The three way dance of triple threat with the crappy rules which
should always be two pinfalls in these kinds of matches was pretty
good with ok psychology and the JOB Squad getting a whole lot of
TV time was touching but Mankind needs to be given some real wins
because he damn well deserves them.
Duane Gill proves once again for the 2343rd time that anything
can happen in wrestling and to never give up on your dream no matter
how low on the pole you are. Really. Who would have thought an old
school jobber would get back on Raw except for Steven Lombardi once
a year, let alone hold gold no matter how screwy the circumstance.
This was really cool. I mean, if they're going to flush the belt
then go all the fucking way.
The Outlaws vs. the JOB Squad was really one of the best tag team
matches on Raw in a time. Billy Gunn pulled moves out of his ass
and Bob Holly even did a meltdown. I don't know what Al Snow has
on Vince to get this much TV time all of a sudden. The finish was
screwy as hell but it did feature a leaf blower.
X-Pac made Rock look good and so this was a working main event.
Shane and Mr. McMahon got ON THE STICK. Shawn Michaels is 7 months
behind everyone else because his character has had no growth so I
didn't pop over his being named comissioner. And then Steve Austin
walked in on things, no wait, he was in the hospital.
The ICP made an underwhelming heel turn because the Oddities all
sold like crap and plain suck. The Headbangers are trying to show
colour but they're not there yet. ICP get a good crowd reaction and
a well crafted angle to a match against the Outlaws on PPV could
get over huge.
So the Blue Blazer has been Jeff Jarrett and Tom Pritchard. Pritchard
should be wrestling somewhere. He's good. nWo Black & White and the
Blazer had a real bad nothing match this week. It did not work.
The Brood vs. D-Lo and Mark Henry just wasn't good enough for me
this week. It was fine but it was all over the place. D-Lo hit the
best moves in the match, example the top rope senton to nowhere.
Mark Henry getting all hopped up was almost enough to make the
permanent tape.
Either the WWF just pulled off one of the greatest shoot angles of
all time or Steve Williams is one of the luckiest men alive.
Goldust and Marc Mero wrestled for the 78th time again. What's the
point? The angle at the end was good for what it was but I could
have lived without this quarter hour, hell yeah.
Ollie
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