From: hekunze@watmsg.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   08/22
Message-ID: <1991Aug22.143950.24764@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 22 Aug 91 14:39:50 GMT
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 - The WWF's SummerSlam PPV takes place on Sunday.  The match line-up
   is:
       - Hulk Hogan             vs. Sgt. Slaughter, General Adnon,
           & Ultimate Warrior         & Colonel Mustafa
               with Sid Justice as guest referee
       - Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart for the IC Title
       - Nasty Boys vs. Legion of Doom for the Tag Titles
       - Ted DiBiase vs. Virgil for the Million Dollar Belt
       - Big Boss Man vs. Da Mountie with the loser spending a night
           in the nearest jail
       - IRS vs.
       - Kerry von Erich, Davey Boy Smith  vs. Warlord, Power & Glory
           & Ricky Steamboat
   Of course, Randy and Elizabeth Poffo will also re-affirm their wedding
   vows, or, for the marks, get married for the first time.  It's expected
   that Roddy Piper will be Randy's best man, although I liked the idea of
   bringing in Lanny Poffo for the job.  The Maid of Honor will apparently
   be picked from the crowd.  It's expected that Sherri Martel will
   interrupt the ceremony.
     In the wrestling matches, since the Mountie has run into so much flak
   from the RCMP in Canada, it looks like he'll be phased out, so it's fair
   game to assume that he'll end up spending a night in jail and that his
   character will somehow transform.  At a previous batch of TV tapings,
   Ted DiBiase worked without his $100000 belt, so it's expected that he'll
   lose somehow.  The LOD vs. Nasty Boys match is a toss-up.  I'd expect a
   screw ending and no title change, mainly because of Curt Hennig's
   lingering back trouble probably necessitating a title change in his
   match.  At a set of tapings for post-SummerSlam airing, Curt worked a
   short match without his title belt.  The main event will probably only
   feature a Sgt. Slaughter face turn.
     If you haven't registered your booking predictions for the tournament
   you still have a few days left.

 - Ric Flair will work the WWF tapings on September 9th and 10th in Ottawa
   and Cornwall, Ontario.  I'll be in Cornwall that week for a wedding but
   I doubt I'll be able to get my girlfriend to sit through a multi-hour TV
   taping, especially for the WWF stuff (she'll only watch Japanese
   wrestling with me - the woman sure has great taste ;-).
     Bobby Heenan will continue to have little video bits where he holds
   the belt and talks about Ric Flair coming into the WWF.  It appears that
   Flair will definitely come in as a heel (as opposed to a Roddy Piper
   type rebel character) and will verbally challenge Hogan right off the bat.
   People are already predicting Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair as the main event
   at WrestleMania in the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis in 1992.  This
   leaves potential title challengers Sid Justice and Ultimate Warrior out
   in the cold.  It's expected that UW's feud with Jake Roberts will be
   drawn out that long, and that Sid will either be feuding with the
   Undertaker or challenging for the IC Title (not necessarily exclusive
   options).

 - Cactus Jack worked at the last set of WCW tapings.  He'll have to decide
   between working there or in Global.

 - Hiro Hase & Benkei Sasaki are coming into WCW for a year starting in a
   couple of weeks.

 - Barry Windham will complete his face turn in the next few weeks of WCW
   television shows.

 - A slightly-injured Shane Douglas will replace a badly injured Shawn
   Michaels to work with Marty Janetty at the houses.

 - The Patriots won the US Tag Titles from the Freebirds at the last batch
   of WCW tapings.  The match was apparently very bad, so this title change
   may go unrecognised.

 - The next WCW Clash of Champions takes place on September 5th and will
   probably feature:
     - Ron Simmons vs. Diamond Studd with the winner getting a title shot
         at Halloween Havoc
     - Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmeier vs. Dick Murdoch & Dick Slater for
         the vacant WCW World Tag Titles (tournament final)
     - Dustin Rhodes & Bobby Eaton vs. Terrence Taylor & Richard Morton
     - Brian Pillman vs. Bad Street (Jr. Heavyweight tournament semi-final,
         final to take place at Halloween Havoc)
     - Tom Zenk vs. Steve Austin for the TV Title
     - A Battle Royal with all the guys that can't work a match.

 - Akira Hokuto, IMHO the best female wrestler in the business and perhaps
   the best wrestler in the business, will be teaming up with Bull Nakano,
   who I believe is still the All Japan Women's champ, in the near future.
   My other All Japan Women favourite, Aja Kong, has screwed up her ankle
   and is probably out for several months.

 - Jushin Riger lost his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight title to Akira Nogami in
   Japan recently.  These two also fought on the WCW Egg Dome card in
   March.  Akira defended the title successfully the next night against
   Brian Pillman.

                                                            Herb...