Pier-six brawl erupts. HA! Hawk misses a flying shoulderblock, but blocks a sunset flip with a right hand. Hawk is right back up with a clothesline. Shawn runs into a military press, but he counters before he’s slammed with a headscissors. Hawk comes in and hits the Jumping Fist Drop on Jannetty. Animal takes the Rockers tandem offense, but it does really bother him. How about that for a crowning achievement? Suck it, Dudley Boyz. This is during the first tag title run for the LOD to make them the one and only team to win the AWA, NWA, and WWF tag team titles. Right when the Rockers are having some serious breakup issues, they go and get a tag team titles shot to hopefully rekindle their relationship. The Rockers – (Prime Time Wrestling, 12/30/91) WWF Tag Team Champions The Legion of Doom vs.(5:14) Too bad the Nasties weren’t already the tag champs to give that face/heel title switch at ‘Mania because the crowd was reacting like crazy people to every move Hawk and Animal made. DOOMSDAY DEVICE puts Kato away for the 1-2-3. The Express deliver the leapfrog/backbreaker on Animal, but then he comes right back with a double-clothesline. Now all four men get in the ring and during the confusion, Fuji tosses some salt in Animal’s eyes to set up a Tanaka superkick. Tanaka flips over Animal, but gets dropped with a clothesline. Tanaka tags and tries for a hiptoss on Animal, but that ain’t happening. Oh wait, Kato ducks and manages to escape to the floor, but Animal is there to throw him back in the ring only to be clotheslined out. The Express double-whip Hawk into the corner, but he explodes out to clothesline both guys. Hawk hits a shoulderblock, but gets tripped up by Kato when he comes off the ropes. Kato takes a powerslam and Tanaka goes up RIDICULOUSLY high on a double-team backdrop from LOD. Kato tries his best against Animal, but the guy just won’t sell anything. It’s one of those spectacle matches, not necessarily all that amazing. LOD go to the floor with Ax & Crush while Warrior puts Smash away with the GORILLA SPLASH (5:38) They BURIED Demolition here. HOT TAG TO HAWK! Hawk hits a FLYING CLOTHESLINE on Smash, nails Ax & Crush, and tags in Warrior. Warrior gets stuck in the Demos corner for a while and they set him up for DEMOLITION DECAPITATION, but Hawk saves him at the last second. Smash dumps Warrior for some Crush cheating and rolls the Warrior back in. Warrior delivers a bunch of shoulderblocks and goes for the finish with the GORILLA SPLASH, but nobody’s home. Animal comes back with a powerslam for two. The Warriors clear the ring to start, but then Smash catches Animal with a clothesline. The Road Warriors interfered in Demolition’s title match at SummerSlam and basically cost them the belts to the Hart Foundation and it just seemed like a good idea to put all the “warriors” together. It’s a feud the world had wanted to see for several years now. Demolition – (Saturday Night’s Main Event #28, 10/13/90) The Legion of Doom & Ultimate Warrior vs.They debuted in the WWF in July 1990 and instantly started up a war with the most obvious of rivals – the team of Demolition. Of course they dropped the Road Warriors name and became known only as the Legion of Doom. After already becoming legendary figures in the AWA and the NWA, the Road Warriors move on to the WWF to absolutely cement their legacy. ![]()
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