Issue # 096
Date:
Sunday December 13th, 1998 6:19 pm
The Wrestling Booking
Sheet
MICK FOLEY MAN OF THE
YEAR?
As you may
know, every year Time magazine lets the people vote
for "Man of the Year". Well, this year, It looks
like Mick Foley himself is #3 on that list, beating
people like John Glenn, Mark McGwire, Madonna, Bill
Clinton, and Jesus
himself.
If your so inclined go to:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/moy/index.html
Mick is a write
in candidate, so make sure you type Mick Foley
exactly. My thanks to Justin for informing me of
Foley's "success".
STEVIE
RAY REFUSED TO JOB
Stevie Ray
refused to do a job (job means to lose your match)
for Konnan at World War 3. When an over pushed mid
carder can get away with refusing to lose a match,
it begs the obvious question: Have the inmates
really taken over the asylum?
(Reported by
Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
DORY FUNK/ECW
Dory Funk Jr.
appeared at the 11/29 ECW show in
Tampa and was asked to
be a
part of the
Terry Funk/Tommy Dreamer angle. For whatever reason,
he didn't go for the idea. (Reported by Dave Meltzer
of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
MIKEY WHIPWRECK
STATEMENT
Mikey Whipwreck,
soon to be in WCW, posted his thoughts on the
subject in his
AOL Sports Guy Folder, found at AOL Keyword:
aol://5863:126/mB:304929
Hey guys sorry
I have been gone for so long but as I am sure you
can imagine it
has been a very
hectic week. I have agreed to a two year deal with
WCW.
Leaving ECW was
not a decision that came without a lot of time and
thought. For
the past 5
years ECW has been a great place to work and I had a
lot of fun being
there. To be
perfectly honest I was contemplating leaving the
business almost
completely
aside from working with Taz in the school. When I
received the offer
from WCW I
called Paul right away and let him know. The
conversations between
Paul and myself
will remain just that but I will say that he gave me
his
blessing in
whatever my ultimate decision would be. As far as
selling out goes
all I can say
is to get a clue. Why should I go to the school 4
days a week, go
on the road,
make sure the ring crew gets to building on time,
has new canvases,
clean canvases,
ring skirts, banners, tables, chairs, hotel
reservations,
directions to
the building, getting the entrance way up, getting
the building
ready for tv,
being sure they have guardrails that protect the
buildings floor,
Those ugly blue
mats that surround the ring in New York, and by the
way, how do
you think Taz
and Bam Bam went through the ring and the runway?
And on top of
that I had to
wrestle and get beat to death. Now I'm not
complaining and it
probably
doesn't sound like much but believe me it is. In WCW
all I have to do
is wrestle and
now hopefully I can dedicate my time just to
wrestling. For
those of you
who still back me and support my decision, Thank You
very much and
for those who
don't tough s#@xxxxc!!!!
-Mikey-
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ROUNDING THE
SQUARED CIRCLE
ECW -
DECEMBER 11, 1998 -
BUFFALO, NY.
BY
SAMJERRY
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The program
began with ECW Champion Shane "The Franchise"
Douglas in the ring,
along with Taz.
He asked if the fans wanted to see Taz apply the
TazMission,
then
said he was
saving it for Sabu.
After the
regular ECW opening, Joey Styles was at the
announcers desk as gave a
run down of
late breaking news in ECW:
Douglas suffered a
broken wrist in a match in Florida recently,
however,
completed the
match as will not miss any action.
Douglas lashed out at
The Dudley Boyz, saying they had not held up their
end
of
the agreement
to take out Rob "Mr. Monday Night / The Whole F'N
Show" Van
Dam and Sabu.
A reporter in
the crowd in
Buffalo questioned The
Dudley Boyz about not
doing the
job on Van Dam
and Sabu and was attacked by them as a result.
Charges have
been filed
against the Dudley Boyz.
A
Three-Way Dance Tag
Team Championship Match pitting The Dudley Boyz (C)
Douglas and Taz
v. Van Dam and Sabu, was won by Van Dam and Sabu
after
they dominated
the match. They isolated
Douglas, took him
apart and Sabu
pinned him to
win the match, but not the Titles.
The Dudley Boyz
attacked Sabu after the match, nailing him with The
3-D
(Dudley Death
Drop) and then Taz struck again, and once again
injuring
Sabu's
neck.
Styles said
that tonight's Main Event is an ECW TV Title - No. 1
Contenders
Match, with
Masato Tanaka v. Justin Credible. The winner will
meet Van Dam for
the Title at
the next ECW PPV, Guilty As Charged (GAC),
January 10, 1999, in
Orlando, FL.
We saw Justin
Credible, along with his Manager Jason, The World's
Sexiest Man
(if that's the
case, Nicole Bass is The World's Sexiest ?), and
Chastity. He was
ranting on
about being better than anyone else.
Next up was a
little T&A show at the beach by Tammy Lynn Sytch,
shot when ECW
was in
Florida recently. No
too shabby!
Styles said the
Full Blooded Italians (FBI) have a new member and we
will find
out who in a
moment as we went to the ring for the first match.
FBI Manger Tommy
"The Big Don"
(or is it The Big Dumbo?) Rich was in the ring,
along with FBI
Members Little
Guido and Tracey Smothers. He introduced the newest
member. The
One Man Gang (OMG),
or should we now call him Uno Gangio Senor (Hey, Oma
no
Italiano, so
you no picka on my speakin, Ok). The FBI,
OMG and Little Guido
were
to meet the
team of Chris Chetti and Super Nova. The match was
shown in a high
light format.
We saw Super Nova perform a Plancha over the top
rope onto The
FBI, who were
out on the floor. This got is out first "Oh, my G-d"
of tonight's
show from Joey.
Not to be outdone, Chetti followed with one of his
own, but
didn't rate an
"Oh, my
G-d." Must be
that move is only good for one a match. Smothers
came into the
ring and made
it 3-On-2 (a major shocker, who would have
guessed?).
OMG hit a
747 Splash on
Super Nova sending him into another galaxy. They
picked him up
with a blotter
and carried him back to the locker room. As Chetti
was following
him out,
Smothers challenged Chetti to find a replacement and
come back. As the
suspense built,
Chetti returned with a new partner, Tommy Dreamer.
Looks like
the level of
violence is going to pick up. It did. The match
resumed and we saw
Stereo Spiccoli
Drivers by Chetti and Dreamer, followed by Stereo
Double
Moonsaults by
them. Justin Credible hit the ring and nailed
Dreamer with his
Singapore Cane,
parting his hair and head. Poor Tommy was then
pinned. Doesn't
it strike you a
bit odd that the only Italian (and I'm not really
100% positive
he is either)
in the ring was Chris Chetti and he was opposing the
FBI? Oh well,
this is ECW.
Winners - The
FBI - Losers - Super Nova and Tommy Dreamer's Head.
Lance Storm
came to the ring accompanied by Tammy Lynn Bytch (TLB)
for a match
v. Mikey
Whipwreck. He was holding a tape of Bret Hart's new
video. He took the
mic and said
that Canadians are better than Americans, yada, yada,
yada. He also
said that he
would never tap out to The Sharpshooter. He closed
by saying he
didn't plan to
work tonight and was leaving. He then left with
TLB following,
depriving the
crowd of
TLB's "talents" for
the evening. Mikey was not a happy
camper and
challenged anyone in the locker room to a match. Rod
Price came to
the ring and
Mikey said he wanted to wrestle and not fight, so he
was leaving.
At this rate,
we will be down to the hot dog vendors facing each
other. Price
then challenged
anyone in the locker room (its apparently
contagious). New Jack
came to the
ring with a trash can full of his toys. I guess we
are going to see
a fight, not a
wrestling match. Give me the Gold ring, I was right.
New Jack
nailed Price
across the skull with a Stick, followed by a Road
Sign and a
Telephone.
After garroting Price with the cord on the
telephone, New Jack jammed
a piece of the
Stick, which broke when he nailed Price, into
Price's face. He
then placed
what looked like a
VCR over Price's
Privates and scored a goal with
it as he
smashed the
VCR (?) with a Hockey
Stick. This got us our second "Oh, my
G-d" of the
evening from little Joey. New Jack went to the top
turn buckle and
came down on
Price's head with the Hockey Stick (or at least
that's what I think
it was),
knocking Price into next week and pinning him. Only
in ECW can a
scheduled match
between Lance Storm and Mikey Whipwreck and up with
New Jack
defeating Rod
Price!
Winners - New
Jack and His Toy Manufacturer /
Loser- Rod
Price's Head and Privates
The next match
was the ECW TV Title No. 1 Contender match, pitting
Masato Tanaka
v. Justin
Credible, who was accompanied by Jason and Chastity.
The crowd chanted
"Justin
@$$hole" at Credible as he walked around the ring.
Chastity, The Blond
Bimbo's Bimbo,
took off her long shirt and whooo, she's really a
girl!! She was
wearing high
heels, a mini-shirt, halter top, and she was hosed
down and had her
hair done! The
crowd ate it up. Credible was
PO'd at her and told
her to cover
up. Either
she's his sister or he's a prude. She strutted her
stuff in the ring
and had the
crowd going wild. Credible looked like he was going
to kill her. The
match
eventually got underway and began with a series of
chain wrestling moves.
Tanaka hit a
Power Bomb and a Missile Drop Kick from the top turn
buckle.
Credible hit a
Side Kick, Tanaka knocked Credible to the floor and
slammed him
into the guard
rail. Tanaka then hit a Russian Leg Sweep and again
put Credible
into the guard
rail. He got a chair and placed it between
Credible's eyes. Back
in the ring,
Tanaka hit a Drop Kick and went to the floor for a
chair. he
brought it into
the ring, but Credible took control and hit an
Inverted DDT onto
the chair.
Tanaka watched the little birdies circle his head
for a while and
then took a
series of Knife Edge Chops and a Snap Mare. Credible
dropped an
Elbow off the
middle turn buckle and applied a Headlock, as he
kept Tanaka down
on the mat.
Jason and Chastity were whispering sweet nothings to
each other on
the floor and
paying little attention to the match. Credible kept
the pressure
on as he hit a
big Clothesline. He went to the top turn buckle with
a chair and
came off, but
Tanaka got a boot up and Credible ate the chair.
Tanaka went for a
Tornado DDT,
but Credible blocked it and hit a Running Tornado
DDT of his own
and went for a
Suplex. Tanaka reversed it into a Whippersnapper.
Tanaka hit a
Tornado DDT
onto the chair, went for the cover, but Jason came
in and made the
save. Jason
went for a Kick, missed it and paid the price as
Tanaka planted him.
Chastity came
in and tried to distract Tanaka. He grabbed her and
planted a big
wet one on her.
Jason took the opportunity to go and get his
Singapore Cane. He
was set to nail
Tanaka with it, but Tommy Dreamer hit the ring and
blasted
Credible over
the head with what looked like a Metal Tray. Tanaka
hit a Rolling
Whippersnapper
and pinned Credible for the victory.
Winner - Masato
Tanaka - Will meet Van Dam for the ECW TV Title at
GAC.
Styles said
Sabu's condition is worst than last time. He also
said The Dudley
Boyz will be
defending the Tag Team Title in Japan v. Van dam and
Sabu, if Sabu
is able to
wrestle. He told us that Credible was tearing up the
locker room. He
is PO'd over
losing the title shot because of Dreamer's
interference. Credible
will face
Dreamer at GAC in a match with Stipulations to be
announced. He
reviewed the
card for GAC.
We next saw Van
Dam in the locker room, along with Manager Bill "Fonzie"
Alfonso.
Fonzie talked
about Van Dam and Sabu going to Japan and facing The
Dudley Boyz
for the Tag
Team Title. He said if they don't come back with the
Title, he will
split Van Dam
and Sabu up. Van Dam chimed in that that might not
be too bad an
idea. He went
into his bit about carrying Sabu before, will do so
again if he
has to, and
being The Whole F'N Show. He said he hopes Sabu
isn't hurt too bad,
he's worried
about him, however, he is looking out for Number
One.
We then saw
Super Nova in the bathroom. He was complained about
being abandoned
by Raven and
others, and his partner The Blue Meanie leaving him.
He said its
time to get
tough.
Next up were
The Dudley Boyz, D-Von and Bubba Ray. D-Von had just
a few words to
mumble, talking
tough. Bubba Ray on the other had had diarrhea of
the mouth. He
talked about
life growing up as a Dudley, about being "Inbred,"
and how tough it
was.
He talked about
Van Dam and Sabu in Japan, saying we shouldn't sell
The Dudley
Boyz short,
that they "don't lay down for anyone." They liked
splitting teams
up, citing The
Gangstas and The Eliminators. He went on to say that
Big Dick,
Sign Guy and
Joel Gertner wont be in Japan, but they don't need
them. He warned
Van Dam and
Sabu that they better be ready and that The Dudley
Boyz were going
to do something
that will make people hate them even more then they
do now. He
said they
snapped wrestlers necks and Beulah McGilicuddy's
also, warning Van Dam
and Sabu.
We had to
listen to Dangerous Danny Doring flap his gums,
while Amish Road Kill
looked on. He
said the Road Kill liked to snap the necks of
chickens and pluck
their feathers.
He called Road Kill "sick and twisted," concluding
by calling
him The Angry
Amish Chicken Plucker.
We then saw
Justin Credible in the hallway with Chastity. He
told her to "shut
up" before she
had a chance to say anything. Addressing Tommy
Dreamer, he wanted
to know what
his problem is, asking if its that the fans are
following him now
(the guy is
clueless), if its that he ran Tommy's partner (The
Sandman) out of
ECW or if its
because he dissed Tommy's grandfather. He said he
was "pissed"
because Tommy
cost him the match v. Tanaka and will pay for it. He
then said
its all
Chastity's fault as he turned to her again and told
her to put some
clothes on. He
wanted to know why the clothes (?) that Jason and he
had bought
her weren't
good enough anymore as she put a shirt on. He
stormed out of the
building and
the program ended on that note.
While a good
show, it was not as good as some recent ones. A lot
of time was
spent setting
the stage for GAC and the Japan trip and that's the
main reason
the action was
somewhat limited.
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
BronxBmbr2
THE WORDS
ARE "RESPONSIBILITY
and APPROPRIATE"
I've been
reading the recent mini-controversy about the
"crucifixion" of Steve
Austin with
interest.
As often seems
to be the case, the term "freedom of speech" is
being bandied
about when
freedom isn't the issue at all. The issues are
responsibility and
appropriateness.
This isn't the
first time in the last few years the WWF has
ventured into the
gray area of
appropriateness. I called into question the use of a
handgun in the
Brian Pillman/Steve
Austin plot line a couple of years ago.
Did the WWF
have the right to use the handgun? Of course. Poor
taste and a
callous
attitude do not fall outside the boundries of the
first amendment.
Now, the
question becomes, does the WWF have the right to use
what is obviously
--
from the public
response -- easily interpreted as a religious symbol
to further
its story line?
Again, this falls within the boundries of the first
amendment.
But, is it
appropriate? Is it a responsible use of the medium
(television)?
I think not.
The WWF can issue all the disclaimers in the world
about its
product being
"sports entertainment" and being not suitable for
all age groups,
but the fact is
that the WWF markets itself to a great extent to a
young market.
It hypes WWF-based
toys, among other things. The disclaimer is indeed a
rather
weak,
self-serving way to attempt to justify its content.
The problem, I
think, seems to be that the WWF writers shoot from
the hip first
and think
afterwards. After the handgun issue arose, the
company was quick to
end the plot,
and issue a statement that maybe it had gone too
far. Now, I
realize that
among responses to this will be: 1. its up to
parents to monitor
their
children's television activity, and 2. "I'm 15 and
the handgun thing
didn't make me
go out and shoot someone, and the crucifixion hasn't
made me hate
Catholics."
In fact, it is
indeed parents' responsibility to monitor their
children's
television. But
it is also the responsibility of producers to make
programming
age
appropriate. If the WWF wants to be adult
programming, then it should not
market itself
to children. And, that there hasn't yet been a
tragedy spawned by
the WWF, still
doesn't make what its doing right. It merely makes
the WWF
luckier than
the animals killed by children who took Beavis and
Butthead too
seriously.
Finally, if
there were a freedom of speech issue here, one would
do well to
remember that
freedom of speech is NOT an absolute. The
constitutionally-guaranteed rights of one individual
end where another's rights
begin.
Bronxbmbr2
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by reader:
LongDaddyT
Concerning the
Undertaker's cross deal...The only thing wrong with
it that I see
was how
Stonecold was positioned. Not the fact that he was
hung on a cross but
that he was
spread-eagle like Christ was. Although I did like
the ending, it
made the
Undertaker's character that much more evil. He has
been my favorite
wrestling since
the beginning. But I have never seen him as evil as
now. The
eyes get to me
everytime. The ending of RAW last week was
spectacular and
really pushed
Taker as evil incarnate.
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