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Subject: Re: Predictions
From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Dan Fielding)
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:43:36 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <mjenkins.715197626@cunews>, Michael Jenkinson writes:
> 
>>I think maybe if something like this happened, Ric Flair should be a part of
>>it, if not wrestling, then give an interview or something.  The WWF would be
>>well served to let him do such a thing, should he still be under contract to
>>them.  They DO, after all, owe a huge debt to the NWA, in that it was the NWA
>>which introduced Pay Per View into wrestling.
> That's not the ONLY debt the WWF owes the NWA....lessee...Ric Flair,
> Rick Rude, Jake Roberts, Legion of Doom, Tully Blanchard, Arn
> Anderson, Sheepwackers, the list goes on. On any given day, the WWF
> owes half their roster to the NWA/WCW.

Well, yeah, but they've repaid half of that debt in kind.  Rude, Roberts, and
Anderson have all migrated back to WCW, and Flair gets his name dropped by Jim
Ross all the time.

> I agree that Flair should be involved. After all, he was the NWA for
> the 1980s.

Exactly... the one person on everyone's mind when someone says "the greatest
NWA champion ever" is Ric Flair.

>>Another thing WWF should do, IMHO, is let WCW have Thanksgiving Night back for
>>the Starrcades.
> 
> Absolutely. The Survivor Series is a concept that has run out of
> steam. The first year was neat, the second was OK...but this last one
> was dull, dull, dull. My favorite moment was when Ted DiBiase whipped
> Bret Hart into the turnbuckles, and you could clearly hear him say
> "Reverse, charge." Gee, what did Bret do? He reversed the whip and
> charged DiBiase! Whatta coincidence!

Well, it's not only that the Series thing stinks, it's more that the tradition
was disrupted.  I myself was connecting Starrcade with Thanksgiving when Vince
had to go and screw it all up.

>>As for the unification match, WCW won't let it keep that long.  Since the
>>Starrcade coming this December is the 10th Starrcade, it may be unification
>>time, and time for a revival of the NWA.  We'll probably see the unification
>>match then... we'd probably see one for the tag straps as well, if the MVC
>>didn't already hold both sets.
> 
>But whose gonna pay to see Ron Simmons and Masa Chono unify the
>titles? Yawn.

Good point.  Look for Chono to drop to someone more exciting... something in
either a Muta (or Muto, whichever) or even a Rude.

>Sorry, I know that Williams and Gordy hold the belts, but what does
>MVC stand for? Its been a while since I've seen WCW.

Miracle Violence Combination.  A leftover from my mark days.  PWI wrote an
article about Williams and Gordy while they were still in Japan, and apparently
they were referred to as the Miracle Violence Combination.  MVC is a whole lot
simpler to say than Williams and Gordy.

>>My question is,
>>what exactly is going to happen to the WWF straps, since the Fat Boys managed
>>to retain last night?
> 
> And its a good question, seeing as everyone figured the belts were
> going to Enos and Bloom so the LOD could squash them and regain the
> titles. Who knows...I think this is Vince making it up again.
> Maybe the LOD is bolting the WWF too?

Hmmm... I don't know.  They may have to in order to save face after the Rocko
thing, but if they are getting as well paid as is rumoured, they're not going
anywhere for a while.

> Watching Maple Leaf Wrestling yesterday (Canadian equiv. of
> Superstars)...this one originates out of Montreal, and we get it on
> cable in Ottawa....Chloresterol Disasters were doing an interview, and
> Typhoon warned the Beverly's that the belts "are staying on our
> shoulders." Earthquake started to laugh. 

Which brings up another good point.  Why do they have the tag straps when it's
obvious that the belts are never gonna fit around their waists?  It's more like
a shoulder ornament.  A champion should WEAR his belt around his waist, not
drape it over his shoulder.

>>Dan Fielding.
> The one who was on Night Court? :)

The same.  :)


Dan Fielding, Stud-at-large.

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