From: hekunze@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Herb Kunze)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   03/14
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Date: 14 Mar 91 18:44:05 GMT
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 - WCW's and New Japan's joint card takes place next Thursday.  It's
   expected that some 55000+ fans will attend (with 60000+ being a
   sell out of the Tokyo Dome), with the $220 ringside seats all
   sold out a long time ago.  The line-up is:
     - Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami for the WCW title
     - Sting vs. Keiji Muto (working as Great Muta)
     - Doom vs. Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader
     - Riki Choshu vs. Tiger Jeet Singh
     - Jushin Riger vs. Akira Nogami for the IWGP Jr. title
     - Steiner Brothers vs. Hiro Hase & Kensuke Sasaki
     - Masa Saito & Masa Chono vs. Arn Anderson & Barry Windham
     - Tom Zenk, Brian Pillman & Tim Horner vs. Shiro Koshinaka,
       Tatayuki Iizuka & Osamu Matsuda.
     - Scott Norton vs. Equalizer
   The card will be aired as a US PPV on April 7th for $9.95.  It
   looks like the Doom match will not be aired, because WCW is
   pretending that they haven't broken up in Japan.  Also, don't
   expect to see the Riger match, the Choshu match & Scott Norton.
   That's a bit of a shame, because the Riger/Nogami match will
   probably be the best thing on the card, with Nogami returning
   to Japan after a long absence and looking to get over again.

 - The Doom match may still be jeopardy since Butch Reed has missed
   the last two WCW tapings.  No word on if he's gone or not.

 - Buddy Landell is gone from WCW.  He was fired after an
   out-of-the-ring altercation.  It's just as well because Dusty was
   going to bury him anyway.

 - The latest WCW tapings featured the arrivals of One Man Gang and
   Owen Hart.

 - As was mentioned by someone (sorry for the no-name), a new heel
   by the name of Black Hood will debut in WCW shortly.  This will
   be Master Blaster Steel, managed by Kevin Sullivan.

 - I'm kind of sad that WCW is going to do away with the Four Horsemen
   permanently.  I would have liked to see one more all-wrestler form
   of the group.  It looks like everybody will go his separate way,
   and it certainly looks like Barry Windham is being set up for a
   face turn.

 - Bob Costas, who bailed out of the WWF's instant replay debate at WM
   VII, will be replaced by Alex Trebek, of "Jeopardy" fame.

 - There is talk that the WWF is courting both Mike Tyson and Donovan
   Ruddock to act as a special referee at WM.  Iron Mike and Razor
   Ruddock will meet on Monday, and the WWF wants the winner as a ref.

 - We can expect an appearance by Ricky Steamboat at WM, possibly an
   angle.

 - Rumours that Randy Savage plans to take a leave of absence from the
   WWF are fueling rumours that Elizabeth is going to deliver a child
   in the near future.

 - The WWF is already soliciting for video purchases of WM VII.  The
   cover of the video promo has Hogan wrapped in the US flag, holding
   the WWF title.  Gee, nothing like keeping your bookings a secret.

 - Tugboat and Rick Martel are already getting buried at the house
   shows, adding fuel to the rumours that they will be among those
   cut after WM.

 - Finally, grand champion Hokutoumi suffered a major upset yesterday
   in Osaka, Japan, to Akebono at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

                                                         Herb...
As always, comments, criticisms, and questions are encouraged and appreciated.
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