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Issue # 368
Date:
Tuesday October 26th, 1999 10:34 am
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
WCW MONDAY NITRO
LIVE FROM:
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
By Rick Phelps (wrestleric)
As with much of the
rest of the evening, many clips and still shots
from Halloween Havoc
were shown. In the back, an infuriated Sting
(without face paint)
was searching for J.J. Dillon. In the ring, Sting
told Dillon that while
"bailing WCW out of a bad situation" that he
agreed to fight
Goldberg, not put the title on the line and that he
wanted his title back.
Dillon agreed, said
Goldberg was not the champion, but neither was
Sting, stating that he
had been stripped of the title due to his
attacking of an
official. Dillon then announced that a 32 man
tournament would begin
tonight to crown a new champion. Sting then
attacked Dillon and
then put him in the scorpion deathlock. Goldberg
then came out and a
fight ensued that had to be broken up by security.
--In the back, Mike
Graham informed the Outsiders that they would be
wrestling on the card
tonight. Nash later told Mike Tenay that he was
retired and would not
wrestle and that the Outsiders would have to wait
until the "top of the
hour" to comment. They would later say that the
censors better have
their hands on the buttons when the Outsiders hit
the ring.
--Norman Smiley told
Mike Tenay that he would defeat Bam Bam Bigelow in
the tournament because
he was tougher than a "two dollar steak."
Bam Bam Bigelow versus
Norman Smiley *Tournament Match*
Smiley seemed
frightened when Bigelow made the match a hardcore match.
Smiley won the match
with a headbutt on Bigelow.(Smiley had a trash can
over his head)
Winner: Norman Smiley
(Advanced in tournament)
--The Filthy Animals
showed a tape of them taking Ric Flair to a
field and leaving him
in the dirt after Halloween Havoc. Kidman said
that Flair was not
coming back and that Harlem Heat was next. Saturn
and Malenko then
attacked while Shane Douglas and Aysa (carrying Torrie
over her shoulder)
headed to the back.
--Curt Hennig told
Mike Tenay that the "powers that be" told him that
if he gets his
shoulders pinned to the mat, that he is gone. Hennig
said that when he
hangs the belt up that it will be his decision, no
one else's.
Curt Hennig versus
Lash Leroux
Hennig got himself
disqualified after slapping the referee. Hennig
then hit Leroux with a
chair. Disco Inferno who was at the broadcast
position, attempted to
help the Cajun but was also struck with the
chair.
Winner: Lash Leroux
via disqualfication
--The Filthy Animals
spent alot of time during the show looking for the
abducted Torrie.
--Bret Hart and
Goldberg were both shown, and they will face each other
in a tournament match
later in the evening.
--The next semi
finalists for the Nitro Girl search were introduced.
Jeff Jarrett then hit
the ring and said that he would be the next WCW
Heavyweight Champion.
Jarrett claimed that he did not hit Liz with the
guitar, and that if
Luger had a problem with it, to take it up with the
"new powers that be."
--A bloody post match
interview with Sid was conducted after
Halloween Havoc, where
Sid said that the war with Goldberg was not over
and that when least
expected, he would be back.
Perry Saturn versus
Eddie Guerrero*Tournament Match*
Saturn sent the other
Filthy Animals to the back, telling them that
if they came in the
ring, they would not see Torrie again. David Flair
came out and attacked
the injured ribs of Guerrero with a crow bar.
Saturn then applied
the Rings of Saturn for the win.
Winners: Perry Saturn
via submission (Advanced in tournament)
--In the back, the
Revolution were yelling at Torrie when Dean
Malenko left to find a
bathroom. As he walked into another room, Benoit
locked him in that
room and brutally beat his former friend, while the
helpless Revolution
looked on.
--In the ring, the
Outsiders were telling the new powers that be that
no one tells them what
to do when Goldberg (standing in the crowd)
interrupted. The man
said that he hoped the two had eyes in the back of
their heads because
they were next.
--Randy Savage, along
with Gorgeous George, said that the Red and
Yellow and
Space Mountain were played
out, but Macho Madness would not
be punked out like
Flair and Hogan were. The Macho Man then said that
it was time for him to
pass the torch on to someone else.
Madusa versus Meng
*Tournament Match*
Madusa gave it her
all, but fell prey to the Tongan death grip. After
the bell, Evan
Karagias helped Madusa to the back.
Winner: Meng via
pinfall
--Dean Malenko hit the
ring and challenged Chris Benoit to a Last Man
Standing match.
--In the back, Curt
Hennig and Brad Armstrong were discussing the
treatment they were
receiving from the powers that be while Bret Hart
was having his
foot/ankle checked out by a doctor.
The Total Package
w/Miss Liz versus Rick Steiner *Tournament Match*
Jarrett mistakingly
hit the
DFG with a chair, who then
followed Jarrett
to the back. This
allowed Luger to beat the ten count for the win. Miss
Liz seemed to be angry
that Luger dropped her (who fell down running
from Jarrett) to get
in the ring before the referee hit ten.
Winner: The Total
Package via countout (Advanced in tournament)
--Konnan told Mike
Tenay that the match between he and Kidman was about
business while Kidman
threatened to end the careers of the Revolution
if Torrie was hurt.
--Buff Bagwell was
shown arriving at the arena saying that trouble had
just arrived.
Kidman versus Konnan
*Tournament Match*
While the referee was
down, Harlem Heat attacked both men. Guerrero and
Rey Mysterio Jr. then
ran down and began fighting with the tag champs,
while Kidman pinned
K-Dogg for the win. After the bell, Konnan
challenged the Heat to
face he and Kidman in a tag team title match.
Winner: Kidman via
pinfall
--Buff told the crowd
in
Phoenix that he would not JOB
for anyone ever
again. Bagwell then
said that the "two idiots in the back" would not
tell him what to do.
At that point, two large men in suits,
representing the
powers that be, attacked Bagwell.
Chris Benoit versus
Dean Malenko *Last Man Standing Match*
After a double
clothesline, Benoit was the only of the two men that
responded to the ten
count fast enough, giving him the win. The Filthy
Animals then attacked
Malenko, and
Douglas told the Animals that
if
they wanted to see
Torrie, that Malenko would be set free. The
Revolution, including
Aysa, took Torrie, got into a car and left.
Mysterio Jr. and
Guerrero chased after them, leaving
Kidman and Konnan to
face the Harlem Heat.
Winner: Chris Benoit
via decision
Brian Knobbs w/Hugh
Morrus/Jimmy Hart versus Sting *Tournament Match*
After a couple of well
placed ball bat shots, Sting nonchalantly
covered Knobbs for the
win.
Winner: Sting
(Advanced in tournament)
--Bret Hart told Mike
Tenay that he wants to prove that he is not a
quitter, and that he
would do his best, even if it met suffering
physical consequences.
Harlem Heat (c) versus
Kidman/Konnan *Tag Team Championship*
Stevie Ray hit Kidman
with a side suplex at the end, however, he left
his shoulders down
while Kidman bridged up. Hence, the referee counted
the shoulders of Ray
down, giving the Filthy Animals the tag team
championship.
Winners: The Filthy
Animals (New Tag Team Championship)
--Goldberg said that
he respected Bret Hart and knew that Bret was not
at 100 percent, which
makes the Hitman more dangerous.
Diamond Dallas Page
versus David Flair *Tournament Match*
Page took this match
by DQ when young Flair began the match by
repeatedly hitting
Page with a crow bar.
EMT's had to take DDP out on
a
stretcher.
Winner: Diamond Dallas
Page via disqualification
--In a mock match,
three scanitly clad women "wrestled" the Outsiders
in their return match.
The fun and humor ended when Goldberg hit the
ring and speared both
men.
Goldberg versus Bret
Hart *Tournament Match/U.S. Title Match*
While Bret was on the
floor, Sid and the Outsiders attacked Goldberg
(Bret was dazed on the
outside of the ring, and he did not see the
interference). Bret
then rolled in the ring and covered Goldberg, not
only to advance in the
tournament, but to take the
U.S. title.
Winner: Bret Hart (New
U.S. Champion/Advanced in tournament)
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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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COMMENTS ON THE WWF
CREATIVE
TEAM
Written by reader:
TWOD
There was a time when
my friends and I would look forward to
Monday nights - it
seemed to be a co-ed party for RAW to
de-stress and de-tox
from the 9-5 life and discuss something as
seemingly inane and
inconsequential as the athletic abilities of the
Rock vs.Austin or
Taker vs. Kane.
We would argue over
who was shooting or declare angst over a real or
imagined injury. The
guys would go off on, while watching Sable and
Sunny as to whether
they preferred real ... or real big. The gals
would cringe at the
sight of Wight and discuss if the Taker was the
ultimate bad boy biker
"Fabio" for the "more
meat, less fluff"
generation of adult female fans.
Then there were the
heated debates on the storylines - the good, the
bad, the ridiculous -
and where they were all going to end up.
In the past two weeks,
the group has dwindled from its high
attendance rates of
over 15, to its low of four last night. Why? Well,
we buy the same beer,
coke, pizza and munchies, so it is not the menu.
We had seen a decrease
in women since the Undertaker has gone MIA but
with school starting
and Halloween around the corner, no one was
surprised.
Now the guys are less
interested, citing anything from "I wanna check
out WCW this week"
(they have always taped it at home - poor excuse) to
"gotta clean up my car
(at
9 pm at night in the dark,
here on the East
Coast???).
Why is it that I,
myself, a fan (for over 15 years - though in
the closet in the
beginning) decided to check out eBay during the show?
I am sick of the
stupid, ignorant storylines. Is the head writer going
through a divorce or
dealing with infidelity in his relationship? This
abuse of women gets
worse every week.
Case in point last
night was the"winner take ho match". Godfather,
Viscera and Mideon
(sports entertainers we enjoy) are relegated to this
misogyny match,
bringing in Mark Henry (always a disappointment) and
then we have Viscera
bouncing on the girls in a way that suggests not
naughty thoughts, but
nauscious reactions.
I read my favorite
newletter, hoping to find that either I had
mistakenly ingested
halucinogens last night and it was all a dream, but
the review proved my
wishes wrong.
Secondly, I peruse the
well-written LONGTIME FAN GIVES UP
WRESTLING by reader
Eric (Hogefan).
His quotes ring out the
truth so hard, that
the
Liberty bell is ready to
crack again.
"I'm quitting
wrestling until Russo and
Ferrara get fired."
"There no longer is
wrestling on TV ... T&A is much more important than
wrestling matches."
"...its insulting to
the intelligence of wrestling fans
Besides...breasts are
coming up! WOO
HOO!!!! And after all, you
can't
have a wrestling match
without gratuitous breast shots. Hey, maybe on
the next PPV, Nash
will pee on somebody.
I couldn't care less
anymore. Wrestling angles completely fail to
make sense ... Good
wrestling will no longer be rewarded, as its
taken a back seat to
mic abilities and sense of humor. The stupid,
immature and
inconsistent stories and the lack of wrestling isn't why I
started watching the
sport in the first place.
Reader
DXDGNR8CHK, complains that WCW is getting too much like
the WWF. Though this
reader and I come from opposite ends of the
spectrum, I would have
to agree, saying "yep, it is, and both really
are missing
something."
An adult female fan
recently posted on one of the wrestling
boards that the
Undertaker better come back soon, because the writers
have been into abusing
females since he has been absent. Though I do
not agree, I see her
point. The "sacrifice" of Ryan Shamrock and
"abduction" of
Stephanie were certainly no acts of canonization, but
they were dramatic and
fun and at least showed creativity.
There is nothing
creative about having a bunch of big men slap around a
bunch of loose women
and treat them as property, or worse, as dirt
under their feet.
I have said it before
in this newsletter and in other places, these
writers need
sensitivity training, and should be forced to volunteer
for 24 hours at a
hospice center and a battered women's shelter. Then
force them, Clockwork
Orange style, to watch the last 30 years of
wrestling on tape.
Bottom line: it is
time to call in the ghost writers or give up
the ghost!
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THE COMMON ELEMENTS
ARE IN PLACE
Written by reader:
Jayme Summers (sting_lex)
Granted, Russo and
Ferrera have turned WCW upside down in the last
couple of weeks.
Funny, but what happened to all those people who were
bored with Nitro 3
weeks ago. Tell you what, I'd much rather see a
Benoit/Hart 30 minute
match EVERY week than a 20-30 minute interview on
RAW that only sets up
the same 3-4 moves every week.
Granted, Russso and
Ferrara have borrowed certain
"elements" from what
THEY made successful,
but as the old adage goes, if it ain't broke
don't fix it. Anyway,
you people, who all of a sudden are watching WCW
just to make
comparisons (ooh, Kimberly's not dancing, she's the next
Sable) or (Kidman has
his own
camcorder, its like
G-TV), turn back to RAW.
Stop acting as if the
WWF is SO original! Kimberly was a valet
getting mad heat WAY
before Sable even thought of stepping foot in the
ring. The Camcorder
was used to push an angle, NOT the envelope! ECW
was doing the T&A bit,
as well as pushing the envelope back when the
WWF actually stood for
World WRESTLING Federation. Maybe they should
call it the World
Sports Enter. Fed b/c
quite honestly, the wrestling sucks.
Paul E. pushes the
envelope, but he has wrestlers who can actually BACK
UP their talk with
GREAT in-ring action. I dare you to show me ANY MAN
in the WWF who is
better than ECW's Nova! And as long as Russo is
booking over guys like
Jim Cornette (someone who appreciates WRESTLING
talent), I'm not a fan
anymore.
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RAW IS NITRO
Written by reader:
JP0379
So....Eric is gone.
Thank God. Now we have new blood in the WCW.
What's that? Hogan is
being phased out? Break out the champagne. Now,
lets sit down and
watch the "new" Nitro.
Breasts. Skimpy
outfits. Strippers. Wait, I must have accidentally
switched to RAW. Nope,
unfortunately, this IS Nitro.
When I first heard
about Russo and
Ferrara joining Nitro, I was
happy. Not as happy
when I heard Eric Hogan...I mean, Eric Bishoff was
being asked to take a
hike, but close. THEN, I hear Hogan is gone.
Even when I heard
Flair was not going to be wrestling as much I was
okay, even though I
think he still generates heat amongst fans all over
the country. I
figured, okay,
sometimes things have
to happen in order to get to the next stage.
That gives the
Benoits, Goldbergs, Malenko's, ect. the chance to
showcase their talent,
which is going to be the future of WCW.
Then reality set in.
First, Flair is forced to have a "career-ending
injury" at the hands
of DDP?!?!? At least give Flair the respect he
deserves. Let him walk
that aisle on Nitro and retire with style. Let
him say that since
there is new leadership in WCW, he has been offered
a front-office job to
assist in building WCW back to where it once was,
on top. But no. A
mid-card talent like DDP is given the job of ending
Flairs career.
Gee....almost as disrespectful as what they did to Bret
Hart, isn't it? What a
coincidence.
Then, I watch Nitro.
Breasts galore. Torrie, who was sexy last
week, is now dressed
like a slut. Nash and Hall vs. three strippers.
I'm sure that Nash and
Hall enjoyed it, but they don't buy the tickets.
I also hear that Russo
and the gang are going to make Nitro a TV14
show, which will allow
more "adult" content. Yeah, lets put in more
broads instead of
WRESTLING on a WRESTLING show. Too bad RAW and now
Nitro are catering to
those that can't get a date and are forced to
pleasure themselves
while Torrie or Terri Runnels are on the screen.
I guess Monday Night
Football just gained back yet another fan. I'll
flip back every now
and then to see if Goldberg is on. I hear next
week he is
wrestling....oh hell, by next week, there won't BE any
wrestling, just a pole
in the middle of the ring for the "ladies" of
wrestling to grind on.
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The staff of The
Wrestling Booking Sheet
Editor: Steve
Appy
Columnist:
Mark George
Columnist: SamJerry
Columnist: Fritz
Capp
Columnist: Rick Phelps
Columnist: Cindy
Barnes
Columnist: Josh Hewitt
Columnist: Swami
Columnist: Tom Misnik
Columnist: Nate Pelley
Columnist: Robert Troy (Osiris)
Columnist:
Tom
Kirkbride
Columnist: Ryan S. Oaks
Columnist: Darren Kramer
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"When you're young and you
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like you pulled the sword from the stone. I used to believe
that it could save the world. But I don't really believe
that anymore." - Bruce Springsteen
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