Looking back at Monday Night RAW February 24th, 1997

Who And What Exactly Are We Ripping Off Here?!

bWo is in the house!

MATCH #2: LITTLE GUIDO vs. BIG STEVIE COOL (w/ The Blue Meanie, Hollywood Nova & 7-11)

Out of the list of all names mentioned above, I am pretty sure that many have heard of the infamous Blue Meanie.

Paul E joins the commentary table. Boy, we are going to get some good back & forth between him & Lawler.

Vince McMahon wants them to explain who the bWo (Blue World Order- The Blue Meanie, Hollywood Nova, 7-11 & Big Stevie Cool) are & what do they exactly stand for. Lawler calls them just another ECW rip-off, which prompts Paul E to go— “Who & what are we ripping off?”

Jesus, this is already going to be great.

Raven shows up near the entrance ramp! He is the current ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Big Stevie Cool gets distracted because of Raven. This allows Guido to roll him into a pin. Guido gains the upper-hand & drop-kicks Big Daddy Coo— I mean Big Stevie Cool right out of the ring.

Raven is watching like a 'hawk' from near the entrance ramp...

A few seconds later, the on-air exchange below between Paul & Jerry almost threw me off my chair—

Paul E: “Hey McMahon, I gotta tell you something, you impress me as an announcer…if this WWF thing does not work out for you, we could actually give you a job in ECW.”

Lawler: “Yeah, I’ve seen some of your shows. You need an announcer.”

The sarcasm level mentioned in the above snippet is over 9000.

Our view turns split-screen as we see Goldust standing by backstage. But oh, it looks like we’re having some technical difficulties. Lawler mentions that the only technical difficulties we’re having are the ones in the ring right now.

What else? Oh yes, there is a match going on. Big Stevie Cool goes over to a corner & gears up for the ‘Stevie Kick’- a finisher which is totally not ripping off the “Sweet Chin Music”.

Big Stevie Cool executes the move & wins the match via pinfall.

Imagine you don’t know anything about ECW & just tuned in to watch your weekly dose of the WWF. People parodying nWo, The Blue Meanie, Little Guido?

What the heck?

Result: Big Stevie Cool wins via pinfall.

Honky Tonk Man comes out to the ring. Somebody loudly chants ‘YOU SUCK’ as HTM is going to be refereeing the upcoming matchup. What upcoming matchup? Is it ECW related?

Nope. It’s Sunny & Marlena in an ARM WRESTLING MATCH!

I love 90's wrestling!