From: ag725@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rick Scaia) Subject: [INFO] The News From Dayton, 10/08/95 Date: 1995/10/08 Message-ID: Sender: ag725@freenet3.carleton.ca (Rick Scaia) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Reply-To: ag725@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rick Scaia) Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Some interesting tidbits from Alex Marvez's weekly column in the Dayton Daily News this week: * Davey Boy Smith pins Diesel in the 6-man match on RAW tommorrow. Don't expect the result to repeat at IYH4, however. Marvez says that a Diesel/Bret main event for Survivor Series is extremely likely. And so is Bret going over, and becoming a 3-time WWF Champ at said event. * The Dungeon of Doom is going to be offsetting the loss of Kamala (who is departing soon) with two newcomers. Crash the Terminator will come in as "The Man From Nowhere" and immediately give the DoD its first talented worker and its lamest gimmick to date. El Gigante Gonzales has also signed on the dotted line to join Sullivan's motley crew, and will immediately break the 3-way tie for least talented worker in the group. * Marvez mentions the Eddy/Dean fiasco from Nitro, noting that both men thought they were in for big pushes, but that the 5 minute mediocre match (along with the cutaway) could indicate otherwise. * Steve Austin's ECW gimmick will likely include heavy lampooning of Hulk Hogan. Suppossedly, this is because Hulk Hogan was the major force behind Austin's dismissal from WCW. The "Steve-a-Mania" schtick is just the beginning. * In an interesting historical note, Marvez discusses why Paul Orndorff's right (or is it left?) arm is so much smaller than the other. As we all know, Orndorff sustained nerve damage in that arm, which really hampers him. But when the injury occurred in 1986, it could have easily been remedied with surgery, which Paul chose not to have because it would have taken him out of his $20,000 (yes, I used the right number of zeros!) per WEEK gig headlining against Hulk Hogan. Also, it is revelaed that Orndorff is 49 years old. Other stuff I'm gonna pass along (mostly from AOL): * Ricky Morton is going to be the next BodyDonna. You can bank on it. Chris Candido said so himslef. Honest. He wouldn't lie to us. Really. Somebody (Keller, you out there?) print this, it's HOT!!! * Seriously, the Skip/Sunny chat on AOL was great. Transcripts were posted here. Both were really open and funny with the fans. I hope they are invited back for more chats in the future. I might even try to be online if they do an encore. * Paul Bearer also did a chat, which sucked. Only worthwhile Undertaker news is that UT will be captaining a Survivor Series team, and that a title shot is probably forthcoming. Jim Ross (on the Ross Report on the Action Zone) pretty much hinted at the same thing, with UT looking like a major player in the title picture again, for the first time in a couple years. * Ross also seemed to confirm the rumor that the WWF wants to do a women's Survivor Series match, as he said that he has news about the All- Japan Women on his hotline. Somebody should call. Option #6. That's all for this week. Later.... -- Rick Scaia | "I'm just bourgeoisie scum; Don't Make Me Break You | Spoiled, rich, and dumb." ag725@freenet.carleton.ca | - BlueKid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------