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MY BUTT IS RAW Chuck here again. Hey, maybe for this column, I'll stick to a topic! maybe... I got the privilege of going to see Raw is War last Monday night, and it was the first time I've gone to a Raw taping or live show since it became "Singalong with The Rock." It's quite an experience, I can assure you. It's one thing to sit at home and recite all of The Rock's lines as he says them, but it's another to have everyone around you doing it too. Don't let the doubters fool you, those crowd reactions are NOT piped in. Some other observations I made at the show were that Jericho and Test are VERY over right now. The same holds for Kane who got probably the biggest pop of the night at the end of the show when he came out and chokeslammed everyone, and that was even with everybody rushing out the doors to beat the traffic. Warning: Jakked spoilers: They taped Jakked before Raw, and they ran some confusing booking. First off, X-Pac fought Droz, and the only weirder match I could think of would be to have, oh, say, Kane fight Chaz. I guess I just got spoiled by all of the matches on Raw, Heat, and Smackdown having meaning. A match that actually made a little bit of sense was King Viscera vs Prince Albert. Viscera actually pulled off a spinning heel kick that looked neat with his trenchcoat. (Vince - "Ya Viscera, I know you're the fattest guy on our payroll right now, but howabout we have you wrestle in a leather trenchcoat! It'll be fun, and you might sweat off a few pounds." Viscera - "I like fudge.") This whole match was completely lost on the crowd, however, as they were soon fascinated by a nice (!) free puppies show in the mid-section. So if you're watching Jakked and are wondering what all the random cheering (puppies) and booing (security) during the match is, now you know. The third match was Bossman vs Some Guy. Bossman nicely presented us with a mid-80's style squash, then handcuffed him to a rope and beat him. Yay. Then Taka Michinoku put over Stevie Richards, and reminded me why I love Taka. He's such a classic heel. By the way, I find it interesting that X-Pac was clearly at the show last night and was purposely not used during Raw. Hmmm. Also, X-Pac has the Hansen's Energy Drink logo flashing through his whole entrance video, pretty sneaky, huh? There were two nice dark matches also, one of which was Kurt Angle vs This Other Guy. I liked it, but the crowd instantly churned out a LOUD boring chant. They just don't know what to do with poor Kurt. The other match was Chaz and Glen Ruth vs These Here Two Guys. Glen looked in good shape and really on his game, as this was a great match with Glen (Thrasher) doing the Stage Dive from the top rope for the win. What torn ACL? In a side note, my friend Chris pointed out to me that the person that Marianna could have been talking to was Glen, since he's friends with Chaz. And because the G in GTV could be for Glen. Hmmmmm... For the record, the first time The Rock said his "Finally The Rock has come back to..." line, he was in Hartford for Raw. I thought he liked Hartford. And I thought Harvard was in Boston. HHH was heavily booed as he left at the end of the night, although I was yelling Boo-urns. Anyone see our signs? "Tennis Can Suck My Balls" "My Butt Is Raw" "Carter/Mondale" "Humpmaster 2K >" "Rock - Turn Me Sideways" Didn't think so. Oh well. Rest assured that I'll be getting really good seats for the Smackdown taping in Springfield, MA on Oct 26, so now you'll HAVE to see my signs. I heckled the HELL out of poor Lilian Garcia, and I think I almost made her cry. Oh my GOD does she suck, I think I'd rather have Hank, The Angry Drunken Dwarf back as ring announcer. The best delivery of the night though has to go to Fink for his "The next match is scheduled for one fall... uh oh..." All in all, It was a fun night, and I suggest everyone reading this go to a live Raw/Smackdown taping if you haven't already. The only downside to it is that all of the live parts of the show are soundless on the Titantron, while the pre-taped segments have full sound. This blatantly points out which parts are taped (the women's Hardcore match, Michael Cole's interviews) and which are live (JR and Lawler talking). Other than that, it was quite fun. And now on to the news: You know, while I'm on the subject, the one thing I can't stand more than anything else in the world is a blatant disregard for the painfully obvious by stubborn, ignorant people. This includes many people that I've come across, but none have been so agravating as the people booking Sid's streak. The fact that everyone in WCW just ignores his losses in house shows and Thunder really pisses me off. It shows a lack of respect for wrestling fans, and that shit is completely unacceptable. I can't do any more to fight this crap except to urge everyone reading this NOT to watch Nitro until they improve on this, and many other problems. Oh wait, I guess you already took me up on that. About 3 months ago. It's time now for me to go. (Awwwwwww) But before I do, I just want to leave you all with one little thought: Remember The Alamo. And Nicole Bass, Vic Grimes, the Blonde Bytch, SuperAstros, and the raised briefcase. Chuck Carlin Master of the floatover DDT for [slash] wrestling Mail the Author Visit my happy little funland |
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