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9/26/01

Raw Thoughts
Imagine an edition of Raw without a lengthy interview segment, minimal McMahon airtime and a main event match that was pay-per-view worthy. Impossible? I thought so too until Monday night when the WWF did just that. I really enjoyed Raw for the first time in weeks. The WWF knows that Rob Van Dam is hot right now and putting him in a title match versus The Rock actually had me wondering if they were going to give him the WCW belt. That's a good thing compared to the fact I knew there was no way in hell Booker T was going to beat Kurt Angle for the WWF title. Speaking of damaged reputations, Lance Storm must have call Stephanie a whore backstage. That's the only reason I can imagine why Lance continues to lose match after match. This week he jobs to Molly Holly. Will the humiliation ever end? The show drew an abysmal 4.5 rating, down .3 from last week. That's the lowest for the show since June. I can't imagine all those WWF fans were glued to Monday Night Football watching Green Bay destroy Washington. Must have been a thrilling episode of Everybody Loves Raymond.

Kronic Fired
Because they suck, Kronic has left the WWF. Monday night, 24 hours after stinking up the Unforgiven PPV, Kronic arrived backstage at Raw. WWF management pulled them aside and told them that they were going to be reassigned to the WWF developmental territory. Since Kronic didn't know what "developmental territory" meant, they quit. Insult the WWF storylines all you want, they know bad wrestlers when they see 'em.

Unforgiven Fallout
Jim Ross and Paul Heyman both talked about the various injuries suffered at Unforgiven. Among them were Chris Jericho needing two stitches to close the wound he got near his right eye in his match with Rob Van Dam, Edge getting three below his left eye and Christian three stitches under his nose. I thought wrestling was fake…?

Raw Name Change
The WWF is going to rename "WWF Raw is War" to "WWF Raw" for obvious reasons. No word if the WWF plans to cancel its new line of Stone Cold cardboard cutters.

Pick me! Pick me!

Tough Enough Preview
Tomorrow night is the big season finale of Tough Enough. We're down to five contestants, but there are really only two logical choices. Josh is too small and has love life issues. Chris is an asshole. Maven can cut promos, wrestle and has the best head on his shoulders. As for the women, Taylor is better looking but probably lost any hope of winning when she got drunk and made the moves on Maven. Nidia seems to be more sure of her abilities and herself as a person. Ok, she's not sure where backstage is, but we all make stupid mistakes. Tune in and find out for yourself.

I Wish I Was Shorter
Spike has Molly Holly. Tajiri has Torrie Wilson. Rob Van Dam has Stephanie. Raven has Terri. Stacy Keibler is now paired up with Tazz. Note to Chris Jericho: it's really time to take those lifts out of your shoes. Next week Jackie gets it on with mini Booker T.

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