From: duggan@cc.gatech.edu (Rick Duggan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: UW rumor (another)
Date: 12 Apr 92 21:54:18 GMT
Organization: College of Computing

In article <1992Apr2.024558.20939@acsu.buffalo.edu> v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel) writes:
>>......For those of you that did not know, Del Wilkes has already started working
>>      WWF house shows.  He is using his real name.  I have the results to 3
>>      of his matches.  On the TV taping 2-3 weeks ago he lost to Rick Martel
>>      and beat some jobber.  On another house show about 1 1/2 weeks ago, he
>>      lost to Chris Walker.  Some push, huh?
>> 
>>                                              JoMosh
>
>
>   Is this stupid or what?  Del Wilkes can be at least a decent mid-carder,
>IMO more than that.  There are 3 possible reasons for this misuse of a good
>wrestler that I can think of:
>
>    1) Del is still in the "trying out" phase, and Vince doesn't know if he
>wants to push him yet.  
>
>    2) With the Steroid controversy, he won't push Wilkes (who is definitely
>on the juice) because he won't push any wrestler on roids or anyone who looks
>like he might be.
>
>    3) Vince is a moron (most likely answer)
>
>   I could have said: 4) Del refused to sleep with the WWF top brass, but 
>I didn't...
>                                              -Eflow


Sorry to go back so far and quote this, but I have a followup on this.
I had been thinking about this question about why Wilkes wasn't
getting a push, and I had the good fortune to talk to Joe Pedicino 
and Boni Blackstone today at a North Georgia Wrestling (NGW, formerly
Georgia All Star Wrestling) card.  They were both very friendly, and
they seemed happy to talk to me, though they were quite busy with everything
that was going on.

Joe's opinion is that (1) is true.  He said the standard try out
phase for new guys can be six months or more (re: Walker who has
been with them 8 months now).  He said that now that WM8 is over
that we should be seeing some new WWF faces (specifically implying
Wilkes and Walker).

Just to throw some other factoids out that have nothing to do
with this but will hopefully entertain you anyway.  (I basically
just asked what I could remember from the net.rumor file here. 
If I left anything off (such as "Who is the Ultimate Warrior
really :-)?") please forgive me).

First, he confirmed that Madusa is indeed married to Eddie
Gilbert.  I remember hearing this, and then everyone kept
saying "Gee, is it really true?" so I decided to go ahead
and ask.

Second, Van Hammer was not suspended, but he is in the hospital
for unknown reasons (an outside the ring incident of some sort).

Also, Bill Eadie (Masked Superstar, Axe, Axis, et al) is no longer
working for the GWF front office.

From a knowledgeable fan: The Viper (the green guy that hangs
from the ceiling) is Mike Davis, formerly of the Dirty Davis
Brothers.

About the Enos/Bloom/Masked Skyscraper question, Boni said
he had just left WCW before this and that he might know.
I asked Joe later, but he said he didn't know who they
used for that event, so it's as yet unsolved.  The knowledgeable
fan mentioned above is friends with Teddy Long's son, so I
may be able to find out from him.  If I do, I'll let you
know.

As for GWF booking, Boni told me that it is handled by Joe 
and Eddie Gilbert.  Recently, Skandor Akbar and Bill Irwin have been 
doing some of the work as well.

She also knew of the WCW racism problem with Ranger Ross.  She
said she had spoken to Missy Hyatt after the last TV taping.
Missy had been stopped by a reporter from a local Atlanta station
(WSB) and asked for her comments.  She refused to say anything.
Luckily, WCW has so far avoided the WWF's problems, but they are
also being looked at.

-rick

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 and I, I hate your daddy's guts too (boo hoo),         | duggan@cc.gatech.edu
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