From: bh929@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Palij)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: RSWP Mini-FAQ Re-Post
Date: 28 Dec 1992 22:43:07 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bh929@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mike Palij)
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As a public service to people who are coming across this newsgroup
for the first time during the Christman/New Year interlude, here
is a repost of the Rec.Sport.Pro-Wrestling Mini-Frequently Asked
Questions list. (Yes Vriginia there is a Maxi-FAQ but this should
do just fine until the Max Faq is posted next month).

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                           RSPW Mini-FAQ
                          December 17, 1992
                   
                     Based upon the full FAQ by:
                    Christopher Forrest Bertholf
                     Portland State University
                         Portland, Oregon
                    
                         Recompiled by:
                         Jeremy Nelson

                  This update: December 18, 1992
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Q.  "Who was the first professional wrestling 'Worlds Champion'?"

William Muldoon, during the decade 1870-80, waas considered the world's 
  first professional wrestling champion.  After 1900, he was followed by 
  Frank Gotch, considered the peer of all time because of the science he 
  imparted to the sport.  He defended his title against all challengers and 
  retired undefeated.  

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Q. "Who is the Ultimate Warrior?"
   "Did the Ultimate Warrior die, and who is his replacement?"
   "Where is the Ultimate Warrior?"
   "Who is 'Slim Jim' everyone talks about?"

The Ultimate warrior is JIM HELLWIG -- Always has been.  He did NOT die.

The Ultimate Warrior has undergone several cosmetic changes, (Getting his hair
  dyed, getting his teeth capped, going on and off of steriods) each starting
  a new "rumor" about his death or replacement, but The Ultimate Warrior has
  always been the same person.

Right now, the Ultimate Warrior is under suspension for the second time from the
  WWF.  The first time was in 1991 when he was suspended by McMahon after Summer
  Slam up through WMVIII, for a money dispute.  The Warrior's current suspension
  is also for the same reason: he demanded more money, and McMahon fired him.

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Q. "Who is Razor Ramon?"
   "Where is the Diamond Studd?"
   "What happened to Scott Hall?"

Razor Ramon (aka Diamond Studd) (aka Big) (aka Starship Coyote) is Scott Hall.
  Scott Hall has wrestled since 1984, where he started out in the Central States
  area.  He moved to the AWA and became a major star there, and won the tag
  team belts with Curt Hennig (aka Mr. Perfect).  Hall and Hennig lost the 
  belts controversially, and Hall worked a little while longer in the AWA, and
  then worked the independant circuit for a while, until he resurfaced in the
  WCW/NWA as "The Diamond Studd".  Hall is now wrestling in the WWF as mega-heel
  Rrrrrrrazor Rrrrrramon.

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Q. "Who is Steve DiSalvo?"
Steve DiSalvo used to be the local joke. His name will still pop up as the 
  answer to almost all stupid/uninformed questions asked on this newsgroup. 
  Steve has wrestled mainly out of Calgary.

  The Steve DiSalvo thing was started by Sean P. Ryan, when he mentioned
  that the Studd resembled Steve. Some other posters immediately took
  this to be the explanation for the different looks of Scott Hall, and
  began posting "The Diamond Studd is not Scott Hall... It's Steve DiSalvo"
  type posts. This was the beginning of a massive joke campaign by regulars
  to r.s.p-w of answering all uninformed questions about the identity of any 
  wrestler with "It's Steve DiSalvo!".

  The basic joke usually plays out like:

      Uninformed poster: "Who is <Wrestler X>?"
      Jokester:          "Steve DiSalvo :^)"

      Uninformed poster: "Did the first Ultimate Warrior really die?"
      Jokester:          "Yes. He was replaced by Steve DiSalvo :-)"

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Q. "Where is Kerry Von Erich?"

Kerry Von Erich began wrestling in 1980 in the World Class area.  Kerry won
   the NWA title on May 1984 from Ric Flair and held it for 18 days.
   Kerry became involved in a feud with Jerry Lawler for the AWA title
   in 1988, resulting in the creation of the Unified title, which was supposed
   to join the WCCW Heavyweight and AWA Heavyweight titles.  Kerry lost the 
   unification match to Lawler in December 1988.  In 1990, Kerry joined the WWF 
   and defeated Curt Hennig for the Intercontinental Belt at SummerSlam.  He lost
   the title back to Hennig a few months later.  Recently, Kerry disappeared
   from the WWF after he was arrested for forging a prescription to obtain drugs 
   in Texas.  Kerry was found guilty and sentenced to a ten year suspended 
   sentence and a $6,000 fine.
  
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Q. Are the "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth really married?
Not any more. They were married, but they are now divorced.
   It did not happen in the wrestling ring the first time. Randy Poffo
   and Elizabeth Hewlett were were officially married November 30, 1984;
   Several years prior to "The Match Made in Heaven," which was just a 
   gimmick by Vincent McMahon used as a draw for SummerSlam '91.

   Elizabeth is rumored (read RUMORED) to be a niece of Vince McMahon's.

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Q. Are Randy "Macho Man" Savage and The Genius (Leapin' Lanny) really related?
Yes. Their real names are Randy Poffo and Lanny Poffo; They are Brothers.
   Their father is Angelo Poffo, a pretty good wrestler in his day.

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Q. "Are Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake really brothers?"
Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) and Brutus Beefcake (Ed Leslie) are not brothers.
  They did wrestle together as brothers a long time ago, but that was just an
  angle for the marks. Terry is responsible for getting his buddy Ed into the
  WWF.

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Q. "Where is Hulk Hogan?"
Hulk Hogan is on vacation from the WWF so that he can make movies. He is rumored
   to be returning for Wrestlemania.  He is NOT expected to be wrestling at
   the Royal Rumble.

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Q. "What ever happened to Brutus Beefcake?"
   "Whats the deal with the accident involving Brutus Beefcake?"
Brutus Beefcake was involved in a boating accident July 4, 1990 that smashed
  his face. He has undergone massive plastic surgery to correct the problem
  and has several steel reinforcing plates in his head. It is expected 
  that Brutus will never wrestle again.

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Q.  Who is this clown joker in the WWF?  Is he going to wrestle or what?
The antics of "the clown" are becoming more pronounced every week in WWF syndie
    shows.  The clown's real name is Matt Bourne, (aka Big Josh) and is formally
    going by the name "Doink the Clown".  No word yet as to when Doink will 
    wrestle, but it has been asserted that it will be as a heel.

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Q.  Is Sgt. Slaughter a real sergeant?
I have heard both ways, but the only substantiated point of view I have seen was
    that he was NOT, in fact a real sergeant.

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Q. "What is the real story behind Lex Luger leaving WCW?"
   "Where is Lex Lugar?"
   (From Herb Kunze)
Luger's disappearance from WCW has nothing to do with his health and
   much to do with his lack of love for the business.  WCW's contract with
   Luger runs through until 1993.  The contract guarantees Luger a salary
   per year and gives a maximum number of dates that he'll have to work
   per year.  This second part is not uncommon.  When WCW originally brought
   in Stan Hansen and Big Van Vader, they eventually signed them to a deal
   where the wrestler would work 100 dates out of the year.  That left
   them free enough to work their Japanese shows.  Anyhow, in Luger's
   case, nobody could anticipate Ric Flair jumping ship, and when that
   happened, the company had to choose between Luger and Sting as champion.
   Sting blew his run as a champion in 1990 from a financial point of
   view, so they went with Luger.  Suddenly Luger is working more dates.

   The second year of his three year contract runs from March 1991 to 
   March 1992.  By the end of 1991 he's already worked the number of
   dates specified in his contract.  So, he has every legal right to
   sit on his ass and not work any more shows, and WCW still has to pay 
   him his salary through until March 1992.  If he had any love for the
   business or some interest in his future or the future of the company,
   he might be a little more flexible.  As it is, he says he won't work
   any more shows.  That's no TV tapings.  That's no Clashes.  Nothing.
   Furthermore, his love for the business is so small that he tells
   WCW he wouldn't mind leaving the company when the second year of
   his contract runs out.  They negotiate and reach a settlement
   wherein Luger agrees to work one final show (SuperBrawl II) and
   drop the title to Sting and WCW agrees to let him leave the company
   (probably with a cash settlement) with the proviso that he can't work
   as a wrestler for any other North American promotion until March 1993.

    Luger is now sitting around waiting for his obligation to end.  It is
    rumored that Luger may be in the Royal Rumble or WrestlemMania.

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Q. "What happened to Tully Blanchard?"
Tully has given up professional wrestling and become an evangelist; Preaching
   the way of the Lord, the evils of drugs, and the evils of steroids, on a
   regular basis. Rumor has it that he is happy, and has no plans of ever
   returning to the squared circle.

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Q. "What is the story behind the WWF 'King'?"
A little after the first Wrestlemania, the WWF advertised a "King of the
   Ring" Tournanment.  JYD won by countout over Randy Savage (heel, fairly 
   new to the WWF) in the first tournament.  Ever since then, they have been 
   having the King of the Ring Tournament every summer, though not much (if 
   any) publicity is given to it.

   Race came into the WWF and won the tournament.  He declared himself the 
   King of the WWF.  They never explained that he won the tournament, but 
   the WWF still had a coronation for him.

   When Race left, they announced he was hurt in a match against Hogan 
   (despite wrestling later at the Wrestlemania IV battle royal). Haku 
   became the next king of the WWF (chosen by Bobby Heenan to replace 
   Harley Race).

   At Royal Rumble, Haku battled Harley Race for the title of King.  Haku 
   won and remained King.  Haku started "defending" the crown.  He Lost to
   Jim Duggan, who had a coronation, he defended the crown before losing to
   Macho Man.  Savage was a heel at that time, and for a while became the 
   "Macho King".  
   
   After using his scepter to cost Ultimate Warrior the title, Macho lost the 
   loser retires match at WM VII.  Jerry Lawler, who has been known thoughout
   his career as 'The King' has surfaced in the WWF, and has declared himself
   the King of the WWF.

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Q. "What ever happened to Bruiser Brody?"
   "Whats the story behind Brody's death?"
Bruiser Brody was killed in Puerto Rico by Jose Huertes Gonzales (he
  was acquitted, but all but admitted his guilt by taking place in an
  angle with Atsushi Onita that paralleled the incident).  Supposedly, 
  Brody was stabbed for refusing to do a job. He was stabbed three times, 
  including one stab to the liver. The official cause of death was bile 
  poisoning.

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Q. "Have any wrestlers held belts in the AWA, NWA/WCW, and WWF in the last
    15 years?"
Yes. Only three wrestlers have done it since 1977.
    The Legion Of Doom (Hawk and Animal -- The Road Warriors)
       (WWF, AWA & NWA TAG)
    Larry Zbyszko (AWA WORLD, WWF & WCW Tag, and the NWA Western States Heritage Title)

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Q. "What ever happened to Adrian Adonis?"
It took place on July 4th, 1988 in Newfoundland, near Gander and Lewisporte,
   on the Trans Canada Highway.  The accident involved a mini-van which 
   contained Adonis, Dave "Wildman" McKigney and the Kelly Twins. The van 
   came upon a moose in the road and swerved to avoid it, going down a 
   ~10-15' embankment into a pond.  The slippery conditions complicated
   matters, and are probably partially responsible for the accident.
   The fact that they swerved at all should not be put into question. 
   There are more people killed by hitting several tons of moose than are 
   killed by missing them.

   Adonis and McKigney were killed, as well as one of the Twins. The other 
   Twin had his legs crushed in the accident, and obviously hasn't returned 
   to wrestling.

   Adonis had just come off a Japan tour, his first since leaving the WWF,
   and was working for McKigney while waiting to start for Stampede.

   Rural Newfoundland was, is, and forever will be a hotbed of wrestling. 
   The unfortunate thing is that the people seldom, if ever, get to see a 
   live house show.  Adrian was providing "name" entertainment at a time 
   of the year when "No" entertainment is the rule.

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Q. "Was Adrian Adonis really a homosexual?"
NO. "Adorable Adrian" was a homophobic character invented by the tasteless
   Vincent J. McMahon, played by the happily married and heterosexual Adrian
   Adonis (Quite well, I might add). This shouldn't matter to anyone 
   elightened above cro-magnon level, but it gets asked enough that it was 
   suggested by several people that it should be in the MiniFAQ.

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Q. "What ever happened to Terry Taylor?"
   "Was Terry Taylor really the 'Red Rooster'?"
   "Who was the 'Taylor Made Man'?"
Terry Taylor is wrestling in WWF as Terrific Terry Taylor. He did wrestle
 in the WWF as the "Red Rooster", but wishes that everyone would just forget
  about that mistake, which was quite injurious to his career.

  Notice the spelling for Taylor in "Taylor Made Man".

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Q. What are these FWF posts I see on RSPW?
The FWF, (Fictitional Wrestling Federation) is run by The Stilt Man, 
    Jason Steeves, and Liam Kelly.  They promote their own wrestling federation 
    on the net, with some excellent writing. The wrestlers are usually products 
    of their collective imagination, with some ideas from the net, and some 
    wrestlers (such as "The Sheepwhackers") used purely for spoofs.

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Q. "Where can I get more information about <X>"
   "Where can I get archived r.s.p-w posts?"
   "I Can't post.  Is there an e-mail address I can use?"
   "Where can I get a copy of this FAQ or the original FAQ?"

Lists of wrestlers REAL names can be requested from several people.
  The same is true of lists of wrestling relations, history of titles,
  and a list of commonly used terminology in r.s.p-w.

  There is also a mail server where you can do searches and get postings.   
  Send mail to 

     scifi!wrestlesearch@uunet.uu.net 

  with a subject line of 'help' for information.

You can post to RSPW by mailing your article to the following address:

     rec.sport.pro-wrestling@ucbvax.berkeley.edu

You can get a copy of this FAQ, or the older, full FAQ by mailing a request to:

     rspw-faq@iastate.edu

 stating which FAQ you would like. (NOTE: I will not be around from December 19-
 January 18, so any requests made during that time will be filled after Jan 18.)

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Q. "What happened to the NWA?"
The NWA, now almost defunct, has been rechristened the WCW. Rumor has it that
  WCW may change their name back to NWA, but it has not been substantiated to
  date. You can still see the NWA logo on the WCW broadcasts.
The NWA world championship and NWA tag championships have been reinstated.

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Q. "What does the term <X> mean in all of these posts?"
The following terms are commonly used in this newsgroup. These are lifted from
a list compiled by Byron C. Howes. The entire list is available to anyone who
wants it, via e-mail from myself, and (I assume) Byron as well.

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FACE  noun. & adj.  [Babyface]  A good guy.

HEAT  noun.  Enthusiasm,  a positive response.  The WWF uses a heat machine

HEEL noun. A bad guy.

INTERNATIONAL OBJECT  noun.  Foreign object, something not allowed in the
  ring.  Derived from an order not to use the word "foreign" by the Turner 
  Broadcasting Companies.

JOB  noun.  A staged loss.  A clean job is a staged loss by legal pinfall or
  submission without resort to illegalities.  v.i.  To do a job.  Sometimes
  combined with a descriptive adjective (stretcher job, rope job, tights
  job.)

JOBBER  noun.   An unpushed wrestler who does jobs for pushed wrestlers.
  *** THE WINNER *** Barry Horowitz is probably the best known of these. 
  Sometimes known as fish, redshirts or PLs (professional losers.)

JUICE  noun.  Blood.  v.i.  to bleed, usually as a result of blading.
JUICE  noun.  Steroids. (Juicer - a steroid user).

MARK  noun.  A member of the viewing audience that believes professional 
  wrestling outcomes are not staged and/or believes the propaganda that
  is constantly pumped at them by the marketing machines of the various
  professional wrestling organizations (NWA, WCW, GWF, WWF, etc.) A 
  generally uninformed fan. The opposite of a "smart fan".

POP  noun.  A big fan reaction to a wrestler.

PUSH  verb.  to give a wrestler a series of matches that will improve
  his standing in the fans' eyes.

SCREW-JOB  noun. adj.  A match or ending which is not clean (definite) due to
  factors outside the "rules" of wrestling.

SHOOT  noun.   The real thing, i.e. a match where one participant is
  really attempting to hurt another.  The opposite of work or fake.
  Ignoring the script and going at it for real.  Sometimes the booker 
  will tell a wrestler to make it a shoot, in order to teach another 
  wrestler a lesson about what it means to work and do an occasional
  job.
 
WORKRATE  noun.  The approximate ratio of good wrestling to rest holds in a

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From: dave.scherer%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dave Scherer) 
Q: How can I subscribe to these wrestling sheets that everyone talks about?

A:  Here are the Top 4 wrestling sheets, as rated best to least best by
    Dave.
    
1) The Observer   4 issues for 6 dollars.   Weekly.
   PO Box 1228
   Campbell, CA  95009-1228

2) The Torch  4 issues for 6 dollars.  Weekly.
   PO Box 201844
   Minneapolis, MN  55420

3) Arena Report    1 dollar an issue.   Bi-Weekly.
   PO Box 952547
   Lake Mary, Florida  32795-2547

4) Lucha Libre Weekly   1 dollar an issue.
   1427 West Dickens Ave
   Chicago, IL 60614-3003

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END OF MINI-FAQ


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