[1999-12-16-WWF-Smackdown] Mankind vs Al Snow (No Holds Barred)

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This is a good brawl with some clever spots involving weapons, my favorite being Foley rolling a bowling ball at Snow’s nether region. But the match is filled with spots like that. They end up brawling into the DX locker room then get tossed out and Foley falls on top of Snow for the pin. After the match, it turns out Snow went into Rock’s dressing room. It was a trap as he covered his locker room sign with a DX sign. Interesting finish. Lots to enjoy here.

[Tim Evans]

About as safe of a brawl as you were going to get in those days. I always liked Al Snow's bowling ball stunt. Finish was nice too. You can tell Mankind was really hurting. Good blow off match.

[tim]

Super fun match. I do love a good garbage brawl when it's done well. Al Snow sure was flying high getting to work a major program involving late 1999 Rock, which has to be one of the 10 hottest runs in wrestling history.

[PeteF3]

Pretty good action and a very cute finish, that's not only clever but is a little bit of character advancement for the Rock as this seems like the first time he's actively working to help Mick. I could do without Al doing comedy spots involving a bowling shirt while he's supposed to be working as a deranged heel, but at least he ended up being the butt of the joke in the end.