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Getting Over
Welcome to the 3rd edition of
Getting Over written for Wrestling Envy by Lewis316.
Welcome To Volume 3
Welcome back to Getting Over, and
hopefully my site if you're reading here (at
Wrestling Envy.cjb.net). This is my third online
column, but I'm starting to get used to writing
them whenever the hell I feel like it. So far
I've kept them coming every 2 weeks or so, and I
don't intend to stop after this column either (unless
it completely sucks). If you're looking for a
good column I suggest you go to my columns
section and check out Gazmission - a good read
for the smart fan and mark alike.
WWF/WCW Situation
Since my last column there's been
a lot of news surrounding the World Wrestling
Federation's purchase of World Championship
Wrestling. The day the WWF bought WCW there were
mixed reactions over the whole situation. Some
fans were excited over the idea of WWF vs. WCW
battles, whilst the majority of the wrestlers
thought it was the worst possible outcome - Bret
Hart even said it was "a black day in
wrestling" - he thought it was so bad. To
me, this whole situation brings good things and
it brings bad things. I am all for the WWF owning
WCW as long as they don't go too crazy over the
idea of mixed pay-per-views. The World Wrestling
Federation's PPV's are getting better all the
time and I don't really want to see the likes of
OLDberg making it crap - like, err..well, a WCW
pay-per-view.
Stone Cold Steve Austin (My fave
wrestler if you hadn't already guessed)
Since the return of Stone Cold
Steve Austin the WWF has got better coniderably.
(When I say return, I mean return to the ring.)
Before, even the dumbest WWF fan could guess the
outcome of every Raw is War whilst Austin was
out, on the shelf. Triple H Vs. The Rock. Every
time. Without fail. Okay, the WWF did try to vary
this with the introduction of Benoit and Jericho
into some feuds - making the odd 6-man tag team
matches now and again - but the bare bones of The
Rock and Triple H were still there.
I can't really blame the WWF, they
couldn't help the neck injury to their biggest
draw. The WWF did do a good job of writing Austin
out of the storylines - with the whole "Who
ran over Austin" angle. But a few weeks
before Austin's television return, the angle was
given new life - with an actual investigation of
the crime. There were many suspects thrown into
the proverbial hat - Shawn Michaels, The Rock,
Triple H - but then the outcome. Rikishi? When
someone told me that it was Rikishi who was
revealed as the driver of the car that ran over
Stone Cold, I just laughed in their face..and
said something along the lines of: "You're
joking, right? Stop messing with me, tell me who
did it..." But upon the Raw is War on Friday
(hey, I'm in the UK) they weren't kidding. Not
only that, but it appeared to me that Rikishi had
no motive. The crowd were apparantly silenced
through shock, when they found out it was their
"dancing phatman" Rikishi. That wasn't
shock at all. That was more like a, "What
the hell are you doing, Vince?" - as if to
say that revealing Rikishi of all people, was a
BIG mistake. The motive for the hit 'n' run was a
racial dispute. Black vs. White wrestlers over
the years. The WWF fans weren't buying into the
idea at all. "Luckily" Vinnie Mac
realised this and seemingly forgot that Rikishi
had ran over Austin. On the next Smackdown
Rikishi was said to have a "partner in crime."
Triple H. Oh yeah. Good one Vince. Reveal Phat-ass-never-deserves-a-push-Rikishi
as the driver, then forget about that, and
concentrate on the person who put him up to it -
igniting another Austin/HHH feud. But if I
remember rightly, wasn't Rikishi on WWF Metal
back around Survivor Series when HHH supposedly
put him up to running over the Rattlesnake?
Nevermind, eh Vince? Just bend history so you can
push good ol' Rikishi. Yeah right. It never
worked - I'm glad in a way - and it never will
work. The WWF should push wrestlers who deserve
it, but that wouldn't be Vince's style would it
now?
At Royal Rumble this year, Haku -
another fat waster with microphone hair in my
view - was introduced in the Rumble iteslf. --
Hang on Vince..we have two fat people on the
roster...they both look like they are from around
the same place...I have a cunning plan...let's
team Rikishi and Haku with each other...and call
them the Islanders - that'll be good... I'll let
you decide for yourselves whether this was a good
move. I'll give you a hint though: The answer is
not YES or MAYBE.
NOTE: I know all of the above has
been written about in other columns, but I didn't
write columns then. It's a subject I feel I could
write a lot about, so I wrote it. Simple as that.
Wrestlemania X-Seven
I'm not going to go into great
detail over every match that took place at
Wrestlemania because every other column does that
and it does just get boring. Wrestlemania was,
without doubt, the greatest event EVER. If you
disagree, then please try and come up with event
that was better than this year's Mania - because
I certainly failed when I tried.
The first couple of matched were
little more than average, but they got the job
done well. From the Vince/Shane Street Fight
onwards it was stunning. The TLC II match was
shorter than I had guessed but every second of it
was full of excitement and not to mention,
carnage. The Gimmick Battle Royal sucked. It was
nice to see the oldies back in action, but they
had no plan whatsoever. The Harcore match was
wicked and hilarious too - a good job by all 3
competitors. The Triple H vs. Undertaker match
was my favourite match of the night as it was
well worked by both men. The hype it received
leading up to Mania was well done and the WWF
fans weren't disappointed. The end spot was very
well worked, and it was nice to see Triple H job
:)
The main event. What a main event.
I have no complaints about this match-up except
the end. I am not fussed over Austin turning
heel, but I just thought to myself; "Did it
have to happen at the biggest event ever?"
But I suppose it had to happen sometime, and I
can't deny that it ruined my Wrestlemania just a
tiny bit.
Overall it was a solid event. Well
done to the WWF for not flooding it with WCW
talent as speculated before hand. I would give it
a good 9 out of 10 for sure. Now it's a case of
how close the WWF can get with their next event -
Backlash. We'll have to wait and see and until
next time, this has been, Lewis316...
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