Upset about not getting their promised exposure on network TV and the fact that they carried the company for the year they felt Bigelow shouldnt get his push either. They went to Vince and gave some deal about Bigelow being no good, how they didnt want to work with him, and how it made far more sense to let them work together and fit Ramon into the mix as well. I think thats how the ladder rematch came about. Bigelow didnt fight it since he couldnt stand them, thought they were hurting the lives of other wrestlers, and didnt feel like dealing with it.

They pulled the same stunt with Shane Douglas that year who was promised a big push and then got thrown under the bus when the plan was to put the IC title on him. Apparently Hall and some other guys who were friendly with their group were blowing spots in arena matches with Douglas and then going to Vince and saying Shane was unsafe to work with. Vince gave in and put the IC title on Ramon even thought there was no logical reason to go back to him.

Anyway, I cannot believe that I am the first to comment on ‘old’ (almost 20 hours) news of Raw going three hours permanently and Crapact going live for the summer …

Like pretty much everybody else, I really did not like the whole three hour announcement for Raw (hell the two hours shows have filler) but there could be a silver lining (unlikely as it is) if they:
- emphasized, really, ALL the titles now (build meatier programs around all belts including the US and Intercontinental as well as tag team)
- CALL UP SOME FCW guys and gals (Hero, Rollins, Steamboat, Harris, Guerrero as well as others)
- create a real tag team division (starting with the current lame crop and adding Hero and Claudio, then pull a couple of promising FCWs together)
- put Ross back on Raw (to get us through the three hours) and keep Cole to Smackdown
… and so much more. Hell it would be nice to see Paul Heyman running Smackdown again and getting a John L/Paul Heyman thing going. As far as other suggestions, there can be more but I don’t have the time (oh yeah, get divas who can work and have 5 to 10 minute+ matches). Too much to ask I am sure.

As far as Crapact, I see no difference in ratings going live. They were around 1.2 or so before Hogan/Bitchoff and they are under that with a much bigger payroll now. I don’t see how going live will get them back beyond a 1.2 average at best. If it does reach 1.2 then t here is always Brooke Hogan making her debut to hammer the ratings down again.

Cheers to all!

PS … sorry Brady, I am of the common opinion that the Montreal screwjob was a shoot. Yes, Vince and a lot of the parties involved made it work for them (not Hart but who could see that coming? seems to me that Hogan kept him down) but I think that was a genius (Vinnie Mac) making the best lemonade possible out of some really nasty lemons and he had a perfect storm of sorts. It makes me wonder what would have happened if there was no Stone Cold and if Vince had no really strong protagonist to go against antagonist Mr. McMahon. I would not be shocked it if was a work but it would be the most finely crafted and intelligent work in the history of rasslin.

I WILL BUY A HUMMER AND DRIVE IT OVER YOUR HEAD JUST FOR YOUR INSOLENCE. AND THEN I’LL BE STUCK WITH IT CUZ I CAN’T AFFORD ANOTHER CAR. BUT AT LEAST YOU WON’T BE AROUND TO POLLUTE THE WORLD WITH YOUR STUPIDITY.

Also, I’ll take your electric car and then I’ll have BOTH A GAS GUZZLER AND AN ELECTRIC CAR and I’ll just drive the electric car everywhere.

Or whatever car you have now.

I’M STEALING IT AND BEING ECO FRIENDLY. I’LL EVEN BURY YOUR BIODEGRADEABLE BODY IN A FIELD SO THE EARTH CAN REJUVENATE ITSELF FROM YOUR LIFELESS HUSK THAT I KILLED WHEN I DROVE THE HUMMER OVER YOUR HEAD.

But I’ll be sure to mount your crushed head on a spear and position it outside my house so everyone knows

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