Loss Posted October 1, 2014 Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Such a weird angle. Bagwell did an interview earlier in the night where he was excited to be in favor with the new writers, then came back out later with his "I'm jobbing" face and lays down for La Parka before grabbing the mic and complaining about it. Purposely bad match from an apathetic Bagwell, which is always a great idea in a ratings war. Bagwell tells La Parka to give him his finish, lays down and eats a pin, then acts annoyed. All the wrestlers in the back are laughing about it while Bagwell asks Russo if he did a "good job". Meta crap. Then Jeff Jarrett shows up out of nowhere - the night after a WWF pay-per-view match - and breaks a guitar over Bagwell's head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted November 10, 2014 Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 This may be my least favorite segment in the history of televised wrestling. Awful on so many levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 This was Russo in a nutshell. Work shoot that the announcers have no idea what it is, bad match, mention the booker by name, bring in a new guy. Just everything about this was stupid except for La Parka and Jarrett destroying bagwell with that guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 If Vince Russo were put on trial for crimes towards the wrestling industry (and he should be) then this abomination would be presented as evidence. There's very few things that actually make me angry on the Yearbooks. Even stuff that enraged me at the time it's now just like yeah, that happened. Watching this again made me sick to my stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Holy shit, I had forgotten about this but it is one of the worst matches and segments of the year. So META and uninteresting and just a waste overall. The buzz for Jarrett coming out was the only redeeming part. DUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Buff turns on La Parka on Thunder (check out the BTS episode for that to learn about what a clusterfuck that Thunder was) leading to this epic encounter. This was one of several segments Russo devised that involved actively shitting on WCW, like Madusa hawking Nitro cologne and Heenan putting over how terrible it smelled. What it all was supposed to accomplish, I don't know, other than "shoots" are inherent ratings draws. The heat is so nonexistent that you can hear individual fans--it's like a baseball game after 4 hours of rain delays. Buff makes a pathetic "shoot" attempt to beat down La Parka and mockingly goes through his Buff Is the Stuff strut, "does the job," then pops back up right afterward. I agree that this is one of the worst segments of the year--not as actively bad on its own as some of the worst Nash/Savage stuff, but bad in how portentous and ominous it was for where WCW was going under Russo. Jeff Jarrett shows up the night after No Mercy, debuting in a segment that's a pretty far cry from Lex Luger in '95 or Rick Rude in '97. Still, clocking Buff with the guitar after the way he was behaving makes this the Greatest Jeff Jarrett Segment of All-Time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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