WWF SUMMERSLAM

Sunday, August 22nd, 1999 from Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Summerslam is two days away and I’m not very excited. Wrestlemania excited me because, well, for the most part I was excited because it took place in Philly. King of the Ring was exciting because it had a killer main event. Summerslam is supposed to be the second biggest WWF ppv of the year, right? This year they’ve brought Jesse “The Gov’na” Ventura to ref the main event. That’s big, sure, but it seems like the rest of the card is mediocre at best. The actual main event is much better now that Mankind has been added to the mix. It looks as if the bookers realized no one in their right mind gave three fucks about HHH so they added a real crowd favorite. Smart move, kid. And guess what? Mankind will be champ. I guarantee it. But more on that below:

THE ROAD DOGG vs. AL SNOW vs. BIG BOSSMAN: This is a three-way hardcore match. I’m a very big fan of these matches, but only if they leave the arena and fight backstage and outside. Why you say? Well, it’s different than the other matches and adds something to a ppv. The hardcore division really jumpstarted with that great Hardcore Holly/ Al Snow feud which lasted from February until May. It was wild, and because of it Hardcore ‘The Big Shot’ Holly is a big time WWF player. This three-way should be decent but don’t expect The Bossman to take any major bumps. He’s been adamant to the WWF that he hates hardcore wrestling and he wants to drop the belt. Guess what, folks? The Road Dogg should retain the Hardcore Belt.

THE BIG SHOW & THE UNDERTAKER vs. KANE & X-PAC: This match has a lot of superstars…but seriously. The Big Show sucks. He’s so damn slow and lame. The Undertaker has lost all of his charm, and even though one of my favorties is Kane, he’s not the best wrestler. You would expect The Big Show & ‘Taker to win, right? Undertaker is going to have hip surgery so don’t expect them to win. Anyway, expect Kane and ‘Pac to lose to the winners of the tag tourney either on Raw or during the re-match on Smackdown.

SHANE McMAHON vs. TEST: Shane only wrestlers on the BIG ppvs. He wrestled a fantastic match at Wrestlemania against X-Pac that I garnered ***1/2. Why? Because Shane is fucking hilarious and very entertaining. The next time he wrestled was at the hilarious ladder matchup for all the marbles at KOTR. I gave that ***1/2, though I do admit I have a soft spot for ladder matches, my favorite kind of match. Expect this to be a great matchup. Expect the Greenwhich Possee to show up, and Stephanie to show up, since the stipulation involves her. If Test wins he can continue to see Steph and Shane will not interfere. If Shane wins Test must break up with Steph and never see her again. I think since the Test and Stephanie storlyine is kind’ve old expect Shane to win.

IVORY vs. TORI: If they actually put this match on TV I will puke. The WWF’s women’s division is almost as sad as the WCW’s women’s division. Ivory vs. Tori? That’s more or less Shotgun-calibur. I don’t even know who has the belt, but Ivory is tough…isn’t she?

THE ROCK vs. MR. ASS: If Bad Ass Billy Gunn wins I will give you fifty million dollars. Why you say? The Rock, in my mind, is the best personality the WWF has had in a loooooong time. Mr. Ass sucks. He won the KOTR tournament for no reason at all. This feud is so lame it’s worth spilling milk over. I want to see that Rock/Jericho feud. Rumors say it won’t happen soon enough, meaning Jericho may just feud with X-Pac at first. Anyway, this match will probably suck though at least Rock entertains the piss out of you.

JEFF JARRETT vs. D’LO BROWN: D’Lo Brown has the European Title and the Intercontinental Title. One has to give, right? Rumors on the net say he’ll lose the IC title to JJ who will lose it to Jericho on Raw. These aren’t really rumors but fantasies. Expect JJ to take the IC title off him and lose it on Smackdown…but to Jericho? Who knows.

KEN SHAMROCK vs. STEVE BLACKMAN: This is a so-called ‘Lions Den Weapons Match’. The Lion’s Den is pretty cool, but adding weapons to such a small area? I don’t buy it, but at least it’s not a regular wrasslin’ match. This technically could go either way, especially since Shamrock beat Blackman last month, but I still expect the bastard to win.

TAG TEAM TURMOIL (ACOYLTES): This is a tag team tournamanet that probably will majorily be on Sunday Night Heat involving the following teams:
The Acolytes
Droz & Prince Albert
The Hardy Boyz
Hardcore Holly
Edge & Christian
Val Venis & The Godfather
Mideon & Viscera
    The funniest part is Hardcore Holly being a tag team. At first I figured it would be him and his cousin, (great concept) Crash Holly, but no- it’s just The Big Shot. That will be very funny, but in the end, expect The Acolytes to win the tournament which gets them a shot at the real tag team the following night on Raw. Why the Acolytes? Well yes, the do suck, but in the world of WWF they always win or have the number one contender shots. Why? Maybe McMahon likes them, I don’t know, but they always come out on top so it makes sense they’ll win here.

STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN vs. MANKIND vs. HHH: Ever since Hunter Hearst Helmsley signed a contract that stated he’d be the WWF champ sometime in 1999, everyone figured he’d win it at Summerslam. Hell, it has been practically sealed in stone on the internet that HHH would win. Now wait one fucking minute. Remember the KOTR where everyone thought The Big Show would win? They tricked us. No way in hell is Triple H going to win here. Why you say? Because it would ruin the end of a ppv. HHH will win the belt from Mankind on the premiere of Smackdown! Yes, that’s right. Mankind winning the belt at the climax of Summerslam would be shining, great moment. HHH winning would piss everyone off. Expect a brutal matchup and Mankind to take the gold.

    It’s 2:56 pm on Monday, August 23rd, 1999. I start school tomorrow, but I’m more focused on the great night of wrestling ahead of me. The Las Vegas Nitro proves to be a big one. Sting vs. Hogan for the belt, with rumors of Sting going oldschool colors and Hogan turning bad, plus Kiss performing, and a possible return for Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. Wow. WWF doesn’t really have anything set it stone but last night’s Summerslam was a great ppv. And guess what folks? I guaranteed that Mankind would win the title. No one in the world said Mankind would win. I did. I was right. You can take that guarantee to the bank. It should be a great live RAW tonight with rumors of Jericho interrupting Stone Cold’s interview, plus tomorrow night they’re taping Smackdown! To premiere on Thursday night on UPN. Wow. What a big fat wrestling week. After I catch the re-play of Summerslam on Tuesday I’ll write my in-depth review, but for now I’ll let you know what my record was. There were 9 matches. I correctly predicted 7, though I did pick the winners of the whole fucking tag team tournament, which should garner extra points. But I won’t become an asshole. 7 out of 9 is an astounding 77%. My highest prediction number. Along with that I’m pushing towards a *** rating for the event. Wow. It truly was a big ppv.

+JEFF JARRETT vs. D’LO BROWN: Coming into this match, D’Lo Brown had both the European Title and the Intercontinental Title. He left title-less. How? Mark ‘Sexual Chocolate’ Henry turned on his best bud to let JJ get the win. All in all a pretty lame even. This was the first ppv to have no wrestling on Sunday Night Heat before the ppv. I think this is good, because filling four hours of wrestling is hard, and the past few ppv’s had better Heat’s than actual ppvs. Now it’s all backstage interviews and music filled promos. Because of Smackdown now Heat has no wrestling anyway, just re-caps of the week, interviews, and my favorite new segment: Deja Video, where they show classic WWF moments with bonus interviews. The first segment had the infamous ‘Taker/Mankind Hell in the Cell matchup. Great. Heat is turning out to be a great show. Anyway, this match up here, why am I not talking about it? Two words: It sucked. ‘Nuff said. *1/2

+AL SNOW vs. THE BIG BOSSMAN: Yes, I am aware of the fact that up there a few ways I predicted The Road Dogg Jesse James to win the coveted Hardcore title in this match. Wait a minute. He didn’t even fight! No, he didn’t, but I did predict Bossman after I realized Dogg wasn’t fighting, just more or less ‘reffing’. The two combatants went across the street into a bar where they fought over bar stools and pool tables. I love these hardcore matches, though the WWF Hardcore Matches aren’t really ‘hardcore’, just No-DQ. You want hardcore? Check out TNN Friday’s at 8. Oh yeah, ECW’s got Raven back. Excellent, though I will miss him in Dubbya-C-Dubbya. He was once my favorite wrestler. Maybe he still will be. **1/2

+TAG TEAM TURMOIL (THE ACOLYTES): I picked the whole fucking tag team tournament! Of course my reasoning was excellent. The Acolytes do always win, I don’t know why. They got their title shot and lost, and now Mankind and The Rock are the tag team champs…how lame, though I have to give the WWF it’s due; without Vinnie Mac and Austin, they’ve got four hours a week to fill, which isn’t easy. This so-called Tag Team Turmoil was pretty fast paced and exciting. The Hardy Boyz definitely were the show stoppers, and the Hardcore Hollys the comedy relief. **1/2

SHANE O’MAC vs. TEST: I should have known better. This match had an interesting stipulation. If Shane McMahon wins, then Test can never see Stephanie McMahon again. If Test wins, then Shane and his posse have to leave the couple alone. Of course Test wins leading into the big time storyline of Test and Stephanie’s wedding, with the stoogest, Brisco and Patterson as the best men. At first I figured this wedding to take place at Wrestlemania, but that’s kind of a long way away, I’m figuring at the Survivor Series it’ll go down. Remember the Macho Man/Elizabeth wedding when Jake the Snake ruined it? Hilarious shit. Anyway, back to the best match of the night. Maybe it’s me, but Shane McMahon always has the best matches. Remember his Wrestlemania match against X-Pac? ***1/2. Remember the ladder match against Austin at KOTR? ***1/2. Here’s another ***1/2 for ya. Not only did Shane jump off the top rope and elbow drop Test through the spanish announce table, but the Greenwich Posse showed up and sat on a couch (yes, a couch) at ringside with a lamp and even a self portrait (I’m not kidding you). This is what wrestling is all about. Wow!

+IVORY vs. TORRI: What a lame match. This women’s division blows. Luna, Torri, and Ivory. Snooze Alert. Ivory wins. Can you believe I picked it? You know what’s wrong with this women’s division? The women aren’t hot! Sable was hot! Get some hot women! ½*

+THE ROCK vs. MR. ASS: This was a bad match…why? Because Mr. Ass is not in The Rock’s league. Add to the fact that they were both fighting for really no reason or belt, and you’ve got a bad ppv match. The only redeeming thing was Mr. Ass’s surprise; a fat women hidden under a grey blanket. The Rock is great when he’s got the mike, though it takes Mankind to get a good match out of the dude. *1/2

X-PAC & KANE vs. THE BIG SHOW & THE UNDERTAKER: Right now The Big Show is the worst wrestler in the business. Why? Because he’s so fucking slow and lame. Right now he has the worst storyline; working for The Undertaker. The ‘Taker has a neat gimmick, but get him in the ring and you will fall asleep. The only good matches he’s been in is when the other wrestler did cool stuff. I say bring back the Hell in the Cell but put The Dudley Boyz in it. Who should they face? Kane is good. Mankind’s already done everything possible with the HITC. Maybe the Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz Hell in the Cell. I’d order that ppv! This match was lame, though, and I was wrong, so let’s go to the next match before you make a lame ass comment. **

+STEVE BLACKMAN vs. KEN SHAMROCK: This was a Lions Den Weapons match. Everyone in the arena was apparently upset because they couldn’t see the thing. You didn’t miss anything. The weapons included nunchucks and a singapore cane. I think a chain was hanging around. Shamrock knocked out Blackman. I never liked either wrestler, but at least Jericho is starting a feud with the rock of sham. *1/2

+TRIPLE H vs. MANKIND vs. STONE COLD: I picked it. Yeah, enough gloating. Triple H won the belt anyway the next night, so it wasn’t too sweet a victory for Mc. This match had a lot of potential but failed. Stone Cold hasn’t been involved in a good match lately. The KOTR ladder match was halfway decent, but Stone Cold is more stale than ever for me. The last good main event WWF feud was The Rock/Mankind. Boy were those a great series of matches; the I-Quit match, the ladder match, the Halftime Heat match, the Survivor Series finale, and the Last Man standing match. With Triple H holding the belt, don’t expect any good main event feuds. This match was just okay. Jesse Ventura really didn’t do anything, which was a little disappointing. I wish the main event had a night ending bang but it didn’t. **

    So there you go. Summerslam ’99 is over. It was a good ppv. **1/2. The best parts were the Shane/Test fight and the tag team turmoil. The hardcore fight was entertaining. The main event needing some fireworks, but all in all the ppv was a worthy Summerslam. As you all know, I shattered my old predictions with a staggeringly okay 77%, C+. I added up the stars and got 17.5. In twelve days WCW’s Fall Brawl greets us with it’s presence, minus the War Games element. The main event is Sting vs. Hogan. I’m sorry, but WCW has me frustrated. I thought they were on an upswing but they’re slowing down. Road Wild was good, but they need more. The Sid as Millenium Man isn’t cutting it. Where is Hak? As soon as he returns, all will be good. Until then.

WCW ROAD WILD

Saturday, August 14th from The Black Hills of Sturgis, South Dakota

    It’s Tuesday afternoon and even though I have to go back to Delco in two weeks, I’m riding a good August wave with Road Wild, Pocono weekend, Summer Slam, Smackdown, ECW on TNN, Great Adventure, and Penn State’s first game verse Arizona on the 28th. Life is good…and so is wrestling! Last night the Monday shows pulled out no stops. WCW was same old but did feature the return of Hulkamania and put into effect a massive stipulation for Sturgis. WWF had a monster of a show that featured Jesse Ventura, Shawn Michaels…and the introduction of Chris Jericho! If you thought that wasn’t enough, Jericho officially has started his first WWF feud with none other than…The Rock. That’s right…The Rock and Chris Jericho. Talk about the mother of all feuds.
    Right now though I’m writing the predictions for this Saturday Night’s Sturgis, SD based event, Road Wild. I’m not even going to be here to see it but hopefully the ppv box will work in upstate PA. If not I’ll catch the replay…but I’m seriously mad if I miss the end. Not only is Nash fighting Hogan for the belt…whoever loses retires! Hogan recently went to doctors to see if his knee was okay and since he brought the red and yellow back wouldn’t it make sense he leaves? Nash on the other hand has quit his booking job and was rumored to want to be taking some time off. So realistically, either man could lose here. The card is half decent, too, and definitely better than Summer Slam’s majorily lame card. Austin vs. HHH? Snooze alert. The Rock vs. B.A. Billy Gunn? B..o..r..i..n..g. Why don’t you scratch Gunn and just have Rock and Jericho talk? There’s a thought, and here’s my predictions, my thoughts, bitches, etc etc etc. Oh yeah, underlined are the predicted winners, in case you were inept.

ICP & VAMPIRO vs. MYSTERIO, GUERRERO, & KIDMAN: This probably will be the best matchup of the evening, and probably the first, since they usually put the luchadores on first. Doesn’t that AC/DC song, ‘Money Talks’ rock? Anyway, I just got the Insane Clown Possee’s lastest album, ‘The Amazing Jeckyl Brothers’. It’s really funny and really great. I thought I would hate it but I was very surprised. As wrestlers they’re decent, but Vampiro is pretty entertaining, as our the three dudes facing them. Mysterio, Guerrero, and Kidman are the best of the best, real talent. Should be a good match. I hope Raven interferes somehow. He used to be one of my favorties, but since he was injured I’ve lost interest. I can’t wait until he comes back into action. Good guys should get the win, even if Raven tries some funny stuff.

THE CAT vs. BUFF BAGWELL: Technically this match could go either way, but most would think Buff would take the win. I’m betting on The Cat. Early summer they gave Buff a minor push with the Roddy Piper storyline but now he’s lost in space and lame as ever. The Cat however has been doing the same schtick for almost a year and still is fresh as ever. This match will be lame but funny with The Cat and is antics.

STING vs. SID VICIOUS: Sting is still a very entertaining wrestler. Sid was good in ECW but he’s just okay in WCW. He does the powerbomb and looks monstrous, but he’s not really anything special. This match should be good since Sting always gets the crowd into it. Expect the good guy to get the win.

THE MACHO MAN vs. DENNIS RODMAN: Dennis Rodman was much more entertaining last year when he was with Hogan and they were calling him Rodzilla. Now he’s pretty lame. This match will be a laughing stock. Dennis Rodman could get the win since he’s not really a wrestler, but I think Macho will take it home because otherwise he’ll look like a chump and can’t really be a big guy in WCW if they have him lose to this dridiot. Should entertain when GG shows up.
   
CHRIS BENOIT vs. DDP: Benoit finally took the U.S. Title off of David Flair. There are rumors that David will quit and become a state trooper and other rumors that Meng will be his bodyguard. David is sort of funny but I think he’s been used up, don’t you? Benoit is the real deal, he’s great. Remember the diving headbutt off of the top of the cage? How about the diving headbut onto the steel chair on Raven’s head? He needed stitches for that massive cut. DDP is sort of entertaining. It should be a great U.S. Title reign since Benoit is great. He’ll keep the title for awhile.

KANYON & BAM BAM BIGELOW vs. HARLEM HEAT: Right now The Triad has the belts, and them with the belts is getting old even though they just won them this summer. Harlem Heat are crowd favorites and a real tag team so they deserve it, and they should get it. This match is going to be boring: the reason they invented FF.
   
GOLDBERG vs. RIC STEINER: Bill Goldberg is officially back after WCW decided to pay him over a million a year like he wanted. It’s a big month for him, what, with his new movie coming out next Friday: Universal Soldier 2: The Return. It looks like a Showtime original but I’ll check it out for ‘Da Man. I enjoy him because he’s entertaining. Ric Steiner has the TV title. I doubt he’ll get it because isn’t he main event material? I’m guessing Scott Steiner will show up to cause a DQ and then Goldberg will spear both of them and the crowd will go nuts. Should be a wild match. Remember last year’s Road Wild when Godlberg jacknifed The Giant? Crazy.

CHAD BROCK & THE REVOLUTION vs. THE WEST TEXAS REDNECKS: No one even knows if this match is happening. It could just be a singles match between Chad Brock (a country singer I’ve never heard of) and Henig, but I’m guessing they’ll involve everyone anyway. Should be a lame matchup, but the Rednecks are at least funny, and this will be the first ppv for The Franchise himself so maybe he’ll prove WCW spent their money wisely for him. Expect Brock to get the pin since you’ll never hear from him again.

KEVIN NASH vs. HULK HOGAN: If Hogan wins, which everyone thinks will happen, then Nash would take his vacation he wanted and somehow show up at Starrcade, right? I’m guessing Hogan loses. It will probably be because of Scott Hall, right? I’m sort of doubting he’ll show up, but I think Hogan is gone. Why? First off, he had his knee injured earlier and had surgery. Last month he went to the doctors because he thought he had re-injured it. This could make him want to retire because he doesn’t want to hurt his knee anymore. Plus, he wore the red and yellow last night on Nitro. That could mean he’s leaving for good so why not wear the red and yellow before he’s gone? Of course I can’t believe Hogan would leave forever. The WCW hotline reports Hogan will start his feud on Monday with Bret Hart, then Nash will feud with Bret Hart in the winter. That technically means Hogan wins Saturday. Should I believe the horses mouth? Nah. Here’s my thoughts: Nash wins, loses to Goldberg, who loses to Bret Hart. I can dream right?

    I should remember this moment because what I’m about to type rarely comes. WCW’s Road Wild was a good ppv. I didn’t say great. For it to be a great ppv they would have had someone turn good or bad or Scott Hall to show up. Plus…the main event could have been good. All in all though, the majority of the matches weren’t awesome but definitely above average for WCW. The motorcylce/outdoor atmosphere added a lot. The highlights? Rodman and Macho showed up and put on the best match of the night, Sid beat Sting cleanly, and Chris Benoit showed us why he’s definite U.S. Title material. As for the big Heavyweight/Retirement match? Did you have to ask? Hulkamania remains and Kevin ‘Big Sexy’ Nash has officially RETIRED. Don’t bet on it. Anyway, here are my rambling incoherent thoughts on WCW’s Road Wild 1999. Rumors persist it’ll be the last ppv at Sturgis. Too bad, they’ve really got something going with it. Checked are my correct predictions, underlined the true winners. Can I beat my record of 75%? You’ll have to read three pages of shit to get to the answer. Good luck.

+MYSTERIO, KIDMAN, & GUERRERO vs. THE DEAD POOL: Why did they waste so much talent on one simple match? Why not spread it out? Vampiro, Kidman, Mysterio, and Eddie Guerroro are all great wrestlers. The Insane Clown Posse (Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J) add an entertaining angle, and at least Raven is sitting ringside instead of backstage. An above average high-flying opening bout. Vampiro is starting to become a big time wrestler. I’d love to see him with the Cruiserweight belt. Mysterio sucks ass now that his mask is off. **1/2 (out of ****)

+BAM BAM & KANYON vs. HARLEM HEAT: I picked it, asshole. The Triad didn’t have DDP for this match so I guess the bookers decided it was as good a reason as any to give a real tag team the Tag Team belts. This match was boring. DDP interfered. Same old shit. Harlem Heat got the crowd involved. Filler. *1/2

+THE REVOLUTION vs. WEST TEXAS REDNECKS: The Revolution is pretty lame. I like Shane Douglas but so far he’s proven that WCW is wasting their money. Boy does he have to go on a diet. Malenko wasn’t even tagged into this match…man he must feel like an asshole. The West Texas Rednecks are sort of funny but their gimmick has worn off and left me cold. The chaos of seven men running around beating eachother into submission was enough to garner it an average **.

BUFF BAGWELL vs. THE CAT: My streak is ruined when Buff is not the Stuff wins over my man… Da Cat. This match was awful. Why you say? Well when The Cat attemtped to talk the bikers revved their engines…so The Cat couldn’t make us laugh. Sadly, that is The Cat’s only quality. *

+CHRIS BENOIT vs. DDP: This was a no-DQ match. Chris Benoit is definitely one of the best wrestlers in WCW. His mike skills and personality need work…but he’s not really into that. He’s into…wrestling. This was a fairly decent above average matchup. Benoit is ferocious…he’s intense. That’s what wrestling needs. ECW usually pumps up the intensity. WCW does not. DDP chokes the life out of Benoit with the ref’s belt. Kanyon and Bam Bam show up to thward Benoit’s fight. Chris Benoit gets the belt. Finally a true champion has arisen from the smoke. **1/2

STING vs. SID VICIOUS: The only surprise of the entire night. Sid not only beat Sting…he beat him without cheating…without outside interference…without an illegal object. He beat Sting cleanly. Fucking Goldberg, Bret Hart, and Hulk Hogan have never beaten Sting cleanly. The only reason they let Sid win is because they’ve given him the old Goldberg gimmick. What is it? He racks up a crazy win streak. This will ultimately lead to unbeaten Sid facing unstoppable Goldberg down the road. This match was more or less the same but both competitors I like and the surprise win gave it the oomph it needed to garner a decent **1/2 rating.

+RIC STEINER vs. GOLDBERG: Why is Bill Goldberg facing a loser like Ric Steiner? Because WCW has desperately been trying to turn Ric Steiner into Scott Steiner ever since Scott Steiner’s back injury. When the hell is that Goldberg/Sting matchup going to occur? The first time they fought Sting had Goldberg in the scorpion death lock and he was about to win. Hogan interfered or someone forcing a DQ. The next time the two faced Bret Hart hit both of them with a chair forcing a DQ. I want to see a clean match. Now of course...with Sting losing to Sid…don’t expect a re-match until next Spring or Summer. I guess this match sucked if I’m talking about totally different things. Same old shit. Good energy. Nothing new. Ric Steiner sucks now. I guess he’s always sucked. Oh well. Give Da Man a worthy opponent please. **

+MACHO MAN vs. DENNIS RODMAN: I am still surprised to say that the best match of the night involved the Macho Man and Dennis Rodman. In actuality, no real moves occurred, not even the big elbow…but just the way both men kicked the shit out of eachother. They both knocked out almost six referrees, plus, Macho took Dennis backstage and threw him into a port-o-potty and tipped it. You could actually see the shit running out the side, I swear to God. Rodman complained a few days after that Macho wrestled too stiff. It sure looked like it. Great fun matchup. Macho wins with help from GG and a chain. What ppv matches should look like. ***

HULK HOGAN vs. KEVIN ‘BIG SEXY’ NASH: If Kevin Nash never shows his face again then maybe I will be happy and say this was a great main event. The only retirement match that actually proved to be a retirement match was when Bret Hart faced Bob Backlund at some Wrestlemania. Gee, I wonder who fucking won. This matchup anyway sucked. Hulk Hogan is a goddamned geizer. He bores the shit out of me. I loved when he was the evil menacing N.W.O.-leader, Hollywood Hogan. Now he’s back to his lame assed red and yellow. I wish he was an announcer or manager. Wrestler he aint. Champion? Give me a fucking break. Although I’m glad to see Nash go, boy did he get boring fast. *1/2

   
    Road Wild gets a 16.4 rating. I think I’ve fucked up, though. Is it out of 8 or 9? See I think I started doing it out of 9 but then changed to 8 without realizing. Who cares. Road Wild was a **1/2 star event, the best since Slamboree. The main event blew, but the Macho Man/Rodman match, the ICP match, and the Benoit defense were all very entertaining. Plus…the outside motorclye South Dakota sun setting wild party atmosphere is much better than a enclosed souless dome. I predicted 6 out of 9 matches, which is a lame 66.6%. I fucked up. The Cat was a good pick, as was Sting, but what was I thinking when I chose Hogan to retire. I was blinded with what I wanted. Like Hak to bring back the hardcore style at Fall Brawl. Speaking of which, every September WCW has it’s ppv titled Fall Brawl: War Games. The war games part is a two-ring steel cage extravaganza with 3 three-man teams battling it out. The winner goes on to face the champ at Halloween Havoc, which ends up usually being the big ppv even though they say Starrcade is it. Rumors persist that they may not even have a War Games this year. That FUCKING SUCKS. I’ve never seen War Games. I’ve been waiting all year. I’ve got my box and everything. Two rings with a steel cage wrapped around it! And this is the first year the hardcore element is in swing. Could it mean….okay. This is WCW were talking about. Anyway, in a measly three days time Summerslam hits ppv boxes everywhere. I’m not that excited. At least Mankind is now in the main event, if he wasn’t in it I’d have loaded my gun and painted a bullseye on my forehead prior to the show. Ventura is there, so there’s that. Hopefully Jericho will show up and create some carnage, and if us wrestling fanz are really lucky, they’ll introduce The Dudly Boyz…otherwise, I can’t wait until Raw or Smackdown for those dudes. Until then.