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50. On a much forgotten babyface/babyface argument on Smackdown! in 2002, he told Triple H that he had to sleep with the boss' daughter in order to get to the top.

Wright was a decent worker who was too vanilla and clean cut but could hang with the right opponents and always worked really hard no matter who he was facing, so nothin' bad to say about him. I thought Berlyn was just awful, and Wright changed his offense obviously, resulting in some really bad mat-based, slow, and boring contests.

So there was this club a buncha friends and I frequently that was a few minutes from one of their houses, we'd pregame, smoke, and watch The OC like every week before we went, and half the times we'd never even make it. Anyways, that's how I got into the show half-way through Season 1. Great writing, really good characters, just totally not what I expected and that was a good thing. Season 2 was just awful except for 2 episodes, and Season 3, while you could tell they were trying to get back on course wasn't the same, either. Gonna give it a few tries for Season 4, we'll see. I'll be tunin' in, though. But that group of friends doesn't hang out anymore so it'll be different, lol. No Spoilers please

"he has zero credibility as a title holder" Neither did Mike Awesome when he won the title, and he was one of the best ECW champions ever because he produced awesome matches and got his opponents over. Perhaps Punk is given the same chance.

During Piper's confrontation with Bischoff at World War 3 1996: "You think I'm gonna trust a lyin' little flake, gay, wonderful human being like yourself? Tell me somethin'. How'd you get that crack in your lip?" "Easy Piper. I can fine you for that." "Tell me something. How much would it cost me by a fine just to knock your ass out." Piper (to Vincent/Virgil) "Back off, 'cause I taught you how to fight."

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) - February 19, 1996 Live from Salisbury, Maryland Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael Recap of Steve Grissom winning a race with the WCW #29 Car in Daytona. Arn Anderson (with Woman) Vs. Hulk Hogan Rematch from the previous week. Hogan paces to the ring, the crowd is really hot for him, and Hulk immediately attacks before Arn can get his jacket off. Hogan gets the jacket off and chokes him with it on the floor. Arn gets thrown shoulder-first into the post. Hulk hits a big running clothesline then pounds away. Hogan catches Arn coming off the top after “laying possum”, then chokes him. Bischoff, while plugging the Baywatch episode featuring WCW stars, calls out Vader by name and mentions he ran out of WCW like a coward from Paul Orndorff. Hogan continues to destroy Arn with clotheslines. Hulk scolds Woman, takes a “Hulkster” bandana from a fan, and chokes Arn with it. Arn hasn’t gotten a single move in. Arn gets slammed head-first into the mat repeatedly. Some relatively loud “Hogan Sucks!” chants for a few seconds. A Hogan punch sends Arn over the top rope. Arn fakes a punch, goes for the DDT, but Hogan escapes it. Hulk hits the Big Boot and poses. Hulk locks on the figure-four. Kevin Sullivan runs into the ring, but Randy Savage cuts him off. Referee Nick Patrick only sees Savage in the ring and immediately disqualifies Hogan at 7:17. We’ll go *, as this was a glorified squash with a BS ending, giving Arn two wins in a row. Arn got not a single offensive maneuever in. Gene Oklerlund Interview with WCW Motorsports Steve Grissom Grissom briefly talks about his race victory and having Sting & Lex Luger in the “pit”. Alex Wright Vs. Loch Ness (with Jimmy Hart) Commercial before the match. Wristlock, go-behind, and two dropkicks have no effect on Loch Ness. Wright gets a sleeper on him but is ultimately tossed off. Wright leaps into a Loch Ness bearhug. More dropkicks and kicks from Wright. Running elbow strike. Wright runs into a boot and the Loch Ness elbowdrop finishes Alex at 2:21. * for Wright using his speed. Post-match, Loch Ness yells something about Hogan. There’s no way in hell that Hogan could’ve ever slammed this guy. The Belfast Bruiser Vs. Brad Armstrong Bruiser is in WCW to beat up Lord Steven Regal and Brad Armstrong is looking forward to the upcoming “WCW Cruiserweight Title Tournament”. Commercial before the match. “USA!” chants. Finley with a smooth wristlock and arm-bar keeps Armstrong grounded. Bruiser is sporting a gray/black mullet haircut. Bruiser with a surfboard submission. Armstrong keeps getting to a vertical base but Bruiser is too strong. Brad finally gets the advantage with a headlock. This isn’t particularly interesting. Brad kicks the Bruiser over the top rope, but he is on his feet and starts attacking Armstrong’s knee. Single leg crab by the Bruiser. Bruiser puts on a modified STF. Brad fights back and hits a backdrop, then a crossbody which sends both men to the floor. Back in, a backslide gets Bruiser two. Armstrong nails a bulldog for two. A back suplex follows. Armstrong runs into a gutwrench suplex, which gets the Bruiser the win at 6:47. **, as it wasn’t super interesting but the selling and action was solid enough. WCW World Heavyweight Champion “Nature Boy” Ric Flair (with Woman & Elizabeth) Vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage This is the return bout from SuperBrawl VI. Apparently Savage has lost a ton of money to Elizabeth recently, although they’ve been divorced for quite some time. Savage is back in his flashy gear. Flair’s keeping cool outside the ring in no rush. Apparently Flair purposely left Savage’s nameplate on the title belt to taunt him. Savage starts hot with punches and a backdrop. Flair comes back with a knee to the groin, then throws Savage into the crowd. Savage chases Woman, then gets blindsided by a Flair elbow. Flair beats up Savage in the aisleway, then Woman rakes the challenger’s eyes. Flair up top, by Savage throws him to the ground and locks on the Figure Four leglock! Two count on Flair, who’s hurting. And another. One more before Flair gets to the ropes. Savage puts a sleeper on but Flair counters with a back suplex. They criss-cross, and Savage runs full speed into Flair’s elbow again. Vertical suplex by Flair. They trade shots, but Flair hits the shinbreaker. Figure Four Leglock applied by Flair! Savage finally reverses it and Flair breaks. Savage sneaks in a backslide for two. Big chop puts Savage down. They trade chops and punches. Savage spits at him and Flair begs off. This is a pretty decent bout. Savage throws more punches and hits a backdrop. Flair gets flipped over the ropes and clotheslined. Flying axehandle by Savage. Elizabeth on the apron. Woman throws in a shoe, Savage intercepts it, and nails Flair! Savage makes a cover but Flair is in the ropes. Kevin Sullivan is out, and Hulk Hogan comes down to keep him out of the match. Arn Anderson sneaks in with the referee distracted and gives Savage the DDT. Flair crawls on top for the pin at 11:22. ** ½, a pretty energetic bout that while basic never really got boring. Post-match, Kevin Sullivan, Arn Anderson, & Ric Flair brutalize Hogan until The Booty Man (formerly The Zodiac/Brutus Beefcake) runs in and clears house. Booty Man chases Sullivan to the backstage area as Hogan checks on Savage. Ric Flair takes over the broadcast booth ranting about Hogan. The Booty Man then runs the group off by himself and dances. Hulk Hogan commandeers the broadcast booth, demanding a six-man tag match for the next show. Savage sees Flair’s title belt at the broadcast booth and flips out, almost attacking Bischoff. Hogan says “Booty Man” about 30 times.

He's a rare two-time transitional champion.

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) – February 12, 1996 Live from Tampa, Florida Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael Extended look at SuperBrawl VI still photos for 3 minutes. Hugh Morrus Vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage No flashy ring attire for Savage, who they’re pushing as focused and really crazy for what Elizabeth & Flair did to him at SuperBrawl. Brawl to start, which Morrus wins with clotheslines, but Savage fights back. Punches and chokes for the next minute. Savage takes Morrus down with chokes and axehandles. Morrus blocks a suplex and hits one of his own. Savage easily rebounds. More ground and pound, and not very exciting. Slam by Hugh, and he misses the No Laughing Matter. Slam by Savage and he hits the Flying Elbowdrop. He goes back up and delivers a second for the pin at 4:51. * ½ for this, as it wasn’t very good, but was short. Gene Okerlund Interviews WCW Motor Sports #29 Car Driver Steve Grissom He’s excited about qualifying the next day for a big race, which Sting will be in the “pit” for. Scotty Riggs Vs. Loch Ness (with Jimmy Hart) “American Males, American Males, American Males…”. We go to commercial before the big Nitro debut of Loch Ness. Loch Ness is your basic 500 pound, yellow-toothed fat guy who can’t wrestle. A perfect fit for Hogan’s rogues gallery! Stupid referee Nick Patrick forgets to ring the opening bell. Riggs punches and second-rope dropkick have no effect. Super Blown Spot Alert! Riggs leaps off the top rope into the arms of ol’ Nessy, who accidently drops him and looks lost. Ness then attempts a big elbowdrop spot, and mis-times it, so he goes back to the corner and waits as the crowd sleeps. Ness finally remembers a move and drops an elbow. A second elbowdrop wins it at 1:10. DUD. Horrible. Ness was originally going to be brought in as Hogan’s next big opponent, but luckily that idea was aborted. Gene Okerlund Interviews Ric Flair (with Woman & Elizabeth) Woman & Elizabeth roll Flair out on a gurney, under the sheets. Elizabeth insinuates that she & Woman slept with Flair all night long, then he pops up from under the sheets with the WCW World Title and cuts a glorious promo, old-school sunglasses and all! Elizabeth in a black leather dress works for me. Elizabeth explains that Savage kept her in the shadows, and that now she had his alimony money and his pride. “Dangerous” Devon Storm Vs. WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Konan Storm has quite a hideous wardrobe and a “suicidal” style. Konan actually tops Storm by wearing a hideous pink & blue puffy coat to the ring. Commercial before the bout. Storm attacks early with a dropkick and baseball slide to the floor. Storm grabs a chair and sets it up in the ring, giving him more leverage to hit a somersault over the ropes. Dropkick off the apron to the floor by Storm. Storm sets up the ringsteps and attempts a rana on the floor off of it, but Konan catches him and delivers a sloppy powerbomb on the floor. Back in, Konan hits a big lariat. Konan flips into the ring and catches Storm with a hurancanrana. He then hits a lucha armdrag and a slow headscissors. The moves aren’t crisp, but they’re somewhat good for this time period. Konan picks up Storm with one arm and powerbombs him, as George Steinbrenner looks on from the crowd. Konan works on the ankle with two different submission holds. Crowd’s not very alive. Storm springboards off the second rope with a leg lariat. Storm tries to go over the top rope and powerbomb Konan onto the floor, but Konan reverses it into a hurancanrana. Slow and sloppy, maybe a little too innovative. The powerbomb would’ve sufficed. Bischoff apologizes for last week when the announcer’s insinuated that the WWF caused the power outage on Nitro. Storm has Konan up top and tries a “Frankensteiner”, but Konan powerbombs him and flips over with a cradle of the legs for the pinfall at 5:20. That last move looked sloppy and dangerous. I’ll give this ** ½, if only for the fact that the guys tries to cram a TON of moves into their 5 minute window, they were pretty innovative, and although the executions were sloppy at times, they kept you watching. No restholds and a reason to watch next time, if only to see Konan kill Storm with a powerbomb again. Arn Anderson (with Woman) Vs. Hulk Hogan Hulk has the left eye patched up. Hulk overpowers Arn and works him over in the corner with 10 punches and a bite to the face. Hulk no-sells a clothesline and hits two of his own. To the floor, Arn tries to piledrive Hogan – it gets blocked, of course, and Hulk slingshots Arn into the ringpost. Then rams him shoulder-first into it and works on his left arm. Hogan chokes Arn with his wrist tape in the ring. Hulk hits an atomic drop and back suplex. Arn’s getting killed out there. Big running clothesline by Hulk. Arn finally gets an elbow up which Hogan runs into. Arn to the top rope, but Hulk is up and straddles him. Arn recovers and delivers punches, then goes for the injured eye. Here come Ric Flair & Miss Elizabeth. Arn hits the spinebuster rather nicely for two, but Hogan “Hulks Up”. Three punches, Big Boot, and a Flair Strut by Hulk. Hogan locks Anderson in the Figure Four Leglock. Flair gets in the ring, but Hulk, with Arn still in the figure four, pulls Flair into a cradle and embarrasses him. Woman up on the apron, and she throws powder into Hogan’s eyes. Anderson has Elizabeth’s high-heel shoe, and hits Hogan in the eye with it! Arn scores the shocking pinfall at 9:16! We’ll go **, as it was a basic match that saw Hogan dominate, get hit with a finisher, and Hulk Up. But this time Hogan plays Arn’s role and loses! Nice scene for long-time fans of Arn. Post-match, Arn, Flair, Woman, and Elizabeth celebrate. Hogan’s back up and rams Arn & Flair’s heads together, then hits the Big Boot on each. Randy Savage hits the ring and they all brawl, with Savage hitting Flair with a chair. The Horsemen hit the announcer’s table and bash Savage & Hogan, with Bobby Heenan sucking up to them. Arn Anderson gloats about his victory. Hogan & Savage chase them away and threaten Heenan, claiming “No More Mr. Nice Guy!”

According to WCW and WWE, The Giant's first World Title win was officially at Halloween Havoc 1995. The whole "screwjob" did officially count as a title win, but was of course stripped of the title. Giant won his second title on a taped Nitro in the late Spring of 1996. I have every Nitro from '95-'97 and '00-01, and I'm getting there. The crowd popped huge for Giant no-selling the Figure Four and chokeslamming Flair for a rather quick & easy win.

Raw #699 - "Raw Goes Hollywood" October 16, 2006 One week after the gang got together for RAW's Family Reunion, the road to Cyber Sunday leads the RAW Superstars to Los Angeles this week. Cyber Sunday stunner? For the first time since Unforgiven, Mr. McMahon appeared on WWE television to announce a Champion of Champions main event at Cyber Sunday. The announcement was nothing less than shocking, but the Chairman plans to make another huge announcement regarding the Champion of Champions Match this week on RAW. With all three champions - King Booker, Big Show and John Cena - in attendance, what bomb will Mr. McMahon drop on Monday night? Fatal four way New Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy will defend the gold in a Fatal Four Way Match Monday night. His challengers - RAW newcomer Super Crazy, Chris Masters and former Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin. It's tyme After weeks of their own unique style of training, the tag team of Cryme Tyme is finally ready to make their in-ring debut Monday night on RAW. Will their "hard work" pay off? Find out on the USA Network. The end of a D-Generation? Edge and Randy Orton formed an unforeseen alliance on RAW and vowed that DX’s days of ruling RAW are over. Is this the formula that will successfully do what nobody else has been capable to do — destroy the duo of Shawn Michaels and Triple H? Will DX respond to the Legend Killer and the Rated R Superstar’s pledge to demolish their legacy? Which Diva will make the Semi-Finals? Last week on RAW, Melina defeated Torrie Wilson to climb into the Semi-Finals of the Women’s Championship tournament. This week, the final first-round match of the tournament will be held. Who will join Melina, Lita and Mickie James in the Semi-Finals? Which Diva will make it one step closer to becoming the next Women’s Champion? Find out the answers to these questions on on Monday Night RAW, 9/8 CT only on the USA Network.

The problem I've noticed is that the good workers get short matches together, or matches with workers who can't hang or wrestle high-impact matches. Flair's matches are so basic and essentially the same match. Hogan no-sells everything and has awful matches. Savage gets no offense, was basically squashed by Benoit, then has a run-in or Flying Elbow at the end.

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) - February 05, 1996 Live from Lakeland, Florida Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael Chris Benoit Vs. WCW World Heavyweight Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage (with Woman and Miss Elizabeth) Wow, interesting match...and this IS for the title. Benoit would have to wait about 43 months for his next shot, so he better make it good! No Linda or Debra with Savage tonight. Crowd solidly behind Savage. Benoit on offense to start early, and tosses Savage outside, where he tastes the guardrail. Back in, Benoit hits his trademark clothesline. They blow the slingshot under the ropes "guillotine" move, so Savage attacks him in the corner. Benoit back in control and gets him in a chinlock. Snap suplex. Woman looks on at her World Champion being beaten up by her future husband. Benoit up top and he hits the Swandive Headbutt! Benoit is dominating. "Back-leg roundkick by the Macho Man", claims Bischoff, as if "kick" wouldn't suffice. High impact elbow smash by Benoit. So why is Benoit getting a World Title match when Flair has one a week later, exactly? Benoit continues with stomps and chokes. Benoit throws Savage shoulder-first into the ringpost. Savage pretty much no-sells it and clotheslines Benoit in the ring. Savage runs at him, but Benoit backdrops him to the floor. Benoit with a Suicide Dive through the ropes, but Savage moves and BENOIT KILLS HIMSELF ON THE FLOOR. Splat! Flying Elbowdrop to the unconscious Benoit. But Ric Flair is out and accosting Miss Elizabeth. Woman turns on Savage, choking him by the neck with television cables from behind, and Flair attacks him. Thus, Benoit is disqualified at 8:19. We'll go * 1/2, this wasn't very good. Arn Anderson is out stomping Savage. Woman laughs. Hogan in with a chair and lays out Anderson and Benoit. The Horsemen and Woman retreat as Hogan & Elizabeth tend to Savage. Post-match, Gene Okerlund interviews Hogan. Hulk can see and they need to stop Flair & The Giant. Flair sneaks in behind Hogan and punches Hogan in the eye, then rips at it as The Giant and The Zodiac come to the ring. Giant cracks Hulk with the chair as Zodiac tells him to stop. Savage comes back to the ring, steals the chair, and chases them away. Savage logically questions Elizabeth about why she didn't warn Hogan about Flair's sneak attack. Hogan's bleeding. Pretty damn good segment after the slow, boring match. Kevin Sullivan & Hugh Morrus Vs. Arn Anderson & Brian Pillman This got setup the previous week on Nitro. Commercial and WCW Saturday Night preview follows the entrances. Back, and Pillman starts with Morrus. Chops don't phase Hugh. Morrus with a gorilla press on both Pillman and Anderson. Horsemen regroup. Pillman and Sullivan no-sell each other's offense and tag out. Horsemen double-team Morrus and Anderson hits a slow spinebuster. Arn keeps Hugh down with a chinlock. This is really dull. More disjointed double-teams. Pillman and Sullivan are tagged in and have a slugfest. Pillman in the Tree of Woe, but he no-sells it and goes right for Pillman! Sullivan bites Pillman then tries to pull his face off. ANderson and Sullivan brawl to the back. Anderson tries to piledrive Sullivan on the floor, but alledgely Arn gets a broom broken over his head. Couldn't see anything but the announcers described it. Back to the ring, Sullivan has a strap to whip Pillman, and the Dungeon of Doom is disqualified at 7:19. I give it a *. This was AWFUL. No flow, no selling, and sloppiness everywhere. Morrus goes up and barely hits the No Laughing Matter moonsault. Sullivan whips Pillman with the strap. Marcus Bagwell Vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (with Woman) Before the match, Paul Orndorff interrupts the announcers to vaguely claim he hit Anderson with the broom, in case anyone cares. No one does. Commercial break before the bout. Back, and Flair struts as the crowd "Whooo!"s. Flair in control early with chops and punches in the corner. Bagwell comes back with a backdrop and clothesline, then clotheslines Flair over the top. Flair has basically had the same match beginning on every Nitro this year. The two trade shots in the ring with Bagwell winning. Another backdrop by Bagwell. Standing dropkick gets him two. He misses a second one. Bagwell counters the figure-four into a small package for two. Flair dodges either a clothesline or cross-body and Bagwell falls to the floor. Back in, Flair hits the kneedrop. Bagwell fights back, eventually getting some punches and a clothesline. Up to the top rope, Bagwell hits a superplex for two and a half. Bagwell tries a slingshot splash into the ring but Flair gets the knees up. Figure Four is locked on by Flair and Bagwell submits at 7:00. We'll go **, really standard stuff here, but Bagwell brought some excitement at times. Flair doesn't release the hold and punches referee Jimmy Jett. Randy Savage runs to the ring and chases Flair to the back. The Road Warriors Vs. WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting & Lex Luger Why this is being given away I have no idea, especially since there was a World Title match earlier. "LOD!" chants to start. Sting & Animal start, and Animal's much too strong for him. Big elbow misses and Sting hits the bulldog, then a flying clothesline off the top. Luger and Hawk tagged in. Luger hits the piledriver and Hawk no-sells it. Running shoulderblock by Hawk, then a fist drop. Hawk then pummels Sting. Sting fights back and goes for the Scorpion Deathlock, but Animal saves. Luger low bridges Animal and he falls to the floor. Sting's not happy with Lex's tactics. Punches, bodyslams, and elbowdrops from Lex. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, as the building lost power. Bischoff & McMichael blame the "competition" for the power loss! Sting with a long facelock weardown on Animal. Luger in and he powerslams Animal. Animal avoids the "Rack" and back suplexes Lex. Hawk and Sting brawl at ringside. Animal powerslams Luger. Jimmy Hart runs to the ring with a weighlifiting plate. Luger grabs it, hits Animal in the back with it, and gets the pin at 7:56. * 1/2 for this, as it was a rather important bout, but not that good. Post-match, The Road Warriors demand a match with the winners of Sting & Luger Vs. Harlem Heat.

WCW Monday Nitro (Live) - January 29, 1996 Live from Canton, Ohio Hosted by Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan, and Steve McMichael "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (with Jimmy Hart) Vs. Hulk Hogan (with Miss Elizabeth, Woman, Linda Bolea, and Debra McMichael) Wow, those young guns Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair are curtain jerking! Hulk overpowers Flair to start, no-sells the chops, then hits a backdrop and clotheslines Flair around the ring. Flair has little luck outside the ring, as well. Flair clips the knee twice as the show goes to commercial. Back, and Flair is in control with chops in the corner. Flair goes up top but gets slammed off, and Hogan goes back in control. Flair, however, quickly targets the knee again. As Flair poses, Hulk no-sells Flair's attacks and goes back on the offensive, eventually clotheslining Flair to the floor. Hulk kicks away Jimmy Hart, who sticks his nose in the match. Later, Hart chokes Hogan on the floor when Flair tosses the former champion to the floor. Very faint "Hogan!" chants. This isn't that good. Flair with a shinbreaker, then slaps on the Figure Four Leglock as Hogan screams in pain. Hulk of course eventually reverses it, then blocks a Flair suplex and hits one of his own. Hogan no-sells Flair's chops, punches, and forearms, but runs into an elbow and goes down. It's like the same slow-motion moves every 3 minutes. Flair gets a two count and Hogan "Hulks Up". Flair's punches & chops have no effect. Three punches, Big Boot, and Legdrop, but Jimmy Hart has the referee distracted. Arn Anderson runs in and Hogan easily fights him off. Anderson steals Miss Elizabeth's shoe and gives it to Flair. Hogan got a two count on his delayed pinfall attempt. During Flair's kickout, he hits Hogan in the eye with the shoe heel. Flair covers Hogan and gets the three count at 11:05! We'll go ** with this one, as it was slow and repetitive, unclean, and rather insulting to have Flair repeatedly hit Hogan with multiple moves to no effect, then a second later easily take him down with a weak reverse elbow. One of Flair's few pinfalls over Hogan, for sure. Postmatch, Hart, Flair, and Anderson celebrate as Elizabeth tends to a blinded Hogan. Randy Savage comes down to check on Hulk, too. For God's sake...this has to be mentioned. On the screen shots for WCW Saturday Night, there is a Lex Luger Vs. Eddie Guerrero match hyped. Guerrero, at this time, is about 175 pounds. And Luger just cleanly beat the World Champion. Jeez. The Faces of Fear Vs. The Road Warriors Nitro debut of The Road Warriors. First-time Meng & The Barbarian teamed together on Nitro, I believe. Goes to commercial immediately before the bell. Animal & Barbarian start. Animal overpowers him. Kick to the face by Barbarian. Road Warriors have their WWF-ish tights on, only blue trim instead of red. Irish whip reversal and powerslam by Animal. Meng and Hawk in. Meng really beats the crap out of him, then hits an AWESOME piledriver, which Hawk bounces up from and no-sells. Hawk powerslams him and hits the fist-drop! Pretty good so far. Animal in, and the Faces of Fear cheat to get the advantage. Bischoff claims WCW has "more new faces in 90 days than the other guys have had in 2 years, and we're not talkin' about Rupaul wannabes!" Barbarian works over Animal, targeting his back, which Luger claimed is still injured. Animal is slow. He gets his back rammed into the ringpost by Barbarian. Meng hits a nice dropkick! Meng has his thumb taped up, ala WWE star Umaga, who stole his finisher. Barbarian powerbombs Animal! Not a great debut for The Road Warriors. Barbarian on second rope, hits the flying clothesline, and Animal sells it strangely. They botched that up. Barbarian goes to do it again and now Animal weakly clotheslines him. Hawk tagged in. Clotheslines for both Faces. Big boots for both. Double-clothesline on them. Signals for the Doomsday Device. Barbarian puts Hawk on the top rope, but Animal electric chairs him, setting up the finisher. Meng pushes Hawk off the top, though. Barbarian piledrives Animal. He goes for a second one, but Hawk hits the top-rope clothesline for the pin at 8:57. Really, really close match, probably not what the Road Warriors needed, but put the Faces of Fear over nicely, too. We'll go ** for some good power action. Gene Okerlund Interviews Kevin Sullivan (with Hugh Morrus) Sullivan's pissed at Arn Anderson for not controlling Brian Pillman. Either control him or pay! Arn & Pillman hit the ring and gloat about Flair beating Hogan, but Arn says Pillman needs to stop being a child and be a team player. Arn promises Pillman tough love and takes his belt off. Sullivan and Morrus attack Anderson, as Pillman runs away and hides at ringside. Sullivan then whips Pillman with Anderson's belt. Anderson fights back and DDTs Morrus before running Sullivan away. Arn gets on the mic and threatens Sullivan, then tells the executive committee to get him a match with Sullivan and Morrus. Pillman promises to get them out of this. Sister Sherri Vs. Madusa Madusa interrupts Gene Okerlund's in-ring interview with Sherri with a flying top-rope crossbody and the match begins. They fight to the outside, and Madusa sends Sherri into the steps. Snap suplex by Madusa on the floor. They brawl on the floor, and this isn't bad. Bischoff reminds us that Madusa trashed the WWF Women's Title on Nitro. Double-leg takedown and legs to the stomach by Sherri. Up to the top, but Madusa throws her off, which Sherri counters mid-air into a small package for the pin at 1:53. Madusa then kills her with a German suplex, slaps her around and rams her head into the mat as referees break it up. Bischoff claims Madusa could take on many of the WWF men, including, as Steve McMichael calls him, "Goldfart". WCW World Heavyweight Champion "Macho Man" Randy Savage (with Woman, Terry Bolea, Debra McMichael, and Miss Elizabeth) Vs. The Giant Giant's introduction is very cool looking. Savage sneaks into ring from the crowd with the title and uses it to attack Giant. The match is instantly thrown out and never begins. NO MATCH. Ric Flair comes out and beats down Savage with a chair. Giant suplexes Savage and Flair takes out the referee. Savage is destroyed and finally chokeslammed. Hulk Hogan, with his eye and head bandaged, hits Giant three times with a chair to clear the ring. Chairshots for Hugh Morrus, Kevin Sullivan, Meng, and The Barbarian. Ric Flair is at the announcer's table berating Hogan and ranting about the two cage matches at SuperBrawl VI. The Giant claims he'll destroy Hogan. Flair seems to want to fight Steve McMichael.

Test coming down the altar to his THEME MUSIC. TEST TEST THIS IS A TEST! :::STILL no one knows the lyrics to the song:::

The new onside kick rule is ass.

I'm told the gore was there but the movie was horrible and worse than the 2nd one. Could I get some spoiler-free advice on whether to go see this or wait for the illegal download/DVD?

When you're wrong you're wrong about the outlook of a team. The Philadelphia Eagles are a .500 team this year, if they're lucky. They should be ashamed at their performance in the last 2 weeks, as well as clock management/crappy penalities against New Orleans, choking against the Giants, looking bad against Green Bay, etc. Donovan refuses to run this week, keeps getting sacked, and the game is over. Plus no one can get open and the Eagles can't stop the run.

I didn't know Austin had "major feuds" with Scott Hall and Eddie Guerrero. Didn't he have "a month of bad booking where he embarassed Hall repeatedly" and then "3 weeks of bad booking where he quit before having the match with Eddie". Odd to see those two on there with Taker, Bret, etc. as his big feuds.

"Legacy Reborn" is a very unintelligent title for a column and makes no sense, IMO. Do you think they'll alter Harry Smith's name? It's very plain sounding. A lot moreso than "John Cena". As long as we don't get: Jim Ross: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to welcome...The New British Bulldog!"

Worst episode of the new batch easily. Wasn't awful, just not good.

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll get some RAW SUPERSTARS on the ECW show!

Well since this gets a thread after being in the "Comments" thread, then so shall my post from that thread be re-posted! Don't take this the wrong way. But Taylor going down with an injury, while a horrible thing to go through, is 100% great news for Smackdown! fans. Taylor's a very good grappler and trainer. This is not a "AWESOME, HE IS INJURED!" post. I would not condone such a thing. But the facts are the facts. Taylor's cosmetic and physical apeparence on his Smackdown! debut left MUCH to be desired. His in-ring work was okay, his crowd heat was non-existant, and personally, as someone who has seen nearly every WCW Sat. Night, Worldwide, Pro, Nitro, and Thunder...while Taylor's ethic was there, crowd interest never was. He'll always be seen by the American fans, if at all, as Regal's henchmen or a "second-rate Regal, snobby Brit". The plus side? Regal can work singles instead of with a heatless partner in a division that is more suited for younger, quicker wrestlers. Not only did Regal get one of the biggest pops are No Mercy for decking King Booker (because he is a BELIAVBLE character that the fans know is a tough man who will fight anyone), but he also had the best match on the show with Chris Benoit. Uh, Benoit/Regal extended feud, please. I like Taylor. But I like Regal much more and this can only mean good things for him.

Don't take this the wrong way. But Taylor going down with an injury, while a horrible thing to go through, is 100% great news for Smackdown! fans. Taylor's a very good grappler and trainer. This is not a "AWESOME, HE IS INJURED!" post. I would not condone such a thing. But the facts are the facts. Taylor's cosmetic and physical apeparence on his Smackdown! debut left MUCH to be desired. His in-ring work was okay, his crowd heat was non-existant, and personally, as someone who has seen nearly every WCW Sat. Night, Worldwide, Pro, Nitro, and Thunder...while Taylor's ethic was there, crowd interest never was. He'll always be seen by the American fans, if at all, as Regal's henchmen or a "second-rate Regal, snobby Brit". The plus side? Regal can work singles instead of with a heatless partner in a division that is more suited for younger, quicker wrestlers. Not only did Regal get one of the biggest pops are No Mercy for decking King Booker (because he is a BELIAVBLE character that the fans know is a tough man who will fight anyone), but he also had the best match on the show with Chris Benoit. Uh, Benoit/Regal extended feud, please. I like Taylor. But I like Regal much more and this can only mean good things for him.

UNDERTAKER WON BY DQ!

RVD no sells the biggest bump in the match.