The SmarK Rant for WWF Smackdown – 08.25.99
And back to the very first episode of Smackdown we go, although this isn’t the pilot episode where the Corporation merged with the Ministry and all that bullshit. This would be three days after HHH won the WWF title for the first time and then never let it go. This was the tail end of Vince Russo’s run, as he was beyond burned out and losing whatever shred of continuity and logic that he had.
Taped from Kansas City, MO.
Your hosts are Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler.
The set is interesting, actually, as RAW was all angles and lines and this one is all ovals and curves.
HHH joins us to start, but he doesn’t do the water spit entrance yet. When DID that start, anyway? So, and here’s some irony for you, HHH is bitching about the office holding him back, but don’t worry, because he crammed it down all our throats anyway and won the title. The Attitude belt remains awesome, by the way, and deserves a nostalgic return. This was the start of HHH’s classic Neanderthal grunting interview style that everyone mocked him for online for years, by the way. “I beat Stone Cold-uh, and Mankind-uh…” So the Rock interrupts and challenges him to a title match TONIGHT. HHH tells him to get lost, but Rock wasn’t done speaking. Rock is just in his glory here running through the catchphrases and controlling the crowd effortlessly. So this brings out Commissioner HB-Shizzle to make the match official…with himself as the referee to ensure fairness. This brings out Shane-O-Mac to appoint himself second referee, but Shawn points out that he just had a “four star match” at Summerslam and so he’s a wrestler now, which allows Shawn to book him against Mankind instead. And so we get a giant brawl as Rock destroys the Mean Street Posse and HHH escapes. Convoluted booking and multiple levels of authority figures aside, this was a fun start.
Jeff Jarrett v. Billy Gunn
Gunn quickly gets a powerslam for two, but Debra uses her boobs to distract him, allowing Jarrett to get an armbar takedown. They head to the floor and Gunn gets run into the post. Back in, now Chyna heads out, having switched from heel to babyface in ONE SEGMENT. Jarrett is distracted and gets rolled up for the pin at 3:00. So there you go, distraction finishes weren’t unique to today’s product. And then Chyna turns on Gunn as well, because Vince Russo. *
Meanwhile, Al Snow is distraught over the treatment of his beloved dog Pepper by Big Bossman.
Meanwhile, Howard Finkel polishes Chris Jericho’s boots.
WWF tag titles: Undertaker & Big Show v. Kane & X-Pac v. The Acolytes
Undertaker does commentary instead of wrestling, because he’s showing tough love to Big Show. It’s quickly a three-way brawl and Show gets dumped. Undertaker notes that this is leading to a big plan and he’ll reveal it when the time is right. Of course, it went nowhere and Undertaker disappeared for months before returning as a biker in 2000. Show fights off the Acolytes with chokeslams, but Kane saves and slugs it out with Show. The Acolytes beat on Kane, and Show finishes X-Pac with the chokeslam at 3:38. Rushed junk. ½*
Big Bossman joins us to threaten TERRIBLE THINGS for Snow’s dog if he doesn’t get the Hardcore title RIGHT NOW.
Hardcore title: Al Snow v. Big Bossman
As promised, Bossman brings the vicious Chihuahua out (with a muzzle on it) for safekeeping at the announce table. Bossman as the world’s most cartoonishly evil heel is kind of funny in a way. Bossman slugs a distracted Snow out of the ring, but Al comes back with the standard cookie sheet and ladder. Snow goes to check on the dog, but Bossman nails him with the nightstick to win the title at 2:25 and then kidnaps the dog again. DUD Things would not end well for that poor mutt.
Road Dogg v. Chris Jericho
As noted several times tonight, this is the in-ring debut for Jericho. Road Dogg trying to do the NAO routine solo is just so very sad. Also, he wants to make Jericho into his prison bitch or something. Dogg dumps him with a clothesline, but gets sent into the stairs. Back in, Finkel sprays Dogg with whatever horrifying radioactive-yellow energy drink they were shilling that week and Jericho takes over with a backbreaker. He grabs a table for some reason, but Dogg makes the comeback with the shaky leg kneedrop for two. Jericho powerbombs him through the table for the DQ at 4:30. JR posits that we’ll never forget Jericho’s Smackdown debut. I have literally already forgotten about it. *
Meanwhile, Jericho sics Finkel on Tony Chimmel, complete with Ultimate Warrior’s music. So we get a ring announcer brawl, which sadly is only the second-most embarrassing thing on this terrible show thus far.
Ken Shamrock v. Val Venis
No match, as Shamrock brawls with Chris Jericho in another angle that went nowhere. But then Shamrock v. Jericho would have been the trainwreck to end all trainwrecks at this point in Jericho’s career, so maybe it’s for the best. Instead, Stephanie McMahon comes out to answer Test’s marriage proposal. She says yes, although Vince Russo didn’t actually know where the storyline was going and they had to basically rewrite the whole thing when he left. Shane and the Posse come out to break up the happy couple, but Mankind saves with a chair and wants the match with Shane right now. Jesus, SLOW THE FUCK DOWN. I’m watching this show and I feel like I need 5 seconds to digest something that happens, and instead I’m constantly bombarded with stuff.
Mankind v. Shane McMahon
So I guess this is the match? They brawl around ringside with no ref and the Posse ends up fighting with the Stooges. In the ring, Mankind quickly dispatches Shane with Mr. Socko, but now Chyna distracts him and HHH puts Mick down with a chair, as Shane triumphs. What the fuck kind of drugs were everyone doing at this point? Chyna has now turned three times in the same show. DUD
Meanwhile, Ken Shamrock threatens to kill Finkel, who craps his pants in fear. Also, Tori may be naked for some reason. More updates as they come.
Evening Gown match: Ivory v. Tori
Tori wants to be naked, but Tony Garea forces her to wear a shirt. Tori quickly attacks and starts ripping the dress off, winning at 0:50. Yeah, OK. Tori disappeared from the sport in 2001 and apparently teaches yoga now. No big loss.
WWF World title: HHH v. The Rock
Oh god the tiny shorts! I had blocked Shawn’s referee attire out of my mind and now I can’t unsee it again! They quickly trade finisher attempts and HHH gets a clothesline and chokes away in the corner. Rock tosses him and they fight up to the entrance for a Rock suplex on the stage. Back to the ring, they slug it out and Rock dumps him again. This is what people meant by “main event style” back then, as guys would fill time in the match by brawling out of the ring with no rhyme or reason. Chyna gets involved and Shawn sends her away, which distracts him long enough to miss Rock DDTing HHH. But now Shane joins us at ringside as they keep adding more and more STUFF to the match. HHH takes over with a suplex and kneedrop for two. Rock fights out of a chinlock and puts HHH down with a stungun, but now Shawn is distracted with Shane. Rock takes out Shane, hits Rock Bottom, but walks into a superkick from Shawn to allow HHH to retain with KICK WHAM PEDIGREE at 9:40. ** What a car wreck. And then Shawn’s heel turn was never mentioned again or followed up on.
The Pulse
You can tell Russo was approaching critical mass because this show was STUFFED with his worst instincts all fired at the screen one after another with no time to breathe in between segments. Not to mention the numerous angles and storylines started that ended up never paying off in any meaningful way. Thankfully once he left things slowed down a lot and started moving at a more natural pace again, but this was pretty awful.
They need to Old School Smackdown someday and bring back the oval set for it.
ReplyDeleteThey need to an Old School Smackdown someday, complete with the oval set.
ReplyDeleteThey need to do an Old School Smackdown someday, complete with the oval set.
ReplyDeleteThe OvalTron was one of the most coolest looking things they've had.
ReplyDeleteWish I knew the lyrics to the original SD theme. AHOWNFSANOANOU DAHAFH AEFNAJ HJAFKJFAKJF APEJN FAEP PAFNKOO!
I think they were sung by Ahmed Johnson.
ReplyDeleteIt was during this period that the IWC kept threatening never to watch again if Triple H wasn't put over strong during his first title reign.
ReplyDelete15 years later and Vince Russo is somehow still getting work. And by the very same people that fired him a few years ago, no less.
ReplyDeleteI remember them teasing Jericho/Shamrock, with Jericho bringing out his best WCW heel schtick the next week by declaring himself to be the World's Most Dangerous Man. Did Shamrock bail from the company around this time?
ReplyDeleteReally, it sounded to me more like We Didn't Start the Fire sung by the Swedish Chef. (Try it, it fits. "Heeree trooma, doora dee, rad cherrna, jineee ree...")
ReplyDeletewas this where taker said "excuse me" before getting up to interfere or something?
ReplyDeleterspw had a field day with that back then b/c it was so absurd and amusing to hear the lord of darkness be so polite
"And then Shawn’s heel turn was never mentioned again or followed up on."
ReplyDeleteit was mentioned on the following heat. they caught up with him as he was leaving the arena and he said he did it ...for the rock b/c he was sick of how hhh was held down and it was his time (so, pretty much parroting hhh's promo)
didnt they recycle marilyn manson's "the beautiful people" at one point?
ReplyDelete"Things would not end well for that poor mutt."
ReplyDeletei like how they had a graphic after the fact explaining that he left wwe to go pursue hollywood
this was around the time some political person or somesuch started a campaign against wwe's misogynistic violence b/c al snow's figure's came with " a decapitated female head." figures got pulled from stores and everything
I was unable to pull off "Children of thalidomide"
ReplyDeleteNo, what they really need to do is an Old School Smackdown someday, complete with the oval set.
ReplyDeleteI also thought he acted like a huge jackass that taping? Didn't he cut a huge promo on Triple H or something, if the DVD is to be believed?
ReplyDeleteYeah, if I'm not mistaken, Curtis Hughes' clumsy ass injured Shamrock's neck the week before their PPV match.
ReplyDeleteThe Chyna stuff wasn't that bad. She was a heel feuding with all of Triple H's rivals, but a face standing up for women against Jeff Jarrett.
ReplyDeleteWhat always bugged me is that she just stops hanging with Triple H randomly right before DX reunited.
Also, I loved Taker around this point, it was basically Biker Taker but without the crappy ring attire and motorcycle. It's a shame he got injured, because I really wanted to see where they were going with him.
not so random really on screen yes random but hey would you want to still be working with your now ex as he bangs the bosses daughter?
ReplyDeleteShawn's turn was addressed briefly years later around the time he came back, I think.
ReplyDeleteThat was right before 9/11 when they started using the giant fist set
ReplyDeleteNo, Shawn blew up on HHH in March 2001, either at Raw the night of the WCW purchase or the next night at the Smackdown taping. Shawn was supposed to have a segment on Raw the night of the final Nitro to set up a role for him at Mania 17, but the whole idea got scrapped due to his drug issues.
ReplyDeleteHHH and Stephanie didn't get together in real life until well after their on-screen relationship started. I remember HHH once said in an interview that Stephanie had a boyfriend at the time they were paired up on TV (Dec. 1999).
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FqQTcnyH2E&feature=youtube_gdata_player
ReplyDeleteAnd this is only the 2nd greatest segment Bossmans been in. RIP Bossman, you were undeniably awesome
ah, shows like this are why I stopped watching in 1999 (and didn't come back until 2004. and yes, I know in hindsight it was not the best idea because 2000 was awesome again). couldn't take that crash tv booking anymore.
ReplyDeletePrecisely.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love in wrestling is the spontaneity, not necessarily a perfectly refined and structured match. That match is still exciting and I know the outcome to it, therefore it's something special.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what it will take for TNA to fire him again considering what got him fired last time wasn't even in the Top 100 of his all-time dumbest ideas (He wanted to make Crimson the World Champion. Yes, seriously).
ReplyDeleteI still find it odd THAT was what got him fired, not the several thousand dumber ideas he had come up with beforehand, like creating Rellik (that's Killer spelled backwards you know and he's a monster heel who literally won only one match, smell the ratings!) or turning Kazuchika Okada into a racist stereotype or killing Samoa Joe's marketability by turning him into a whining jobber or putting Jenna Morasca in a match.
Only Pat Patterson knows where that fist is now.
ReplyDeleteIf you want my opinion, they need to do an Old School Smackdown someday, complete with the oval set.
ReplyDeleteI always liked the hypothesis that the SD fist was Mae Young's hand all grown up.
ReplyDeleteRusso was about to let go and for the rest of 1999 they were slowly building back and wound up putting out the greatest all around product of all time.
ReplyDeleteMeeeeeeemoriiieeesss LIKE the coooorners of my miiiiind....
Also, they need to do an Old School Smackdown someday, complete with the oval set.
ReplyDeleteSteve Lombardi's closet?
ReplyDeleteOh I get it! It's because he's gay!
ReplyDeleteGod, the Main Event Style was so bothersome to me. In the famous Rock/HHH Iron Man Match, I could literally not enjoy the first half because they would do the "dump outside and punch each other for five minutes" spot OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteThank God I wasn't that much of a workrate freak back then, either. Every match was just a 2-minute long punchfest with a fuck finish.
It's sad because the "smart" fans all hated Bossman at the time. He was wonderfully entertaining as a big cartoonish heel. The "Big Show Surfs His Father's Casket" spot is still one of the funniest things in wrestling- though it probably shouldn't have been the angle of THE WORLD CHAMPION at the time- stuff like that was why fans were so happy to have HHH just beat Show and get it over with.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff. He & Herb Kunze had a thing for the same three guys. He also dug a lot of the Japanese Women's stuff (an opinion I share- that shit is TIGHT)- is Kyoko Inoue still his all-time leader in ***** matches?
ReplyDeleteNo. What?
ReplyDeleteThat fist was in your daddy’s hand when he was shot down over Hanoi. He was captured, put in a Vietnamese prison camp. He knew if the gooks ever saw the fist it’d be confiscated, taken away. The way your dad looked at it, that fist was your birthright. He’d be damned if any slopes were gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy’s birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something. His ass. Five long years, he hid this fist up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he gave me the fist. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the fist to you.
Im going off this list, I don't know if it's definitive, but Manami Toyota seems to be Meltzers favourite female wrestler if it is.
ReplyDeletehttp://starratingslist.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/wrestling-observer-5-star-ratings-list.html
Haha, that's great. Watching early '80s WWF stuff was a painful experience. I can't imagine being around for Bruno's prime.
ReplyDeleteMakes sense- the woman was amazing. That match against Aja Kong is one of the best matches I've ever seen.
ReplyDelete"Win the wwf title and never let go " at the time this did feel true but really he'd have a 9 month run interrupted for a couple of those months by Vince Big show and the Rock.. so by todays standards pretty regular.
ReplyDeleteI thought the plan for the wedding was that it would be Triple H with his back turned to the camera. The 2 would turn around and there was the big swerve. In fact I'm pretty sure Test only got this spot because he had similar hair to Triple H. This is evidenced by the fact that he was quickly shunted down the card after Russo left and the angle played out.
ReplyDeleteScott was a little rough on poor Vince. At least stuff was happening on this show.
Or the reverse battle royal which led to a regular battle royal that led into a tournament with the participants of the regular battle royal which led to a ladder match in the finals where one of the participants of the finals wasn't in the reverse battle royal or the regular battle royal to begin with, but had beat someone in the semi-finals who also wasn't in the battle royal as well just to get into the finals to have the ladder match.
ReplyDeleteWhat if they used the old school oval set instead?
ReplyDeleteThe T-shirt is great and all, it's just that the complainers don't just complain online. The complainers have filled out 50% of the arenas now for a number of years.
ReplyDeleteTest wasn't doing enough steroids to be a credible main eventer, but he at least had enough muscle mass to pass for a Triple H stunt double, unlike that jobber-for-life CM Punk.
ReplyDeleteMust have had plastic surgery before RAW 1000.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Blog of Doom rule that you must sing like Swedish Chef. Or Beaker.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else think they need to do an Old School Smackdown someday, complete with the oval set?
ReplyDeleteChyna certainly did not, but she would have been better off if she did
ReplyDeleteI'm appalled this doesn't have more upvotes
ReplyDeleteHas a legendary wrestler ever had as terrible a year as Taker's 1999?
ReplyDeleteTRIPLE H HOLDS PEOPLE DOWN CM PUNK DANIEL BRYAN PURPLE SCISSORS 61 OLD SCHOOL OVAL SET
ReplyDeleteI refuse, instead going with Steve Austin.
ReplyDeleteMEMORIES, WHAT? LIKE THE CORNERS OF MAH MUTHAFUCKIN' MIND FOR THE WORKIN' MAN, WHAT?
Genius just isn't recognised.
ReplyDeleteMuch like a giant fist up Pat Patterson's ass.
Taker in 2001.
ReplyDeleteThat would be odd though, wouldn't it?
ReplyDelete"So Pat... you put on weight or something?"
"No it's just... constipation. Yeah, we'll put it that way."
No but Meltzer said they're thinking of considering doing an Old School Smackdown someday, maybe or maybe not with complete with the oval set.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I wish I had the time to go back and find all the different WM scenarios he's "reported". It's probably over 100
ReplyDeleteTriple H will DIE if he doesn't drink his old school Ovaltine right now!
ReplyDeleteMisty water colored memories...hell yeah!
ReplyDeleteI know for a fact that there were at least two Angles on Smackdown.
ReplyDeleteAn unnamed source is 100% certain that Dave Meltzer might report that WWE is seriously considering bringing in Bobby Lashley to take on Sting with Dennis Stamp as special guest referee.
ReplyDeleteThey need to do an Old School Main Event someday, with the Diamond Eyes and Michael Cole and The Miz opening the show from inside of the ring.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the deal with Ovaltine-uh? The mug is round-uh. The jar is round-uh. They should call it GAMETINE-UH!
ReplyDeleteAH GOT MISTY COLORED FUCKIN' MEMORIES COMIN' OUT MAH ASS, I DON'T NEED NO GOTDAMN CORNERS OF MAH MIND BULLSHIT!! YOU GONNA LEARN ABOUT RESPECT FOR STONE COLD AND THE ALLIANCE!! YOU THINK YOU GONNA TAKE THESE MEMORIES AWAY FROM ME-- WELL EH-EEGHH!! YOU DON'T TAKE THESE MEMORIES AWAY FROM STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN!!
ReplyDeleteActually I like HHH vs Rock better compared to Bret vs Shawn Iron Man, because they didn't had Armbars and Headlocks for 40 minutes BUT the match was more interesting and also faster paced.
ReplyDeleteYes, the matches during RAW and SD were short, BUT they were also very fast. Today the matches are longer but often snoozefests.
I mean, did you really wanted a 20 minuten Billy Gunn vs Jeff Jarrett or Ken Shamrock vs Val Venis Match? They hadn't many guys who COULD work like Bryan, Cesaro or Rollins today. And I wouldn't mind if today matches with Sheamus or Orton (for example) wouldn't last longer than 5 minutes. ;)
Holy shit! Chuck Norris is fucking 74 today.
ReplyDeleteGoogles email is "gmail@chucknorris.com"
Nobody can tell because of the wig. A full head of hair cures a world of hurt.
ReplyDeleteYou actually think Steiner even watches 10% of TNA now?
ReplyDeleteTaker any year before 2006?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite super-evil Bossman moment:
ReplyDeleteKurt Angle: (to Bossman and Bull Buchanan)"Hey, you guys don't like the Big Show, right?"
Bossman: "As a matter of fact, I yanked his dead daddy right off the grave and drove him through the cemetery at a high rate of speed!"
Angle: (summarily creeped out) "Riiiight..."
"having switched from heel to babyface in ONE SEGMENT. "
ReplyDeleteIt was actually that way for awhile, wasn't it? Where she'd be a heel by association within HHH, but was a face in her own storylines for the IC title with Jarrett and Jericho.
I'm not saying it made sense, just that they were consistent with this one for a few months.
Yep, reminded me of 1995 Lex Luger, who was a face when teaming up with Sting, but a heel at all other times. As long as it's consistant, it can work.
ReplyDeleteChuck Norris has a bear skin rug, the bears not dead...its just afraid to move.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcxthg885ZY
ReplyDeleteDid that really happen? I hope so...
ReplyDeleteI usually go with Captains anyway. I just dislike people getting snobby about beer when I dont give a fuck.
ReplyDeleteThe Bossman/Snow feud is a guilty pleasure of mine.
ReplyDeleteI don't know...the homogenization of the style of every wrestler today is pretty bland, too. There are more technically good matches, but there all so forgettable.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. I think it was in the run-up to Backlash 2000.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have cable growing up so the addition of SmackDown to the UPN lineup was my first taste of watching wrestling on a weekly basis at home. Before that I had gotten my fix with VHS rentals and by visiting friends. I'll always love these first SmackDown shows.
ReplyDeleteTest?
ReplyDeleteNo, what they really need is to do an Old School AwelCruiz Post someday, complete with triple posting.
ReplyDeleteI like the RAW Thorn in Your Eye theme from around this time. RAW IS WAR GOOG BAHDHE BA DO BOO IN YOUR EYE!
ReplyDeleteOnly 74? Chuck Norris fucks over 100 a day on average.
ReplyDeleteNobody rocks The Three Amigos like AwelCruiz.
ReplyDeleteThis was right after I moved back to New York and started really getting into wrestling.
ReplyDeleteI guess we should have let it play out.
ReplyDeleteAs a 7 year old, I found Big Bossman's antics HILARIOUS. I'll never forget when he cooked Al Snow's dog and fed it to him. I miss cartoon villain Bossman.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that was this show. Although I found it kind of amusing now that we're used to him being a real person on TV a lot of the time.
ReplyDeleteJust got another one. Missed that comment the first time I browsed this thread. It's early, but that is likely the funniest thing I will read hear or see today. That was an A+ player comment.
ReplyDeleteRusso basically fucked TNA up the second he got the job. His first show was the Impact after Bound For Glory and it was basically a downward spiral starting from the Reverse Battle Royal
ReplyDeleteIt was still crazy and ultimately added to the match. I doubt I would've been going as nuts as I did if Taker didn't look completely dead.
ReplyDeleteWhat annoys me about Japanese wrestling is the use of the lariat. Yes, I understand it's a legendary move but does EVERYONE have to use it?
ReplyDeleteIndy Movie guy deserves the same treatment.
ReplyDeleteBetter yet, they need to get a time machine and just go back to 1999. Things were so much better then!
ReplyDeleteOOOOHHHHHH YEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!
ReplyDeleteBro when he dragged big shows dad's casket with his car around it was fucking hilarious. Also seeing show cling to the casket was funny as hell
ReplyDeleteShit I shoulda read down... But yea funniest moment of all time!
ReplyDeleteI got to look that up.
ReplyDeleteYes. Quoting a movie and changing a word, and making more gay jokes, is the true definition of "genius."
ReplyDeleteBut which one will be the less clickable?
ReplyDeleteI was so pissed off! Big Show being named Paul, and Bossman being an asshole, I felt a connection to the big lug and totally bought into the Dad storyline stuff even though I knew it was fake.
ReplyDeleteI loved Bossman so much I actually begged. BEGGED my parents to get the PPV Kennel from Hell was on. They said no.
Thank God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OwVEQ3GmvQ
No, stupid. It was clearly AHOWNFSANOANOU DAHAFH **EEFNAJ** HJAFKJFAFAKJA.
ReplyDeleteJeez.
Yeah really, what the hell *was* up with that Shawn turn? Did he get sent home afterwards or something?
ReplyDeleteFunny thing about Bossman making a wrestler eat a dog, since almost every wrestler who's driven through Cobb County, Georgia's stopped as his mothers house to eat her.....
ReplyDeleteWill you stop!
Yep, drugs IIRC.
ReplyDeleteHe said that Stephanie had a boyfriend, and the guy wasn't happy that Steph and HHH had to make out on-air.
ReplyDeleteTaker in 2002. 20-30 minute snoozers with Austin, Rock, AND HHH, and a World Title Main Event win over that youngster, Hulk Hogan.
ReplyDeleteWhat was his reasoning for not going 5?
ReplyDeleteHuh?
ReplyDeleteThat's the one thing that always bugged me about Scott.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember when it aired but they did show a video of Shawn leaving the arena that night. He said he and HHH are pals without having to do all that "4 life stuff" and other crap. He was obviously high and/or drunk
ReplyDeleteShamrock and Hughes had a shoot fight during one of the matches didn't they? IIRC Jericho was trying to break it up without breaking kayfabe.
ReplyDeleteThat's on the other smackdown they have uploaded right now. It's like the "best of Bossman"
ReplyDeleteThose first two posts had missing words, so I deleted them. I have no idea why they show up as Guest postings. In my mind, when you delete something, it should fuck off.
ReplyDeleteHE WAS GOING TO SAY "CAT," WHICH ALSO MIGHT BE CALLED "PUSSY," WHICH IS SLANG FOR VAGINA, AND "EATING PUSSY" IS SLANG FOR CUNNILINGUS, A FORM OF ORAL SEX.
ReplyDeletei got you, bro
I just watched the Rumble with the beatdown of Maven the other day. Was there a storyline to that? Because watching it, it seemed like the veteran nearly killing the rookie to "break him into the business" or something ridiculous like that. Like, at first it seemed like "wrestler A beats up wrestler B he doesn't like", but then it got weirdly real, and almost a little too violent.
ReplyDeleteUndertaker was rocking a "I'm the big dog of this yard" character, but had zero interaction with Maven. The fluke elimination would've been great had Taker not beat the shit out of him for the next 5 minutes. They did a match on SD where they put the title on Maven, after about 8 minutes of an ass-kicking and Rock laying 'Taker out to build up their match at No Way Out. Yes, Hardcore Title went from RVD, to Taker, to MAVEN.
ReplyDeleteGotcha. I would have rather they did the elimination spot and then maybe follow it up with a match the next night on Raw. Give Maven a little heat, then have Undertaker beat him up like he did, and then they can sell it as "Welcome to the big time kid, you just got your ass handed to you by one of the best of all time." Then, if they ever decided they wanted to do something with Maven (though they obviously didn't) you could have him tag with Taker down the road for a match or two since he'd "earned his respect" or something. And now here I am rebooking Maven from 12 years ago. Jesus. That's wrestling, huh?
ReplyDeleteBossman really was great once he crossed the line into cartoonish supervillainy. Let's see..
ReplyDeleteHanged UT
Kidnapped and ultimated cooked a dog
Smashed Big Show's father's watch
Drove off with the casket
Proved him to be a bastard on live television
Did I miss anything? Blocking out the sun?
It's obvious if they just stuck with Scott D'Amore, they would be packing 10,000 seat arenas today.
ReplyDeleteBut because they decided to place all of their chips on a guy who thought David Arquette, Tank Abbott, Crimson and himself would make great World Champions, they're forever destined to be incapable of selling out a middle school gym while ROH outdraws them on the same night.
Thank goodness we're past that now *cough*authority*cough*.
ReplyDeleteChuck Norris jokes have never been funny.
ReplyDeleteYour sense of humor is wrong
ReplyDeleteThe wedding was just going to happen, that's it. Triple H came up with the idea to crash the wedding since it would add more heat to his angle with Vince.
ReplyDeleteSo just so I understand the Jarrett Vs Gunn match
ReplyDeleteYou had Jarrett, who was a heel with a woman hating gimmick facing off against Gunn who was a heel whose gimmick is simply having a big ego. Chyna comes out and is a heel, as she is helping the heel champion maintain his title. Chyna takes out Jarrett, which at least makes sense with the history she has with Gunn before "turning" on Gunn.
That is a 3 minute match.
1)Who do I cheer for?
2) why should I care about the outcome?
3) who is getting over?
YVAN EHT NIOJ
ReplyDeleteThey referenced it when Shawn came back in 2000 to ref the HHH/Rock Ironman match.
ReplyDelete"HEY BIG SHOW! YOUR'E A NASTY BASTARD AND YOUR MOMMA SAID SO!"
ReplyDeleteI remember Al's figure being banned from Wal Mart--I boycotted that company for the longest time after that.
ReplyDelete^^^ This. I cant even drink stuff like Miller Lite/Coors Light/ Bud Light cause they do nothing for me. I was at a concert in January and had 3 or 4 24 oz Bud Lights and didnt even get a mild buzz, all I got was having to piss every 15 minutes. Waste of money.
ReplyDeleteI'll be a "snobby Craft beer guy" if that means I get to enjoy something that tastes a hell of alot better and actually gives me a buzz
Yeah, I'm no fan of the 20-minute Orton matches either. The WWF did the best with what they had (mediocre and injured workers). I'm one of the few who still likes Bret/Shawn, but even I'll admit that the first 30-40 minutes is essentially just filler.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't I think of that?
ReplyDeleteI've always been partial to the giant fist set from the Smackdown Six era, but either one would be cool to see in the era of LCD screen sets.
ReplyDeleteYour ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
ReplyDeleteMight work.
ReplyDeleteThat's gold, Vince, GOLD!
ReplyDeleteYeah, cause they do it solely for the attention. FYI, the cool thing in indie music circles now is to rep pop artists. No one talks up obscure bands anymore.
ReplyDeleteI was making a bad joke.
ReplyDeleteFighter Hayabusa Back Brain Kick FTW.
ReplyDeleteFastest pin was 2:24.
That was the happiest I ever saw Tony Garea look....
ReplyDeleteI also don't get the dude mindset of just wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am. That's like barely a step up masturbation; I want to put some skills to work and see if I can draw a complaint from a neighbor because my lady was howling BOOMSHAKALAKA, Scott Steiner-style.
ReplyDeleteNot that I think about Steiner during sex or anything. That really came out wrong.
Also trying to sound smart with historical facts and trivia that were 100% false.
ReplyDeleteHe's had **** matches with JBL and Umaga, so clearly he knows how to make something to work. I find it funny when people try to downgrade his great matches with "well, he was wrestling HBK/Punk/Bryan/etc."; it takes two guys working together and telling a story in the ring to make a great match.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I'm busy listening to my acoustic Pink tracks right now, but I'll get back to you.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I think Pink is actually pretty bad, I rep Rihanna hardcore though.
Shut up cunt, how's that for genius?
ReplyDeleteAny Best Of Bossman needs to have a healthy assortment of matches where his big blue shirt flaps open around his gut after about 30 seconds, and someone says "He moves well for a big man" at least once per match. Or NO BUYS.
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