Issue #
069
Date:
Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 11:28 pm
The Wrestling Booking
Sheet
Ratings for RAW &
Nitro for November 16th, 1998
RAW
Composite- 5.5
Rating
First Hour- 5.4
Rating
Second Hour-
5.6 Rating
Nitro
Composite- 4.3
Rating
First Hour- 5.0
Rating
Second Hour-
3.9 Rating
Third Hour- 3.9
Rating
Sunday Night
Heat
3.9 Rating
(Reported by Dave Scherer & Unk of
http://www.1wrestling.com)
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ROUNDING THE
SQUARED CIRCLE
RAW - NOVEMBER
16, 1998 - LEXINGTON, KY
BY -
SAMJERRY
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In yet another
sign that Pro-Wrestling is enjoying wider
acceptance,
this weeks TV
guide lists RAW on its Noteworthy Viewing... page.
This
is a half-page
wide listing that TV Guide uses to highlight what it
considers the
best programming each day.
Tonight's
program was the day after Survivor Series (SS),
where we saw
The Rock win
The Deadly Game Tournament, and become new WWF
Champion.
Among the
things that took place at SS was The Rock winning
the Title
with the
assistance of Prince Shane and Emperor Vince. For
those of
you that have
been asleep for the past 24 hours, you heard me
right.
The Rock is The
Corporate Champion. Prince Shane eliminated Stone
Cold
Steve Austin (SCSA)
with a quick count in his match against Mankind,
and gave him
the One Finger Salute. Mankind in turn was betrayed
by
the Royal
Family and The Rock won the Title. Other happenings
included: The
New Age Outlaws (NAO), Road Doggie and Mr. @$$,
retained
their Tag Team
Championship by winning a Triple Threat Match v. The
Headbangers and
the team of D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry. Sable (every
man's fantasy)
[if she's not yours, send her to me] defeated
Jacqueline to
become the new WWF Ladies Champion.
The program
began with a clip of the slow count by Prince Shane
and
the one finger
salute he gave SCSA. Jim Ross and Jerry "The King"
Lawler were at
the announcers desk.
WWF Owners, Mr.
McMahon and Shane, along with The Boss Man, and The
Stooges, Sgt.
Slaughter, Jerry Briscoe and Pat Patterson, came to
the
ring, amid a
sea of boos from the fans. The crowd began a chant
of
"@$$hole"
directed at Mr. McMahon. Mr. McMahon said he and
Shane
proved that you
could fool all of the people, all of the time, and
talked about
who a damn fool is, saying that you are one if you
don't
kiss the boss'
@$$. He introduced The Rock, calling him "The WWF
Champion, not
The People's Champion, The Corporate Champion."
The Rock came
to the ring as the crowd chanted "Rocky Sucks," and
embraced both
McMahon's. He said he had gotten calls all day
asking
why he sold
out. He said he didn't sell out, he "just got
ahead." He
called the fans
pieces of trash, reverting to his old persona,
adding
they were
"candy @$$es," and that he did what he had to do to
get to
the top of the
world and become WWF Champion. He called SCSA "the
biggest piece
of trailer park trash," as the crowd chanted "Austin."
He went on to
say that he will never forget the chants of "Die,
Rocky,
Die" and "Rocky
Sucks," and now the fans wont forget him. He plans
on
"raising The
Corporate Eyebrow, Planting The Rock Bottom and
Laying
The Smack Down
on the fans with The Corporate Elbow." He added "he
would rather
kiss McMahon's @$$ than the fans, if you know what
The
Rock is
cooking." McMahon asked what kissing the boss @$$
was like and
Shane said it
was great.
McMahon
directed the fans attention to the TitanTron to see
how he had
hatched the
conspiracy, but we saw SCSA arriving in the Arena.
McMahon
demanded that
be removed and ran a video tape of the events that
took
place the past
three weeks, leading up to what took place at
Survivor
Series. It
showed how he sucked SCSA in, and included The
Rock's
attack on
McMahon and how Mankind had been fooled. Shane then
ran the
clip of the
slow count and his giving the finger to SCSA again.
He
called it "The
Screwing of SCSA." The Stooges looked like they had
just relieved a
bad case of constipation, as they were smiles from
ear
to ear. Lawler
spent the entire time sucking up to Emperor Vince.
If
Vince doesn't
signal for right turns from now on, he'll break
Lawler's
nose.
SCSA came to
the ring, as Ross said he should be the WWF
Champion. He
gave the entire
bunch the one finger salute. McMahon asked how he
liked being
beaten up at Survivor Series, to which SCSA replied,
he
wasn't the
least bit bothered. SCSA asked the crowd for a
"Hell, Yeah"
if "they think
The Rock is a sorry SOB," and he got it.
McMahon,
concerned that SCSA was going to nail him, cited a
clause in
the contract
that Shane had signed him to saying he could only do
that
if provoked,
and he was not going to provoke him. SCSA then ran a
clip
of Shane
promising him a Title shot on RAW, the night after
Survivor
Series. McMahon
said he had over ruled that and that SCSA had his
shot
last night.
SCSA pulled out a piece of paper that he called a
"binding
contract"
giving him the shot tonight. McMahon said that it
wasn't
valid. SCSA
shoved it up his poop chute by telling him he had a
signed
order by Judge
Horn in
Lexington saying it
was. He then ran a clip of
Judge Mills Lane, who
said it was indeed valid. McMahon had a S**T
fit. SCSA left
the ring. As he headed up the ramp, SCSA told The
Rock
he was going to
take the Title tonight, and "that's the bottom line,
'cause Stone
Cold said so."
The first match
was a 6-Man Tag Team Match pitting DX, The New Age
Outlaws, Road
Doggie and Mr. @$$, along with European Champion
X-Pac,
v. The
Oddities, Giant Silva, Golga and Kurggan, who were
accompanied
by Princess
Luna and The Insane Clown Posse (ICP). Prior to the
match
Doggie did
intro bit and Mr. @$$ his "Suck It" one to major
pops. The
match was what
you would expect, DX speed v. The Oddities size. It
ended when,
with the referee distracted (a referees normal
mode), ICP
member Shaggy 2
Dope went to the top turn buckle intending to come
off
on Mr. @$$, but
hit Golga instead (after all they look alike, don't
they)? This
allowed Mr. @$$ to pin Golga. The Oddities were none
too
pleased at ICP
costing them the match. Trouble in Weirdo
Paradise? On
his way up the
ramp, The Headbangers jumped Doggie. Me thinks their
vile act shall
not go unpunished
Winners -
Degeneration-X
We saw Mankind
arriving in the Arena. He is not a happy camper
after
what Emperor
Vince did to him. He said he is "coming home." Note
to
Emperor Vince:
Better hire another WCW cast off as a bodyguard.
Rumor
has it that The
British Bulldog may be looking for work.
We saw Emperor
Vince and his Legion in his office talking about the
Title match
tonight. McMahon said he didn't want to have to
worry
about Mankind.
He told Patterson to handle him, adding that Mankind
was "gullible"
and shouldn't be a problem.
Ken "The
World's Most Dangerous Man" Shamrock, the WWF
Intercontinental Champion, came to the ring and
bitched about being
screwed last
night at Survivor Series. (Note to The Canadian
Crybaby.
Do you see what
you started at last years Survivor Series? Now
everyone says
they are being screwed). Shamrock said The Boss Man
screwed him
twice and he wasn't happy. He wants The Boss Man in
a
match tonight
and offered to put the title up as an inducement.
The next match
pitted Val Venis against Mark Henry, who was
accompanied by
D'Lo Brown. Prior to the match, Venis did his
"Hello,
Ladies" bit to
a big pop. Looks like The Big Valbowski is in
demand.
Henry used his
power to dominate much of the match, and Venis
fought
back utilizing
speed. Chyna "The Ninth Wonder Of The World," came
to
the top of the
ramp (with about three inches of chin removed) and
looked on. When
Henry saw her, his heart fluttered, Venis rolled it
and the rest of
him up and pinned him. Henry couldn't care less,
he's
in love. He
addressed Chyna and told her he wasn't concerned
about his
Sexual
Harassment Lawsuit against her, he just "wants to
take her to
dinner, no
sex." Chyna turned her back and left. D'Lo comforted
the
big lug. Awww.
Winner - Val
Venis
Back to
McMahon's office. Patterson reported that he
couldn't find the
boiler room.
McMahon told him he couldn't find his own @$$, a
fact
well known to
many others. Briscoe said he knew where it was and
offered to go
look for Mankind.
The next match
was a Tag Team event pitting Goldust and Steve "The
Lethal Weapon"
Blackman v. The Blue Blazer and Double J, who was
accompanied by
Debra McMichael. Debra is setting a trend in style,
with the
outline of her nipples showing thru her clothing.
Ross kept
insisting that
Owen Hart was The Blue Blazer. Lawler kept denying
it.
With Goldust
and Double J fighting on the floor, Blackman scored
an
easy victory
over The Blazer. As he prepared to remove The
Blazer's
mask, Owen hit
the ring along with Double J. They blasted Blackman
and
The Blazer
joined in to make it 3-On-1. The Blazer hit Blackman
with a
Low Blow, the
first of the night. They all took off as Goldust
came in
to make the
save. Ross said he must be wrong about Owen being
The Blue
Blazer. The
King was gracious in accepting Ross' recantation.
Yeah,
sure he was.
Winners -
Goldust and Steve Blackman, Loser - Blackman's
Privates
Back to
McMahon's office. Briscoe reported that he found the
boiler
room, but there
were weird noises coming from it so didn't go in.
The
Emperor wasn't
pleased. Slaughter called Briscoe a "wuss," and said
he
would go look.
Briscoe and Patterson scoffed at him as he left.
McMahon called
The Rock off to the side to talk about his upcoming
Title match
with SCSA.
McMahon's
office again. This time Slaughter said that Mankind
is out
of his mind
(Yo Sgt., what
gave you the first clue?). He said he needs help.
The
Stooges were ordered by McMahon to get the job done.
The next match
was WCW Reject, Steve Regal v. The Godfather, who
came
to the ring
with three of the sleaziest Ho's he has ever
brought.
Pimping may not
be easy, but it has its rewards. The Godfather asked
the crowd for
their approval of his Ho's and got it big time. He
said
that Lexington
has some of the best Ho's ever born, which the crowd
popped to
that also. Looks like the man has found his niche in
life.
The Ho's
displayed their
wares and the crowd ate it up. Lawler had to be
beaten
down with a stick. The Godfather offered all three
Ho's to Regal if he
didn't fight
him and also save himself an @$$ kicking. Regal
showed
that he is not a complete fool and took the offer of
the Ho's. Regal
said he is from
England, but his name
is Steve Regal, not Elton John.
He left the
ring with the Ho's and headed up the ramp. The
Godfather
told him that he didn't expect him to take the
offer, quoting Archie
Bunker, "England
ain't nothing but a place for fags." Regal took
exception and
rushed back to ringside. They fought out on the
floor.
Several referees tried to separate them.
Winner - None,
Match never took place
As Regal and
The Godfather were fighting, Ross said that Kane was
involved in
something out back. The cameras went out to the
parking
lot, where we
saw Kane throw one technician into one of the
production
trucks and
Choke Slam another.
Back to
McMahon's office (isn't this getting a bit old)?
where he was
giving The Boss
Man a pep talk about his match with Shamrock. The
Boss
Man said he can
be just as much of an animal as Shamrock.
The next match
was for the WWF Intercontinental Championship,
pitting
Ken Shamrock
(C) v. The Boss Man. Prior to the match, we saw a
clip
from last weeks
program of The Boss Man hitting Shamrock with his
night stick
during Shamrock's match v. Mankind. The match
quickly
turned into a
street fight, in and out of the ring. The Boss Man
used
his size and
power, Shamrock his speed and skill. When they
started
exchanging
punches, the referee tried to break them up and both
men
decked him.
They continued fighting as the referee had the bell
rung
stopping the
match. They continued fighting and were finally
pulled
apart by
several referees and WWF officials. They kept trying
get at
each other.
Finally, The Emperor and Prince came to the ring and
asked
them why they
were fighting. He told them to stop. Addressing
Shamrock, he
said he had a Corporate Champion, a Corporate
Enforcer
and that every
company needs a "Dangerous
Man." He compared his
childhood with
Shamrocks, saying they were much alike. He offered
Shamrock a spot
n his team and Shamrock accepted, shaking his hand.
McMahon had
Shamrock and The Boss Man shake also.
Winner - None -
Referee stopped the match, apparently a Double DQ
We saw Animal,
along with Droz and several WWF officials, alongside
the TitanTron.
Animal was trying to talk Hawk down from the top of
it.
He was
apparently thinking about jumping off. Paul Ellering
came out
and tried to
persuade Hawk to come down, going into their long
close
relationship.
Droz started to climb up the TitanTron and Hawk said
he
was the last
one that he wanted near him. Droz got to the top and
it
looked like he
pushed Hawk off the back of it (he did). After a
commercial, we
saw an ambulance leaving with Hawk inside.
Sable, new WWF
Women's Champion, CO-Winner of The First (And Last)
RTSC Queen Of
Wrestling Pageant, came to the ring to talk with
Michael
Cole. She got a
major pop. Cole gave her the Belt. Sable said
winning
the
Championship was the highlight of her career and
dedicated the
Title to the
fans. Prince Shane came out and questioned her
dedicating
the Title to
the fans, saying that Emperor Vince made her what
she is.
It was his
skill and marketing genius that she should be
thankful for.
Sable said she
got where she is because of her own hard work, just
like women like
her usually do. She said the only thing Prince Shane
knows real
women is what he can buy and she wasn't for sale.
The crowd
popped big time
as she put the little turd down.
Ross said Hawk
had been taken to a local hospital and was
"breathing
somewhat
normally."
We saw The
Corporate Champion in his locker room getting ready
to meet
SCSA.
The Emperor,
Prince, The Boss Man and Shamrock came to the ring.
The
Emperor said he
was not happy about the Title Match, and that SCSA
had
"stooped so low
as to call in legal eagles." The crowd began the
"@$$hole" chant
and McMahon thanked them for their Southern
Hospitality. He
said that as far as he was concerned, last night was
the last time
SCSA would get close to the WWF Championship. He
said
the match
tonight was the last time.
The next match
was the Main Event, for the WWF Championship.
McMahon
introduced The
Rock, who came out to boos and a chant of "Rocky
Sucks." SCSA
came out to a tremendous pop. The match started as
soon
as he hit the
ring. SCSA started fast and The Rock quickly bailed
out.
He headed up
the ramp, but SCSA chased him and nailed him. Back
in the
ring, SCSA kept
up his assault and came close to a pin. The Rock
fought back and
took control. They went to the floor again and
fought
out into the
crowd. The Rock bounced SCSA's head off the Spanish
Announcer's
Table. The crowd chanted "Austin" and he fought
back,
pounding The
Rock's head on the Announcers Table. The Rock
blocked an
attempt at a
Pile Driver on the floor with a Back Body Drop, and
followed with a
major Clothesline. The crowd kept up the chant of
"Austin" as
they got back into the ring and continued their
non-stop
fighting. The
Rock hit The Corporate Elbow, as The Emperor looked
on
with a smile.
Mankind raced down and tried to get at McMahon. We
knew
this was
coming. The Boss Man cut him off and pounded the
crap out of
him. Shamrock
joined in and they took Mankind apart. Meanwhile,
SCSA
and The Rock
kept at each other. SCSA went for The Stunner, but
The
Rock blocked
it. The Rock tried for Rock Bottom, but SCSA blocked
that. SCSA
finally hit The Stunner and covered The Rock. As the
referee started
to count, Shamrock pulled him out of the ring. SCSA
went out and
clocked Shamrock. The Undertaker and Paul "Buffet
Boy"
Bearer, came to
the ring. The Undertaker was carrying a shovel.
Shamrock got up
on the apron and SCSA went after him. The Undertaker
blasted SCSA in
the head with the shovel, knocking him out. The
referee called
for the bell. Paul Bearer stopped The Undertaker
from
hitting SCSA
with the shovel a second time. Compassion by The Fat
Man?
Will wonders
never cease? Meanwhile, The Rock left with the Belt.
The
Undertaker and
Paul Bearer left. SCSA recovered and gave them all
the
one finger
salute as the program ended.
Winner - None
announced. Obviously a DQ. Loser - SCSA's Head.
This was
another solid show.
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