Issue # 431
Date:
Sunday December 12th, 1999 8:15 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
WWF Armageddon
Sunday December 12, 1999
Live from the National Car
Rental Center in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Announcers: Jim Ross and
Jerry Lawler
By: James Caldwell -
http://www.theringsider.com
The Acolytes defeated The
Hardyz, Dudleyz, Edge & Christian, 2 Cool,
Mark Henry & The Godfather,
The Headbangers & The Mean Street Posse in
a Battle Royal to determine
the #1 Contenders for the Tag Titles
The Mean Street Posse were
eliminated first; the Headbangers were the
next team gone from the
Battle Royal as Mosh was eliminated over the
top. Bradshaw took threw out
Buh Buh Ray Dudley, and then both Acolytes
eliminated Mark Henry
eliminating the team of Henry and Godfather.
Scotty 2 Hotty was pantsed in
the ring and tried to recover from that.;
2 Cool was then eliminated by
Christian.
D-von and Bradshaw went toe
to toe. D-Von then pulled Edge off the
apron eliminating Christian
and Edge leaving the Hardys, Acolytes, and
Dudleys. Bradshaw was on the
receiving end of a DDT from Buh Buh Ray,
and then the Dudleys landed a
combination headbutt slam to the groin of
Bradshaw. The Dudleys then
hit a 3-D on Faarooq and then the Hardys
came out from nowhere and
eliminated the Dudleys. The Hardys went to
work on what was left of the
Acolytes.
Matt and Bradshaw then went
over the top at the same time and the ref
was out of position and
couldn't decide who was gone. The ref didn't
make any decision so the
match continued. Bradshaw then gave Jeff the
Clothesline from Hell in the
ring. Faarooq was then tossed over the
top, but the ref didn't see
that. Jeff then hit a top rope dropkick on
Bradshaw then Faarooq hit a
SpineBuster on Jeff. Jeff was then knocked
over the top rope by both
Acolytes and the ref saw it this time giving
the Acolytes the win.
Winners: The Acolytes
Kurt Angle pinned Steve
Blackman
Angle tried to talk about his
three I's before the match, but Blackman
interrupted his interview
time and landed some big kicks on Angle.
Angle came back with some
technical wrestling holds, trying to take
over quickly. Angle then hit
a Double Arm Suplex then a German Suplex
into Bridge for the three
count and the win. Blackman then pulled out
some knuckles and dropped
Angle with knuckle shots.
Miss Kitty defeated Ivory, BB
& Jacqueline in an Evening Gown Match to
win the WWF Womens
Championship
Special Refs: Moolah and Mae
Young
All of them were in a pool
wearing evening gowns. The fans chanted:
"Let's go puppies," and
Lawler was going off on wanting bras and
panties. Jackie tried to
drown BB in the pool. It was down to Miss
Kitty and Ivory battling it
out. Ivory was trying to swim away from
Miss Kitty, who then ripped
off Ivory's dress and won the match to win
the Women's Title.
Hardcore & Crash Holly
defeated Rikishi & Viscera
Rikishi opened up on both
Holly's and instantly squashed Crash Holly
and nearly won the match in
about 10 seconds! Hardcore was then dropped
by Rikishi with a big belly
to belly suplex. Viscera was then
accidentally laid out by
Rikishi and Hardcore fell on top of Rikishi
and got the three count.
Val Venis defeated The
British Bulldog & D-Lo Brown to win the European
Title
Val and Bulldog opened up by
double teaming D-Lo in the corner. D-Lo
came back with some high
flying offense. Val was then double teamed by
D-Lo and Bulldog. D-Lo came
back in and went to work on Bulldog. He hit
a spinebuster then went up
top and landed a Frog Splash, but Venis came
off the top with a Money Shot
on D-Lo and scored the three count for
the win.
Kane (w/Tori) defeated X-Pac
in a Steel Cage Match.
This match was turned into a
cage match on Heat. X-Pac had some
stipulations: Kane can only
win by pin. X-Pac can win by leaving the
cage or getting a pin.
X-Pac tried to climb out of
the cage but Kane grabbed him and went for
a chokeslam but X-Pac kicked
Kane in the groin, knocking him down to
the mat. X-Pac then tried a
pin, but only got a two count.
The New Age Outlaws then ran
to the ringside area and tried to unlock
the cage door. When they
opened the door, Kane came over and was
smashed in the head by the
cage door. Road Dogg tossed a chair into the
ring then X-Pac dropped Kane
with an X-Factor on the chair. X-Pac found
some handcuffs that were
thrown in the ring by the Outlaws. X-Pac then
cuffed Kane to the cage wall
and picked up the chair and cracked it
across Kane's head
repeatedly. Tori then climbed into the ring and
X-Pac turned around and gave
Tori the X-Factor.
Kane then kicked the chair
into the face of X-Pac. Kane then broke the
handcuffs and X-Pac tried to
slide out but Kane stopped him and put him
on his shoulders and then
smashed X-Pac's head into the cage door. Kane
then climbed all the way up
top the cage then leapt off the top of the
cage with a clothesline!!!
Kane then picked up X-Pac and Tombstoned
him straight into the mat and
covered X-Pac for the three count and the
win.
Chris Jericho defeated Chyna
(w/Miss Kitty) via submission to win the
Intercontinental Title
Chyna was hung up in the
ropes and then Jericho smashed the injuried
thumb of Chyna with a
dropkick. Chyna tried a roll-up, but Jericho
turned it into the Walls of
Jericho and Chyna tried to withstand the
pain and reach the ropes.
Jericho then synched the hold, bringing the
hold into the middle of the
ring. Chyna then finally had to tap out
giving Jericho the win and
the gold!!!
The Rock & Mankind defeated
WWF World Tag Team Champions New Age
Outlaws via disqualfication
No speech from The Rock.
Mankind dropped Gunn head first into the mat
then dropped the referee on
accident and then hit a piledriver on Road
Dogg. Mankind then hit a
Double Arm DDT on Road Dogg and pulled out
Socko and shoved it down Road
Dogg's throat. Al Snow then came in and
smacked Mankind with Head and
Road Dogg fell on top of Mankind. The ref
came to and counted, but Rock
broke up the three count. Rock went after
Snow and had him. Back in the
ring, Mankind was smashed by a ring bell
and Road Dogg went for the
pin, but Mankind found a way to kick out.
Gunn taunted Rock then there
was a dog-pile of Outlaws and Mankind in
the ring. Mick made the tag
and Rock came in and went to work on Gunn.
Rock dropped Gunn with a
Spinebuster, then a Rock Bottom and then made
the cover, but Al Snow came
in and broke up the count, which DQ'ed the
Outlaws. Rock was infuriated
and gave Road Dogg & Al Snow a Rock
Bottom. Rock then dropped a
People's Elbow on Snow.
WWF World Heavyweight
Champion The Big Show pinned The Big Boss Man
Boss Man got on the mike and
said that Big Show's fake daddy is dead
but his real one could be
anywhere in the arena.
Big Show came into the ring
and wanted to take Boss Man apart piece by
piece. Big Show then
chokeslammed Albert through the Spanish announce
table and then turned around
and found the ring steps right in his face
from Boss Man. Big Show was
out cold on the outside. Boss Man decided
against winning by countout
and grabbed Big Show and tried to shove him
into the ring then finally
did and made a cover, but only got a two.
Big Show then came to life
once again and chokeslammed Boss Man and
covered him for the three
count.
Triple H pinned Vince McMahon
in a Falls Count Anywhere Match
If HHH wins, he gets a World
Title shot; if Vince wins, the
HHH/Stephanie marriage is
anulled.
Stephanie came down ringside
before anyone came out to get a good look
at the action. HHH dropped
Vince with a sandbag to the head. HHH then
ran over Vince with a
shopping cart. (Mankind brought the weapons to
the ring in the cart.) HHH
sent Vince into the steel door of a truck
backstage. HHH left the
camera shot for a few seconds and Vince asked
where HHH went. No one knew
where HHH went for a few moments. Vince
went outside the arena
looking for HHH. No one could make heads or
tails where HHH was.
...We then heard the horn of
a vehicle, then a car driven by HHH tried
to hit Vince...and almost
did. HHH hopped out and sent Vince into the
hood and sides of the car
repeatedly. HHH sent Vince into a limo head
first. Then an 18-wheeler met
Vince's head. HHH climbed a tower and
Vince climbed up the tower
after HHH. To the top of the tower they went
and Vince fell off the tower
and smacked into a scaffold and then fell
into a bunker down below. HHH
climbed down and smashed Vince with a gas
can. Vince was busted
wide...and I mean wide open. HHH left the area
and went inside the arena to
ask Stephanie what she thought of Vince
getting his butt kicked.
Vince then came to and HHH told Steph that she
doesn't have to ask who's her
daddy because he is. HHH saw Vince coming
after him and went after
Vince again. HHH picked up a big lead pipe and
went after Vince.
HHH laid into Vince with the
pipe right in front of Steph. HHH measured
Vince's head then decided he
wanted to use a sledgehammer instead of a
pipe. HHH measured Vince one
more time and HHH went to smack Vince with
the hammer but Vince got a
low blow in. Vince picked up the pipe and
smacked HHH. Blood was all
over the ring. Vince went to hit HHH with
the sledgehammer but then
Steph stopped Vince and told Vince she wanted
to hit HHH with the hammer.
Steph couldn't hit HHH with the hammer and
HHH came to and stole the
hammer then planted it into the gut of Vince
and covered him for the three
count and the win! HHH then went to hit
Steph with the hammer, but
the two embraced instead and Steph smiled
down at Vince and left with
HHH turning her back on her dad and making
her heel turn with HHH.
LOL...what a turn of events!!! What a match!!!
What a night!!!
Winner:Triple H by pinfall
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WCW UNDER RUSSO
Written by reader:
KFITZPATI
I have to agree with you and
SAMJERRY 100% on what Russo has done with
WCW the last couple of
months. The simple fact is this: when I try to
watch it, I think a lot about
the WCW that came about in 1994, and I
see too many similarities.
I'll explain a little further with a couple
of points:
1) THE OLD WWF ICON BECOMETH
THE WCW ICON. Those who think to 1994 know
exactly what that means. In
1994, one of the Internet's most hated
wrestlers rolled in and in
one match took over WCW's path: one Hulk
Hogan.
In one summer Hogan defeated
Flair, making WCW yellow and red- for a
couple of years, anyway. In
1999, while it's not as apparent, Mr. Bret
Hart, former WWF franchise
man, is finally given a World title reign
after being as misused for a
two-year period as perhaps any wrestler in
the sport's history.
We have NO idea as of this
weekend if we will get the heel Hart that
hung with the nWo for awhile
in 1998. But we do know that he's in the
WCW title picture now, and
that brings up point 2:
2) OHHHH YYEEEEAHH> Remember
in 1994, when Savage showed up to hang
with Hogan as the MegaPowers
and feud with Flair over Elizabeth and the
World title. Never mind both
had been done in the WWF YEARS BEFORE, Pro
Wrestling Illustrated loved
it, WCW brass (as dictated by young
Bischoff) loved it, and when
Nitro first rolled in a few years back,
the ratings loved it.
As 1995 saw Paul Orndorff do
stupid skits with a talking mirror, a
Warrior ripoff (Renegade:
debuts in early 1995, gets a TV title
reign),
Beefcake/Barber/Leslie/whatever the hell his name is this
week
getting main events and so
on-translation, WWF reruns become WCW
booking- well,
1999 sees Jarrett hitting
everyone with guitars and threatening
non-wrestlers and Sid in
every damn TV main event as the unbeatable
monster who always gets beat.
Translation:
3) RAW IS NITRO. It can be a
given that Russo is doing one important
thing: him and his boy
Ferrara have made WCW go from a Nash-booked
crappy soap opera to
something that is ALWAYS talked about,
particularly here on the
Internet. It's been said that the New Yorker
basically goes off of
Internet opinions, and he's getting a hell of a
lot of airplay and hits on
it. But is he improving anything? If you
want to go by ratings, the
argument can be made, yes.0.3 points
according to Wade Keller, but
there's been improvement.
It can also be
said-correctly- that he is pushing Hart and Benoit well
too. And it can also be said
that he did a necessity- he got the men
who think they're rock stars
in the ring to actually WRESTLE. I'm
talking about the Internet's
Nash and his sidekick Hall. While I'm no
longer admittedly too keen on
these two, I will admit they make things
entertaining, and again if
they go to the bathroom, there are enough
NITRO fans in these arenas to
run and flush the toilet for them:
translation, they get the
reaction.
BUT- and here is where Steve,
SAMJERRY and Mooneyham have made valid
points: what Russo has done
is basically said this: "I don't give a
damn about the 3 million fans
or so who were watching this. I don't
give a damn about the past. I
don't give a damn about what happened
before, or any of the
tradition from the past. It's my show, I'll run
it my way, so be it."
That means less wrestling,
more Kidman the sex man, more T&A, more soap
opera, more insulting a man
with a health disorder situation (that
jackass Ed Ferrara goofing on
JR) and basically the end of the WCW/NWA
ties and roots as we know it.
And again, here's the deal
folks: Russo to me is trying to out McMahon
McMahon. Bischoff had his
shot, and his ego took him down for the
count. Russo trying to be the
"Power" can be handled in 1999: after
all, we've seen Mr. McMahon
wrestle main events and Eric Bischoff get
pay-per-view victories over
Ric Flair during the last 12 months. But
Russo-simply put- still looks
to be reinventing the wheel with his
version of the WWF that HE
can run and control. And with all due
respect, we've already got
one WWF, and Russo trying to make another
WWF is a risky gamble.
Especially if we get more Luger-Sting matches
and damn Bertha Faye coming
out....
As for me, I have just one
recommendation: WCW has a man who makes NBA
locker rooms, JCPenney
merchandise shelves and Nitro crowds go off.
That's their man Goldberg. If
you're going to make Goldberg your
franchise, get the job done.
Get him the strap, or at least get him the
opportunities where he is not
stuck in the middle of the HEYYYYYY YO
phenomenom standing in a ring
looking at Hall act like a drunk down in
a South Beach while on the
mike.
From what the word is out
there, Russo understands this and is getting
ready to make this man the
franchise. Like him or not, Goldberg is
over. If Russo is smart and
understands this, WCW will benefit. If
not, well, I'll put it this
way: I'm not going to watch TNT to watch Ed
Ferrara wrestle......
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NITRO vs. RAW
Written by reader:
TetraShiva
This is in response to
poreresu@xxxxs... in WBS #430.
I can't think of a single WWF
fan who said they would watch Nitro if
Russo got on it. Right now,
Nitro isn't even like Raw. Raw could do
Crash TV and still have a
plot and build ratings. Nitro can't. I
actually watched Nitro in
January and enjoyed it. It was like Raw
without the cussing. However,
I still watched Raw because I cared for
the characters and had
developed a bond with them. It will take more
than "Boob TV" to get people
to like WCW. It will take original,
believable (*achem* Goldberg)
characters and a FLUID, good plot. And
even then it will take months
to shift audiences away.
Heck, do you really think WWF
marks want to see fat women in a mud
wrestling match? I don't
think so.
I think you are just mad that
people don't like Nitro anymore.
Why else would you say." What
would get you marks to finally give WCW
credit...Sable?" (For the
record, WWF marks would love to KILL Sable).
I know how much it sucks to
love a product and not have anyone else
agree with you (NJPW rules,
dang it!). Heck, I'll be the first to
admit that WCW has great
wrestlers (Bret, Benoit, Malenko, La Parka,
Liger) but so does the WWF
(Jericho, X-Pac, Hardys, Edge, HHH, Taz).
But sadly, you are going to
have to accept it, WCW isn't popular right
now. Sometimes we don't get
what we want. Peace, out.
-TetraShiva
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SYMPHONY UPDATE
Written by reader: Barry
Stulberger (bigbarry)
I just wanted to let you and
all the Ryan, Symphony fans know, that she
was indeed at the Toms River
South H.S. show last night (12-11-99), and
she will keep her promise to
appear at the Jan-Feb NWA shows that she
was asked to do.
I showed her the article that
I submitted to your newsletter, about her
being rumored to be going to
WCW and not knowing about it, and here is
what she had to say. She
really did not know about the offer at the
time I had spoken to her.
When she arrived at her home, she discovered
to message from WCW on her
answering machine. Once again, the Internet
knew about the offer before
she did. Yes, she was asked to keep working
for WCW, until they can iron
out a contract for her, so keep looking
for her in the weeks to come.
From what I can understand,
WCW did NOT want her to work the NWA shows
for Jan-Feb, but Ryan,
Symphony, Alicia said that she gave her word to
appear on these shows, and
she does NOT go back on her word. So, anyone
coming to our Jan 29 show in
Toms River and Feb 5 in Holmdel will
indeed SEE
Ryan-Symphony-Alicia. I cannot say enough about how sweet,
kind and considerate she is
to her fans and to others in the wrestling
world. She never speaks badly
about any Wrestling org. past OR present
that she has appeared in, and
the Fans still love her.
At our Show last night
(12-11-99) she spent more time signing
autographs (for free) than
taking polaroids (which were $5.00). This
alone should tell you that
FANS COME FIRST with her. IF anyone out
there has seen
Ryan-Symphony-Alicia and would like to send me an E-mail
about meeting her, I would be
more than glad to pass them to her.
Last month, JOE sent me a
letter about meeting her at the beach, and I
showed her the letter. She
immediately remembered him and said how kind
he was to write to her. (PS.
she sends JOE a big Kiss).
My E-mail is:
bigbarry and I will happily pass her your
E-mails at our Jan 29 show.
Thank you,
Barry Stulberger aka Big
Barry
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IN DEFENSE OF TEST
Written by reader:
PaulPac316
In response to the article in
your most recent issue (TEST & SCRIPT
DEFECTS), you seem to be
forgetting one important thing - Test is still
a rookie. The idea behind the
whole 'marriage' angle was to put Test in
a long term televised angle
and give him that much needed exposure to
the fans. And who else to
help him get over with the fans than with the
McMahon family. Test only
made his debut for the WWF approximately a
year ago, and before his
debut had no real experience in a wrestling
ring, except for his brief
stints in indy feds thanks to his WWF Dojo
contract.
I think you are expecting too
much, too fast from the big man. Vince,
in my opinion, is doing the
best for Test's career. He has provided him
with the exposure, given him
an angle to get himself familiar with the
fans, and I'm sure that the
year 2000 will be the make or break of
Test. He's been given the
ball, and next year we will be able to see
if he can run with it.
Remember, not everyone are
instant hits. Take Kevin 'Diesel' Nash for
example. It took a year by
the side of Shawn Michaels to prepare him
for the big time. The same
can be said for the Rock, who had to bide
his time next to Faarooq to
gain that oh important exposure. Neither of
them were labeled by the
'smart' community as main event caliber
athletes, but sure enough
they achieved it.
Hell, Test has no 'Diamond
Cutter' style quick fire finisher, or catchy
catch phrases, but he seems
to be doing quite well for himself on ring
presence and ring style
alone. And as for Vince pushing himself, its
called story advancement
people. Thanks to Vinnie Mac, Triple H is the
no.1 despised bad guy in all
of wrestling. All stars at some point or
another have used Vince's
unlimited charisma to get themselves utterly
over. Stone Cold has done it,
The Rock has done it, Triple H has done
it, and I'm sure many more
will. It makes for good television.
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