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Issue # 433
Date:
Monday December 13th, 1999 9:04 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
WCW MONDAY NITRO
LIVE FROM: NEW ORLEANS,
LOUISIANA
By Rick Phelps (wrestleric)
The show began with Jeff
Jarrett
and Chris Benoit battling in
the
back, with the Crippler
getting
the best of Jarrett.
The Artist Formerly Known as
Prince
Iaukea (w/Paisley) versus The
Maestro (w/Symphony)
The artist took the piano man
with a
rollup after both valets
smacked
their men's opponents. Jeff
Jarrett
hit the ring, and laid both
men out
with guitars. He then
challenged
Benoit to a Bunkhouse Brawl
for
later in the night.
Winner: The Artist via
pinfall
--In the back, referees and
Evan
Karagias had to restrain
Madusa from
attacking Spice, who was
engaging in
mutual flirting with
Karagias.
Madusa later told Gene that
she
would wrestle Spice later
tonight.
--Bret Hart, after saying he
had
nothing but respect for
Goldberg,
made a guarantee that his
hand would
be raised after their match
at
Starrcade. Goldberg hit the
ring and
told the Hitman that he was
next and
that he would be the winner
at
Starrcade. The Outsiders then
challenged the two to a tag
team
title match, which the
champions
accepted.
--Lex Luger was taken aback
when
Terry Taylor informed him
that he
would have to face Sting and
Diamond
Dallas Page with David Flair
as his
tag team partner. Flair was
then
seen receiving a package to
his
dressing room. Luger later
found
Flair's dressing room and
tried to
discuss strategy with his
partner,
but young Flair was more
interested
in giggling with his headless
stuffed tEddie bear.
Madusa versus Spice
Karagias hit the ring and
refused
to hit Spice upon orders from
Madusa.
After sandwiching Karagias
and Madusa
in the corner, Spice jumped
on Madusa
for the quick upset. After
the bell,
Madusa nailed her man with a
German
suplex and kicked him in the
ribs.
Winner: Spice via pinfall
--In the back, Vince Russo
told Shane
to go find Piper (and the
remote
control) and he told Rhonda
Singh that
he will not talk to her on
her level,
and that she needed to start
making
appointments.
--As Jim Duggan was telling
Mene Gene
that he would defend the
American flag
until the day he died, the
lights went
out and someone attacked
Duggan. A few
seconds later, Russo was
heard telling
Curt Hennig how great the
"power of the
remote" was. He then told
Piper he
would be the referee for the
Curt
Hennig/Buff Bagwell match,
and it would
be in his best interest (and
to protect
his career), if he did "the
right thing."
Curt Hennig versus Buff
Bagwell
Piper, who was obviously
biased towards
Bagwell, "did the right
thing" by
punching Hennig to the mat,
who was then
covered by Bagwell. Piper
then made a
fast three count for the win.
Winner: Buff Bagwell via
pinfall
Jeff Jarrett versus Chris
Benoit
*Bunkhouse Brawl*
Dustin Rhodes attempted to
interfere but
was cut short by a guitar
shot. Benoit
attempted to fly off the
ladder but
Rhodes hit the ladder,
knocking Benoit
off the ladder and allowing
Jarrett to
make the cover.
Winner: Jeff Jarrett via
pinfall
--Wielding a bat, Piper told
Russo that
he hated him, and was then
attacked by
Hennig and the other stooges
of Russo.
Tank Abbott versus Meng
Nick Patrick called for the
bell when
the two men just began
fighting and
took it to the floor.
Winner: No Contest
--Chris Kanyon arrived at the
arena in
a white Porsche, accompanied
by two
lovely ladies.
--Roddy Piper was escorted
away from the
Powers That Be's locker room
by security
as he was trying to get in
with a fire
extinguisher. He later
interrupted an
interview with Lex Luger (who
said Liz
would not come out with Sting
tonight,
because she is under contract
to him)
to say that he would face
Hennig in
the ring later tonight, and
they could
beat each other "silly" with
chairs.
Dean Malenko/Perry
Saturn/Aysa
versus Harlem Heat/Midnight
Midnight mistakenly ran into
Stevie
Ray, allowing Dean Malenko to
make the
cover for the win. Midnight
also
appeared to hurt her knee
during a leap
frog. Stevie Ray berated his
brother
for the loss after the bell.
Winners: The Revolution via
pinfall
--Tygress, Sky, and Fyre all
jumped on
the back of Rhonda Singh, who
interrupted a Nitro girl skit
and began
dancing. (Singh earlier
received a
dance outfit from the peddler
Chavo
Guerrero Jr. after asking the
man
formerly known as Clarence
Mason in the
WWF, and now Kanyon's agent/
attorney to
represent her.
--Meng and Tank Abbott's
fight continued
into the "block", where
Norman Smiley
and Jerry Flynn were
battling. Meng
fought out the door with
Smiley as Abbott
and Flynn hooked it up. Meng
then
searched for Smiley for most
of the night,
but Norman was busy cowering
in the dark.
--Vince Russo fired Paul
Orndorff since
he is the one that trained
the "thorn in
his side" Midnight. When
Orndorff refused
to leave, Russo demanded that
he face
Creative Control in the ring.
--Sid Vicious, along with a
young fan
with Down Syndrome named
Seth, said that
he would take out Dr. Death.
--Still in the woods, Fit
Finlay was seen
putting Brian Knobbs through
a rigorous
physical workout.
Sid Vicious w/Seth versus Dr.
Death
(w/Oklahoma) *Suplex vs.
Powerbomb Match*
Vampiro chased Oklahoma
around the ring,
providing enough of a
distraction to let
Sid nail the Powerbomb for
the win. Sid
chokeslammed Oklahoma after
the bell. The
Outsiders hit the ring, with
Nash
Powerbombing Sid.
Winner: Sid Vicious via
Powerbomb
--In the back, Sid was
showing signs of
pain in his neck as EMT's
checked him out.
The Outsiders told Mike Tenay
that Sid
was attacked for talking
trash.
Sting/Diamond Dallas Page
versus Total Package/David Flair
Sting laid out young Flair
with a Stinger
Splash and after tagging
Page, attacked
his own tag team partner.
Luger then took
Flair's tEddie bear, and threw
it, which
sent Flair on a mission to
find his
headless stuffed friend. In
the meantime,
Luger wore Sting out with a
crowbar. Liz
stopped Luger from doing
further damage.
As Luger went to hit Sting
with a chair,
Flair reentered the ring and
popped Luger
with the crowbar. Liz then
pulled Sting
on top of the Package for the
win.
Winners: Sting/Diamond Dallas
Page via pinfall
--Bam Bam Bigelow was
welcoming his
friend Chris "Champagne"
Kanyon back to
WCW, when Kanyon's agent Mr.
Biggs,
stepped in front of him. When
Bam Bam
grabbed the agent by the tie,
Kanyon
attacked his former Triad
brother from
behind. In this exchange, the
agent also
had security take Rhonda
Singh away, who
was bothering the agent for
his services.
Bam Bam Bigelow versus Chris
"Champagne"
Kanyon (w/Mr. Biggs)
A distraction by Mr. Biggs
allowed
Kanyon to hit the "That's a
Rap"
(Flatliner) for the win.
Winner: Chris Kanyon via
pinfall
Big Vito (w/Johnny the Bull)
versus
Lash Leroux (w/Disco Inferno)
*Body Bag Match*
Leroux won in front of his
hometown
after stuffing Vito into the
body bag.
After the bell, both henchmen
attacked,
leaving Disco lying and
stuffing Lash
into a body bag. They left
the arena
with Leroux over the shoulder
of Johnny
the Bull. Once in the parking
lot,
Leroux was able to escape
because the
henchmen forgot where they
parked their
car.
Winner: Lash Leroux via
decision
Paul Orndorff versus Creative
Control
Larry Zybysko and Arn
Anderson made their
way to the ring. Zybysko hit
one of the
twins with a swinging
neckbreaker, while
AA kicked the other in the
gut, allowing
Mr. Wonderful to hit a
picture perfect
Pildriver for the win.
However, the
Powers That Be sent out
another referee
who reversed the decision.
Winners: Creative Control via
reverse decision
--Norman Smiley was found by
the
henchmen hiding in the body
bag that
Leroux had escaped from.
Roddy Piper versus Curt
Hennig
*Chair Match*
The match Piper demanded (and
said he
would only use one hand)
ended with
Piper nailing Hennig to the
outside
and Hennig not returning to
the ring
by the ten count.
Winner: Roddy Piper via
countout
--In the back, Bret Hart was
being
attended to by trainer Danny
Young
after being attacked in his
dressing
room.
Goldberg/Bret Hart (c) versus
The
Outsiders *Tag Team
Championship*
Goldberg took the ring by
himself to
defend the tag titles. As
Goldberg
was being double teamed, Bret
Hart,
finally made his way
(limping) to
the ring. As all four men
were
battling in the ring Nash
pinned
Hart, whose knee gave out as
Goldberg had Hall up in the
Jackhammer.
Winners: The Outsiders via
pinfall
(New Tag Team Champions)
Ricks Comments:
--Jeff Jarrett actually did
something
I appreciated...he laid out
the Artist
and the Maestro.
--I loved how Gene was
staring at
Madusa's two big
beautiful...BLUE EYES!!
--Granted, the man is a
legend, but I
could care less about seeing
Roddy
Piper's "grand" entrances
into arenas
week after week.
--My girlfriend's mom wanted
me to let
everyone know that she really
likes how
WCW actually listed the
matches for the
night at the beginning of the
program...
and I agree with her...plus
it may help
WCW with their
ratings...problem.
--Sid showed alot of class
tonight by
bringing that young man to
the ring with
him.
--It is really sad that some
of the older
wrestlers in WCW can still
perform better
than guys half their age.
--The tag team champions
defending the
gold the week of the
PPV....hmmm....that
sounds familiar?!?!?
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ECW ON TNN RATING FOR
12/10/1999
Reported by Wade Keller at:
http://www.PWTorch.com
The Dec. 10 show drew a 1.2
rating with
quarter hours of 1.0, 1.1,
1.2, 1.3.
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CLARIFICATION ON THE TEXAS
WRESTLING ALLIANCE
By Kevin Vargas (TWA
play-by-play announcer)
Clarification #1: The Texas
Wrestling
Alliance has had steady
attendance at
the regular San Antonio
cards.
Attendance regularly ranges
from 400-500.
The last card was down
because many people
knew Shawn wouldn't be
appearing due to
his Japan commitment, and
assumed no Shawn,
no major angles. Tomorrow
might be
difficult due (schedule
conflicts) to a
Spurs road game on free TV,
and a Rage
Against The Machine concert
with a
projected attendance of
12,000.
Clarification #1 1/2: The TWA
has its best
attendance at shows in San
Antonio's
satellite markets outside the
metro.
There haven't been any
recently due to a
combination of the fact the
member of the
organization who booked these
events has
left, and Shawn has not yet
hired a "road
agent."
Clarification #3: "TWA Total
Impact" runs
Saturday's at Midnight on
local CBS
affiliate KENS-TV, the same
time
"Smackdown," (which with us
being a market
without a UPN affiliate, this
is first run
in SA) and WCW's syndicated
show run on
other channels. Despite
competition from
the 2 majors, "TWA Total
Impact" is the
market's second rated show
for the time
slot, beating WCW's
programming for every
week since week 3 (we have
just run our
9th episode.) The show is a
fast-paced
action-packed 30 minutes of
wrestling,
interviews, and angles.
It is produced locally by
KENS-TV. Many
involved with the TV show
have no
previous pro wrestling
experience, but
improve with every week as we
are
committed to evolving the
best
presentation of our product
possible
(I always remind myself Joey
Styles
wasn't built in a day.)
Sincerely,
Kevin Vargas
TWA play-by-play announcer
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TWA TOTAL IMPACT
Written by reader: Erik Perez
(nwoman1)
I live in San Antonio, and I
have been
attending the TWA cards every
two weeks,
and I am pleased with how
Shawn can run
a great federation, he has
proved that
he can give a great show, at
a
reasonable price.
Some of the wrestlers I
really enjoy to
watch wrestle are Spanky,
American Dragon
(My favorite), Shooter
Schultz, Lance
Kade, F.A.G., and all the
rest of the
TWA stars. I was thinking
about creating
a TWA website, but I haven't
gotten
started on it. I plan to go
to the
Academy as well in about a
year and a
half, but for now me and my
friends just
show up to the events each
two weeks.
Most of the crew and workers
there are
pretty nice to the fans,
especially Ray
the ring announcer, and the
wrestlers
are pretty cool when they
give autographs,
and they are friendly and not
stuck up
like the so called "REAL"
wrestlers in
the WWF and WCW.
I have to get to Far West
Rodeo at 4:30
just so I can get a closer
seat, and the
show doesn't start till
around 8:00, and
the crowd does get packed.
Plus the TWA
TV Show Total Impact is
pretty good too,
in fact they beat WCW's show
that runs
at the same time! So before
anyone starts
to say anything bad on the
TWA or HBK I
suggest you turn up at one of
the events
and eat your words.
(nwoman1)
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A LEAP OF LOGIC
Written by reader:
ArSoN83
All right, all right, I
believe it.
Stephanie and HHH set this
all up from
the beginning. Stephanie and
HHH
purposely set up GTV so it
would see
her and Test kiss, she'd
purposely get
engaged, then get hit by a
trash can by
The Bulldog, fake amnesia,
get engaged
again, have two bachelorette
parties,
then had the bartender at one
"slip
her a mickey" so HHH could
take her
away and marry her. Then
she'd be
all mad and hug HHH a week
later.
All right, I'm down with
that.
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LIVE WIRE & SMACKDOWN
Written by reader: Scott
Brown (badass247)
I recently read your
newsletter where
you stated that the WWF
markets to
kids. True, they do. But, RAW
and
Smackdown aren't kid's shows.
The
WWF has programming on
Saturday and
Sunday mornings that is
edited to be
appropriate for children. I
just
thought that this should be
pointed out
and was overlooked.
Otherwise, I thought
you were very fair in what
you printed
about the subject.
-Scott Brown
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Steve Appy responds:
Scott,
Live Wire & Superstars seem
to have the
exact same segments from RAW
& Smackdown
with a few more words bleeped
out. While
they do seem to skip some of
the REALLY
raunchy segments, whenever I
watch one of
the weekend shows it comes
off as a
highlight film of the two
main shows.
Then again, I rarely end up
watching either
Live Wire or Superstars these
days. Do the
Godfather & Val Venis ever
appear? Do the
Road Dogg & DX ever deliver
their catch
phrases? The answers to these
questions
may signal the intent of the
WWF when
putting together either show.
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STEPHANIE'S REVENGE
Written by reader:
StarSaucer
I think that Stephanie is
merely tricking
Hunter and the rest of DX by
pretending
to turn heel, and then she
will find a way
to get even.
This may be what she meant by
"Let me
handle things MY way." I
adore Steph
and I hope she does something
really
nasty to HHH (whom I also
like, but
come on - he deserves it!).
I think this would be a great
angle
and also a way for Stephanie
to improve
her acting skills (hey, she's
not THAT
bad!)
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ARMAGEDDON LIVE NOTES
Written by reader:
ADR31
I live in Miami, FL and I
attended
Armageddon. I have to say, it
was a
very strong PPV with great
matches,
and no screw job endings. I
really
enjoyed myself. Now, there is
a lot
of controversy over the whole
Miss
Kitty thing. I was watching
the Titan
Tron (it was real small). She
reached to
open her bra. I look down for
a split
second to adjust my
binoculars, I look
up and she's wrapped in a
towel. My
friend then informed me of
the flash.
I didn't see, but it must
have been a
split second.
When she reached for her bra,
I saw
SGT. Slaughter running down
as if being
chased by an assassin running
to cover
Miss Kitty. I truly do think
we weren't
meant to see any flashing, I
just think
WWF messed up their timing.
I was shocked, considering I
had a 6-year
old next to me, and I saw
many young kids.
I'm 14, but I've been
watching WWF since
I was 4, and I never thought
they would
stoop so low. Now, as for all
the cheering,
let me make some corrections.
First, there
were a lot of Acolyte fans
(including
myself), and yeah, they
received a pretty
decent pop.
A lot of people were chanting
"TAZ" with
the same expectations, but to
no avail.
Too Cool, the Hardyz, and
Phatu got
extremely good pops. The best
pops of
the night were:
1) Miss Kitty flashing (which
quickly
turned to boos when Slaughter
covered
her up, and then Moolah
started stripping
2) Rock and Sock
3) Jericho (there were some
"Chyna" chants,
but Jericho clearly had more
fans) and
4) Vince McMahon
Extra Notes: I thought
Bulldog was paralyzed
after being double hip tossed
by Venis and
D'Lo.
-D'lo was having troubles
pulling off the
Sky High. He twisted the arm
and then couldnt
pick up Bulldog. When he
finally did, it came
out as a Spinebuster.
-The Big Show / Bossman match
got "Boring"
chants more than any other
match, even the
Angle and Blackman match
didn't get as many
"Boring" chants
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WWF DEMOGRAPHICS
Written by reader:
Jcblanks
I wanted to make a quick
response to the
columns written about
pro-wrestling
related products being aimed
at children.
I own and operate a retail
store
completely dedicated to
professional
wrestling (the majority of my
products
focus on the WWF). I would
like to admit
that I do get many children
under 10
years of age in my shop.
However, I also get many
young men (ages
15--25) in my store along
with the fans
that watched in "the good old
days" (ages
50 and up). Certainly, the
WWF and other
organizations target
children, but they
also license many products
that target
other age groups.
If you would like to see some
of these
products, please visit our
web site:
http://www.jbswrestlingworld.com
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