Issue #
068
Date:
Tuesday November 17th, 1998 1:10 pm
The Wrestling Booking
Sheet
WCW Nitro Report for
November 16th, 1998
By Steve
Appy
Juventud Guerrera Jr.
pinned Kidman to win his third WCW Cruiserweight
Championship
Amazingly, the
show opened with this match in progress. You take
two
of the best
workers in the promotion, give them time to put
together a
great match,
and then you don't show the whole thing. Kidman
kicked
out of a Juvi
Driver. I'm not sure how much of this match we
missed,
but it appears
to have been a great one. Kidman went for the
Shooting
Star Press, but
was shaken off the ropes by Juvi. Juvi then hit
Kidman with a
Shooting Star Press of his own and scored the
victory
and the
championship. After the match they shook hands and
showed
true
sportsmanship.
Kanyon pinned
Glacier
Once again the
match was joined in progress. Kanyon pinned hit old
nemesis Glacier
after a Flatliner.
Hollywood
Hogan, flanked by Eric Bischoff, Scott Steiner, and
Buff
Bagwell,
presented a check to Don Imus on behalf of Ted
Turner. He
actually came
off as halfway sincere; scary.
Sonny Onno
pinned "El Gringo" Kaz Hayashi in 1:32
Hayashi was
originally under a mask and Onno freaked out when he
saw
Kaz. Ernest
Miller snuck up behind Kaz and nailed him with a
kick to
the head. Onno
then covered the prone Hayashi for the victory.
While
these victories
are tainted it still diminishes Hayashi, since he's
now lost twice
to a non-wrestler.
Stevie Ray &
Horace Hogan (w/Vincent) defeated Dean Malenko &
Steve
McMichael (w/Arn
Anderson) via disqualification
Even against
two stiffs like Horace & Stevie Ray, its still a
pleasure to see
Malenko wrestle. After a brawl Arn nailed both
Stevie Ray and
Horace with a tire iron. While Doug Dillinger
escorted poor
Arn out of the
building, it was great to see Arn brawling once
again.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed Ric Flair. Flair announced that Arn was
arrested, &
then introduced Barry Windham.
Windham was announced
as
a Horseman (is
Mongo gone? I hope so!!). Eric Bischoff
confronted
Flair & Windham, and Flair announced that
Windham would tear up
Elizabeth. That part I
really didn't get. Bischoff bragged about
firing
Windham in 1994 and
threatened to do so again. The announcers
really sold us
that Bischoff is deathly scared of
Windham.
Eddie Guerreropinned Rey Mysterio Jr in
4:53
I have no idea
why Rey would agree to these stipulations: if
Eddie pins Rey,
Rey must join
the LwO. If Rey pins Eddie , the LwO must leave
Mysterio
alone. Mysterio hit a terrific Asai Moonsault on
Guerrero. When the
referee was
distracted, Juvi tried to leg drop Guerrero and
accidentally
hit Mysterio. A
stunned Rey was then victim to a Frog Splash and a
loss. This loss
forced Mysterio to join the LwO; Juvi was full of
regret. This
set's up an interesting twist for the Juvi VS. Rey
match at
World War 3.
Judy Bagwell
was in the hospital and she claimed that Scott
Steiner put
her there. She
won't be at World War 3. This is too far
out even for
WCW. Judy must be turning heel and this is all a
setup to
destroy Rick Steiner.
Chavo Guerrero
Jr. fought Scott Putski to a No Contest in 3:18
Bam Bam Bigelow
stormed the arena searching for Goldberg. Eventually
he stormed the
ring and beat up both Cruiserweights. Both Bischoff
and JJ Dillon
confronted Bigelow and Bischoff seemed to fear
Bigelow.
Goldberg
responded and stormed the ring. A million security
guys
separated the
two monsters as the crowd chanted Gold-berg over and
over.
An angry Eric
Bischoff fired JJ Dillon, who responded by quitting.
Bigelow is
being sold as a monster, which is the way to promote
Bam
Bam. WCW seems
to really be intent on promoting Bigelow correctly.
Konnan fought
Saturn to a No Contest in 7:03
Saturn is angry
with Konnan for interrupting his match against Eddie
Guerrero two
weeks ago. The LwO surrounded the ring, almost like
a
Lumberjack
match. An angry Goldberg confronted Bischoff and
demanded
a chance to
meet Bigelow later in the evening. The match was
ended
when The LwO
attacked Saturn. Instead of helping the LwO, Konnan
helped Saturn
fight off the LwO. After the LwO was repulsed,
Konnan
and Saturn
resumed brawling with each other.
The Juvi/Kidman
match that started the show was shown in its
entirety. While
this a great match and I was glad to see it, it
almost seemed
like a technical error. Great match, though.
Scott Steiner &
Buff Bagwell brought their own referee to the ring,
and
the ref was
doing a bad Bill Alphonso imitation. Scott gloated
about
destroying Mrs. Bagwell and then destroyed a jobber
dressed as Mrs.
Steiner. Rick
was enraged but was eventually destroyed by Scott,
Buff, and Scott
Norton. The fake ref "counted" Rick down.
Bobby Duncam
Jr. defeated WCW Television Champion Chris Jericho
by
countout
Jericho faced off
against the All Japan and ECW alumni. Duncan's look
probably won't
get over; while he's not the worst big man, he's far
from the best.
Jericho sold his moves
pretty well, though. After
Duncam grabbed
his bull rope,
Jericho left the ring
content with
being counted
out.
Hollywood Hogan
introduced his personal intern, a Monica Lewinsky
look-a-like.
Tacky. She even handed him a cigar. Scott Hall
confronted
Bischoff and Hogan and he eventually punched
Bischoff.
Hogan
blindsided Hall and pounded on him until Kevin Nash
made the
save. Nothing
was resolved between The Outsiders, though. Nash
reminded Hall
that he would see him Sunday. This looks to be step
one
in the return
of The Outsiders.
Chris Benoit
defeated Bret Hart via disqualification in 6:36
A grudge match
after Hart's attack two weeks ago. These guys are
two
of the best in
the world. Benoit was prepared to hit Hart with a
chair but he
was stopped by referee Mickey Jay. Hart then low-blowed
Benoit and
worked over Benoit with a chair. Dean Malenko made
the
save and ended
up being blindsided by Hart as well.
Finally, to a
thunderous reaction, DDP made the save and ran Hart
off.
DDP grouped
Randy Savage with Hogan; interesting. DDP announced
his
match against
Bret Hart at World War 3.
WCW World
Heavyweight Champion Bill Goldberg fought Bam Bam
Bigelow to
a No Contest
As Goldberg
walked down the aisle, Bigelow jumped Goldberg and
they
brawled all
over the arena. Will they wrestle at World War 3? So
far Bigelow is
being pushed properly. With any luck, he won't job
to
Goldberg too
soon.
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By
SamJerry
The Learning
Channel (TLC) program last night, The Secret World
of
Wrestling,
actually was quite entertaining. Unlike the piece of
trash
that NBC showed
a few weeks ago, there was no attempt to "uncover
the
secrets." It
covered a bit about wrestling’s progress from
straight
matches to what
we have to day. It looked at a wrestling school,
people trying
to learn the art, small town promotions, and at WCW
and
the WWF.
It had short
clips of many current WCW, WWF, Mexican Promotion
and
local
wrestlers. It was quite current as it showed a lot
of active
gimmicks and
angles. They had a few words from small time
Promoters,
as well as
McMahon and Bischoff.
Naturally it
talked about McMahon's expansion in the early '80's,
and
how WCW lost
millions at first, and now how they are such fierce
competitors.
If it is ever
repeated, I recommend it. It was an entertaining
hour.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader: Dan
Cruickshank (crook@xxxxcelusplanet.net)
You said that
it is sad that McMahon is still obsessed with last
years
SS. I believe
its quite the opposite and a perfect slap in the
face
to Bret Hart.
I'm not sure about in the US (I presume that’s where
you
are), but up
here in Canada, Bret Hart is going around talk shows
plugging his
new video, and HE is the one still ridiculously
obsessed
with the
incident. He just won't let it go and its obvious
McMahon
has. I've seen
3 TV interviews conducted with Vinnie Mac and he is
clearly passed
it.
I
feel Hitman
deserved this. All he does is insult the WWF and
linger
on the fact
that he's been screwed. What a better way then for
the
same thing to
happen. Now Bret Hart can't complain because its
happened to
Mankind too :)
Maybe now Hart
has a shoulder to cry on. Good for him. I feel this
is McMahon's
final way of telling Hart to just f**k off. McMahon
won,
and Hart will
have to face it. When Hart left the WWF rose to new
heights,
without him, in spite of him. Bret may also be
bitter over
this. All Bret
Hart is now is an upper mid-carded if that IMHO. No
longer a main
event. For that he is also resentful. He's not as
big
of a star as he
used to be, and he still blames it all on McMahon.
For his non-stop
whining, I feel
its the perfect
medicine, and should close the book, and meanwhile,
Bret Hart
should close
this chapter of his life and focus on WCW.
Anyways...
- Dan
Cruickshank
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
FF8SquallX
Not many things
truly make me ecstatic in life. Not many at all. But
tonight, I was
absolutely, positively downright giddy. Why? Because
The
Rock is now The
Rock again.
All the people
that chanted Rocky Sucks for oh so long. I had to
put
up with it. I
had to put up with your chants of Rocky Sucks
overriding
my chants of
Rocky Rules. And then, when the Rock suddenly became
face, it was
all you idiots chanting for the Rock, goading on the
Peoples Elbow,
a move I used to go nuts for. But not anymore. In
fact,
every time The
Rock did the People's Elbow, and the fans cheered,
it
was like a
needle in my heart. And BOY am I glad to see that I
can
cheer The Rock
once more.
All the Austin
lovers, all the former Rock lovers. You all got
duped. You are
TRAILOR PARK TRASH!! And now, as strange as this may
sound, I will
enjoy
yelling my lungs out screaming for The Rock,
screaming for the entire
McMahon
family. He
climbed the Peoples Ladder, stepping over each and
every one
of you
RUNG BY DAMN RUNG. He reached out, and snatched the
WWF Title from
under your
eyes! And then what? He turned to the dark side once
more,
where he
can flourish under the guidance of Mr. McMahon.
In conclusion, let me
say this-
The Rock may
not be your champ, hell he may not even be the
Peoples
Champ. But
one things for sure, HE IS MY CHAMP, AND THE ROCK
WILL LAY THE SMACK
DOWN ON EACH
AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR CANDY ASSES, THAT IS, IF YA
SMELL WHAT
THE CORPORATE ROCK IS COOKING!!!!!!!
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FANTASY
BOOKING- THIS WON'T HAPPEN
Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
Nitro0324
Raw
11/16/98--Mankind walks out scheduled to be in a
handicap match
but Stone Cold
comes out and says "Seeing as how Vince McMahon
screwed
both of us, I'm
going to team up with you."
Stone Cold & Mankind
defeat Mark
Henry & D-Lo Brown. Vince walks out and says "Since
you two
get along so well let's see how you fair in our Tag
Team Royal
Rumble. This will happen next week."
Heat
11/22/98--HBK makes a very successful return. He
faces The
Undertaker and
defeats him
when Kane and a mystery man distract him.
Raw
11/23/98--Kane vs. Undertaker is the main event, but
before we get
to that let's
get to the Tag Team Royal Rumble. Mankind and Stone
Cold
win despite
McMahon's devious attempts to eliminate them.
Kane vs.
Undertaker--
Kane wins when the mystery man delivers the
tombstone
while HBK is arguing with the ref.
Heat
11/29/98--The Mystery Man is revealed to be Owen
Hart. HBK
introduces the
Kliq, and the
members are himself, Kane, and Owen Hart. The Blue
Blazer
walks out
and says that Owen turned his back on him. The Blue
Blazer gets jumped
by the
Kliq.
Raw
11/30/98--Nothing big happens. December's IYH Winter
Warfare is
announced
to happen
12/20/98.
Heat
12/6/98--The Kliq guarantees 2 new members. Mankind
and Stone
Cold vs.
New Age Outlaws
for the tag team titles. Mankind & Stone Cold defeat
the NAO
when HBK hits
Road Dogg with a chair. Mankind & Stone Cold are
revealed to be
the new members
of the Kliq.
Raw
12/7/98--One of the matches for IYH is announced to
be for the
stable title.
The Kliq vs. DX in an elimination style cage match.
Kliq
members--HBK,Kane,Owen Hart, Mankind, & Stone Cold
vs. DX
members--Triple H, X-Pac, BA Billy Gunn, Road Dogg.
It is announced that
if DX does not introduce a new member on Heat
that they
automatically lose.
Heat
12/13/98--DX announces the member to be KEVIN NASH
Raw
12/14/98--Nothing happens.
Heat
12/20/98--Nothing Happens.
IYH
12/20/98--DX wins the Stable Title 5 falls to 0.
Triple H
eliminated HBK via Pedigree.
BA Billy Gunn
eliminated Kane via Piledriver
X-Pac
eliminated Hart via a Moonsault
Nash eliminated
Stone Cold via Jackknife Powerbomb
Nash eliminated
Mankind via Jackknife Powerbomb
Raw
12/21/98--After being viciously attacked at IYH and
earlier in the
night, Vince
McMahon comes out and announces that he is handing
the WWF
over to Shane
McMahon.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
RPGMETAL
There are alot
of good Luchadors out there in WCW. Juvi, Rey,
Eddie & Chavo
and other names like the LwO, Silver King, Super
Calo,
and K-Dawg.
There are so
many. I remember WCW about a year back talking about
making a karate
title. My opinion on that was sure but there aren't
enough
contenders for it. The Cat, Glacier, and Ultimo
Dragon. They'd
just switched
belts every month.
But I think
they should make a Luchador belt. There's alot of
talent
behind those
closed doors that Bischoff never let them open. Juvi
with
mask was a
regular Luchador. He's even got a catchy motto. He's
been
a cruiserweight
champ a couple of times.
We all love a
Luchador; you can't actually hate one. The way they
jump
up in the air
and do quadruple reverses. And their speed. Notice
how quick a
spinning back-breaker is. Then imagine someone like
Luger,
Nash, or The Giant receiving a back-breaker at such
speeds. Does
anyone agree
that there should be a Luchador belt? They really do
deserve it.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
BossBlues1
I'd just like
to say that Survivor Series was a prime example of
the
fact that many
wrestling fans will accept ANYTHING the WWF puts out
as
a product. That
card was beyond bad. The Tournament itself featured
various
cop-outs and screwjobs, with the exception of Regal
vs. X-Pac.
The
non-tournament matches on the card practically put
me to sleep,
and overall
this card was WAY overbooked.
Answer me this.
How come when WCW does anything even remotely stupid
or
nonsensical, it
gets ragged on by at least a dozen sheet writers,
yet when the WWF has a Pay Per View, mind you, not
just free weekly
television as
lame as Survivor Series, it gets heralded for
originality?
The fact of the matter is that partisan WCW and WWF
fans
will accept
just about anything from their respective
promotions.
Believe me,
I'll give applause to good professional wrestling.
That means
I'm able to give props to Rey Mysterio Jr, The
Undertaker, and
Tommy Dreamer
in the same sentence. They all, in their own way,
put on
a good show.
What I don't like is
when professional wrestling is
reduced to 6 or
7 screwjobs on the same card and two heel turns in
the same
breath, one of which made no sense at all. I like to
be
surprised but The Rock turning heel was ridiculous.
Just as
ridiculous as the last Buff Bagwell heel turn.
Wasn't the last time
we saw The Rock
before Survivor Series when he gave Vince McMahon
The Rock
Bottom and The People's Elbow?
The main event booking
last night
showed some
serious signs of desperation for a heel character
with heat.
They may have achieved that, but the fans had to
suffer by
seeing a
sub-par, sloppy card. I'm not saying that when WCW
or the WWF makes a
mistake that we
should boycott them, or even necessarily complain. I
just think the
criticism should be given out in fair proportions.
-BossBlues1
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