Bored

Faulk has actually been shut down pretty well as I think his longest run was four yards. They still probably aren't giving it to him enough though.

Cool Bulger is doing his best Warner impression. Just lost his second fumble today.

God dammit the 49ers should be blowing this game open right now and they are just handing the Rams the game. Interception by the Rams.

Ugh the 49ers need a new kicker yet again. Rams another personal foul penalty...still trying to cheat to win.

Do you have a recap for that match? Was this before or after the heel turn? These were IC title tourney matches, were they not? Ah yes, the match where Jeff blew every single spot he tried. Kid/Ramon I believe is still before the heel turn but the seeds were in place as they had a disagreement the previous week. The '96 matches are IC title tourney matches. '95 and '96 matches are recaps by KJP on the RSPW message boards. HHH/Hardy match is by CRZ. 1-2-3 Kid vs. Razor Ramon Good grief has it really been two years plus four months since the Kid broke in around here? Where does the time go, and what does it do when it gets there? Fast forward to last week, the Kid hasn't grown up a bit. We also reveal that that "hurt" look was actually from last week; funny how I missed that. At any rate, Jerry's confident of victory for the Kid -- not a promising sign, but the crowd is still warm to him. It's downright hot for Razor, though, so there's little to conclude from that. The Kid, as in the previews, starts right in on Razor as soon as he's in the ring; about five kicks later, Razor is sent hurtling out of the ring, which is fine by him, since now he can disrobe without further difficulty. That completed, Razor accelerates to attack speed and dives back in the ring. The Kid starts running the other way, ah, but only to come off the ropes and dodge past Razor's first effort at offense. And his second. By this time Razor is on to the Kid's game and stops to wait for the Kid's move. The Kid goes for a cross body block... and Razor makes a nice catch and there's one down in the top of the first. Okay, he's got the Kid, now what to do with him. Razor settles on placing him on a rope corner, and using him to practice his high kicks. After only one, he decides that just isn't the right way to go, so he just climbs up and flings the Kid over his head. Razor covers for 2. Lawler starts talking breakup... oh, too soon, too soon, Jerry! All we've seen today is good hard 'rasslin from two pros at a level we have a right to expect. To insinuate breakup at this point is to give it a chance not to happen. Onward: Razor picks the Kid up by the chin and back him into a corner for a good talking to, and a sonic slap or two for good measure. Razor now gets on the Kid's case about his hair; the Kid rightly points out Razor has no room to speak on that matter. Razor in frustration tosses the Kid into mid-ring. Stomp, pull-up, spin around, uppercut. The Kid, duly impressed by this performance, tumbles floorward in appreciation. Now Lawler suggests outright the possibility of a Kid heel turn, thus making it nearly a sure thing that it ain't gonna happen and this whole friction between them is a red herring. The Kid crawls back in, and now Razor yanks him around a bit. Why he does this is unclear; anyone who knows the Kid knows that his arms are decidedly not a major part of his offense. Razor sends the Kid for a ride, the Kid reverses, and now it's a contest of hip tosses. The Kid does a flip, supposedly to gain the advantage in this lockup, but we'll never know as Razor sees the Kid's leverage and raises him a choke slam. Cover, 2. Razor, with another charge in the Kid's direction, and the Kid decides a redirection is in order and it is Razor's turn once again to exit the ring. The referee gives the Kid a pat on the shoulder (gee, he really *doesn't* get any respect around here!), and the Kid, back on his feet, leaves them once again to catapult himself over the top rope for a nice little dropkick. No time for Razor to reel from this wound, though, as the Kid has him quickly back inside. Whip, spinning kick, down goes Razor, down goes Razor. The Kid covers, but Ramon's foot finds rope quickly. The Kid tries it again, and this time leaps on Razor's back in a sleeper hold! Who taught him that trick, I wonder? Razor gestures rope-ward, but then drops to a knee. With the match in imminent danger of coming to a conclusion, guess what? -- ad break -- (Flip... aah, what's the point. Plenty of people covering *that* show...) Ever have those nights where you just can't get to sleep? Razor seems to be having one of those, as two-plus minutes (according to Lawler) in the hold and the Bad Guy is still wide awake. Finally, he says, enough of this, and gets up to go jogging. He forgot to tell the Kid, though, who finds himself being moved around most awkwardly by this. Finally Razor notices the difficulty and removes it with a back suplex. Thus it is now left to the referee to carry the match for a little while, until Razor rises, crawls over, and covers... 1, 2, and the Kid's arm launches upward. It's time for "I block your punch, you don't block mine", and it is Razor who wins! Another spin around, another punch, then a cross-corner whip whose impact was immediately dwarfed by the clothesline that followed. McMahon suddenly suspects, for no apparent reason, that Razor is holding back on us tonight. The Kid, it would seem, has fewer inhibitions and gives some semblance of a face rake from his kneeled position. Then the Kid with a whip, a duck, a shoulder block, and Razor bowls a strike! Nothing is left standing, least of all the referee, who seems to be ducking out on us again. The Kid rolls around in pain, and then, oops! Ran out of mat to roll around on. Okay, so now we've got a referee down on one side, the Kid down on another, Razor waiting for the ball return to pick him up, and remember what I said about Dean Douglas and lulls in the action? Well here we have the ultimate lull, so it should only be a matter of time before, yep, there he is. Climbing to the top turnbuckle, he jumps on top of Razor, then, keenly aware he has left his class waiting, rushes back to resume his lecture. Well, gee, thanks for showing up, Dean. One good long nap later, it's time for everyone to rise and shine. What, Razor, aren't you feeling well this morning? Here, let me take your pulse. The Kid lapses back into his coma, while the referee, showing obvious strain, groggily pounds the mat once, twice, three times. Thank you and good night. Upon finally reaching his feet, the Kid is declared the winner. Owen Hart (w/cast, but no Cornette!) vs. Marc Mero (w/Sable) (IC tourney) I guess Cornette's had enough stage time tonight, and so the King of Harts must go it alone. Meanwhile, at the broadcast desk, Jim Ross has returned from the first aid station where he had his hurt feelings bandaged up. And he brought back with him Pat Patterson, first IC champion ever, and, incidentally, special referee for the finals of the IC tournament next week. But more importantly, Pat is here to back up Jim Ross's story about Razor and Diesel. Lockup, and the match starts with a wristlock battle, which Mero finally wins with a cast drag takedown. Owen gets up for another one, then up again, this time for a drop toe hold into an arm bar. Mero appears to be concentrating on Owen's supposedly injured arm. Mero with a shoulderblock next, then a couple of hip tosses, and back into an armbar. Lawler takes advantage of the slight lull to point out that Pat Patterson and Faarooq Asad are close friends. Patterson denies this, but the seed is planted, and we'll find out if anything sprouts from that next week. Owen gets his first real offense of the match, and makes it good with the spinning kick. Sharpshooter tease, stomp. A rare double-arm suplex is next, and Owen covers for the match's first two-count. Owen now marks time with the reverse chinlock (with his supposedly bad arm), while Lawler tries to drive in the wedge between Gorilla Monsoon and Jim Ross. Ross again defends his statements. Finally, Gorilla steps in and tries to explain exactly what his point of view is on things in general. And frankly, doesn't do a terribly good job of it, so let's concentrate on the match, which has gotten much more interesting. Mero has elbowed out of the hold, jumps up behind Owen in a crucifix position, then repositions himself vertically for a sunset flip roll and a two-count. Owen Hart with a dropkick, and another Sharpshooter tease, this time broken up with a roll-over by Owen, and another two-count. Back into the chinlock, just so that we're back where we started when the discussion between Gorilla and Jim Ross began, and nobody feels like they missed anything. In summary, Jim Ross says Razor and Diesel will be appearing. Gorilla Monsoon says Scott Hall and Kevin Nash will not be appearing. And I have the sinking feeling they just might both be right. Mero elbows out of the hold, and sends Owen for the ride, but puts his head down and winds up in a swinging neckbreaker. Owen follows this up with a dropkick from the top rope for a two-count, and it's back into the rest hold, during which Pat Patterson fires the last shot in tonight discussion by saying he hasn't yet had a meeting with Gorilla about his special referee spot, so that maybe Gorilla isn't the authority he appears to be. But we already knew that. Mero, tired of elbowing out of rest holds, decides to power out of this one, and does so with a back suplex. Mero comes off the ropes, Owen misses with a clothesline, but just manages to hit a glancing blow with his cast on the next pass, which is enough, apparently, to send Mero stumbling out of the ring. Sable attends to her man, while Jim Ross complains that Owen's cast has been blatantly exposed as a fake by now. Sable helpfully rolls Mero in the ring, Owen gratefully covers, but for a change this does not result in a three count, and we move on... IYH "Mindless Games" promo. -- ad break -- Owen with some shoulder rams, and a cross-corner whip, after which Owen viciously takes a flying seat on the second turnbuckle formerly behind the Wildman. Mero gives Owen another uncomfortable seat with an atomic drop. Mero continues: back body drop, dropkick, and Owen takes a break on the outside. Mero, not about to let that happen, nails him with a somersault plancha, as Kelly calls it quite nicely. Mero rolls Owen in, slingshots himself in on top, 1, 2, no. Mero gets a headlock on during the replay, leading up to a two-way headbutt that does nothing but bring the match to a screeching halt. Owen rises first, notes that the referee isn't being terribly attentive, slips his cast off, and clubs Mero with it. Hmm, must be one of those 501 loose-fitting casts, with a skoch more room at the ulna. But Owen has to take the time to slip the cast back on before he can make the cover, and by the time that happens, Mero is just able to get the shoulder up. Owen, unable to believe he hasn't won, starts arguing with the referee, and meanwhile totally fails to notice Mero pulling the cast off his arm. Turning Owen around, Mero lets him have it, and slow motion replay shows the referee turns his head away a bit too late to not have seen that. But that apparently, is not the point; instead, the point is that the referee obligingly counted 1-2-3, oops, sorry, Six, and so it's Marc Mero who moves on to next week's final. And for good measure, he does a little dance on Owen's discarded cast, and hopefully that will be the end of that little gimmick. Faarooq (w/Sunny) vs. Psycho Psid (w/disturbing look on his face) And this match begins, after a full introduction, with a war of words. Finally Faarooq breaks it up by back up and coming off the ropes with a shoulderblock. Nothing. Sid decides to try it, but doesn't get a solid hit, and Faarooq not only hold his ground, but celebrates it. Sid, not happy with his effort, goes to try it again, but Faarooq goes after him, and is there with the knee just as Sid comes off the ropes. Faarooq adds a paper machŽ headbutt, then pulls Sid up and whips him into a power slam. Faarooq with the first major miscalculation of the match, takes the time to jaw with the crowd, while Sid stands behind him and waits impatiently. When Faarooq does turn he clearly expects Sid to still be on the ground. Way wrong there. Sid with a block of Faarooq desperate attack, then a few heavy blows of his own. Off the ropes for a big boot, then comes a clothesline. Sid pulls Faarooq up by the cheesy helmet, and proceeds to deliver further punishment. But when Sid goes for a cross-corner whip, Faarooq reverses it, and that is all that is needed to completely turn the match around. Sid bounces off the buckles into Faarooq's back suplex. Leg drop. Cover, but barely 2. Faarooq, deciding he's a kidney specialist, proceeds to make Sid's the target of his further attacks. Another cover for no good reason actually comes closer to being a three-count. And it's time for yet another quick interview with Ahmed Johnson, so Faarooq cooperates by putting on the rest hold. Ahmed talks in a forest fire metaphor, making me wonder if he's going to be the new voice for Smokey the Bear. Sid takes the rest hold as far as arm drops, and has Jim Ross mentioned yet that Razor and Diesel will be here next week? Sid escapes with the first elbow, but gives Faarooq a couple more just on principle. Annoyed by this, Faarooq responds with another paper machŽ headbutt, and a scoop and slam. Faarooq now climbs up to the top rope. Strange, I wouldn't have pictured him as big on aerial moves, and I still don't, as his only purpose up there was to dive right into Sid's power slam. A two count, and Sunny takes a breath just in time to avoid fainting. Sid sends Faarooq for the ride, misses a clothesline, but hits the second one. A bit unfortunate that Faarooq also hit on the second one, but it's another excuse to take a break. Sid wins the subsequent breathing contest, but Faarooq is the first one on his feet. He climbs on top of Sid's back, then tries to jump down on top of him. Funny thing, though, when Faarooq came down, Sid wasn't there anymore. Despite this flub, Faarooq still manages to be the first one on his feet, and capitalizes with a face rake. More kidney shots follow, but this is going to get tedious, so let's move to an -- ad break -- Faarooq, fresh from dominating over the break, now takes a seat on a top turnbuckle. He comes off this for a flying paper machŽ headbutt, and note that he doesn't bother covering. Faarooq tries lifting Sid up for his finisher, but as seems to happen with these kinds of moves a lot these days, Sid slips out behind him. Faarooq turns, and Sid is right there with the choke. Faarooq appears to try to gain a counter-choke, but his arm doesn't quite reach, and after his flailings cease, Sid proceeds with the choke slam. All over, right? Well, apparently, Sid was hurt a lot more by those kidney attacks than you might think. At this point, Sunny thrusts herself into the action, while Faarooq goes outside to grab a seat. Bringing it in with him, Faarooq sticks it in Sid's gut. Another shot to Sid's back, and it's all over, right? The referee turns right on cue, falls to count, 1, 2, no!! Ooh, and now Faarooq's made Sid mad. And there's a chair lying around in the ring. Well, Mr. Asad, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that you're advancing to the finals on a disqualification. The bad news is that Sid is going to seriously earn that disqualification. After three choice shots to the back, Sid lets up, and Faarooq manages to crawl out of the ring. Faarooq, a bit hurt but still defiant, leaves very much under his own power, while Sid celebrates his amoral victory in the ring. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: TRIPLE H (champion) v. JEFF HARDY referee: Hebner H is showing off his blade job when we return. Check out the new title graphic (using the RAW logo as template). Also, note well that "CSI coming up NEXT" because for the *first* time on RAW, we have The New TNN's screen treatment that every other show on the network has had cluttering up the bottom of the picture. The music hits and sadly, the mystery opponent is revealed to NOT be The Big Show (nor Savio Vega) as Hardy sprints out to try to steal a quick one from the champ. Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, into the ropes is reversed, Hardy ducks, flying forearm, right, right, right, into the corner is revesred, Hardy leaps and misses, catches himself, leaps, springs off, and H has been patiently waiting to catch SOMETHING and dutifully takes the crossbody block - 1, 2, no. Hardy with a viscera - seated dropkick - second rope...caught with a gutshot by H, Pedigree attempt countered with the speaking in tongues double legdrop. ANOTHER seated dropkick by Hardy - 1, 2, no. Hardy going up - wants the swantonbomb but H rolls out of the way. Ross actually remembers Hardy beat Triple H for the intercontinental title once upon a time! Of course, he forgot that a week later...well, that's too cynical of me. Hardy goes outside - barricade run - has to land before hitting the clothesline as H isn't in position. Hardy ain't too pleased about that. H tossed back in - Hardy with a double clutch then leaps into a split-legged moonsault - 1, 2, no. Off the ropes...H shoves him underneath the bottom rope and to the floor. H out after him - hard whip into the STEEL steps. H rolls in and dares Hebner to count all the way to ten. Hebner's up to four - Hardy isn't moving - five - six - seven - pulling himself up - eight - and makes it in - H stomp, stomp, stomp, CSI is coming up next - vertical suplex. H to the second rope - what's he EVER done from there - sure enough, Hardy catches up - right, right, climbing up after him - top rope - Frankensteiner! Leg is hooked - 1, 2, no! Crowd is actually starting to think it might happen - Hardy misses in the corner and shoulders the post. Hardy sat up top - H climbing up after him for the superplex - Hardy elbow, elbows him off - springs off with the moonsault and the foot connected - 1, 2, H shoots the shoulder up! Hardy stomps - Twist of Fate attempt is shoved off, Hardy ducks the clothesline, gutshot, Twist of Fate HITS! Hardy decides to go for it all, climbing up to the top and HITTING the swantonbomb! Slow to cover - 1, 2, FOOT ON THE ROPE. Off the ropes...H catches him in the sleeper. Well, it worked on Spike, why not? Ross says H has been perfecting this hold over the past few weeks....oh. Well, I guess that telegraphs the ending right there. Hebner checks in and sure enough, that'll do ya. Champ retains when Hebner calls for the submission and stops the match. (5:43) POINTS TO SELF is back out! Spin heel kick! van Dam up top - Fivestar frog splash! van Dam grabs the title belt and holds it high - then he points to himself! Is it an omen? Well, the credits are up and you'll have to wait until Sunday! CSI is RIGHT NOW!

Garcia back in...hmmmmm. Erickson is gonna have to spin this some way after the game.

I guess this was a non-title match? Was Cena just still Cena or was he the white rapper then? He was still the bland babyface who'd wear the local team's color's to get a face pop. This is still about a month or so before the heel turn. Yes it was non-title. CRZ recap: KING BROCK LESNAR (WWE Champion - Minneapolis, Minnesota - 295 pounds - with Paul Heyman) v. JOHN CENA (West Newbury, Massachusetts - 240 pounds - orange and blue...old Broncos?) in a nontitle match referee: MIKE SPARKS Lesnar is smiling - Cena is...intense. Heyman is skittish on the outside. Okay, here we go! Cena ducks under, grabs Cena and throws him. Quick cover for 2. Lesnar grabs a leg but lets it go as Cena's in the ropes. Lesnar dares him to get up and challenge him. Lockup...Cena side headlock, floating into a hammerlock - Lesnar quickly reverses and puts a forearm to the back of his head. Elbowdrop to the back. Lesnar on the back, full nelson - and now another elbowdrop. Did Lesnar look to and fro for Taker? Lesnar picks up Cena slowly - Cena with a right, right, Lesnar with a knee - belly-to-belly overhead suplex by Lesnar. Got the arm - kicks the ribs, stomp, stomp, stomp. Forearm across the ribs - knee to the ribs - knee - say, I think he's picked a body part. Lesnar nudges him to the mat with his boot. Gutshot - mauls him down and drops the elbow again. Lesnar keeps his head down with his boot. Cena tries a gutshot - Lesnar stomps again. Lesnar looks to the entryway one more time. Cena brought up - holding - half hour suplex. Cover, hand on the face, 1, 2, Cena lifts the shoulder. Lesnar punishes the small of the back - and now applies a bearhug. Both men lying on the mat - Cena crawls to the ropes - but Lesnar turns to a bridge - 1, 2, Cena's up! Cena again reaches for a rope..gets it and Sparks forces Lesnar to break the waistlock. Lesnar simply pulls him back in and applies it again. Cena tries a back elbow - again - Lesnar turns to the bridge - 1, 2, no. Lesnar STILL has the waistlock locked in - Cena back elbow, back elbow, back elbow, back elbow, back elbow back to his feet, back elbow, back elbow, back elbow, back elbow - Lesnar with a death suplex...then goes right back to the hold. Lesnar with a big forearm across the back. Heyman asking him to make it a little quicker. Lesnar picks up Cena - drops him in a gutbuster - and make it two. Stomps the stomach - stomp - stomp. Heyman making the "let's go" pantomime, and once again Lesnar casts furtive glance in the direction of the ramp. Cena gets up two boots as Lesnar walks in - jawbreaker by Cena - elbow, elbow, elbow, ducks a swing from Lesnar, dropkick! But Lesnar runs him into the turnbuckle. Whip into the ropes, Cena tries for a crucifix...but Lesnar stops him in mid-move - hoists him on his shoudlers - and hits the Key on My Keyboard to end it all. 1, 2, 3. (5:52) Lesnar would like to stay and gloat but Heyman is insistent that they head backstage to their waiting security.

September 16, 1999 Shane McMahon def. Joey Abs Mark Henry def. Steve Blackman; Euro Title Match Curtis Hughes def. Ken Shamrock by DQ The Undertaker wins a Five Man Royal Rumble Billy Gunn & Chyna def. The Hollies Al Snow def. The Big Bossman in a Pepper on a Pole Match Jeff Jarrett NC Test; IC Title Match Vince McMahon def. Triple H to win the WWF Title; Special Referee, Shane McMahon September 14, 2000 The Acolytes def. Chris Benoit & Kane Val Venis, Bull Buchanan, & The Goodfather def. Rikishi & Too Cool T&A def. Triple H & Kurt Angle Steve Blackman def. Perry Saturn; HC Title Match Edge & Christian & X-Pac def. The Hardy Boyz & Chris Jericho The Dudley Boyz def. The Rock & The Undertaker in a Tables Match September 20, 2001 The Hurricane & Lance Storm def. The Big Show & Spike Dudley Kronik def. Kaientai Rob Van Dam def. Raven; HC Title Match Edge def. Kanyon The Hardy Boyz def. The Dudley Boyz Steve Austin def. Tajiri; WWF Title Match The Rock & A.P.A. def. Booker T, Test, & Rhyno in an Elimination Match by count out September 19, 2002 Rey Mysterio & Torrie Wilson def. Jamie Noble & Nidia Brock Lesnar def. John Cena Eddie Guerrero & Chavo Guerrero def. Edge & Rikishi Matt Hardy def. The Hurricane Billy & Chuck def. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit

Owens is coming back in next series...well this is gonna cause some controversy. Wonder if they'll clear Garcia next.

I'll be very dissapointed in the 49ers o-line if Leonard Little makes the end of this game without an knee injury. Time give the cheap shot artist his own medicine.

Exactly...they just tried to take Rattay out of the game to but got a roughing the qb penalty for it. Anyone got a Leonard Little mugshot?

LEONARD LITTLE RAN OVER A WOMAN WHILE HE WAS DRUNK AND KILLED HER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now he's in the NFL taking a cheap shot on a quarterback and knocking him out of the game. FUCK THIS!!!!

Leonard Little once killed a woman...and now he knocked out Jeff Garcia with FUCKIN' CHEAP SHOT!!!! Fuck the Rams.

Yes but with a concussion, unless your name is Mike Martz, your not supposed to allow a player to keep playing. He didn't catch a pass so that will break his consective catch streak. Fuck why did it have to happen this week instead of last week. They could beat the Bears with the back-ups but now their fucked. Leonard Little can go die....just cheap shotted Garcia.

Ah yes, the culmination of Shamrock's KOTR win. At least he got his world title shot. Wasn't the Rock the WWF Champion at this time? The clean win that shocked the world. Yes, even I was. Rock/Taker was a non-title match. All recaps by CRZ (www.slashwrestling.com): KING KEN SHAMROCK v. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN for the WWF Championship - no more ad breaks! This is the second title shot for the hometown hero (well, ok, Sacramento is NEXT week, but I don't know if I'll be able to say it then). Austin immediately strikes upon entering the ring. All punches - now Shamrock is punching back - thumb to the eye by Austin. Leg attack by Shamrock! Knockdown for 2. Into the headlock, Austin rolls for 2, Shamrock rolls back. Repeat. "Austin" chant despite Shamrock's popularity. Crowd is off the charts. Armbar by Shamrock, as he floats over for the anklelock, Austin breaks free and steps outside for a bit. Austin grabs Shamrock's legs and wraps one around a STEEL post. Back in goes Austin, clothesline to the back of the head - shouldn't have turned his back there! Vertical suplex by Austin for 1. Another vertical suplex. 1, kickout. THIRD vertical suplex by Austin, Shamrock rolls to the ropes, Austin goes outside and catches his throat with a clothesline on one side and the corner of the apron on the other. Back in, 1, 2, no. To the headlock and a rest - whew! Shamrock's shoulders go down for 2 but he rolls one up. Side headlock continues. 1 count. Referee is "Blind" Earl Hebner. Standing up - no, Austin takes him over and continues to hold the headlock. Up, Shamrock powers out, and gets knocked down. Austin runs the ropes but eats a kick. Perfectplex by Shamrock for 2. Austin blocks a rana attempt with a powerbomb! Austin to the second rope - elbow drop! 1, 2, no. Snapmare takeover for another near fall. Austin is back to the headlock. Arm doesn't fall. Shamrock again gets to his feet. Punches to the gut, hold broken, Shamrock runs into a knee in the gut and goes down. Low blow? Maybe. Austin going for a Boston crab - Shamrock fighting it. Leg whip by Shamrock and Austin goes down. Uppercut by Austin - sleeper is applied! Shamrock shoves him away and applies a sleeper of his own. Backed into the corner, now Austin gives headbutts to the gut. Shamrock sat on top, now Austin climbs the ropes - what's next? Shamrock with a headbutt! Still on the second rope - axehandle attempt missed with a right to the gut. Crossbody by Shamrock for 2. Rake of the face by the Champ. Shamrock counters with a kick, then some pounding away, another rake of the face by Austin, snapmare into the headlock. Shamrock has blood on his tongue (thank you, cameraman!). Again Shamrock rises and punches out of the hold. Austin ducks and Shamrock kicks him. Austin manages to get Shamrock to fly over the top rope, Austin follows. Whip, reverse, Austin hits the STEEL steps. Shamrock is still on him - head to the timekeeper's table (well, the corpse of it anyway). Austin comes back though, piledriver attempt is reversed into a back bodydrop on the floor. Back in the ring for both men and Shamrock is kicking away on a seated Austin - choke for 4. Whip into the opposite corner - is Shamrock limping? Kick to the mush by Austin. Headbutts to the gut. Whip into the corner but Shamrock fires out. Suplex for 2. Right by Shamrock and Austin goes down. Now Shamrock is going for the Boston crab - he's got it! Austin crawls to the ropes - slowly - slowly - got it! Austin's trick knee acts up - a lot of that going around. Now Austin is stomping a mudhole in Shamrock. Whip, duck, double clothesline and both men are down! Cover - 1, 2, no. As they trade punches, THE UNDERTAKER and KANE are out - dammit - (no contest? about 12:00) Kane takes out Austin while Undertaker chokeslams Shamrock - here's THE ROCK, here's MANKIND - here's VINCENT K. with a perplexed look on his face. Austin's got a chair - Chairshot for the brothers! McMahon quickly disappears behind the curtain as Austin looks - then walks - his way... HEY HEY HEY HEY (on his Beautiful Titan Bike - with the WWF.com logo) v. IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLL in a nontitle match - Holy crap! SOMEHOW those STEEL steps have managed to stand on end and magically transport themselves to the barricade! RC Edge presents Unforgiven THIS Sunday from Philleh! Stone Cold Steve Austin will be there, you know. Benoit actually putting over Rock a bit, here. Lockup, Undertaker shoves him down. Lockup, Rock put in the corner, soupbone left soupbone left soupbone soupbone back elbow. Into the opposite corner, big-time sidewalk slam...gets 2. Head to the buckle. Soupbone! Into the opposite corner hard - Rock puts up an elbow to meet the charge - right, right, right, into the ropes, clothesline. Undertaker throws Rock through the ropes and goes out after him. Soupbone! After Lawler and Benoit both say anybody can pin anybody, Ross contradicts them, going back to what was said over the weekend about Rock having to be involved in the decision. I'm so confused about this...I *do* hope they make up their minds by the time the match starts. Rock put into the steps by the Reaper. Soupbone! Soupbone! There's a back elbow. Put up against the post, but Rock sidesteps and 'taker gives a soupbone to the cold STEEL instead. Rock coming back - right, right, right, right, right, right, NOW KISS THAT RIGHT! Undertaker falls backwards across the commentary table... and Rock decides, how about a nice low blow? Benoit: "Is that what the Rock has do resort to? Is that what the Rock is aboot?" Back in the ring we go, Rock with a (wait for it) right - into the ropes, reversed, Rock hits referee "Blind" Earl Hebner and down he goes. Rock right, right, into the ropes, head down, 'Taker drops him with a DDT. Cover...but no Hebner. 'Taker picks him up and measures a soupbone. Into the ropes is reversed, head down, Rock hits the spinebuster anyway! Time now for the People's Elbow. Leg is hooked, but Hebner STILL ain't movin'. Rock nudges Hebner with a foot - back to the Undertaker - but he catches him in a choke - CHOKESLAM! Hebner starts a really slow , dramatic crawl....1.......2...... kickout! Undertaker gives Hebner a verbal beatdown, then turns around. Rock tries the Rock Bottom...but Undertaker back elbows out of that attempt - off the ropes, gutshot, Last Ride Wedgiebomb! 1, 2, 3! (4:23) UNDERTAKER RULES!!! HEY HEY HEY HEY!!! Here's a replay. WELL IT'S KANE interrupts the post-match with a run-in - as he hits the ring, Benoit pops up and *also* hits the ring, taking out Undertaker from behind. Kane and Benoit now work *together* on Undertaker. Crowd chanting for...Rock E. Bah. Of course, Rock is still out from the Last Ride and trying to "recover" in the corner. Finally he's pulling himself up and joining the fray - bunches o' rights for Kane (culminating, of course, in the Laying the Smack Down spit punch), putting him outside while Undertaker puts Benoit outside - then Undertaker turns back to eat Rock Bottom! Play Rock's music! ("You won't pin ME without INSTANT revanche!") Credits are up - one final WWF logo - and that's it. Rip that USA logo off the EntertainmentTron and put it up for auction - we'll see ya next week... on TNN! YEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAA - COUNTRY DOT COM! RIC FLAIR (Charlotte, North Carolina - 234 pounds) v. RICO (Las Vegas, Nevada - 232 pounds) referee: CHARLES ROBINSON Ross notes that tomorrow is the 21st Anniversary of Flair's first world title victory over Dusty Rhodes. Rico still comes out to "You Look So Good to Me," and has apparently dropped four pounds. Here we go - no, Flair moves back and fluffs his hair. Rico isn't pleased but stops short of trying to deck him. NOW they lock up - Flair to a hammerlock, drops down, trips him up and lets him go. "Wooo!" We go again - side headlock, chain wrestling again to the hammerlock, snapmares him over, then lets him SIT there for a looooong time as he comes off the ropes and still manages to connect on the kneedrop - headlock takeover - 1, 2, no. Flair stands up, still holding the headlock - Rico knee, knee, gets out, slaps on a headlock of his own - Flair powers out and Rico dutifully hits a shoulderblock coming off the ropes. Off the ropes, up and over, Flair with a hiptoss, another side headlock takeover and has him down again. 1, nope. Rico to his feet - and to the shortcuts - right, right, into the ropes, Flair ducks the back elbow but Rico spins into a kick in the gut. Rico grabs a hand, steps over into a pumphandle than lands a back kick that puts Flair down. Rico puts him in the corner, right, kick, kick, kick, steps on the second rope for a kick in the head - FLAIR FLOP! Rico hooks the leg - 1, 2, no. Rico right, right, into the opposite corner, big back body drop as Flair comes out. Stomp. Flair into the corner, Rico follows with a clothesline. Back to the first corner, but Flair gets the elbow up. Chop! Chop! Chops him down! Rico into the ropes, back elbow by Flair. Flair looks good! Stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp, stomp. Rico rolls outside - thinks about grabbing Lilian Garcia's chair, but Flair steps on the chair as he slides it in - handful of hair by Flair - chop! Brings him in with a suplex - holding it - HOLDING IT - and drops him down. 1, hooks the leg, 2, Rico's out. Chop! Left, right, left, right, accidentally backhands Robinson as he tries to move in to stop the closed fistery...looks at the chair but decides to kick it out of the ring - turns back and walks RIGHT into a spinning roundhouse kick - 1, 2, 3! Rico pins Ric Flair! (3:59) Flair was actually practically grabbing the bottom rope, but I guess they just happened to be too close - nobody mentions it, because it's WHAT AN UPSET! And it IS, at that...

September 17, 1998 Mike Enos def. Bull Pain Ernest Miller def. Disco Inferno Konnan def. Silver King Kaz Hayashi def. Evan Karagias Lodi def. Saturn Scott Norton def. Jim Neidhart Chris Jericho def. Alex Wright; TV Title Match Curt Hennig def. Van Hammer 1999 – no show September 20, 2000 The Jung Dragons def. Mike Sanders, Mark Jindrak, & Sean O’Haire (Leia Meow got the pinfall even though she wasn’t in the match) Paisley def. Torrie Wilson Kronik def. Stevie Ray in a handicap match Juventud Guerrera def. Rey Mysterio Jr. The Harris Brothers NC 3 Count Three-Way Match with Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, and Sting goes to a no contest

"Even worse"? Has Smackdown degraded its matches in enough time to become only passably better than RAW? ...that's sad. I guess I wasn't clear enough...I was saying that on Raw you could argue that the wrestling is now so bad on Raw it is even worse than the storylines on Raw.

Speaking of a house shows...I didn't want to post my own topic on it because I'm waiting for Meltzer or at least the Torch to report this...has anyone else heard the rumor that they are going to cancel house shows on 10/25 and 10/26 to accomodate the HHH/Steph wedding so everyone can go? Whoever heard of inviting all your co-workers to your wedding?

Ugh all the whining that the lastest cruiserweight darling isn't going to get pushed as if cruiserweights will ever get pushed outside of Mysterio to this point. At any rate I'm happy if he goes to Raw because I want to see a fuckin' watchable match on Raw every once in a while. On Smackdown you almost always see one good match a show but you can go multiple Raws without seeing a good enough match. Its bad enough the storylines are bad but you could argue the wrestling is even worse when it comes to RAW. If London is "lucky" he'll be a part of the eventual Orton led stable. I mean lucky as in at least he'd get t.v. time and matches.

This a bit off topic but what the FUCK is up with Inside the NFL on HBO not showing the 49er highlights this week? What is the executive producer a a Bears fan? I've never seen that happen before as they always show every game. I always look forward to those NFL Films highlights for the 49ers...when they win. Okay rant off...damnit I hate when the 49ers have morning games (west coast).

If Bowling Green beat Ohio St. they should just give Josh Harris the Heisman. Just forget the voting and have the ceremony right on the field after the game. For the AP poll (fuck ESPN) #25 South Carolina will obviously be out and #20 Wake Forest too. #17 Colorado losing by 21 at home to unranked team is automatic boot. #14 Wisconsin even with a fairly high ranking but loses by 18 to a team that lost to KANSAS at HOME last week is boot out of the poll loss. Notre Dame is #15 and since they are Notre Dame they'll probably get the benefit of the doubt even though I don't think any team with a loss this early in the season should be ranked regardless of the opponent they lost too. Arkansas obviously will be in the new poll (top 20 very likely and SHOULD be ranked higher than Texas but that shit don't always workout with these wacky polls) and Alabama, Missouri, and either Northern Illinois or Minnesota (both if Notre Dame is out) will also join the new Top 25 based on last week's other receiving votes. It will be interesting to see if USC and Michigan both jump Ohio State.

Okay Notre Dame never woke up. Washington St. is beating Colorado late, 47-26.

Every MTV list is taken with a grain of salt especially when its voted by its viewers, just see how high Linkin Park is. The only thing that I can't figure out is how is it that Rage Against the Machine wasn't even on the list to vote from? Shit they put NSYNC and the Backtreet Boys on a list of BANDS!

Notre Dame never wakes up until the 2nd half. They showed that last week and all of last year. Ohio St. wins...N.C. State stopped about an inch from the goal line. N.C. State for some reason called two quarterback sneaks after 1st and Goal on the five.

Texas bad strategy? NO WAY! Mack Brown is a great recruiter but he is a horrible coach.