[1999-01-11-WWF-Raw] Corporate Rumble

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Last few minutes. The winner gets to be #30 at the Royal Rumble. Great heat for the HHH-Boss Man finale. Vince shows up and looks ridiculously jacked up. He ends up waiting for his opportunity to dump both guys and Vince is now #30 in the Rumble. He mocks Hogan celebrating his victory, which is hilarious. But then Chyna shows up and Vince sells it awesomely. Vince hasn't won the match yet! Chyna lays out the stooges and Austin (to another ridiculous pop) distracts Vince long enough for Chyna to eliminate Vince and win the Corporate Rumble. Looks like she'll be our #30. The reaction Austin gets is out of this world.

[tim]

Great segment. Roided up Vince entering was awesome as was his celebration, Chyna's surprise entrance was great and the crowd went wild for her hauling off on the stooges. And then Ausin shows up to a monster pop to screw Vince over and get us back to Austin and Vince as numbers one and two. The build to the Rumble has been really cool so far for the Rumble itself and the Rock/Foley title match, they're really keeping the fans on their toes.

[Tim Evans]

Man I thought Chyna's pop was huge but then Austin comes out and the crowd just explodes. Vince doing the Hogan pose while Shane is on commentary was awesome. Good segment.

[soup23]

I think Nitro won the night but this is a great booked match with the Vince tease and him hamming it up, followed by Chyna and him backing down, and then Austin getting another ginormous pop coming out. Chyna is now #30 which is a good added bit of intrigue to the Rumble overall.

[PeteF3]

An awesome double twist to end the show, with Vince apparently stealing his way back to #30 only to have it all come undone. McMahon's expressions were pretty over-the-top even for him, but this segment got over great.

[cactus]

Shane Mcmahon is a guest commentator and he's pretty good at being the obnoxious, spoiled douchebag, probably because I imagine he is in real life, but I digress.

 

This gets good once Vince Mcmahon comes out as an surprise entry. He looks ripped and smugly makes his way down to the ring, thinking he is the final entry, only for Chyna to come out to a big pop. Stone Cold comes out to a pop that eclipses Chyna's reaction and fucks over the boss once again.

 

What I love about some of these matches and angles from this time period is how over all the big guys are. The crowd is eating out of the hands of the Mcmahons, Rock, Austin and DX and it creates a great atmosphere and it is a joy to watch for the most part.