Issue # 362
Date:
Friday October 22nd, 1999 3:33 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
RIC FLAIR IN-RING FUTURE IN
JEOPARDY
Reported by Dave
Meltzer at:
http://www.eyada.com
Current WCW plans
point towards the possible end of Ric Flair's full
time wrestling
schedule. Tentative plans as of several days ago had
Flair suffering a
"career ending" injury at Halloween Havoc (probably
at the hands of DDP),
which would be followed by Flair announcing his
retirement from the
ring.
Flair would return at
some point for big show events, although his days
as a full time
performer would be over. An on-screen role would be
given to Flair (WCW
President? Manager of a revitalized Horseman?).
While these plans can
change, they provoke mixed emotions to this
longtime fan. Should
the older generation be phased down? Yes. The
problem with phasing
down Flair is that he is still one of the top
performers in the
company. Despite a disastrous 1999 that finally
dented the Flair
mystique, the man is still over. He still draws
ratings, and the
audience only gives a stronger reaction to Goldberg.
Even if these plans do
go forward, do not expect them to be etched in
concrete. Flair is a
proven ratings draw, and management is unlikely
to allow Flair to sit
on the sidelines for long. In today's "Crash TV"
environment long term
planning is out the window, and Flair can still
put on a captivating
performance.
On a side note, Al
Isaacs at
http://www.scoopscentral.com reports that
the Flair/DDP
Halloween Havoc match will become a Strap Match, in
reference to the
Flair/Kimberly 'spanking' vignette on NITRO.
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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WCW THUNDER
Events were shown
leading up to matches at Halloween Havoc.
--To save time, past
clips were shown (as in the opening) to hype the
PPV.
The Maestro versus
Norman Smiley
Smiley forced the
music man to tap out to the Norman Conquest.
Winner: Norman Smiley
via submission
MVP versus Horace
Horace put down the
wrestler formerly known as Dale Torberg with a
Samoan drop.
Winner: Horace via
pinfall
Curly Bill versus Lash
Leroux
Ol' Carrot Top took
the match with the Rajun Cajun.
Winner: Lash Leroux
Harlem Heat versus
Steve Regal/Dave Taylor w/Fit Finlay
The former tag champs
won by DQ when the First Family interfered.
Winners: Harlem Heat
via disqualification
Kendall Windham
w/Curly Bill versus Brad Armstrong
After walloping Curly
with a boot, Armstrong went on to win with a Side
Russian Legsweep.
Winner: Brad Armstrong
via pinfall
Juventud
Guerrera/Silver King versus Blitzkrieg/Kaz Hayashi
Guerrera grabbed the
win for his team after a Juvi driver on Hayashi.
Winners: Juventud
Guerrera/Silver King via pinfall
Rick Steiner versus La
Parka
A top rope bulldog was
all she wrote for the chairman of WCW.
Winner: Rick Steiner
via pinfall
The Total Package
w/Miss
Elizabeth versus Buff Bagwell
Liz knocked Buff off
the top rope who was preparing for the
Blockbuster, which
allowed the Total Package to get Bagwell in the
Torture Rack for the
win.
Winner: The Total
Package via pinfall
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PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
Written by reader:
JBanks1372
"People in the back
are going 'Jesus, this is the sickest, most
disgusting thing I've
ever heard.' WRONG!! I can top it."
--Sam Kinison
I've been watching the
WWF and its antics recently. Watching it
is kind of like when
you pass a 13-car pile-up on the highway. You know
its disgusting and
ugly, but you still have to slow down and look in
case you can see a
body part. But still, there comes a time when you
have to say Enough's
enough.
Paul White's father is
suffering from terminal cancer. Or is he? its
hard to tell if its
true or just a part of the show. But regardless
of whether its true or
not, using it as an in-ring angle has to be one
of the most boorish
and tasteless things the WWF's ever done. There's
nothing funny about
cancer and there is absolutely no excuse for using
it like they're doing.
Pushing the envelope of entertainment is all
well and good, but
some things just shouldn't be done.
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THE 10/18 NITRO
Written by reader:
SunRa007
Whoever is writing the
super-negative editorials to you guys
obviously is a WWF
plant and doesn't like WCW in the first place. I
thought Nitro was
awesome last Monday, it was more like it was about 8
months ago and before,
exciting!
How did this guy not
even think the thing with Flair showing up in his
son's place in Kim's
room wasn't cool! That was one of the funniest
things I have ever
seen and heard, especially how he jumped on the bed
and said he was giving
Kim a 14 time spanking, whoooooo!
As for the show in
general, it had more continuity, good matches except
the Smiley match, and
the matches and angles had more of a point like
in the past. Maybe if
WCW would learn to keep good talent it will be
#1 again like a year
and a half ago. Don't let Vampiro or Hak go, put
them in good
storylines, these guys can act and wrestle, they should
have never let
Jericho leave.
WCW's matches are
usually way better than WWF''s (with the exception of
a few of their
workers), now that the storylines are back again it will
be only a matter of
time before fans come back to WCW. I like the WWF
too, but I have to
admit when you are there live, all the fighting
outside of the ring is
whack, WCW's worker's put on better matches.
As far as actual
wrestling, ECW is the bomb! WCA is on the right track
again and they will be
#1
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VAMPIRO
Written by reader:
MNR1118
I am glad that Vampiro
has decided to stay in WCW, even though he
doesn't yet deserve
the big salary that the Bischoff regime was paying
him. I think that he
has enormous potential, and I would love to see
him wrestle Bret Hart,
Sting or Chris Benoit. Those three would bring
out the best in him,
not guys like Konnan who tend to make their
opponents look slow
and lazy like he is.
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