RAW Workrate Report 8/24
What Worked
TKG: Liked Lawler on commentary during Edge/Jericho. they go to commercial when Edge takes big bump come back with Edge on offense. Lawler points out that the idiots don't show you the transition.
PAS: It really could have used Dundee and Grizzly Smith, but I can't complain about Regal v. Flair at any point. Flair is basically Gypsy Joe now, as there are two points where Regal takes it down to the mat, and Flair lays there until Regal brings it back up. Both of these guys are great brawlers, and I will take a nasty brawl. I like the double knucks finish too, and Regal's pasty flesh always bruises well. POST HIS MRI.
TKG: Longest they've let Regal wrestle. I really liked this match ten years ago when it was done completely on the mat and involved a run in from a fat lady. The mat stuff here absolutely stank. And Flair seemed to be having hard time taking his usual high back drop bump. But liked the Bunkhouse Brawl sections alot.
PAS: Bishoff made me want to send Jesus my credit card number, when Vince fires him he really should work the Christian Wrestling scam.
TKG: Bischofff reading a Biblical passage ruled. I'm a big fan of creepy, smarmy Bischoff and was really hoping he was gonna read Judges 19. He read a more prosaic passage but it still felt filthy coming from him. Oh yeah the video package was fucking great.
What Didn't Work
PAS: Two matches? What the fuck is this the Slammies? At least that had Race doing a street fight.
PAS: They bring the Rock out to try to save their most recent disaster. It is a smart move, they really should of had him cooking wings at Times Square, playing Middle Linebacker for the Memphis Maniax, doing a most muscular with Ferigno and Luger or left hooking Donny Lalonde. I especially liked him mentioning that he didn't watch the show. They can't even get their employees to watch? The Rock can't get TIVO?
TKG: Damn it's 9:05 and Rock is working really blue. The old sperm bank joke seems a little filthy for the family hour, then he gives a shout out to his sherpa's trees. Joy decides she's going to work her own angle and Rock shows alot of poise by not giving the other divas the mic. Since when do strippers go into business for themselves? Thats not the angle I wanted your coochie at, I'm not paying.
PAS: Don't forget the dyke innuendo and moist snatch stuff. If Snoop Dogg can play Miles Davis, I want to see Rock do a Red Foxx bio.
PAS: Edge and Chris Jericho had a really crappy match, I don't know about having a low blow finish on a show which Flair is working, he already has a small enough moveset.
TKG: This sucked ass. The only good thing about it was the WWE trying to get over the un-foul finish. I keep reading about how Vince is trying to make peace with himself and well Fishman has fallen on hard times, but never thought they would hire him to book. That's really nice gesture. and well he's better than what they've got.
PAS: The wedding started out damn funny, but they really didn't have enough good stuff to fill their time. Lita really stunk up the joint too. I demand DANDY!
TKG: Nah, after they hired Fishman they couldn't run that angle anymore. But no reason not to bring in Stylin Shane Eden.