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From: fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: WWF Superstars of Wrestling
Keywords: Update
Date: 11 Apr 92 18:20:38 GMT
Organization: Purdue University


  We open the show with Vince announcing that Randy Savage is the new world
heavy weight champion.
  Scenes from Wrestlemania include Piper and Hart leaving the ring together,
Bret has the belt and is bleeding from the head.  Undertaker pinning Jake, you
can clearly hear Heenan saying that he has never seen anyone destroy Jake like 
this.  Finally, Hogan entering the ring and then the end where Hogan gets beat
on by Sid and Papa Shango and Ultimate Warrior makes the save.

  Interview with Warrior:  It's Helwig.  His haircut is like Von Erich's and his
face paint is a little different, but he talks, yells, and snorts in his 
interviews same as always.  Sets up feud with Sid.  He says he has been on top
of his mountain since SummerSlam without any challenge.

  Sid yells at Ultimate Warrior for ruining his chance to destroy Hogan.  From
what I read from the posts (kicking out of the legdrop) Papa Shango is the
one to blame for not letting Sid finish it :)

  First Match;  Owen Hart.  Won with Superfly Swat.  Vince said Owen would
be teaming with Koko B. Ware

  Second Match:  Papa Chango.  Vince says he should feud with Undertaker.
BTW, all this time Perfect is talking about how Savage is a cheater.

  Showed Randy's ending with Flair.  Flair has Randy by the leg and is hitting
his knee.  Randy punches Flair, then rolls him up and grabs the tights.  Flair
jumps up and backs Elizabeth into a corner.  He kisses her, she slaps him a
bit, then Savage and Ric go at it some more.

  Third Match: Slaughter & Duggan.  I didn't pay attention to this one very
well.  Won with Hacksaw's clothesline.

  Paul Ellering in the streets of Chicago.  LOD come in and they challenge 
the Beverly Brothers.

  Fourth Match: Shawn Michaels pins a guy with his fancy suplex.

  Fifth Match: The Mountie dropkicks a jobber for the pin.

  It announced that Shawn Michaels has left the building.

  Prison, Kevin Kelly (not shown, just hear him) says he is coming for the
Big Bossman.

  Final Match: Undertaker won with the tombstone.

  During Seam Mooney segment, Repo Man does an interview, so he's still
around.

Next week: Return of Piper's Pit with Piper interviewing Randy Savage.
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From: mcn@apollo.hp.com (Michael McNulty)
Subject: Re: [WCW] Kip Frey on WCW Saturday Night
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Apollo Division - Chelmsford, MA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:44:19 GMT

In article <9204120026.AA18903@rachael.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM> ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3) writes:
>
>The show was pretty boring this week.  
>
>The only thing worth noting is that Kip say "foreign object"
>instead of "international object".  Does this mean that Ted
>Turner finally decided it was okay to say "foreign" in some
>instances or did Kip screw up?

What Ted really needs to stop is his basketball announcers on TBS (or
maybe it was TNT) from saying things like "all the physical contact going
for that rebound reminds me of the World Wrestling Federation, the WWF"! 
They did this during a game last week and I've also heard it a few times
in the past.  Why not gently remind the announcers that a part of their
paycheck will disappear every time they mention the competition by name
on the air.  Christ, they get fined for saying "foreign object", but
talking about how tough the WWF is is okay?  That's nuts!  I would think
it wouldn't take long to teach them to automatically say that "all the
physical contact going for that rebound reminds me of World Championship
Wrestling, WCW".

On a completely different wrestling subject, I'm wondering if someone can
help me.  For the entire month of June, I'll be driving across the
country from the East to the West coast.  I'll be heading from Boston
down the Eastern coast to Florida and then heading across the states
through the South.  I'll be stopping in Memphis, Atlanta, Texas, and many
other places, specifically to see non-WWF wrestling.  What I would like
to know is what wrestling (WCW, USWA, GWF, indies, Florida, etc.) I will
be able to see along the way.  And does anyone know what day of the week
that the USWA has matches in Memphis, Global has them in Texas, and WCW
has them in Atlanta.  Is there still a Florida league? 

I'm on no timetable and I'm not taking a direct route during this trip,
so I'd be willing to take a sidetrip of a day or two to see some
wrestling in person that I've never seen before.  I have always wanted to
see the WCW in Atlanta, to see matches at "the world famous Sportatorium"
in Dallas and to boo Jerry Lawler (under my breath, I'm not nuts!) in
Memphis.  I'd also like to see as many indies as I can along the way.

So, if anyone knows when any non-WWF matches are being fought throughout
the East, South, and Southwest in June, please send me email.  I'll
really appreciate it!

Thanks a lot,

Mike McNulty
email = mcn@apollo.hp.com
From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Hey there Tonto, who is that masked man?
Date: 7 Apr 92 01:30:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: acad3.6APR92163000
Reply-To: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu
Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a3

In article <1992Apr6.195007.9717@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, behm@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (BEHM CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH) writes...
> 
>	I agree.  After watching "A Tribute to Pukamania" and seeing
>	the save by UW yesterday, I have no doubt whatsoever that
>	it was the same UW, Steve DiSalvo. 
>				John Mastrangelo

Oh my!  Do we really need to start this thing up again?

Isn't it getting to be time to have a new running gag in this group?

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*Call me Pastor - Pastor - Pastor of Muppets I'm pulling your string...*
I'll do a disclaimer when they pry my cold dead hands from the keyboard.
From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: for women who like to fight
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:10:10 GMT
Reply-To: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu
Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right...
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a3

In article <21151@venera.isi.edu>, onder@ISI.EDU (Bruce Onder) writes...
>In article <dspinner.1@bss2.umd.edu> dspinner@bss2.umd.edu writes:
> 
>>Interested in hearing from and corresponding with women who like to
>>fight or think they might.
> 
>I think this was supposed to be posted to alt.marriage.
> 
>Bruce

alt.marriage?

And he doesn't even mention me?

Wow!

:-)  :-)  :-)

:-=)  <=====  Hitler smiley

:-()  <=====  Fat Albert (hey, hey, hey) smiley

Or kill me.

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BITnet: FSSPR@ALASKA****Snail: P.O. Box 83381, Fairbanks, AK  99708-3381
*Call me Pastor - Pastor - Pastor of Muppets I'm pulling your string...*
I'll do a disclaimer when they pry my cold dead hands from the keyboard.
From: v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Who were the Ding Dongs
Date: 16 Apr 92 05:00:00 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

>Back to the promotion, this was probably Georgia All Star (?), which was
>run by Jody Hamilton and his gang, and was around for much of 1986 and
>1987.  They went out of business I think in 87, and their place was
>taken by Jerry Blackwell and his promotion.
> 
>Sean Patrick Ryan


  Fill me in here Sean.  What promotion does Jerry Blackell run?  I know that
independent wrestling is alive and well in Georgia, but I never heard anything
about Blackwell being connected with one.  
  Actually, I always wondered what ever happened to Blackwell.  Are there any
other promotions being run/owned by recent wrestlers/managers?  Cornette's new
Smoky Mountain promotion comes to mind.  Wasn't Gary Hart trying to get one
started in Texas?
                                             -Eflow
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: andy@bbs.sbs.com (Andy Patrizio)
Subject: Re: Luger in BB competition
Organization: Anomaly: Rhode Island's Public Access *NIX: +1 401 455 0347
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 14:49:32 GMT
Summary: Ferrigno's hands

hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze) writes:

> 
>   On a bodybuilding related note, one of the tabloids (either the
>   Enquirer or the Star) had an article on Lou Ferrigno.  They
>   mentioned his association with the "World Bodybuilding Association"
>   -- the name screw-up shows the impact that Vince's WBF has had
>   on the world.  Anyhow, they said that he had to give up his
>   lucrative contract because of problems he's having with his
>   hands (I forgot the exact medical description).  His wife is
>   quoted as saying that it's a real drag too because Lou had
>   already "bulked up to 325 pounds" in preparation for a WBF
>   competition.  The questions are: Did he really quit because
>   of this medical ailment, or because of the potential steroid
>   scandal that will hit the WBF by association with the WWF
>   (Vince has claimed that he will institute the same steroid
>   testing policy in the WBF that has been so successful in the
>   WWF ;-))?  If medical problems are the reason for quitting,
>   is there a link because Lou's problem and abuse of anabolic
>   steroids?  
>                                                       Herb... 


Maybe, maybe not. I'll check the article. He might have Carpel Tunnel 
Syndrome, a very real problem that causes pain and numbness in the hands. A 
friend of mine has it and it wakes him up at night some times. We shall see. 
I gota find the scandal rags.
From: 6500poln@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Harry M. Dolny)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WM8:Why Papa Shango?
Date: 12 Apr 92 04:49:11 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.215618.17616@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> daw5g@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Michael's brother) writes:



>	For those wondering "Why Papa Shango", I bet it's
>'cause he took the "IMMORTAL HULK HOGAN" hype as a challenge
>:-).

I think they picked Papa Shango because in tag-team matches
between UW and UT vs. Sid and Shango, somebody has to take
the fall. They can sacrifice Shango, the faces can win so
the marks would be happy at house shows, and Sid keeps
his credibility as a monster-heel.

Trust me,
Mike
From: william@jif.berkeley.edu (Bill Grosso)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WM8 and beyond
Date: 9 Apr 1992 06:44:08 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Math. Department.
NNTP-Posting-Host: jif.berkeley.edu

In article <9204090310.AA17131@nettlerash.berkeley.edu> QXN108@URIACC.BITNET (Andy Patrizio) writes:
>
>Seriously, Savage's win leaves me up in the air as to the direction of the
>WWF belt. Vince strikes me as someone who dislikes instability (read:
>conservative) and would rather have one long-term champion than a constant
>changing. 

Actually, Vince strikes me more as someone who's afraid of risk. I think
the recent steroid stuff probably will cause him to shy away from the 
Long Term Champion (tm). Think about it: What would've happened if 
Samartino had been a little bit more eloquent? Vince's main attraction
(and therefore prime money maker) would have been shot to hell. 
No way is the Vincester gonna let that possibility exist for long.

Also, Vince may have realised by now that you can sell more merchandise if
you keep changing the package. If he introduces a mega-face every two 
years, he could probably double the amount of merchandise he sells.

>You will not see someone win a belt 7 times like Flair did in the
>NWA in the WWF, except maybe tag. No, he's gonna want someone who will be
>the standard bearer for a while, now that Hogan is on the wane and he can't
>hide it any more.
>

At least in the short term (next two years or so), there isn't going to be a 
dominant titleholder. In the really short term, I think it's quite possible 
that Macho and Flair will trade the title a lot (at house shows). This 
would really boost house attendance and give their feud more prestige
in the eyes of the average mark...they'd see two top wrestlers evenly
matched and feuding for the world's championship. What more could a mark
want ? Of course, this assumes that the I-Slept-With-Elizabeth angle
is dropped (or, at least, de-emphasized).

Long term predictions are harder to make. Both Macho and Flair are going to 
retire. If we assume Vince doesn't import any new major contenders
(except for Luger), I'd say UW will win/keep the strap at Wrestlemania X
and be a fairly long-term champ. I don't see Luger as much more than the
Zeus of 1994. 


Bill Grosso
From: onder@ISI.EDU (Bruce Onder)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Live Audience Stories
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:04:39 GMT
Organization: USC-ISI
In-reply-to: d_jaracz@oz.plymouth.edu's message of 15 Apr 92 01:21:45 GMT

In article <1992Apr15.012145.23969@oz.plymouth.edu> d_jaracz@oz.plymouth.edu (David R. Jaracz) writes:

>Here's one for ya:

Quick, Dave!  Tell them about Jim Reeves meeting Mr. Fuji at the WCW
card!

Bruce

--
		Bruce W. Onder		onder@isi.edu

	But still I'd rather be famous than righteous or holy
		      Any day, any day, any day
From: Mike.Steiner@p1.f207.n143.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: [WCW] World Wide commentary?  No...WCW Pro
Date: 12 Apr 92 08:45:31 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:143/207.1 - Sunnyvale Fido Conn, Sunnyvale CA


Otto Heuer #3 writes about "[WCW] World Wide commentary?  No...WCW Pro" to All
 [11 Apr 92 23:23]

OH#> Bagwell and Zenk over Paul Lee and John Peterson 

Is Paul lee still doing his Rick Flair impersonation?  We had guests over today,
so missed the broadcast.
 
/207 143/207
--  
Mike Steiner
UUCP: uts.amdahl.com!kennel!207.1!Mike.Steiner
INTERNET: Mike.Steiner@p1.f207.n143.z1.FIDONET.ORG
"The views expressed above are those of Mike Steiner only."
From: lindemanbria@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Brunzell, Walker, Storm jobs
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:29:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: bvc.1992Apr14.162944.1284
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

Last nite on Primetime, J.W. Storm, Chris Walker, and Jim Brunzell
jobbed for The Model, Skinner, and the Borelord, respectively.
The three winners of those matches may be the most boring trio in 
professional wrestling today (you can exchange Martel for Bullfrog,
Slaughter, or Duggan if you like).

This is one big, ugly waste of talent.  I'd really like to see
Jumpin' Jimmy get a push.  You gotta like a guy that claps once
just before every arm drag.  Or at least I do :-).  Any precedent
for getting a push after biting the mat on TV?

Also, has anyone seen Greg Gagne in the last hundred years?  I 
imagine he's selling real estate somewhere, but Brunzell's 
attempt at a sleeper reminded me of the Gagnes.
-- 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Brian Lindeman
a.k.a. Adam Bricker
LINDEMANBRIA@bvc.edu
From: foleye@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Stilt Man)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: LOD/WRESTLEMANIA
Date: 8 Apr 92 22:29:29 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept.

In article <1992Apr7.141115.26104@acsu.buffalo.edu> v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel) writes:
>In article <1992Apr04.005436.11276@demon.co.uk>, Ian Nicholls <macca@cix.compulink.co.uk> writes...
>>From a source who has never been wrong before: LOD will interview at
>>WrestleMania and apologise to the fans for letting them down, i.e.
>>losing the belts. They will then introduce the man who will make sure 
>>they get back the belts............Paul Ellering.
>>Bob Hutton.
>
>
>     Wow, Ian. You sure can call 'em.:)
>                                      -Eflow

Give the guy a break.  The article was dated April 4th.

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From: v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Future champs
Date: 12 Apr 92 07:20:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

>Ok, new thread time. Let's discuss who in the WWF could be a future champ,
>since Hogan is in a popularity freefall.
> 
>UW:
>UT:
>Henning:
>Sid:
>Lex:
> 
>   Andy Patrizio    


   Well, when you say "future champ" you must mean "future WWF champ", because
you left out Shawn Michaels, who is definitely the next IC champion (and if he
doesn't win it Vince is a real moron).  You also left out Ric Flair.  Don't 
count him out just yet.  Since the Ultimate Warrior is a lock to win the WWF
belt (after all, saving Hogan at WM8 was simply a way of passing the mega-face
torch from Hogan to UW) you need somebody to get the belt from Savage to UW.
Hennig, if he ever wrestles again, deserves it most, but I just don't think
Vince looks at him as a world champ.  Lex is too new so either Sid or Flair will
be the interim champion that gets beat by UW.  
   As for Hogan's popularity being in freefall, I don't think so.  Several
people who were at WM8 live (Brian, etc.) mentioned that Hogan got more pop
by far than anybody else.  The reason he's out of the title picture has more to
do with his taking the summer off than it does with any "popularity in
freefall".  
                                           -Eflow
From: ussmith@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Gilbert --> WWF and Joe Ped out of the GWF?
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:19:14 GMT
Organization: Memphis State University

In article <9204131917.AA07737@tyrell.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM>, ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3) writes:

> Did Joe sell the org to someone else or will the GWF just fold?
> 
> The UHF station that used to carry GWF around here dropped it a few weeks
> ago, and since I stopped remembering to tape ESPN afternoons I haven't
> seen any matches in a while.  I'm sad to hear Joe won't be with the GWF
> anymore, as he seemed to have a lot of good ideas... even if Vince kept
> stealing all his talent.  WCW snapped up Cactus Jack and Scott Anthony,
> but from what Joe has said (at least on the former) he doesn't hold any
> grudges against WCW of Cactus, as Cactus is making a LOT of $$$ for his
> two-year contract.
> 

As of right now, GWF has not folded. There is a TV taping scheduled for
this Friday night in Dallas. I believe Max Andrews is now in charge of
things, but I'm not sure who is booking GWF now. From what I've heard,
Gilbert will not work any more and will likely start with WWF at the end
of the month. Also, referee Sam Esposito (Sam Lowe) will also be leaving.

Rick
From: jmp14@jaguar.uofs.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Wrestling Challenge
Date: 14 Apr 92 18:09:26 GMT
Organization: University of Scranton

In article <45007@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp) writes: 
>   Tito Santanna wrestled.  Won with el Punch de el Head.

    Just nitpicking here, but I finally get to put my 3 years of high school
Spanish to use.  For phonetic reasons, de and el are put together into the
word "del", meaning "of the" or "to the".
 
>   Beverly Brothers vs Koko B. Ware and some jobber.  Koko did well but made
> the fatal mistake of tagging in his Ham'N Egger partner, who was soon 
> pinned.

    Isn't that always the case?  Anyway, I guess we should start looking for
Koko to team with Owen Hart soon, eh?

				John Petren
From: andra@cs.widener.edu (Robert Andracsek)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Random syndie musings
Date: 11 Apr 92 17:45:12 GMT
Organization: Widener University Department of Computer Science, Chester PA
NNTP-Posting-Host: maggie.cs.widener.edu

Just a few thing that ran through my mind while getting my weekly
wrestling fix...

On Challenge, Heenan made a cute comment regarding WM8, Tito, and
Tito's "mother" Ariba McEntire(sp).

Heenan also commented on the Warrior, saying he's in better shape than
ever.  He probably is.  Probably not as "muscle-bound" as before, more
flexible.  And whoever posted that comment about the Warrior running
to the control booth and forcing his music on, at the rate UW was
trucking down to the ring at WM, one can never tell...:)

This being the first time I'd seen the Warrior since WM8, I was amazed
at the difference between the "two" Warriors.  (And no, I'm not
referring to Steve Di*****)  But that definitely _was_ Hellwig.  Same
snort. 

Anyone else thinking there might be a little out-of-ring tension
between Sherri and Shawn?  Sherri didn't look too thrilled about
something this week.  Not the expression one would expect from someone
who is so close to someone they're "madly in love" with.

We got "tell 'em Animal" and "tell 'em Hawk" but no "tell 'em Paul."
I'm hurt...  And BTW, the four corners of Doom?  Was this one of the
nicknames of the original Leigion?

I made the mistake of trying to eat during the Undertaker/Trout
squash.  Half of those damn lines made me lose my appetite.  (And I
was eating pizza, so that should tell you how bad some of 'em
were...:)


Just a few observations...

R. Andracsek
From: CLB118@psuvm.psu.edu (Coleman Brumley Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Questions, Questions, Questions
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:05:40 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

Eddie Gilbert in the WWF?  Can't see him making it for some reason.  Same for
Paul E.  Given the faces reps for going after managers, can't see Paul E.
reamining there very long.  Also does any one know if Jake goes to the WCW
what angle will he use.  Will he go back to the python or stick to the cobra?
Does the WWF have any granite plans for Luger?  Did they grant him title shots
like they did Flair, or was it just the money which blessed us fans of the
WWF with his presence.  Any word of negotiations with Sting?  Since the past
two WCW champs hightailed it to the WWF, will Sting also lose the title and
head off to paradise?  Hmmm, perhaps an angle Vince should follow on.  Also
what is the WWF's plans for Chris Walker?  He's not being pushed very hard,
this is also the way the UW's career started in the WWF.


Coleman
Clb118@psuvm.psu.edu