Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #128 April 27th-28th, 1998 WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours. Location: Hampton, Virginia. WWF RAW Hosted By: Jim Ross, Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly. - The sights and sounds of "Unforgiven" open the show. - While hyping the things to come this evening, Jim Ross reveals that DeGeneration X went and did something crazy: they invaded WCW! Cut to video footage shot earlier in the day in which Hunter Hearst Helmsley is addressing his "troops": Chyna, X-Pac and the New Age Outlaws--all dressed in military fatigues. Billy Gunn is standing at attention with a rocket launcher between his legs. Helmsley, bearing a "P.O.W.C.W." armband, tells his troops that they are going to go down there (down where?) and fire the first shot in the war against WCW. The troops climb aboard a marine corps jeep and head off down the road to the Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. - KEN SHAMROCK/OWEN HART vs. ROCKY MAIVIA/D-LO BROWN No match. Just after the bell rings to kick things off Rocky points for Shamrock to fight him first. Shamrock and Owen slap palms ... then Owen kicks him in the nuts! He then nails him with a spinning "heel" kick (pun intended). Owen retrieves a chair, which is wrapped around Shamrock's left ankle. Owen drops on it twice off the turnbuckles. He then slaps on a Sharpshooter as Steve Blackman unsuccessfully tries to run in. Faarooq also runs in, and is also stomped to the mat. Owen drops on Shamrock and bites his ear, coming away with a bloody mouth. Owen doesn't do the Nation of Domination "salute", but it looks pretty clear that he's joined the NOD. The "Black Hart" is back. What is it with these Harts, anyway? Do they run in some kind of lunar cycle? Well, just as Bret's career was stalled, so was Owen's. At least in Owen's case, though, he doesn't have an embarrassingly large collection of interview comments behind him which makes this move illogical. If anything this picks up where he left off when he returned to the WWF in December. Joining the NOD, though ... that's just weird. Of course the attack here now allows Shamrock to take some time off to heal his ankle, which has actually been injured for some time. In footage shot during the break Shamrock, being carried out by Faarooq and Blackman, vows revenge against Owen. That should actually be a decent match when it happens. - It's Dude Love, a few girls and the "Love Shack" and--THONGS! THONGS! THEY'RE WEARING THONG BIKINIS!!!" Dude talks about how he really gave it to Austin at the PPV and after Austin is fired, Dude will either get a match against Shawn Michaels to see who gets the title, or he'll be the favorite in a tournament, or McMahon may just hand the belt to him. - D-X has arrived outside the Scope arena. Policemen hold the traffic back at Helmsley, over a megaphone, announces to the assembled crowd that D-X has come to fire the first shot in the war against WCW. A small puff of smoke then pops out of the end of the cannon on the back of the jeep. A quick shot of the electronic board outside the arena shows that Nitro is in the house, with "free admission" to anyone interested. (Hah!) After the break, they continue with Helmsley leading his troops and a gathering mob of fans around the arena. A female fans is asked if WCW sucks? "Of course!" she replies. - Vince McMahon is shown arriving just prior to the next match getting underway. - 2 COLD SCORPIO/TERRY FUNK vs. THE HEAD BANGERS An interesting match. The group did a car wreck spot on the floor, with the Head Bangers doing a rocket launcher press onto Scorpio. Funk then did a moonsault on the other three. Scorpio then scrambled up and did a splash. All three moves were done too slowly. Funk was then DQ'ed for shoving the ref. The fighting continued, with a variety of top rope moves being done, as well as some brawling on the floor. Looks like this one may be the beginning of a feud. Cut to Norfolk, where Helmsley is asking the fans if any of them have those free tickets WCW gives away to fill up the arena for TV. X-Pac then gives a shout-out to his buddies Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. - Vince McMahon makes his way to the ring. He accuses Steve Austin of deliberately hitting him with that steel chair at the PPV. He says he's got a concussion, some dizziness and nausea. He says his judgment is unclouded, though, in regards to his decision. He's decided to not yet fire Steve Austin. Firing would be too good for him, says McMahon. Austin will instead have to defend the title against Goldust later in the show. On top of that, McMahon's old pal Gerald Brisco will be the special referee. Jim Ross points out that Brisco has no experience as a ref. McMahon further informs Brisco and the fans that if Austin lays a finger on him, Austin will be stripped of the title and fired. Given this, Brisco says he's not afraid of Austin. McMahon makes it clear to Brisco that he wants him to officiate in the "time honored tradition of WWF referees", raising echoes of the Bret Hart situation. McMahon says Goldust--or anyone, frankly--will be a better champion than Austin. Cut to the back, where Austin looks about to begin a rampage. - The D-X jeep is heading to an open entryway into the bowels of the arena, but a steel shuttered door quickly drops down, closing them out. X-Pac and Road Dog politely call for Eric Bischoff to come out. - They show a clip of Jeff Jarrett singing, then his scrap with Steve Blackman. - JEFF JARRETT (w/ Tennessee Lee) vs. JUSTIN "HAWK" BRADSHAW The match only goes a for a minute or so when Klub Kamikaze runs in again to attack Bradshaw. They work him over until Taka Michinoku makes the save. The Klub has a mysterious new member who wears a mask, business suit and carries a paper fan. This is a weird angle. - Kevin Kelly corners Dude Love in the back and asks him about Goldust getting the title match later in the evening. Dude says this wasn't the way he and McMahon had it all worked out. Dude almost misses McMahon, who is in a huddled conference with his lackeys. McMahon asks him "what's up?" Dude says "Do yourself a favor: don't screw me! This isn't what we agreed to ... ." McMahon then turns and tells Kelly to shut the camera off. He suddenly flies off the handle, yelling how the mic is his, the camera is his, and how he wants the damn things shut off. - Helmsley and crew enter to a huge roar. Jerry Lawler joins Ross at the table. He immediately tries to get Ross to talk about the invasion of WCW. Ross declines. Helmsley then does a pretty good imitation of Michael buffer, replacing the "ruuuummmmbleee!" line with "suck iiiiiit!" - NEW AGE OUTLAWS (w/ D-X) vs. SKULL/EIGHT-BALL (w/ Chainz) To even up against the presence of D-X, the DOA bring out LOD 2000. The finish comes in this uninspired match when Skull and Eight-Ball pull the old switcheroo, catching Billy Gunn off guard and reversing a lazy pin attempt of his into a pinfall of their own. D-X can only point out that the belts don't change hands in non-title matches like these. WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - THE UNDERTAKER vs. BARRY WINDHAM Total squash. The Undertaker pins Windham in about a minute after a chokeslam and Tombstone Piledriver. The Undertaker then calls Kane out, saying he won't leave until Kane shows his face. After the break Kane and Paul Bearer come out. Paul calls for a truce, saying there's been too much agony and bloodshed already, relating how Kane being burned reminded him of when Kane was burned as a child by the mortuary fire which killed his and the Undertaker's parents. Kane stands by with his arm bandaged. Paul then drops a bombshell by saying--about Kane--"don't you understand? It was my SON whose hand was on fire!" The lights go out and they cut to commercial. - Goldust, with Luna by his side, delivers comments about his shot at the title. Suddenly he is attacked by Dude Love, who screams "that's MY shot!" Luna jumps off his back as WWF officials swarm in to break it up. - Helmsley makes his way back to the ring. He says the Outlaws losing killed his buzz and he challenges anyone in the back to come out and try and beat him for his European Title. Eight-Ball of the DOA comes out, but Dan Severn suddenly blows past him. Jim Cornette trails behind, begging him not to fight. Cornette's protestations continue until he goes too far and puts his hands on the Beast. Severn snaps and takes Cornette down, slapping an armbreaker on. They cut to a commercial. - Kevin Kelly gets comments from Steve Austin. Austin says he'll fight whoever McMahon throws at him and that he'll cause McMahon as many nightmares and gray hairs as he can. After the commercial they run a promo for WrestleMania on video: $49.95. Yowch! - Val Venis appears in another video clip. This time he's relaxing in a sporty little convertible. He'd go for a drive, but it seems he keeps dropping his keys. The girl with him keeps looking for them down there. (Down where?) - Marc Mero hits the ring. Sable is quick to follow. Mero says he's sick of Sable hogging the spotlight. Sable says she's sick of him holding her back. Mero asks her if she's challenging him? Sable says give her two weeks to get ready and she'll kick his ass. Mark it on your calendars: that's the date of the next live RAW. McMahon in the back asks Brisco one more time if he'll be an impartial referee. Sure thing, Mr. McMahon--nudge, nudge. - They replay McMahon setting up the main event. - GOLDUST (w/ Luna) vs. "STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN Man, this one was wild. First off, McMahon comes out and sends the timekeeper away. McMahon then grabs the title belt and sits with it by the ring bell, holding the hammer in his hand. As the match gets underway McMahon anxiously watches to see Brisco's signal to ring the bell, or spot any instance of his own where he can ring the bell and claim Austin gave up. Every time Goldust would apply an armbar, headlock or other such move, McMahon's would go wide and he'd rear back to ring the bell. Austin would always break free, though. Two or three pin attempts in Brisco starts making fast counts on Goldust's behalf. Austin gets upset, but Brisco just sticks out his chin for Austin to slug. Goldust, a bit later, throws Austin to the floor. Not wanting Austin to be counted out, Brisco makes an incredibly slow count. Goldust throws Austin into the ring steps. Austin comes back by tossing Goldust into the rail. The two then fight behind the announcer's desk. Goldust, back in the ring, slaps on a chinlock. McMahon wants to ring the bell but Brisco won't make the signal since Austin responds to having his hand raised. Austin rallies back, but Goldust slaps on a sleeper. McMahon looks like a kid at Christmas, but Austin breaks free from the hold before McMahon can ring the bell. Austin then hits a Stunner, but Brisco is incredibly slow to get over and make the count. He reaches two, then stops because he "has something in his eye". McMahon tries to convince the ringside fans of this as well. Suddenly Dude Love runs in and attacks Austin. Brisco just orders him to leave instead of ending the match. The action spills to the floor, where Austin and Dude brawl in front of the announcer's table. Brisco steps in between the two, then bodily moves Austin around so that his back is to McMahon. Vince, seeing he has no other choice, swings the World Title belt at Austin's head. Austin moves, and the belt catches Brisco instead! McMahon kneels to check the fallen Brisco, who has a small trickle of blood running through his hair and over his bald spot. Austin comes over and retrieves his belt and flips McMahon off. Vince looks ready to explode. The sound of Austin's music signals that McMahon's latest attempt to rid himself of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin has failed. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: God, I love this angle! The great thing is how it was all established by the Bret Hart "doublecross". The "rules" were all established by what happened to Hart. McMahon can't just fire him or take the title away. He either has to back someone who can beat Austin (with or without some help from McMahon), or maneuver Austin into a position where they can "screw" him out of the title. Along the way we see Austin overcome challengers big and small and in the process becomes the most popular guy in the WWF since the days of Bruno Sammartino. I'm not sure if there was ever a stretch in any Hulk Hogan title reign that was as interesting as what they've done with Austin over the last month. Popular, yes ... high profile, yes ... but as interesting? I'm not sure. The rest of the show was okay. Poor from a wrestling standpoint, though so much was going on that it was easy to overlook. So many angles started or changed direction that it'll take the next month to mull them all over. We'll begin with them next week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Taped earlier in the evening. Length: One Hour. Location: Norfolk, Virginia. Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. - Clip of the Macho Man informing Bret Hart he's on his hit list. - As the Nitro Girls are doing a number Alex Wright breaks it up with his unique dance stylings. Security comes out and drags him away. The announcers utterly fail to make the fans care about what is in reality a courageous return from a layoff caused by a brain aneurysm. - Kevin Nash and Randy Savage hit the ring. He says he talked to Scott Hall recently and that the match with he and Hall against Sting and the Giant is on for Slamboree. Nash then announces that Savage is the newest member of the Wolfpack. After Savage makes a few comments, Nash--as an added shot to "Hollywood" Hogan--then brings out Konan as yet another Wolfpack member. Konan takes the mic and tells Hogan how great the Wolfpack is. He and Nash warble a tune to take us to the break. Footage of Hart's infamous betrayal. Well, that's what they'd call it, anyway. - They show a special interview with Juventud Guerrera. Guerrera considers himself an Aztec Warrior. I sure hope he doesn't start calling himself that. - Chris Jericho comes out with the Dean Malenko poster again. He badmouths Guerrera, then interviews the poster. Funny stuff, though it's at this point that I realize he's cribbing a lot of his character from Rocky Maivia. (Of course half of Maivia's schtick comes from Elvis, while the other half comes from most every heel before him.) - CHRIS JERICHO vs. CHAVO GUERRERO, JR. (w/ Eddie Guerrero) This match was all Jericho-- except for one brief moment. Eddie jumps on the ring to yell at Chavo. He and Jericho come face-to-face, at which point they share their mutual admiration. Chavo the kicks Jericho, sending him into Eddie, knocking him off the apron. From there Jericho resumes total control, slapping on the Lion Tamer moments later for the win. Eddie comes in and has a tense moment with Jericho until Chris convinces him that it was Chavo's fault. Eddie gives Chavo a tongue lashing for losing once again. - As if what's happened to Juventud Guerrera wasn't humiliating enough to him, WCW decides to actually show his unmasking at the hands of Jericho at the SuperBrawl PPV. - They show the move which caused Buff Bagwell's injury last week on Thunder. They promise a surgery update after the break. The break comes and goes and they play a Nitro Party Video. They then hype an upcoming announcement by Bret Hart. Finally they play the Bagwell clip again. Schiavone says they have no update, but will have one tomorrow. - More footage of Savage talking about Hart on Thunder. - "Hollywood" Hogan and Eric Bischoff put in an appearance. Hogan says Hart did what he did because he knows where the power lies in WCW. This is so close to the truth that it's not funny. Hogan also adds how underwhelmed he is about Konan defecting to the Wolfpack. There are many "hobos", says Hogan, on any street corner who'd be just as willing to "jump in the back of my pick-up truck to pick my orange groves!" (That, if there's any justice, should get him in some trouble with somebody.) - BILL GOLDBERG vs. SCOTT NORTON Remember Goldberg's match with Steve Regal? (The one that got Regal fired.) This one was fairly close to that. Norton seemed unwilling to cooperate with much of what Goldberg was trying to do, while Goldberg seemed UNABLE to do most of what Norton wanted to do. Goldberg's one technical move--the leg takedown--came off very poorly executed. Goldberg puts the match out of its misery by escaping from a shoulderbreaker, hitting the spear and nailing the Jackhammer. The fans stood up for his entrance and never sat down until the match was over. Where was Vincent? - More Savage footage. Hey! We've only got an hour here! Save some of this for tomorrow night. - "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Bret Hart. (Hart gets a healthy boo, but even that isn't as big as that which Hogan or some others get.) To make a long story short, Hart tells everyone to wait until tomorrow, at which time he'll explain why he did what he did. The end. - Tomorrow: Hart. Hogan. What happened and why. Comments: Are they kidding? Just as an average Nitro first hour this was pretty weak. Only two matches and neither of them were all that good (though neither outright stunk either). The Hart appearance was pretty much inconsequential since all he said was "wait until tomorrow." In hindsight the most notable moment was Wright's return and that was completely downplayed and only lasted ten seconds or so (within the first two minutes of the show). They might just as well have saved the entire show for Tuesday, or just bit the damn bullet and cut the show down to two hours this week. On it's own there was no way this beat RAW: quality-wise, ratings-wise, anything-wise. I'll do the right thing and wait until part two before picking a winner this week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCW "Tuesday" Nitro: Live/Taped: Taped 4/27. Length: Two Hours. Location: Norfolk, Virginia. HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. - A few seconds of Bret Hart's comments from last night are shown. TNT then gives "Babylon 5" viewers the bad news that their show won't be on. Hey ... tonight's arena looks like last night's arena! What gives?! - They take a "special look" at Bret Hart. Schiavone describes him as "bizarre and talented". Add in "lying" and hypocritical". Awww ... I'm just being bitter is all. Still, you have to admit that this turn of his essentially contradicts and invalidates most everything he's said about the WWF and its fans over the last six months. - CHRIS BENOIT vs. DISCO INFERNO This match alone was better than the entire hour of Nitro shown the night before. Benoit manhandles Disco, softening him up with a head-butt off the top, then applying the Crippler Crossface for the win. - A special Chris Jericho video is shown. The voice-over asks "wouldn't you like to be a Jericho-holic too?" - CHRIS JERICHO vs. PSYCHOSIS Jericho come to the ring to Dean Malenko's music, acting like Malenko as well. He takes the mic and says he's Dean Malenko, " ... and I want to go home!!!" A good match, though two of the last few spots looked to have been seriously flubbed: Psychosis is down on the mat. Jericho hops over him and jumps on the second rope, intending to do a moonsault. Psychosis takes too much time getting up, though, so Jericho just stands there for a moment. Psychosis then throws a drop-kick at the ropes (which doesn't connect very well). Jericho falls backwards, making it look like he just lay down himself instead of being knocked down. Psychosis the hits a legdrop off the top. He then hoists Jericho to the top, intending to perform a huracanrana. What happens instead is a really botched move resulting in Jericho holding on to Psychosis' leg. Jericho starts to apply the Texas Cloverleaf, but switches to a Lion Tamer part-way through. Jericho wins. A fan at ringside holds up a "Free Ric Flair!" sign. - ROCCO ROCK vs. THE BARBARIAN (w/ Jimmy Hart) If I may borrow a term favored by Canadian match reviewers, this was pure "garbage wrestling". (Well, not really, since there was very little "wrestling" involved. Plenty of "garbage", though.) A minute or so into the match Hugh Morrus runs in and interferes. Johnny Grunge then runs out and attacks Morrus. The ref, showing initiative and logic the likes of which are rarely ever displayed in WCW, orders the match to become a tag team bout. A few garbage can shots follows, as well as Rocco being hit by one of those disposable tinfoil pans you cook a turkey in. Rocco actually sells the shot. The usual foiled table spot is thrown in when Jimmy Hart is laid on the table, but pulled off at the last moment by the Barbarian. Morrus ends up going through the table instead. Somewhere in all this the Barbarian blocks a garbage can shot with a kick, sending the can into Johnny Grunge's head, then covers for the pin. - More Savage comments from Thunder are shown. - On a non-wrestling note, they show a commercial for "Godzilla" during the break. Man, am I pumped up for this one! I've got 18 of the 22 original Godzilla movies, you know. - JUVENTUD GUERRERA vs. BILLY KIDMAN Another good match. Guerrera plants Kidman with a Juvinoku Driver, then lands the 450 Splash for the win. The Flock runs in and stomps Juvi into the mat. Never surrender! - "Mean" Gene interviews Alex Wright, who picks up right where he left off. He calls everyone "morons!" Moments later he is again escorted out by security. - EDDIE GUERRERO (w/ Chavo Guerrero, Jr.) vs. BOOKER T. What ... Eddie's wrestling? He's looking a bit soft after so little ring action of late. This match was okay, with Booker getting a surprisingly easy win after landing the missile drop-kick. After the match Eddie and Chavo trade "what happened?!" gestures. Eddie then slaps Chavo. HOUR TWO Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - The announcers talk about how Bret Hart and Randy Savage have never fought each other. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Savage beat Hart on a "Saturday Night's Main Event" a zillion years ago? Also, I believe Hart beat Savage in a match in Japan in 1992 or '93. I have Hart somewhere on tape making that claim, anyway. They then replay in full Hart's interview from the night before. I can't believe Hart called Savage "half troll/half lizard!" - SATURN vs. MARTY JANNETTY Saturn blonks Jannetty in no time, putting him away with a Death Valley Driver. Schiavone admits during the above match that they have no idea what time Nitro will be on next week because of the NBA playoffs. Check your local listings for details ... or check the Slobberknocker Central website often for the latest TV listings. (That's maybe the first plug I've given my site in this Recap in two years!) - "Mean" Gene interviews Diamond Dallas Page. Page starts to talk about Raven, but is interrupted by Kidman and Sick Boy of the Flock. They tell him that Raven couldn't make it and that he sent a video instead. Raven, on tape, talks about what an embarrassment Page has been to his mother and family. (If it turns out that Raven and DDP are supposedly bothers, I'm hitting someone.) DDP lays out Sick Boy with a Diamond Cutter. He then takes off through the crowd. Kidman reenters the ring to make fun of DDP, but is attacked from behind by a crazed "fan", clotheslining Kidman out of the ring over the top rope. Security quickly assembles to bring the "fan" down. (Word is this was Mortis once again doing the honors.) - BILL GOLDBERG vs. JERRY FLYNN The ring entrances last longer than the match. - Nitro Girls. Schiavone gives the Buff Bagwell update: he'll be okay ... eventually. - Michael Buffer does his thing for the main event. - STING/LEX LUGER/THE GIANT vs. SCOTT STEINER/KONAN/BRIAN ADAMS With every wrestler in this match ranging from "mediocre" to "terrible" skill-wise, how could this be any good?! The only thing I can think to write about it is to point out that when Luger and Steiner step into the ring, the worst two cases of steroid abuse this sport has ever seen come head-to-head. (Now that was mean--what with Buff Bagwell being injured and all.) After a few minutes on non-action Brian Adams walks out of the match. Konan and Steiner are quick to follow. Vincent, who had come with the NWO team also, isn't quite as fast. The Giant lays him out with a chokeslam. Sting actually gingerly helps Vincent up as they go to commercial. - "Mean" Gene interviews Bret Hart ... again. Hart demands that Hogan come out. Moments later the music starts up ("Voodoo Child", not "Voodoo Chile"--check the CD. To be more accurate it's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". "Voodoo Chile" is a different song by Hendrix). Harts starts things off by admitting that Hogan is the most recognizable wrestler in the world, and the sport's biggest star. Hogan thanks Hart for the compliment. Suddenly Randy Savage runs in and demands to know what business Hart thinks he has meddling in his. He pops Hart, Hogan and the Disciple pop Savage, and the show ends with Hart beating on Savage as Hogan and the Disciple hold him in place. - This Thursday: Thunder won't be on again until May 14th. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: I thought WCW said they didn't do bait-and-switches? That's really what the whole last half hour of the show was. The main event was a joke, while for two nights they promised Hart would explain himself. Now we have to wait until next week. Or the week after. Or the week after. Eventually Hart's going to spill his point of view, but by then no one will care over the semantics of whether he's with the NWO or not. He's a bad guy and he'll fight guys like Savage, Sting and Piper, before eventually facing Hogan and you know what? No one will care. With both Hart and Hogan as heels in that match Hart will be lucky to get 50% of the crowd behind him. On the other hand I doubt anyone will buy a face turn before that match by either man. Of all the big matches on the horizon, Hart vs. Hogan (with Hart's heel turn admittedly making him more interesting) is still miles behind the eventual Hogan/Nash match--the match most everyone REALLY wants to see. Beyond the main event stuff, this was probably the most solid Nitro wrestling-wise in weeks. Running only two hours made for a noticeably better show, in my opinion. Adding in the hour from Monday actually makes for a worse show. With or without it, though, I didn't enjoy it more than RAW this week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: New month coming up an two more PPV's looming on the horizon. The WWF "Over the Edge" hasn't started to take any shape yet, so there's nothing to say about it. (What is on McMahon's conscience these days, anyway? Have you noticed these PPV names: "No Way Out", "Unforgiven", "Over the Edge". The current tour is "Don't Trust Anyone". Is this guy paranoid or what?) WCW Slamboree hasn't taken much shape yet, but we do have a couple of matches down on paper. Sting/Giant vs. the Outsiders looks to be every bit as meaningless to WCW as was the bat match in the last PPV. Savage/Hart has some novelty value, but it most likely won't be all that good given Savage's bad knee. "Hollywood" Hogan reportedly won't even wrestle on the PPV, though he could show up to interfere in one or two matches. The undercard has yet to be developed. The on-air promos for the PPV are saying things like the war between WCW and the NWO will essentially come to an end, and that the PPV will be the most momentous event ever in wrestling. I have no idea how they can back that up given the way the card is filling out. Maybe Roddy Piper's going to come back and screw up all the matches at the last minute. On a final note, if you missed that A&E special on wrestling then you missed a real doozy. The first hour was a lot better than the second, but overall it was a really tough--yet fair--look at professional wrestling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 of the "Monday Night Recap", April 27th-28th, 1998.