Muggs Eye For The Queer Guy...

I watch PPVs every month with my man Thom, and every month, it's a contest to see what's better, the matches or the running show commentary in the room. Tonight was no exception. The PPV was good but eminently forgettable, save for the Foley/Orton match and the main event. I think I need to get a tape recorder or something, though, because I always end up forgetting most of the good stuff.

I did remember the aforementioned new TV show, Muggs' Eye for The Queer Guy. This, of course, would be sweatpants, t-shirts(wrestling or concerts), baseball cap, Chuck Taylor All-Stars, and Old Spice. Lots of Old Spice. No colognes or designer labels, and no regard for fashion trends. Turn your guy from gay to straight in no time at all. (Note, baseball cap does not mean Ironic Trucker Hat, because of course, that would be trendy.) By the way, I am the second most queerest straight guy I know. (Thom's the first.)

Overall, the PPV was okay. Some thoughts:

Someone had a Go Whalers sign in the crowd. As the Hurricane would say, whasupwidat?

Benjamin/Flair: Not a bad match but short, and Flair seemed to go to the staples REAL early. We had the flop about 45 seconds into the match. Surprisingly, no DAVE run-in, a trend that would echo throughout the night.
Coach/Tajiri: Crap. Plain and simple. And why is Garrison Cade helping Coach, and more importantly, why does he seem to want to be the second coming of David Flair lookwise?

Ironically, the Fanatic ad is for "The Stone Cold Truth".

Jericho/Christian/Trish: This was okay, forgettable, but not bad. No Lita run-in, like expected, and as we'd soon see, the Monday night Trish/Lita beef seems to have been for naught.
Victoria/Lita: Only one blown Lita spot, but boy did she look slow. Thom's wife wondered about the neon green hanky in Lita's back pocket, which led to speculation about Lita's preferences. Vickie wins, thankfully sparing us a Lita title reign.

The ads for the SD~! PPV look really bad. I could care less about Bradshaw as contender. Seriously.

Orton/Foley: Holy shit. Match of the night to be sure, and Orton bumped like a champ but still didn't take the worst of it. Nice to see that someone besides Foley gets backdropped on the tacks. Thought for sure we'd see some Evolutionference, since the stip keeping them away from the match only said ringside. Again, Vince and Johnny Ace seemed content to allow the members of Evolution to succeed on their own.(A good decison, that.) My one beef was with the Bischoff appearance to stop Foley from lighting the barbed wire baseball bat on fire. Loud ECW and Holy Shit chants during this.

Bonus match: La Res/Hurricane/Rosey: Time-killer apparently, and also served to push the Eugene vs La Res storyline(such as it is) along. Nothing to see here.

Kane/Edge: This was pretty dumb, as the added stip from Monday night virtually guaranteed Edge a victory. Bleah.
HHH/HBK/Benoit: Great match, even with the ref bump. Big chants of "You Tapped Out" for HHH, "Let's Go Benoit", and as usual for a Canadian crowd, "You Screwed Bret" chants at Earl Hebner and HBK.(It's been 7 years. Let it GO~!) Nice to see Benoit hold the title for more then a month, and what's up with Trip's hair? He looks almost Jericho-like with the feathered 'do.

Overall, not a bad show, but save Foley/Orton and the ME, not something I necessarily need to see again.