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Watched the infamous July 8, 2002 Raw. God what a fucking shitshow. First you have the infamous Jackie Gayda bulldog botch.
But besides that the entire show is built up to a 10-man tag main event with most of the focus being on the nWo and Triple H getting an ultimatum to decide by Vengeance whether or not he will join. Nash says he's medically cleared and will wrestle for the first time in 3 months. And then of course he tears his quad within ten seconds of entering the match. Despite this, HBK still carries on in his post-match promo saying Triple H has until Vengeance to join the nWo.
The next week, the entire thing gets 100% scrapped. The nWo disbands off screen and X-Pac doesn't even enter a WWE ring again for a decade.
WWE drop angles all the time but this is the only time I can remember them completely aborting the main storyline they were building towards on Raw. I don't blame them for axing it, it's just surreal to watch all this again and realize how badly it all played out.
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