[1999-03-08-WWF-Raw] Ministry of Darkness and The Corporation

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

The Ministry attacks Boss Man in the parking lot and then brings him in front of the crowd to hang on his "symbol". Boss Man breaks free and gets down, but The Ministry just attacks him when he falls. The Corporation tries to make the save. Undertaker takes out everyone in security and has a staredown with the cops. Bearer gets out his cell phone and calls someone as Undertaker sets his symbol on fire and gives himself up to the cops, walking out in handcuffs. Next segment has Undertaker getting arrested while Vince yells at him. The police tell him he will be arrested if he doesn't back up.

[tim]

Not nearly as silly as some of the recent Undertaker stuff we've seen on this and the 98 sets. Still a bit much but the ridiculousness doesn't quite stretch the confines of pro wrestling. A Corporation vs. Ministry angle sounds interesting in theory but I'm ambivalent about it for sure right now. This did feel like a big deal at least.

[Tim Evans]

I forget but were the Corporation heels at the time? I like Taker's look here with the pierced eyebrow and the brawl was nice. I thought at the time this would lead to Vince vs Taker at Mania but that was not to be.

[soup23]

Weird angle and most seems to be here for visual looks with things burning. Bossman vs.. Taker isn't exactly a hot angle going into Mania.

[PeteF3]

Less offensively dumb than some other Ministry angles, but who could be compelled to care about a Boss Man-Undertaker program or match? Why couldn't they find indie workers with short hair to play the cops? And will I get through one of these Monday night segments without asking rhetorical questions?