The Raw is War Workrate Report

A weekly look at what did and didn't work on Raw is War by Oliver Postlethwaite

Monday, December 14th, 1998

Wrestling! Here's the lowdown on last week's Raw which I barely saw in the rush of Christmas cheer. Hey! Don't forget to visit my sponsors!


What Worked
I remember really liking the main event. Helmsley and the Rock made me forget I was watching Helmsley vs. the Rock, it was that good! If it wasn't, blame it on the Christmas cheer.

I'm really growing fond of Owen Hart's old school angle clinic. The look of shock on his face at being unmasked RULED IT.

Bossman and Ken Wayne Shamrock vs. The Outlaws was probably a passable match, maybe. I don't know, I'm not watching it again. Sorry.

Mankind was freaking awesome as usual, carrying Vince McMahon to a decent little brawl, not making me want to turn the channel (as if I even watch it live) with Kane on my TV set, all the time with the seething knowledge that he will never wear world gold in the WWF. Unless I'm wrong.


What Didn't Work
Debra showed her tits and Steve Blackman got pasted with a guitar. We really are spoiled.

The Brood *should* have beaten Tiger Ali Singh to a bloody pulp.

Shane McMahon needs to go back to business school or something because he's dragging down McMahon's segments. So even though the Royal Rumble draw was cute, I'm dropping it down here.

Michael Cole sucks. He's like an annoying Tony Schiavone. Imagine that.

There was probably some stuff I missed, like Mark Henry being smooth, or Papa Shango getting the biggest pop of his sordid career, or Val Venis representin' for the Great White North, and maybe the Oddities were all goofy. Maybe.


Ollie




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