Wrasslin' Raw

They gave up on LiveWire! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys watch the last 1-hour episode of Monday Night Raw. The match quality is a little unsteady, but many superstars get to shine: Crush delivers a heart punch to Ahmed Johnson's chin, Savio Vega joins the Nation of Domination, and Henry Godwin is a consistent asskicker. On the other hand, Vader gets completely ignored in a meeting of the superstars, and Furnas & LaFon are officially jobbers now. It's over Johnny!

Sick a' gettin' screwed! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys sit down to talk about the fallout of the Royal Rumble, and a very strong episode of Monday Night Raw. Owen Hart and the British Bulldog take on Furnas & LaFon, Farooq dominates Bart Gunn, and the Undertaker is in the Main Event. Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart both flex their promo muscles, and Vader keeps leadassing those chokeslams. Vince McMahon is gone for most of this episode, and it's fantastic!

Mr. Hughes is back, and he's useless! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys examine the 1997 Royal Rumble. Matches featuring Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Goldust, Ahmed Johnson, and Farooq keep this Pay Per View moving, while Vader continues his current trajectory against the Undertaker. The Royal Rumble ended up being a lot stronger than predicted on the strength of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and the AAA match on the card lived up to its promise. Tell me again why Jose Lothario is here?

What was that sound? In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys take a look at the go-home episode of Monday Night Raw, leading into the 1997 Royal Rumble. Matches featuring Marc Mero, Jerry Lawler, the Undertaker, and Crush all round out a sub-par Raw that does nothing to get anyone ready for the Rumble. Rocky Maivia and the British Bulldog have a great match, while the Hart brothers and Stone Cold Steve Austin rise to a new level of storytelling. Let's take one more look at Shawn Michaels!

Welcome everyone to 1997! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys ease into 1997 like an old man easing into a warm bath. Owen Hart and Mankind help to smooth the way, but Furnas and LaFon taking on Fake Razor and Fake Diesel settles things back into reality. The debut of Shotgun Saturday night got interesting when Marlena flashed the crowd, Shawn Michaels continues to dig at Bret Hart whenever he can, and Vader shows up for his match and DOGS IT. Stop shitting up the place!

That's it folks, we're done with this one! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys take a look back at 1996, and talk about what the World Wrestling Federation served up for its viewers. Match of the Year candidates feature Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels, Mankind, Savio Vega, and Diesel; the President of the Carpenter's Union gives us the Jobber of the Year, and Joe brings us some interesting award winners from the year. In next week's episode of Wrasslin' Raw: 1997!

What the hell is Ahmed wearing? In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys take a look at the final episode of Monday Night Raw that aired in 1996. Superstar power is in abundance here, with matches featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Bret "the Hitman" Hart, and "The Real Double J" Jesse James. Shawn Michaels delivers a sharp promo, Jerry Lawler continues to insult Tiny Tim weeks after his death, and Vince defends the freaks of the world. HE'S SO FUNKY!

Who's ready to do some GUSHING? In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys discuss an episode of Monday Night Raw that failed within the first three seconds of airtime. Monday Night Mero continues while we could have watched Benoit vs. Guerrero on Nitro, the WWF/AAA collaboration bears terrible fruit, Rocky Maivia fails to bring the electricity to his match, and Bret Hart is mortally insulted at the end of the night. The odd positioning of our legs indicates that we fell asleep while watching!

SPECIAL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the fates have conspired to deliver a two-man booth, so the Year End update and the episode the boys got subjected to are a man down. That doesn't stop the talk about Steve Austin and Vader, a Jobber of the Week with a familiar masked face, and some serious questions about pretending like Sunny never happened. Are we back around to "worked concussion" again?

It's not just the Executioner going downhill! In this episode of Wrasslin' Raw, the boys put aside their reservations and sit down to examine In Your House 12: It's Time. This Pay Per View has matches featuring Marc Mero and Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a tag team championship match featuring Fake Razor and Fake Diesel, and Bret Hart taking on Psycho Sid for the championship. We also get a surprise ECW match, or at least something that looks like one!