Don't say I didn't warn you. Mick Foley lost the Hell In A Cell match last night, but damn it.... he stole the show. Without a doubt, Foley took the worst bumps in WWF history. Speaking of those bumps, I've got a videos of those very bumps cortesy of this site: "Oh My God!" Wrestling Multimedia posted on the new KotR Recap Page The guy who posted it originally may put more on there for you viewing pleasure. The files are kinda big, but there's sound which is a plus.
First there was the 18 foot high fall from the top of the cage, and through the Spanish Broadcast Table (of course). Then, he was chokeslammed through the top of the cage, crashing onto the mat below. Then he got some offence. 8) He reaches under the ring and pulls out a bag. And onto the ring, he dumps out hundreds of THUMBTACKS. He tries to knock the Taker onto them, fails and gets slammed onto them. Then he gets CHOKESLAMMED onto the bed of tacks. Tombstone. 1-2-3 it was over.
No wrestling at all, just insane bumps. I don't know how ANYBODY is gonna top the bumps in this one. The WWF will have to sign New Jack from ECW or something.
Also, like I breifly mentioned above, we have a new WWF Champion: Kane. This match ended with Foley interference causing the "save" by the Undertaker. Long story short, Mankind tried to attack Austin and got a Stunner for his trouble. Then Kane got one. Austin goes for a chair as Foley comes around, and so does The Undertaker. Both take a swing at Foley's head, Foley ducks, Austin gets two chairs in the face. Austin blades... I mean bleeds. The Taker's revives the unconscious ref with Gasoline (?). Austin tries his best to make Kane bleed as well with chairshot after chairshot, but the ref sees the streaming blood on Austin's face and stops the match. Your winner and new champ: Kane. The ppv ends with Vince grinning with approval.
I almost forgot... Ken shamrock is your 1998 King Of The Ring. He beat Double J and The Rock to take the crown. All around Good matches from Shamrock, Jarrett, The Rock and Severn but I thought the lack of crowd reaction/interest really kept the matches from getting really exciting.
Once again, I'm going to put off the part 2 to the "New WWF Talent" rant from "New & Views #6" as I will be concentrating on the KotR results & pics. But, you should see it in #8.
Update: June 30, 1998.....
Foley WAS on RAW by the way... though he didn't say a word, just had his face on tv during the backstage Kane interview. Probably because of his lost teeth and punctured lip. 8)
The WWF has begun a new "division" of sorts as well. It's called the "Brawl For It All". It's a sort of tournament to see who is the best all around fighter, whether it be by boxing, wrestling or freestyle. Matches are decided by a point system (punches & takedowns), 1 minute rounds and the ring is made to look like a boxing ring. The wrestlers wear boxing gloves too. No brackets were announced for this 16 man tourney, but so far Steve Blackman beat Marc Mero and Bradshaw beat Mark Canterbury (aka Henry Godwinn). No matches were announced for next week as well. Problem is that the "fights" just aren't that exciting. The crowd response wasn't all that positive, except when the fighters start flailing punches. Hopefully this new format will improve, I think it has some potential, but I really think that the wrestlers are quite limited in what they can actually do. Basically, all the moves were just punches and single or double leg takedowns. Kinda dull. But according to Scoops, the action is indeed real so I guess we'll see who's the best behind the gimmics.
Also, Precious Paul ellering made his return.... to manage DOA. He turned on his former tag team and announced himself as DOA's manager. LOD got beat up again. 8)
Now for some news (some old, some new)... plucked from various sources around the Net. I will also start giving credit where credit is due for most of these new tidbits, so if you want to read about these stories, I suggest checking out some of the great Wrestling News Sites located on my Links Page.
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