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From: joes@bcvms.bc.edu
Subject: <None>
Organization: Boston College
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 20:17:49 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.205327.17410@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, GAINES@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Richard Gaines Jr.) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Aug25.192034.20755@intelhf.hf.intel.com>, carlton@intelhf.hf.intel.com (Mark Carlton) writes:
> 
>>In article <92237.090038JW83HISW@MIAMIU.BITNET> <JW83HISW@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>>>Jessie host) last weekend.
> 
>>It figures now that he is out of college Eric will start wrestling along with
>>all of the other former great's sons (Whindam, Rhodes, Henning, Gagne, etc)
> 
>>Most of these guys are successful since they get a push because of their
>>fathers.  Why should Eric Watts be any different?
> 
>>More opinions upcoming,
> Well only two of these guys (Windam and Henning) have been that great of a
> wrestler IMHO!!! The jury is still out on Rhodes but I didn't like his father
> so I'm kinda bias!!  I hope that he starts to create his own style of wrestling
> and interviews cause especially the Dusty Jr. interviews gotta go!!  Greg Gagne
> has never been a good wrestler but he is a pretty good shortstop!!
> 
> As for Watts ... I saw a few games of his at Louisville and he wasn't very good
> so for now I will reserve judgement on him until he debuts!!  He can't be any
> worse than the handsome stranger Marcus Alexander Bagwell!!
> 
> Richard Gaines, Jr.
> " Still Looking for Tommy Young "
> 
> 
>>Mark

Uh, excuuuuuuse me, but Gagne the shortstop is not related to the wrestler. 
The Gagne wrestling family is from Missesota, and Greg Gagne, he's from Somerset
MASS!!
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                               Joe
From: Don Becker <grendel@jaflrn.UUCP>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Jake Roberts = Ozzy Osbourne ??
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 15:02:02 EDT
Organization: The Wizzard's Cave, East Meadow, NY

luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther) writes:

> Monday night, while watching a recast of this weekend's WCW Pro, I 
> saw two interviews with Jake during which he spouted lyrics from
> Ozzy's songs. In one interview, he began his statement with, "The light
> in the window is a crack in the sky" which is the opening line to
> Ozzy's song "No More Tears." In a later interview, directed at Sting,
> he said, "If he could see inside my head, he'd see that black and white
> is red." This is right out of Ozzy's "Flying High Again". 
> 
> This all makes me wonder... when a wrestler does an interview, is it
> scripted for him? If so, how much of it is pre-written? There are
> some wrestlers who give good interviews, like Jake, and others who
> give bad interviews, like Crush. I would think that if someone else
> was scripting them, they'd all sound the same. So do the wrestlers
> write it themselves? How much is improv? If it's scripted, I'd think
> the words have to be memorized, because not all of them would be so good
> at reading prompters that it wouldn't be obvious.
 
Jake's done this in the WWF. In the WWF, he quoted mostly from Pink Floyd's
"The Wall", specifically "One Of My Turns", and "Goodbye Cruel World".
 
I would be willing to bet that Jake does his own interviews. Vince McMahon
and Bill Watts aren't hip enough to steal from Roger Waters or Ozzy 
Osbourne.
 
--Don
From: ba446@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd M. Hanson)
Subject: Re: Wrestling game
Reply-To: ba446@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd M. Hanson)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 06:33:07 GMT


In a previous article, ventura@camelot.bradley.edu (Brian Wawczak) says:

>In the past here on rspw, we have had several "fantasy" wrestling posts.`
>However, none have incorporated the true skills and personalities of the
>real pro wrestlers we watch every week. Is anybody out there interested in
>helping me organize a pro-wrestling game where we could promote our own cards
>and crown our own champions here on the net?

NOOOOO!!!!!!
 
We havent had to put up with any of this crap for months, and it has been 
NICE.  Please, LET IT DIE.  If you want to do something like this thru
email, FINE, but LEAVE IT IN EMAIL.  The rest of us dont want to suffer
thru it (again).

Todd

If you really want to do some fantasy wrestling league stuff, there is a
newsgroup especially designed for it.  Please do it there.

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From: Scott.Simpson@f904.n250.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Simpson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: PWA in the Mid-East?!?!?!?!!!
Date: 25 Aug 92 08:42:54 GMT


 > I just checked my calendar... It isn't anywhere NEAR
 > the
 > beginning of April.  Is this legit?!?!?!!!

I was talking to some midget wrestlers and they say they're
going on a middle- east tour this fall and getting paid big
bucks.

                  >> SDSimpson
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From: robert@askinc.ask.COM (Robert McMullen)
Subject: Re: Where are they now?
Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Inc.
Distribution: world 
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:30:04 GMT

In message <mjenkins.714931507@cunews>, "mjenkins" writes:
>> In <1992Aug27.103424.3129@memstvx1.memst.edu> beninsd@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
>>Where are they now? Jimmy Snuka; Dick Murdoch;David Sammartino (who cares?)
>>Bob Orton; Rokcy Johnson? Is Kendal Windham still in jail in Florida?  

[some answers skipped......]

> Dick Murdock is back in WCW, he's teaming with Barbarian and Greg
> Valentine. He and Barbarian were the last (literally) US tag champs.
> Now he and Greg are teaming...they're called the Oldtimers. :)

Nope, that's Dick SLATER (ironically, Dick Murdoch's tag-team partner
in WCW last year as "The Hardliners").  Dick Murdoch, I believe, is
rasslin' (he 'rassles, not wrestles...) in Puerto Rico, or at least I
could've sworn I saw that in the Observer.

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From: jfoy@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Foy)
Subject: Re: [WCW] a year ago
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:35:40 GMT

In <9209011439.AA03210@tyrell.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM> ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3) writes:

>I'd trade Madusa for York anyday!  Then I'd trade York for Missy... then
>I'd trade Missy for Robin "Woman" Green!  :-)

Hmm. I don't much care for Missy. Breast implants and all she's just
not as interesting as she used to be. Btw, I'd forgotten about Robin
Green. :)

>[ Side note:  are the independant shows in Washington, Oregon, 
>  and California called the "West Indies"?  <ducks tomatoes>   ]

I'd give 'em all up for a WCW house show up here. (Seattle, btw) It's
been a loong time since I've seen Cactus Jack in person. FWIW, the last
WCW house show here was back in the NWA days with the Four Horsemen.

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From: art30248@nusunix2.nus.sg (NG LING LING)
Subject: Re: Flair wins WWF Title
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:33:48 GMT

: 
: 	I am curious as to where you got this information and how
: 	it can be verified.  If this is true, what next?  Could this
: 	mean the return of Bulk Bogus for the final humiliation
: 	of Ric Flair?  Will it even be mentioned this weekend or
: 	does McGreedy have something else up his sleeve?
: 
: 				Hmmmmmm.
: 
: 				John Mastrangelo


You know, I think that the return of Bulk Bogus is THE reason why Slic
Ric regained the Title.

Yet, I also think that Flair has been the best ever (then, now and
forver til the end of time) heel to "cling" on to any title.

Everybody hates him! Even kids around town who can't find WWF figurines
of Flair for their BossMan or Savage or Hogan or Piper to beat up search
high and low for the old "short-haired" Flair WCW figurines.

Also, I think there are only a limited number of guys, now that the heel
roster in the WWF has been changed a lot...that can go after Savage. I
mean, who ? other than the Undertaker ?

Lastly, I also think McMoney knows that Flair (without Hogan and Piper
around) is THE biggest draw - both on PPV and House shows. Maybe the
Warrior is the second coming of the PPV-roider, but Flair is the guy
which works his butt (and forehead) off. Therefore, if Flair doesn't
have THE title, he might just consider jumping back to the WCW/NWA etc.
and scare the s**t out of McMoney, who will in turn have to up the $$$
to keep him there.

Of course, I am a biased Flair fan...ever since he and Harley race
fought for the NWA World's Championship in Singapore, 1974 as part of
the World's championship tour...

whoooooooooooooo!
From: ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3)
Subject: Re: where are they now
To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling (wres)
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Mike Jenkinson writes:

> beninsd@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
> 
> >Where are they now? Jimmy Snuka; Dick Murdoch;David Sammartino (who cares?)

> Dick Murdock is back in WCW, he's teaming with Barbarian and Greg
> Valentine. He and Barbarian were the last (literally) US tag champs.
> Now he and Greg are teaming...they're called the Oldtimers. :)

Okay... then where is Dick Slater?  :-)

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From: ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3)
Subject: Wearing Belts
To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Posted-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 20: 39:16 cdt
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 01:39:16 GMT
Received-Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 20: 38:44 CDT

Dan Fielding writes:
[ Someone else wrote about how Quake and Typhoon have to wear their belts
  on their shoulders 'cause they don't fir around their waists ]

> A champion should WEAR his belt around his waist, not
> drape it over his shoulder.

What I find even MORE humorous than the Fat Boys draping their
belts over their shoulders is Rick Rude (who more often than not
drapes his belt over his shoulder).  Rick has a different reason
though... his waist is so skinny that when he DOES (on rare
occasion) wear his belt around his waist, it's on the very LAST
set of snaps (or whatever fasteners those are) which means there
is only ONE set that are holding it on, as opposed to Simmons,
who has the full set of 10 or so clasps holding the belt
together, and the belt is STILL so loose around his waist that 
it practically falls around his knees!

Amazing how he's\  only roided in the arm-area (from all that
arm-wrestling when he grew up in Robbinsdale)  :-)  but managed
to not get any miscles anywhere else!  :-)

		--Otto "Cactus Hack" Heuer

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From: mb20@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANCH,MICHAEL B)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: I'm Back!!!!
Date: 31 Aug 92 15:35:21 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In article <2228.137.uupcb@ssr.com> dave.scherer%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dave Scherer) writes:
>
>HK>  Agreed.  In particular, Terry Taylor's finest moment was his ~40-minute
>  >  long title match with Ric Flair on 06/01/85.  It was a joy to watch.
>
>Or when he teamed
>with the Fantastics to wrestle the Sheepherders and Jack Victory in a
>barbed wire cage match?  Great stuff and Taylor was over huge.


    I spoke to the "hundred dollar man" Jon Kincaid and heard 
    an interesting story about Taylor. Taylor told a friend of
    Jon's that he had been FIRED by Watts. He didn't seem to be
    upset so much as simply disappointed. He said he was
    heading to Japan to work and wasn't sure what he'd do afterwards
    as he really didn't want to mess with indie promotions.

    Now, I've heard that wrestlers are notorious for working anyone
    they talk to, thus he may have been simply spinning a story.
    But if not, it's an awful shame to see such incredible talent
    be lost by WCW...


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From: mark.stevens@spacebbs.com (Mark Stevens) 
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Ultimate Warrior - Butt N
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:14:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: mark.stevens@spacebbs.com (Mark Stevens) 

To: fout@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (David Fout - RMS)

DF>How many people thought the Warrior was nude when
DF>he ran to the ring at the Summer Slam special?
DF>I thought Pat P. might have been chasing him.

Ya that outfit was a little crazy.  It's amazing what they are doing
to cover up his reduction of steriods.  That tee shirt with muscles
drawn on it was something else - it even had phoney nipples on it.

Did you also notice that big tatoo on his arm - it is of the Warrior.
I can't imagine why Warrior and the Undertaker would want gigantic
tatoos on their arms of their characters.  I'd like to see them in
10 or 20 years still wearing those tatoos.
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From: GAINES@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Richard Gaines Jr.)
Subject: Re: Eric Watts??????This is from one of the WCW syndies(the one that Jim Ross and
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:53:27 GMT


In article <1992Aug25.192034.20755@intelhf.hf.intel.com>, carlton@intelhf.hf.intel.com (Mark Carlton) writes:

>In article <92237.090038JW83HISW@MIAMIU.BITNET> <JW83HISW@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>>Jessie host) last weekend.

>It figures now that he is out of college Eric will start wrestling along with
>all of the other former great's sons (Whindam, Rhodes, Henning, Gagne, etc)

>Most of these guys are successful since they get a push because of their
>fathers.  Why should Eric Watts be any different?

>More opinions upcoming,
Well only two of these guys (Windam and Henning) have been that great of a
wrestler IMHO!!! The jury is still out on Rhodes but I didn't like his father
so I'm kinda bias!!  I hope that he starts to create his own style of wrestling
and interviews cause especially the Dusty Jr. interviews gotta go!!  Greg Gagne
has never been a good wrestler but he is a pretty good shortstop!!

As for Watts ... I saw a few games of his at Louisville and he wasn't very good
so for now I will reserve judgement on him until he debuts!!  He can't be any
worse than the handsome stranger Marcus Alexander Bagwell!!

Richard Gaines, Jr.
" Still Looking for Tommy Young "


>Mark
From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: SummerSlam Results?
Summary: The results of SummerSlam
Keywords: SummerSlam
Date: 28 Aug 92 18:38:49 GMT
Organization: Carleton University

Howdy!

Is anyone planning on getting the SummerSlam results posted tomorrow,
or will we have to wait for Monday's PPV before anyone will put them
up?

Personally, I'd like to see them up before Monday...but then again,
I'm at the mercy of everyone else here...cuz I ain't gonna be in
England tomorrow!

Michael
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From: ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3)
Subject: Re: Let's do the Clash on IRC today
To: rec.sport.pro-wrestling (wres)
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Sean writes:

| I was supposed to have gone out of town 4 days ago.  But since I'm still here,
| I'll be around to see the Clash tonight.  And since the phone line here
| probably won't need to remain free, I can hang out on the modem for all that
| time.  :-)  So, let's get together on IRC tonight and do that Clash thing on
| there.

I temporarily moved my computer down two flights of  stairs to  where my AV
room is, so I'll be watching The Clash on my  120-inch TV  with my computer
on a 34-inch picture-in-picture window.

I have no excuse not to be on IRC tonight, so I'll be there.  What channel
will be used (with the change from "plus" channels to "pound" channels it's
impossible to find a channel without knowing the exact name anymore).

There used to be an average of 20-40 channels around at any given time.  Now
it seems to average around 200.

Sure would be great if Flair showed up with the belt!  :-)

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From: jfoy@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Foy)
Subject: Re: [WCW] a year ago
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 08:09:31 GMT

In <9209010457.AA19900@rachael.CFSMO.Honeywell.COM> ottoh3@CFSMO.Honeywell.COM (Otto Heuer #3) writes:

>Alexandra York was running the York Foundation, and the WCW top

Gosh but I miss that woman. She makes Madusa look like a stick figure. :)

> 8 - One Man Gang - 449 lbs - Chicago, Ill

Where did he run off to? I miss his antics too. (Minus the Akeem bull in
the Whiff)  Also, I recall him being a lot heavier when he was in the old
UWV. Something like 501 lbs. springs to mind. (Fwiw, I never thought he
looked THAT heavy)


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From: art30248@nusunix2.nus.sg (NG LING LING)
Subject: Re: Great to be back
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:57:42 GMT

You know, it makes us look like real fools when they throw plots at us
which read like they were from a daytime soap and they got the nerve to
do it to us on PPV.

Feuds fuel up the kids. Period.

Real wrestling fans hope the wrestlers us it to show off their skills to
a mega-wide audience whatever the outcome.

I mean, what is Tito Santana gonna say when someone asks him about his
PPV record ? Yet, the dude works hard.

And by the way, how much is a WCW PPV nowadays ?
From: beninsd@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: where are they now
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:34:23 -0600
Distribution: world
Organization: Memphis State University

Where are they now? Jimmy Snuka; Dick Murdoch;David Sammartino (who cares?)
Bob Orton; Rokcy Johnson? Is Kendal Windham still in jail in Florida?  
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From: macika@emunix.emich.edu (Power Geeking Burger Flipping Spider Worshiping Softball Playing Warlock)
Subject: Re: Jake Roberts = Ozzy Osbourne ??
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:37:12 GMT

In article <3453@ra.nrl.navy.mil> luther@i5160e.nrl.navy.mil (Luther) writes:
>
>So, has anyone ever seen Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and Ozzy Osbourne in
>the same room at the same time? The reason I ask is this: 

Yes, Ozzy accompanied Jake to the ring for his match at WMIII.

-- 
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From: cg@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (charles.gavinelli)
Subject: Tuesday in Pennsylvania
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:03:04 GMT


	Arezzi's convention was great. I'll have a full report
by week's end. I wanted to put out some
stuff that may lose their timliness by weeks end:

-Tonight (9/1) in Philly, Savage is expected to drop the strap to Flair.

-At 9/2 COC on TBS, Zbysko will be in the corner of Valentine
 and Slater when they face Anderson and Eaton. Larry was
 in a sling all weekend. I had to hold all the pictures he autographed.
 If the sling was a work, I give him credit for wearing it for 16 hours.
 Sammartino is expected to be there. He is talking to Watts today.

Expect a big post by week's end.

If the above info has already been mentioned - SORRY! I have
not checked any postings since 8/28.


================================================================================
"If they cut an inch off my dick, I'd have a hole in
 my stomach" - Lou Albano at the Convention



						Charlie
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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: Howdy Doody
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:58:52 GMT

In <Pine.2.4.54.9209011523.A689@adam> steevja@UnbSJ.CA (Jason Steeves) writes:

>A friend of mine was reading PWI and saw that Bob Backlund was tenth in
>the rankings for WWF. Apparently, he fought a couple of matches in the first
>part of July against Skinner and maybe someone else. There was mention that he
>wanted to sign on for some more matches as well.

>Can anyone verify this and does anyone know why this happened? Thanks.

I can verify that Backlund wrestled about three matches in the WWF
(which, I suppose, would get your ranked in the top 10!), Skinner, and
Steve Lombardi were the opponents, I believe.

As far as why...I just joined this group, so this has most likely been
covered here, but a friend of mine in Winnipeg told me that Bob was
supposed to be the "real person" behind the LOD's Rocco dummy. (And
isn't that a hoot...what is Rocco but Howdy-Doody with an attitude!)

Apparently Bob didn't go for it. Since then, I haven't sen Bob in any
PWI Weekly match results. 

Usual disclamer applies: Anyone with information correcting this is
welcome to post it.

Mike