[1999-01-24-WWF-Royal Rumble] Sable vs Luna (Strap)

[cactus]

Shane McMahon comes out and offers the chance for Sable to forfeit the match after she suffered a beating by Luna on Heat earlier in the night. Sable limps to the ring as she sells her back injury. She's very hammy and her delivery of her only line was rather poor. The match starts and not a whole lot happens. Luna works the back. They do that spot that's in every strap match where one wrestler taps the corners whilst dragging the other along with them, allowing the second wrestler to tap the corners as well, unbeknown to the first wrestler. Shane tries to interfere when Sable and Luna are tied 3-3, only for the then unknown Tori to rush through the crowd and plant Luna, allowing Sable to touch the the 4th corner and retain the title. This could of been awful, but the very short match time allows you to sit through it without too much discomfort.

 

★

[Bix]

This is the match from Beyond the Mat where Vince Russo teaches Sable how to sell her back. Which explains a lot.

[Strummer]

i can remember hearing Cornette saying that Sable refused to take any whip shots from the strap so Luna had to tie up the strap and "hit" her in the back repeatedly

[BackToBionic]

Meltzer, at the time, said it was actually Mero that was causing a fuss about Sable taking any strap shots. Although I'd buy that they both didn't want it to happen. Sable even being competitive with Luna is such a joke.