Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   03/19
Message-ID: <1992Mar19.164154.28603@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1992 16:41:54 GMT
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 - The WWF has WrestleMania VIII on PPV, Sunday, April 5th, with the
   following line-up:
     - Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage for the WWF Title
     - Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice
     - Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart for the IC Title
     - Ted DiBiase & I.R.S. vs. Natural Disasters for the Tag Titles
     - Undertaker vs. Jake Roberts
     - Shawn Michaels vs. Tito Santana
     - Owen Hart vs. The Undefeated Skinner
     - Tatanka vs. Rick Martel
     - Big Boss Man & Davey Boy Smith & Virgil
         vs. Nasty Boys & Mountie
   As reported, the show will be about 3 hours long, which I think is
   an improvement if they drop the price too.  I think that 4 hour
   PPVs with 15 minute intermissions drag on too long.

 - Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels will have a program for the IC Title
   after WrestleMania.

 - The 20/20 story on steroids airs tomorrow night on ABC at 10:00pm EST.
   (it's neat how I didn't have to change that line at all from last
   week.  The segment was apparently delayed for one week.)

 - Not only is WCW going to bring in an NWA champion to unify the titles,
   they are going to bring in NWA tag champions and unify those belts
   too.  Hopefully, they'll air the NWA singles and tag tourney matches
   since they'll involve top WCW and New Japan talent.

 - All the talk this week and in the future will be about Vince McMahon's
   potential demise.  I thought that he came out looking pretty bad after
   Phil Donahue's show.  The "I knew nothing" defence is a little
   unbelievable in a skeptical world.

 - This weekend, Elizabeth will deny that a relationship with Ric Flair
   existed in her past.  Sure, we expect that the photos will be proven
   to be fake.  But how will they do it?  Will they have photos of Liz
   in those poses and show how Ric Flair took two different photos and
   made the photos of him and Liz as a couple?  Or better yet, will it
   remained unexplained until the WrestleMania match between Ric and
   Randy.  Late in the match with Randy apparently on the verge of
   winning, he'll climb to the top rope to deliver his elbow drop, and
   then suddenly Liz reaches up and trips him.  He stumbles, falls,
   crotches himself on the ropes and Flair gets a cheap pin and slinks
   out of the ring.  As Randy is questioning Elizabeth, we go to a wide
   shot as the crowd erupts in disbelief.  Running down the aisle, with
   rope still tied to her wrists, is Elizabeth!  Or is it?  She's in
   the ring too, afterall.  Looks like that evil Ric Flair spoke to
   Ted DiBiase and found a good plastic surgeon to makeover some
   woman into an Elizabeth twin.  ;-)  Just an idea.  Maybe the second
   Liz will turn out to be Pat Patterson in drag.  I dunno.

 - Steve Williams & Terry Gordy worked last week's WCW TV taping.

 - As reported already, the SST (Fatu & Savage) worked the last WWF
   TV taping as babyfaces.

 - Videotape: Well, about 30 of us began our discussion about the video
   yesterday.  There are already lots of suggestions for what to include
   on the video.  If anybody else is interested in getting in on the
   discussion, let me know by e-mail and you'll get added.
     If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I've offered to piece
   together a video of things that people on the net are interested in.
   People that were interested in being part of the decision making
   process for determining what goes on the tape are now doing just
   that.  When we've finalized the list of stuff for the tape and I've
   put it together, I'll post something with the full tape detail to
   the net and the fine print of this offer.
     I'll use this spot every week to keep you up-to-date on our
   progress.

                                                       Herb...