Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #167 January 25th, 1999 The Opening Word: Seems a lot of folks took McMahon winning the Rumble waaaaay too seriously. What, like you really thought he was going to wrestle the Rock at WrestleMania? C'mon. Look, back when there wasn't much live TV, and only five PPV's per year, having the Rumble winner automatically face the Champ at WrestleMania made sense. Now days it's just too counterproductive to doing live TV. It makes the February PPV meaningless, since there won't, can't or shouldn't be a World Title match. It sets up a match we have to wait two months to see, and the time between is used to hype something that's already set to happen. Anyone who's read the Recap for any length of time knows I hate it when they announce a match, THEN set up the storylines to hype it. It's okay when you've only got a few weeks, or a month to kill, but here it's another TEN WEEKS until WrestleMania. If you ask me, having Steve Austin versus the Rock etched in stone for that long would have sucked. Going into the Rumble there were only three men who realistically had a chance to win it: Austin, Kane and Vince McMahon. Not because of their ability, but because of their positioning within the top storyline. If all one wanted was for Austin to win then there really wasn't much reason to watch the Rumble. Either he'd win, which was predictable, or he'd lose, which was disappointing. Opening your mind to the possibility of someone else winning, that really left only Kane or McMahon. Sure, someone like Ken Shamrock or Triple H could have won, but do you think that match-up would have survived? Do you really think they'd put anyone but Austin in the WrestleMania main event? Last year Austin won the Rumble, setting up the match between he and Shawn Michaels. That also set up an In Your House PPV in February that had no marketable main event. (Shawn Michaels then being injured further hurt what was already a meaningless match.) I for one didn't want to see the WWF repeat that. Does McMahon winning the Rumble hurt its historical sigificance? Yes, in a way, it does. Not because it proved he was the best man in the WWF, but because six months, a year, or maybe five years from now, watching McMahon win the Rumble won't mean as much as it does right now. It only makes sense if one can also watch the TV leading up to it, and immediately following it. Given that, though, I'd rather have seen McMahon win than someone like Triple H, Shamrock or Test, who would most likely have then lost their title shot in the days to come. Either way it's done to stretch out the booking through February. At least McMahon winning gave the moment some novelty value. A lot of people also say this as Austin having to job to McMahon. I find that a bit hard to swallow. How does one man winning a 30 Man match end up being Austin doing a "job"? If that's the case, than anyone winning it other than Austin would have been making him job and sorry, but I just don't see this as being Austin's match to automatically win. It's not as if McMahon beat Austin one-on-one in a singles match. He stole the win, with the Rock's help, in a gimmick match in which it wasn't necessary that he be regarded as superior to Austin. McMahon guaranteed that Austin had "No Chance in Hell", and once again he lived up to his guarantee. That's consistent with his character. McMahon will now go on to relenquish that title shot, give it to someone else, hold a tournament, a "top contenders" match, or put the shot up in a match against someone--most likely Austin. We'll all get the WrestleMania main event we want, while the booking remains a bit more interesting over the next month. It's unfortunate that this year's Rumble won't have the historical significance it would have if Austin had won, but it was certainly a surprising and entertaining event in its own right. I enjoyed it immensely. Your mileage may vary. There also seems to be some confusion over Mankind giving up in his match with the Rock. Much of it seems to come from people who didn't see Sunday Night Heat. I'll get to that later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Three Hours+. Location: Dallas, Texas. HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. - The show opens with a clip from Thunder. The theme of that show was unrest among the NWO B-Team members. As the show came to a close Vincent, following a sight gag involving trying to drink a glass of raw eggs (and failing), notices that there's a hidden camera taping them. It's revealed that "Hollywood" Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Buff Bagwell are watching them via closed-circuit TV. Why this bothered Vincent and not the CAMERMAN STANDING THERE IN CLEAR VIEW FIMLMING THEM FOR THE ENTIRE SHOW is beyond me. After this, and throughout the show, Tony Schiavone makes it clear through his commentary that we are to call the Hogan-led faction of the NWO the "Wolfpac". The guys who suck are just the NWO. Such terms as "NWO Black & White" and "NWO Red & Black" are meaningless, as are the t-shirts they wear. (I don't mean he comes right out and says this. What I mean is that listening to what Tony says, "Hogan=Wolfpac" and "NWO=B-Team". In other words, Hogan didn't re-form the NWO, he took over the Wolfpac.) Taped earlier, the B-Team are at a nearby airport awaiting the arrival of the Wolfpac. For some reason Curt Hennig isn't wearing an NWO shirt. Neither is Stevie Ray, but he's the one the others make fun of, not Hennig. Stevie seems to be trying to organize the other B-Team'ers in an effort to stand up to the Wolfpac. - Tonight Ric Flair has Eric Bischoff selling merchandise out in the lobby. For the three seconds this notion is actually funny, I did laugh. - Nitro Girls, promos and clips from last week's Nitro kill a few minutes. - Another look at the B-Team at the airport. Stevie Ray says he'll do the talking. - DISCO INFERNO vs. AL GREENE Practically a squash, with Disco hitting the Chartbuster for the win. - Back to the airport they go. Much grumbling is done over the big limo waiting for the Wolfpac, while the B-team has to squeeze into a pair of Ford Taurus sedans. Is this live or taped? A camera shot from within the arriving plane suggests it's taped. If so, why not just show this all at once, instead of stretching it out? Anyway, the Wolfpac members deplane and do that small chatter that's supposed to make them sound cool but doesn't because guys that old aren't that cool. Stevie heads them off and claims Hennig and Vincent are out to ruin the group. Or something. As they approach the cars Hennig grabs someone in the car (Vincent?), yells "I got him!", but is himself grabbed by the Wolfpac, pulled out of the car, and beaten. (I think. Really, this was quite confusing.) Brian Adams wants to know what's going on? Someone says "it's just business," so Adams and Scott Norton join in on beating up Hennig. Hogan takes Vincent aside and says they are proud of him. Stevie Ray, meanwhile, stands by looking totally clueless as to what has happened or what he should do. (I felt the same way.) Everyone piles into the three cars, with Stevie and Vincent being alone as the last two in the third Taurus. Does this make any sense? - Now the NWO are at the arena, though somehow Lex Luger and Elizabeth have joined them. More old fogey banter, as well as continuing fun being poked at Stevie Ray and the "$500" shirt he's wearing. (Is that a shot at the Rock?) Scott Hall throws Stevie a shirt and pretty much everyone orders him to put it on. Out in the arena Bam Bam Bigelow, carrying a ladder, hits the ring. He cuts a clumsy interview in which he challenges Scott Hall to a ladder match. Backstage Hall does that finger wiggle thing he did which was cool before he became a pathetic drunk. (Sorry, that was mean, but I'm just talking about the angle WCW ran, not his real life turn at being a pathetic drunk.) - Some woman is complaining that Eric Bischoff tried to rip her off. She gave him $20 for a $5 WCW foam finger, but he only gave her $5 change. Doug Dellinger makes him give her another $10. Bischoff makes a crack about wasting WCW's money. Oh GOD don't get me started on that one ... - "Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Ric Flair. Flair, in his usual manner, makes the following announcements: * Bret Hart will defend the U.S. Title at SuperBrawl. * Tonight Hart faces Booker T. * Tag Team Title tournament continues tonight (more on this below). * Hogan & two NWO'ers versus Flair, Benoit and Steve McMichael. Suspended WCW referee Scott Dickinson is sitting in the front row. Who cares, right? - Hall, carrying his stun gun and a ladder, comes to the ring accompanied by Disco Inferno. He accepts Bigelow's challenge. The stun gun is hung from the ceiling, and the ladder is set up in the aisle. - SCOTT HALL (w/ Disco Inferno) vs. BAM BAM BIGELOW The match gets underway with numerous ladder spots, some looking fairly brutal, others not. Perhaps because of Bigelow's ECW influence the match just sort of goes on, with little flow, until interrupted by a COMMERCIAL BREAK. With RAW just starting on USA I switched away and didn't come back until the wee hours replay. Sorry WCW, your bad timing, not mine. The match continues and it's pretty decent (hard to screw up a ladder match). The finish comes when Bigelow gets the stun gun, but Disco hands Hall a second one. Before anything can happen Disco runs into Goldberg, making a running entrance down the aisle. Goldberg charges through Disco, enters the ring, and ruins the match (no contest). Goldberg takes out both men with a Spear, then zaps them with their stun guns. Scott Norton comes out to rescue Hall. HOUR TWO Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Zbyszko. - Chuck Norris is seated at ringside. I pulled out the old CIA lip reading for this one: Norris: "Where's Yokozuna?" Fan: "Ummm ... was he the bald guy?" Norris: "No, he's a really fat Japanese guy." Fan: "Haven't seen him." Norris: "Then where's the Undertaker?" Fan: "I think he has his own TV show now." Norris: "What about Roddy Piper?" Fan: "He's the World Champion now." - "Mean" Gene interviews Bret Hart in the lockerroom. Hart does his usual racist interview in talking about Booker T. He then says El Dandy and "Hypnosis" (Psychosis) are more suitable contenders. Hart brags about his groin injury. What a weirdo. - THE FIRST FAMILY (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. FIT FINLAY/DAVID TAYLOR Flair, in his above interview, made the provision for this match that a "wall of bodies" would be employed to keep the Wolfpac from interfering. That translates to every two-bit jobber in the company coming out and surrounding the ring. Finlay is interesting to watch, but Taylor isn't. Neither are Meng and the Barbarian, who get the win. - Clips, promos, clips, Nitro Girls ... a lot of time killed here. - SATURN vs. NORMAN SMILEY Go read someone else's stuff if you care about either of these guys. Saturn with the Death Valley Driver. "Mean" Gene gets some comments from Scott Dickinson at ringside. I'd tell you what he said, but I don't care, and deep down I bet none of you do either. - Now Herschel Walker is at ringside. Walker, when he was with the Vikings, sucked because we wouldn't design an offensive scheme around him. He went on to better days with other teams, but we in Minnesota still pretty much take credit for killing his career. - BRET HART vs. BOOKER T. A pretty good match, but I'd ruin my string of blowing off matches if I went into too much detail. (Hah!) Hart employs some malfeasance (title belt to the head) to gain the pinfall. Really good fifteen minute match. Jesus, now Jean-Claude Van Damme is in the front row! Must be there because Goldberg is in his latest movie ("Universal Soldier 2"). While on the subject, has Van Damme even made a decent movie since "Timecop"? Am I being generous in calling "Timecop" a good movie? Has Van Damme EVER made a good movie? ("Bloodsport" was okay.) HOUR THREE Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - Eric Bischoff is now in the stands selling merchandise. All these supposed "punishment" skits provide are moments of Eric Bischoff being really grumpy. Maybe I'd buy them if I didn't know that in two months time Bischoff will again be back on top and making life miserable for Ric Flair. They shouldn't have made this for "90 days", it should have been "permanent". Then do a match or something whereby Bischoff or someone in the NWO wins his power back for him. - GOLDBERG vs. SCOTT NORTON Spear. Jackhammer. Pin. NWO run-in. Goldberg sends them all packing, then is joined in celebration by Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Herschel Walker and NHL superstar Brett Hull (huh?) Security (which has spent the night confiscating Anti-WCW and Pro-WWF signs) doesn't lift a finger to stop any of them entering the ring. - Scott Steiner joins the announcing team during a Nitro Girls segment. Last week on Thunder Diamond Dallas Page promised to do something to Steiner if he got close to Kimberly again. I say "do something" because, as usual, DDP's interview didn't make much sense. (Sample line: "It can get real real in a heartbeat!" or something like that.) - Michael Buffer is out to do the introductions for the main event, even though there's more than thirty minutes left in the show. Hogan, Scott Steiner and Kevin Nash come out first and kill almost ten minutes doing catchphrases and talking smack. - THE WOLFPAC vs. THE HORSEMEN Schiavone makes an odd comment during the match about Alex Wright no-showing tonight. Hogan has new black tights and white boots, which make him look like a big action figure. Steve McMichael may be the worst wrestler in the business today. Benoit, on the other hand, may be the best. Add in Flair (the oldest), and what kind of Horsemen team does that give you? (Don't answer.) Screwy finishes are bad enough, but they really suck when you do them in a match which lasts almost twenty minutes (including commercial break). Flair has Steiner in the Figure Four, but Kevin Nash is handed a foam finger on a pipe or stick and nails Flair with it. Then Bischoff, who has fake hair attached to his hat, comes in with a pair of electric shears, intent on cutting Flair's hair. The rings starts to fill with other WCW wrestlers and before long almost everyone who was in the building is in the ring! The show ends with the Wolfpac and NWO in retreat, while WCW occupies the high ground in the ring. Goldberg is the last to come out and battles with Nash and others as they fade out. - This Thursday: Nothing announced. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: WCW is getting better, I'll admit, though in some ways it also seems to be getting worse. Bret Hart coming back gives them a much needed infusion of heavyweight talent. The greater emphasis on storylines, although those storylines don't make much sense, are better than the repeated interviews used in the past to propell the bigger angles. No cruiserweights this week, but you all know I'm not that much into them these days anyway. What isn't working for me are WCW's attempts at comedy. Norman Smiley in particular, as well as Eric Bischoff's "downfall". Good show. I still don't care much, but it didn't suck like usual. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Two Hours+. Location: Phoenix, Arizona. WWF RAW Hosted By: Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - PPV stills. Even the first hour this week is rated "TV14". Take that, Bob Ryder! - Royal Rumble winner Vince McMahon comes to the ring to the applause of the Corporation, and the boo's of 15,000 fans. Vince launches into a speech in which he announces that he will award the $100,000 bounty to the Rock, for his assistance in eliminating Steve Austin from the Rumble. He then cuts the Rock down a bit by saying the Rock was losing sleep over the prospect of facing McMahon at WrestleMania. (Cue the Corporate Eyebrow.) McMahon says that to ease the Rock's misgivings, he--McMahon--will relenquish his duly earned WrestleMania title shot Enter Steve Austin, on the Titan-Tron, live via satellite from San Antonio (and we all know who lives in San Antonio, don't we?), from the home of WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels. ("I'm healing damn well, aren't I?"). Michaels hands Austin a Coors Light (proving he--Michaels--really is gay.) Michaels says they've been looking over the WWF rulebook (grabs a bottle of Jack Daniels, proving he may not be gay after all), and informs McMahon that according to the rules, when he gave up his title shot at WrestleMania, he automatically turned it over to the runner-up of the Royal Rumble: Steve Austin. (Nice fit with the running continuity, since McMahon retained sole authority over Austin. It was his unwitting act which handed the title shot over to Austin, not one from Michaels.) From there Austin challenges McMahon to a match at the next PPV. Why? So he can kick his ass again. Austin says he knows he can beat McMahon in a straight-up match, so he suggests a good old fashioned Steel Cage Match, where they can climb out over the top of the cage to earn the win. Austin puts up his newly earned WrestleMania title shot. McMahon accepts. Okay, so we essentially are where we would have been if Austin had just gone ahead and won the Rumble. However, there now exists some slight element of doubt because, like at the Rumble, Austin could lose his match to McMahon without McMahon actually "beating" him. Could McMahon win this match? More on that later. Backstage an armored car pulls up. Lawler guesses that it holds the Rock's $100,000. - Hunter Hearst Helmsley comes out, says he doesn't think Mankind said "I Quit" at the PPV, and challenges the Rock to another "I Quit" match tonight. (While we're on the subject, let me clear something up: people keep writing me to ask if the Rock shouldn't have lost the PPV match because he said "I Quit" when asking Mankind if he quit. The answer is no. It's not just the act of saying "I Quit" which causes you to lose the match. The referee has to interpret it as an actual intent to give up. It's a little like a bully putting you in a hammerlock and demanding "say uncle!" I doubt if you said "no, I won't say uncle!" that he would release you. Clearly the Rock wasn't giving up when he said "I Quit". The ref, believing he heard Mankind say "I Quit", interpreted that as a signal to submit. If you still have a problem with that chalk it up to "poor officiating".) - "BAD ASS" BILLY GUNN vs. GOLDUST Mere seconds into the match Goldust has Gunn set up in the corner for the Shattered Dreams. The ref stops him, allowing Gunn to get a punch in. Moments later Goldust's music plays again and out comes Bluedust, one of the personas adopted by the Blue Meanie a few years ago in ECW. Gunn puts Goldust away with a Piledriver as Bluedust recovers Al Snow's Head. Seeing Bluedust was funny for about five seconds, which is about how short this match seemed. Mankind has arrived, even though he's not scheduled to be there. - The Oddities are in the ring, but they are sent away by the Rock, who comes out and accepts Triple H's "I Quit" match challenge. Meanwhile in the back, Mankind is approaching the armored car and a pair of guards. He asks them if they've seen his sock ... then attacks! After grabbing a leather satchel he heads into the arena. Handfulls of ten dollar bills are tossed to the crowd. Mankind keeps the Rock back by threatening to throw it all to the crowd. After pocketing some for himself he says he doesn't remember saying "I Quit" at the PPV. Played on the Titan-Tron is the clip of him yelling "I QUIT! I QUIT! I QUIT!" on Sunday Night Heat. He then plays clips of him not submitting, as well as the identically sounding sound clip which ended the match. That scheme exposed, Mankind challenges the Rock to a match this Sunday in an empty arena. The match will take place (or be shown, anyway) during halftime of the Super Bowl (on USA). The Rock's WWF Championship versus the bag of money. The Rock, left with no other choice to get his money back, agrees. (Personally I'd have just called the cops. Not sure if $100,000 in ten dollar bills would have fit in that bag, either.) - GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE vs. DARREN DROZDOV After the Animal eats the turnbuckle pad Droz slams his head into the exposes turnbuckle. Pin. Barely enough time for Midian to come out and babble something to the announcers about the Undertaker. - Taped clip of Jerry Brisco and Pat Patterson giving saltpeter to Ken Shamrock and the Big Bossman. I had to explain to my brother the significance of saltpeter and what it allegedly does to your sex drive. Kevin Kelly gets a few words from Debra McMichael, the reason Shamrock and Bossman are getting the saltpeter. Mark Henry then shows up and hits on Debra. Have there really been only three minutes of wrestling this hour? Ouch. - OWEN HART/JEFF JARRETT (w/ Debra) vs. KEN SHAMROCK/BIG BOSSMAN The story here is that the saltpeter seems to have made Shamrock and the Bossman immune to Debra's charms, forcing her to remove more and more articles of clothing. With that not working, who should show up but the Blue Blazer! For some reason it's a black man this time. My brother yells "Koko B. Ware!" I shake my head, then remember (24 hours later) that Owen Hart and Koko used to be a tag team. Uh-oh. The Blazer takes out Shamrock with Jarrett's guitar. Owen covers and we have brand new TAGteamCHAMPIONSoftheWORLD! On the way up the ramp Owen says this proves once and for all that he's not the Blue Blazer. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler. - Shane McMahon hits the ring, accompanied by Patterson and Brisco. Shane brings out Kane. He makes him apologize for crossing the Corporation last week. Kane apologizes through his neckrophone, but that isn't good enough for Shane. Down on one knee Kane apologizes again. Still not good enough for Shane, he orders him to get down on both knees. Out comes X-Pac. He tells Kane to stand up for himself, and offers him the chance to "run with D-X". He launches into a tongue lashing on Shane (blanked out by the censors), when suddenly Kane grabs him from behind and chokeslams him to the mat. His rag-limp body is propped up in the corner and Shane gives him a Bronco Buster (just like X-Pac did to Shane all those weeks ago. Continuity!) Kane is now back in the good graces of the Corporation, making me wonder if maybe the Giant will be coming is as a fan favorite (assuming he's really coming in and all that). - Footage from during the break of D-X coming out to save X-Pac. - The Ministry is in the back strategizing. - Taped clip of D-Lo Brown in a drugstore buying Kotex for Terri Runnels (we see her browbeat him into buying them for her). Of course there's no price on them and the clerk has to do a loud price check. She then recognizes D-Lo and calls all the other clerks over. Hilarity ensues. - Val Venis is in the ring to debut his latest video, "Saving Ryan's Privates". (Funny thing is, I believe there's already an adult film by that name. Hope the WWF doesn't get sued.) The video plays on the Titan-Tron, bearing the actual title "Sister Act". Predictably it features Val in the shower with Ken Shamrock's sister (billed in the credits as--get this--"Ken Shamrock's Sister"). Lawler guesses her name is Ryan, explaining Val's version of the title. - VAL VENIS vs. TEST Haven't we seen this match before? Doesn't matter much, as little more than a minute in Ken Shamrock runs out and attacks Venis down on the floor. Test gets the pin. Two-on-one beating ensues until Billy Gunn makes the save. Then after the Corporate members have left, Venis confronts Gunn over his sticking his nose in Val's business (which makes little sense, since Venis has done the same thing himself repeatedly in recent weeks). The two come to blows. - ROAD DOGG/AL SNOW vs. THE BROOD Hardcore Tag Team match. The commentary, at times, makes it sound like a title is on the line. Fire extinguishers ... garbage can ... backstage ... cookie sheet ... dumpster ... door ... metal pole ... board ... oil barrel ... gurney ... buffet table ... silverware ... steel chairs ... women's room ... Godfather's Ho's ... toilet seat ... Bluedust ... Head ... broken table monkeypile ... Road Dog gets the pin. Reads a little better than it really was. More of the Ministry. - Al Snow tells Road Dogg that this win should earn him another chance at Gunn's Hardcore Title. Gunn agrees, at which point the two (who had been talking to Kevin Kelly) are attacked by the Acolytes. Cut to the Undertaker, who mumbles some stuff about a "Holy War". - THE ROCK vs. TRIPLE H (w/ Chyna) Solid brawling from the two up and down the ramp, around the ring, and into the crowd. They takes turns asking each other to quit, drawing insults in response. In the ring the Rock delivers the Corporate Elbow (and a hammer) onto the ring bell, which is laying on Hunter's face. Triple H rallies back, working the crowd up big-time. Back to the floor and Hunter gives the Rock a Pedigree. Onto the announcer's table the two go and Hunter sets up another Pedigree when... The Corporation is in the ring, with Kane holding Chyna by the neck. They tell him that if he doesn't say "I Quit" Kane will destroy her. He quickly says "I Quit", ending the match. He goes to check on her as the Corporation checks out the Rock. Kane, still up on the apron, has a staredown with Hunter, who motions for him to come back in the ring. Suddenly Chyna comes up behind Hunter and gives him her patented low blow! The Corporation dismantles Triple H as first Shane, then Vince McMahon, hugs Chyna, welcoming her into the arms of the Corporation! Ay caramba! - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: I'm not going to come right out and give away the WWF's booking for the next two weeks, though I'll note that if you want to learn what's going to happen yourself, you can visit the WWF's website (www.wwf.com). Next week's RAW, as well as two week's worth of Heat, are in the can. Let us just say that something big will happen this Sunday, which throws a number of things into the air. Austin vs. the Rock still looks like it will be our WrestleMania main event, though I wouldn't guarantee it just yet. Whatever the WWF has planned, we won't know it for sure until after the next PPV, or the following RAW. Come March we could see Austin vs. the Rock, Austin vs. McMahon, Austin vs. Mankind, Mankind vs. the Rock, or Mankind vs. McMahon. ANY of those matches could involve the title. An okay RAW this week, but even I was distressed at the lack of actual wrestling. There seemed to be maybe 20 minutes of in-ring action, and half of that took place during the main event. With Chyna in the Corporation I'd assume (or at least guess) that a shot at Sable's title is somewhere down the road. Maybe. Chyna may not be a great wrestler, but giving her the belt would lend the matches for it more physicality than Sable has brought to the ring. Chyna vs. either Luna or Jacqueline could be decent matches. Mabel being back in the WWF was bad enough. Now Koko B. Ware? I sure hope I'm wrong on that account. The Undertaker gimmick just ain't doing it for me. I'm rambling now ... let's wrap this up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: Opinion and feedback continue to filter in and I seem to be about the only one who liked the Rumble. I guess that's because I'm biased or something. Seems a lot of people thought this should have been the best Royal Rumble ever. Hell, I was just hoping this would be the best PPV this month! Having not seen the other two I can't make THAT call, but I liked what I saw. It could have been better, sure. But I liked what there was. Rumors are circulating that Sting will be Bret Hart's opponent at SuperBrawl. The WWF is doing their best to make the "St. Valentine's Day" In Your House interesting, but right now WCW has the inside track on making SuperBrawl the bigger PPV of the two next month. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Slobberknocker Central" and "Monday Night Recap" are copyright 1999 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 167 of the "Monday Night Recap", January 25th, 1999.