The Sunday Night Heat Workrate Report
A weekly look at what did and didn't work on Sunday Night Heat by Phil Rippa
Sunday, December 6th, 1998

A couple of NFL points before I start. 1) Will Phil Luckett ever be allowed to ref another NFL game? 2) Geez, the Cowboys had only 8 total yards rushing. That almosts matches the length of my..... anyway, onto the Heat Question & Answer session.
 


What Worked

QUESTION: What would be the coolest way to open Heat?
ANSWER: Have all the members of Kaienti staring me in the face. Right there. Dick Togo, TAKA, Men's Teioh, Shoichi Funaki. Waving a flag and all.
Q: Can I possibly love the Brood anymore?
A: While I am quickly turning into a Brood freak, I think I will dig them even more when they actually start their feud with J.O.B squad. Consider they had a very watchable match against, Shamrock, Bossman and the Rock. I have no beef with Shamrock and there is a lot more good than bad with Ray Traylor. Still it's the Rock but the Brood came out with the kick ass enterance; bumped for a few minutes; made the Rock actually wrestle, and avoided a loss with the train of run-ins started. Coming off a weekend of OMEGA, I just started having visions of the great matches that would happen if Vince signed up all the wrestlers of the future they have down there. I am all about the Serial Thrillerz vs. Gangrel/Edge. Or Kid Dynamo vs. Christian. Or Venom against anyone.... Sorry, got a little side tracked.
Q: Where were the McMahons this week?
A: Not on my television screen and that is all that matters.
Q: Does Mark Callaway send Mick Foley Christmas cards?
A: He better send him cards, a case of beer and be willing to paint his house if asked. The recap of the Mankind/Undertaker feud which was really awesome and like 95 percent Foley killing himself shows that the Undertaker has all this resume filler thanks to Mankind dying for his sins. He must have started feeling quilty becuase Mankind and Undertaker to have the most wrestling based matched you will ever see between them and it was so completely NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED that it ruled. The only thing close to crazy was the Undertaker taking a very realistic crotch shot. The crowd was into the action without needing the Spanish Broadcast table getting shattered for them to care. That was definitely a nice thing. The Austin stuff was a distraction and the Rock run-in was unwarranted but it's the WWF and it's Heat, so I am used to it.
 


What Didn't Work

Q: Is the WWF Light Heavyweight Title dead?
SHORT ANSWER: Yes
LONG ANSWER: YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSS. Duane Gill over TAKA clean as a sheet. If you find that hard to believe when reading it. How about actually watching it on TV. Man, the WWF could have a nice little division without even needing to sign more guys. But it is booked by chimps. Geez, get some darts and you could get better results.
Q: What else could possibly happen to KDX?
A: Well, lets see. They got beaten up by Val Venis. They got beaten up by the Oddities. They got beaten up by the Insane Clown Posse. They got beaten up the Acolytes (Quick aside: Last week it was the Hardy Boys and Too Much. This week Kaienti. The Acolytes are soooo on my shit list) I heard that next week, KDX is going to play Totally Twister and Michael Cole and the other Totally Twister guy are going to beat them up.
Q: Can Jeff Jarrett being have an weeks worse then the ones he has been having?
A: First Jeff lost his grandmother. He has pretty much a non-match against Mark Henry. Now, the poor man is stuck in a feud where these 400 pound Internet geeks are going to come to the arena with one hand down their pants and the other with a sock full of quarters. All because they will do anything to help Goldust win so they might get a chance to see Debra's breasts. I'm sorry Jeff.
Q: Is it possible to think up a worse match than Luna/Kurrigan vs. Tiger Ali Singh/Babu?
A: Not without the use of some illegal substances.
Q: Are Animal and Droz better than Animal and Hawk? Does it really matter?
A: I think the exact phrase I am looking for right now is "You Can't Shine Shit" Golly, Animal just looked happy to be cashing a paycheck and Droz was not quite earning the title of "King of Pancrase" with that leg lock he had going on.
Q: So Phil, who got on THE STICK this week?
A: This week's winner would be Owen Hart, who is not afraid to give the world's worst interview. "Tell'm Biff"
 

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