PeteF3
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I have to admit, as this segment stretched past the 15-minute mark when I watched it live, I started fantasy booking one last "gift," which was Mankind playing a montage of the 1999 Rumble finish, and leaving Rock in a pool of his own blood. That would have launched this into all-time "Where were you when..." territory, at least as I see it. That said, one obviously can't judge a segment based on what you wanted it to be, only on what it is. *That* being said, even if you aren't going to launch a major angle with this segment, it needed a better ending than the total anticlimax we got, as funny as most of this was. It also says something that the bulk of this consisted of Mankind telling the actors backstage, "You'll come out and give your line, then I'll say something, then Rock'll say something, then we'll move on." Somehow even Russo knew that overscripting and overthinking was death to a wrestling promo. Maybe that was because, as the lack of real ending indicates, Russo's total lack of attention span. But it still works. -
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Mankind is amused at Stevie Richards wanting to be Dude Love, as the point of the gimmick seems to fly over Stevie's head. I honestly have almost no recollection of Stevie doing anything in the WWF between the ill-fated Blonde Bytch Project and the rise of RTC, which isn't until next June.
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I like Juvie's Johnny Depp look. I don't get why this is a program befitting of a mask vs. hair stip, nor do I get why Chavo, Psicosis, and Juventud are now an alliance. And I don't get the point of unmasking a JTTS, either. And judging by the reactions, neither does this crowd, though they come alive for Kidman's big kickout after the Chavo interference.
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Well, you certainly can't accuse this of being cookie-cutter like a bunch of other 1999 WCW vignettes. Tony: "We have the unveiling of a new Total Package tonight." (Liz takes off funeral garb to show foxy cocktail dress) Bobby: "AND LOOK AT IT!" I LOL'd. Luger's head literally looks like it's been Shopped onto another body--he looks like Sting in those Capitol Combat promos. Tony: "Wow, what a moment." Okay, tone it down, Jim Nantz.
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Snow, about to be denied vengeance over the murder of his beloved dog, breaks free of handcuffs in a burst of adrenaline to stop the Boss Man from escaping the cage. Head makes his big return, and this is as bad as advertised. Ross teases us with the possibility of someone plummeting off the cage, but Snow just kicks the door open and leaves. No spots with any of the wrestlers and the rottweilers, which shows that as bad of an idea it is to have a stunt double get mauled by dogs in a backstage skit, it's worse to have dogs perform live.
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Yeah, this was just total spot-fu, as is Grimes' wont, I suppose. The run-ins were sort of nicely chaotic but didn't really add anything since Bradley just pulled out a chain anyway. Despite the match not being much, I was pretty pissed when they went off the air in the middle of the match until I found they aired the finish the next week.
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Heel play-by-play is usually death, but damned if Gertner isn't better at this than Styles. Guido remains an unsung hero of late-'90s wrestling and probably came along about 6 or 7 years too early, though he had a good career after this, too. A really fun TV match with a little bit of everything--mat wrestling, high-flying, death-defying spots into the crowd, and wrasslin' bullshit.
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I'm really not sure it's a given that Jericho got "permission" to do this. For one, it's easier to get forgiveness, especially from Vince. Second, it seems that negotiations began in earnest after an unsuccessful attempt to partner with NXT for his cruise.
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PhotoShopped, apparently.
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Jericho's in an interesting spot right now--he made himself big through mid-card comedy, but he was signed with the expectation that he would be the next Shawn Michaels. Shawn could do comedy too, but not stuff that made himself the butt of the joke as Jericho often was. Chris, despite this attempt, still needed work on coming across as a true main event threat. But, he gets the on-screen credit for Ken Shamrock getting written off TV.
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I actually think Robinson was being Sid's lackey and a straight-up referee at the same time, to show you just how adrift this company was. The sound was too quiet for me to pick up on much of what Sid said and I couldn't be bothered to change volumes, but he makes threats towards both Goldberg and Booker T.
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Yeah, why wouldn't Test be in the Six-Pack Match? How do you end this Raw with anything besides all 6 guys in the Unforgiven main event brawling with each other? Going from there, why not end the show with the tag title change which has 4 of the 6 guys there already with another doing a run-in?
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On top of everything else that's horrifically wrong with this...as a relatively minor issue...if you ARE compelled for God knows what reason to run this angle, HOW CAN YOU RUN IT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE JARRETT-CHYNA FEUD? Where the fuck were the cops when Jarrett was assaulting Debra or the makeup lady?
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Yeah, I don't know if the Kane stuff is necessary since there's no prospect of Undertaker wrestling anytime soon, and it's not like jabrones like Mideon and Viscera needed a bunch of protection. But hey, this isn't boring or anything and the crowd loves it. The tag titles change hands yet again.