Issue # 133
Date:
Saturday January 16th, 1999 10:53 am
The Wrestling
Booking Sheet
DAVID FLAIR
RUMOR
The
rumor making the rounds right now has David
Flair turning heel on his father
at
Souled Out; David would then join Eric
Bischoff's version of the Horseman,
joining
Windham, Hennig, & Steve McMichael. I have
no idea if this is true,
though
nothing surprises me these days. Although I
do recognize the logic, I
hope it
won't happen.
(Reported in many
places, including
http://www.scoopscentral.com
)
JACKAL
ON HIS WAY TO ECW?
More
new blood for ECW on the way. In the midst
of word that Shane Douglas may
indeed
be hanging up the boots and heading for med
school, word that former
manager
of The Oddities and The Acolytes is heading
for Philly. Don Callis,
formerly The Jackyl, may be in as early as
tonight's show at the ECW arena.
While
his skills in the ring weren't showcased
much on WWF television, Callis is
a
former WFWA (now known as IWA) champion and
feuded with such stars as Jim
Brunzell and Rick Martel. No word yet on a
new gimmick for Callis. Chris
Jericho, in his latest fan commentary,
hinted at Callis's ECW debut.
(Reported by Al Issacs
at:
http://www.scoopscentral.com
)
GET
WELL ADDRESSES
As you
all know, both Shawn Michaels & Eddie
Guerreroare out of action,
recovering from their respective injuries.
If any of you would like to send
them
get well cards, feel free to contact them at
the following addresses:
To
contact Shawn Michaels, write to:
Shawn
Michaels
WWF/Titan
Sports
1241
East Main
P.O.
Box 3857
Stamford, CT 06902
To
contact Eddie Guerrero, write to:
WCW/nWo
Magazine
c/o
Eddie Guerrero
PO Box
44
N.
Syracuse NY 13212
(Reported by
http://www.1wrestling.com)
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ROUNDING THE SQUARED CIRCLE
ECW -
JANUARY 15, 1999
BY
SAMJERRY
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Tonight's program was the first since ECW's
latest PPV, Guilty As Charged (GAC),
and was
used to update the fans on it. It began with
a series of short clips of
the
matches, including the ECW debut of Sid.
The
regular ECW opening followed.
We saw
Rob "Mr. Monday Night / The Whole F'N Show"
Van Dam (RVD) and his Manager
Bill "Fonzie"
Alfonso. Alfonso said Van Dam is still the
ECW TV Champion and RVD
did his
standard "Whole F'N Show" Routine, saying
not only is he still the ECW
TV
Champion, but also "3/4th of the ECW Tag
Team Champions," mentioning Sabu as
his
partner as an after thought.
Joey
Styles was at his announcers position and
said the show would be a recap of
GAC. He
went on to say that RVD barely held on to
beat Lance Storm and retain
the TV
Title. Storm was scheduled for a
Three-Way
Dance Match at GAC v. Mikey
Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn.
Lynn is out
with a broken pelvis, suffered in a match
v.
Storm, and RVD was to meet Masato Tanaka,
who didn't make it back from
Japan.
As a
result, Storm came to the ring, accompanied
by Tammy Lynn Bytch (TLB), at
GAC and
challenged RVD for the Title. We then saw
stills of the match, won by
RVD
with a German Suplex. He retained the Title.
Steve
Miserak (sic) talked with Storm and TLB
about the match. Storm said he
carried
the match and TLB gave up a little T&A show.
Joey
said that Storm took things "to a whole new
level," came very close to
winning
the Title, and he is going to be the man to
beat in 1999.
We next
saw a clip of the ECW Championship Match
between Shane "The Franchise"
Douglas
(C) and Taz. During the match the lights
went out just after Taz put
Douglas thru a
table in the ring and Sabu came out and
charged the ring. He
nailed
both men and sent them to the floor. We saw
Air Sabu as he flew over the
top
rope onto Taz and got an "Oh, my G-d" from
Joey. He put Shane on a table
that
was lying across the guard rail to the apron
and then put him thru it with
another
aerial move, and we got another "Oh, my
G-d." They may have set a record
as
having been the closest two ever. Sabu then
put Taz on a table in the ring
and
gave him a dose of his flying skills,
destroying yet another table. The cash
register at the Acme Chair and Table Company
was working overtime. In the
process
of his last move, Sabu appeared to hurt his
ribs and he left.
Douglas
seemed
to be calling for The Triple Threat as he
raised three fingers. Francine
came
into the ring to see what he was doing.
Tammy Lynn Sytch (TLS) came into
the
ring and she went at it with Francine. Their
cat fight didn't last long
(damn)
as Chris Candido came in and held TLS back,
while Shane did the same with
Francine. Candido signaled for the two of
them to get Taz, but when Shane turned
towards
Taz, Candido nailed him with a right. He
then threw his Triple Threat
T-shirt
in
Douglas face
as he lay on the mat. Candido left the ring,
abandoning
Douglas. At
this point we went to a commercial.
Joey
talked about the
Douglas / Taz
Match, saying it "gave him goose bumps" and
that
the history of ECW was changed by the Match.
We then saw stills of the
match.
It was won by Taz with The TazMission. The
referee stopped the match with
Douglas
unconscious because he refused to submit,
making Taz the new ECW
Champion.
Next up
was a clip of Taz going back to his locker
room after the match and
walking
in on a "heel" victory celebration for him.
Being the pussy cat he is,
Taz
threw all out. Apparently Taz is not much of
a party animal.
We then
saw Miserak walking down the hall and Tommy
Rich sending him into Taz's
locker
room to join the party. He was lucky to get
out alive as Rich wet his
pants
laughing at him.
Next up
was stills of the
Japan v.
Mexico, Yoshiro Tajiri v. Super Crazy Match,
won by
Tajiri with a Dragon Suplex. They will meet
in a rematch January 16 at
the ECW
Arena, at House Party '99 (HP).
Styles
said Taz will make his first Title defense
at HP
We saw
a clip of Sid winning his ECW debut match at
GAC. Styles said be was
brought
to ECW by Judge Jeff Jones, and followed
with some "nice" words about
Jones'
ancestry.
Miserak
talked with Jones in a piece taped just
prior to GAC. Jones ranted on
about
what Sid was going to do to everyone in ECW.
We then
saw Justin Credible, along with is Manager
Jason, The World's Most
Famous
DNA Challenged Individual, Nicole Bass (get
the barf bag), and The Afro
American Mystery Woman (one of these days we
will find out her name) as he
talked
about beating Tommy Dreamer several times.
Styles
talked about the relationship between
Dreamer and Terry Funk. Funk had
been a
father figure to Tommy. This led into clips
of the past three weeks
involving Dreamer and Funk. See my ECW TV
Reports for complete details.
We then
saw Funk in the locker room prior to GAC. He
talked about how his father
raised
him and why he is so pissed at Dreamer.
Dreamer picked someone else as
his
Mystery Partner a few months ago and Funk
felt slighted. He said "Payback
time is
coming, and it will be until the day you
die."
We then
saw stills of the Dreamer v. Credible,
Stairway To Hell Match at GAC. A
Singapore Cane was hung above the ring and
there were two ladders in the ring.
Fist
man to get the Cane was allowed to use it.
The ladders were used as weapons
throughout the match. Dreamer got the Cane,
but Funk came in and nailed him with
a steel
garbage can. Credible blasted Dreamer with
That's Incredible from one of
the
ladders and won the match. Funk then abused
Dreamer, who still refuses to
fight
back against Funk.
Joey
mused about Dreamer's refusal to defend
himself against Funk, suggesting
that he
was confusing loyalty and stupidity.
Miserak
was in the locker room wondering the same
thing when Dangerous Danny
Doring
and Amish Road Kill lumbered in. Doring
babbled on about whatever and
left.
Road Kill just took up time and space.
We saw
a series of clips of ECW three years ago,
with Paul E. doing a voice over
and
saying that House Party '99 was this
Saturday.
We then
got our dose of The Dudley Boyz after their
match at GAC. New Jack was
still
in the ring being abused as Bubba Ray took
the mic and issued a challenge
to
Public Enemy (PE), Johnny Grunge and "Fly
Boy" Rocko Rock, for a match at HP.
Looks
like PE is back in ECW where they belong
after having wasted time in WCW.
Bubba
Ray said the ECW Arena was now part of
Dudleyville and pleaded with PE to
show up
for a Street Fight.
Joey
talked about The Dudley Boyz as clips of the
carnage they have visited upon
ECW
ran. The program closed on that note.
Just a
short note. I Download most of my Mail using
Automatic AOL, which does it
on a
preset schedule, with me not being at my
computer. While this is happening,
many
people have been trying to reach me via
Instant Message (IM). I want you to
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THE WRESTLING GOD--a
column by OSIRIS (burkeandhare@xxxxc...)
I am a
long-time wrestling fan (40 yrs.) and I am
also a big fat mark. I`m not
ashamed
to admit I still get excited over a match,
even though I now know all
about
storylines and angles; when I first realized
about all the planning that
was
involved, I was very disappointed, but then
I realized something that keyed
back to
my
childhood. I remembered going on most
Saturdays to the local theater and the
latest
meeting of the Roy Rogers Rider`s Club,
where we would see a few
cartoons, the latest serial chapter, and a
rip-roarin` western. Now, we all
knew
how the movie would end each and every time,
and we knew how, eventually,
the
serial would end, though with serials there
was the element of mystery and
uncertainty that kept
you
coming back. To me this is wrestling today:
a big serial where, perhaps,
some
chapters are not written as well as others,
but where you keep coming back
because
you like the story. After all, you wouldn`t
dismiss a good play simply
because
you`ve read it, you want to see how
different actors handle the parts.
I look
at wrestling this way now, and it keeps me
coming back week after week.
Now as
to which federation best writes the plays
(keeping in mind the roots of
our
sport) we`ll talk about at a future
time-----see ya--------
osiris
``don`t look behind, something may be
gaining``
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FANTASY
BOOKING- THIS WON'T HAPPEN
Submitted by reader:
DudeLuvOWW
Shattered Dreams
RAW-
Near the middle of the show, Al Snow enters
the ring and shoots that he
wants
Head back, and he wants him now. He
challenges Goldust to a match later
in the
night, with the stipulation that if Al Snow
wins, he gets Head back, and
if
Goldust wins, he can keep Head forever.
Goldust appears on the Titantron,
stroking Head and licking the side of Head
with his black tongue. He accepts,
saying
that Head would make a "great new Golden
Director".
Al Snow
vs Goldust with Head on the line
7:00 of good
performing between the two, and the J.O.B.
Squad runs in. The ref
is able
to keep them out of the ring, but is
distracted as Goldust uses Head to
deck Al
Snow, busting him open. He then covers for
the three count. The J.O.B.
Squad
protests, bringing Head's usage in the match
to the ref's attention, as
the
blood from Al Snow's head is visable on Head
(ignore the redundance). The
ref
restarts the match, much to the dismay of
Goldust, who immediately throws Al
Snow
into the corner and delievers the Shattered
Dreams. The ref DQ's Goldust,
who
ignores him, grabbing Head and exiting the
ring. He decks every member of
the
J.O.B. Squad and prepares his getaway, when
PMS runs out. Marlena hits him
with a
golden purse. She throws Head back to the
J.O.B. Squad, gives Goldust
the
middle finger, and walks away.
Royal
Rumble-
Sidenote: the J.O.B. Squad defeats the
Brood, giving them a bit of momentum.
Goldust
has forgotten about Head, and now is
concerned with Marlena. Goldust
faces
whoever and loses after being DQed when he
delivers Shattered Dreams. Near
the
middle of the match, PMS had entered to
watch, and at the end, Goldust
chases
them to the back.
RAW-
Goldust
faces Big Bossman, and, once again, is DQed
after Shattered Dreams.
However, after delivering it once, he sets
Bossman up and performs it again. He
then
takes a mic and says "Hey Vince, that was a
message for you and your
Corporation... keep them away from me, or
I'll shatter their- and your- dreams".
He
recieves a huge pop as he exits.
RAW-
At the
beginning of the show, enter the
Corporation. They address DX, Foley,
and
Austin, and then they address their newest
enemy, Goldust. Vince states
that
"Since Goldust didn't want her, I, like
always, took the initiative". He
then
presents the newest members of Team
Corporate... Goldust's wife, Marlena!
Side
note: Jacqueline begins walking a road
without Terri Runnels by re-kindling
her
fued with Sable, thus breaking up PMS.
Goldust
vs Test
In a
deliberate move, Goldust is scheduled to
again face a member of Team
Corporate, and this time, Marlena, in a
business suit, is at ringside. Test
wins it
after Marlena trips Goldust and Test rolls
him up for the win. Team
Corporate then delivers a sufficient
beatdown to Goldust, until DX makes the
save.
RAW-Team Corporate rules the night, making a
big deal of Marlena, who they pass
off as
a sex slave for them all (hey, its WWF), but
Test seems to be having the
most
fun with her. This, needless to say, pisses
Goldust off, who runs in with
a chair
and decks most of Team Corporate, and
delievers a Curtain Call, followed
by a
Shattered Dreams, to Test.
RAW-Goldust vs Test
Marlena
is absent at ringside. In a rematch between
the two, Goldust is
dominated until he hits the Shattered Dreams
and is DQed. Lawler points out
that
"If that move were legal, Goldust would
probably accumulate a win streak to
rival
Gillberg's losing streak!" Test regroups
with the Corporation, Goldust
has DX
behind him, and Goldust challenges Test to a
match at Valentine's Day
Massacre. McMahon says that Test beat him
twice and its time to move to higher
opponents for the Hired Gun. Goldust,
however, then states that he'll file
divorce
papers for him and Marlena, and allow Team
Corporate to take possession
of her
if Test wins... but that if Goldust wins,
Vince McMahon has to legalize
the
Shattered Dreams. Vince accepts for Test.
Valentine's Day Massacre-
Marlena
is seen wishing Test good luck in a
seductive way. Test smiles a sly
smile
and prepares "demolish the Golden freak" as
he mutters under his breath.
Goldust
vs Test, Marlena will become Test's if Test
wins, Shattered Dreams is
legal
if Goldust wins
Test,
again, dominates. Test hits his finisher,
and it seems all over for
Goldust. Then Marlena enters, is on the
apron with her gold purse. Test holds
the
unconscious Goldust up for Marlena to hit
him and seal his defeat, but
Goldust
falls from Test's grip and Marlena strikes
Test. Goldust covers for the
win,
and Marlena leaves without showing any
remorse. Shattered Dreams is now a
legal
finisher.
Following the Too Much wedding in which
Brian Christopher and ScottTaylor
promise
never to tag with anyone else but each
other, there is announced that
there
would be one more wedding in the night.
"Shattered Dreams Productions" begins to
play, and to the shock- and delight- of
the
fans, Goldust and Marlena renew their vows,
setting a new course for the
Golden
One and his Golden Director.
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