Message #6721

[Hammy]

Agree with Hammy about the great SS Elimination Match.

A 45 Minute scorcher.  That's probably the best "Traditional SS Match" of all time.  The tension between Jericho and The Rock, The Rock's exchanges with Steve Austin and Angle switching sides at the end, the match had it all.

And as for the WCW guys being jobbers for the most part, they were booked to appear like that so thats how people saw them.  DDP, WCW Main Eventer got crushed by 'Taker at every turn in their feud and after the "Invasion" he became a motivational speaker who told you, now thats not a bad thing, that's a good thing!  As funny as it was, it was very midcard and a long way removed from the guy he'd been in WCW.

Tag Team Champions O'Haire & Palumbo got squashed so often and mid Invasion storyline O'Haire was taken from television and sent to Development, heck half the WCW roster was, so much so in Development the storyline continued.

At the 1st PPV, Kanyon, Hugh Morrus and Shawn Stasiak took on Big Show, Billy Gunn and Intercontinental Champion Albert (That surprised me I'd forgotten he got a reign).

For the entire match the WWF Guys dominated until Morrus got a fluke pin on Gunn (it was a total fluke, obviously), then after the match Big Show crushed them all and they were all layed out, they were made to look like jobbers and you were in no doubt over who was really better, it was booked so badly, they were made to look like losers.  Those 3 guys had a lot of upside.

Another guy who had great potential was Lance Storm, intially he was treated quite well having an IC Title reign but most people remember him as the guy who caused Austin to fall asleep.

For the most part, even though Vince couldn't be motivated enough to buy out certain Time Warner contracts, the guys he did sign should be been pushed and treated better, there was still a wealth of talent there.

Touching on the Nitro on RAW stuff, it was lousy because it seemed so jobberish, the commentary team was horrendous.  People wanted Tony "This is the greatest night in the history of our sport" Schiavone, not Arn Anderson!

Oh and watching the APA today I thought it would have been cool if Faaroq had turned on Bradshaw, hit him with a Spinebuster and grabbed the mic and declared himself, Ron Simmons, a former WCW Heavyweight Champion dammit!