Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #120 March 2nd, 1998 WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Three Hours. Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. - The usual look back at last week's show kicks things off. - The NWO arrive in their limos. "Hollywood" Hogan mumbles to Bischoff all the nasty things they're going to do to Randy Savage and Sting. - SCOTTY RIGGS (w/ the Flock) vs. CHRIS BENOIT This was the type of match which you enjoy based on how late in the card it is. Starting things off it was okay (and that's about it ... "okay"). An hour or two later and fans would be going out for drink and bathroom breaks. Benoit started off firmly in command on his way to a squash win. Interference by Lodi on the floor turns the tide. Riggs then gets his two minutes of unspectacular offense. They then go into a nice bit of reversals until Benoit hits his new set-up to his finisher: the triple belly-to-back suplex. Benoit finishes him off with the Crippler Crossface. For some reason Riggs is apparently deemed unworthy of a Flock run-in, even though they're all there at ringside (and totally despise Benoit, based on recent shows). I guess this is all supposed to make Benoit look (and maybe feel) a bit better following his recent loss to DDP at the PPV. They show Ric Flair as they go to the break. Flair hypes tonight's main event match between Hogan, Hall, Sting and Savage. For a second I thought he was going to hype the movie coming up on TNT after Nitro. - They show some footage of Randy Savage receiving his Harvard Lampoon "Real Man of the Year" award. While we're on this subject, Savage was a guest on the show "Later" on NBC late Tuesday night. Quick review: it was really, really, REALLY dumb. Judd Nelson was the host and appeared to neither be a fan of-nor an opponent of-wrestling. He never strayed from the very simple questions prepared for him to ask. Savage cracked jokes which rarely got any rise out of the audience. They then repeated the bit he did on "Friday Night Videos" where he starts out demonstrating wrestling moves and ends up putting the moves on a girl. Savage came off as a sexist, dimwitted musclehead. - Hogan and Bischoff come out for their weekly rant. (I miss the days when we only saw Hogan about once a month.) Hogan rambled about Savage winning the "National Lampoon" award and being on "much, much Later". This feud- which had so much fire to it a week or two ago, has now been reduced to Hogan being jealous of Savage's success. I thought this was supposed to be a battle over who'll lead the NWO? Hogan seems to be on an entirely separate page some nights. His only comment with some teeth to it was a remark regarding Savage's inability to keep his marriage together. (Funny, since it was Hogan whom Savage has often attributed with breaking up the marriage back in the early 90's in the first place. Seems Elizabeth liked to hang out with Hogan more than her husband.) - They cut over to Mean Gene and the Nitro Girls, who are hosting a big party at nearby St. Josephs University. If you saw the last one of these they did then you can pretty much guess what this was like. - JUVENTUD GUERRERA vs. CHAVO GUERRERO, JR. The unmasked Juvi gets an easy win over the less interesting Guerrero. The announcers, instead of discussing the importance and relevance of Guerrera being forced to lose his mask to Chris Jericho at the recent PPV, instead discuss Scott Steiner's appearance on Thunder last week. When they do get around to talking about it Schiavone makes the terse observation that Guerrera's career is unaffected by its loss. Zbyszko agrees, saying the absence of the mask will aid his peripheral vision. Tenay, in a statement which he should be ashamed of, says Guerrera's career may flourish. Guerrera gets the win with the 450 Splash. After the match Guerrera holds up his now empty mask and says "this isn't the end, it's the beginning!" Schiavone comes back with a "that's a nice way of looking at it." He might as well have said "that's a good boy ... just go along and everything'll be okay!" I've never been a great believer in the Mexican tradition of masked wrestler, but that doesn't excuse WCW's wholesale destruction of that culture's traditions. WCW doesn't need me to give them any flack over this, though, as apparently just about every Mexican wrestler in WCW is already doing so. - PSYCHOSIS vs. PRINCE IAUKEA A better match than the previous two, but was one that never really got me interested. The story here is that Psychosis on a number of occasions has the win, but refuses to cover for the pin. He tries one move to many, with Iaukea reversing a forward roll off the top, tucking him into a pin. Little reaction from the crowd during the match, and virtually no reaction whatsoever for the finish. - DISCO INFERNO vs. RAVEN We've already seen this match at least once before. Much of it revolved around setting each other up for a leg trip onto a chair. Raven gets the pin after applying the DDT. Raven again smiled when he was hurt during the match. How come he didn't do that in the two years I watched him in ECW? I don't remember him liking it when he was Scotty Flamingo either. Or Johnny Polo. What aspect of his "childhood angst" has brought about this recent masochistic desire for pain? Could it be I'm just overanalyzing a dumb gimmick here? - More from the Nitro party. The upcoming spring break Nitro is plugged. HOUR TWO Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Zbyszko. - HUGH MORRUS/BARBARIAN (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. PUBLIC ENEMY Both teams bring out tables. Once again we get to see what laughably passes for "extreme" in WCW. After some "thrilling" action involving a plastic garbage can, Morrus suplexes Rocco Rock through a table. Morrus then accidentally hits the Barbarian with a poorly executed moonsault. The P.E. get the win when Rocco legdrops Morrus through the other table, with a good chunk of the crowd actually booing just as the count started. - Randy Savage comes out to deliver comments of his own. The cheer that went up seemed about ten times louder than that the P.E. got when they won, if that tells you anything. After not saying all that much, (which was coherent, anyway), Sting makes his way to the ring. Grabbing the mic, Sting delivers his longest interview in close to two years. He badmouths Scott Hall, then tells Savage that he doesn't forgive him-that they'll work together "his way". He wraps it up with an "ohhhh yeah!" Was it just me, or did Elizabeth look really hot-even though she was just standing there doing nothing? - BILL GOLDBERG vs. SICK BOY Goldberg wins in approximately a minute and 40 seconds. Sick Boy flubbed an attempted springboard off the ropes. Goldberg used the usual to put him away. They immediately segueway into a video performed by the largely unknown band Stuck Mojo. (I've never heard of them, anyway.) Generic metal/rap song and video featuring Diamond Dallas Page, Raven and the Flock. Tony Schiavone, in the repeated hype for the video leading up to it, spoke as if Raven and his crew "crashed" the video shoot. Nothing could be further from the truth, as was clearly obvious to anyone actually viewing the video. The storyline simply involved the band playing their song in the ring as Page fought off a rowdy fan and the Flock. It ended with DDP and the band giving the Diamond Cutter sign to Raven, who was the only bad guy left in the ring. Afterwards Schiavone says the video will begin appearing on MTV in a few weeks. I'll believe that when I see it. (Trust me, the odds of any video scheduled for any kind of regular rotation on MTV actually debuting somewhere else are fairly slim. If this did get played, it'd probably be during a show such as "Twelve Angry Viewers".) Mike Tenay is waiting in the ring to interview DDP. Page comes out and promises bad things for Raven and his Flock. - DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE vs. HAMMER Page wastes little time knocking Hammer out with the Diamond Cutter. Raven runs in, causing a DQ. He beats on Page until Chris Benoit runs in. In the course of the melee Benoit accidentally hits Page. The two of them trade blows (to a huge pop from the crowd). The two then turn back to beating on Raven. - More from the Nitro Party. - Tenay interviews Bret "Hitman" Hart. Hart delivers comments aimed at Curt Hennig, saying Hennig's dad never beat his own dad. (Gee Bret, why not call him "liar, liar, pants on fire!"?) He then promises to take care of Brian Adams for stabbing him in the back. (Hey Bret, sure you don't mean "Chainz"?) If you don't understand either of the two above asides, read this week's Hart column for the Calgary newspaper. - Bobby "The Brain" Heenan joins the announcing crew. (He may have done it a bit earlier actually-I'm not exactly sure.) - DAVEY BOY SMITH vs. SCOTT "FLASH" NORTON The match never gets on track as the two spend so much time brawling on the floor that the referee just calls for the bell and throws it out. Oh yeah, I'm sure this is what the fans in attendance paid to see. - Konan comes out and badmouths Juventud Guerrera for giving up and losing his mask. These two will apparently face each other at Uncensored and I'd bet anything that Guerrera wins. - KONAN vs. SUPER CALO During the match Tenay announces that DDP, Raven and Benoit will face off in a "Triple Jeopardy Match" at Uncensored. Can't they just call it a "Triangle Match"? It's not as if ECW copyrighted the name, you know. It's what all us fans call it. Konan wins easily, putting Calo away quickly with the Tequila Sunrise. Konan tries to take Calo's mask off after the match, but is stopped by Guerrera, who makes his way to the ring. Juventud demands a match. Konan accepts the challenge and says the two will fight next week. - They rehash Brian Adams betraying Bret Hart a few weeks ago on Nitro. Tenay then interviews Ric Flair in the ring. Before he can do much more than suck up to the Philadelphia crowd he's interrupted by the arrival of Curt Hennig and Rick Rude. (Apparently WCW decided the crowd might not pick up on the fact that Hennig was NWO. In addition to the NWO shirt Hennig wears to the ring, they played a loud voice growling "NWO" over the sound system. No music, just "N ... W ... O!") Before you know it a challenge is thrown out and an impromptu match begins. They go at it for a minute or two, during which I'm waiting for Flair to do a low blow. After that happens it's only a matter of time before Rude runs in to save Hennig. Hennig puts Flair in the Hennig-Plex and Rude makes a three count. Hart eventually comes out to make the save. Heading to the break Rick Steiner hypes the main event in a pre-taped clip. During the break itself TNT runs a promo hyping the upcoming "Spring Break-Out" installment of Nitro which takes place in two weeks. They will again be at Club La Vela in Florida. A new "Miss Nitro" will be crowned. Luckily for WCW this is the night USA has scheduled "Moby Dick", so they're looking to pick up a lot of RAW viewers with some T&A. HOUR THREE Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - SCOTT STEINER vs. "HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN If you like restholds, telegraphed moves and missed punches, then this match was for you. Steiner wins after what seems like forever by submission, putting Duggan in a Camel Clutch for the win (which Heenan informs us is called the "Steiner Recliner"). - EDDIE GUERRERO/CHRIS JERICHO vs. DEAN MALENKO/BOOKER T. This is one of those matches that scream out "we don't know what to do with these guys, so we'll put them together in a tag team match!" This is a rematch from last week's Thunder, in which Guerrero pinned Booker T. to set up their match at the PPV. (Actually the match had already been announced, making Guerrero's win an after-the-fact motivation for the match.) An okay match, with Malenko getting the win by putting Jericho in the Texas Cloverleaf. Gawrsh, good thing these guys are already signed to wrestle at the PPV ... Malenko is sure to win the title now! Hyuck! - Several members of the NWO come to the ring. Scott Steiner gets on the mic and says that tonight is the night the NWO adds his brother Rick to their roster. Kevin Nash calls for Rick to come to the ring. Here he comes with Ted DiBiase at his side. See where this is going yet? Rick gets in the ring and gives the NWO salute. Nash the hands him an NWO t-shirt. Rick holds it for a bit, then throws it in Nash's face and attacks him. He nails Konan and Bagwell also. After a stare at his brother Scott he's taken down from behind. A massive beating looks to be in the works when the Giant enters the ring. Nash, who is slow getting out of the ring, is laid upon, hoisted up, and planted in the mat with a powerbomb! The Giant acts like the move aggravated his neck injury, while Nash acts like he's been murdered. After a commercial break they show that security tried to handcuff the Giant (for doing the illegal powerbomb), but that the cuffs wouldn't fit around his wrists. The Giant just walked off, leaving the security force behind. He will be fined $50,000, though. Other than the fact that this was incredibly obvious as it was going down, and that Rick took forever to get to the ring, overall it was well done and the first real good moment of the show. I hate to do it, but I give credit to Nash for actually getting off his lazy ass and doing something to put someone over. - BRET "HITMAN" HART vs. BRIAN ADAMS Hart looked about the same as he did just before he left the WWF, meaning "good" when his opponent is good, "bad" when his opponent isn't. This match lay somewhere in the middle. Solid, but kind of short. After just a few minutes of action Adams yanks a pad off one of the turnbuckles. He tries to throw Hart into it, but Hart blocks it and sends Adams in head-first. Bret then slaps on the Sharpshooter, but before Adams can submit, Curt Hennig runs in. Hart lets go the hold as the ref calls for the DQ. Hart sends Hennig to the floor, then chases him around the ring. Adams catches Bret from behind and slams him to the floor. Suddenly they cut away to a commercial?! - "HOLLYWOOD" HOGAN/SCOTT HALL (w/ Eric Bischoff )vs. STING/RANDY SAVAGE Michael Buffer's on hand again for the ring introductions. Hall and Savage start off in the ring, while Sting drags Hogan around outside the ring. From there Sting and Savage work over Hall in the ring, while Hogan stays down on the floor. Hogan eventually slips in and cheapshots Savage. Hogan and Hall then take control of the match, keeping Savage in the ring. Eventually Sting is able to tag in and manages to apply the Scorpion Deathlock on Hogan, as Savage lays out Hall and prepares for an elbow off the top. On cue the other NWO members run in, halting the match. Amidst all the confusion DDP comes out to help Savage and Sting. Brutus Beefcake also makes his way into the ring and lays out Savage with a Stone Cold Stunner. Again the announcers have no idea who he is, and don't even mention him until he's almost out of the ring. With Savage out and DDP off somewhere brawling, the NWO rallies for another run at Sting, but think twice when the Giant makes his way to the ring. As is usually the case about this time, the show ends. - This Thursday: Nothing announced. - Next week: Konan vs. Juventud Guerrera. Comments: All the good stuff was saved for the last hour, which was frustrating since this week's show seemed about ten hours long. It just went on and on and they marched out match after match, yet all Schiavone and Tenay could gab about was the upcoming main event. Over the course of the evening this went from being a huge match to "the greatest match ever on Nitro!" There's just no way ANY match could ever live up to that hype, especially since everyone on the planet knew what would happen at the end. The odds of it going to anything remotely resembling a standard finish was a gazillion to one. Beefcake's appearance sparked no noticeable response from the crowd. Most, I'm sure, have no idea who he even is. Hour one was fairly boring, while hour two was an almost complete waste of time. If I could just review the third hour, I'd actually give the show a fairly favorable rating. Overall, though, what little excitement that was delivered just wasn't worth the misery of sticking it out the entire three hours. I realize there are several million viewers out there who don't agree with me (according to the Nielsens), but that's my view and it's not going to change as long as the show stays at this inordinate length. The show is three hours for no other reason than that unopposed first hour draws nearly twice as many viewers as anything else TNT could put on. The funny thing is since TNT has started running movies between Nitro and the replay, the replay's ratings have gone in the toilet: usually struggling to hit the 1.0 mark. It seems most Nitro viewers are managing to watch the live airing, whereas before they were spread a bit more between the two. This would really seem smart on TNT's part to boost the live airings ratings, yet it does seem to have one slight downside for WCW: RAW's ratings have managed to stay fairly high. RAW used to get heavy competition from Nitro out on the west coast, because the tape delayed airing of RAW went up against the Nitro replay. Now the west coast feed of RAW starts in the middle of the movie airing on TNT, with only the second hour now having to go up against the Nitro replay. With fewer viewers watching the replay recently, it's safe to assume that RAW may be doing better on the west coast, meaning its overall rating does a bit better. It's not a huge benefit, but one nonetheless. The only thing that's really changed is that RAW no longer gets a huge boost in viewers when Nitro would end from 10:00 PM to 10:20 PM as it used to. All this has little to do with the fact, though, that Nitro just can't generate enough excitement for a full three hours ... for me anyway. All your mileages may vary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours. Location: Cleveland, Ohio. WWF RAW Hosted By: Jim Ross, Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly. - Clips of the whole Mike Tyson/Shawn Michaels/Steve Austin scenario kick off the show. - DeGeneration X make their way to the ring. Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Michaels talk about what they're going to do to Owen Hart and Steve Austin at WrestleMania. Before long Steve Austin makes his way to the ring to respond to their comments, as well as talk about Kane. However, he's interrupted by the lights going out and Kane appearing on the stage. Paul Bearer yells that Kane is going to send Austin to Hell. D-X manages to disappear during all this. Austin terrorizes the announcers for a bit, promising to take care of Kane in the main event. - A shot of the parking area shows Mike Tyson and Shane McMahon arriving in a limo. - The New Age Outlaws hit the ring. Gussied up like car wreck victims, they claim that the attack on their sports car last week by Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie resulted in the two being seriously injured. They promise to initiate legal action against the two, showing the footage Road Dog videotaped of the event as evidence which they'll use. They then apologize for not being able to wrestle on tonight's card. Sgt. Slaughter comes out assures the two that they will defend the belts anyway, no matter what they say. A garbage dumpster sits ominously at ringside during all this. - THE NEW AGE OUTLAWS vs. EIGHT BALL/SKULL The match barely even gets started when Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie pop out of the dumpster. The Outlaws head for the hills, allowing the DOA members to win by countout. - "MARVELOUS" MARC MERO vs. TOM BRANDI Sable comes out with Mero, but he sends her to the back. Mero wins the match fairly quickly with the TKO. Luna then comes out and gives Mero a kiss, but he spurns her advances. Goldust then runs out and jumps Mero. As they are fighting Sable comes out and a catfight ensues between her and Luna. CATFIGHT! CATFIGHT! Sable whips Luna across the ring with a handful of hair. Goldust grabs Luna and the two leave. Mero then starts to argue with Sable, but she shoves him down. He starts to get up, but seeing the look on her face he thinks better of it and leaves. Wild stuff. - OWEN HART vs. MARK HENRY (w/ the Nation of Domination) Sgt. Slaughter orders the other NOD members to the back before the match starts. Amazingly enough, this wasn't all that bad a match. Owen, after deliberately working of Henry's legs to soften him up, manages to apply the Sharpshooter. (Henry had kicked out of a couple of previous attempts.) Suddenly Chyna, who had appeared at ringside, pops up on the apron to distract him. Owen lets go of the hold to confront Chyna. He then comes off the turnbuckle, but Henry catches him in a bearhug, which looks for sure like it will put the European Champion out. Chyna then slips into the ring and low blows Henry, causing the DQ and saving Owen's European Title for Hunter Hearst Helmsley to win at WrestleMania. - Vince McMahon is shown in the back talking things over with Mike Tyson. - THE HEAD BANGERS/TAKA MICHINOKU vs. THE R & R EXPRESS/BARRY WINDHAM James E. Cornette accompanies the NWA contingent. The usual from these guys, with Cornette's racquet eventually coming into play, allowing Thrasher to knock out Robert Gibson for the win. Before the match Taka called Cornette a "jack-ass", showing he still hasn't managed to learn much English. A shot of Mike Tyson pacing in the back closes out this fast paced first hour. WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - A chorus of boos from the crowd greets Vince McMahon, then his introduction of Mike Tyson. Tyson comes to the ring accompanied by his entourage. Tyson only gets in a few words when DeGeneration X's music starts up and Hunter, Michaels and Chyna come to the ring. Michaels says he's not out there to disrespect Tyson, but nonetheless throws out a challenge to him. Amazingly, Tyson accepts and the two clear the ring of all the other bystanders. McMahon looks absolutely horrified, but there's nothing he can do to stop it. Michaels and Tyson begin to circle each other, looking for an opening. Michaels grabs Tyson's shirt by the neck, but hesitates, looking like he's almost afraid and thinking about backing out. Suddenly he rips the shirt off Tyson ... revealing a DeGeneration X t-shirt beneath! Immediately the music starts back up and HHH and Chyna join Michaels in celebrating the addition of their latest member. Tyson stands on the corner ropes, tossing out crotch chops to the crowd. Michaels aims a few at McMahon and Vince does his best to look like his world has just come apart at the seams. This completely fooled me! I thought Michaels was going to back down and say "wait until WrestleMania!" My brother, meanwhile, was marking out like a red-assed monkey which has found a bunch of bananas. In hindsight it seems so obvious, but at the time we were both totally fooled. Unbelievable! After the break we get a look at Tyson and D-X celebrating in the lockerroom. - STEVE BLACKMAN vs. KAMA (w/ the NOD) Again Slaughter makes the other NOD members leave the ringside area. Not much of a match, as Kama is generally awful and Blackman is still a bit green. The momentum swings back-and-forth until Blackman is about to win with a submission hold ... which is the perfect time for the rest of the NOD to run in. Blackman wins via DQ, but gets his ass kicked afterwards. Ken Shamrock runs out to make the save, and some sort of alliance between he and Blackman is hinted. Steve Austin is shown in the back getting ready for his match with Kane. - Col. Robert Parker is in the ring and he brings out his latest find-one we're all too familiar with: "Double J" Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett says his new "promoter" goes by the name "Tennessee Lee". Is this supposed to be a step up for Jarrett? I do get a kick out of Parker/Lee, though, so this may not be all that terrible. (Can't be any worse than what he was already doing.) Jarrett says he's severed his ties with the NWA, which I guess means he's forfeited the NWA North American Heavyweight Title as well. for the record, this segment drew barely any reaction from the crowd. - "DOUBLE J" JEFF JARRETT (w/ Tennessee Lee) vs. FLASH FUNK Okay match, with Jarrett getting the quick win when Lee pushes Flash off the top turnbuckle. Jarrett slaps on the Figure Four for the win. Again, virtually no crowd reaction. - The latest celebrity scheduled to appear at WrestleMania is announced: alleged mistress of President Clinton, Gennifer flowers. Maybe I won't get the PPV after all. Tyson ... Pete Rose ... Carrot Top ... Flowers ... makes me long for the days of Bob Uecker and Vanna White. - Michael Cole gets some brief comments from Tyson and D-X as they stuff Tyson in his limo. - A video package featuring the break-up of the Legion of Doom is shown. - KANE (w/ Paul Bearer) vs. "STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN No match. After Bearer makes a few comments regarding the Undertaker and Austin, "Stone Cold" comes out. However, he gets no further than the top of the ramp when he sees Triple H off to the side. He starts towards him, but turns at the last second-just in time to be greeted by some "Sweet Chin Music" from Shawn Michaels. D-X has left the scene before Austin comes to. He heads off in back in search of them. Paul Bearer, after the commercial break, commands Kane to retrieve the ring bell. At ringside he plucks a fan out of the crowd and brutalizes him, slamming him into the ring steps (which the camera deliberately doesn't show). Kane grabs the ring bell, as well as the timekeeper. Back in the ring Bearer asks that they observe a moment of silence for the departed Undertaker and perform a ten bell salute. The timekeeper rings the bell ten times, only to fall victim to a chokelsam from Kane. Suddenly the lights go out and a bell tolls. For a great length of time this goes on, with Paul Bearer reassuring Kane that it can't be the Undertaker. Finally a casket appears on the stage. A "lightning bolt" strikes it and the Undertaker can be seen laying atop it when the smoke clears. A moment later he sits up and, in a lengthy series of comments, explains how he went away to the "dark side" and recovered from his injuries, as well as explained to his parents why he had to do that which he vowed he'd never do: i.e. fight his brother Kane at WrestleMania. Kane tries to banish the purple light of the Undertaker with his flames, but the Undertaker steps through the flames and his purple light remains. The Undertaker says he'd walk through the fires of Hell to beat his brother. A final "Rest ... In ... Peace!" is accompanied by most of the crowd as the show ends. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: I'm really getting tired of advertised main events not taking place. I suppose the return of the Undertaker was a worthy substitute this time out, but it's rarely the case that they do offer something in the way of consolation. As bad as Nitro's main event was, at least it took place. I think it's time that we as fans stood up and started complaining when stuff like this happens-especially when money is involved. It's easy to sit back and watch this on TV and just blow it off. But the reality is that there was an arena full of fans who paid good money, and at least some of them did so on the basis of that announced match. "Card subject to change" is one thing: advertising a match then not doing it-even though everyone involved is in the arena and capable to wrestle, is at the very lest a bit shady. This and the practice of hyping "mystery wrestlers" are my two biggest beefs with the world of wrestling these days. That aside, this was a very entertaining installment of RAW, which I easily enjoyed more than the drudge-fest which was Nitro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: This Recap will never be done if I keep blabbing. I'll save some for next week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Winner: RAW. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Slobberknocker Central" and "Monday Night Recap" are copyright 1998 by John Petrie, and all opinions expressed therein are his own, and not those of "Internet Access, Inc". Check the "Slobberknocker Central" main page for info on how to receive the "Recap" free via E-Mail every week. Volume One, Number 120 of the "Monday Night Recap", March 2nd, 1998.