I guess meeting some smart wrestling fans on the internet and reading the great and intelligent columns on CRZ's web site has made me forget that there are a large percentage of wrestling fans out there who are complete morons. No, I am not saying the guys I hung out with last night were complete morons because they like Nitro (well...actually...) but some of the things they were saying just drove me up a wall. This one kid was trying to tell me that Test and Stephanie were really married. But wait, it gets better...at the end of evening, when I was forced to watch a lot of unhappy looking WCW wrestler throwing Goldberg and JJ back into the ring...this same kid is telling me that because of that man in the bottom left (meaning Sid Vicious) the Undertaker was coming to the WCW. At this point, if I had something in my mouth I would have spit it out. So I ask him what drugs he's on, and then I explain to him all of the reasons why he doesn't have the faintest clue what he is talking about. I am telling you, he could not be swayed. He swore to me that he saw a commercial that had the Undertaker in it, coming back to the WCW to join up with Sid Vicious to become the Towers of Power or some crap like that. I tried to tell him that that the UT was under contract with the WWF and you know the funny thing about those contracts, they don't let you go to rival federations. Of course he had a brilliant comeback to that one, he was like well what about Jeff Jarrett, he ended his contract and left. I told him you can't just end a contract when you want too, the contract had expired, and that is why he was able to go to the WCW. He said well Bret Hart ended his contract. I told him that Vince McMahon and the WWF released Bret Hart from his contract and allowed him to go to the WCW. Then he says, well Jericho ended his contract. At this point I am exasperated, and about to smash him over the head with something, as I once again attempt to tell him that Jericho's contract had expired, and that is why he was free to pursue a career in the WWF. Well it didn't matter what I said, this kid was convinced that he was right, and I gathered up my stuff, and thankfully left that madhouse...back to the safety of my own home.

This experience left me astounded to say the least, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I mean it was these type of "fans" that booed Stephanie McMahon when she walked down the aisle on Smackdown last Thursday. Sure why not, lets boo a woman who was drugged, kidnapped, and forced to marry someone she doesn't love. She's the real bad guy. What the hell is up with that? Personally, I think there is more to Stephanie than meets the eye. I am usually wrong about these things, so take it with a grain of salt, but I fully expect that Stephanie is going to waffle Vince with a vicious chair shot at the PPV this weekend, to secure HHH's victory. Maybe Stephanie hasn't fully forgiven dear old dad for using her as a pawn in his game against Austin. Maybe, she is the mastermind behind this whole marriage to HHH thing. I don't know why, but I strongly suspect there will be yet another twist in this angle come Sunday.

That being said, lets take a look at the upcoming PPV, and the Monday Night show leading into it. Personally, I still have a sour taste in my mouth from Survivor Series. I feel like I was screwed out of my hard earned cash by paying for that PPV, so this time around, I think I am going to go to my friendly neighborhood sports bar to check out the action. On paper, this PPV appears to be slightly more entertaining in many key areas, so I am tenuously looking forward it...

Of course, the matches that stick out to me the most are the four corners evening gown match as I am dying to find out if Miss Kitty does indeed go pantyless ...oh wait a minute...HELL NO. Although I found the women's exchange quite humorous, I am definitely not looking forward to a bunch of women trying to tear off each other's dresses. I mean Ivory and Jackie are certainly better than that, and B.B. well, she still seems like she's a complete bimbo. I esp. liked watching her rub lotion all over her enormous breasts. NOT!!! I will believe she has wrestling ability when I see her wrestle. Same goes for Miss Kitty. I just have to say that it saddens me that B.B. gets cheers from the crowd, although she has zero mike skills, and I must say, she is not particularly attractive, while Ivory, who has some of the best mike skills in the WWF, and has great wrestling ability, and is pretty, gets zero crowd reaction. OK, OK, it's the breasts right, I know, I guess I just don't get it.

But seriously, the matches I am most looking forward to are the tag team battle royale, which should be quite a spectacular match up, in which I pray the Hardy's, Christian and Edge or the Dudleys come out on top. And I am also of course extremely excited about Kane and X-Pac which I have a strong feeling will be a whole lot better than their Survivor Series Match-UP. Of course I am hoping for Kane to just destroy X-Puke, and a little blood wouldn't hurt. Most importantly, I would love to see a clean match, with Kane coming out on top, like he deserves. If RAW was any indication, it looks like this will definitely be a heated confrontation as Kane had certain fire that had been lacking the last few weeks. I went nuts when he caught X-Puke before he was able to plop on Tori for his ridiculous Bronco Buster, and threw him halfway across the ring. All I have to say, is Tori better not cost Kane the match.

I was dreading the Big Show vs. Bossman match, but again after RAW, I am definitely more hopeful for a good matchup. When Big Show first came into the WWF I really liked him. I thought he had great potential, I mean look at the size of him, and he did a drop kick that first month, but...somehow, despite a semi-strong beginning, he never seemed to come into his own. His run with the UT was ok, but nothing great, and his matches against Kane have not lived up to expectations. Then of course came this never ending angle with the bossman, and when Big Show became champ, suddenly, Bossman, although throughout his career he's been nothing more than a midcarder, is suddenly the #1 contender for the title. To be perfectly honest, I couldn't care less about this angle. Yeah at first I was hoping to see Paul Wight stomp bossman's ass, but the more I saw Big Show in the ring, the less I believed that he was capable of a putting on a match that would serve as a big enough pay off to make this angle worthwhile. Well, on Monday night, I was very pleasantly surprised. So Viscera gets a new name, as he will now be called Big Vis...ok, whatever JR., and we get to see Paul Wight go off the top-rope. Ok, this description doesn't really do this match justice. In my opinion this match stole the night, I mean how can you go wrong, by starting off with Big Vis splashing Big Show through a table in the back. Then we get to see Big Vis hoist up the 500 pound big Show on his shoulders and give him a Samoan Drop. Pretty impressive. Then a bulldog, a bodyslam, and suddenly, Paul Wight steps outside the ropes, and I am thinking, oh my god, is he going up there, is he headed for the ropes...Ok, the missile dropkick didn't come off as smoothly as it could have, but damn, its his first one, and he will get better. Gotta give the man an "A" for effort. The thing I liked the most is that it seems, and I saw it in his match with the Hardy's against the Outlaws and X-Puke on Smackdown, that since he's let his hair down, he has a new fire, a new excitement in the ring, which was sorely lacking. Big Show better bring that fire with him this Sunday, and more top-rope action wouldn't hurt either.

Side Note: I loved Big Show and the Hardy's together. Jeff Hardy's senton bomb off the Big Show's shoulders made me mark out like a fool. The other highlight...x-puke got pinned!!! YES!!!

Ok, I always admit when I am wrong, and I was wrong about Al Snow. For the longest time (just ask Sharon) I hated Al Snow...never to the point of my loathing for X-Puke, but it was there...but now I just love the guy. His promo from RAW this Monday was one of the best one's I have ever seen, not just by him, but ever. I mean in my opinion, it was Jericho like in proportions. That's how good it was...who'd have thought that Al Snow was capable of such a thing. This storyline really works for him. Like the super heavyweight/big shot gimmick was able to elevate Bob Holly this angle will do the same for Al Snow, and indeed it already has. He was in the Main Event on RAW, and didn't look at all out of place. Throw in Jericho as his partner, and the Rock and Sock Connection as his opponents, and it was a damn good Main Event at that. Personally, I think it works so well, because a lot of what Al Snow says is true. Mick will be most remembered by his fans for the bumps he took during the Hell in a Cell, an event that could have certainly ended his life or crippled him. Wrestling fans are fickle and heartless sometimes...see the top of my column for their reaction to Stephanie McMahon, so what he says, hits a nerve. And of course it doesn't hurt that Al Snow is up against the people's champ, the man for whom they live to chant his name..."Rocky...Rocky". This has quickly turned into one of the most entertaining and engaging stories on WWF TV, and I think Al will definitely play a part in the Tag Team Title Match against the Outlaws on Sunday.

I certainly hope that Chyna vs. Jericho is also better than their prior meeting at Survivor Series, and not on Jericho's part but on Chyna's. I know she is dropping the title, and since she hasn't defended the title, I think this is the best thing. I just hope she brings a little more energy with her to this matchup than she did last time. I don't want to set my expectations to high, but I know that Jericho probably wants the match in which he captures his first WWF title to be a memorable one, so I am still hopeful to see some magic in this one, and no doubt some crazy bumps by Chyna. My question is where does she go from here. What happens, after she drops the belt. Will she continue to fight in singles competition? Will she take time off to write her autobiography? I think it might be interesting to align her with some for a while, just don't know who.

When the Main Event was announced for the big December PPV, I was like yawn...next. Please not McMahon inserting himself into an in-ring role, but now I feel differently about it, and that is mostly thanks to HHH. Don't get me wrong, I still think HHH is a piss poor wrestler, but his recent mike work has been nothing less than stellar, culminating in his best work to date at this past RAW. First off the guy knows how to work a crowd, they start coming around, wanting to cheer him, and he leads them right back to the "Asshole" chants. The crowd wanted to boo Stephanie (for whatever reason) he turns it right around, plugs it into his little tirade, and makes it work to his advantage. Well let's start with when Stephanie bravely went to HHH's locker room to ask him to do the decent thing and sign the annulment papers. While X-Puke was stumbling around trying to get a sexist and perverse statement out...its called talking punk, look into it, HHH was Mister calm cool and collected. I knew the man had it going on last night, but when he came to the ring with roses, calling himself and Stephanie "two crazy kids in love," I about busted a gut. I think I laughed the entire time he was on TV. What was it about last night that made the WWF superstars cut such killer promos, I don't know, but I hope this magic follows them to the Smackdown taping tonight and to the PPV on Sunday. HHH has taken this angle and made it the best it could ever be, in fact he has made it beyond what it could've been, and he definitely deserves props for that, and now I am really looking forward to the war between Vince and HHH which like I stated earlier, I believe Miss Stephanie will turn on her father, waffle him with a chair, and give him a crotch chop for good measure.

Other random notes...

I am super excited about Shamrock coming back. He has been sorely missed, and I hope he jumps right back into the main event picture, because he definitely has the skill to carry him places. I am still looking forward to a matchup between him and Y2J that was put on hold indefinitely due to this injury.

On Raw we were introduced to this mysterious symbol that interrupted both Blackman's and Jackie's entrance themes. I am hearing it is TAZ, and I can't wait to see the impact he makes on the WWF.

I love Chyna's theme song, it rules.

I love how Ivory calls B.B., "Babs", and how she calls Michael Cole, "Boy Toy".

Did anyone else notice how Billy Gunn seemed very taken with Rikisi's ASS?

When X-Puke finally spit out how he thought that Stephanie should join the NAO's in the shower, after all they were "all soaped up", I was wondering to myself, "I'm not sure they really want to be interrupted".

RANDOM WCW THOUGHTS:

Yes since I was forced to watch the some of WCW this week, I just had to put in my two cents worth here....

For Vampiro to have to lay down for Oklahomo is a travesty of justice. And people are still going on about how the WWF mismanages talent such as Jericho. Well at least the WWF doesn't have one of their most talented wrestlers laying down for a fat, nasty, out of shape, hack of a writer, who has nothing better to do than make fun of an old colleague with an illness.

Speaking of, please don't ever let Ferrara wear that outfit out in public ever again, it is enough to kill any woman's sex drive forever...ok, wait...picture Christian...ALL BETTER!!!

The whole gangster, tarred and feathered thing is so NOT entertaining in any WAY.

Ok, I can't even bring myself to talk about this joke of a promotion any longer...

RANDOM ECW THOUGHTS:

This week ECW on TNN was a stellar show. We got to see an incredible match up between Super Crazy, and a newcomer from Japan Ikuto Aidaka. This kid did moves I have never even thought were possible, and quickly got the crowd behind him and away from perennial crowd favorite Super Crazy.

The Corino Limp Bizkit stuff was classic, as Corino stole the show, and took some pretty wicked chair shot at that.

On the Sports Entertainment side of things, the craziness continued in the Raven/Dreamer/Sandman triangle, as Dreamer served as guest ref for a heated battle between his tag team partner and his best friend. The ECW did what they do best and build the outcome on this match, heavily from the past of these three men, pulling out Sandman's ex wife, who after pulling up Raven and looking like she was about to give him some oral pleasure, proceeded to give him a devastating low blow. Of course we get to see a cat fight which of course involves us seeing Francine's ass in some way. Raven gets pinned, the Impact Players make a run in, and damn if that ain't some good television.

Damn I wish the ECW was more than an hour.

Anyway, that's all for me today, a little longer rant than usual. I really hope the PPV doesn't suck, and we at least get one match that lives up to the ladder match at Oh Mercy. Until next time...SEE YA!