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From: andra@cs.widener.edu (Robert Andracsek)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: More on Center Stage taping
Date: 7 Oct 1992 22:57:19 -0400
Organization: Widener University CS Department, Chester PA
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In article <1992Oct6.161305.13378@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (The Candy Guru) writes:
>In article <70195@hydra.gatech.EDU>, dsrekjk@prism.gatech.EDU ( Jon Kincaid) writes:
>> A couple of other quick additions to Surfer Michael Branch's comments
>> 2) the wheel does work! Jack asked Jake to let him give it a practice
>>    spin and after the half hour it seemed to take to stop spinning, it
>>    stopped on the space dividing the Prince of Darkness and Texas Death
>>    Match spaces.
>
>Me thinks they ought to add little tacks, and a tab to the outside of the
>wheel, so it doesn't end up on a space.
>
People... who here actually thinks this wheel is being spun for real?
If they can fix it to land on a specified match, why can't they make
it land on a certain 'null' zone to build suspense?


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From: fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp)
Subject: GWF Bungee Match
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:42:07 GMT

  Gettinghome from class early, I turned on the tv and saw Chaz sitting in a 
cage being lowered by a crane.  The announcers said he had just one the
first ever "Bungee" match.  The heel then pulled on the bungee chord and Chaz
fell out of the crane.  But Chaz had grabbed the bungee chord and bounced safely
until lowered to the ground.  They went on to talk about this and that ("My
life flashed before my eyes", etc), but never showed any replays.

  What were the rules?  How does one win?  Who was the other participant?
Finally, how did Chaz win?

  Posts thus far sound like it was more of a gimmick than a good match, but
curiosity makes me want to know the detials of the match.  Anyone?  Anyone?


                                        Fippster 6
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From: Mark Byrne <M.Byrne@compserv.utas.edu.au>
Subject: Re: NEW WWF WORLD CHAMPION
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A701F596B101132C@mpg5-44.compserv.utas.edu.au>
X-Xxdate: Wed, 14 Oct 92 22:04:38 GMT
Organization: Uni. of Tasmania at Launceston
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 05:00:35 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.161029.1779@orbital.demon.co.uk> Bob Hutton,
bobh@orbital.demon.co.uk writes:
>Hopefully this will get out sufficiently quickly to stop me from looking
>silly. Further to my post concerning The L.A. Times report that Bret
>Hart had taken the World strap at last Saturday's L.A. House show, this
>has been confirmed, unless I'm being wound up something rotten.
>
>Apparently Hellwig has been getting a bit demanding so they've decided
>against an immediate title run for him. The title will apparently go,
>Hart, a heel (unknown), Backlund, setting up Backlund .v. Hogan for The
>WrestleMania 9 Main Event.
>
>Hope this gets out quickly and is correct.
>
>Bob Hutton.



 I have it......Vince is going to have the British Bulldog turn MEGA HEEL,
 have Mr. Perfect in his corner and take the STRAP from his
brother-in-law. 
 After this HOWDY DOODY will make a save as BULLDOG, Flair and Perfect do
a
 number on Bret Hart. This will then set up a fued between Buckland and
the Bulldog
 with as Bob Hutton states Buckland winning and going on to fight Hogan
for the WWF
 title at WMIX
 Of course I might be wrong.....Flame on Johnny
 
 
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From: chipd@cwis.unomaha.edu (David W. Hartranft)
Subject: Re: Computer Wrestling.                     
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 19:12:15 GMT



Sounds good, what language will you use?
From: rwong@beach.csulb.edu (Robie Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Bobby Heenan's Quote of the Year
Date: 7 Oct 92 06:14:59 GMT
Organization: Cal State Long Beach


I've got two I remember most. One was when Mark was still a heel and he was
making his way down to the ring with his Funeral march music.  They showed
members of the audience, and there was this father holding his daughter, and
the girl was crying.  Monsoon says something like "Look at that, she doesn't
want to hear the music!" and Heenan goes, "No, I think she can't stand the
sound of Mike McGuirk's voice" At that point, the father points toward the ring
as the girl turns her head away and Bobby, imitating the dad, says "See, see,
there's Mike McGuirk" and then he adopts this high, sqeaky voice to imitate the
girl "Oh, boo hoo, she's ugly!"  I couldn't stop laughing.

The other has to be at the dismal This Tuesday in Texas last year.  They had a
close up of the Mark's face, snarling at Hogan with his eyes rolled up and
Heenan goes "Look at that, Monsoon!  How'd you like looking into your window at
3 o'clock in the morning???"

I wouldn't mind.


In homage to the great urn,


The Grand Pooh-bah
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From: shimizu@on.cs.keio.ac.jp (Tadahiro SHIMIZU)
Subject: Q: FTPsites
Organization: Ohno Lab., KEIO Univ., Yokohama Japan.
Distribution: rec
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 05:43:22 GMT

Does anyone know any good FTPsites about pro-wrestling?
I just wanna get current information and some GIFs if available.

This is my first post to this NG. Please treat me with favor.
--
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shimizu@on.cs.keio.ac.jp
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From: doctor@draco.unm.edu (Doc)
Subject: Re: Bob Backlund
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 22:17:52 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <1992Oct13.182022.483@data-io.com>, jewell@Data-IO.COM (Cal Jewell) writes:
> In article <Bw2EpM.18A@acsu.buffalo.edu> v070qg5d@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Eric M Chmiel) writes:
> #(Michael Jenkinson) writes...
> #
> #>>Can some one fill me in on why Bob Backlund left the WWF in the first place?
> #> 
> #>The important people here can correct me if I'm wrong...
> #> 
> #>Backlund was going around at the time saying (to mark magazines like
> #>PWI) that Vince wanted him to dye his hair black and become a
> #>rule-breaker. Because he didn't want to do that, he left the WWF.
> #
> #   In no way do I claim to be an "important person" in this group, but I
> 
> Nor do I.
> 
> [snip...snip...snip]
> 
> #McMahon simply didn't
> #think Backlund's milk and cookies image was worth marketing, so he wanted 
> #Backlund to do a heel turn.  Bob refused, so Vince told him goodbye.
> 
> I've always been of the opinion that Vince knew what Bob's reaction
> to the proposed heel turn would be.  ie, Vince was looking to get rid
> of Backlund and his (expected) refusal to do the heel turn gave Vince
> the reason to fire Bob.

Also, has anyone out there seen the Backland vs. Iron Seik match?
Backland got his @$$ kicked bad.  It looked as if he didn't even try
to really defend the title.

-Josh
From: jsteeves@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: New WWF title belt?
Date: 17 Oct 92 00:08:48 -0300
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <mjenkins.719161113@cunews>, mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson) writes:
> There's a picture in this week's PWI Weekly of Ric Flair holding up
> one of the WWF *tag team* title belts.
> 
> Anyone who has seen a live show recently, or recent pictures....is the
> WWF making a new title belt? Or is the old one just in for repairs? Or
> did Flair just leave his belt at the hotel accidently?

I'd say it's just an old picture. Flair toted around an old tag belt when
his NWA belt was taken away from him. The tag belt was the one they video
distorted. Video distortion wouldn't show up on a photograph :-)

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From: v124jw4y@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Benjamin R Pierce)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Intercontinnental defenses
Keywords: Interpretation
Date: 10 Oct 92 21:30:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <BvxAqz.HDD@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp) writes...
> 
>  I believe that the INTERcontinental champion would his defend his title
>in any of the continents.  THe INTRAcontinental champion (if he existed)
>would be restricted to defending it within North America, or on whatever
>continent the federation exists on.




Gee, you could always have an "Incontinental Championship" for wrestlers who
can never finish a match without a bathroom break...or an "Intercontinental
Breakfast Championship" for wrestlers like Kamala, One Man Gang, Buddy Rose...
the mind boggles!


                                           :) --Ben
From: btribble@terapin.com (Bobby Tribble)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: WWF: Are We Stupid?
Date: 14 Oct 92 16:12:29 PST
Organization: BBS

In article <1992Oct14.153926.19371@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
dkempste@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David N Kempster) writes:
>Boy does Vince think that we are stupid. Bringing back Smash as Repo Man was 
>o.k. because Repo Man has short hair has a mask etc - so you could fail to 
>recognize him. Bringing back Crush as Crush and expecting people not to 
>remember 2 years back is a little less plausiable. But now he all of a sudden 
>has a thick Hawaian accent. Where did that come from? He didn't have it last 
>month. Then we get the Comet Kid who becomes Max - same costume same gimick 
>different names and we are supposed to think that he is someone different.
>

What about AKEEM after changing from One Man Gang... that was weird... What was
the use of that switch anyway, other than some weird angle?
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Subject: My rebuttal to Sean (was Re: Boy, were YOU off the mark, you mark.)
From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (The Candy Guru)
Date: 11 Oct 92 16:00:34 -0500
Followup-To: alt.flame
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <10OCT199221064908@acad3.alaska.edu>, fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan) writes:
> In article <1992Oct2.123813.13292@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (The Candy Guru) writes...
>>In article <1037@cybaswan.UUCP>, ccjames@cybaswan.UUCP (j hussell) writes:
>>>pmbarlow writes:
>>>>j hussell writes:
>>> 
>>> Yes, yes!! Let's put this shit to bed once and for all!!  I know that the
>>> Komet Kid is Paul Diamond!!!  I know he was Kato!!  I know his real name's
>>> Thomas Boric!!  Kiss my butt!!!
> 
> Okay, care to tell us how you know these facts?

Well, as this DOES relate to pro wrestling, Mr. Ryan, I'll answer this one
right here.

1. Komet Kid is Paul Diamond.  See millions of previous posts with reference to
Komet Kid's real identity... even though he's now Max Moon.

2. Komet Kid is Kato.  General assumption on my part, but given some of the
posts I've seen here since Kid/Moon's debut, it's not assumption, it's fact: 
Kato was Diamond.

3. Paul Diamond is Thomas Boric.  We know this the same way we know that
Ultimate Warrior is really Jim Hellwig... no, not through Sean's favourite
magasine, PWI, but rather, we read it in THIS newsgroup.  Presumably, it's the
truth, seeing as how it's been posted here... what?  A couple hundred times?

>>Oh, is THIS devastating repartee?  Here it is... I'm The Candy Guru, formerly
>>known on this and all newsgroups as Dan Fielding.  
> 
> Of course, that isn't your real name...

GOD, are you quick.  No... actually, my real name is Sean Ryan.  :-)

> I think
> the idea that most folks on here put forth of their posts being read by
> the WWF is simply wishful thinking more than anything else.

And, if you had bothered to read my initial reply to his post, you would have
noticed that I am in agreement with you on that point.

>>>>    And I think you can get away with the word asshole without 
>>>>    causing too much of a fuss.  I mean, if they can say the 
>>>>    word "ass" on network TV, surely "asshole" is fine here.
> 
> Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but j hussell is in the United Kingdom. 
> Using occurences of U.S. television to make your point is probably
> pretty meaningless to him.

But not to you.  Actually, the only reason I said the above statement is to
find out how much heat I would get if I used the word asshole.  As it was, I
didn't get any...

and in the bargain, I got called an asshole by the Whizzkid, so apparently, he
got the point as well.

> [Followups to alt.flame, please, unless it actually is relevant to]
> [pro wrestling							  ]

Relevance is a relative thing.  I don't think either of US (referring to Sean
Ryan and myself (wait, I AM Sean Ryan... :-) )) are really relevant to pro
wrestling, yet we continue to post here...


The Candy Guru.
"I'll do a disclaimer just as soon as Sean does."
From: rusbasan@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Intercontinental Champion
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:31:45 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

In article <1992Oct13.201028.16273@samba.oit.unc.edu> Don.Delgrande@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Don Delgrande) writes:
>In article <13205@operator> oliver@Software.Mitel.COM (Oliver Postlethwaite) writes:
>>While trying to fall asleep last night I started thinking about the WWF
>>intercontinental title. As I understand it the IC strap can only change
>>hands when it is defended on the North American continent, as opposed
>>to anywhere in the world which is covered by the world title.

>First of all, I have never heard it called the "world title" - always the
>"WWF (or WWWF, on the "History of the Heavyweight Title" tape) Heavyweight
>Champion".

They have occasionally called it a "world" title.  For example, when Hogan
came out in WM3, the caption was "World Champion."  Gene Okerlund will
often introduce the champ as "the heavyweight champion of the world."
Most importantly, if you look at pictures of any of the belts since
at least Backlund's huge green belt, every one of them has said 
"word champion."  I think they just don't say it because they want
to always say their entire name instead of just WWF, and "Word Wrestling
Federation World Heavyweight Champion" sounds redundant -- ie, if it
is the *World* Wrestling Federation, then of course their main champ
is the *World* champ.

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From: MJFORRES@SUVM.SYR.EDU (maurice)
Subject: Re: New WWF Champion
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 11:59:51 EDT

In article <1992Oct14.154916.19988@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
dkempste@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David N Kempster) writes:
 
>If Bret Hart is the new champion it should not suprize anyone too much.
>I think that since Vince Jr. took over Heels have never held the World
>Title for more than about 3 weeks.
 
Come on, give the old man some credit.  Short reigns of heels as world
champ predate Vince Jr.  How long was Stan Stasiak champ?  10 days or
so?
 
maurice
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From: fsspr@acad3.alaska.edu (Sean P. Ryan, Hardcore Alaskan)
Subject: Crush (was Re: Wrestling Superstars)
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC
Keywords: Update
Organization: University of Fairbanks, Alaska...no wait, that's not right...
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 02:23:00 GMT

In article <BvK7rI.L7H@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, fippjc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Joe Fipp) writes...
> 
>  Opening match was Crush.  Had an orange shirt on (perhaps to better match
>with Animal if they team in the future).

Orange Crush, perhaps?  :-)  (yeehaw!  Another fabulous gimmick - NOT!)

>Anounced he was from hawaii.

I saw some recent interview where he spoke of being from Hawaii, using
this Gh0D-awful fake accent.  Of course, he had to talk about Oregon in
that interview.  Talk about credibility.

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From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (The Candy Guru)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Intercontinental Champion
Date: 11 Oct 92 21:17:50 GMT
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

> In article <13205@operator> oliver@Software.Mitel.COM (Oliver Postlethwaite) writes:
>>While trying to fall asleep last night I started thinking about the WWF
>>intercontinental title. As I understand it the IC strap can only change
>>hands when it is defended on the North American continent, as opposed
>>to anywhere in the world which is covered by the world title. Now here's
>>my question - Doesn't this clause render the IC title change at Summer
>>Slam 92 null and void since it occured in Europe?!? I know that
>>Vince thinks he can fool everyone but that's not my concern really, 
>>just whether my interpretation of the IC title is correct.
> 
> The word "intercontinental" is about as devoid of meaning as possible
> when applied to a championship.  [...] In fact, according to the
> WWF, the first champion (Pat Patterson?) won the title in a tournament
> in *South* America.

Right... Patterson won the title, if I recall correctly, in Rio.

But the whole idea of the IC title was that the WWF would have a secondary
champion, somebody who they could say was a champion and have him put the title
on the line instead of it being the World champion.  And Hogan, from what I
understand, didn't really have a heavy defense schedule during his first reign
until he began his feud with Paul Orndorff, so therefore, when Hogan wasn't
wrestling, they could put Muraco, Santana, Valentine, or Savage on the card,
say there's a title defense, and POOF!  there's your draw.  Maybe not nearly as
big of a draw as Hogan would get, but they DID get a title defense all the
same.

These days, apparently, the IC title is reserved for the guy who can work the
best match, although Piper would be an exception to that rule.  Heck, for
awhile, Bret Hart was, in theory, the number one wrestler in the federation,
because the World title was vacant.  This could actually mean something, if the
Honky Tonk Man hadn't had that same distinction a few years ago.  And while
Honky Tonk Man was, IMHO, a lousy worker, Hart could arguably work the best
match in the federation at the time.

On the other side of that, though, if my theory was correct, I think maybe
Flair would be a candidate for the IC title as well.

Just my $0.03.

The Candy Guru.
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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: Re: FMW
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:21:10 GMT

In <168807CCC.MJFORRES@SUVM.SYR.EDU> MJFORRES@SUVM.SYR.EDU (maurice) writes:

>I finally got to see some Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling and now
>I'm convinced:  Onita is the Second Coming of Dusty Rhodes.
> 

Is this good or bad?

Michael
From: chipd@cwis.unomaha.edu (David W. Hartranft)
Subject: Re: "Nature Boy" Steve Austin
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 19:10:05 GMT

rtcst3+@pitt.edu  writes:
> 
>    Let me be the first to put two and two together.  Steve Austin said in
>  an interview that he was going to undergo a metamorphisis to become world
>  champion and wrestler of the '90's.  Tony Schiavone mentioned in a TV plug
>  for the Ross Report on the Wrestling Hotline a new "Nature Boy" in WCW.
>  I'm gonna guess this means a "Nature Boy" gimmick for Stunning Steve.
> 
>    It was also good to see Dustin do another job, this time for Jake Roberts.
>  I guess this means that Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham winning the tag team
>  titles was "a reward for jobs well done".
> 
>    Finally, the top rope rule has been rescinded except for coming down on
>  a prone opponent with a knee to the head or throat.  It seems to me that
>  this will somehow come into play in the Rude-Chono match at Halloween Havoc
>  since they showed a clip of Rude doing this maneuver and it was previously
>  mentioned that he won all his matches in the NWA tourney using this tactic.
> 
>    WCW Saturday Night has been pretty good lately.  Its good that they now
>  have more than one non-squash match in the show.
> 
> -Rob Conticello



Good point Rob...Thumbs up.

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From: htanabe@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Hisaharu Tanabe)
Subject: UNIVERSAL IN CRISIS
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:58:09 GMT

On 10/7, Tokyo Sports reported that Universal Pro-wrestling, a Lucha Libre
promotion in Japan which was lead by El Gran Hamada & the son of the legendary
booker of NJ Hisashi SHinma, will be no more because of the financial problem.

That's all I can tell about this.  I'm sure the detail will be on the next 
week's the Observer.


Hisaharu

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From: htanabe@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Hisaharu Tanabe)
Subject: Re: Old Japanese Videos - review
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:32:14 GMT

That title was "PWF World Tag title" recognized by both AWA and PWF,which was
a member of NWA. The members of the old NWA weren't allowed to recognize the
heavyweight title as "world title," but were,I believe,allowed to recognize
world jr.heavyweight title and world tag title,etc..
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From: mjenkins@alfred.carleton.ca (Michael Jenkinson)
Subject: New WWF title belt?
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:58:33 GMT

There's a picture in this week's PWI Weekly of Ric Flair holding up
one of the WWF *tag team* title belts.

Anyone who has seen a live show recently, or recent pictures....is the
WWF making a new title belt? Or is the old one just in for repairs? Or
did Flair just leave his belt at the hotel accidently?

Michael