![]() This match only appears to be happening so Jerry Lawler can make 8 straight minutes of short jokes. 1998 Sunny was a lot of things - a lot of them - but “spectacular athlete” wasn’t one of them. Here’s a shot of special guest referee Sunny attempting a leap frog on the smallest pro wrestler in history, failing to clear him and accidentally blasting him in the face with a Kinshasa. It’s not much until the finish, but that’s a very good finish. ![]() Dangerous, but fun dangerous, and everybody’s (mostly) okay. Thank goodness Luna’s a pro and got her left arm down before they hit, though, because otherwise she might’ve slid off Vader’s shoulders when they hit and spiked herself. ![]() The crowd goes crazy for that, and rightfully so. It DOES feature a great closing image, though, with Luna trying to stop a Vader Bomb with a choke and accidentally contributing to the best Luna-assisted bomb I’ve seen since the Moon Spiral Heart Attack: WWE Network The best part is that when he returns for the Rumble match later in the night, he completely changes the look and becomes Sexy Outer Space Kane.ĭespite being legends, both of these guys were going through intensely awkward periods in their careers - Goldust was doing great heel work, but was sometimes more legitimately concerning than entertaining concerning, and Vader was somewhere between being forgotten and calling himself a big piece of shit - so the match is basically seven minutes of Vader doing stuff, getting cut off with a low blow and getting beaten up until Goldust tries something sexual with him. Like the female Gremlin from Gremlins 2 got caught in one of those parachutes you play with in gym class in kindergarten. It’s like Violet Beauregard’s first Christmas after the Wonka incident. Wait, sorry, that’s The Artist Formerly Known As Goldust, showing up for his match with Vader looking like a Spriggan sex doll. Like instead of just “Money in the Bank,” the full name was “Money in the Banks of the Mississippi.”Īnd now, the Best and Worst of WWF Royal Rumble for January 18, 1998.īest: Jeff Hardy Makes His Royal Rumble Debut WWE Network After this, we’re on the road to the unforgettable (?) No Way Out Of Texas: In Your House, the father of “No Way Out.” I wish every WWF pay-per-view had a longer, formal title. Hey, you! If you want us to keep doing retro reports, share them around! And be sure to drop down into our comments section to let us know what you thought of these shows. Check out all the episodes you may have missed at the Best and Worst of WWF Raw Is War and Best and Worst of WWF Monday Night Raw tag pages. If you haven’t seen this event, you can watch it on WWE Network here. Previously on the Best and Worst of WWF Raw Is War: Mark Henry turned heel and joined the Nation of Domination, Owen Hart got his face lightly scratched by D-Generation X, and Sunny complicated a lot of fantasies by dressing up as a Penn State cheerleader.
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