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Subject: Re: WCW Goings-On...
From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dan Fielding)
Date: 13 Aug 92 13:19:52 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <Bsvx1A.KBI@askinc.ask.COM>, robert@askinc.ask.COM (Robert McMullen) writes:
> DOC & BAM-BAM?  Not!  It's so funny how "the grass is always greener
>                 on the other side" even applies to wrestling.  Just
>                 'cause they wrestle in AJPW automatically makes them
>                 so much better than the Steiners that they can just
>                 walk in and have their way?  Screw that, dude!  Bill
>                 Watts has just succeeded in squashing the truly 
>                 superior team (Steiners) so that his UWF good ol' boys
>                 would come in.  And, boy, are they borrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!

Briefly, to refresh your memory, Rick Steiner also worked for Watts in the UWF,
being in Eddie Gilbert's "First Family" along with Sting and Missy Hyatt.  So
the claim about Watts being biased to his ex-UWF guys isn't really valid. 
Plus, the Steiners aren't the superior team... mainly because they haven't
improved over the past two years.  I mean, think about it.  Grab a tape of
those two guys wrestling the Roadies two years ago at Starrcade, and then watch
the match between them and the MVC from the last Clash... for all intents and
purposes, it's the same style from the Steiners:  punch, kick, big clothesline,
Frankensteiner, pin, enough said.  On the other hand, take a look at some of
the old tapes when Williams and Gordy were tagging in the NWA.  Not a whole lot
of finesse to those matches, because at the time, all they could do was punch,
kick, and powerslam.  So they went to Japan for 18 months, became the Miracle
Violence Combination, did a little bit of learning... now they're a more
diverse team than they were before.

> RON SIMMONS?    F'yeah!  Now, if he can just learn a few more moves other
>                 than:  (1) punch, (2) kick, (3) press opponent over head,
>                 and (4) power slam, he may be a good duration champ.  
>                 Plus, he's been working on interview skills, big time 
>                 (did anyone see WCW Saturday Night's long interview with
>                 him?  Only one or two flubs in four-five minutes...and
>                 pretty inspirational, too!).  If a solid champion-level
>                 heel doesn't get programmed with him soon (and IMHO, 
>                 WCW's only bet is Rude), and/or Flair doesn't come
>                 back, TURN HIM--it'll pick up business! 

Turning Simmons won't help WCW any, removing him as champion will.  Though I
don't think Rude is World champion material by any stretch of the imagination,
he IS the best bet for a challenger that WCW has right now.  That feud, though,
would have been a whole lot more exciting, though, had Rude beaten Chono last
night.

> RICK RUDE?      The best heel in the US today, bar none.  ANYONE who
>                 gets a video copy of tonight's Chono-Rude NWA tourney
>                 final, I'll pay good $ for a dub...e-mail me.

Why?  WCW should be airing highlights at the very least, and they will probably
put most of the match on TBS sometime this weekend anyway.

> JAKE ROBERTS?   Lose the snake, dude, and any other gimmick the WWF
>                 played up (except the DDT--finishers can cross
>                 federations effectively).

All he really took from the WWF was the snake.  But I see your point... I think
if he is allowed to keep the snake, though, he should probably be forced to
stay heel... we'll probably see less of it then.  IMHO, I liked him better as a
face.


Trying to find the nearest pub...

Dan Fielding.

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