Goldust enters the arena first and is joined by his then wife, Marlena. As he makes his way down the aisle we can see the dress (that Pillman may have to wear) on a mannequin at ringside. There is a quick clip showing the feud and it ends by showing Marlena making the save by attacking Pillman. Lawyer responds with “I’ve never hit a woman in my life, not even my own mother, but I’ll tell you if Marlena were to try something like that with me, I might lose my cool.” This is classic King banter here. “The Loose Cannon”, Brian Pillman enters next and Vince introduces an interview with Brian earlier in the day. He shoots on Marlena wanting him and says “she is going to have to wine and dine him first.”

Before the bell can even sound Pillman is using his dirty tactics, but they don’t last long as Goldust hits a springboard elbow off the second rope. Goldust would keep the momentum rolling with, what JR calls a “liplock”, a kiss and a slap to the face of Pillman. Hey, the crowd pops for it. There is some back and fourth but when Pillman gets the edge, he leaves the ring and approaches Marlena. He chases her around the ring but is ambushed by Goldust with a jarring clothesline, that stops him dead in his tracks. They re-enter the ring but Pillman manages the advantage with his dirty fighting style. The next highlight would come when Pillman is attempting a high spot but Goldust rises to his feet and throws him onto the ropes, landing on the giblets and crashing to the outside. Marlena uses this to her advantage and blows cigar smoke into the face of “The Loose Cannon”. This backfires, as it leads to Goldust taking a DDT to the floor mats. When they are back inside the ring Pillman hits a nice diving clothesline off the top turnbuckle. Pillman is wearing down Goldust with a side headlock and this makes for a great shot of the crazed eyes of Pillman, who has remnants of Goldust’s makeup on his face. And in perfect heel fashion he is telling the ref to “check him”. Goldust begins to pound his feet and the crowd is behind him, as the rally begins. He comes up short when Pillman lands a clothesline. He goes for the cover but Goldust manages the kick out. Pillman whips Goldust into the ropes but he comes back hot with a clothesline. They trade blows but Goldust comes out on top and is “shakin like his daddy”. *Dusty Rhodes voice here*  This again would not be enough as Pillman would counter a bulldog, that sends Goldust to the outside. Goldust tries to sunset flip into the pin but Pillman doesn’t fall. Goldust is trying to pull Pillman’s leg out from him and Marlena assists by hitting Pillman with her purse. This allows for the roll up and the 1,2,3 for Goldust. They tandem quickly leave after they slide the mannequin into Pillman. This wasn’t a bad match, but it wasn’t great either. I always liked Brian Pillman, even the Hollywood Blondes Era, and its a shame his career was cut short. Match Time: 9:15

We see the hazy New York skyline and Vince tells us they set an all-time attendance record for the arena at 20,213. Vince tells us next we are going “from the city to the county” as The Godwinns enter the arena. The Godwinns are made the team of pig farming brothers, Phineas and Henry. They enter in proper fashion carrying the Southern Cross or “Rebel Flag”. There is a quick clip that shows Henry breaking his C4 Vertebrae at the hands of L.O.D.’s Doomsday Device. They would retaliate by Slop Droppin Hawk onto the steel entrance ramp and splitting the top of his head open. There is a quick interview with The Legion of Doom in the back before we hear “WWWHHHAATTTA RRUUSH” and Hawk and Animal enter the arena to a great pop. When both teams are in the ring the “L.O.D.” chants begin from the crowd. They start toe to toe and L.O.D. has the advantage after they Irish whip both Godwinns into the rope and follow up with clotheslines. They takes turns on each other for a moment but The Godwinns make a tag and try to give animal a double atomic drop. Animal flips through it to come off the ropes and deliver a double clothesline, which the crowd loved. The Godwinns leave the ring to leave to re-assess the situation and when they re-enter the ring the “L.O.D.” chants begin again.

The Godwinns try to go on the offensive and are doing so after a neckbreaker that bounces the throat of Hawk off the top rope. Henry tries to follow it up with a leg drop on the apron but hawk moves and Henry goes to the floor. He throws Henry into the stairs before returning to the inside. After a snapmare and a leg drop of his own, Hawk tries for the cover but only receives a two count. Henry lands a low blow that allows for the tag to be made. There is some back and forth taking place when Phineas lands a clothesline against the ropes that sends him and Animal crashing to the floor mats. At this point Vince mentions that Captain Lou Albano is watching in the front row. Animal returns to the ring after he is thrown from the apron and into the guardrails. He returns to the ring and gets scoop slammed and Henry goes for the pin but to no avail. Phineas is back in the ring now and is bear hugging the worn down Animal. The crowd starts to get behind the rally call that Hawk is creating in the corner. The official checks Animal’s consciousness by lifting the hand. Just before it is a bout to drop for the three count, Animal’s hand slops midway down and he begins to “Hulk Up” and so does the fans. He manages to break the hold but The Godwinns make the tag and take turns on Animal until he reverses Phineas attempt at an axe handle from the top rope with a clothesline and the crowd knows the hot tag is coming next.

Hawk comes in and tears into The Godwinns and levels them both with clotheslines.  What he does next seems risky. He uses a neck breaker on Henry who already has a fractured vertebrae. That wasn’t a work either. He goes for the cover and Phineas makes the save before Animal can send him outside the ring. Legion of Doom nail Henry with a pair of clotheslines in the corner and are soon calling for the Doomsday Device. Phineas comes into make the save but receives a another clothesline from Hawk, this time from the top rope. Damn, is that all the Legion does is clothesline? Instead of the Doomsday Device, this time they give Henry a spiked piledriver (because that’s safer), and get the pin. The bumps the Legion of Doom deliver are so solid and you can tell they aren’t trying to hold them back at all. This is something many people in the business have claimed throughout the years and I believe it as they are both former bouncers at a biker bar. This match wasn’t as great as it seemed. The only moves done by Legion of Doom are clothelines. The only reason to watch this match is to see how hard the Legion delivers their moves. Match Time: 9:15

Todd Pentingill introduces us to the Discovery Zone sponsored chance at a million dollars. Todd is joined by Sable and Sunny. Pentingill flirts with the pair as he tries to call contestants on the phone. The contestants pick a key, from a WWF shaped board, and try to open a coffin containing the million dollar. Nobody picks the winning key and go home with a 5000 savings bond. The best part of this segment, besides the Divas, is Jerry Lawler’s off hand remarks about the contestants.

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