Saturday, October 26, 2002

A few items to think of:


Scott Steiner is now signed with the WWE. Let's look at that for a second: before he began taking major amounts of steroids, he was a more technical athlete - and he was known to actually hurt other wrestlers because he didn't care to be careful. After, he's been a dull power-stomper, a careless man who also rambles like a lunatic.


We're guessing that he'll end up on the RAW roster, which is desparate for star power.


The Big Show is sent to Smackdown! from RAW, has been a curtain-jerker at best, and suddenly he gets a title shot against "Brockberg"? Remember a while back when I said how fans didn't appreciate Jeff Hardy as a World Title contender on RAW? Same problem here. The only reason I'm guessing they'd do this is for Brock to show his Shooting Star Press, because it wouldn't be believable for him to hit the F-5 here.

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Did you hear the sound last night? The sound of millions of televisions switching away from RAW right after Triple H swore to play a "salicious" videotape of Kane proving he was a necrophiliac? I stomached the rest of the show to review it, but it wouldn't surprise me if few others did. This storyline was already pathetic and disgusting; they would have been wise to drop it. Instead, they will run it into the ground, same as they're doing with the show.


TSN pre-empted the video as soon as "Triple-Kane" copped a feel on the alleged body. It's dumb on their part only because it was already blurred out, but for once I was glad not to have to see it!


Jerry Lawler continued to earn the Tony Shiavonne award for bad announcing, hyping this storyline with every breath.


Now the Big Show is traded to Smackdown!? Why won't it surprise me that he still sucks there too.


Overall though, RAW is consistent - consistently bad.

Monday, October 21, 2002

I saw the casting special for Tough Enough III tonight (TSN always plays it a few days later.


I was really rooting for Voula to make the cut. After she nearly got injured trying a bump, she came back and did it again. She really showed a lot of spunk.


On the other hand: Wendell. A conceited jerk, no doubt about it. When he put on lame theatrics to avoid doing simple calesthenics, I knew he didn't deserve to be there. Actually, I thought that from his very first statement about being the best athelete there.

Sunday, October 20, 2002

No Mercy was aptly named: the sports bar I've seen events at went kaput, and was bought out by another chain. I only found that out by going there, to see the place closed for renovations. As a result, I couldn't see the PPV, can't comment on it.


Just as well... this was the worst promoted event in a long while, and what promotion it did have stank: Triple H insinuating that Kane was a murderer, or drunk incompetent driver, or necrophiliac. The Undertaker versus Brock Lesnar in Hell in the Cell would have been interesting to see - except Taker hasn't had an interesting match in years.


I guess I'll either read write-ups of the card or get clues through the shows this week.