______________________________________________________________________ My University of Waterloo e-mail account will disappear on 09/22. Hopefully, my UoGuelph account will be set up shortly. For the time being, I feel a bit in limbo because I'll have to migrate my e-mail to a new place. When everything is properly set up, I'll add a tape update. ______________________________________________________________________ I do not offer subscriptions to a mailing list! I do not e-mail images! ______________________________________________________________________ - The WWF held SummerSlam on this past Sunday, 08/30/98. I thought it was a strong show that pretty much easily deserved a thumbs up rating. Let's just move to the run down: * An hour of Sunday Night Heat aired as the pre-game show. It was all pretty bad since the small band of good workers had to wait for the PPV. I heard Shane McMahon's commentary for the first time (no Heat in Canada) and thought he came off as stiff and pretty bad. Matches were Legion of Doom losing to Too Much because of Hawk, Gangrel beating Dustin Rhodes, and Disciples of Apocalypse beating Vader & Bradshaw, whose team fell apart. Really uninspired stuff. Shawn Michaels danced with Sable, who was dipped for an "up the dress" shot, but Sable definitely needs to avoid dancing in the future if she wants to stay over. It was nice to have a live pre-game show with matches, etc., but they didn't do anything with it. * D'Lo Brown DQ Val Venis to retain the European Title: With intros, they were given 19 minutes. I liked the first 15-or-so, which were easily the strongest showings of both wrestlers. The only heat for the first long bit was a slight "D'Lo" chant for maybe ten seconds. It didn't bode well. But somehow, they managed to lure the crowd into the match, which was turning into a pretty good bout by the ten-minute mark. D'Lo did a Texas Cloverleaf hold, but it fell apart too quickly. Venis went to the top rope, but D'Lo stood up in the ring, so Venis' splash was ruled out. It was that embarrassing spot where the guy on the ropes clearly jumps, with legs split, so that his opponent can grab his legs and hit a move, often a Boston crab, but this time a power bomb. Really, what the heck was Venis going for with that leap? Despite that silliness, the match built and the crowd got into it by this point. D'Lo raised his knees when Val went for the money shot. They blew a power bomb spot and then re-did it almost immediately, so it looked to be the finish, but it was a kick-out. That showed how tightly the match was booked because they didn't even stray from a non-pin spot after blowing it. Finally, Venis took off D'Lo's chest protector and tossed the ref aside in frustration for the DQ. The final few minutes and the finish were absolutely terrible, but the body of the match showed a lot from both guys, so I viewed it as a positive. Afterwards, Venis took a crybaby page out of Ken Shamrock's book and splashed the referee. * Golga & Kurrgan & Giant Silva beat Dick Togo & Shoichi Funaki & Mens Teioh & Taka Michinoku: Insane Clown Posse introduced the oddities, who tried to get the crowd to wave their arms in a Bushwhacker-like manner in an attempt to get more horrible wrestlers over. The match was an embarrassment: why put the four best workers on the show in this position? The answer is that the WWF is no longer even looking for lightweight wrestlers and has all but abandoned the Lightheavyweight division, so we can expect the Michinoku Pro guys to be comedy props for others (Venis, Oddities). Sigh. Jim Ross ackowledged that this match was meant to be comedy. There is a place for comedy in wrestling. Michinoku Pro matches, themselves, have a lot of comic elements that take away from the work in the match. All Japan has a comedy six-man that involves the fossils who can't work. But when you take four great workers and three stiffs and try to call the workers jobbing mercilessly "comedy," I just don't laugh. One of the worst PPV matches of the year. * X-Pac beat Jeff Jarrett in a hair vs. hair match: The only incident in the pre-game show that had merit in the PPV was Double J shaving Howard Finkel's head. Finkel came out with X-Pac here. Jarrett is a heat magnet: heat is a positive, so Jarrett must be positively charged, since he repels heat. Apparently, there are some people who liked this match, praising X-Pac, but I can't quite figure out why. In a key spot in the match, Jarrett finally got his finisher, the figure four leglock, on X-Pac. X-Pac was in the move for a couple of minutes before it was broken. He *never* sold his leg, not even for a second. That killed the match. Imagine if a non-monster didn't sell Steve Austin's stunner. Anyhow, they did a cool crotch shot earlier in the match, but the bout died as a good match because the lack of selling killed whatever psychology there was in the match to that point. X-Pac whacked Jarrett with a guitar and got the pin for the known result. With Jarrett being repackaged with a rougher edge, a haircut was in order. The electric shears failed, so they went to the scissors. Other wrestlers came in to hold Jarrett, who had to act like he couldn't escape forever while the haircut just didn't work. He ended up getting out of the ring with 80% of his hair still attached. So, as a gimmick it didn't deliver. * Sable & mystery partner vs. Jackie & Marc Mero: The mystery partner turned out to be Edge. Not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing to see Edge plopped into this low-card program, even for a one-shot. Edge did a cool tope and showed some potential. Hard to say more than that because the wrestling was extremely disjointed. Finally, Sable pinned Mero. It wasn't embarrassing, which is almost always a surprise when a mixed tag is on the card. * Ken Shamrock beat Owen Hart in a Lion's Den cage match: The Lion's Den turned out to be a 12-sided cage with walls that angled out from the mat. With no ropes, I was worried that the match wouldn't be any good. But the angled cage walls allowed for some simple high spots and fast-paced movement so it actually turned out to be a pretty good match. Owen Hart is a hell of a worker, who really deserves a bump into his natural issue with Austin & McMahon. Shamrock did a wonderful elevator escape from the choke hold that "Severn had taught Owen," climbing up the cage and flipping over to land behind Owen. He hit the ankle lock, Severn walked off, presumably upset that his man lost, and Shamrock celebrated. I thought this was a good gimmick match to give Shamrock. * New Age Outlaws beat Mankind to win the WWF Tag Titles: Kane no-showed, blamed on Steve Austin's attack on RAW. Vince McMahon convinced Mankind that if he could win a one-against-two handicap match in MSG, then he'd be a legend and MSG hall of famer. The interview was the highlight of the "match," which amounted to the Outlaws just destroying Mankind for a handful of minutes and throwing him in a dumpster after reclaiming their Tag Titles. Wasn't there a story line at some point that a tag champion needed to pick a replacement partner in these circumstances? Kane was in the dumpster and supposedly bashed Mankind with a sledgehammer before walking off. The match was announced as a "falls count anywhere in New York" bout, but, besides one pin attempt at ringside, they never strayed. That's reminiscent of the falls count anywhere in Sturgis WCW match. I found this weird because Austin vs. Undertaker, which didn't have this stipulation, ended up having a walk through the crowd. Now that the Outlaws have the Tag Titles again, everybody will talk about what a great team they are, etc., and I'm sure they are going to end up getting "Tag Team of the Year" kudos in the online year-end awards. It's sad, because they aren't even at the level of mediocre teams on the world scene. * Hunter Hearst Helmsley beat Rocky Maivia to win the IC Title in a ladder match: This was the show maker or breaker. To this point, we'd had a surprising opener that ended in a mess, a horrible embarrassment, two routinely unspecial matches, a cool cage match, and a farcical two-on-one drubbing. I'm not a big fan of Hunter Hearst Helmsley, who hasn't shown any sign of improvement since his early WCW days. I'm also not a big fan of Maivia's ring skill, as he's developed solid character attributes but nothing much in the ring. My expectations were low. The ladder gimmick would surely lead to a few wild bumps and spots, but those don't make a match ...they might make a memorable spectacle (see Undertaker vs. Mankind, Hell in the Cell). HHH took almost all of the ladder punishment until in the first 20 minutes of match time. Generally, that's not a good thing, but HHH has been suffering from reasonably serious knee trouble, so when Rock started working on his knee, something miraculous happened: HHH sold his knee incredibly well throughout the match. I've never seen such a strong performance from HHH when it comes to selling. Rock, on the other hand, is, for whatever reason, generally viewed as the better wrestler of this pairing; yet, his performance was decidedly pedestrian. He did the horribly slow climbs of the ladder while HHH was laid out; Rock would get to the second-last rung he needed to be at way too early and then swat at the belt five times before laboriously lifting his leg and e...v...e...r s...o s...l...o...w...l...y taking half a rung. It was pretty painful to watch at times, stretching believability to paper-thinness. I'm amazed that HHH was the glue that held things together. Anyhow, Rock bled at about the 20-minute mark. Mark Henry kept trying to involve himself, finally powdering HHH. Rock climbed the ladder in what seemed like the final hour of the match and Chyna low-blowed him. HHH made it up and grabbed the title. It was an uncharacteristically strong performance, mostly by HHH, but it was marred by the interference finish. * Steve Austin beat Undertaker to retain the WWF Title: The story line was Undertaker had promised that Kane would not get involved in the match. In the match, the story line was that Undertaker was working on Austin's neck, which was a cool way to appeal to smart fans. Jim Ross did a good job on commentary towards that end. Kane came out at the ten-minute mark and Undertaker sent him back. They brawled out into the crowd, really just walking around like they do in ECW. Somebody held up a "Herb's TidBits suck" sign. In the bump of the match, Undertaker leg dropped Austin through the Spanish commentator's table. The played around with missed stunners and tombstones, although Austin took a choke slam. Finally, when Undertaker went for his second rope walk, Austin pulled him off the ropes and delivered a forearm to the crotch, followed by a stunner, for the pin. Undertaker surrendered the title to Austin. It was a good match, but hardly a stellar one. Overall, I came away pleased with the show, likely not for the reasons that other did. I don't think there was a match of the year candidate on the show. I'd put the ladder match at * * * * , taken down a bit by having interference play a role in the finish. Nothing else hit that level, although Owen Hart vs. Ken Shamrock was close, IMO. But, excluding the horrible use made of the Michinoku Pro wrestlers, and that is very tough to do, there were some real advances shown by three wrestlers (Venis, D'Lo, and HHH). Those advances might be flashes in the pan, but, at this time, I'm only willing to believe that in the case of HHH, since his selling was likely due to legitimate pain. RAW was preempted this week by tennis. Even though tennis draws a smaller rating than wrestling, the belief is that the viewers are higher-class, so the advertising dollars for commercials are more significant. Every year, when RAW gets preempted, it takes a month for it to recover its rating. That gives Nitro two free weeks to do something special and a couple more weeks to build momentum from it as RAW rebuilds. Nitro Nitro on 08/31/98 aired as a two-hour show in Canada. It was a sad effort on a night when Nitro should have been jazzed up to lure some RAW regulars into the fold. What aired here: Jim Powers lost to Wrath, Scott Norton beat Norman Smiley, Brian Adams beat Eddy Guerrero (who just lay down for him and refused to work -- yeah, not wrestling will get Eddy over), Saturn & Lodi beat High Voltage, Chris Jericho beat Disco Inferno, Goldberg beat Bull Pain, and Sting & Lex Luger COR Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart. The wrestling was dry and bland, although the commentary said that Juventud was on the show in a match that didn't make the Canadian edit. Yeah, that main event had star power, but it was pretty bad as well. The story line was that Bret Hart is torn between Hogan & Sting; he ended up walking out on Hogan when Hogan kept cheating against Sting. Ugh. You see how careful Hogan is to control his image, though: he's in the star-powered main event while Bill Goldberg plays second fiddle. The highlight of the show saw JJ Dillon come out and announce that he wanted to make a personal statement to Arn Anderson, who was asked to come out. JJ did a pretty good job setting up the scene, talking about history and watching old tapes on the weekend. They played Arn's promo interview that announced his arrival in the Mid-Atlantic area in the very early 1980s. Arn's emotion afterwards seemed so legitimate it was great. Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael came out. JJ talked about how he gave a wet-behind-the-ears Arn some guidance all of those years ago, suggesting that Arn should follow suit with the young up-and-coming Horsemen-wannabes. Arn walked out, essentially saying that he didn't have it in him. From a nostalgia standpoint, it was a great segment. Talk persists that Ric Flair will return as the fourth Horseman (along with Benoit, McMichael (ugh), and Dean Malenko), likely to save Arn from some sort of assault. On a side note, this was the first time that Chris Benoit was directly involved in the Horsemen angle, which hopefully means that they have solidified plans for his future (his contract runs out in 02/99). The other story line during the show saw the Warrior "haunting" the NWO Hollywood wrestlers by appearing in the rafters and looking down on them while being spotlit in the "Warrior signal." It did nothing for me. Thunder Thunder on 09/03/98 was a reasonably lacklustre two-hour show. In the opener, sporting a new haircut and new tights, Marty Jannetty beat Rick Fuller. In a very good, short match, Kaz Hayashi beat Lenny Lane, getting a good pop for the victory. They seemed to push Kaz in the commentary to the point that you have to expect a Cruiserweight title win shortly. High Voltage beat Disorderly Conduct. After two nights of High Voltage this week, I've got to say that they really would have benefitted from staying in New Japan for the year as had been planned. WCW really has no use for them right now, so they should have taken advantage of the NJ connection to help season these guys. Rage, in particular, shows some promise. Wrath beat Barry Horowitz. Meng was to face Raven, but in a usual muddled affair Riggs & Sick Boy replaced Meng, with Raven's rules making the match a handicap bout. Horace also was sent in. All three Flockers received the Tongan death grip. Raven told Lodi to send in Saturn, who has to acquiesce to Lodi's wishes until Fall Brawl. He was doing okay until Kanyon kicked him in the back of head, leading to a death grip for him too. Returning from a commercial break, Saturn faced Kanyon. Kanyon destroyed him, but Saturn always seemed to close to pulling the upset pin. Finally, Lodi told Saturn to take Kanyon's flatliner, which he did, leading to the pin. Man, everything involving these guys just seems to messy. Brian Adams was scheduled to face Dean Malenko, who had been making noise about facing Curt Hennig in a cage match. Hennig attacked Dean from behind, leading to him getting his shoulder destroyed three-on-one (Hennig, Adams, and Rude). They laid a pice of steel fencing over Malenko. Hennig refused the cage match. After a commecial, we were informed that the cage match would take place on this Monday's Nitro thanks to the WCW booking committee. It sure seems like they are replaying scenes from last year, when Curt Hennig destroyed Ric Flair in War Games, so it seems possible that Flair may debut as a result of all of this. Norman Smiley beat Scotty Riggs in a bit of a surprise with an ankle lock submission. They did a weird face-first power bomb spot with Riggs taking the bump knees first. The Armstrongs lost to Disco Inferno & Alex Wright. The main had Konnan & Diamond Dallas Page face Giant & Stevie Ray. It was a nothing match, with Stevie really stinking and Brian Adams & Vincent running in. Goldberg made the save and stared down with the Giant. - On WCW Saturday Night this past weekend, they delivered the pay-off to the Giant & Chris Jericho story line. On recent Nitros, Giant had aided Jericho in winning the TV Title from Stevie Ray and had laid out Ray in a subsequent triangle match involving Jericho. The idea was to have Jericho join NWO Hollywood, but Jericho refused that idea because he didn't want to get lost in the shuffle. Instead, they had Stevie Ray join NWO Hollywood last week. On the weekend, Stevie faced Jericho on WCW SN and Giant ended up coming in and laying out Jericho. The idea of this story line is that Stevie Ray was the victim of an NWO Hollywood initiation (the above Giant interferences and the thrashing he received at the hands of the Giant & NWO Hollywood on Thunder). - The cosmetic surgery that Tammy "Sunny" Sytch received won't change her appearance in any way. She had her breast implants replaced and some non-visible work done on her nose. - In All Japan, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama will now be a regular team. It's expected that Mitsuharu Misawa, who used to team with Akiyama, will return to team with Maunakea Mossman. Johnny Ace, Kobashi's former partner, will team with Johnny Smith, who will finally get his shot at the next level. - The Observer points out that the top four most-watched wrestling matches in cable TV history are Hulk Hogan vs. Bill Goldberg from 07/06/98, Hulk Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone from 07/27/98 TV, Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage from 04/20/98, and Hulk Hogan & Giant vs. Bill Goldberg & Kevin Nash from 08/24. "And while Hogan does build everything around himself and the way the storylines go, he should be the ratings king, the fact that his name is the only constant in all four of these matches and that Steve Austin is in none of them does tell a story that despite his detractors, Hogan is for the most part extremely successful in the role he places himself in." - The Pit Bulls, of ECW fame, had a try-out dark match at the Philadelphia RAW last week, but apparently looked terrible, blowing lots of spots. - All Japan goes to Budokan Hall on 09/11/98, with Kenta Kobashi defending his Triple Crown against Akira Taue. - WCW has Fall Brawl on 09/13/98. Tentative line-up has: * Goldberg vs. Giant * War Games: NWO Hollywood (Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart & Stevie Ray) vs. NWO Wölfpac (Kevin Nash & Sting & Lex Luger) vs. WCW (Diamond Dallas Page & Warrior & Roddy Piper) (the wrestler that earns the victory for his team will get a title shot at Goldberg at Halloween Havoc) * Scott Steiner vs. Rick Steiner * Raven vs. Saturn (a Saturn win frees the flock, a Raven win makes Saturn join the flock) * Dean Malenko vs. Curt Hennig I should point out that Hulk Hogan has apparently promised Kevin Nash that Hogan vs. Nash for the WCW Title will headline Starrcade this year. It seems natural then that Hogan, who was promised the win-streak ending victory over Goldberg, would have to win War Games, win the title at Halloween Havoc, and then go on to face Kevin Nash, who presumably would win the World War III battlebowl battle royal. Of course, Warrior has to figure in here somehow. It just seems really unlikely that they would wait to put Warrior vs. Hogan on PPV. Hogan could always win the title as the co-main event at World War III. We'll see how things play out. It's expected that Ric Flair will return the next night, 09/14, on Nitro. It will be very interesting to see how the company rationalizes any ratings successes if Flair returns the night after a PPV on a show that also features Hogan & Warrior, among others. Not that long ago, Ric Flair's segments were still the big ratings grabbers on Nitro. It sure seems like Goldberg vs. Giant will be added to the card. It isn't announced as yet, but now's the only chance to do it on PPV this year. While I hardly consider any of the possible match-ups as noteworthy from a quality standpoint, with the exception of Stevie Ray, and a little more arguably Roddy Piper, every person in the War Games could be honestly hyped for a PPV main event against Goldberg. That's depth in star power. - Nitro on 08/31 drew a 6.0 rating airing unopposed by RAW. The detailed ratings are a click away. I still haven't managed to update them; but, hey, I've updated the PPV figures. - PPV buy rates, revenue (in millions), and match statistics for the WWF, WCW, and ECW are presented in the following 1998 summary sheet (the PPV draw(s) are listed, as well as the quality matches): Show Data Match Rating Data Show Details Buy Rate Gross Mean Median Peak % >= * * * * WWF 98/07/26: Fully Loaded Steve Austin & Undertaker vs. Kane & Mankind 0.5 (WWF claims 0.95; WCW claims 0.34; 0.5 independent figure) $2.23 1.81 * 1/4 * * * 1/4 Rocky Maivia vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley 0% (0 of 8) 98/06/28: King of the Ring Steve Austin vs. Kane Undertaker vs. Mankind 1.1 $4.99 1.72 * 1/2* * * * * 1/2 Undertaker vs. Mankind 11.1% (1 of 9) 98/05/31: IYH Over the Edge Steve Austin vs. Dude Love 0.65 $2.90 1.06 1/2* * * * * 1/2 Steve Austin vs. Dude Love 12.5% (1 of 8) 98/04/26: IYH Unforgiven Steve Austin vs. Dude Love Kane vs. Undertaker 0.85 $3.78 1.75 * * * * * Steve Austin vs. Dude Love 14.3% (1 of 7) 98/03/29: WrestleMania Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin Kane vs. Undertaker 2.20 $9.52 1.81 * * * * * * 1/4 Michaels vs. Austin Cactus & Funk vs. NAO 0.0% (0 of 8) 98/02/15: IYH No Way Out HHH & NAO & Vega vs. Austin & Owen & Funk & Cactus Kane vs. Vader 0.45 $1.67 1.43 * 1/2 * * * 1/2 HHH & NAO & Vega vs. Austin & Owen & Funk & Cactus 0.0% (0 of 7) 98/01/18: Royal Rumble Shawn Michaels vs. Vader Royal Rumble 0.97 $3.62 2.38 * * 1/2 * * * 1/2 Royal Rumble Max Mini & Nova & Mosaic vs. Battalion & Torio & Tarantula 0.0% (0 of 6) Last 6 0.96 $4.18 1.60 1.46 3.79 6.4% (3 of 47) 1998 0.96 $4.1 1.69 1.61 3.75 5.7% (3 of 53) 1997 0.61 $1.84 2.18 1.81 3.792 27.9% (6 of 21) Show Data Match Rating Data Show Details Buy Rate Gross Mean Median Peak % >= * * * * WCW 98/08/08: Road Wild Hulk Hogan & Eric Bischoff vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno 1.14 $5.15 0.61 * * * * 1/2 Juventud Guerrera vs. Chris Jericho 0% (0 of 9) 98/07/06: Bash at the Beach Hulk Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone 1.6 $7.21 1.81 * * 1/4 * * * * Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman 11.1% (1 of 9) 98/06/14: Great American Bash Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper & Randy Savage Sting vs. Giant 0.8 $3.52 1.67 * * 1/4 * * * 1/2 Chris Benoit vs. Booker T 0.0% (0 of 9) 98/05/17: Slamboree Kevin Nash & Scott Hall vs. Sting & Giant 0.72 $3.20 1.92 * * 1/2 * * * 1/4 Chris Benoit vs. Dave Finley Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko Eddie Guerrero vs. Ultimo Dragon 0.0% (0 of 9) 98/04/19: Spring Stampede Sting vs. Randy Savage Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash vs. Giant & Roddy Piper 0.72 $3.20 2.40 * * 1/2 * * * * Ultimo Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. DDP vs. Raven 20.0% (2 of 10) 98/03/15: Uncensored Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage Sting vs. Scott Hall 1.10 $4.12 1.69 * * 1/2 * * * 3/4 Raven vs. DDP vs. Chris Benoit 0.0% (0 of 9) 98/02/22: SuperBrawl Hulk Hogan vs. Sting Outsiders vs. Steiners 1.10 $4.12 1.67 * 1/4 * * * 3/4 Juventud Guerrera vs. Chris Jericho 0.0% (0 of 10) 98/01/25: Souled Out Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair Giant vs. Kevin Nash Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage 1.02 $3.81 1.92 * * * * * Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Super Calo & Lizmark Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera & La Parka & El Dandy 11.1% (1 of 9) Last 6 1.01 $4.4 1.70 2.17 3.67 5.5% (3 of 55) 1998 1.03 $4.29 1.72 1.91 3.72 5.4% (4 of 74) 1997 0.77 $2.45 1.96 1.98 3.813 5.9% (6 of 102) Show Data Match Rating Data Show Details Buy Rate Gross Mean Median Peak % >= * * * * ECW 98/08/02: Heatwave Taz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow 0.23 $0.42 3.08 * * 1/4 * * * * Mike Awesome vs. Masato Tanaka 16.7% (1 of 6) 98/05/03: WrestlePalooza Shane Douglas vs. Al Snow Sabu vs. Rob van Dam 0.24 $0.45 0.64 1/2* * * Mikey Whippreck vs. Justin Credible 0.0% (0 of 7) 98/03/01: Living Dangerously Shane Douglas & Chris Candido vs. Al Snow & Lance Storm 0.23 $0.42 1.56 * * * * * 1/4 Buh Buh Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley vs. Spike Dudley & New Jack vs. Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney 0.0% (0 of 8) Last 6 0.23 $0.43 1.69 1.58 3.08 4.8% (1 of 21) 1998 0.23 $0.43 1.69 1.58 3.08 4.8% (1 of 21) 1997 0.22 $0.38 2.10 2.50 3.583 10.0% (2 of 20) Longer-term data is available. The data now runs back to 1991. A table of wrestlers who have delivered quality matches is also online. - New Japan is running a tournament to determine challengers for the WCW Tag Titles. The tournament final takes place on 09/21/98. New Japan somewhat embarrassingly announced that Sting & Kevin Nash were the champions after they had lost the belts. - The WWF has In Your House on 09/27/98. - The WWF has In Your House on 10/18/98. - WCW has Halloween Havoc on 10/25/98. - The WWF has Survivor Series on 11/15/98. - WCW has World War III on 11/22/98. - The WWF has In Your House on 12/13/98. - WCW has Starrcade on 12/27/98. - The WWF has Royal Rumble on 01/24/99. - The WWF has In Your House on 02/14/99. - The WWF has WrestleMania XV on 03/28/99. - The WWF has In Your House on 04/25/99. - The WWF has In Your House on 05/23/99. - The WWF has King of the Ring on 06/27/99. - The WWF has In Your House on 07/25/99. - Videos: I have posted something about the availability of videos. If you missed it, I'll send it to you in e-mail upon request. ______________________________________________________________________ Thanks to: Masaki Aso. ______________________________________________________________________ If you have any feedback regarding my web pages, please send me e-mail. Don't forget to delete the leading "x" from my e-mail address; that "x" is my web spider spam guard. ______________________________________________________________________