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WWF Over The Edge 98

"Welcome to Mr McMahon's Utopia". Cool promo to begin the show, that is so much better than ANY PPV promo that ECW and WCW has ever done, it's worrying. The Promo sells the idea of Vince being a tyrannical megalomaniac, with shots of McMahon ordering people around intercut with Nazi footage (I think ) and flashes of "You will conform" and "You will comply". Excellent.

We're coming at ya from the Sold Out Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, WWF Over The Edge, presented by Castrol GTX.

Your hosts are JR and the King.

We begin with an LOD Vs DOA match that I don't want to recap, and you don't want to read. It was a DUD. Next

Here comes the People's Champion, The Rock. Rock gets the tweener reaction from the crowd, with him getting a face pop on his entrance, then an almost immediate 'Rocky Sucks' chant. The Rock is out for an INTERVIEW!!

"Now before the Rock lays the Smackdown, the Rock knows that everyone wants to know how the Rock feels about the beer capital of the world, good ol' Milwaukee." A drunken pop from the crowd. " Well the Rock feels like this - obviously you don't become a blue chipper like the Rock by suckin' down beer and stuffing Bratwurst down your damn throat every day!" Slurred boos, and the odd belch. "However, on the other hand, if the Rock grew up here in ol' Milwaukee, and he had to choose and pick one of those overweight beer drinking bearded female pigs, to call his own, well hell! The Rock would be doing a lot of suckin' down on beers just like a baby sucks on a pacifier if you smell what the Rock is cooking!"

Faarooq is in, because that's his WIFE the Rock's talkin' about! Faarooq's in with a takedown on the Rock, then gets a chair from ringside, only for the Rock to steal it from him.Maivia then does the classic 'swing-chair-only-to-miss-opponent-and-hit-ropes-so-said-chair-bounces-back- into-own-head' spot, giving Faarooq the oppurtunity to piledrive him on the chair. Only he MISSES THE CHAIR. On the plus side, he doesn't redo the spot, but I think in this case it might have been BETTER to redo it be cause now Rock has to sell like he's paralysed from a friggin piledriver. Blow.

In an interview Austin lets us know that he's gonna win. Why is it when there are insurmountable odds in a match against someone, how come that person ALWAYS manages to...well...mount them? (Insert Pat Patterson joke)

Tennessee Lee is out to introduce Double J. Here, Double J has a huge pyro set-up, his own personal ring announcer, a memorable catchphrase, and yet he's still SO not over. Ain't he great?

Enter STEVE BLACKMAN (w/whippin' sticks), to a POP (!) from the crowd. Nice. Blackman starts by baseball sliding into Jarrett, kicking his ass on the outside for a bit then press slamming him into the ring. He then hits a missile dropkick off the top. Whip to ropes, but Blackman lowers his head, leading to a Jarrett facebuster. He drops Blackman throatfirst on the third rope, then runs and jumps on to his back, choking him in the process (sorry, I've seen that move a hundred times but I still don't know the technical name for it). Jarrett gives Blackman a couple of fistdrops, then whips him to the ropes. Blackman counters with a double chop to the chest of JJ. Blackman whips him to the ropes and gives him a martial arts kick. Cross corner whip leads to a German suplex for two. Blackman scoops JJ up into the Tree Of Woe, then goes outside to apply a NASTY camel clutch chinlock type maneuver. That would be PERFECT as his finisher today, fitting in with the hardcore gimmick and giving him a badass finisher that could choke out people AKA Tazz and Benoit. You could call it 'The Lethal Tree', or 'The Camel Of Woe'. Tennessee distracts Blackman, so JJ sneaks up behind him. Blackman sees him however and superkicks him. Back in the ring Tennessee trips up the Lethal Weapon, allowing JJ to clothesline him. On the outside, JJ whips him into the barricade. Why...isn't that...Al Snow + Head with the Spanish announcers? Snow + Head are wearing sombreros, because Al Snow will be Al Snow. This was still centered around the storyline of Al trying to get a meeting with Vince McMahon. If you remember, the blowoff match to this whole angle was Al and Head facing Too Cool at King Of The Ring, and Too Cool pinning Head by attaching a shampoo bottle to its, er, stump. The WWF would never have survived without Vince Russo, oh no sir.Back in the ring, Blackman gets a facebuster, then misses a second rope headbutt. Jarrett gets a dropkick for two. Whip to the buckle by Jarrett, he hits elbow on a blind charge. Attempted Vaderbomb by Blackman hits the knees. JJ cradle is reversed into a backslide for two. The crowd chants for Head. Whaddaya know, Al Snow is drawing heat AWAY from a match. That's kinda ironic. Admittedly the match IS Double J Vs Steve Blackman, but still. Security carts off Al, as one of the Spanish commentators says 'Hasta La Vista Baby'. That's cute. Jeff just got two off something we missed, back to the match. And we go straight to the RUSSO SLEEPER from Jarrett. You know how it goes: A gets a sleeper on B, B doesn't submit, B fights out, B gets own sleeper on A. Russo made that spot FAMOUS, and now only X-pac and Road Dogg do it. Seeing as they're injured and in rehab hell respectively, I'd say that the world is a better place. And so it is, as Blackman has his own sleeper on JJ but Jeff backdrops out. Double KO. Jeff JUST MANAGES to cover for a two count. Back up, and a suplex from Blackman. He goes for a springboard splash from the apron to the ring on JJ but he hits the knees. Both up for the DOUBLE COLLISION, another famous Road Dogg spot. Steve is up, and gives JJ a backbreaker and a few roundhouse kicks. Blackman hits some elbows, then the LETHAL KICK (scissors kick to the face of a standing opponent)! Tennessee Lee interferes, and holds Steve back in a full nelson from the apron.. Jarrett charges, and of course Blackman moves. JJ's too smart to hit Tennessee, though, and he stops just in time, only for Blackman to hit a rolling cradle for two. While the referee is distracted JJ bails and gets a WHIPPIN' STICK, which Blackman promptly steals, then smacks him with it. He goes for the cover, but Tennessee puts JJ's leg on the ropes at two. Blackman goes up to the top rope, but Tennessee meets him up there and whacks him off the top rope with the WHIPPIN' stick, allowing Jarrett to cover for the three. (10:20) **_ Bad finish, and the shenanigans with Al Snow didn't help the match, but otherwise very good.

Mero Vs. Opponent Of Sable's Choice

JR mentions that they know the Undertaker is here and he may be Sable's opponent of choice. This would have been pretty cool, to have UT murder Mero with chokeslams and tombstones, and put him out of action for a bit ready for Mero to return with a new woman to feud with Sable (which was what eventually happened), but it's Russo booking, so we have to do the following

Sable comes out alone, dressed in wrestling attire, and Mero gets on the mic.

Mero: "Hey - who's wh - where's your knight in shining armour? Who did you manipulate? What's - uh- what's all this?"

Sable: "You know Marc, I got myself into this, and I'm gonna get myself out of it. I don't need any man fighting my battles, and if anyone's gonna win my freedom, it's gonna be me."

Mero: "You must really hate me..."

JR: "Duh!"

Mero: "Sable what happened to us? You know once - we had it all. You know this business ruins relationships, and it ruined ours. When I won the Intercontinental title, I dedicated it to you. Cause I care about you. Now look what we've come to. You're willing to risk your body, just for me to rip up a contract to give you your freedom. Well forget about my career, I'm gonna do something I should've done a long time ago. I'm gonna give you your freedom. Timekeeper, ring the bell!"

Mero then lies down for Sable, who covers for two, then Mero rolls her over for the pin. The scoundrel! As Sable walks to the back looking sad, Mero gets on the mic:

"Sable, I got one last thing to say to you: get the hell out of the WWF! Ha ha ha! Wooh! Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, oh hell yeah, goodbye!"

Michael Cole recaps what happened 30 seconds ago, just in case some goldfish are watching. Sable joins him for her teary farewell interview:

"You know I didn't even think Marc could stoop this low, I should've known better. All I can say is I'd like to think... all my fans for their support, and just tell 'em g'bye."

Fake retirement angles = MONEY

Lawler rips on Sable, because he's THE KING.

Nation interview - The Rock is in a neck brace. Dok Hendrix says Slaughter has announced that the Rock must defend his title tonight or Rocky will have to forfeit the title. The Nation are too busy comforting the Rock to notice though - except Owen, who is mouthing off at the camera. OWEN RULED.

TAKA Michinoku & Justin Bradshaw Vs Kaientai (w/Yamaguchi-San) in a Handicap Tag Match.

The announcers discuss Kaientai's background in Japan, Howard announces them from Japan, and they are waving huge rising sun flags, which is a surprise because I could of sworn they were from Minnesota. Subtlety in the WWF? IN-DEED.

Bradshaw is wearing crotchless pants tonight, and that moustache doesn't make him look any less gay.Big brawl to start, and Bradshaw is in with a big boot on Teoh. Bradshaw gorilla presses TAKA to the outside onto Kaientai, then Bradshaw and TAKA play to the crowd. Sho + TAKA start off. Sho in with forearms, TAKA clotheskine ducked, dropkick. TAKA tags in Bradshaw, and KDX scatter. TAKA tagged in, so is Teoh. Teoh goes to the headlock, TAKA pushes him off only to be shoulderblocked back down. Teoh off the ropes again, TAKA ducks, and a TAKA hiptoss is reversed into a Teoh clothesline TAKA tags in Bradshaw. KDX scatter again, and Bradshaw chases them in and out of the ring in a funny spot. TAKA back in, and so is Togo. Togo hits a flying chop, then whips TAKA in the corner and chops him up. Cross corner whip, but a stinger splash eats tunbuckle. This allows TAKA to hit a Tornado DDT. Sho breaks the count at two, so Bradshaw tosses him outside. Teoh attempts a springboard plancha on Bradshaw, but gets caught and slammed on the mats. Taka does a moonsault tope onto Sho and lands on his feet, in a neat spot. Back inside Togo whips TAKA to the ropes, Togo clothesline ducked, and a TAKA dropkick is reversed into a face first sitdown powerbomb! That was pretty sweet.. Sho is tagged in, and hits a delayed suplex for two. Teoh tagged. Whip by Teoh, big boot, then a CLASSY butterfly suplex for two. Togo tagged, and he stands on TAKA's head. Togo then chops him up some more in the corner. Cross-corner whip is reversed by TAKA, but Togo hits a SPRINGBOARD CANNONBALL! That was cool. Togo goes to a nervehold, but I can forgive it as it doesn't last long and the match has kicked ass so far. TAKA is out, off the ropes, then he gets a WICKED powerslam for two from Togo. Faarooq should watch and learn. Tag to Teoh, and they 3D TAKA, only with a DDT instead of a Diamond Cutter. Ouch. Bradshaw comes in to break the count at two.Bradshaw is a horse, according to JR. Just what exactly do they put in that BBQ sauce of his anyway? Bradshaw is ordered out because he's not the legal man. Tag to Togo. Sho slams TAKA, and Togo comes off the top with a swanton. Tag to Sho. Whip to ropes double chop on TAKA, then a double elbow. Whip, sleeper on TAKA. Taka elbows out, and comes back with a flying chop. He goes to tag Bradshaw, but Sho manages to stop him. Sho whips TAKA to the ropes, flips him into a Boston crab, then Teoh gets a camel clutch on TAKA, while Togo dropkicks TAKA in the face, all in one motion. Gotta love that spot. Bradshaw comes in to clear the ring again. Teoh is tagged in, and he hits a piledriver. Togo tagged. Double cross-corner whip on TAKA, then Togo whips Sho towards TAKA. Sho aims for a stinger splash, but TAKA moves and hits Togo with a spinning heel kick. Spinning heel kick for Sho! TAKA tags Bradshaw, who gets a pop! Man, that guy used to be less over than Jarrett, and TAKA and Kaientai get him over with the crowd in one match. BIG boots for all of KDX. Sho then employs a pretty good tactic by clinging onto Bradshaw's leg desperately and not letting go. Teoh leaps onto Bradshaw, who slams him down. Bradshaw then takes care of Sho, who is still clinging to his leg, by giving him a FUCK-OFF powerbomb, to a huge pop. That was just harsh. Togo low-blows Bradshaw, then gives him a front dropkick. Then, like idiots, Kaientai go for a pose on Bradshaw, so THAT BIG TEXAS STYLE BEER-DRINKING BLACKJACK HORSE flings them all across the ring. Boot for Togo. then Bradshaw CLOTHESLINES SHO ALL THE WAY BACK TO...WHERE WAS IT? OH YEAH...ALL THE WAY BACK TO JAPAN! I am genuinely surprised Sho is not dead. Then, to out-cool himself even more, Bradshaw gives Teoh the RELEASE TIGER SUPLEX OF TOTAL BAD ASS-NESS! It was shown from a bad angle, but you could still see that Teoh landed RIGHT on his head. The cover is broken up at two by Togo so TAKA hits a missile dropkick on him. TAKA tagged, and he hits the Michinoku Driver on Togo ,which Teoh breaks up at two. Teoh chokeslams TAKA, and as Bradshaw busies himself with Teoh and Sho, Togo does his big fat senton on TAKA for the pin. ****_ I was MARKING OUT for Bradshaw there. Great match.

There's a shot of Sable walking out of the arena. People are reacting to the pungent smell coming from her gym bag - a farewell present from the boys, perhaps? I kid. Lawler mocks her. You know why? Because he's THE KING.

Faarooq Vs The Rock, Intercontinental title. The Rock does not enter when his music plays, so Slaughter comes out and gives him 10 seconds to get out there. He comes out wearing a neck brace. Faarooq goes out to meet him and they brawl. Faarooq crotches the Great One on the railing, then takes off his neck brace and clocks him with it. Inside the ring, Rocky gets a clothesline. Faarooq goes for another but the Rock bails. Faarooq gets him back in and whip him to the ropes, but lowers his head and gets clotheslined. Rocky works Faarooq's throat on the outside. "Rocky Sucks". Ron tries to fight back but is stopped short by the Rock. Faaroog gets scoop slammed, and Rocky hits the People's Elbow to a big face pop, and a two count. Slugfest in the corner, and Faarooq reverses a whip by slamming Rocky down by his neck. Scoop slam, and Faaroq headbutts him in the chest for two. Faarooq clothesline misses, and Rocky hits a DDT for two. Faarooq comes back with a spinebuster, which looks lame because Rock sells it wrong. Faarooq goes for the pin, but Rocky's leg is on the ropes. Faarooq thinks he's won, but the crowd doesn't, as they know that the chances of Faarooq winning a singles title anytime soon is very slim. Faarooq argues with the ref, and the Rock sneaks up on him. Faarooq sees him though, and beats him. They go to the corner, where Rocky flips him over and pins him with his feet on the ropes. * Poor match. Faarooq then piledrives the rock twice, just out of spite. The Nation runs in to beat down Faarooq, then DX runs in to a massive pop to clear the ring.

Kane Vs Vader - Mask Vs Mask. Kane gets quite a pop, but Vader gets a bigger one. Slugfest to start, Kane controls and pummels Vader in the corner. Kane gets a short arm clothesline, then chokes Vader in the corner. Kane then hits boot on a blind charge. Vader then hits two running avalanches, knocking Kane down, but Kane does the Zombie sit-up. Vader goes for a suplex, but Kane reverses to his own. Vader manages to pummel Kane from behind (that doesn't sound right), then hits a short-arm clothesline and works the leg. Vader gets him up and tries a whip, but Kane is moving SO...SLOOWWLY tonight it takes him a few tries to get it going. Kane hits another short-arm clothesline. Kane rams Vader's head to the buckles, slams him, and hits the crappy overly theatrical top rope lariat. Kane hits a boot and a clothesline. To the choke. Kane works Vader's throat on the outside. 'Vader' chant. Sloppy snapmare by Kane. To the chinlock. This is sucking big time. Kane then chokeslams Vader, who rolls outside. Paul Bearer is distracting the ref, so Vader gets the chance to wack Kane with a wrench. Back in Vader hits a stinger splash and a clothesline. Up to the second rope, for the Vader Bomb? But no, because LIKE AN IDIOT, Vader goes up top for the moonsault, which of course misses. Tombstone for the three. (7:15) _* Hey, I like power matches, but this one SUCKED. Kane just stank it up. Vader's got a hundred pounds on Kane, and Vader was trying to SPEED THE MATCH UP. Ugh. Vader shows his face, under the mask, to complete apathy. Paul Bearer wears the mask to the back.

Michael Cole asks Vader what happened:

"Man, the man usually don't need any excuses. I came here tonight to compete and I got my butt whipped. I made the biggest mistake of my life, I trained, look at me I'm SO BIG! Maybe Vader Time's over. I'm nothin' but a big piece of shit. A fat piece of SHIT!" Hitting your GODDAMN finisher once in a while wouldn't hurt, if you're looking for pointers.

As if that match didn't suck enough balls, we now have a 'Legends Of Wrestling' segment. I'm not even going to recap this shit, but I'll just say it involves the King running around with Mad Dog Vachon's leg. Why? Because he's...oh, it won't work this time. This whole segment just plain blew.

DX Vs The Nation. DX enter to a huge pop. They do their normal intro to a great reaction. 'Owen Sucks' chant. For the record, this match contains one person I really like, one I liked before he ended someone's career and got the de-push from hell, three that I loathe and one that I didn't really feel anything for until he started having ***** matches with Mick Foley and pratically having control over the WWF. You figure out who's who. Dogg and D'lo start, with a hammerlock reversal, then D'Lo goes to the headlock, and they do the shoulder block spot. D'Lo goes back to the headlock, and they do the shoulder block spot again. BACK ONCE AGAIN to the headlock. Dogg pushes him off, ducks, leapfrogs him, then hiptosses D'Lo. Hard jab by Dogg. Roadie then does the third rope running throat move that I don't know the name for. Tag to Billy, and tag to Owen. Owen runs in but gets his head torn off with a Gunn clothesline. JR uses his 'Horse' line for the second time tonight. The man has demons. Snap jabs from the horse in the corner, whip to buckle, followed by a military press slam. Billy poses, 'cos he's gay. Horse goes for a flapjack but gets pushed off and eats a spinning heel kick. Back body drop leads to the Sharpshooter, which is blocked with an eye rake. Tag to HHH, who hits a clothesline then the high knee. Whip to the ropes, HHH lowers his head and gets an inverted atomic drop from Owen. As Owen comes off the ropes HHH hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He never does that anymore. Tag to Dogg, who stomps Owen in the corner. Snapmare, then a wiggly leg drop. Can't remember seeing that before. Must have been one of the wiggly spots that didn't take off. It gets two. Tag to HHH, gutshot, waistlock, but Owen kicks him in the groin. Tag to Kama, who pummels Helmsley in the corner, then hits the (not) ho train. HHH gets the facebuster, then tags in Gunn. Kama meets him with a kick to the stomach, then isolates the Horse in the Nation's corner. Owen: 'ARE YOU READY?' Owen ruled. D'Lo in, he goes for a front dropkick, but gets caught by Billy who catapults him into the corner. Clothesline, then a tag to HHH who stomps D'Lo silly. Tag to Dogg. HHH drop toe holds D'Lo, and Dogg does the kneedrop on his head for two. Front facelock by the Roadie, then a fistdrop. Tag to Gunn, and a double back elbow. Horse with a delayed floatover suplex for a two count. Backbreaker and a kneedrop which is broken at two.Dogg tagged in, and a corner charge eats boot. Tag to Kama who chokes him in the corner. Dogg whip is reversed and as he hits the ropes Owen gets a cheap shot. As Owen plays to the crowd, Dogg pushes him off the apron onto the guardrail, allowing Kama to clothesline the distracted Road Dogg. Kama hits a side kick, and as the ref is distracted, Kama low blows him. Dogg is then isolated in the Nation's corner. Owen tagged, whip reversed but Dogg lowers his head and gets a piledriver for two. Owen hits a neckbreaker and a second rope elbow for two. As HHH tries to get in Owen and D'Lo hit a wishbone. Dogg gets scoop slammed, then D'Lo hits his leg drop. "GET THAT MUTHA, COUNT IT!" D'Lo is cool. It gets two, but Dogg rolls over into a schoolboy for two. D'Lo then goes to a resthold. IN A FUCKING TAG MATCH. For God's sake, D'Lo, why don't you TAG YOUR PARTNER, INSTEAD OF DOING THE GODDAMN RESTHOLD. Dogg elbows out but gets taken down by his hair. Whip by D'Lo, clothesline ducked, shake rattle and roll from the Real Double J. He tries a whip, but it is reversed into the Sky High. Instead of going for the cover he taunts the crowd. D'Lo isn't on top form in this match. He then covers for two. When the ref's back is turned, the Nation slap their hands together loudly to create the illusion of a tag. This would've been quite a good heel tactic, were it not for the fact that all of the Nation started clapping, at different intervals, making them look like a bunch of gimps. Owen in, and he beats on Dogg in the corner, whip, clothesline ducked by Roadie, who comes off the ropes with a cross-body for two. Owen hits an enziguri, then he goes into the Sharpshooter, which is broken by HHH. Tag to Kama, who gets a slam then misses a Vader bomb. Kama whip, and he hits a clothesline for two. TO THE RUSSO SLEEPER! Jesus. Dogg elbows out, then goes for a sunset flip, but gets pounded. Tag to D'Lo, who hits a ribbreaker, then a sweet moonsault which is broken at two by HHH. D'Lo misses a second rope senton. Double KO. This is sucking as it has absolutely no heat. Dogg FINALLY tags out, and HERE COMES THE HORSE! He nails everything in sight, then gets a BIG backbody drop on D'Lo. HHH is in too. Pier six brawl. Mark Henry and Chyna have an altercation. JR: " Mark Henry just jerked Chyna off!". Nice choice of words, Jim. Billy gets the rocker dropper in the ring but doesn't cover. Hunter brings in the European belt, and he and Billy give D'Lo a spike piledriver on the belt. HHH goes for the cover, but the ref is on the outside. Owen comes in with an elbow on HHH, and he then pedigrees him on the belt for the three count. **_ This was OK apart from the sections with the Road Dogg, and given that he was in for a ridiculously long portion of the match, the match suffered. And the match had absolutely no heat, strangely. But Owen and D'Lo's contributions and the hot finish bring it back from totally sucking.

Video montage of Austin/McMahon, including the angle where Vince was arrested for assault. THAT was a well done storyline. They also blatantly give away who will come out for Austin tonight, with a clip of McMahon saying that no one had the cajones to take him on immediately follwed by a shot of the Undertaker chokeslamming him. Sloppy work there.

The intros follow, and while I normally transcribe evertything, if I transcribed these this would quickly turn into the 'Lord Of The Rings' of rants, so I'll just say there is big heat for all of Team Corporate, and JR works in a rear end refefrence as regards to Patterson working at the Brisco Body shop.

Pat says that he's not going to introduce a bum, so Austin comes out to no introduction, and a BIG pop.

Austin hands over the belt, and Vince is just about to call for the belt when *bong* the Undertaker's REAL music plays and he comes out to another big pop. Cool moment. Vince does the 'Uh-oh' gulp a few times, then he motions for Austin and Love to go at it.

Lockup, which in broken in the corner when Vince separates them. Austin flips him the bird for good measure. Lockup, headlock by Dude, Austin shoves him off then Dude shoulderblocks him for two. Back up Austin with a headlock, Dude pushes him off them knees him in the stomach for a one count. Lockup, side headlock takeover by Dude for a one count, Austin fights up, pushes Dude off to the ropes and hits a back elbow. Side headlock takeover by Austin for a one count. A 'Vince Is Gay' chant starts up. JR tries to pass it off as 'Vince Is Dead', but *I* know the truth, and so do you. Back up, a Dude whip is reversed, Austin kicks him in the stomach then slams him down by his hair. Austin stomps on Dude's teeth, which have fallen out, then throws them to the crowd. Dude knocks him down and stomps him a few times. Dude with a headbutt and forearms. Dude whip, clothesline ducked by Austin, off the ropes, Lou Thesz press to a big pop. Austin then clotheslines Dude out of the ring. Outside the ring Austin rams Dude's head into the railing. Austin whip to the steel stairs is reversed by Dude. Mick takes control with forearms and a head to the stairs. Vince taunts Austin. Back inside Dude hits a Russian legsweep for two. Crowd chants something that I don't understand, but they chant it fairly regularly throughout the match. Email me if you know what it is. Dude chokes Austin in the corner with his boot, then bites him. Vince of course turns a blind eye. Heavy cross-corner whip, then an elbow drop to Austin's back. Cross-corner whip, and a running knee for gets two for Dude. Whip, but Dude lowers his head and gets a swinging neckbreaker from Austin. Austin hits three clotheslines. Dude's head to the buckle, then Austin stomps a mudhole in him. Cross-corner whip reversed by Dude, and Austin tries a clothesline coming out of the corner, which is ducked by Dude, who then applies the mandible claw! Austin then slings him out of the ring, into the hangman between the first and second ropes, to a large pop from the crowd. Dude is hung! Ahem. Austin and Vince both prise Dude out. Vince tries to comfort Dude on the floor but scampers off when he sees the Undertaker behind him. Dude manages to get together and hip toss Austin on the Spanish announce table, which doesn't break. Vince rushes over to Patterson, who announces over the PA that this is now a No DQ match. JR is outraged, but the crowd doesn't seem to mind as they know that they're gonna see some cool bumps from Foley. Dude chokes Austin with some cable, but Austin rushes forward and throws Dude into Brisco and the timekeepers ctable. Austin beats the shit out of him there. He slams Dude's head into the railing. Mick ends up sat on the railing, so Austin gives him a BRUTAL clothesline off it, causing Dude to land RIGHT on his head. That was SICK. JR of course has about three hearttacks at once over this. Austin continues to beat on Dude, hitting a short-arm clothesline on the mats. In the ring, Austin chokes Dude on the second rope, and goes to jump on his back but Dude moves. We see Brisco sletting us know that he can still ring the bell. Dude baseball slides Austin off the apron, then hits a sloppy swinging neckbreaker on the concrete, that came off looking like a bad Diamond Cutter because Austin sold it wrong.As Dude beats Austin further and further away from the ring, and towards the Over The Edge wrecked car set, Vince runs over to Patterson, who lets the crowd know that this is now a Falls Count Anywhere match. Vince is back over in time to count a Dude cover, which gets two. Dude gets a backslide for two. Dude heads towards the car set, but gets clotheslined by Austin as he turns around. Austin charges Dude, but gets backdropped onto one of the cars, with his feet smashing the windshield. Dude pins him on the car bonnet for two. Undertaker, Patterson and Brisco are hovering around the group. Austin comes back with right hands, but Dude rakes the eyes. Dude charges Austin, but gets flapjacked on a pile of cars for two. Austin slams Dude's head into a car boot for two. Vince is visibly relieved that didn't get the three. They climb up onto the pile of cars. Austin goes for a Stunner up there but gets shoved off the structure. Dude then hits a sunset flip, off the pile of cars, onto Austin, onto concrete! Ouch! It gets two. Dude finds a lead pipe and gives Stone Cold a weak shot across the back with it. He then slams Austin's head into the car boot a couple of times for good measure. Dude suplexes Austin on the concrete, then goes back to the top of the pile of cars. He goes for a Cactus elbow, but Austin rolls out of the way just in time. Austin covers for two. They head back in the ring, and Stone Cold is busted open. Austin chokes Dude on the second rope. Austin whip is reversed, and Patterson trips him to big heel heat. This gives Dude the opportunity to clothesline Austin down for a two count. Pat gives Dude a chair, which he uses on Austin's ribs, then he smacks him across the back for a two count. Cross-corner whip by Dude, and a blind charge with the chair(when has THAT ever worked?) ends up with Austin booting it in his face, then giving him a clothesline. Stone Cold then THWACKS Dude across the head with the chair, then covers...but Vince won't count! Austin gets up in Vince's face. Dude creeps up behind Austin with the chair, but Stone Cold ducks and Dude LEVELS McMahon with a NASTY chairshot. Vince is out cold. Austin then hits the Stunner, but there's no ref! Here's Mike Chioda! One, two...but Patterson pulls him out and nails him! Back inside, Dude gets the Mandible Claw and covers, BUT THERE'S NO REF! Patterson in, one, two...but the Undertaker pulls him out and CHOKESLAMS HIM THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE!!! NO REF!! Brisco in, one, two...BUT THE UNDERTAKER PULLS HIM OUT AND CHOKELSMAS HIM THROUGH THE SPANISH ANNOUNCE TABLE!!! Back in the ring, Dude gets the Mandible Claw again, but Austin kicks him in the gut, and hits the STUNNER! BUT THERE'S NO REF!!!!! Austin drags Vince over, and makes the count himself with Vince's own hand - one...two...three!!!!! ****_

Any good?

Well for the blend of sports-entertainment and wrestling you won't find much better than the main event. By the ending rolls around, you'll be out of your seat, cheering. Also of note is the awesome TAKA/Bradshaw Vs KaiEnTai match, well worth checking out. The rest of the show is the normal sprts entertainment garbage that was typical of the WWF of this time, and is crap. But still a few excellent matches makes this a one to rent.

*****- Cherish it

**** - Buy it

*** - Borrow it

**- Leave it

* - Burn it

Over The Edge - ***

Marty Squirrel
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