The ShamRock segment started off kind of slow but it ended up being
pretty good, with the decent Shamrock vs. D-Lo match and the chairshot
upside Ken's skull.
The Michaels and Austin Road to Wrestlemania pieces were really
well done. I liked the Michaels piece because it showed him beating up
on Hall and Nash, and the one old shot of Shawn at the end was cool but
they should have shown more Rockers stuff. I liked the Austin piece
because they cleared up that whole Ringmaster crap and Steve came across
as a serious threat to the title.
Just about the best thing on Raw this week was Vince McMahon. Here's
a guy I would perennially vote as most obnoxious (well, right behind
Gene Okerlund, and Eric Bischoff) and now I think he's a serious
contender for a top three spot on the best on interviews list. It's
sick: here's a guy who when he tried to get over as a face was
really repugnant because you knew deep down inside that he was a
scumbag, but now that he comes right out an flaunts it, he's my
fucking role model. That's putting it a bit strong but I do like his
recent work a lot.
I didn't like Billy Gunn vs. Chainsaw Charlie as a match at all but
Cactus Jack's, "You're ass better call somebody" punchline was the best,
and number one. (Hey, I give Dean a couple of months, and then all his
good lines are public domain.)
Jeff Jarrett vs. Tom Brandi was so unmemorable, except for that nice
neckbreaker by Brandi. Other than that and the glow in the dark horse,
pretty bad all around.
Jim Cornette brought back the Midnight Express and I'm not going to go
off half-cocked until they've had a couple of matches on TV 'cos they
looked ok beating up on the R'n'R Express, for whom it's got to suck
to STILL be jobbing to the Midnights. The match with the Headbangers
was pretty much lousy. I was really hoping for Cornette to do some more
bumping.
So, make that two titles HHH has held but hasn't won. I'm guessing
this is just to give Owen's reign some legitimacy since he himself
never beat Helmsley and when he does at Wrestlemania, he will have.
No match. This sucked. Chyna's been really stagnant ever since her
boob job. GREAT career move!
That Mike Tyson song was REALLY FUCKING LAME. And I like rap. Owen,
you suck.
I was really hoping the gorilla would turn out to be Jim Duggan but
he didn't and then he
got so annoying throughout the first hour that I was finally glad to
see Kane. But it still didn't make all of this Kane/Undertaker stuff
better. I'm just glad that the WWF hasn't dug down to the ECW-level
of the barrel in it's treatment of women by having huge men destroy
them. Yet.
Goldust really looked like the Sandman tonight. He'd actually be
good using that gimmick. Luna and Sable continued their completely
ECW-style feud. Man, on reflection, ECW made a BIG mistake working
with the WWF. They're stuck having a non-existent feud with them
which only makes ECW look bush league. And it's not unsafe to say
that the WWF breaks kayfabe more often, a supposed appeal to hardcore
fans. The upshoot is that the WWF is ripping off ECW freely
while ECW can no longer call foul since they're working with the
"enemy".
Wrestling?
Ollie
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