One of these weeks, there is going to be this
wrestling intensive hour of Heat that is going to make up for all the weeks
of horrible nonsense that is put on. I'm not holding my breath mind you
but a fella can dream.
What Worked
Edge and
Gangrel have a good match with the suddenly pushed Owen Hart/ Jeff Jarrett
tag team. And it was all about wrestling. Debra just stood on the outside
and did nothing. Jarrett tried a ana for no apparent reason which was entertaining.
The Brood members had the tag team offense working with the hip toss slam
being especially nice. Edge outworks everybody, getting the most offense
in during the allotted time frame. Hey, a Michinoku Driver. I remember
someone else who used to do that move. Hart/Jarrett get the win with some
old Midnight Express misdirection which again was a nice change as opposed
to the usual Debra stripping for the perverts.
In the
span of one week, the WWF has done a better job promoting their main event
than WCW did. (which despite getting for free, I couldn't watch the whole
thing.) The video package ruled especially because they broke out the King
of the Death Match footage. Add in the clips of the Rock bleeding and it
was great. Oh and Mankind played Dr. Seuss. "I will say them here or there.
I will not say them anywhere. I will not say those words you twit. I will
not say the words I Quit."
I'm
a sucker for the McMahon workout clips. I'm an idiot. I know.
What Didn't Work
I think
Duane Gill should be more upset about losing to Tiger Ali Singh than Luna.
Luna is the one with the wrestling talent. Gillberg. Please. Duane, you
know that belt around your waist. If you melt it down you might be able
to get a watch or something. Fucking WWF.
Golddust
and the Godfather wrestle for 30 seconds. Wait a second, maybe that did
work.
Sable
Remember
a time a couple of years ago when Scorpio was really feeling it. Great
matches against Jericho, Sabu, the 4-way. He evened dragged stuff out of
the Public Enemy and the Sandman. Not anymore. That dream is dead. Welcome
to collecting a paycheck.
I guess
it is fine that the matches for RAW are actually setup instead of just
booking on the fly but if it is constantly going to be at the expense of
actual wrestling like the first 15 minutes of the show were then we are
going to have problems.
According
to the clock in my head, the whole arm-wrestling segment took 4 years,
8 months and 21 days.
Since
I watched Heat with my girlfriend, I think I became overly sensitive this
week because the WWF usual woman bashing bothered even more that it normal
does. I mean there is the whole "Vince lost to a girl" crap. Then there
is Shane talking for like two minutes about how he wanted to fuck Debra.
Al Ho and the hos in generally. Sable. The whole Chyna, Sammy, Marc Henry
fiasco. It is that whole no quality role models for little girls thing.
That is what bothers me. Hey girls, watch your mom or the WNBA or the US
soccer team or get your hands on some Japanese tapes. Don't watch this.
Phil Rippa