January 28, 201114 yr Author comment_5463269 Joined in progress. Mero wins the IC title in a tournament final. The Sunny/Sable cat fight gets tons of heat. Pretty decent as a moment, but this was a major development on RAW, and it looks much better in a vacuum than when you compare it to Nitro side by side. I liked Ron Simmons a lot. I wasn't a huge fan of Faarooq.
January 28, 201114 yr comment_5463285 This is the only time I can remember a wrestler thanking his lord and savior Jesus Christ in a promo.
January 28, 201114 yr Author comment_5463287 This is the only time I can remember a wrestler thanking his lord and savior Jesus Christ in a promo. Yes he did. This surprised me, as I thought he was Jewish for some reason.
March 18, 201114 yr comment_5467644 This is the only time I can remember a wrestler thanking his lord and savior Jesus Christ in a promo. I'm pretty sure Mistico did it one time. Fray Tormeta too. It's pretty sad that it seemed that Sunny/Sable was more over than the match. Why did Mero go back with Perfect after Perfect turned on him early in the year?
March 19, 201114 yr comment_5467702 This is the only time I can remember a wrestler thanking his lord and savior Jesus Christ in a promo. I'm pretty sure Mistico did it one time. Fray Tormeta too. It's pretty sad that it seemed that Sunny/Sable was more over than the match. Why did Mero go back with Perfect after Perfect turned on him early in the year? the turn is 3-4 weeks away
January 30, 201312 yr comment_5531788 During the Sable/Sunny catfight, Patterson goes out to break it up and Ross says "The queens of the WWF are outside the ring!" They love ribbing him.
May 26, 201312 yr comment_5545513 This is the only time I can remember a wrestler thanking his lord and savior Jesus Christ in a promo. Yes he did. This surprised me, as I thought he was Jewish for some reason. He is Jewish. Wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the semi-blackface thing that carried over a little from his WCW gimmick.
March 28, 201510 yr comment_5661146 I've heard conflicting stories about Mero. Some sources listed his real name as "Marc Merowitz," but he was using the Mero name in his Golden Glove boxing days. In any event, he was a legitimate evangelical Christian at this point--part of his reasons for wanting out of WCW were because he wasn't comfortable with the Little Richard stuff and didn't want to be associated with a woman who wasn't his wife. Yeah, seems a bit over-the-top for me, too. Anyway, we get the closing act and it's pretty good here. IIRC Mero winning this was a somewhat late audible as there were plans for Ahmed to come back and go after Faarooq for the title he never lost. But this was the right decision. I didn't pick up on it at the time but JR's petulant little "what about me?" as Mero is thanking everybody is a nice bit of foreshadowing for what's to come later tonight.
April 1, 201510 yr comment_5662892 The match is no better than decent. Mero's shooting star press never looked that good, it always seemed he just banged his knees on the mat and barely touched his opponent. A few of his athletic spots looked like that, just athletic stuff that didn't translated well into actual pro-wrestling spots. Not a big fan of Simmons in single, although he had his moments. Pushing Mero was the right move though, and you get the feeling the were aiming at a new Savage/Liz glamour couple. Sunny vs Sable catfight gets more heat than the entire match which kinda foreshadows what would happen in a few years.
January 19, 20169 yr comment_5721698 Sunny and Sable steal the spotlight. Sable looks legit proud of Marc in this moment which is nice to see when he dedicates the win to her after thinking Jesus.
May 13, 20178 yr comment_5800216 Very good match. Mero busts huge a switching springboard moonsault early. The guy is fun to watch. Faarooq has a great spot where he walks up to the top rope with Mero on his shoulders & falls back into Samoan drop. Hot finish with Sable & Sunny getting into it & Patterson (who was the special ref) getting in between them. Mero gets a hold of Sunny's loaded purse that she gave to Faarooq & nails him with it. He then hits a shooting star press to win the IC title. Really spirited match where Mero, especially, put in a lot of effort. Nice post-match interview with Mero who thanks God, Sable, & Mr. Perfect.
January 15, 20187 yr comment_5828223 Match was nothing but the queens line and "We Love Restholds" sign in the front row makes this a worthy addition.
April 5Apr 5 comment_6028716 Again I am starting to like Mero. He is a dollar store version of WCW cruiserweights, but it works because the rest of the WWF is pretty vanilla. Admittedly he is super sloppy and doesn't quite hit anything right. But at the very least he gets to show some athleticism beyond one signature spot. I don't recall anything about Perfect involving Mero, but it's pretty clear Perfect is setting him up for something. Mero is also a not great promo, which has to work against him in the land of Sports Entertainment. Also, the crowd booed when Sunny was thrown out. I wonder who is really over between Mero and Sable when the Sunny/Sable confrontation got the biggest pop of the match. As an aside, making sure that they got 3 long-ish plugs in for the Mankind/Undertaker match at the next PPV on this Raw is smart. They clearly knew that they weren't going to push Mero too far by this point and nothing else on this show was worth watching.
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