Issue # 100
Date:
Wednesday December 16th, 1998
4:43 pm
The Wrestling
Booking Sheet
RAW DEFEATS NITRO
AGAIN
Nitro Ratings RAW
Ratings
First Hour- 4.8 N/A
Second Hour- 3.9 5.3
Third Hour- 4.0 5.1
Total Average- 4.2
5.2
WCW did a monster
quarter hour of 5.9
for the segment
where Ric Flair "had
his
heart attack".
That’s the good
news. The bad news
is that they dropped
to a 3.7
for the first
quarter hour
head-to-head, while
Raw, with the great
DX skit,
opened up with a
super 5.5. On the
plus side for WCW,
they did do a 4.9
for the
over run of the
three way on Nitro,
to a 5.0 for Raw’s
overrun for the Rock
vs.
Triple H match.
The 12/13 Heat did a
solid 3.8.
(Reported by Dave
Scherer of
http://www.1wrestling.com)
NEW CORPORATION
MEMBER
The intruder that
helped The Rock
against Triple H on
RAW is Andrew
Martin, a trainee
in Dory Funk Jr.'s
training camps.
SABU MARRIED
Georgie passed on
word that Sabu and
his wife Mibu had
their Japanese
wedding in
Japan on 12/14. They
had been married
here in the states,
but had the Japanese
ceremony for her
family. (Reported by
Dave Scherer of
http://1wrestling.com)
JASON SENSATION
As many of you
already figured out,
the role of HBK in
the DX skit was
played by
Jason Sensation.
STING MOVIE
More news on SHUTTER
SPEED, the movie in
pre-production that
Sting will be
starring in for
TNT. Lions Gate
Entertainment Corp.
and Mandalay
Television
Pictures, who will
be producing the pic,
announced yesterday
that if the numbers
are there in the
ratings a full blown
weekly series is
planned. For all I
know
Sting gets killed in
the flick, but if
not he'll be
juggling a busy
schedule
between a weekly
series and his
wrestling duties.
Not unheard of as
Hogan did it
during THUNDER IN
PARADISE, and even
managed to get a ton
of work for fellow
wrestlers in the
process. (Reported
by Scoops at:
http://www.scoopscentral.com)
NEWSLETTER AWARD
TNM, The Wrestling
Simulator, is
holding their year
end poll to
determine the
best wrestling
newsletter on the
internet. The
Wrestling Booking
Sheet is
nominated, and for
any of you who feel
its deserved, I'd
appreciate it if you
would vote for us.
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100TH ISSUE
I'm not going to
make a big deal of
this; still, I'm
very pleased that
The
Booking Sheet has
made it this far. My
thanks go out to
both the staff and
the
readers who have
made this newsletter
what it is, for
better or for worse.
Here's looking for
100 more; I'm not
going to mention
anyone by name, for
fear
of neglecting many
people who have
helped this
newsletter along the
way. Thank
you to you
all.......
RAW RESULTS FOR
12/21
At the end of the
newsletter, in the
section titled RAW
SPOILER, we have the
results of this
coming Monday's RAW;
if you want to be
surprised, skip this
section.
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HBK/FLAIR
LINK
Ever since Monday
Night, I've received
many e-mails asking
what I meant when I
compared Ric Flair's
bogus heart attack
to an incident with
HBK in November
1995.
Many of you are
familiar with this
incident, but bear
with me....
In October 1995,
Shawn Michaels was
injured in a parking
lot brawl outside of
a
nightclub in
Syracuse, NY.
Michaels was
accomponied by The
1-2-3 Kid (X-Pac),
and Davey Boy Smith.
The public details
of this brawl have
changed frequently,
as have the number
of attackers HBK
faced. Shawn was
knocked out cold,
the
victim of a
concussion.
Michaels missed
around a month of
action, and had
returned several
weeks before
the incident was
exploited. On a
November 1995 RAW,
the night after
Survivor
Series, HBK faced
Owen Hart. After
Owen hit Shawn with
a kick to the head,
Shawn collapsed
several moments
later to the mat.
Owen, the referee,
and
manager Jim Cornette
looked at each other
in bewilderment.
Vince McMahon and
Jerry Lawler
immediatly stopped
their commentary,
and looked on in
seemingly
sincere concern.
Owen didn't even
attempt to pin
Shawn, and the match
stopped
with no explanation
needed. The WWF was
telling us that
something had gone
wrong, that the
script was thrown
out the window.
Shawn was clearly
injured
legit.
Since all the
viewers knew that
Michaels had
suffered a serious
concussion a
little more than a
month before, we
almost all believed
that Shawn's life
was in
jeopardy.
When it was revealed
to be a part of a
wrestling storyline,
most were relieved.
The Heartbreak Kid
was going to live,
and would live to
prosper.
My main objection to
the Flair "heart
attack" angle is
that WCW is trying
to
tell the world that
Flair really could
have died, even if
the message is
implied. Everybody
has lost a loved one
to a heart attack,
and even a mild
heart attack strikes
fear in most hearts.
WCW's current angle
with Sting has him
sidelined with an
injury, and I have
no
objection to this.
The injury is
presented in the
framework of the
fantasy
wrestling world
where we all must
choose to suspend
belief; WCW tried to
cross
that border and hint
towards death. There
are some wrestling
writers I have a
great deal of
respect for that
aren't offended by
this angle; I guess
it''s a
matter of
preference. Per my
preference, this is
by far the most
offending
wrestling angle of
the year, blowing
away any of the
questionable angles
the WWF
has been involved
with.
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"IF KIMBERLY WERE
PRESIDENT"
BY
SAMJERRY
VISIT my Home Page:
http://members.aol.com/~samjerry
1. The Capital would
be moved to The
House Of Babes
Exotic Dance Lounge
and
Quakers Quilting
Emporium,
Las Vegas, NV.
2. Kimberly's
autobiography, "He's
Not My Grandfather,
He's My Husband, or
"Making Marriage To
The Elderly Work "
would be given to
every young girl
at the
start of her
"dancing" career.
3. The Winner of the
1999 Stripper Of The
Year Contest would
be appointed
Secretary Of Labor.
4. The top Christmas
toys would be Lap
Dance Barbi and
"Talking" Take It
Off
Ken,
and be available at
Strippers 'R' Us or
by calling
1-800-TOPLESS.
5. If Saddam got out
of line, Kimberly
would send The NITRO
Bimbos to
Iraq for
a
NITRO Party. That is
more punishment than
any Sanctions could
ever be.
6. The National
Symbol would a
Topless Bleached
Blonde, wearing far
too much
make-up, doing a
Table dance.
7. Women in the
military wouldn't
wear much of
anything, but would
do very well
with tips included.
8. The Country's new
motto would be,
"Stripping. its Not
Just A Job, its An
Adventure."
9. Every dollar bill
come prefolded,
making it easier to
slip under a garter.
10. Marriage to a
man less than 30
years older would be
declared an Act Of
Treason and any
woman doing so would
be sentenced to
"Marriage For Life"
to a
Tony The Shill
Clone.
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THE WRESTLING
GOD----by OSIRIS
I was going to begin
this first column
with some smart
remarks and witty
patter
to set the
tone-----after all,
whatever I write is
always correct,
because I am
the Wrestling God;
however, before I
began this piece, I
checked my e-mail,
only
to find a few
disturbing pieces
from my good friend,
samjerry. One piece
was a
response to an item
samjerry wrote about
scott steiner; the
tone of the piece
was, essentially,
f---you, you f------
a------, I think you
get the picture, a
somewhat retarded
individual samjerry
refers to as
language challenged.
This
type of individual
ruins it for all of
us; it`s what gives
internet wrestling
fans, at least in
some people`s minds,
a very bad name.
Now let me speak on
something else: I
was informed via
e-mail, that hackers
had
flooded an internet
voting site devoted
to some type of
voting for man of
the
year---Time
magazine, I think.
Anyway, from one
letter I read people
were urged
to write in
Mic Foley, which is
all well and good,
but then, as I
understand it, the
site
has been flooded
electronically, to
the detriment of
anyone else with a
differing opinion.
Again, another good
indicator that
wrestling fans are
nuts;
we don`t need this.
I have been a
wrestling fan for 40
years, and I`ve seen
a lot of
changes---some good,
some
bad, many
different----but
through it all, our
sport remains. Let
us not give
our critics fuel for
the belief that we
are all wide-eyed
lunatics and let us
respect the people
in the game and the
writers, etc.
Along this line, I
have to give Eric
Bischoff credit. He
showed class, and
genuine concern,
when he made the
announcement on what
had happened to Ric
Flair
at Nitro on the
14th. Disagree
though we may with
other actions of
his, he made
the
clutch shot. Well,
that about does it.
Future columns
should be more
opinionated, since I
am an unabashed WCW
and DDP fan (I
mention DDP because
this
is the only area
where my otherwise
sagacious colleague,
samjerry, is
incorrect)--see ya--
----OSIRIS-----
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Reader Mailbag
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Can WCW Survive?
The past seven
Monday's have shown
it, World
Championship
Wrestling is
falling,
sinking, dying, call
it whatever you want
they're going down
the drain. How can
a company with such
star power of Nash,
Luger, Sting, Flair,
Hart, DDP,
Goldberg, The Giant
go down faster than
The Titanic? There
are so many
possibilties in
those eight
superstars that WCW
should capitalize
on.
It was just earlier
this year that WCW
Nitro dominated WWF
Raw Is War in the
Nielsen Ratings each
and every week.
Where did WCW go
wrong? Ever since
Steve
Austin became World
Champion back in
March at
Wrestlemania 14, The
World
Wrestling Federation
has been on an
uprise. They drew
closer and closer in
the
ratings each week,
and then a miracle
happened, over a
year losing streak
was
put to an end as Raw
won!!! I remember
calling up M.L.
Curley's
Detroit News
hotline and hearing
these words "The
Streak is finally
over, as Raw has
defeated
Nitro in the
national Nielsen
ratings!" My heart
pounded, I couldn't
believe it
finally had
happened, but it
did.
Nitro did bounce
back and forth
winning and losing
until around October
when the
WWF began to win by
larger and larger
margins, and that
continues to happen,
but
why? The answer is
simple, a lack of
focus by WCW. Look
at these past few
weeks for example,
guys like Emory
Hale, Mike Enos,
Bobby Blayze, and
Silver
King have been put
on hours two and
three which puts
them up against the
WWF in
the ratings, go
figure. WCW should
have stars like
Scott Hall, NWO,
Wolfpac,
Four Horsemen,
Goldberg, and
Diamond Dallas Page
plastered all over
hours two
and three if they
even want to compete
with the stars of
the WWF.
Can World
Championship
Wrestling survive?
Can Bishoff and the
bookers land the
anchor before the
ship sinks? Can the
WCW Superstars
counter the stars of
the
WWF? The answer is
yes, but will WCW
realize this before
its too late?
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RAW SPOILER. THIS
SECTION REVEALS
RESULTS FOR THE RAW
THAT WILL
AIR THIS COMING
MONDAY.IF YOU WANT
TO BE SURPRISED READ
NO MORE
Mike Sweetster sent
the results for this
coming Monday's RAW
to Wrestlemaniacs,
which was taped
Tuesday, December
15th in
Spokane WA. To read
his complete
report, go to:
http://www.wrestlemaniacs.com/
Shane McMahon said
that Vince is taking
the night off and
handed the keys of
the
fed to him for the
night. DX comes out
and Triple H states
that while Shane has
the
keys to the fed, DX
has the keys to the
boiler room. Mankind
comes out and
stands with DX.
Michaels orders
Mankind's music to
be cut off, then
says he has
some Christmas
presents for DX.
First off, no
rematch for the
Outlaws, but Gunn
will face Shamrock
and Road Dog will
face Boss Man that
night; also, Rock
and
Test (Andrew Martin,
the bodyguard of the
Rock) will face
Triple H & X-Pac.
Shane
says that there'll
be another match. He
challenges Mankind
to a match. Mankind
reacted in the way
you might think he
would - he and DX
laughed their asses
off.
Mankind does accept
the challenge.
D-Lo Brown & Mark
Henry v. The
Headbangers: The
music for D-Lo &
Henry played
three times, but
only D-Lo came out.
He called for Henry
twice before
deciding
to wrestle himself,
and he lost to the
Headbangers. After
D-Lo lost, Mark
Henry
finally comes out of
the back in boxers,
with broken
handcuffs on both
his
wrists, a mix of
smiling and anger on
his face.
Al Snow (w/ Head) v.
Gangrel: Snow by
pinfall after the
Northern Lights
Bomb,
and right
afterwards,
Christian & Edge
came out of the
crowd, the lights
went
out, and when they
came back on, Snow
was on the ringside
mats covered in
blood
and SERIOUSLY
spooked.
Steve Blackman v.
the Blue Blazer:
Right after the
Blazer came down,
Owen did as
well, calling
Blackman a liar.
Owen did commentary
and ran in to cause
a DQ,
then Goldust ran in
to save Blackman.
Blackman and Goldust
got the Blazer alone
in the aisle with
Owen in the ring,
and unmasked him to
reveal Jarrett.
"Bad Ass" Billy Gunn
v. Ken Shamrock:
Gunn counters a
victory roll by
Shamrock
to apparently become
the new
Intercontinental
champion, but
Michaels came down
and said that he
said Gunn could
wrestle the IC
champ, not wrestle
him for the
belt. Michaels: "The
only guy that said
this was a title
match was that
announcer there, and
his opinion doesn't
mean squat!" The
championship was
returned to
Shamrock.
Hawk comes out and
says that he's OK
(although he does
have a cast over
most of
his left arm) and
that Droz was the
one trying to get
him back into drugs.
Droz
comes down, Hawk
bitches him out and
says that when he
heals, he'll show
why
LOD
also means Lords of
Discipline. Droz
attacks Hawk, Animal
makes the save.
Basically, Droz set
Hawk up to make him
look unreliable to
Animal.
Scorpio & Bob Holly
v. The Acolytes:
After a decent
match, the Acolytes
are
disqualified due to
excessive violence.
They laid both
JOB Squad members
out
before leaving.
Road Dog Jesse James
v. the Big Boss Man:
This match was
originally
non-title,
but Road Dog goaded
Boss Man into making
it a Hardcore title
match. Great
brawling match, went
into the crowd
twice. Chairs,
brooms, a phone, and
other
stuff was used. As
Boss Man was choking
out Road Dog with
the phone cord,
Mankind came from
behind, threw a net
on Boss Man, and
walloped Boss Man
with
something. Road Dog
covered, 1-2-3, and
became the
NEW Hardcore
champion.
Shane McMahon v.
Mankind: Patterson
and Brisco tried to
talk Shane out of
wrestling Mankind
but he went ahead
with the match.
Shane should've
listened.
Mankind demolished
him. Double-arm DDT,
then he went for
Socko. Mankind had
the
claw on, Patterson
and Brisco came in
and got taken out.
Mankind went for a
chair, was about to
hit Shane with it
and Shane ducked in
fear. Mankind gave
Shane the chair and
told him to hit him
and do something to
make his father
proud! Shane hit him
with it - decent
shot - Mankind
nosold it and threw
Shane
into the corner. DX
came in and X-Pac
hit the Bronco
Buster on Shane.
Corporation comes
down, DX sends them
out and beats on
Shane a bit. Mankind
then
leaves with DX and
crotch chops in the
ring and with them
on the ramp.
Raw main event -
Test & The Rock vs.
Hunter Hearst
Helmsley & X Pac:
Test is
freakin' HUGE. He
has to be at least
6'10" - he was
overlooking the Boss
Man.
Corporation came
down with Test/Rock,
DX came down with
Triple H/X-Pac.
Shawn tried
sending DX back, but
Mr. McMahon came
down and said that
since it was the
Christmas season,
they could stay.
Test wrestles like a
younger and faster
Diesel. Pretty even
match....then the
lights go out. Kane
comes down, stares
down the
Corporation...then
chokeslams everybody
in DX. Kane almost
chokeslams
Chyna, but the
Corporation talks
him out of it. Kane
almost chokeslammed
the
Rock by accident,
too. DX regroups and
limps to the back
while the
Corporation
and Kane are in the
ring. CREDIT: Mike
Sweetster &
Wrestlemaniacs
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