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Fully Loaded After Thoughts

All I could think (partially jokingly) after the PPV was this was Vince's way of saying, "F You", to us net wrestling fans. He created Steven Richards for the PTC and he created Fully Loaded for us.

After half a year of the net saying what *they'd* like to see. After King of the Ring. We were booked our own PPV, Fully Loaded. With the net's favourites in top matches. Jericho, Angle, Benoit, and us the fans. Sure it was hardly talk about and Benoit never got the better of the Rock going into it. At least WWF NY got air time! Right-o Vinnie Mac.

I will say this. The opener was hot. The final two matches were good fun matches to watch. Disappointed with the results though. The rest could of been an episode of Raw. Taker looked just awful!

But why do I say Vince flip us fans the bird? The PPV in the end had just about everything most net fans seem not to want.

1) The WWF girls, unlike on TV, weren't in their skimpiest outfits. Aside from Trish's hotpants, they dressed fairly conservatively. It's only a PPV after all.

2) The Bossman made a cameo.

I knew just then this PPV was Vince telling us the fans: We *will* enjoy watching untalented fat men wrestle. Vince I guess wanting us to share in his fetish? We *will* believe the Undertaker can move. We will pay $30 for all upcoming PPVs with a Rock and Triple H headline. Maybe Taker, Kane, Big Show or Shane-O-Mac might be added to spice it up. We will. Otherwise he'll create a character to make fun of us next.

3) Chyna did most of the offense instead of Eddie. At least at the beginning. Vince knows we don't want to see her wrestle. No mentioning of her Playboy shoot either. Guess WWF officials felt not enough kids would get tonight's show, so best to wait and mention it later. Maybe Rock can let Bigbird know the next time he's on Sesame Street or something. What am I thinking!? The Rock.. on Sesame Street? It'd be the Godfather of course, duh!

4) Taker won. He actually not only won but he took Angle apart. With H winning his match and Angle showing he can't beat either Taker or Kane. A feud between those two should have little credibility. Sounds like a main event to me!

5) Jericho loses. Good match. But I guess it was too much to ask for a double count down. And I guess it was too much to of have the camera show the fans how Jericho was doing after the match. The camera never left Triple H.

6) Rock wins. Good match, but weak ending, I thought. Benoit easily showed how limited the Rock is. Seriously. Don't get me wrong. I don't enjoy the World title going hot potato. Especially after Vince tarnished it in the last PPV. Had Benoit won, this way, it wouldn't of helped. Since I doubt he'd been allowed to keep it very long. Just ticks me off seeing the same guys as the sole headliners.

I hope Lita teaches Rock how to show he's selling a move.

Well Vince. Here's an idea for you for a new wrestler. You can use Joe E.Legend. Call him BSH and have him constantly shaking his head in disbelief of what's going on. His big gimmick could be that he has $30 and he decides to not order Summer Slam.

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