First, a sincere "thank you" to Wade Keller for inviting me to catch
the PPV with him and his gang of regulars.

===== PREGAME =====

Huckster vs Nacho Man w/Billionaire Ted as Ref.  

It was worth a few chuckles, but I'm kinda hoping Vince will just
drop the mud-slinging and concentrate the same creative juices on his
wrestling product.  This was not live.

RESULT: No contest, both Nacho and Huckster died (as did Billionaire
Ted when he saw the guy from the FTC) *


BodyDonnas vs HOG/PIG for held-up tag titles

This wasn't as bad as it could have been.  At least they didn't "slop"
Sunny.

RESULT: BodyDonnas win when Sunny distracts one of the Godwins (I
couldn't tell them apart when they were Tex and ??? in WCW, I surely
can't tell them apart now) with her "award winning assets". **

===== START OF PPV ===== (order may be incorrect)

Six-man tag:  Owen/Bulldog/Vader vs Yoko/Ahmed/Jake Roberts

I got my one incorrect guess of the night (I was predicting Owen to do
the job).

RESULT: *


Back Alley Brawl: Goldust vs Roddy Piper

The first three-quarters of this match was filmed a few days ago.
Good continuity on a lot of details (the blood on the white Bronco,
etc).  Wade knew they were trying to decide whether or not to go with
the OJ footage.  Judging from the crowd (there were only a few groans)
they made the right decision.  Great brawl in the "backlot", though
Piper can't take a "car shot" as well as Lawler (whom I have to guess
was responsible for at least part of this angle).  I could have done
without the crotch-grab or the stripping of Goldust down to his
women's undergarments at the end, but otherwise I'll give this "match
of the night".

RESULT: I guess Piper wins. ***


Savio Vega vs Steve Austin

This match was mainly filler as they showed the Bronco chase.

I don't recall which of these undercard matches had the ref bump
(probably the UT match) but I called it two spots ahead of it
happening.  (patting self on back for noticing the ref trying to get
in the way a bit early) :-)

RESULT: *1/4


Hunter H Helmsley (w/blonde) vs The Ultimate Warrior

Warrior was bigger than I was expecting.  Sad to see HHH job to this
freak.  At least it was short (90 second match).

RESULT: *  Post-match, "Wild" Marc Mero was interviewed, then brawled
with HHH (instant feud between two excellent workers)


Undertaker vs Diesel

The entrances seemed to take longer than the match itself.  The
loooong resthold in the middle kinda killed the match for me, but the
first half and the ending were good.  Probably the best match either
wrestler will have this year, but still nothing to write home about.

RESULT:  Undertaker with the clean pin (as predicted).  **


60-minute IronMan World Title match: Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels

No real surprises here.  A few high spots thrown into 29 minutes of
rest holds in the first half; good pick-up for the ending five minutes
or so.  Not sure why the time-keeper bump was included since it didn't
play into the ending of the match.  Ditto for the two SuperSock
<snicker> Lethario bumps.  Cool ring entrance by Michaels (which was
called by one of the spectators in the group).  The ending was really
good, but this shouldn't have taken an hour.  Neither one of these two
is in danger of taking away Ric Flair's title of "The Sixty-Minute
Man".  As predicted by about 30% of RSPW/IRC, it went to a 60-minute
draw.  I commented that Shawn and Bret should get the tag team titles
since they both won. :-)  Bret took the title and started walking
slowly back to the dressing room.  Gorilla Monsoon (now the president
(no longer "acting") came down to say that the match would continue
until they had a winner.  Shawn won with two superkicks (the second
one looked very good) and the pin.  Not the best match either wrestler
has had, but it was nice to see them put in the time and keep it
fairly entertaining.

RESULTS: Shawn with the pin after about 1:02 **1/2


===== FINAL THOUGHTS =====

I wasn't as positive about this card as were some of the rest of the
people watching.  I'm guessing this may have a lot to do with me not
seeing Uncensored.  Apparently, after that anything would be good.
Hell HERB even gave it a thumbs down! ;-)


After the PPV was over, Wade popped in last weeks (actually I guess it
was two weeks ago) tape of ECW (the one with Brian Pillman holding up
the kid, spitting in the food, the great quote "it's only a work, ya
know", and the best match I've seen in the past 8 months (Rey Misterio
Jr is damn amazing).

Then got to see a tape from All Japan Pro-Wrestling from last week
between Misawa and three people I didn't recognize.  It had three of
the top wrestlers in the world, I was told (and it certainly was
better than anything in WrestleMania or the last Clash of Champions
(the last two Big Cards I'd seen) but I'd have a hard time calling it
better than the Rey Jr match