Issue # 202
Date:
Monday April 5th, 1999 11:17 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
SCOTT HALL UPDATE
Scott Hall will be
back in the ring in a month or two. The deal he has made
with
WCW is that he will
only work Nitro and PPV's, so he will be involved in all of
the major storylines,
but will not have to go on the road as much. This was
important to him since
he has remarried his wife Dana and intends to spend more
time with his family.
Good for him, he's making the choice that works for him,
and still maintaining
his employment. The best of both worlds...
Reported by Dave
Scherer at:
http://www.1wrestling.com/
CLEAVAGE SKITS
Those "cleavage" skits
we keep seeing on Raw are supposed to see Headbanger Mosh
get a new gimmick as a
take off of Beaver Cleaver from the old "Leave it Beaver"
show. The word going
around is that Mosh, or whatever his name is, will have a
sexy "mother" who may
also be a love interest. What can I say? When did incest
become such a hot
wrestling idea? And why? As for Thrasher, the word is he
will
get a gimmick as a
psycho clown, managed by Bruce Pritchard.
Reported by Dave
Scherer at:
http://www.1wrestling.com/
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WCW Nitro Report for
April 5th, 1999
By Steve Appy
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Live from
Las Vegas, NV
A video aired of
Sting, who did nothing but try to exude mystery. Other than
a
token airing of a
returning favorite, there wasn't much to the short segment.
WCW's new intro
debuted, which included a new logo and Nitro Girls galore.
In a
new setup, Tony
Shiavonie & Bobby Heenan called the action from ringside.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed Bill Goldberg. Clutching a raffle box, Goldberg
stated that there
would be a "Goldberg Lottery", settling the question "Who's
next"?. Kevin Nash
interrupted the segment, challenging Goldberg to a match at
Spring Stampede.
Watching on a monitor,
Ric Flair & Arn Anderson felt that Goldberg & Nash were
upsetting their plans.
Hardcore Hack
(w/Chastity) pinned Kendall Windham in
5:05
Both men weiled Kendo
Sticks, and the weapon was legal. Going "hardcore" in
matches without a
program diminishes the whole concept. Chastity, wearing a
naughty Catholic
school outfit, freely nailed
Windham with a Kendo Stick of
her
own.
Hack scored the
pinfall after a Russian Legsweep.
A video aired of Meng,
trying to get him over as an unstoppable monster. While
not a bad idea, it
will be ruined if he jobs to a Stevie Ray or Bryan Adams
next
week.
Goldberg barged into
Flair & Arn's dressing room, and was stunned to find them
pleasantly chatting
with Lex Luger & Elizabeth. Could Luger be the next
Horseman, or is this a
sign of an nWo split?
Acting as a lackey,
Arn Anderson told Kevin Nash to rush to Flair's dressing
room. It was strange
to see Arn portrayed as so desperate...
Konnan defeated
Lizmark Jr. via submission in 5:48
Konnan declared "It
must be my birthday, since they have me back on TV."
Lizmark tapped out
after being trapped in the Tequila Sunrise.
Flair warmly greeted
Kevin Nash, as
Hollywood looked on with
suspicion. A plan
is being hatched, and
its goal is a mystery.
Nash chatted away with
referee Charles Robinson, who scurried away when Hogan
appeared. Hogan
questioned Nash's loyalty as Big Sexy patronized the
Hulkster.
Gene Okerlund
interviewed WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair. Flair
announced that he
would defend the title against Hogan tonight (cancelling
Spring Stampede's main
event), which brought
Hollywood charging to the
ring.
The banter was
interrupted by Diamond Dallas Page & Bill Goldberg, who both
inserted themselves
into the main event. The main event is a Four Way Dance for
the WCW World
Championship; at this point, 6 days before Spring Stampede,
there
is still not an
announced main event. That said, this segment had explosive
energy.
Calling DDP "Diamond
Dallas Trash", Scott Steiner did his best Rick Rude
imitation.
Telling Page that if
he wants a shot at him, he must give up Kimberly for one
night. I imagine that
DDP will show us what a brain surgeon he is and accept
the challenge.
United States
Tournament Match
Scott Steiner pinned
Meng in 6:08
The winner of this
match fights in the finals at Spring Stampede; Meng the
Unstoppable was
exposed by Big Papa No Sell. As Meng applied the Tongan
Death
Grip, Steiner downed
Meng with a low blow. Using the ropes for leverage was all
Steiner needed to
advance to the finals.
Teasing a Sting
sighting, a crew member in a black jacket was shown in the
rafters.
Actually a clever idea
on WCW's part, a tongue in cheek way of building
anticipation.
Inviting some female
company to join him, Flair chatted away in the Executive
suite.
After having his wife
on Nitro in December, isn't this just a little hokey?
Hacksaw Jim Duggen
pinned
Lenny Lane in 4:25
Duggen made his return
after triumphing over cancer; I guess Hell just froze
over, because I'm
THRILLED to see Duggan in the ring. Never thought I'd say
that one, but after
last year its a relief to see Duggan active and well.
Duggen pinned Lane
after "The Old Glory Kneedrop".
Stevie Ray defeated
Vince, Bryan Adams & Horace in
7:34 to win a battle royal
that determined the
leadership of the nWo Black & White
Possibly the four
worst featured wrestlers in WCW, battling it out to
determine
the King of the Black
& White. While I was hoping for some comic relief, we
were instead treated
to "action".
Adams eliminated Vince; by
the six minute
mark, all three men
were blown up. Stevie Ray eliminated both Adams & Horace,
which finally put us
out of our misery.
WCW World Tag Team
Champions Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman defeated Perry
Saturn & Raven in
8:48 when Mysterio pinned
Saturn.
Although Raven &
Saturn initially dominated the Cruiserweights, an incredible
aerial display turned
the tables. As an unconscious referee was unable to count
Saturn's pin on
Mysterio, the Horseman destroyed Saturn, allowing Rey to pin
the
prone Saturn. An eye
for an eye is the prevailing mood.
United States
Tournament Match
Booker T defeated
Chris Jericho via disqualification in 3:41
Scott Steiner tried to
hit Booker with a chair, an action that DQ'ed Jericho,
sending Booker T to
Spring Stampede to face Scott Steiner in the finals.
Buff Bagwell pinned
Bam Bam Bigelow in 6:05
Attempting to injure
Bigelow, Hack & Chastity stormed the ring; Chastity sprayed
Bigelow with a fire
estinguisher, giving Buff the opening to hit The Buff
Blockbuster for the
victory. The action was disappointing, especially since
both men are
tremendous workers at their best. Neither seemed inspired
tonight.
WCW World Heavyweight
Champion Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Diamond Dallas Page & Bill
Goldberg fought to a
No Contest in 10:52 of a Four Way Dance
Kevin Nash joined
Shiavonie & Heenan on commentary; this was Texas Tornado
rules, meaning all
four men are in the ring at once. Hogan "hulked up" at the
forty second mark, a
possible record. An all out brawl ensued, with every
partcipant head to
head with each other. As Nash caused the DQ after attacking
Goldberg, Sting
dropped from the rafters straight into the ring.
Pointing with his
baseball bat, Sting focused on a monitor, where the voice of
"Macho Man" Randy
Savage filled the arena. The main event for Spring Stampede
was announced as
another Four Way Dance, with Flair, Hogan, DDP and STING are
the competitors, with
Savage as the referee. Proclaiming that "there must be a
winner", Savage &
Sting became the focal point of Sunday's PPV.
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WWF Sunday Night Heat
Report for
April 4th, 1999
By Ruiz
Moreno
Reported on
http://www.iwrestling.com/
An Interview with the
Corporation
Shane, Chyna, Triple
H, and the Rock conduct seperate interviews. Shane starts
off by saying he is
retiring the European title. Triple H gets on the mic and
says DX, the music,
crotch chops, etc is all copyright by him. He makes fun of
DX's past gimmicks.
Then the Rock talks about how him and Austin are going to
have a rematch at
Backlash. Shane ends the interview by saying he has a
surprise
for the Big Show on
RAW so tune in and see it.
Jackie vs. Tori
Short matches with a
couple of clotheslines and kicks from each women. The match
ended with Terri
Runnels running in and attacking Tori. They both beat up on
Tori till Ivory came
out and made the save so to speak as she got beat down as
well.
Val Venis vs. Steve
Blackman
Blackman got complete
heel heat as he used the ropes for leverage, poked Venis
in the eye and even
attacked Venis after he had defeated Blackman after the
Money shot. Blackman
was using the kendo sticks on Venis and then left.
Owen Hart, Jeff
Jarrett and Debra Interview
Owen gets on the mic
and begs for competition. Jarrett does the same and then
the lights go out and
Kane's music comes on. The lights come back on and Kane is
behind them. Kane
clears the ring and Jarrett gets the mic and says that Kane
has accepted and
they'll see him later tonight.
Big Bossman vs. Droz
Bossman just destroys
Droz by beating him senseless. Bossman even rips Droz's
nose ring out of his
nose and Droz just begins bleeding horribly. Bossman ends
it by executing the
Bossman Slam for the victory over Droz.
An Interview with
Vince and Stephanie McMahon
What was rather odd in
this is they referred to the Undertaker by his real name
Mark. They said that
he had been in the Undertaker gimmick for a while, but now
he's different and he
now believes in something and he's got other people
believing in him.
Vince said this is now personal and he'll be damned if his
daughter get's hurt.
Everytime Stephanie tried to talk Vince cut her off by
saying "You don't have
to go there." Rather interesting interview.
Kane vs. Owen and
Jarrett
Well Kane had this
match won. He was dominating this match until Jarrett came
in
with a guitar and
nailed Kane with it but it didn't phase him. Kane was then
being double teamed by
Owen and Jarrett and X-Pac ran in and made the save. Kane
was about to chokeslam
X-Pac then he let him go and Heat ended.
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UNDERTAKER vs. McMAHON
Submitted by reader:
KFITZPATI
One thing that I have
finally learned (besides the facts that using the word
"mark" in place of the
word "fan" gives the impression that my ego is the size
of Good King Eric's)
is that no matter what I think, what I feel or what I do to
ignore it, I am going
to see the Undertaker on WWF television every Monday, and
9 out of 10 times it
will not involve wrestling in the ring.
Yes, WCW fans, I am
giving you ammunition: I personally have a lot of troubles
dealing with the Dead
Gothic Druid when he rolls out these days. I also thought
that the Hell in the
Cell match at Wrestlemania XV was a pretty bad spectacle
in itself, too. But
here's the deal: as I have said before, for some reason most
fans (not marks, not
Eric's, not Horsemen) in the arenas still go bonkers when
the Dead One rolls
out. Unless you put him in the ring with the Son of Texas
(Austin), then he is
going to be cheered. And I have learned this, too; at
least in my opinion,
the Undertaker vs. Family McMahon is a way to involve a lot
of different wrestlers
in a nice in-depth program.
For example, Shamrock
is taking Undertaker on during the European tour. Also,
folks, let's face
facts: how else can mid-carders such as Simmons, Bradshaw,
Mabel (or Visera or
whatever his name is this week) and Dennis Knight be
involved in Federation
angles without having to wrestle each other or do the
Shotgun Saturday Night
thing day in and day out? I also figure this- McMahon
seems to be getting
enough ammunition (aka ratings) and hears enough cheers for
that Dead One to keep
the angle up. And if the internet reports are true-
which is a Vince vs.
Shane feud in later 1999- thenbringing in sibling Stephanie
as part of the
abduction tour de force may be the thing to link everything
together for McMahon
as he continues this
storyline......
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WCW April 3rd, at the
Boston Fleet Center
Submitted by reader:
JJCRULZ13
Juventud Guerrera Vs.
Lizmark Jr. Semi-decent match, with Juvi winning with a
Juvi Driver. After the
match, Juvi did a DX chop.
1-10 Rating: 5
Norman Smiley vs.
Horace. Norman, one of the coolest jobbers around, looked
like he was going to
actually win a match, while he was doing the Smiley Spank,
Horace picked him up
for the H-Bomb for a three count.
1-10 Rating: 4
Scotty Riggs (face)
vs. Fit Finlay (heel). BORING! Finlay talked about the
U.S. because chants of
'asshole'' were abundantly clear. Riggs stuck up for the
US. blah blah blah! Riggs
wins with a flying cross block.
1-10 Rating: 3
Konnan vs. Disco.
Disco is hilarious! He came out and started to sing his new
rap song when Konnan's
music hit. They brawled and in the end Konnan stunned,
yes he stunned, Disco
and put him in the Tequila Sunrise for the win.
1-10 Rating: 8 1/2
Kidman vs. Rey
Mysterio Jr. They fought for two seconds and The Vanilla
Midgets
came out and
challenged them to a tag match. Rey Jr. and Kidman win when
Rey
rolls up Benoit for
the win.
1-10 Rating: 7 1/2
Bam Bam Bigelow vs.
STING! Sting, in black and white face paint, came out to
the biggest pop of the
night, and Bam Bam got booed, which is a shame. Bam Bam
dominates match but in
the end he goes for The Greetings from
Asbury Park and
Sting reverses it into
the S.D.D and pins him.
1-10 Rating: 9
Goldberg vs. Meng.
Goldberg kills Meng.
1-10 Rating: 7 1/2
Hogan vs. Flair. Hogan
showed shades of Hulkamania and beat the living hell out
of
Flair. In the end
Hogan wins and gets the belt but Charles Robinson dq's him
but
Hogan steals the belt
and celebrates! GREAT MATCH!
1-10 Rating: 10+
Biggest Pops: Sting,
Hogan, Rey Jr., Kidman
Best Heel Heat: Bam
Bam, Flair, Horsemen, Finlay
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WWF House Show Results
from
Birmingham, England - April
4, 1999
Reported by Joe De
Leon at:
http://www.ultimowrestling.com/rwin/
[Results courtesy of
Wrasslin.com]
- Christian defeated
The Brooklyn Brawler.
- Gangrel defeated The
Blue Meanie.
- Goldust defeated
Edge and Kane in a three-way, to retain the Intercontinental
Title.
- Triple H defeated
X-Pac.
- The New Age Outlaws
defeated Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart.
- Al Snow, D-Lo Brown,
and Ivory defeated Hardcore Holly, Val Venis, and
Jacqueline. D-Lo and
Ivory were attacked earlier in the show by PMS.
- The Undertaker
defeated The Big Bossman.
- Stone Cold Steve
Austin and Paul Wight defeated The Rock and Ken Shamrock.
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American Pro Wrestling
Friday Night Slam
Results for
April 2nd, 1999
Submitted by reader:
ChrisC4205
*Special Forces VS
K-Krush & Ice Pick (Private Spike Izler (sp?) & Private
Sledge
- Special Forces jumps
K-Krush & Ice Pick from behind before the bell. K-Krush
reverses and hits a
double clothesline. Pvt. Spike Izler takes advantage of Ice
Pick. Ice Pick hits a
shoulder smash and makes the tag to K-Krush who pounds
away on Pvt. Sledge.
K-Krush & Ice Pick put Pvt.Sledge in a double suplex, but
Pvt. Sledge comes back
nailing K-Krush with a DDT. K-Krush somehow gets back up
and nails Pvt. Sledge
with a neckbreaker. K-Krush finishes Sledge off with a
powerslam off the
ropes. Winners - K-Krush & Ice Pick
*Interview with Tag
Champs Bad Company (Johnny Z and Billy Bad with Blackjack
Dalton). Short interview
basically stating that they would take on all comers
and they weren't
afraid to defend their titles.
*Title Match Big
Hammer VS TV Champ Backstreet Sonny Stone (With Jeff G.
Bailey
and Hardcore Hitman
Hunter). Big Hammer nails Backstreet from behind with a knee
after the bell. Hammer
is taken down in a crucifix. Hammer recovers and blasts
Sonny Stone with a
hard clothesline. Hammer works Stone over in the corner.
Hammer holds Stone for
Jeff Bailey to hit him but it backfires when Stone moves
out of the way causing
Bailey to cream Hammer. Backstreet takes advantage of the
situation and pins
Hammer.
Winner and still
APW TV Champ - Backstreet
Sonny Stone
*Interview segment
"The Eagle's Nest" conducted by Chief Jay Eagle with
Backstreet Sonny
Stone. Eagle introduces his "friend" Backstreet Sonny Stone.
Stone starts
talking about Hardcore
Hitman Hunter jumping Eagle last week. The main point of
this interview was to
build up heat for both Chief Jay Eagle and Backstreet
Sonny Stone against
Hardcore Hitman Hunter.
*Terry Austin VS
Magnum Jessie Taylor. Austin begins by hitting Magnum with a
knee but Magnum
recovers and starts to dominate Austin with such moves as 2
clotheslines, backbody
drop, body slam, leg drop, arm dragged twist, and an
armdrag takeover into
an armbar.
Austin recovers by raking the
eyes and hitting
a shoulders mash on
Taylor. He also gets in a low
blow. Austin progresses to
work on the rib cage
of
Taylor. Magnum comes back and
hits a belly-to-belly
suplex to get the pin.
Winner - Magnum Jesse Taylor
*Interview with
"Gentleman" Jim McHolmes and Armageddon. Jim McHolmes is
building up heat for
Armageddon. He says they will soon be tag champs. They
debut next week.
*Beach Blondes VS
Jason Davis & Lightning Lee Storm (Nature Boy 2000 Shane
Austin and Mickey
Richards). Shane Austin & Storm start the match. Storm hits
a clothesline and
backbody drop. Mickey Richards gets the tag as does Jason
Davis. Richards nails
Davis with a string of
punches and then a suplex. Davis
takes alot of
punishment until
Richards applies the Figure Four to
Davis as does Austin to
Storm.
Winners - The Beach
Blondes
*Interview with
APW US Champ Rough Rusty
Riddle and his manager Sensational
Summer. Rough Rusty
Riddle promises a long title reign. Tanya Terrific comes
out wanting to be
Riddle's manager. Summer objects, but Riddle says he'll take
all the women he can
get.
*MAIN
EVENT Hardcore Hitman Hunter VS Twisted Sister (With Jeff G.
Bailey &
Big Hammer). Hunter
gets the twisted one in a side headlock but lets go when
Sister starts feeling
on him. Hunter nailed Sister with a hip toss. Sister went
for a hipp toss but
Hitman Hunter blocked it so Twisted Sister kisses him and
then hip tosses the
Hitman. Hunter regained balance and creamed Sister with a
clothesline & follows
up with an elbow smash off the ropes. Sister got a low
blow in to reverse the
tide of the match momentarily. When Hunter recovers and
uses two heart punches
to knock Twisted Sister to the mat. He covers him with
his feet on the rope
for the victory....until Chief Jay Eagle came out to tell
the ref that Hunter's
feet were on the ropes. The ref restarts the match,
Twisted Sister goes
for a sunset flip, but Hitman
Hunter grabs the rope
so Eagle hits him with his crutch allowing Twisted Sister
to roll up Hunter for
the 1, 2, 3. Winner - Twisted Sister
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