{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6643cc1845c59a00122f52c0/6ab92af2fb182c6fb53022d6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Foley Says \"Or Else\" & Former Writer Explains Why That's the Problem - WWF SmackDown 9/28/00 Review","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6643cc1845c59a00122f52c0/1790519507760-07e071f1-2f2e-4dc3-b5b3-95607804b25f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>SmackDown comes from Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on September 28th, 2000. Before Tommy Blacha and Rob Pasbani get to the show, they read a listener comment that takes about two minutes to accurately diagnose every creative problem WWF is about to run into over the next two years. Tommy cannot disagree with a word of it.</p><p>Foley opens the show warning Austin to play by his rules or else. Austin responds by hiding in a phone booth backstage and jumping Road Dog in the middle of a hardcore match. Raven gets his first WWF promo and it is immediately buried by a Jericho interruption, dragged into the Taz and Lawler comedy feud, and aimed at entirely the wrong people. Rock and Triple H team up against Angle and Benoit in a main event that works as a match and means nothing as a story. Stephanie pulls a chair away from Rock at the worst possible moment. Angle slam. Three count.</p><p>Tommy, still occasionally sending in material but increasingly disconnected from the room, explains what is actually happening behind the scenes: not laziness, but too many voices, a soap opera decree from management, Hollywood writers who do not know the roster, and a company so financially successful it has stopped being hungry. The people there are working harder than ever. The output is getting worse.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Please support the show, and join our brand new Patreon, featuring watch-alongs for classic matches. </strong></p><p><strong>You also get these episodes uncensored and one day early!</strong></p><p><strong>Please subscribe at <a href=\"https://patreon.com/talesfromtheattitudeera\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://patreon.com/talesfromtheattitudeera</a></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Other major discussion points include:</p><ul><li>Lita introduces the new tag champions the Hardys before beating Jackie in a match that Edge and Christian have no business being ringside for</li><li>Steve Blackman gets nothing from his SummerSlam moment; six weeks later he is in a throwaway hardcore match used as a vehicle for an Austin run-in</li><li>Trish recruits Kane for a six-man by mentioning Rikishi; the hosts assume it leads somewhere; it does not</li><li>Raven and Taz beat Jericho and Lawler after X-Pac interferes and Raven hits the DDT; the Dudleys run out after; Tommy says Raven and X-Pac should have been the team</li><li>Chyna strips down mid-match to intimidate Steven Richards; the hosts note she looks exactly the same; she wins anyway</li><li>Stephanie pulls the chair away from Rock and hands Angle the win; Rob says the milk on the Triple H and Angle story is starting to turn</li></ul><h2></h2><h2>Chapter Marks</h2><ul><li>0:00:00 Cold Open</li><li>0:00:27 Welcome / SmackDown 9/28/00</li><li>0:03:06 Listener Feedback / YouTube Comments</li><li>0:11:04 Foley Opens the Show</li><li>0:19:16 Benoit / Angle / Main Event Booked</li><li>0:22:40 Austin Finds Road Dog and X-Pac</li><li>0:26:23 Lita vs Jackie / Hardy Tag Titles</li><li>0:27:35 Road Dog vs Blackman / Austin Phone Booth</li><li>0:32:32 Trish / Kane Backstage</li><li>0:33:54 Taz / Raven Promo</li><li>0:40:46 Jericho Interrupts / Tag Match Set Up</li><li>0:42:37 Triple H / Rock Backstage</li><li>0:43:15 Sunday Night Heat / MTV Discussion</li><li>0:45:42 Too Cool &amp; Rikishi vs Kane &amp; T&amp;A</li><li>0:46:53 Jericho &amp; Lawler vs Taz &amp; Raven</li><li>0:49:13 Rock Promo / Kevin Kelly</li><li>0:50:01 Chyna vs Steven Richards</li><li>0:54:42 Foley on Stage / Austin Stuns X-Pac</li><li>0:58:38 Triple H / Rock Backstage</li><li>0:59:48 Rock &amp; Triple H vs Angle &amp; Benoit</li><li>1:06:23 Patreon / Sign-Off</li></ul>","author_name":"Tommy Blacha & Robert Pasbani"}