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Issue # 350
Date:
Tuesday October 12th, 1999 3:22 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
ROUNDING THE SQUARED CIRCLE
"CAN YOU SMEEEELLLLLL
WHAT THE PUPPY IS COOKING?"
OR
"THAT'S
ALL I CAN STANDS, I CAN'T
STANDS NO MORE"
BY
SAMJERRY
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In the past couple of
weeks, the WWF has taken what was comic relief
and gone much too far
with it. For whatever motive, they are continuing
the angle with Mae
Young and The Fabulous Moolah. I can see very little
in the way of
entertainment in seeing old ladies being used as they
have been. So far we
have seen things like one or both of these seventy
plus year old women:
1. Skulled with a
Guitar
2. Stripped down to
their undies
3. Given a mud bath
4. Abused by Jeff
Jarret
There are few things
more scary then seeing a "full figured senior
citizen" running
around in her frillies. The sight of seeing Mae Young
like that will haunt
me for the rest of my life. I agree with the
concept of providing
our senior citizens with meaningful employment,
but this goes beyond
that. Moolah was the WWF Women's Champion for
twenty-five or so
years, the longest reign by any title holder that I
know of. She is in the
WWF Hall Of Fame. Is this how she wants to be
remembered? Is this
the legacy both the WWF and Moolah want for her? I
doubt it.
Moolah is scheduled to
meet Ivory for the Women's Title at the next WWF
PPV, No Mercy, and I
am hearing rumors that she will come away as
Champion. If this is
so, the WWF is diluting a title that has become a
joke even further. In
today's environment, titles are changing hands
more often than Mae
Young changes her Depends. The European Title has
about as much
credibility as anything Booby "The Brain" Heenan says.
Why foist this farce
off on the fans? What can possibly be gained from
it? Put an end to this
crap. It has gone on long enough. Wouldn't it be
better to bring in
some women with wrestling ability. There is a rumor
floating around that
the WWF is looking to bring in Miss Congeniality
from ECW. She is a
wrestler. There are more out there her.
Speaking if "crap," on
last night's (October
11, 1999) RAW, we were
treated to repeated
scenes of a group of well fed Bulldogs and their
"leavings." At The
Rock's direction, Mankind played Pooper-scooper,
cleaned the mess up
and placed it neatly on a large metal plate. It was
then brought to the
ring for the Tag Team Match between The Rock and
Sock Connection and
the team of The British Bulldog and Val Venis. The
Rock planted The
Bulldog onto the pile with a Rock Bottom. Was this
really necessary? I
think not. If the idea was to embarrass The Bulldog
and build up more heat
for his match v. The Rock at No Mercy, couldn't
mud or something else
been used? Yeah, I know the symbolism of The
Bulldog being dropped
onto a pile of Bulldog Poop, and that they really
didn't use Poop, but
it was plain disgusting. Heck, why stop at Doggie
Doo, why not try for
Horsey Pucks? Since X-Pac is famous for his Bronco
Buster, how about The
Acolytes, or even a rejected Kane, smashing him
onto a pile of it.
I am a staunch
defender of Freedom of Speech and Expression, but its
time to end the
Septuagenarian Silliness and Poop Plopping. There is
little to be gained
from either. Can you picture the headlines if one
of the elderly ladies
gets hurt? How could it possibly be justified?
Can't you just read
Phil Muchnick's next TV Guide Article about the WWF
using Doggie Doo? WWF
wise up. Stop both now.
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WCW MONDAY NITRO
LIVE FROM:
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
By Rick Phelps (wrestleric)
An emotional Bobby
Heenan was shown discussing the death of his friend,
Gorilla Monsoon.
Rey MysterioJr. versus
Perry Saturn
Saturn took the match
with a DQ after interference by members of the
Revolution and the
Filthy Animals.
Winner: Perry Saturn
via disqualification
Disco Inferno versus
Kaz Hayashi *Cruiserweight Title*
Disco retained the
title after escorting Hayshi to the "Last Dance."
Winner: Disco Inferno
(Retained Cruiserweight Title)
Meng versus Konnan
The big man defeated
K-Dogg by pinning him after putting him down with
the Tongan Death Grip.
Winner: Meng via
pinfall
--The Outsiders
rejoined Nitro (in the crowd) again this week and
reiterated that Nash
was retired, but they were getting the "band" back
together, while Hall
said his back hurt from carrying WCW on his back.
Goldberg versus Horace
Hogan
The
Man....spear......jackhammer..........victory.
Winner: Goldberg via
pinfall
--Mene Gene
interviewed Hulk Hogan. Hogan, apparently highly
agitated said that he
would defeat Sting and told the "guys in the
back" that he would
get the last laugh at Halloween Havoc.
--Then next semi
finalists for the Nitro girls contest were introduced.
--David Flair
questioned Torrie, who had just been talking to Kidman
(who had lipstick on
his face). She told him to go talk to his dad "or
something."
--In the back, Brad
Armstrong was attacked by Berlyn and his
bodyguard. When
Armstrong gained control of Berlyn's cane and began to
attack, he was
detained by WCW security.
Stevie Ray versus
Brian Knobbs w/Jimmy Hart *Street Fight*
As Booker T fought
with members of the First Family on the outside,
Jimmy Hart nailed Ray
with a chair, allowing Knobbs to make the cover
for the win.
Winner: Brian Knobbs
via pinfall
--Shane Douglas
berated Dean Malenko for causing Saturn to take a DQ
over Mysterio earlier
on the card and Benoit for getting out of the car
with Bret Hart. Benoit
told
Douglas that if it were not
for the Hart
family, there would
not be The Crippler and there would not be the
Revolution. He then
took off his shirt and threw it in
Douglas' face.
Saturn then yelled at
Douglas for not thinking
before opening his
mouth. Malenko said he
would stand in their corner later in the
evening, but the
Revolution would do what they started out to do.
La Parka versus Brad
Armstrong
Although he was
attacked by Berlyn and his bodyguard (La Parka was also
attacked), Armstrong
rolled over on top of his opponent for the win.
Winner: Brad Armstrong
via pinfall
--Curt Hennig and
Curly Bill attacked David Flair, who was
interrupting the king
redneck as he was talking to Torrie Wilson.
--It was announced
that Brad Armstrong will face Berlyn at Halloween
Havoc.
Norman Smiley versus
Berlyn w/Bodyguard
The German Machine
took down the Big Wiggle with a reverse
neckbreaker.
Winner: Berlyn via
pinfall
--Mene Gene
interviewed Ric Flair. The Nature Boy challenged Hennig to
a match for attacking
his son. He also said that Kimberly was tired of
the 2 time champion,
DDP and wondered if she would want to be with the
14 time champ.
Kidman/Rey
MysterioJr., Perry Saturn/Dean Malenko
There was a lot of
friction on the Revolution side during this match.
Malenko also kept
Douglas from interfering on
more than one occasion.
Saturn nailed Kidman
with a chain that was thrown to him by
Douglas to
gain the win. When
Malenko saw the replay, he threw his shirt at Saturn
and walked away from
the Revolution.
Winner: Perry
Saturn/Dean Malenko via pinfall
Van Hammer versus Sid
Vicious *US Title*
With an assist from
Rick Steiner, Sid took the match with a
Powerbomb.
Winner: Sid Vicious
via pinfall (Retained
U.S. title)
--Highlights of the
Bret Hart/Chris Benoit match from last week were
shown.
--The odd ghastly man
with the evil voice was shown again telling a
child to sleep.
Curt Hennig/Curly Bill
versus Ric Flair
Hennig tried to win by
putting his feet on the ropes and using Curly as
leverage, but was
stopped by David Flair, who pulled Curly off of the
apron. Flair then
rolled up Hennig, putting his feet on the ropes for
the win.
Winner: Ric Flair via
pinfall
Chris Benoit/Bret Hart
versus The Total Package w/Miss Liz/Rick
Steiner
The match ended with
Sid interfering. Goldberg made the save, but was
stopped by Sid who
reminded him that if he touched him, Goldberg would
lose his
"opportunity." Goldberg obviously did not care, as he
speared
Sid to the mat.
Winners: Chris
Benoit/Bret Hart via disqualification
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THE DEATH OF THE
WRESTLING PRODUCT
Written by reader:
ChicagoM0B
This may be the death
of wrestling as we know it. The WWF surely won't
change what's working.
And with Russo in WCW, we'll be in for more
"Sports Entertainment"
at the expense of WRESTLING fans. But what else
would you expect? All
that matters to them is the dollars that roll in,
not the happiness of
their core fans.
Most bookers in the
United States have so much
contempt for the
American WRESTLING fan
that its disheartening. Maybe its just the
fact that they're so
inept at what they do, that the only thing they
know how to produce is
absurd angles and long, drawn out interview
segments.
Well, to me, that is
not professional wrestling. That's a cheesy
sitcom, and if I
wanted that I'd flip over to "Must See TV." A
wrestling match in
itself can be entertaining and compelling, if in the
right hands. I feel
almost like a steel worker, who has given so much
of his life supporting
a business, only to see it get bigger than ever
and then laid off.
I guess much like
there's no room in the world for the working class
man, there's no room
in the professional wrestling world for a
WRESTLING fan. Like I
said before, its just disheartening. But then
again, what do I know.
I'm just some punk who's not even in the
business.
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RAW OFF CAMERA
Written by reader:
EPMD31
I was one of the
millions, no wait, I mean thousands of fans (around
40,000 in fact!) to
attend the HUGE RAW is WAR in
Atlanta. A lot of
cool stuff happened.
For instance there was around 20 fights in the
crowd between drunk
fans. Toilet paper rolls and plastic cups and the
good ol' beach ball
were all being thrown around. Alot of cool signs
that probably didn't
make TV, "Triple H is Chyna's bitch", "Who's on
Monday Night
Football?...ITDOESN'T MATTER WHO'S ON MONDAY NIGHT
FOOTBALL!!", and the
best one of the night, which was taken by a police
man (He got the old
ASSHOLE chant for it) said, "HEY TED TURNER...WCW
SUCKS!!!". It was a
huge banner and also had pics of the Rock and
Austin on it.
Then one time some guy
held up a sign that said, "GO NY METS" We all
started chanting "YOU
SUCK" and then we started the tomahawk chop.
Here's something
interesting, as we all know Val Venis has been a huge
face since he started
around last year and now they are making him a
heel. Right before he
came out, he was on the Titantron and he
completelyw ent off on
the ATL, so that we'd boo him when he came out,
boy did he ever get
some heat!
And of course
EVERYONES FAVORITE SECTION...WHAT HAPPENED WHEN RAW
ENDED??? Well
Austin was backstage beating
on Triple H. He kicked open
a door and threw
Triple H into a room and guess what was laying on the
floor right next to
Hunter? A Rattlesnake!! It started to rattle really
loud and then Triple H
screamed and the Titantron went blank.
But that's not the
end.
Austin came back to the ring
and put away
about 8 Steveweisers
and he was joined by JR who had a drink too. The
show really ended with
Austin laying down on the
walkway (ramp) and
pouring beer all over
himself.
OVERALL: A+. I bet it
looked and sounded awesome on TV, we were so damn
loud! Biggest pops:
(in no order, too hard to tell but most likely the
Rock, they were
chanting his name during the Jakked tapings!!) 1. Rock
2.
Austin 3. X-Pac 4. Jericho 5.
The Reunited Headbangers 6. Edge and
Christian 7. The King
& JR (When they come out before the show starts)
8. Of course The
Godfather and his like 20 ho's
Most Heel Heat: 1.
Triple H, they hate this man in
Atlanta. He then
got the ASSHOLE chant
louder than Vince and Shane ever got. 2. Bulldog
3. Val Venis 4.
Bossman, he even got booed in his hometown, how
pathetic 5. Chyna
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LIGHTEN UP ABOUT THE
CONTENT.
Written by reader:
Reaper0519
Over the past few
days, I have read a number of things that I must
comment on. First of
all, going back, in reference to the "phantom"
title change of the
WCW Crusierweight title, I read, and I quote, "gave
the title to Pscosis
of all people". My question is, what's wrong with
Pscosis? He is
arguably the most gifted participant in WCW's
Cruiserweight
division. The only problem I see was making him job to
Disco Inferno. This is
the second time WCW has given Psychosis the gold
and then jobbed him
out of it only days later. (last time it was to Rey
Jr.)
Secondly, on to the
whole issue with Steve Austin and the Undertaker
and everybody's
in-ring quality. I think both men are capable of
putting on great
matches, as long as both are at 100%. The problem lies
with the angles and
characters. Please do not get me wrong. I love the
demonic living dead
character, and the beer swilling redneck, but the
WWF needs to put
together some better angles.
Next on my list, and I
know I'm probably going to offend some one with
this, is the whole
WWF/T&A/ Sex thing. Quite frankly, I think we all
need to lighten up.
Maybe the mud wrestling match wasn't the most
intelligent idea, and
maybe the Mark Henry/Incest angle is just plain
retarded, but lets
face it: Sex sells. Bottom line. And for the most
part, the WWF's use of
sex in storylines has been funny. (The Godfather
& Val Venis come to
mind). These recent attempts may be flops, but it
happens. You can't win
them all. So for now, lets just relax a little,
and roll with the
punches. ===========================================
THE INJURY FACTOR
Written by readers:
LaserboyX
In response to several
newsletters with people's views on the major
talents in wrestling
today, I just couldn't sit back anymore. I find
that the problem with
BOTH organizations is that they focus too much on
one particular circle
of athletes and the storylines revolving around
them. Of course, the
WWF isn't nearly as faulty in this area. A new
sports entertainer
seems to
go up every 4-6
months, and that is much better than WCW...but I
won't go into the
fossils that have stayed at the top forever.
On the constantly
raised subject of
Austin, however...Austin's
in-ring personality is
personally annoying to me. But, I can see the
viewpoint others do in
liking it, I suppose. As far as his in-ring
ability, yes it has
changed...and decreased along with his character.
But just a week or
more ago, we saw
Austin wrestling in not one,
but
TWO knee-braces. This
raises concern from me for the athlete.
Austin's suffered a great
deal of injuries (most of them requiring
surgery, and one that
I know of even threatening his career). The only
other athlete I can
think of who has been this big, and suffered as
many injuries, is
Shawn Michaels.
Shawn Michaels will
stand for all time as my favorite wrestler. He had
everything one could
expect from an organizations belt-holder, and sold
the WWF greatly. He is
still an entertainer in the truest form, but
now he cannot enter
the ring again. We all know this is a result of
his spinal problems.
What I'm saying is, should
Austin not be allowed
to have more time off?
I know, someone is going to e-mail me and say
"That's not what
Austin would want" or
something like they did about my
feelings during the
Owen Hart tragedy. But, I'm sure HBK didn't want
that either, and look
where he is now. You know it has to tear him
apart that he can
never wrestle again.
If Steve Austin
continues to put his body through this kind of
punishment, and never
takes the MUCH NEEDED rest (of a more substantial
time than two lousy
months), he may end up exactly the same as Shawn
Michaels, a side-lined
wrestler. This will not only cause a great
disheartening effect
among the fans (like I felt when I found out about
HBK) and the athlete,
but it would leave the WWF with another
unmarketable
entertainer. As much as people love to see
Austin run his
mouth, they want to
see him "whoop ass". And if more injuries occur,
that may become a
thing of the past.
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PUSHING KIDMAN TO THE
STARS
Written by reader:
jandsb
Has it occured to
anyone that WCW is sitting on a gold mine with Billy
Kidman? They've just
got the characterization messed up, and I think
they've got the
ability to recreate a Shawn Michaels persona, similar
to the one he
portrayed alongside Helmsley in DX's evil days. The two
are roughly the same
height and both are really nifty movers and
shakers.
Side Kidman with
someone ruthless (like what was done with Michaels and
Triple H) or someone
with the potential to be so, Eddie Guerreromaybe?
Luger? Benoit?
WCW also has the ideal
wrestler to go against this character: Bret
Hart. Hart is
undoubtedly a future WCW World Champion. He could get the
title from virtually
any other prospective title holder and
realistically drop it
to someone who is roughly the same height, like
Michaels (Kidman) just
as realistically.
Kidman's present
'Filthy Animal' image is just a step away from being a
fully fledged user of
women; despite the crowds love of him he could be
a just as promising
heel. All he needs is an ego. He could even fued
with goodies Goldberg
(Hell you could make that a PPV headliner with
Mike Tyson refereing).
Kidman could have great matches with Sting (this
guy will never be a
respectable heel, he still gets cheered), DDP (the
2 were once friends,
you could call it a grudge match). A Nash title
bout may seem like a
bit of a mismatch with the height difference, but
a controversial
victory within a hell in a cell cage to Kidman would be
fun!
Kidman has promise,
and despite the fact that people who have paid
their dues like
Benoit, deserve the belt, I class his in-ring charisma
up there with bricks
and 3 toed slothes. Despite the fact that Kidman
doesn't fall under any
of the usual prerequisites that are in place in
WCW to get a title
shot (He isn't either 200 years old, from WWF, or is
10 foot tall) he has
unquestionable ability, in the ring and on the
mic.
What else should
really define a champ? Turn Kidman bad Shawn Michaels
style and make him
GOOD!
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The staff of The
Wrestling Booking Sheet
Editor: Steve
Appy
Columnist:
Mark George
Columnist: SamJerry
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Capp
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Barnes
Columnist: Josh Hewitt
Columnist: Swami
Columnist: Tom Misnik
Columnist: Nate Pelley
Columnist: Robert Troy (Osiris)
Columnist:
Tom
Kirkbride
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