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What the World Was Watching: Monday Night Raw - July 20, 1998

by Logan Scisco

-Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler are in the booth and they are taped from Binghampton, New York.  This is our go home show for Fully Loaded.


-Vince McMahon comes out and says that tonight is a night for respect for one’s fellow man and retribution for those who do not.  McMahon provides evidence from the events of recent weeks to support his argument that the Undertaker is working with Kane and then invites the Undertaker out.  McMahon, who has great on screen chemistry with the Undertaker, points out that if the Undertaker wants to be the WWF champion he has to start showing respect to the right people and he will not tolerate being disrespected anymore.  When questioned again about working with Kane, the Undertaker refuses to answer, so McMahon books him to face Kane and Mankind in a handicap match.  However, McMahon makes the fatal error of telling the Undertaker to go to hell and ends up getting chokeslammed.  Gerald Brisco and Commissioner Slaughter also eat chokeslams when they run to McMahon’s aid.  I love how McMahon continually tries to act tough around the Undertaker only to end up paying for it.  1 for 1

-Opening Contest for the European Championship:  D-Lo Brown (w/The Rock) defeats Triple H (Champion w/Chyna) after the Rock gives Triple H a Rock Bottom to win the title at 6:02:

Aside from the handicap main event, the other attractions are Triple H and the Rock defending their titles against a member from the Nation and D-Generation X, respectively.  Both men are scheduled to face each other in a title-for-title two-out-of-three falls match at Fully Loaded, so the outcome of these matches could change these plans.  D-Lo was a curious choice for this match since Owen was arguably the second-best singles star in the Nation.  Then again, Owen has continually failed to beat Triple H, so D-Lo was as good an option as any of the remaining Nation members.  The Rock interferes in this bout after Chyna and Mark Henry get into a confrontation on the arena floor and that enables D-Lo to win his first WWF gold in a major upset.  This means that the Rock-Triple H match at Fully Loaded will no longer be title-for-title.  Rating:  ** (2 for 2)

-The Nation celebrates D-Lo’s title victory in the locker room.

-Triple H tells Jim Ross that the Rock is not leaving the arena with the Intercontinental title.

-Brawl for All First Round:  Steve Williams beats Pierre by TKO at 2:56 of the third round:

This was Steve Williams WWF debut.  The Brawl for All concept was meant to put him over as a big star and eventually feud with Steve Austin.  Of course, if that was the point of the tournament, then why make it a shoot, but that requires too much logic for the WWF sometimes.  During Williams entrance, Barry Switzer puts him over for being a tough guy while playing football for the University of Oklahoma.  Pierre is at a severe disadvantage because he only has vision in one eye, but hey, it’s not like the Brawl for All is regulated by your local athletic commission.  Williams completely dominates Pierre, who is completely out of his element here, and we get our first non-decision result of the Brawl for All.  3 for 3

-Val Venis’s revelation that he is having an affair with Yamaguchi-San’s wife on last week’s show is played.

-Yamaguchi-San, wearing his tie around his head, yells at his wife for disgracing him on last week’s show.  He makes her hold the ropes open so that Kaientai and he can step into the ring and then orders her to crawl beneath his legs where he can hit her with a paddle.  However, before Yamaguchi-San can proceed with the punishment, Val Venis makes the save, and carries Yamaguchi-San’s wife to the dressing room.  Yamaguchi-San going over the top is what made this segment worthwhile.  4 for 4

-The Undertaker chokeslamming Vince McMahon earlier in the show is the Skittles Slam of the Week.

-We are supposed to get an Animal-Skull match in our next segment, but it never happens as Hawk no shows during Animal’s entrance and the DOA give Animal a beatdown.  Hawk makes the save before the DOA run over one of Animal’s legs with one of their Titan bikes, but he is also attacked and overwhelmed.

-Steve Blackman (w/Ken Shamrock & Dan Severn) pins Double J” Jeff Jarrett (w/Tennessee Lee & Southern Justice) after a pump kick at 2:11:

Somehow the Jarrett-Blackman rivalry is still ongoing and based on the piped in boos, no one cares.  Blackman brings Shamrock and Severn with him to even the odds around ringside and speaking of which, it makes little sense for Southern Justice to be with Jarrett at infrequent periods.  Blackman beats Jarrett clean and in short order here, which is a very puzzling result.  Jarrett is in desperate need of an overhaul because he is getting nowhere with his 1993-1996 gimmick.  After the bell, Owen Hart attacks Shamrock from behind on the floor and Severn does not seem to care.

-The Undertaker is shown leaving the arena.  Michael Cole confirms this after the commercial break and Cole says that the Undertaker said that he will see everyone Sunday at Fully Loaded.

-Jim Ross interviews WWF Champion Steve Austin, who says he is concerned about whether he is walking into a trap at Fully Loaded.  Vince McMahon interrupts the promo after taking exception to Austin saying that McMahon deserves to be screwed over and rebooks the main event to Austin facing Kane and Mankind in a handicap match.  Austin refuses to wrestle and threatens to walk out like the Undertaker, but McMahon announces that if that happens he will strip Austin of the WWF title and give it to the Undertaker.  Austin says fine, but vows to beat up McMahon in the locker room when he gets the opportunity.  This was a good twist of the main event to continue feeding the Kane-Undertaker cahoots storyline.  5 for 5

- Call 815-734-1161 to get your Steve Austin 3:16 baseball jersey $39.99 (plus $9 shipping & handling)!

-Jason Sensation’s skills and beating at the hands of Owen Hart on last week’s show is recapped.

-Owen Hart beats Faarooq via submission to the Sharpshooter at 5:35:

I am surprised that Faarooq did not enter the Brawl for All, since he was also stuck in the purgatory of the midcard after leaving the Nation of Domination.  During the bout, Owen gets on the house mic and tells the crowd that he is not a nugget.  This match is fine, although I am not sure why Faarooq is still doing his “I am going to keep jumping on your back until you knee me in the groin” spot as a face.  Faarooq submits clean to the Sharpshooter despite being a foot away from the ropes, which illustrates how far he has fallen over the last year as a character.  After the bell, Ken Shamrock runs out, but Owen escapes through the crowd.  Rating:  ** (6 for 6)

-Mankind predicts a very peaceful evening for Steve Austin in tonight’s handicap match.

-Marc Mero and Jacqueline come out and Jacqueline insults Sable some more.  Sable comes out in a sun dress and Jacqueline soon strips it off.  Sable doesn’t mind and tosses Jacqueline out of the ring by her hair.  Kevin Dunn’s camera crew follows Sable up the ramp and misses Edge doing a hit and run on Mero in the ring.  It would have been better to combine this segment with the Sable-Jacqueline interaction on last week’s broadcast.  6 for 7

-Shawn Michaels comes out to do commentary for the rest of the show.

-The announcers recap the 8-Ball-Scorpio Brawl for All match, which Scorpio won.

-The Rock tells the announcers from the backstage area that he will beat X-Pac and enter Fully Loaded as the Intercontinental champion.

-X-Pac pinning the Rock after an X-Factor is the JVC Kaboom! of the Week.

-Intercontinental Championship Match:  The Rock (Champion) defeats X-Pac (w/Chyna) via disqualification when Triple H interferes at 9:46:

X-Pac pinned the Rock in a tag team match on last week’s show, so that is used as evidence for why X-Pac is a threat to leave the building with the Intercontinental title.  D-Lo Brown winning the European title also provided the possibility that X-Pac might win this match.  The Rock dominates nearly the entire match and kicks out of an X-Factor and getting hit with the Intercontinental title by Chyna.  The referee gets bumped on a Rock clothesline, and Triple H tries to help X-Pac win the title by cutting off D-Lo Brown’s interference attempt and Pedigreeing the Rock, but another official stops the pinfall and that helps the Rock retain.  I really hate the “second referee corrects the first on things he did not see” finish.  After the match, Triple H gets a female fan in the audience to take her top off.  Antics like that are why I was barred from going to WWF house shows in the Attitude Era.  Thanks Triple H!  Rating:  **½ (7 for 8)

-Handicap Match:  Kane & Mankind (w/Paul Bearer) beat “Stone Cold” Steve Austin via disqualification when the Undertaker interferes at 4:51:

This is one of those famed Attitude Era brawls where Austin hits everything that moves.  The Undertaker walks out three minutes in with a chair and sets up in Austin’s corner.  As Austin prepares to give Kane a Stunner, the Undertaker tries to hit someone, it is not clear who, with a chair and ends up blasting Kane.  That seemingly produces a DQ win for the tag team champions, but who really cares, as Austin lays out Mankind and the Undertaker with the chair and walks away with his hands raised.  The continuous action throughout this match made it seem like more than a throwaway TV main event.  Rating:  **½ (8 for 9)

The Final Report Card:  The ending to the main event gives us a small taste of the Fully Loaded main event and maintains the mystery behind the Highway to Hell storyline.  For a taped RAW, this provided a lot of excitement with the X-Pac-Rock fight, the main brawl, and some entertaining mic work by the main players.  Steve Williams also had a dominant appearance in the Brawl for All and if you were not sure how things played out in future weeks, you would assume he was the man to beat.

So our announced card for Fully Loaded is the following:

WWF Tag Team Championship Match:  Kane & Mankind (Champions) vs. Steve Austin & The Undertaker
Two-out-of-Three Falls Match for the Intercontinental Championship:  The Rock (Champion) vs. Triple H
Hart Family Dungeon Match with Dan Severn as Special Referee:  Ken Shamrock vs. Owen Hart
Bikini Contest:  Sable vs. Jacqueline

Monday Night War Rating:  5.0 (vs. 4.7 for Nitro)


Show Evaluation:  Thumbs Up

Comments

  1. Here's a tough one -- what about the classic (and now returned) IC title design?

    Honky Tonk? Mr. Perfect? Razor Ramon? There's a lot of choices.

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  2. Worst_in_the_WorldJuly 15, 2014 at 2:33 PM

    I bet this is absolutely the last we see of Roman in the world title situation until Wrestlemania. The Bryan injury fucked them superbad and they're short of stars to put in this title match. But I'm guessing it plays out pretty much exactly as you said from this point on.
    Roman runs the Authority gauntlet (Kane on TV, Orton at Summerslam, HHH at Night of Champions, maybe Batista after HHH), wins the Rumble and beats Lesnar at Mania.

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  3. Doc & Gordy are probably the most overrated tag team ever. Some great matches, but a majority of their bouts are like watching paint dry. Doc didn't *really* put it together until Gordy fell apart and he came into his own as a single in 1994.

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  4. Adam "Colorado" CurryJuly 15, 2014 at 2:37 PM

    I've heard plenty of bad ones.

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  5. It's an even more pathetic twitter war than I had with the PWInsider guys

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  6. This isn't quite the same thing, but...I think the legend of the Sheepherders has grown to levels beyond their actual output. The narrative is that Vince took the most bloodthirsty tag team of all-time and turned them into joke characters. From the matches I've watched, Vince took two subpar brawlers and turned them into subpar comedy workers. There are some good 'herders matches, and Jonathan Boyd was a terrific talker when he was with the group, but the more I watch the less upset I get about what became of them. I think it's a case of a legend trumping the facts.

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  7. I disagree but a lot of people feel that way about his ring work. As far as size, his height wouldn't matter if more people lifted weights and realized short stocky guys lime him are usually freakishlyy strong due to their short dense muscle fibers. They shoulda had him toss some bigfer guys around some. Also if theud have gone with the original idea of having him do his ECW type promos as pre-tapes and bleeping out all the swearing, he'd have gotten over on the intensity.

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  8. AverageJoeEverymanJuly 15, 2014 at 2:43 PM

    phone bill wasnt paid

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  9. AverageJoeEverymanJuly 15, 2014 at 2:45 PM

    yeah I was lucky at the time cause I was just picking up all the cheapo Suncoast Video wrestling tapes and this was on one of the generic ones.

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  10. My first thought was, "Jericho was that guy" then I remember that he was the "Undisputed Champion" or some such nonsense. But yeah, brand new history last night.

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  11. I think Hogan is the right choice for the eagle belt...BUT...Bret has to be an honorable mention. Bret, as the fighting champion, was so synonymous with the title that whenever someone else had it between '93-'97, it felt like they were holding Bret's title.

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  12. Classic 80s WWF Tag belts: Demolition.
    Winged Eagle Belt: Bret Hart
    Big Gold Belt: Flair
    Classic IC Title: I think Warrior.

    US Title (Classic): Lex Luger
    US TItle (91-01): Rick Rude
    NWA TV: Arn Anderson
    WCW TV (Post 91): Steven Regal.

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  13. I say Rock cause HHH held down Chris Jericho.

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  14. It happened again?

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  15. We needed that feud.

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  16. And it'll still be better than the Fatal 4 Way.

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  17. Why do we really care about this? That wasn't the original Big Gold Belt anyway, right? Isn't it a WWE copycat of the original, which rumor has it sits with Scott Steiner?

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  18. Put that with just grabbing the ropes on an Irish whip and making sure a referee is in the ring and not knocked out before you go for a cover.

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  19. No no not the country. Just the race of the people who live in the country.

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  20. Those guys are another reason wrestling fans get treated like second class people.

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  21. A little too script heavy, but yeah, one of the last good ones.

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  22. Steiner may as well keep it. Flair is most synonymous with it, but I trust Steiner more.

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  23. The complaint I hear most often is that Nash and Hall only brought the goods when they were in the ring with their buddies, which has some merit when you think about how lazy both got when they went to WCW. Then again, Bret was able to drag some good matches out of Nash.

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  24. Good one for Razor. I always associate it with HTM because it was the most infamous at that time. He and Rude both made it really matter. It's a heel's belt.

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  25. Let's do this?!

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  26. Hall had good matches with Jarrett and even Shane. As for Nash, you try wrestling good matches with Sid and Mabel.

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  27. Well, WCW's WCW, once they got the money nobody was busting their ass there.


    Nash had good matches outside the Clique with Bret and Undertaker. There's only so much you can do with Mabel, Tatanka and Sid though.


    Hall had some good ones outside the Clique to, Jarrett, Bret, I think the Douglas match was decent, I can't remember if the Goldust one was any good...They're both from the old school of thought that less is more and if you can get a reaction without bumping don't bump.

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  28. Yeah there is, and I was the one making it. But where we are at now is NOTHING is getting released, to the point where they have a commercial ON the network promising that you can watch all the Saturday Night Main Events from the 80s, then an archive that only contains up to the end of 1987. The commericals SHOWS the Warrior (didn't even debut yet, certainly wasn't on SNME until 88), SHOWS Hogan/Andre II and that's not in the archive yet?


    Add to that there's no Nitro, hardly any attitude era Raw, no WCW period, they haven't updated Old School since the debut (save for one March 97 MSG show), they're acting like the "Beyond the Ring" series is a big deal but it's years old DVDs, and the PPVs -- sorry, "network specials" -- haven't been great, either.

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  29. Superstars replaced it when the bottom finally, really, truly fell out of the syndication package and WWF left syndication completley in favor of cable, in August 1996.


    That lasted about six months until they tried to do "live syndication" with Shotgun Saturday Night, which last about 2 months live before they went to the two-hour format for Raw.


    Desperate Vince is fun.

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  30. Goldust was impossible to get a good match out of at the time because he was more concerned sexually harassing wrestlers during a match than working a great match.

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  31. I check Old School and World Class for new episodes at least 3 times a week. And....nothing.


    Either this network is being run by idiots, or they had no clue of how long it would take to clean everything up, overdub music, etc. But then again, wasn't a lot of this content we're asking for already on their 24/7 channel (meaning it's ready to go)?

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  32. So like Pat Petterson in his prime?

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  33. Crikey Mate Down Under AussieJuly 15, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    KENTA, he should have been WWE Champion yesterday listening to some of the people here, and Meltzer.

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  34. I always picture Warrior with the IC belt as well.

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  35. It touched my warm and fuzzies to see him embraced at least for one night in CHIKARA.

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  36. By faaaaaaar and away its Glacier.

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  37. I'll give you the Old School events but are people really clamoring for random episodes of World Class?

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  38. If that's what they paid for, and it was advertised, i'd say probably.

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  39. I keep forgetting that the DOA lasted this long- Russo never really used them as anything other than filler, and there's no more "filler" a feud than anything involving Attitude Era LOD.

    Faarooq kinda just spun his wheels until the Acolytes became a thing, same as Bradshaw, but Bradshaw was ALWAYS well-protected as a wrestler, even when he wasn't getting pushed. It's actually very weird to see a former WCW Champion as a JTTS while Bradshaw almost never does clean jobs, despite never having been anything at this point.

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  40. He wasn't making that argument in his post at all.

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  41. I thought the Disney tapings were 93, this would be 96?

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  42. Well you got it anyways.

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  43. But he put up the belt as collateral!

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  44. Kronic. Thought they were supposed to be the next Demolition then they just fizzled. I guess the rumor was they worked stiff on the wrong guy, but it seemed mystifying at the time.

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  45. Sounds like we had a nice little TV match. **1\2

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  46. O'Haire is a bit of a different case. He had the goods in the ring when he came into WCW, first in the team with Jindrak and then with Palumbo. He got lost in the shuffle of the Invasion because he wasn't given a chance to get over on his ring work (as Kidman and RVD were), and was really Just Another Guy in the Alliance. They came up with the Evil Libertarian character as a way of reintroducing him, but he couldn't recreate those promos live and it killed him. I think that O'Haire should have been a lot better than he was, as opposed to the time and effort put into someone who was never likely to succeed (like, say, Glacier or Berlyn).

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  47. You the qotd guy? Those are growing on me. Best version yet I'd now say fwiw

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  48. and just like everything they did at that time became a magazine show.

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  49. This is prior to the infamous Hawk commits suicide - which was actually supposed to be Droz pushing him off -- which then set up Hawk coming out two weeks later uninjured and saying Droz was his drug dealer -- leading to Droz and Animal as the new LOD -- which lead to the LOD leaving and Droz going back to his Puke gimmick before B-Lo Clown broke his neck.

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  50. They went back to Disney in '96 while the Olympics were in Atlanta, I think because all the Turner trucks and broadcast equipment needed to be on-hand.

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  51. How I wish the WWE would do a Hogan/Flair DVD set and a Hogan/Orndorff DVD set.
    A Wonderful Encounter
    Hogan vs. Orndorff - MSG, Feb 1984
    Hogan vs. Orndorff - Phili 1984
    Hogan vs. Orndorff - Canada, 1985
    Hogan and Orndorff become buddies
    Orndorff turns on Hogan
    Big Event Match
    SMNE Match
    Some bonus matches from August 27
    Two or three versions of the no-DQ match from the October run
    SNME Cage match in 86/87
    Orndorff turns face again
    Orndorff becomes third banana to Hogan . . . jobs to Rude
    Orndorff and Sting
    End DIsk

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  52. Undisputed - Brock
    Hardcore - Al Snow
    "Big W" current WWE title belt - Rock
    ECW world title belt with "Heavyweight Wrestling" written in blood over the globe - Taz

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  53. Ryder should have never ditched the long/short combo tights. Nobody uses their ring gear to stand out unless the change is really bad and not suited to them (Chris Jericho in short trunks (UGH!) or Kofi Kingston in long trunks (double ugh!)).

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  54. What are your opinions on the Brahma Bull belt?

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  55. Nah, I've been doing those "Let's talk about...." columns on Wed/Thursday. Still getting used to it.

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  56. Well didn't Hogan have his own belt as well? The one before the Winged Eagle.

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  57. Jericho was the undisputed, though Brock had the first actual undisputed belt iirc.

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  58. Two Qs about the last two Raws:

    1) last week: I watched the segment over and over and could not detect HBK being censored for talking about the clique. Where did you get this info?

    2) this week: even with blurring, did that flashing DX fan really make it on air? I always thought it was a DX VHS exclusive but it could be the that the fine folks at TSN edited it out.

    Great review as always.

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  59. On question #1, my copy of the show is a VHS tape of the original broadcast. There was a definite period of no audio coming out of commentary right after HBK started talking about the Kliq. Not sure if it was just a technical glitch or something, but it was one of those periods of dead air that wasn't just the announcers being silent.


    On question #2, the DX fan definitely made the air for my broadcast. They censored when she lifted her bra, but she was definitely in the U.S. broadcast at the very least.

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  60. Or just throw up these Action Zones, Sunday Night Heats and Shotgun Saturday Night shows for consumption.


    I remember there was a pretty solid Furnas/Lafon vs. The Hardys (pre-extreme) on SSN.

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  61. I think the Miz fits this. Here's a guy who's painfully average in the ring and good on the mic when he's a heel(Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if he was just playing himself), yet the only reason Vince keeps trying to make the guy happen is because he was on a reality show 15 years ago.


    Added: I'm surprised Goldberg hasn't been brought up.

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  62. I agree with YHTF - The winged belt made its debut at the WMIV tournament, so not so much hogan.
    I associate the 'classic' Intercontinental belt with Savage and Honkytonk,
    THE class wwf tag belts go with Demolition.
    The big gold belt with Flair.
    The classic US title with either windham or luger.
    The AWA world belt with Bockwinkel.
    the NWA tag belts with RnR express.

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  63. I see what you did there...

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  64. That pinstripe Austin jersey was sweet

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  65. I'd love to see Shotgun Saturday Night, especially the early ones in the oddball locations. When you break it down, it's absurd how much content they have.

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  66. Great promos, man. Always look forward to these.

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  67. House show;
    BoD Tag Titles: Upper Midcard Express vs White Coat Security

    White Coat is represented by Average Joe Everyman and Bill Ray; this week, their t-shirts read "Only Bayless Forgives". Joe starts with kbjone, and controls with a hip toss and armdrag, into the armbar. Kbj wrestles out of it, into a standing dropkick, and drops the leg for two. Kbjone tags John Petuka, and they hit the back breaker/middle rope kneedrop double team for two. Petuka follows up with the double underhook suplex on Joe Everyman, and the average one in trouble, as kbjone tags back in with the flying elbow for two. The tag champs pose, and Joe Everyman tries to tag Bill Ray, but kbjone catches him with a German suplex attempt; Average Joe backflips out and tags Bill Ray! The big man comes in with clotheslines and powerslams on the tag champs, as he's a a Dairy Queen of fire! Bill throws Petuka to the outside, and White Coat sets up for Bang Your Head(powerbomb/flying clothesline), but Petuka shoves Joe Everyman off the top rope as kbjone hits a rana on Bill Ray, and then Petuka tags and hits the PETUKA BAZOOKA for the pin at 5:36.

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  68. SummerSlam SweatHogJuly 15, 2014 at 7:10 PM

    I agree. He was never going to be better than a mid-carder, but I feel like he could have been something more. The idea of a steady tag team with Saturn always intrigued me.

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  69. You know, I don't care if the wrestling would be horrible, UT Vs Sting could be epic just from the entrances.

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  70. SummerSlam SweatHogJuly 15, 2014 at 7:14 PM

    He's the BoD version of the "I'm never watching Raw again (see you next week!)" guy

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  71. SummerSlam SweatHogJuly 15, 2014 at 7:16 PM

    I think it would have been cool if he was BOTH the jovial babyface and a killer heel rolled into one. A shizophrenic type dude who comes out happy enough then goes batshit crazy and destroys dudes.

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  72. Do they have/own the rights to the Bret-Savage match from Japan? As soon as I have the money I would sign up for that. . . .

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  73. SummerSlam SweatHogJuly 15, 2014 at 7:19 PM

    That debut was tits, then it was all diminishing returns

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  74. SummerSlam SweatHogJuly 15, 2014 at 7:19 PM

    Glacier.

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  75. Couldn't agree more. I check shop zone by the minute in anticipation of his tiny towel being on sale.

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  76. Porn Peddlin' Jef VinsonJuly 15, 2014 at 7:34 PM

    ...and the champs celebrate by holding their title belts in the air...


    ...waitaminute.

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  77. Still remember asking my mom to tape this for me as I had to play soccer that afternoon. She forgot and I had to wait till the early 2000's thx to the internet

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  78. it was my honor to do the honors, sir.

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  79. just busting stones, man. Not a problem at all.

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  80. AverageJoeEverymanJuly 15, 2014 at 9:19 PM

    There was a flasher I noticed on a taped episode of Raw once. They were doing the usual and some chick near the front flashed but didn't get edited, maybe because HHH was trying for a different chick so nobody noticed.

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  81. Francisco Plaza GajardoJuly 15, 2014 at 11:35 PM

    Brakkus

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  82. Oh, I didn't know there was another set of tapings in 96, thanks for the clarification.

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  83. They do however have the best tag team name ever though.


    MIRACLE VIOLENCE CONNECTION~!


    Best.

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  84. Brakkus.
    Hade Vansen.
    Johnny Curtis (in his punning guise).

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  85. The NWO in WWE.

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  86. Yeah, summer of 96. This was live this time but it was at Universal Studios. Not sure how long they were there.

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  87. Ultimo Dragon's WWE run - after a reasonable amount of hype he was banished to the B-shows within a month of his debut. It's hard to lay the blame at his door though, as the company seemed to have no idea what it was doing with him from the word go.

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  88. @Brian McGrath - Shawn Michaels: Hits From The Heartbreak Kid & Shawn Michaels: Heartbreak Express Tour

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  89. Awesome! Didn't know it was on that tape, too.

    I've learned my one thing today.

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  90. Yep. I have that tape!

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  91. AverageJoeEverymanJuly 16, 2014 at 10:01 AM

    Slamfest 1995, finally figured it out.

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