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Well, no... nothing of that sort. I actually had 1/2 of Monday's column all typed out, and I went to go save the column so that it wouldn't freeze on me. However, trying to save it made the computer freeze, therefore losing 30 minutes of my life that I couldn't get back. I just couldn't take rewriting the column again, since I was mad as hell. Frankly, I needed a day off after that bullshit.
This wasn't the Compaq from Hell at my house, either, for I was on the school-provided Gateway computer here at the university. It's a fairly new Gateway too, which I wouldn't think would freeze on me from just typing on a computer. Yes, I'd figure it would happen on a obsolete Compaq, but not on an up to date Gateway, with network connection. I just find the computer world ridiculous, these days, for they push out a lot of technology without properly testing it for any error whatsoever. You don't go about a day without hearing of a new processor failing on computers, or just horror stories of what Operating Systems can do.
Oh well, I guess it just gives something extra for someone like me to get mad about. You know, I was going to be a computer science major, but I dropped that like a bad habit, with one reason being that I didn't want to put up with the problems rushed technology creates.
What the hell am I talking about? On to the PDC.
However, we were treated to seeing the WHOLE segment of Jim Ross's interview with Stone Cold from Smackdown. The whole damn thing!!!! Why did the WWF do that? The same amount of fans watch Smackdown as RAW, so why on God's green Earth did the WWF do this? It's a nice 20 minutes totally blown by WWF television, in which they could at least do an interview. Notice I said "at least". Who knows, maybe they could do another match or whatever else. I just feel that the WWF wasted a lot of time by showing this clip, in its full length, was a bad mistake. We'll see how the ratings treat it. All this waste of time led to was a "threat" by Ross to jump to WCW.
Next, it was a handicap match, pitting Crash and Molly Holly against RhYno. If you put in a tape of the last Crash vs. RhYno match, you'd get the same thing. However, Bob Hardcore Holly ran down before Molly Holly could get hers. First Crash, then K-Kwik, and then Crash again... so will Bob Holly be the next Heat wrestler thrown to the hungry Rhyno? We'll see.
I got a good laugh out of X-Factor ripping into Spike Dudley for losing to Lita on Heat. It's probably the only entertaining thing I've seen since they've formed. You just knew that D'Von and Buh Buh would get revenge later, as they did in the 6 man match. They beat X-Factor rather quickly, once Spike was tagged out of the match. Afterward, some Dudley Boyz took some hard bumps. First, Spike was tossed out fo the ring, and then Buh Buh was Albert-bombed through a table. I'm wondering if Albert thought about tossing Spike into the crowd, just like Bam Bam Bigelow did to Spike in ECW. Well, the WWF crowds are sort of different than the ECW ones, so don't press your luck. Oh by the way... X-Factor has new music by Uncle Cracker.... which sucks. Now watch, that will grow on me just like the Austin theme did.
Ehh, Big Slow vs. the Undertaker was there, but I liked the ending to it. How else can you beat a 7 foot, 500 pounder, cleanly? The Undertaker is really struggling these days, though, as Nick told me he couldn't lift Steven Richards into the Last Ride during Smackdown, in which it was edited later because Kane had to help him. That's sort of scary for the safety reasons, especially with the Taker's strong winning record.
Linda McMahon just talks too long...... Her monotone voice is just torture! Another 20 minutes, down the tubes. All this 2nd waste of time was to show that Linda McMahon, now, wanted a divorce. You mean that they wasted time on Smackdown to hype this, and 20 minutes of RAW showtime just to do this? God, this stuff is crazy! I guess this will set up a situation to where Linda will own half of the WWF, and Vince will own the other half? Who knows? I believe Shane McMahon said he owned a part of the WWF, as he said on WWF TV, so maybe things could get more interesting from there.
Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit was quite a letdown from the minute you saw William Regal as the referee. How can you enjoy a match when you know exactly what was going to happen? Oh well, I guess it's sports entertainment, and not the 1980's technical brilliance that I'm always craving.
Val Venis vs. Raven... Joy, joy, joy! I have a feeling that Raven *MIGHT* join the Right to Censor down the road, since the WWF seems to have lost all ideas about Raven after the Masked Ninja was revealed.
I liked the main event, and I appreciate the great opportunity for the Hardy Boyz to get a shot at Triple H and Austin. They've never had the chance to fight those two guys, and they worked hard against them. My only gripe about this match was how the legal man/woman didn't pin the legal man/woman. Lita and Stephanie NEVER tagged in, which hurts sort of the credibility of the match. Massive beatdown that followed by the lethal team of Austin/Triple H on the Hardys/Stephanie. It's up there, if not the roughest, in the top beatdowns I've ever seen. The point of the beatdown, especially on Lita, was to get more heel heat for Austin. That simple.
MATCH OF THE NIGHT: Triple H/Austin/Stephanie vs. Hardys/Lita
WRESTLER OF THE NIGHT: Matt Hardy
Chris Benoit/Chris Jericho vs. William Regal/Kurt Angle
Hardcore Holly vs. Rhyno
X-Factor vs. Dudley Boyz
Kane/Undertaker vs. Steve Austin/Triple H
I'm unsure where the Jericho-Regal thing is currently going, whether they'll wrestle singles or in the tag match. Very unknown at this point. I'm sure we'll see Edge/Christian finding someone to feud with at Smackdown, once they return from WWF NY.
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Playoffs start next week, and your match ups are the Chicago Enforcers vs. Orlando Rage for the EAST, and Los Angeles Xtreme vs. San Francisco Demons in the West.
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