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OO RAW RECAP
Shhh... It's a Surprise!
October 21, 2003

by The Rick
Undisputed Lord and Master of OnlineOnslaught.com

It's official: you all can have your grand conspriacies about HHH holding everybody down for his own nefarious purposes. The conspiracy I'm going to choose to believe in is different, though: I whole heartedly believe that one month ago, somebody new was placed in charge of RAW's creative team. Because this isn't the same show. It's actually, you know, pretty good. And I think whoever HAD been in charge of RAW went over to SD! to help the McMahons drag that brand down to the level of a shitty soap opera.

OK, so no: I don't really believe there is some grand conspiracy to fuck with our heads to changing the brands' distinct formulas. But it's something reasonably interesting to talk about before I do the recap of last night's RAW....

Ummm... no.

I liked the show, and I'll talk more about it in tomorrow's regular OO. But I'm running way late today, and if this update is gonna be posted by 5pm, the only way to do it will be to cheat.

So, in the name of reminding you all just how good you have it, I am today using the Official WWE.com RAW Recap -- a true steaming pile of self-serving turds -- as my replacement. Next time I'm having a week when I'm struggling to make the show sound interesting, maybe you'll remember this week: when you not only endured a recap that barely even explained to you what happened on the show.

Even when I'm feeling pissy, I still TRY to explain things.

I apologize profusely for my time crunch, and I will make up for it (partially) by doing a more extended breakdown of RAW in tomorrow's column. But for now, here is...

YOUR RAW RECAP!

Enjoy, suckers....

E-MAIL RICK
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