Lots of people got the "Vague Reference of the Week" that was hidden in the last column. I have to make it harder this week. One step towards those ends is to put more than one Vague Reference in the write-up each week. Look for multiple references this week and possibly from now on. How many? As many as I think of! They're like Pokeman: Gotta catch them all! Find them and E-mail me your guesses. First one who gets them all is the King or Queen of the week.

Please specify in your e-mail if you'd like to be King or Queen. You can no longer assume these things.

This week's King is Scott Stone who was the first to properly guess that the following reference:

BETTER: Jimmy Hart one-upping him by donning a full suit of armor! Didn't Poffo wear something like that once? Ha! It's Sir Robin! He personally wet himself at the Battle of Badon Hill.

Was from the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Congrats, Scott!

And now, on to:

The Good, Bad, and Ugly for November 22, 1999

WCW NITRO

GOOD: Brett Hart as WCW Champion. There's only one other guy I'd rather see wearing that strap, and Brett faced him last night.

IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW: It was Benoit.

BETTER: Hart offering Goldberg a shot at the title.

BAD: They are still playing the Wolfpack music for the Outsiders. Didn't I tell you guys to take care of that last week?

GOOD: My brother-in-law suggested "1,000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall."

I WONDER: If Hall is wasted right now.

GOOD: Hall's diatribe to Hart. "Look at me, punk!" was classic.

BAD: Hall, the heel, again getting cheap face heat with his "Landing Strip" shirt.

GOOD: Goldberg and Hart versus the Outsiders. Not a title shot for Goldberg, but good booking nonetheless.

GOOD: Jarrett wasting Hart with the guitar. Who saw that coming?

GOOD: They finally let him say "slapnuts" without getting bleeped.

GOOD: Some of the booking. Vampiro versus Wall, Booker versus Bagwell, Benoit versus Malenko.

BAD: A Nitro Girls match. Who cares? Well, if it's in a mud pit...

GOOD: Hennig taking the "forced retirement" angle with stride. He's a class act all the way.

BAD: The Maestro playing the piano in the background? What the hell is that about?

GOOD: Seems he has a new valet...she looks familiar.

GOOD: Looks like Okalahoma (Jim Ferrara as J.R.) has returned. I like him, I will continue to think he is funny, get over it.

BAD: This shit with the Italian thugs is really lousy. It's like three guys trying to be Joe Pesci. The scariest thing is that I know a couple of guys just like them.

INTERESTING: Meng versus Elizabeth. Where are they going with this?

BAD: Liz's acting prowess. Let's not split hairs, she just sucks.

GOOD: Creative Control versus the Filthy Animals. We might see some wrestling here, and there's a good chance that Konnan will get hurt.

BAD: Torrie is not with the Filthy Animals. Oh, throw us a bone, will you?

BAD: Creative Control loosen, but do not remove their ties before starting the match.

WORSE: Kidman and Konnan don't take advantage of this fact by choking them out. I thought they were Filthy Animals.

UGLY: Sloppy looking Bulldog off the turnbuckle by Kidman.

QUESTION: What the heck happened to the camera here? They are missing the action.

ANSWER: Oh, a short vignette with Eddie and Torrie backstage. That explains why she wasn't with them on the entrance.

ON THE FENCE: Creative Control as the Tag Team Champs. I don't know...guys in ties with the gold?

INTERESTING: Goldberg offering to deal with the Outsiders while Hart takes on Jarrett. Leaving mystery as to who his partner may be is a good way to keep the viewers interested. Hey, it piqued my curiosity.

BAD: Any situations where the Nitro Girls interact with each other on camera.

GOOD: Norman Smiley as Hardcore Champion. He's entirely too funny for me.

BETTER: Fit Finley returns! Yeah! He looks great! Not missing a step.

BAD: Maybe it's not such a good idea for him to be in the Hardcore Division after that injury of his.

BAD: The crowd's response to this confrontation.

HUH? Was that a match? I guess not. What just happened there?

BAD: WCW Nitro fragrance. Hocking sweet smelling scents on a wrestling show is wrong on soooo many levels.

GOOD: Hall and Nash talking about their match with Big G. When Hall suggested the riot squad and Nash downed the idea recalling how it didn't work before, I felt something. Something I had not felt in a long time, especially not on a WCW telecast: Logic.

BAD: What the fuck is with that God damned piano music?!?!

GOOD: Jarrett is great on the stick. Period. WWF was crazy to let him go.

GOOD: Kariagas as the Cruiserweight champ. 

BAD: Word is, that title is probably not going to be around that much longer.

WEIRD BOOKING: He's fighting Saturn? This can't be a title shot.

NOW WHAT? Brad Armstrong as Buzzkill the hippy? Wasn't he watching Van Hammer when this gimmick tanked the first time?

GOOD: Clean win for Perry and a catfight between Madusa and Asya. I sense a match to be made out of this.

BAD: Why the hell is Kidman mad at Eddie? Isn't Torrie responsible? Wasn't she flirting with him? This is a very single-dimensional reason to have a fight.

UGLY: The Misfits. I am starting to like these guys less and less each time I see them.

BAD: Eddie saying "Sometimes things turn out to be what they really aren't." What the hell does that mean? It makes as much sense as, "Allow myself to introduce...myself." (There's your first vague reference. A little different this time...hopefully a little harder as well.)

BAD: The Misfits seem to be trying way too hard to look mean. 

GOOD: The Wall. What a big fucking guy.

FUNNY: Oklahoma. "Posted him! Posted him! Posted him!" "It's a slobberknocker!" 

BAD: This match. I expect better from Vampiro.

GOOD:  The wall versus Berlyn.

BAD: If they are no longer on the same side, won't The Wall's name lose some of it's meaning?

BAD: Dr. Death attacking the misfits. These guys take bumps more sloppy than ICP did. 

GOOD: Jarrett versus Hart at the top of the hour. It shows that WCW is at least trying to keep their viewers from switching to USA at 9.

GOOD: Liz locking herself in the cage to stay away from  Meng. I wonder what zany hijinks will ensue. Why does it have to be zany? (There's your second vague reference.)

BAD: The mystery Limousine. You know, I wouldn't mind so much if they payoff was worthwhile. Whenever they build up one of these stupid mysteries, they always disappoint. Is the hummer driver in there?

GOOD: Hart versus Jarrett. Looks to be a technically strong match.

BAD: It will probably end in a train wreck.

GOOD: Jarrettt's pyro. Not uncool.

BETTER: The performance these two guys put on. There's a healthy dose of nasty ass violence to counter the great technical wrestling spots. Great all-round effort for both men.

BEST: Dare I say the crowd is totally into this match? Pops galore!

BAD: Hart wins when Rhodes nails Jarrett with the belt. Has Hart won any matches this month without help?

QUESTION: Is that the former Ryan Shamrock with Maestro? Oh God no. I always thought she was one of the hottest women in WWF. Why relegate her to having to walk alongside that flabby chested jobber.

GOOD: The two Italians singing "New York, New York." It may be a lousy stereotype and the two guys may have no musical talent whatsoever, but I laughed. Hey, it was funny. It was!

GOOD: Luger and Liz backstage arguing about the match with Meng. Well, Luger was good.

BETTER: Liz begging Sting for help and him giving her the cold shoulder. "You made your own cage, now you have to sleep in it." I loved it.

BEST: Torrie in a metallic bikini top and matching pants. "I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind but now I see." Need I say it, friends? Yowza! Is it cold in there or is it just Torrie's nipples?

GOOD: Eddie versus Kidman. I may question the reason for the match, but these two guys put on a great show.

BETTER: Plus, Konnan got tuned on...again!

GOOD: Arn Anderson being "fired." I guess that means he's joining the geezers' team. I like Arn. The fact that he is involved in an angle is always good news to me, even if it means he'll be out for a few weeks.

GREAT: That monsterplex on Kidman by Eddie! Holy moley! 

GOOD: Eddie goes over Kidman clean. When's the last time you saw Kidman lose a match?

GOOD: Luger using a forklift to bring Liz's cage to the ring for her match.

BAD: Meng's afro. I hate that look. If he's gonna get a push, he should have the dreads, it's much more manageable.

GOOD: Luger living up to his promise to put Liz's cage in the ring...and using a forklift to do it.

BAD: This Duggan angle still going on. Let's get to the point, soon.

HORRIBLY GRATING: Sky and Spice talking backstage. These girls look good, of that there is no doubt, but they cannot interact fluidly to save their lives. They deliver their lines like they're pushing an alligator through the eye of a needle.

BAD: Liz trying to fight her way out of the cage. She locked herself in there to begin with, didn't she? This is just stupid.

BAD: Schiavone compares Meng to a wild animal. He also called him "merciless." Meng, the merciless wild animal. We get the point...driven, as usual, with all the subtlety of an atomic bomb in my toilet.

GOOD: Why did Meng give Luger a Tongan death grip when he offered the key to the cage? Who cares? I like seeing Luger's face screw up in pain when Meng lays in. It's amusing.

BAD: Now, if Meng is doing his job and wrestling a booked match and then Sting beats on him with a baseball bat to save Liz, now the former face Meng (who actually helped Stinger last week) now becomes the heel? Or did Sting become the heel? Who's the bad guy here? Ah, forget it.

BAD: We get the shot of the Outsiders backstage but cannot hear what they are saying to each other. If they are talking, I want to listen.

GOOD: Hacksaw and the Maestro. It was stupid, juvenile, poorly acted, but I laughed my ass off. I guess that makes me stupid and juvenile. You heard it here first, wrestling fans.

BAD: Disco and Lash fighting again? Why?

QUESTION: What happened to Lash Leroux's push, anyway?

GOOD: This is a pretty good match. So much so, I can look beyond the presence of Tony Marinara and his torpedoes at ringside.

BAD: Tony refers to the Whiplash as a "short powerbomb." Asshole.

BAD: As the two goons beat on Disco, Tony points out that the whole thing has nothing to do with WCW. It's personal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why are they allowed in the ring, then? Come on, let's not insult our intelligence.

GOOD: Lash helping Disco out. I'm not sure why this is good, but it wasn't bad, so there you go.

BAD: Why do Creative Control carry their tag belts when they run piddly errands like finding out who is in the limo? Seems like hauling all that gold around would be an inconvenience.

BAD: The Power That Is bitching out Hacksaw and telling him that he ate prunes all week to prepare a big sloppy mess in the toilet for Jimbo to clean. What the hell kind of asinine idea is that? Do I even need to point this shit out? Toilet humor just does not cut it...and those were NOT PUNS!

WOW: Spice in the schoolgirl uniform. CyanIndigo. Are you listening? Call Spice and find out who her tailor is.

WOW WOW:  Tygress in (appropriately) a leopard skin jumpsuit. Rowr!

BAD: The match itself. Ugh. Give me Tammy Lynn Sytch and Francine anytime. Now that's a catfight. I've seen better ring work on Cinemax late night.

BAD: The ending of this match. Before they even got down and dirty, a weak purse shot knocks Spice completely unconscious? La-a-a-ame.

ON TOP OF THAT: No Chae.

BAD: Someone should tell Spice not to smile when she's supposed to be be unconscious.

GOOD: Meng on the stick! WOW! he can say more than "Hufhufhufhuf!" Good stuff! Keep this big guy around! I loved it when he nearly gave Tenay the Tongan death grip and Tenay screamed in fear.

GOOD: Hennig hugging Heenan on his way to the ring. Remember when The Brain managed Mr. Perfect? I do.

BAD: The crowd's tepid response to Hennig's goodbye speech. Yeah, it's a huge work, but we're not supposed to know that.

GOOD: A weak, but evident "Perfect" chant from the crowd. Okay, they're forgiven.

BAD: They have been hawking the mystery of the limo occupant all night and as soon as the door opens we cut to commercial? What the hell is that about?

CONVENIENT: The boss's toothbrush is in a gold case right there on the sink. Where's the toothpaste?

GOOD: Hacksaw cleaning the toilet with the gold toothbrush. Of course the actual deed was kind of stupid looking, and he did do the whole thing on camera, but it was still funny.

BAD: Hacksaw doesn't wash his hands after sticking them in the toilet bowl. Yuk.

GOOD: Piper is back. This is only good if he is not going to actually wrestle.

GOOD: Piper's monologue about the writers. Nice touch the way they cut off all the mics around him. Chalk another one up on the side of the geezers.

GOOD: Piper running backstage to confront the "Powers to Be." I liked the way he kicked the door open.

BAD: Isn't it "Powers that Be"?

GOOD: Piper versus Russo. I liked Russo's assessment of Piper's career. "A couple of B-movies" under his belt. Hey, I liked "Hell Comes to Frogtown."

GOOD: The fact that Piper will probably turn the referee gig into something quite funny. I look forward to seeing where this goes.

GOOD: Buff versus Booker T. Can't be bad.

BAD: These two guys getting in each other's faces. Aren't they both good guys?

YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL? If Buff and Booker suddenly double plancha'ed Creative Control. I would have loved that. I mean, it makes no sense for these two to continue fighting each other when their common enemies are watching from outside the ring.

GOOD: Hennig turning heel. Sure it makes sense. He saved his career by joining the bosses. He was always a better heel anyway.

GOOD: Midnight. She's cool. I want to see more than just a few moments of her on my television, soon.

GOOD: Hennig explaining his decision to switch sides. I wonder if, now that he's "the boss," he will be in a suit again.

GREAT: Stinger not buying Liz's offer of assistance. Logic once again prevails.

BAD: That fucking piano music is still going on!

GOOD: Sting versus Meng. The alliteration alone makes this match a hit! 

GOOD: Sting selling for Meng at the top of the match. 

GOOD: Madusa versus Asya. Looks like the Women's Division is heating up.

BAD: No Mona. Where has she been?

BLEAH: This match. Madusa was okay, but Asya needs to work a bit more in the Power Plant.

INTERESTING: A flag match between Benoit and Malenko. Malenko threatens the Canadian flag with gasoline and a blowtorch. Dollars to donuts there isn't a single fire tonight. There's no way Big Ted Turner would allow a flag burning on his network.

BAD: The crowd is chanting "USA." This match should have taken place in Canada. I mean, Benoit is the face here, right?

GOOD: The spot Malenko did where he dropped to his knees and covered his eyes. Pretty funny.

GOOD: The drop toehold Malenko laid on Benoit, sending him to the bottom rope neck first. Great move!

BAD: The weak-ass flag shots Malenko tried to give Benoit. It almost looked like they connected.

GOOD: The Revolution threatens to burn the American flag too. That's heel heat for you.

BAD: Malenko waited long enough to put the flames to the flags. If he'd torched them right off the bat, there would have been no problem. Like every ineffective villain, he stalled and paused until it was too late.

GOOD: Juvy and the expired Visa angle. That one was suggested on WCW Live and is a testament to the fact that Russo and Ferrara actually listen to the fans.

ALSO GOOD: The spit take on the Tequila was funny too...and the hilarity continues as Russo calls for his toothbrush.

WHAT? Sting jobs to Meng. Wow. That I didn't expect. Meng is definitely being pushed to the stars. But then, lots of people beat Sting these days. Still, perhaps he should get some gold now.

GOOD: David Flair smashes the piano. He lived my dream tonight. Thank you, David. Thank you.

GOOD: Hall giving Nash one of his belts. Funny seeing Nash as a TV Champion. Does this mean he'll be defending on Thunder now?

BAD: Tony gives away Goldberg's partner by not saying Sid's name when referring to Rick Steiner's injury last week. I had a feeling before then, but it was that moment when I knew for sure.

BAD: Product placement ads for the WCW music CD. We know. No need to take up real estate on our screen during the entrances. Wrestling is cheap enough these days without shit like that making it more of a joke than it already is.

GOOD: Looks like Sid's face push has finally happened. 

HOW TO BE A GOOD GUY: Stand beside Goldberg.

BAD: Tony and Bobby trying to convince us that they thought Sid was going to grab Goldie from behind. Come on now. We all knew, you didn't?

GOOD: This match. Even Nash was working a little. 

INTERESTING: Funny how Sid plays the face in peril. He's the biggest guy in there.

GOOD: The Outsiders win. Let the feud begin.

BAD: An elbow drop felled Sid? Come on. I thought he was an unbeatable monster. No, wait, that's Meng.

OVERALL: Again, a decent show. Let's just let the toilet jokes drop, okay. Some of the matches were well booked. The Hart/Jarrett and Booker/Bagwell matches were particularly interesting and the main event was noteworthy. The momentum is still there, let's keep it rolling.

WWF RAW

GOOD: The show starts with a match. Snow and Mankind versus The Hollys.

BAD: Did Lillian call The Hollys Snow and Mankind's "partners"?

GOOD: Holly's pissed that because of Snow, the Hardcore Holly figures (part of a two-pack with Snow and Head) were pulled from the shelves. Makes sense to me.

BAD: They are still beating that whole action figure issue into the ground. What do they expect to accomplish by stomping that dead horse? Most people would have forgotten about it by now. The WWF's insistence to constantly bring this up over and over again is just aggravating.

GOOD: The patty cake double elbow drop by Snow and Foley. Funny stuff like that takes little preparation to go a long way.

BAD: The Hollys go over Mankind and Snow. Here we go with that Snow's self-esteem crap again.

BAD: Nobody can seem to find Vince McMahon. Why? What the hell is this about? Why should I even care?

GOOD: The interaction between the members of DX in the limousine. The vignette came off pretty smoothly. These guys work well together.

GOOD: Vince wanting his fresh air. I said it before and I'll say it again, he's a damned good actor.

BAD: Kurt Angle. I just don't like this guy. I hate his gimmick. I hate his face. I have an unnatural dislike for everything he is. Sorry. It must be me.

WORSE: Why the hell is he fighting Mark Henry? 

GOOD: Ah yes, they were both Olympians. That makes it okay.

BAD: Come to think of it, what is Henry's angle these days anyway? He's split from D-Lo. He's no longer talking about porking his sister. What now for the big man? Doesn't he have like a 10-year $10 million contract?

BAD: The crowd cheering for Sexual Chocolate when Angle explained how the big man stayed out all night at a topless bar the night before he was to compete in the Olympics. Now, I know that Angle is the heel here, but what kind of role model is Mark Henry? He got blown by a guy, admitted that he practices incest regularly, and is now being portrayed as a man with no moral fiber or discipline. 

WORSE: Plus, he just lost this match.

GOOD: Vinnie Mac ramming DX's limo and then attacking it with the baseball bat. It looked cool and certainly explained the whole opening angle of McMahon waiting outside.

BAD: Why would DX run from Vince? Even if he has a bat, four on one are damned good odds.

GOOD: Okay, I admit it. A crazy Vince McMahon is an angle that I could like.

BAD: The Godfather again? This guy is out every Monday and Thursday. He's like the world's happiest jobber.

GOOD: The ho's tonight. The one in the pink top is practically in 3-D!

BAD: That stupid WWF=Porn guy is back. Does Vince think that he can get rid of the critics by overexposing them on his programming? Let me answer that one for you Vince, "NO!"

GOOD: Jericho calling The Godfather a "piece of crap." 

BAD: The Godfather in that vest looks like a giant orange with arms and legs. Orange whip? Orange whip? Who wants an orange whip? (There's another vague reference for you.)

GREAT: Jericho takes a clean win! Yeah. Now he's on track

GOOD: Vince resisting arrest. If anyone should, it's him.

BAD: Shouldn't HHH be arrested for attacking a man in police custody?

GOOD: Edge and Christian! Yeah!

BAD: Why is Shane McMahon and Test getting a title shot when these two guys are still floundering in the midcard?

GREAT: They take on the Dudleys! This should be a good match.

BAD: Why is Edge wearing pink wrist bands?

GOOD: Buh-Buh Ray yelling, "One, two, th-th-th..." at the ref on a near fall. Good stuff. Well, I laughed.

BAD: Buh-Buh Ray went for a big splash to break up a count on D-Von and Christian moved, causing Bub-Buh to land on his partner. What if he had hit it? Would it not have hurt D-Von just as much?

GREAT: The finishing moves by these two teams. I love the 3-D and the on-the shoulders superplex. Great stuff.

GOOD: The Rock, Mankind, and Al Snow backstage. Sewing up the Rock and Mankind's fight from a few weeks ago was a long time coming.

GOOD: Vince going to the Police Station. 

BAD: Test and Stephanie's wedding. I am tired of hearing about this crap. I actually hope that CyanIndigo's theory about UT screwing up the ceremony is right because if we get an uninterrupted wedding, I think we may all be a little let down.

BAD: That wedding shower. Moolah and Mae young giving Stephanie kinky presents and advice is just wrong. Way wrong.

YOWZA: Terri Runnell's outfit this week. Flesh colored bra. Okay, I'm on board.

GOOD: X-Pac versus Jeff Hardy. Cool. You don't see enough high-flying singles matches on RAW.

FUNNY: The King accusing JR of not having fingerprints.

GREAT: X-Pac's spinning heel kick on Jeff. He sold that like he got hit by a meteor.

GOOD: Is Jeff actually going to win this match?

BAD: Nope. DX causes the loss. Dammit. Can't the 1-2-3 Kid lose one damned match?

BAD: Vince shouldn't have let the cops fingerprint him. Now they may find a match for the prints inside the Hummer!

HORRIBLE: Mae Young and Moolah in a cake fight. Oh come on. You can do better than that.

GOOD: The Big Show challenges anyone to a match. Did you hear the pop he got? He's over. Just accept it.

GREAT: Kane accepts the challenge. I think these two guys can actually put on a better show now than they did a few months back.

FUNNY: It's obvious that J.R. is doing the best he can to not call this match a "slobberknocker."

GOOD: Big powerslam by Show. He planted Kane's ass.

INTERESTING: Funny to see Kane in the role of the more agile wrestler. He's running circles around Show.

BAD: They still haven't explained why Torrie and Kane are together.

BAD: Fucking Viscera comes out to screw up a perfectly good match.

GREAT: Show slams Viscera. He really slammed him...full-on! Impressive as all hell. You got knocked the fuck out! (That's another vague reference for you.)

BAD: Steve Austin in a music video? Isn't he suffering from head and neck injuries right now? It's amazing how he can be working on a video but not in the arena.

BAD: It takes about three minutes for HH to get into the ring. Couldn't we be doing something more productive with that time...like say, wrestling?

GOOD: HHH jumping on Vince's earlier attack as proof that he's behind the hit and run on Austin. There's that logic and continuity we're talking about. Let's just not belabor the point. Get to the bottom of this mystery very soon.

BAD: HHH recycling the "doggie style" remark that Vince spouted last week. I hated it then and I hate it now.

GOOD: HHH pretending to be scared when Shane came out to deliver the news that Vince accepted his challenge.

BETTER: Shane accepting HHH's challenge and advancing on the ring. Of course, we knew that the rest of DX would come out.

BEST: I admit it, when Test, the Stooges, the Hardys, and the Acolytes came out to help, I marked out. If there's one thing I loved when I was younger it was when a heel stable was ousted by superior numbers of faces. I always got into it. This hearkened back to those days. The crowd's reaction was great, jumping up and popping for each bit of aid as it came down to the ring. Beautiful. I haven't marked this much since Flair sent the entire WCW locker room after the NWO on Nitro earlier this year.

UM? I guess Val is still a heel. He called the ladies, "skanks." If so, why is he and the Bulldog facing a heel tag team? In fact why are the Bulldog and Venis a team at all? Weren't they on opposite sides in the Survivor Series?

BAD: What happened to the Bulldog anyway? One minute he's a title contender, the next he's being slammed into dog shit. Now he's fighting against Too Cool.

HORRIBLE: Too Cool. I hate these guys. A lot. I didn't like them when they were ambiguously gay and I don't like them now.

GOOD: Val walking out on the Bulldog. Now that makes sense.

GOOD: The Posse running out.

BAD: I'm with JR on this, why is Fatu (or Rakishi, Fakishi, Bigassi, whatever his name is) out there?

UGLY: That ass. Oh my God, that ASS! I believe that is one of the Seven Signs. "And the book foretold of an ass so big, it blocked out all daylight."

QUESTION: Was Billy Gunn, legitimately injured? If so, not good for the DX roster.

GOOD: If he is really hurt, now someone else can get the tag titles for a while.

BAD: They'll probably put X-Pac in Gunn's place.

OBSERVATION: Since this is already a hot topic, let me make a guess as to whether Mr. Ass is really nursing a leg injury. I say he is really hurt. Why? There was originally supposed to be a tag title defense tonight with the Outlaws taking on Test and Shane. The card was changes with no real warning or explanation...just a quick shot of Billy injured. He's hurt...maybe just bad enough to keep him down Monday, but the injury was legit. Why would they keep him out of the ring otherwise?

BAD: More hocking of "End of Days." Hasn't Vince paid Arnold off for his ten minute appearance yet? How many more commercials do we have to sit through when there's wrestling afoot? Let's see, WCW has Benoit versus Malenko right now. What will I watch?

BAD: Road Dog comes out and plays the crowd...again. He's a heel. He has to learn to act like one. Jesse, if you can read this, stop with the face heat! Look at Val. He's not doing the "Hello ladies" routine anymore.

GOOD: Test and Doggie put on a good match. Test has really come a long way this year.

GREAT: Test beating Road Dog with his own finisher. Isn't it ironic?

BAD: I could have done without the humping motion that preceded it. Andy, you didn't have to copy the WHOLE MOVE. Really. I mean, you're getting married in a week. Acting like a homosexual a week prior to the wedding really goes against the grain.

BAD: The Bossman and Prince Albert. Have they explained their union yet? Was it simply based on a common hatred for The Big Show?

GREAT: The ovation for Rocky. Now that Stone Cold is out, he's El Numero Uno Honcho. 

BAD: The Rock choosing "The People" as his partner. That's just short sighted. It's a nice sentiment, Rocky, but that and 50 cents will get your ass kicked.

GOOD: The Rock held his own for a while.

BAD: Until he met a steel chair up close and personal.

ON THE FENCE: Mankind coming down to team with Rocky. Isn't this crap over with?

QUESTION: Why would Rocky tag him anyway? I guess the rift is closing.

GOOD: Okay, the end of this match was good. I marked a bit...somewhat...okay, a lot.

GOOD: Repeated shots of Vince in jail. Looks like someone's a fan of Oz.

BAD: Another mystery. Who posted Vince's bond? Jesus.

GOOD: Helmsley versus the Acolytes. I see a good match here.

OBLIGATORY "BUT": If HHH wins this match, I will be sorely disappointed.

GOOD: HHH gets shellaqued during this match. All's right with the world.

BAD: About five minutes in, I get bored with repeated spots of HHH having his head shoved into various objects around the arena.

GREAT: McMahon nails HHH with the chair and sends him off the ramp onto the sound table. Good ending. Vince gets his revenge and HHH does not get a win over the Acolytes.

OVERALL: Much better show than they have been putting on the past few weeks. The matches seemed a little better worked and the angle advancement was a bit more down to earth. I could do without the gigantic ass in the second hour, but other than that, a good RAW all-round.

Well another Monday has come and gone. Mostly gone. Before I go, let me comment on one last thing. I picked up a copy of WWF Wrestlemania 2000 for the N64. This game is the single best wrestling title every made for a home console system. Forget WCW Mayhem. Forget WWF Attitude. This is the game of the millennium. You can MAKE YOUR OWN WRESTERS!

I made Goldberg, Nash, Hall, Benoit, CyanIndigo, and Michaelangelo. Nuff said.

Comments? Questions? Write me, if you got the guts.

I am Michaelangelo and will be for a while.