______________________________________________________________________ I do not offer subscriptions to a mailing list! I do not e-mail images! ______________________________________________________________________ There was a large update last week. The twc server was unreachable for a bit because of IP address reassignment and redistribution of that new info over the net. I think the update is still worth reading if you didn't get to it in the past few days. ______________________________________________________________________ - The WWF had In Your House: Valentine's Day Massacre this past Sunday, 02/14/99. Increasingly, I'm not sure what to make of the WWF's product because from top to bottom it seems to be about creating a few memorable moments in the absence of any memorable matches. I think back to Mick Foley's comments on Off The Record last week, where he said that at the start of his career he wasn't capable of creating great matches so he set about to create some great moments. In some ways, it's not surprising that the WWF shoots for great moments so much. The talent roster just doesn't contain enough supremely talented wrestlers to create many great matches. Austin isn't what he was a few years ago. Foley still falls back on moments ahead of matches. Helmsley, Rock, Shamrock, Boss Man: none of them are rounded enough to deliver great matches, and people who praise them have willingly ignored obvious weaknesses. The younger tier of Edge, Gangrel, Venis, etc. offers indy-style wrestling that can't deliver a match that goes longer than 6-8 minutes. The star of the show for people that like great matches is X-Pac, the best worker in the promotion, and this show offered more evidence of his ability. I also think that D'Lo Brown, with more experience in a territory than the other youngsters, shows the most potential. Over all, I think I'd give the show a thumbs in the middle, bordering down. There definitely was not a great or near-great match on the show. Historically, shows without a single * * * * match have earned pretty much automatic thumbs down reviews from the net community (with obvious exceptions made for shows that had several near-great matches). The secondary main event, the title match, a gimmick match hyped as definitely delivering a finish delivered a draw, which in this day and age is not a finish, at least not for the match that they did before the finish. An easy thumbs down to that point. The main event wasn't a match at all, but it did deliver a few memorable moments, some of which were weakened by the replays of them, but it was a better performance than anybody had any right to expect and it probably coloured my opinion on what should have probably been a thumbs down show. * Goldust beat Bluedust: Okay, it only ran seven minutes with ring entrances, but it was embarrassing in most every aspect. Blue Meanie's butt was exposed, as was the WWF's talent depth. Horrible opener. * Bob Holly beat Al Snow to win the vacant Hardcore Title: While Road Dog gets some rehab, the title had to move to somebody else. They said that Road Dog was injured; I guess something aired on Heat (that we don't see in Canada). This match followed at least somewhat logically from the horrible Toronto RAW show. They brawled down to the Mississippi River, with bad-ECW-style brawling. Taking a bump into the River was supposed to be the second memorable moment of the night (Meanie's ass was the first), but it came off flat. The finish was really sad. They had left a rolled-up piece of wire chain link fencing near the river. Snow tried to unroll it, but couldn't, so they did a couple of brawling spots. Holly tried to unroll it, but couldn't, mumbled "fuck!", and then picked up Snow and slammed him on the small patch of fence that he had managed to unroll. Holly plopped this short piece of fence on top of Snow and covered him for the pin - and it became completely clear that the finish was supposed to see Snow rolled up in the fence. Undaunted, Snow lay on the fence, with this small piece laid over him, acting like he had been rolled up in the fence. It was an ECW-style finish gone awry. Really sad. With entrances, this ran 13 minutes. * Big Boss Man beat Mideon: Dennis Knight shouldn't be on PPV. It's like putting NWO Vincent on PPV. He can't do anything and nobody cares about him, so it serves no purpose other than filling time to put him on a major show. Six minutes in, the crowd chanted "boring!" The commentary sucked: after a suplex counter that was actually an okay wrestling spot, Michael Cole said it was a "desperation move." Speaking of the commentary, in the hardcore match, Michael Cole kept saying that the wrestlers would never be the same, which is just a stupid thing to say. The people that hear those words have already paid to see the match, so they'll watch it anyway, so it really only serves to hurt both wrestlers to say this is the best they'll ever be. That sort of hyperbole can only really work if the match at hand is a classic. Boss Man got the pin with the side slam. The Ministry came out. The lights died. Undertaker came out. Ministry ganged up on Boss Man and carried him out. This took many minutes, leaving me thinking that the Corporation sure sticks together. With all of that post-match stuff and ring entrances, this segment ran 11 minutes. * Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett beat Mark Henry & D'Lo Brown to retain the Tag Titles: With Henry injured, D'Lo had to carry the match for his side, so the match was better than expected, but still nothing special at all. The commentary was stupid again: "Owen Hart has held just about every title here in the WWF." Let's see, excluding the women's title, Owen had held two out of five. While there were a few sad spots where the work didn't click and there was no heat for anybody but the women and occasionally Owen "Nugget" Hart, the work was okay and the match was okay. Finish saw the women get into it with other, but D'Lo stood between them. Owen then guitared Henry's knee, and Jarrett put on the figure four. Weak finish. Ivory ripped off Debra's top, getting the first loud pop of the match and the night. When Owen & JJ dragged Debra off, the crowd booed loudly. Somebody should start a pool to guess the date when Ivory gets a huge boob job. * Val Venis beat Ken Shamrock to win the IC Title: Billy Gunn was the special referee. Val was accompanied by Ryan Shamrock, who wore a kickin' outfit but couldn't walk in her high heels. Val got destroyed for the first few minutes before finally countering a vertical suplex, which the commentators decided was not a desperation move this time. The best commentary line of the night occurred in this match when Val had Shamrock in a backbreaker across his knee: "Do you think [Val's] ever had Ryan in that position?" Finally, Shamrock hit a DDT. Billy Gunn, who hadn't been a presence to this point, counted two and then stopped counting. Shamrock got up and yelled "What the fuck?!" Val hit a fisherman suplex for a two. They traded a few near falls before Shamrock hit the ankle lock. Ryan helped Val reach the ropes. Shamrock reused his earlier line, yelling at Ryan, who slapped him. Billy Gunn came out to Ryan's aid, with Shamrock shoving Billy and Billy nailing Ken and tossing him back into the ring. Val hit a lazy small package and Billy did the Earl Hebner fast three count. Shamrock attacked Gunn. Gunn came back to the ring and attacked Val. Gunn's crotch chop got the best pop of the night other than the stripping. This built to an okay match from a slow beginning, but it was too long for what they had to deliver. * Kane & Chyna beat X-Pac & Hunter Hearst Helmsley: There was a big pop for DX's entrance. HHH: "Come on out here and get your ass kicked, you big jacked-up bitch." The ring entrances took over five minutes. Kane wore down X-Pac, tagged in Chyna, and X-Pac bumped for her. She escaped the bronco buster. HHH tried to suplex Chyna but she dropped down. X-Pac nailed Shane, who was doing commentary. Chyna powerslammed X-Pac and did a few other moves on him. HHH came in and punched Chyna a few times, which drew big heat. Kane took things out of the ring. X-Pac hit the bronco buster on Chyna. Shane interfered. The ref bumped. HHH went for the pedigree, but Kane came in and choke slammed him, placing Chyna on top for the win. With intros, this ran 21 minutes. The match had a few good moments, mostly when X-Pac was in putting Chyna over. * Rocky Maivia drew Mankind in a "last man standing" match: Michael Cole hyped and hyped that this match would go to a decisive finish. Match body was better than their previous bouts because Rocky sold for Mick. Rocky's selling sucks, so in a way it hasn't been a surprise that they have minimized the amount of it in this feud. Rocky drew chants of "Rocky Sucks!" Mankind intentionally took a beating before "belting" Rock. Rock DDTed Mankind through the commentators' table. Foley took a crazy backdrop off the other commentators' table and Rock threw the steel steps onto him from inside the ring. Rock did an Elvis impersonation; anything to avoid wrestling. The mandible claw was followed by a ref bump. Who would have guessed? The wrestlers got chairs and did a double chair shot, with both guys being knocked out. The ref counted to ten on both men. Years ago, when I saw death matches at Maple Leaf Gardens, they would do this finish and then announce, "The first man to his feet will be the winner of the match." That almost always led to the heel and face both getting to their knees, with the heel falling over and the face standing. They didn't do that here. The crowd booed like crazy. This type of finish would work if the fans actually respected the match that wrestlers delivered, but that's not how they have been educated (and this match, better than usual for these guys, didn't really merit it). The crowd chanted "bullshit!" To get over the crappy finish, they did a double stretcher segment. With entrances and the post-match, the segment ran 30 minutes. It was a good match, but the finish was too noncommittal. * Steve Austin beat Vince McMahon in a cage match for Austin's title challenge spot at WrestleMania: They used a short iron cage with big holes, like the one from the Hulk Hogan era. They teased first contact for a few minutes before Austin finally faked a knee injury to lure McMahon close. They brawled outside of the ring and into the crowd. It was more stuff that reminded me of ECW...when there's no skillful match possible, go to garbage wrestling. They climbed the cage together, Austin banged Vince's head into the cage, and Vince so clearly kicked off and launched himself through the Spanish commentators' table. It was a surprise to see, since it was unexpected that Vince would do that spot. But they replayed it a couple of times and it looked a lot less spectacular and much more choreographed on the replays. They sold it like Vince was dead, with the replays making that seem stupid. Another stretcher job, sigh. Austin got on the microphone, said the match hadn't started, and then ended up going after Vince and starting the cage match. Thank goodness, 'cause the card would have blown had they failed to deliver something here. Austin beat the crap out of Vince, who ended up blading. Now people are going to praise Vince for taking a stunt man bump and cutting himself. Before Austin could leave the ring, Vince showed him the finger. Austin beat him up some more. Two fingers. Austin beat him up some more. Paul Wight (WCW's Giant) burst through the ring and screamed. He wore black and looked thin, thanks to loads of liposuction. The commentators called him Paul Wight. The crowd, sensing a screw job, started a "bullshit" chant. Wight grabbed Austin for a choke slam, but ended up throwing him at the side of the cage, which "broke," swung open (ahhh, I see why they used that cage), with Austin hanging on and dropping to the floor for the win. That's the story. I know there are some people who are praising the show, talking about "moments" or "story lines" or Vince being "hardcore." All of those things overlook the fact that there weren't any great matches on the show. I find myself going into WWF and WCW PPVs with different expectations. For the WWF shows, I've already been trained by the product not to expect too much great wrestling and, frankly, not to expect too much wrestling, period. I order the shows partly out of habit and partly because my parents, like me, watch all wrestling out of habit and encourage me to order the shows so they can see them. But I'm aware that I judge the WWF more easily. Looking at the above show, if WCW delivered a similar PPV I know I would write up a scathing review, and people who praise this WWF show would pan a similar WCW show. RAW RAW on 02/15/99 aired live in Canada on TSN. Another 20-minute interview open. By now you have to know all of the characters that came out to get involved in the verbal melee. Guess what? The PPV the night before was really just the pre-game show for RAW, as the Rock will challenge an injured Mankind in a ladder match this evening on RAW. Paul Wight will be the referee in the WrestleMania main event. Once again, they carted out a bunch of two-to-four minute matches. I don't get it, but I guess a lot of people are entertained by tuning in a wrestling show and not seeing any wrestling. Venis dumped Ryan, like we didn't see that coming. Oh, and in case you were wondering, Boss Man is back with the Corporation, with the commentators just mentioning in passing that he escaped the Ministry the night before. Uh-huh. In the stupid bit of the night, in a marathon four-minute match, Shane ended up on top of a dead X-Pac in a tag match, getting the victory and winning the European title in the process. If the non-wrestling son of the owner of the company winning a singles title in a tag match makes a lot of sense to you, then you "get it." Oh, and Bart Gunn resurfaced to challenge his former partner Bob Holly to a match next week. Ooooh. They showed Butterbean in the crowd, so I guess the Bart vs. Bean match is on for WrestleMania. In the only match that went longer than my usual waiting time in a bank line-up, Mankind lost the WWF Title to Rocky Maivia in a ladder match. I wasn't overly moved by this match, but I'm sure somebody was. Rock wears his gym suit to the ring now. The crowd chanted "Rocky Sucks!" but of course what they meant was "Rocky had his breasts sucked." As is widely known, Rock had to go in for a little lipo after his breasts threatened to eclipse those of some of the women in the promotion. - Goldberg & Gene Okerlund & a wrestling fan were on Off The Record on Wednesday, 02/17/99. They talked about wrestling in the third segment. Goldberg said the WWF's Gillberg (which he saw for the first time on this show) makes him mad, but doesn't bother him, meaning that he doesn't waste his time thinking about it. Goldberg said that if WCW had the possibility of putting out a product similar to the WWF's, he wouldn't want to be a part of it. The fan tried to make the point that WCW is copying the WWF now more than ever, with Bam Bam Bigelow vs. Sandman on Nitro and the video segments, but Gene said that WCW has a history of bringing in guys from ECW and letting them break tables and doing videos going back three years. At the start of the show, Gene Okerlund said that Goldberg was the greatest Jewish athlete in the world, perhaps second only to Monica Lewinsky. Goldberg asked whether "that" was a sport. Gene mentioned that WCW has a long-term exclusive contract with the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, from which the 03/29/99 Nitro will emanate, and that he anticipates that changing the wrestling landscape a bit in Canada. Word association: * Stone Cold: "I admire him quite a bit, very successful." - Goldberg * Jim Ross: "Good." - Gene * Kevin Nash: "Another good guy. Very successul. Smart." - Goldberg * Jesse Ventura: "Honest." - Gene * Diamond Dallas Page: "He works very very hard at what he does." - Goldberg * Chris Jericho: "Very creative young man." - Gene Nitro Nitro on 02/15/99 aired on Wednesday afternoon in full in Canada. This idea that the WCW braintrust has on how to reinvent pro-wrestling on TV is falling flat with me. The story is that the commentators see what happens in the building and backstage. But there are a second set of cameras, eyes to the world at large, that let viewers see things that the commentators don't. This week, we saw the NWO beat the crap out of Ric Flair in a field. When the NWO then turned up at the arena and called out Flair, we knew he wasn't able to come out, but the commentators acted like Flair hadn't arrived at the building yet, but was expected to surface shortly. When he finally did arrive, all beat up, they didn't know what had happened to him. Yes, reinventing the product means making the commentators even more stupid! Man, I feel really dumb, 'cause I don't see the reasoning behind what either promotion is doing, and one of the promotions thinks I should "get it." On the wrestling front, however, unlike RAW, there was actually some really great wrestling on this show. Chris Jericho played a role in screwing Perry Saturn, who lost to Jerry Flynn in a match nearly four times as long as the typical RAW fare. Reports are that Jericho will be offered a large guaranteed contract with WCW that would be impossible for Vince to match, so at least at the end of the day WCW is fighting to keep a great wrestler and rewarding him financially. Blitkrieg & Juventud Guerrera & Psicosis beat Super Calo & Dandy & Hector Garza in a great match, with Blitzkrieg using a sky twister press for the pin. There was a little sloppiness in the match, but it went way long, as long as all of the wrestling on the Toronto RAW combined! Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko wrestled twice, beating David Taylor & Fit Finlay and Mike Enos & Scott Riggs (replacing Bobby Duncum Jr.) in the tag tourney. In all three of the previous matches, the crowd got bored early on, but was won over by the work during the match. I liked that a lot. Bret Hart beat Will Sasso of Mad TV, when Will's coworker turned on him. Hulk Hogan faced Roddy Piper in a match that nobody wanted to see. Piper ended up getting zapped by Hall, who he faces at the PPV, so it at least built to something else that nobody wants to see. At the end of the show, Hogan & company laid into a dead Ric Flair, with Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit coming out and getting punked too. I thought this could be interpreted as a good sign for three reasons: Benoit & Malenko seem ever more likely to win the tag titles at the PPV because they are selling so much now (although the Observer suggests that WCW might swerve us by having them win the titles after losing at the PPV), Ric Flair might win at the PPV because of how the story line has been played, and, best of all, Steve McMichael wasn't there. - WCW has SuperBrawl on 02/21/99. Line-up has * Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair for the WCW Title * Dean Malenko & Chris Benoit vs. Barry Windham & Curt Hennig for the WCW Tag Titles * Bret Hart vs. Scott Hall for the US Title * Billy Kidman vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. for the Cruiserweight Title * Lex Luger & Kevin Nash vs. Rey Misterio Jr. & Konnan, with Misterio's mask against Liz's hair * Diamond Dallas Page vs. Scott Steiner * Goldberg vs. Bam Bam Bigelow Rumour has it that Benoit & Malenko will win the tag titles, but WCW may just swerve us on the PPV and give the belts to the Horsemen on Nitro. That would suck. Rey Misterio Jr. will lose his mask in his match. Lex Luger is going into the tag match with an injured bicep. That means that Kevin Nash will have to carry the workload on his side. I know, I know, sad joke. It's expected that Ric Flair won't win the title. I can't believe that they are going to deliver a screw job in the main event. - Poor Bret Hart is getting lost in the shuffle of the switch in booking regimes in WCW. As I mentioned here before, the plan was to build to a match with Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc. Eric Bischoff wants to push Hart since he is paying him such a huge salary and finally wants a return on that investment. I figured the Nitro in Canada was a signal that Bret's push was going to come. But Kevin Nash is arguing that Hart isn't over and should instead use the reputation he's got to put others over. The Observer reports that, after being told by Eric that the plan was to build to the match/program with Hogan, Hart was asked by Kevin Nash to put Booker T over. Hart expressed reservations about the timing of that move since it would deflate the build to the match with Hogan. "It ended up with Nash telling Bischoff that Hart wasn't being cooperative about putting people over and Hart not understanding what it is the company wnats from him." So, they passed the title to Piper. - I've already received a fair bit of e-mail from people pointing out that Nitro is losing to RAW in the Monday ratings and that the WCW powers-that-be had better do something differently to turn things around because they are getting their asses kicked. On my infrequent web browsing or news reading sessions in the office, that seems to be an opinion that is broadly held. I think that it is missing insight, though. Firstly, let me say that what I write below is hardly a defence of the current WCW direction. I'm totally distressed by Hulk Hogan slaughtering PPV main event match quality, the mistreatment of the workers, and the reinvention of TV that we've been graced with for two weeks. Personally, I would like see those things change, but, as with the opinion raised in the first paragraph, I think you have to take a broader view. I think you cannot look at a snapshot of the present - RAW 5.9, Nitro 3.9 - and immediately conclude that Nitro is in dire trouble. Look back two years and check the Monday night ratings on a reasonably random Monday. There's Nitro right around 4.0 on average, plus or minus a half. RAW was struggling with half the rating that it gets nowadays. That's when Vince was trying to find a new foothold, a new style of product, and a bigger audience. That's a time - and this is the important part - when the WWF and WCW were competing for the same audience of wrestling fans. It's that last point that people who look at today's ratings situation forget. The Observer has noted that whenever one of the big two disappears from Monday night TV, the other gets 61% of the combined rating that the two separate shows typically draw. Obviously, the combined rating is higher now than it was two years ago. Two-or-so years ago, WCW was responsible for luring some new wrestling fans into the fold and stealing some from the WWF. Last year, the WWF lured new viewers to its show and stole a few from WCW too. Here's the judgmental part I'll call analysis. Watching the WWF product late last year and so far this year, it appears that the new viewers that the WWF has brought in on Monday nights and for PPVs are not really wrestling fans of the old mold. We see this every week: catchphrases, breasts, profanity, breasts, ring entrances, breasts, garbage wrestling, and breasts get huge pops from the crowd, but the time between the bells that doesn't contain that stuff gets no reaction from the crowd. This new audience isn't there to see wrestling. So, the WWF rolls out a PPV this past Sunday that features a couple of good matches, no great matches, and a much better than expected garbagy main event, leaving me not very surprised. That is good enough for the new fans, who really just want swearing, some violence, and some breasts (and they boo anybody who stops those things). What is perplexing is that the old fans, particularly the online old fans, also praise a show that offers so little wrestling, also praise the PPVs from late last year that offered too little wrestling. At the same time, of course, while praising the garbagy, indy-style, sex-profanity-and-violence-driven WWF product, they trash WCW's product. Yeah, WCW's product has a hell of a lot of problems, IMO. But the ratings have been darn stable and darn good for a long time. What will happen to the WWF's ratings if anybody out there ever actually notice what the promotion is marketing at children? The real consternation shouldn't be directed at hoping that WCW can up its current ratings to better compete with what RAW manages to draw. They are targeting fans of different things at this stage, so that point is moot. No, my soapbox appeal to WCW is that they should realize that during this lengthy period of very good ratings they've done pretty much nothing to create any new stars to carry the torch for the next generation of viewers. The lucha libre stars who excited on Nitro this week are appealing to the fans. We see that every time out. Even this week, when the fans started a "boring" chant during a slow segment of a match, the fans were won over before the end of the match. WCW has a far deeper roster than the WWF (and, in some ways, that explains why garbage wrestling is on the menu in the WWF) and should utilize this good period to give the new generation of stars - Jericho, Benoit, Malenko, Guerrero, Juvi, Rey, Saturn, and others - the main event spotlight. In discussing the wisdom of Giant Baba, the Observer noted that he had the sense to reduce his role and give others (first Jumbo, then the current stars) a chance to be the heroes in the promotion; the Observer comments that Hulk Hogan should be used the same way...he could wrestle a celebrity or have his bad match mid-card while the younger stars get the chance to headline and win over whatever extra fans Hogan's name manages to draw. Instead, WCW routinely cuts the legs off of anybody who starts to get the rub. - Public Enemy has started with the WWF. If only they had signed Sandman. I like all of my garbage wrestlers in one place and the WWF is the place right now. Speaking of Sandman and garbage wrestling, the Observer reports that the Sandman vs. Bam Bam Bigelow barbed wire bit featured rubber barbed wire. - My friend Masaki reports that the the shift from Giant Baba to Mitsuharu Misawa calling the shots in All Japan will likely lead to real changes. Misawa is much more flexible when it comes to using non-AJ wrestlers. This is evidenced somewhat by Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki winning the All Asian tag titles on 02/13/99. While I would have to admit that All Japan's top echelon has stagnated because, like AJW before them, they can't produce new stars who can work at the level of the current stars, something has to give if we want to have any hope of All Japan surviving as a promotion. I hope that something can be done that doesn't change the flavour of the product, at least on top, since this is the only promotion in the world running with such a legitimate style. - The Dateline NBC piece on pro-wrestling aired on Sunday night. The piece showed Vince in a callous light, I thought, giving one the "he'll corrupt our kids if it makes him money" feeling. The segment focused on the rough new WWF product, with the usual lies about revenue and the great state of wrestling as a whole compared to years gone by. Vince was presented with some of the recent things he's done and tried to spin things by saying that they'll do anything "tastefully" to entertain their fans, which came across as ridiculous and slimy. We know that Vince wants to get pub that spins the WWF as the bad boys, but I don't think this was good for the promotion. They showed a three year-old kid at ringside at a house show with his parents, who had bought him an Austin styrofoam middle finger. Vince was asked whether he felt any responsibility for that sort of corruption of youth and lamely answered, "I suppose I should." When pressed, he admitted that he didn't feel any responsibility. Eric Bischoff was also interviewed for the segment. His first statement was "He's an idiot," which unfortunately coloured all of the accurate stuff he said thereafter. Bischoff nailed the important point on the head, saying that Vince has become the Jerry Springer of the wrestling industry with the all-important difference being that Vince openly markets his product at children. - The WWF has WrestleMania XV on 03/28/99. Tentative line-up has * Steve Austin vs. Rocky Maivia vs. Mankind for the WWF Title with Paul Wight as referee * Billy Gunn vs. Ken Shamrock vs. Val Venis for the IC Title * Undertaker vs. Big Boss Man * X-Pac vs. Shane McMahon * Sable vs. Terri Power - 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 99/01/24: Royal Rumble Mankind vs. Rocky Maivia Royal Rumble 1.57 $6.97 1.83 * 1/2 * * * 3/4 Mankind vs. Rocky Maivia 0.0% (0 of 6) Last 6 1.17 $5.22 1.84 1.62 3.54 1.9% (1 of 54) 1999 1.57 $6.97 1.83 1.5 3.75 0.0% (0 of 6) 1998 1.02 $4.42 1.60 1.63 3.65 4.0% (4 of 101) Show Data Match Rating Data Show Details Buy Rate Gross Mean Median Peak % >= * * * * WCW 99/01/17: Souled Out Bill Goldberg vs. Scott Hall Ric Flair & David Flair vs. Curt Hennig & Barry Windham 1.83 * 1/2 * * * * Billy Kidman vs. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Psicosis 11.1% (1 of 9) Last 6 0.82 $3.66 1.20 1.33 3.75 3.6% (2 of 55) 1999 1.83 1.5 4 11.1% (1 of 9) 1998 0.93 $3.96 1.54 1.73 3.73 4.5% (5 of 111) Show Data Match Rating Data Show Details Buy Rate Gross Mean Median Peak % >= * * * * ECW 99/01/10: Guilty As Charged Shane Douglas vs. Taz 0.2 $0.42 1.68 * * 1/2 * * * 1/2 Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Super Crazy 0.0% (0 of 7) Last 6 0.22 $0.42 1.93 2 3.42 5.3% (1 of 19) 1999 0.2 $0.42 1.68 2.5 3.5 0.0% (0 of 7) 1998 0.23 $0.43 1.56 1.5 3.00 3.7% (1 of 27) Longer-term data is available. The data now runs back to 1991. A table of wrestlers who have delivered quality matches is also online. - 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. ______________________________________________________________________