Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   01/09
Message-ID: <1992Jan10.000835.25199@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1992 00:08:35 GMT
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 - The Lex Luger rumours have reached here.  We know that Lex's contract
   is up in March.  When he signed the multi-year deal last March, there
   were an agreed upon number of dates per year in the contract.  Lex reached
   that number before the end of the year.  So, on top of not having
   anything in his contract about working foreign shows (which is why
   he hasn't worked in Tokyo or England), he has a contractual reason
   for not wanting to work any more in North America.  He's salaried
   and whether he works or not his contract guarantees him his money.
   So Lex has skipped TV tapings and is taking all of January off (with
   the exception of the Dome show which he agreed to work).
     Meanwhile, the WCW office is mad that Lex won't work for the good
   of the company and his future with the company.  So that's where
   the rumours come in: Lex Luger will drop the WCW World Title to
   Sting in Milwaukee at SuperBrawl '91 on February 29th.  Then when
   the first year of his contract is up in March, WCW and Luger will
   settle and Luger will leave the company.
     Of course the WWF rumours are flying too.  The unbelievable scenario
   that has been published here is that Vince McMahon will sign Luger to
   a contract with the WBF, push him as a top WBF star, and use him to
   link the WBF and the WWF by having him cross-over.

 - The WWF's Royal Rumble PPV takes place on January 19th.  The Rumble
   entrants are:
     1. Hulk Hogan       11. Hercules           21. Kerry von Erich
     2. Undertaker       12. Big Boss Man       22. Greg Valentine
     3. Roddy Piper      13. Rick Martel        23. Shawn Michaels
     4. Ric Flair        14. Colonel Mustafa    24. Marty Janetty
     5. Sid Justice      15. Tito Santana       25. Warlord
     6. Randy Savage     16. Skinner            26. Barbarian
     7. Jake Roberts     17. Repo-Man           27. Jerry Saggs
     8. Jim Duggan       18. Ted DiBiase        28. Brian Nobbs
     9. Sgt. Slaughter   19. Davey Boy Smith    29. Berzerker
    10. Jimmy Snuka      20. Irwin R. Shyster   30. Virgil
   Also on the card will be several matches:
     - Bret Hart vs. The Mountie for the IC Title
     - Legion of Doom vs. Natural Disasters for the Tag Titles
     - Sheepwhackers vs. Beverly Brothers
     - New Foundation vs. Orient Express
   Both Pat Tanaka and Jimmy Snuka are in for only this night as both
   have already left the company.

 - WCW has a Clash of Champions scheduled for January 21st in Topeka,
   Kansas.  The tentative line-up:
     - Ricky Steamboat & Sting vs. Rick Rude & Steve Austin
     - Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham & Ron Simmons
         vs. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko & Bobby Eaton
     - Steiner Brothers vs. Van Vader & Mr. Hughes
     - Cactus Jack vs. Van Hammer
     - Brian Pillman & Patriots vs. Diamond Studd & Young Pistols
     - Terry Taylor vs. Thomas Rich
     - P.N.News vs. Diamond Dallas Page
   This sounds great on paper.  Notice that Luger ain't working.

 - In late December in Tokyo, the UWFI held several boxer vs. wrestler
   matches that were meant to legitimize this inter-sport stuff enough
   to get air-time in the US, but may have instead killed itself.
     In the main event, Trevor Berbick took on Nobuhiko Takada.  Takada
   started the match by giving Berbick a stiff kick to the leg and
   Berbick just left the ring and walked back to the showers.  The crowd
   went nuts, but eventually calmed down.  Berbick strolled off with
   his share of the substantial purse.  In the pre main event,
   international boxing federation cruiserweight champion James Warring
   lost a decision to Billy Scott and didn't stop protesting about it.

 - Jesse Ventura is suing Vince McMahon for using old footage with Jesse's
   commentary on those special PPVs and on video releases without The
   Body's permission.

 - The next WWF card in Toronto (in February) is headlined by Randy
   Savage vs. Jake Roberts in a cage.

 - Rumours have Lady Blossom appearing in the WWF to work as Ric Flair's
   valet.

 - Apparently, Magic Johnson has approached both the WWF and WCW about
   doing wrestling shows as part of an AIDS benefit.  The rumours have
   him proposing some inter-federational matches as the draw.

                                                                   Herb...