1. Jim Ross Joins Mr. McMahon's "Kiss My Ass Club"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC_Mer8LxGU This is one of those cases when a good pro wrestling angle collides with something completely horrifying. A week earlier, most of the main storylines had been reset with the end of the WCW/ECW Alliance invasion angle, with Steve Austin reinstalled as a top babyface. In rebuilding mode, they needed a new top heel, and The Undertaker turned back heel for the second and last time here. The "how" is where emotions get complicated. Mr. McMahon demands that Austin join the "Kiss My Ass Club," which he had inducted William Regal into the previous week. Austin tricked him, whipped him (like a government mule)?, and Jim Ross laughed as this was going on. Austin had been escorted out by various heels, so Vince tried to induct him. He refused. When Kurt Angle tried to bully him, The Undertaker came out...and turned on Ross. It was really well done, but it ended with Vince McMahon galloping around the ring with Ross's hat in his hand as he galloped around the ring with his pants falling down as Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'" played. The Limp Bizkit song is what makes it extra-embarrassing. Vince nearly naked and galloping with a Stetson hat was one thing, but Limp Bizkit is just gross. What do you say when someone wanders into the room while THIS is on?
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