A New Generation…..a new attitude? [by To4sty]

.....it's that time again.....it's Sunday Night, we're live on Pay Per View and we open up straight at the announce desk, where Tony Schiavone is alongside Bobby Heenan and Dusty Rhodes.....and Tony Schiavone is in full hype mode.....

".....Ladies and Gentlemen, we welcome you to the night where scores will be settled.....we welcome you to the night when former friends collide......we welcome you to the night that nations go to war.....we welcome you to the night that the Blade Warriors explode.....it's Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels.....it's Sting vs. The Warrior.....it's a night you won't forget......because tonight, we welcome you.....to WCW SuperBrawl VIII....."

.....the three men run down all the action that we’re going to see tonight, from the Team USA vs. The Sovereignty (which actually makes up TWO bouts tonight) with Dusty saying that he for one hopes that those All-American Boys give those Can-UK’s a good old taste of Americana tonight.....Bobby Heenan on the other hand isn’t feeling quite so patriotic.....

”.....I mean, I’m not just The Brain you know.....I’ve MET Her Majesty The Queen and she was quite complimentary.....so complimentary in fact that well, let’s just say that you can call me SIR Brain of Heenan.....”

“.....complimentary?.....what’chu talking about ‘complimentary’ Bobby Heenan? Ain’t no one EVA’ been complimentary about you baby.....”

.....Bobby tells Dusty to have a little bit more respect, he can have the queen on the telephone in no time, and Dusty Rhodes might find himself doing some ‘Hard Times’ in the Tower of London.....

.....Schiavone cuts off the bickering, telling us that on top of all that, we also have the United States Championship being defended (as Eddie Guerrero takes on JPL) the Forgotten putting the Tag Team Titles up against the Nasty Boys.....not to mention the Cruiserweight Title being on the line when Juventud Guerrera challenges Hayabusa.....

”.....and outside of our Championship bouts fans we have the battle of the big men.....giant vs giant, as Sid Vicious meets THE Giant.....the First Family in action.....and finally we have.....”





”.....:::::!!!!!IF YA SMELLLLLLLLL......WHAT THE ROCK.....IS......COOKING!!!!!:::::......”

.....and finally (or should that be FIRSTLY) we have The Rock out for revenge against the man who cost him the United States Championship last month.....Curt Hennig.....and that match, is next.....

Rating: N/A

.....it’s perhaps a sign of quite how stacked the top end of the WCW roster is, when one of the most over gentlemen in the company (The Rock) is jerking the curtain.....but that’s exactly what he’s doing here, as he opens up the eighth annual SuperBrawl against Curt Hennig, in a match that many think Hennig has been trying to avoid.....

.....whether he HAS been trying to avoid it or not is moot about now, because the match is happening and after Curt cost the Great One the opportunity to become the United States Champion (and then spent the subsequent weeks running from him) Rocky is VERY eager to get his hands on his opponent.....

.....Rocky starts out strong and as Hennig (repeatedly) tries to escape from the clutches of his opponent he’s bumping all over the place.....and honestly, who bumps better than Curt Hennig? Go ahead, I’ll wait while you try and think of someone not called Shawn Michaels.....

.....anyway, while you’re doing that I’ll just continue with the match write up, because Rocky ain’t waiting for no one.....

.....Curt finally catches a breather, but he has to earn it, as a big right hand by Rocky sends him sailing over the top rope and down to the floor, where he at least gets a brief reprise.....it is only brief though, with The Rock heading straight outside to meet him.....he pummels Curt all over the ringside area before finally ramming Hennig’s head into the post so hard that Curt turns inside out right out there on the floor.....

.....I think Hennig would have been happy to take a count-out loss there, but Rocky isn’t letting him off that easily, rolling his opponent back into the ring.....he perhaps should have taken that count-out win though, because as he rolls into the ring after him he’s met with a knee drop to the back of the head that finally slows him down enough for Hennig to take control of the contest.....

.....Curt Hennig has done a lot of running away from the Rock as of late, but the times he hasn’t been running (usually after a cheap shot) he’s taken great pleasure in inflicting serious punishment onto the self proclaimed people’s champion.....he viciously assaulted him following his loss to Eddie Guerrero a few weeks back (a loss that actually came courtesy of Hennig) and he was especially effective with a steel chair in hand on a recent episode of WCW Thunder.....so it’s perhaps no surprise that he appears to be enjoying this extended heat spot greatly.....

.....all of Curt’s ‘perfect’ cockiness returns as he arrogantly struts around the ring, nonchalantly batting his opponents about the back of the head with slaps, before deciding to finish him off once and for all with that Hennig-Plex.....he hooks Rocky into position, but before he can execute the move Rocky wriggles free and sends Curt into the ropes, driving him hard to the mat with a spinebuster on the return.....

.....from there, The Rock begins to fight his way back into this.....he may be fully focused on Curt Hennig right now, but he must have one eye firmly fixed on Jean Paul Levesque too, with the pair exchanging insults for weeks now.....although JPL hasn’t been shy about getting others to do his dirty work for him, often enlisting the Totally Awesome Trinity to do a lot of the heavy lifting for him.....

.....that being said, if Rocky DOES have his sights set on Levesque, he’s going to want to be heading into any potential match between the two of them with a victory here.....

.....he continues to fight his way back into the match, mounting more and more of an offence as the bout goes on.....you can see the confidence slipping away from Hennig, who (after controlling a good portion of the action) reverts to attempting to keep as far away from The Rock as possible.....Rocky isn’t going to give him the chance to run though, finally (and decisively) putting Curt away right in the middle of the ring following a Rock Bottom.....

Winner: The Rock
Rating: A

.....we leave The Rock to celebrate in front of his people as we go to the back, where a rather large black limousine is pulling into the parking lot.....

.....we don’t have to wait long to discover its passengers either, because it’s barely come to a halt before the door swings open and The Macho Man comes flying furiously out, followed by the rest of the Titans of Wrestling.....

.....well, some of them anyway.....

.....Macho is there, as is The Warrior, Buff Bagwell and Vinnie Ru.....who’s NOT there though, is the Totally Awesome Trinity, who were fairly clear this past Thursday on Thunder when they told Buff Bagwell that they wouldn’t be fighting the Titans battles for them this evening.....

.....that perhaps explains Savage’s less than positive demeanour, as the camera picks up his rantings about wanting to know where the Trinity are, even catching him telling Buff that he had ”one job to do, yeah.....didn’t do it” as the group storm towards the entrance of the building.....

.....they pass by the camera man (who’s doing his best to remain inconspicuous) and Macho grabs at him, dragging him closer so that he can address the Trinity directly.....he stares down the lens, telling Copeland, Cage and Traylor that they’d better get their butt’s into gear and quickly if they know what’s good for them, before shoving the backstage worker to one side and continuing into the arena.....

Rating: B+

.....our second match of the evening is our first title match of the evening.....our Cruiserweight Title match, which sees James Vandenberg’s Hayabusa put the gold on the line against the Youth Warrior, Juventud Guerrera.....

.....this was a great match from an in ring perspective.....sure it didn’t receive quite the same reaction as our previous match, but the action was very good.....

.....both of these men know how to fly and both of these men are extremely fast, with Hayabusa in particular seemingly having little regard for his own safety as he throws caution to the wind.....the death defying actions of our Cruiserweight Champion would perhaps have garnered him some crowd support in any normal circumstances, however, the fact that he aligns himself with James Vandenberg (coupled with the fact that he’s accompanied by both Jinsei Shinzaki AND Mortis) means that he is most certainly the heel in this contest.....

.....as for James Vandenberg, he’s worked too long and too hard to finally capture that Cruiserweight Title, so he’s not about to give it up without a fight.....

.....or fairly.....

.....so despite Juvi coming close on numerous occasions, it was the men on the outside that were the difference makers.....and as Guerrera goes for that Juvi Driver, Vandenberg distracts the official while Mortis slides into the ring to clock the challenger in the back of the head with his Jester Cane, leaving Hayabusa to finish up the match with a Phoenix Splash.....

Winner: ....and Still WCW Cruiserweight Champion.....Hayabusa.....
Rating: C+

.....from there we go to a quick hype package, one that features the rise (and recent dominance) of Kevin Sullivan, Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow.....the WCW Tag Team Champions.....The Forgotten.....

.....it’s bookended by clips of first the initial forming of the group and finally their Championship win last month, with shots of them absolutely dominating and decimating people along the way....shots of the Totally Awesome Trinity deliberately NOT getting involved in the Forgotten’s business, shots of the Public Enemy, Disco Inferno and Alex Wright getting crushed.....and finally shots of our Challengers this evening (The Nasty Boys) delivering a steel chair assisted attack on our champions.....

.....it’s difficult to hype ANYONE up for a Nasty Boys match in 1998.....but we tried.....give us a break.....

.....let’s go to the match.....

Rating: B+

.....seven or eight years ago, this would have been one hell of a match.....yeah, you can scoff all you like, but during their initial run with WCW back in 1990 the Nasty Boys put on some damn fine brawls with the Steiner Brothers, including arguably the match of the night at that years Halloween Havoc.....

.....Father Time hasn’t been kind to Knobbs and Sags, but this was still a decent match.....decent because (considering the number of matches we DO have tonight) it didn’t go long.....in fact, this match and our previous match combined lasted less time than our opening contest.....

.....what this was was a full blown, balls out brawl.....it was in the ring, out the ring, up the aisle and then back in the ring again.....the Nasty’s got their shots in, but it was nowhere near enough to put down a p!ssed off Forgotten, who (still furious at the recent actions of Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque) put an end to their challengers in about six minutes, with Vader crushing the spirit out of Sags body with a big Vader Bomb.....

Winner(s): ....and Still WCW Tag Team Champions.....The Forgotten.....
Rating: B+

.....I don’t know who Mean Gene ticked off, but clearly someone.....because he has the unenviable task of coming out here to get word from the Forgotten.....

”.....and Kevin Sullivan, while no one can argue the result here tonight, it’s not been the best of weeks for your men.....first losing to Adam Copeland and Christian Cage on Nitro, before Bam Bam Bigelow was defeated by Shawn Michaels this past Thursday on Thunder.....your thoughts?.....”

.....Sullivan tells Gene to (first of all) mind his tone when addressing the Forgotten, before saying that wins and losses are immaterial in the grander scheme of things.....what matters is how much destruction the Forgotten can leave in their wake and by his reckoning that’s. a lot.....

”.....and it’s only just beginning.....this right here tonight is a fine example of what happens when someone tries to take something that belongs to us.....that someone leaves the arena on a stretcher, and they don’t come back.....”

.....Sully says that it doesn’t matter WHO steps up to the challenge of his Forgotten, they will NEVER back down from anyone or anything.....but clearly Shawn Michaels, Jean Paul Levesque and the Terrified Trio have realised that normal men just don’t measure up to the Forgotten.....Copeland and Cage can’t beat the Forgotten without help.....the great Shawn Michaels can’t beat Bam Bam Bigelow without help.....NO ONE can match what the Forgotten have.....

”.....but Mean Gene, anyone that doubts my words is welcome to try and prove me wrong.....the Forgotten will take on ANYONE.....any time, any where, any how, it doesn’t matter to us.....if The Road Warriors want a shot at these titles, step up.....Mike Awesome and Gideon Cain, sign on the dotted line.....the Blue Bloods? The Public Enemy? The Pitbulls?.....if Adam Copeland and Christian Cage want to try their luck again, we’re not hard to find.....you can consider that an open invitation Mean Gene.....an open invitation to ANY team in the back.....but if that is an invitation, then this is a plea.....

.....Shawn Michaels.....Jean Paul Levesque.....please.....PLEASE take us up on that offer.....Shawn Michaels, JPL.....you run your mouths like you’re seven feet tall.....five hundred pounds.....but believe me, when it comes to Big Van Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow, you just don’t measure up.....sign on the line.....sign for the match.....sign up.....and sign....your.....death warrants.....”

.....sounds like the Forgotten haven’t ‘forgotten’ about Michaels, Levesque OR the Totally Awesome Trinity.....

.....speaking of the Totally Awesome Trinity.....

Rating: A

.....we head backstage, where Copeland, Cage and Traylor are STILL nowhere to be seen.....and the Macho Man is NOT happy about that.....no not at all.....

.....he’s currently tossing stuff about the room screaming at Russo and Bagwell that he told them to be here.....he told Buff to tell them to be here, they’re not here, they’re somewhere else, where are they because they’re not here.....

.....Russo and Bagwell do their best to calm Randy down (not Warrior, he doesn’t pay any mind to the situation.....in fact I don’t think he’s even noticed) but it’s not working.....tonight is a big night (yeah) with big implications (yeah) and attendance is mandatory (dig it?) so Buff gets the order.....

”.....find them.....call them, telephone, telegram, carrier pigeon, yeah, I don’t care.....just find them.....find them, get them, bring them here to me so that we can do the thing that we’re here to do.....

.....NOW.....”

.....now indeed.....Buff Bagwell has a match of his own to prepare for, but he’s had his orders.....so he quickly bolts from the room on a Totally Awesome ‘Seek and Return’ mission, leaving Savage to remark to Russo that for “Titan’s”, they’re looking a little light right about now.....

.....maybe he needs to do something about that.....

.....quite what Savage means by that is anyone’s guess.....but since we’re already in the back, we may as well go to......

Rating: B+

.....Mike Tenay.....

.....who’s standing by backstage with the man (nay, giant) who will be competing next.....the mammoth, Sid Vicious.....

.....Tenay says that Sid and The Giant have been circling each other for months now, ever since Sid’s debut back at November’s Mayhem event.....that circling has got increasingly more heated in recent weeks, eventually becoming physical.....which brings us to tonight.....

”.....because tonight, we will find out who the true giant in WCW is.....Sid Vicious? Or the man that’s so confident that he owns the title that he uses it for his own ring name.....The Giant.....”

.....Sid lets out a maniacal laugh at that statement, telling Mike Tenay that the only thing the so-called Giant should be confident in, is that Sid Vicious is about to show him that no matter HOW big he is, he will only ever be HALF the man that Sid Vicious is.....

”.....because Giant.....tonight is the night that you find out that just being a big boy isn’t going to be enough if you can’t back it up.....you’ve had two years of walking around here as the ONLY giant in WCW, but all that came crashing down when Sid Vicious walked through that door.....

.....you would have done well to stay outta my way boy, but for as big as you are, you’re obviously not as smart.....because you didn’t just wake a sleeping giant.....you woke the master.....and ruler.....of the world.....”

.....this next match is going to be terrible.....you know that right?.....

.....this promo wasn’t great either.....

.....shall we just get it over with?.....

Rating: A

.....it was so terrible.....

.....ok, I’m being over dramatic.....if you were the type of person who say, writes a certain newsletter, or gives matches star ratings, I’m sure this match would get something along the lines of negative two stars.....

.....but.....

.....the crowd were actually into it, and OBVIOUSLY weren’t expecting a technical masterclass.....they were expecting two huge men to punch, kick and headbutt the crap out of each other.....they wanted the spectacle of two seven footers going to war, that’s what they got, and the crowd responded appropriately.....

.....much like our last two matches, this was never destined to go long.....although, had this only been an eight match card this STILL wouldn’t have gone long, purely because of the people involved to begin with.....

.....Sid calls himself the master and ruler of the world.....unfortunately for our official he’s got a hell of a clothesline on him too.....because as Sid tries to nail the Giant, the Big Man (again) showcases his surprising agility, dropping to the mat to avoid the shot, leaving the official to eat the move.....

.....the ref goes down and Sid briefly checks on him, but he clearly senses the oncoming Giant, because he turns and gets that Big Boot up, right into the jaw of the oncoming Giant.....and then it looks like he’s about to try the impossible.....

.....he’s going to try and Powerbomb.....
























.....or he was.....

.....before the Macho Man randomly comes flying out of nowhere with a double ax to the back of Sid’s head.....

.....Sid drops to a knee (releasing The Giant in the process) and stays there as Savage unleashes a lightning quick flurry of blows (again) to the back of Vicious’ head.....

.....not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Giant quickly takes advantage of the dazed and confused Sid, wrapping a hand around his throat and driving him to the mat with a choke slam, while Savage revives the official.....

.....and three seconds later, the Giant can call himself THE giant in WCW.....even if the win was anything but clean.....

Winner: The Giant
Rating: B

.....while it doesn’t look as though the Giant was aware that Randy Savage was going to involve himself in this match, he doesn’t look especially upset by the helping hand he just received.....

.....this isn’t the first time that the Giant and the Titans of Wrestling have worked together either.....in fact, the big man has been offered Titan status on a number of occasions but has always (rather politely) turned it down.....after his earlier comments to Vince Russo though, it looks like Savage is going to have another go at recruiting what would be the Titans biggest member.....

.....Savage tells Giant that he understands he wants to go it alone.....respects it even.....but the fact of the matter is that the landscape has changed around here......alliances are being formed, lines drawn in the sand......this isn’t about WCW vs. The Titans of Wrestling anymore.....this isn’t even about WCW AND the Titans of Wrestling vs. Shawn Michaels and JPL.....it’s not Team USA vs. The Sovereignty.....this is about knowing that (no matter how big you are) someone ALWAYS has your back.....

.....Macho hands Giant a (Triple XL) Titans shirt, telling him that he doesn’t have to make his decision now.....or even tonight.....but he SHOULD make a decision.....the smart decision.....the RIGHT decision.....

....and quickly.....

.....and just like that, Randy Savage leaves again.....and shortly thereafter, Giant leaves too......

.....and he’s still holding that Titan shirt when he goes.....so that’s obviously not an instant no.....

.....I guess time will tell what decision he makes.....

.....let’s go to the back.....

Rating: B+

.....where Mean Gene is standing by with the members Team USA.....we’ve got The Patriot, Lex Luger, Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly) Hacksaw Jim Duggan and The Road Warriors.....that’s a whole lot of Red, White and Blue.....

.....Gene says that tonight, these men can shut the mouths of the entire collective Sovereignty in just two matches.....the ten man tag team match (up next) and when The Patriot goes one on one with Lance Storm later this evening, something that the Patriot is confident is going to happen.....

”.....because Lance Storm, you and your little Sovereignty are about to learn the good old fashioned way.....you’re here earning your living in the good old U S of A.....and when it comes to America, the greatest country in the world, there’s two things you can do.....love it.....or leave it.....and Lance Storm, if you don’t love it then maybe I’ll kick your butt all the way back to Canada.....”

.....Luger and Hacksaw basically repeat Patriot’s words, while Hawk and Animal also shout out something equally patriotic (although a little more violent) while DDP, he has something to say to another Canadian all together.....

”.....and that’s my former partner, Chris Benoit.....Chris, you need to watch these matches real closely, because I know that deep down, no matter what trash Lance Storm and his Jack-Off’s are feeding you, you know that when it gets down to it, they’ll stab you, me and anyone else in the back just to get what they want.....and that ain’t because they’re Canadian.....that ain’t because they’re British.....that’s because they’re scumbags, and you KNOW they’re scumbags.....”

.....Dallas says that he and Benoit have had their.....differences.....as of late, but he knows they can put all that behind them and get back on the same page.....just watch the matches tonight, and see who TRULY fights with pride.....

.....close this crappy promo out Hacksaw.....

”......!!!!HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!.....”

Rating: B+

.....which takes us nicely to our HUGE tag team match, as five members of Team USA face off against five members of the Sovereignty.....

.....this feud all started with Hacksaw Jim Duggan, so it’s only fitting that this MATCH starts with Jim Duggan too.....chasing the members of the Sovereignty around with that 2x4, as one by one they ran from Hacksaw’s wood and one by one they run straight into the waiting fists of the other members of Team USA.....

.....this match wasn’t exactly a match of the night contender, but much as with the Giant/Sid match earlier, the (ever patriotic) crowd had a great time chanting USA as the heels got their comeuppance.....

.....since the crowd IS so patriotic, it only makes sense to have Hacksaw work the face in peril role.....especially since outside of Lord Steven, the majority of the heel contingent are midcarders at best, while outside of Duggan, the majority of the face side are main eventers.....

.....obviously that makes for some pretty overwhelming odds.....and while Steven Regal has been racking up some pretty impressive wins as of late (including victories over DDP, Chris Benoit AND the Road Warriors) even HE was going to be hard pushed to make the difference here.....and while Team USA was always going to come out on top, Regal wasn’t going to be the one to take the fall.....

.....the match eventually broke down to your usual brawl, which saw Page drop Eaton with the Diamond Cutter, Hacksaw clock Regal between the eyes with that 2x4 (behind the officials back) on the outside, as Luger first sends Rougeau crashing through the ropes with a running forearm, before Racking the big man Oulette.....

.....which just left The Duke as easy pickings for the Road Warriors to turn inside out with a Doomsday Device for the one, two, three.....

.....Hooooooooooooo.....

Winner(s): Team USA
Rating: B

.....we leave Team USA to celebrate in the ring, as we head backstage where we see Lance Storm standing beside Chris Benoit and a monitor.....

.....clearly the pair had just been watching our previous match, because Lance Storm is telling Benoit that for all Dallas Page’s words of well intention, once again it wasn’t the Sovereignty that resorted to underhand tactics.....it wasn’t the Sovereignty that bought inanimate objects to the ring to be used as weapons.....it wasn’t the Sovereignty that just nailed a member of Team USA with a wooden 2x4.....

”.....no, as usual though, that Neanderthal Jim Duggan took it upon himself to assault His Lordship with a weapon, and because its ‘loveable old Jim’ no one bats an eye.....that’s the hypocrisy of these American people and these American fans.....because if that had been a member of the Sovereignty everyone would have been up in arms, while Tony Schiavone would be out there talking about the biggest miscarriage of justice in history......but no, instead he’s out there on commentary laughing it up likes it’s all good fun.....well you Chris, you know as well as I do.....losing a match is NEVER a laughing matter.....but then, as Canadians, we just take winning a little bit more serious now don’t we.....”












.....we might, but Chris Benoit doesn’t actually get chance to answer that one before Buff Bagwell comes walking into shot.....

.....Bagwell got sent on a recon mission by the Macho Man.....one simple task.....find the Totally Awesome Trinity.....and I don’t think he’s been successful thus far.....

.....Storm is just in the process of telling Benoit to be sure to watch HIS match (against the Patriot) to see how a true sportsman operates, when Bagwell rudely interrupts them, asking if they have seen Copeland, Cage or Traylor.....

.....Benoit might be somewhat pre-occupied with his own problems and conundrums right now, but he’s certainly had his fair share of problems with the Titans of Wrestling in the past, so he takes great pleasure in telling Buff that no, no he hasn’t seen the Trinity anywhere.....so why doesn’t he go running back to the Macho Man like a good little lap dog and tell him that he’s failed.....again.....

.....Bagwell isn’t happy about the blatant disrespect that Benoit is throwing his way, but then as Buff’s music can be heard beginning to play in the arena, The Crippler tells him that running back to Savage might have to wait.....

”.....because it sounds like your match is just about to start.....good luck with that one considering your little buddies aren’t here to back you up.....”

.....Bagwell storms off in the direction of the arena, telling Benoit (who’s stood smiling with that toothless grin) that he wants to watch his mouth.....

”.....it won’t take me long to beat this skirt wearing sissy.....AGAIN.....maybe when I’m done I’ll come back here and knock another tooth outta your stupid mouth.....”

.....I hate to break it to you Buff, but Benoit doesn’t look overly concerned.....maybe you should worry about your opponent tonight instead.....no one major, it’s only Rowdy Roddy Piper after all.....

Rating: B+

.....a few months ago Buff Bagwell picked up what was quite possibly the biggest victory of his career when he defeated Roddy Piper as Starrcade.....problem with that was twofold.....one, the match was unsanctioned, so technically as far as WCW is concerned, the win never happened.....and two, Roddy Piper could barely walk during that “match” let alone wrestle following a series of brutal attacks at the hands of the Titans of Wrestling left the man hobbled.....

.....Buff has the chance here to wipe all that away and get an honest to goodness win over the Hot Rod, in an officially sanctioned WCW match.....again though, there’s two problems there.....Piper is fully fit, has two legs, is ready to fight and is thoroughly focused on giving Buff a thrashing, while the other problem is that Bagwell doesn’t seem particularly focused on this match.....

.....instead of preparing to meet the man that went toe to toe with Hulk Hogan during the Rock n Wrestling era (and co-headlined Wrestlemania I) Buff has spent all his time this evening on a wild goose chase, chasing after Titans that don’t appear to be there this evening.....

.....Piper uses that to his advantage in the opening portions of the match and for a face, we all know that the Hot Rod loves to bend the rules.....which is why a distracted and flustered Buff is on the receiving end of a number of bites, pokes to the eyes and hair pulls, why just serves to frustrate Bagwell even further.....

.....it’s fair to say that a good portion of Bagwell’s gameplay here tonight may well have centred around a helping hand (or three) from the Totally Awesome Trinity.....obviously that’s not happening now, but while Buff might not be at the level of a Randy Savage or a Warrior, but he IS a member of the Titans of Wrestling and has been for some time now.....so once he finally gets his head into the match he’s perfectly capable of turning the tides on his own ability.....

.....the longer he maintains control of the match, the more confident he becomes too.....he’s not what you would call a technician but he’s savvy enough to realise that focusing his attack on the leg of Piper is his best chance of winning, after all, Roddy might be coming into this one fully fit, but a fully fit leg of Roddy Piper is probably still only operating at 80% after the years of wear and tear and surgeries they have endured.....Bagwell isn’t about to start stretching and contorting the limb with a myriad of submission holds, but he is certainly proficient enough to stomp and kick at it.....

.....he should have perhaps learnt a submission hold or two though.....because despite his best efforts, Piper won’t stay down.....although he does DROP down.....down and out of the way as Buff goes for that Blockbuster attempt, leaving Bagwell to eat nothing but canvas.....

.....we have the obligatory ten count (which both men manage to beat by 9) before Piper begins firing right hands at the Titan star, leading to the commentary team (particularly Tony) reminding us of Roddy’s amateur boxing background.....

.....Buff tries to fight back but Roddy has had to listen to the brash Titan crowing about holding a victory over the Hot Rod for months now and he is clearly eager to avenge that loss.....Bagwell does his best to escape the onslaught, but as he tries to climb through the ropes to bail, Piper grabs him by the back of the tights and drags him back to the centre of the ring.....

.....where he locks on the sleeper hold.....

.....and with no Trinity in sight to run interference, Bagwell fades and fades.....and fades some more.....until finally the official raises (and drops) the arm three times, before calling for the bell.....

.....this one is over.....Piper wins.....and Bagwell really, REALLY could have done with a Totally Awesome helping hand from the Totally Awesome Trinity.....

Winner: Rowdy Roddy Piper
Rating: B+

.....we leave Piper celebrating a well deserved victory and head to the back, where Eric Bischoff is sat at a desk in a makeshift office, huddled over a stack of paperwork.....

.....and he WAS deep in concentration.....

.....at least until the two dancing fools, Alex Wright and the Disco Inferno came jiving into the room.....

.....Bischoff let’s out a sigh when he looks up and realises who his new arrivals are, before asking the pair what they want because he’s busy.....

.....Disco says that he knows he’s busy.....and he knows what with.....

”.....you’re drawing up the brackets for the TV Title tournament.....am I right? I’m right aren’t I? Right?.....”

.....Bischoff sighs again, before telling Disco that yes, he’s right.....Disco let’s out a little fist pump (as Alex dances to that imaginary music behind him) and tries to peek at the paperwork, but Eric quickly turns the paperwork over, telling him that neither the brackets nor the participants have been finalised yet, but he’s been keeping a very close eye on the winners and losers tonight and he’s getting closer.....

.....Disco scoffs at that, telling Bischoff that he’s got two of the participants right here, right now.....

”.....Alex Wright and The Disco Inferno.....your brand new Television Champion is already in this room, you just don’t know it yet.....”

.....Alex pauses his dancing just long enough to tell Bischoff that he agrees with his Disco Dancing colleague.....and after the disrespect shown to them a few weeks back when Eric was looking for contenders to the tag team titles, he owes them one.....

”.....excuse me? I ‘owe’ you one?.....I’m sorry but it doesn’t work like that.....you see, we (the committee) had a Television Champion that we were extremely happy with.....a Champion that we were proud to see holding that title.....a champion that was an undefeated winning machine by the name of Bill Goldberg.....we want that again, so I’m afraid that no one is getting entered into this tournament as a favour.....or because someone’s feelings were hurt.....

.....now you two MIGHT be entered into that tournament.....but then again, you might not.....you’ll find out the names of the participants at the same time that everyone else finds out the names of the participants.....tomorrow night.....on Nitro.....until then I’m afraid you’ll just have to wait.....but while you’re waiting, ask yourselves this.....are you on the same calibre as a Bill Goldberg? A Lance Storm? A Steven Regal? Ricky Steamboat? You know the Giant held this title right? Are you on the same level as a Giant?.....”

.....I’m fairly sure Bischoff was being flippant.....because clearly our dancing heroes are not.....but the sarcasm goes right over the head of Disco (and Wright) who clearly think that Eric is describing them to a tee, high giving each other and telling themselves that they are a shoe in, before dancing their way back out of the room again, clearly under the impression that they’re in the tournament.....

.....Bischoff is just glad to see the back of the duo, muttering something about “dancing idiots” before looking over towards his monitor at the sound of Lance Storm’s music beginning to play.....

.....it’s Storm going up against the Patriot next.....and Eric clearly has plans to potentially include ONE of these men in that Television Title Tournament.....

.....WHICH one, we will have to wait for tomorrow to find out.....

.....let’s get to the match.....

Rating: B-

.....and after watching the rest of Team USA come out victorious over the Sovereignty earlier this evening The Patriot has got to be fancying his chances against Lance Storm.....

.....this is The Patriot’s first outing on Pay Per View for WCW since the 1994 Halloween Havoc.....granted The Patriot stuck around until mid-95, but he never made it to the ‘Pay’ portion of any of the shows.....he’s not been back in World Championship Wrestling long, but he’s jumped straight into the middle of a semi well established feud and he’s already picked up some important victories along the way - including one over the British face of the Sovereignty, Lord Steven Regal.....

.....Storm on the other hand has finally found his niche here in WCW after arriving some time back now following his short stint in the WWF.....Storm and Regal even feuded briefly over the (currently vacant) Television Championship, but they appear to have put all past issues behind them for the common good and his involvement in the Sovereignty has certainly breathed a bit of life into Lance Storm’s (otherwise bland) character.....

.....clearly both men desperately want the victory here.....Patriot for the clean sweep, Storm to avoid a clean sweep AND to save face on what could be an embarrassing night for the Sovereignty.....

.....it makes for a good match too.....

.....both men come out waving their respective flags, with the poor Maple Leaf getting greeted by jeers from this American crowd.....not that Lance Storm cares, he’s made his distain for the American fans crystal clear.....although considering the fact that we saw a foreign object utilised in our earlier ten man tag match the official should probably have removed those flags from ringside.....

.....Lance Storm might have been quick to criticise Jim Duggan’s earlier actions, but after the two men collided with the official, Storm saw an opportunity and he took it.....he took that Red, White and Blue flag that the Patriot bought to ringside and he ran through his opponent, using the wooden pole to deliver a clothesline type manoeuvre, before snapping it over the back of Patriot’s head.....

.....the official comes back to life just as Storm makes the cover and three seconds later it’s a case of “Oh, say can you see.” Lance Storm getting his hand raised.....

Winner: Lance Storm
Rating: B

.....and it’s not a sight that Diamond Dallas Page is happy to see, having taken up Lance Storm’s previous position beside Chris Benoit backstage.....

.....he tells Benoit that this was exactly what he’s been talking about.....Lance Storm doing anything (legal or otherwise) to get the victory.....

”.....thats a crock of you know what.....Lance Storm just showed the world what a scumbag he is and maybe now you’ll open your eyes to what your little new found friend is REALLY like.....”

.....Benoit says that it’s not a case of his “friend”.....this is professional wrestling, he doesn’t have ANY friends......but as for what Lance Storm ‘REALLY’ is......

”.....what he REALLY is - after watching YOUR ‘friend’ Jim Duggan bounce that 2x4 off the head of Steven Regal - is a man who’s doing unto others before they do unto him.....”

.....Benoit says that he's been watching the Sovereignty for weeks.....he’s WRESTLED them too.....and this was the first time he’s seen them so much as bend the rules, while Team USA haven’t been shy about doing whatever it takes.....

”.....so don’t come in here preaching to ME about cheating.....because honestly, it smells like hypocrisy to me.....”

.....they say that the truth hurts.....well those words certainly stung Page, who takes it upon himself to shove Benoit in the chest as (much as it has done on WCW tv) a small scale brawl breaks out between these former partners, with backstage workers and personnel working to separate them.....

.....let’s leave them to it.....

.....and head over to something slightly more sophisticated.....

Rating: B+

.....I say slightly, because we’re going over to Mike Tenay who is with The Rock......and while Rocky is certainly entertaining, he’s never been accused of being particularly sophisticated.....

.....The Great One is showered and changed following his opening match victory, swapping his wrestling gear for designer sunglasses and an expensive looking silk shirt, and it’s apparent by his demeanour that he’s feeling pretty good about now.....

”.....because The Rock did exactly what the Rock said he would do.....he came out to SuperBrawl and he electrified.....he electrified and he entertained the millions (and millions) of the Rocks fans before giving Curt Henning an absolutely perfect ass whooping.....

.....and when the Rock was done with that, he went to the back, he climbed into the People’s shower, soaped up the People’s strudel, rinsed off the People’s pecs.....the Rock applied a little bit of the People’s scent.....not too much, just a little bit.....The Rock smells good Mike Tenay, go ahead and smell The Rock.....

.....DON’T SMELL THE ROCK MIKE TENAY, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU.....

.....The Rock did all that, put on a thousand dollar silk shirt and now he’s here.....ready to watch Eddie Guerrero and Jipple the Nipple slap the ugly off each other for the United States Championship.....”

.....Rocky says that he can’t think of a better way to spend the rest of his evening, than to watch those two jabronies try to lay the smack down on each other.....Rocky doesn’t like either man, so he could care less who wins, but whoever DOES win has a date with the Rock lined up.....but in saying that, he does kind of hope that it’s Eddie Guerrero that walks out with the gold, because the day they have to announce that Jipple, the Hairy Left Nipple is the US Champion, is the day they may as well throw that gold belt straight in the trash, because you’ll NEVER......and The Rock means EVER.....get that stench off it.....

”.....IF YAAAAAAA SEMLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.....WHAT THE ROCK.....IS......”
















.....hold that thought.....or don’t.....because before he can finish up his catchprase he gets taken out from behind by a charging Jipp....erm, sorry.....by a charging JPL.....

.....the Rock’s words have been getting increasingly under the skin of Levesque, who SHOULD be concentrating on his upcoming match instead of expelling his energy here.....but while JPL has (up until now) been happy to allow others to do most of the physical punishment for him, it seems as though he’s finally had enough, beating Rocky down to the concrete floor and stomping on the back of his head.....

.....Levesque drops down to one knee and grabs the front of the Rock’s silk shirt with one hand, while arrogantly grabbing him by the face with his other hand.....

.....he tells Rocky that he’s done nothing but run his mouth since he arrived here in WCW, and Levesque has tolerated it because Rock has had the common sense to stay out of his way.....

”.....but you had to poke the bear didn’t you funny man.....you had to entertain the ‘people’.....what you should have realised is that you set the bar too low.....these people are morons.....they’re so stupid that they’re entertained by roadkill and confused every time the sun ‘goes away’ at night.....just watch.....I’m about to stomp your smart mouth into this floor here, and they’ll STILL be entertained.....”

.....and that’s exactly what Levesque does, stomping on the Rock until it looks like he’ll be staying down for a while.....

.....only when he’s satisfied does Levesque relent, before dusting himself off and smiling at Mike Tenay.....he tells the Professor that he might want to get some help for the Great One.....JPL would love to stick around and lend a hand, but he’s got a United States Championship to win just about now.....

”.....something that Mr. Funny Man here wasn’t man enough to do.....I’ll see you around Mike.....”

.....with that, a laughing JPL walks off.....he’s right.....his match is next.....

Rating: A*

.....and it’s a bit of an odd match, I’m not going to lie.....

.....I mean, from an in ring perspective this had the potential to be one of the best matches on the card.....Eddie Guerrero is one of the best performers that WCW has to offer, and while JPL is no slouch himself, he certainly benefits from working alongside someone like Guerrero who knows how to pace the match to perfection.....

.....unfortunately both men are heels (granted, JPL more so) and proper heels at that.....the crowd loves to boo them, which made for a bit of an awkward dynamic.....

.....there’s not actually that much heat between the two men either.....JPL really only challenged for the US Title in the first place because Shawn Michaels thought it would be funny to p!ss everyone off.....in fact (as we saw a few moments ago) Levesque has been more focused on The Rock than on Guerrero, while Guerrero, well.....he’s been more focused on costing Bill Goldberg the Television Title than he has been on his upcoming match with JPL.....

.....the Papi of Perfection has taken umbrage with the attention that the rookie’s undefeated streak has garnered, believing his own streak (of retaining the US Title for the last seven months) be all the more impressive.....which may be true, was it not for the fact that Guerrero actually LOST several of those Title defences, just never by pinfall.....he’s going to be hard pressed to overcome the odds of a determined Jean Paul Levesque tonight though.....

.....although Eddie DOES have his nephew Chavo in his corner.....




















.....and a p!ssed off Rock who comes rushing down the aisle ready to strike.....

.....Chavo does a great job of distracting the attention of the official when he notices Rocky making his way out and as The Rock climbs into the ring behind Levesque, Guerrero stands back and allows the Great One to get his payback.....

.....Tony Schiavone finds it most satisfying to see Levesque get his comeuppance, stating that he (and Michaels) have been going around running their mouths and cheapshotting people for months.....but Heenan isn’t so amused.....he says that yeah, JPL attacked The Rock in the back.....

”.....but he did it IN THE BACK.....he didn’t come out during Rock’s match with Curt Hennig earlier this evening.....he didn’t potentially cost him a match.....a title.....this is just poor sportsmanship Tony Schiavone.....”

.....be that as it may, it is what it is.....and what it is, is a beat down punctuated by a Rock Bottom right in the middle of the ring.....

.....Eddie sees the opportunity and heads up top (as the Rock bails to the floor) flying off and landing with a perfect Frog Splash right in the middle.....

.....and three seconds later, the streak continues.....

Winner: ....and Still WCW United States Champion.....Eddie Guerrero.....
Rating: A

.....and so does the war that’s breaking out between JPL and The Rock.....because as Levesque slowly comes around (to realise that it’s Guerrero’s music playing and not his own) a look of fury breaks out on his face.....fury that’s exasperated further when he sees The Rock still there on the outside talking smack.....

.....Levesque rolls to the outside where Rocky meets him, as the two men exchange blows right there at ringside.....they attempt to batter each other into ring steps, safety rails and steel posts, before finally brawling all the way to the back and disappearing out of sight.....

.....as a smirking Eddie Guerrero grabs a microphone.....

.....Guerrero raises the US Title as he proclaims himself the greatest United States Champion in history.....

”.....no, no, no esè.....not just the greatest US Champion.....the greatest CHAMPION in history.....period holmes.....ME.....Eddie Guerrero, the Papi of Perfection.....”

.....Eddie says that there’s no one left that can stand opposite him inside this ring and still be considered a threat.....from JPL, to DDP.....Chris Benoit to Curt Hennig.....The Rock to Jeff Hardy.....Rikishi to Sid Vicious.....there is no one.....

”.....NO ONE....that’s going to take this United States Title from around my waist.....”





.....cue the music.....





.....and the crowd erupting.....










.....as the Turnertron flickers to life, to see the menacing sight of Bill Goldberg marching his way through the backstage area.....

.....Eddie and Chavo don’t look pleased to see the snarling rookie.....in fact, you could argue that they look positively terrified as Chavo runs to the outside to collect a pair of steel chairs.....after all, its been those steel chairs that have kept Goldberg out of action these past few weeks.....

.....Goldberg continues his march through the back, where he is initially challenged by Doug Dillinger’s crack team of security.....I say initially, because every man that meets him gets tossed violently to one side, until eventually they just stop trying and let him pass.....

.....and when he parts the curtain and enters the arena, the crowd REALLY erupts......

.....Goldberg charges down the aisle, where the nervous Guerrero’s are waiting with steel chairs in hand.....a steel chair that Chavo swings as Goldberg climbs into the ring, but the undefeated rookie ducks the shot, rebounds off the ropes.....and Spears Chavo right out of his boots.....

.....Eddie isn’t sticking around for a taste of that, bailing so quickly that he even leaves his precious US Title behind in his eagerness to escape the wrath of Goldberg.....a fact not lost on the rookie, who picks up the championship AND the discarded microphone.....and as Guerrero retreats quickly up the aisle way, Goldberg has four words for him.....

”.....EDDIE GUERRERO.....YOU'RE NEXT!.....”

Rating: A*

.....speaking of next.....we head to the back, where Mean Gene is standing outside of a closed locker room door.....

.....he says that while he has yet to verify the fact, he has it on very good authority that behind this very door, is Adam Copeland, Christian Cage and Ray Traylor.....

”.....yes, the Totally Awesome Trinity ARE here.....and I’m going to try and get word from them right now.....where do they stand with the Titans of Wrestling.....where do they stand with Randy Savage.....and perhaps more importantly, where do they stand in relation to Shawn Michaels and Jean Paul Levesque.....

.....everyone is looking for them.....I found them.....now I am going to get those answers, exclusively for you, the WCW audience.....”

.....Gene knocks loudly in the door, calling out the name of each Trinity member in turn, before reaching out and trying the handle.....















.....only to get dragged back away from the door by a Macho Man that appears out of nowhere, before getting shoved to one side.....

”.....I don’t think so little man, not today nuh-uh.....I gotta talk the talk, the Trinity talk, and YOU, you’ve got to go, yeah.....”

.....Macho shoves Gene away, before swinging open the door and entering the room, slamming it hard behind him.....

.....guess Gene isn’t getting that exclusive after all.....

.....let’s go down to ringside.....

Rating: B+

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.....man we have a lot of matches here tonight.....I didn’t realise quite how many until I sat down to actually plan the show.....

.....I mentioned earlier in the write ups that some of the matches this evening wouldn’t be getting a great amount of time, well this was one of those matches.....

.....to be fair, how long did you want a match that featured IRS in 1998?.....

.....the match wasn’t actually that bad considering some of the participants.....Missy Hyatt and Jimmy Hart did their fair share on the outside to keep the crowd entertained too, because those two have certainly had their fair share of problems in recent weeks.....

.....this whole match stemmed from Konnan turning down Jimmy Hart’s offer to join his first family but it’s young Jeff Hardy that (briefly.....like I say, short match) plays the face in peril, before finally tagging out to Gideon Cain who clears house.....

.....the first family eventually regroup and storm the ring, only for Konnan, Hardy and Awesome to get in on the action too, as a full scale brawl breaks out.....the Faces of Fear break off to scrap with Awesome and Cain, while Hardy and Morrus go at it.....

.....that just leaves Konnan and Wallstreet inside the ring, and it’s Konnan that drinks the match to a close, locking the First Family member up in the Tequila Sunrise.....and with everyone else preoccupied (including Jimmy and Missy) Wallstreet has little option but to submit, right there in the middle of the ring.....

Winner(s): Konnan, Jeff Hardy, Mike Awesome & Gideon Cain
Rating: B

.....they’re setting up the steel cage in the arena, so we take that opportunity to air a recap of the feud that’s been raging between Shawn Michaels (Jean Paul Levesque) and the Titans of Wrestling for months now.....we see a bloodied Shawn Michaels getting pummelled back at November’s Mayhem event.....we see Michaels and JPL go to a no contest with Savage and Warrior at Starrcade.....there’s clips from the Titans victory over Shawn and Levesque at Souled Out (including Shawn dropping an elbow on Randy Savage through a table from halfway up the set) and there’s a clip of this match being made, along with shots of the dissension that’s developed within the Titans, including shots of The Totally Awesome Trinity co-existing with Michaels and Levesque, before we finally go to a shot of backstage.....

.....where Mean Gene is once again standing outside that closed door.....

.....Gene says that (again) he has it on good authority that Randy Savage is no longer inside but when he left, he looked like a man who was pleased by the discussions that took place.....

”.....with that being said (and now that we won’t be rudely interrupted again) I’m going to try once again to get word from the Totally Awesome Trinity, to find out just where their allegiances lie.....”

.....again Gene knocks and calls for the Trinity by name, before again reaching out to try the handle.....

.....which is when the door swings open to reveal......














”.....Shawn Michaels?.....what in the world are you doing here?.....”

.....Michaels just smiles as he exits the room, closing the door behind him, telling Mean Gene that he’s Shawn Michaels.....Mr. Wrestling.....and he goes wherever the hell he wants.....

.....Gene says that Randy Savage was in that room earlier this evening, now Shawn Michaels? It would seem like everyone is vying for the services of the Totally Awesome Trinity.....

”.....let me stop you right there little man.....first of all, Shawn Michaels needs help from absolutely nobody.....particularly when it comes to the so-called ‘competition’ here in “dubbya see dubbya”.....what Shawn Michaels is doing, is simply making sure that history doesn’t repeat itself.....

.....see I lived through the Macho Man era.....the Warrior era.....the “that doesn’t work for me brother” era.....and now a decade later those same ‘superstars’ are still trying to cling onto that top spot by holding down the next generation.....see there’s icon’s that should know when it’s time to hang up the bandana’s and the face paint, and then there’s icons that can still go.....like me.....so while Randy Savage, The Warrior.....even Hogan before he ran off back to Hollywood brother......while they want to hold down the future while they desperately cling onto the past, I’m here to make sure that doesn’t happen.....

.....it’s no secret Scheme Gene, I wouldn’t p!ss on this little backwards, hillbilly company if it was on fire, but the one bright spot WCW has.....ONE.....is Adam Copeland and Christian Cage.....Randy Savage wants to stifle that.....extinguish the flame.....well Shawn Michaels and JPL, we’re going to make sure that doesn’t happen.....and after the conversation we just had, I’m confident that the Totally Awesome Trinity will make the Totally Right Choice.....”

.....Gene asks Shawn what he means by that, but again Shawn just smiles.....he tells Gene that just like everybody else, he’s going to have to wait and see.....because right now, he’s got a Macho Man to put out of his misery.....

.....has that cage been built? It has? Let’s get to it then.....

Rating: A

WCW Championship #1 Contenders: Caged Heat Match

.....so here we are.....and while this match looks suspiciously like the Hell in a Cell match that he WWF put on back in October, it’s definitely NOT a Hell in a Cell match, no, no, no......this is Caged Heat.....and the winner (survivor?) of this one will be the new #1 Contender for the WCW Champion, challenging either Sting or the Warrior (depending on who walks out tonight with the gold) at next months Uncensored event.....

.....the two competitors make their way out and much as Eric Bischoff promised when booking this match a few weeks back, the ring, under the ring, ringside area AND ringside workers are all checked to ensure that there are no signs of either JPL, the Titans of Wrestling, or anyone else that shouldn’t be out here.....

.....this is going to be Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels.....and with the cage lowered, completely surrounding the ringside area and with a roof on no less, it will be ONLY Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels, with no outside interference.....

.....the referee calls for the bell to get this one underway and considering the bad blood between these two men, they don’t bother with such formalities as a collar and elbow tie up.....no, they go straight to the brawling, charging across the ring and meeting each other with an exchange of punches to the face.....Michaels gets the better of the exchange initially but Savage puts a stop to his offence with a back elbow right to the jaw, before tossing his opponent right over the top rope and down to the floor.....

.....that doesn’t keep Shawn down for long though and as Savage catches his breath ‘Mr. Wrestling’ rolls right back into the ring and continues to hammer the Macho Man with blows.....Michaels has Savage rocking but his eagerness costs him when he charges at his opponent, with Randy catching him with a HIGH back body drop that again sends Michaels over the top and down to the floor, only this time with such force that he collides with the wall of the cell on his landing......

.....this time Savage doesn’t waste time recuperating, instead he mounts the top rope and leaps to the outside, nailing Michaels with a huge Double Ax-Handle, before picking him right back up and bouncing him off that unforgiving steel cell.....

.....the two men continue to brawl on the outside, exchanging cell shots as they both taste the steel, before Shawn retreats to the relative safety of the ring, timing it perfectly and nailing Macho with a swinging neck breaker as he re-enters the ring himself.....

.....Shawn takes control briefly, working over his opponent between the ropes, before giving Savage a little taste of his own medicine as he clothesline’s Macho right over the top and to the floor below.....Michaels comes off the apron with a flying forearm type move that sends Macho crashing back first into the steel wall.....Macho looks to fight back and even tries to Irish whip Shawn into the cell.....unfortunately Michaels reverses that and sends Savage flying face first into the ring post, busting him wide open in the process, before grabbing his opponent by the head and grinding his bleeding flesh into that unforgiving steel mesh.....

.....like a shark smelling blood Shawn focuses his attack on the bloody head of the Macho Man, again sending him hard into the wall of the cell.....so hard in fact that even Bobby Heenan mentions how glad he is that WCW at least had the good sense to position the announce table way, way out of the way of ringside.....

.....Savage is bleeding like a stuck pig, but a bit of blood isn’t about to keep him down.....he cuts off Shawn’s offence with a good old fashioned low blow before Irish Whipping him so hard into the ring steps that the two piece set actually separates as Michaels crashes into it.....then Randy went searching underneath the ring, fishing out a number of steel chairs (one of which he smashes across the back of his opponent) before tossing them AND Shawn Michaels into the ring.....

.....you would think the brutality would die down a bit now (back inside the ring) but Savage keeps up the weapon based offence, using those steel chairs to his full advantage as he works over his opponent, before making the first cover of the match, getting a close two-count for his efforts.....

.....Savage wipes the blood from his eyes and sets one of those steel chairs up in the middle of the ring and takes a seat to badmouth the downed Michaels, before dragging him back to his feet by the hair.....he took a little too long to gloat however and as he picks his opponent up, Michaels is able to catch hold of the Macho Man and drop him with a back suplex (reminiscent of his old Teardrop Suplex finisher) driving him right into that chair that Savage was sitting on a moment earlier.....

.....Savage rolls to the outside to catch a breather, but Michaels is right out after him.....he sends him first into the ring post, then the wall of the cell, before dragging him over to the two half’s of the steel steps.....Michaels hoists he top half of the steps up and slides it under the bottom rope and into the ring, before taking a stand on the lower portion of the steps that remain, setting Savage up for a piledriver to the steel.....fortunately for Randy he was able to backdrop out of that, leaving Shawn to land with a huge splat on the floor behind him.....

.....back inside the ring and Savage again goes on the attack with a chair, nailing Michaels right between the eyes for another near fall.....Macho with an Irish Whip but Michaels ducks the clothesline attempt and runs the ropes some more before levelling Randy with the flying forearm, kipping up for good measure (with a cocky expression on his face) and then backing up into the corner to start Tuning up the Band.....

.....the announcers declare that with Savage already busted wide open, this one will be all over if Michaels can hit the Sweet Chin Music.....but as he let’s fly, Macho is able to catch the foot.....

.....and then kicks Michaels right in the balls for good measure.....

.....Michaels goes down and Savage picks up those steel steps that Shawn slid into the ring earlier, holding them up at head height before using them as a battering ram, slamming it hard between the eyes of his opponent when he finally gets to his feet.....

.....and now Michaels is busted open.....

.....WIDE open.....

.....both men are bloody but the Macho Man can taste victory, tossing the bleeding Shawn Michaels to the outside, where he sends him flying face first into the cell a number of times.....Michaels swings blindly at Macho but misses by a mile.....he tries a kick but Savage again catches the leg.....no low blow this time, but he does sweep Shawn‘s other leg out from under him, before catapulting him face first into the steel again, then grinds the skull against the wall of the cell for good measure.....

.....Savage rolls Michaels back into the ring and then scales to the top rope, pointing high into the air as he signals for the Elbow Drop.....he doesn’t get chance to connect though, as Shawn rolls away and out of range before Randy can fly, so Macho simply drops back to the mat and crashes a chair across the back of his opponent, before scaling the top rope again.....

.....again he doesn’t get to hit the elbow though.....because again Michaels rolls out of range, before pulling his bloody body back to its feet using the ropes, telling Savage to “Suck It” as he does.....

.....Savage drops to the mat and grabs hold of Michaels, locking on a sleeper hold (with Bobby Heenan remarking that Shawn Michaels won’t be able to avoid the Elbow Drop if he’s put to sleep) but with Savage still holding onto the sleeper, Shawn charges towards the turnbuckles, dropping down at the last second so that Randy’s bloody face connects with the corner, breaking the hold.....

.....Shawn rolls to the outside and reaches under the ring, pulling out some ladders with a weary smile.....back in the ring and he rushes the Macho Man, nailing him right between the eyes with the top of the ladders, before propping them up in the corner and Irish Whipping his opponent right into them with such force that Savage bumps right over the top rope and down to the floor.....

.....the two men exchange punches on the outside, before Savage catches the upper hand by driving his opponent face first into the cage.....Savage reaches under the ring himself now, this time pulling out a table which he sets up right out there on the floor.....

.....he rolls Shawn on top of the wooden structure, before heading up to the top (seemingly with ambitions of hitting that Elbow Drop finally) but again Michaels rolls to safety, leaving Savage to hit another Ax Handle from the top all the way down to the floor when he stands.....

.....the two get back into the ring where they exchange offensive moves briefly, before spilling back to the outside again, where Michaels finally gets the better of the brawl, smashing Macho between the eyes with a steel chair with such force that Savage stumbles backwards and lands perfectly on top of the table.....

.....Shawn climbs up onto the apron, looking to drive Savage through the wood, but stops to look at the turnbuckles.....he shakes his head no indicating that the apron just won’t cut it, before climbing up to the top rope.....looks like he’s going to try and do what Savage couldn’t a moment ago.....

.....then he pauses again.....

.....and looks at the ladder propped up against the opposite turnbuckles.....

.....then he smiles.....

.....drops to the mat.....

.....and sets that ladder up right there by the ropes.....

.....at Souled Out we saw Shawn Michaels send Randy Savage crashing through a wooden table, after nailing him with an elbow drop from half way up the Souled Out set.....tonight he climbs to the top of the ladder.....circles his finger around his temple in the universal “this is crazy” gesture.....

.....then leaps.....

.....from the top of the ladder, right down to the floor below.....

.....and drives himself through Randy Savage (and the table) with the biggest Elbow Drop you ever did see.....

.....the two men lay broken and bloody among the splinters of the destroyed table.....and they lay there for a while too.....in fact, had this been a standard match both men would have been counted out about a minute ago.....

.....obviously this isn’t a standard match though.....and eventually a bloody Shawn Michaels drags an equally bloody Randy Savage to his feet, rolling him (with great effort) into the ring, where he makes the cover and gets the nearest near fall of the match.....

.....both men are utterly spent now.....blood loss and exhaustion means that there can’t be much left in either man.....there’s still a lot of hatred there though.....and as the pair pull themselves up to a kneeling position they begin exchanging blows right there on their knees.....

.....remarkably (considering he’s just gotten driven through a table from a man leaping from about fifteen feet above him on a ladder) it’s Savage that gets the upper hand in this mini brawl, finally knocking Shawn backwards with one final blow that folds the man in half.....

.....sensing victory, Macho nails Shawn right between the eyes one more time, before dragging those ring-steps over and body slamming his opponent right on top of it.....

.....Savage has been looking for the Flying Elbow Drop for most of the match now and as he heads up top, it looks like he’s going to try it again.....

.....with Shawn Michaels still laid on top of those steel steps.....

.....Savage scales the turnbuckles and points up high in the air, before looking down at the prone Michaels with a smirk, before finally leaping, looking to end this once and for all......

.....except (for the third time this evening) Shawn Michaels rolls out of range.....and after already getting driven through a wooden table, now Randy Savage crashes down hard onto those steel ring steps, driving the wind completely out of him.....

.....and as he slowly pulls himself to his feet, he’s met in the middle of the ring by Shawn Michaels.....

.....with some Sweet Chin Music.....

.....Savage crumples to the mat.....Shawn collapses (out of sheer exhaustion, not by design) on top of him, as the official quickly drops to the mat and counts one, two, three.....

.....Shawn Michaels just won this thing.....

.....but he might not even know it......

Winner: Shawn Michaels
Rating: A

.....both men are utterly spent.....utterly broken.....and utterly covered with blood as the cage rises to allow access to the medical team that these two men desperately need....

.....medical personnel aren’t the only people to make their way out though.....because (in their first appearance on camera this evening) so do the Totally Awesome Trinity.....

.....the three men make their way down the aisle as the announcers question why exactly they are out here.....both Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage we’re seen leaving their locker room at separate points during the show, but the match is over.....they’re clearly not here to help anybody win.....

.....the Trinity finally climb into the ring (avoiding the broken tables, the ladder, the discarded chairs and ring steps) and come to a halt standing over both Michaels AND Savage.....both of whom are still down, bloody and very much out of it.....

.....they pause for a moment, before Copeland nods at Traylor.....and Big Ray-Ray roughly drags Shawn Michaels to his feet.....

.....Tony Schiavone says that for all the bickering, all the dissension and in fighting, it would seem that the Totally Awesome Trinity are still Totally Titans of Wrestling.....and after the war he has just gone through, can Shawn Michaels body take any more abuse?.....

.....but instead of abuse, Copeland and Cage both stand on either side of Mr. Wrestling.....and each raise one of Shawn’s arms in victory, before they each hook that arm over their shoulder and (as Traylor holds the ropes open) they help Shawn Michaels out of the ring and up the aisle, leaving Randy Savage still down on the mat.....












.....they’re about three quarters the way up the aisle (with Shawn’s arms still draped over their shoulders for support) when Buff Bagwell comes rushing out from the locker rooms.....

.....he gets right in Copeland and Cages faces, demanding to know just what in the hell they think their doing, but Traylor grabs him by the throat and shoves him down, leaving the rest of the Trinity a clear path in which to make their exit.....and exit they do.....disappearing to the locker rooms as a shocked Buff Bagwell checks on Randy Savage.....

.....I guess whatever it was Shawn Michaels discussed with them earlier, it worked.....I don’t know WHAT was said, but when push came to shove tonight, the Totally Awesome Trinity helped Shawn Michaels to his feet and left their Titan brother bleeding on the mat.....

.....and if that wasn’t bad enough, the Titans are now 0-2 tonight.....

.....maybe the Warrior will have more success.....

.....let’s find out shall we.....

Rating: A*

.....because that FINALLY brings us to main event time, as former friends.....former partners collide.....and the Blade Runners explode with the WCW Championship is on the line.....

.....we run another lengthy recap promo while they raise the cell (and Buff Bagwell gets an irate Randy Savage backstage) highlighting everything that lead up to this match.....Sting’s reluctance to trust anyone after being betrayed one too many times.....the Warrior finally breaking him down and persuading Sting to join forces with him.....the inevitable betrayal, as Warrior turned his back on Sting to become a member of the Titans of Wrestling.....and the change.....the change in BOTH men.....both men’s colourful attires replaced with simple black and white.....Sting retreating to the rafters, both men’s refusals to speak, Warrior no longer sprinting to the ring like a madman....no rope shaking.....no ‘Owwww’ from Sting.....no expressions at all from either man.....

.....polar opposites, but eerily similar.....

....and now finally, six months on from the betrayal....they meet in the ring, for the richest prize in the sport.....

.....Michael Buffer makes the introductions as each man makes their methodical march to the ring and as the two emotionless face painted superstars stand nose to nose in the middle of the ring, we have one hell of a visual.....

....until Sting (perhaps in an effort to prove that the Warrior didn’t break him) let’s out one of those (rarely heard) now trademark screams.....and then punches Warrior in the face.....

.....and it’s on.....

.....truthfully, this was always going to struggle to follow Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage.....particularly Shawn Michaels and Randy Savage inside that steel cell.....but then we knew that.....we knew that, Sting knew that, the fans knew that.....I don’t think the Warrior knew that, because.....well.....he’s the Warrior.....but everyone else knew that.....never the less, this IS for the WCW Championship and is the first high profile meeting between these two men, so it keeps the main event spot.....

.....I mean, it wasn’t a horrible match.....we did keep it relatively short too (from a main event stand point) after all, we didn’t want our challenger blowing up now do we.....Warrior is known for a lot of things, but his stamina isn’t one of them.....

.....he IS known for his impressive physique though....and with that impressive physique comes a lot of strength and it’s that strength that he uses to maintain the advantage for a good portion of the match.....Sting may have been able to hang in the gym with Warrior back in the day, but that was a LONG time ago.....and today (while Sting is still no slouch when it comes to working out) he’s nowhere near is peak Blade Runner days in terms of bulk and the Warrior capitalises on that.....











.....he also capitalises on this guy too.....because while the Totally Awesome Trinity are obviously in the building, they clearly have no intention of aiding their Titan brothers tonight.....

.....so it’s Buff that has to pick up the slack.....

.....and after Sting and The Warrior sandwich the official as they attempt to clothesline each other, he makes his way out from the back.....and with the referee down, he grabs Sting’s own World Title and uses it to crack the champion in the back of the head, before rolling the Warrior on top of him.....

.....slowly the official recovers enough to crawl over and make the count.....fortunately for Sting, it took him that long to get there that our Champion had recovered just enough to get a shoulder up at the last possible second.....

.....perhaps sensing that the end was near, Warrior signals for the Gorilla Press.....and he does get the WCW Champion up.....










.....but he gets distracted by the arrival of the Totally Awesome Three, who make their way down to ringside.....are they there to help? Warrior doesn’t really look like he NEEDS help about now.....

.....although as he looks down at the Trinity (with Stimg still high overhead) he loses track of what he should be doing.....this gives Sting chance to wriggle free and land behind the Warrior.....

.....and then drive the back of the challengers skull into the mat with the Scorpion Death Drop.....

.....this time the official is a little quicker to get into position.....

.....this time we DO get a three count.....

.....as the WCW Championship stays firmly in the hand of Sting....AND in the hands of World Championship Wrestling.....

Winner: ....and Still WCW Champion.....Sting....
Rating: B+

.....the official hands Sting the WCW Title, which he holds high in the air as he stands tall over the body of the fallen Warrior.....

.....seeing that the Trinity still haven’t left the ringside area, Sting rolls Warrior to the outside, where he lands right at the feet of Copeland, Cage and Traylor.....

.....the three men don’t move to help the Warrior up.....in fact, they don’t even look down at their fallen Titan brother.....instead they stare as one, right up at the man who’s holding the richest prize in the sport.....

.....Sting might have literally JUST wrestled a match, but he’s still got some fight left in him if the Trinity want a Totally Awesome Ass-Kicking, as he undrapes the WCW Title from over his shoulder and places it down on the mat, almost daring the Trinity to try and take it.....

.....they’re not here to take the title though.....

.....they’re just here to act as a distraction.....because (after being prompted by Cage to “Totally look behind you”) Sting turns around......





















.....and gets kicked in the mouth with some Sweet Chin Music.....

.....a still bloody Shawn Michaels (replays show) has climbed over the safety rails and rolled into the ring behind Sting.....and with the Champion down, Mr. Wrestling nods at the Trinity, before picking up the WCW Title.....

.....he looks at the Big Gold Belt for a minute, before finally breaking out into a cocky smirk as he raises the title over HIS head.....

.....and the crowd boo the crap out him.....

.....Sting was victorious at SuperBrawl.....but at Uncensored.....Mr. WCW is going to have to go one on one with Mr. Wrestling.....

.....it’s going to be Sting vs. Shawn Michaels.....

.....for the WCW Championship.....

.....and as Tony Schiavone signs off on the sight of Shawn Michaels holding the gold high in the air in victory, he tells us that he prays to god that we don’t see this sight again at Uncensored.....

.....goodnight fans.....

Rating: A*

Final Rating: A

.....it’s Monday night.....Raw is War.....and we truly are on the march to Wrestlemania.....because it IS March.....which means that the biggest show of the year is a mere four weeks away and we all know that the chairman of the board is NOT happy about the main event that he has scheduled, where is chosen champion.....his CORPORATE Champion.....the WWF Champion Brian Pillman, has to put the gold on the line against not ONE opponent, but two.....because at Wrestlemania, it’s Brian Pillman vs. Bret “The Hitman” Hart.....vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin.....in the first ever three way Wrestlemania main event.....

.....in fact, Vince McMahon is SO unhappy about this match, that he specifically ordered Ric Flair and Arn Anderson to take Steve Austin out of commission last week.....OR ELSE.....

.....that ”or else” might be about to be revealed, because as we open the show, the chairman is making his way out and he has both Ric Flair and Arn Anderson (the WWF Tag Team Champions) with him, as well as the maniacal Mankind.....

.....although someone who’s NOT with him, is the WWF Champion Brian Pillman.....in fact, The Corporate Cannon hasn’t actually been seen since he stormed off in a temper tantrum last week.....

.....Vince tells the crowd to quiet down a little bit (which they don’t) before informing them that he needs to address a number of issues.....a few “in house” problems.....

”.....so if you inbred hicks could keep it down a minute, we can get to it.....”

.....Vince says that clearly Brian Pillman isn’t here this evening, and he isn’t here for one important reason.....Ric Flair, Arn Anderson and yes, even Mankind, they let the Corporate Champion down.....

”.....you see, there was ONE thing that we wanted done.....just one.....and that was make sure that Stone Cold Steve Austin (crowd pops) did NOT make it to that Wrestlemania main event.....ONE THING.....”

.....Vince says that Ric Flair didn’t have to win last week.....frankly that was the least of McMahon’s concerns.....but between the three of them, Steve Austin should be sitting in a hospital bed right now, but because of their failure, he’s sitting right there backstage lacing up his black boots.....

.....Flair stops McMahon right there, telling him that first of all, Ric Flair never failed at anything a day in his life.....

”.....just by waking up in the morning, opening my eyes and realising that I’m the Nature Boy (Woooooooo) Ric Flair, I’m already winning.....the Rolex on my wrist, the women on my arms and the gold around my waist.....I’ve had more success in the time it takes me to put on my $6000 custom suit, than any of these idiots in the crowd have had in their entire miserable lives.....yeah, I’m talking about you fat boy, sit down before you have a heart attack.....”

.....Flair says that the ONLY reason that Steve Austin is still walking around breathing the same air as Ric Flair, is because of the Undertaker and Kane.....



”.....ah hell son, I’d say that the only reason Steve Austin is still walking around breathing the same air as Ric Flair, is because Steve Austin is allowing Ric Flair’s old ass to breathe.....”










.....that’ll be the Rattlesnake.....he’s not making his way out though, because the Titantron does its thing and flickers to life, showing a camera man (from the camera’s perspective obviously) being dragged across a room, as Steve Austin walks behind what looks suspiciously like Vince McMahons desk, sits back, puts his feet up and tells Mr. McMahon that he’s a stupid son of a bitch.....

”.....you go out there saying Ric Flair didn’t do this, Arn Anderson didn’t do that, Mankind didn’t do squat.....hell son, if you thought those three sorry sons of bitches were going to do a damn thing to Steve Austin then you’re even stupider than you look.....and you look pretty stupid.....”

.....McMahon isn’t happy about the interruption and he’s even less happy that Austin is in his office, telling him to get his damn dirty boots off his desk.....

”.....oh I’ll get my little boots off your desk, Vince.....why don’t you come back here and I’ll take em off your desk right now and use them to stomp a mud hole in your ass.....”

.....Austin shuffles around some papers on the desk, before picking up what looks to be a match listing for the evening, before saying that he’s going to make his real easy for Vince.....since he wants his stooges to take him out so badly.....

”.....and since Mankind done pissed me off last week, I got your main event right here.....”

.....Austin grabs a pen and writes “Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Mankind” in big letters across the top of the sheet.....

”.....Vince, imma say it slow, so that even your sorry ass can understand it.....you’re looking at the next World Wrestling Federation Champion son.....ain’t Brian Pillman going to stop me, ain’t Bret Hart going to stop me, ain’t none of those three jackasses standing behind you going to stop me.....but what I’m fixing to do in the meantime, is take out the trash and ain’t no bigger piece of trash going that that sorry sack of crap in a mask right there.....”

.....Austin says that in about an hour and a half he’s going to be wiping Mankind’s face off the bottom of his boot, but while he’s here, he may as well find something for the senior citizens to do too.....

.....Stone Cold looks down the sheet in front of him, venomously crossing SOMETHING out, before writing over the top of it “Jackass Ric Flair & Old Man River Arn Anderson vs. The Undertaker & Kane”, holding up the sheet of paper and telling Vince McMahon that he just made his show better with a swipe of the pen.....

”.....just like I’m going to make the whole damn company better at Wrestlemania, when I Stun Bret Hart, Stun Brian Pillman, and walk out the brand new WWF Champion.....and that’s the bottom line.....because Stone Cold said so.....”

Rating: A*

.....apparently Stone Cold has booked the WWF Tag Team Champions in a match.....while I’m sure Vince McMahon will probably over ride that tag team match, he’s not over riding this one.....

.....”this one” being Bradshaw and Faarooq facing off against The Road Dogg and Billy Gunn (with Sunny in their corner) the New Age Outlaws.....

.....Faarooq and Bradshaw have been on a bit of a roll as of late, including picking up a victory over the Nation of Domination at No Way Out (a victory that actually cost Scorpio his place in the Nation) while Gunn and James on the other hand have been on a roll of their own.....a roll of constantly demanding a shot at the Tag Team Titles.....a challenge was made last week by the Outlaws, Al Snow & Chris Candido AND Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero, for the current champions (Flair and Arn) to put the gold on the line at Wrestlemania, against all three teams in a fatal four way match.....that challenge hasn’t actually been answered yet, but a win here would surely set the Outlaws in good standing for a future opportunity.....

.....it wasn’t going to be an easy victory though.....Bradshaw and Faarooq are two big, powerful (and angry) men, who have a clash with the Nation of Domination to contend with at Wrestlemania.....

.....which is maybe why the Nation interfered here, with D’Lo Brown and Mark Henry causing enough of a distraction that Billy Gunn was able to drop Bradshaw with the Famouser to pick up a cheap victory.....

Winner(s): The New Age Outlaws
Rating: B

.....from there we go to the back (to a decisively ‘Stone Cold Free’ office) where Mr. McMahon is still in a foul mood.....Flair and Arn are scoffing at the fact that Steve Austin thinks he can book the matches around here, stating that they obviously aren’t going bow down to whatever the Rattlesnake says......they aren’t going to be facing Kane and The Undertaker tonight, just like Mankind isn’t going to be facing Austin.....right?.....because between those idiots trying to book themselves into a four way tag title match at Mania, and then Austin tonight, that sounds like a lot of people telling Vincent Kennedy McMahon how to do his job.....








.....oh look.....it’s four of those “idiots” trying to book themselves into a tag title match at Mania.....as Al Snow, Chris Candido, Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero (with Terri) come bursting into the room, each team jostling for position to be the team in front.....

.....the two teams (along with Flair and Anderson) begin shouting over each other as they try to argue their cases for (and against) making that four way match happen.....

.....until Vince McMahon finally slams his hands down on the desk.....

”.....ENOUGH!!.....ENOUGH, THATS IT!!.....”

.....Vince tells Flair and Arn that they’re right.....he HAS had enough of people dictating their matches around here, just like he’s had enough of THEM telling him which matches he should book.....

”.....so this is what is going to happen.....at Wrestlemania (since you let me down last week) it WILL be Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, defending the WWF Tag Team Titles.....against the New Age Outlaws.....

.....and Dustin Rhodes and Marc Mero.....

.....AND (sigh)......Al Snow and Chris Candido.....in a Fatal Four Way Match.....”

.....Flair and Anderson aren’t happy about that, loudly protesting until Vince tells them to be quiet because he isn’t finished.....because yes, he’s going to book that match.....but it’s not coming without a cost..... cause while the team that wins will become the WWF Tag Team Champions, the team that takes the loss (in this one fall to a finish match) that team will have to disband.....

”.....and as for tonight (and quite frankly, just because clearly some people need reminding exactly who the boss is around here) that match with the Undertaker and Kane......WILL be taking place.....”

.....Vince says that they can consider that further punishment for their failure last week, just like Mankind WILL be facing Steve Austin.....and as further incentive, should Steve Austin win that match, then at Wrestlemania it will be Mankind, going one on one with the Big Red Monster.....Kane.....

.....Snow finds that hilarious, but McMahon tells him to shut up, saying that since the New Age Outlaws competed this evening, both Snow & Candido and Rhodes & Mero will be in action next week.....

”.....now all of you, get out.....while I try and work out where the hell my WWF Champion is.....”

Rating: A

.....we leave Vince dialling a number on the phone (clearly trying to get hold of the elusive Brian Pillman) and head over to Dok Hendrix, who’s standing by with the Nation of Domination.....

.....Dok says that the Nation have a busy night upcoming at Wrestlemania, with Stevie Ray Challenging his brother Booker T for the WWF European Championship, while Ahmed, Kama, D’Lo and Henry have an eight man match booked against Faarooq, Bradshaw, Scorpio and Nelson.....the night could go very well.....or very, very badly.....

.....Stevie Ray cuts Dok off, telling him that first things first.....

”.....Booker T ain’t my Brother sucka.....THESE are my brothers right here.....Booker, he’s just some Fruit Booty that’s got something I want.....and when I want something, I TAKE it.....by any means necessary, you dig that Dok Hendrix?.....”

.....Ahmed agrees, telling Hendrix that there IS no “bad night” for the Nation.....Stevie will be bringing the gold home, while the rest of the Nation crush their three former members (AND that fat Texan Bradshaw) under their boots like the bugs that they are.....









.....looks like those bugs are here.....and Faarooq and Bradshaw clearly aren’t happy about the Nation costing them their match earlier, as they join Scorpio and Nelson in a little backstage attack.....

.....the Nation SHOULD have the advantage given their superior numbers, but when you factor in that they were unprepared for the assault, Nelson is the size of two men (maybe three) and the fact that Nelson crushes D,Lo against the wall with his opening blow, it’s actually pretty even as the two sides brawl all over the backstage set.....

.....send in security, we have a match to get down to.....

Rating: B+

.....a match which will see Marty Jannetty face off against former WWF European Champion, Jeff Jarrett.....

.....I’d like to say that this match was filled with hard fought, back and forth competitive action, but in reality (while Marty did have SOME offence) it was Double J that took the majority of the match.....

.....Marty hasn’t done a great deal of anything (other than a few high profile matches with Shawn Michaels) since his return from rehab.....he DOES have a job though.....and that job is to DO the job.....counting the lights here tonight after Jarrett drove his skull into the mat with a Facebuster for the one, two, three.....

Winner: Jeff Jarrett
Rating: B-

.....but the fun doesn’t stop there, as Rich Steiner makes his way out from the back, with a pair of scissors in his hand.....

.....last week Jeff Jarrett vowed to give Sean Waltman a makeover for costing him the European Championship (seeing how Waltman had nothing Jarrett deemed worth taking) and managed to clip a few locks of hair from the head of the Wolfpac man.....tonight it looks as though they’re planning on giving Marty Jannetty the same treatment.....

.....but not until they’ve had a little fun with him.....

.....Jarrett and Steiner join forces to beat and stomp on the former Rocker (as DiBiase cackles on in the background) with Rich finally driving him hard into the canvas with a Death Valley Driver.....

.....Steiner sits Marty up into a seated position and grabs a handful of hair, as Deebs passes Double J the scissors.....after looking (and dressing) exactly the same for the last ten years, it would appear as though Mr. Jannetty is about to have a haircut.....











.....or not.....

.....looks like Marty’s eighties style will live to see another day, because before Jarrett can snip, the wolves howl as Scott Hall and Sean Waltman come rushing out from the back.....

.....the red and black duo quickly send the Million Dollar Duo bailing from the ring and to the back, before Waltman pulls off that neckbrace that he’s been wearing ever since the Corporation beat him down a few weeks back.....clearly he feels like he doesn’t need it anymore.....

.....let’s go to commercial.....

Rating: B+

.....and when we return, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman are STILL in the ring.....except now they have microphones in hand.....

.....Waltman briefly mocks Double J, telling him that while the Million Dollar Corporation thought they were taking out the runt in the litter, Jeff Jarrett is about to find out that this Wolf is going to come back to bite him in the ass.....

.....Hall takes the microphone next, telling the crowd that last week Kevin Nash was barred from the building.....

”.....but this week, the Big Bad Wolf is back.....and since Little Scotty Steiner hasn’t answered the challenge yet, it looks like the Big Mang is gonna have to make that call himself.....”

.....with that, Hall and Waltman do the double armed point towards the Titantron, which flickers to life, to reveal a sweet ass ride pulling into the parking lot.....a sweet ass ride with a licence plate that reads “BIG SXY”.....






.....with this fine figure of a man sat behind the wheel.....

.....Nash waves through the windshield with a goofy grin on his face, before opening up that door and swinging one long leg out.....

.....only for that door to get violently slammed again, crashing it straight into Big Sexy’s knee.....











.....and as Nash cries out in pain, Big Poppa Pump slams the door into that long leg two more times, before turning to the camera to tell Scott Hall and Sean Waltman that he don’t need a pair of little b!tches like them calling him out.....

”.....AND IF KEVIN NASH HAS ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME, HE CAN SAY IT TO ME HIMSELF.....ONCE HES DONE CRYING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL THAT IS.....”

.....with that, Scotty slams that door one more time into the knee of Nash, before walking out of shot briefly and returning with that lead pipe in hand.....

”.....NOW THE WAY I SEE IT, I COULD TAKE OUT KEVIN NASH RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW WITH ONE SWING OF THIS PIPE.....BUT I’M NOT GONNA DO THAT.....BECAUSE IF I DO THAT, THEN I WONT BE ABLE TO KICK HIS ASS AT WRESTLEMANIA.....SEE KEVIN, YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS AN OFFICIAL CHALLENGE.....FACE TO FACE, MAN TO MAN.....BECAUSE I’M ALL MAN.....MORE MAN THAN YOU’LL EVER BE.....AND AT WRESTLEMANIA, YOU’LL FIND OUT WHY THE CALL ME THE GENETIC FREAK.....AND YOU, YOU’LL JUST BE A SEVEN FOOT STAIN ON THE MAT.....”

.....with that, Scotty finally walks out of shot.....

.....briefly.....

.....before walking back into shot for a third time, when he uses that lead pipe to smash each and every window on that sweet ass ride (along with putting a few dents in the body) before finally tossing that pipe on the floor beside Nash, telling him that he’ll see him it Wrestlemania.....

”.....THAT’S IF YOU CAN STILL WALK.....”

.....so much for Kevin Nash’s grand entrance.....let’s go back to ringside.....

Rating: A

.....where Hall and Waltman have clearly headed to the back to check on the condition of Kevin Nash.....because it’s time for our next match and it involves a man that made his debut just last week, Steve Blackman vs. one half of the Harris Twins, Ron Harris.....

.....I know, I know.....barn burner right? To be fair this match wasn’t put here to win any match of the year accolades, it was put here to give Steve Blackman a victory on his debut, without (since Steve-O is an actual no-one) killing the overness of anyone that actually mattered.....

.....and idea when we actually last saw either Harris Boy? No me neither.....needless to say that Steve Blackman won, taking Harris’ head off with a wicked looking Bicycle Kick.....

Winner: Steve Blackman
Rating: C-

.....last week Savio Vega attacked Steve Blackman, clearly jealous that the debuting gentleman was getting more attention than Savio had gotten in months.....maybe years.....

.....that attack didn’t go so well.....in fact, it ended up with Savio getting his ass kicked, followed by a martial arts display from Blackman.....clearly Vega learned a little something from that, because his time he waited for Blackman to start his little stick show, before cracking him in the back with a chair when he was too engaged in his display to notice the Puerto Rican entering the ring.....

.....Blackman goes down, but Savio hits him a few more times just to make sure he STAYS down, before standing over the newcomer with his arms raised, throwing out cheesy looking karate chops, as we head backstage.....

.....ok, maybe this isn’t the hottest angle in the world.....but we’ve all gotta start somewhere right.....

Rating: C

.....we head over to Michael Cole now, who’s in the locker room of the Hart Foundation ahead of Owen Hart’s upcoming match with Chris Jericho’s Wrestlemania opponent Dean Malenko.....

.....Jericho might be putting his WWF Intercontinental Championship on the line against Malenko, but Malenko, he’s putting it ALL on the line.....because he says that if he can’t beat Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania, then he’s done.....finished.....no more Dean Malenko, he’s going home.....

.....a fact which Jericho finds hilarious......

“.....because let’s be real Michelangelo, Bore-Us would be doing EVERYONE a favour if he just went back home to his boring wife.....kissed his boring kids.....petted his boring dog.....waved at the boring mailman.....sat on his boring couch.....put on his boring pants.....took out his bor.....”

“.....is this going somewhere?.....”

“.....yes this is going somewhere Cole.....and don’t ever, eeeeeeeeeeever interrupt me again.....”

.....Jericho says that once Wrestlemania is over, no one will ever have to be bored to death by Bore-Us again, and you’ll be able to thank Chris Jericho for that (Paragon of Virtue, Your Hero and Mine, etc, etc) but tonight, after claiming that he came to test himself against the best Light-Heavyweight competitors in the world, Dean Malenko gets to step in there with the ORIGINAL Light-Heavyweight competitor.....

.....Jericho says that Owen Hart originated Light-Heavyweight wrestling in Canada.....he perfected it in Stampede and then took it to Japan (“where they copied it”) took it to Mexico (“where they stole it”) bought it here to the WWF (“where they couldn’t do it”) and tonight, Dean Malenko has the privilege of competing in his penultimate match.....

.....against Owen Hart.....

.....Owen stands there beaming as Jericho embellishes the truth, before confirming all the lies that Jericho just spurned as though the tales were gospel, before apologising to Jericho.....

”.....because I AM the original Light-Heavyweight.....and while I’ve packed about 30lbs of pure muscle on since my Light-Heavyweight peak (erm, no.....no you haven’t Owen) I’m still a Light-Heavyweight at heart.....and Chris, I’m sorry......but Dean Malenko might not even make it to Wrestlemania.....”

.....Owen and Jericho exchange a laugh, before Michael Cole goes on to question the Hitman.....he says that in recent weeks it would seem like Vince McMahon is doing everything possible to ensure that Steve Austin doesn’t make it to Wrestlemania, but he doesn’t seem too concerned about Bret Hart being in the match.....in fact, it would seem as though McMahon has completely forgotten about The Hitman.....

”.....I shouldn’t be surprised by that Michael Cole......Vince McMahon has been trying to forget about Bret Hart for the past two years.....ever since he watched me get screwed out of the WWF Title at Wrestlemania XII.....

.....well that’s fine by me.....if Vince McMahon wants to spend the next four weeks worrying about Steve Austin and massaging Brian Pillman’s fragile ego, I got no problem in that.....just like I’ll have no problem walking into Wrestlemania XIV and proving to the world exactly why they call me the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be.....when I become the WWF Champion for the FOURTH time.....”

Rating: A

.....never let it be said that either Chris Jericho or Owen Hart let a little thing like the truth get in the way of a good story.....because no matter how much they want you to believe it, Owen Hart is most certainly NOT the original Light-Heavyweight wrestler.....

.....what he IS though, is a very, very good all round performer.....yes, he has elements of your stereotypical Light-Heavyweight (he’s quick, agile.....he’s certainly not afraid to utilise the top rope) but he also has elements of submission wrestling.....technical wrestling.....he can talk.....in fact, there’s not a lot that he CAN’T do.....although granted (with the exception of being decent on the mic) Owen’s opponent tonight pretty much ticks all those boxes too.....

.....obviously from an in-ring standpoint, this match was excellent.....Malenko has been desperate to prove himself as of late, but he hasn’t been doing a very good job of it, loosing more matches than he’s won, with even his last major victory (over Rey Mysterio) coming off the back of interference from our Intercontinental Champion.....he lost to Jarrett, has lost to Jericho, lost to Test, lost singles matches, tag team encounters, Title matches.....he’s lost a lot.....

.....he was doing well here, certainly holding his own against the former multi-time title holder Owen Hart.....but as the match progresses (and Chris Jericho makes his way out from the back) it looks like he could be set to pick up another defeat right here.....













.....at least until Rey Mysterio comes rushing out from the back to make sure that Jericho stays far away from the action in the ring.....

.....speaking of the action in the ring, Owen Hart is momentarily distracted by the fact that Chris Jericho is no longer able to give him a helping hand.....so much so that Malenko has time to plan his attack.....to as Owen goes for a kick, Dean catches the leg, before anticipating the enzuguri that usually follows, ducking that too.....

.....and as Hart lands flat on his back (with his foot still in Malenko’s hands) the Man of 1000 Holds wraps his legs up and turns him over into the Texas Cloverleaf.....and with Mysterio preventing Chris Jericho from doing anything about it, Owen Hart has little option but to tap out.....

.....and that’s a HUGE victory for Dean Malenko.....

Winner: Dean Malenko
Rating: B+

.....Malenko rolls out of the ring and joins Mysterio in the aisle, where the two men celebrate as Chris Jericho throws a monumental hissy hit in the ring.....Owen isn’t much happier either, snatching up a microphone to tell the crowd that he didn’t tap out.....Malenko cheated.....he was just banging the mat to try and get himself closer to the ropes.....he was about to power out of the hold.....etc, etc, etc.....

.....no ones buying that, but Owen isn’t done.....he tells Mysterio that this is all his fault.....

”.....I’ve never been so disrespected in all my life.....don’t you know who I am? I’m Owen Hart.....I’m the reason that ALL you so called Light-Heavyweights have a career.....you know what, I’m GLAD Chris Jericho took the division away from you all.....you don’t deserve it.....you don’t deserve to walk through the door that I opened for you.....”

.....man, Owen is really going all in on this “Originator of the Light-Heavyweight Division” nonsense huh.....it IS utter nonsense too, but Chris Jericho has obviously convinced Owen that it’s fact and Hart isn’t happy that these new breed of Light-Heavyweight isn’t giving him the respect he obviously believes he deserves.....

”.....well enough is enough.....Dean Malenko you little punk, my personal protégé Chris Jericho will end your miserable little career at Wrestlemania, but Rey Mysterio, you’re all mine you little Mexican Jumping Bean.....”

.....I guess that’s a challenge.....a Wrestlemania challenge none the less.....and since Rey is still in the aisle way, he accepts the match there and then.....

.....challenge levied.....challenge accepted.....

.....Wrestlemania Match made.....

.....let’s go to the back.....

Rating: B+

.....where the Undertaker, Kane and Paul Bearer are in the bowels of the building.....I would say that they are deep in conversation, but in reality Kane isn’t much of a talker and Taker has plenty to say.....

.....he says that tonight he was hoping to unleash the fires of hell upon the false deity Raven tonight.....Raven wants to see the true dark side of the deadman.....well the Undertaker would happily show him.....he would “come” to Raven.....if Raven stopped hiding for one second.....

”.....and you brother.....oh the horrors you will inflict upon Mankind.....Mankind who cost you the WWF Championship.....Mankind, who’s own actions will cost him his very soul.....I don’t have Raven tonight.....you don’t have Mankind.....WE have Ric Flair and Arn Anderson.....THEY will pay the price for the sins of the others.....”

.....Paul Bearer says that Raven can only hide for so long.....sooner or later he’s going to have to come down from his nest, until then leave it to Paul Bearer.....he says that should Steve Austin defeat Mankind tonight (which Bearer thinks he will) then Kane will get his chance at cold blooded revenge.....Paul Bearer will make sure that match happens at Wrestlemania.....as for Raven, Paul Bearer is going to speak to Vince McMahon.....to see if he can’t get ANOTHER match booked for Wrestlemania.....The Deadman vs. The Dead Man......The Undertaker.....vs. Raven.....

”.....for now, all you two need to worry about is Arn Anderson and Ric Flair.....leave Raven and Mankind to me.....”

.....Kane and the Undertaker nod, before walking away and leaving Paul Bearer deep down there in the dark bowels of the building.....clearly he’s planning on speaking to Mr. McMahon, but perhaps hanging around in dark rooms isn’t the best idea.....because unbeknown to Bearer, two figures walk out of the gloom behind him.....

.....standing ominously behind the oblivious manager.....
















.....that can’t bode well for Mr. Bearer.....

.....let’s go down to ringside.....

Rating: A

.....where it’s time for tag team action.....and tag team action featuring out tag team champions none the less.....but rest assured, with a fatal four way title defence looming at Wrestlemania, Vince McMahon has assured that this particular encounter is a non-title affair.....not that either The Undertaker or Kane are particularly bothered about the tag team titles right now, they have other things on their minds.....

.....things like Raven.....things like Mankind.....

.....both of these brothers of destruction have their sights (and their wrath) set on people other than Flair and Anderson.....but that’s not to say they’re not going to take their frustrations out on whomever is put in front of them.....if this truly was some form of punishment for the fact that the tag team champions failed to take Steve Austin out last week then consider them punished.....

.....because The Deadman and the Big Red Monster beat the snot out of them.....

.....Anderson and Flair were able to isolate the Undertaker for a while.....they even worked over a limb (the leg to be precise) but it was never going to be enough, as the brothers soon overcame the onslaught to continue their assault.....


”.....Deadman.....HEY DEADMAN!.....COME TO ME.....COME TO ME.....FOR I CAN SET YOU FREE.....”








.....until the sounds of Raven’s voice echoes through the building.....and the camera’s find him (again) high up in in the arena.....arms outstretched.....with Jake Roberts standing behind Paul Bearer with his arm around his throat.....

.....that sight alone is enough to make the brothers abandon their match, climbing out of the ring and over the barricade, making their way through the crowd as Raven continues to speak.....

.....and the official counts them out.....

Winner(s): Ric Flair & Arn Anderson (via Count-Out)
Rating: B+

.....Anderson and Flair get a reprieve as the brothers of destruction abandon them to head off through the stands.....they’ve got a long walk ahead of them though.....fortunately Raven has plenty to say to keep them entertained on their journey.....

.....he tells the Undertaker that this is exactly what he’s trying to save him from.....this banal normality.....this humanity.....this.....family.....

”.....family that is destined to be the downfall of the so-called deadman.....family that has taken a phenom and diluted him down into just another man.....Undertaker, true forces of darkness are not bound by blood.....nor are they concerned by the suffering of lesser beings and make no mistake, this IS a lesser being.....

.....no longer the phenom.....no longer that monster under the bed.....no longer a threat.....no longer the WWF Champion.....but you could be.....I can make you all that you should be.....

.....come to me.....”

.....the Undertaker is coming (as is Kane) but they have a way to go yet.....they continue their hurried climb through the crowd as they rush to Paul Bearer’s aid.....and they SHOULD rush.....after all, we’ve all seen what Raven is capable of.....just as a certain one eyed priest.....

”.....Undertaker, you were once the dark shadow that cast itself over the entire WWF.....you walked through the door and put the entire company on notice.....Warrior’s, Savage’s and Maniac’s all felt your cold grip on their throats.....heh, you even vanquished The Snake.....then what happened? You embraced the masses.....that was mistake number one.....

.....and then, baby brother came home.....and you embraced that sibling bond like a child desperate for the warm embrace of family.....mistake number two.....

.....I know the truth is still inside you.....I know that the dark blanket still cloaks your soul.....I know (just like The Snake knew) that no one truly realises the depths of their depravity until they try and swim to the surface.....the darkness is still inside you.....there is no escape from it.....everyone speaks about the speed of light, but the light can never outrace the dark.....because no matter how fast that light travels, the darkness has always got there first.....

.....YOU were once that darkness.....YOU were once the abyss that all men stared upon with fear and wonder.....YOU once mattered.....

.....now you’re just weak.....

.....now you’re bathed in the light of humanity.....

.....now you make me sick.....

.....I can make you whole.....

.....I have the key.....

.....come to me.....

.....for I can set you free.....

.....Quote the Raven.....

.....Nevermore.....”

.....Raven turns to Jake and gives him a subtle nod, which The Snake answers with a sick smile.....he releases his grip on the throat of Paul Bearer, but he doesn’t release Paul Bearer himself.....instead he grabs him by that jet black hair and spins him round.....

.....and then drives his skull right into the concrete with a DDT.....before the two men back out of shot, leaving Bearer there (unconscious) as a message to the Deadman.....

.....Kane and The Undertaker finally arrive, but it’s too little and it’s definitely too late.....Raven and Jake are long gone.....and if the Deadman was p!ssed before, he has the fires of hell burning in his eyes right now.....

.....I hope Raven knows what he’s doing.....

.....let’s go to commercial.....

Rating: A*

.....and when we return it’s to a shot in the back, where Paul Bearer is being tended to by medical personnel.....

.....he’s not had a good time of it as of late either.....our resident mortician has first had his ankle shattered by Brian Pillman and now had his skull driven into the concrete with a DDT from Jake Roberts.....and as the Undertaker paces the room, even the usually emotionless Kane is uncharacteristically animated, picking up poor defenceless inanimate objects and hurling them around the room.....

.....the Undertaker grabs the cameraman and looks directly into the lens as he declares that Raven has just unleashed a hell that he’s not ready for.....he says that Raven wants him to come to him, he’s going to come for him....but Raven won’t like what happens when he finds him.....because Raven will NOT Rest in Peace.....but he WILL be torn to pieces.....and then fed.....to the hounds of hell.....

.....Kane is still punishing the furniture when he suddenly stops and cocks his head at the sound of Mankind’s music playing out in the arena.....The Undertaker hears it too.....and releases his brother with just one word.....

.....go.....

.....and go he does.....marching straight out of the room.....

.....hopefully he doesn’t ruin our main event.....

Rating: B+

.....which is happening right now.....

.....Vince McMahon is determined to keep Steve Austin as far away from that Wrestlemania main event as possible, and if Ric Flair wasn’t going to be up to the job last week then Mankind had better get it done this week.....

.....although quite how much of a punishment having to fight Kane would be for the deranged Mankind is anyone’s guess.....after all, I don’t think this particular incarnation of Mick Foley feels either pain OR fear.....facing Kane probably feels like a reward to him.....

.....this match was good.....not good in a Ric Flair/Ricky Steamboat way, but good in a “the crowd is red hot/two guys beating the living sh!t out of each other” kind of way.....the two began trading blows from the minute the bell sounded and they never slowed down until it ended.....

.....in the ring, out the ring, on the floor, in the aisle, the official had a hard time not throwing this one out on a number of occasions.....Austin hit the ring post, Mankind got tossed into the steps, Austin got backdropped on the outside, while Mankind felt the sting of the floor too, trying for an elbow drop off the apron which Austin moved out of the way of, leaving Mankind to hit nothing but concrete.....

.....this battle might have raged on forever.....











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.....had Kane not made an appearance.....

.....McMahon warned Mankind that should he fail to defeat Steve Austin here, that he would be facing Kane (one on one) at Wrestlemania.....it doesn’t looks like the Big Red Monster has any intention of waiting for Wrestlemania though, as he comes marching out right now.....

.....to be fair, I don’t think Mankind cares about facing the Big Red Monster one little bit.....Mankind is a special kind of crazy, the special kind of crazy that doesn’t think twice about going toe to toe with a seven foot demon straight from the firey pits of hell.....and it looks like he’s about to abandon this match to turn his attention towards Kane.....

.....except Austin turned his attention (and his body) back to him.....spinning his opponent around before kicking him in the gut and dropping him with a Stone Cold Stunner for the one, the two and the three.....

Winner: Steve Austin
Rating: A

.....Austin picks up the victory, so he has little interest in Mankind now, kicking the Corporate Sell-Out to the outside so that he can commence his celebrations.....

.....to his credit (since he HAS just received a Stunner) Mankind drags himself back to his feet and staggers over towards the oncoming Big Red Machine, as he and Kane break out into a brawl that sees them eventually disappear to the back.....

.....Austin was sat on the top turnbuckle throughout that, watching the two lunatics beat the crazy out of each other, but now that they’ve gone he begins his usual beer bash victory toast....

.....he motions for beer after beer (which gets miraculously tossed into the ring) as he goes to each of the four corners of the ring in turn, toasting the fans, before going to the middle of the ring to continue downing beer.....

.....finally a crew member has to climb into the ring with what looks to be a small cooler full of Steveweisers.....he waits for Austin to turn around.....

.....then absolutely nails him in the back of the head with the cooler.....

.....Austin goes down (hard) as beer and ice flys everywhere, with the commentators questioning just what in the hell this overzealous staff member is playing at.....

.....the the “staff member” in question finally removes his WWF branded hat.....as the camera zooms in for a good look at his face.....





















.....into the face of the wild eyed, wild haired WWF Champion.....Brian a Pillman.....

.....Pillman cackles at the sight of a downed Steve Austin, before telling the camera that (“nice guys finish last.....do unto others before they can do unto you.....and my own personal favourite on the playlist, if you want something done right.....do it yourself”) before heading outside to collect a steel chair.....

.....I think we all know what Brian Pillman is capable of with a steel chair in his hand.....ask Paul Bearer.....Kane.....ask the Undertaker.....but if you didn’t know, you do now....because Pillman absolutely unloads blows across the back of Steve Austin.....

.....Austin is done.....Pillman is not.....

.....with Wrestlemania right around the corner, now is perhaps a good time to remember the only other time that these two gentlemen met in singles action.....it was at LAST years Wrestlemania.....

.....know what else happened at last years Wrestlemania?.....Brian Pillman slid a steel chair over the ankle of Steve Austin and Pillmanized the sh!t out of his ankle.....

.....know what happens tonight?.....

.....Brian Pillman slides a steel chair over the ankle of Steve Austin and Pillmanizes the sh!t out of his ankle.....

.....Pillman sets the chair up and climbs up to the middle rope, where he lets out a manic cackle.....flips Steve Austin the bird.....and then leaps off, coming down full force on that steel chair.....

.....Austin writhes in agony on the mat, but with the damage done Pillman is looking to humiliate The Rattlesnake.....he picks up one of the beers from that (now) discarded cooler.....cracks open a cold one.....and tips it all over the Royal Rumble winner, as Jim Ross calls him no good son of a b!tch.....

.....I guess if you want a job doing right then you really DO have to do it yourself.....

.....Brian Pillman certainly did it here.....

.....we’ll see you next week.....

Rating: A*

Final Rating: A