*THIS* was the big live Raw show from Philafuckingdelphia before one of the biggest and best built PPV's of the year? No sir, I didn't like it.
Well, thank god Mick Foley was around to kill himself some more for
the sake of one good segment. Kane vs. Mankind was Hell in a Cell
lite but it was still brutal like a motherfucker. I really, and I
mean REALLY, hope Foley is getting a BIG paycheck for the amount
and frequency of abuse that his body takes. As much as I enjoy what
he does and think he's number one and the best for it, I wish he'd
take a well deserved vacation for the rest of the year. But as long
as he is going to wrestle, I wish he at least wouldn't sell so
much (not that he had a choice against Kane). I wanna know how
Austin snuck under the ring because that was pretty cool and so
was the Undertaker trying to kick his way through the roof of the
cage. Raw was good for something this week.
Watching the Undertaker and Kane stalk around the arena together
was pretty cool but the final build up to the SummerSlam main
event was disappointing. McMahon got himself involved in a totally
pointless "friend or foe" subplot with a predictable ending that
we've all seen too many times before. Austin was supposed to take
out Kane, and he had his chance, but he didn't do it. Mankind and
Paul Bearer had interesting supporting roles but couldn't save
the whole angle. The WWF is known for producing great, slick
video packages to promote its events but the Highway to Hell
video was total cheese. Oh, and there was fire. I still say the
pig's blood angle was the best thing involving Steve Austin and
Satan all summer.
The first singles meeting between Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn in
the WWF could not have been done any worse. What there was of a match
was so pathetic. Severn is terrible at the pro style and Shamrock
didn't bring anything to the table either. For as many wrestlers
as Vince McMahon makes, he sure does kill the heat of a whole lot
of them with his half-baked booking of the undercard. Throw in a
half-hearted disqualification finish and it all adds up to shit.
As much as I want to like the Oddities they have so far failed to
live up to the hilarious camp of their appearance a few weeks back
when Kurrgan and Giant Silva came out in tuxes. I guess no amount
of colour can hide the fact that the big K is a big dud in the ring
and I won't even get into the nonsensical angle at the finish. Ok,
I will. Why the hell didn't the Oddities make the save earlier?!?
Hawk acting? all drunk makes him the most interesting old guy in
wrestling today, and yeah, that line about the Mid-South Coliseum
ruled it to the moon. I suppose I should also give a nod to Jeff
Jarrett for keeping the camera off the action in the ring which
looked really stinky. I can't believe that some of my colleagues
were ever on the dicks of Southern Justice!
Did Chyna go under the knife for the Sable special again? This was
a weird angle and I didn't like it except for Mark Henry flapping
his tongue around. Sure it was "cool" to have Shawn Michaels make
the save but I don't see the point in bringing him back once a month
for no real reason. They've already killed the big heat they could
have built for his supposed return at next year's Royal Rumble.
X-Pac vs. Gangrel was good while it lasted and I could get into
an Edge vs. Mr. Vachon feud but there wasn't enough here from a
time perspective to recommend it. Ok, there was a great guitar
shot but the camera man squealing like a pig didn't do it for me.
Bradshaw vs. Bart Gunn was such a farce that it killed the whole
Brawl for All tournament for me. Bull fucking shit.
Ollie
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