DX in NYC worked for me, but fuck the scissor happy censors at TSN for
cutting 'em out of Tuesdays broadcast.
The Vince McMahon humanitarian of the year angle had so much potentional
but the flat setup was just a prelude to the disappointing payoff. Sure,
I enjoy smarmy old McMahon as much as the next guy but every angle runs
its course and I think this one is just about there. BUT, taken in the
context of the truly terrible Raw that the rest of the show was, I liked
the two segments enough to put 'em up here. Did I mention that the angle
made no sense either?
DX in NYC worked for me, but fuck the scissor happy censors at TSN for
cutting 'em out of Tuesdays broadcast.
Owen Hart vs. 2 Cold Scorpio could have been so much better but I'm getting
tired of saying that 'cos just because these guys WERE great doesn't mean that
they ARE great (you know, past tense vs. present). It was ok for sure, and they
did put out a half-hearted attempt to build to the finish so it worked in the
end.
Papa Kama vs. Ken Wayne Shamrock sucked giant exploding thumbtack balloons.
Well, at least the finish was something. Severn vs. Shamrock in the main
event at King of the Ring would be the best ever if it were a shoot but
as a pro-wrestling match it would be terrible. I don't think there's a
chance of either happening though.
Hey, they played Steve Blackman's music because Faarooq is fat. He didn't
look much out of shape to me, he's always been that crappy a worker. What's
her name is doing nothing for Mero. Double J you kick ass. Hey! A rare lousy
finish! Fuck this noise.
I'm glad I finally got to see Drozdov's NFL puke. He can go away now.
It's sick when I'm happy to see a member of DOA score a pinfall. Wow, the
crappy Undertaker came out to chokeslam everybody! He's 911!
The wheels really fell off everything I've liked about Raw recently. DX came
out and did their ring intros which are good and all but they're the same and
all too. Then business picked up when the loads of Doom came out to throw insults
across the school yard with the Hitler youth league. Hey! If you don't believe
me just look at the SS tatoos on their arms that they tried to cover up! And
what a terrible little match they all had. Was there anything good about it
besides the cute finish that they ripped off of Hall and Nash?
Hey! I was lulled into thinking that Vader vs. Mark Henry might actually have
not the worst match ever because Vader gave a lot to Mark which made him look
good which in turn made Vader look good when he made his comeback which all
makes sense but try telling that to a wrestler. Anyway, I was thinking all this
before that darn Undertaker came out and made two more WWF SuperstarsTM look
like shit.
Severn vs. D-Lo Brown was another in what has been and will be a terrible,
bad and disappointing run for Dan in the WWF. Unless of course, I'm wrong.
It was good to see Dustin Rhodes back to his old self in the ring for the
first time in, like, 3 years. Too bad he won't go by Rhodes though. Hey,
notice all the irony and heavy stuff with Val Venis going all homoerotic
on Goldust? Man, I think half the reason they came up with the Venis
gimmick was to give the announcers so many jokes. Val's lying limp in the
middle of the ring? Dustin came up short a few weeks ago? Oh yeah, I think
I would have liked this too without all the DOA wannabe Undertaker crap,
which is kind of transcendent or something equally ethereal considering
the Brian Lee connection I got all worked up about last week.
Raw didn't work. It plain and simple sucked. I can't be happy about Titan
beating Turner in the ratings with this bad of a show.
Ollie
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