[1997-12-22-WWF-Raw] Goldust and Santa Claus

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Luna brings Goldust out dressed as a Christmas tree. He reads "Twas The Night Before Christmas" in an odd voice before Santa comes out to hand out candy. Santa ends up socking Goldust with his bag of gifts and it was Vader! Goldust and Luna bail.

[Kevin Ridge]

Goldust dressed up as a Christmas tree! He recites Night Before Christmas. Another Santa Claus comes out which bothers Goldust. Vader has the physique to be Santa. It’s bizarre to think about Vader dressing up as Santa to attack Goldust. Wouldn’t he just storm the ring anyways and try to attack Goldust?

[soup23]

We go from the 1994 footage of Hulk reading Twas the Night Before Christmas to this. A lot has changed in wrestling's landscape in 3 years. Goldust continues to be the most bizarre but kind of fascinating man in wrestling currently. Vader claus ends the segment socking Goldust. They really built up the feuds for Rumble well after the mis fire for the DX PPV.

[PeteF3]

"Don we now our gay apparel..." "I'm worried about what Luna's going to do with those balls..." "We continue with our Elton John Christmas..." "He sounds like Nathan Lane!" These remarks have all aged pretty badly but Ross and Cornette are having too much fun here. This starts as a repeat of the D-X segment, with Goldust reading a children's work in a gay voice, but this time Santa interrupts him. "When out from the roof there arose such a clatter / I sprang from my bed to see what was WOULD YOU SHUT THE HELL UP?" Santa whacks Goldust with his bag of goodies--actually a really good-looking shot. Like the Foley-NAO stuff this continues to have a lot of pretty traditional, Southern-style build to go with the wacky sportz entertainment hijinx. When it gets down to it, under the shock-value stuff we have a cowardly heel milking injuries to avoid a big tough babyface, all leading to a match on PPV.

[Exposer]

This is hilarious. TAFKA Goldust is one of my favorite Attitude Era gimmicks. The christmas tree outfit is tremendous. Goldust reads "Twas The Night Before Christmas," but Santa interrupts & starts throwing candy into the crowd. Goldust & Luna get annoyed, but Goldust continues reading. Suddenly, Santa whacks Goldust with his bag of gifts & it's Vader! Awesome! Vader gets in a few more shots before Goldust escapes. Fun segment.