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Scramble Match Not Original?, Sanders, Raven/WWE, More
Written by Richard Gray on Aug 28, 2008 - 11:02:23 AM
I keep hearing that the Championship Scramble Match is new but in the heyday of the Hardcore Title, I remember a match where the title changed several times but ultimately wound up back on the champion going into the match (Crash Holly comes to mind but I could be wrong). If your memory of this match is similar to mine, would you agree that it was similar to the Scramble match? What would be some differences?
Several people have asked this question and while I have been responding via email it needs to be included here on the website. WWE did a similar match at WrestleMania 2000 which featured Hardcore Bob Holly pinning Crash Holly to end up the Hardcore Champion, not with Crash retaining as the person who asked this question indicated. While the match was similar in that it had a time limit and the title switched several times throughout there were a few noticeable differences. First of all there were 13 participants and they were Bob Holly, Crash Holly, Tazz, Viscera, Joey Abs, Rodney, Pete Gas, Taka Michinoku, Funaki, Headbanger Thrasher, Headbanger Mosh, Faarooq, and Bradshaw (I hope I didn't miss any as 13 seems like a weird number but that's who is on record as to being in the match). The Championship Scramble matches at Unforgiven only feature 5 participants. The match at WrestleMania 2000 had a 15 minute time limit whereas the matches at Unforgiven have a 20 minute time limit. The final difference in the matches that I can tell is that the stipulation for the Championship Scramble matches at Unforgiven is that two randomly selected participants will start the bout with a new challenger entering the match every five minutes. That did not happen in the match at WrestleMania 2000. There may be other differences as well but those are the ones that I have gathered through my research. Please do not spam my email with counter points over the match as the point that I am trying to make is that the matches were not the same as some have accused.
Who is Mike Sanders?
Mike Sanders is best known by wrestling fans for his days as "Above Average" Mike Sanders in World Championship Wrestling. When Vince McMahon purchased WCW, Sanders' contract was acquired by the company and Sanders was sent to a developmental territory where he tagged with Lance Cade. He was released by WWE in July 2002 (which is interesting because it puts him right at the 6 year mark stipulated under the class action lawsuit where he is listed as a plaintiff) and I'm not even sure if he ever appeared on WWE television. Sanders now works as a stand-up comedian. For more you can check out his official website at this link.
I know that Kanyon was with WWE briefly in the last six years, but when exactly was Raven under contract to WWE in the last six years?
Raven was under WWE contract from 2000 to 2003. The most notable thing that I remember about Raven's days in WWE was his match at WrestleMania X-Seven where he lost the Hardcore Title to Kane in a Triple Threat Match that also included Big Show. If you remember, there was a spot where Raven and Big Show were wrestling on a golf cart backstage which resulted in Kane accidentally running Raven over on another golf cart. Raven has since talked about the spot noting about how badly it went wrong during a shoot interview.
From what I have read, Mick Foley got mad that there were certain things he had to say while working as the color commentator on SmackDown. What are some examples of sayings that the commentators have to say?
There is not one particular example as the commentators are fed lines from the back all the time. Vince McMahon does this to make sure that certain points are emphasized to develop storylines. If everyone went into business for themselves (wrestling lingo for shooting on the fly) it would be very hard to accomplish what all is trying to be accomplished. From what I have gathered about the situation, Foley felt like he has been around the business long enough where he thought he should be able to call it more as he saw it without having his intelligence insulted by working as a puppet. Wrestling is full of egos and Foley was probably too big of a name to try and groom into a commentator at this point in his career. I enjoyed it while it lasted but I was not surprised when it fell apart.
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