From: hekunze@watmsg.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   02/15
Keywords: WWF,NWA,AWA,Wrestling
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Date: 15 Feb 90 13:55:50 GMT
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Posted: Thu Feb 15 14:55:50 1990


 - Caught the AWA ESPN show again this week.  They finally have Sgt. Slaughter
   back on the show, for all the good it will do them.  The feature match
   was a mixed tag team match between Candi Divine & Baron von Raschke and
   Magnificent Mimi & Colonel DeBeers.  Neither guy could carry the other
   in this match, so the women took up most of the match time.  Don't get
   me wrong - these two women are not particularly good, but I don't really
   mind watching Mimi (introduced as 'straight from the pages of Playboy').
   The match ended with Mimi scoring the pin on Candi after DeBeers entered
   the ring and reversed a small package while referee Gary DeRusha was not
   looking.

 - Rumours are very strong that there will be some competition for
   WrestleMania this year on April 1st.  Word has it that AWA champ Larry
   Zbyszko has signed to meet NWA champ Ric Flair on this date in an
   inter-federation card.  It's unclear whether this will be a
   title-unification bout.

 - The above rumour might well change seeing as Larry Zbyszko is no longer
   the AWA world champ.  That's right, Larry lost his belt on the weekend
   in the Tokyo Dome before 68410 fans.  The new champ is Masa Saito.
     This means that Nikita Koloff doesn't get his title match this Sunday
   in Rochester.

 - Sting is indeed injured.  Although official word is that Sing was attacked
   by Ric Flair, Ole & Arn Anderson in Birmingham, on the weekend, as the
   more astute net-fans have noticed, it seems like Sting did some damage
   to himself (or was already injured) at the time of the Clash last week.
   Nonetheless, he is injured and is not expected to return to the NWA for
   four months.  This throws quite a wrench into WrestleWar '90 later this
   month.  It is strongly rumoured that Lex Luger will be used as a Sting
   substitute for this card.  No one else will draw the crowd like Lex will,
   and he's honestly the only guy 'worthy' of a title shot at a PPV right
   now.  There is talk that Luger will take the strap.  Either way, Steve
   Williams gets screwed out of his US title match against Lex.  {Possible
   scenario:  Williams is so pissed that he doesn't get his title shot, he
   interferes in the match and saves Ric's butt.  Steve becomes an honorary
   Horseman.  I doubt it though, since Steve has been given a face push.}

 - The WWF is going to hold a card in Japan on April 13.  Vince McMahon and
   Japanese wrestling legend now promoter Giant Baba will team up to put
   on a card at the Tokyo Dome.  The card is headlined by Hulk Hogan and
   Randy Savage.  Japan is a very lucrative wrestling market - last week,
   an all-star wrestling card packed in 56000 fans, with ringside tickets
   going for $350.  It makes WrestleMania's $150 seats seem a bargain ;-)

 - Iron Mike Tyson's boxing title loss on the weekend will not effect his
   commitment to the WWF.  Mike will still work the match on February 23rd
   as referee between Hogan and Savage.  However, with his boxing problems,
   it seems unlikely that he will get too involved with the wrestling
   world.

                                                      Herb...

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