WWF Raw January 7, 2002/WWF SmackDown! January 10, 2002 Watch Along

[Leon TrotSky]

Sponsored by FFX...

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

It's fucking nuts that the only titles he held in 2002 were the tag titles and the Hardcore title

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Shampoo

 

[Greedy]

Good. That crushed my soul.

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

Technically he was buried at Mania in 2002 and 2003

 

[Chris]

Rikishi's gimmick just being "ass" is ass

 

[Leon TrotSky]

Rikishi's theme is in the same tempo as Booker's theme so I didn't notice a difference

 

[Hidden Blaze]

2003 was the worst of them tho..like.... just wow

 

[Chris]

But his theme rules

 

[Smart Marx]

I do love how, because they couldn't get Bischoff yet, they pretty much used Flair as a placeholder in this feud

They called Bichoff in 2001 and he passed. I can't remember why he changes his mind in 2002, though.

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

Rikishi's theme is in the same tempo as Booker's theme so I didn't notice a difference

I was thinking the same thing tbh

 

[Chris]

Booker better win this

 

[Smart Marx]

Bischoff's debut is gonna be fun

It's such a hoot. To me that's when the real split takes place. Since they give up on the Flair and McMahon version when Austin walks out. It's literally that episode. Why his walking out made them kill Flair as owner, I have no idea.

 

[Mitch Buchannon]

I'm enjoying this

 

[Chris]

I'm cool with it though