The Wolf and the Lion IGN's Matt Fowler wrote that this was "the best episode of the series so far" even though fan-favorite characters like Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen did not appear. Maureen Ryan believed that one of the reasons the episode worked so well was because it left out the storylines with the Night's Watch and the Dothraki and focused in a single location. VanDerWerff agreed, and added that with each episode the writers got bolder in the sense that they added new scenes not included in the book to round out the source material. Other aspects of the show that were highlighted
William Regal Starrcade and Dustin Rhodes on the 27 January 1994 episode of "Clash of the Champions", with both matches ending in time limit draws. Regal continued his successful title defenses in 1994 by beating Arn Anderson at SuperBrawl IV and fighting a time limit draw against Brian Pillman at Spring Stampede. In the spring of 1994 on "WorldWide", Regal challenged Ric Flair to a best-of-five series under Marquess of Queensberry Rules in which Regal lost to Flair with 1 win, 2 losses and 2 draws. The following month, Regal lost a non-title match to Larry Zbyszko at Slamboree, leading to a