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Mankind vs The Rock 12/29/98 Dissected

Thank you. Other than something I wrote when one of my buddies died this was one of the last great things that I ever wrote.
Forgot about it until recently so I try to get in here and bump it every so often so at least it gets seen by some people. I should probably try and post it other places as well.

Oh. What’s the block nowadays?
 
This was a good time in pro wrestling. Looking back at the era and pretending to be a very old man I can truthfully tell the youngsters the WWF had quality matches available for free when they wanted to

Raw Title match 6/29/1998 - Austin /vs Kane
Heat Halftime Empty Arena match 1/31/1999 - Rock /vs Mankind
Raw Ladder match 2/15/1999 - Rock /vs Mankind
Smackdown Lumberjack match 4/20/2000 - Rock /vs Jericho
 
This was a good time in pro wrestling. Looking back at the era and pretending to be a very old man I can truthfully tell the youngsters the WWF had quality matches available for free when they wanted to

Raw Title match 6/29/1998 - Austin /vs Kane
Heat Halftime Empty Arena match 1/31/1999 - Rock /vs Mankind
Raw Ladder match 2/15/1999 - Rock /vs Mankind
Smackdown Lumberjack match 4/20/2000 - Rock /vs Jericho
The 5/10/99 episode of Raw. The entire episode (not just a segment) did an 8.1

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Bump. I was afraid I lost this as I haven't logged on in a long time but I see they've made changes and I remember a lot of stuff getting lost the last time they changed systems. I guess I need to back this up! I remember putting a whole night into this.
 
Thank you! I spent time on it, and I was afraid it would just be skipped over as TLDR
You did good here, your breakdown really brought back memories. This was peak wrestling for me, I miss it lol.

Edit- just realized I'm responding to a 7 year old post lol
 
You did good here, your breakdown really brought back memories. This was peak wrestling for me, I miss it lol.

Edit- just realized I'm responding to a 7 year old post lol
Oh no problem man thank you for responding. I had recently bumped it. I was just glad to see that it was still here so I can get it copied to my hard drive. I spent like 4 hours One Night in a hotel room writing this and thought it was pretty good so want to make sure I keep it.

But yes. You hit the nail on the head. This was the peak!
 
Oh. What’s the block nowadays?
I don't know if I'm blocked... I just have a very physical job and spend a lot less time on an actual computer and as you may know as a writer you really need that keyboard to do work. And a subject. Been lacking that too.
 
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