[1999-05-31-WCW-Nitro] West Texas Rednecks, Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Curt Hennig is back at the broadcast booth. DJ Ran took exception to Curt saying he didn't like rap, so he seeks him out and plans to sing him a country song. He recruits Bobby Duncum Jr. to help him approach the booth and make his point. Hennig puts on his cowboy hat and sings a little country in tandem with Duncum. Konnan and Rey interrupt and things get heated quickly. This was a fun feud, but there's also a racial undercurrent to all of this that bugs me.

[tim]

There's an obvious racial undercurrent, given what the feud is it could hardly be any other way. I don't have any problem with that though. This was a fun segment and I really liked Konan on the mic.

[Tim Evans]

Hennig was a good heel to have for this feud. He's a redneck from Minnesota. The racial undercurrent is tough to miss but that was really rampt in the late 90's. Still not as bad as Jamie Dundee/Danny B. Curt calling out Konnan and Rey for wearing Astros jersey's was funny.

[soup23]

DJ Ran took exception to Curts comments the previous week so Curt as a rebuttal recruits Bobby Duncam and they provide a little diddy themselves. Wonder how many people did they draw in the Astrodome on this night. Konnan and Rey come out and we get a bit of a scuffle. This does have racial undertones throughout but Curt had been so aimless for so long that it was refreshing to see him doing something interesting here.

[Zenjo]

[PeteF3]

Curt does throw himself into this, really getting you to believe he's willing to fight over musical opinion. All the babyfaces wearing Astros gear was kind of eye-rolling and deservedly called out by Hennig.