Jeff Jarrett vs. Road Dog was cool because they showed some old Roadie footage and I'm already feeling nostalgic for goofy WWF angles. Which is why I'm deciding to like the Steve Regal promos now instead of three years from now in an ironic celebration of the past.
Helmsley and Owen Hart turned it up a notch, as they say, and put on something worth watching. Owen, for all his experience, is way too tentative at times, which doesn't bring down the match a whole lot but does keep it just below the level of approaching great.
The Rock vs. Kane was modern day North American overbooking at it's very best. Imagine, a bookerman with the balls to get a guy over by having him pin, cleanly for all intents and purposes, an over fucking monster heel! All the run-ins made sense, and all the run-ins elevated the drama of the match. I'm still
not on Maivia's dick but I gotta agree that the WWF is doing a good job with him.
Mankind and Undertaker have a good old garbage match that I liked a whole lot. Undertaker as heel is a good move and they should push him in that direction even further. Mankind is just the best wrestler in the universe ever. The Rocky angle was a little not making too much sense, but the crowd loved it so what the fuck do I know, sitting in my apartment writing about wrestling on that seething cess pool, the internet.
I liked Marlena and Val Venis vs. Dustin Runnels because I have no morals and that's how I get my kicks.
Gangrel and Edge have almost come out of nowhere to be instantly cool wrestlers. They had a good little match and the no-finish wasn't as bad as most others. I'll take these two on my midcard any day.
X-Pac is peaking as a bump machine, taking the best one all week right at the beginning of the match and continuing to make the suspect Mark Henry look good by selling his ass off. Chyna's credible in the ring to the point where I don't even blink at the fact that she's a woman. And holy mother of good finishes, putting Henry over Chyna was the number one and best way to end this match.
Raw kicked wrestling ass this week with a world title fight on free TV that WCW could only dream of having in their PPV world title matches. I was digging them taking it to the mat 'cos you don't get to see that shit too much on cable. It was so fresh to see Austin face someone who isn't Mankind, Kane or the Undertaker. Oh, sure, the cop-out finish was the worst but I'm not going to let it drag down what these guys were feeling Monday night.
Vince McMahon. His angle at the beginning of the show sucked. Those are the stupidest stipulations I've ever heard. This week.
There was an evening gown match which was a nice bone to throw to the midnite chokers but it did nothing for me. I swear.
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