Jesse Ventura is the back again and he is talking to the last member of the Triple Treat match that he hasn’t gone over the rules with, Stone Cold Steve Austin. The WWF Heavyweight Champion. Austin pretty much ignores him and walks away as he tells him “pinfall must occur in the center of the ring”.

We return to the arena and Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler introduces us to our next match as the “I’m an Ass Man” theme begins to play. “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn enters the arena and still is leading someone to the ring with him under a black sheet. I honestly couldn’t remember what was under the sheet and was kind of excited to find out. Gunn helps the sheeted surprise into the ring as JR tells us this is a “Kiss My Ass” match where the loser obviously has to kiss the ass of the winner. Billy Gunn gets on the mic to tell us if he wins it is not his ass The Rock will kiss, but hers, and reveals his secret from under the sheet. This woman is far from attractive, and that is being nice, but I think I would still choose to kiss her ass if my other option is Billy Gunn, even though he is known as the Ass Man.

The Rock’s theme soon begins to play and the place is buzzing as “The People’s Champ”, The Rock enters the Target Center. The Rock enters the ring but his proper entrance is cut short when Gunn attacks him early. Gunn goes to work on The Rock with a series of right hands and the fans are already chanting “Rocky”. Rocky unloads some of his own signature rights after he ducks under a clothesline attempted by Gunn. The crowd pops as The Rock lays the smackdown on Gunn eventually sending him to the floor mat with a right on the apron. He then slams the head of Gunn off the security rail in front of, what King and JR tells us is, some of the Minnesota Vikings. They are, I think, defensive players because the two of them that are mentioned, John Randle and Tony Williams, are Vikings.

The fight continues on the outside as The Rock beats Billy Gunn of the security rails as they make their way down the aisle and towards the entrance. Gunn finally gains some steam when he reverses an Irish whip to the security railing and when Rock comes off the railing, Gunn levels him with a clothesline. The bump that The Rock takes from it is solid and is on the bare concrete floor. After they beat each other off the railing some more, it’s Billy’s turn to take the flat back bump on the concrete. He does so when Rock does the same thing to Gunn with the clothesline but he whipped Gunn into the Lion’s Den that is still setup by the entryway curtain. The Rock eventually leads Gunn back to the ring by his hair but is sent crashing into the ring stairs when Billy Gunn reverses an Irish whip. Billy Gunn leads The Rock around the ring and to the announce table next, but Rocky manages the reversal and bounces the head of Gunn of the table. What he does after is classic Rock stuff. He takes the crown off The King, Jerry Lawler and puts it atop Gunn’s head before punching it off. After The Rock spits a bottle of water into his face, Billy Gunn rises to his feet with the ring bell and plants it upside Rocky’s head. Gunn then returns him to the ring and starts to choke him with the ropes as the crowd chimes in with “Lets Go Rocky” chants. After a leap frog from Gunn, The Rock lays him flat with a clothesline. Gunn no-sells it and is quick to his feet to hit a neckbreaker on The Rock. This leaves both men on the mat as the official starts the ten count. After Gunn goes for a cover and The Rock kicks out, Billy Gunn leaves the ring to drop some elbows on the throat of Rock, who’s head is hanging off the apron. The Rock starts to rally with some right hands but Billy puts a stop to it with an Irish whip to the corner followed by a running bulldog. As cool as this spot was, it only avails a two count for Gunn. He whips Rock to the corner next and follows it with a big splash that he gets airborne for. Billy takes a moment to taunt the fans and this allows The Rock to explode out of the corner with a clothesline. And this brings the crowd back to a roar. After Billy hits a back elbow The Rock leaves him and Bill Gunn Flat on the mat with a DDT. The Rock rolls over for the cover attempt but Gunn kicks out. When they are on their feet again Rock hits two right hands and follows it with a swinging neckbreaker, but yet again The Ass Man manages to kick out. The Rock goes for a Roc Bottom but Gunn pushes him away and instead hits him with his finisher, The Fame-ass-er. He then tells the prize that he brought with him to enter the ring, and she goes to the corner to bend over, pull up her ripped skirt and expose her ripped pantyhose covered ass. Gunn tries to shove the face of The Rock into it but it is reversed and it is Gunn who gets a face-full of ass.

The crowd is going completely crazy as he hits the Rock Bottom and follows it up with the People’s Elbow. This leads to the fans counting along as the referee bangs a three count out on the map. And The Rock is declared the victor. For being based around an idiotic gimmick, the in-ring product was great. The only downfall one might find is the way King and JR made fun of the lady who joined Billy Gunn at ringside. The match was good and the fans reactions showed that they enjoyed it as well. Match Time: 10:11

Finally the main event is upon us and we get a video, like usual, that shows how we got to this point. Commissioner Shawn Michaels made a number one contenders match on RAW between Taker, Triple H and Chyna that he would referee. Chyna gets the pin fall after Stone Cold runs in and levels Triple H with a chair. This leads to a match between her and Triple H again for the contenders spot. They beat the hell out of each other before Mankind runs in this time and hits Triple H with the steps. and of course Chyna wins again. Then Michaels would make this a match for that same spot between Mankind and Chyna. In a promo for this Match, Mankind would say, “You bring your ovaries and I’ll bring my boys and we will see who the real number one contender is.” Wow, just wow. Mankind wins the match with Mr. Socko, and to keep this thing going, Shane ‘O’ Mac makes a match for the “Undisputed Number One Contender” between Mankind and Triple H. What in the fuck. Shawn and Shane are both refs for the match and it goes no contest. This leads to Linda McMahon, the current U.S. Administrator of the Small Business Administration, making the call for Vince to make it a Triple Threat match at SummerSlam. This is said to be over some locker room politics I’ll get into at the end.

The special guest referee, Jesse “The Body” Ventura makes his way to the ring first and is greeted with a great reaction from the fans. He goes right to the mic when he enter the ring and talks about how he caught a lot of flack from the media for being here but  it doesn’t matter cause he is “proud to be here and proud to have been a former wrestler.” This sends the crowd into a frenzy. There is some “Jesse for Pres.” chants from the crowd before we hear the car crash and Mankind enters the arena. and as for as much pop as Ventura got it seems as Mankind got more. JR mentions Mankind’s “Severely injured knee” suffered at the hands of Triple H’s sledgehammer as Mankind celebrates in the ring. Triple H and Chyna enter next in some weak chainmail garb that doesn’t come close to some of the armor we would see him don later in his career. The crowd is giving the duo nothing but heat as they enter the ring. And as soon as they enter it they begin to argue with Ventura. The top nearly comes off the place when the glass shatters and The WWF Heavyweight Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin enter the arena. The attitude and confidence that he shows as he is talking shit the whole way to the ring so crazy believable. This dude understood this business like no other.

As soon as Austin enters the ring he and Triple H begin to trade punches until Mankind pulls H from the ring. Mankind then beats him off of the announce table before Austin joins him and pair perform an Irish whip/clothesline combo on Triple H on the outside. Stone cold beats Triple H off the table and stairs before returning him to the ring so him and Mankind can resume the double teaming. This is an action that the crowd really pops for. Mankind even gives Austin a hug after a back elbow/knee lift combo. Of course Austin doesn’t hug him back and starts to punch him. This leads to Mankind countering a Stunner by pushing Austin off of him. Austin then collides with Triple H and knocks him out of the ring. They soon meet him on the outside after Austin ducks under Mankind and he flies over the ropes. This, of course, is a solid bump for Mankind. The three take turns banging each other of the ring apron and security rails until Mankind is separated from the other two. They continue to beat on each other, and this is when Chyna first strikes and bounces Mankind off the ring post. Ventura must then separate Chyna and Mankind and this buys time for Austin to choke Triple H with a cable. He eventually escapes the cable and then smashes Austin’s knee with a chair. When Triple H returns to the ring Ventura notices Austin lying in a pile on the floor and he asks Triple H if he hit him with a chair. Triple H obviously says no so Ventura takes to the crowd for a unanimous “Yes”. Mankind ambushes him right after and the two trade some back and forth until Mankind hits the Mandible Claw. This forces Chyna to get involved and pull the feet out from under Mankind. This leads to Ventura ejecting her from ringside. Austin then ambushes Triple H who is arguing with Ventura on the ramp. Austin and Triple H brawl their way back into the ring before Triple H gets the advantage and continues to work the knees of Austin with the ring post. Mankind re-enters the fight when he helps Triple H stomp a mudhole into Austin. They even hit Austin with a double clothesline before Mankind goes for a pin and Triple H is forced to end the partnership with a boot to the head. Now these two continue to brawl as Austin lies prone on the mat.

Mankind then clotheslines Triple H out of the ring and attempts a cannonball flip off the apron that completely misses, and may just be the hardest bump of the match. And it was self inflicted. Triple H tries to work the knees of Austin with the ring post but he pulls him in to counter it and follows it up by clotheslining him over the security rail and into the crowd. Mankind soon joins them and this leads to a solid back body drop for him from Austin onto the bare concrete. The three return to the ring and Stone Cold is leading the charge and beating them both up with a series of punches. Triple H tries to sneak a Pedigree in but Austin reverses it and catapults him into the corner, where Mankind is standing. Triple H is thrown from the ring and this allows Austin to hit the Stone Cold Stunner on Mankind. But Triple H comes back in with a chair to make the save. Ventura begins to argue with Triple H over the Chairshot but he ignores him and delivers another one but this one to the top of Mankind’s head. Triple H goes for the cover and when Ventura refuses to count the place explodes in praise for him. Triple H is about to punch him when Shane comes running in to the ring to stop him and Argue with Ventura over his actions. And for Shane’s efforts Stone Cold rewards him with a Stunner. Ventura then throws Shane from the ring as he says “that’s for your dad you little bastard”. I wonder if this is a shoot or is scripted. When Austin and Triple H clothesline each other next, it sets Mankind up to apply the double Mandible Claw. Austin would break it up and also stop a Pedigree attempt on Mankind that leads to Triple H getting a Stunner. Mankind is the one to stop the three count, but Triple H would get the advantage from it and hit Austin with a Pedigree. Right after, Mankind is there to knock Triple H from the ring and hit Austin with a double arm hook DDT. This leads to a three count victory when Mankind pins Stone Cold Steve Austin to become the new Champion. Triple H is pissed and beats Austin with a steel chair after the match. He beats the knee of Austin with the chair until he rolls from the ring and the show goes off air. I enjoyed this match and thought it was entertaining. It’s not the best match that these Superstars of the industry have been in but is worth a watch. Match Time: 16:24

Mankind would loose the Title to Triple H on the following nights RAW. It has been speculated that Stone Cold didn’t want to put Triple H over or that possibly Ventura refused to raise the hand of a Heel because it would generate negative press. Either way its a shame that Mick Foley’s title run was only a day long. I may be biased but I thought this was a good show but the Main Event wasn’t the best match. It was hands down Test Vs. Shane. This is a must watch match.

And as I always do I like to see what Dave Meltzer thought of the matches. Based on his star ratings, which I take from www.profightdb.com, he wasn’t to high on the card. The highest rated match received a 3.5 and that was the Test/Shane bout. The only other one to break a 3 was The Hardyz segment of the Tag Turmoil Match with Edge and Christian. Its hard to take these ratings seriously anymore when he raises the bar every time Kenny Omega enters the ring. I love Kenny but come on dude.

Well I hope you enjoyed this edition of Chairshot Classic and join me next time as we head into the new millennium for SummerSlam 2000. And as always #UseYourHead and let me know what you think on Twitter @james_callear and give The us a follow as well @Thechairshotcom

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