From: hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   10/01
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 02:49:03 GMT

 - Rumours have Hulk Hogan returning to the WWF very soon.  Apparently,
   Hogan has finished filming his annual summer movie and was made an
   offer by Vince McMahon to counteract any New Japan offers (that Hogan
   had been strongly rumoured as considering).  The 1993 WWF Calendar
   went to press this week and Hulk Hogan is on the cover.  Rumours
   have already begun of a Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair WrestleMania main
   event in April, 1993.  

 - The match where Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes won the WCW and NWA tag
   titles from Terry Gordy & Steve Williams airs this weekend on WTBS.
   Gordy & Williams will be back in All Japan for the next tour and then
   return to WCW.

 - The Comet Kid (Paul Diamond) debuted on this TV this past weekend.  
   The jet blasters propelling him up the stairs were a little silly,
   but the wrestling wasn't bad.  There is talk that the Comet Kid  
   gimmick will be dropped in favour of the "Maxamillion Moves" 
   character who debuted at the Winnipeg TV tapings (apparently 
   played by Diamond).  I find this hard to believe considering how
   much Vince must have spent on the Comet Kid's costume.  

 - Butch was fired after missing a TV taping.  

 - Reports have it that Lex Luger will be fully recovered from his 
   motorcycle accident by the end of the year and there is some talk
   of him being able to work in the WWF sooner than March, 1993 (the
   date that his obligations to WCW clear up). 

 - WCW has it's annual Halloween Havoc PPV on October 25, 1992.
   Tentative line-up includes:
     - Jake Roberts vs. Sting in a "Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal"
       match, where Sting will apparently spin a gimmicked wheel 
       to determine which type of match takes place.  Matches 
       on the wheel in the "Spin The Wheel Saloon" sketch were
       (in alphabetical order):
        - Barbed Wire
        - Cage   
        - Coal Miner's Glove
        - Dog Collar Match  
        - First Blood 
        - I Quit
        - Lumberjack Match  
        - Prince of Darkness
        - Russian Chain Match
        - Spinner Choice
        - Texas Bull Rope
        - Texas Death Match 
     - Rick Rude vs. Masa Chono for the NWA Heavyweight Title
     - Ron Simmons vs. Barbarian for the WCW Heavyweight Title
   The show will be announced by Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura, with Tony
   Schiavone & Bruno Sammartino hosting (i.e. Bruno gets Eric Bischoff's
   regular spot). 

 - The WWF has it's annual Survivor Series PPV from Richfield, PA,
   on US Thanksgiving weekend.  Matches will include:
      *- Randy Savage & Ultimate Warrior vs. Ric Flair & Razor Ramon
           with trouble-shooting referee Sgt. Slaughter
      *- Big Boss Man vs. Nailz in a nightstick match

 - I correspond on and off with Frank Zicarelli, the pro-wrestling columnist
   for the Toronto Sun.  We usually just exchange info and opinions.  In my
   last response to him, I asked whether he gets mail from anybody about
   video trading and whether it would be feasible to mention in his column
   people interested in trading.  I thought it would be nice to trade with 
   people in Toronto, since we could trade directly without using the 
   postal system.  
     Well, yesterday I got a letter from somebody whose name I didn't
   recognize.  It read something like this:
   " Dear Mr. Kunze,
     I saw your ad in the Ottawa Sun, with regards to pro-wresting videos,
   and am interested in knowing what tapes you have for trade or sale.  
   < blah blah I want anything on the Ultimate Warrior blah blah blah>   "
     The Sun family of newspapers runs Canada-wide, with papers in most
   major cities.  It looks like I'll have an "ad" in all of those papers?!
   
                                                                   Herb... 
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