The post-match of Michaels vs. Bulldog at One Night Only looked really
cool. Michaels was a total bad ass and the crowds reaction pushed it
over the top. Now I wanna see this card!
Yikes! What a cluster of an interview to open up the show. Just what the
hell *is* Rude doing in the WWF? Shawn Michaels was ok but when you pick
up the stick every week you have to be great. Helmsley sure ain't anything
special but I liked his "at least you're good for something" line. Sgt.
Slaughter wouldn't be so bad if he didn't try so hard. And then they threw
in the Hart Foundation for measure, good or bad. Hmm, I guess all things
considered it worked, but in the way that if you throw everything you
have at the wall something's gonna stick. Michaels and HHH mugging at the
end was amusing.
The post-match of Michaels vs. Bulldog at One Night Only looked really
cool. Michaels was a total bad ass and the crowds reaction pushed it
over the top. Now I wanna see this card!
Steve Austin and Vince McMahon came through admirably once again, Austin
dishing it out and McMahon taking it on the chin. Not one of the more
memorable Stone Cold interviews of late but Austin's become the best
in the business on the mic when it comes to delivery to the point where
he could get heat reciting the phone book. Darn Canadian censors blurred
Austin's double bird flip at McMahon.
Vader and the Bulldog had a good series of matches in WCW back in '93
which took me a few minutes to remember. This was nothing special,
competently done but overall pretty blah, the crowd didn't help it. And
yeah, here come another bunch of run-ins. The Hart Foundation are losing
their heat, you Americans don't hate us as much as we hate you I suppose.
Best part of the whole segment was the toupee sign pointing to McMahon. And
hey, an anti-Canada sign that *finally* offended me, "Canadian Beer Sucks".
Four words: St. Ambroise Pale Ale! Woo hoo!
The promo that ran before Farooq vs. Ahmed Johnson was so good it almost
made me forget about the horrible match I was about to witness. Hey, why
did the ring announcer call him Ahmed Simpson? Farooq actually took some
cool bumps with the ring steps so I'll put that in his plus column. Let's
see if Owen Hart can manage to contain his overall ring suckiness though.
Goldust and the Sultan really stunk out the joint. You know, Goldust's
half-painted on skull looked cool but the effect was totally killed because
HE'S STILL WEARING A FORM-FITTING BLACK AND GOLD BODYSUIT! At least Brian
Pillman delivered with another XXX Files video (bushed!) and Dude Love was
sometimes funny on commentary. Dig it!
How did the Headbangers fool anyone into thinking they're a good team?
They don't even have any cool spots to make up for their overall lack of
wrestling ability like the Eliminators did (oh-uh). You know, Los PG-13
actually looked ok in comparison. Man alive does the WWF tag team scene
really blow right now! Oh joy, here come the Godwinns! This will probably
make the best of Crypt Keeper volume two.
Owen Hart's decent but nothing exciting interview doesn't make the grade,
even with the Steve Austin sneak attack. The best part about an Owen
interview is watching him struggle not to stumble all over his words.
Now that is deep psychology, putting the Undertaker in a body bag! How
long's it been since Undertaker's stuffed a jobber in one himself? And
the sit up! And the no selling! Could the urn be lurking far behind?
Who or what was behind that curtain? Man, I thought they got rid of all this
crap months and months ago. And speaking of WCW circa '93, Rick Rude brings
back the briefcase he was carrying the US title around in! Well, I liked
Michaels scaling the Titantron! TAPED RAW SUCKS!
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