Issue
# 098
Date:
Monday December 14th, 1998 11:17 pm
The
Wrestling Booking Sheet
WCW
Nitro Report for December 14th, 1998
By Steve Appy
Scott Putski defeated Raven via
forfeit
Raven once again mentioned his
mother and his childhood of neglect.
Kanyon, fed
up with Raven's apathy, interrupted
Raven and revealed to the world that
Raven
has a large trust fund, and hinted
that he did receive love when
growing up.
Raven wanted no part of it, and
walked to the dressing room,
ignoring poor Scott
Putski. Is this Putski's greatest
victory yet?
Villano 5 defeated Eddie Guerrero
via disqualification
Eddie had Villano defeated after
delivering a Frog Splash, but
stopped the pin
right before the three count. The
LwO filled the ring, and Villano
accepted
their invitation to join the Latino
World Order. Are there any remaining
Luchadors not in the LwO yet? Maybe
Super Calo and Lizmark Jr.
Wrath pinned Al Greene
Wrath quickly destroyed Greene with
The Meltdown (was anyone surprised?)
Gene Okerlund interviewed Eric
Bischoff, who made a big issue of
Flair's age and
played up his own karate
achievements. Flair stormed the
ring, and Bischoff
quickly bailed out and ran to the
back. Flair followed closely behind
until
Bischoff scurried
behind some television equipment.
Flair joined Okerlund, and gave a
very
emotional interview. At the
conclusion, Flair sunk to the mat,
clutching his
left shoulder.
This is SCARY! Flair is my all time
favorite, and this situation looks
real.
From appearances, Flair may have had
a heart attack (although that is
worst
case). Arn Anderson joined his best
friend in the ring, and a medical
team
quickly loaded Flair onto a
stretcher and into an ambulence.
Was this real, or a sick angle?
Okerlund mentioned Flair's shoulder
that was
operated on in 1996, and speculated
that his injury may have been
related to
that. If this is an angle, its a
sick one, because it looks like
Flair may be
truly injured. I hope The Nature Boy
is okay; I sit here shocked, in real
concern. Since the camera's followed
the whole scene, I think its
possible
(I'm hopeful here), that this was
just an angle. If it is, this is as
inappropriate as it gets.
The camera quickly cut to the back
of the arena, where Bam Bam Bigelow
was shown
beating up poor Scott Hall. Kevin
Nash made the save, and was followed
by
Goldberg. There was mutters about a
three way dance later tonight; after
last
week's disaster, maybe not a good
idea.
WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy
Kidman fought Rey Mysterio Jr. to a
No Contest
Gene Okerlund interviewed Kidman.
Kidman asked Rey Mysterio Jr. to
join him in
the ring, and challenged him to an
title match. Shiavonie announced
that Flair
was taken to a local hospital. The
WCW trainer, Danny Young, informed
us that
Flair suffered from shortness of
breath and mild chest pains. While
Kidman &
Mysterio are truly two of the best,
I find it difficult to give them the
attention they deserve.
The LwO attacked both men to end the
contest, and Kidman & Mysterio
worked
together to fend off the Luchadors.
Superior numbers changed the story,
though,
and the LwO laid out both men.
Chris Jericho once again proved his
magic. In a scene straight out of
the
Warren Commision,
Jericho presented exhibits that
showed how Konnan cheated to
defeat
Jericho. He brought out a skinny
latino to imitate Konnan, and
claimed
an injustice/conspiracy, etc. He
ended up beating up the Konnan
imitator, and
briefly locked him in The Lion
Tamer. My descriptions here can't do
Jericho
justice......
Barry Windham pinned Emory Hale
Windham destroyed Hale with a
Superplex; he didn't look very
impressive, though.
Norman Smiley pinned Perry Saturn
Either Saturn really pissed someone
off, or Smiley finally impressed
somebody.
Smiley did some of his goofy
dancing, and Saturn was still angry
at the
officials, with a stern word for
referee Charles Robinson. After
Robinson was
knocked out, Saturn had Smiley set
up for the
DVD;
Ernest Miller took advantage
of the situation and kicked Saturn.
Referee Scott Dickinson, angry about
his
beating last week, ran to the ring
and gave the fastest three count in
history.
Was
Dickinson simply angry at Saturn, or
on Sonny Onoo's payroll?
Gene Okerlund interviewed US
Champion Bret Hart, who challenged
DDP to a
US
title match on the spot. Gene asked
Hart about Flair, and Bret kind of
blew off
the question. This would have been a
good time to break kayfabe. As DDP
stormed the ring, the Giant nailed
DDP, who was chokeslammed through a
wooden
(cardboard?) ramp. Hart looked on,
finding it amusing that The Giant
was doing
his dirty work.
WCW Television Champion Konnan
pinned Stevie Ray (w/Booker T)
Disco Inferno pestered Konnan again
about joining the Wolfpac; K-Dawg
had no
idea what he was talking about.
After Booker T stopped Stevie Ray
from hitting
Konnan with a foreign object, Konnan
made a comeback and hit Stevie with
a
facebuster.
Eric Bischoff gave a "seemingly"
sincere interview about Ric Flair.
Bischoff
showed respect for Flair, and
announced that Flair has suffered
"what seems to
be a mild heart attack". He
acknowledged Flair's
accomplishments, and he
apologized to both Ric & his family.
Bischoff got a mixed reaction, with
cheers
in appreciation of his sincerity,
and boos on principle. This is
seeming
real...
Gene Okerlund interviewed Booker T.
Booker T wished Flair well; Booker T
expressed misgivings about his
brother having joined the nWo, and
Stevie Ray
joined them in the ring to respond.
He blamed Booker that he had joined
the
nWo, since Booker T wasn't teaming
with him anyway.
Raven's "mom" tried to enter the
arena, and Kanyon vouched for her.
She was
young looking, maybe 40 years old.
As Kanyon led "Mrs. Levy" away from
the
arena in search of Raven, he
demanded $50 for his troubles. She
refused, and
told "Chris"
to take her to her son.....
Scott Hall defeated Horace Hogan via
disqualification
The announcers sold the idea that
Hall was weakened from his brawl
with Bigelow
earlier in the evening. The nWo
attacked Hall for the DQ, which led
to The
Disco Inferno, wearing a Wolfpac
shirt, to try to make the save. The
nWo black
& white stomped both men, with no
signs of the real Wolfpac.
Scott Steiner (w/Buff Bagwell)
defeated Van Hammer via submission
Steiner's whole act is improved with
Buff by his side. Scott applied the
Steiner Recliner, and the nWo
referee signaled for the bell.
Steiner called out
Lex Luger, and offered him a spot in
the nWo black & white. Buff claimed
that
the Wolfpac is mistreating Lex, and
Luger just walked away without
saying a
word. Luger looked amused; the black
& white does need some new
talent......
WCW World Champion Bill Goldberg,
Bam Bam Bigelow, and Kevin Nash
fought to
a No Contest in a non title Triple
Threat Match
Nash & Bigelow double teamed
Goldberg with some real weak looking
offense;
Goldberg looked like a monster. As
Goldberg had the advantage, Scott
Hall
entered the ring and attacked both
Goldberg & Bigelow. Eventually, the
show
ends with Goldberg & Nash brawling
inside the ring, and Hall & Bigelow
brawling
on the outside.
Notes: At this point, I don't know
if Flair really did suffer a heart
attack.
As soon as I hear anything from a
reliable source, it will be printed.
It
seemed legitimate, and I hope
something like this wouldn't be
angle, although
that's what I'm rooting for right
now. We all remember what the WWF
did with
HBK in November 1995. Isn’t this
too sick & desperate to be an angle,
even for WCW?
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CANDIDO & SYTCH LEAVE ECW
The rumors have been confirmed
directly from the parties involved;
Chris Candido
& Tammy Sytch (Sunny) have
officially announced their intention
to leave ECW.
They posted the following message on
their
AOL
Sportsguy Message Board, found at
AOL Keyword:
aol://5863:126/mB:346527
By Chris Candido & Tammy Sytch:
"Firstly, let me say I have been
friends with Paul Heyman since I was
8 years
old. He gave Tammy and I a fantastic
opportunity after we quit the WWF.
However,
the time has come for a change. It
is not a money issue, we actually
make more
w/ ecw then we did in the WWF.
However, we were offered deals from
the WWF and
WCW, and Paul, being a good friend
and boss gave us the month off to
decide and
to move into our new home.
ECW is where our hearts are, but it
is hard watching guys I've trained
having
ppv's named after them that can't
work a lick. Making this choice is
hard, but
now it was made alot easier. Joey
Styles, who has no knowledge of
contracts,
said that not only we were not on
vacation, but not in negotiations
with anyone
else has made our minds up. ECW had
gotten Tammy a great deal to
distribute a
calander and posters, and train me
to be the ass. booker, but because
of Joey's
insubordination we are definitely
not returning to ECW. We have not
made our
choice of which company we will go
to, but, there are too many things
stacked in
the leaving pile.
Paul has not returned our calls all
weekend, so we are NOT STAYING WITH
ECW. He
is losing the only worker who can be
a baby and a heel on the same show,
and
easily the best woman ever in the
business. I will miss the people
that I
brought there, Lance Storm, Jerry
Lynn, Balls, Justin Credible, and
mostly the
man who put me on the map, Tracy
Smothers. You know Jim Ross was
fired for
insubordination from the WWF his
first time, well Paul has Joey to
blame. There
is alot more I want to say, like
making RVD the top baby even though
I can't
stand him, I was a company man, and
Tammy still under WWF contract was a
great
asset to our locker room.
We will miss everyone, but we have
been taken for granted. Just for
your info
we have gone on vacation. See you on
USA or
TNT/TBS soon. Thanks for your
support, we will still keep this
board up."
SEE
YA--CC&TLS
Today, on
http://www.1wrestling.com/,
Dave Scherer of the Wrestling Lariat
had
some strong words about Candido.
Candido was outraged, and posted his
response
below. I won't be printing Scherer's
words here, so if you want to check
them
out, go to
http://www.1wrestling.com/
While I'm a big fan of Candido &
Sytch, I
do respect Dave Scherer as well. its
a judgment call as to whose view you
may
go along with.
Either way, both men are worthy of
respect in this business; it would
be a shame
for a flame war to ensue.
Once again by Chris Candido & Tammy
Sytch:
"Firstly, my previous post was done
in haste. I would like to respond to
Dave
(Scherer) whatever the hell his name
is, making a living off of all our
bodies,
I am not a liar. #1 Tammy was not
released from the WWF, she publicly
quit off
the air at Heatwave in Dayton Ohio.
Her letter of getting out of her
contract is
even dated AFTER the PPV. So, god
damn it don't talk unless you know
what you
are talking about. Secondly, if you
think i would lie about my
Grandmother being
deathly ill you're a sick son of a
bitch.
#3-I spent two months in the damn
WWF warehouse with Tom Prichard
helping train
Rocky Maivia. Don't ever mention me
in your piece of shit newsletter
(The Wrestling Lariat) again. And
mostly don't defame the character of
my fiance
or I promise I will find you and
beat the living shit out of your
parasite ass.
Now, down to business.
I WAS ON VACATION!!!! WE BOUGHT A
NEW
HOME, BUT OUR FURNITURE
CAN'T BE DELIVERED UNTIL EARLY JAN.
So thanks to this business we could
afford
to go on a few various short
vacations. We had to return home to
close on the
house and see my grandmother. Joey
Styles has no idea, of my travels,
we just
plug the lap top into the phone
jack. He also has no ideas of our
contacts, our
friendship with Paul said if we
really wanted to get out at anytime,
we could
get out. Now it is Joey called us
liars, and his pissed me off. We
have
friends in both organizations that
have been the middle men for us as
to not
cause contract tampering of any
sort.
I finally spoke my piece with Paul
today as I did with Bam Bam and
someone else
from WCW. Last evening I shouldn't
have spoken for Tammy, as her
contract is
different then mine or anyone elses.
She has a merchandise contract
already
putting out 4-5 posters, a poster
book, and a calender, so SHE IS
STAYING FOR A
WHILE, even if only to do her
outside of "wrestling" commitments,
but is totally
up to Paul E. I apparently caused a
problem with our ppv carrier over my
statements. My main statement is
that if Paul requests my services at
GUILTY AS
CHARGED I will fulfil my commitments
and be there!!!! I do not want to
cause
the company a loss again, that is up
to Paul. My problem is mainly with
the
people that didn't believe what we
were saying was the truth. The only
thing I
said in haste was that I was leaving
for good. I am still upset at Joey,
I want
to kill Dave whatever the hell his
name is, but I thank everyone who
supported
us and said they would continue too.
I could go on forever, but I'll end
this by making it public that I will
confront Paul during his usual too
long speech at the QUEENS
SHOW!!!!!! If you
want to think this is an angle and
I'm trying to be Brian Pillman then
I'll
argue with you in another post. For
those
REAL
fans who believe the truth thank
you. We will make our decision by
Jan.1st, but if I'm required I will
be at the
ppv.again. Tammy will be here to
fulfill her merchandise deal, and
branch out
of this business. I'm sure I'll be
back here soon."
And one more post by Chris
Candido........
"A simple thank you to the people
who believe us. And let me clear up
the RVD
thing, we are friends now, but you
people aren't supposed to know that.
But we
didn't get along when we met in
Memphis in 91, and we were not
friends when I
said he should be a babyface, and
our world champion in the future.
THANKS AGAIN-----CC
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"IF DEBRA McMICHAEL WERE PRESIDENT"
BY
SAMJERRY
VISIT my Home
Page:
http://members.aol.com/~samjerry
1. The Capital would be moved to Las
Vegas, where Six-Week Residency
would
be required before any official
action would be legal
2. Debra's autobiography, "Becoming
Rich Thru Divorce" or ,"From The
Other Side
Of The Tracks To Owning The
Railroad," would be given to every
girl upon
her
thirteenth birthday.
3. Lorena Bobbitt would be appointed
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
4. The top Christmas toys would be
Stick It To Him Barbi and Taken To
The
Cleaners Ken, and be available at
B*tches 'R' Us or by calling
1-800-SCREWEM.
5. If Saddam got out of line, Debra
would marry and then divorce him,
thereby
bankrupting Iraq and at the time
turning him into a wimpy pussy cat.
6. The National Symbol would a
plastic enhanced female, digging her
5" spiked
heels into her 110 pound weakling
husband.
7. Women in the military would wear
tailored suits with skirts that are
at
least 15"
above the knee, and jackets that
show more cleavage than Pamela Lee
showed
in her home movies with Tommy Lee.
8. The Country's new motto would be,
"I got the Gold Mine, he got the
Shaft."
9. Every dollar bill would
have..Heck, there wouldn't be any
dollar bills.
Currency
would begin with the $50 dollar
bill, and have Debra's picture on
both
sides.
10. Mongo would be declared an Enemy
of the State and sentenced to Life
Without
Parole in WCW. A reduced sentence of
being castrated with a dull razor,
then
smeared with honey and staked to an
Army Ant hill, would be considered
after
five years of time served without
incident.
If you like these "If XXXX Were
President" and want me to continue
doing them,
give your Newsletter a "Hell, Yeah."
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Results of Last week's poll, What
wrestler should retire? (If you did
not send
your response
to
nwo4life4ever,
it was deleted).
Ric Flair 38 votes S. McMicheal 3
votes Sonny Onoo 1 votes
Goldberg 20 Marc Mero 2 The Warrior
6
Savage 19 Steve Austin 3 LWO 2
Farooq 15 Meng 2 Goldust 2
B. Horowitz 2 Jim Ross 1 Vincent 3
Lex Luger 6 DDP 3 The Disciple 2
Hogan 3 Vader 1 Norman Smiley 2
Terry Funk 4 Taco Bell Dog 1 Eric
Bischoff 3
22 tied with 1 including WWF, nWo,
Giant and Bret Hart
This weeks poll:
Who is your favorite member of the
Clique?
A: X-Pac
B: Scott Hall
C: Hunter Hearst Helmsly
D: Shawn Michaels
E: Kevin Nash
F: Justin Credible
Please send
all poll answers to:
nwo4life4ever
Answers sent to any other address
will be deleted. Thanks!
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Reader Mailbag
Submitted by
reader:
JAGray3
I just dropped by www.time.com to
cast my daily vote for Mick Foley as
man of
the year, and it appears that the
web site has been hacked. When one
tries to
read the message boards pictures of
Mick Foley pop up everywhere.
Internet
Explorer dialogue boxes pop up
saying Mick Foley rules.
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