Issue # 338
Date:
Tuesday October 5th, 1999 11:32 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
RUSSO DETAILS
Reported by Kevin
Langbaum and Bill Apter at:
http://www.wrestleline.com
Joining Vince Russo in
WCW will be Ed Ferrara, who along with Russo has
been credited with
being the main creative force behind the WWF's
recent dominance.
Explaining his
decision, Russo told Bill Apter Monday: "You know, both
personally and
professionally over the past three years, I felt that I
did everything I could
possibly do in the WWF. I reached all my
professional goals and
I felt there was no place else to go. I saw an
opportunity at WCW and
I am the type of person who thrives on
challenge. I contacted
WCW to find out if there was any interest in me.
Once I found out there
was an interest, the decision was easy."
PHANTOM CRUISERWEIGHT
TITLE CHANGE
Those of you who
watched Nitro were in for a shock with the new
Cruiserweight Champion
Psychosis was introduced. The problem: Psychosis
never won the
championship.
Was WCW that unhappy
with
Lenny Lane's character that
they refused to
allow him on the air
to drop the title? While I personally think
Psychosis would make a
terrific long term champion, I hate to see the
lineage of the
championship broken for no good reason. I know, hardly
anybody cares. The
titles have been switched so often that they don't
have any credibility
anyway. Still, it bothered this "purist".
Disco Inferno is an
interesting choice; with his weight advantage, will
he play the
Cruiserweight bully? He's a better worker than many give
him credit for, though
his style clashes with the Luchadors who dominate
the division.
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WCW MONDAY NITRO, LIVE
FROM:
KANSAS CITY
Goldberg was shown
arriving at the arena. Sid then came out of the
shadows and looked at
the number 22 spot where "The Man" parked. Later
in the evening, Sid
called a tow company to come get Goldberg's car.
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs.
Dean Malenko
Shane Douglas took the
referee out in this match. Saturn came out to
stop
Douglas, but in a swerve, hit
Mysterio with the chain. They then
threw Malenko in the
ring who put Rey Jr.(who was out cold) in the
Texas Cloverleaf for
the win. After the bell, Malenko was infuriated as
he watched on the big
screen what his Revolution comrades had done.
Winner: Dean Malenko
--The tribute video to
Bret Hart from months ago was re-aired.
Psychosis (c) versus
Disco Inferno *Cruiserweight Championship*
The chartbuster not
only gave Disco the win, but also the Cruiserweight
title.
Winner: Disco Inferno
via pinfall (New Cruiserweight Champion)
--Making a long
awaited return, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall (each with a
lovely
lady in tow) took
front row seats and told Bobby Heenan that they were
"putting the band back
together."
Sid Vicious versus
Brian Adams *U.S. Title*
With the help of Rick
Steiner and referee Charles Robinson, Sid won the
match
with a powerbomb.
Winner: Sid Vicious
via pinfall
Jerry Flynn w/Jimmy
Hart versus Goldberg
As Goldberg was
walking to the ring, he was taunted by Sid, but kept
walking to the ring.
Despite interference by other first family
members, Goldberg came
back to win with the Jackhammer.
Winner: Goldberg via
pinfall
--As Brad Armstrong
was walking down a hallway in the back, Berlyn said
something in German to
him. Armstrong responded by pinning Berlyn
against
the wall and told him
if he had something to say to say it in English.
--As Harlem Heat were
telling Mene Gene that they would fight anyone,
including the First
Family and the Outsiders, Brian Knobbs and Hugh
Morrus attacked. A
fight went all the way to the ring with the Family
laying out Harlem Heat
with chairs.
--Nitro girls Kimberly
and Spice introduced the two finalists from
Kansas City.
Curt Hennig w/Kendall
Windham/Curly Bill versus
Brad Armstrong
Berlyn and his
bodyguard provided a distraction which allowed the
bodyguard to nail
Armstrong, who fell right into the Hennigplex. Berlyn
continued to attack
after the bell.
Winner: Curt Hennig
via pinfall
--Rey Mysterio Jr.
told Kidman (who was coming out of the shower with
Torrie Wilson) to
hurry up because he had a match.
--A WCW crew member
and Doug Dellinger informed Sid that he needed to
move
his car, per the
police. Sid told the crew member to move it for him.
Juventud Guerrera
versus Kidman
With the help of
Psychosis, and the attention of the referee being
diverted by Mysterio
(who was trying to let the ref know of the double
teaming), Guerrera
took the match with the Juvi Driver. After the bell,
Kidman and Mysterio
cleared the ring.
Winner: Juventud
Guerrera via pinfall
--The WCW crew member
moved Sid's car to spot number 22, the same spot
that
Sid told the tow
company to come to. As the crew member left, the
wrecker truck arrived.
Bret Hart versus Chris
Benoit
This match in memory
of Owen Hart was introduced by Harley Race as the
crowd
in the Kemper Arena
chanted the name of Owen. After a long match where
both
men gave 200%, The
"Hitman" took the match with the Sharpshooter.
After the
match, both men
exchanged hugs and Bret looked up at the ceiling that
took his brothers
life.
Winner: Bret Hart via
submission
--Mene Gene
interviewed Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan. The two said that
history was being made
with the two being on the same team and that
they would take care
of Sting and the Total Package. The Nature Boy
said he was joining
Hulkamania, while Hogan said that Flair taught him
how to put the figure
four on someone and break bones. On a sidenote,
Flair said he was
going to take his prayers, say his vitamins and not
go into a bar until
after Halloween Havoc.
--In the back, Sid saw
that space number 22 was empty, and assumed that
the tow company had
taken Goldberg's car, not knowing that it was
actually his car that
had been taken.
Diamond Dallas Page
versus Buff Bagwell
The Diamond Cutter was
all she wrote for Bagwell.
Winner: Buff Bagwell
via pinfall
--A short video of a
young man approaching the "window" was aired as a
voice was heard saying
that the Pale Horse was the grim reaper of all
souls as a man was in
the window wearing all black (Dustin Runnels?).
Ric Flair/Hulk Hogan
versus Sting/Total Package
The Package who was
temporarily blinded mistakingly put an interfering
DDP in the torture
rack. As this was going on, the Hulkster hit the
Stinger with the leg
drop to secure the win for his team.
Winners: Ric
Flair/Hulk Hogan via pinfall
--The show went off
the air with Sid realizing (and seeing) that his
car was the one that
had been smashed again.
Ricks Comments:
--I receive alot of
email from you great wrestling fans telling me how
much you like my
comments at the end of my reports. However, this week,
I only have one thing
to say. The beginning of that great match between
the Crippler and the
Hitman saw the crowd in the Kemper arena chanting
Owen's name. It takes
a lot for me to be upset to the point of tears,
but hearing that and
seeing what I honestly believe was closure for
Bret Hart and it
brought tears to my eyes. I think both men gave
everything they had,
not for themselves but for Owen. To the Hart
family, I say God
Bless You, and to Owen, I say, I still miss you more
than I thought. Rest
in Peace.
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WCW SATURDAY NIGHT
Written by reader:
orangebelly
As a wrestling fan of
over 20 years to see the decline of WCW's
Saturday Night program
is quite disappointing. Many years of seeing
such stars as a
younger Ric Flair, Tommy Rich, Roddy Piper, Buzz Sawyer
etc. seems a million
years ago. Plus the commentary of the legend
Gordon Solie. Now the
show is just pathetic. It is just a shadow of a
once great program. To
treat the show this way is showing total
disrespect for the
past. Please WCW, either revamp it and make it a
great show again or
give it a proper farewell.
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AUSTIN vs. TAZ
Written by reader:
Rocck420
Reading the letter,
"Taz's Role In The WWF" and reading that readers
opinion about how he
thinks Austin won't sell a Tazplex made me think
of something. Taz vs.
Austin, no matter how much Taz could get over,
might never happen due
to a veto from Austin. Let me explain...
I recently read about
Austin refusing to work with Billy Gunn and one
of the main reasons
behind that might be that Austin would not be
willing to take the
Famouser finisher, given Austin's concern of taking
bumps on his already
bad neck. If this is true, there would be no way
Austin would willingly
go into a match with Taz, who's arsenal
consists of what seems
like a million variations of suplexes that dump
his opponents on their
heads, more specifically, their neck.
Also, with Austin
thinking he's "above" everybody in the WWF roster,
he'd probably come up
with some phony excuse for not working with Taz
(such as the one he
used with Jarrett and Gunn). Personally, I would
love to see Taz choke
Austin out in 3 minutes. (However I highly doubt
that would ever
happen) Just thought I'd point that out.
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Steve Appy
responds:
While Austin would
have very legit, understandable reasons to want to
avoid a Taz's
suplexes, he also would have one very strong reason to
want Taz to get over.
Austin needs strong opponents.
Austin's reasons for
not working with Jarrett & Gunn are very
reasonable: they were
both "mid-carders for life" who will arguably
never get over as main
eventers. Instead of elevating Jarrett & Gunn,
Austin would be
diminishing his own character by getting into an
extended feud with
either man.
The WWF has come to
the same realization about Gunn and has already
shifted him back into
the tag team scene; despite the lengths the WWF
resorted to for the
purpose of finally getting Jarrett any heat, he
will not break into
the upper echelon.
If Taz can be built
into an opponent that can draw money against
Austin, he will
cooperate.
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JEFF JARRETT
Written by reader:
Glenn Giangrande (Trots30187)
Fan Reaction to Jeff
Jarrett-
I'd like to respond to
Joseph Cassidy's remarks regarding the career of
Jeff Jarrett. He
claims that the whole "beating up women" angle has
RUINED Jarrett's
career? JJ's current angle is the BEST singles angle
he's had since
returning to the WWF. In case Joseph has forgotten, lets
see what the others
were-
1. A disgruntled star
who claimed he was bigger than he was being
treated. That lasted
about 2 months.
2. His participation
in a true nWo ripoff, The "NWA North American
Heavyweight Champion"
angle, which led to his brief yet OH SO
illustrious feud with
Bradshaw and grouping him with such stars of
yesteryear as the Rock
n' Roll Express and Barry Windham.
3. The "old" JJ act
with Tennesee Lee (Col.Parker) as his manager. One
brief feud with Steve
Blackman didn't help his career much either.
4. The whole gig with
Southern Justice... could have worked, but
injuries to Henry O.
killed their momentum. Led to
ONE good match at
Summerslam, and even
that was probably only because the WWF finally
realized that he
needed a new look.
Don't forget that they
even tried to get JJ over by having him sing
with Sawyer Brown, and
JJ still couldn't get over until the puppies
came over, and still
SHE was more the over one than him. Jarrett's
angle does evoke
disgust from the fans... which brings out boo's...
which is exactly what
Jarrett is supposed to be- a heel.
In today's shades of
gray wrestling world, Jarrett is clearly, bar-none
one of the true heels
of the WWF. Due to my status as a JJ mark, I
still cheer whenever
JJ is up to his tricks or grabs his guitar. JJ
evokes boos from the
fans with his actions towards
women... exactly what
a heel is supposed to do. My support to the WWF
for coming up with
this angle which has not only sparked debate and
discussion, but has
also gotten one of the one most non-over heels in
wrestling, one of my
favorites, over in a big way.
-Glenn Giangrande (Trots30187)
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AN UNEXPECTED TURN
Written by reader:
Muttley97
Well, I think this is
an interesting turn on the fans. It will be
fascinating to watch
and see if the WCW marks, who have been railing
against the WWF
storylines and plots, to see if they accept what Vince
Russo brings down from
Conn. . Vince will probably bring the Outsiders
as heels, turn Sting
back to a face, bring Lex Lugar "back to life".
Yep, it certainly will
be interesting to see the reunion of Bret Hart,
who hated what the WWF
was becoming, partly thanks to Russo, with good
ole Vince.
I wonder if this will
FINALLY shut up these morons who have been
complaing about what
the WCW offers vs. the WWF. From this moment on,
its a level playing
field. Except that the WCW may expose the one
weakness the WWF has:
a lack of a depth talent-wise. With Turner's deep
pockets, one might
think that Russo could influence talent (HBK and Triple H
?) to come south and
reunite the clique. That is the possibilty that
has McMahon on his
heels. So, lets hear it for the WCW, who finally got
smart (with a guy who
LOVES Raw) and realized the only way to beat 'em
is to join 'em.
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OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPE
Written by reader:
DrawBoom
Regarding
stereotypical angles: Just about every Japanese wrestler to
ever appear in the
WWF. They all come off like typical USA hating, WWII
era charicatures. With
very few exceptions, they're either emotionless
or devious or they
simply aren't taken
seriously no matter
how talented (for reference see Kaientai.).
Otherwise, wrestling
rocks. :) "...Nobody else is crazy enough to take
this gig!" ---HBK.
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Who is it? P.J. Sharp
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* He is a former tag
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* He has wrestled in
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* He holds victories
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Rankings
SSW Heavyweight
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1.Wayne Rogers /
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/ 8.Bam Bam Christian
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