What the World Was Watching: WrestleMania XV
August 16, 2016 August 17, 2016 by LScisco
–Boyz 2 Men sing "America the Beautiful" to kick off the show. They receive a Cena-like mixed reaction.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are in the booth and they are live from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Categories Wrestling, WWF Tags Al Snow, Bart Gunn, Billy Gunn, Butterbean, Chyna, D-Lo Brown, Debra, Goldust, Hardcore Holly, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Ross, Kane, Ken Shamrock, Mankind, Nicole Bass, Owen Hart, Paul Bearer, Ryan Shamrock, Sable, Shane McMahon, Steve Austin, Test, The Big Bossman, The Big Show, The Blue Meanie, The Brood, The Mean Street Posse, The Road Dogg, The Rock, the Undertaker, Tori, Triple H, Val Venis, Vince McMahon, What the World Was Watching, Wrestlemania XV, WWE, wwf, X-Pac 14 Comments
What the World Was Watching: Monday Night Raw – March 22, 1999
August 9, 2016 August 9, 2016 by LScisco
–Steve Austin arrives at the arena and comes across a driver of a Coor's Light truck. Product placement 101.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are calling the action and they are live from Albany, New York. This is the last RAW we have to hear called by Cole for a while so I am happy about that. This is the go home show for WrestleMania XV.
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Categories Wrestling, WWF, WWF Monday Night RAW Tags Billy Gunn, Christian, D-Lo Brown, Debra, Edge, Gangrel, Gerald Brisco, Ivory, Jacqueline, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Ross, Ken Shamrock, Mankind, Mean Street Posse, Owen Hart, Pat Patterson, Paul Ellering, PMS, RAW, Ryan Shamrock, Sable, Shane McMahon, Steve Austin, Steve Williams, Terri Runnels, The Big Show, The Blue Meanie, The Legion of Doom, The New Age Outlaws, The Road Dogg, The Rock, Tori, Vince McMahon, What the World Was Watching, WWE, wwf, X-Pac 5 Comments
–A video package recaps the tensions building between the Rock and Paul Wight, whose nickname has been changed to "The Big Show" instead of the "The Big Nasty." We are also reminded that the Undertaker is going after Vince McMahon.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are in the booth and they are live from San Jose, California.
–WWF Champion The Rock opens the show and he tells Steve Austin that he will prove his status as "The Great One" at WrestleMania. He demands that Vince McMahon come out and prove to him that the Big Show is not working with Austin. McMahon complies and says that "Dwayne" needs a reality check for being ungrateful for all that McMahon has given him. He says that three generations of his family have looked after the Rock's ancestors and that Paul Wight is not as quick to understand the existing agreement. Wight comes out and demands to know what McMahon is talking about, threatening he and the Rock. McMahon does not kindly to that, leading Wight to manhandle him into a corner to get his point across. McMahon collects himself and books the Rock and Wight to team up to face Mankind and Steve Austin, thereby making this a preview of WrestleMania. The Rock and Wight shake hands to end the segment at McMahon's behest.
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What the World Was Watching: Monday Night Raw – March 8, 1999
July 25, 2016 July 26, 2016 by LScisco
–A video package chronicles Steve Austin attacking the Rock on Sunday Night Heat and Paul Wight not trying to save the Rock from the assault.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are calling the action and they are live from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Categories Wrestling, WWF, WWF Monday Night RAW Tags Al Snow, Big Show, Billy Gunn, Chyna, D-Lo Brown, Debra, Droz, Gerald Brisco, Goldust, Hardcore Holly, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Ross, Kane, Ken Shamrock, Luna Vachon, Mankind, Michael Cole, Owen Hart, Pat Patterson, RAW, Ryan Shamrock, Sable, Shane McMahon, Steve Austin, Steve Blackman, Steve Williams, Terry Taylor, Test, The Big Bossman, The Blue Meanie, The Godfather, The Ministry of Darkness, The New Age Outlaws, The Road Dogg, The Rock, the Undertaker, Tori, Triple H, Vince McMahon, What the World Was Watching, WWE, wwf, X-Pac 1 Comment
–A video package recaps the Undertaker's recent threats against Vince McMahon, culminating in the Undertaker burning a teddy bear at the end of last week's RAW.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are doing commentary and they are live from Cleveland, Ohio.
–The Corporation comes out and Vince McMahon discusses how the audience does not understand his capacity to love. He fires Kane for losing the inferno match to the Undertaker last week and has orderlies come down to send Kane to the insane asylum. However, Chyna comes to Kane's aid and they fight them off. Chyna tells McMahon that she can control Kane and asks for Kane to be booked against Steve Austin, with Kane's job on the line. McMahon counters by also putting Chyna's job on the line. Mankind then joins the festivities and volunteers to referee the Steve Austin-Kane match to prove himself worthy of refereeing the title match at WrestleMania XV. McMahon agrees on the condition that Mankind is able to defeat the Undertaker on tonight's show (this is later clarified in the broadcast to mean that McMahon will consider Mankind for the role at WrestleMania based on how the match goes). The Undertaker's voice then comes on via the loudspeakers and he says that he has already told McMahon what he is going to take from him.
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What the World Was Watching: Monday Night Raw – February 22, 1999
July 5, 2016 by LScisco
–A video package recaps the Rock winning the WWF title in a ladder match against Mankind on last week's show.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are in the booth and they are taped from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
–Vince McMahon comes out to hype tonight's Inferno Match between the Undertaker and Kane. He welcomes Paul Wight to the ring, who is booked to be the guest referee at WrestleMania. Cole is trying to get Wight over as "The Big Nasty," so I guess it is good that "The Big Show" name was chosen instead. WWF Champion The Rock also comes out, quickly getting into a verbal confrontation with Wight, telling him to "Know his role." McMahon's efforts at playing peacemaker get nowhere until Mankind marches onto the stage and volunteers to referee the WrestleMania main event, as well as referee a Rock-Wight encounter tonight. Wight then proceeds to challenge the Rock to a match, which the Rock gladly accepts and he says he will put the WWF title on the line too.
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June 20, 2016 June 21, 2016 by LScisco
–A series of narrated photographs recaps last night's St. Valentine's Day Massacre pay-per-view.
–Michael Cole and Jerry "The King" Lawler are in the booth and they are live from Birmingham, Alabama.
–Commissioner Shawn Michaels comes out and welcomes out the participants in the WrestleMania main event: WWF Champion Mankind and Steve Austin. Before anything can be said between them, Vince McMahon interrupts, wearing a neck brace and selling his beating from Austin the previous night. McMahon claims to be a broken man and that he wants a fresh start with Austin on the condition that Austin apologizes. Austin does apologize, but only for beating McMahon more than he intended. McMahon tells Michaels that people deserve a WWF title rematch between Mankind and the Rock because their match last night ended in a draw so he needs to do his job and book it for tonight. Mankind says he needs a week to recover, bringing out the Rock, who continues to goad Michaels into booking a title match for this evening. Mankind decides to take on the Rock after all and to make sure that there is a winner Michaels announces that tonight's title match will be a ladder match. After that, McMahon welcomes out Paul Wight, who he says will be the special guest referee of the title match at WrestleMania. Austin simply flips him off from the ring to end the segment.
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