The Raw is War Workrate Report

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

Monday, March 23rd, 1998

What Worked
The Steve Austin interview segment worked for me. It wasn't classic Austin but he threw enough into it to make it interesting. Slaughter's a lot easier to take now that his role has been cut back and he's not trying to come off as the people's president, commissioner, whatever.

Hey! Mike Tyson is Mr. T! I'm so proud of myself for figuring that out. The DX interview segment was cool. I don't remember it all that much but I think it was one of Michael's best pieces of work on the mic all year.

Sable getting a plaque smashed over her head by Luna was ok, Sable sold it well, I half-thought she was gonna blade. Vic Venom had a woody. I tell ya, Dustin's lookin' a whole lot like the Sandman lately.

Holy crap, Steve Austin wrestled A MATCH on Raw! And it lasted more than a whole minute! And it wasn't half bad. And there was a clean finsish in a TV main event! I can't complain about anything here.


What Didn't Work
The Quebecers vs. Jack & Funk part three was pretty terrible, and the angle that backed up the match was mediocre at best. I hope there's a title change at Wrestlemania, I want to see Terry with WWF gold.

Jeff Jarrett and Steve Blackman were working on an ok match before the finish, which was bad. Bad, I tell ya.

Thanks to the eminently quotable Jim Ross I don't even have to review the Kane laser show. Like he said, "This is just terrible!" Ok, it was cool to see the crew member running around on fire but I saw Metallica do that last year. The only other thing I liked was Ross' second best line of the year so far: "A human being is on fire!". The best one being: "There's people in there!" Ah, good ol' JR! Kick Ass! (these quotes don't read well, ya hafta hear 'em from the horses mouth)

Skull and 8-Ball had a nothing match with the NEW Midnight Express, who could be worse, and then there was that big brawl which is supposed to make me order Wrestlemania I guess. Los Boriquas were mixing it up, which reminds me of this weeks Canadian Superstars. Superstars is the most surreal wrestling show on television (maybe World Wide beats it, I don't get it). So, Savio and Jose wrestled each other and I have no idea why because I missed the beginning but it was really, really bad, with no crowd heat. The announcing team of Ray Rougeau, Tom Pritchard and Gorilla Monsoon has to be heard to be believed. Pritchard is fun to listen to, Rougeau is just out there, like he hasn't watched wrestling on TV in 10 years, and Monsoon, god love 'im, is the awkward third wheel. Check it out if you can, for hardcore WWF fans and masochists only.

Chainz vs. Faarooq.

Justin Hawk Bradshaw vs. Windham was not ok, there was probably a run-in, or something equally thrilling.


Ollie




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