[1999-07-19-WWF-Raw] HHH vs The Undertaker

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Just the finish. This crowd is bonkers. Austin runs out to get a piece of Undertaker while Rock goes after HHH. They break off into pairs and brawl through the crowd, where there's a blood truck for some reason. After a few back and forth teases, Austin throws Undertaker in the blood truck and locks the door before heading back to the ring to go after Vince. He pelts him with the Smoking Skull belt and Vince juices. Then Austin signs a contract for Fully Loaded and clotheslines Vince out of his wheelchair.

 

Meanwhile, Paul Bearer unlocks the blood truck without Austin's knowledge and Undertaker sneaks up behind him and smashes him with a beer can, busting him open and then working the cut.

[Tim Evans]

So why is Taker facing HHH? Lots of blood in this to build up the first blood match. Vince juices more than Austin.

[soup23]

Didn't care for this much either as both Vince vs. Austin and Austin vs. Taker need a vacation from each other at this point. I get the point of building to a "Final" encounter and the crowd was still molten but this felt like a collection of bits that had been done better elsewhere to me.

[PeteF3]

There have been better go-home angles on Raw in the Attitude Era but this isn't bad. I don't get why HHH and Undertaker were wrestling either and even the TV reports don't make a lot of sense of it--Russo, baby. I can't say that I care all that much about going and watching myself.