Issue #
047
Date:
Monday October 26th, 1998 11:20 pm
The first round is
ready for Mark George's Fantasy Tournament. These
were the
brackets voted by you, the readers, over the last
week. They
obviously do
not reflect the favorites of the staff:
1998 Fantasy
Wrestling Tournament of Champions.......
by Mark George.
Hello Fans,
Well, it is
time to list the 16 seeds and 1st round matchups in
our
Fantasy
Tournament. Before I do, I would like to thank you
all for
participating.
I received hundreds of emails with your picks and
the
response was
overwhelming. Listed below are the seeds and the
matchups. Now,
before you respond to the Booking Sheet with
complaints
about the draw, try and remember this is what you,
the
fans, voted
for. We had votes ranging from Steve Austin and Bill
Goldberg to
Junkyard Dog (dead), Mr. Socko and Pepe the Horse.
The 16
wrestlers below
were the top 16 vote getters. So, without further
delay, here we
go!!!!!!
#1 Steve Austin
vs. #16 Warrior
#2 The Rock vs.
#15 Chris Jericho
#3 Bill
Goldberg vs. #14 Triple H
#4 Undertaker
vs. #13 Kane
#5 Kevin Nash
vs. #12 Diamond Dallas Page
#6 Hollywood
Hogan vs. #11 "Nature Boy" Ric Flair
#7 Sting vs.
#10 Mankind
#8 "HBK" Shawn
Michaels vs. #9 Bret "Hitman" Hart
Here were
wrestlers who just missed. "Bubble Bursters":
Chris Benoit,
Rob Van Dam, Shane Douglas, Scott Hall, X-Pac, Ken
Shamrock, New
Age Outlaws.
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!............IMPORTANT!!!!...........
Now that the
draw is in place, you the readers, will continue to
pick
the winners.
This is "your" tournament so you are the final say.
There are 8
matches in the 1st Round. It is once again time for
you
to submit your
picks. Select a winner from each of the 1st Round
matches and email them to me
at (attkdonkey).
We will
continue to
vote at the end of each round until we have a
Champion.
After the 1st
round votes are tabulated, The Wrestling Booking
Sheet
will print the
results of each match along with a brief "fantasy"
recap of how
the match played out. In order to keep the Fantasy
Tournament
moving, deadlines will be every few days, rather
than 1
week. Keep that
in mind. Good LUCK!!!!!!!!
1) Send 8 1st round winners to
ATTKDONKEY.
PLEASE...keep
emails brief!!!
2) Deadline:
Wednesday, October 28!!!!!!
Only send votes to:
ATTKDONKEY
Votes sent to
any other address will be deleted.
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Nitro Report
for
October 26th, 1998
By Steve Appy
Nitro opened
with an apology for the blackout some cable systems
experienced for
the main event last night. It was announced that
Goldberg VS
Page from last night will be shown at
9:00. WCW accepted
no
responsibility for what happened; scheduling several
impromtu
matches and
poor time management apparently means nothing. It
was
estimated that
20% of the cable systems blocked the main event.
Stevie Ray
pinned Kenny Khaos
Buff rushed the
ring and threw Stevie Ray a Black Jack; Stevie Ray
needs a foreign
object to beat a member of High Voltage? If its
still possible
to diminish Stevie Ray, that did it. Stevie scored
the
pin and Rick
Steiner made the save. Steiner offered Khaos the
spot
to join Steiner
as World Tag Team Champion; the fans booed this
development.
Khaos has no credibility and there's a dozen guys in
the locker room
that deserved that spot. Khaos (this is the way WCW
spells it)
tried to do an interview but sounded awful. While it
was
announced they
would face nWo
Hollywood later
tonight, the specific wrestlers
weren't
mentioned.
Kanyon
(w/Raven) pinned Prince Iaukai
Uneventful;
Raven didn't do much. Kanyon won using The
Flatliner.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed The Four Horseman (without Steve
McMichael).
Flair stated
that Mongo was missing in action after their weekend
in
Vegas. I hope
this is the start of the angle getting rid of
McMichael. Of
course, Eric Bischoff intervened.
Acting apologetic,
Bischoff agreed to let Flair wrestle later tonight.
Of course, the
opponent was not mentioned. Will he wrestle Mongo? I
thought Flair's
return to the ring would be at a pay per view; this
feels like a
desperate ploy for a ratings victory.
Not that I mind
seeing Flair wrestle, though.
Alex Wright
pinned Barry Horowitz
Wright's coming
in to his own and Horowitz has always been one of my
favorite
jobbers. Wright scored the pin after The Reverse
Neckbreaker.
Wrath pinned
Sick Boy
Total squash;
WCW is really grooming Wrath for a match against
Goldberg. Wrath
scored the win after The Meltdown.
At
8:55, the Goldberg VS
DDP match from Halloween Havoc was shown. As
many of you are
aware, the beginning of the second hour is a very
important one
strategically for WCW. The point is to ensure that
as
few viewers as
possible switch over to RAW. I imagine this match
will
solve that
problem. This really was a great match, which is
part of
the reason WCW
is showing it on TNT. This match really gives both
Goldberg and
DDP credibility. Before the match, the commentators
were
careful not to
mention who won the match. The segment ran until
9:14.
Gene Okerlund
asked Kevin Nash why he wouldn't pin Scott Hall the
night before.
Scott Hall confronted Hall, claimed he hit rock
bottom,
and shook
Nash's hand. It looked to be the reuniting of The
Outsiders. Out
of nowhere The Giant jumped Nash, and Hall helped
throw Nash
through a very thin plaster wall. After last nights
debacle with
Buff it was a little too early for another swerve.
Hollywood Hulk
Hogan and Eric Bischoff, with their entourage of
Black
& White
flunkies, were interviewed. Horace was introduced as
the
newest member
of the nWo. Hogan was so nice to Horace that I
expected a
double cross;
no such luck this time. Horace really doesn't
enhance
the nWo at all
although he takes The Disciple's place as the
resident
jobber (oh
wait, what about Vincent?).
Saturn defeated
Eddie Guerrerovia disqualification
Saturn really
has to get rid of his new ring outfit. The fans
aren't
sure how to
react to Eddie ; is he a heel or face? While he hates
Bischoff, he's
acting like a heel. Saturn sold an injured knee,
which
Eddie attacked
like an animal. Actually a decent match; Eddie is
great, and
Saturn is a decent worker. Once Saturn was ready to
go for
the Death
Valley Driver the LwO ran in to cause the DQ. All
eight
members stormed
the ring and they beat the hell out of Saturn. There
was a new
member who was never identified.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed Judy Bagwell. Mrs. Bagwell claimed that
Buff tricked
her as well and she was pissed. Buff is really
getting
a strong push
as a heel. When Mrs. Bagwell concluded the interview
it seemed she
would do something later in the night (another
swerve?).
While she's
adequate in her role it would have been better to
end the
angle after her
first appearance.
WCW World Tag
Team Champions Rick Steiner and Kenny Khaos defeated
Stevie Ray and
The Giant when Steiner pinned Stevie Ray
Having guys
like Khaos and Stevie Ray in the tag team picture
diminishes the
titles even further. Stevie Ray wasn't quite as
unbearable when
he teamed with Booker T. Khaos did look decent,
though. Khaos
and Steiner wore matching tights. The Giant is
getting
really
immobile; he's got to lose some weight and get some
of his
athletic
agility back. Steiner pinned Stevie Ray after a Top
Rope
Bulldog. The
match had no continuity; the four men didn't work
well
together at
all.
Eric Bischoff
informed us that Flair's wrestling appearance
tonight
would be video
clips of the Hulk Hogan VS Ric Flair match from July
1994. All the
clips showed Hogan on offense, making Flair look
like a
loser.
Interesting choice of clips. Bischoff is really
trying to make
this feud seem
reality based. It was almost strange to see Hogan in
his bright
yellow trunks. This could be a poll; who is the most
obnoxious man
in the sport, Bischoff or Hogan? Probably a tie.
Next
time they match
up Flair and Hogan, Flair better win clean.
WCW
Cruiserweight Champion Kidman pinned Juventud
Guerrera Jr.
Two of the
best, and they work extremely well together. It was
revealed that
Juvi turned down the LwO behind the scenes. Cool.
With
all the
exceptional maneuvers these guys pulled out, there
is no way I
can do this
match justice. Kidman retained the belt after the
Shooting Star
Press. As far as in ring matches, this is the
American
feud of the
year.
Scott Steiner
and Buff Bagwell were interviewed live. Steiner's
act
is immediately
improved by Buff's presence. Buff warned his mother
to
stay at home,
declaring a woman's place to be in the kitchen.
Scott
challenged Rick
for later tonight, which brought JJ Dillon running
out. Scott was
very hostile to JJ, which led to Scott & Buff
kicking
JJ's ass.
Despite all our predictions, Scott really does look
to be
getting over as
a heel. Poor Dillon was locked into The Steiner
Recliner as we
went to a commercial.
The Warrior
stormed the ring, and the poor guy was out of
breathe by
the time his
interview began. The Warrior challenged Hogan, which
led
to him
destroying both Horace and The Giant. Hogan finally
entered
the ring, which
led to Warrior destroying him as well. Finally,
Bischoff jumped
onto the apron, and Warrior nailed him. That's one
way to get a
pop from the crowd.
Scott Hall &
Scott Steiner fought Lex Luger & Konnan to a No
Contest
All out brawl.
The storyline was that The Wolfpac was angry about
Nash being
jumped earlier in the evening. Hall wasn't acting
drunk
at least. The
match never really got started, and it was ended
after
Hall & Nash
double teamed Luger, and Konnan responded with a
chair.
It really was a
pretty good brawl, though.
Diamond Dallas
Page pinned Bret Hart to win The United States Title
During Michael
Buffer's ring introductions, there was a fan
directly
behind Buffer
making all kinds of funny gestures, including the DX
chop. The
announcers claimed to have no clue about Sting's
condition.
After DDP
scored the victory, Hart worked over DDP with a
chair, and
then locked him
in The Sharpshooter. As Nitro was going off the air,
Goldberg ran to
the ring to make the save.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
CoachBoze
This is in
response to IMKingDouG's statement about who WCW is
trying to
entertain. Do I think WCW is trying to entertain 8
year olds?
Probably so.
Why?
Because they are wearing the shirts and buying the
toys. Is WWF the
type of show
that children need to be watching? NO. However, why
are there
WWF toys in the toy section, shows on Saturday
morning, and DX,
etc., shirts
available in the children's clothing section? Do you
have problems
with your elementary school students yelling Suck
It? Do
you have problems with children imitating Stone Cold
Steve Austin
by "flicking
people off" when they don't do something "because
they said
so?"
Were you even
alive in the days when wrestling was good old good
vs.
evil. In
the early days
of Hulkamania, JYD, the Four Horsemen, Dusty Rhodes,
Wahoo
McDaniel, Ric
Flair, Kevin Sullivan, etc.? When a parent could let
their children
watch professional wrestling without any worry that
they'd see
anything worse than "cowboy movie" violence? When
the
worst thing you
would see would be an occasional butt-crack flash
from
Ric Flair as he
tried to go over the cage and Chief Wahoo would pull
him back down
by his tights?
Would you go
into an elementary school and point to your crotch
and
yell "SUCK IT?"
I doubt you would. Eight year olds are what are
watching, too.
So WCW will
entertain the
family (and I hope the don't stoop to the level of
WWF). If
WWF wants
to be adult entertainment, then they need to have
18-over house shows,
no minors
allowed. No
toys, no Saturday morning or early Sunday evening
shows, and
no
children's apparel.
Don't give me
the crap about it being the parents' job to make
sure
they aren't
watching. It needs to be Mr. McMahon's job not to
target
the children's
population if he wants to entertain adults with
raunchy
behavior.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
BenF802961
I have TCI
cable in the Bay Area. I guess the show was supposed
to run
3 hours.
TCI cut away
from Halloween Havoc after 3 hours. As soon as the
Hogan/Warrior
match was over
viewers were unable to watch the final match(DDP vs.
Goldberg).
I wish the
cable company would make arrangements with WCW to
show the
entire PPV instead of the 3 hours.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
Kahdnh
I think you may
have missed the big story of Halloween Havoc. It
seems a lot of
the cable systems cut off the feed at appx. 11:00 pm
(EST)
which means a lot of people did not see the end of
Hogan/Warrior, and
Goldberg/DDP
match. At wcw.com it was claimed that it was the
fault
of the local
cable companies. Media One of Massuchusetts claims
it was the fault of
WCW, a decision
on refunds will be made this week by the people of
Media One. At
this point this problem may cost WCW quite a bit of
income. I will
let you know of Media One's decision on refunds as I
receive it
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
LiLmissDDP
You should have
a poll on the dumbest thing you’ve ever seen a
wrestler
do or the
dumbest thing the bookers do, like Shamrock kicking
a
unlocked door,
Hogan seeing the Warrior in the mirror, Bischoff
getting hit in
the face with a beer (my cousin threw it hahaha) and
stuff like
that. It would be really funny to read.
LiLmissDDP
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FANTASY
BOOKING- THIS WILL NOT REALLY HAPPEN
Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader: Alberto
Rizzi (yalbster@xxxxcromo.it)
Demolition was
basically a team of brawlers, but the crowd was
behind
them (both as
bad guys and good guys): they were fantastic! Here
is
what I would
like to see:
SURVIVOR SERIES
98:
L.O.D. 2000 (3
members) + Al Snow vs. Southern
Justice/J.Jarrett/J.Lawler
A the end of
the match is Droz and Hawk vs. S. Justice: Hawk
tells
Droz to go for
the "Doomsday device", but Droz chooses for a
piledriver and
takes the pin on Dennis Knight. He also has Mark
Canterbury
pinned, when Hawk enters the ring and hit Droz from
behind,
then leaves:
Canterbury scores the upset over Droz and Hawk is
counted
out.
THE FOLLOWING
NIGHT ON RAW:
L.O.D. 2000
comes to the ring. Hawk grabs the mic and starts to
speak:
"For one month
I try to teach you my knowledge, Droz...But you
always
embarrassed me
by doing the opposite. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF
YOU!!!!!!!"
Droz hits Hawk
as he walks out of the ring, but Animal makes the
save
and beats the
living hell out of Droz.
SUNDAY NIGHT HEAT:
L.O.D. 2000 is
facing the New Age Outlaws for the tag titles. When
we
are ready for
the "Doomsday Device", Droz hits the ring causing
the
DQ. Then, Droz
promises to start a "New path of Destruction"
against
the L.O.D and
challenges them to find a suitable tag team partner
for
the next I.Y.H.
because its going to be "One hell of a six men tag".
FOLLOWING SHOWS:
L.O.D. 2000 and
Droz continue to interfere in each other matches.
During the
Sunday Night Heat before the Pay Per View, Droz is
shown
talking with
two huge guys in black attires.
DECEMBER IN YOUR
HOUSE:
L.O.D. 2000
hits the ring with Al Snow (the third men): then its
Droz
time. After a
minute of silence, a familiar music erupts in the
arena.
Ax and Smash
walks out from the curtains and the crowd goes
crazy.
Of course
Demolition wins, and from this point we can start a
lot of
feuds (with
L.O.D., Outlaws, D.O.A. and more)
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FANTASY
BOOKING- THIS WILL NOT REALLY HAPPEN
Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
JAmner6778
I found myself
with a bored half an hour this afternoon and decided
that I would
try to come up with a good line-up for the
forthcoming
Survivor
Series, including the 16 man elimination tournament
to crown
a new champion
Tournament
First Round Matches
X-Pac - Taka
Michinoku
Ken Shamrock -
Steve Blackman (unless Triple H is fit)
Undertaker -
Mark Henry
Scorpio - Jeff
Jarrett
Rocky Maivea -
Brian Christopher
Al Snow - D-Lo
Brown
Vader - Mankind
Marc Mero -
Kane
Non-Tournament
Light
Heavyweight Champion Christian - Scott Taylor
The Godfather -
Tiger Ali Singh
Quarter-Final
Matches
X-Pac - Ken
Shamrock
The Undertaker
- Jeff Jarrett
Rocky Miavea -
D-Lo Brown
Mankind - Kane
Non-Tournament
Edge Adam
Copeland - Gangrel
Triple Threat
Anything Goes
Tag Champions
The New Age Outlaws - The Headbangers - LOD 2000
Semi-Finals
Ken Shamrock -
The Undertaker
Rocky Miavea -
Mankind
Non-Tournament
Hollywood
Backlot Brawl
Goldust - Val
Venis
Final To
Determine A New WWF Champion
The Undertaker
- Rocky Miavea
What do you think?
Unfortunately, a few of the first round matches look
like squash
matches but I can't see a way around this. The
temporary
breaking up of
Too Much for the night gives both members a chance
to
show off their
talents. The Edge match gives a chance for someone
to
give Edge a bit
of assistance against Gangrel and Christian, someone
suggested Marty
Jannetty, which is feasible I suppose. I think that
D-Lo could beat
Snow that could set-up a feud and besides I don't
think The Rock
and Snow will fight each other for a while. Mankind
will end up
taking three big beatings on this card from Vader,
Kane
and The Rock.
The tag scene could do with livening up, a brawl
like
the one shown
might do this, perhaps in the style of Ahmed & LOD
.vs.
The Nation from
a couple of Wrestlemania's ago. Look for LOD to
consist of
Animal and Droz to piss Hawk off further. The
Hollywood
Backlot Brawl
should be a blinding encounter and buy some time for
the
Undertaker and
Rock to recuperate a little.
Anyway that killed a
boring half
hour. As I am in England I don’t get to hear as
much as you
Americans, what's going on with Davey Boy Smith,
Steven
Regal,
Steve Williams and is the Blue Blazer actually Owen
Hart?
Cheers,
JAmner6778
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