From: dkempste@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David N Kempster)
Subject: Brian Pillman
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 23:04:27 GMT

This is from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. It is the main points of the 
article.

     "Earlier this year Pillman signed a two-year contract with Kip Frey. Frey,
if you recall, was a major proponet of the light heavyweight division. Pillman,
if you recall, had just come off a series of matches with Jushin Liger that 
were arguably the best series of matches in North America since 1989. Future 
matches between these two only promiced to get better.... Pillman's contract 
called for roughly $425,000 in base pay over two years and a series of 
incentive bonuses that, depending upon him being put in main events on major 
shows could net him in the range of $35,000 to $70,000 more each year. Frey saw
Pillman as a major player for the future...
     "Then came the management change. Watts thought the deal was exhorbinant. 
He's pretty much admitted not following the business since 1987. More likely 
then not in his mind the Liger matches never existed. No doubt, upon seeing the
deal , he immediately dismissed it as the work of a previous executive who knew
nothing and paid someone far more than they were worth. But it was a two -year 
deal , signed sealed, and on the books through the spring of 1994."
     ..."Pillman quickly lost the titleand started doing one job after another 
on television, no doubt to weaken his bargaining position and perhaps take down
his ego..."
     "spin the wheel or keep the deal? The deal is , Pillman was asked to give 
up all of his incentive bonuses...Pillman's contract called for him to earn 
incentives based on his push.If he isn't pushed there are less incentives to 
pay...By the promice of a push if he spinned the wheel, it was acknowledge his 
ability warrented a push. By the threat of burial if he kept his deal , it was 
an acknowledgement that putting the best team on the field -- giving the fans 
the best product -- based on the current avaliable roster wasn't a goal. .... 
Everyone by the middle of the past week knew the story. The peer presure was 
stron gon Pillman not to back down. The feeling was that if Watts was succesful
he'd hardly stop there. ...
     "On Friday [a few weeks ago now] Pillman chose not to spin the wheel. THat
night, in chicago, his wrestling future all changed.  Instead of beating Brad 
Armstrong, as he had done on television Wednseday and at the house show the 
previous night, the finish was changed. Russian Leg sweep. 1-2-3. The rest of 
the weekend the same story [it still is happing]. Brian is now Jimmy Jam Garvin
, only a nearly ten years younger version."

In the article it also mentioned that they have talked to Rude, althought they 
have not threatend to burry him. They have asked Barry Windham to retire and 
Sting has been scheduled to be spoken with. If any of this is correct then 
things look bad for the future of WCW.

All of this came from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. I will post 
subscription information at a later date.
                                         David Kempster
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