Bonus Episode: The "Smackdown" Pilot! (w/Martin Dixon)

The Raw Attitude Podcast

April 29th, 1999: Our timelines match up perfectly because we're reviewing the 1999 "Smackdown" pilot right before "Smackdown" moves to Fox here in 2019! And for such a historic show, we had to bring in Martin Dixon from The New Blood Rising Podcast and Wrestling In The Clinton Years! Shane McMahon forces bitter rivals "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Rock to team up against The Undertaker and Triple-H for a massive main event. However, Shane's surprises don't stop there because he also introduces us to a brand new faction which combines two existing heel stables. X-Pac & Kane put their WWF Tag Team Titles on the line against X-Pac's DX pals The New Age Outlaws. Val Venis is scheduled to face Owen Hart, but instead he has to settle on a replacement....... the returning Blue Blazer. In a legendarily terrible segment, The Brood break their silence for the first time in an interview with Dok Hendrix. Ken Shamrock looks to get some revenge on Bradshaw when he faces him in a Street Fight. Mankind goes head-to-head with The Big Boss Man, and it appears that Mick Foley has some unlikely allies backing him up. D'Lo Brown steps into the ring with Darren Drozdov (and no, thankfully, it's not THAT match). The Big Show goes one-on-one with now-former Corporation member Test, with the highlight of the match being Big Show somehow hitting a dropkick. Enjoying the Podcast? E-mail us at [e-mail] or Tweet us @RawAttitudePod! Or even better, write us a five-star review and it will be read on the show! Pick up Martin Dixon's book "Wrestling In The Clinton Years" here: https://www.amazon.com/Wrestling-Clinton-Years-Road-Hollywood-ebook/dp/B06Y6JFWGR And be sure to listen to Henry talk about "WrestleMania XXX" with Sal on WrestleMania SalVation: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/rundown/episodes/2019-09-01T22_00_00-07_00