Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Wrestling TidBits - 12/31  (posted 01/01)
From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Pete Barlow... 'The Candy Guru')
Date: 1 Jan 93 23:57:19 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <C06x0D.9K9@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca>, hekunze@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze) writes:
>  - WWF has it's annual Royal Rumble PPV on 01/24/93 (or is that 01/23/93?)
>    from Sacramento.  The line-up will include:
>      - Bret Hart vs. Razor Ramon for the WWF Title

Lessee... I think I picked Hart to retain before... that won't change.

>      - 30-man Royal Rumble, the winner of which will get a WWF Title shot
>        at WrestleMania.
>    29 of the participants of the Rumble will be:
[list deleted]
>      No word on who will be replacing Nailz, who was to be the final
>    participant.

My guess would be Hogan.  But then last year they brought back Haku and Nikolai
Volkoff from obscurity to take the place of guys who dropped (ie Jannetty) so
anything's possible.

>    Potential other matches have been reported here as:
>      - Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Janetty for the IC Title

Michaels to retain.  Can anyone possibly imagine Jannetty holding SINGLES gold?

>      - Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Big Boss Man

This has been confirmed on the syndies.  I pick Bigelow.

>      - Max Moon vs. Terry Taylor

Out, since Boric is history.

>      - Steiner Brothers vs. Beverly Brothers

Come on... Steiners.

>  - Nailz, who was canned by the WWF for demanding more money and allegedly 
>    assaulting Vince McMahon, has filed sexual assault charges against
>    Vince McMahon.  Meltzer reports that nobody inside really believes 
>    Nailz' claim and everybody else is just reporting the facts in the
>    previous sentence.

Ah... well... if this hits the news again, Vince's credibility will be damaged
even more than it already is.  If that's possible.  Even if Kevin's charges are
false.

>  - Lucky Crush gets to feud with Doink the Clown when the Doinker hits
>    the ring in upcoming weeks.

What a waste... surely they could find someone BETTER than Bryan Adams to put
Bourne against.

>  - WCW & New Japan co-promote the third annual SuperShow from Tokyo Dome
>    on 01/04/93.  Full line-up:
>      - Riki Choshu vs. Genichiro Tenryu

Tenryu.  I know who he is at least.

>      - Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Takashi Ishikawa

Fujinami.  Same reason.

>      - Hell Raisers: Kensuke Sasaki & Road Warrior Hawk vs. Steiners 
>         for the IWGP Tag Titles

Hell Raisers to retain.  Steiners belong to WWF now.

>      - Masa Chono vs. Great Muta for the NWA & IWGP Titles

Muta to win.

>      - Antonio Inoki & Shinya Hashimoto vs. Scott Norton & Dustin Rhodes

Rhodes and Norton in controversy.

>      - Sting vs. Hiro Hase

Hase to win.

>      - Ron Simmons vs. Tony Halme for the WCW Title

Simmons in a snoozer.

>      - Jushin Riger vs. El Ultimo Dragon (Yoshihiro Asai) for the 
>         IWGP Jr. Title

Riger... buddy.  Riger to win.

>      - Norio Honaga & Super Strong Machine & Tatsutoshi Goto & Hiro Saito  
>         vs. Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka & Akitoshi Saito & Kabuki

No clue.  Last time I picked Saito's team, but I really don't know any of these
guys.

>      - Michiyoshi Ohara & Takayuki Iizuka & Akira Nogami
>         vs. Nobukazu Hirai & Koki Kitahara & Masao Orihara

Ah... the first team... why not?

>    It seems doubtful that we'll ever see more than a clip of anything
>    fromt this show on North American TV.

Too bad.  Sounds like a great show.

>  - Varied reports are that Rick Rude is either suffering from a shoulder
>    injury or a ruptured disc.  In either case, it's estimated that he'll
>    be out for another month.  He's apparently showing up at the house
>    shows he's been booked on just to show the fans that the injury is
>    legit.  The final match in the #1 contender tourney above will
>    air on 01/16/93 and the championship shot is supposed to air on
>    01/23/93.  Will they have Rude forfeit the title because of the
>    injury?  Will he work injured?  Will he keep the title?  Who the
>    hell knows?  When business resumes in the new year, WCW will be 
>    booked by a diverse committee, so we can only guess how things 
>    are going to get flipped around.

Best bet would be the 30 day clause.

>  - Arn Anderson is staying with WCW and it's possible that Bobby Eaton
>    will too. 

Someone inside WCW must be reading this newsgroup.

>  - WCW has a Clash of Champions on 01/13/93 from Milwaukee.  The tentative
>    line-up includes:
>      - Sting & Dustin Rhodes & Van Hammer & Ron Simmons
>         vs. Rick Rude & Barbarian & Barry Windham & Big Van Vader
>         in a Thunderdome cage match

WHY?  What's so special about the name ThunderDome?  Will it have a top on it? 
Will Mel Gibson be a guest referee, with Tina Turner doing the ring announcing? 
In any case, faces to win because its a TV cage match.

>      - Rick Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs. Brian Pillman & Steve Austin
>         for the NWA & WCW Tag Titles

Pillman and Austin to win to offset the main event.  Pillman and Austin should
make great champions.

>      - Cactus Jack vs. Erik Watts

Guess... WATTS JOBS ON LIVE TV!

>      - Tony Atlas vs. Van Hammer in an arm-wrestling match

Hammer in a snoozer.  Frankly, I wouldn't mind seeing Missy arm wrestle again.

>      - 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Scotty Flamingo

2 Cold Scorpio continues his push.

>      - Brad Armstrong vs. Chris Benoit

Benoit in a stunner.

>    Maybe the last two matches will set the stage for the resurrection of
>    the WCW Lightheavyweight title.  Benoit is only in for the one shot.

DAMN!  So where does he wrestle now?

>  - The Steiners will work their first WWF Toronto house show on 01/31/93.
>    On the same card, Bret Hart faces Bam Bam Bigelow for the WWF Title.

Bigelow may get the belt here... we'll know for certain after we hear whether
or not Flair got it today, or else after the Rumble.

>  - WCW has a SuperBrawl on 02/27/93 from Asheville, NC.

So soon?

>  - WWF has WrestleMania on 04/04/93 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
>    The promo tape includes some footage of Hulk Hogan and rumour has
>    him appearing but not wrestling.  The talk is that he'll either do
>    commentary or be a guest referee.  My guess is that he'll give Bret Hart
>    the Hulkster's seal of approval. The main event will have the WWF 
>    champ defend against the winner of the Royal Rumble.  

YIKES!  NOT HOGAN!

TCG, pb.