From: hekunze@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze) Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Subject: Wrestling TidBits - 01/24 Message-ID: <1991Jan24.185834.17073@watmath.waterloo.edu> Date: 24 Jan 91 18:58:34 GMT Sender: daemon@watmath.waterloo.edu (0000-Admin(0000)) Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 97 - Unbelievable! Almost. Vince has really done it this time. I'm generally against war, and I certainly don't approve of Bush's war, so for Vince to work it into the top level of his organization is a real insult. I'm embarrassed to be a wrestling fan, despite the fact that I was never an ardent WWF supporter to begin with. Hulk "Rambo" Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter the Traitor at WrestleMania is pretty much a certainty; and I'm also sure that this show will draw a good crowd - sadly. I wonder momentarily how the mark magazines like "PWI" and "Inside Wrestling" will report on this - a washed-up non-worker getting the WWF title from a superstar non-worker. As I reported before, Adnon Kaisy has already been stabbed by a crazed fan at a show in the US; he's wearing a bullet-proof vest these days. This angle is not only insulting it's damn dangerous too. Apparently, the Iraqi embassy in the US has protested to the WWF about using General Adnon as a character in their organization. Hmmmm. Unfortunately, there's very little that can be done about it now. So while Rex cheers on Vince's allegiance to the all-mighty buck, I guess I'll just have to let this disease run it's course. - From worst to almost-as-bad: Another angle that the WWF is running involves a masked-and-differently-costumed Brutus Beefcake making his return to the ring, beating up every heel in the WWF. It looks like the eventual plan is that the identity of this masked marauder will be revealed as Beefcake, with the mask being a requirement of WWF prez Jack Tunney. You guessed it! You see, Beefer had a steel plate put into his head during the operation and so his potentially lethal head butt must be dampened by a rubber mask. Gag. - A few details on the Flair-Sting match that saw Flair regain the WCW title: After a ref bump, Sting had Flair pinned with nobody to count. The wrestlers collided off the ropes, with Flair falling on top of Sting. Miraculously the referee had recovered to count. Flair pulled Sting's leg off the rope at the two count for the win. - It's rather strange how the WWF and WCW always seem to be in opposite modes of operation. When WCW was being misbooked last year to the point where angles were introduced and never mentioned again and confusion ruled their rings, the WWF was quite stable. Now that the WWF has entered their worst angle (taste-wise) and has made many people upset, it only seems natural that WCW would be on a road to stability and high-quality matches. That said, the next Clash of Champions takes place next Wednesday night from Atlanta. The line-up features Ric Flair vs. Scott Steiner for the WCW World title, Sting & Lex Luger vs. Doom, Z-Man vs. Bobby Eaton (Z-Man may still be defending the TV title, if they don't air Arn Anderson's win this weekend), Barry Windham & Arn Anderson vs. the Renegade Warriors, Tim Horner vs. Michael Wallstreet, Norman (final appearance) & Allen Iron Eagle vs. the Freebirds, Ricky Morton vs. Terry Taylor, Big Van Vader vs. Dutch Mantell, Ranger Ross vs. Barry Horowitz. Also featured is an arm-wrestling match between Paul E. Dangerously and Missy Hyatt. Dusty has made a few changes to the preliminary line-up I posted a little while ago. Rick Steiner & Brian Pillman aren't on the show anymore now that Ric Flair is facing Scott Steiner. In actuality, Rick Steiner is out with a leg injury, which *hopefully* will be used as the reason for Scott's single title shot and maybe set up an angle where Scott decides to pursue a singles career, with Rick being bitter at his success - giving us a Steiner-Steiner feud! JFD vs. Sid Vicious has (thankfully) disappeared. The Terry Taylor vs. Ricky Morton match will apparently be pushed as a scientific encounter, which can only mean that Terry will do his heel turn here. Ron Simmons may well do his face turn here, too, apparently disgusted at the lack of seriousness of his compatriots. - At last week's WCW tapings, Dusty got his first chance to give us a glimpse of the future of some of the WCW athletes. Besides the above mentioned turns, it looks like Buddy Landell - the imitation Nature Boy - will be demoted, if was in fact ever going to be pushed. - Look for lots of announcements of Dusty Rhodes' retirement on the WCW shows. Of course, that can only mean an out-of-retirement run for Dusty, no doubt a condition of his for becoming booker. - Ric Flair will feuding with El Gigante in February. Apparently, we'll see an angle shortly where an insulted Gigante mauls Flair. - Ricky Steamboat is in the WWF for a couple of years. - Heel turns probably in the offing for TugBoat and Jake Roberts. - It looks like the Motor City Madman is going to be kept around afterall in WCW. - Ric Flair defended his title successfully in his first title match since regaining the strap. He beat Sting in Chicago on the weekend when Sting was disqualified for throwing him over the top rope. Herb... As always, comments, criticisms, and questions are encouraged and appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Herb Kunze : "Whether you like it or you don't like it, Applied Math Department : learn to live with it, 'cause University of Waterloo : it's the best thing going today! hekunze@watmsg.waterloo.edu : Woooooooh!" hekunze@violet.waterloo.edu : - Ric 'Nature Boy' Flair