No Mercy

No Mercy, the next major World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event, includes the first father versus daughter match as WWE big boss Vince McMahon takes on real life daughter Stephanie McMahon, general manager of the Thursday night Smackdown show. The loser must quit their job, at least until their dramatic comeback sometime in the future.

Vince made the match with Stephanie after, against his wishes, she sanctioned a WWE title match at No Mercy between Brock Lesnar, present champion with Vince's help, and The Undertaker. Vince, probably the best and certainly the most complex WWE villain of all in his company, tried to persuade Stephanie to cancel the Lesnar-Undertaker match last week. Stephanie wouldn't back down, leading to Vince speaking with crazed and almost religious fervour of his status and "striking down the face of defiance".

This week Stephanie suggested that the McMahon's are a more dysfunctional family than most. She could be right.

There have also been shocking goings on perpetrated by once evil, then good, now double crossing and evil Brock Lesnar. The presently evil Lesnar unleashed a savage and merciless attack on single legged wrestler Zach Gowen in an attempt to break the leg and put Gowen out of wrestling. Gowen's mother looked on in the front row as the attack took place and hurled some scathing insults at Lesnar in response. Whether he was hurt by these was unclear.

The Urbane/Arm Band's John Mitchell described Lesnar's attack as the most debauched thing he had ever seen, which is saying something indeed.

As well as probably being the best technical wrestler in the WWE, former Olympic gold medallist and 4 time WWE champion Kurt Angle has featured in many of its funniest skits. This week Angle wonderfully impersonated Vanilla Ice look-alike (although harder looking - perhaps due to not having an off-centre quiff) John Cena (pictured below), his opponent at No Mercy, with some 'streetwise' rapping, catchphrases, dancing, etc. Angle's Cena went on to be trapped in an ankle lock by a small Angle impersonator.

WWE's crowds love a good derogatory chant, although "you suck" (at one time reserved mainly for Angle) has become a little bit too commonplace. Therefore it was a special moment when midget Angle got the crowd going with his commendable rhyme "I say Cena, you say Weener". Simple, but damn effective.

Angle whipped Cena's candy ass in a fierce battle. Expect retaliation!

Wrestling? There's been some of that. New Inter-Continental Champion (not too sure which continents) Rob Van Dam's star is on the rise after a series of wonderful matches against Chris Jericho and/or Christian, which involved a breathtaking array of spectacular moves.

Due to computer problems No Mercy has taken place since I originally finished this column. It  was a great night for Vince McMahon with victory over Stephanie and a vital role in enabling Brock Lesnar to defeat The Undertaker. He may get his comeuppance soon though, with The Undertaker (pictured left) looking for revenge. 

Height: 6 foot 6

Weight: 250 pounds

Finishing Move: The Golden Globes

Career Highlights: Intercontinental Champion; WWE World Tag Team Champion; Hardcore Champion

Goldust is part of the Raw WWE fighters seen on Sky Sports Friday Night.

Goldust had an impressive run in WWE during the late 90s.  The lights are once again shining on Goldust, but he won’t consider them to be shining bright enough until he stands alone on top WWE.

Roger's Prediction ; Goldust will continue to be a reasonable wrestler, but will never be able to challenge the top WWE superstars such as Kurt Angle, Triple H, Brock Lesnar or Goldberg.