8 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE WrestleMania XIV

By Michael Hamflett /

4. Dumpster FIRE

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A Vince Russo gimmick gone very, very right, the shoot-style Raw that begat this inherently silly effort in the first place was eventually beaten into the ground like every trope he trotted out. But the New Yorker's 1998 midas touch turned literal garbage to gold again as a skip became the prop du jour for a bloodthirsty war between The New Age Outlaws and the Cactus Jack/Chainsaw Charlie pairing.

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It mattered not that this was a coffin match without an Undertaker or that a brave new vision for WWE's future involved a middle aged-man getting bruises bigger than the birthmark on Dusty Rhodes' belly - Rockabilly and The Roadie going to war with ECW icons was suddenly what the people wanted.

A win for the babyfaces made for a fine finale, too. The Boston crowd knew not of the hotshot to follow - this was at last a night for Funk and Foley to bask in their grizzled glory.

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