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Chairshots
11/13//01

Raw Thoughts
They had me until Margaritaville.

Stone Cold and The Rock ended Raw with a 20 minute…thing. It started out innocently enough with The Rock calling out Austin. They exchanged words and catchphrases. Then somehow Austin was singing to Rock, Rock sang back and then they did a duet of Margaritaville.

I don't mind a little comedy in my wrestling. Up until Margaritaville I enjoyed it. But what does any of that have to do with the PPV this weekend? Stone Cold and The Rock aren't fighting each other. Couldn't those 20 minutes have been better spent adding heat to an undercard match? Oh wait, until an hour before that, there were no undercard matches!

The rest of the show was a mixed bag. Taker and RVD showed they can brawl with the best of them while Tazz got punked out in minutes by Austin. The WWF seemingly set the stage for WCW to go away this Sunday by having most of the belts that WCW members held change hands to WWF members. The Dudleys are apparently a s****y tag team now because they couldn't beat Scotty 2 Hotty and Grand Master Albert. Mick Foley cut an awesome and very honest promo about the sad state of the WWF, but what good did it accomplish other than to alert the last remaining clueless WWF fans that the WWF is up to their ass in troubles? It was an entertaining show, but it didn't benefit anyone and really didn't help boost sales for Sunday's PPV.

Ratings
WWF Raw scored a 4.1 rating last night on TNN, with hours of 4.0 and 4.2. This is slightly up from last week's 4.0.

Latino Heat, Its Been Nice Knowing You
Eddie Guerrero, who had been off WWF television while in rehab, was busted Friday morning for drunk driving with property damage. Guerrero crashed his car into a gate at an apartment building at 3:20am. He failed two breath tests and got arrested then released after posting bail. No one was injured in the crash. The car caused $500 damage to the gate. As a result, Eddie was let go by the WWF Monday night. Vince apparently personally made the call to release him from his contract. Since he's no longer under contract, he will not be attending the television tapings for HVW (the WWF developmental territory) on Wednesday.

You can't fault the WWF for this one. They kept supporting Eddie while he was in rehab for months and then one month after getting out, he's busted for DUI. I blame the mullet. The good news is that you can now catch Eddie Guerrero vs. Jake the Snake at a local high school gym near you.

Ross Report
Jim Ross weighed in with his weekly Ross Report last Friday. It was mostly a list of who's injured and what their current status is. Let's take a look at what he had to report: Injury Update:

The Rock: Injured his elbow Monday on RAW via chair shot from Y2J. Not considered to be serious.

Rhyno: Surgery to repair herniated disk went well, including bone fusion to stabilize the affected area. Recovery/return time estimated to be 6 months - 1 year.

Kanyon: ACL surgery a success. Rehab to take 4-6 months.

Taka: Shoulder surgery a success. Rehab to take 4-6 months.

X-Pac: Waiting to speak with the surgeon who operated on his neck. MRI did not show a new injury. Will not return to work until his surgeon evaluates X-Pac's condition.

Scotty 2 Hotty: Will eventually need neck surgery but not at this time as there is no risk for him to continue to compete at this time. Will be re-evaluated in 4-6 weeks.

Stone Cold: Got the stitches (18) removed from above his eye Wednesday in Texas. Working through lower back pain, also.

William Regal: Training/working through minor bicep tear. No surgery required.

Hugh Morrus: Experiencing shoulder soreness. Will receive an MRI in next few weeks to check it out.

Chris Benoit: Will see his surgeon, Dr. Youngblood, next week for evaluation and an update. Rehab progressing well.

Triple H: Continues to rehab in Birmingham. If the healing continues to go well, HHH could return as early as December or it could be January.

Rikishi: Working on conditioning and strengthening his shoulder. Looks like a December return, but that could change.

Bob Holly: Looks great and is pain free. Waiting the go-ahead to intensify his rehab. Still months away from returning.

Jerry Lynn: Sees his doctor again on November 16 and should be released by end of December from patella surgery.

Mike Awesome Injured
Mike Awesome suffered a knee injury at Saturday's house show in Cleveland, OH against the Big Show. Awesome worked Sunday night's show in Hartford, but the match went less than a minute, probably due to the injury. It's time to put the little fella down.

Booker T, You are…an idiot
The WWF stars were on The Weakest Link last night and they didn't exactly prove themselves to me mental giants. Though Big Show was eliminated first, Booker T provided the most head slapping moments.

Host: "On the show Alice, Flo was known for saying "kiss my ____"
Booker: "Butt?"

Host: "What October Holiday celebrates the discovery of America?"
Booker: "Thanksgiving."

Okay, I'm sorry for going to hell, but someone has to say it. Shouldn't the black guy have known "grits"? Lita and William Regal came across as very bright, while Trish could only answer questions about Canada. HHH and Stephanie McMahon did maintain that they were married (they aren't) but everyone else was out of character. HHH and Stephanie faced each other in the final round and HHH won. The overnight rating for the show was a typical 7.8.

Bret Hart Speaks!
Mr. Bitter, Bret Hart, lashed out at Diana Hart in his recent column. He rips her a new one for her tell all book, Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family, coming out soon. Bret also talks about the recent death of his Mother. You can read it here because I'm too lazy to find highlights.

Mick Foley Speaks!
This past Saturday on "Total Chaos," an interview with Mick Foley. Some of the highlights:

Mick thinks the biggest problem in the WWF is the lack of explanation of storylines and characters. Foley said "We've been losing viewers because they don't have faith in us to tell a good story any more." But made it clear he doesn't hate what the WWF is doing.

Cited Tommy Dreamer, Justin Credible, Jerry Lynn and Raven as "proven main-event guys." who deserve an opportunity and PPV matches.

He's "getting a kick" out of DDP's new persona but he isn't sure it was warranted. Foley doesn't think Page got a fair shake when he first came in. "For some reason guys who can wrestle, who I know can wrestle, are being told that they can't" said Foley. "One or two bad matches doesn't mean somebody no longer has it."

Mick thinks the XWF has a shot to succeed and he hopes it does. He thinks in the past competition made the WWF better. Doesn't know if they will be competition, but Foley's glad there's another place for guys to make a living.

Thinks Hulk Hogan would be an asset to the WWF if he came back for a short run. When Vince and Linda McMahon were still fighting, Foley thought Hulk would have been great to bring back on TV as Linda's new boyfriend.

Regarding the possible return of Hall and Nash: "No question they will add something short term but is that worth the long term effects?" If he were in charge he would offer them very heavily incentive-based contracts.

WWF Dirt
An article published today in the New York Post Business Section sheds more light on last week's WWF layoffs as well as the departure of WWF President & COO Stu Snyder. Among the items covered in the story are:

Snyder was making $1.1 million a year and received 300,000 stock options last year. The options are now worthless because of the stock's sharp slump. WWF has lost half its value this year and closed yesterday at $11.07.

Vince McMahon slashed his own bonus by 30 percent this year to $900,000 and received his regular salary of $1 million.

Snyder recently borrowed $195,000 from the McMahons to buy a new home and will have to pay the loan back immediately at 7% interest.

Snyder may be eligible to receive up to $900,000 on the remainder of his 3 year contract. His personal stake in the company through the 75,000 shares of stock he owns dropped from $1.6 million to $864,750 this year.

Michael Goodson will not be paid jack squat for all his hard work that benefits the WWF.

Bischoff on Raw?
On the big Atlanta Raw in July, when ECW reformed and created the Alliance with WCW, there was actually a bigger plan in mind. Vince said in a recent interview that he'd had talks with Eric Bischoff and would put aside their differences for the sake of making a truckload of money. He actually contacted both Bill Goldberg and Eric Bischoff about coming in and working with the WWF. Goldberg recently said there is nothing he would like more than to be wrestling right now, but he is in the enviable position to get paid for not working. In addition, Bischoff was on vacation with his family for the July 4th holiday, and nothing could be worked out in time for the July 9th Raw. However, that doesn't mean that they couldn't come to an agreement by January when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash plan on returning to the WWF.

Say hello to the Bad Guys. Say goodbye to me.