Author: dtm666

I ramble about things.

WWF Vengeance 2001

This is spur of the moment stuff… and yes, I’m using the new Blogger gimmick as the old (good) Legacy version has been excised for good. And I am none too happy about it. But speaking of old, AEW recently celebrated 30 years of Chris Jericho and it was a good show that was dominated by CODY. So instead of writing about that, we’re going to muse about that one WWF PPV where Chris Jericho beat The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin on the same night and was eventually made to look like a total jabroni, afterwards.

It is Vengeance 2001… named as such because we couldn’t use Armageddon since 9/11 was a thing fresh in everyone’s mind. The main story is the unification of the WWF and WCW World titles, even though they just called it the “World title” because WCW was no longer a thing, as this was a month removed from the end of that awful Invasion storyline.

Let’s get to it…

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RAW After Mania (March 18th, 2002): The Huckster’s In Da House… Or Something..

So three notable things happened on this show… let’s blow through them quickly.

The show opened with Hollywood Hogan getting a three-minute ovation without getting a word in. I’m not sure if that worked for him, but he’ll take it. With Canada openly embracing Hogan, the Rock shows up to encourage him to ditch the nWo colors and Hogan does just that… and that’s all it takes, brother. Nash and Hall aren’t too happy and they haz match after. Point is, this would kick of the Hulk Hogan nostalgia run where he’d get a brief run with the Undisputed title (because that works for him, brutha) and then losing a whole bunch to a lot of guys before going away because that didn’t work for him, brutha.

The other piece of significant business was that this was the show that introduced the world to a young beefcake who manhandled the Hardys after a match of sorts. It’s not a big deal, but this individual would make a name for himself not only in WWE, but in the UFC world as well. You might’ve heard of the guy; his name is Brock Lesnar.

On a lesser scale, the last piece of business was the announcement that the WWF would have a brand extension, where the big o’ WWF roster would be split into RAW Superstars and Smackdown Superstars. It all began here.

So a significant show in some ways, but as a viewing experience, it’s alright for the most part.

WWE Wants To Own Your Twitch

Source: https://www.sescoops.com/wwe-taking-over-talents-twitch-accounts/

In the latest chapter of WWE Vs. Twitch, WWE is going to begin the process of taking control of their roster’s various Twitch channels. They’ll gain the revenue, with a small cut given to talent against their downside guarantee. Will this be the thing that causes disgruntled people to finally act or will this be something they “get used to” because they’re just happy to be there?

Hey, idiots! If you want people to stop bashing WWE for stupid shit, then tell WWE to stop doing stupid shit.