List of WWF Champions at the time: WWF World Heavyweight Champion: Triple H (1/03/2000)
WWF Intercontinental Co-Champions: Chris Jericho & Chyna (12/30/1999)
WWF World Tag Team Champions: The New Age Outlaws (11/08/1999)
WWF European Champion: Val Venis (12/12/1999)
WWF Hardcore Champion: The Big Bossman (10/14/1999)
WWF Women’s Champion: The Kat (12/12/1999)
- So, just like many others, I went over to 411 to check out the live play-by-play of Lockdown last night. Maybe it's just me, but some of these jokes were over my head. Some of them I have seen time and time again. Not bashing the guy that did it, kudos to him for sitting through 3 hours of a TNA pay-per-view. All I am saying is I hadn't seen any of the Kurt Angle-Mr. Anderson match, but giving it MOTY honors, is saying a whole lot. Oh, and the clip art; oh the clip art!!! Let's cross the line.
- We start with a Lockdown recap video. Flair bleeds.
- Given we're at that point in the RAW Legacy rants, now is as good a time as any to redo this show, what with Shawn Michaels' final match coming up this weekend.
OK, so it’s time for some input from you, the readership. I have of course been doing UFC rants for Heavy.com from the start of the original SEG era, and I’m up to 28 as of next Wednesday. #29 the following week will mark the end of the SEG ownership and the sale to Zuffa, which was kind of where I where I was originally going to stop. Partly for historical impact, and partly because my collection ended there. However, the good people in internet-land have come through with copies of the shows I originally missed, plus UFC 30-40 as well. So really I’d be good for another few months with that much material. However, since I also have copies of the first 34 Pride shows (yeah, I have a lot of stuff, I know), my original plan was to switch over to Pride as a change of pace in April and start from the beginning there.
So I ask you, the reader, in poll form to assist me with a decision.
Quick note, I'm going to hosting some friends of the family through Tuesday so I'm going to post that rant and I'll be in the basement for a couple of days. Probably won't get around to editing XXI until Tuesday night or Wednesday. I hope you guys have a tremendous weekend!
This is the first in my multi-part series of rants on the Main Events at Wrestlemania. I'll do one every couple days until we reach the big show. The full list of matches I'm doing is on my previous post. I took all opinions under consideration and looked up some of the historical nature of the promotion of the card.
Now some of you are going to be mad I'm not doing Rock-Hogan. And because of that I'm willing to cut you a deal. I'll do Rock-Hogan but I will replace another scheduled rant...and you can guess which one that is (here's a hint, it features Chris Benoit). I understand that sounds unfair and a little like a cop out, but it's my project...my rules. We all make tough choices in life. This is one of yours. So it depends on how much you want me to watch Rock-Hogan. Otherwise there's plenty of other Rock and Hogan matches to review.
So let's get this ball rolling!
The Original Wrestlemania
From Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 31, 1985
Hosted by Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse “The Body” Ventura
I've enjoyed re-reading your Rumble rants. I had forgotten how much I hated the '99 Rumble until revisiting it. Thanks!
Anyway, this week the Cru Jones Society is dedicated to professional wrestling. We've got wrestling themed articles all week, and I especially enjoyed writing today's offering: 5 Pro Wrestling Matches Even Non-Fans will enjoy.
Each match was chosen for a different reason, and I'm interested in your take. I realize trying to get someone who's already made up their mind that wrestling is stupid to change their mind is largely a pointless exercise, but this was fun to write anyway. If you feel so inclined, I'd love to hear your thoughts on my choices.
Also, if you feel like giving this a plug, we'd always appreciate it. Otherwise, hope all is well with you and thanks again for the re-posts.
Definitely an interesting list, although I find that non-fans are non-fans for a reason. Royal Rumbles tend to be really good at sucking people in, and I also found that old school ECW attracted curious eyes as well among casual viewers. I think Hogan-Savage from WM5 is a better choice than Flair-Savage, though, because it’s a similar storyline (in reverse) and the players are big and cartoonish enough that you don’t have to be a wrestling nerd to “get it”. Or even one of their older, shorter MSG matches where Savage is arrogant super-heel and Hogan is super-face.
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