Issue #
060
Date:
Monday Nov 9th, 1998 11:26 pm
The Wrestling Booking
Sheet
Wrestling Booking
Sheet Presents:
1998 FANTASY
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS....
by: Mark
George.
Hello again
fans,
Well, it is the
moment we have all been waiting for. After weeks of
voting we have
eliminated 14 of the 16 wrestlers and are ready to
crown our first
Fantasy Champion. Before we do, I would like to
thank
you all for
voting. When I first thought up the idea of a
fantasy
tournament, I
wasn't too sure of how it would go over with the
readers. Well
let me tell you, I am very happy. I have received
THOUSANDS of
emails through the entire tournament and based off
what I
have read, a
majority of you love this tournament. This was the
readers
tournament and you have voted for the ultimate
winner. So,
without further
delay, here are the results from the final
match!!!!!!!
#1 "Stone Cold"
Steve Austin vs. #2 "The Rock" Rocky
Maivia
The top two
seeds squared off in an "All WWF" Final. The
People's Champ
took on The Rattlesnake in an all out war for the
title. In the
final match
Austin and the Rock
battled in a Lumberjack
match with the
14 other seeds patrolling ringside. As the match got
underway,
Austin raked Rock over
the eyes and whipped him into the
turnbuckle,
flipping him to the outside.
The Rock was forced
back into the
ring after
getting worked over by Hart, Sting and Flair. After
giving
Rock the "1 Finger Salute",
Austin delivered the
STUNNER and went for
the pin. 1,2
and no.......Rock manages to stay alive.
Austin, amazed
at Rock's
stamina, tried the STUNNER again and the win when
Rock
reversed the hold and smashed Stone Cold with a
POWERBOMB on the
outside floor.
The crowd went crazy, as all 14 wrestlers began
pounding
Austin with their best
shots. Chris Jericho slipped Austin
in the LION
TAMER on the outside and Rock came top rope with the
PEOPLE'S ELBOW.
Austin escaped further
punishment as the Rock took a
beating on the
outside giving
Austin a chance to get
back into the
ring, with
chair in hand. Once Rock got back into the ring,
Austin
came at him
with a chair, but misfired after Rock ducked. With
the crowd
cheering, Rock raised the "People's Eyebrow" and
delivered a
hard blow to
Austin's head with the
chair and then finished with the
ROCK BOTTOM and
the win!!!! Upset!!!!!!!!!!!
The 1st Fantasy
TOC Champion is
"The Rock" Rocky Maivia...
WINNER: THE
ROCK by pinfall...........
VOTING: 332-227
(Rock)
ROCK: 59%
AUSTIN: 41%
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Stone Cold
didn't win?
By Steve
Appy
This tournament
exceeded all my expectations going in. While the
responses were
mostly positive, there was a few grumbles. A few
readers were
upset about the absence of ECW and Japanese
wrestlers; I
agree with the
sentiment. Only one problem. Reader's votes
determined
which sixteen wrestlers made the tournament.
I would have
loved to see Misawa, Benoit, or Funk make the cut.
Unfortunately,
not enough people agreed.
When the
tournament started, I was POSITIVE that Steve Austin
would
win. I figured
we'd see a Austin VS Goldberg finale; The
overwhelming
popularity of
the Rock stunned me. Personally, I underestimated
his
stature.
Do these
results mean that The Rock is more popular than
Austin? No,
although it
might indicate that he is bigger amongst our
readers.
its possible
some of you may feel
Austin is overpushed,
especially
since Maivia's
mega push has just begun. While I'm not sure exactly
what this
result means, one thing is certain: The Rock has
become a
bona fide
superstar.
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From what I
hear WCW is contemplating having the heavily
anticipated
rematch between
Goldberg and Hogan for the WCW title at the same
location that
the first match took place. The next Georgia Dome
Nitro
is going to be
held on
January 04, 1999 and
this is where the rematch
could be held.
Georgia Dome Nitro
events have
been huge with
record Nitro attendances and some of the biggest
Nitro's ever
(Believe Schiavonie on that one). WCW has been
making
noise about wanting to start 1999 Nitro with a huge
show so it looks
promising.
Should this happen I look for an inconclusive finish
to leading
a 3rd bout on PPV, seeing as the potential buy rate
that WCW
lost the first time around by not having Goldberg
vs. Hogan on PPV
would have been
huge.
The rematch
could happen at Starrcade also, which is a less
likely but
possible
scenario, where the winner of WW3 is to get a title
shot.
However Hogan
is not one of the favorites to win the battle royal.
-Mike Green,
Courtesy of The Big 3 Newsboard
Atsushi Onita
and Gen'ichiro Tenryu had a meeting on 11/7 to
discuss a
possible
alignment. Tenryu disregarded Onita and said he
would have
nothing to do
with him. Chono, meanwhile, is entertaining the
offer to
team up with
Onita at the
1/4/99 Tokyo Dome
show. However, Chono's
health is in
serious question. His return to the
1/4/99 Dome show is
listed as
50/50. (Micaca)
Here is a
message Chris Candido sent to his fans regarding the
Bam Bam
Bigelow
situation. I still think Bigelow is going to WCW;
still, it
does appear not
to be a 100% anymore. Here's Candido's side:
”I have been
friends with Bammer since I was 11 years old. He
lost his
job in the WWF
because he stuck up for Tammy and I when Shawn,
Razor
and Kevin were
spreading rumors, so we are very close. WCW did
offer
him a deal. He
DOESN'T want to go, he and Paul are working on a
deal
for him to
stay. His departure is a last resort, he more than
likely
will stay!!!
Sorry we haven't been on more, but stuff is hectic
in
the office
right now, not to mention, we just bought a new
house. Not
loads of time,
but we promise to check in more often. Thanks for
the
compliments,
and constructive critisism.------CC&TLS”
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WCW Nitro
Report for November 9th, 1998
By Steve
Appy
An announcement
was made that the President of the United States
would
be at Nitro
tonight. Bad. I think we all realize Hogan is the
"President"; is
this false advertising, despite the fact that NOBODY
believed that Bill Clinton would be in attendance?
The Wolfpac and
nWo
Hollywood arrived at
the arena at the same time;
of course, a
brawl was next. Short, with Nash & Hall going toe to
toe.
Juventud
Guererra Jr. pinned Kaz Hayashi
Awesome match!
Juvi is one of the best around, and Hayashi was
elevated a
level by his performance. Matches like this make the
Cruiserweight
Division unique to Amercian wrestling. After a
fairly
equal exchange
of offense, Sonny Onno and Ernest Miller came to
ringside. The
camera's ignored the match for around a minute,
killing
us with close
ups of Miller & Onno. When Miller distracted the
ref,
Onno ran into
the ring and kicked Kaz, which enabled Juvi to
reverse a
pin attempt.
Guerrera had no idea Onno interfered. It cheapens a
great match
like this to have a lame finish like this. With all
the
terrific moves
exchanged during their match, it would have required
Joey Styles to
provide proper play by play.
Alex Wright
fought Barry Horowitz to a No Contest
As a cheap way
to get heat, Wright asked the fans to be quiet
during
his match. This
guarantees a negative crowd reaction, which is a
substitute for
really being over. That said, Wright is very good.
The Wolfpac
howl was heard, and Nash, Konnan & Luger entered the
ring.
This ended the
match in progress.
The Wolfpac
challenged NwO Hollywood to a tag match. I thought
it
made them look
like punks, interrupting a match with participants
that
have nothing to
do with their feud. Eric Bischoff accepted their
challenge,
claiming that if "they wanted
the black &
white, they would get the black & white". Will a
match take
place, or one of Bischoff's lame tricks? Nash
continually called
Bischoff
"Estrogen Boy".
IWGP World
Champion Scott Norton (w/Vincent) pinned Lodi
After around
eight seconds, Norton scored the pin after a
Powerbomb.
Is Norton
worthy of a monster push?
Tony Shiavonie
interviewed The Disciple, who claimed to be a man,
not
a fish. Wait,
wrong year. Horace, Stevie Ray & Vincent confronted
Disciple, and
promptly beat the hell out of the untalented piece
of
trash. Sadly,
among the four men in the ring,
Disciple is the
least talented of them all. The Barber made several
Hulk like
comebacks, to no avail. Finally, The Warrior made
the save
and cleared the ring.
The poor
announcers had to sell this stupid President angle.
A
motorcade drove
up, and
the fake Secret Service pushed Gene Okerlund around.
Finally,
"Hail to the Chief" played, and Hulk Hogan & Eric
Bischoff walked to
the ring. If
WCW's announcers had any credibility left, they lost
it all
here. Did anyone watching at home think that Bill
Clinton would
really be at
Nitro? Hogan congratulated Jesse Ventura, as
leaflets
fell from the ceiling. Hogan didn't announce his
running mate, as was
promised from
Thunder. This angle has plenty of potential comedy
wise, though
tonight wasn't a promising start.
Bret Hart was
interviewed, bragging about injuring DDT and Sting.
He
accepted the
nWo challenge for later tonight, promising revenge
on Lex
Luger.
Rey Mysterio
Jr. pinned Eddie Guerrero
Eddie flashed
the LwO shirt to Mysterio; Rey responded by flashing
his
own shirt.
After an initial flurry of offense, Eddie worked over
Rey's
recovering
knee. Rey sold the knee the entire match, which made
the
match slower
paced than their better matches. Although Rey sold
the
entire match,
few do it better. Chavo Guerrero Jr. snuck to the
ring
and stole an
LwO shirt, which distracted Eddie enough to allow Rey
to
roll him up.
This brought out the LwO, and they pounded on Chavo
until Rey made
the save.
Eric Bischoff
(again) and Elizabeth entered the ring. Bischoff
announced that
Flair can't wrestle due to old age; he also
rescinded the
fines of Scott
Steiner & Buff Bagwell.
Bischoff, angry over
the fines, beat the hell out of three front
office
employees. Although the segment was lame, his karate
kicks did
look kind of cool. Now's that he using his position
to get over as a tough
guy, what's
next?
Scott Steiner
"defeated" Chris Adams
Referee Mickey
Jay announced that no referee will work a match
involving Scott
Steiner, he called it an unsafe working environment.
Finally some
logic to go with the storyline. Buff Bagwell
announced
that the nWo
will buy their own referee. Scott ended up squashing
poor Adams,
although the match wasn't official since there was
no
referee. Rick
Steiner made the save, and Rick challenged Buff &
Scott
to a World Tag
Team Title match later in the evening. No mention of
his partner; I
guess poor Kenny Kaos was a one shot wonder? I hope
so.
A video aired
of Lex Luger that emphasized how intelligent he is.
While I have no
idea how smart he is in real life, his character has
never been
shown to be especially intelligent. How many guys
have
double crossed
him over the years (The Horseman, Barry Windham,
Curt
Hennig, The
Giant, Davey Boy Smith, etc).
The Nitro Plus,
a one hour show on TNT Tuesday night, was hyped. The
matches will
consist of matches taped tonight. This show is
strictly
to make up for
the NBA strike; talk about over saturation. If
interested, it
will be shown 8:00 Tuesday on TNT.
Judy Bagwell
was Rick's partner for the night. Scott threatened
to
slap Mrs.
Bagwell, which didn't seem to bother Buff. Rick
Steiner &
Judy Bagwell
will defend the tag team belts against Scott & Buff
at
World War 3;
WCW has really made the tag team belts a joke.
Several
readers have
asked if Scott's suffering from Roid Rage; scary.
Another
Jericho-Holics commercial aired for his shirt. While
I
realize I say
this every
week, Jericho may be the funniest man in the
business.
Konnan defeated
Bret Hart via disqualification
Useless Trivia:
Back in 1991, Konnan was the one who showed Bret
Hart
how to apply
the Sharpshooter. Hart spent most of the match
working
over Konnan's
left knee. An audible "We Want Sting" chant began.
Hart was
eventually DQed after nailing Konnan's knee with a
chair,
prompting Luger
to make the save. Konnan sold his injured knee,
building up The
Hitman.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed WCW Television Champion Chris Jericho.
Jericho
announced that tonight was his birthday. Jericho's
out of
shape bodyguard
assured Jericho that Goldberg was not in the
building;
Goldberg was
shown tearing apart his dressing room. Of course,
Goldberg
stormed Jericho, and speared him on the ramp.
Will they
wrestle, or is this the end of the "feud".
Kevin Nash &
Lex Luger defeated Scott Hall & The Giant via
disqualification
Since Hall
walks with a natural swagger anyway, its hard to
tell if
he's supposed
to be drunk. I'm not sure if The Giant or Luger
would
be considered
major stars anymore. Since Hall is the only decent
worker of the
bunch, this match lacked any intensity. Luger was
worked over
most of the match, before making the "hot tag" to
Nash.
Hall & The
Giant were DQed when Bret Hart interfered and
attacked
Nash's knee.
Lame match. Does anybody ever do a job in Nitro main
events?
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
SlickVenom
--Kaz Hayashi,
on the other hand, has been around several years. I
remember
watching him in Michinoku Pro as far back as 1994.
Wrestling
with a mask as
Shiryu, he was one of the original members of
Kaientai
DX : Yatsuatari
---
Amen brother,
finally somebody acknowledged the man Shiryu. As
good as
we think
Kaz is now, I
remember seeing him doing things that blew me away
at least 5
years ago, even. He once wrestled in a hideous
imposter Ultimo
Dragon/Randy
Savage getup outfit, but he later switched to a
rather
cool blue mask with silver trim. He was a major
factor in the KDX vs
M-Pro fued, and
was part of the best tag team match of all time (in
my
opinion) that being the 10 man tag on 10/10/96. I
would love to talk
Japanese
wrestling with some people. Yatsuatari, email me or
something, we
can talk. Take care everyone.
Zak
slickvenom
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
KFITZPATI
Another good
point made: the "Rock" is now a solid number two
behind
Austin in
the WWF push
department. A long way from the ugly ring getup and
the good
guy
persona he had in late 1996 and the I-C reign that
had him wrestle the
Sultan
on
pay-per-views. Again McMahon deserves credit, for
the "Rock" is
young, strong,
charismatic, and much improved in the interview
department
and a key player in the WWF's future. As for Mero-
well, let's hope he
is enjoying the
money he's making, because he isn't doing much to
earn it
these days, is he?
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Reader Mailbag.
Submitted by reader:
CoachBoze
I agree with
your opinion on this wrestling special. You have the
same feelings
about it that me fellow magicians, amateur and
professional,
felt about the Masked Magician. NBC took those
specials,
and used the
same script, only with wrestling being the
difference.
Were we hurt by
it? Maybe some of the guys that still do those 25
year old
illusions. But not really. He only showed us that
you can
be more
creative. Some of these illusions were created for
the
special. No one
had performed
them before.
Just like the thing
about the signs, the old lady in the
crowd, and the
heel ripping the kids autograph. Wrestling wasn't
hurt by
it, in fact, the workers and promoters I know are
laughing at it,
just like
magicians are laughing at the Masked
Magician. Too
bad NBC couldn't be more original (Fox got good
ratings
from their Masked Magician)
Richard
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FANTASY
BOOKING- THIS WON'T HAPPEN
Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader: Trish
Ranney (sunnydaze143@xxx.com)
During the
weeks leading up to World War 3, Nash interferes in
all of
Hall's matches,
making the save in every one. They seem to be
getting
along pretty
well, which disturbs both factions of the nWo.
World War 3
Eddie Guerrerochallenges Rey Mysterio to another match where if
Guerrero wins,
Mysterio will join the lWo. The only hitch is that
it
is a no
disqualification match. Rey and Eddie are starting
to tire
when the rest
of the lWo come out and beat Mysterio up. Since it
is
no
disqualification, the ref can't stop the match. Just
when you
think Rey can
take no more, Eddie once again tells Rey that if he
joins the
lWo, the
Luchadors will back off.
When Rey looks on the
verge of
accepting,
Konnan and the rest of the Wolfpac makes the save
and offers
Mysterio a place in the Wolfpac. Rey accepts the
Wolfpac's
offer, and they beat the crap out of the lWo.
During the 3
ring brawl, it comes down to the Warrior, Hall,
Nash, and
Hogan. Warrior
scares Hogan so badly that Hogan jumps out and runs
in
fear of the
Warrior. As Hogan jumps out, Hall pushes the Warrior
out,
leaving him and
Nash. Nash looks to be telling Hall that he wants to
re-form the
Outsiders and go after the tag belts. Hall and Nash
shake
hands in the
middle of the ring and then Nash picks Hall up and
gives
him the
Jackknife Powerbomb. As Nash dumps Hall's limp body
over the
ropes for the
win, he gives him the crotch chops.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
WolfPac453
ECW is an
awesome federation. It is pure hardcore! Many ECW
fans are
disappointed by
the fact that they are losing all of their stars. At
one point they
had a dream federation: Triple Threat, RVD , Tommy
Dreamer,
Sandman, Sabu, Taz, Gangstas, Dudleys, New Jack,
Public
Enemy, Raven, Stevie Richards, Terry Gordy, Blue
Meanie, Cactus
Jack, Pitbulls, Al Snow, Brian Lee and many others.
There has never
been a promotion like that. The problem is MONEY!!!
Because of the
amount of money they want, they lose popularity. For
example:
Sandman will
probably be a
scrub in WCW. If all of those people stayed with
ECW, ECW
would
become way bigger, and when it gets way bigger, ECW
can make more
money, and
when ECW makes
more money, so do they wrestlers. WWF has 1 ppv
every
month.
That is good because they get alot of money and they
can afford to get
more wrestlers.
Many of those
ECW wrestlers listed above have alot of talent.
Unfortunately,
Paul Heyman is not paying attention to that. He is
losing all of
his young superstars that he could make alot of
money
off. For
example: Justin Credible a.k.a. Aldo Montoya will
probably
get a great
offer for WCW and will sign with them because of the
MONEY!
ECW doesn't
understand how popular they are. Many many people
watch
it. It is
popular because
it is HARDCORE!! No other federation has blood,
weapons, and
has 3 matches
in a cage at the same time. There is nothing like
ECW,
nothing!!
Please respond to this and
send you comments to
WolfPac453
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