King Cucaracha

It's the new thing. Doing things that people don't see coming, whether they make a lot of sense or not. Anyway, I missed the big 'accident' since I switched off after the battle royal. Good job they'll replay it on every show for the next month. Say what you want about the angle, but unlike the Million Dollar giveaway it's not neccessarily going to make me switch Raw off. It had one entertaining moment, last night when Khali yelled at the wrong number guy. At least paralysed McMahon might double that. I just hope they don't stay serious and decide to play it for laughs, like how the limo explosion was turning into right before they aborted it.

Who'd have thought checking the list to see if someone had gone would be a good idea! In that case, bollocks to it, bring on more United boys! Ryan Giggs

Wow, I was pretty close. Aside from thinking they'd give anything more than half a shit about ECW. Substitute '2-3' for '1 and take away their World Champion.'

I'm an idiot. Thank you.

Re. Night Of Champions. It says a lot about the state of the titles that so far, having a PPV with every match as a title match has somehow made the card look weaker on paper than normal. Or is it just me?

Curses! That ONS match was gonna my next pick! In that case, I'll take one of the best Hardcore Title matches ever... Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy Invasion 2001, WWF Hardcore Title

Right, taking a goalkeeper early for insurance sake. Reknowned for being authorative with his defence (ie. shouting alot!), a great shot stopper, virtually irreplaceable at club and country after leaving/retiring and hey, he might even pop up at the other end and score a goal or two if you're lucky. Peter Schmeichel

WAR GAMES~! Team Phoenix- James "Phoenix" Cone and Cucaracha Internacional (Landon Maddix, Faqu, James Blonde and Nathaniel Black) -VS- Team Sommers- Sly Sommers, Zack Malibu, Bohemoth, ??? and ??? Remember folks, War Games = two rings!

He played one early in his career as Antonio Banks. Of course, he wasn't MVP back then and has improved markably... but, yeah, he wasn't certainly setting the world alight as a face back then. If he's going to be a successful face, he can't act like a face. He's got to be the same character just fighting the heels instead, with everything else leaning towards him being cheered. Of course, we all know WWE's success rate of making faces who aren't cookie cutter nice guys is pretty low since Stone Cold though.

Summerslam is really the #2 PPV to be fair. And usually the 2nd best. I've got a lot of the Summerslams on DVD already so I'm not sure I'll be getting any of the volumes. But I'm definately tempted, the covers look real nice.

Cheers for making my 1st pick for me Franchise. I've realised so far reading through this, I've got a lot of more recent players on my want list. Guys like Cruyff and Van Basten weren't even on my radar. The perils of being young!

Cucaracha Internacional will be in the Love Shack! And then Zack Malibu vs. Cucaracha Internacional in a Gauntlet Match!

The Rock vs. Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker Vengeance 2002, WWE Undisputed Championship This one probably could have waited a round, but I just watched it the other day so it's stuck in my head. If there's one thing WWE tends to do well recently, it's multi-man World Title matches. This was probably the first one to fit that bill. BikerTaker doesn't get looked back on too fondly, but he had some great matches back then.

Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake Summerslam 1990 Not a classic but as with most Hogan matches in the US the atmosphere makes up for it. I wasn't old enough to have seen this at the time so the backstory of Hogan being out injured didn't mean as much, but it still felt like a big moment when Hogan came out. The match itself was pretty good, considering. And Earthquake ends up coming out strong at the end. Not your typical boot, legdrop ending, Earthquake raging with red chair marks across his back is such a great visual.

[IMG=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/papacita/OAOAST/SYNDICATED.jpg] [COLOR=purple][b]OAOAST SYNDICATED[/b] Pre-empted last week, but back this week! Enhancement rejoice![/COLOR] From the company that brought you JINGUS and The Sadist, two gay Mexican luchadors and an eskimo and a fish, it's quite possibly the most bizarre mismatched tag team in OAOAST history! To the sounds of "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, the disco-loving Vinny Valentine and the life-fearing Biff Atlas make their way through the entrance doors. Vinny breaks into some Night Fever-inspired dancing with Biff stood behind him eyeing the firework ports to his left nervously and wishing Vinny would hurry up and move so he can get to safety. BUFFER The following tag team contest is set for one fall! Introducing team number one. First, from Venice Beach, California... weighing two hundred, twenty pounds... BBIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFF AAAAAATTLLLLLLLAAAAAASSSSS!! And his tag team partner hails from Brooklyn, New York. Weighing two hundred, twenty eight pounds he is "THE DISCO DUCK"... VVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNYYYYYYYYYY VVVVAAAAAAALLLLLEEEEENNTTIIIIIIINNEEEEEEE!!! "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Biff very carefully follows the jiving Vinny down the aisle, as we backtrack to last week... [b][COLOR=orange]OAOAST BACKTRACKER[/b][/COLOR] [QUOTE]Stunned that he was actually able to utilize an offensive attack, never mind such a deadly one, Biff has to pause for the moment and soak in his achievement. Soon enough, wrestler's instinct settles in, and he drops down onto Nino for a pinfall! As Silverman counts, Biff smiles as though he just won a house on the moon. ONE! TWO! THREE!! Biff immediately dismounts Blue Nino, and throws his hands into the air in enormous jubilation. Joyful tears pour flow across his trembling face, making him an easy target of boos from a crowd that already can't stomach the mere sight of him. BUFFER Your winner....BIFF ATLAS! COLE Wow! Biff Atlas, beating what we can only presume is one of D*LUX. That makes two wins over the three time HI-YAH tag team champions. And that is shocking to say the least. COACH Ain't nothing shocking about it, b. Yo, take a look the security guards are helping Biffy celebrate the good times! Indeed theyare, raising Biff's arms into the air, and wildly shaking them to further heighten his feelings of glee. He continues to smile and chuckle in the face of a groaning audience. What should he care how the fans feel? He has his victory, avoided D*LUX's wrath, and friends to celebrate with even if they're being paid to celebrate with him. [b]DOUBLE SUPERKICK FROM THE SECURITY GUARDS[/b] COACH Damn! What the hell? Just the image of Biff lying motionless on the canvas is enough to pop the sold out arena. The cheers when the guards slowly begin removing their helmets is even louder and more overjoyed. COLE What is this? [b]"YEAAAAAA!"[/b] Gone is the bulky heagear, and in its places are the smirking faces of the teen screams Tyler Bryant and Shayne Brave! [b]"D*LUX! D*LUX! D*LUX!"[/b] chant the fans who are every bit as shocked as the semi-conscious Biff. COLE D*LUX got Biff after all! Hit me baby one more time! Way to go, boys! COACH That ain't hood! That ain't hood! On second thought getting beat down by the cops is hood. The beloved duo trades high fives above Biff's fallen corpse, as the crowd continues to sing their name. They then scale the turnbuckles, pumping their fists, beating their chests, and bringing the fans to even higher levels of excited happiness.[/QUOTE] Watching this on the AngleTron is enough to bring poor Biff out in hives and he decides to bail out while the going is good. Vinny pulls him back though and attempts to calm his hypochondriac partner down. COLE Biff as usual a little nervous about... well, his continued existance on this planet. But he's actually on the winning streak of his life. COACH Ever since he started being more cautious, yeah. Just goes to show, slowly slowly catchy monkey. COLE :huh: Biff has calmed down now and gets himself ready, pulling on athletic headgear and a gumshield while "Makes Me Wonder" begins to play. Out from the back bound the boyband boys to a roaring shriek from the crowd. Shayne and Tyler get the crowd on their feet before tagging away at hands on their way down to the ring, still sans manager Jade Rodez who gets a 'shout-out' from Shayne. After he's shouted out to Krista and remembered Jade would be watching the same TV, of course. BUFFER And their opponents! At a total combined weight of three hundred and seventy nine pounds... from the great state of Michigan... here are, "TREMENDOUS" TYLER, "SHOWTIME" SHAYNE... D*LLLLLLLUUUUUUUUUUUXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!! "YYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Shayne slides into the ring sending Biff to the apron, not to the floor itself as he doesn't fancy the 3 foot drop. Up on the turnbuckles, Tyler shows his appreciation to the legions of D*LUX fans before leaping in to join his partner. COLE One of the most popular tag-teams in OAOAST history, D*LUX! With double high-fives, Shayne and Tyler are ready to go and it'll be Tyler to start. The pro-Tyler girls let out a roar, before a puppy-dog look from Shayne gets a cheer from his admirers. Hearing this, Vinny goes over to the far side of the crowd and strikes a pose, to zero cheers what-so-ever. COLE This a rematch from two weeks ago on Syndicated, which Biff and Vinny actually won thanks to Vinny's use of his disco ball. Although thankfully, it doesn't look like he's been allowed to bring that tonight. COACH Vinny's always carrying two huge disco balls! That makes him more of a man than these ballad-writing saps! *DINGDINGDING!* The bell sounds and Vinny strolls back over to his corner, then leaves the ring much to Biff's confusion. Vinny relaxes in the corner before realising Biff wasn't expected to have to start the match and being forced to send his partner in. Smiling, Tyler waves Biff on. The ever-nervous Biff slowly gets into the ring and Tyler starts to circle, which sends Biff very carefully to the outside to pysch himself up. "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" COLE So. Biff Atlas. What happened to all the global warming stuff? The environmental activism? COACH Oh please, that was so 2007. COLE I'm sorry? Did I blink and miss the solving of one of Earth's greatest potential threats? COACH You've got to move with the times Michael. Global warming ain't the hot button it used to be. It ain't what's hip. Besides, they had that big concert around the world and all the rockstars and overrated stand-up comedians saved the world. Just like Live Aid cured the poverty in Africa all those years ago. COLE I'm pretty sure they didn't cur... COACH They sung some songs, problem solved. Right? After summoning up all his courage, Biff re-enters the ring. Tyler moves his way and Biff stays near the ropes, baiting him into a boot to the gut... CAUGHT! Panic stricken, even more-so, Biff thinks of all the possible knee injuries that could come from hopping on one leg while he's dragged away from the ropes and into a succession of right hands! On the fourth, Tyler turns and hits the ropes. Biff drops down, forcing Tyler up over the top. Rebounding again, Tyler goes up and over again. And off the far ropes, the same result. Pulling up, Tyler puts his hands on his hips as it becomes clear Biff isn't trying to trip him up but has just curled into a foetal position hoping not to get hit. COLE Biff going to his happy place. As Tyler wonders what the heck is going on, Vinny Valentine capitalises, sneaking into the ring and pulling him down with a Neckbreaker! "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Waking Biff up from his cowardly position, Vinny leaves and Biff scrambles over with a cover... 1... 2... No! Biff applies a nice, safe rear chinlock. COLE You know, this super-caution of Biff may not be such a bad thing, in small doses. And with someone who doesn't fear life itself to do most of the work. Egged on by the support of the crowd being cheerled by Shayne, Tyler starts to fight back up. From one knee he delivers an elbow to the gut. Tyler then drives in with some right hands. Three breaks the hold, allowing Tyler to send Biff off the ropes and fell him with a back elbow. And a clothesline. Then a dropkick for Vinny as he starts to enter the ring! COLE There goes that someone though. Tyler wrings the arm on Biff as he gets back up, making the tag to Shayne. Together D*LUX take an arm each, wringing forward and back before taking Biff over with a double armdrag. Showtime hangs on with an armbar, referee Charles Robinson asking Biff if he wants to give up, to which he replies with a resounding "UM... MAYBE!" COLE Submission applied which is surely Biff's achilles heel. Most nights Biff looks ready to submit to the opening bell. COACH Nah, you're all wrong. It's not that Biff's got a low pain threshhold, it's that he's scared of pain before it even gets near his threshhold. With Biff fearing ripped tendons from the 185 pounder's armbar he climbs back to his feet and muscles towards his corner. He pins Shayne against the buckles, allowing Vinny to tag himself in. Vinny picks his spot with a shot to the gut, then stomps a mudhole in Shayne's chest and boogies it dry once Biff is out of the way. Referee Robinson pulls Vinny off when his feet don't stop-a'tappin' and Biff proves he may be a coward but he's not afraid to get in a cheapshot, as he scrapes his loafer across the face of Shayne from the apron. COACH Ooh. Nasty, those things have got good grip on the bottom. Shayne rolls away from the corner holding his face and is pulled up by Valentine. Irish whip leads to a back elbow knockdown and a cover... 1... 2... No. COLE Biff and Vinny aren't fairing too badly thus far. I must say, I'm a little surprised. Vinny send Shayne into the ropes again and ducks his head for a backdrop. But Shayne leapfrogs him and Tyler gets the blind tag! Persistant, Vinny ducks down for another backdrop but Shayne puts on the brakes and hits an inverted atomic drop. And with Vinny held in place, in rushes Tyler with a Yakuza Kick to the face! "YYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" COLE Opposites Attract! And like the song says, I guess with Vinny and Biff, it's a case of two steps forward and two steps back! COACH The fact you know the words to that song is sad and not at all surprising. Cover from Tyler... 1... 2... No! Pulling Vinny up in a front facelock, Tyler executes a textbook vertical suplex. Tyler rolls through into a lateral press, but rolls straight out of it to get the quick tag. Straight up top, Shayne follows up on the suplex with a Picture Perfect Elbowdrop to the prone Vinny V and pumps his fist in excitement before covering... 1... 2... Biff carefully breaks the count! COLE Seamless teamwork from D*LUX right there. COACH Whaddya know, maybe they have got a brain of their own. Of course, it's a brain between them, but still it goes to show just how overall useless Jade Rodez must be since they obviously don't need her that bad. Watching Biff leave the ring Shayne takes his eye off the ball and it allows Vinny to surprise him with a knee to the breadbasket. The Disco Duck then starts to juke and jive before taking Shayne up for a back suplex. Floating over the top, Shayne lands on his feet and then evades a wild grab from Vinny, knocking him down with a crossbody block... 1... 2... No! Vinny swings and misses with a clothesline, Shayne springing up onto his thighs with an attempted monkey flip. No go though, Vinny shifting the moment and placing Showtime up on the top turnbuckle. *SLAP!* "WHOOOOOOOO!" An open handed chop takes the air from Shayne's lungs. COLE Vinny going to follow Shayne up, I don't think Biff views this as such a good idea. Despite his partner's warnings of the dangers of climbing the already occupied ropes, Vinny scales to the second rope and strikes a John Travolta-esque pose. Shayne takes advantage of the complete waste of time (seriously, like anyone in the crowd's old enough to remember Night Fever!) with a forearm to the gut. A second. And a third, before pushing Vinny in the chest to send him plummeting back to the canvas! Poor Biff hangs his head sadly with an "I told you so" look on his face. COLE Looks like Biff was right. COACH You know, you don't hear that often. Apparantly Shayne hasn't listened to his safety advice either though as he pulls his feet back onto the top rope. Biff can't bear to watch any longer and walks down the apron to try and convince Shayne to think about his well-being, advice which Shayne doesn't want to hear. He waves at Biff to buzz off and referee Robinson agrees, sending Biff back to his corner. The distraction proves enough though, as Shayne soars off the top with a body splash and finds no water in the pool, as Valentine rolls out of harm's way!! "OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" COLE And Biff held Shayne's attention for just long enough to allow Vinny to recover. Vinny rolls over and gets the tag off to Biff. Upset that no-one seems willing to heed his advice, Biff comes in with a little less fear and a little more intent. Picking Shayne up off the mat, Biff scoops and slams Shayne then backs into the corner. COACH Looks like Biff's not gonna lead by example. With all the grace of a newly-born giraffe on the edge of a cliff, Biff eases himself up first onto the bottom rope, then onto the middle. Infact, he only gets one foot on the middle rope. He then takes a look down and sees his life flash before his eyes. Just as carefully, he replaces the foot back on the bottom rope and comes from the LOW-RISK district with a BOTTOM ROPE SPLASH!! COACH Or maybe he is! COLE Cover. 1... 2... Kickout. COLE I think Biff was so relieved to still be in one-piece, he didn't realise he was even making a pin there! After lecturing Shayne on how much safer his way was (and let's face it, he's got a point since his splash actually worked), Biff clubs him in the back with a forearm. And again. Adjusting his amateur headgear, Biff then JOGS the ropes. In no rush, he comes back with a clothesline. By which time, Shayne has recovered and ducks the line, leaping onto Biff's back looking for a Crucifix... and getting it... 1... 2... Biff kicks out and shows a little more haste in getting to his feet, delivering a boot. COLE Somehow I don't think the slow-motion clothesline is going to catch on. Grabbing Shayne by the head, Biff throws him face-first into the top turnbuckle making good and sure to get his hand safely out of the way of the boybander's rebounding head. He then tags Vinny back in. Stepping in, Vinny delivers a kick to the midsection then applies a front facelock. Holding Shayne in place, Vinny then starts delivering some Night Fever inspired forearms to the back, striking the pose in between each shot. And like I already explained, it's a lost reference to most people. After five forearms, Vinny shoves Shayne down and starts to dance. Which is pretty stupid and allows Shayne to get back to his feet, to deliver a Leg Lariat as Vinny eventually charges at him! "YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!" COLE There's a time and a place for disco dancing and... well, actually, no, no there isn't. Shayne pulls off a Ricky Morton roll to the corner and brings in Tyler! "YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!" COLE Here comes The Tremendous One! Leaping in, Tyler runs through Vinny with a quick clothesline. Another clothesline knocks him down. And so does a third. Biff sees his partner in mortal danger and climbs into the ring, not to help but to get the referee to do something. However a dropkick sends Biff staggers backwards and he soon finds himself trapped in by "Tremendous" Tyler, raising a fist to the Indianapolis crowd... "ONE!" "TWO!" "THREE!" "FOUR!" "FIVE!" "SIX!" "SEVEN!" "EIGHT!" "NINE!" "TEN!" COLE A surefire Top Ten Hit! Tyler jumps down and whips Atlas towards the turnbuckles. Sticking his hands out in front of him, Biff prepares to go up and over out of the corner, only to bottle it at the last second! Instead he just stands with his hands gripped on the top rope until the inevitable collision as Tyler plows into him from behind! Tyler then sidesteps, causing Vinny to run Biff into the turnbuckles for a second time! COLE Oh! A collision of heads in the corner! Out stagger both men. Biff simply falls and rolls to the floor. Vinny meanwhile backs right into the arms of Tyler, The Disco Duck taken up into a fireman's carry. In comes Shayne to hit the neckbreaker off the shoulders right in the centre of the ring! COLE D*LUX wanna Rock Your Body! COACH And you thought disco was a dated reference. Leg hook by Tyler... 1... 2... NO! "OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!" COLE Kickout by Vinny Valentine! The Syndication Superstar hanging in on the big show. Leaving the action in the ring behind, Shayne Brave grabs hold of the top ring rope and launches himself up and out onto Biff with a PESCADO! "YYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Meanwhile, back in the ring Tyler has the making of a Recordbreaker going. He's unable to hook both arms though and Vinny sneaks out, shoving Tyler in the back to force him into the ropes. Tyler comes back with a Yakuza Kick, ducked by Vinny who hits the ropes himself... and runs right back into a Samoan Drop! COLE Great counter by Tyler and... what the heck is this now!? COACH Looks like some long overdue protection. All eyes turn to the two RIOT GUARDS who have suddenly appeared at ringside and make their way over to Biff Atlas. Shayne is just pulling himself up and gets into it with one of the guards, which draws referee Charles Robinson outside to restore order. In the ring, Tyler has Vinny measured, catching him on one knee in the back of the head with the Shining Enziguri! Tyler then makes the cover... ...but there's no referee! COLE Tyler's got this one won, but we've got a commotion on the floor... Tyler looks up and realises the referee is out of position, slapping the mat in frustration and climbing back to his feet. But suddenly, in from the blindside slides the other riot guard! Tyler seems him too late to avoid a NIGHTSTICK TO THE RIBS!! Tossing aside the club, the riot guard then pulls Tyler in and lifts him over his shoulder. Up into a crucifix goes The Tremendous One... and DOWN he's driven, right on the back of his head with a Crucifix Powerbomb!!! "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" COLE What in the hell was that!? COACH Payback. Sweet, sweet payback. COLE You've got to be kidding me! The other riot guard bails out and referee Robinson's eye is caught by him, then directed towards the ring where Vinny Valentine has dragged his sorry self over the top of Tyler in a cover... COLE Oh no, not like this! 1... 2... 3!!!! "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" COLE Agh! COACH Vinny wins! [i]Biff[/i] wins! Miracles do happen! "Safety Dance strikes up again as the riot guards leap into action to drag both Vinny and Biff to safety from Shayne Brave. "Showtime" slides in and marches around the ring demanding to know what happened as the riot guards drag Biff and Vinny off. BUFFER Ladies and gentlemen, your winners of the match... the team of VINNY VALENTINE and BIFF AAATTLLLLAAAASSSS!!! "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" Shayne checks on Tyler, while in the aisleway Vinny manages to find consciousness enough to bust out a little victory dance. He's soon joined by the riot guards, pulling off their helmets to reveal the thick hairy visages of LUCIUS SOUL and RICO DE JANEIRO, THE MARDI GRAS HOMEWRECKING CREW!! Rico laughs and strokes away at his moustache, while Lucius fixes up his fro in fear of helmet hair. COLE I don't believe this. COACH I know, how the hell did Lucius get that helmet up over his 'fro? Much props my brother! COLE Call me hypocritical after what happened last week, but what a rotten set-up this was. Rico and Lucius under those riot guard uniforms we saw D*LUX in last week, Rico came in with the nightstick and gave Tyler the Moustache Ride... I guess that's what Vinny meant earlier when he said 'trust me' earlier. COACH Brilliant! These guys ain't gonna take the humiliation laying down looking up at the lights no more. Krista, I hope you're watching because your daughter's boys just got exampled for ya! As the victorious foursome celebrate the rarity of a plan actually coming together and working for them, Tyler sits himself up and D*LUX look up scornfully at them from the ring.

COLE Coming up next, tag team action, as D*LUX take on Vinny Valentine and Biff Atlas... and, speaking of which, we've got something going on backstage. Apparantly we're having trouble getting a hold of Biff! Cut to backstage, where the frustrated figure of Vinny Valentine stands trying to get Biff out of his locker room. *KNOCKKNOCK* VINNY Yo, Biff, pull the lead out baby! *KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK* Eventually, the door opens and the disheveled figure of Biff Atlas pokes his head out of the door. Hilarity ensues when we realise this isn't his locker room, but infact a storage closet he's hidden inside. BIFF Sorry, I just don't think I'm ready for this yet. Not after last week. VINNY So what, you're gonna sit in there all day, surrounded by bottles of bleach and paint remover? Realising the mortal danger awaiting inside, should one of the bottles be nudged with enough force to knock it off the shelf and land on the floor with enough force to dislodge the well-tightened cap, Biff zips out of the room and slams the door quickly behind him. BIFF Okay, but no music. VINNY *stammers* Don't be using those words together around me man. That ain't what's happenin'! BIFF But scientific research has shown that listening to loud music can lead to premature deafness. I used to listen to my iPod on my morning jog all the time before I realised what a health hazard it was. I'm already at high risk! VINNY Biff you crazy cat you. You can't's fear the music, you gotta embrace the music daddy-o! Listen man, don't sweat it, the only thing you're in danger of with Vinny V in control of the ol' jukebox is getting down with your bad self! Ain't no harm gonna come your way tonight. Trust me. Still not looking sure, Biff eventually gives in and follows after Vinny as he struts off towards the arena. COLE ...Biff and Vinny, as ready as they'll ever be! And they're up, next!

My mistake, it was Niagara Falls I was thinking off. And there was a match where you eliminated people by throwing them into the Falls, but there was no boat.

Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett In Your House 2, WWF Intercontinental Title Easily J-E-DOUBLE-F's best match, a really strong outing on an otherwise forgettable PPV. This was right when Michaels was starting to get hot as well. I'll leave the pre-match concert if it's all the same, although the song wasn't that bad.

Was that the show from right next to the Grand Canyon?

Psst, they have three shows.

It's kinda sad that they finally found themselves in front of a crowd who reacted strongly to the wrestling as opposed to sitting on their hands except for entrances and promos... and they provided them with so little wrestling.

I'm in.

On Raw this year before No Way Out. Jeff won, IIRC. Edge vs. Finlay Edge vs. Punk (Infact Edge vs. anyone not named Batista or Undertaker.) MVP vs. HBK Show vs. Umaga Taker vs. Umaga Punk vs. Umaga Shelton vs. Matt Miz and Morrison vs. Kofi and Evan Bourne

I didn't mind 1999 either, but maybe I'm bias since that was one of the first PPVs I was able to watch the day after it happened. The $100,000 bounty wasn't a bad idea but would have been better if Austin were in the match longer. The Austin/McMahon stuff in isolation isn't bad, it's just the other madcap stuff going on around it.

To be fair, they already know who they're calling ahead of time, apparantly.