From: hekunze@watmsg.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   08/08
Message-ID: <1991Aug9.011701.7595@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 9 Aug 91 01:17:01 GMT
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 - Latest rumours have Ric Flair walking that aisle on August 26th at
   the WWF's SummerScam PPV to challenge Hulk Hogan to a title-vs.-title
   match.  Ric's plans should become clear at the end of this month
   when his WCW contract expires.  He is allowed to work for others
   in the month of August, but he can't sign a deal with anyone until
   the end of the month.

 - Black Blood has been fired by WCW.  Eddie Gilbert is coming in.

 - Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat will be feuding with Skinner Steve Keirn
   after SummerScam.

 - Now that they've lost Ric Flair, there's some talk of WCW deciding
   that the "We Wrestle!" more physical (as Jim Ross would say) style
   of pro-wrestling is what it should be promoting.

 - WCW has started a "Bring Brian Back!" letter campaign for fans that
   want to get Brian Pillman reinstated as a wrestler.  This will
   happen very quickly and Pillman should be back in September.
   Hopefully, WCW will then start a "Send Dusty Home!" letter campaign.
   Brian is apparently being re-instated because the Junior Heavyweight
   division idea that WCW had a while ago is being un-shelved.  If this
   is the case and Jushin Riger comes in to WCW as planned, we have yet
   to see the best match of the year in North America.

 - Shawn Michaels is out with knee problems until the end of the year.
   There goes the WWF's (and with Ric Flair gone, North America's)
   top worker.

 - Missy Hyatt has dyed her hair dark brown, or stopped dying her hair
   blond.  I never liked her much before, but now she looks terrible.
   And she really only knows how to be the "dumb blonde," so her
   commentary is really terrible.  I guess somebody decided that
   Jeannie Clark should be the company's only blonde.

 - Apparently the Ultimate Warrior has quit over the steroid testing
   policy that the WWF is going to adopt.  There is supposed to be
   a steroid test in the WWF some time in the next week - this was
   announced to the wrestlers in advance.  Unfortunately for some,
   UW included, it takes a little longer than a couple of weeks to
   get the stuff out of your system when you are taking enough to
   kill a horse.  This rumour may just be brought on by the UW no-showing
   a WWF TV taping.  The WWF wrestlers have been advised not to travel
   with steroids in their bags, as an impromptu or over-diligent
   airport search might uncover the nasty truth about the organization.
   The steroid story is going to get some coverage from Silly Jesse
   Raphael as well as Inside Edition.  This ain't over yet, folks.
   Superstar Billy Graham will be holding his press conference on
   August 21st - as others have posted here, it's expected that he'll
   announce a lawsuit against the steroid manufacturers and the WWF.

 - Assuming that the Ultimate Warrior hasn't quit the WWF, I think
   that everybody is barking up the wrong tree in predicting his
   heel turn at SummerScam.  We all know that the Ultimate Warrior
   is booked on top all over North America against the Undertaker
   after SummerScam.  Ric Flair may well be coming into the group
   with the obvious feud being with Hulk Hogan.  Hogan has to feud
   with the Undertaker.  Right now, with Savage coming back in as
   number two face, the Ultimate Warrior is primed to be the number
   four face (behind Hogan, Savage, Justice).  If he turns heel, he'll
   have to mix in with the Undertaker, Curt Hennig, Sgt. Slaughter
   and Flair and jockey for heel position that will make him a hotter
   Flair than he is now.  In e-mail about SummerScam, I've been trying
   to convince people that it's far more likely that Sgt. Slaughter
   will turn face.  There is talk of Slaughter turning face, doing
   a short tour as a face and then taking his front-office job with
   Titan.  We'll see in a couple of weeks.

                                                            Herb...