Michael Cole spots a fan dressed as Tazz in the crowd at SmackDown!, followed by Tazz's reaction, Cole mentioning HOOK and Brock Lesnar catching a stray at the end. #wwe02
(footage via @maskedwrestlers.bsky.social )
Of course real Heat Heads know that Raven actually debuted this look on the last Heat of 2002, which got a shocked crowd pop. #wwe02
John Cena has an important announcement. #wwe02
The awkward energy of this new Josh Mathews/Ernest Miller commentary team is electric. #wwe02
Raven was banished to Heat for 6 months, but finally won his way back onto RAW by beating Tommy Dreamer.
As Raven celebrated this major win, they immediately put up a graphic for the Best of 2002 show that literally covered Raven's entire body. #wwe02
Steven Richards describing Victoria the same way I do. #wwe02
There was an angle in ROH that tied into a match in WWE a month later. Dreamer confronted Michael Shane for not shaking Paul London's hand, leading to Tommy laying out Shane.
Shane made fun of Spike Dudley for being a loser, leading to Dreamer confronting him again & having a match on Heat. #wwe02
D'Lo Brown is for the children. #wwe02
Aaron Stevens was confronted by Raven and refused to admit his life was a lie, but Raven was finally vindicated a decade later. #wwe02
VERTEBREAKER. #wwe02
I was mostly fine with Coach in 2002, but he did an excruciatingly long & unfunny bit where he pretended to be an interpreter named Millan explaining Raven's promo. #wwe02
Johnny The Bull got so mad that he tore off his pants. #wwe02
Goldust vs. Johnny The Bull on Heat, which means we got Black Reign vs. Rellik (killer spelled backwards) on WWE TV. #wwe02
NWA-TNA's Cassidy O'Reilly invaded the Heat Zone in October 2002, foreshadowing his 2005 alliance with Raven in TNA by facing him in WWE. #wwe02
Stephanie McMahon was on The Howard Stern Show, where they got to the literal bottom of why Stone Cold really left WWE. #wwe02
Christopher Nowinski reveals why his mom didn't let him watch wrestling. #wwe02
Closing out 2002 SmackDown! with Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin debuting to give Benoit a nasty superkick/german combo. #wwe02
Al Wilson with a late contender for Promo of the Year, ripping his selfish daughter Torrie for disgracing the family. #wwe02
WHAT ABOUT ME
WHAT ABOUT AL WILSON!? #wwe02
Hearing reports that Paul Heyman hates Brock Lesnar. #wwe02
