The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 12.16.96
Live from…hold on, here’s Bret Hart, and he’s pissed. He should be WWF champion RIGHT NOW, and he’s pretty sick of the way things are changing in the WWF. There’s NO RULES. And Shawn Michaels promised him that he wouldn’t interfere, but he turned out to be as complicit as Ivanka Trump. So everyone is a bunch of jackals out to get him, and he’s entering the Royal Rumble, reluctantly.
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary, taped from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect provide commentary for the second of three episodes taped in Lexington, Kentucky. It does not take long for McMahon to remind fans about The WBF Championship taking place in the evening.
The SmarK Rant for Prime Time Wrestling – 06.22.87
I forgot how much I enjoyed this show before doing it again last week.
Your hosts are Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby Heenan
Vince McMahon presides over this evening’s panel, featuring Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect.
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary, starting a new cycle of tapings in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on May 18 and drew a crowd of 9,160 with almost half of the tickets given away for free.
Happy Saturday Everyone!
We’re watching WWF Unforgiven 2000 today as I haven’t watched it for ages and I was interested to see how the Main Event held up because I used to enjoy it quite a bit back in the day. The Main Event sees Rock defending the WWF Title against Kane, Undertaker and Chris Benoit in a Fatal Four Way, whilst we’ve got Stone Cold Steve Austin returning to pay per view following his injury in 1999 when someone ran him over.
Hey, I just realised that we’ve got ANOTHER show Main Evented by a multi-person match this week after we reviewed NXT Takeover Fatal Four Way last weekend. WWE likes shoving lots of people into one match I guess. From memory, the rest of the Unforgiven 2000 card is okay but not great, with Triple H and Kurt Angle having the biggest issue going on in the undercard, due to Kurt Angle having lust in his eyes for Tri’s wife.
You can view the full card for Unforgiven 2000 by clicking below;
The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 12.09.96
(Geez I’m actually getting a bit behind with these reposts now that I’ve done THREE WEEKS of Observer Flashbacks in a row!).
Taped from New Haven, CT
Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler
Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect provide commentary for a new taping cycle in Lexington, Kentucky. According to thehistoryofwwe.com, the taping took place on May 19 and drew 7,000 fans. That is less than half of Rupp Arena’s full capacity.
Vince McMahon moderates tonight’s panel, which features Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect. Heenan is happy that the Big Bossman was beat up on Superstars because the Bossman imprisoned an innocent man.
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan take care of commentary, wrapping up the long taping in Niagara Falls, New York.
Crush’s match from Prime Time Wrestling is the first bout on the show.
Lord Alfred Hayes’ Special Report recaps the Ultimate Warrior-Papa Shango feud.
The SmarK Rant for Prime Time Wrestling – 06.17.87
Fair warning, I’m on vacation for one more week.
Going back again to fill in the gaps from the WWE 24/7 era because I haven’t reviewed an episode since that period in time we shall not speak of. For some reason this episode is June 17, even though it should really be June 15. Maybe USA pre-empted it to a Wednesday that week for some reason, I dunno.
Your hosts are Bobby Heenan & Gorilla Monsoon, who immediately confirm that it’s a special Wednesday edition of the show. I know you were all losing sleep over that one like me.
Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect are in the booth, broadcasting the last episode from the taping in Syracuse, New York. Perfect makes milk puns that he tries to make applicable to the goo that came out of the Ultimate Warrior’s head last week.
Vince McMahon moderates tonight’s panel, which features Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hillbilly Jim, Bobby Heenan, and Mr. Perfect. Many of the panel discussions were missing from this copy of the episode but other online reviews say that there was discussion of Elizabeth’s ties to Ric Flair and the power of Papa Shango’s voodoo.
A Hacksaw Jim Duggan-Colonel Mustafa bout that aired on the September 30, 1991 edition of Prime Time Wrestling is the first bout of the show.
The SmarK Rant for WWF Monday Night RAW – 12.02.96
(I finally got to see Oppenheimer last night so I was out late and it’s repost time as a result! Also it’s amazing and I hope it sweeps the Oscars because it’s probably GONNA. Also yes the bomb scene nearly made me poop myself, I can admit it.)
(Also no matching Nitro rant for this week because all I have is the crappy 24/7 “Monday Night Wars” version because I never bothered to do a fresh one, and I really hate my stuff from that time.)
Taped from New Haven, CT
Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Jerry Lawler
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are doing commentary for the third episode of the taping cycle in Niagara Falls, New York.
Vince McMahon and Mr. Perfect call today’s action, still found in Syracuse, New York. Perfect makes stomach puns to make fun of the Ultimate Warrior’s predicament.
The SmarK Rant for WWF All Star Wrestling – 01.23.82
I checked this time and I have not in fact done this episode before.
This is another Prime Time Wrestling episode where the surviving footage does not feature panel discussions.
A replay of the Bushwhackers-Beverly Brothers match from Wrestling Challenge airs, along with the Legion of Doom’s run-in after the bout.
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are in the booth for another episode from Niagara Falls, New York. Heenan accuses WWF Champion Randy Savage of going AWOL prior to his interview on today’s program.
