Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #142 August 3rd, 1998 WCW Monday Nitro: Live/Taped: Live. Length: Three Hours. Location: Denver, Colorado. HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - Goldberg gets the "larger-than-life" treatment in a special video highlighting his exploits last week. It ends showing him being laid out by the Giant. Looks like that one chokeslam is going to be the entire basis by which their feud is kicked off. - Nitro Girls. Hype. Heenan is replacing Larry Zbyszko, who has been called into a meeting with "Turner executives". They show a clip of Eric Bischoff and "Hollywood" Hogan invading "The Tonight Show". - "Mean" Gene interviews Diamond Dallas Page. *BANG!* - THE BARBARIAN (w/ Jimmy Hart) vs. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE This match wasn't even scheduled, but Jimmy Hart calls DDP out when he and the Barbarian hit the ring. DDP comes back through the crowd and beats the Barbarian in a hard fought match, pinning him after the Diamond Cutter. - They show more of the Leno footage. - Zbyszko shows up to replace Heenan. After taking his bows to the crowd he explains that Dusty Rhodes filed some kind of complaint to the Time/ Warner people, using some kind of videotape footage as evidence. Zbyszko pointed out to them, in his defense, that the footage had been doctored, and that he hadn't done what Rhodes claimed. - They replay a bunch of footage from last week (five minutes worth at least). They've only got three hours tonight and three hours this Wednesday (Thunder) to hype the PPV! Why are they wasting it with all these clips--most of which barely served to further any angles the first time around? The clips immediately lead into the Travis Tritt Road Wild music video promo. - More Leno footage, followed immediately by "NWO Nite Cap". You know the drill: monologue, Leno clips and Hogan interview, totaling close to fifteen minutes. Well rated or not, this bullshit is unexcusable. (That's right--I said "bullshit".) They then play the same Leno clip again going to the commercial break. - Bret Hart video. - TOKYO MAGNUM vs. PSYCHOSIS Disco Inferno comes out first to introduce Magnum, who comes out to Alex Wright's music. The match then barely ten seconds in when Scott Norton hits the ring and stops the match. Norton says he can't get a match so he'll make his own, then challenges anyone to come out. Out comes Hugh Morrus, with Jimmy Hart warning him not to mess with the NWO. - SCOTT "FLASH" NORTON vs. HUGH MORRUS (w/ Jimmy Hart) One powerbomb and it's over. Norton wins. - Replay of Bret Hart's actions from last week, followed by a Road Wild promo. The hour ends, having featured maybe four minutes of actual wrestling. HOUR TWO Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Zbyszko. - Nitro Girls. - "Mean" Gene interviews Goldberg. Goldberg growls that he intends to get his hands on the Giant, and that he'll try to be a part of that big NWO/Wolfpac match (which he calls a "battle royale"). He says he'll go through anyone he has to to get the Giant, including Sting. As luck would have it Sting is within hearing distance and comes into the ring, standing nose-to-nose with Goldberg. Before this can go anywhere, though, leaflets start to drop from the ceiling as the Giant appears in the entryway to badmouth Goldberg. Goldberg chases after the Giant, taking out Vincent, Curt Hennig and Brian Adams along the way. Bret Hart passes him on the way out and tries to talk to Sting, but Sting just shoves him aside and walks off. - Sting walks through a curtain and finds Lex Luger knocked out on the floor. He kneels over him, then stalks off as Doug Dellinger and his security crew arrive on the scene. Don't you love these "backstage attacks" we never get to see? (Of course when WCW does do them they usually botch them, so I guessed they're damned if they do ... ) Sting has apparently left the arena, according to Schiavone. This puts in doubt their Tag Title shot against Scott Hall and the Giant scheduled for later in the show. - "HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN vs. BRIAN ADAMS (w/ Vincent) Remember that big hairy elephant thing that was Big Bird's pal on "Sesame Street"? IT would make a better wrestler than Jim Duggan. Adams wins with a Tombstone Piledriver. - "Mean" Gene is by the WCW lockerroom to get comments from Sting. (Didn't Schiavone just tell us he left the building?) Bret Hart shows up, denies having any part in what happened to Luger, and offers his services to Sting as a partner in the tag team match. - "Mean" Gene is on a motorcycle, doing dome kind of promo for the manufacturer. I've got to think this sight is offensive to every biker who will be attending the rally in Sturgis. - Raven video. He, Sick Boy and Lodi then hit the ring. Raven plugs a Triangle Match between himself, Saturn and Kanyon for the PPV, talking about how he's maybe lured Kanyon into the Flock (and thus Saturn will be outnumbered). Lodi tries to take a stab on the mic at badmouthing Saturn and Raven breaks a few of his fingers (in a scene reminiscent of Raven's feud with Tommy Dreamer back in '95). Saturn come out to help Lodi, then cranks on the fingers himself when Lodi spurns his advances. He also gives him a Death Valley Driver. I know there's an existing feud here, but it annoys me that just like THAT a match is set up for the PPV. - "Mean" Gene is still looking for Sting (though not too hard as he's still sniffing around that door we know he isn't behind). He turns to continue his search and spots Bret Hart having a talk with Scott Hall down the hallway. He tries to get the scoop but his mic cord gets tangled up, allowing Hall and Hart to escape. Ah ... COMEDY! - More Leno footage. (I'd swear they've shown this clip twice already tonight.) - Nitro Girls. - "Mean" Gene (what, is it his night or what?) interviews J.J. Dillon and Dean Malenko. Malenko admits that Chris Jericho beat him last week, and was the better man that night. They then start to talk about Jericho, at which point he comes out. Dillon informs Chris that there is a WCW rule which states that when a wrestler shows a pattern of not following the rules, then WCW can appoint a special referee for a match involving that wrestler. Jericho says go ahead because all of WCW's referees suck. Not surprisingly Dillon announces that Malenko is the special referee (for Jericho's upcoming match at Road Wild against Juventud Guerrera). Jericho screams about the conspiracy against him and runs away. My, that was contrived. - EDDIE GUERRERO vs. JUVENTUD GUERRERA Nice three or four minute match, with Eddie getting the surprising win, earning the pin after a shoulderbreaker and Frog Splash. Weird that Guerrera would get the loss when he's scheduled to wrestle at the PPV. This could lead to something on Thunder, maybe. - Road Wild promo, which shows footage from many of the Leno clips. - "Mean" Gene is out AGAIN on the motorcycle shown earlier. This is starting to look like a movie with bad editing. (Actually that's how Nitro's looked for the last six months.) - Stevie Ray comes out with the TV Title belt. "Mean" Gene (AGAIN!) corrals him and asks why he has the belt? Stevie produces a document which he claims is signed and notarized, making him the official TV Champion. Okerlund looks it over and says he can't find the notary seal. (Remember this point.) Stevie Ray says he has to defend the belt against the number two ranked wrestler from Mexico: Lizmark, Jr. - STEVIE RAY vs. LIZMARK, JR. Pretty much a squash until Chavo Guerrero, Jr. comes out wearing a pair of Stevie Ray's gloves. He's also carrying the notary stamper he found in Stevie Ray's bag. "Now I can make my own drivers license!" exclaims Chavo. Stevie's master plan is exposed, though Okerlund had earlier flubbed his part of the angle by saying there was no notary seal. Someone needs to send him a memo or something. Stevie chases Chavo out of the ring area, losing the match by countout. HOUR THREE Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - CURT HENNIG (w/ Scott Norton) vs. KONNAN A so-so match, with the two battling back-and-forth (and Adams getting involved) until Hennig wraps Konnan up in the Hennig-Plex for the pin. The two NWO'ers then lay in the boots, which brings out Kevin Nash for the Wolfpac save. Where were these guys when Lex Luger got laid out? (I have a feeling that'll play a big part in things to come.) - Leno footage, repeated for the 100th time. - CHRIS JERICHO vs. REY MYSTERIO, JR. Another good, non-title match. Lots of big moves from the two, including a great reversal of a crossbody into a Tombstone Piledriver by Jericho. The finish comes when Mysterio misses a springboard huracanrana, catching the referee instead of Jericho (Chris having pulled the ref in the way). Mysterio and the ref blow the move, making it look like the ref is actually powerbombing Rey. Mysterio then tries another huracanrana on Jericho but falls victim to another powerbomb (though this one is intentional). Jericho applies the Lion Tamer, but Mysterio reverses it into a small package. With no ref, in comes Dean malenko to make the count. With Mysterio getting the win, and Guerrera losing earlier, I wonder if the scheduled Cruiserweight Title match for the PPV will stand? I guess we'll have to watch Thunder to find out. - Good God ... the Leno footage AGAIN! ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Nitro Girls. - They replay the antics of Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell from last week. Steiner comes out and, after removing his NWO shirt, says he want to get back together with his brother Rick. he calls for him to come out, but instead we see Bagwell, wearing a dog collar and face paint to look like Rick. Bagwell runs around like a goof and barks (in other words, a perfect imitation of Rick). The real Rick Steiner comes plasters his brother with a steel chair. Bagwell runs away, with Rick calling him a "pussy" (which the censors just miss blanking out). A funny bit, though done overly long. There was also no point in replaying the clip from last week since nothing happened then. - In case you hadn't seen it, they show some of that Leno footage, which is immediately followed by a Road Wild promo featuring .. LENO FOOTAGE! I'm sure it was something like this that made the "Son of Sam" start hearing voices coming from his dog. - Nitro Girls. Schiavone announces that Travis Tritt's performance at the PPV this Saturday won't cut into the regular wrestling time, which explains why WCW is busting their ass tonight to hurriedly put together more matches. - Kimberly, for some reason, takes too long to get out of the ring. She's cornered by Bischoff, Hogan and the other NWO members. Bischoff makes some crude remarks to her, drawing a slap across his cheek. Rough hands grab Kimberly and she's at the mercy of the NWO, prompting Schiavone to ask that they cut away from this. Out comes DDP, but the numbers are against him and he's headed off by the Giant and Brian Adams. From there what is a potentially hot situation is bungled by Bischoff's inept microphone work. Hogan takes over and tries to inject some life in the segment by inferring that Kimberly has slept with the whole NWO. A half- hearted working over follows and DDP is left in a heap for Kimberly to cry over. A good idea, but poor timing. Assuming DDP and Hogan will be going head- to-head at "Fall Brawl" in September, they should have waited and done this next Monday. Otherwise it should have been done several weeks ago to set this PPV match up. As it is it just distracts the viewers from the fact that Jay Leno is either unwilling or unable to appear on the show in person to hype the match. (Instead all we've gotten is the "Tonight Show" clips.) The above segment is immediately followed by a lengthy stretch of Schiavone and Heenan warning Jay Leno how dangerous a situation he's stepped into (an obvious attempt to bring Leno back into the mix and put some of the focus back on him which the preceding segment had just taken away). Ideally Leno should have been there in person to see this and express how serious the situation is, and that he isn't taking it lightly. - They replay clips from the Goldberg interview, Luger discovery and Sting disappearance. - Michael Buffer does the ring introductions for ... - SCOTT HALL/THE GIANT (w/ vs. STING/BRET HART I tried to come up with Hall joke here but failed, so I'll just remind everyone that he was arrested last week for sexual assault, making the odds of him being pinned here pretty high. Halls skips his survey and badmouths Kevin Nash. Hart comes out next. Commercial. Sting then makes his rafter-dropping arrival, using his old spooky music, carrying a baseball bat and (for some reason) wearing his black-and-white facepaint. Since we're supposed to figure it out ourselves I'm guessing Sting has quit the Wolfpac since they didn't watch Luger's back. Or something. So Hart is a better alternative? A slow match, with most of it featuring Sting getting beaten up. Hart barely even wrestles. (Oh yeah, he's earning his millions.) Hart eventually comes in with the bat and, as Hall holds Sting, takes a swing at him. Sting bends over and Hall gets whacked on the back. Hart stands there stunned as Sting hooks Hall's leg and gets the pin. We seemingly have new World Tag Team Champions, but the ref suddenly calls for the bell again as Hart grabs the belt. Seems he figured out that the bat was used (though I'm at a loss to explain how he came to that conclusion). Hart exits with the belts, leaving Sting behind in the hands of the Giant. Goldberg suddenly appears and spears the Giant in the gut as the show fades out. - This Thursday: Thunder returns WEDNESDAY with a three hour show. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: You know ... replace Hart & Sting with Steve Austin & the Undertaker ... Hall & the Giant with Mankind & Kane ... replace the bat with a steel chair ... and this whole scenario looks awfully damn familiar! (Right down to the "trust", "conspiracy" and "did he mean to do it?!" themes.) A mixed bag this week, which is actually an improvement given how bad the show has been lately. The Cruiserweight stuff was good. The Hart/Sting scenario is going way out of its way, being overly "mysterious" just to set up what should be a simple feud. Still it is worth watching. Everything else about the show was a load of crap. I can't think of anything else to say about it, so let's let it drop there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: Live/Taped: Taped 7/28. Length: Two Hours+. Location: San Diego, California. WWF RAW Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - The Nation makes their way to the ring. There the Rock throws a challenge out to the World Tag Team Champs (he and Owen Hart had won a match at Sunday Night Heat against Kane and Mankind to be named the top contenders). Out come Steve Austin and the Undertaker. Austin slides in the ring to fight, but the Undertaker is distracted by the arrival of Kane and Paul Bearer on the stage. Kane and Bearer head to the back, with the Undertaker in pursuit, at which point he is attacked by Mankind. Those two fight down the ramp and through the crowd, Austin, meanwhile, has to fight both the Rock and Owen by himself. Owen he lays out with a Stunner, but the Rock manages to escape unscathed. These two teams will lock up later in the show. - Marc Mero and Jacqueline come out--Mero carrying Jacky's Bikini Contest trophy. Sable then comes out with Golga of the Jackyl's collection of oddities. Sable tells Mero she has a surprise for him and signals to the stage. Out comes the Kurrgan and Silvio the Giant in tuxedos. The Kurrgan does a warbling, horrible (but funny) rendition of the "Miss America" theme song. Rather than it being for Sable or Jacqueline, though, it's for Princess Luna, who comes out in a golden dress. Huh? Did I miss a show - MARC MERO (w/ Jacqueline) vs. GOLGA Sable tells Lawler and Ross that she's spent time with the freaks and finds that they are very nice people. Okaaaay. Bad match, which Golga wins when he gets the pin after the giant chokeslams Mero. Luna and Jacqueline get into a catfight, distracting the ref before the abovementioned chokeslam. After the match the group of weirdos dance in the ring to an Insane Clown Posse tune. Man, this was weird. Entertaining, though I hope they never do it again. - They replay what happened at the top of the show. (Ugh, I did see it, you know.) - THE GODFATHER KAMA (w/ some ho's) vs. SCORPIO Kama has made it back in the tournament because Severn withdrew. Cutting to the back they get a quick comment from Severn, who says he has nothing to prove. Back in the ring Kama grabs the mic and offers him his ho's if Scorpio will take a walk. Scorpio opts to fight. Lawler yells for him to take the ho's, saying that would make better footage for next week's show. An okay, but uneventful fight which Kama wins. - Michael Cole interviews the New Age Outlaws in the back. - THE NEW AGE OUTLAWS vs. KANE/MANKIND (w/ Paul Bearer) A better match than I expected. The highlight is a spot on the floor where Mankind takes out the Road Dog with a stiff chair shot. He then turns to meet a chair shot from Billy Gunn. Then Gunn is leveled by a clothesline from Kane, leaving a pile of bodies in one spot. Kane and Mankind win when Kane Tombstone Piledrives the Road Dog (as Mankind keeps Gunn from making the save). - They shows clips of Hawk "in no condition to wrestle" from last week. Cut to the back where Hawk, speaking as himself--Michael Hegstrand-- offers an apology to the fans, the WWF, and his fellow wrestlers. - "DOUBLE J" JEFF JARRETT (w/ Tennessee Lee) vs. LOD HAWK Before the match they play pretaped comments from Jarrett criticizing Hawk for making a fool of himself last week. A less than stellar match, which Hawk wins when Jarrett and Lee get their wires crossed. Jarrett calls for Lee to hand him his belt. Lee takes too long though and Jarrett, distracted, falls victim to a reverse neckbreaker. Hawk gets the pin. Animal comes out to congratulate his partner, though they are jumped from behind by Mark Canterbury and Dennis Knight: better known as Southern Justice (and worse known as the Godwinns). WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. - Vince McMahon and his cronies come out to the ring. McMahon once again outlines the convoluted plot turns involved in what he feels is the Undertaker's conspiracy against Austin. He then calls for the Taker to come out, which he does, though he's almost immediately followed by Austin. Stone Cold says he doesn't give a damn about all the conspiracies, who trusts who, and the WWF Tag Team Titles. He says the WWF World Title is the only belt he cares about, and leaves the ring. The Undertaker yells for him to stop, saying he's falling right into McMahon's plan to drive a wedge between them. The Undertaker practically orders Austin to get back there in the ring and take his Tag Team Title belt. Austin comes back in and, after some hesitation, takes the belt. The Undertaker assures Austin that leading up to SummerSlam he's the "SAFEST S.O.B. in the World Wrestling Federation!" - The Rock and Owen Hart give their opinions on Austin and the Undertaker. - HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY vs. X-PAC They show clips of Triple H on the show "Pacific Blue", which will air this week following Sunday Night Heat. Chyna stands at ringside in a neutral role. A good match, though too short to be all that memorable. Things are even between the two DeGeneration X members until Chyna interferes by tripping X-Pac in the corner. He leans out of the ring to give her an earful and she slugs him! Helmsley then wraps him up and puts him away with the Pedigree. They go to commercial with the D-X'ers giving each other "huh, what?" looks. - VAL VENIS/TAKA MICHINOKU vs. KAIENTAI (w/ Mr. & Mrs. Yamaguchi) Before the match they replay clips of Val's "encounters" with Mrs. Yamaguchi, as well as Yamaguchi-san's instantly infamous "choppy choppy your pee-pee!" line. The match starts off great, with Val dominating Dick Togo in the ring. Mens Teioh comes in but Val is able to handle the smaller Japanese. He then tags in Taka, only to fall victim to an out-of-the-blue drop-kick from him! Togo, Teioh and Sho Funaki all come in and they all stomp on Val. Taka points to Mrs. Yamaguchi, revealing that she is his "sister". (I guess all Japanese are related in pro-wrestling.) Taka's sister looks on in horror as the now expanded Kaientai unit totally dismantles Val in the ring. They literally all grab a chunk of him and drag him up the ramp as they go to break. Lawler asks if they're going to "choppy choppy his pee-pee?" Obviously not, answers Jim Ross. After the commercial we get a quick look at Val still being dragged through the hallways in back. - D-LO BROWN (w/ Mark Henry) vs. DAN "THE BEAST" SEVERN D-Lo announces to the crowd that he's wrestling this European Title match "under protest" since he feels too many fans in attendance aren't American citizens. Huh? Ross reminds us with a flashback clip that it was Severn who injured D-Lo in the first place, necessitating his need for the chest protection device. Steve Blackman comes out early in the match to even up the odds. Moments later Ken Shamrock comes out and attacks both D-Lo and Henry, causing Severn to lose via DQ. This ties in with what happened at Sunday Night Heat, where actions by Severn caused Shamrock to lose his bid for the Euro belt. As D-Lo celebrates his win on the stage he's blindsided in a hit-and-run attack by the Edge, who just as suddenly vanishes. Meanwhile Kaientai is still destroying Val Venis. Mrs. Yamaguchi looks on as they continually lay in the boots and steel chairs to the thoroughly unconscious porno star. - Tiger Ali Singh and his manservant hit the ring. They show a clip of him on Sunday Night Heat, where he paid a fan $500 to eat dog food. After talking about American society being corrupt and having no morals, he offers to pay a female fan to take off her clothes. His servant points out a large, old and unattractive woman from the crowd. After this hideous woman gets her top and skirt off, Ali changes the rules and says she only gets the money if she puts her clothes back ON! Funny because it was kept short, though I think I'm scarred for life now. Tiger actually wasn't bad behind the mic, doing much better than the first time they brought him in last year. As this was going on the cameraman in the back taped Val being dragged by Kaientai into a room with the wooden chopping block they had last week. Yamaguchi then chases the camerman out with his sword, slamming the door shut behind him. They wouldn't ... would they? - "STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN/THE UNDERTAKER vs. ROCKY MAIVIA/OWEN HART Another good match from Austin, which starts out with a number of tags from both teams. It then settles into a lengthy segment with Austin and Maivia, the momentum swinging back-and-forth. Finally both men make hot tags to their partners. The Undertaker cleans house. The Rock and Austin end up down on the floor. The Undertaker, meanwhile, Tombstones Owen and covers for the pin. In comes Mankind and Kane. Back down on the floor Austin slams the Rock through the timekeeper's table. Kane, who has a chair, lines up a shot on the Undertaker's skull. The Undertaker moves, though, and Kane hits Mankind instead (mirroring what happened between Austin and the Undertaker leading up to the last PPV). Austin comes in the ring, as do the New Age Outlaws. The show ends with all six men brawling in the ring. But wait ... A group of security guys bust open the locked door. Inside Venis has been hung from the ceiling by his wrists. His pants are pulled down and he's been propped up against the edge of the chopping block. His shorts are down, with his groin area distorted electronically. Yamaguchi has his sword held high over his back and is rearing back to take a swing at that part of Val's anatomy which is supposedly laid across the chopping block. Yamaguchi lets out a bloodcurdling war cry as ... as ... as the show fades out! - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: An okay show which seems to plumb some new ground this week. For once the Austin/Undertaker/Kane/Mankind/McMahon angle wasn't the entire focus of the show. The Taka heel turn would have been a shocker had the show not been taped. I actually question the WWF's doing it in this manner. It would have had a lot more impact had they done it on next week's live show. That final shot was a classic, though. Now THAT was a surprise. Who knew the WWF would take a silly bit of dialogue from last week and blow it up into such a show stopper? My brother made a funny comment during the Hawk interview: "Isn't it funny that WCW has guys showing up drunk and they never say anything, yet the WWF has a guy who's just faking it and they do a realistic apology?" Not too much good wrestling this week, though it wasn't all bad either. Kane/Mankind/Outlaws had its moments, while X-Pac vs. Triple H and the main event were good. With four weeks to go until the SummerSlam there's a lot of story left to be told before the PPV arrives. Next week should be huge with RAW being live again and Nitro coming off the PPV. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: There's rumors that the Ultimate Warrior may show up on Nitro next week. There's also rumors that Shawn Michaels might show up on RAW, and that Ric Flair may make a surprise return to WCW at either the PPV or Nitro. In each case I'll believe it when I see it. Road Wild. Here's the card: * Hogan/Bischoff vs. DDP/Leno. The Disciple and Kevin Eubanks are supposed to be in their respective teams' corners. * Hall/the Giant/Adams/Hennig vs. Nash/Konnan/Luger/Sting. * Jericho vs. Guerrera. Malenko special referee. * Raven vs. Kanyon vs. Saturn. * Stevie Ray vs. Chavo Guerrero. * Travis Tritt concert. That last match is just a guess. The NWO/Wolfpac match is also up in the air, since Goldberg could replace Sting. Hart should also figure in all this some way as well. WCW tried this week, but the PPV is still coming off as a one match card, with a disposable and irrelevant undercard. Three of these matches weren't even scheduled before this week, and one of the matches that was scheduled may have been changed. Maybe Thunder will clear some of this up, though we'll still get a big dose of Hogan/Leno hype. I'd just like to finish up by mentioning that I'll no longer be sending out PPV results to the subscribers. There doesn't seem to be much call for it, and most of the reaction I get to it is negative anyway. With the Monday Night Recap taking up two nights of my week, and the Thunder Recap taking up another (which I'm considering dropping as well), doing PPV results two Sundays every month is just too taxing. I'll still be providing the results on the website, though I'm no longer going to bother providing commentary beyond the basic results. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Winner: RAW. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Slobberknocker Central" and "Monday Night Recap" are copyright 1998 by John Petrie, and all opinions expressed therein are his own, and not those of "Internet Access, Inc". Check the "Slobberknocker Central" main page for info on how to receive the "Recap" free via E-Mail every week. Volume One, Number 142 of the "Monday Night Recap", August 3rd, 1998.