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Issue # 227

Date: Sunday April 25^th, 1999

The Wrestling Booking Sheet

WWF Backlash Results for April 25th, 1999
By Joe De Leon, reported at: http://www.ultimowrestling.com/rwin/index.shtml
Hosted by Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler
Live from Providence, Rhode Island

• The Ministry of Darkness (The Acolytes and Midian) defeated The Brood with
Bradshaw's Lariat.
- The match was back and forth with a lot of teamwork. As it went on, Viscera
entered the ring and bodysplashed Christian. Bradshaw then nailed Christian with
the Lariat, to let The Ministry of Darkness take the win.

• Backstage, The Rock was shown walking down the hall, dragging Stone Cold Steve
Austin's custom-made Heavyweight Title belt.

• Hardcore Match: Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly via Pinfall, to capture the
Hardcore Title.
- Both superstars immediately took it to the outside of the ring. Al Snow's head
was busted open in the beginning. Back in the ring, Snow nailed Hardcore Holly
several times with a hockey stick. Snow then brought a table into the ring, but
Holly caught him with the hockey stick. Snow then nailed Holly with a cookie
sheet. The two then fought down the aisle and into the backstage area. A kitchen
sink was broken. The two went out in the parking lot, where they repeatedly
bumped into cars, to set off their horns. Out by the production truck, Holly
pushed Snow right off the stairs into trash. Holly went for a pin, but Snow
kicked out. The two then started to fight in the audio truck. Snow went for a
pin on top of a car after throwing Holly off the audio truck, but Holly kicked
out. Snow and Holly then battled back into the ring. Pots and pans were used.
Holly brought Snow down from the top rope onto a table. After recovering, Snow
nailed Holly with the Head for the win.

• Backstage, Stone Cold Steve Austin arrived.

• Backstage, The Undertaker talked about speaking to a higher power to his
Ministry of Darkness. He said the tragedy would officially begin.

• The Godfather (w/ho's) defeated Goldust (w/The Blue Meanie) with the Pimp
Drop, to retain the Intercontinental Title.
- The Blue Meanie did his variation of Sable's grind, saying, "This is for all
the men who want to be be, and all the women who came to see me." The Godfather
did his Ho Train and Pimpin' Ain't Easy introduction. The Godfather said he
wouldn't offer the ho's to Goldust, because they didn't like him. As the match
went on, The Blue Meanie handed Goldust some powder. Goldust was about to use it
on The Godfather, only to get it thrown into his own eyes. Goldust then put
Meanie through the Shattered Dreams Kick. When turning around, The Godfather
nailed Goldust with a superkick, but Meanie inadvertantly interrupted the
pinfall. The Godfather then nailed Goldust with the Pimp Drop for the win. The
ho's and The Godfather celebrated in the end.

• Backstage, Michael Cole interviewed Al Snow about capturing the Hardcore
Title. Snow said he told everyone he would eventually get the title. Snow then
argued with Head over the finish of the match with Hardcore Holly.

• The New Age Outlaws defeated Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett, to earn a shot at the
Tag Team Titles.
- The New Age Outlaws did their introduction to a huge response. Road Dogg
wanted Debra to show her puppies. Jeff Jarrett wouldn't allow it. RD told
Jarrett to let Debra do what she wants her to do, but Jarrett still wouldn't
allow it. RD then told Billy Gunn to show the crowd his ass. The crowd continued
chant "Show those Puppies" as the match went on. As the match went on, Gunn was
finally tagged in, and started to dominate. RD nailed his Pumphandle Slam on
Jarrett, but there was a kick out. Owen Hart then entered and put RD in the
Sharpshooter. Jarrett strapped the figure-four leglock onto Gunn, but Gunn
kicked out, and nailed the Famouser on Hart for the pin. RD and Gunn would go
onto WWF Smackdown on 4/29 to take on X-Pac and Kane for the Tag Team Titles.
Gunn then showed off his rear to the crowd.

• Backstage, Michael Cole interviewed Shane McMahon, who would referee the Stone
Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock No Holds Barred Heavyweight Title match later in
the show. Shane gave his word, in the name of his grandfather, that he would
call the match straight down the middle. Cole pointed out that Shane's father
was in the arena. Shane said that Vince wasn't his dad, but only Vince. Shane
told his father to go watch the show from the skybox.

• Backstage, Kevin Kelly interviewed Vince and Stephanie McMahon. Vince said he
was just taking care of Stephanie and he hoped Shane didn't mean all that he
said. Stephanie said Shane knew exactly what he was saying when he put his word
over his grandfather, because of how much he meant to Vince. Vince said Shane
made a very big mistake the previous Monday on Raw is War and he hoped he didn't
make a bigger one later in the show.

• Boiler Room Brawl: Mankind defeated The Big Show.
- The Big Show entered the boiler room. Mankind popped out and the two
immediately went at it. The two battled through steel. Mankind was thrown into a
refrigirator. Big Show threw Mankind onto wood and pipes. Mankind broke glass
over Big Show's head. A bleeding Mankind went through two tables and then glass.
Big Show continued to dominate Mankind in a brutal fight. Steam went right into
Big Show's face. Mankind then low-blowed Big Show with a pipe. Mankind then
buried Big Show into a ton of pipes. All Mankind had to do was leave the door to
win the fight. He crawled with blood all over and took the victory. The Big
Bossman and Test then popped out and attacked Mankind. Big Show recovered and
took out Bossman and Test. Mankind pulled out Mr. Socko and shoved it down the
throat of Test.

• Backstage, Michael Cole interviewed Triple H and Chyna. Chyna talked about
getting X-Pac over and said someone needed to put him in his place. Triple H
said X-Pac asked for the fight and he would get it. Triple H also said there was
a pecking order and he would show X-Pac what it was. He once again said he made
X-Pac and he would break him.

• Triple H (w/Chyna) defeated X-Pac with the Pedigree.
- Triple H had new entrance music. At one point during the match, as X-Pac had
the advantage, he went for the Bronco Buster, but was distracted by Chyna,
causing him to land on the turnbuckle. Triple H then started to destroy X-Pac.
Jim Ross wanted X-Pac just to give up and fight it another day. Chyna got in a
few cheapshots. X-Pac almost regained the advantage by reversing a sleeper hold,
but was unsuccessful. As the match went to the outside of the ring, the referee
was knocked out by a baseball slide from X-Pac. X-Pac brought Triple H in the
ring and nailed him with the X-Factor, but the referee was knocked out. Chyna
got a cheapshot on X-Pac, which brought out Kane. Kane was going to put Chyna
through a chokeslam, but Triple H stopped him. Kane then ended up putting Triple
H through a chokeslam, and finally, tChyna. Kane placed the two in the corners
of the ring and left. X-Pac then delivered Bronco Busters to both Triple H and
Chyna. When turning around from the ride on Chyna, Triple H nailed X-Pac with
the Pedigree for the win.

• The Undertaker (w/Paul Bearer) defeated Ken Shamrock with the Tombstone.
- The two immediately went at it. There were many rest and submission holds -
some that made The Undertaker scream. The crowd chanted, "Boring." Shamrock put
The Undertaker in the Ankle Lock, but Shamrock was distracted when Bradshaw came
down with a baseball bat. Shamrock then knocked out Bradshaw. The Undertaker
then caught Shamrock with theTombstone for the win. Afterward, Bradshaw entered
the ring, and attacked Shamrock with the bat.

• Outside of the arena, Vince McMahon kissed his daughter, Stephanie good-bye.
She left with security to Hartford, Connecticut for the next day's Raw is War
event. McMahon said he would be in Hartford after the main event was over since
he had something to take care of.

• No Holds Barred: Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock with the Stunner,
to retain the Heavyweight Title and capture his own custom-made belt.
- The Rock wore Stone Cold Steve Austin's custom-made Heavyweight Title belt.
Shane McMahon handed a ring crew members Austin's belt and said to take it to
his office. Austin and The Rock took it down the aisle. The Rock nailed Austin
with a fire extinguisher. The Rock then threw Austin into the steel set of the
entrance-way. The Rock was suplexed onto the floor. The two continued to tear
apart the set by throwing each other into it and battled it around the
production area. Thus far, Shane had shown no favoritism. Back near the ring,
Austin was Rock Bottomed through the Spanish announce table. The Rock then did
his commentary skit on the Spanish announcing area. Shane handed The Rock a
chair, but Austin fought back. The two then took in the crowd. The Rock took a
WWF camera and filmed Austin as he threw out insults. Austin then nailed The
Rock with a Stunner on the American announce table, with the camera still on The
Rock's shoulder. In the ring, Austin went in and attempted to give The Rock
another Stunner, but The Rock pushed Austin away, into Shane. The Rock then hit
Austin with the Rock Bottom, but Austin kicked out. Shane was in disbelief.
Shane then nailed The Rock accidentally with the belt. Austin went for the pin,
but Shane wouldn't count the three. Vince McMahon then entered the ring and
knocked out Shane with Austin's custom-made belt. Referee, Earl Hebner then came
down to referee the match, as Austin nailed The Rock with the Stunner for the
win. McMahon then popped Austin's belt right to him. McMahon and Austin looked
at each other. Meanwhile, outside of the arena, The Undertaker got into
Stephanie's limousine. Stephanie told the limo driver to wait for her dad. The
Undertaker then turned around and said, "Where to Stephanie?" and started to
evily laugh, as Stephanie screamed and realized it was The Undertaker. Austin
drunk away on beers as the show went off the air.
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SID UPDATE
I talked to Georgie when I got home and she told me that Sid is saying that he
was never booked for the Cyberslam show on 4/3. All I can tell you is I know for
a fact that he was booked for that show, sent a ticket, and even changed the
ticket to a later flight in the day before eventually not showing up at
Cyberslam, so he did no-show that card. He also told Georgie that he received
some bad checks, as have many of the ECW workers recently. That may very well be
true, and if it was, he should just say that is why he didn't show up. He was at
the Queens show, reportedly looking for replacement checks. As bizarre as this
sounds, I was told he came up north and was actually visiting the WWF. The
rumors continue to make the rounds that Shane McMahon wants to bring Sid back
in. If he comes back to the WWF, again, it just goes to show that there are very
few bridges in this business than can actually be burnt.
Reported by Dave Scherer at: http://www.1wrestling.com/
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RING SIZE
Submitted by reader: GregoryLT
WCW has always had a smaller ring than the WWF. WCW's ring is square, while the
WWF ring is a rectangle. The WCW probalby uses a smaller ring to offer more
tickets to sell. When wrestlers switch between the two leagues, they need time
to adjust to the different dimensions of the ring, which can be a hassle for
them. I always thought that the WCW ring was too small as well.
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DEGENERATE GIMMICK
Submitted by reader: CKb406
Many people have been thinking about who the leader of DX could be, and you
don't see anyone that "fits". Well, of course you don't! DX is a gimmick. If
you have a degenerate gimmick, and you can be in DX. Only the DXers have
Degenerate gimmicks. Would 1-2-3 Kid fit in DX? Hunter Hearst Helmsley? The
Roadie? RockaBilly? Of course not. But they got NEW gimmicks, so they fit.

Nobody can just "join" DX. Nobody will fit. Unless they change somehow. None of
the wrestlers who were ever in it could have been thought of as "Degenerates"
until their new angle. IF DX NEEDS more members, they won't have problems
finding any, there will just be a slight change.
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WWF Sunday Night Heat Report - April 25, 1999
By Joe De Leon, reported at: http://www.ultimowrestling.com/rwin/index.shtml
Hosted by Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly
Live from Providence, Rhode Island

• The show opened with a tribute picture to "Ravishing" Rick Rude.

• Handicap Match: Val Venis and Nicole Bass defeated D-Lo Brown and Ivory with a
Chokeslam by Bass.
- Before the match, D-Lo Brown pointed out that he and Ivory were supposed to
have a mixed tag team match with Val Venis and Sable, but Sable bailed out
because she had some Hollywood engagements. D-Lo said it wasn't a problem, and
Venis would have to find someone to substitute for Sable or wrestle a hell of a
handicap match. Venis made his way down, did a sexual insult to D-Lo and Ivory,
and went ahead and wrestled the match on his own. D-Lo almost had the win with
the Lo-Down, but Ivory accidentally tagged in D-Lo as a pat of encouragement. As
Ivory was set to go one-on-one with Venis, Nicole Bass entered the ring. She
chokeslammed Ivory and made the pin. After the match, Bass came on to Venis,
which made Venis run off.

• Backstage, The Ministry of Darkness arrived.

• Backstage, Jim Ross, addressing X-Pac as Sean [Waltman], asked how he felt
about his upcoming Backlash PPV match with Triple H. X-Pac said if Triple H
wanted to turn on D-Generation X, it was his business, but since he did it on
X-Pac's front, Triple H would find out his friends were his worst enemies.

• Backstage, Jerry Lawler interviewed X-Pac, along with Chyna. Triple H said he
was the one who got X-Pac over. Triple H said there was only one leader and
since he "made" X-Pac, he would break him.

• Backstage, The Undertaker was handing out instructions to The Ministry of
Darkness.

• Backstage, Nicole Bass searched for Val Venis.

• Droz and Prince Albert defeated Too Much with a modified Michinoku Driver by
Albert.
- Droz and Prince Albert dominated Too Much. Albert finished off Scott Taylor
with a modified Michinoku Driver. Afterward, Albert was going to pierce Brian
Christopher with a needle, until the lights went out. The Ministry of Darkness
entered the ring. The Ministry destroyed Too Much. The Undertaker said aside
from destroying Ken Shamrock at the Backlash PPV, there would be a terrible
tragedy.

• Pre-recorded footage was shown of Nicole Bass looking for Val Venis. She went
into the men's restroom, where she kicked a stall door open, where there someone
using the restroom. Venis was then shown leaving the building.

• Kane defeated The Big Bossman (w/Test) with a Chokeslam.
- Michael Cole noted that the match was ordered by Shane McMahon. The match
immediately started to "Bossman Sucks" chants. Kane dominated. The Big Bossman
accidnetly bumped into Test, who was on the apron, which let Kane finished off
Bossman with a Chokeslam.

• Backstage, Shane McMahon threw a bottled water, upset at the mistakes Test
continued to make.

• Viscera defeated Test (w/The Big Bossman) with a Piledriver.
- When returning from a commercial break, Test and Bossman got into a heated
argument. Vicera made his way down for his match with Test. Bossman shoved Test
into Viscera, as the match was underway. As Test gained the advantage, Bossman
nailed Test with his nightstick, which let Viscera finish off the match with a
Piledriver.

• Backstage, The Big Bossman and Test argued. Shane McMahon separated the two
and told both of them to cool off. He told Test he made enough mistakes for the
night.

• Backstage, Shane McMahon made his way toward the entrance.

• Shane McMahon Interview.
- The fans chanted "Asshole." Shane McMahon responded by saying they shouldn't
be addressing Vince like that. He said the Backlash PPV would dawn yet a new era
for the WWF. Shane announced the Heavyweight Title PPV match between Stone Cold
Steve Austin and The Rock would be No Holds Barred. He said that he would call
the match fairly as the Guest Referee. Shane said if Austin layed a hand on him,
he (Austin) would be disqualified and the title would be handed to The Rock.
Shane then bragged about the power he had. Shane insulted his father and
continued to taunt Austin. Vince McMahon was then show outside of the arena,
arriving with Stephanie. The crowd popped big as Shane was shown with an upset
face.
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WCW Saturday Night Report - April 24, 1999
By Joe De Leon, reported at: http://www.ultimowrestling.com/rwin/index.shtml
Hosted by Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko
Taped from Boise, Idaho
• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan defeated Bull Payne with the Old Glory Knee Drop.

• Norman Smiley pinned Lash LeRoux. LeRoux had some new silver chains around his
neck. Smiley went for the Norman Conquest, but LeRoux escaped. LeRoux then went
for his airplane spin finisher, but Smiley countered with the Norman Conquest
for the win. Smiley teased the Big Wiggle throughout the match.

• Kenny Kaos defeated Bobby Dunkum, Jr. via Pinfall.

• Barry Windham defeated Scott Armstrong with a Flying Clothesline.

• Booker T. defeated Scott Norton via Countout, to retain the Television Title.
As the match went on, Norton was about to hit Booker with a chair, but fellow
NWO Black and White member, Stevie Ray came down, and instructed Norton not to
use the chair. Ray later started to argue with Norton on the outside of the
ring, causing Norton to be counted out.
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WWF Shotgun Saturday Night Report - April 24, 1999
By Joe De Leon, reported at: http://www.ultimowrestling.com/rwin/index.shtml
Hosted by Michael Cole and Jim Cornette
Taped from Detroit, Michigan

• The show started with an opening in memory of Rick Rude. The opening has also
been shown on other WWF weekend programming.

• Three-Way: The Hardy Boyz defeated Too Much and The Disciples of Apocalypse
via Pinfall.
- At one piont during the match, Brian Christopher had the win on Matt Hardy
after the Tennessee Jam, but a Disciples of Apocalypse member interrupted the
pinfall. Christopher got onto the DOA member, since DOA are bodyguards of Too
Much. The Hardy Boyz then took the win after rolling up Scott Taylor, which
didn't please DOA and Too Much.

• Droz (w/Prince Albert) defeated The Blue Meanie with a Flying Clothesline.
- Prince Albert (Matt "Baldo" Bloom) was the person who helped Droz attack The
Big Bossman the previous Sunday on Heat. The Blue Meanie almost had the win with
the Meaniesault, but Droz kicked out since Meanie landed on Droz's leg area.
Droz took the win with a Flying Clothesline.

• Al Snow defeated Rob DaSilva with the Snowplow.
- The crowd chanted "We Want Head" during the match. Al Snow tried to bring in a
chair on the outside, but the referee wouldn't allow it. Snow took the win with
the Snowplow.

• Tiger Ali Singh defeated Scott Zappa with a Reversed Neckbreaker.
- Tiger Ali Singh insulted the crowd in the beginning. He took the win with a
Reversed Neckbreaker.
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