Week #2 - DT

"Where the Big Boys Play"

WCW Nitro

Best Match: The opening match. Sabu, on his debut. The hype video from the previous Nitro had me up for this. Going up against Das Wunderkid aka Alex "Jobber" Wright. You actually forget that Wright could wrestle though, he just suffered from a lack of personality. Sabu is legit insane. Like absolutely nothing we see in Nitro at the moment. A very high energy match, with some great spots. Alex Wright does a lovely drop kick, just pulls it out beautifully. This bucked the trend of what I would class a typical WCW match, from the bigger guys. Really was a breathe of fresh air from what we are use to. Plus a real nice debut win for Sabu........ Or was it, check out worst segment.

Worst Match: Hulk Hogan v Lex Luger - For the world title. It just made no sense to have this match here and now, after Luger just coming back last week. In my head before we even get to the match, I think Hogan won't drop the strap, and to be fair it makes no sense for him to yet. I'm also thinking Luger wont eat a loss in his first match back either, surely? Of course neither of those happened as Dungeon of Doom stormed the ring. During the match though. I did like the Luger getting Hogan in the torture rack and Hogan essentially passing out, decent little moment, which made Luger look strong. All in all though, a nothing match, which I knew was one before the bell even rang.

Best Segment: Ric Flair w/ Mean Gene. GOLD!! Give Flair a mic with Mean Gene holding and you know it's always going to be good. ALWAYS. The show wasn't segment heavy, by any stretch. Flair talked about Arn. Charisma oozing from every word. Animated as hell. How can you not enjoy Flair on the mic. One minor spot. Luger comes out end of the interview... FOR NO REASON! He gets in the ring and Flair talks about his big biceps. Luger awkwardly says "Flair..... You never change, you're just to much". Not needed and cringy as hell!

Worst Segment: I'm not even sure if this classes as a segment but it pissed and confused the hell outta me. Sabu has won, centre of the ring 1...2...3. Announced as the winner. He does a little beat down after on Das Wunderkid, nothing new there. Happens in a lot of matches. Set's up a table after a few moves. Drives himself and Alex Wright through the table..... NICK PATRICK REVERSES THE WIN AND GIVES IT TO ALEX WRIGHT!!!! WTF? So I expect that to happen on any after match beat downs now, can't be one rule for one, another for others right? Also Sabu now has a debut loss. Makes zero sense.

Hottest Feud: Still Flair/Arn. We may not of seen much, if anything at all between them, but the interview from Flair was all that needed. It's nicely slow building to what I imagine is a blow-off match I will thoroughly enjoy. Not a lot of choice at the moment.

Coldest Feud: Norton/Mongo/Savage? I'm not even sure whats happening here. Norton keeps bumping his gums about Mongo. I can't really remember Norton and Savage having any involvement with each other. Not saying they didn't, but if it did happen I was suitably not interested enough to acknowledge it... Maybe I went to piss.

Star of the Show: Sabu - Despite the totally stupid way he lost, and the fact somebody thought it was a cool idea for him to lose. He still in ring wise stood held and shoulders above the rest for me. Legit insane. I think it's just that he is so different to anything we are seeing at the moment in Dubya See Dubya, that's making him so appealing to me. Flair & Sting are a close second, through nothing other than presence. That said I don't think anybody really shone this show.

General Commentary: A really, really borderline average show. I didn't understand some of the decisions. They either seemed to serve no purpose or in other cases just hurt wrestlers/angles credibility. Not even Heenan's fantastic humour could pull this one round for me. I struggled to pick a star of the show because nobody simply stuck out, and I don't think it was their fault. It was who ever was in charge of the show.

It won't take much, for me, for WWF Raw to top this.

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WWF RAW

Best Match: Scott Hall v Bulldog takes it for me. It was a DQ finish, but I still enjoyed how they done it. Very interesting opener as well. Started the show off nice and hot. I absolutely love me some Scott Hall/Razor Ramon. Hits the Razors Edge and I think this ones over. Dean Douglas storms the ring with the ref down, hits him with a huge elbow drop from the top rope. Onto Hall who is in a pin covering position. 1-2-3 Kid tries to make the save gets absolutely nowhere. Dean Douglas takes off. Ref wakes up and thinks its 1-2-3 Kid who has interfered. Enjoyed all who were in on it.

Worst Match: Dr Isaac Yankem v Scott Taylor - Just nothing to it really. Ran a total of 2:14, which was exactly what I expected. Squash match. You forget Glenn Jacobs was in phenomenal shape round about this era (Mainly due to the Kane ring attire). Worst match seems harsh as Yankem looked strong, just really was nothing to this match. Pinfall victory for Yankem.

Best Segment: Goldust promo - I've always enjoyed Goldust's stuff. He's just so freaky and weird. It's awesome to watch. Very entertaining promo. Just him and a camera. Building up to a future match, standard stuff but enjoyable nonetheless. (Check out the observer notes below to find out something cool about this Goldust promo)

Worst Segment: After the Bulldog win over Scott Hall, we cut to break. When we come back Vince McMahon is in the ring. Scott Hall one side of him, 1-2-3 Kid the other. He interviews them, which leads to a match sometime next week between the two. 1-2-3 Kid reminding Ramon that he has beat him before. All of that is fantastic. Only reason this is here, is as he is interviewing them. Jerry "The King" Lawler is still in his commentary position and he talks over the whole bloody interview. It's not just talking, he's actually commentating on an interview. SHUT UP MATE! Really ruined the segment for me.

Hottest Feud: Dean Douglas v Scott Hall - It's probably more me, but I didn't notice a lot of active feuds at the moment. Or if they were, they were only shown in video packages of weeks gone by. This one at least got a little air time. I enjoyed the good old run in interference and the way it led to costing Scott Hall the match. I also enjoyed the little VT package from last week, which showed Hall flooring Douglas backstage. This seems nicely poised to me.

Coldest Feud: Now I don't even know if this is going to transpire into a feud, or if it was just a way to book a match for next week. Sean Waltman v Scott Hall. Hall is already in it with someone else. The interview seemed very much like it was leading to something and it did with the match for next week. Both seem liked by the crowd. So maybe this was more just to get the match booked for next week. I'm sure this probably won't even belong here, once I watch the weeks ahead unfold. I was struggling for anything to put here anyway so, meh!

Star of the Show: "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels - Good win in the main event over Psycho Sid, with the intercontinental belt on the line. It's great to see when that belt really meant something. Michaels always looks good in the ring and this was no different. His three kicks at the end, the last being sweet chin music was great. He stood in the ring after his win for a good few minutes and the crowd just lapped it up. They love him...... and so do I.

General Commentary: Really solid first Raw (for us). Great first opener, many more little segments than WCW Nitro had. Two basic squash matches in the middle which really aren't for my liking. I'd rather they just trimmed one of those from the show altogether and let the other get a bit in ring time. It's nothing major though. Razor Ramon looked like a star, Shawn Michaels looked like a star. Bulldog looked menacing as hell. Psycho Sid looked like a psycho. I hate Vince McMahon on the commentary team and it kills me knowing we are still quite awhile away from that changing. Jerry Lawler may of contributed to my worst segment but outside of that he was solid. Some great one lines. Overall, really enjoyable.

WHO WINS : WWF RAW

My Score - WWF 1 - 0 WCW

Blog Score - WWF 1 - 0 WCW