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Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast

Episode 19: New Generation Declassified: Vince McMahon's USWA Promo on Fake Razor

Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling Podcast

Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling

Wrestling, Sports

4.8356 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In 1997 the WWF pulled the plug on the fake Razor and the fake Diesel. They were sent to the USWA following the the 1997 Royal Rumble where they would stay until their blow-off "Loser Leaves Town" match in the summer of 1997. But it was the inclusion of Vince McMahon into this story that is the most head scratching moment of the entire feud. Today, we look at that promo and the rise and fall of the fake Razor and fake Diesel team.  

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0:00.0

The upcoming presentation is a two-man power trip on wrestling podcast production.

0:06.0

All right, let's be going right here.

0:20.0

This is New Generation Declassified.

0:24.5

And you're listening to an all-new, new Generation Declassified here exclusively on the two-man power trip of wrestling's podcasting Empire.

0:32.8

If you didn't know by now, my name is Chad.

0:35.5

And every single week, we go back in time and we look back at the

0:39.3

new generation era of the WWF. This week, going towards the later half of the new generation timeline.

0:46.8

Again, I stop my new generation timeline when the raw sign goes away in the Titan Tron debuts, which is in March of 1997.

0:57.7

But this topic's going to cross over a little bit and go towards the summer of 1997.

1:05.8

But I have to bring to you what I found today in one of the greatest Mr. McMahon promos ever gracing a television screen.

1:16.4

It comes as the culmination of a feud that would occur in the USWA involving WWF talent.

1:25.6

This, of course, is no stranger to the WWF-USWA Memphis relationship.

1:34.4

We've never covered it in full detail because, quite frankly, I don't know if I've got

1:38.9

it in me to take on the task of watching all the content again, but the epic McMefus saga taking part in 1993,

1:48.2

where Vince McMahon, years before the Mr. McMahon character, would debut in the WWF, would be

1:54.8

on USWA television, taking on Jerry Lawler, but with McMahon and the WWF portraying the heels and the Memphis

2:03.8

talent being the babyface crew.

2:06.2

So that included Lawler, included Jeff Jarrett, included Brian Christopher, it included all the stars

2:11.7

of the Memphis area taking on the WWF, who heels and faces comminglingingling you know you had the likes of macho man

2:21.6

Owenhart breadhard Pappashango giant Gonzalez the bushwhackers uh bro I maybe he was Bruce

2:29.0

pictured or he was brother love but you know a lot of the agents that we know from the

2:33.1

WWF they were all heels

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