Sakura's Wrestling Report - 10/7/02

[Sakura]

Welcome to meh wrestling reveiw. I will occasionally do this, cuz I am NOT making anymore deals with my dad, about staying up late, finish watching it. So I gotta mow the lawn. Hey a deal's a deal. First I will put the WWE.com reveiw up first, then my thoughts.

WWE.com Reveiw


Undoubtedly, Eric Bischoff's roulette wheel of stipulations made Monday night's RAW the most unpredictable show in the long and storied history of WWE's flagship program. There were surprises right from the start. After Booker T defeated Big Show in an epic steel cage encounter at the top of the show, Chris Jericho attacked the victor, leaving him a bloody mess on the arena floor. All the while, Y2J asked Booker "who's the sucka now?"

Trish Stratus defended her WWE Women's Championship against the leggy Stacy Keibler. This match was not only a Bra and Panties Match, but it was also a Paddle on a Pole Match. The bout ended with Stacy being disrobed in the middle of the ring, thus declaring Trish (and the fans) the winner. After the match, Victoria showed up at ringside and attacked Trish from behind. The newcomer put a beating on Trish that has yet to be seen in the Women's Division. Later in the show, we learned that Victoria made her attack on Trish because of something the Women's Champion did to her in the past. The message was quite cryptic, as Victoria did not expand on what was done to her.

In a WWE first, Jerry Lawler went up against Steven Richards in an It's Legal in Nevada Match. The stipulations stated that the winner of the match would get to go home with some of the Godfather's finest ladies. Looking forward to a long night with some puppies, Jerry Lawler fought like he never fought before, eventually coming out on top.

Eight men put their careers on the line when Kane and Hurricane put the Tag Team Championship up against Christian & Chris Jericho, Bubba Ray & Spike and Jeff Hardy & Rob Van Dam in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match. Prior to the match, Triple H and Ric Flair destroyed Hurricane backstage, leaving Kane to defend by himself. The action was off the page and when it was all said and done, it was Kane successfully defending the gold by himself.

In a turn of events that words can barely describe, Triple H came out from the back with something to say. He told Kane that he knew all about Katie Fick. He then accused the big man off killing her. As RAW went off the air, The Game spoke these ugly words -- "Kane, you are a murderer!"


Match results

Booker T def. Big Show in a Steel Cage Match
Triple H de. D'Lo Brown in a Blindfold Match
William Regal def. Goldust in a Las Vegas Showgirls Match
Trish def. Stacy in a Bra and Panties/Paddle on a Pole Match
Al Snow def. Test in a Las Vegas Street Fight
Jerry Lawler def. Steven Richards in an It's Legal in Nevada Match
Kane def. Bubba Ray & Spike, RVD & Jeff Hardy and Christian & Jericho in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match

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Meh Thoughts

The steel cage match= Yes, yes very nice. Dang Jericho had to ruin one of Booker T's moment of almost doing the spinaroonie(sp?)

Blindfold Match= Hilarious! Very funny! They kept walking past each other and almost hit the ref. HHH puched D'Lo into the corner and pointed his finger at him, but then D'Lo snuck away and HHH ran forward and hit the turnbuckle.

Showgirl's Match= I swear! William Regal looked "lovely" in his red high-heels. But Goldust had lovely tail feathers. You could tell that William Regal as loving it, altho he was pretending to hate it.

Bra and Panties match= I hate Trish. She's a slut. So is Stacy, and that other girl I don't care about. I like Lita. OH! THE MATCH? It was 'ight.

Street Match= AL SNOW BABY!!!

It's legal in Nevada= HOOOOE TRAIN!

TLC= I FINALLY got over my love for Jeff. I kept saying I loved Zero and POOF! It went away. Oh yes, the match! It was alright. Everyone was crazy to do that...Oh well, still...it was gud!

[Anonymous]

I think I should throw in my two cents since..well...I dunno, no one listens to my wrestling banter on any of the other forums but oh well....


Steel Cage Match: I missed some of this so I can't grade it too fairly, but at least Booker won this week!

Blindfold Match: I'm not a big fan of this kind of match, BUT it was pulled off a little better then the WWE's last two attempts 11 years ago. But even still...D LO Brown?!?

Las Vegas Showgirls Match: I thought this was funny. Regal facial expressions were priceless. Entertaining.

Bra and Panties/Paddle on a Pole Match: BLAH! It was basically the same match move for move these two have for months!

Las Vegas Street Fight: Al Snow found the counter to one of Test's most devistating moves...he stood up! Not bad match.

It's Legal in Nevada Match: Typical Lawler match. But it wasn't unbearable

Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match: Not bad. Nobody messed up too bad, and while it wasn't surprising that Kane won...it did have that feel that anybody could have won it! Too bad the entire thing was ruined becase of ANOTHER god aweful "murder" storyline



As for the overall show: It was about as much as I expected from a "specialty" show like this. It's almost like the Writers were given an Off week to just float around a few ideas without super duper writing. The difference between the Smackdown and Raw was majorly evident that night.