Sorry! Anyway onto the next feature:

really liked your recaps, much, much better than CRZ's.
I was waiting if anybody you mention rock smacking juvi for using the people's elbow. nobody else has done that. it was hilarious. if anything that was smart for juvi to do.
also concur that hall is hilarious. he is the funniest wrestler in WCW and the only one who can get over any catch phrase. if you can get everybody saying hey yo, you've got it.
do you have any info on reformation of NWO? reports said it'll just be the outsiders and the reforming the band was just just to quote the Blues Brothers. But Scott Steiner seemed to be stating it would happen the other week when he said about hogan that you can't leave the NWO. Only problem is rick is with Sid and the outsiders don't seem to like Sid.
I wouldn't mind seeing flair turn bad and taking over hogan's spot with the NWO. flair is a much better heel than face. only problem seems to be that the entire federation is turning heel.

Randy

Thanks for the complements, but let's qualify that "better than CRZ's" for a second. I don't really write recaps per se. I just react to everything that I see on the screen as I am watching it. CRZ's stuff is among the best on the net and to compare myself to him is pushing my ego farther that I think it can stretch.
But thanks, again. It is a huge accolade.
Hall as the funniest wrestler in WCW? Nah. Flair gets that nod.
I don't think we will see an NWO reunion again. They have already formed twice, once this year. To do it again would seem desperate. Besides, with Russo at the helm, count on new and interesting storylines rather than rehashes of the past ones.

Michaelangelo,

First off, I just want to say I love your column. It's one of those must reads every week. Keep up the good work!
Now I need some help if you can do it. CRZ has said I can write a column. When I send it to him, do I just need to type it up, or have some special type of formatting or what?

Thanks,

Andy

Yep gross, both of them. For me, it has to be that pile of dog shit they dropped the Bulldog in at RAW this week. What the hell were they thinking? Yuch!

Since there may not be a column next week, let's skip the weekly question and move onto:

The Good, Bad, and Ugly for October 11, 1999

WCW NITRO

GOOD: The 3-bell salute to Gorilla Monsoon. R obvious. Okay, I give this one until the end of the first respectful. Honest. Classy. Goodbye Gorilla.

GOOD: Benoit and Hart as a team. Does it get any better than that? I think not.

GOOD: Luger as a heel. He has a way of being relatively convincing during those skits.

BAD: Liz as a heel. She's no mouthpiece. In fact, I hate listening to her voice. It is the audible equivalent of chewing tinfoil.

TOUCHING: Bobby Heenan's obviously heartfelt tribute to Gorilla. He was never better than when he was beside the big guy at the table. I shed tears.

BAD: Bobby's tie. Is that a magic picture? I see a duck!

BAD: Dean Malenko almost buying Saturn's excuse for last week's interference. Come on, It was obvious. I give this one until the end of the first match to rectify itself or else I'm leaving.

BAD: Rey Mysterio's ring attire. Overalls? What is he, one of Hillbilly Jim's cousins now?

GOOD: Saturn versus Mysterio. This should not be the lead-off match of the night. I'm thinking…late third hour.

UGLY: Double scissors. Balls to balls. Owch.

GREAT: Rey with the super frankensteiner.

BAD: Bum ending to a good match.

GOOD: Malenko realized that Saturn and Douglas are full of shit.

GOOD: Kidman's challenge.

BAD: We all know that Douglas can't fight now. His arm is still injured.

BAD: The "Monster Meng" promos are back. Think they'll use him right this time around?

GOOD: Flair showing an interest in Meng. I am one of the few people out there who likes old Haku. Hopefully, they'll use the guy. I hope he says "Hufhufhufhuf." On his first match back.

GREAT: Arn Anderson is back. We missed you, Enforcer.

GOOD: Kaz Hayashi! Well, okay!

BAD: Looks like he's jobbing to Disco.

BAD: Anyone else hear about this Babar the Elephant Boy gimmick that Disco presented on WCW Live! Last week? I have heard of dumb angles before, but very few cause me physical pain to consider. This one does.

BAD: Disco Inferno wants to be called "DI"? Okay, He can team with "BA" and they can fight to a "DQ" in NY.

GOOD: Tony's attempt to squelch the Internet complaints that Disco is above the weight limit for the Cruiserweight division. At least they aren't ignoring the obvious.

BAD: Does anyone know the weight limit?

GOOD: People shouting "Whoo!" whenever anyone delivers a chop. Flair has to love that. I doesn't matter what fed, or what wrestler, it's a tribute to the Nature Boy!

GOOD: Bobby yelling "Safe!" when Disco slid Kaz onto the announcer's table. Keep it up Bobby, Gorilla is laughing in heaven.

GOOD: Kaz's lightning quick head scissors. This kid is damned good.

I DARE YOU: WCW, give him the belt tonight, if you've got the guts.

BAD: Why doesn't the Russian headsweep hurt the guy delivering it as much as it does the guy receiving it.

BAD: Disco retains. That's not that bad, really, but if I had to choose between him and Kaz, well…

GOOD: Wow. Meng is wrestling tonight.

GREAT: I think he said "Hufhufhufhuf." Wow!

BAD: He's fighting Konnan. If they Job Meng to this guy, forget about everything.

AWESOME: The Tongan Death Grip on Konnan. Yeah, I know it's the lamest finishing move ever invented, but seeing Meng go over Konnan clean is too cool to ignore.

GOOD: The BA and Berlyn backstage bit. At least they are trying to put this rivalry over.

QUESTION: Russo made Road Dogg a star. I wonder if he has the same plans for his brother?

GOOD: The Yoo-Hoo I am drinking right now. I have gotten on a bit of a kick with this stuff. I used to drink it when I was younger. I really do love this stuff. If you haven't tried it yet, buy one. Good stuff. In fact, it is now the official drink of "The Good, Bad, and Ugly" column.

BAD: The Outsiders back again. Last week it was cool. This week it's an obvious attempt for two overpushed wrestlers to get their faces on TV when they aren't ready to commit to a return. Get in the ring or go home guys.

BAD: Hall making fun of Goldberg. Sure, have a lazy asshole who has been out of action, and getting paid, for almost 10 months, take pot shots at the company's most over worker. Okay.

BAD: Nash repeating his "Getting the Band back together" line. The whole interview was a complete rehash of last week. What a waste of time.

BAD: Who are all those security guards protecting Goldberg from? There's nobody backstage.

UH…RIGHT: Sid's tirade and subsequent "evil" laughter. That was the most freaky thing I have heard on this program in a long time. Jesus, is the PPV here yet?

GOOD: Horace versus Goldberg. Maybe this will mean he is getting his release as soon as this job is over.

PREDICTABLE: Spear. Jackhammer. Win. Why isn't Goldberg fighting at least worthwhile opponents?

GOOD: Hogan entering the ring. He's looking like a man who's got something on his mind…90-day clause, maybe? I was the biggest Hulkamaniac you'd ever find in the 80's, but poor Hulkster is looking old, tired, and hurt.

GOOD: Mean Gene "shooting" about Internet rumors of Hogan's retirement and Hogan's subsequent response. He is obviously upset that these rumors are out there, true or not. Interesting. Did anyone else notice that he did not deny anything?

BAD: Hogan said that he is going to say "one damned prayer."

BAD: Another Nitro Girl search. How many girls are they going to turn down? They are looking for only one, right?

GOOD: Nicole won last week. She was my choice.

BAD: Actually, I could give a wet shit.

BAD: Poor Tiffany, she doesn't stand a chance.

GOOD: Tiff likes the JYD! Yeah, baby, grab them cakes!

RETRACTION: That outfit Tiffany has on could make ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

GOOD: Torrie Wilson's outfit backstage. Diva indeed.

EH: Stevie Ray versus Brian Knobs. Whatever. No good heat, no bad heat. No heat at all.

BAD: Is this a hardcore match? I must have missed something.

LAME: Every chairshot in this match. My ferret hits harder.

BAD: You're telling me that Jimmy Hart can knock Stevie Ray out with a trash can and Hugh Morrus can't? Come on now.

GOOD: The whole Revolution angle. Having Benoit walk away while Malenko tries to redirect the path of the group is great. I like these guys, all of them.

BAD: Dollars to donuts says that Malenko gets screwed tonight. I am going to go out on a limb and say the Filthy Animals Join up with Douglas and Saturn. Hey, stranger things have happened.

UGLY: La Parka's choice of ring attire. Yegads.

QUESTION: Is he the last Luchadore left on the roster?

GOOD: Okay, versus Brad Armstrong. Let's see if these two guys put on a good show. I call a Berlyn run-in.

FUNNY: La Parka's dance. Something about that weird-ass strut of his cracks me up.

GOOD: Berlyn interferes but somehow, BA manages to get the win anyway. Okay, I can accept this ending.

GOOD: David Flair, no friend in the world, dumped by his girlfriend, trying to figure out what's going on, taking beatings. This is the way he should be used. Seriously, I think as the son of David Flair, given enough time, he could be a great wrestler. Building decent heat and giving him a less aggravating storyline than the "U.S. Title" crap they did a few months back is a great way to put this kid over slowly.

GOOD: Norman Smiley! The deflated Wayans brother. Who's your daddy?

BAD He's gonna job to Berlyn. Argh.

GOOD: Heenan on Berlyn and his bodyguard. "You get sour, you get kraut."

GOOD: Norman starting the "Big Wiggle" and retracting it. Ha!

GOOD: Norman's windup slam followed by the "Big Wiggle" the guy is over, why not let him win once in a while.

GOOD: Berlyn wins his first match without help from his bodyguard.

GOOD: Flair. He could come out and recite passages from Emily Dickinson's poems and I'd mark out.

GREAT: Flair versus Henning. Two good workers.

BAD: Waaaay predictable.

AWESOME: Flair unhinged, unleashed, and unhampered. The guy is having a ball out there and the crowd loves it.

GOOD: The Filthy Animals versus the Revolution. Nothing wrong with this match.

BAD: Too bad it's going to be another screwjob.

BAD: Tony calling Jeremy Borash "Jeremy Boorish." Sorry Jeremy. Guess you still have yet to be properly vindicated.

WOW: Saturn's over the top rope belly to belly suplex on Kidman. Holy shit! What a bump!

BAD: Fucking commercial! Why during this match?

GOOD: The pace of this match. The constant dissention on the part of Malenko and Saturn was well done. The match had great wrestling plus good angle development. Top notch effort.

GOOD: The altitude-ridden gutbuster that Malenko put on Rey. That was just awesome.

GOOD: Malenko walking away from the Revolution after seeing the results of the match.

BAD: I still think my way would have been better.

BAD: Funny how that loogie hits as hard as a punch to the face. Douglas nearly juiced from the force.

ON THE FENCE: Van Hammer. Now, when he is pushed, he's not bad. Unfortunately, they only push this guy for like two weeks at a time and then he returns to jobberland. He's taking on Sid tonight, so guess where he's going.

BAD: Tony referring to the next Pay Per View as "Slim Jim's Halloween Havok." I got two words for you and your shilling ass, Schiavone: Eat me!

GOOD: Charles Robinson is not the ref during this match..

BAD: A ref bump ensures that Sid gets the victory by cheating, again. If he can't beat Van Hammer without help, he should not be facing Goldberg at a PPV. I'm sorry, it's just plain stupid.

GOOD: Highlights from last week's match between Hart and Benoit. Normally, I'd call this a rehash, but I watched every second of that match last week and there isn't a damn thing wrong with watching the best parts again.

GOOD: The creepy vignette featuring Dustin "Undertaker" Runnells. They're actually kind off cool.

BAD: Too bad this is a really lame ripoff angle.

BAD: Tony wonders when the "Ghost Horseman" is going to appear for the first time. Uh…let me take a wild ass guess and say "HALLOWEEN HAVOK."

GOOD: Here we go, Flair/Henning. I am into this match.

GOOD: Henning selling Flair's chops. He knows the score.

GOOD: Heenan making another reference to Blazing Saddles in terms of Curly Bill.

GOOD: Flair taking the win with just a little bit of cheating. Hee hee. Gotta love Naitch.

GOOD: Benoit is in the main event.

GREAT: Hogan isn't.

BAD: Rick Steiner is.

GOOD: The pop for Hart and Benoit. Hart's smile was classic. He obviously loves it. One more run, Bret. Make it count.

COMMENT: Heenan says Steiner can hurt you in so many ways. I got one for you, watching one of his matches. Well, I find it painful.

BAD: Sid interferes. Why? Why do we have to have a screwjob here?

GOOD: Goldberg's save and subsequent laying out of Sid. How does this effect his shot at the PPV. I am guessing, not at all. If they don't deliver on this match at Halloween Havok, the fans will be very pissed off…and so will I.

OVERALL: Not a terrible show. Again, strong first and third hours, but they have to lose the jobbers from 9-10 p.m. Sting's absence was noticeable and the ending to the main event left a lot to be desired, but I have to go ahead and admit that I enjoyed this show.

WWF RAW

GOOD: The replay of Gorilla Monsoon's tribute from Smackdown. They even showed him standing next to Heenan. He was one of the greats and I, for one, have missed him for a long time and will miss him even more now that he is gone. Godspeed to heaven Gino.

GOOD: The WWF from the WCW's backyard, Atlanta. Vince and the announcers semi-shooting on that fact was amusing. Let's just see what kind of show they have for us.

BAD: Will they explain why Stone Cold and Austin are such buddies now?

GOOD: Austin calling out HHH. See, this is why the WWF PPV's actually have decent buyrates. They give us free tastes of what we can expect to see and then they deliver decent blowoff matches for a price. Simple economics.

HUH?: Stone Cold says "asshole" three times and does not get muted. What's up with that?

GOOD: HHH wearing the championship belt around his waist. Very traditional. Very cool.

BAD: Did anyone not expect HHH to go after JR?

GOOD: JR finally fighting back. Now that, I did not expect.

BAD: Okay, Chyna. Let's discuss. When dealing with Jarrett, she's a face because Jarrett is beating up women. When standing by HHH she is a heel because she cheats on his behalf. Now Stone Cold hits her and he gets a face pop. This whole thing must be confusing for her. Pick a direction and go for it.

BAD: JR in the ring. This is as bad as when Mean Gene fought with Hogan all those years ago. I actually saw that match. It was that bad. Really.

BAD: Close up shots of dog shit. There's just no good way to shoot something like that. What really disturbs me is the fact that the little brown piles were so obvious that it's a sure thing that the crap will mean something to one of the matches tonight.

GOOD: Mankind struggling to decide whether he wants to continue with the Rock and Sock Connection. Interesting angle development. Hopefully he'll finally call the Rock on all the crap he has had to put up with. I, for one, am tired of having to watch the Rock screw Foley over without retribution.

BAD: Better resolve it before Russo's scripts run out!

BAD: They still haven't told us why the New Age Outlaws reunited.

GOOD: Lillian Garcia's mini-dress. She's hot.

GOOD: Road Dogg being the first one to actually send his regards to Droz.

GOOD: Crash Holly. He cracks me up. He's a little buff fellow with a huge chip on his shoulders.

BAD: The match is over in the time it took me to write the above sentence.

GOOD: The Holly's get the last laugh. I'm ready for No Mercy.

GOOD: Mick Foley finally telling Rock to put up or shut up. Just what I wanted.

BAD: The "Boot of the Week" is a series of mud dives from Smackdown? Well, at least when Jarrett went in, it involved a boot.

GOOD: Ivory is out.

BAD: A nontitle match means that she will most assuredly lose.

GOOD: Ivory's tirade. She's great on the stick.

BAD: Nearly no crowd response. Does she have to do the fucking "grind" to get any kind of response?

GOOD: The King on Mae Young. "Even her wrinkles have wrinkles." "I think her crown belonged to King Henry V" "When God said ‘Let there be light,' Mae Young threw the switch."

BAD: What the hell happened in this match? It lasted like a second and then it was over? DQ? No Contest? What the fuck?

BAD: The Rock answered the phone before it stopped ringing.

GOOD: Somehow, The WWF managed to make the Bulldog a main eventer in just a couple of weeks. That's good booking.

BAD: Those bookers now work for the competition.

BAD: The amnesia angle with Stephanie. This is really, really lame.

GOOD: The Bulldog and Val attacking Mankind. More angle development. I call a tag team match, Rock and Sock versus Bulldog and Bulldick. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

BAD: Another bad idea for the pile, Marc Henry sleeping with his sister. Incest is just not a good idea.

BAD: Did Lillian Garcia call the Old Brood versus the New Brood a "non-tag team match"?

BAD: No Gangrel. How can they be the Brood without Gangrel?

GOOD: The guns to the head pose we get out of the Hardys when they come up from the burning ring of fire. It's unique, if nothing else.

GOOD: The Hardys are dynamic. Why aren't they contenders for the tag titles?

UGLY: The King suggesting that JR wear Sean Stasiak's old "Meat" tights. The ugly part is the mental image that conjures.

GREAT: All the planchas and somersaults to the ring floors that we saw in sequence.

BAD: Double DQ. Come on.

BAD: X-Pac begging Kane not to help him. Did they photocopy the scripts from a few weeks ago in hopes of stretching Russo's influence a bit longer? Jesus. Get this shit over with already.

GOOD: The pop the Rock got from just getting out of a limo. I say to thee again, he is more over than ANYONE else in WWF. Anyone.

GOOD: The Rock finally admits that he is not at all interested in a partnership with Mankind. I still think that they will fight in a tag match tonight.

GOOD AND BAD: The Rock's imitations of wrestling catchphrases of yore. Funny but these days it's not a good idea to draw any attention to the competition. Being cocky was how Bischoff fell.

BAD: Since X-Pac told Kane to stay away from the ring during his match, we know that win or lose, little Mr. Waltman will get his clock cleaned by the Acolytes.

GOOD: Clean win for X-Pac.

BAD: Even though he won the match on his own and was getting destroyed by the Acolytes, he still has the mendacity to bitch at Kane for saving his ass. What the hell was wrong with that? This whole bullshit angle is way too stupid.

BAD: Marc Henry is at a sex therapy session dressed like a pimp and carrying handcuffs. His doctor is a gorgeous woman in a short mini-dress. That's like going to AA session at a bar with the session leader dressed as a bartender. Lame. Lame. Lame. Drop it before it's too late.

GOOD: Jericho is here!

BAD: He is not in a feud and he is teaming with Hughes.

BAD: The Headbangers. Another reunion unexplained. What happened to Marianna and the abuse angle?

GOOD: I guess the WWF realized that there was no way they could approach that subject and make it work. At least they know their limits.

GOOD: The Headbangers look good out there. Very little ring rust on Thrasher.

BAD: The Headbangers gimmick is really out of date.

GOOD: Jericho dumps Hughes. Maybe he can get involved in a decent angle now. No more sidekicks, please!

CAREFUL: From domestic abuse to cancer. This is another dangerous topic to broach on a wrestling show. If it's a shoot, then it does not belong on this show. If it is a work, they'd better play it right because it is way too sensitive and serious a subject to treat lightly or drop if it doesn't get over. This is just not a good idea.

BAD: Vince interrupting the Rock before he finally told Mankind that he does not want to team up anymore. Let's keep this crap going one more week.

BAD: Dog shit. I knew it.

GOOD: The Godfather back on RAW. That is the longest Ho Train I have ever seen!

BAD: The Ho's are there to further the stupid Sexual Chocolate angle.

IDEA: Screw the sex addiction cure. Hook up Henry with the Godfather and start a new tag team. Why not? It's more fun than this crap.

GOOD: Chyna is looking HOT with her hair up in that tight ponytail.

GOOD: HHH threatening JR before their match.

BAD: Did he forget that Austin will be in the ring too?

BAD: What was the point of having the Bossman go over TBS and Al Snow? Is this the start of the Show and Snow connection? (I am on a roll!)

UGLY: A large pile of dog shit on a platter. Gad.

BAD: JR coming out first…and alone. Austin can't be that stupid.

BAD: Yet another "Austin squashes HHH" match. Maybe it's me, but Austin punching a guy all over the arena is just not entertaining anymore.

GOOD: JR has no real impact in this match…unless you count Chyna's fist impacting his face.

GOOD: Miss Kitty is incredible.

UGLY: HHH shoved into the beer cooler. That has to be uncomfortable.

NASTY: Chyna's bloodied body after the spill that Jarrett sent her on. Yik.

QUESTION: Are they looking to push Val Venis to main event status? Does the fact that he's a heel explain the absence of his towel.

GOOD: The fact that I am not in that arena with all that dog shit. That's sickening. I'd be pissed if I paid $50 for ringside seats and had to smell that during the main event.

GOOD: Not a bad tag team match as a whole. Mick looked great.

SWEET: Nobody sells a DDT like Val. He gets planted.

BAD: A Rock Bottom on a pile of Dog Shit. Uh, Davey Boy? Didn't you say that you were making one last run in honor of Owen. This does not honor him in any way, shape, or form.

GOOD: The rattlesnake waiting for HHH at the end. Interesting revenge.

BAD: You could see the plate glass separating the snake from HHH. Well, at least they are being careful.

OVERALL: Interesting night, although most of the matches and angles seemed phoned in. The pops were good, but the in-ring action was sorely lacking. I guess it was a decent show tonight, but again, I have to give the night to WCW.

Not a terrible evening to be a wrestling fan. WCW has much work to do and WWF needs to get fresh, less disgusting storylines. It's the least they can do. Other than those MINOR problems, I think things are shaping up nicely.

Questions? Comments? Want to tell me I'm better than Hyatte, too? Write me at Michaelangelo70@hotmail.com.

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