Okay, we start right off on a nice enough note. HHH and XPac come out with Chyna who looks like a full on goddess in leather. Oh man. Chyna rules. HHH calls out the New Age Outlaws-- "we need to know where you stand... if you made a business decision, that's fine with us, but have the valls to come out here and tell us" The Outlaws music plays and they both come out in suits, drinking water. Now, I'll be brief about this aside: Oh baby. Jesse James in a suit is QUITE NICE. Yes, I was drooling. *shrug* so go corporate. If it means I get to see lots of Road Dogg, and in a suit to boot, I'm there. "Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, Vincent K McMahon proudly brings to you his wwf tag team champions of the world, the road dogg, esquire, the bad ass incorporated, the New corporate Outlaws." Billy adds, "If you're not corporate, you can sure suck it". Jesse announces Shawn Michaels, who comes to the ring.

Shawn (with NAO) faces HHH (with XPac and Chyna) "Wanna talk about balls? Let's talk about you. let's think back to the birth of DX. HBK is the founding father of DX... I think you owe me an apology, at the very least for gimmick infringement."
HHH: "I owe you nothing"
Shawn: You don't owe me? For riding my coattails for virtually all of your career? for turning you into somebody when you were nobody?"
HHH: "I think it was me carrying your dead ass when you had a belt you had no business carrying any longer... I picked up the ball..."
Shawn: "I made you, I can break you"
HHH:" The only thing broken is your ego, little man, I've got two words for you: suck it"
Shawn: "seeing as I am the new commissioner, I've got something you can suck on- you and your little buddy XPac can take on the Big Bossman and Ken Shamrock tonight (HHH is making fun, saying, "nooo please noooo" LOL) And remember that phrase we coined? YOu make the rules, we'll break them? Well, you won't have to tonight- it's a no DQ match, anything goes. and if the Outlaws happen to get involved... that's okay too. Now play MY music. And the DX song starts...

Team corporate comes out, and they all raise their hands. HHH: "I'm at a loss for words... does anyone have two words for the corporation?" The crowd: "suck it"

XPac and HHH are backstage with Chyna, mad. HHH to Chyna: "Tonightm you be our eyes and ears... If Road Dogg, Billy, or Shawn stick their noses in, you break them."

We find out that JR isn't there because his mother passed away. That's really sad... my condolences. As a side note, it's interesting how they managed to, for the most part, edit out the announcer's table.

Jeff Jarrett (with Lil Debbie) vs D'Lo Brown (with Mark Henry)
D'Lo is good, as usual. The Lion Lady distracts the ref, Jarrett cheats a bit, but D'Lo and Henry manage to double team Jarrett a bit outside the ring. The fight goes on, she distracts the ref again, and Jarrett low blows D'Lo. Goldust enters, wearing only a trenchcoat, and gets Debra's attention. He flashes her, Jarrett isn't paying attention, and D'Lo gets the pin.
Goldust is wonderful- he plays it all up so well. Go baby, go.

Vince @Oxford University shown. Interesting.

Headbangers vs Gangrel and Edge (with Christian) I guess it is true that ICP are out of the WWF. Good riddance, I say. I have a bit of a rant here on Brood... one, "gothic lifestyle?" No. They're vampires! or maybe they think they are. Whatever it is, they're not gothic. Two, why is it that no single announcer in the wwf can figure out what Gangrel is drinking? I tell you, I'd love to see them start talking about "the vile red substance" and have Gangrel run over and say something like, "It's BLOOD! B-L-O-O-D! Say it! repeat after me! BLOOD!"
Anyway, I digress.
Pretty good match... then LUNA(!) comes in, clotheslines Mosh outside the ring. She's followed by Tiger Ali Singh and Babu, who Luna promptly beats on. They're followed by the Oddities. After Luna DDTs Babu outside the ring, the Oddities clear the ring, and the fight is over. I suppose the PPV will be Headbangers and Singh/Babu vs Oddities, instead of ICP?

Mankind backstage, with a bunch of chairs. He's leaning his head on one. "You hurt me so many times, yet still I love you... you were used by so many men, but I'll never leave your side" A brief flash of brilliance. As always. Foley rules.

Owen Hart vs Goldust
Owen starts to wrestle, and he's getting his usual fan reaction. "shut up, it's my first match back." Lawler doesn't let up on the "ring rust" which Owen is playing off pretty well. "nugget" chant, of course. Jarrett comes down the ramp with Lil' Debbie, and she's wearing just a trenchcoat. She flashes the ring, distracting Owen more than Goldust, who rolls Owen up for the pin. He then smiles and laughs at the Jarrett and pal, and they walk off, upset. Perfect.

Scenes from Capital Carnage. Brit wrestling fans are amusing. D'Lo in Eurpoe is great. I really want to see this PPV. Oh, and if what I read on one of the wrestling newsgroups is true, I hope Road Dogg's rib heals fast. *sigh* Bad, bad, Mark Henry.

Godfather/Val with hos> Val starts his intro, but Godfather wants the mic. "You all got some fine hos in this town... The holidays are upon us, and the pimpin' business is is good, so I'm going to do something I have never done before... I'm going to offer one of these hos to an audience member for free. People go crazy. He's got the $$, he's got my attention. Can you help that gentlemen over the guard and to the ring?
We're introduced to Bob, who gets asked if he's ever been with a ho, and if he knows what a ho is. Godfather gives both hos to Bob, who takes them backstage.
Then, the Acolytes come out.
Godfather/Val vs Acolytes
I dunno what happened here. It took roughly 7 minutes to give the hos to Bob, and about two for this match to begin and end, with what I suppose was a double DQ? Yawn. Acolytes are about as interesting as DOA.

Austin comes out. "the last few months, McMahon has thrown everything at me, but I manage to scrape by. In my opinion, the stakes are stacked higher than before now... Undertaker, you come to the ring to sacrifice me... take my sould... You hit me in the head with a shovel, tried to bury me, tried to embalm me, but in the ministry of SCSA, you can expect no mercy. Undertaker's music comes on.... A large Undertaker symbol comes down in front of his screen, and in a super-evil voice, UT says (off screen) "Austin, we've travelled down the highway to hell... you're helpless against my ministry, and I can take your rotting sould whenever I want. Tonight it stops... I'll send you to purgatory, where you'll stay until Rock Bottom, when I will sacrifice you to the ministry of darkness and let the entire world witness you getting buried alive and burn in hell." Lightning strikes the UT symbol, which is now on fire. Austin stands in the ring, looking at it, and all in all, it's pretty creepy.

Steve Blackman vs Tiger Ali Singh (with Babu)
Tiger starts pre-bell by hitting Blackman with his flag. I like Blackman a lot, for some reason. Witha proper push, he could be interesting as anything. the Blue Balzer comes out during the match, and trips down the aisle, getting caught in his cape. Owen Hart then comes out,, the Blazer runs away, Hart puts a dragon sleeper on Blackman, yelling, "you brought me out of retirement! are you happy?" and after the refs pull him off Blackman, he runs off screaming, "I'm the LETHAL WEAPON! I"M THE LETHAL WEAPON! I'M THE LETHAL WEAPON!"

Backstage: Mankind is looking for Austin. he's carrying a garbage bag.

Mark Henry (with D'Lo Brown) vs Droz (with Animal)
Droz and Henry fight. Henry in the ring... ugh. Even Droz, whose skills I admire, can't help him. Chyna comes out. She gets up on the apron. Droz holds Henry for her to hit, but she hits Droz instead. henry gets the pin as Chyna walks away.

NAO are seen backstage with team corporate.

HHH/XPac vs Bossman and Shamrock
You know, I have a mop in my house that's more hardcore than Bossman. Just thought I'd share that. HHH's new tights are nice. *grin* This is a no DQ match, so it's a bit of a brawl up and down the ramps, which is pretty solid, esp. when Bossman isn't involved. NAO and Shawn come out to ringside. (sidenote: droool) At one point, Shawn licks Billy's ear (I'm really observant). Shawn pulls the rope so XPac flies out of the ring. he then gets a chair to Shamrock. As Shammy goes to hit HHH, Billy Gunn gets in the ring and asks to have the honour... and then hits Shamrock. Road Dogg joins him in the ring, and they celebrate by pulling off their suits and crotch chopping with HHH and XPac. "Two Words for Vince McMahon: Suck it!" Shawn is really mad as he goes backstage with team corporate.
cool. Nice twist.

Backstage, Mankind leaves Austin's locker with a smile.

Backstage, DX is celebrating pulling their scheme off. I like. It's the mark in me. Though, despite what people thought, I was still cheering NAO. They just rule, no matter what, okay?

Austin goes in his dressing room and finds a note, written in crayon, on top of the bag. "Have a cold one on me, I'm heading for the Rock-- Mankind". Austin pulls a beer out of the bag, says, "Silly bastard" and drinks it.

Rock/Undertaker vs SCSA/Mankind>
The fight starts with Rock and Undertaker double teaming Mankind until Austin finally comes out. For some reason, The Rock looks REALLY surprised when Austin comes out. Now, all four put on a PPV quality match- long, solid fighting... Undertaker really turned his ring work up a notch or two... Austin and Rock fought each other well, and Mankind did a good job on his end as well. Rock and Austin fight through the crowd and Mankind and Undertaker fight in the ring. Shamrock and Bossman come out and handcuff Mankind to the ring, while Undertaker fights Austin. Austin chokes UT, who then hits Austin with the ring bell, and then a chair. He carries Austin's limp body to the ramp, where the druids have assembled. They tie Austin to the UT symbol and raise it up - yes, the spoilers were quite accurate- the show ends with a crucified Austin. I realise this will probably get a lot of heat and a lot of talk. I don't know... it was... out there. It was also pretty creepy looking. Probably unnecessary in the scheme of things, as well, but, really established Undertaker as a true bad guy. I don't think I have much more to say, but I do know I definately am looking forward to the Rock Bottom PPV.

all in all- Undertaker is scary. Roadie in a suit is good. Very good. Chyna is a goddess. It was nice to only have to see Shamrock and Bossman twice, and no job squad (though Al Snow would've been nice). Brood need to actually have some matches that aren't interrupted. Did I mention I like Roadie in a suit?

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