The second Bischoff said "special guest referee"...
HHH isn't losing that belt until he loses his smile. I apologize for ever trying to defend that piece of human garbage. Someone dig out that fucking sniper rifle already, it's the ONLY way to change things.
Or it's more of that old "backwards booking". The heel champ isn't the one that's supposed to be put into a situation where the guest ref is a face. If the face wins, he looks weaker, and if the heel wins, he looks stronger.
BTW: I'll go out on a limb and say a Nash walk-in leads to HBK being forced to DQ Booker, creating more "friction" on their team for the PPV.
Another Angle Redux? So this is just a variation of Rock/HHH Iron Man match in which you didn't know which way HBK would call it, but ended up calling it down the middle and UT came down for a DQ fall which gave the title to HHH. So I guess Nash plays the role of UT tonight. BUT, I will reserve judgement until this all goes down. Clique reunion 2003 would really suck. Hopefully WWE is not going down that road.
January 4th 1999 - The day WCW injected itself with 10 gallons of Liquid Anthrax...AKA...The day Hogan "Defeated" Nash to win the WCW title in front of 40,000.
Originally posted by OMEGAI hate to sound negative, but I am bored shitless with this show.
It is hard not to be negative. HHH says he doesn't care about his title match, only HBK. That says all you need to know about the Main Event match. If HHH doesn't care about the match, then why should I? But I have to admit, Goldberg's car stalling was funny as hell. I don't think it was planned. If it was, that was very creative.
(edited by dskillz on 21.4.03 1929) January 4th 1999 - The day WCW injected itself with 10 gallons of Liquid Anthrax...AKA...The day Hogan "Defeated" Nash to win the WCW title in front of 40,000.
But I have to admit, Goldberg's car stalling was funny as hell. I don't think it was planned. If it was, that was very creative.
That was hilarious and in no way planned. Goldberg had to improvise and chase a vehicle that was already far ahead of him. I thought that was pretty stupid, but I guess he had to so Rock could come back. But that was as good as Hogans bike stalling.
(edited by Lord of the Manor on 21.4.03 1922) "The queen is dead"
Man, that Goldberg/Rock segment went on FOREVER! I never thought I'd say this, but I am sick of The Rock. I used to be one of his biggest fans, but tonight, all I could say is "Will this guy just GET OFF THE FUCKING TV!!!" Oh great, he just said he'd be going out for an "encore". That's what this show needs.
And I love how RVD, Kane, and the Dudleyz high-tail it out of the ring, so the WWE can focus on Jazz & Trish. Hey, remember when RVD and Kane were main-eventers? Me neither.
Originally posted by OMEGAMan, that Goldberg/Rock segment went on FOREVER! I never thought I'd say this, but I am sick of The Rock. I used to be one of his biggest fans, but tonight, all I could say is "Will this guy just GET OFF THE FUCKING TV!!!" Oh great, he just said he'd be going out for an "encore". That's what this show needs.
And I love how RVD, Kane, and the Dudleyz high-tail it out of the ring, so the WWE can focus on Jazz & Trish. Hey, remember when RVD and Kane were main-eventers? Me neither.
I think it is all to set-up Goldberg coming back to hit Rock with his finisher. But all this non-wrestling is kind of pissing me off.
OK, I was wrong, very wrong. Not sure what that accomplished, I think Rock already had heat on him and didn't need to kill Bill and bury him to get heat. Goldberg is the one that needs heat. He hasn't been in a match in years. Or am I thinking wrong?
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Credit where it's due: the Morley/Dudleyz/Spike/Trish/Jazz/Kane/RVD schmozz was very well done -- they managed to pack several different angles together into one segment and have it all make sense (doesn't hurt that the Dudleyz' angle, and the Hurricane minipush, are my favorite things about Raw these days).
That said ... when Triple H said he didn't care about the title or Booker T, just about Shawn, I groaned and rolled my eyes. Way to get your challenger over, fuckwad.
I'm actually kinda hopeful that Booker will win now that HBK's the special ref, because that means Triple H can bury Booker anyway by having the announcers and recaps emphasize the Shawn/Trips spat rather than the title switch.
"next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh say can you see by the dawn's early my country tis of centuries come and go and are no more what of it we should worry in every language even deafanddumb thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry by jingo by gee by gosh by gum why talk of beauty what could be more beaut- iful than these heroic happy dead who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter they did not stop to think they died instead then shall the voice of liberty be mute?"
Okay, I'm sorry. I love The Rock, but this shit sucked. The first 25-minute segment was bad enough. We didn't need a sequel. I know I'm sounding very negative here, but I need to vent my frustrations. I came into Raw with a very positve outlook, but I've found myself trying to hurl my TV out the window. I have less intrigue in buying Backlash now than ever, which is NOT what WWE wants for the big Goldberg/Rock match.
But I have to admit, Goldberg's car stalling was funny as hell. I don't think it was planned. If it was, that was very creative.
That was hilarious and in no way planned. Goldberg had to improvise and chase a vehicle that was already far ahead of him. I thought that was pretty stupid, but I guess he had to so Rock could come back. But that was as good as Hogans bike stalling.
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Looks like Goldberg's problem with cars continues.
Fuck you, Kevin Nash, just because you're Kevin Nash.
Fuck you, Vince McMahon.
I miss any?
"next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh say can you see by the dawn's early my country tis of centuries come and go and are no more what of it we should worry in every language even deafanddumb thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry by jingo by gee by gosh by gum why talk of beauty what could be more beaut- iful than these heroic happy dead who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter they did not stop to think they died instead then shall the voice of liberty be mute?"
"Ha! Not-uh only-uh will I not put over Booker T-uh. I'll even make it a no contest-uh. Hahahaha-uh! Watch out Bruno, I'm-uh gunnin' for your record-uh."
That's our Triple H! He is what makes the Weinerville world go round.
No, you can fuck the WWF again for that one. I'm not going to hold this over HHH, as most (not all) people in his position would have done the same thing. I do question what the higher ups were thinking when they came up with the no-contest however.
So all that speculation of if The Book was going to win are not was for nothing. WWE had no thought of giving Booker the title, they just used him to advance the Clique storyline. Damn, what a waste of a star. The crowd knew it. They were dead, waiting on the screwjob. That completely sucked. Fuck you WWE.
I guess Vince has total confidence in the Clique to make a difference, like they did last time, right? The Book is now a complete joke. That match was a joke. Tons of interference, a dead crowd, the match not even ending, no DQ, no ring bell. Just HHH kicking everyone's ass. I really want to see how people will make any sense out of this and defend WWE.
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(edited by dskillz on 21.4.03 2027) January 4th 1999 - The day WCW injected itself with 10 gallons of Liquid Anthrax...AKA...The day Hogan "Defeated" Nash to win the WCW title in front of 40,000.
Didn't even fucking bother to finish the fucking match.
What a piece of shit. I'm so disgusted right now. Booker rolled out of the ring, and you just KNEW you weren't going to see his face again. Only the "real stars" were supposed to be out there. And why the fuck was Jericho even out there in the first place? So he could look scared when Nash hobbled out?