[1997-12-22-WWF-Raw] Steve Austin and Santa Claus

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Recap of last week where Sable was supposed to come out and never did. This was a Santa heeling on everyone and this brings out Steve Austin. He tells Austin he wanted a barbie doll and tiddlywinks as a six-year old and this leads to Austin giving Santa a stunner. Long and drawn out, but I think WWE thought this was genius because they kept replaying it and putting it on compilations for years.

[Dooley]

It shows how much the company changed from christmas '95 with Savio Vega and "Xanta Claus".

[Strummer]

It shows how much the company changed from christmas '95 with Savio Vega and "Xanta Claus".

someone posted a whole bunch of RAWs from 94/95 on youtube the last few months and it's almost inconceivable where the WWF product was 3 years later

[Kevin Ridge]

They are now in a different arena for this Raw. Austin beats up Santa who was promising Sable and gives him the stunner. Philly crowds and Austin hate Santa.

[soup23]

I didn't really like this as it felt like them forcing Santa into an angle for Austin to stun someone. This was after hours on Raw and I think it should have stayed there.

[Superstar Sleeze]

I was just watching this on the Network. The kid is an USO! He sounds exactly the same lol. I'll admit eight year old me was a little disappointed Sable didn't come out.

[PeteF3]

Austin is now pretty firmly entrenched as a babyface. Over the past few weeks he's started his "gimme a hell yeah" routine and is now coming to the aid of a child against a Bad Santa. Too drawn-out for a predictable climax. I believe that was Steve Lombardi under the beard.

[Exposer]

A heel Santa kicks a kid out of the ring for telling him he's not the real Santa Claus. Austin comes out & tries to solve this Santa mystery. He says some funny stuff & proves the guy isn't Santa before giving him the stunner & beating him up. Fun segment although it did go a bit too long.