Issue # 361
Date:
Thursday October 21st, 1999 7:38 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
VAMPIRO PROBABLY STAYING IN
WCW
Reported by Dave
Meltzer at:
http://www.eyada.com
Meltzer reports that
indications point towards Vampiro staying in WCW.
Paul Heyman apparently
“didn’t pull the trigger” in terms of acquiring
Vampiro; Vince Russo
assured Vampiro that he would like to keep him in
WCW and that big plans
would be in store for him if he stays. Of
course, the new
contract offer will have a lot to do with his final
decision.
ULTIMO DRAGON RETIRES
Reported by Dave
Meltzer at:
http://www.eyada.com
The Ultimo Dragon
(Yoshihiro Asai) officially announced his retirement
from professional
wrestling in a 10/20 press conference in
Tokyo, Japan.
Asai’s career was
ended when a botched surgery on his elbow left his
right arm largely
useless in a wrestling ring; while many of us held
out hope for an
eventual return to the ring, early pessimistic reports
turned out to be true.
While his positive
influence on the wrestling scene will continue (he’s
currently training
some of the promising talents on the planet), his
in-ring skills are
worth a moment of reflection. There was a two year
period when Asai was
arguably the best worker in the world, and his
absence from the ring
will leave the wrestling business a worse place
for it.
DAVE MELTZER ON EYADA.COM
Most of you have heard
of Dave Meltzer & The Wrestling Observer, though
many of you have not
been exposed to The Observer (you don’t know what
your missing). Meltzer
is also doing a free daily internet radio show,
which can be found at:
http://www.eyada.com
The two hour show can
be heard live from
6:00 PM-8:00 PM on the East
Coast, and
3:00 PM-5:00 PM on the West
Coast. Meltzer & co-host Bryan
Alvarez discuss all of
the breaking news stories of the day, and have
had quite a variety of
featured guests (highlights include Chris
Benoit, Vince Russo,
Terry Funk , & Jim Cornette).
The previous days show
is available to listen to at any time; those of
you who really have a
deep interest in the inner-workings of wrestling
really do need to
check this out! Meltzer is generally considered the
top wrestling
journalist in the history of the business (not an
exaggeration, and
almost without argument), and you will benefit by
being exposed to his
knowledge of the business.
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JERICHO COMMENTARY
Below we present Chris
Jericho’s latest commentary to his fans, found
at:
http://www.chrisjericho.com/
10/20/99
NP:Disciple-This Might
Sting A Little
Hello Jerichoholics!
Once again, its so
important to keep up the prayers and well wishes
for Droz. The good
news is that he's slowly improving, but he still
needs our help. He's a
tremendous guy and even though he's not out of
the woods yet, I
believe that he's going to get through this, with our
help!!! God bless you
brother!!
I love the controversy
and gossip that transpires over the net. There's
a lot of rumors and
postings that Y2J is out for the count, that Y2J is
a failure!! My
response to that is I hope you guys who are writing that
truly believe it. That
way I'll have the distinct pleasure of shoving
it all down your
throats when I am at the TOP of this profession (which
is only a matter of
time)!!!!!!
As far as the
so-called problems between myself and my peers inside the
ring, well I guess the
smart marks that think they know all, were
fooled by our artistic
mastery yet again. Haha, got you jerkys!!!!
The Jerichoholics are
multiplying (not declining), as well. Thanks to
all of you for your
signs at the arenas and a special thanks to the
Atlanta friends who bought
$12,000 worth of Y2J shirts at the dome last
week. Wear em loud and
proud mutha truckas!!!
Now on to some fun
stuff. Let's continue the 1000 match celebration
with some more of my
fave matches of my career. They're in
chronological order
once again.
6. CJ vs. Ultimo
Dragon-Tokyo, Japan-July 7,
1995- This is one of my
top two or three best
EVER. I worked with Dragon for about a year
straight and this
match was the culmination of all that hard work. Asai
is probably my
favorite opponent that I ever worked with. We had
tremendous chemistry
and that shows in this match. This was the third
year anniversary of
WAR and we stole the show in a sold out Sumo Arena.
We got a standing
ovation from the boys in the dressing room when we
returned and I also
received a $1000 dollar bonus from Mr. Tenryu
afterwards!
7. CJ vs. Wild Pegasus
(Chris Benoit)-Tokyo,
Japan-Dec 13, 1995- This
match was my last
match of 1995 which was my best year of actual in
ring performance. Even
though I was one of the top ten in
America in
96, 97 and 98
(according to Meltzer), 95 was my best year...so far.
This was in the second
round of the second Super J Cup, a tournament
featuring the best
wrestlers in the world. This was my first match with
Benoit and it was sort
of a dream to wrestle against him. He was great
and the match, even
though it didn't go the way I wanted it too, still
turned out great.
Chris also knocked me silly with a slap at the
beginning of
the match. if you
watch the match, you can see it!!!
8. CJ vs. Pitbull
#2-Philadelphia, PA-June 22, 1996- After I had given
my notice to Paul E
that I was going to WCW, he still had the
confidence in me to
put the ECW Television belt on me in this match.
The crowd popped huge
at the upset finish and the match was awesome as
well. When I watch
this match back, its a wonder I wasn't killed!
9. CJ vs. Shane
Douglas vs Pitbull #2 vs Too Cold Scorpio-Philadelphia,
PA- July 13, 1996-
This match went about 45 minutes and wasn't put
together until about
30 minutes before it began. This was due to Paul
E's stalling at what
he wanted for the finish. It turned out great and
was a testament that
you don't have to go over everything in the back
room to have a
successful match!
10. CJ vs Dean
Malenko-Johnstown, PA-
March 28, 1997- There were no
television cameras
present and the arena held about 4000 people. But
this match was
awesome! For whatever reason, the first three matches
were late, so Dean and
I had to go to the ring and work until they got
there. What transpired
was a 35 minute bout that started with Dean as
the heel and me as the
good guy. Well, the crowd hated me and as a
result, I worked as a
heel for the first time in WCW and we rocked the
house! Dean was great
and so was the match.
I'll finish up next
week, so make sure to check it out! The book of
the week is the
Godfather by Mario Puzo. I'm looking forward to
checking out the
flick!
Don't forget to make
your travel plans with Jessica at 1-800-621-2016
ext 1385. She's the
absolute best at what she does and will take care
of you nicely!
Mail you 8X10 SASE's
to
PO Box 2863, Brandon, FL,
33509-2863 for an
autographed pic. Make
sure you include postage, or ya ain't gonna get
it!!!
God bless you and be
good to one another!
-Chris Jericho
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DEFENDING THE ANGLES
Written by reader:
Krayzie2000
The main two angles
that people find "disgusting" in the WWF are the
incest & death angles.
I really don't see the sudden outcry that these
angles have no place
in wrestling. What is the big deal about them
since you easily see
these things in movies & TV shows? Face it people,
wrestling is no longer
about "wrestling" it is about the angles & the
WWF is just coming up
with more angles instead of the same old stuff.
I've been watching the
WWF since I was 9 so that is about 9 years for
me. Just plain
wrestling doesn't cut it anymore. I personally get tired
of seeing poor
wrestling matches & just focus on angles. I miss real
good matches. But
today that isn't what the majority of wrestling fans
want. They want the
catch phrases & the shocking stuff that makes it
entertaining. The
angles are fake & are things that happen everywhere.
Just because wrestling
is probably the most popular thing going now
doesn't mean you have
to criticize everything that happens because it
offends you. One
person makes up probably .000001% of wrestling fans.
If you find it
offending then all you have to do is take your lil
finger & change the
channel.
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