Jim Mother FUCKING Ross! Who CARES that when you listen to him hard you can
hear the Bells Palsy?! He *smoooooookes!* his competition.
I got a kick out of Act 1, Scene 1 so it goes up here. Now, was it
Stephanie McMahon the character or was it Stephanie McMahon, deliquent
daughter who's watch read 4:20, minutes before the show? Did you see
her BEAMING? I'm a little surprised that Vince is really making a go of
turning himself and positioning Shane as a strong lead heel. For a guy
who debuted on TV less than a year ago, Shane does a helluva job when
he's not behind the announce table. Score one for Sports Entertainment.
Mankind smacked Rodney down but the beating he laid on Pete "Gas" left me with
mixed emotions. (One of these days I'll rant about why Gas is in quotation
marks.)
D-Lo Brown and Bob Holly had a nice little hardcore match. I like these
matches when they keep all the garbagey stuff in the ring instead of
wandering all over the building. The crowd reaction is obviously better
too. The within-the-rules-of-the-match clean finish was value added.
The Ken Shamrock show was just the kind of push that I was looking for.
I like Ken. Ken Wayne can do it!
X-Pac & Kane vs. HHH and Test was a decent approximation of a Mid South
tag team match (I have no idea what a Mid South tag team match is but
people are talking about them everywhere). This was ok because X-Pac was
in most of the way and they build heat for Kane's spots which makes them
a hell of a lot better. I think that HHH is above being slagged in the same
breath as the Rock so I had no problem with his work. Test didn't look
out of place either. Clean finish!
Because the crucifixions are censored one way or another on Canadian TV,
they've developed a mystical lure that makes me mark out whenever I get a
glimpse of one. So I'm going to let this one under the door even though
they didn't actually raise it. It was sublime to hear the word cross
censored and here's a case where I'm glad I taped the approved for Winnipeg
school children version. I told you so.
I got no problem admitting that I liked the Rock's schtick this week,
and loved the audacity of throwing a dummy off a bridge. Rock's over the
top verbal stream of catchphrases was just the right amount of wink not to
make him obnoxious. Steve Austin's the best.
I try hard not to steal Chris Zimmerman's
jokes but what the fuck is up with Ivory's damn scarf? It *really* gets my
dander wicked good. I wanted to see how bad they'd do a four corners match
so I'm not going to make a knee slapping joke thanking Nicole Bass for putting
a stop to it.
Val Venis and Billy Gunn had a borderline match that I'm not giving the benefit
of the doubt to because I can't remember a thing about it, it was THAT good.
NEVERMIND! the run-in and the get-it-over-with-already! Debra/Val angle. Better luck
next time Mr. Ass. Nice intro, pecker.
Let me be THE FIRST! to say that the Big Slow (hey, Herb stole it from Dean first!)
has bad entrance music. And his wrestling's not so good either. Christian TRIED!
Acolytes vs. Owen Hart & Jeff Jarret might have been a good match but what with
the quickie run-in and all...no.
The total disintegration of the Intercontinental title is proceeding according
to schedule with Godfather Mustapha lumbering his way to WWF gold. The Ho Train
alone should be grounds for immediate dismissal. FUCK Vince McMahon for firing
Public Enemy!
Ollie
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