Show Date: April 6th, 2001
Hosted by: Dr. Tom Prichard & Kevin Kelly
Weekly Commentary by: Droz and Tazz
Special Guests: Edge, Christian, Rhyno, Stephanie McMahon & Mick Foley
Note: All kayfabe comments will be written in bold type.
Full Recap
- The next WWF PPV is Backlash. You can check out the WWF's official Backlash site by clicking here.
- Droz is feeling a bit under the weather and will not be joining the show today. Tomorrow is also Droz's birthday,
- Discussion and rundown of what happened at WrestleMania. Tom mentioned that he hates it when people say that a show was "the greatest of all time." However, in the case of WrestleMania 17, he feels that it was, without a doubt, the greatest WrestleMania of all time. Kevin then made fun of the Iron Sheik because he would not take any bumps at all. When Slaughter had him in the Cobra Clutch, Kevin was begging the Sheik to at least take a knee. Tom also put over the finisher that Shane McMahon used on his father.
- Rundown of what occurred on Raw and Smackdown and what will happen on Sunday Night Heat.
- Stephanie McMahon joined the show, live from the studio.
Question: WrestleMania
WrestleMania is the biggest event in the WWF. Vince McMahon created it so what happened was a shame. She could not believe what Linda did to Vince. She also feels that Triple H was screwed in his match against the Undertaker. She can't believe what Trish Stratus did either.
- Shane is currently the head of WCW and would probably love to snatch up the Rock, who is suspended.
- At this point, Stephanie got up and slapped Kevin. She also made fun of him because he cowered when she approached him.
Question: Trish Stratus
She has never liked Trish. She is not sure if Trish was trying to become a McMahon. Stephanie wants her to know that SHE is the dominant female. She also can't believe that Trish had the gall to hit Vince, after all that he has done for her.
- Stephanie continued to make fun of Kevin and ordered him to leave the set while she is on.
Question: Linda McMahon
She is not sure what Linda has in store for Vince on Raw. She does feel that her mom has made her life a living hell. She was very hard on her while Steph was growing up. She does not see any sort of reconciliation coming anytime soon. Now, she can wear and do anything she wants because she is daddy's little girl and he allows her to do anything she wants to do.
- Stephanie left the show after calling Kevin a hermaphrodite. At this point, we got to see her chasing Kevin around the set which caused the sound to go out from the show for a minute.
- Kevin returned and claimed that Stephanie wants him in the worst way and there is a lot of sexual tension. He claims that it is wrong since he is a married man.
- Mick Foley joined the show.
- Mick heard that Kevin ran like a woman when Steph tried to slap him. He feels that Kevin will get a lot of ribbing about that one. He also mentioned that he screamed like a woman when she slapped him.
Question: WrestleMania
This was his favorite WrestleMania. He got all the benefits of being involved in a big match but not having to get prepared for a match. He also talked about riding a rollercoaster with Al Snow. He felt that he was seeing a great show as it was going down. However, he is now hearing from the people that the show was very special.
- Mick felt bad for Stephanie because she had to look at her father's testicles for the TV shot after Linda cut the grapefruits on Smackdown.
- Edge joined the show.
- Mick plugged his new book (Foley is Good) which will be available on May 8th.
- For those fans who feel bad for Al Snow, Mick comes clean in the book about how Al loves his role. However, Test will not like how he is portrayed in the book. Mick explained the difference between Al and Test. If Mick throws an insult at Al, he has to be prepared for a comeback. When he makes fun of Test, he doesn't do anything because Test does not really have any material.
- Mick left the show.
- Christian joined the show.
Question: TLC 2
Edge was honored to be a part of the match and to win the tag belts again. They were both in awe of the entire WrestleMania atmosphere. Before the match, Christian had to look through the curtains to see how big the crowd really was. Edge had goosebumps when the pyro went off to kick off the show. This was the first time in a while that he was very nervous about a match, due to the size of the crowd.
Question: Did TLC 2 surpass TLC 1?
Before the match, they all decided to at least try to be at the same level, if not better. During the match, Edge felt that it was not as smooth as the 1st match. However, after watching the tape, he feels that it was as good, if not better. There was better storytelling and different things, with Rhino, Spike and Lita involved.
- Rhino joined the show.
Question: TLC 2
It was amazing to be in front of so many people. His only complaint was the long run to the ring. He felt that it was a great card from top to bottom.
Question: Relationship between Rhino, Edge and Christian
They have all been friends for about 5 to 6 years,. They met working on the indy scene and have been tight ever since. It was a natural extension when the WWF came up with the idea of putting them together, since it benefits everyone.
Question: ECW
Rhyno put over his experience in ECW and is happy to be working with Paul Heyman in the WWF. The size of the crew in the WWF is huge and he is glad to be part of it.
Question: Experiences together
Edge talked about how they made so many trips together over the years. They went through some times when they didn't know if they were going to make it alive. They would be traveling across lakes of ice. Experiences like that made them all friends for life.
- Halfway through the story, Stephanie appeared and finally smacked Kevin, which he sold very well.
Question: Is their some sort of kinship between E & C, the Hardys and Dudleys?
They would not be where they are without those 2 teams. They all helped each other out. There is just a natural chemistry there.
Question: Austin turning heel
Christian has always loved Austin as a heel. He feels that his feud with Bret Hart was his best stuff. Edge mentioned that change is a good thing and perhaps this was the time to do it. It is odd to have him aligned with Vince McMahon but Edge feels that it was the best way to turn him since Vince is the most hated guy in the company.
- Edge feels that E & C will eventually have to turn babyface.
- At this point, the phone lines went out on Edge & Christian, leaving Rhyno alone,
Question: Who did Rhyno want to work with in the WWF while he was in ECW?
The list would go on and on. He mentioned Austin, Rock and Triple H as incredible talents. The WWF is so talented from top to bottom. He would also love to work against Edge or Christian, since they have had great matches before.
Question: Paul Heyman in the WWF
Rhyno is sad that ECW isn't around for younger guys to go to learn, such as he did. When he went to ECW, he did not even know how to cut a promo. Paul is very good at creating talent.
- Edge returned to the show. He commented that he has an Edge WWF action figure which always smashes his Rhyno ECW action figure.
Question: Rhyno's weight loss and training
He has lost about 30 pounds since leaving ECW. He has always trained hard but is doing more cardio now. The result is that he feels a lot better in the ring.
- Edge was rooting for Kamala and Michael Hayes to win the Gimmick Battle Royal.
- Christian returned to the show. He was disappointed that Akeem wasn't in the Battle Royal. Kevin mentioned that One Man Gang was even upset because he wanted to do it but he had lost too much weight and couldn't fit into the Akeem outfit.
- Edge, Christian & Rhyno left the show.
- Tazz will be back next week with Tales from the Hook
- The show wrapped up.
