ERIC'S WWF BACKLASH Recap:
Dudleys vs X-Factor: I didn't see.
Rhyno vs Raven: As good a Hardcore match as you will ever see. There were some cool spots with a Shopping cart.
Dutchess of Queensbury Y2J vs Steven Regal: Um, in case you were wondering the "Dutchess" was a man by the name of David Taylor. Yeah, the Squire guy from WCW. Just another "make up the rules as you go match".
Kurt Angle vs Benoit: Good technical match. The crowd was not in it AT ALL. Why? Because if The Rock isn't shouting things about animal testicles, the crowd doesn't care! Oh yeah, Benoit won.
Shane vs Big Show: Um, Shane McMahon is God? He leaped off the Titan Tron yet again onto Big Show to win the match. Someone put Shane in a main event and give him a title, hes earned it.
Matt Hardy vs Christian vs Eddie: One question. Why the hell does Matt Hardy have a title? Last time I checked, his best move is a 2ND ROPE LEGDROP! Of course, the only way he won is with the help of Jeff. Go figure.
Austin and HHH vs Kane and Undertaker: As Austin and Taker' headed out to a food stand for a cheeseburger, HHH hit Kane with a sledgehammer and won. Ugh. Now Austin and HHH have every title. Whoopie! Now WWF will so much more fun to watch (sarcasm)! This sets up what should be an exciting fued between Undertaker and Austin. I thought Austin/Taker that crap ended in 1999?
Its sad to see that a WWF roster with names like Saturn, Malenko, Billy Gunn, D'Lo Brown and many others, the WWF doesn't use them, hell, you never hear about them!
Ok everyone! Its time for the crappy gimmick of the week! The weeks CGOW comes to us from the depths of Mr. McMahon's twisted mind as he forced us to watch WWF mid-90s crap!
It's been fairly well documented that working for the WWF in the mid 90's wasn't the best paying job in the world - it seemed as though almost every WWF "superstar" had a part time job. Bob (Hardcore) Holly drove a race car, Glen Jacobs (aka Kane) was a dentist, Duke Drosse was a garbage man, and Mike Rotundo was an IRS agent.
Still, all paled in comparison to Tony Anthony. You see, he was a wrestling plumber. Yes, a plumber. A plunger wielding, tank top wearing, butt crack showing plumber.
But he wasn't just any old wrestling plumber - he was T.L. Hopper, the Evil Wrestling Plumber. Now why, in fact, a plumber would be evil remains, to this day, somewhat of a mystery. He would, however, come to the ring with a snarl, carrying his foreign object of choice, Betsy, his plunger.
Can you just imagine the initial meeting between Anthony and Vinnie Mac?
Vince: "Ok, guy, what we have for you is a surefire success. You're going to be an evil wrestling plumber! Now give your plunger a name."
Tony Anthony: "Ummm...Mr. Plunger?"
Vince: "NO! Give it a girl's name!"
Tony: "Mom?"
Vince: "NO! You're plunger's name is Betsy!"
Tony: "Why?"
Vince: "It just is, that's why!"
So Anthony...oops, I mean TL...would come out to the ring to the sound of toilets flushing and water gurgling. He would pummel his opponents with a variety of nefarious tactics, and then unleash the most heinous post-match antics ever: he would "plunge" his fallen foe.
That's right, he would stick his plunger on his falllen opponent's face, and then "plunge" it up and down. The announcers would wail on about how they didn't know where Betsy had been.
Talk about adding insult to injury!
Hopper quickly became embroiled in a bitter feud with Duke "The Dumpster" Droese, presumably over who had the worst gimmick in the Federation!
TL's crowning moment would be his role in the......... SUMMERSLAM 96' Bikini Beach Party? After showing us the lovely Sunny and Sable we then got to see Terri Runnels rubbing Goldust's ass with tanning oil, Marc Mero, then, as the ever annoying Todd Petingill called the "action" hes points out what appears to be a piece crap at the bottom of the pool, so good ol' TL swims down scoops it up, resurfaces, and EATS THE CRAP! YES! HE TOOK A BIG OL BITE! It was really a chocolate bar, or was it? Anyway I really don't think that got TL over at all. From hot women, to a guy eating a turd, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN THE WWF!
Anyway, thanks to Wrestlecrap for bringing old memories back.
