Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
From: hekunze@jeeves.waterloo.edu (Herb Kunze)
Subject: Wrestling TidBits   -   04/16
Message-ID: <1992Apr16.122549.2943@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
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Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 12:25:49 GMT
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 - After WrestleMania, the WWF held a press conference with the new
   champ, Randy Savage, and the Ultimate Warrior fielding questions.
   Savage was asked about anabolic steroids and responded, "I
   experimented with steroids in the past when it was legal.  Using
   steroids was and is like putting poison in your body.  It puts
   your body totally out of balance.  Let me tell you one thing:
   it's like having one heck of a case of PMS."  He went on to
   rant about telling kids not to take drugs and ended with the
   opposite of his usual exclamation to show what kids should
   say to drugs: "Oh Nooooo!"
     The Ultimate Warrior played the interview legit and said his
   real name was Jim Hellwig and that he had studied chiropractics.

 - Vince buried Jake Roberts in the commentary on the syndies on the
   weekend.  Jake quit the WWF before WresleMania and from Jim Ross'
   rantings, I guess we're supposed to believe that WCW is talking
   with him.

 - Undetailed results from the Omni's WCW card on Saturday had:
     - Sting over Van Vader (believe it or not, these guys are
       supposed to be having some pretty good matches)
     - Brian Pillman drew with Johnny B. Badd
     - Steve Austin retained his TV title against Barry Windham
     - Ricky Steamboat beat Rick Rude in a non-title match
     - Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine beat Marcus Bagwell & Tom Zenk

 - Cable went out here on Saturday due a nasty storm, so I didn't get
   to see much of WCW Saturday Night.  It came back on as the main
   event was starting.  I think that Kip should stay behind the scenes
   a little more.  This week's co-host is Dusty Rhodes and the main
   event is Nikita Koloff vs. Larry Zbyszko.  The following week's
   co-host is Bill Fralic and the main event will probably be a
   re-match between the Freebirds and Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine.
   These aren't the kind of main events I want to see.

 - The Rude-Steamboat angle in WCW is pretty hot.  This is going to
   build to an awesome PPV match in the future.
     The Sting-Vader angle is also interesting, although the interviews
   are kinda lame.  At last week's TV taping, Vader put the scorpion
   death lock on a jobber and wouldn't break the hold, even when the
   ring filled with other jobbers beating on him.  Finally, Sting
   did the run-in save and Vader beat him up for his trouble, putting
   the scorpion on him too, until the babyfaces made the save.

 - The WCW WrestleWar '92 PPV takes place on May 17th.  Tentative matches
   are:
     - Sting & Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff & Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham
         vs. The Dangerous Alliance in a Wargames match
     - Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka
         to determine #1 contenders to the IWGP Tag Titles (held by
         Bam Bam Bigelow & Big Van Vader, I believe)
     - Brian Pillman vs. Tom Zenk for the WCW Lightheavyweight Title
     - Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine vs. Freebirds for the US Titles

 - It looks like Scotty "The Body" Flamingo will be getting a bit of a
   Lightheavyweight push in WCW.  Talk of Johnny Valiant being brought
   in as Scotty's manager.

 - Videotape: We'll be voting on the matches for the video next week, so
   more information will probably be forthcoming in my next posting.
   Right now, we're nominating matches for the ballot.

                                                          Herb...