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From: ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3)
Subject: [WWF] Lex
To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Posted-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 17: 44:35 cst
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 23:44:35 GMT
Received-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 18: 43:09 CDT


Is it just me, or do others get the feeling that Lex will more
than likely tear a muscle in his arm some time in the next 10
months?

When you 'roid up THAT fast, you're just *asking* for trouble.

>From what I've heard about him in the last few years, he's a
rather intelligent individual (investing his earnings wisely
so he can retire before he gets TOO old) but this massive
bulk-up just has me wondering...


		--Otto "Cactus Hack" Heuer
From: becker@acsu.buffalo.edu (Don Becker)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: MACHO MANIA MACHO MANIA MACHO MANIA
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:54:37 GMT
Organization: UB

tjm@philabs.philips.com (Thomas J. McDonnell) writes:

>						    MAY THE MACHO KING RULE
>						    FOREVER(OR UNTIL LEX
>						    STARTS WRESTLING)

>						    OOOOOOOOOYEAAAAAAAA
>							  DIG IT

>							  Tom McDonnell
								I REALLY WISH
								YOU WOULDN'T 
								START ALL THE
								WAY ON THIS
								SIDE OF THE
								SCREEN BECAUSE
								IT'S VERY 
								ANNOYING AND 
								BY THE WAY
								SID JUSTICE
								R00LZ THE
								WORLD!!!!!!!
								!!!!!!!!!!!!
								!!!!!!!!!!!!


Sorry...but...well...Do you blame me? :)

OBWrestling: Any word as to a COC between now and War Games?

--Don

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From: thyat@sdf.lonestar.org (Tom Hyatt)
Subject: Re: Snake in WCW?
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:34:06 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.104801.5190@icd.ab.com> reh@odin.icd.ab.com (Scrap Iron Hodge (Steve DiSalvo?)) writes:
>  With the rumors of Jake jumping to his Pa's turf, I have a question:
>did Smith the Younger use the "Jake the Snake" name prior to coming to
>the WWF, or will he be adopting a new persona if he jumps?
>--
>++++  Bob Hodge  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Aureilan Smith Jr. has been using the "Jake the snake" persona for better than  
10 years now, starting in his early days w/Mid-South (UWF) Wrestling. Vince has
absolutely no claim on the persona. 

Tom H.
From: 6500poln@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Harry M. Dolny)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WM8 and Tito the Matador
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:07:12 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.072841.25613@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> mnka_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Matthew Kaufman) writes:

>In <visser.702609206@convex.convex.com> visser@convex.com (Lance Visser) writes:


>>	When was the last time that Tito/Matador won a match at a
>>	wrestlemania?  I know he has been at them all, but I dont
>>	remember him doing all that well in any of the matches.



>Wrestlemaina I against the Executioner, (Danny Davis) other than that he is
>1 for 8.

>Wrestlemania 1 win vs Executioner
>Wrestlemania 2 loss in Tag Team with JFD vs. Terry and Dory Funk
>Wrestlemania 3 loss in 6 man tag with Britishbulldogs vs Hart Foundation&Davis
>Wrestlemania 4 Lost World Tag Titles as Strike Force to Demolition
>Wrestlemania 5 loss to Rick Martel (I think)
>Wrestlemania 6 loss to Barbarian (I think)
>Wrestlemania 7 loss to Da Mountie
>Wrestlemania 8 loss to Shawn Michaels
All of them are correct, except for 5. He and Martel tagged
against Anderson and Blanchard. Martel turned on him by leaving
the ring allowing him to be double-teamed and pinned by
the Brain Busters.

Mike
From: bm927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dominic Macika)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: ASWA at CMU
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:31:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr16.163104.6652
Reply-To: bm927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dominic Macika)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan) says:

>
>Now, I like independent promotions just as much as anyone, so don't get
>me wrong here, but I would hope that you'd realize that repeating the 
>standard promotional tripe on here is just asking for it.  I mean, who's
>Tommy Fulton?
>

Bobby & Tommy Fulton wrestled for awhile as the New Fantastics.  They
made a brief appearance in the NWA.  Anyone know why Rogers & Fulton
split?
-- 
Green Goblin		internet:macika@emunix.emich.edu

"You've got to bleed for the dancer."
From: foleye@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Stilt Man)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Body Stars?
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:09:34 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University

In article <1992Apr14.110824.5751@icd.ab.com> reh@odin.icd.ab.com (Scrap Iron Hodge (Steve DiSalvo?)) writes:
>
>  Anyone seen the WBF show yet? Could we get descriptions and/or
>reviews?  (If not, I'll try to remember to get it on tape this
>week and do a short review.)
>--
>++++  Bob Hodge  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I risked watching it over the weekend.  Basically it's a collection of advice
and dietary tips (better than BLOW AWAY Diet Plan :-) from various WBF guys,
with Vince McMahon and some blonde I've never seen before running commentary,
with Lex passing through from time to time with some nasty remark about the
bodybuilders.  Example:

Lex:  "You're saying this guy eats TEN THOUSAND calories a day?"

Vince:  "Yes, that's correct."

Lex (very slowly):  "Man . . . whutta glutton."

 __________________________________________________________________________
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From: marv@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Marv Gordon)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WM8: Savage - Flair a shoot?
Date: 11 Apr 92 19:25:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: orbit.7453
Organization: People-Net [pnet51], Minneapolis, MN.

Just remeber one thing.  There is no way in hell that Flair will do a clean
job for anybody when it involves the belt.  Your talking about probably the
best in history here.  Even Vince would not do that!


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From: spr@prism.gatech.EDU (Stefan Roth)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: GWF: Garvin/Simms
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:03:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <1992Apr3.073431.15551@newstand.syr.edu> mjforres@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Maurice Forrester) writes:
>In article <1992Apr2.023032.20567@acsu.buffalo.edu> v058kchy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph Avolio) writes:
>>
>>.....This is the current GWF champions list:
>>
>>     Tag-Team:  Scott Putski & Terry Simms (formerly known as Terry Garvin)
>>                (just won the belts last week from the California Connection)

>I guess the WWF's Terry Garvin was just getting too much publicity.  
>
>Was any explanation given for the name change?  Or did the announcers
>just stop using the old name and start using the new without 
>explanation?
>
>| Maurice Forrester        | "His dementia was of a mild and harmless |

I briefly heard the announcers mention that Terry Garvin now wanted to use
his real name because of his little daughter. I wonder if Simms is really
his real name. With GWF good record of fan treatment, I doubt they would
ever just start using a different name without an explanation. They don't
think that the marks are completely stupid (just a little).

I wonder if the WWF's Terry Garvin was the real reason for the name change
or if there was some other reason.


---
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Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 11:48:04 -0400 
From: Scott Michael White <sw36+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: WWF QUIZ #2

1.  SHOULD BE NAME THE FOUR MEN TO PIN HULK HOGAN, I FORGOT THE MOST
RECENT WRESTLER TO DO IT
From: kehler@endor.uucp (Andy Kehler)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WM8: Savage - Flair a shoot?
Date: 16 Apr 92 02:25:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: das.1992Apr16.022555.2296
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University

In article <1992Apr16.001748.2192@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bi011@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill King) writes:
>
>In a previous article, mnka_cif@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Matthew Kaufman) says:
>
>>In <1992Apr14.235233.8371@nic.umass.edu> s4666843@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Liam Kelly) writes:
>>
>[Flair pinfall legalities?]
>>
>>
>>Are you kidding?
>>
>>Victory over Steamboat okay, I'll give you that.  Garvin in the cage fine.
>>But most.  Sting's leg was draped over the bottom rope.  He put Runnels
>>out with the figure four while hanging on the ropes.  The other two
>>I'm not sure about, but let's face it Flair  
>>is the dirtiest player in the game and we love him for it.
>
>First, Steamboat beat Flair illegally. Flair's legs were in the ropes when
>Steamboat hoisted Flair in that surfoboard type manuever. Second, Tully
>  [ other cases deleted ]
>>			Matt Kaufman
>Bill
>-- 

If my memory serves me correctly (and it may not, and I don't have any
tapes), the Steamboat win over Flair you describe occurred after
Steamboat had already won the title.  Flair used the
leg-under-the-ropes gripe afterward to get the rematch where he won
the title back, where the Funk/Flair fued was set up.  I think Steamboat
won the belt with the standard flying body press from the top rope (or
am I getting confused with the prior tag team match where Steamboat
pinned Flair).  Anyway, I remember the title win as being clean.
Anyone confirm/deny this?

By the by, I thought this was a great fued.  Long championship matches
between two wrestlers with a plethora of scientific moves in their
arsenal.  I would love to see Vince carry out a similar fued with
Savage/Flair -- have Flair win it back, but only after a few classic
bouts where neither wrestler comes out squashed.  It's doable -- this
goes without saying for Flair, and for Savage, the Savage-Steamboat IC
matchup is the last WWF match I saw that I liked.  But then again, who
am I kidding?

Comments?

 -- Andy K.
From: 11mwarner@galluj
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Date: 11 Apr 92 20:23:01 GMT
Organization: Gallaudet University

In article <44910@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp) writes:
> 
>   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.


	To add to this, a few matches announced on the Washington station for 
	a card in a few weeks in Baltimore:

	*sarcastic mode on*
	*Tito Santana doing Bullwinkle*  Hey, Marky!!  Watch me wrestle Rick
	Martel!  *Me*  AGAIN?
	*sarcastic mode off*

	British Bulldog is wrestling Repo Man so they're BOTH still there.

	Warrior - Justice
	(BTW, when they showed Warrior's picture when they show the matches
	they used his old picture.)

	Hart - Michaels

	L.O.D. - Beverly Brothers

	(Think that's all they announced so far)

							PSYCHO

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From: bm927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dominic Macika)
Subject: Re: Brain Teaser Trivia IV Answers
Reply-To: bm927@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dominic Macika)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 21:11:23 GMT


In a previous article, v058kchy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Joseph Avolio) says:

>In article <1992Apr3.144517.11850@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze) writes...
>> 
>>   You missed Mike Enos.  He has worked as a Beverly brother on a  
>>   WWF PPV, and he was brought in as a replacement skyscraper under
>>   a hood for the NWA's WrestleWar '90, teaming with Mark Callas
>>   against the Road Warriors. 
>> 
>>                                                     
>.....I guess you learn something new everyday.  I did not know that was Enos
>      under the hood.
>
>                                                   JoMosh
>

Agreeing with JoMosh.  What did they call him?  And did the Minnesota
Wrecking Crew II ever wrestle on a WCW PPV?  Guess my memory of that
period is failing...

-- 
Green Goblin		internet:macika@emunix.emich.edu

"You've got to bleed for the dancer."
From: Mike.Steiner@p1.f207.n143.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Penn And Teller's BBS
Date: 8 Apr 92 05:25:22 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:143/207.1 - Sunnyvale Fido Conn, Sunnyvale CA


Can anyone give me the phone number of Penn and Teller's BBS, please?
 
/207 143/207
--  
Mike Steiner
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From: ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3)
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Subject: re: [WWF] WMVIII Observations
Date: 6 Apr 92 23:02:38 GMT
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Vandoren "12-line-sig" Outten writes:

> The stadium was packed, although it clearly wasn't sold out. I heard
> two local sports news reports that over 56,000 folks were present. 

Hmmm...  reports a couple days before the event said Vince had  only sold a
little over 20,000 tickets.  Did he paper the dome BIG-TIME or what?


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From: bi011@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill King)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Wrestling TidBits   -   04/16
Date: 17 Apr 92 00:50:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr17.005021.4828
Reply-To: bi011@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill King)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze) says:

> - After WrestleMania, the WWF held a press conference with the new
>   champ, Randy Savage, and the Ultimate Warrior fielding questions.
>   Savage was asked about anabolic steroids and responded, "I
>   experimented with steroids in the past when it was legal.  Using
>   steroids was and is like putting poison in your body.  It puts 
>   your body totally out of balance.  Let me tell you one thing:
>   it's like having one heck of a case of PMS."  He went on to
>   rant about telling kids not to take drugs and ended with the
>   opposite of his usual exclamation to show what kids should
>   say to drugs: "Oh Nooooo!"
>     The Ultimate Warrior played the interview legit and said his
>   real name was Jim Hellwig and that he had studied chiropractics.
Was this a "real" press conference or another WWF special? Were there
real reporters there?

> - Vince buried Jake Roberts in the commentary on the syndies on the
>   weekend.  Jake quit the WWF before WresleMania and from Jim Ross'
>   rantings, I guess we're supposed to believe that WCW is talking
>   with him. 
Nice pun there Herb.

>   are kinda lame.  At last week's TV taping, Vader put the scorpion
>   death lock on a jobber and wouldn't break the hold, even when the
Vader? Doing the scorpion? I hope we won't C a scorpion vs. scorpion
match where Vader beats the crap out of Sting but Sting beats Vader
by somehow putting the Scorpion on him...

>   ring filled with other jobbers beating on him.  Finally, Sting
>   did the run-in save and Vader beat him up for his trouble, putting
>   the scorpion on him too, until the babyfaces made the save.
>
Bill
-- 
You should, have made it a point, to get BOTH of them Daddy! If Sting has
to carry me, on his back down that aisle, if he has to DRAG me in a wagon,
I'm breathing, ya understand? YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT IT DONE! It's violence for
the sake of violence & now I will turn it around to MY violence! ==Dusty Rhodes
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From: daw5g@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Michael's brother)
Subject: Re: WM8: Savage - Flair a shoot?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:56:18 GMT

    I don't think there is much of a chance that this was a
shoot. (For the person who asked, it's when a wrestler refuses
to follow the script and/or refuses to sell his opponants moves
and/or loses it and really starts trying to hurt his opponant
during a match.  This is my definition and others may feel
additions and/or :-) deletions should be made in my categories.)

    If it had been a shoot, one or more of the following would
have happened:

	1)Monsoon and Heenan would have completely lost it, not 
	 knowing what to say.

	2)Monsoon and Heenan would have made a bigger deal of
	 the tights being pulled.  

	3)Flair, Heenan, and Perfect would not be able to give a
	 post-match interview like they did.  One may have been 
	 able to pull something off, but not all three.

	4)The title would have been held up (or it would be
          hinted at) by the end of the PPV).


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



	  Dave "I'm so LOONIE I don't see why you shouldn't ask
                a mortician for a cold one" Worrell
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From: nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder 432-4219)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: George "The Animal" Steele
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:13:09 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: HMS

Does anyone know how is GS doing thesedays? I heard he was gravely ill
last year. 
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From: rick@abacus.Columbia.NCR.COM (Rick Martin)
Subject: Re: Brad Armstrong
Organization: NCR Corp, E&M-Columbia, Columbia, SC
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 13:32:31 GMT


***   Brad Armstrong records deleted   ***
>
>
>When you look at a list of credentials like this, then watch Brad in the ring
>and the great work he does and skill he has, you have to wonder out loud (as I
>have in the past) why Armstrong doesn't get a push in WCW.  Obvious lapses into
>bad judgement like this are starting to make me wonder if Kip and the boys know
>anything about wrestling, or even if they know what they're doing at all.  They
>need to move faster in WCW to acquire talent, and they need more consistent 
>booking. Think about it.  Where the WWF has half a dozen legitimate world title
>candidates (Hogan, Flair, Justice, Warrior, Savage, Luger) WCW has but two 
>(Sting and Rude).  Rude might even be pushing it a bit.  He's a great US champ
>but a world champ?  If Sting and Rude left WCW, they would be in a serious heap
>of shit.
>                                               -Eflow



I agree that WCW would be in trouble if Sting or Rude left, but I think there 
are other legitimate world title candidates.  Steamboat has held major titles 
in both NWA/WCW and the WWF and his feud with Rude is becoming a classic in my
opinion.  He is probably even nearing Big Dust's record of getting jumped by
a heel gang (i.e. Four Horsemen, Dangerous Alliance) the most times.  Ron
Simmons could be a contender; however, I think it would take a heel change and
a new "pompous" attitude (as Jim Ross would say) along the lines of Lex Luger
as he doesn't seem to have the fan charisma of a Sting.

My personal hope is a Barry Windham heel change and a resulting feud with the
Stinger.  I don't care how he does it (he doesn't have to just suddenly turn
on Little Dust).  I also don't want him to have a manager (so keep away Paul E.
and Harley Race) so that when he wins the title there can be no outside
interference excuses from Sting.  IMO, when Windham is displaying his three
day old beard and I don't care about anybody attitude, there is no better
heel in the business.

One more question for all the WCW gurus out there:  is it my imagination or
did Sid Vicious and Mean Mark not get the push in WCW that they are currently
getting in the WWF.  I know that the Skyscrapers were an awesome team and
that Sid became a Horseman, but I really don't think WCW used the two 
properly.  Or could it be that my memory is that bad?????  Or could it be
that WCW is afraid to develop a large number of world title contenders
because they will jump to the WWF once their reputations are established???



Rick
anywhere close to their potential
their own fault in that they are not using