RAW report 12/11/00
© Brady Carlson
Random note: TNN should add an extra "o" to that last word in "We've got pop." WWF New York's new slogan: "We've got hype?"
1) a) YES!!! It's KURT ANGLE, THE WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPION to start things off this week. He's accompanied by EDGE AND CHRISTIAN, THE NEW WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. I REALLY LIKE CAPITALIZATION TONIGHT! JIM ROSS notes how many INJURIES there were from last night's HELL IN A CELL match at WWF ARMAGEDDON. Ok, I got that capital letter thing out of my system. Angle says three things are certain for the holidays: "Christmas will be held on December 25th, Elvis is still dead, and Your Olympic Hero, along with his friends Edge and Christian, will have just completed the most dominant year in WWF history." The crowd really doesn't like these guys. Kurt recaps the carnage in the main event match last night, mispronouncing "writhing." He says winning last night was "a Christmas miracle come early," and then asks "What is wrong with you people? What do I have to do to earn your respect?"
b) THE ROCK is out, and we've got a huge ovation, not that you couldn't figure that out yourself. PLEASE say we won't get any more entrances during this sequence, let these guys carry the show tonight!!! The Rock says Kurt deserves credit for winning the match, but he's not here to talk about last night, he's here to talk about tonight. The Rock says since it's the season of giving, he wants to give Kurt three things: 1) milk 2) cookies 3) ___ whipping of a lifetime (can you fill the blank?) in exchange for a title shot. Kurt says he'd love to face Rock "here in Knoxville" (Ross: "What a dork.") but he's not 100%. So he proposes a tag match instead, any kind of match he wants. No, they want a handicap match. EDGE calls Rock "Freddy McFriendless."
c) No, the Rock has friends- THE DUDLEY BOYS. Is BUH BUH RAY wearing a beret? Thank goodness, it's just a baseball cap. The Rock says since he can have any match he wants, he wants- yup, a table match. Kurt says OK, but the Duds are just jealous of Edge and Christian. The Rock says they'll try "Option B" first, which involves a royal beatdown. We've got a six-man brawl. Rock tries for a Rock Bottom on Angle but the tag champs make the save. We cut to commercial. Now THAT made sense- are you WWF writers reading this column or something?
