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I'M A MINORITY AGAIN I was a minority once before as a Caucasian living in Hawaii when my father was stationed there in the Marine Corps. The local kids called me a "haole" which means foreigner in Hawaiian. Well, 25 years later I'm a minority again. Why? Because I thought Kevin Nash was outrageously funny Monday night. Period. No, he didn't "look" like Vince McMahon. No, he didn't "sound" like Vince McMahon. So what. That wasn't the point. Nash was goofing on McMahon and the WWF. It wasn't meant to be a pure impersonation ala Rich Little or Fred Travelena. It was satire. And it was good satire. Different writers on various Internet sites complained that Nash looked like anything from Ted Danson to John Goodman to Steve Regal. I think he looked more like Herman Munster. But it was still funny. I think some people take wrestling too seriously. Scott Hall and Nash sure don't and they're having a great time. Thank you, Outsiders. You make me laugh. There's a lot going on these days in WCW. All the angles make me think I'm in geometry class again. Russo and Ferrara need to spread some of this stuff over into Thunder to balance things out. A number of things stood out besides Hall and Nash's antics. I think the Filthy Animals may have set a record for the most face/heel turns in one evening. Russo firmly established himself as a heel with a controversial segment involving Jim Duggan. Right now you can't speak about the Filthy Animals without also mentioning the Revolution. It seems that we're supposed to view both groups as heels. If that's the case, then Russo doesn't need to have them facing each other all the time. When you have a heel versus heel program, somebody is going to get babyface heat and therefore lose heel heat. They're doing a good job of building babyface heat for Bret Hart before the inevitable screw job in Canada. That was really funny when Hart confronted Hall and Nash in the locker room at the outset of the show. "Panties in a wad, Bret?" Hall said as Hart stormed off. Too funny. It was nice to see the BWNN foiled when he tried to interfere in Vampiro's match with Berlyn. Bobby Heenan had a real gem in describing the Misfits, Vampiro's new sidekicks. "They dressed for Halloween as humans," Heenan said. Now as for the Duggan situation, it's a little bit uncomfortable for me. Duggan is a real-life cancer survivor and they have him in a humiliating segment begging for a push from the off camera Russo as the Harris twins laugh. I wonder if there will be some kind of payoff down the road for Duggan. Perhaps he will be part of the inevitable challenge to the Powers That Be. It has to happen. A face version takeoff of the New World Order angle. Hogan will lead it under his real name Terry Bollea and you can bet it will have a ton of insider stuff. I'd like to see Duggan shine again. I know he can't wrestle but he's always over with the crowds. But why make fun of Duggan's health? They had Scott Steiner do a real shoot interview with Larry Z and nobody teased him about his back. They might as well just go ahead and call Lex Luger the Narcissist again. Luger really sold being upset when he couldn't do his full ring entrance after Konnan and Kidman attacked Sting. It was actually funny. But I'll say it again. That match did nothing to advance Sting as a heel. How about Kim quitting the Nitro girls because she had more important things to take care of. Then we get the Nitro girls cat fighting. I'm afraid I see a six-girl tag team event on the horizon. Sigh. Buff Bagwell continues to shine in his angle with the Powers That Be. "Two Buff, Zero writers," Bagwell crowed. Naturally, the Harris twins attacked him during his match with Stevie Ray. But it advanced Buff in the tournament via DQ? Shouldn't there have been a ref bump and then a Stevie Ray win? I guess the story is Buff keeps overcoming Russo and company. Chris Benoit's diving head butt off the top of the steel cage would have made Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka proud. Benoit is really getting over as one of the top faces in WCW. And I'm getting out of here. Mr. Mean [slash] wrestling Mail the Author |
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