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From: cg@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (charles.gavinelli)
Subject: Unconfirmed: Money Inc champs
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 13:19:52 GMT

	I've heard from two sources, each of which
was not able able to totally confirm this, that
the Disasters have been stripped of the belts.
Apparantly, Typhoon has been no-showing. The belts
have been awarded to Money Inc. I'm not sure how it will
be explained to the marks.

	Also, Ric Flair has been no showing since dropping the strap.
DiBiase has been substituting in his absence.

						Charlie
From: andra@cs.widener.edu (Robert Andracsek)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Crush vs. ?
Date: 8 Oct 92 03:09:23 GMT
Organization: Widener University CS Department, Chester PA
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In article <2AD26878.28354@ics.uci.edu> jjermani@ics.uci.edu (John W. Jermanis) writes:
 >In article <visser.718342976@convex.convex.com> visser@convex.com (Lance Visser) writes:
 >>In <1apgikINN4dp@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bi011@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill King) writes:
 >>
 >>
 >>+>Just out of curioisity, with all of these references to Hawaii with
 >>+>Crush, with Perfect saying things like "Well, there are a lot of good
 >>+>wrestlers from there" and so on, is there any one "from" there [ie: billed
 >>+>from there that he could challenge and THEN glide into a tag team with
 >>+>Animal? It just seems pointless to keep mentioning Hawaii if all they
 >>+>are gonna do is team him with Animal? I mean, are they setting up a
 >>+>feud between Crush and Magnificent Muraco or somethin'? What's up with
 >>+>that? Just a thought....
 >>
 >>	Well, there is supposedly a set of samoans (the old SST?) waiting
 >>around to enter the WWF last time I heard.  They could be getting ready
 >>to set up some sort of pacific feud.
 >>
 >>	Then again, the Hawaii stuff could just be invented filler because
 >>the writers finally figured out that the "ya'no, ever since I was a
 >>little kid I liked to crush things" was running out of steam.
 >>
 >
 >	Personally, I think they'll push the SST as Hawaiians.  If they can
 >push Scott Hall as being Cuban, 99% of the marks won't give a second thought
 >to calling the SST Hawaiians...
 >

What about just calling the group of 'em Islanders?  (Cursh and the
SST)  It's not out of the realm of Vinnie's imagination...  anyone
else think this may hapen?

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From: myleslee@next03pg2.wam.umd.edu (Alan Brady Ward)
Subject: Re: Mean Gene in Fargo, ND on 10/7/92
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:50:49 GMT

In article <92282.003443LANDERSO@NDSUVM1.BITNET>  writes:
> Greetings to my fellow r.s.p-w'ers.  Long time no post, eh?!?!  Well, I  
have
> been reading the net, almost daily, and keeping up on things.  Lack of
> motivation and time constraints have prevented me from posting....'til  
today.
> 
> On tonight's local evening news, a press conference was held to announce  
the
> inagural events for the Fargodome which will be opening in December.   
Mean Gene
> Okerlund was in attendance, announcing that the first event will be held  
on
> December 3rd.  You guessed it... a WWF card.
> 
> The soundbite which they broacasted of Gene had him saying  
(paraphrasing):
> "The WWF is pleased to announce that it will hold the first event ever  
in the
> Fargodome, with such stars as former WWF Heavyweight Champion Hulk  
Hogan."
> 
> The card will be on December 3, 1992.  If this wasn't just a ploy to  
sell
> tickets (which I wouldn't put past Vince), I'd wager that Hogan will  
make his
> return at the Survivor Series, and my guess would be making the save  
during the
> Ric Flair/Razor "Studd/Di Salvo/Ramon" vs. Ultimate Maniacs match.

Could be at Survivor Series.

I will say if he plans to do Wrestlemania IX main event, then RR is  
usually used to set it up.  Therefore, he'd have to be back by then.

Al
From: striemer@sklib.usask.ca
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Saskatoon taping
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:05:55 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan

I took my two sons to the show on Monday (my first, their third) and thought
someone, anyone? might be interested in a few comments. I'm not the most
knowledgeable person when it comes to wrestling but I try to keep up so I
can talk to my kids intelligently. They're both marks (I think that's the
term) by the way and I am NOT. There were some new wrestlers introduced, new
to me anyway but the only one I can remember was Damien Demento. The title matchwas okay, they really pushed the winning on Canadian soil angle. They also
interviewed Stu Hart. Marty Jannetty chased Shawn Michaels out of the ring. I
thought MJ was long gone from WWF or maybe it was someone who looked like him.
MJ knocked Scary Sherri out with her heart shaped mirror (hush came over
the crowd) It was pretty entertaining. Terry Taylor and El Matador wrestled for
10 min. ending in a draw. Some in the crowd remembered him as Red Rooster and
cheered for him (my sons included). Berzerker threw his opponent out of the
ring and I think the guy really got hurt because it didn't seem like the match
was really supposed to end like that but my oldest tells me I'm wrong. (He
swears these things aren't scripted) There was some dorky clown trying to wake
the crowd up from its stupor. Is he a regular? Seemed pretty hostile when the
crowd didn't react to him. Most of it was incredible BORING though and 4+ hours
was way too long. Sorry it this posting was incredibly BORING and way too long.

Marilyn
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From: myleslee@next03pg2.wam.umd.edu (Alan Brady Ward)
Subject: Re: Backlund's Push
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:40:18 GMT

This week on the syndies, Backlund made more comments regarding how he'll  
fit in to the current WWF...

He said something akin to... How will Bob Backlund fit into today's WWF,  
with all the glitz, all the glamour, all the FLAIR (emphasis on the flair  
part)...  I'll do just fine cause I'll keep on being just plain me, same  
as I ever was..."

Was it just me, or did anyone else notice the emphasis on flair.  Might it  
hint at a coming series of matches with Ric Flair.  Since Backlund is  
supposedly 43 he and Flair would probably be a good pairing.

This guys whole schtick could well be being plain old Bob Backlund,  
meaning remarkably, he may well fit in with all the other stereotypes out  
there.

Al

(Personal Commentary: Where did he dig that suit up??  I mean, what  
happened, did he lose a bet??"
From: rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: New WWF title belt?
Date: 16 Oct 92 22:36:54 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <mjenkins.719161113@cunews> mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes:
>There's a picture in this week's PWI Weekly of Ric Flair holding up
>one of the WWF *tag team* title belts.

>Anyone who has seen a live show recently, or recent pictures....is the
>WWF making a new title belt? Or is the old one just in for repairs? Or
>did Flair just leave his belt at the hotel accidently?

When Flair first entered the WWF, he owned the NWA title belt, and
he paraded it around at every opportunity.  The NWA/WCW took legal
action, and the WWF had to scramble the belt's image on the pre-
taped stuff and stop showing it.  They turned this into an angle
where Jack Tunney was scrambling the belt because it was not an
official WWF title.  Flair quit using the NWA belt from that point
on, but they had him hold up a tag team title to be scrambled at
that year's Survivor Series (and perhaps some other times).

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From: luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: 1st post to rspw
Date: 7 Oct 92 21:50:18 GMT
Organization: US Naval Research Laboratory, Acoustics Division

In article <1avl2sINN8sh@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> tonyb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Anthony G Barilla) writes:
>hello to all you netters, I've been a lurker way to long.  I just learned how
>to post, either myself or my friend Pat both promise to keep you guys up to
>date with the wrestling that occurs here in central Kansas.  What we have both	experienced is that when we attend WCW matches, they generally run only 2 hrs	which includes an intermission....usually about 9 to 10 matches while the WWF
>shows run in the area of 3 hrs.  I attended a WCW tv taping in Topeka and that
>lasted 4 hrs, but the non tv taping are incredibly short in time, other people
>experienced this?  One last point Eric Watts wrestled here, Manhattan KS, 
>on August 30 or so about, just how many debuts is he going to have?
>well thats it for now will be back later
>                             tony barilla
>                              kansas state university

Wow. 'A+' for stream-of-consciousness writing! :-)

How often do the respective federations get to central Kansas?

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From: fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Survivor Series Discussion
Date: 14 Oct 92 23:51:13 GMT
Organization: Purdue University


  With the talk of possible match ups at Survivor Series, particular the topic
of Vince making more "ordinary" matches instead of Survivor matches, I would
like to ask what the typical buy rate is on the Survivor Series.  Is it the 
lowest of the four regualr WWF PPV's?  I personally like S Series and
Royal Rumble if only to give a "breather" to the other PPV's out there,
including 'Mania and S Slam.  It gives different bookings and angles.

  So, what are the predictions for TEAM line-ups?  I'm nottoo good
at this, but here goes:

     Jimmy Hart stable             The long and short of it
   Money Inc./Nasty Boys  vs   Natural Disasters/High Energy

    The Killer B's  (bad pun)             Guys with Gimicks
   Bret Hart/Bulldog/Bushwhackers   vs  Papa Shango/Mountie/Beverly Brothers

  3 guys who will be pinned so              4 guys who will be
  Tatanka keeps getting pushed              pinned by Tatanka
 Tatanka/Max Moon/Matador/Virgil   vs  RepoMan/The Model/Shawn Michaels/Skinner


  Just my guesses, though we still have Animal, Crush (who will be somewhere
on the card), Lance Cassidy, and a few others.

  This is assuming Bossman vs Nailz and UT vs Kamala are singles matches.
From: bm562@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard L. Trionfo)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Havoc
Date: 7 Oct 1992 16:25:24 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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   In Tuesday's Philadelphia Daily News, there was an ad for
Halloween Havoc.  It only listed the participants in three 
matches, Jake v. Sting, and the two world heavyweight title 
matches.  It did mention a world tag title match and a 
US heavyweight title match.  I also assume that there are tickets
still available. 
                      Rich
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From: andra@cs.widener.edu (Robert Andracsek)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: NEW WWF WORLD CHAMPION
Date: 14 Oct 1992 21:26:54 -0400
Organization: Widener University CS Department, Chester PA
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: maggie.cs.widener.edu

From the man who predicted that Jake Roberts would be the next WCW
champ and that Hackjaw Jim Duggan would do a heel turn comes another
prediction...  Papa Shango will be the next WWF Champ.

My "reasonings" (yeah, right...) :

1)  Bret is currently involved in a feud with Papa Shango (well, as much
as you can call it a feud...  haven't seen much except the threats of
curses and such).

2)  A heel is needed to take the belt from Bret to set up the WM match
with Backlund (this is what has been said for the past couple
weeks...)

3)  With only 2 major cards to set up this feud, there isn't much time
to do much title changing (ok, so this may be a major flaw, but hear
me out...)

4)  We would have the 'wrestler,' Backlund, no gimmicks, no nothing,
just plain old Backlund, vs. Papa Shango, one of the biggest
'gimmicks' to hit the WWF for a while now, as the WM main event.

So, I predict that Bret will drop the belt at the Survivor Series to
Shango, something at the rumble will set up Shango and Backlund, and
Backlund will take the title from Shango at WM.

As always, remember where this prediction is coming from... :)
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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: What happened to WWF?
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1992 01:18:44 GMT

In <1bnmetINNm5m@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ac985@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joel Tscherne) writes:

>Actually, since the Nasty Boys are supposed to be turning at some point,
>it actually makes sense to have Money Inc. with the titles for the feud.
>Also, maybe this was one of the things that Vince agreed to in order to
>keep Ted in the fold...

Boy oh boy...Vince is gonna have to invent some new titles if he plans
on giving them away to keep people in the WWF. That's a pretty high
price to pay (handing over a world title) just to keep a wrestler,
even if it is Hart or Dibiase.

But then again....it would make sense to set this match up with the
face-team Nasty Boys (would they change their name?) managed by Lou
Albano. I can't see Capt. Lou managing a heel team again, and given
Vince's new found penchant for nostalgia (see listing Backlund, Bob),
I'm sure he'll get a lot of milage out of old clips of Capt. Lou and
his 1,700 tag team champions in the WWF.

Michael
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From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Subject: Re: <None>
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC
Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right...
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 16:29:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct11.133820.1@gallua.gallaudet.edu>, 11mwarner@gallua.gallaudet.edu writes...
> 
>Where is Missy Hyatt?  I've got a buddy interested in pro-wrestling 
>because he wants to see her on TV.  Main Event hasn't had "Missy Does 
>Mail" for a couple of weeks so I haven't seen her.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "Missy Does Mail" is on the Power Hour.  At
least I can't think of one recent Power Hour I've seen in which she
hasn't been on.

Missy was on A Current Affair recently.  In between all the Amy Fisher
stories, they actually found the time to show something else, and it was
on Madonna bearing her breasts on stage at the fashion show.  During 
that segment, Missy spoke about how much of an inspiration Madonna is in 
helping her to sexually satisfy her midget, er ah, Jason.  She was never 
identified by name, BTW.

>Whatever happened to Brother Love?

He went back to being Bruce Prichard.  You may remember him on the GWF
broadcasts.

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From: dsrekjk@prism.gatech.EDU ( Jon Kincaid)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Another ex-football star?
Date: 17 Oct 92 00:14:17 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

A question I have after stumbling upon info in a sports almanac.
Does anyone know if the Del Wilkes who was the Patriot in GWF was
also the University of South Carolina football player who was an
All-American circa 1984? If so, Jim Ross may have lost out on the
chance to talk about a wrestler's football background. Though I've
yet to hear Jim bring up any football player's wrestling background
when he's (badly) doing commentary on the Falcon games :-)
jon

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being piledriven multiple times by Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy.
dsrekjk@prism.gatech.edu is jon kincaid
From: 126580828@cats.ucis.vill.edu (!GENTILE, JOSEPH)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Hart Bros?
Date: 8 Oct 92 03:33:00 GMT
Organization: Villanova University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

With the serious lag in the WWF tag-team competition, does anyone see the
forming of a Bret and Owen Hart tag-team?  Now THAT is a tag team!

                                                     Joe"Chaos"Gentile
From: ccjames@cybaswan.UUCP (j hussell)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Starting the M.B.W.F. [1992]
Date: 15 Oct 92 11:20:07 GMT
Reply-To: ccjames@pyr.swan.ac.uk (j hussell)


	             MAKE BELIEVE WRESTLING FEDERATION
		     =================================

The M.B.W.F. is a play by E-Mail organisation, where playing is free and done
through userid ccjames@uk.ac.swan.pyr.  There are title matches every month,
and the bouts are won via a points system.  

There are NO FEES to register in this game.  


The Way to Play:
================

Choose a suitable name for your wrestling character (Please DO NOT use actual
wrestling names), and then choose 5 of the WEAR DOWN HOLDS, 5 SET-UP HOLDS
and you must CREATE your own finishing manoevre (or you can use one of the 
holds on the lists).  If you are creating your own finisher, please use no more
than 25 characters (inc. spaces) and explain how move 'works'.

The sooner you register, the more points will be awarded.  All 3 belts have NO
HOLDERS at present, so you're in with a chance of becoming the M.B.W.F. World
Champion.  

All replies to ccjames@uk.ac.swan.pyr a.s.a.p.  Please remember to give your
userid (and host), real name and wrestling name.


Catch ya later,


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From: dkempste@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David N Kempster)
Subject: Re: GWF
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 15:51:56 GMT

Keep
In article <Andy.00vj@birdland.UUCP> Andy@birdland.UUCP (Andy Patrizio) writes:
>Gawd, as if being home sick wasn't bad enough. I get to see the GWF for the
>first time in ages, and boy is this bad. At least Chaz put some poundage.
>But Maniac Mike Davis? Egad. A bad imitation of Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer if
>ever there was one.
>

>Andy Patrizio

If you watched it on Tuesday on ESPN you were seeing a replay from July. You 
will be happy to know that Maniac Mike Davis has droped the Maniac gimick. 
Actually if you watch enough of the GWF shows you will find they are more 
entertaining then the Wiff. There are about 3 -4 matches in a one hour show. 
So almost no squashes, and most matches span 2 or 3 t.v. timeouts. There are 
even some old familer faces like Manny Fernandez and Iceman Parsons. You are 
also seeing all the angles played out on T.v. There are no pay per views and no
house shows to promote. There is a Friday night card in Dallas which is what 
they tape and show on T.V.

                                         David Kempster
                                         Fx
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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: A Title Change in CANADA???
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:50:08 GMT

In <abick.719172030@cunews> abick@sebastian.carleton.ca (Alan Bick) writes:

>Until now, I believe that that has been true. Can anyone tell me of
>another time/place where a title changed here in the north. Excluding the
>Wrestlmania at the Sky Dome of course. That was PAY PER VIEW and could
>attract the U.S. audience!

Terry Funk and Harley Race exchanged the NWA title in Toronto back in
the 1970s, long before the advent of PPV. (Seems to me Funk won the
belt in that match, but I'm not sure.)

And back in the heyday of the AWA, the tag team title changed hands in
Winnipeg a few times.

Remember, folks, that Flair winning the WWF title in Hershey was a TV
taping, and his losing the title in Saskabush was a TV taping too.
Sure, it ain't PPV, but Vince won't let the world title change hands
without a TV camera around.

Michael
From: dave.scherer%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dave Scherer) 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Espata Isn't Comet Ki
Date: 12 Oct 92 19:08:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
Reply-To: dave.scherer%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dave Scherer) 

Mark,

WE>Boy, you're not kidding.  As far as I'm concerned, the satellite is the
  >greatest thing since perforated toilet paper.

Speaking as a dish owner, I agree completely.  The dish works in
mysterious ways.  Even though Smoky Mountain and the Japanese Feds don't
broadcast via satellite here, with the stuff that I get off of my dish I
can trade for both.

  >> #Mark West   WEST@UNCA.EDU  "It's Vader Time!"
  >>
  >> Speaking of Vader, what's the status of his wrist? Also is Watts
  >> going to keep bringing Vader in for 2-3 week stints? Or has Vader
  >> (and his presumably large salary) fallen under Watts ax?

WE>My understanding is that Vader really sprained his wrist; if you look
  >at the tape, you can see from his movements that it hurt.  I think it's
  >better know, but the wrist angle is being used to conceal his current
  >Japan tour...

Vader is hurt legit.  He will not wrestle in the New Japan tag tourney,
that he won last year with Tatsumi Fujinami, because he has not
recovered from surgery to his knee yet.
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