WWE Confidential Report 6-29-02
Submitted by Chris Fothergill-Brown on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 9:33 AM EST



Quick apologies for the lack of a Confidential recap last week. Through
circumstances beyond my control (I HATE FUTURE SHOP!) it was virtually
impossible to do the show. The same problem still infects my computer, but
through the miracle of Pen And Paper I’ll struggle through and recap this to
the best of my ability. Remember this when Christmas rolls around…

I will recap last week’s show eventually though, that I promise, as
irrelevant as it may be at that time.

Hey! Confidential airs an hour EARLY this week! I hope they do this every
week so I don’t have to be up half the night worrying about it. Stay tuned.

The Hulkster and Edge are posing down…oh, wrong show. Fast forward…there we
go!

TONIGHT ON CONFIDENTIAL: Why King Of The Ring’s match
involving Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon was nearly stopped, and the segment
that drew an 8.4.

Mean Gene Okerlund is alone on another Saturday Night.

Can you imagine how hard your job would be if you were in front of a live
audience and injured? Well it just so happened this was the case at King Of
The Ring 2001 in a match involving Shane McMahon and Kurt Angle. Some people
call it one of the top five matches of all time (and many of these people
are writers for Confidential). So let’s find out just what happened that
night.

Oddly enough, this is the last pay-per-view I didn’t order.

Kurt Angle has hair! Good planning though to get lotsa segments in the can.
Shane McMahon had interfered in his business for weeks on end and now Kurt
was out for revenge. Earlier in the night, Kurt Angle advanced to the King
Of The Ring finals with Shane’s help, then lost from Shane’s interference.
(In the process completely taking away any heat Edge could have received
from beating Kurt straight up. Ahhhhh, sportz entertainment!) The message
was clear though, Shane wanted Kurt tired for the street fight.

The match started the way Kurt had hoped. He was in control. Shane tried to
do his run and chase tactic to antagonize Kurt, but it wasn’t working. About
20 minutes in, Shane was completely numb and feeling like jelly. But he knew
he had to keep going. Shane can’t even imagine how Kurt kept going having
wrestled twice.

They tried a suplex on the cement – which wound up doing damage to Kurt
Angle’s tailbone. He lost his breath, and he couldn’t feel anything. The
next spot was where Kurt was supposed to throw Shane through the glass. But
his strength was gone and he had no momentum – leading to Shane being
dropped on his head. Kurt heard the loudest THUMP on one’s head he’d EVER
heard. Mike Chioda was asking Shane if he was okay, but Shane couldn’t hear
him. Kurt was concerned Shane had broken his neck. But he sat up, was pissed
off, and told Kurt “Throw me through that motherfucker!”. And Kurt did just
that.

Shane was lying there for a minute, doing a system check. He counted to 10,
tried to figure out what day it was, etc. He was out of it, but told Kurt to
throw him through again. After another botched suplex – Kurt threw Shane
through the glass face first. Shane was so happy to be lying on the glass
because he wasn’t moving. He was getting a chance to lie down and rest. But
he continued. A broken tailbone and glass spots be damned, they were going
to finish the match.

Kurt set a board on the top rope – and at this point told Shane his tailbone
was broken. Shane knew this was it. From the board on the top rope, 29
minutes into the match, Kurt hit Shane McMahon with an Olympic Slam. Shane
remembers seeing people standing – and the next thing he knew they were
flying through the air. He was waiting, and waiting to hit the ground – and
when they did, his body shut down.

Kurt loved the match, saying everything was there. Wrestling, high spots,
hardcore action, and a really memorable finish. When the match ended, they
seemed to form a brotherhood and a great deal of respect for eachother’s
abilities.

WWE TWIX IT’S ALL IN THE MIX REWIND: Shane McMahon leaps off
the TitanTron and through wooden beams to drop an elbow on The Big Show and
win the match at Backlash 2001.

BEFORE THEY WERE SUPERSTARS

If you visit England, Pleasure Beach is one of the top 10 rated amusement
parks in the whole world. William Regal stands with his good friend Peter
Thompson to tell his life’s story outside the said park.

Wrestling started in 1975 for Regal when he was 7 years old. He saw a guy in
a Viking Costume and one in a mask who challenged people out of a crowd to
fight them. He was enthralled by the whole thing, and wanted to work there.

At 15 years old, he went up and wanted to fight them. He got his ass kicked.
But he kept coming back and coming back, so they let him hang around a bit.
In 1984 he left school and came to live there. They’d start at 12:00, and
make challenges.

He was once in the ring and a guy at ringside was causing trouble. So he
finished his match up, got on the mic and said “it’s okay for this guy to
terrorize kids and rob old ladies, but why don’t you get up here and deal
with a real man?”. Everybody in the building turned on the guy and wanted
him in there. The guy got in and Regal kicked him in the face as hard as he
could, and the guy fell out of the ring and back towards the crowd.

They used to work with a drunken midget. The guy was hammered 24/7. Regal
would stand him on a barstool and use him like a ventriloquist puppet.

He found it magical working there. How many people get to do what they want
for a living?

At 17, he walked into a pub one night and there was a fight going on when he
entered. Right away, he got a glass in the side of the head. He stumbled out
with blood pouring everywhere – and had to get 6 stitches. Moral of the
story: Don’t go into pubs when there’s a fight going on at age 17.

His dream was to wrestle in Blackpool Tower, and at 18 he got to do it.
They’d do it on Saturday night’s, then spend the rest of the night in the
lounge. It was a lot of fun.

He’s honored to do what he does for a living. Many times he walks out on RAW
or Smackdown! and looks around, amazed he has a chance to do what he does.
To come to a place where you get encouraged to do what you do is wonderful.
Wrestling was his chosen path, and he couldn’t have lived it any better.

STILL TO COME: Terri shows off her body.

Recently, the WWE went with Stacker 2 to see if Nascar Drivers are tough
enough to handle themselves in a ring.

Doug LeBow (that guy who does all the WWE commercials) is on location. Kenny
Wallace is going to trick his buddies into getting beat up by the Tough
Enough trainers. Then in the second commercial, his buddies double cross
Kenny – and he gets beat up by the trainers.

There have been a lot of great tag-teams in WWE history, but perhaps the
most entertaining team might have been The Rock and Sock Connection. Now a
special look at This Is Your Life.

The special look is popup video. The segment is also clipped to hell, so
I’ll do my best to keep you informed as to what’s going on.

We join in progress. [“Rock, This is Your Life” RAW September 27th, 1999
Greensboro, NC] “Finally The Rock has come back to Greensboro!” “This is big
Rock. This is important. As a matter of fact, This Is Your Life!” [“This is
Your Life” was a popular TV program in the 1950’s] Bouncy music, confetti,
balloons, and the works are all over the arena. [Huge poster of The Rock
that was supposed to unravel] [The Rock born – Dwayne Johnson May 2nd 1972
(Chris Fothergill-Brown – born May 2nd 1982. Co-incidence? Probably.)] [The
Rock’s favorite movie is “It’s a Wonderful Life.”] “Now Rock, Rock, let me
ask you this: does Mankind know how to throw a little pardukey or what?
While all these people pop these balloons, I want you to listen real close
and tell me – as we look into the pages of yesteryear, do you remember this
voice?"

CLIP

“Dwayne, can I please run my fingers through your hair one…more…time?”
“That’s right Rock! I pulled some strings, and here she is: [Local
Greensboro actress] The Rock’s high school sweetheart, Miss Joanne Imbriani!
[Rock went to Freedon High School in Bethlehem, PA] Rock, you know that you
[Rock’s high school sweetheart was named Maria] used to call her
(unintelligeable), she was your one true love [Maria was a senior, Rock was
a freshman], I present to you Miss Joanne [The Rock met his 1st girlfriend
when he was 10 years old.] Imbriani. I will turn my back to you so you can
share a special moment.” [Rock’s sweetheart now is his wife Dany who he
married in 1997.] Rock puts up the hand. “How you doin’ honey? Remember uhh,
every Saturday night back in high school how you and The Rock used to sit on
your parents couch? And The Rock used to put his arm around you, and we used
to kiss a little bit. [Kissing the Rock = 1st base] We used to kiss a little
bit, and a lot of tongue. You used to love The Rock’s tongue didn’t you?
[Tongue = French kiss] [The British call it “Snogging] And remember how you
used to nibble on The Rock’s ear [Tonsil Hockey is not an Olympic sport.],
on The Rock’s neck, and you would whisper to The Rock [Tonsil Hockey is also
called “Tonsil Boxing” or “Tongue Sushi.”], you used to whisper to The Rock
‘Go for it. Go for second base.’ [2nd base = deep kissing, groping etc.]
Remember that? [Rickey Henderson stole 2nd base often.] And as The Rock put
his hands ever so softly on your knee…[He is baseball’s all time steals
leader.] slid his hand up slowly inch by inch…and what did you do? YOU CUT
THE ROCK OFF ON SECOND BASE! [Moses is famous for parting the Red Sea.] But
The Rock’s not the type of guy to hold a grudge. You see you stand now
before The Rock, looking at The Rock, gawking at The Rock, wanting to go one
on one with The Great One. [Going “1 on 1” with the Great One = Home Run.]
And now in front of all The Rock’s fans you want to serve The Rock a great
big piece of that poontang pie?” [A “Pink Poontang” is a popular shooter.]
Lawler whoops it up. [Ted Nugent wrote “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang.”] [Pie is
delicious and will steal the show at a pot luck dinner.] “It’s no secret The
Rock he loves pie, [Rock had his 1st “piece of pie” at 14 with his 18 year
old girlfriend Maria.] but The Rock just has one thing to say to you:
Poontang your ass on out of here.” [They were interrupted by local
authorities because they chose a public park to be the spot for their first
time.] “Rock I swear I didn’t know things would work out…” “The Rock says
this, if you would shut up, shut your mouth and just listen because THEY ARE
CHANTING THE ROCK’S NAME!” [The Rock’s real name is Dwayne Johnson.]

CLIP

[His 1st wrestling name was Flex Kavana.] “I had no way of knowing your old
girlfriend was such a complete skank. [Rock’s “old girlfriend” was upset
because Mick called her a skank] I just wanna make this night special, and
dammit, it's gonna be, because we are going to open up the People's
presents! [The Rock’s “presence” was felt as a 6-time WWE Champion] Open up
this badboy Rock, come on, open it up.” Rock gets a Rock ‘N’ Sock Connection
jacket – and Mick has one just like it. [The Rock-n-Sock Connection were 3
time WWE Tag Team Champions] [While the “Rock-n-Sock Connection” was a great
team…] […Rock, Paper, Scissors is a great game] “Because they are chanting
our name. ROCK N SOCK! ROCK N SOCK! ROCK N SOCK! It’s not over yet, it gets
even better. The night just keeps getting better and better. Open that one
up Rock. I put a lot of thought into this one. The fans have been wanting
it, they have been asking for it, and now they have Mr. Rocko! [“Mr. Rocko”
was a gift to Mick from a fan.] Is this thing great? Do you smell what The
Rock is cooking? [Gennifer Flowers was the first to “smell what The Rock was
cooking’ at Wrestlemania XIV] Know your role. We can talk about it later,
but somebody’s been standing outside there, somebody very very special, and
I know you don’t know this somebody yet, but as one half as the Rock N Sock
Connection by golly you’ll know ‘em real soon. Ladies and gentlemen, say
hello to Yurple!” [Yurple The Clown debuted with Mick when he visited Mr.
McMahon in the hospital in 1998.] [That night was also the debut of Mr.
Socko.] Yurple has an IYQ sticker (I Wike You – I Like You…) [Yurple was
based in Lansing, MI] [Yurple and her husband JoJo are licensed day care
providers.] and a lai for Rocky. Rock actually cracks a smile. “Well The
Rock says this, before you come in here and start putting little stickers on
The Rock’s shirt and putting little streamers all over The Rock, The Rock
just wants to know what is your name? IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!”
[For the record her name is “Yurple”.] “Well you hold it right there! It
certainly does matter what her name is and I’ll tell you why: Because I’ve
tried real hard and went through a lot of expense and [Mick actually spent
very little money on this celebration] time and effort to make this night
real special for ya, [Airbrushed Jackets - $100.] and one by one you’re
gonna insult my guests, make this night a bad night for me, sometimes [A
dozen Mylar balloons - $30.] I think you’re a very ungrateful little man
Rock. [Yurple charges $100 for 1 hour of “clowning”] But more importantly,
I’ll tell you why it matters: Because this young lady is gonna lead
Greensboro, North Carolina in a birthday sing along for The Rock.” And she
does. Some Guy wheels a cake to the ring. [This man used to be Goldust’s
usher.]

CLIP

“Naturally The Rock is real appreciative to all of his fans. But to you, The
Rock’s birthday is May 2nd you stupid son of a bitch.” [Also born May 2nd,
Bing Crosby, Dr. Spock and the Red Baron] “I know that Rock [Mick’s birthday
is June 7th.], it’s just for some reason every day I get to spend a little
time with you, it feels like somebody’s birthday.”

[While it wasn’t The Rock’s Birthday, there was definitely reason for
celebration. Fans tuned in for “Rock, This Is Your Life” in record numbers.
This 25-minute segment was the highest rated opposed hour in the history of
RAW. While it was definitely a peak for the “Rock-n-Sock Connection,” their
partnership only lasted two more months before they split up and went on to
continue their individual careers.]

UGH! I need a Tylenol.

Diva’s Undressed is tonight at midnight – and here’s a sneak preview of the
kind of things you might see. Stacy Keibler knew when she signed her WWE
contract she’d be doing crazy things, but a lingerie fashion show never
crossed her mind. They’ll have teddy, bra and panty, and fantasy categories.

And for the final segment…

Terri Runnells brings lotsa slutty outfits from show to show. She shows off
her favorite outfits from her travel bag to porno music. After that
Rock-n-Sock segment above, that’s ALL you’re getting!

Triple H underwent surgery this week, and will be out of action for a few
weeks. And that’s it. Remember, it’s confidential!

Chris F-B
chriscfgb@hotmail.com
http://cfgb.freeservers.com








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