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Damn that dastardly cocky punk Orton! I hope he gets his as Wrestlemania, dag nab it! ... Sorry.

Man, I'm so glad I am escaping the rules right now.

That actually would be a funny gimmick. Jobbers who acted like they were huge stars. See Lenny Lane in WCW. I think he did that once before when he was Cruiserweight Champion. I thought he just acted gay. Always liked Lenny Lane, though. They should give him more than a dark match one of these days.

That actually would be a funny gimmick. Jobbers who acted like they were huge stars. That and my idea for a guy who wrestles with a full band at ringside who would play sad music when he got beat up and triumphant music when he made his comeback.

Weird they had her pin Lita to win it.

Not a good match by any means...but it's still better than Kevin vs. Evad Sullivan!

Wasn't Lita only over in the first place because she showed off her thong?

Molly will run in with a chair, ending the whole thing in a no contest. The championship will be put up in a three way ladder match at Mania.

Oh, let's be honest...it's not like the fans care about the women's title anyways.

Two segments for this thing?

Come on now...there's no way it's worse than Taker vs. Giant Gonzalez... ...right?

I doubt it. He can barely walk since he snapped his leg like a slim jim. Ughh, don't remind me. Oh well...at least it was only Sid. Anyways...so who's gonna win this thing?

I'd mark out if Sid came down and powerbomed 'em all.

I'm not puzzled by Hogan's popularity - I just wonder why anyone would want to cheer Hacksaw Jim Duggan!

No, I definitely don't think that was happening - everything was building to the Bret/Owen feud to be blown off at Summerslam. Still, it would have been interesting to see exactly how they booked that Bret/Lex match.

1) JR made his WWF debut at Wrestlemania 9. I don't remember him calling an event (maybe KOTR93, can't remember) after that until 1996 - what happened? Did he just do backstage stuff, or was that when he got bells palsy? 2) What was the deal with "heel JR" in late 1996 who would be all pissed off at Vince? Just an angle that went nowhere? 3) What about "pissed off JR" again in 1999, where he had his own announce table built? Just another angle that went nowhere?

No kidding. Here's how it happened, according to Cawthon's site: "Owen Hart won a 30-man Royal Rumble match at 1:10:17 by last eliminating Fatu; the last four men in the ring were Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Fatu, and Owen; Michaels eliminated Bret; Owen eliminated Michaels after Razor Ramon came ringside to distract HBK; order of entry: Diesel, Mo, Butch, the 1-2-3 Kid (the Kid suffered a leg injury from his elimination which caused him to miss the PPV Rumble), Scott Steiner, Iron Mike Sharpe, Samu, Bob Backlund, Jeff Jarrett, Virgil, Bam Bam Bigelow, Randy Savage, Adam Bomb, Sgt. Slaughter, Crush, Mabel, Jim Powers, Bastion Booger, Luke, Owen Hart, Rick Martel, Bret Hart, IRS, Johnny Polo, Scott Putski, Fatu, Marty Jannetty, Bart Gunn, Shawn Michaels, and Doink the Clown; the final four men in the ring were Shawn Michaels, Bret, Owen, and Samu; Bret was eliminated after Fatu returned ringside; Michaels was eliminated after Razor Ramon came ringside; after the bout, Bret returned ringside to fight off the Headshrinkers and celebrate Owen's victory." Now if you substitute Luger in for Owen, and you have the same final four as the 94 Rumble, IIRC.

Why did Hogan refuse to job the title to Bret Hart before he left the WWF in 1993, but instead was willing to job it to Yokozuna?

Quite true. He won a battle royal in September and got a shot in November: "The Brooklyn Brawler won a 20-man battle royal to earn a world title shot during the November 15th MSG event; other participants included: Los Boricuas, DOA, the Truth Commission, Brian Christopher, Scott Taylor, the Headbangers, and the New Blackjacks, among others." "WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels pinned the Brooklyn Brawler at the 15 minute mark with the superkick after interference from Chyna and distraction from Triple H." I guess the weird thing about the Owen in 1994 thing is that it was an actual Royal Rumble...not a battle royal, which they had all the time.

I guess I just always pictured it as Bret/Lex doing a face vs. face match with Bret somehow coming out on top despite the bad knee. Too bad that Perfect left after WM10, huh? But hey...what happened was way better than the original Luger vs. Ludvig Borga plan, right?

And here's the follow up article that ran after Wrestlemania X: -------------------------------------- SWITCHEROO Just the other day, we reported the outcome of Wrestlemania X several hours before the huge pay-per-view event unfolded before a live Madison Square Garden audience. We told you that Lex Luger would defeat Yokozuna before losing the championship belt to Bret Hart. Long story short, we were right. The only thing is, Vince McMahon was not about to stage that scenario after we found it out and reported it. To make matters worse, obsessed World Wrestling Federation fans were milling around the lobby of the Doral Court Hotel and congratulating Hart a full 10 hours before he actually won. Our sources say that McMahon called a last-minute meeting to pull the old switcheroo. He stuck with keeping Hart as champion, but he had him fight Yokozuna instead of Luger. To follow up, he had his publicist - former NBC entertainment flack Curt Block - fax us a note that read in part, "[your reporting] proves once again that nothing is as exciting of unpredictable as the WWF." Yes, especially when good reporting and reliable sources blow the lid off carefully staged entertainment and force people to get very creative on the fly.

Oh, and a few added points. The article obviously seems quite tabloidish so I would take it with a grain of salt, but it makes it sound like the plan was for Bret to win the title after a Perfect heel turn, which doesn't seem right at all...anyone want to clarify?

Oh, I agree. I loved them because they were against the HORRIBLE Master P group, who were supposed to be faces, but even the fans turned on them and cheered the Rednecks. Remember Swoll and BA and Master P all with Konnan and Misterio? Awful.

That just reminds me of the whole "Rap is Crap" angle of spring 1999 in WCW. Horrible stuff.

I've never seen any of the WCW WW3 shows. Are any of the shows good? Are any of the actual WW3's watchable, or are they all just a big mess?