From: hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   10/15
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 22:52:14 GMT


 - Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair in Saskatoon on Monday to win the WWF
   Title.  Flair submitted to Hart's Sharpshooter at the 23:04 mark.
   Talk has it that Bret was ready to bolt from the WWF after losing
   the IC Title to Davey Boy Smith at SummerSlam, but Vince offered
   him a short-term spot as world champ to keep him around.  Hart has
   apparently signed for another 2 years with the WWF.

 - WCW has it's annual Halloween Havoc PPV on October 25, 1992.
   Tentative line-up includes:
     - Jake Roberts vs. Sting in a "Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal"
       match, where Sting will apparently spin a gimmicked wheel 
       to determine which type of match takes place.  Matches 
       on the wheel in the "Spin The Wheel Saloon" sketch were
       (in alphabetical order):
        - Barbed Wire
        - Cage   
        - Coal Miner's Glove
        - Dog Collar Match  
        - First Blood 
        - I Quit
        - Lumberjack Match  
        - Prince of Darkness
        - Russian Chain Match
        - Spinner Choice
        - Texas Bull Rope
        - Texas Death Match 
    *- Rick Rude vs. Masa Chono for the NWA Heavyweight Title
        with two referees (one chosen by each wrestler)
     - Ron Simmons vs. Barbarian for the WCW Heavyweight Title
    *- Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham vs. Steve Williams & Terr Gordy 
       for the Unified WCW & NWA Tag Titles
    *- Ricky Steamboat vs. Brian Pillman
   The show will be announced by Jim Ross & Jesse Ventura, with Tony
   Schiavone & Bruno Sammartino hosting (i.e. Bruno gets Eric Bischoff's
   regular spot).  
     In an angle that airs this weekend on WCW Saturday Night, Paul E.
   Dangerously announces that he's still Rude's manager and has signed
   Rude to defend his US Title against Nikita Koloff.  Somehow, when the
   chips fall, it apparently ends up as a Nikita Koloff vs. Steve Austin
   match.

 - Notice that Scott Steiner is not mentioned in the above line-up.
   In their 'final' meeting on the Steiners' contracts, Bill Watts
   and the Steiners were unable to come to an agreement.  The Steiners
   will accept the $1000 a shot pay-off, but they want a guaranteed
   number of dates (rumoured to be 5 a week) that Watts won't match.

 - This year's WCW Starrcade PPV will be another Lethal Lottery: Battle
   Bowl thingie.  That was so succesful last, wasn't it?

 - The WWF has it's annual Survivor Series PPV from Richfield, OH,
   on US Thanksgiving weekend.  Matches will include:
      - Randy Savage & Ultimate Warrior vs. Ric Flair & Razor Ramon
           with trouble-shooting referee Sgt. Slaughter
      - Big Boss Man vs. Nailz in a nightstick match
      - Kamala vs. The Undertaker in a casket match

 - Videos: I had a blast this weekend watching wrestling videos at my
   parents' house.  I'll post a review of the Japanese things in the
   next couple of days, but one of the highlights for my parents was
   a tape of North American things from 1986-1987.  Here's the match
   list, which will probably bring back lots of memories for people 
   that were fans at that time:

615*- AWA, CWF,        - Matches from 1986-1987                           ~6.00
      Memphis, NWA,    -
      UWF, WCCW, WWC,  -
      WWF              -
    - 00.00.00-00.06.37 - British Bulldogs 
                           vs. King Kong Bundy & John Studd (**) 
    - 00.06.37-00.13.20 - John Studd's body-slam challenge; King Tonga runs
                           in and slams him
    - 00.13.20-00.25.36 - Tully Blanchard vs. Wahoo McDaniel for the 
                           NWA National Title (Tully retains, double
                           juice, Ron Garvin runs in, *1/2)
    - 00.25.36-00.41.10 - Midnight Express: Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
                           vs. Road Warriors for the NWA Tag Titles
                           (MEs retain titles, Baby Doll decks Cornette, ***)
    - 00.41.12-00.44.18 - R'N'R Express & Dusty Rhodes 
                           vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson & Ole Anderson
                           (bunkhouse match, no finish)
    - 00.41.19-00.50.48 - Rick Rude vs. Chris Adams for the WCCW Title
                           (Adams wins title, Adams juices, Rude dumps
                           Percy Pringle, **)
    - 00.50.50-01.10.08 - Paul Orndorff's turn on Hulk Hogan: each guy
                           on the "Flower Shop," the phone call to the gym,
                           Paul Orndorff & Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
                           & John Studd match where Orndorff turns
    - 01.10.08-01.12.37 - Lance & Kevin & Mike von Erich
                           vs. Butch Reed & Matt Borne & Buzz Sawyer
                           for the WCCW six-man titles (finish only)
    - 01.12.37-01.15.02 - Abdullah the Butcher vs. Kabuki from WCCW (no finish)
    - 01.15.02-01.37.44 - Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose & Doug Somers
                           for the AWA Tag Titles from 08/31/86
                           (Rose & Somers retain, Janetty & Michaels gush 
                           big time, Somers juices, all the post match
                           interviews, ****1/2)
    - 01.37.44-01.40.00 - Scenes from the Jonathan Boyd vs. Scott Casey feud
    - 01.40.00-01.47.47 - Jim Duggan vs. Hercules Hernandez from the UWF
                           (Coal Miner's Glove match, **)
    - 01.47.47-01.58.34 - Steve Williams vs. King Kong Bundy from 10/10/83
                           (Williams really pudgy, no muscle, **)
    - 01.58.34-02.10.17 - Midnight Express: Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey 
                           vs. Fantastics from the UWF (***1/2)
    - 02.10.17-02.28.11 - Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine
                           vs. Rougeaus from Toronto (**3/4)
    - 02.28.11-02.30.07 - Midnight Express attack Road Warriors and lay
                           out Animal
    - 02.30.07-02.35.56 - John Tatum vs. Missing Link from the UWF
                           (valet for a day match, Tatum & Victory turn
                           on Gilbert & Sting, DUD)
    - 02.35.56-02.45.57 - "Flower Shop" vs. "Piper's Pit" segment where
                           Roddy Piper gets laid out by Bob Orton, Adrian
                           Adonis, Don Muraco
    - 02.45.57-03.01.59 - Terry Gordy vs. Steve Williams for the UWF Title
                           (Gordy & Hayes brawl with Duggan & Williams,
                           injured Williams wrestles, Gordy retains title,
                           **1/2)
    - 03.01.59-03.12.00 - Ricky Morton vs. Ole Anderson
                           (Arn Anderson, Dusty Rhodes, Tully Blanchard,
                           Magnum TA run in, **)
    - 03.12.00-03.20.27 - Ivan Koloff & Kruscher Kruschev 
                           vs. Road Warriors for the NWA vs. AWA Tag Titles
                           from Bash 1986 (both retain, clipped, *1/2)
    - 03.20.27-03.25.29 - Magnum TA vs. Kamala for the NWA US Title from
                           Bash 1986 (Magnum retains, Magnum juices, 
                           clipped, 1/2)
    - 03.25.29-03.41.27 - Ric Flair vs. Nikita Koloff for the NWA Title
                           from Bash 1986 (Flair retains, all the build
                           up angles, David Crockett refs, Flair juices,
                           fan storms the ring and gets excorted out,
                           ***1/2)
    - 03.41.27-03.48.50 - Tully Blanchard vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA TV
                           Title from Bash 1986 (Dusty wins title and Baby
                           Doll for 30 days, cage match, double juice, **)
    - 03.48.52-03.52.05 - Dusty Rhodes puts Tully Blanchard in the figure
                           four for five minutes
    - 03.52.07-03.54.54 - Four Horsemen beat up Dusty Rhodes in a parking
                           lot with a baseball bat
    - 03.54.54-03.58.55 - "Piper's Pit" with Jimmy Hart
    - 03.58.55-04.01.43 - Dusty Rhodes & Nikita Koloff
                           vs. Ole Anderson & J.J.Dillon 
                           (cage, JJ gets brutalized, DUD)
    - 04.01.43-04.14.12 - Abdullah the Butcher vs. Bruiser Brody from WCCW
                           (cage, Fritz von Erich refs, *)
    - 04.14.12-04.18.24 - Invader III vs. Chicky Starr from WWC
                           (scaffold match, finish only)
    - 04.18.24-04.30.49 - Jimmy Snuka vs. Larry Zbyszko from the AWA
                           (Colonel DeBeers interferes and brutalizes
                           Snuka, **1/2)
    - 04.30.51-04.33.10 - Terry Taylor vs. Buddy Roberts brawl from the UWF
    - 04.33.10-04.35.31 - Devastation Inc. challenges Savannah Jack and a
                           brawl ensues from the UWF
    - 04.35.31-04.44.59 - Fantastics vs. Jack Victory & John Tatum for the 
                           UWF Tag Titles (Victory & Tatum win titles, ***1/4)
    - 04.45.00-05.02.28 - Two Ring Triple Chance Battle Royal from the CWF
                           (Steve Armstrong gushes, **3/4)
    - 05.02.28-05.07.57 - Terry Gordy vs. Ted DiBiase for the UWF Title
                           (DiBiase wins title, finish only, post-match
                           interviews, DiBiase loses title)
    - 05.07.57-05.17.50 - Fantastics vs. Rick Steiner & Sting from the UWF
                           (everybody gets involved, **3/4)
    - 05.17.50-05.21.42 - Steve Williams & Terry Taylor & Ted DiBiase 
                           vs. Freebirds brawl from the UWF
    - 05.21.42-05.25.37 - One Man Gang wins UWF Title by default from 
                           Terry Gordy
    - 05.25.37-05.30.23 - Buddy Roberts vs. Savannah Jack for the UWF TV Title
                           (Jack wins title, **)
    - 05.30.23-05.35.37 - John Tatum & Jack Victory 
                           vs. Bill Irwin & Leroy Brown for the UWF Tag Titles
                           (Irwin & Brown win titles, *)
    - 05.35.37-05.38.45 - Clip on the NWA Bunkhouse stampede series
    - 05.38.45-05.41.58 - Battle Royal from Memphis (DUD)
    - 05.41.58-05.48.15 - Dave Peterson & Todd Champion
                           vs. Thunderfoots (Texas Tornado match, *)
    - 05.48.15-05.53.51 - Sam Houston vs. Bill Dundee (*1/2)
    - 05.53.53-05.57.05 - Starrcade 1986 video
    - 05.57.05-06.07.45 - Adrian Street vs. Rip Rogers (Texas Death match, **)

 - Awards: The voting period will start early next week.  I'll post
   the ballot and call for votes early in the week.

                                                                Herb...