Up until about five minutes before Raw went off the air, McMahon,
Steve Austin, and gang had crafted one of the best angles in Raw
history, and then just like they did with the dumpster angle earlier
this year, they flushed it down the toilet with a very disappointing
climax. I'm still going to give it a thumbs up, albeit grudgingly,
because I was completely transfixed to my TV screen for the last
fifteen minutes of the show. It's no secret that I'm a big Mick Foley
fan, and his work was decent, but Dude Love was a major letdown and
a big rip off. Vince is no wrestler but I'm sure he could have taken
a few bumps for Austin, including a left-handed stunner for the pinfall,
before Dude did his run-in.
The chain match between the DOA and Los Boriquas wasn't great or anything
but it was short and action packed, and the outside the ring stuff was
decent enough to make it an overall enjoyable segment. I don't really care
that DX double crossed Los Boriquas (AGAIN!) but it was a pretty good
pay off to the angle when Chyna low blowed 'em.
Ron Simmons did a decent job on his interview, and the pull apart brawl looked
good, so I'm gonna give this one the nod. I can't explain why I think Simmons
deserves a singles push, but he does.
It's nice that 2 Cold Scorpio is getting a push this week but we'll see how
long it lasts. Nothing special in Funk/Scorpio vs. The Quebecers but it did
it's job, and Pierre pulled off a cool top rope suplex, and Terry Funk finally
stopped wearing pantyhose on his head.
Billy Gunn vs. Owen Hart was ok but the pre-match interview by Helmsley
was the best part of the whole deal (and for the record, LOD 2000 were
the worst). I especially liked the line about Road Dog writing his
essay on Zig Zags. X-Pac was better this week on commentary but I think
that had a lot to do with Helmsley being there to help him out. Kind of
a lame finish to the match, the old school boy, but all told probably
the best wrestling match of the night on Raw.
I'm certainly not as pissed off about TAKA Michinoku vs. Jeff Sack of Shit
Jarrett as I would have been if Jarrett had scored a pinfall, but it
still sucked that a WWF CHAMPION DIDN'T EVEN GET ENTRANCE MUSIC! The
Kamikaze run-in was cool again. If they do this for a few weeks it might
built some heat since the crowd reacted better this time. Jarrett really
needs to get a new grasp on the Double J character to get himself over.
I was thinking something along the lines of playing a full-fledged '70s
heel to the point where it becomes obvious he's having bad matches on
purpose which, I think, would draw him more heat. I'm thinking something
along the lines of Cactus Jack right before he left ECW (not taking any
crazy bumps and working a real simple style to piss off the hardcores).
Hey, that's about all I can come up with for this bum.
Luna and Sable showed off their cleavage. Dustin dressed in drag. Kick ass
and all that.
Steve Blackman & Ken Shamrock vs. the Midnight Express was ok but the double
DQ out of nowhere was one of the worst finishes of the year.
The Undertaker destroyed a bunch of good wrestlers on this weeks show, took
up a whole lot of airtime jawing with Kane, and pissed me off a whole heck
of a lot.
Ollie
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