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The Ring Report TV Update 4/16/95 Vol. 1, No. 112

("It's our first annual swimsuit issue! Hot! Hot! Hot!")
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WRESTLING NEWS AND COMMENTARY by DENNIS MILLER
WWF NEWS: SHAWN MICHAELS will be out of action for several
weeks with a back injury. He was injured after Sid powerbombed
him. Therefore, the main event on the May 14 PPV will be Sid vs.
Diesel . . . Sid is now managed by TED DIBIASE . . . When
Michaels does come back, he will be a babyface . . . The butyrate for
WRESTLEMANIA was not what the WWF had hoped for. However, it was
much better than any recent WCW PPV'S. Part of the reason for the
low butyrate for WrestleMania may be the $34.95 price tag on the
show. This turned lots of fans off . . . THE HEADSHRINKERS have
apparently been fired from the WWF . . . BOB BACKLUND is back to
being a babyface . . . ALUNDRA BLAZE is having plastic surgery on
her nose, which really was broken in her title win over Bull Nakano
. . .
WCW NEWS: RIC FLAIR has officially returned to the ring.
However, THE FOUR HORSEMEN idea has been dumped. Flair wanted the
Horsemen to be himself, CURT HENNIG and THE ROAD WARRIORS. HH wanted
the Horsemen to be himself, RANDY SAVAGE, Flair, and STING . . . WCW
wants Sting to have a belt, which is why VADER was stripped of the
United States belt. There will be a sixteen man tournament, which
will collimate with the finals at the June PPV with Sting getting the
belt . . . Also on the June PPV, WCW wants the Road Warriors to face
HARLEM HEAT, THE STEINERS to face THE NASTY BOYS, Flair to face
Savage and JOHNNY B. BADD to face THE GREAT MUTA . . . All WCW
wrestlers received a memo saying that no international object can
be used at TV tapings and PPV'S with the exception of breakaway
chairs . . . JERRY JARRETT is now working in the front office of WCW
and the USWA will be used as a training ground for WCW talent . . .
NWA(TX) NEWS: THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXPRESS are the new NWA tag
team champions after beating DICK MURDOCH and RANDY RHODES in the
finals of the NWA tagteam tournament in Dallas . . . SAM HOUSTON
turned heel at the tournament and is now aligned with SKANDAR ACKBAR
. . .
WWF MONDAY NIGHT RAW 4/10/95 BRYAN FISHER
WHAT YOU MISSED: ADAM BOMB and TATANKA fought to a double count
out . . . THE HEADSHRINKERS over some prelims . . . a PIERRE THE
PIRATE promo . . . A look at SID destroying SHAWN MICHAELS . . .
KAMA, apparently sporting the gold from THE UNDERTAKER'S urn as his
new necklace, over a prelim . . . A look at ALUNDRA BLAYZE regaining
the WWF Women's title, then being attacked by BURTHA . . . 123
KID/BOB HOLLY/BRET HART over HAKUSHI/YOKOZUNA/OWEN HART when Bret
pinned Owen . . .
NWA 4/10/95 by DENNIS MILLER
WHAT YOU MISSED: The show was mostly a preview of the tag
team tournament which took place on April 11 . . . SAM HOUSTON beat
RANDY RHODES . . . A look at the BLACK BART/DICK MURDOCH angle . . .
An interview with DICK MURDOCH and Randy Rhodes, one of the teams
in the tag team tournament . . . Comments from CHIEF RED EAGLE . . .
An interview with SKANDAR ACKBAR and BRANDON BAXTER talking about
their entries in the tagteam tournament . . . Apparently, Baxter is
now managing BLACK BART . . . Black Bart beat TIM BROOKS . . . A
look at the JOHN HAWK/TONY NORRIS feud . . . A look at THE ROCK 'N'
ROLL EXPRESS, one of the teams in the tag team tournament . . .
Another interview with Brandon Baxter . . . GREG VALENTINE beat

somebody . . . An interview with Greg Valentine . . . John Hawk beat

MIKE DAVIS . . . MANNY VIALOBOS, whose name is probably spelled
wrong, beat SHAWN SUMMERS . . . A Tony Norris video . . . An
interview with SKANDAR ACKBAR and John Hawk . . . An NWA spotlight
with RED BASTINE talking about the tag team tournament . . .
AMERICAN WRESTLING FEDERATION 4/15/95 by DENNIS MILLER
WHAT YOU MISSED: A week after RICHARD PAZ told me about the
AWF, I was channel surfing and found it . . . The AWF breaks its
matches down into three four-minute rounds . . . If a match goes the
full three rounds, the referee makes a decision as to who has won
. . . All the matches are from the AWF championship quarter finals
. . . Your announcers are NICK KARCH and TERRY TAYLOR . . . GREG
VALENTINE and CHRIS ADAMS wrestled the full three rounds and Adams
was awarded the match . . . BOB ORTON JR. (with OLIVER HUMPERDINK),
beat KOKO B. WARE in one round . . . TOMMY RICH beat SGT. SLAUGHTER
in two rounds, when the referee disqualified Slaughter because he
thought Slaughter threw him over the top rope . . . However, it was
actually Rich who threw him over . . . TITO SANTANA beat MR. HUGHES,
(with SHEIK ADNAN EL CASEY), in one round . . . This was one Helluva
an hour of wrestling. There was no interviews, no stupid gimmicks
and all the matches were very good . . .
ECW WRESTLING in JIM THORPE, PA 4/14/95 by JESS MCGRATH
Another spot show, another ECW report . . .
At about 5 PM, Dave Scherer, Eugene Stern, and I leave my house and
head to Taco Bell for a wonderful evening repass. The food was as
always wonderful, and Dave made life a living hell for the lady
behind the counter by "permanently borrowing" as many SPORKS as
possible. After that joyous stop, we hit the road for the two-hour
journey to Jim Thorpe, PA, and the Flagstaff.
It's 7:30 when we pull into the Flagstaff parking-lot-on-a-hill. We
get into line (no advance tickets), and find ourselves surrounded by
the scariest mutants ever. These guys make the ECW Arena crowd look
tame, and you'll see why later. Dave tracks down Ed Zohn and we
make it inside. Almost immediately, I spot the rest of the
evening's crew: Eric Tennant, Tom Misnik, Mad Dog, Sam Siegel, and
Tim Walker. We head on back and BS for a while until the show
begins. In the meantime, the guy I called Feinstein's lackey, Doug,
comes up and talks to me. He's a really funny guy and he was
ripping on our favorite tape dealer.
We see Sandman, Ian Rotten, Tod Gordon, and others headed into the
dressing room, which this time is on the opposite side of the
building (the stage is being used for a metal cover band's show
later that night). Tim and I debate the stylings of JT Smith
briefly while everybody else heads to get the beers. The fun has
just begun. It's about 8:05 when Rocco the timekeeper gets into the
ring and signals for the beginning of ECW wrestling for the evening
. . .
TAZMANIAC vs. STEVE RICHARDS
Richards has bleached his hair, and it looks awful. We chant "Fabio!"
at him. He's also wearing cut-off jeans, which leads to a brief
"Daisy Dukes" chant as well. Richards jumps Taz before the bell
with punches, driving him to the corner. Steve tries a headbutt,
but a no-sell by Taz. Taz whips Richards to the ropes, stiff
clothesline (0.2 John Hawk), followed by kicks to the ribs. Taz

picks him up, half-nelson suplex, 1-2-3. This was a little bit
longer than the above indicates due to Richards stalling and jawing
with the crowd. He's really evolved into a great character. I love
his gimmick. Suddenly, The Pitbulls show up on the scene for a
triple-team of Taz. But Tazmaniac grabs and suplexes both of them.
Dean Malenko runs in. 911 charges down with Paul E. to clear the
ring. The crowd is hot.
DEAN MALENKO vs. (A POSSIBLY DRUNK) MIKEY WHIPWRECK
Malenko starts off with a waistlock go-behind, Whipwreck reverses
and comes up behind him. Malenko reverses again with a hammerlock
and takes Mikey to the mat. Dean delivers two knees to the
midsection, followed by a whip to the ropes. Mikey flips over Dean
and rebounds to score two armdrags followed by a drop-kick. Dean
heads outside to cool down. When they return, a test of strength
which Dean wins. He tucks his head underneath Mikey's arm and does
a Northern lights suplex. Dean to his feet, kicks Mikey in the ribs,
then a headbutt. Whip to the ropes, Malenko lifts up Whipwreck and
drops him on his face. Dean puts him in airplane spin position,
heaves him up, and drops him on the knee. Malenko goes to the top
rope and steps down on Mikey's ribs, then throws the kid to the
outside. Malenko lifts him up for a suplex, then drops him on the
guardrail. Back inside. Malenko whips Mikey to the ropes, throws
him in the air, but Mikey fires a drop-kick off. Malenko quickly
regains control with elbows, kicks, and a choke on the ropes with
his foot. Malenko with a nice surfboard. Whips Mikey to the ropes,
Mikey flips over top, Dean with a kick to the nuts. Whips him again
and kicks him, then tries a powerbomb, but Mikey counters with a
Frankensteiner, 1-2. Whipwreck on the offense with punches, whips
Dean to the corner but Malenko catches him with a boot. Mikey tries
a sunset flip but Dean sits on him. Dean grabs him,
double-underhook powerbomb (nice), then puts on a sharpshooter.
Suddenly, Taz and 911 make their appearance and attack Malenko.
Referee calls for the bell, Mikey is DQ'd. Before much gets going,
Ed Zohn comes out and gets on the house mic, saying the fans
deserved a good scientific match and 911 ruined it. Guess what
happens? That's right, Ed takes the chokeslam twice. It was brutal,
we loved it. "Ed Is Dead!" chants emerge afterward.
PUBLIC ENEMY vs. THE PITBULLS (NO-DQ MATCH)
Pitbulls have Steve Richards in their corner. Fans start chanting
"WE WANT BLOOD!" only ten seconds into it. Told you they were sick.
Grunge and #2 have a staredown into center ring. #2 throws a punch,
Grunge returns. They exchange blows. Pit Bull #1 tries to run in,
Grunge with a backdrop, then double-teams both members of the
Pitbulls. Another staredown with #1 and Grunge. Fans want Rocco
Rock. Tag is made, but both Bulls get in and attack him in the
corner with kicks. #2 whips Rocco to the ropes, comes off with a
press-slam. Whips him again, Rocco counters with an Asai moonsault
(awesome), 1-2, save by #1. It heads out to the floor and this is
where it gets hazy in my notes. Grunge is juicing buckets thanks
to frying pans, chairs, crutches, and anything else. Rocco is also
bleeding. Public Enemy double teams #2 with a boat oar. Steve
Richards is chased by Rocco back near us and some kid in the crowd
jumps on him. Security (and Dave Scherer), haul him out. Back into
the ring go Grunge and #1. Slam by Grunge, hits the Vader splash
from the second rope, 1-2. On the outside, #2 wails Rocco with a
chair. They get in the ring. #2 whips Rocco to the corner, hits a
nice spin kick on him. #2 tries to suplex Rocco back into the ring,
but Rocco blocks it and dumps him outside with a suplex. Grunge hits

#1 in the kidneys, reverse-DDT, the setup for the "Drive-By". But

#2 shakes the ropes while Rocco Rock is doing the cabbage patch,
causing him to crotch himself. #1 with a cradle from behind, 1-2,
Grunge saves. #1 drops Rocco on the top rope from an atomic drop
position, 1-2. Pit Bulls double clothesline Rock, then double-suplex
Grunge. #2 holds Grunge, #1 tries a clothesline, hits #2, Grunge
with a rollup from behind and a handful of tights, 1-2-3.
IAN ROTTEN vs. AXL ROTTEN (STRAP MATCH)
Brutal and bloody. Fans enjoyed this one. Axl charges before the
bell, Ian whips him to the ropes, peppers him with forearms, then
chokes him with the strap. To the corner they go. Axl whips Ian
two times with the strap (brutal shots). More choking with the
strap. Ian grabs a chair and fires away three times. He throws Axl
into the guardrail, but Axl retaliates with shots to the head and
then dumps Ian over the rail and into the crowd. Big pop for that.
Axl uses a chair, Ian heaves a table. Tons of chairshots exchanged.
Both are bleeding as usual. Over to the stage they go. They head
back into the ring. Ian with a clothesline, then starts tagging
corners (Do you have to tag corners or pin him? What's up with
that?) He gets to 2 before he is stopped by Axl. More choking with
the strap by Axl on Ian. Ian goes over the rail and into the crowd
again. Ian with the frying pan and pieces of a broken beer bottle.
Ian bites Axl (sick!). Axl whips him to the ropes, clothesline.
Picks him up, whip to the corner, another clothesline. Whips again,
Ian raises the boot, cover with his feet on the ropes, 1-2-3.
Intermission. I help Tim with taking money for photos with Public
Enemy. These mutants are scary, man.
Before the next match, Doug Flex (a local hero in Jim Thorpe, owns a
bar somewhere in the town), comes out to present an award to Public
Enemy, his "good friends". You guessed it. Pit Bulls and Steve
Richards show up and attack him. Huge brawl erupts. Flex blades,
but PE & Flex run the "heels" back to the dressing room. Rocco &
Johnny dub Flex as Money G. It is announced later that ECW returns
to Jim Thorpe, May 20 at 1 PM, with a main event of Public Enemy &
Money G vs. Pit Bulls & Steve Richards.
TOMMY DREAMER vs. RAVEN (SUBBING FOR SABU)
Dreamer doesn't show up when his music is played, prompting Steve
Richards to get on the house mic and call him a pussy. Of course
out comes Dreamer and Richards runs like hell. They brawl on the
outside at the beginning, Dreamer gets some chairshots in on Levy.
The "ECW!" chant starts up. Tommy whips Raven to the ropes,
powerslam, 1-2. Dreamer with a nice reverse neckbreaker, 1-2. Tommy
bounds off the ropes and does a legdrop on the bent-over Raven,
followed by a piledriver attempt that is blocked by Raven and turned
into a backdrop. Raven follows with a bulldog, then throws him
outside. Raven does a running plancha over the top which gets a big
pop. They brawl into the stands (surprise), Raven whips Dreamer
hard into the guardrail, follows with a diving clothesline off the
apron. Back to the ring they go, Dreamer kicks Raven in the groin,
spike-DDT, 1-2. Raven kicks him in the gut, does a DDT of his own,
1-2. Raven whips Dreamer to the ropes, knee in the gut on the
rebound. Raven tries a slam, Tommy DDT's him twice, 1-2-3. Richards
& Pit Bulls make a run-in but Public Enemy and Money G make the
save. The "ECW!" chant follows.
SHANE DOUGLAS & CACTUS JACK vs. RON SIMMONS & SANDMAN

Classic moment during the intros. Simmons is coming out and Sammy
goes up to him with his hand out for a handshake. Simmons goes for
it, and Sam pulls back and slicks his hair. Ron yells at him.
Douglas starts right away with a microphone shot on Simmons' head
and a double-team (Sandman was delayed in showing up for some
reason). Cactus throws Ron into the guardrail at ringside. Finally
our hero the Sandman arrives with the cane. Cactus does a back
elbow in the ring that knocks the "All-American" to the floor.
Simmons gets back in, Douglas is tagged in, Ron hits a
belly-to-belly. Douglas tries to escape, Sandman throws him back
in. Douglas hits a reverse atomic drop, a drop-kick, tags Cactus.
Stomps to Simmons, but Jack is quickly driven to the opposite
corner. The fight goes ringside briefly. Sandman is tagged in and
hits Jack with kicks to the gut. While Sandman distracts the ref.,
Simmons uses the tag rope to choke Cactus, which gets good heat.
Jack kicks Sandman, runs his face along the top rope. Tag to
Douglas. Shane hits a suplex and goes to a reverse chinlock. Cactus
gets in and hits Sandman with a legdrop while Ron is talking to
"Jackie" Finnegan. Jack also hits a clothesline before Finnegan
turns around. Sandman regains advantage, slams Shane and hits a
nice elbow. Douglas counters with DDT. Tag to Cactus, who wails
away with stiff forearms on Sandman, tag back in to Douglas, punch
to Sandman's belly (large target there). At this time Dave and I
notice that Tom is hitting on Linda the photographer bad. Tom thinks
she is his woman. We chant "Tom's Got a Woody!" Back to live
action: Douglas whips Sandman to the ropes and puts his head down.
Sandman grabs it and slams it back to the canvas. Sandman with a
kneedrop and a suplex, tags Ron Simmons. Douglas is whipped to the
ropes, double-elbow by Ron and Sandman. Sandman back in, hits a
tombstone on Douglas. Sandman kicks Douglas, then slaps Cactus,
which allows Ron to choke Shane behind the ref.'s back. Ron kicks
Shane in the face and is tagged in. Shane knocks him down, climbs
the ropes, and tries a body press, but Ron counters with an awesome
powerslam, 1-2, Cactus saves. Ron catches Cactus and Shane with a
double-chokeslam. Then the match heads to the floor again briefly.
Back inside, Sandman DDT's Cactus, tags Simmons, who drops a knee
into Douglas' kidney twice. All four men in the ring. Cactus
clothesline Ron over the top to the floor. Sandman from behind,
hits Jack and piledrives him. Sandman then starts jawing with Woman
at ringside. Big mistake. Shane sneaks up from behind, decks
Sandman with the cane, Cactus with a double-underhook DDT, 1-2-3.
After the match, Shane and Sandman fence with chairs to set up their
match the next night.
OVERALL: A very good spot show. Tim Walker even thought it was
better than the April 8 Philadelphia show. Nice work from everybody
and nothing stunk out the joint (well, besides, the crowd).
A funny story from the main event: Security tossed out this mutant
freak and the guard told Dave to hold the guy's beer. Dave goes and
gives it to Tom, who starts drinking it. Sick! We all laugh at Tom,
but he is too busy hitting on Linda to notice.
After the show, we see Ron Simmons again. While Simmons had been
heading back to the dressing room after the main event, we were
getting on his case. Ron said he had a three-story home. So Sam
goes up and asks him if he really does have three stories on his
house. Ron says yes. Sam said, "I didn't know they built mobile
homes with three stories." Simmons laughs. He is really cool. Dave
goes up to him and tells him this sucks, because now we can't hate

him since he's cool. He says, "Don't worry, I still hate all of
you."
Dave, Eugene, and I stop at Carbon Mini-Mart (what a name), for gas
and food before making the long journey home. I hope to be back on
May 20, so until then . . .
WCW PRO WRESTLING 4/15/95 by RYAN CUNNINGHAM
WHAT YOU MISSED: THE BLUE BLOODS beat two jobbers . . . Gene
Okerlund gave a Slamboree Control Center . . . ALEX WRIGHT over
SONNY TROUT . . . A segment featuring THE RENEGADE . . . EDDIE
JACKSON lost to BIG BUBBA . . . An interview with EVAD NAVILLUS in
which THE DIAMOND DOLL made an appearance . . . MENG defeated JOHN
TAYLOR . . . The main event saw BRAD ARMSTRONG & TIM HORNER job for
BUNKHOUSE BUNK & DICK SLATER . . .
WWF MANIA 4/15/95 by BRYAN FISHER
WHAT YOU MISSED: ADAM BOMB and TATANKA fought to a double
countout . . . A look at the Fat woman attacking ALUNDRA BLAYZE
. . . post WM stuff . . . A look at SID killing SHAWN MICHAELS . . .
ALDO MONTOYA beat JEFF JARRETT . . . a PIERRE THE PIRATE PROMO . . .
HAKUSHI, YOKOZUNA and OWEN HART lost to BRET HART, BOB HOLLY and 123
KID . . .
WCW SATURDAY NIGHT 4/15/95 by RYAN CUNNINGHAM
WHAT YOU MISSED: ALEX WRIGHT beat "HOLLYWOOD" BOBBY STAR . . .
Yet another replay of the board's voting on Ric Flair's
reinstatement from 2 weeks ago . . . "MR. EXCITEMENT" JOHN TAYLOR
was no match for SGT. CRAIG PITTMAN . . . A Slamboree Control
Center: STING to meet BIG BUBBA, HARLEM HEAT will face THE NASTY
BOYS, THE GREAT MUTA encounters PAUL ORNDORFF and DORY FUNK JR.
takes on WAHOO MCDANIEL on Sunday, May 21 . . . MENG destroyed BARRY
HARDY . . . An interview with DAVE SULLIVAN at his home that saw THE
DIAMOND DOLL pay a warm visit to him . . . THE BLUE BLOODS axed
EDDIE JACKIE & SCOTT ARMSTRONG . . . The second board meeting saw
the final representative break the tie and vote YES to reinstate RIC
FLAIR into WCW . . . BARRY HOUSTON fell to PAUL ORNDORFF . . . Yet
another look at THE RENEGADE . . . FLYIN' BRIAN over RICK THAMES
. . . The US Championship lines up like this: Winner of STING vs.
ARN ANDERSON meets winner of JOHNNY B. BADD vs. PAUL ORNDORFF,
Winner of MENG vs. MARCUS BAGWELL meets winner of FLYIN' BRAIN vs.
BUNKHOUSE BUNK . . . Winner of RANDY SAVAGE vs. BUTCHER meets winner
of STUNNING STEVE vs. JIM DUGGAN, Winner of RIC FLAIR vs. THE
PATRIOT meets winner of ALEX WRIGHT vs. BIG BUBBA . . . The final
championship match will take place at THE GREAT AMERICAN BASH on
Sunday, June 18 . . . BIG BUBBA flattened LARRY SANTO . . . ARN
ANDERSON & VADER defeated STARS & STRIPES with the help of
interference by RIC FLAIR . . . Things ended with an interview from
ARN, VADER, and RIC FLAIR . . .
WWF SUPERSTARS 4/15/95 by Joel Geraghty
WHAT YOU MISSED: This week, there was no JERRY "THE KING"
LAWLER. Instead, DOK "Don't Call Me Michael Hayes" HENDRIX made his
WWF announcing debut. Dok said that the disease afflicting the King
was the Big D, D-I-V-O-R-C-E . . . TONY DEVITO & BURT CENTENO were
overpowered by the ALLIED POWERS when the BRITISH BULLDOG pinned
BURT after the powerslam . . . Next up was STEPHANIE "The Female
Pettenzoo" WIAND with your first WWF In Your House Report. The
$14.95 PPV will take place in Syracuse, NY, on May 14th, and as
expected, SID will challenge DIESEL for the WWF Title in the main

event . . . DOK HENDRIX had exclusive photos of ALUNDRA BLAYZE

recovering from the savage beating inflicted by BERTHA FAYE . . .
BOB "SPARK PLUGG" HOLLY ran over the BLACK PHANTOM with a flying
elbow drop from the top . . . Another look at the DIESEL/SHAWN
MICHAELS/SID situation two weeks ago on Monday Night Raw . . . THE
SHOGUNS vs. SMOKING GUNNS: After surviving a early assault, the
GUNNS easily controlled KWANG, until HAKUSHI tagged in and went to
work on BART. Following another brief KWANG appearance, HAKUSHI and
BART collided and went down. They both tagged out, and BILLY
hammered KWANG, who was later rolled up after accidentally kicking
HAKUSHI. The Oriental superstars argued, but made up . . . A WWF
In Your House promo . . . We came back and HAKUSHI and KWANG began
fighting in the aisle after seeing a replay of the mistake . . . A
look back at last week's surprising finish to the JEFF JARRETT-ALDO
MONTOYA non-title match . . . WWF - In A Class Of Its' Own . . . My
favorite part of the show, our first look at HUNTER HURST HELMSLEY,
formerly JEAN-PAUL LEVESQUE in WCW. He is using practically the same
gimmick, only now he's the WWF's answer to LORD STEVEN REGAL . . .
ADAM BOMB nuked MIKE BELL with a flying clothesline . . . STEPHIE
WIAND was back with instructions on how to win the house . . . HENRY
"Hank To His Friends" GODWINN mauled NICK BARBERRI with the Slop
Drop . . . BOB BACKLUND was on Spring Break in Florida . . . Next
week: WWF Tag Team Champions OWEN HART & YOKOZUNA; RAZOR RAMON; and
MONTOYA vs. JARRETT in a WWF Intercontinental Title match!! Should
be exciting!!
ECW in PHILLY 4/15/95 by DAVE SCHERER
[Warning: You have the right to remain stupid. Anything you say,
concerning the style in which this article is written, can and will
be held against in the court of public opinion.]
I will very briefly touch on the card at the Flagstaff from Friday,
April 14th, because Jess will be doing a full length recap. Since he
will post results, I will just post some impressions of mine. I met
up with Jess and Brother Eugie and we hit Taco Bell and did far less
damage than last time. I was enamored with the Sporks they had and
took about 10, which I passed out to various people over the
weekend. On the way up the Flagstaff, after riding for a while, we
see a sign for Scranton\Wilkes Barre, where the big Stadium show
will be. I will be riding the bus to that one folks. It is a fairly
long ride. On the ride to Flagstaff, I come to the realization that
I liked this place a lot better when I was inebriated and it was
pitch black dark outside. We hit the infamous intersection of
Beaver Run and Mauch Chunk, and Eugie's matchbox car easily, well,
maybe not so easily, makes it to the top of the mountain. The view
from the top is breathtaking. Then we looked at the scary walking
testaments to birth control that were standing in line in front of
us. Ick. And I mean ick. These people were not in the shallow end of
the gene pool. They were not even in the kiddy end of the gene pool.
It was pretty d@mn cold on the top of the mountain, and I tell Jess
and Eug that "we ain't in Kansas any more." So after about a 10
minute wait, I see Ed Zohn. Being an ECW shill\suck up has it's
privileges because Ed gets us in, which sits really well with a of
the folks in line who have but one eyebrow and share the same family
tree. Like I care.
On the way in, right next to the front door, there is a "Burning
Pit" where, I assume, Jim Thorpian virgins (ugly second graders),
are torched in some backwoods, mountain ritual. Once inside, the
first thing I notice is the intense heat. It had to be 90 degrees

in there. Looking around, the place looked different. They were set
up for a concert that was taking place after the show. And man, it
sure looked better when I was half lit last time. That said, it is
still an awesome place for a show. Really intimate confines, but a
way scary crowd, which was around 400 and pretty strong by the way.
Oh, and for those coming in for the May 13th show, and were hoping
for a Friday show here, you are out of luck. It seems that some
school, rumored to be Charles Manson High, is having their PROM
here. Oh man. The bathrooms were just as lovely as I remembered
though. We get inside and meet up with Eric Tennant, Sam Siegel,
Mad Dog, and the Bingo Moose. Also in attendance is our main man,
Dreads, the total loopjob. He walks up to us and says "uuuuhhhhh."
We say "Hi Dreads."
At the beginning of the show, Tod Gordon announces that Sabu is not
there and offered refunds. We did a "F^ck Sabu" chant, but like I
said, we ain't in Kansas anymore Toto. These people had one chant,
and they said it all night. "We want blood." The whole crowd
stayed. Jess will cover the matches themselves.
Notes: Steve Richards worked his balls off all weekend. He got a
ton of time managing as Jason is gone . . . This crowd was scary. I
saw 10 people get thrown out. One guy got tossed, and as security
walked past, the guy handed me the tossed idiot's beer. I handed it
to Mr. Misnik. A few minutes later, Tom is DRINKING The beer of this
interbred freak who got tossed. Way to go Moose. You are hardcore
. . . The Rottens deserve every penny they get paid. These guys
work their freaking balls off and give everything they have . . .
Jess McGrath got lucky and got to collect the money while the Public
Enemy had their pics taken with fans at intermission . . . Misnik,
proving he is anything BUT no good, brought a bag of Pretzel
Goldfish. Great job Moose. We talked about convention 2, which I
already posted about on the 'net and just had a great freaking time.
At 9:40 I said "This is what wrestling is all about." Sammy did the
funniest stunt of the night. Ron Simmons, who we dog unmercilessly,
comes out. He screams that he has a 3 story home, a ton of money,
etc. After the show, Sam goes up to him and says:
"So Ron, you say you have a three story home?"
Ron says "Yeah."
Sam says "I didn't know they MADE three story mobile homes."
Ron CRACKS UP. We BS with him a little more, and he is really cool.
I go up to him and say: "You really suck Ron." He says "Why?" I say
"Because we love to hate your guts, and how we supposed to do it now
that we know you are a nice guy?" He says "I STILL hate all of you"
and starts laughing again. Cool guy folks.
On the way back, we stop at the Carbon Mini Mart, or something like
that, to get gas. I was just thankful somewhere was opened to get
gas. We see Linda Roufa and some of the Japanese contingent there.
They were here filming a documentary. Nice folks. We rode home, and
continued to be the morons that we are.
Saturday 4\15.
We had a great party, as usual, in the lot. In attendance were:
Rat, Eugie, 212, Alex (Killer of all beer), Mad Dog, Tim Walker

(Photographer to the stars), Ed Zohn, Tod Gordon, Septic, Eric

Tennant, Sammy, Tom, Golfer John, Bret Schwan and his pal (Rick?),
Jess, Arizona John, and myself. Around 4:30, the line at the advance
door starts so we go over. We raise h3ll and generally act like
children for the next few hours. At that time, John Lanigan, Mike
Palij, and Eric Chmiel stop on by. We have a crowd as usual. There
was a Carnival going on across the street, and it looked like it
from some of the folks there. Oh wait, they were there for the
wrestling.
Once we get inside, we see that, for the second show in a row, their
are @ssholes already sitting in OUR Bleacher seats.
NOTE TO TOD GORDON: We MUST have OUR seats roped off. We made
those stinking bleachers.
It appears that the Bleacher Bums have wannabe's, which is scary as
h3ll. Arizona John is pissed. He was one of the Originals, like Me
and Rat. We remember the days when there were 300 people there and
we want our seats d@mmit. So I say "F^ck it. Let 's just be as rude
as hell to them." And we were. All night.
Mad Dog and I caught up with Tommy Dreamer before the show. Man, I
used to hate him and now I think he is a good worker and great guy.
(Sidenote to Tod Gordon: Shaddup!). Psycho Kid Billy tells us that
he beat No Good Kid Mikey for their championship in their Asphalt
Wrestling League. Anyone wanting tapes, write Eugene as he has their
address.
Wannabe Bleacher Bums were to our left, behind Tom, and man, what
mental rejects these guys were. They tried to engage us in a "Chant
Off" and we turned our back on them. We did lots of other stupid,
entertaining stuff, like we always do.
Opener was Mikey Whipwreck vs. Steve Richards. Richards had Raven
with him, so Mikey went to the back and brought out Hack Myers. Here
are three young guys who are really developing into good wrestlers,
and good workers. Steve Richards has improved so much in the last
few months. He is getting really good on the stick, and has good
ring presence. This match was pretty good and Mikey goes over with
a FrankenWhipwreck. (BTW, I noticed that Meltzer started copying my
FrankenFillInTheNameOfTheWrestlerDoingThe Move in the last issue.)
Raven does a run in, and then Hack follows suit. Pitbulls do a run
in, followed by the Public Enemy. The PE makes the save and Rocco
takes the mic, as he takes the wallet from Hack pocket. He says "I
would save anybody for . . . . (as he opens the wallet) TWO
Dollars??????" Really funny stuff.
Next up is "Sumo Genjin" vs. "HitMan" Tony Stetson. Stetson spits
on Hawaiian Boy as he comes out. Really BAD match. The Japanese guy
was wearing face paint and leopard like tights. Match was so bad we
turned our back and chanted "Bingo!" Genjin got the pin. This match
was filmed for the Japanese Documentary.
Next Axl Rotten comes out with a trashcan filled with gimmicks. This
will be the "Fan's Choice" match and he brings everything out saying
"do you want this Leather strap? Do you want an 'I quit?' Do you
want a baseball bat? Or a Barbed Wire bat?" Finally he says that
his personal choice is to use ALL of the gimmicks, a Bad Breed Death
match. Axl did a great job on the interview. Just then Ian attacks

him and we are off to the races Grap fans. Typical psychotic, wild,
crazy, all over the place match that these two have become known
for. They just do not get paid enough, whatever it is, to take the
abuse they do. Both, of course, bled like stuck pigs from various
parts of their bodies. They use all of the gimmicks and brawl every
place. Rat calls it the "Starburst Match" cause the juice is loose.
Ian unravels the Barbed wire and wraps Axl up in. Axl has arm juice.
Ian gets back-dropped into the first row and then gets hit with a
pair of pliers to the head. Rat says "This would kill a lesser
show." Ian uses an orthopedic crutch. Ian puts a trashcan over Axl's
head and then hits him in the "head" with the ball bat." Axl does a
spinning kick to the face. Ian throws Sign Guy's chair, with his
jacket on the back, at Axl in the ring. I think somewhere in here
was where Tim Walker got blood all over his shirt. Axl and Ian
trade barbed wire necklaces. Molineaux appears to be about to lose
his lunch as he looks away from the carnage. Axl misses a kneedrop
from the top. Ian wrapped barbed wire around Axl's back and hit him
with a chair for the pin. Awesome. reads proves his insanity by
high fiving a bloody Ian's hand.
Joey comes out for an interview, and we do the Oh My God Chant. It's
Richards and Raven and since we can't really hear them, we decide to
crowd surf this kid Frankie. We pass him around the bleachers a few
times. It should look pretty cool on TV.
Raven, with Richards (who now has highlights in his hair and we
were chanting Fabio and Farrah at him) and the girl from Summer
Camp with a body to kill for vs. Tommy "He's Hardcore (TM Brian
Socha)" Dreamer. We are doing our "He's Hardcore" chant when Raven
does a plancha over the top onto him on the floor. How rude. During
the match, we goad sign guy to use the cane to lift up the chick's
dress. With that body, she HAS to be a dancer. Has to be. Finally,
the guy next to Sign Guy takes his cane and does flash us. She is
wearing hardly any underwear. Crowd does a "Show your Tits" chant.
Dreamer uses a kitchen sink. A fan hands Dreamer Godzilla and he
uses it. We sing Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla." Misnik makes up
for drinking the convicts beer last night by handing Dreamer a dozen
eggs, and he toasts Raven and Richards with them. How cool! Tommy
juices. Hot match with lots of great moves. Dreamer loses by DQ
when he goes nuts and DDT's everyone, including the ref., and then
piledrives the slink. Her dress goes all the way up and nothing is
left to the imagination. Tommy gives his pals in the Bleachers an
extra long look, if you get my drift. He then comes up into THE
Bleachers and leads the Bums in an ECW champ. I love this guy.
Really good match.
Eddy Guerrero and Dean Malenko went to a time limit draw in an
absolutely incredible match for the ECW TV Title. This was one of
the best technical matches I have ever seen live, and was completely
and total scintillating to watch. The crowd, with the exception of
the 4 @ssholes in the Wannabe Bleachers who we turned our backs on
earlier, loved this and gave them a standing ovation afterwards.
Eddy was supposed to wrestle Sabu, but we know what happened there.
As much as I like Sabu, there is simply no way he would have had the
*wrestling* match that Dean did. These guys were both just awesome.
Tons of hot moves like suplexes and top rope FrankenGuerreros.
Planchas and back body drops on the floor. Head scissors, Nuclear
Planchas. Awesome. Great crowd heat and everyone was popping for
the near falls. Jess says "this is Great." Jess is right. As long
as Eddy is here, I say Sabu Who? At the end of the match, I start

an ECW chant, just to show people that we appreciate everything.

And everyone joins in. Eddy takes the mic and says he does not feel
good since he did not beat him. He says it was a great match and
they will dance again.
Note to Tod Gordon: I loved this match. Gimme more. Please. Please?
Gimme more. This stuff is hardcore too. I am a happy guy.
Sumo Genjin comes back, in what everyone knows is a way to get his
brain rattled by 911. Paul E. comes out and Mr. Genjin will be used
as a surrogate to a certain ex-ECW wrestler who chose Japan over the
ECW. Paul is hilarious. A F^ck Sabu chant starts. Taz comes out and
toasts the guy with two suplexes on the head. 911 comes and does the
chokeslam, but the guy did not take it well, and did not get up
well, so the next one was rude.
My hero, and the man who stands for all that is good, The Sandman
vs. Shane Douglas for the ECW Title. Sandman is still wearing his
RSPW Convention T-shirt, and in fact now has a few to choose from.
We had a new wrinkle tonight. We did a lighter tribute, like you do
at a concert when you want the band to do an encore. Sandman
appeared to love it. Shane comes out with Woman, and as he comes
by, the Bums turn their back on him. I will blindly, and stupidly,
follow but one man in ECW, and that is his opponent, my hero. We
chant "B!tch" at Woman, as that is what Sandman called her. A guy,
who was obviously making fun of Shane and Flair, was wearing a dress
at ringside and had a sign that said "Shane, what's your dress
size?" Pretty good match and a lot better than last week. They did
lots of cool moves. We did a "Flair still lives" chant at Shane.
Built into a very good match where at the end, Woman takes the cane
and whacks SHANE in the leg, and Sandman falls on him for the pin
and we have a NEW ECW Heavyweight Champion! We do a "Shane is Dead"
chant. Shane gets a WWF Monday Night Raw T-shirt from a guy at
ringside and puts it on and says something about going to New York
to wrestle. He then walks right out the front door. Really cool
angle. Rumor before the show had Sandman winning, and Shane jumping
to Titan when school lets out. We look up at Woman and chant "You
done good." Woman blows us a kiss and Eugie got an erection.
Pitbulls vs. the Public Enemy for the ECW Tag Titles. PE are so far
over it's pitiful. Rocco makes fun of Richards who is the Roid Boys
manager. Very good match with quadruple juice. They brawled
everywhere. This was the first match with frying pans, a toilet
seats, and other stuff like soda cans and a toaster. They go
everywhere. They even did some cool wrestling moves. Rocco took a
powerslam from the ring to the floor through a table. Then Johnny
does a Vader bomb from the second rope onto Bull 2 through a table.
Johnny gets the pin with rollup on Pit Bull 1. For everyone who says
that Sabu is ECW, I disagree. The PE ARE ECW.
911 vs. Ron Simmons. I could not chant that he really sucked with
the verve I used to. Partly because he was a cool guy, and partly
because he worked harder the last two nights that he ever has here.
911 missed a lot of moves and heard his first boos ever tonight.
Simmons carried the match. Ron sits Al on the top rope and Al stands
up and chokeslams him from there to get the pin. Crowd pops big for
the win, but I'll bet that Paul is a little worried about 911
getting a few boos. Not great at all, but Simmons did really well.
Afterwards, Paul goes to hit Ron with the phone, but Ron wails him.
911 drags Ron back in and chokeslams him.

Terry Funk vs. Cactus Jack in the sickest, most violent match I have
ever seen. Ever. In fact, it was so violent and crazy, I almost
feel guilty that I enjoyed watching it. It makes me question if some
part of me is really that sick. Match was all over the place. Cactus
does the hip buster from the top stage onto a table on the second
stage. Pans, crutches cookie sheets etc. Funk goes to throw Cactus
over the guard rail and he does not make it. Ouch. Cactus throws
Funk headfirst into a table propped against the ropes, twice, and it
did not break. Funk kind of suplexes the table onto Cactus who was
sitting on the top rope, and as the table hits the floor, Golfer
John coolly pushes the table away before it creams two women at
ringside. Cactus grabs the toilet seat and puts it around Funk's
neck. Funk takes Cactus on the apron and powerslams him on the
floor. My God Mr. Foley, you are sick. Funk juiced. Funk brings a
trashcan into the ring. He pulls out a bottle and hits Cactus in
the head. BONK. He hits him again. BONK. Third time is the charm as
he smashes it to bits on Cactus' head. Then Funk takes two bottles
and breaks them. He takes the neck of one and starts carving up
Cactus' arm and head and throat. I could not tell if he really did
it or if Cactus juiced, but there was blood. You are WAY sick Mr.
Foley. "You're a sick f^ck" we chant. Mikey and Hack try to make
the save. No way as Funk ran them off. Funk was doing the spinning
toe hold when somehow, Cactus rolled up Funk for the win.
Afterwards, Sandman comes out and starts caning Cactus and pouring
lamp oil on Sandman when Funk comes out with the flaming Branding
Iron. Funk blew alcohol out of his mouth and toasts Cactus with a
fireball. I felt the heat of it all the way in the bleachers.
Totally psychotic. Funk chased Cactus around with the iron, and then
Cactus got it. The feud with these guys continues, and I am getting
the feeling that we will see Cactus vs. the Sandman on the 13th for
the title.
Awesome show, I am drained. See ya!
WCW WORLD WIDE WRESTLING 4/16/95 by BRYAN FISHER
WHAT YOU MISSED: MENG killed BILL PAYNE . . . JIM DUGGAN over
SLEDGEHAMMER . . . Some words from NICK BUTTWRINKLE . . . FRANK
ANDERSON over MANNY FERNANDEZ . . . A SB Control Center . . . BIG
BUBBA ROGERS over KENNY KENDALL . . . STARS AND STRIPES over 2
Italian dudes . . . ALEX WRIGHT and ARN ANDERSON fought to a draw
. . .
USWA WRESTLING 3/26/95 by CRUNGE
WHAT YOU MISSED: DAVE BROWN and COREY MACKLIN announced: PG-13
are new tag champs, TOMMY RICH has been fined and suspended for
hitting a ref. and RANDY HALES, BRIAN LEE is the new USWA
Heavyweight Champ after beating BRIAN CHRISTOPHER . . . JERRY LAWLER
came out to complain about BILL DUNDEE losing the belt to RAZOR
RAMON . . . CRUSHER BONES and CHRIS KANYON, managed by DIAMOND MIKE,
lost to PG-13 . . . DOWNTOWN BRUNO (AKA HARVEY WHIPPLEMAN), came out
and said he would take over for Corey; Dave said thanks but no
thanks . . . a recorded clip of Corey telling us GORGEOUS GEORGE III
would be teaming with MABLE . . . back in the studio, Dave called out
GG III to tell us who his mystery partner would be; surprise, it is
Mable . . . GG III and Mable squashed two jobbers . . . Bruno came
back out and insulted Corey . . . MISS TEXAS video . . . Texas came
out, so did Bruno, and Bruno and Texas insulted each other . . .
recorded comments from Tommy Rich at a lake; basically he said he
should get the match against Razor, and that he was the only one

with the fire left in his heart . . . Lawler beat JACK HAMMER easily
. . . JIMMY HARRIS, now just JIMMY the Security Guy, came out to
make sure things were safe for Brian Lee; Lee came out and beat TD
STEELE . . . Bruno came out, called out Texas, then called out his
wife, Karen, who he claimed he met in Scotland while over there with
the WWF; Bruno held Texas while Karen slapped and kicked her . . .
Brian Christopher came out and beat the HUMAN TORCH . . .
STATE OF WRESTLING BY Rob AKA Laret@aol.com
Well the big news this week is that Sabu no-showed the ECW
3-Way show. The fans weren't too happy (massive understatement), and
began a chant that was repeated over and over all night long.
Personally I think Sabu is probably the best wrestler around right
now (in N. America anyway), but I still would have chanted along
with everybody else. The reason is that Sabu double-booked himself
and didn't tell anybody at ECW that he was going to do the Japanese
show instead. Another thing that annoyed me was then Sabu commented
that ECW wouldn't last much longer. This is just plain dumb, he has
absolutely no right to annoyed with the fans because it was his
fault for double booking himself. Oh well I wish I had something
more positive to move onto but . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A newsmagazine show (can't remember which one but its on ABC),
is preparing a piece on steroid usage in wrestling and the deaths
that result from it. Now I'm not going to stand here and defend any
wrestlers who use steroids but I will be shocked if the piece is
even slightly objective or fair. They will no doubt concentrate on
the deaths and give the impression to the general public that
steroids are still running through the veins of every wrestler
today. Maybe I'm wrong and the show will devote time to what is
going on now (which isn't perfect but is still much better than ten
years ago), rather than what happened years ago.
Sid is now officially in the $$$ corporation. This Sid/Shawn
Michaels/Diesel angle just keeps getting more and more complicated.
I hope this is leading somewhere incredible (like a triangle match),
rather than just fizzling out. The WWF looks like it is devoted to
allowing its wrestlers to compete in the independents. Apart from
trying to form a friendly relationship with the independents this
may also be because they have a large amount of name talent that
they can't give air time to. The WWF has got more talent into the
ring and they still have some wrestlers yet to make there debut.
Unlike the continual downsizing of . . .
WCW. They once again dragged out the "international" board
members to vote on Flair. To the shocking surprise of everybody
(insert sarcasm here), he was reinstated. Now he will battle in the
US Tournament. It is just amazing how stupid WCW is. Last week they
had Austin job for Sting for crying out loud. Would it be possible
for them to waste talent any more than they are now???? I honestly
think that they are intentionally trying to self-destruct.
Well that's it for this week. Seeya!
COUNTING THE RING LIGHTS by MIKE TESTA
I had a very long week, so I will keep this short. It now looks
like Shawn Michaels will be going face for sure. I was thinking they
might have Michaels vs. Diesel at In Your House, with Sid
interfering for Michaels, exposing a set up. But now Sid will win
the title, followed by Shawn taking it at KOTR . . . I like Michael
"Dok Hendrix" Hayes on Superstars, but what's with his name? Does
this mean Lawler is gone, or is he just on RAW from now on? . . .
What was the deal with Jerry Jarrett being ripped on during the JJ
match on Zone? I take it he has signed with WCW.

FROM THE MIND OF THE MANIAC by "MANIAC" MIKE BLADE

IMHO . . .
The WWF has recovered nicely from their WrestleMania debacle.
The last two weeks of Raw have proven that they are able to pull off
good matches and great angles. Though I think Vince could have
managed more than that silly expression as he left the ring when
Sid attacked Shawn. But they've built up a decent, unpredictable
feud involving Sid, Shawn and Kevin. All this and Eudy pulls off a
title shot with his first in-the-ring PPV in the WWF in three years
(and you thought he'd fall apart by now . . . well, so did I).
The WWFjr meanwhile is still floundering under the butting
heads of Flair and HH. Flair wants to relive his glory days as a
Horseman. HH wants to relive his glory days as a giant killer. In
the meantime we're treated to stupid skits featuring the "WCW
International Board of Directors". We're treated to Flair as Bob
Backlund praying to a paper cutout of HH (I'd always suspected HH
was a paper champion, finally the proof has arrived.) We're treated
to the most amazingly blatant rip-off anyone has ever attempted with
this asinine Renegade foolishness. And, we still have to contend
with the Dancing Nazi.
I took a casual survey over the last few weeks. Where can you
get the most wrestling time in an hour program? Based on my
stopwatch accuracy (it's a Timex), WWF and WWFjr provide about the
same amount of action in the course of an hour. WWF Monday Night Raw
has a little over 27 and a half minutes of mat action (including any
run-ins that may occur), WWFjr Saturday Night is also around the 27
and a half mark. The real shock was ECW on Prime Sports . . . an
astounding 14 minutes and 55 seconds! Yes, the wrestlers in ECW work
harder, but do we really need 45 minutes of recaps and bad vitamin
commercials?
I find Stephanie Wiand far less annoying when she's working
with Stan Lane. However, I find Stan Lane far less annoying when
he's working with Stephanie than when he's filling in on The Action
Zone. I might be able to stomach Mania if they actually came up with
an exclusive match or two rather than a poorly done repeat of Raw.
WWFjr Pro could use two fewer announcers. Gordon Solie was
great in his day, his day is past. Dusty Rhodes quite possibly has
never had a coherent thought in his life, he should never be handed
a microphone. Why not bring Chris Cruise up from the back room and
team him with Larry Zbyszko? I know a lot of people don't like
Zbyszko, but those are usually the same people who complain that
people make fun of wrestling. Zbyszko doesn't play games. He
doesn't spout bad jokes. He just give good color commentary,
basically he does his job.
I'm expecting that any time now, either the Heavenly Bodies
will disappear from the WWF, or turn on Cornette since he's now
managing the tag team title holders in "Owen and the Fatman." I also
expect that Vince and Jim will be addressing the Renegade question
with a definite answer.
While I'd like to see Curt Hennig wrestling again, I don't
think that WWFjr will pony up the kind of money he deserves. Let's
face it, their other overpriced talent has done nothing for them. I
don't see Stunning Steve hanging around long if he's going to have
to job for Dancing Boy.
Well, I'm spent. My back is screaming and I feel like I've been
run over by a steamroller. Yuckity, yuk, yuk. Nice to hear the
McMannequin phrase turn up again. Vinnie actually managed to look
Po'ed when he heard it. I, on the other hand, was LOL (as I will be
until next week).

NOTES FROM THE MAD DOG

It's a week later and thankfully, I can say that my hearing
seems to be returning to normal after three wonderful weeks of
deafness in my left ear. Thanks to all that inquired about my
health, and know that slowly but surely I'm getting better and I
promise to take it easy from now on. No more driving 700 miles to
three wrestling shows in two days -- or at least no more driving
700 miles without LOTS OF SLEEP between those miles! <g>
This weekend was strange because I attended both of the ECW'S
shows this weekend and they surprised the heck out of me by putting
on the best shows I've seen in quite a while in *both* their Jim
Thorpe, PA, location and in Philly. For a federation that was
supposed to be dying without SABU -- they put on two memorable
shows and, in the end, we all came away witnessing a new ECW
Champion be crowned as THE SANDMAN took the title from SHANE
DOUGLAS, and WOMAN, thankfully, returned to the side of the smoking
Sandman where she belongs.
Eddy Guerrero and Dean Malenko get high marks for putting on
the best WRESTLING event of the weekend as they wrestled a Ten
Gazillion star match in Philly and brought the ECW TV Title back to
some sort of important status within the promotion. I wish that
the guys in WCW would take a look at that match and realize what a
TV title match *should* look like and get ARN ANDERSON off of his
duff and defend that title of his with some quality work.
While I'm kissing up to the ECW crowd, I must say that I want
to personally thank the team of TOM MISNIK & ED ZOHN for bringing
TOD GORDON to the on-line world for a special Q&A Chat on the
on-line service I work for. Tod answered the critics on the SABU
issue and showed everyone that while the ECW isn't for everyone -the guy who runs it has real class and style. My hat goes off to
Tod and I'm looking forward to getting him on-line for another chat
ASAP! :)
I'd also like to take my hat off to SAM Siegel, who put me and
the Dashing TIM WALKER up for the weekend up at his apartment.
While the climb to the top floor of his building was awful at 2 AM
we couldn't find a more gracious host. Sam, you're all right -even if you're one of those horrible MAC people! :p
In other news, we're looking for some house show reports. A
lot of people have complained that we don't a lot of house shows
other than ECW ones. Well, my answer is that hey, we don't get a
whole heck of a lot of regular house show reports other than the
ECW ones! So to solve this problem, hey -- SEND YOUR REPORTS IN!
WWF, WCW, NWA, ACW, ACF, AAA, you name it -- the address is:
RINGREPORT@aol.com, and the final deadline to make the Ring Report
is Sunday nights at 7 PM Eastern Time.
Also note that if you find a wrestling show on in your area
that we don't cover on a regular basis you're welcome to write up
the report on the show and send it in. Style should follow our set
TV style, and the deadline is the same -- 7 PM Eastern Sunday
nights.
Finally, Ed Zohn is updating his list of ECW carrying stations
around the country. In order to help Ed out I've leant him the use
of my MDOGMAIL@aol.com account. He asks that if you see ECW in your
area please jot down the time, day and station and send it to the
MDOGMAIL@AOL.COM account so he can update that list. He'd also
like to know about any problems you're experiencing with stations
that carry the ECW TV on a regular basis so he can address the
complaints with the ECW TV guys. All help is appreciated an you
have my personal thanks in advance!

With that I'm off to laugh at something funny STEVE RICHARDS

said to me this weekend (I'll be laughing for the rest of my life),
so . .
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
MADDOGJMF & Company!
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