Issue #
032
Date:
Monday October 12th, 1998 11:09 pm
WCW Nitro Report,
October 12th, 1998
By Steve Appy
Eric Bischoff
was shown accosting security with warnings about Ric
Flair. "Keep
Flair away form the building", he whines. Bischoff
really does
come off well as a jackass.
The Meng/Wraith
confrontation from Thunder was replayed. A
Meng/Wraith
match would probably rank as one of the worst
matches in
wrestling
history.
Wraith pinned
Lodi
Wraith just
destroyed poor
Lodi, with Lodi got no
offense in. Wraith
looks dominant
but that's not too tough when everyone just sells
for
you. Meng
confronted Wraith in the runway and then the
ultimate
disrespect
occurred. They cut to a higlight clip of The
Horseman right
after the brawl
began. After all the talk about Meng/Wraith the
producers told
the audience that this was not an important match
after
all.
The Reid Flair
angle from last week was shown. Even though this
storyline
has been going on for a few weeks already I still
perk up whenever
The Nature Boy
crosses the screen.
Dale Torberg
pinned
Kendall Windham
Torberg looked
really lame in his WCW race car costume.
Windham
actually looked
decent on offense. Shiavonie tried to sell that
Torberg gave up
a baseball career so that he could be a wrestler.
Sure. A
Goldberg chant started, which always seems to happen
when a
match happens
that nobody cares about. Zybyszco said that all the
rookies at the
Power Plant beg him to come down and work out with
him;
they must
realize how encouraging Larry is on commentary to
the young
stars (as if).
Torberg
pinned
Windham after a high
kick which Kendall decided not to
sell. If you're
going to job, do it with style.
Sting came out
for an interview. I know alot of people don't agree
with this but I
think Sting looks kind of cool with his Wolfpac
makeup. Sting
challenged both Bret Hart and Hollywood Hogan to a
match later
that night on Nitro. Sting's old tag team partner
The
Warrior
interrupted. Warrior tried to acknowledge his past
with Sting but it
was too hard to
understand what he was saying. It was positive,
though. More
weird psycho babble. The Warrior DEMANDED that Sting
allow him to
team with him against Hart & Hogan later tonight.
Sting
should have
told Hellwig to take a flying leap since he could
always
grab a fellow
Wolfpac member as a partner. Sting doesn't need The
Ultimate
Tripper around to kill his heat.
Hollywood Hulk
Hogan was interviewed, along with Eric Bischoff and
The
Giant. When
Hollywood talks about
how he built wrestling I really
think he's
serious about it. While he was the star of a
Saturday morning cartoon show,
Hollywood forgets
about the huge houses that were being drawn long
before Hogan
became a star.
Hollywood accepted
Sting's challenge for
later in the
night. The Giant didn't say a word in the interview;
he really
did come off as Hogan's flunky. A big deal was made
off Sting
& The Warrior teaming for the first time in twelve
years.
Flair drove up
to the
United Center in a
limo and Bischoff was
waiting for
them with security. The owner of the
United Center was
with The
Horseman and he told Bischoff that the Horseman were
his
personal guests
for the evening. Bischoff over acted in the segment,
screaming about
suing everyone in sight. At least The Horseman
looked
cool since they
out maneuvered Bischoff.
Alex Wright
pinned Fit Finlay
Instead of
wasting Wright in this "Best of Europe Feud", put
him back
with the
Cruiserweights. Considering the competition, being
The Best
From Europe
means absolutely nothing. Wright claimed that Finlay
ended
the career of
Alex's father, Steven Wright. Zybyszco made a couple
more cracks
about the Luchadors, athletes that were twice as
hard
working as
Larry ever was. Wright pinned Finlay when Wright
used the
ropes for
leverage. The Bulldog confronted Wright and Finlay
nailed
Davey Boy as
well. A three way feud of guys that don't matter?
Wonderful.
Chavo Guerrero
Jr., Psychosis, and Super Calo defeated La Parka,
Ciclope, and
Villano 5 when Chavo pinned Ciclope.
A collection of
super workers, some of the best Luchadors around.
Psycosis hit La
Parka with a Suicide Dive. Psycosis shined as the
star of the
six. No storyline; really just a collection of high
spots. Psychosis
hit Ciclope with an incredible Backsplash Senton off
the top rope to
the floor. Chavo scored the victory over Ciclope.
Eddie Guerreroand the rest of his LwO came to the ring and
recruited
everybody
except for La Parka for the LwO. Why shouldn't The
Luchadors fight
each other? They complement each other so well and
they
will be even
further diminished if they aren't selling for each
other.
It would be
their lucky day if they get to fight Stevie Ray and
Brian
Adams instead.
At least La Parka was kept away from this mess.
Scott Steiner
came out for a solo interview. He claimed to have
convinced Sammy
Sosa that
Chicago sucks, which
did get a reaction.
Scott ripped on
both Buff Bagwell and his mother, which promptly
brought out Buff and
Mrs. Judy Bagwell. Buff challenged Scott to a
match which
Mrs. Bagwell discouraged Buff from taking. After he
ripped on Mrs.
Bagwell a little more, Buff nailed him. Scott hit
Buff
with a low
blow, and dropped him throat first on the top rope.
I hate
seeing Buff
take bumps this soon after his injury. Scott really
is
coming across
as an egotistical jerk although he's still a poor
substitute for
Superstar Billy Graham. Hopefully this isn't another
swerve and Buff
won't rejoin the nWo again next week.
Juventud
Guerrera Jr. pinned Prince Iaukai
The Horseman
were shown partying in the luxury box with a bunch
of
beautiful
women. It was revealed that Bruce MacArthur, the
owner of
the arena, is
the godfather of Reid Flair. Disco Inferno then
interrupted the
participants in the ring, telling the crowd they
really came to
watch him dance. Funny enough and the crowd seemed
to
agree.
Cruiserweight Champion Kidman then joined the parade
at
ringside. Juvi
won after hitting the Juvi Driver (Michinoku Driver)
on Iaukai.
Kevin Nash did
a solo interview. Nash acknowledged his past as a
bar
bouncer and
claimed he loves to beat up drunks. He challenged
Scott
Hall to come to
the ring, announcing "Scott Hall, come on out, its
closing time".
Hall came onto the rampway, doing his usual drunk
routine. He
crotch chopped Nash and then took of running. Nash
took
off in hot
pursuit, although Nash really wasn't very fast. Hall
took of
in a
chauffeured limo, with Nash following closely
behind.
TV Champion
Chris Jericho defeated Raven via submission w/The
Lion Tamer
Heel VRS. Heel,
no tweeners here. Raven dropkicked a chair face
first
into
Jericho, but Jericho
responded by whipping Raven into a chair
hooked onto the
turnbuckle. Raven hit Drop Toe Hold on
Jericho, which
sent him face
first into the chair (ala Scotty Riggs).
Jericho
reversed
things, and wrapped Raven into The Lion Tamer. The
announcers made
alot of Raven's recent losing streak and they
claimed
he hasn't been
the same since losing The Flock. Raven seems to be
set up for an
angle that will bring him up a level.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed Rick Steiner. That tiresome laughing
resumed and it
was revealed to be Chuckie of ‘Child’s Play’ fame.
Chuckie ripped on both Steiner
and Okerlund
but then singled out Rick for abuse. The bad part
was that
the fans cheered for Chuckie. Chuckie warned Rick
not to mess
with Scott
Steiner since Scott is "The lead in Chuckie's next
project".
Although this was TOTALLY stupid, it also was kind
of funny.
The guy doing the Chuckie voice really did sound
cool.
Obviously, "The
Bride of Chuckie" movie has alot more to gain from
this
association than WCW does.
Eric Bischoff
demanded that Doug Dillinger and JJ Dillon join him
in
the ring.
Bischoff demanded that they help him throw Flair out
of The
United Center. They
didn't look too happy but they went along with
it. Bischoff's
leather jacket was soaked with beer. Bischoff pushed
Bruce MacArthur
and the
United Center security
jumped on Bischoff.
While Bischoff
was held to the ground by almost a dozen security
guards Flair
stood above his body and gloated. Bischoff being
abused
got a great pop
from the crowd. Flair then danced in the skybox, and
the Chicago
crowd when crazy in support of Flair. Ric Flair
LOVES
being in front
of the crowd. Bischoff was escorted from the arena
in
the back of a
police car.
WCW World
Champion Bill Goldberg defeated The Giant in a No DQ
match
by Countout
when The Giant walked away from the ring.
The Giant wore
his Tag Team Belt to the ring and the belt looked
tiny
on The Giant's
huge frame. Shiavonie mentioned that The Giant has
gotten bigger
over the years while forgetting to mention that The
Giant
has also gotten
much fatter over the years. Goldberg bodyslammed The
Giant. Stevie
Ray entered the ring and hit Goldberg with a chair
but
Goldberg
recovered. The Giant then grabbed Goldberg and he
chokeslammed
Goldberg. Right before the three count DDP made the
save and
stopped the count. When Goldberg hit The Giant with
a Spear
The Giant left the ring and walked backstage. The
announcers
proclaimed that DDP saved Goldberg's world
championship. It makes a
mockery of No
DQ matches to have countouts legal.
Sting and The
Warrior defeated US Champion Bret Hart & Hollywood
Hulk Hogan via disqualification
Michael Buffer
announced the participants. Hart and Hogan came to
the
ring together
to Hogan's entrance music. Sting and The Warrior
came
out alone to
their own music. This was the first Warrior match in
WCW
besides the
mess at Fall Brawl. The Bat Signal was flashing on
the
roof of the
arena. Tenay rattled off a million facts about Sting
and
Warrior's past
association and Bobby Heenan asked Tenay in
amazement,
"How do you
know all this stuff?" its not hard; its called a
true
dedication to
your profession. Heenan used to care himself. Hart &
Hogan worked
Sting over with the announcers trying to build
anticipation
for The Warrior's return to the ring. Be careful
what
you wish for.
When The Warrior was finally tagged in he never took
his robe off.
What, is the Warrior not so proud of his physique
anymore? NwO
Hollywood stormed the ring, causing the DQ. The
mysterious mist
that enables Warrior to disappear came out, but
unfortunately,
The Warrior didn't disappear this time. Sting got
control of his
baseball bat
and cleaned house
on the
villains, I doubt anybody is waiting to see The
Warrior now.
Notes: A boring
show. Not one match I would consider above average.
The main event
featured the typical cases of outside interference.
The only really
entertaining segment was when Bischoff got arrested
while Flair danced in the skybox.
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The following
is Chris Jericho's latest message to his fans:
10/12/98
NP: Bruce
Dickenson-Chemical Wedding
Hello
Jerichoholics!
Well after
charting at number 43 two years ago, and number 26
last
year, I've been
ranked NUMBER 10 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's top
500. The list
ranks the top 500 wrestlers every year and my dream
about 5 years
ago, was to just be listed in the darn thing. Now
I'm
number ten, so
bollocks to all who said I would never make it in
this
sport!
Once again, a
boatload of prayers and well wishes to referee Mark
Curtis who's
facing some surgery and some tough times. I know
you can
beat and
destroy this, Brian and God is with you! Godspeed
lad!!!
Keep calling
WCW for the shirts, as they're kind of slacking when
it
comes to
showing the commercials. Click on the JERICHO
SHIRTS banner
on the front
page for details, or call 1-800-WCW-8661 and ask for
the
Jerichoholics
Anonymous shirt.
I went to the
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal studios last
night
and it was
pretty scary. The best part was the concert from
the Kiss
tribute band,
Kiss Army! It was a nice surprise.
I'm heading to
L.A. this week to film an episode of the Dating
Game.
I'll let you
know when its to air. The episode of Nickleodeon's
Figure It Out,
where I appear and subsequently get slimed, airs on
Oct. 19 at 6 pm
EST. Check it out!
If anyone has a
tape of the IFC Bare Knuckles World Championships,
featuring Chris
Oster and John Beckhold, please make a copy and send
it to my PO
Box. A friend of mine is looking for it and can't
find it
anywhere. If
you got one, I'd appreciate your help.
Once again the
new address is PO Box 8234, Clearwater FL, 33758.
If
you want an
autograph, remember to send an 8X10 SAS.
The movie of
the week is Urban Legends. I haven't seen it yet,
but I
hope to go if
SOMEONE will come with me!!!!
God bless you
and be good to one another.
CJ
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Reader Mailbag
From: Richard Bozeman (CoachBoze)
I am really
enjoying your newsletter since receiving it for the
past
week or so. I
like the issues that you choose to make public. I
would like to
send my two cents in on some issues I've seen in the
reader mailbag.
I am a fan of
professional wrestling (not a mark), and have been
for
about 20 years.
(since I was eight) and I am a physical education
teacher for an
elementary school in Florida. Over the past five
years, I have
noticed something. The problem is not professional
wrestling in
itself. Tuesday mornings have become a tradition,
talking to some
of the kids about what Sting did, or Buff's mom
yelling at him,
etc. Professional wrestling has become somewhat of a
common ground
between the students and with me. And this pertains
to
mostly WCW
because they are still, on the most part, good
old-fashioned,
good Vs bad, traditional pro wrestling.
I RARELY ever
have any problems with children imitating dangerous
moves that
professional
wrestlers use. They are educated enough to know that
it takes
specialized
training, and I never allow them to say its fake
(although they
know it isn't exactly what they see). This year,
however, I have
had a problem with young children doing crotch chops
and telling
other kids to SUCK IT. I have also have had problems
with
children
telling others they're gonna kick their ass "and
that's the
bottom line"
Never have I
seen such an influence on youngsters since Mighty
Morphin
Power
Rangers, and
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I am not having this
problem alone.
Many other PE teachers from around the country that
I
am in contact
with also have to curtail this behavior.
I believe it is
the parent's job to regulate what they watch after
10 pm, BUT
there's something the WWF does that goes against
that whole
theory. It was
stated in the newsletter that pro wrestling should
not
be viewed by
young children. If that's the case, consider the
following:
Saturday
Morning shows
Sunday Evening
shows laden with profanity
Toy Store
Marketing AIMED at children
Sponsorship by
SuperSoaker, Stridex, and Karate Fighters. (aimed at
adults? I don't
think so)
I enjoy Raw, I
don't exactly agree that these innuendoes belong in
professional
wrestling, but I find some of the angles
entertaining.
BUT they should
not be aimed at children. No more toys bearing WWF
wrestlers that
use that behavior. And no more shows during
children's
viewing hours
with that type of behavior.
What's next,
Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Barbie??? Playboy/
Penthouse/
Hustler Action figures?? I don't think so. I don't
believe in
censorship, but I do believe in responsible
behavior. And
the WWF is not
acting responsibly around children. If you were
around
a group of
children, would you do crotch chops and say, "Suck
It?" If
this is adult
entertainment, then I don't think tickets should be
sold
to
minors. BUT, it
looks like Mr. McMahon wants their money, also.
As far as the
Scott Hall issue goes: Yes we have seen drunks on TV
for
a long
time. But as
far as I can remember, the comedic portrayal stopped
at a
certain point. Drunk driving is not funny.
Alcoholism is not funny. People
getting drunk and acting stupid can be humorous, but
not to the
point of it being a problem. Alcoholism is a serious
issue. If WCW
decides to use
this issue and resolve it in the public eye, such as
having a
"real-life" intervention, then it may be an
educational and
responsible
decision. Bischoff has always said he wants family
entertainment.
Let's see how he handles this.
Thanks.
Richard Bozeman
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Reader Mailbag
From: Alexsei J Maltsev (maltsev@xxxxpuno.com)
The following
is Ranting's about nothing...
Maltsev's
Ranting's
Now... As we
all know many people have been recently taking use
of
this Newsletter
and its "Reader Mailbag". Now its my turn. First
let me give props to "Das Vunderkind" Alex Wright,
now he is
a good
wrestler, not like Davey Boy Smith. I think Alex is
one
of the greatest
European Athletes ever "with the exception of Mr.
D-Lo
Brown".
And we have
people like Raven keeping the good talent down
"Midcarding".
And speaking of gooney Main Eventers I have two
names
for you:
D-D-Dope (D-D-P) and that all powerful "King of the
Jobbers"
GOLDBERG! Man, the best person Goldberg has beaten
is
Scott Hall
(which is a whole other story).
[maltsev@xxxxpuno.com]
Alex (You'll
hear from me again) Maltsev!
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