Issue # 390
Date:
Monday November 8th, 1999 10:45 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
DUSTIN RHODES DEBUTS
We all saw Dustin Runnels (aka
Dustin Rhodes, Goldust, Seven) debut
tonight, immediately casting
off his "Seven" costume and embracing his
early wrestling heritage. Did
WCW have to make him descend from the
ceiling? Were they trying to
prove some bizarre point? I was positive
that the WWF would resort to
this first, and I'm disappointed that WCW
(with Bret Hart on their
payroll) would go for this visual.
I realize that the stunt
wasn't identical to Owen Hart's (after all,
WCW actually uses safety
releases when their athletes "fly"). Still,
this is one gimmick that
should have been abandoned out of respect for
Owen's memory.
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WCW MONDAY NITRO FOR
11/8/1999
LIVE FROM:
INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA
By Rick Phelps (wrestleric)
In the production truck, Sid
told one of the production workers to cue
a tape when he told them to.
He then went to the ring and showed the
tape (Goldberg never said I
quit...Sid did his own voice over of
Goldberg saying I quit) which
showed absolutely nothing.
He then said the Outsiders
tried to screw him and that he is the United
States champion. The
Outsiders then hit the ring and pointed out that
Bret Hart hit him with the
crutch. The Hitman then came out and said
that Goldberg was the
rightful U.S. champ and by the end of the
evening, he would personally
take the title back and personally give it
to Goldberg. The three then
challenged Bret to come and take the belt
(which was around the waist
of Hall.) Goldberg then came from the
crowd, cleared house, and
speared Sid and challenged Sid to an "I Quit"
match for WCW Mayhem.
Sting told Mike Tenay that
the game Lex Luger was playing made him want
to quit and said that his
later match with Goldberg would be different
then at Havoc. The Package
was then seen arriving at the arena hiding
his face with a hooded
sweatshirt.
--Kimberly asked Doug
Dillinger to provide her with extra security
because David Flair was
stalking her. Throughout the evening, Flair was
seen (with a psychotic look
on his face, yielding a tire iron) stalking
Kimberly.
--Rey Mysterio Jr. and Torrie
agreed to face Dean Malenko and Aysa in a
mixed tag team match.
Norman Smiley versus Kidman
*World Title Tournament* Brian Knobbs, who
was at the broadcast booth
for this match attacked Smiley, allowing
Kidman to pin the Englishmen
to advance.
Winner: Kidman via pinfall
(Advanced in Tournament) –
Sting continued to look for
the Total Package, who continued to hide.
--Kevin Nash was shown with a
member of the WCW crew who would dress
him up, eventually making him
look like former WWF manager the Grand
Wizard. The two also agreed
that they would also need extra security.
They also rhetorically asked
what 3:16 meant. Nash said it was the
number of times "Austin met
the Undertaker" in a main event PPV match.
--Sting called the Package
out to the ring. Liz initially came out, but
Luger eventually followed.
Luger apologized for his actions. Sting put
Luger in the corner, choking
him, telling him that if he screwed him,
he would rip his throat out.
Madusa versus Chris Benoit
*World Title Tournament*
Evan Karagias pulled referee
Johnny Boone out of the ring, which set up
a fight between the two on
the outside. Jeff Jarrett then slugged it
out with Benoit. Jarrett
(after being kicked and punched by Madusa)
told her that he just screwed
her out of the tournament.
Winner: Chris Benoit via
disqualification
--Vince Russo (although you
couldn't see him) told Chavo Guerrero he
did well in the ham 'n' egger
battle royal, gave him some Amway
products to sell and told him
to hit the streets.
--Hacksaw Jim Duggan was
shown cleaning the toilet of the powers that
be.
Disco Inferno versus Rick
Steiner
Disco's acquaintance from
last week, Tony Marinera joined the broadcast
booth, carrying a bucket of
concrete. After hitting him with the
concrete bucket, Marinera
watched as the DFG won the match with a
release German suplex. The
bucket was the poured on Disco.
Winner: Rick Steiner via
pinfall
--Mene Gene introduced all of
the Nitro Girl finalists, who danced for
the crowd. A.C. Jazz hit the
ring, said they were wannabes and told
them to leave. Spice then hit
the ring and a shoving match ensued with
the other Nitro Girls getting
involved and taking sides in this ongoing
argument. –
-The man known as Seven
appeared, took off the costume and told the
powers that be that he left
the WWF because of stupid gimmicks. Dustin
Rhodes then said that Goldust
sucked and that he will make WCW go
through hell for
disrespecting him and his father (he said they fired
his father last week)
Sting versus Goldberg
While Sting had Goldberg in
the sleeper hold, the Total Package sprayed
mace in his "old buddy's"
eye. Goldberg capitalized with the spear and
jackhammer for the win.
Winner: Goldberg via pinfall
--The Outsiders made amends
with Sid, offering him their security
guards. The DFG tried to talk
to Sid, who brushed him off.
--Lex Luger took a
Caution...Wet Floor sign near where Jim Duggan was
mopping.
--Vampiro said Buff Bagwell
better realize that evil has a place in WCW
and that being a misfit was a
lifestyle.
Buff Bagwell versus Vampiro
w/Misfits
Interference by Berlyn
allowed Buff to win with the Blockbuster. After
the bell, as Berlyn was being
beaten on by Creative Control (bodyguards
of the powers that be), the
Misfits were pounded on by Berlyn's
bodyguard.
Winner: Buff Bagwell via
pinfall
--Luger was seen laying on
the ground (near the Wet Floor sign) holding
his knee screaming for help.
Paramedics then told Luger they could not
find anything wrong with his
knee.
Perry Saturn versus Bret Hart
*World Title Tournament*
The Hitman took the win with
the sharpshooter despite interference by
Shane Douglas and Dean
Malenko (which was thwarted by Benoit.) Winner:
Bret Hart via submission
(Advanced in World Title Tournament)
--Kimberly was finally
granted a meeting with the "powers that be" who
informed her she would face
David Flair at Mayhem.
--Booker T spoke of how the
"powers that be" suspended Stevie Ray for
losing to Buff Bagwell, and
then challenged Jeff Jarrett and Creative
Control to come to the ring.
Booker held his ground against the bald
twins but fell when Jarrett
hit the ring. A large, built woman (an
almost exact replica...except
darker version of Chyna) hit the ring,
but took a guitar shot.
--Mike Tenay told Luger (who
was saying he could not compete) that the
"powers that be" said that if
Luger did not compete, he was out of the
tournament.
Rey Mysterio Jr./Torrie
Wilson versus Dean Malenko/Aysa After having
his knee wrenched around the
knee post, Mysterio tapped out to the
Texas Cloverleaf.
Winners: Aysa/Dean Malenko
via submission
Sid Vicious versus Lex Luger
*World Title Tournament* Luger, initially
said he could not compete,
but was pushed (in his wheelchair) down to
the ring by Sting. Goldberg
hit the ring and speared both men.
Winner: None announced (It
can be assumed Luger won, because it was
said Luger would face Sting
next week.)
Brian Knobbs w/Jimmy Hart
versus Bam Bam Bigelow
The ref called for the bell
when Norman Smiley interfered, as the two
competitors were fighting it
out in the back. Winner: No Contest
Scott Hall versus Lash Leroux
*World Title Tournament* Hall put out
Leroux with the Outsider
Edge. After the bell, Goldberg emerged as one
of the security guards, and
speared both of the Outsiders.
Winner: Scott Hall via
pinfall (Advanced in Title Tournament)
Curt Hennig versus Jeff
Jarrett *World Title Tournament* Hennig kept
his job, but dropped out of
the tournament when he was counted out
after a beating by Creative
Control. Winner: Jeff Jarrett via countout
(Advanced in World Title
Tournament)
--Kimberly called David Flair
out to the ring, saying that if he did
something to her, he would
have to do it in front of everyone. Flair
then came out and almost
completely ignored being attacked by Bam Bam
Bigelow. He then whacked
Bigelow with the tire iron. He then followed
her into the parking lot and
was bashing out the windows in her car,
but took off running when
Creative Control hit the scene.
Bret Hart versus Sid versus
Scott Hall versus Goldberg (Texas Tornado
Ladder Match for U.S. Title)
Kevin Nash was the referee
for this match. The DFG hit the ring in this
match and nailed Sid with a
bulldog off of the top rope. Although Bret
was the first to retrieve the
U.S. title, Big Sexxy ignored it, and
allowed Hall to snatch the
belt to become the new United States champ.
Winner: Scott Hall (New
United States Champion)
Rick's Comments: --Scott Hall
paid a great tribute to the recently
deceased Walter Payton by
wearing his number 34 jersey.
--I do not understand the
censors that work for WCW. Sometimes the word
a$$ is okay, and other times
not. Then the word skank is bleeped out,
but not the word ho......
I am really confused. --I am
gonna call it now....I am seeing Buff
Bagwell and Scott Hall in the
main event at Mayhem ......why
not......since the Powers
that Be arrived .....well.....odder things
have happened.
--When Torrie Wilson hit the
ring......did anyone else notice how big
her............SHOES
are......they seem BIGGER every week. =)
--Glad to see Bam Bam Bigelow
is feeling better.
--What's up with Bret.....he
only limps every other minute?
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DEAN MALENKO
Written by reader: Kevin
Bryce (KevinBryce)
How can people question Dean
Malenko's ability? The "Shooter" knows
all the holds, and maneuvers
in the book, and he can work stiff. Some
of the matches Dean Malenko
has had have been absolute classics.
ECW's Hostile City showdown '
96: Dean Malenko v Eddie Guerrerowas
****+ 30 minute time limit
draw. His matches with Chris Jericho in WCW
were great matches, and some
of the stuff in Japan is amazing!!! His
matches with Rey Jr. recently
were too short, but still the "Shooter"
showed us all how good he
really is. Malenko always put's people over,
and he is a great seller. He
has everything, but has been misused.
Malenko should be wrestling:
Benoit, Guererro, Guererra, Mysterio,
Regal, and Hart. Putting him
in the ring with Van Hammer is plain
stupidity by WCW bookers.
Okay, his mike skills are not brilliant, but
what's more important, mike
skills or technical ability? I think all
real wrestling fan's know the
right answer. At the end of the day,
there are not many wrestlers
I would rather watch than Dean Malenko!!!
-Kevin Bryce, London
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WWWF TERRITORY
Written by reader: Felipe
Martinez, Jr. (FELIPEAPD)
In regards to the WWWF never
venturing out of the Northeast, a letter
in WBS #389 may have been
incorrect. If I recall, Vince, Sr. was
running shows in California,
which is not in the Northeast.
-Felipe Martinez, Jr.
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Steve Appy responds:
Felipe,
Your right. According to Dave
Meltzer, Vince Sr. did promote in Los
Angeles near the end of his
leadership of the WWWF; I think that we can
agree that the WWWF rarely
strayed outside of its territory, but there
were exceptions (I imagine
that there were others as well).
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FAVORITE NWA MEMORIES
Written by reader:
DKole13615
I would have to say that the
greatest moment I personally witnessed/and
or was involved in personally
was a 'special' Wednesday night, amongst
all those great Wednesday
nights of wrestling from the Miami Beach
Convention Center.
A good friend, Dave Flaherty,
who had a personal friendship/ rapport w/
the Nature Boy Ric Flair, had
it all set up for us to meet and greet
Ric and go back backstage to
take some pics and autographs and all that
good stuff.
I came prepared w/ some of my
favorite Flair shots I had taken from my
'archives' and hoped to have
him 'sign' a few for me. So we meet Ric
and he posed for us and took
pics w/ us, whereupon I asked him if he
would sign a few of my pics,
when ric goes, "Hey, wait a minute, let me
get you a good' picture."
So he goes into his briefcase
and pulls out his official NWA 8x10 black
and white World's Champion
photo and promptly pens it to me personally.
Now that night he was
wrestling local island sensation Tyree Pride,
the Haitian Sensation. Now
Ric of course carried this man to the match
of his life.
Here's the classic, me and
Dave had 1st row seats at the end of the
aisle near one of the corner
posts. Tyree posts Ric into our post and
right at my feet, the great
Ric Flair, gave me a wink of the eye and as
he lay sprawled on the 'cold
concete' (for real) he 'blades' JUICES,
for us, like a private
showing, sharing that most sacred rituals of all
wrestledom personally with
us.
It was so cool... for Ric to
entrust that moment w/ us, and it is one I
will never ever forget. I
felt so privileged that he would do that,
words do not even do my
feelings justice. We were able to laugh about
w/ Ric afterwards as we
downed a few beers together after the matches.
That was a great night, and
I'll always remember Ric as being one of
the coolest EVER! Speaking w/
the Deacon.
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MASATO TANAKA
Written by reader: Newton E
Calkins (mr.gray)
I had been present at the
Buffalo show when Tanaka faced Justin
Credible. I had seen him do
half a dozen variations of the Boring-Ass
Stunner. I've watched him
wrestle on ECW TV. And last night, I watched
him give his all for the ECW
title. While I didn't like this match as
much as his previous outings,
I thought it was amazing that the house
was actually popping huge for
Tanaka. He so completely deserved it.
I'm sad that I can't afford
tapes of Japanese wrestling. I'd be a huge
Tanaka mark. The whole show
was pretty good, but I thought the
Awesome-Tanaka match made the
night. And to see a crowd pop for Tanaka,
who most of us suspected
wouldn't get the title because of his on-loan
status, was great. I was sure
he would lose, and still jumped up for
the near falls.
-Newt
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TIME CONSTRAINTS
Written by reader:
Busta12uss
This is just another view on
the common desire to see more 20 minute
matches and complaints about
the short attention span of today's
audience. While the
Flair/Steamboat marathons and other 20 minute
matches of old wrestling were
great, they would not fit into the
wrestling world of today.
While some "purists" or "traditionalists"
claim they want to see more
of these enduring matches, it really would
do more to hurt today's feds
than help.
Don't get me wrong, I love
and probably prefer those matches of old,
but these days it would not
work. Why? Because of the talent depth and
competition of today.
Do you think there is enough
time on today's programs to build enough
characters and develop enough
angles for a PPV with an hour to be used
up for a singles match?
Assume we DID see another Flair/Steamboat
marathon on
Nitro...do you think guys
like Benoit, Jericho, etc. would have been
given the chance to become
what they are today with less time to
showcase what they have? The
truth is there just isn't enough time to
see the quality of matches
today, for the good of the company.
The solution is to increase
the quality of pay-per-view matches. The
WWF seems to pick quantity
over quality these days (such as the
addition of Godfather vs.
Mideon to No Mercy) when really they should
just present on pay-per-view
the best of what they have to offer, and
take the time
it takes to watch Godfather
vs. Mideon and instead add it to a match
people are actually
interested in.
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LONGEVITY & "HARDCORE"
Written by reader:
RoAdOg51
As much as I like it, this
new "hardcore" -type wrestling has lost
its's luster. The old type of
"hardcore" wrestling is the best. See,
the old "hardcore" was
wrestling that took place in rings, not cages.
It was when men, and women,
wrestlers could go sixty minutes in one
match, reach a time-limit
draw, and shake hands. Only to set-up a major
feud would promoters book a
DQ. This new "hardcore" wrestling is a
mockery of that, with
constant run-ins and ninety second matches of two
big oafs with no in-ring
talent.
There are "up" points, such
as seeing a two minute "chain" segment
between natural talent. The
other day, my friend and I were discussing
gimmicks and their longevity.
The only person we could list with a good
five plus years on a gimmick
that still is fresh is Mark Calloway's
Undertaker.
We were also debating natural
talent. I noticed that less and less
wrestlers in the WWF, and WCW
have this quality (or any arguable
talent) and get air-time to
display this talent. At this point I will
not touch on the angles,
Austin, WCW/WWF, and mark debates, but I will
convey my feelings on which
American federation is the best, and I feel
that ECW has the best in-ring
talent, even though it caters to new
"hardcore" fans. Now, if this
get's published, and I get bashed with
hate mail, know that I will
take what you say into effect, then discard
it.
-The Roadie, MD
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