Issue # 450
Date:
Tuesday December 28th, 1999 7:31 pm
The Wrestling Booking Sheet
ECW RATING
Reported by Dave Scherer at:
http://www.1wrestling.com
The Christmas Eve edition of
ECW on TNN
posted a surprising 1.1
rating for the
Tanaka/Awesome title change.
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WWF RAW Report – December 27,
1999
By Joe De Leon at:
http://www.UltimoWrestling.com
Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry
Lawler
Live from Greensboro, NC
The program begins with the
entire
Degeneration X clan speaking
on how the new
era of McMahon/Helmsley is
the `be all' of
the WWF. Triple H then orders
the Big Show
to defend the title against
him. Mankind
interrupts and degrades each
of the DX
members all the while making
his way to
ringside. His last statement
was directed
towards Stephanie, which
basically alluded
to the Godfather wanting her
in the back
with the other Hos. DX didn't
take too
kindly to the words and
attacked Mankind.
The Rock came down for the
save, however,
Helmsley announces that Rock
and Mankind
will go at it later in the
night in a
`pink slip on a pole' match,
with the
loser being fired from the
company.
Kane is seen pacing
backstage.
Chyna calls out Crash Holly
for a fight.
Chyna d. Crash Holly via
pinfall.
It didn't take long for
Chyna, after a
few punches she hits a
Reverse DDT for
the pinfall victory.
Tori confronts Kane and says
X-Pac was
nothing but a gentleman
during their time
together. She goes on to say
that she was
able to leave at any time,
however, she
felt obligated to honor
Kane's commitment
and that despite the
circumstances all she
thought of was Kane.
Returning from a commercial
break, Tori is
congratulated by Test for the
great time
she had with X-Pac. Tori
seems frightened
by him and flees swiftly.
The Dudleys d. Godfather &
D-Lo, Christian
& Edge, and The Acolytes via
pinfall.
The match was almost
non-existent as Bradshaw
was thrown out early. The
Mean Street Posse,
who were self nominated guest
referee, time
keeper, and ring announcer
triple teamed
Bradshaw, which then allowed
the Dudleys to
execute the 3-D on an
unsuspecting Farooq for
the victory.
Tori tells Kane that Test
violated her.
Kurt Angle d. The Headbangers
via pinfall in
a handicap match.
Steve Blackman interferes
early in the contest
and strikes Mosh with a Kendo
stick. Angle then
was able to make the pinfall
to keep his win
streak intact.
Al Snow makes his way to
ringside and exclaims
that he hates every wrestling
fan due to the
lack of respect they give
him. Jericho quickly
interrupts and their IC title
match begins.
Al Snow d. Chris Jericho via
disqualification
Just as Snow was about pin
Jericho after a
successful Snowplow, Chyna
rushes to the ring.
She takes Head and slaps Snow
across the face
disqualifying Jericho;
however, Jericho still
retains the title.
Mark Henry talks a buddy of
his (Harvey
Whippleman) to go on a double
date with him
and Mae. Moolah incidentally
is the other
woman.
The Rock d. Mankind via
pinfall in a `Pink Slip
On A Pole' match.
Al Snow interferes early on
by striking Rocky
with Head. Mankind takes the
opportunity to
climb for the pink slip but
surprisingly turns
around and starts to brawl
with Al Snow instead.
Both superstars exchange
their signature
maneuvers, however, as both
men were on the top
rope looking for the pink
slip on the pole
Mankind falls head first to
the floor. Rocky
gets to the pink slip first,
thus Mankind is
fired.
Mankind then gives a
heart-felt speech to the
audience, ending the segment
by telling everyone
to have a nice day.
Prince Albert & Ivory d. Val
Venis & The Cat,
Viscera & Jacqueline, Gangrel
& Luna in a 4
Corners Intergender tag team
match.
Luna saw brief action in the
ring by hitting
a low blow on Prince Albert.
Gangrel attempts
to gain some momentum but is
caught with the
Money Shot via Val Venis. Val
Venis attempts
to pin Gangrel but the
referee states that he
is not the legal man. Val
turns around and is
caught with a big boot by
Prince Albert, who
is awarded the pinfall
victory.
Mark Henry, Harvey, Mae, and
Moolah were shown
at a restaurant on their
respective dates. Both
men exchange poems to their
ladies, though
Harvey's is a bit
disrespectful.
Mick Foley is shown bidding
farewell to the
producers backstage.
X-Pac d. Jeff Hardy (w/ Terri
and Matt Hardy) via pinfall.
After a magnificent baseball
slide dropkick on
X-Pac on the outside, Jeff
misses with a
Corkscrew Moonsault. X-Pac
regains control with
several chops, though misses
a high-risk move
himself. Terri comes in and
Jeff uses her as a
springboard to splash X-Pac
in the corner. X-Pac
hits Jeff with a low blow and
follows up with
the X-Factor for the victory.
Back in the restaurant, a fan
of Mark Henry's
asks for an autograph. The
man then degrades
Henry, calling him a loser.
Mae doesn't like
what she hears and attacks
the man; with
Moolah right behind ensued in
the brawl as
well.
Kane d. Test via pinfall.
Kane completely destroys
Test, at one point
thrusting the steel steps
into Test's face.
Kane then hit the Tombstone
Piledriver for
the pinfall win. To add
insult to injury,
Tori proceeded to slap Test
after the
match.
Mick Foley is shown once
again saying
goodbye to friends of his
backstage.
The New Age Outlaws w/ X-Pac
d. Too Cool
w/ Rakishi Phatu via pinfall.
The match is chaotic from the
beginning.
Scotty is thrown to the
outside and whipped
into the steel steps while
Grandmaster seems
to have the match in hand
inside the ring.
The referee is distracted,
which allows
interference by X-Pac, who
hits an X-Factor
on the Grandmaster. X-Pac
rolls the Road Dog
on top of the Grandmaster for
the pinfall win
to retain the Tag Titles. The
segment ends
with Rakishi giving a sit
down Piledriver on
Road Dogg, followed by the
Too Cool dance
with spotlights in the ring.
Mark Henry is shown in bed
with Mae as we
return from a commercial
break. Harvey in
turn is shown in bed with
Moolah with a big
smile on his face.
The Big Show d. Triple H via
pinfall
Despite interference by the
Outlaws early in
the contest, Big Show is able
to kick out of
the count. He lays out the
Outlaws and then
power slams Triple H. The
Outlaws and X-Pac
once again try to interfere
but are greeted
with Chokeslams. During all
the chaos
Stephanie is able to give
Triple H a chair,
who then hits the Show in the
head. Mankind
rushes to ringside and
catches Triple H with
a chair shot as well allowing
the Show to hit
the Chokeslam to retain the
World Title.
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THE nWo
Written by reader:
SYC0B0Y83
I disagree that the nWo
became stale because
of the mediocre additions to
the roster. I
think the nWo became stale
for one reason:
It went on too long. It never
had closure.
The group lasted for almost 3
years, and
they were never beaten, they
just slowly
died.
All WCW had to do was set up
a PPV with 9
matches, all WCW vs. nWo, and
whoever won
5 of the 9 matches would be
in charge of
the WCW. They could have had
all the
people who opposed the nWo
(Goldberg, DDP,
Flair, the 4 Horsemen, etc.)
and other WCW
wrestlers vs. all the nWo
people. Have each
side win 4 matches and the
main event could
be Hogan vs. Goldberg for the
championship.
Have Goldberg win, and the
disenchanted nWo
disbands.
Instead, WCW decided to let
it slowly linger
on until it died and now it
just looks stupid.
You have Bret Hart (formerly
one of the
biggest babyfaces in the biz)
defacing cars.
It just looks stupid and I
don't think it
will ever look intelligent
again.
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CLARIFICATION
Written by reader: James
Dougal (bookerfan)
As I stated before, my beef
isn't with the
opinions of the writers.
Everyone has one.
My beef is when they bash my
opinion or
others in their columns. That
is low and
petty. They do this without
even allowing
the one they bash to air his
views equally.
From the emails I have
received I felt that
this was a needed response.
Once again, if
you read what I said, I had
no problems with
the opinions of the writers.
My beef is only
when they treat their opinion
as if it is
higher than their readers. I
don't agree
with that form of
journalistic arrogance.
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OPINION COLUMNS
Written by reader:
Jebbie2001
Regarding Bookerfan's letter;
he says don't
bash the opinions of
others...what is he
doing? It's someone's opinion
that they
should be able to bash the
opinions of
others...who are you to bash
that opinion??
Besides, they're just writing
down their
opinions...and most of the
time, it's
hilarious, even if you don't
agree with it.
What really shouldn't be
going on the net
are people writing falsities.
Everything
from the Bischoff going to
WWF thing to a
couple of months ago a
spoiler for
Smackdown was written and the
show turned
out pretty much the opposite
of what was
written...in the spoiler a
title even
changed hands and it never
happened on the
show.
That's what really shouldn't
be done on
the net...leave the opinion
columns alone!
Reply to
Jebbie2001!!
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nWo/TEST/FOLEY THOUGHTS
Written by reader: Gary B (nytewolf)
I'll touch on 3 quick
subjects that are of
interest right now.
#1 - The nWo should be no
larger than 6
members. I say six because
the Outsiders,
Hart, Jarret, and Steiner
will all compete
(and are good-enough
wrestlers). I also
have a feeling they want to
do one more
swerve (how about Kidman?)
for one last
member, but I do have to
agree any more
than that will kill the
group. Too large
makes it lame, it's supposed
to be elite.
Everyone in the group right
now has had
gold. That is why I think
someone who
has had gold (Kidman, Rey
Jr., Benoit) or
someone who could be promised
elevation
to greatness (Chavo, Eddie ,
Booker T)
could end up in the group.
#2 - Real quick - newest
member of DX, the
newly brainwashed Tori? "Test
violated me!"
The asault on Test to raise
him to main event
status continues. 'Nuff said.
#3 - HHH said Mick ONCE (by
accident, I'd bet).
From then on, it was made
clear that MANKIND
is fired (seems to me that he
spent an AWFUL
lot of time without that mask
on). Come on,
whether you listen to the net
rumors or not,
no matter what is true and
what isn't, can
you find ANY way to tell me
that Cactus Jack
ain't coming back?
---Nytewolf Directories
http://members.dencity.com/nytewolf/
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