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On Thu,  2 Oct 2003 15:15:38 CST, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated "Ed
Murphy"  wrote:

>Highlight Reel:
>
>* Austin suspended for the night by Bischoff.  Boy, the de-facto power
>  arrangement ("either co-GM has absolute power until/unless reversed
>  or amended by the other co-GM") was confusing enough, but this?
>
Not quite correct, Austin suspended for a week by the Board of Directors -
or so it was stated.  It's still confusing, but not as bad as if the GMs
were able to suspend each other.

>* Coach wears a Bret Favre shirt, and later in the evening reveals a
>  Packers shirt.  Naturally, they're in Chicago tonight.  Is Coach
>  showing any consistent loyalty, or is he just wearing Whatever Will
>  Piss Off Today's Hometown Crowd?
>
>* Bischoff lets Coach choose the stips for his match with JR.  Remembering
>  the Kane-sets-JR-on-fire angle, he chooses a Country Whippin' Match.  I
>  think JR should've outsmarted him by putting pads on his back.
>
>* Bischoff can't hit the talent (unprovoked) either, apparently.
>
I wondered if they were going to remember that part.

>* Austin throws a non-folding chair about halfway down the ramp, and damn
>  near hits Bischoff with it.
>
He threw one past Jericho as well - bad aim?

>Tag title match:
>
>* Mostly the Dudleys wail on Test, but they do drop Steiner to the mat
>  at one point.  "Nothing personal," they seem to be saying.
>
>* Just a couple of days ago, someone here said that Steiner would have
>  no heat problems whatsoever if they'd only left him a heel.  Lo and
>  behold, he turns.  Has anyone ever devised a test comparable to
>  "Mmmmmmm, lutefisk" on alt.tv.simpsons (i.e. a suggested angle that
>  is just so *weird* that, if they ever actually do it, it pretty much
>  proves that they're reading this group)?
>
>Kane's next victim(s):
>
>* Hurricane shows up, questions him about their run as face tag-champs
>  a year ago.  This plays perfectly into Kane's "I'm sick of pleasing
>  the crowd" routine.  Hurricane doesn't want to fight, but Kane forces
>  the issue by going after a kid in the front row with a Hurricane
>  mask.  Rosey comes out to help, of course.
>
>New Kids (no, that's too cruel a name) vs La Resistance and Friend:
>
>* Coach and Snow alternately praise and rag on Maven/Jindrak/Cade.  They
>  also alternately praise and rag on LR/RC.  Okay, so instead of one
>  relatively-objective caller and one color commentator, they're both
>  being half-objective and half-color.  While this is interesting, it
>  also relies much more on the wrestlers themselves to remind the
>  audience which ones are the faces and which are the heels.  Even
>  actively cheating doesn't count as a clear indicator, because faces
>  can cheat against a heel who richly deserves to be cheated; about
>  the only clear-cut indicator these days is the Ricky Morton role in
>  tag matches, which is pretty much always occupied by a face.
>
>3H's Major Announcement:
>
>* Prior to the announcement, Austin talks with RVD, then meets John
>  somebody (newly arrived from OVW?) who bought tickets.  Austin takes
>  him aside to talk turkey.
>
>* 3H puts up a $100K bounty for anyone who takes out Goldberg.  Okay,
>  that's a convenient excuse for lots of small fry to get really
>  ambitious.  Hey 3H, take off the wristwatch, the glare is reflecting
>  right into the camera!
>
>Non-Wrestlers Redux:
>
>* Sign in the audience:
>  "Coach Sucks
>   Coach Sucks
>   Coach Sucks"
>
He does IMO - at least with this new angle

>* Y2J fills in for Coach on commentary.  A proven good talker.
>
not one of my favorites, but I have to agree he has pretty good mic skills

>* JR gets in lots of early blows.  Hit him in the face!  Coach gets the
>  upper hand and slows things down, preening for several seconds between
>  blows.  JR wins (I thought he and Lawler wanted an extended break?) and
>  gets to whip Bischoff for good measure.
>
>* Wrestlemania Recall:  Butterbean's first-round knockout of Bart Gunn
>  at WM 15 in 1999.
>
>* Ross and Lawler return right away.  Bye, Coach!  Will Bischoff insist
>  on giving Coach a second chance to match Ross's second chance?
>
>Women's match:
>
>* Lita in civvies, for once.  Well, street clothes.  Well, I suppose her
>  usual outfit might count as street clothes too, but these are less
>  revealing.
>
>* Molly and Gail play the jealousy card.  Molly whacks Lita with a copy
>  of her own book.  "That book's already a hit!"  Trish
returns the favor
>  from 7 and 8 days ago, but Victoria piles on.  Victoria with something
>  resembling a reverse Vertebreaker-- the victim's knees are driven into
>  the mat, rather than their head.
>
Fairly predictable all around, the PTB need to come up with a new reason
for the women to fued - jealousy is getting pretty worn out.

>Back to the big guys:
>
>* Extreme Blast of the Night:  Kane attacks Shane in the hospital.
>
>* Goldberg easily repels an attack by Stevie Richards.  After the
>  commercial break, he (Goldberg) teams with Shawn Michaels against
>  Orton and Flair.  Unfortunately, I missed the rest of the show,
>  but from raw.wwe.com's results:
>
>* Rodney Mack hits Goldberg with a chair; Mark Henry wails on
>  Michaels.  One or both of these lead to a win by DQ.  Henry
>  promises to collect the bounty next week.
>
The in-ring attack was the reason for the DQ, done right in front of the
ref. 

>* RVD wins the ladder match and the IC title.  Hey, find new partners
>  for him and Christian, and we can have TLC 5.  Or not.

Are there any left willing to put themselves through that?
--

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