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Welcome to the Wrestling Booking Sheet.  The Booking Sheet was an online professional wrestling newsletter which published creative ideas, “booking plans”, for different scenarios in WCW, ECW and the WWF.

While hardly great literature, The Booking Sheet was entertaining in its own right.  Eventually, when my time grew scarcer and WCW only provided entertainment of the train wreck sort, the newsletter died.    

In the years since the wrestling business itself has grown less and less entertaining, a prime reason for the plummeting revenues and the survival of only one major wrestling company in the United States. 

Back issues of the newsletter can be found below, feel free to read at your minds peril.  If you have any comments (and no, the newsletter will never return and the mailing list has long since been deleted) feel free to contact Steve by E-Mailing him at link@1softball.com

Issue # 460      01/28/2000   WCW faces embarrassing aftermath
Issue # 459      01/06/2000   Wrestling Performers of the 90's (continued)
Issue # 458      01/06/2000   Wrestling Performers of the 90's
Issue # 457      01/03/2000   Terry Funk announced as WCW Commissioner
Issue # 456      01/02/2000   WCW to announce new "commissioner" on NITRO
Issue # 455      01/02/2000   WCW crashes and now burning
Issue # 454      01/01/2000   WWF House Show Results from December 30th, 1999 in Nashville, TN
Issue # 453      12/31/1999   Randy Orton signs with the WWF
Issue # 452      12/30/1999   Ratings for RAW, NITRO & the weekend shows
Issue # 451      12/29/1999   WWF Smackdown & Heat Spoilers
Issue # 450      12/28/1999   ECW on TNN draws impressive 1.1 rating on Christmas Eve 
Issue # 449      12/27/1999   Scott Hall & Kevin Nash stripped of the WCW Tag Belts due to Hall's absence
Issue # 448      12/27/1999   Randy Savage replacing Bill Goldberg at 1/4 Tokyo Dome
Issue # 447      12/26/1999   Chris Jericho caught in middle of power struggle
Issue # 446      12/24/1999   12/23 ECW Spoilers from TV Taping in White Plains, New York
Issue # 445      12/23/1999   Bill Goldberg suffers severe arm injury at WCW Thunder taping
Issue # 444      12/22/1999   Smackdown & Thunder Spoilers
Issue # 443      12/21/1999   WWF RAW is War TV Report
Issue # 442      12/20/1999   The nWo reunites as Bret Hart defeats Bill Goldberg 
Issue # 441      12/19/1999   WCW Starrcade PPV Report
Issue # 440      12/19/1999   WCW Creativity In Question
Issue # 439      12/18/1999   Masata Tanaka captures ECW World Heavyweight Title from Mike Awesome 
Issue # 438      12/17/1999   Triple H & Mick Foley to headline the Royal Rumble
Issue # 437      12/16/1999   Bruno Sammartino approached by WCW
Issue # 436      12/15/1999   Smackdown & Thunder Spoilers
Issue # 435      12/14/1999   Reader debate regarding Miss Kitty's "accidental" exposure
Issue # 434      12/14/1999   WWF RAW Is War TV Report from Tampa, Florida
Issue # 433      12/13/1999   Paul Orndorf makes brief comeback to the ring
Issue # 432      12/13/1999   Miss Kitty (Stacy Carter) flashes the crowd her breasts at Armageddon
Issue # 431      12/12/1999   WWF Armageddon PPV Report
Issue # 430      12/12/1999   Roddy Piper makes poor impression on 'Politically Correct'
Issue # 429      12/11/1999   Examining WCW under Vince Russo
Issue # 428      12/10/1999   Genichiro Tenryu defeats Keiji Muto to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Issue # 427      12/09/1999   Torrie Wilson rejoins WCW
Issue # 426      12/08/1999   Smackdown & Thunder Spoilers
Issue # 425      12/07/1999   Roddy Piper, Sting, Madusa & Bobby Heenan will be the guests on Bill Maher's `Politically Incorrect'
Issue # 424      12/06/1999   RAW & NITRO TV Reports
Issue # 423      12/05/1999   Hiro Matsuda very influential in pro wrestling
Issue # 422      12/04/1999   The Varsity Club returns to WCW with Steve Williams, Rick Steiner, and a returning Kevin Sullivan 
Issue # 421      12/03/1999   Dusty Rhodes debuts in ECW
Issue # 420      12/02/1999   Ken Shamrock returning to the WWF
Issue # 419      12/02/1999   Shawn Michaels interested in making ECW appearances
Issue # 418      12/01/1999   Torrie Wilson leaves WCW
Issue # 417      11/30/1999   Chris Benoit vs. Scott Hall Ladder Match announced for Starrcade
Issue # 416      11/29/1999   Juventud Guerrera Jr. defeats Jushin Liger to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Issue # 415      11/29/1999   United Kingdom perspective on the WWF
Issue # 414      11/28/1999   The WWF battles PTC, may lose Steve Austin & Mick Foley
Issue # 413      11/28/1999   Undertaker rumors, Masato Tanaka returning to Japan 
Issue # 412      11/27/1999   Jim Ross comments on Steve Austin's injury
Issue # 411      11/26/1999   WWF.com updates Steve Austin's condition
Issue # 410      11/24/1999   Views from a disgruntled WWF fan
Issue # 409      11/23/1999   WWF RAW has slight ratings decrease
Issue # 408      11/23/1999   WWF Monday Night RAW report from Buffalo, New York
Issue # 407      11/22/1999   WCW Nitro Report from Auburn Hills, Michigan
Issue # 406      11/21/1999   WCW Mayhem PPV Report
Issue # 405      11/21/1999   WCW sinks low to parody Jim Ross
Issue # 404      11/19/1999   Chris Benoit scheduled to wrestle Hiroyoshi Tenzan at 1/4 Tokyo Dome 
Issue # 403      11/18/1999   WCW releases Barry & Kendall Windham
Issue # 402      11/17/1999   Dynamite Kid live chat to promote 'Pure Dynamite'
Issue # 401      11/16/1999   RAW defeats NITRO 6.3 to 3.1
Issue # 400      11/16/1999   Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara write ugly parody of Jim Ross
Issue # 399      11/15/1999   Steve Austin received negative medical prognosis nine days before Survivor Series
Issue # 398      11/15/1999   A&E Wrestling documentaries schedule
Issue # 397      11/14/1999   WWF Survivor Series PPV Report
Issue # 396      11/14/1999   Professional wrestling making new mark on cultural landscape 
Issue # 395      11/12/1999   Technical wrestling as opposed to simply getting over
Issue # 394      11/11/1999   Road Warrior Hawk brawls with Randy Savage at Kid Rock concert
Issue # 393      11/10/1999   Arnold Schwarzenegger mixes it up with Triple H at WWF Smackdown
Issue # 392      11/09/1999   Al Snow controversy over Walmart banned action figure
Issue # 391      11/09/1999   Rey Mysterio Jr. expected to miss six months after surgery to repair damaged ACL
Issue # 390      11/08/1999   Dustin Runnels debuts new character, regretfully descends from the rafters
Issue # 389      11/08/1999   ECW on TNN rating increases to 1.1
Issue # 388      11/07/1999   ECW November To Remember PPV Report
Issue # 387      11/07/1999   Backstage concerns surround Tammy Sytch
Issue # 386      11/06/1999   The Rock defeats Val Venus at Lexington, Kentucky WWF house show
Issue # 385      11/05/1999   Sonny Onoo leaves WCW
Issue # 384      11/05/1999   Dusty Rhodes leaving WCW to avoid on-air feud with son Dustin
Issue # 383      11/04/1999   Arnold Schwarzenegger to make WWF Smackdown appearance
Issue # 382      11/03/1999   WWF RAW once again destroys WCW NITRO in the ratings
Issue # 381      11/03/1999   Austin & McMahon disagreement headlines Smackdown
Issue # 380      11/02/1999   ECW on TNN's rating drops .4
Issue # 379      11/02/1999   Steve "Dr. Death" Williams released by the WWF
Issue # 378      11/01/1999   Jim Niedhart returns to the WWF
Issue # 377      11/01/1999   Dustin Runnels finds his WCW character scrapped
Issue # 376      10/31/1999   Terry Taylor likely forced out of the WWF
Issue # 375      10/30/1999   Vader pins Mitsuharu Misawa to win Triple Crown
Issue # 374      10/29/1999   Wrestling bashed by wrestling fans
Issue # 373      10/29/1999   Mick Foley eyada.com interview with Dave Meltzer
Issue # 372      10/28/1999   Jushin "Thunder" Liger working upcoming WCW events
Issue # 371      10/28/1999   Mick Foley's 'Have A Nice Day' debuts at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller List
Issue # 370      10/27/1999   WWF Smackdown Spoiler
Issue # 369      10/26/1999   New Japan Pro Wrestling attempting to book Bill Goldberg
Issue # 368      10/26/1999   Bret Hart defeats Bill Goldberg for the US Heavyweight Championship
Issue # 367      10/25/1999   ECW on TNA does a 1.2 rating as T&A formula pays off 
Issue # 366      10/25/1999   Gordon Solie to undergo surgery
Issue # 365      10/24/1999   WCW Halloween Havoc PPV Results
Issue # 364      10/24/1999   The Sandman returns to ECW, comes to the aid of Tommy Dreamer & Raven
Issue # 363      10/23/1999   Philadelphia poll reveals Republicans are 4 times more likely to order a wrestling PPV event than Democrats
Issue # 362      10/22/1999   Ric Flair's in-ring future once again in doubt
Issue # 361      10/21/1999   Yoshihiro Asai (aka Ultimo Dragon) retires from wrestling
Issue # 360      10/20/1999   Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko New Japan Results
Issue # 359      10/20/1999   WWF IPO has a terrific first day on the New York Stock Exchange
Issue # 358      10/19/1999   Lenny & Lodi returning to WCW television
Issue # 357      10/18/1999   The Holly's defeat The Rock n' Sock Connection for the WWF Tag Team Titles
Issue # 356      10/17/1999   WWF No Mercy PPV Report
Issue # 355      10/17/1999   WCW going overboard in pursuit of publicity
Issue # 354      10/16/1999   Vampiro considers leaving WCW
Issue # 353      10/16/1999   Jeff Jarrett leaving the WWF, returning to WCW
Issue # 352      10/13/1999   Jake Roberts a disaster at Heroes of Wrestling PPV
Issue # 351      10/13/1999   WCW/Hulk Hogan friction just an angle
Issue # 350      10/12/1999   Bobby Heenan pays tribute to Gorilla Monsoon
Issue # 349      10/11/1999   Steve Austin & Triple H brawl headline Atlanta RAW
Issue # 348      10/11/1999   Naoya Ogawa defeats Shin'ya Hashimoto in Tokyo Dome main event
Issue # 347      10/10/1999   Heroes of Wrestling PPV Report
Issue # 346      10/10/1999   Jim Cornette comments on Vince Russo
Issue # 345      10/10/1999   Strange ramblings from The Ultimate Warrior
Issue # 344      10/09/1999   Tributes to Gorilla Monsoon
Issue # 343      10/08/1999   Jerry Lawler finishes third in Memphis mayoral election
Issue # 342      10/07/1999   Vince Russo & Ed Ferrara Yahoo! chat
Issue # 341      10/06/1999   Gorilla Monsoon passes away
Issue # 340      10/06/1999   Darren Drozdov injured in terrible Smackdown accident
Issue # 339      10/05/1999   Bret Hart/Chris Benoit match does disappointing quarter hour ratings
Issue # 338      10/05/1999   Bret Hart takes on Chris Benoit in tribute match to Owen Hart
Issue # 337      10/04/1999   Vince Russo jumps to WCW
Issue # 336      10/03/1999   WCW scrambling over growing ratings deficit
Issue # 335      10/02/1999   WWF Rebellion PPV Report
Issue # 334      10/02/1999   Dave Meltzer debuts 'Wrestling Observer Live' on Eyada.com
Issue # 333      10/01/1999   Terry Gordy backstage at WCW Thunder in Chattanooga, TN
Issue # 332      10/01/1999   Lenny & Lodi taken off WCW television
Issue # 331      09/30/1999   Harley Race has some advise for Chris Benoit
Issue # 330      09/29/1999   Ron & Don Harris returning to ECW
Issue # 329      09/28/1999   Shane Douglas to undergo surgery for his injured bicep
Issue # 328      09/27/1999   Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko to make New Japan Appearances
Issue # 327      09/26/1999   WWF Unforgiven PPV Report
Issue # 326      09/26/1999   Ric Flair a prospect for WCW leadership
Issue # 325      09/25/1999   Insane Clown Posse actually do leave WCW
Issue # 324      09/24/1999   Jerry Lawler charged with Reckless Act
Issue # 323      09/24/1999   Dustin Rhodes returning to WCW
Issue # 322      09/23/1999   Terry & Dory Funk Jr. to reunite on FMW show
Issue # 321      09/22/1999   Heroes of Wrestling PPV Lineup
Issue # 320      09/21/1999   WWF sues Playboy over using the 'Sable' name for Rena Mero pictorial
Issue # 319      09/20/1999   Taz commentary on leaving ECW
Issue # 318      09/19/1999   ECW Anarchy Rulz PPV Report
Issue # 317      09/19/1999   Insane Clown Posse almost jumps to ECW, but stays in WCW at the last moment
Issue # 316      09/17/1999   Nicole Bass sues the WWF
Issue # 315      09/16/1999   Scott Hall & Kevin Nash to work New Japan?
Issue # 314      09/15/1999   Vince McMahon defeats Triple H to win the WWF World Championship
Issue # 313      09/15/1999   Chris Benoit commentary on Brian Hildebrand
Issue # 312      09/14/1999   WWF RAW once again decimates WCW NITRO in the ratings
Issue # 311      09/13/1999   Possible Taz trademark dispute
Issue # 310      09/12/1999   WWF Fall Brawl PPV Report
Issue # 309      09/12/1999   Mike Mooneyham comments on Brian Hildebrand's passing
Issue # 308      09/12/1999   Taz leaving ECW, going to the WWF
Issue # 307      09/11/1999   Ric Flair hoping to assume some of Bischoff's responsibilities
Issue # 306      09/11/1999   Bill Busch appointed Acting Executive VP of WCW
Issue # 305      09/10/1999   Eric Bischoff no longer in charge of WCW
Issue # 304      09/09/1999   Bob Magee comments on Brian Hildebrand's passing
Issue # 303      09/08/1999   Brian Hildebrand passes away
Issue # 302      09/08/1999   Chris Candido & Tammy Sytch returning to ECW
Issue # 301      09/07/1999   WCW releases Cyclope, Damien, Super Calo, Mikey Whipwreck, Swoll, 4x4 & Chase Tatum
Issue # 300      09/07/1999   Kevin Nash appears on ABC's 'Politically Incorrect'
Issue # 299      09/06/1999   Fantasy NITRO's
Issue # 298      09/05/1999   ECW Arena to host upcoming TNN taping
Issue # 297      09/05/1999   Chris Jericho doesn't regret decision to join the WWF
Issue # 296      09/04/1999   Don Callis examines Berlyn's NITRO debut
Issue # 295      09/04/1999   Bret Hart returns to NITRO on Monday
Issue # 294      09/03/1999   Bill Goldberg & Hulk Hogan scheduled to work upcoming house shows
Issue # 293      09/01/1999   Ultimo Dragon meets with WCW officials
Issue # 292      08/31/1999   Konnan, Billy Kidman and The Public Enemy all at NITRO and not used
Issue # 291      08/30/1999   Steve Austin not booked for upcoming house shows
Issue # 290      08/29/1999   Scott Steiner returning to NITRO on Monday
Issue # 289      08/29/1999   Eric Bischoff is playing a mean fiddle while WCW burns
Issue # 288      08/28/1999   Psychosis loses his mask in Tijuana
Issue # 287      08/27/1999   Raven returns to ECW, teams with Tommy Dreamer to defeat the Dudley Boyz
Issue # 286      08/25/1999   Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr. ask for WCW contract releases
Issue # 285      08/25/1999   Vince McMahon scheduled to appear on 'Conan O'Brien'
Issue # 284      08/24/1999   Billy Kidman asks for his WCW release as well
Issue # 283      08/23/1999   Raven leaves WCW
Issue # 282      08/22/1999   WWF Summerslam PPV Results
Issue # 281      08/22/1999   WCW didn't anticipate the huge reaction for Hulk Hogan's return to the red & yellow
Issue # 280      08/21/1999   WWF Summerslam Preview
Issue # 279      08/21/1999   The Rock defeats Steve Austin to top our Franchise Poll
Issue # 278      08/18/1999   Jesse Ventura fires verbal blast at long-time rival Hulk Hogan
Issue # 277      08/14/1999   An ECW review for new TNN viewers
Issue # 276      08/14/1999   Your top ten franchise picks to start a promotion
Issue # 275      08/08/1999   No criminal charges filed in the death of Owen Hart
Issue # 274      08/08/1999   He Who Lives By The Names, Dies By The Names
Issue # 273      08/01/1999   WCW did sink while Good King Eric did sing
Issue # 272      08/01/1999   Hulk Hogan's knee injury another setback for WCW
Issue # 271      07/25/1999   Ric Flair's career at a crossroad
Issue # 270      07/25/1999   WWF Fully Loaded Preview
Issue # 269      07/18/1999   Jesse Ventura signed as Special Referee for WWF Summerslam main event
Issue # 268      07/18/1999   ECW Heatwave 99' Preview
Issue # 267      07/11/1999   Bret Hart expected to return to do program with Hulk Hogan in September
Issue # 266      07/11/1999   Chris Jericho comments on his WWF decision
Issue # 265      07/04/1999   Chris Jericho signs with the WWF
Issue # 264      07/04/1999   ECW will join TNN's lineup on Friday nights
Issue # 263      06/27/1999   WWF King of the Ring PPV Results