From: hekunze@water.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze) Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Subject: Wrestling TidBits - 10/25 Message-ID: <1990Oct26.024617.11103@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 26 Oct 90 02:46:17 GMT Distribution: rec Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 113 Posted: Fri Oct 26 03:46:17 1990 - The entire run-down for the NWA's return card to Toronto tonight is as follows: Lex Luger vs. Sid Vicious, El Gigante vs. Nick DiCarlo, Brian Pillman vs. Black Scorpion, R'N'R Express vs. Freebirds, Mike Rotunda & Tim Horner vs. Master Blasters, Blade Hunter vs. Tom Zenk, and Barry Horowitz vs. The Juicer. First off, I don't expect that half these matches will be as billed because of injuries, etc. and I doubt any risks will be taken two days before a makor PPV. - Several times now I've heard the rumour that The Juicer is Owen Hart in the Toronto press. We all know that they're out to lunch. - Apparently the Ultimate Warrior will undergo yet another appearance change: his hair will be dyed platinum. The very first Savage-UW title match takes place at the Rosemount Horizon in Chicago this Saturday at the same time that the NWA is broadcasting Halloween Havoc from the UIC Pavilion. Roddy Piper is also scheduled to return to the ring this night and the Road Warriors will be on the card as well. - The WWF continues to advertise Rick Rude vs. Big Boss Man across the country despite the fact that he quit last week. Rude will be replaced by Haku, and once they announce on TV that Rude has been suspended for insulting the BBM's mother, they'll stop billing him, switching the program to BBM vs. Heenan. Of course, Heenan won't actually wrestle anywhere; instead Haku will do the jobs. Also, Rude quit with a year left in his contract and the WWF is threatening to sue anybody who uses Rude before that year is up. - Big Boss Man is out with a back injury for a little while. - Davey Boy Smith returns on WWF TV this weekend. - The R'N'R Express has been derailed until next year some time. Robert Gibson is out with a pretty serious knee injury so Ricky Morton will be teaming with Tommy Rich for the next while. On this past weekend's NWA syndies, the Freebirds took responsibility for Gibson's injury, which probably means a Freebirds vs. Morton & Rich feud is inthe offing. I don't know where this leaves the Youngbloods. - Was anyone else surprised to see Shane Douglas get a little push on the WWF syndies this past weekend? Vince has only been using the guy as a jobber for the past couple of months. I'm surprised that Shane survived the axe that fell last week. Others like Paul Diamond did not. - In response to whoever asked: The WWF wrestlers who were cut last week will definitely all be gone the day after Survivor Series. Those not involved in the event will be gone earlier. - Rumour has it that Demolition may start wearing masks. Come to think of it, the WWF does have a lot of painted faces. - And now some predictions for the Halloween Havoc PPV: - Tim Horner vs. Barry Horowitz. Tim should put Barry over in a hard-fought bout that either could have won several times. This helps give Barry credibility in his little feud with Terry Taylor and minor heel push. - R'N'R Express vs. Midnight Express I thought that they'd do an injury angle at ringside a la the Rockers at Summer Slam, but the Freebirds screwed that up this past weekend. So I guess there'll be a substitute for Gibson who'll get pinned. Perhaps the sub will be Tom Zenk, who they seem to be jobbing out. - Terry Taylor vs. Dr X Terry should be pushed as a wrestler's wrestler and win with science. - Southern Boys vs. Master Blasters I think they're going to try to force the Master Blasters at us, and so they'll have to be put over as being tough. Probably a DQ win for the Southern Boys, who get brutalized. - Tommy Rich vs. J.W. Storm Storm looks great, but he is a little stiff. No doubt Tommy Rich will put him over since Rich has lost a lot of credibility already. - Moondog Rex vs. Junkfood Dog Who really cares? Maybe this'll be a winner & loser leave town match. - Renegade Warriors vs. Freebirds If they want to push the Freebirds as heels because of the Gibson injury, they'll have to either win here or dish out a lot of punishment and get diqualified. Maybe Morton will interfere when the Freebirds down the referee and start double-teaming a Warrior. Then Tommy Rich will run-in for the save, establishing the Morton-Rich team. - Nasty Boys vs. Steiners The right thing to do is pass the belts to the Nasty Boys - probably with a screw job ending. I only like this because I want to liberate Scott Steiner and mould him into a singles wrestler. - Doom vs. Flair & Anderson When was the last time Arn defended the TV title? I suppose if Flair and Arn win the straps, they can have a TV title tournament on the syndies for a month or two. I think that Doom will play the moderate faces and that the heels will upset for the win. - Lex Luger vs. Stan Hansen It just isn't probable that Stan will win the belt, because of his Japanese commitments. Luger needs the clean pinfall win on a PPV to establish the fact that he can win cleanly in the middle of the ring on the big card. He's still tainted after all those Horsemen screw jobs. - Sting vs. Sid Vicious Do we kill Sid at this PPV? I don't know. The best way to play it is to keep things even for the most part and then have Sid "win" but use the ropes or something for the win. The ref decides that the match should continue and Sting gets a quick roll-up win, then gets pummelled by Sid & the Horsemen, who run-in. Perhaps Luger runs in to help Sting, but the odds are uneven, until....Doom runs in and chases off the Horsemen. Doom and Luger & Sting face off, but Doom ends up leaving the ring in a friendly manner, further facifying them. Luger should share the spotlight with Sting only for a little bit, give a grudging look towards Sting and that world title and then leave. The show closes with Sting celebrating his win in the ring a la Hulk Hogan. We have to end a big show with the champion not lying on the ground! The "look" from Luger can be used later next year when Luger and Sting face off in a face vs. face match much like Hogan & Warrior did. Herb...