WWF LiveWire (September 28, 1996)

Original Airdate: September 28, 1996

Your Hosts are Todd Pettengill, Jim Cornette, and Dok Hendrix from the studio

Sunny calls in from Miami to remind the others that it’s still ‘her show,’ and that she’ll be back next week

Everyone talks about Jim Ross’s crazy tirade on RAW, which culminated in him bringing ‘Razor Ramon’ back to the WWF. We don’t see the unveil here, but we do get Ross’s bitter promo, and then afterwards Todd notes that, while he doesn’t agree with everything Ross was complaining about, he will admit that there is some truth to what he was saying. Though Todd doesn’t understand why he’s all worked up about having wore a toga at WrestleMania IX - Pettengill thought that was the best part

Derrick calls in, and he’s a literal child, but wants to know about ECW. “ECW? That’s three letters, don’t mean much to me,” notes Todd

Mike calls in asking if Ross will be on the show this week, but Todd notes that he’s in the midst of contract negotiations, and thus won’t

Someone emails in asking about ‘Razor,’ and Dok defends Ross, noting that, hey, he never said Scott Hall was coming back

President Gorilla Monsoon calls in to announce that Ross is suspended for his behavior, since the WWF won’t tolerate ‘a liar’ or ‘a thief.’ Might as well board the place up. Hendrix alleges that Ross was suspended just for speaking his mind, and he and Cornette seem to be getting a little mutiny on the mind, with poor Todd looking like he’s about to cry

Undertaker is in a graveyard somewhere, preparing for the Buried Alive match at In Your House

Someone emails in saying that they can’t believe that their ‘hero’ Vince McMahon could have ever fired Ross after his bout with Bell's Palsy. This prompts a wild loyalty debate between the hosts, that feels like three guys sitting around a bar bitching about their jobs. In a good way

Alex calls in to call Ross a “big bum,” and poor Todd looks like he’s starting to get legitimately annoyed with the format of this show

Cornette and Hendrix spin conspiracy theories about Ross potentially being a mole for WCW - naming the competition by name here

We take a look back at Marc Mero winning the WWF Intercontinental Title Tournament on RAW 

Superstar Line ad

Some kid faxes in a request for a kiss from Sunny, and he’ll put up $1,000 for it. And he sends a faxed copy of the bill to prove he’s got it. “Allowances are getting wild these days,” quips Cornette. Also, $1,000 just for a kiss? I’m pretty sure you can get a lot more, ahem, bang for your buck there, kid

We take a look at stills from the Shawn Michaels/Mankind WWF Title main event from In Your House, and Cornette thinks Shawn won’t be signing a rematch anytime soon

Some guy calls in to say that he thought the Michaels/Mankind match was the best of all time. Watching Todd get annoyed with people for taking too long with their questions is its own form of entertainment

Dok announces that Vince will be live on AOL for a chat tomorrow night. Oh God, that one was something else

The PlayStation Slam of the Week is Shawn and Mankind going through a table at In Your House

We take a look back at In Your House II from July 1995, and apparently Jeff Jarrett (you know, that guy on his way into WCW) wasn’t really singing. Scandal!

David calls in to mock Jarrett’s lip synching

Lou Albano shows up to hype up the Hall of Fame. I think. Who can understand this guy? He should have managed Ahmed Johnson

In Your House ad

Full Metal The Album ad. That was the greatest thing ever when it came out

Jeff calls in wondering if they’re afraid that Hulk Hogan and the nWo are going to take them over, but Todd laughs him off. Dok hits back harder, noting that those guys wouldn’t even be up to bat if Vince didn’t give them a shot first

Jim Ross calls in to call Monsoon an “overstuffed puppet”

BUExperience: This show is a total mess, but I kind of dig it.