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Date Posted: 11:00:16 08/13/01 Mon
Author: joe
Subject: Re: RAW review 08/12/2001
In reply to: BMN 's message, "RAW review 08/12/2001" on 08:10:55 08/13/01 Mon

>A big surprise: no pre-show promos. A new ring
>announcer announces our double main event and
>introduces our first match.

--->actually hughes did a little promo before the match, and i was amazed that a lot of the people said "cut the music stupid" along with him

>1. Corporal Chaos vs. Mike Hughes (**)
>
>Wow, the booker goes from champ to wrestling the
>jobber in the opening match. And a pretty good match
>for the curtain-jerker to boot. Hughes goes over.
>Chaos continues to improve. Next.
>
>
>2. Chi Chi Cruz vs. Massive Damage (** 1/2)
>
>Wow, surprise #2! A babyface match that sees Cruz in
>the second match of the evening and Massive in a
>scientific element. A lot of the crowd, of course,
>doesn't go for this scientific stuff, including our
>friend Stevie. But I think this makes for a good
>change in pace. Sometimes the restholds could be
>draining but I thought the flow was good and Damage
>held his own. Hughes runs out for a DQ finish which
>was disappointing. Damage chooses to waffle Hughes
>with a chair, thus cementing his babyface status- if
>there was any doubt.

----->i wasn't surprised there was no heat for this match, as most "wrestling" fans aren't into actual wrestling. when chi chi did the headstand to escape the head scissors and the crowd popped, i was kind of proud of the fans for appreciating it

>
>
>3. Duke MacIssac/Eddy Watts vs. Flesh Gordon/Custom
>Made Man (****)
>
>This was a fantastic match and really showed us what
>the "Custom Made Marks" were on to. CMM (see, I got
>the initials right this time!) does a great Ricky
>Morton impersonation and all four men keep the crowd
>involved from start to finish. Good old-school tag
>finish- as Custom hits the frog splash but Watts
>nails him with the guillotine legdrop and the heels
>win. MacIssac also continues to improve- I think
>R.A.W. is taking extra care with its workers. Either
>that or they're more dedicated than a few G.P.W.
>workers were; I'm not sure. The North Sydney match of
>the year so far.

---->i don't know who those custom made marks were, but if they were those loud guys who popped for everything custom and booed everything not, they ruled! i heard one of them lost his voice for a whle because of it hehehehehe

>4. Wildman Gary Williams vs. Bobby Rude (** 1/2)
>
>Williams is the champ and the North Sydney Forum has
>seen three different champions in the last three
>shows. Good match between great workers hurt by the
>dopey "foreign object" finish in which Rude thinks
>he's won only to have the match restarted. But
>Williams nails his finisher very well.
>

--->i'm a pretty big bobby fan, but those marks struck again and when bobby would do his "who's the greatest" shtick they'd get up and scream "custom made man". then the big dorky looking one would lay face first on the concrete for about ten seconds.

>
>5. Tables Match: Joe E Legend vs. Kingman (***)
>
>I'm normally not crazy about table matches but this
>was pretty good. They teased the table breaking in
>"little" ways by using it as a ringpost of sorts for
>brawling spots. Alas, Kingman goes over with the help
>of Bobby Rude thus giving Kingman a top heel run. But
>the great news: this sets up a Legend-Rude match for
>next week. That could be the gem to rival the tag
>match from tonight.

-----> i used to watch legend when he wasin memphis championship and power pro and he was garbage. i am beginning to see what the joe e fans like, but i still think he is a ways away from getting in wwf quality shape again. he is really suited to an indy crowd the size of raw more than the bigger crowds i saw him work for.

he talked to us after the event and was very nice talking about his time in africa (one of my favorite topics is african fans, cause they're the craziest people on earth, even worse than bridgewater fans). he even told us he was contacted by my favorite promoter (you won't know who he is) chris drury and wasn't gonna get paid enough to be brought in. interestingly, i wonder how much raw is paying legend, cause drury is notorious for being great to his workers. also, tid is drury's right hand man.
>Best RAW show yet despite some small booking stumbles
>and limited mic work. Yes, you read right: no
>matches under **. What I loved about this effort was
>that it showed some balls on the promotion's behalf.
>They weren't afraid to roll the dice on a babyface
>match to solidify Damage's status and set up a
>Cruz-Hughes feud. They were able to cull their North
>Sydney match of the year thus far out of a midcard tag
>match featuring performers that all fall out of the
>"big six." I can do without title-hotshotting but
>with Williams, the title could have a good home for a
>few weeks. And while Legend didn't get the title feud
>I predicted, he did get his feud with Bobby Rude-
>something I've been calling for. The only problem I
>see is that the company is going run smack dab against
>Summerslam: and that's a shame because people
>oughtn't choose to duck out as these shows get better
>and better.

---->it's been better since legend took over the booking duties, but alas all good things come to an end when he leaves on the 29th. then we will be subjected to the "k" reign again most likely.

as for summerslam, even tho there is a certain appeal in losing my voice again marking out for custom (no wait, that was one of those marks hehehe), i think getting stuff thrown at me and being sworn at at chandlers is much more fun. why does this happen? rock marks don't like when you dis their hero, especially after he loses.

and who really wants to miss storm/edge?

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