[1998-11-30-WWF-Raw] Mark Henry's Date

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Mark Henry is all dressed up for his date with D-Lo there for moral support. He wants D-Lo to accompany him on the date. Henry has purchased a blazer for D-Lo to dress him up and also got him a new pair of sunglasses. He wraps it up with a driver's hat and suddenly D-Lo realizes what is happening and is not happy about it. In the next segment, Chyna shows up at the hotel and just wants to get this over with. Then Henry gives Chyna flowers but left the price tag ($1.99) on. They end up in the restaurant and Chyna seems annoyed while Henry tries to be romantic. She warms up to him a little when they get on the dance floor and dance to "Brick House", but is still pretty guarded. Mark walks away for a second when three guys come up and start putting the moves on Chyna and their attention is clearly unwanted. One of the guys calls her a bitch and she punches him and Henry takes out the other two guys. This actually sort of worked in the end, even if there were too many segments.

[Zenjo]

The fight scene was so hilariously corny that it would've made the whole thing worthwhile even if the rest of the date sucked. As it happens there were other highlights with D-Lo being the driver. The whole thing was quite fun, and the formula would be repeated in later years. 007 Dean Malenko anyone?

[soup23]

I was happy to see Chyna come around to Mark and legit laughed both at Mark presenting D-Lo with the hat and Chyna recognizing him. The part with the guys getting beat up was contrived but overall this has actually been a grade above most of the "real life" stuff we have seen lately and I enjoyed it.

[tim]

For multiple segment one night angles, this is billions of times better than that Undertaker/Austin shit. Fun enough stuff, Henry convincing D-Lo to come along only to reveal that he's going to be the limo driver was funny. So was Henry denying it was D-Lo when she recognized him.

[Gregor]

This was another one that I hadn't watched in a while, and it was still funny. Maybe it's because I'm a D'Lo Brown fan but I loved the parts with him and the limo.

[PeteF3]

Yeah, after last week's debacle, this was pretty inspired. Low-key and lighthearted is definitely better as far as on-location segments go. Henry is quickly becoming a natural on-camera ("No, no, that's not D'Lo" ... "You know what comes after dinner, right? No, not THAT...").