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BANG!BANG!:The Usual Tuesday and a few words for Mick Foley.

Well I'm back. Today you'll get a No Way Out and Raw is War review as well as a Nitro review(kinda). Still haven't played ECW Hardcore Revolution, sorry. By the way you can keep sending in ballots for the Dream PPV, it's-a-comin'. Mick Foley tribute at the end of the column. Lets get to Business.

WWF nWo(No Way Out)

Kirk Angel beat Jericho?? Dear God. This was completely unexpected and IMO wrong to do. I suppose they want another match at Wrestlemania2000 but I don't think Jericho dropping the strap was the right segway for that. Angle is about to become the next Rock, I can feel it. When he does, his millions of internet reporter fans will all mysteriously disappear too. Stupid.

The Dudley Boyz defeated the NAO! Hell yeah. They did it almost fairly too. The 3D is the coolest tag finisher since the Doomsdayday Device, everytime I see it I mark out.

Mark Henry beat 'Slippy' Vis. I went outside for a smoke during this match. I doubt I missed anything.

The Canadian Blondes beat the Hardyz? I told ya it couldn't happen without a heel turn! Hardyz are too over. Expect them to end up tied for #1 contendership come Wrestlemania 2K. Solid match here. Jeff must be hurtin' too, first he got a hellacious Powerbomb from Edge, then Ffaarrooqq Dominatored him out of his boots!
Ouch!

Tazz Vs Big Bossman w/his Chia pet. Dud! The post match beatdown was longer than the actual match! Sad.

X-Pac beats Kane. Well, whoopdee-freaking-doo! Yet another screwjob to segway into a Wreslemania conclusion. Average match, but I am sick of this feud. And Kane is a monster? Sure.

Too Cool beat 3/4 of the WCW4. That sucks. Benoit didn't get nearly enough ring time, and his team needed this win to maintain heat moreso than Too Cool did/does. Bad booking, IMO.

Big Slow beat Rocky Maivia! Shane-O-Mac returned and went heel. He had beautiful form on that lunging chair shot for the People's Elbow. Nice! Once again, Cue that damned McMahon music!

HHH beat Cactus Jack. This was a great match. Somewhat of an awkward finish. It had great heat and pacing and then the last 5 minutes was Triple H standing around dumbfounded. Bad finish. Beautiful bump by Foley at the end. So long(maybe) to the hardcore king and a great, great man and wrestler. We will miss you more than we have missed anybody in a long, long time. Take care ol' buddy.

I went 2-5-2 on my predictions for nWo, not very good. But JEEZ, tons of surprises last night altered everything that I based my opinions on.

WWF Raw is War

Opening interview that was pretty good. "If ya smeeeeelllll-lel-lel-lel-LEL, what the GAME is Playin'!"

Hardys went over the Acolytes cleanly, oh how times have changed. Not the best match as Jeff was obviously feeling the effects of last night still.

Angel runs away from Rikishi after the butt rubbing! Way to go Kurt I would have too! Ewww. Jericho and Chyna danced with Too Cool and Rikishi afterwards. Funny stuff, Jericho is a horrid dancer. lol.

Canadian Blondes defeat Headcheese with help from Terri. Were they at the hospital 7 days a week? If not, why is she helping THEM??? Needs more explanation.

Rocky Maivia Vs Brooklyn Brawler Brawler was kind of nice to see again. Rock wins.

Y2J Vs. Saturn was not anywhere close to what should have been. I hate the Lionsault as a finisher!

Mizark VS Elroy was OK

Tazz Vs. Jericho could have been the best Raw is War match ever, and it got ruined, that alone ruins muchof Raw for me. That when I switched to the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue shoe on TNT!

Didn't see the Dudleyz match. Oh well.

Mick Foley tribute was VERY touching, almost had me teary eyed a few times.

The Main Event was OK, I am not a big fan of 1 guy going over 2 though, so I didn't really enjoy this one.

WCW
I told you I would do it. I boycotted Nitro! I read the collective 3 Count is hardcore champ....ooooo,K! I tuned in once and saw Luger/Fagwell....guess what happened next!?!?

ECW
No more Impact Players with gold. WHY DID THEY STRIP LANCE???? Oh well, nothing is ever perfect in the wrestling world, especially my booking ignorant idea of perfect! Tanaka & Dreamer(lol)got the gold. Does Dreamer give Heyman head? Just wondering. Sabu is back, who cares. No real ECW news this time around, sorry.

A Few Words for Mick Foley

I feel like I know and love you. I am not going to lie and say I knew about you forever and the usual schpeel people give you. I knew about Cactus Jack from his WCW days because I saw his name in PWI and thought it was a cool name. It's a great shot of you eating a hamburger covering your face from the camera and the caption says something like"Food need beware of Cactus Jack even more than his opponents!" or something dumb like that. I heard of the death matches in Japan but not being much for hardcore, never gave you credit. I saw you as Mankind enter the WWF and defeat the Undertaker numerous times. But when I truly started taking notice of you was, no not as Dude Love, but as as the Corporate Mankind. "No, don't kiss the booboo!" Classic. When you fell off Hell in a Cell I was more scared than I have ever been caused to be by wrestling previously and ever since. When you got screwed in the Survivor Series finals I became a full fledged fan. Did you let me down? No chance. You provided the Rock's best matches ever and gave me some more ultraviolence. Th chairshots to the head, falling on the electrical boards, tumbling down the arena steps, the dreaded popcorn shots, powerbombed through 2 chairs, chokeslammed off a ladder, etc, etc. That was your specialty Mick, you gave to the fans anything they could want, and for that I love you. By then I was still feeling extremely bitter about my all-time fav HBK retiring; and my friend always raved about how he loved Mankind and Mankind was God, bla bla bla, I couldn't like ANYONE if there was no HBK. But you just kept on giving. With you, Austin, Benoit, Jericho, and Helmsley I recovered. You're trials and tribulations with The Rock were absolute gold, I know it sounds dumb but when you were yelling at the Rock for throwing your book in the trash I almost cried. You do that Mick, like no one else ever has, you make us, me, feel like we know you, like you're the guy sitting down the bar that we shoot the shit with. Its eerie almost. Speaking of the book. When I read the book you became a living legend to me. An inspiration, a pal, maybe even a better wrestler, lol. I caught up on you're older matches and guess what? They were right you've ALWAYS been great, some of your ECW promos rank above the best ever.Anyhow, soon you passed the torch to HHH. You let him beat you countless times in countless matches thus by beating a legend like you, he HAD to be great. You hung out with Stevie Richards and Al Snow, and guess what? Suddenly the fans loved them too. I must say you're last 2 PPV matches were 5 stars too. Triple H will be lucky if he finds another opponent to feud with like he had with you. So will Rocky. People thought the later Mankind was a goof, he was, but he was also the funniest son of a bitch around. In 30 years I want an update Mick, another biography to keep in touch. I said when HBK left I couldn't get over it, it took me almost a year and a half, and thats true. I may get over you not wrestling faster than I did him, but you'll hold a place in my heart that he doesn't and never will. You're a friend Mick Foley. I thank you for that. Thanks for the memories Mickey, I need to go get a tissue....

BenoitJericho@Yahoo.com

Until We Meet Again....

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