Insurrextion '02

Legacy Review

Insurrextion '02

May 4, 2002 from the Wembley Arena in London

 

Commentary: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

 

Another year, another spring/fall pair of UK exclusive PPVs. This would turn out to be the last year they did two however, as the returns were becoming very diminished. This show is a great example. The UK PPVs normally have more of a house show feel, and this card is probably the most house showish on paper out of all of them yet. It's also the final one that would take place in London. This would turn out to be a historically significant show though, as it's the last semi-major show to take place under the World Wrestling Federation name. Just two days after this the WWF would be forced to change their name due to the lawsuit from the other WWF, the World Wildlife Fund. And even more not so good history would be made after the show, but I'll get into that later.

 

One plus tonight, there's finally a dedicated stage for this show instead of being the regular Raw set repurposed. Appropriately, the main part of the stage is a giant X. Putting the X in InsurreXtion. In keeping with the new brand split, and the overall house show feel, tonight's show is a Raw exclusive show. When they came back for the fall PPV Rebellion it would be with the Smackdown roster.

 

WWF Intercontinental Championship: Rob Van Dam def Eddie Guerrero (c) by DQ in 11:24- Guerrero defeated RVD for the title at Backlash in his return match after being re-hired, but that was just the start of what's going to be an extended feud. They go to lock up but Guerrero ducks under into a waistlock instead, then starts in with some arm work. RVD reverses and they have a small fluff while doing a leg takedown counter sequence but nothing too bad. Stalemate and crowd ovation. Guerrero shoves, getting boos. RVD shoves back and does the RVD thumb point in Guerrero's face. Eddie didn't like that and takes a cheap shot. RVD hits a spinning heel kick and Guerrero rolls to the floor. High angle baseball slide followed by a quick apron moonsault from RVD. He rolls Guerrero back in and hits a slingshot legdrop for 2. Split legged moonsault! That gets a 2 count. RVD goes for the corner shoulderblocks. Guerrero counters into a roll up attempt but RVD blocks that. Speed run and RVD gets a monkey flip. Guerrero ducks and RVD goes flying through the ropes to the floor. Guerrero is quickly all over him out there. Lawler tries to pretend he knows Britishisms, which is just sad. We get a big "Eddie sucks" chant as Guerrero stays on offense in the ring. Suplex from Guerrero for 2. Straight drop back suplex from Guerrero, followed by a slingshot senton for 2. RVD takes a rope break on a chinlock but Guerrero won't break, using the full count. He continues chokes on the ropes and argues with the ref to rile the crowd up more. RVD gets a sunset flip from the apron for 2. Roll up from RVD for 2. Guerrero responds with a clothesline and hooks on a kind of reverse ankle lock. RVD gets to the ropes again. RVD reverses in the corner and tries to get going with a kick combo but Guerrero puts him back down with a sweep kick. Legbar type hold from Guerrero taking full advantage of RVD's flexibility. RVD hits a kick right on Guerrero's forehead to get free. Basement dropkick from Guerrero and he continues to pick the knee apart. Speed run and Guerrero flips over an RVD backdrop attempt, but turns around into an RVD superkick. Stand up slugfest. Corner monkey flip from RVD. Clothesline and floatover suplex for 2. Rolling thunder hits for 2. Guerrero counters an RVD slam attempt by getting on his shoulders for a hurricanrana. RVD blocks that, hits a rolling slam, and goes right into a springboard moonsault off the second rope for 2. So freaking smooth, man. Misdirection kick from RVD. He springs up top to finish it. Guerrero dodges the Five Star! Then he goes out and gets the belt. Ref Chad Patton tries to take it away, so Guerrero tosses him away. Patton calls for the bell, DQ'ing Guerrero. Mission accomplished. Guerrero pretends to be mad and chases Patton around, running into an RVD side kick. RVD hits a crazy pop up dropkick, then picks up the belt and whacks Guerrero with it. He drops the belt on Guerrero and starts to walk away, but the crowd wants one more thing. FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH to send the crowd to the next match happy. Good stuff, but pretty much their floor match. RVD not selling the knee after all the work on it is just par for the RVD course. ***1/4

 

In the back, Molly Holly goes full Right to Censor (she's even wearing the right colors), running down Trish, Jacqueline and every other WWF Diva for showing off the goods to get ahead, then taking a shot at UK Page 3 Girls, even flashing a page that has to be pixelated for rebroadcast.  

 

Trish Stratus & Jacqueline def WWF Women's Champion Jazz & Molly Holly in 7:40- The heels jump before the bell. Double suplex on Jacqueline. Jacqueline hits Molly with an atomic drop and gives her the old women's wrestling mat head pounding, topped off with an old school roll over the ref. Molly gets mad at ref Jack Doan for getting handsy or something and Jacqueline rolls her up for 2. The heels sucker Trish in to double team some more. Nice crossbody catch and powerslam from Jazz on Jacqueline, followed by a legdrop. Big clothesline out of the corner. Jacqueline dodges another legdrop and gets the tag to Trish. Trish hits some forearms but quickly gets cut off by a Jazz jawbreaker. Trish kicks Jazz down, then decides to flip Molly into the ring. Tactical error I think. Big chop from Trish on Molly in the corner, but she turns around into a Jazz kick. Jazz hooks on a double chicken wing! Always like to see that, straight from the Flair/Steamboat trilogy. Yes, I'm referencing that in a pre-modern era women's match. Crazy. Jazz drops Trish and covers for 2. Short handspring elbow from Molly on Trish for 2. Jabs from Jazz. Trish fires back with forearms. Molly knees Trish in the back from the apron and gets a forearm for her trouble. Trish gets a backslide on Jazz, but her own partner Jacqueline is distracting the ref. Trish argues and Jazz rolls her up for 2. Hangman's neckbreaker from Trish for 2. Jazz puts Trish down again with a crazy punch, but Trish falls back into her corner and tags Jacqueline in. Hot shot from Jacqueline and she rolls Jazz up. Jazz reverses that and grabs a handful of pants for 2. Kick wham DDT from Jacqueline. Molly breaks the pin up and Jacqueline forearms her right out of the ring. Jazz gets a leg takedown and puts on a half crab, literally pulling Jacqueline up by the leg which is nasty looking. After a long fight by Jacqueline to get to the ropes Jazz drags her back to the middle, switches positions and hooks on an STF. Trish flies in with a basement dropkick to break it up! Double clothesline from Trish and Jacqueline on the heels as we DONNYBROOK. Do-si-do whip reversal and both Trish and Jacqueline hit the Stratusfaction! Double pin on both heels! Trish pinned Jazz, giving her a rare pin on her rival and giving her reason for another title shot. A few small rough spots aside perfectly acceptable wrestling, especially for the women's division of the era. **1/2

 

We go backstage to the NWO locker room, down to just Scott Hall and X-Pac, and I can smell the booze through the screen. Probably other stuff too that I'm pretty sure was legal in the UK even back then. 

 

X-Pac def Bradshaw in 8:46- This was the first major attempt to give Bradshaw a singles push on Raw, after the APA was one of many teams broken up in the brand split draft. Pac is still wearing the injured Kane's mask and he's also got nunchuks with him. Pac prances around forever on his entrance, and also somehow takes a middle turnbuckle pad off. We'll see if that was intentional or not. Former NWO ref Nick Patrick is reffing this one, which isn't referenced any but amuses me. Lockup and Bradshaw TOSSES Pac across the ring. Requisite "X-Pac sucks" chant from the crowd. Big shoulderblock from Bradshaw. Pac goes to the desperation eye poke, but that just annoys the bear and he puts Pac back down with a big boot. Huge clubbing blows from Bradshaw. Backdrop and Pac wants a time out. Bradshaw isn't interested and hits a corner clothesline. He goes for a second but Pac dodges and hits his corner kick combo. Bradshaw catches Pac trying a spinning heel kick and slams him. Pac ducks under a clothesline and hits a basement dropkick. He starts working on Bradshaw's leg, takes the middle buckle pad off more (it was on purpose) and rams Bradshaw's head into it. More shots from Pac on Bradshaw's head and Bradshaw's busted open! Breaking out the blood on the middlest of midcard matches. A great NWA throwback if I've ever seen one. Props to Bradshaw. Swing kick from Pac for 2. Ground and pound from Pac on the cut. Running kick to the cut. Pac hooks on the oddest looking chinlock I've ever seen. He lets go quickly and hits some chops in the corner. Mounted punches. Bradshaw counters with a powerbomb! Back elbow from Bradshaw as he builds momentum. Powerslam for 2. Neckbreaker from Bradshaw and he goes up top. Tackle off the top for 2. Pac ducks another clothesline and hits a spinning heel kick for 2 with a big Bradshaw kickout. Pac tries coming off the top but Bradshaw catches him and hits the fallaway slam. Scott Hall saunters out to ringside. Bradshaw takes a swing at him, then big boots Pac. Hall gets Pac's nunchuks and nails Bradshaw with them. Bradshaw kicks out! Pac sets Bradshaw up for the shitty bronco buster. Bradshaw dodges! He goes for the Clothesline from Hell. Pac ducks, but Bradshaw keeps running and takes Hall out instead! Pac low blows Bradshaw, hits the X-Factor, and gets the pin. Bad match and worse booking decision, but it amused me some with Bradshaw's stiffness and the blood. *1/4

 

Backstage, Undertaker's in a bad mood. Yeah, for six months running now at least. He also has a very hard time syncing up his cadence to the crowd's "WHAT" chant, leading to a lot of awkward pauses. Not his thing.

 

WWF Hardcore Championship: Booker T def Steven Richards (c) in 10:48- The Hardcore title was on life support by this point. They were doing a bunch of random changes per night on the house show loop as a special attraction but that's about all it was good for now. Booker gets a nice pop considering how thoroughly he was buried during the Invasion. HARDCORE LOCKUP! HARDCORE ARMDRAG! Richards celebrates pulling that off. Even commentary points out it's a weird start for a Hardcore match. Booker gives Richards some chops in the corner and stomps him down. He goes under the ring and gets the first hardcore toys. Everything he throws in Richards throws back out the other side! OK, that's pretty good. Booker brings in a silver tray and WHACKS Richards in the back of the head with it. Damn! Side kick from Booker and he tosses Richards out to the floor. Richards takes some of the usual ringside knockaround. Booker gets a broom out from under the ring and hits Richards with it. Back in Richards hardcore begs off, then uses that opening for a hardcore eye poke and some chops. Booker doesn't like Richards yelling "Yeah, sucka!" at him and wrings Richards' arm to hit a hook kick for 2. Suplex from Booker. He goes out and gets a trash can. He gives Richards a couple of shots with that for 2. He shrugs off more Richards chops to hit a flapjack. Richards goes to the desperation low blow to finally turn things around. He gives Booker a receipt shot with the tray for 2. Whip reversal and backdrop from Booker. Richards backdrops Booker over the top to the floor. He gets a trash can and drops it down on Booker from the ring, then covers on the floor for 2. Back in Booker tries another side kick but Richards dodges and Booker wraps himself up in the ropes. Another tray shot from Richards. Match killing chinlock time. Booker fights up and slams Richards. Richards dropkicks the trash can into Booker's face for 2. He wedges the trash can into the ropes. Booker reverses the whip and Richards takes the can shot. Flying forearm from Booker. Spinebuster for 2. Another side kick. Booker gets a fresh trash can and puts it on top of Richards. Missile dropkick from Booker into the can on Richards for 2! Booker sets up for the scissors kick, but Richards counters with the Steviekick for 2. Book End! Booker gets the pin to win the title! Pretty not too shabby match when Booker was in control, much less so when Richards was. It was also in that weird gap where they didn't seem sure if they wanted to keep it a pure wrestling match or dive fully into hardcore and tried to split the difference. Usually best to pick one or the other in these matches. *3/4

 

But we're not done! Crash Holly is in with a ref! He rolls Booker up and gets the pin to win his baby back! While he's celebrating Booker gives him the scissors kick! Another pin and Booker's champion again. Now here comes Justin Credible and Tommy Dreamer. Credible DDTs Booker and Dreamer gets a hardcore table they set up in the ring. Booker manages to fight both guys off and his music plays again. No way in hell that table's going unbroken. But first, a celebratory spinaroonie! That Booker can barely do. Not sure if he's selling or legit gassed. Now Jazz is in and low blows Booker! Richards hot shots Booker onto the table! Oof, Booker hit the edge of it and it didn't break. Richards covers anyway and Booker kicks out. Another try and this time the hot shot does break the table. Cover from Richards and, after all that, he walks out with the title he walked in with. Pretty much what they were doing on the house show circuit to give the crowds some crazy fun. I think every time I look at the title on Wiki there's more changes added.

 

The Hardy Boyz def Brock Lesnar & Shawn Stasiak (w/Paul Heyman) in 6:42- Brock's still in his debut feud. He murdered Matt Hardy on Raw, then pulverized Jeff Hardy in his PPV debut at Backlash. Now to face both Hardyz, he and Heyman figured he might as well have a partner. Enter....Shawn Stasiak? Talk about one of the oddest of odd couples. Before the match backstage Heyman tells Stasiak to just stand on the apron and let Brock take care of business, then Brock puts the hammer down and says Stasiak will regret it if he doesn't. Lesnar comes out to a rarely heard more overtly heelish alternate version of his music that didn't last long. That goof Stasiak then does his usual thing, running in like the Ultimate Warrior and trying to ambush everyone, contrary to instructions. Stasiak slams Jeff the does some not unlike Warrior posing. Side suplex on Jeff for 2. Stasiak puts on a chinlock and Heyman yells at him "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?". Jeff fights out, hits a jawbreaker and tags. Matt speeds around Stasiak and slams him. They go for Poetry in Motion but Lesnar "saves" Stasiak, drags him to the corner, and tags himself in. Lesnar lifts Matt up, powers him into the corner and lays into him while Heyman verbally lays into Stasiak on the floor. Brock then stares daggers at Stasiak while Heyman yells at him to focus. Matt wobbles Lesnar with a couple of boots to the face and tries coming off the second rope. Lesnar easily catches him, gives him a backbreaker and deadlifts him up into a running powerslam. Another Matt comeback attempt is cut off with a scoop powerslam. More punishment on Matt while Heyman lets Matt know about it. Delayed suplex from Lesnar. Again Lesnar smashes Matt into the corner, into complete playing with his food mode. Matt dodges a charge and Lesnar posts his shoulder! Stasiak hears the voices and tags himself in. He tries for Matt and of course misses. Tag to Jeff. He slams Stasiak and gives him the crotch legdrop. Whisper in the Wind hits for 2. Both Hardyz knock Lesnar off the apron before he can get involved, then continue to double team Stasiak. The Twist of Fate/Swanton Bomb combo hits and Jeff pins Stasiak! As soon as the bell rings Lesnar comes in and destroys both Hardyz with F5s. Then he spinebusters Stasiak for fucking up! Spinning powerbomb on Stasiak, which was still his official finisher instead of the F5 at this point. Perfectly fine match that accomplished all it set out to do with everyone playing their parts well. **1/4

 

WWF European Championship: Spike Dudley (c) def William Regal in 4:56- Another title on the verge of going into hospice care. At least they've finally got it being defended on a UK show. Spike upset Regal for the title on Raw the week after Wrestlemania, using Regal's own brass knucks to take it. Off the lockup Regal cranks Spike's arm into a knee drop. Leg takedown and stomp from Regal. Snap mare into another kneedrop and Regal swaggers around a bit. He pounds Spike in the corner with some un-Regal like closed fists. Spike fights back with forearms and a trio of dropkicks. He goes for an early Dudley Dog but Regal fights it off. Spike hurts his ankle on the landing and it looks for real as everything comes to a halt. He tells the ref "It fucking popped". The ref holds Regal back and calls for a trainer. The trainer comes in and cuts Spike's boot off while Regal hovers in the background. The trainer says they need to take him to the back and gingerly helps Spike out of the ring. Regal attacks the trainer from behind! Well, this is one hell of an elaborate work then. Regal drags Spike back into the ring and attacks the hurt ankle. He slams Spike by the ropes, dropping Spike's ankle right onto the ropes. Double underhook powerbomb. Regal pulls Spike up at 2. Oh, that never ends well. Spike wraps up a Paul Smackage and upsets Regal again! A seemingly unfazed Regal gets the knucks out and puts Spike out with them after the bell. Well, that was something else. I have no idea if that was a crazy elaborate work, or if Spike got hurt for real and was able to compensate to finish the match. He did not put any weight on that foot after it was hurt, or "hurt", but he also didn't miss any time after. So who knows. Either way it doesn't amount to much as a match. Regal would end up winning the title back on Raw two days after this, his 4th win of this title, tying him with the greatest ever European champion D'Lo Brown for the most ever. 1/2* 

 

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin def The Big Show in 15:00- This is Show's first PPV match since a very short run in this year's Royal Rumble as WWF was still having issues with his weight and conditioning. Oh yeah, Show had joined the WWF NWO. Completely forgot that. That's what, the fourth time he'd joined the NWO over his career? Raw owner Ric Flair comes out first and appoints himself the special guest second ref for this match to "make sure no one interferes". Well you can't trust Nick Patrick to stop any NWO guys. Flair and Austin were low key feuding after Flair's bad call as guest ref in Austin's Backlash match against Taker cost Austin the match, but Flair was still acting like an anti-NWO face. It's a damn shame we never got a full PPV one on one Austin/Flair match. They were part of some killer tag matches as both partners and opponents in WCW and even at this stage of their careers could have put on something special. Show's got some crazy color in his hair and beard. Not an unusual color, it's just way darker and deeper than usual. He's spent his time away playing with hair dye apparently. Neither guy is in a hurry to get going. Show gestures and says he's going to break Austin in half. Austin responds by telling Show he's #1 with an alternate finger. More slow caution and they finally lock up. Show actually breaks clean in the corner. Another lockup and again Show powers Austin into the corner but then breaks clean. Austin looks like he's rethinking things. Then drops down and does some push ups for some mind games. Third lockup and Show shoves Austin into the ropes. Austin looks almost amused. Another corner lockup and this time Austin throws punches out of the corner. Show reverses a whip and hits a back elbow. Austin rolls out for another rethink. Both guys slowly reach for a knucklelock, but Austin uses that to land some kicks. Off the ropes he runs into a Show clothesline. In the corner Show hits his big open hand chops. Austin counters a backdrop and starts attacking Show's knee, then hits a running double ax handle to the head to put Show down. With Show on the mat Austin starts knee work in earnest. Post shots for the knee. Leg takedowns and a chop block keep Show down as Austin stays 100% focused on the knee. After a long rope run and Show scoops and slams Austin, hurt knee already forgotten. The straps go down and Show hits an elbow drop. He does some bare minimum lip service to the knee work by shaking it off a little bit. More big Show chops in the corner and he tosses Austin across the ring. One strap goes back up, giving Show his WCW look again as he suplexes Austin. Another big chop with Austin on the apron. Back in Austin kicks at the knee again but Show whip reverses him into a backdrop. After a very long pause Show does another backdrop. Austin tries a kick but Show ignores it and murders him with a clothesline for 2. Bear hug time, because this match hasn't been slow enough since Show went on offense. Austin bites free! Show counters that with a headbutt for 2. Back to the bear hug. We go to arm drops and Austin headbutts free. Thesz press off the second rope! Extra sized one for Show. He tries ground and pound but Show tosses him away. Austin pummels Show with a ton of straight right hands, but then runs into a Show big boot. Austin ducks a clothesline and Show kills Nick Patrick. Stunner! Cover but there's no ref. What happened to ref #2? Flair finally comes in to count but Hall and Pac run in and pull him out of the ring at 2. Flair fights them off. He gets mops out from under the ring and chases them off with them! Austin walks into a goozle, but manages to fight off a chokeslam. Another Show big boot followed by an elbow drop. Show gestures to someone and Kevin Nash comes in the ring. So he *was* still around. Austin Stunner on Nash! Stunner to Show! Double Stunner! Patrick counts and Austin gets the pin! Austin tried but between plodding Show and the crazy overbooking there was too much for him to overcome. 3/4*

 

As Austin's celebrating with some Steveweisers Flair slides back in, grabs a couple of cans, then gets a mic and says he and Austin took care of business against the NWO tonight and he always believed in Austin. Austin takes the mic, "what"s Flair to death, then points out the overtly anti-Austin things he's been doing lately. He says now Flair wants to drink a beer with Austin, and after doing the full list of alternate beer names for the what chants says OK then. Stunner to Flair! JR acts shocked that Austin would attack someone in authority like we've never seen that before.

 

Triple H def The Undertaker in 14:31- WWF Champion Hulk Hogan, like the WCW days, isn't working the UK tour so this is our alternate main event, with Trips crossing show lines as he was on Smackdown after losing the title. Taker has a title shot against Hogan scheduled for Judgement Day in a couple of weeks. There's wet spots all over the ring as this starts, presumably due to Austin's beer bash. Bell rings and we're immediately slugging it out. HHH hits the high knee, then loses his balance on the landing and falls down. Backdrop on Taker that commentary for some reason goes nuts for. It was a perfectly normal backdrop. HHH 360 clotheslines Taker to the floor. After some back and forth slugging on the floor Taker hits a clothesline back in for 2. He wrings up HHH's arm and does some basic work there. He goes up for old school but HHH pulls him back down. Or jerks him off, as JR can never resist saying. Suplex from HHH, followed by an elbow drop for 2. Taker actually begs off! That's unheard of. He uses that to tights pull HHH out to the floor, but HHH is quickly back on offense, running Taker into the announce table and hitting a clothesline. Taker snaps HHH over the top rope from the apron. Corner clothesline and HHH does a patented delayed fall. Taker hits a couple of apron elbows, then the apron legdrop. I think Hebner shouting at him to "GET IN THE RING" is only making him stay out there longer. Back in HHH hits a back elbow to turn things around. Taker ducks a clothesline and chop blocks HHH's knee. Time for some more knee work. Hope this sticks better than the previous matches with that tonight. HHH pounds Taker's face with the bottom of his good leg to get out. Taker hits the ropes and the top rope breaks! Shit, that was not good. Taker's back fell back onto the middle rope with a real bad looking snap. I'm not sure which corner it was that broke but you could hear it loudly snap off. The top rope is barely dangling on. Taker low blows HHH while Hebner pointlessly tries to put one of the turnbuckles back on. Yeah, you're not fixing that with your bare hands, Earl. Elbow drop from Taker as they're clearly rethinking and figuring out how to work around the broken rope. To that point Taker hooks on a chinlock. HHH fights up and hits a back suplex. Double clothesline. HHH dodges a big boot and Taker crotches himself in the corner. Swinging neckbreaker from HHH. He ducks a Taker punch and hits a hangman's neckbreaker. Spinebuster from HHH for 2. Kick wham Pedigree setup. Taker backs HHH into the corner and hits a big boot. Goozle. HHH counters the chokeslam with a DDT (barely)! Cover for a long 2. They chance a corner whip and when HHH hits the corner something again audibly breaks. Don't think they'll try that again. HHH comes back out and hits the facebuster. Another Pedigree attempt. Taker twists free and hits the chokeslam! HHH kicks out! Taker goes out and gets a chair. HHH high knees the chair into Taker's face! Taker kicks out! DDT from Taker for 2. Throat slash, but not for the Tombstone, for Taker's new submission hold, basically a guillotine if I remember right. HHH counters before it's on and hits a clothesline. HHH manages to take another corner bump without breaking anything and Taker hits him with snake eyes. HHH comes right back with yet another high knee. Pedigree! HHH gets the pin! I get they had to work around the broken rope and it limited what they were able to do, but still, very underwhelming. Everyone, especially commentary to an annoying degree, was trying their damndest to make this seem epic when it was anything but. Of all the Triple H/Undertaker matches, that's one of them. **

 

I mentioned one more historical event happening right after this show. It was the trip back from this tour that the infamous Plane Ride from Hell took place. There's been a ton written and said about this very low point in WWF/E history so I'll keep it short. The chartered plane back to the US had an open bar, and too many wrestlers indulged. Curt Hennig went rib crazy, apparently involving shaving cream. One victim was a very unamused Brock Lesnar, who proceeded to start a fight with Hennig over it. On an airplane. Their fight nearly accidentally opened an emergency exit door in midair. The two female flight attendants on the plane accused Scott Hall (who shouldn't have been within 500 yards of alcohol), Dustin Rhodes, and Ric Flair of various levels of sexual harassment. They later sued WWE and it was settled out of court. Flair and Dustin were both formally reprimanded, while Hennig and Hall were flat out fired. Hennig would never again appear in WWE before passing away young like way too many others from his generation in 2003, while Hall would never wrestle in WWE again.

 

OVERALL SHOW THOUGHTS- One of the weakest UK PPVs. It's a low energy no consequence house show with a halfway decent UK crowd. The whole concept had clearly run its course, they could easily draw crowds for UK tours without putting anything on TV.

OVERALL SHOW GRADE: D+