______________________________________________________________________ I do not offer subscriptions to a mailing list! I do not e-mail images! _________________________________________________________________ RAW RAW on 10/07/99 continued to deliver just about as little actual in-ring wrestling as possible, which means, paradoxically, that I'll continue to get loads of e-mail telling me how great WWF wrestling is. Since the lengthy talking segment last week ("THIS IS YOUR LIFE") scored huge ratings, despite not delivering an actual angle of interest at the end and actually ending quite confusingly, WWF TV will no doubt have even more of that sort of stuff. This week, "RAW is ANYTHING BUT ACTUAL WRESTLING IF POSSIBLE" (okay, that's not a snappy name, but it is accurate) opened with a match, just to make sure that ranting like that in the previous sentences would be deemed inaccurate by WWF cheerleaders. The opening match saw Road Dogg & Bill Gunn (who is a babyface now, without explanation. Is he getting any of the DX souvenir revenue?) vs. Kane & X-Pac vs. Acolytes vs. Bob Holly & Crash Holly in an elimination tag match, with the stipulation, I guess, being timed to fuel interest in a match or two of that type at Survivor Series later this year. Either that or this is just another way to have a match with lots of guys moving around, while still managing to avoid the fact that there just are not that many good wrestling in this mix. Call me cynical. Ron Simmons looked just atrocious in everything he did. In no time at all, also known as the typical RAW match length, the New Age Outlaws & the Hollys were both counted out of the ring for brawling at ringside. Since every WWF match has an extended brawling segment at ringside, doesn't that seem like selective justice? Anyhow, this gave Simmons the chance to really shine in the ring (not to say that Bradshaw is any better), with Kane doing his dead man shtick. At least X-Pac looked great. So, he got pinned by Bradshaw at 4:39. Kane had Simmons pinned at the same time, but the law was in effect for this match, with the referee only counting the legal pin after dishing out that double countout earlier. Time for talking. Davey Boy Smith came to the ring. At the UK PPV show, Smith was established as a heel for doing loads of heelish things, the biggest of which was hyped to be accidentally smashing Stephanie in the head with a tossed garbage can. Of course, she suffered a concussion and now doesn't remember her storyline. She doesn't even recognize Test, so the wedding, which was supposed to take place on next week's show, will likely be postponed. What a storyline. Good thing that when Sean Waltman was concussed so many times he didn't forget how to wrestle. Chyna came out, all pissed at Bulldog because he screwed up her match at the UK show, and they ended up announcing Chyna vs. Bulldog for this night. Edge & Christian faced the Hardy Boyz in the second match in the series to determine who gets (wink, wink) Terri Runnels. Here they are pushing Terri as a hot chick, and she has to offer $100K and her managerial services to the winning team in order to get new sex slaves. That's real life, folks. Jeff Hardy did his somersaulting head butt spot, which they still call a senton bomb, even though he doesn't splash his opponent with his back. Anyhow, the work at least had some pace in this match, which was fun to watch, except for Jerry Lawler continually pointing out that the winning team would get Terri. Edge hit a spear on Jeff, who was airborne at the time, but the impact was funny and Jeff ended up landing on his butt, so it looked weak, but was still sold like a killer move. They even showed a replay and acted like this was awesome stuff. It's not like 90% of their viewers are wrestling fans anyway. Match ran 4:20. Hunter Hearst Helmlsey came out for another lengthy talking segment, that at least had an angle (one that anybody could see coming after the first minute), although it hardly seemed like a great angle. I think it was supposed to be an inside angle. HHH clotheslined Jim Ross off a chair after loads of talking. HHH called Austin JR's boy. I guess inside fans are supposed to get excited because we know that Austin was responsible for killing that goofy heel JR angle and bringing JR back to the commentary table as a (relatively) serious guy. But this was boring. HHH just doesn't have it. And you feel like everybody that puts the WWF storylines together knows it, so they try these things are destined to fail anyhow. They keep calling HHH "The Game," and there are loads of funny one-liners you can deliver in response to that. Before continuing on, be sure to think of one first. In another (cough, cough) wrestling (cough, cough) match, Jeff Jarrett & Ivory were slated to face Mae Young & Moolah. Jarrett put Miss Kitty in his place and did commentary himself instead. The "match" consisted of Kitty crawling around with her skirt riding up forever, while Jerry Lawler hooted and hollered in a definitively mayoral way. Just horrible, but something tells me that the majority of the WWF's audience wants to see this stuff and talking over actual good wrestling. Kitty was pinned at 2:40. JJ put the figure four on Kitty afterwards. He doesn't think women belong in the ring. Based on the success of last week's talking segment, Rock & Mankind took another turn at bat. There were some funny lines, but I get bored when I'm watching for wrestling and never really get any. I think this sort of stuff could be a killer part of a great rounded wrestling package. This time around, Chris Jericho came out, with the fallout being that Jericho vs. Rock was the main event of the night. During the banter, Rock mentioned that Jericho might be overestimating his value based on having beaten a "jibroni name Juventud" down south. Jericho yelled that he took his mask. The funniest part of all of that is that Juventud was on the other channel having a better match than either of these guys have had all year. And that was pretty much par for the course for Juvi. Davey Boy Smith faced Chyna. Yeah, like this could be considered a match. It was stupid booking because Smith has to be kept strong to set him up for the Rock at the PPV, and Chyna can't lose to anybody either because they want us to think she can beat Jarrett. The only possibility for a match like this is a quick DQ. Sure enough, JJ ran in and whacked Chyna for the DQ. Smith then rambled on again about there being no place for women in the WWF, which sort of seemed to set up Smith & Jarrett as a team at some point in the not too distant future. I have been wondering about the kind of trouble that Smith will cause the promotion, and the Observer suggested that they will have to keep him happy until the Owen Hart lawsuit is decided, which may be some time. They signed him as damage control for the lawsuit, and now they have to do everything they can to get him over. Otherwise, they may find themselves stuck having to push him, despite it hurting business, because the alternative would be not pushing him, upsetting him, and having another Hart family member who would turn against the company. Mankind & Stevie Richards (as Dude Love) faced the Dudley Boyz. How many times does the string "Dud" appear in the previous sentence? That gives you an idea of how great this match was. At 2:41, Richards was pinned with the 3D. Val Venis came out to screw around with Mankind, with Mankind getting the Rock's sock Rocko out of Venis pants, but Venis getting it back. This is just a wonderful storyline. Vince McMahon arrived at the show that he will never appear on again, forever no less. He yelled at Smith. Smith left the building. In the main event, Rock faced Chris Jericho. Obviously, after Jericho's PPV debut match against X-Pac, they needed to do something to help Jericho's chances. Really, so many people have talked about Jericho making the right move in jumping ship from WCW. But look at what they've done with him. He was saddled with Mr. Hughes, who is described by the Observer as an "anchor." That's the term you put on attachments that could sink guys with loads of talent. Like Stevie Ray for Booker T, etc. He had this awesome debut interview against Rock. Somehow, though, he was positioned in a feud with Shamrock. He had a few really lame matches on TV. Shamrock suffered a legitimate injury and was removed from the PPV match. At the last second, it seems, the braintrust figured that X-Pac vs. Jericho would be a great match, which it should have been, but I guess they figured that a great match body would be enough, 'cause they didn't bother to come up with a finish. If X-Pac is in a position where he can't lose to Jericho in Jericho's debut (and he couldn't, because it would kill his storyline of being upset about losing to "superheavyweights"), then he shouldn't be used in the match. Period. The match was in the * * * 1/4 range, I thought, but had to lose a star because of the finish, as mentioned before, so I would have pegged it at the * * level. The Observer went further, taking more off because the fans were constantly looking at stuff in the stands and never reacted to the match, while the commentators tried to explain that the fans were really into the match. That sort of stuff doesn't affect how I view a performance. Sometimes, it actually affects the performance, like when Shawn Michaels yelled at fans who reacted incorrectly to him, in his opinion. But that's different. Anyhow, it is true no matter how you slice it, that Jericho's debut on PPV was botched: the match left a bad taste, and he didn't even get to win it. So, what do they do a week later? With no build-up, they deliver Rock vs. Jericho. For a second, I thought "TV rehab for the botched PPV match." Then reality set in. Match wasn't as good as I'd expect, and was way too short to even be considered for greatness. Jericho ended up taking a Rock Bottom on a chair, which had been tossed in by Hughes, getting pinned at 7:43. Wow, the WWF sure knows how to make this great talent into a superstar! I'm not saying that he won't become a superstar, because he does have that much talent. But if he does it will be because the fans see beyond this early misuse (I'm hoping that Jericho's dumping of Hughes after this match leads to a rebirth and correct use of the guy) and actually realize that the guy has talent. Sort of the same reason that he drew great reactions in WCW, when you think about it. Tally time: 22:03 of bell-to-bell wrestling. Nitro Nitro on 10/07/99 was another mixed effort, as WCW tries to reshape itself, in some cases rediscovering earlier strengths that were lost during 1999, but still not really establishing any new heavyweight stars, although it does seem that they have some intentions. Maybe I'm just being uncharacteristically optimistic. This seems like a good time to mention that WCW, looking to find some writers to put together storylines for their shows, did the obvious thing: they stole the WWF writers. Yes, the annoying defender of all things WWF, Vince Russo, and his partner in creating legions of loyal WWF RAW fans, Ed Ferrera, have both jumped ship and joined up with WCW. I'm not sure how to react to this. I'm certainly happy that I won't read Russo's crazy editorials in RAW Magazine any more (before sending the magazines to Japan). But these guys were responsible for drastically reducing the amount of actual wrestling on RAW, weren't they? Forget about the stupid and/or offensive storylines; none of that really bothers me too much if the wrestling is great and if the storylines don't take over the wrestling. You know where I think the WWF fits in that framework. Maybe they wrote the storylines they did because that was the direction that they were requested to go, or maybe they just realized the limited talent pool they had at their disposal. For now, we've just got to wait and see, I guess. The show opened with Sid hovering in the parking lot, waiting to see in which spot Goldberg parked. I know there seems to be interest amongst the WCW fanbase in seeing this match-up, and they've actually been smart enough to keep the wrestlers separated from each other to avoid killing this goose before it can lay its egg (and how's that for a double entendre?), but these segments were pretty sad. Sid got the spot number. After Goldberg wrestled early in the show, he drove off. Somebody else moved Sid's car into that spot. The goons Sid had phoned arrived and took the car that was in the parking spot. If only Sid watched the show himself. Sid verified that the spot was empty, figuring that he had screwed Goldberg. In the end, Sid's own car was the one that got crushed. This stuff I could live without. Sid, reading my mind at the end of the show, stood there and screamed, "Why me?!" This show was in Kansas City, in Kemper Arena, the site of Owen Hart's death. As a result, they announced that Chris Benoit & Bret Hart would square off in a tribute match. The main event of the show was announced as Sting & Lex Luger vs. Ric Flair & Hulk Hogan. The Observer reported that Hogan was told that the promotion was going to build itself around Goldberg in reasonably short order and that Goldberg would be featured in the final segment on Nitro from this point forward. This of course explains why Hogan was in the main two weeks straight. First match saw Rey Misterio Jr. face Dean Malenko. Yes. Wonderful stuff, as we'd expect. Both of these guys need this sort of match to get themselves over again. The promotion needs hard-worked matches like this to reestablish itself. After loads of great stuff, they did a double bump spot. Shane Douglas came out and hit a high knee to the back of the referee. Shane pulled out a chain, but Perry Saturn showed up to stop him. Swerve. Saturn, who had just recently been complaining about Douglas' interference on his behalf, whacked Rey with the chain. Those heels, they're so goofy, pretending that they are faces. Dean got the win at 9:54 without knowing that it was set up by his cohorts. Afterwards, Dean saw the replay on the big screen and kicked the ropes, upset at how he got the win. Or was that all an act? Word is that the entire Revolution will turn heel to feud with the Filthy Animals. This is good stuff. In typical WCW fashion, they announced that over the next eight weeks, there would be a match of the week to build to something for their final show of the year. They never really explained the point, though. Is it a tournament? Will the winners or losers be in a battle royal at the last show? You get the idea. We just don't know. The first match in this confusing event was Psicosis vs. Disco Inferno. And, lo and behold, Psicosis was announced as the new Cruiserweight champion. And the title was on the line. And after a short match, Disco won the belt, sigh. Match ran 3:55. Lenny Lane's name was never mentioned, so I guess he was axed. Scott Hall & Kevin Nash showed up at ringside. They had ticket stubs. They said that they'd return to WCW when things get good again. Seeing as Nash is responsible for making things this bad, his return is just the thing we really need. Sid faced Brian Adams. Poor Adams. I mean, I hardly like the guy, and if WCW fired him, I'd say they were making a good move. But his stock was set to soar with a big push just a few weeks back, and now he's waste. He was squashed by Sid in 2:39. This was bad, but it was the first bad wrestling on the show. Immediately following that match, Goldberg faced Jerry Flynn, beating him soundly in 3:27, with the match being exactly what you'd expect. Goldberg challenged Sid to face him. Don't forget that Sid has a restraining order against Goldberg, so that Goldberg can't attack him before the PPV. Backstage, Berlyn called Brad Armstrong a weak American. Since he spoke German while insulting Brad, Brad didn't understand him. This is America, Berlyn, speak English. I always like it when the babyface uses that line, because an uncharitable interpretation would be that Americans are incapable of speaking other languages. It just doesn't seem like a babyface thing to suggest, but everybody in the promotion always backs it up. Except the heel commentator. Run-in alert. Harlem Heat did an interview, basically saying that they would face Hugh Morrus & Brian Knobs at the PPV. Stevie Ray called Brian Knobs an out of shape milk drinking fruit booty. Morrus & Knobs attacked them, and punked them, so people will think they actually stand a chance of beating Heat. Brad Armstrong faced Curt Hennig. They've renamed Vincent. Now he's Curly Bill, a part of the West Texas Rednecks. They made a big deal about this being the return of Hennig to WCW, so he got the win at 2:29. Of course, Berlyn got involved. Run-in alert over. Juventud Guerrera faced Billy Kidman. As mentioned in the RAW rundown, Rock & Jericho made fun of Juventud. The best answer to an insult is to embarrass the insulter with your performance. That's what Juvi did, putting those guys' WWF matches to shame once again. Psicosis & Rey came out during the match. As Kidman seemed to be going for the shooting star, after a great match, Psicosis caused Kidman to crotch himself. Juvi hit a Juvi driver on Kidman for the win at 9:50 of what I saw (there was one commercial interruption). Really good match. That's two tonight, already. Bret Hart faced Chris Benoit. They explained that this was a nontitle tribute match for Owen. Match was awesome, definitely in any top three North American match list for 1999, probably the best. The only complaints you could make about the match is that they went to commercial breaks twice, making it hard to maintain the flow of watching the bout and that Bobby Heenan's attempts at humour were misplaced. But the ringwork was fantastic and just the thing that each guy needed, yet again. It was clear that Bret Hart couldn't lose in this match, so they delivered the expected finish of Hart winning with the sharpshooter. Benoit should be a given a win over a big name wrestler next week to rehab him after the loss to Sid, the half-hearted win that Rick Steiner gave him, and this loss. Every time I write that Benoit was awesome in a match, I get a dozen e-mails from the same characters, who complain that Benoit was lazy or bland in that match. They ask, "Is he really awesome in every match?" Yep. Pretty much so. Strangely, these same people don't seem to mind when I say that X-Pac was great in a match that blew chunks, like, oh, this week's RAW match. Match ran over 25 minutes, but we only saw 23:02 of it. Question: would you rather have seen all 22:03 minutes of wrestling on RAW or this one match? You know my answer. Ric Flair & Hulk Hogan did an interview, kissing each other's butt and hyping the main event. This was the first time of the night where the show seem "old," if you get my drift. It would have been a great TV show had it just ended after Bret beat Benoit, looked to the sky, and saluted Owen. Instead, Diamond Dallas Page faced Buff Bagwell. I'm not a fan of the Buffster, but I'm also not a fan of DDP. Thankfully, it only went 3:25 before DDP got a diamond cutter for the win. Lex Luger & Sting faced Ric Flair & Hulk Hogan. See, now they could can all four of these guys, maybe keep Flair around for mic work, and I wouldn't complain. To end a junky match, Hogan pinned Sting at 6:06, which I guess is supposed to make us figure that Hogan will beat Sting at the PPV. Surely, he'll get injured by those evil heels and Goldberg will end up facing Sting at the next show. Tally time: 64:47 minutes of bell-to-bell wrestling, with a big chunk of that time actually being really good wrestling. Besides bell-to-bell measures of wrestling on the two shows, there's also the issue of how I archive/record the matches. For great matches, I usually switch to SP mode to preserve them better. ECW has had one SP-worthy match on TNN. WCW has had maybe 20 SP-worthy matches on TV this year. I can't recall the last SP-worthy WWF TV match, but there must have been one this year, right? This is a measure, plain and simple, of the great wrestling that the promotions put on TV. The Observer reports that WCW "is wanting to focus more on wrestling in the ring and having good matches because it's believed it's the one facet where it has the talent to be superior to its opposition." The Observer also mentioned that Bill Busch met with much of the younger talent and that pressure is now being put on WCW decision makers to create new stars. - On 10/10/99, there is a PPV called Heroes of Wrestling, featuring a lot of old WWF stars. Tentative line-up has * Yokozuna vs. King Kong Bundy * Jim Neidhart vs. Jake Roberts * Bob Orton vs. Jimmy Snuka (with Lou Albano) * Tully Blanchard vs. Stan Lane * Greg Valentine vs. George The Animal Steele (with Sherri Martel) * Bushwhackers vs. Samoan Swat Team vs. Nikolai Volkoff & Iron Sheik vs. Marty Jannetty & Tommy Rogers in an elimination tag match * Too Cold Scorpio vs. Julio Sanchez - The WWF has No Mercy on 10/17/99. Tentative line-up has * Steve Austin vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the WWF Title * Rock vs. Davey Boy Smith - WCW has Halloween Havoc on 10/24/99. Tentative line-up has * Sting vs. Hulk Hogan for the WCW Title * Sid vs. Goldberg for the US Title * Harlem Heat vs. Brian Knobs & Hugh Morrus for the Tag Title * Chris Benoit vs. Rick Steiner for the TV Title * Bret Hart vs. Lex Luger * Diamond Dallas Page vs. Ric Flair * Perry Saturn vs. Eddie Guerrero * Shane Douglas & Dean Malenko vs. Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman * Brad Armstrong vs. Berlyn - The Observer credited the poor WWF Unforgiven PPV on the increased workload generated by increased television. Both the talent and the writers are fatigued. With the jump of Vince Russo & Ed Ferrera, one has to wonder whether the WWF was simply left high and dry at crunch time. In any case, the Observer echoed me by panning HHH's stint as champion, saying that he "has been heavily criticized as WWF champion in the few weeks he held the title as something of a DDP-level champion, a good performer and hard worker but one being pushed due to outside circumstances," which in HHH's case translates to having the right look for the guys that make the decisions. The Observer gave the Jeff Jarrett vs. Chyna PPV match * * 1/4 , which is more generous than I would be, but did ackowledge how campy the interference was and how hard Jarrett worked to hide Chyna's greenness. The tag title match was given the same rating. The rottweiler match was given a whopping - * * * and was called "among the all-time worst matches ever." X-Pac vs. Jericho was given * 1/2 and the main event was the one saving grace in the Observer's eyes, getting * * * 1/2 . - Ken Shamrock suffered a neck injury on the 09/13 RAW show when he did a run-in and was kicked too stiffly by Mr. Hughes. The MRI results weren't back before he worked the Smackdown match against Chris Jericho, but they did come back before the PPV, eliminating him from that show. There is a question about whether this will kill Shamrock's ability to return to the UFCs. - Owen Hart's death was in the news again this past week, not just because of the WCW Nitro show in Kemper Arena. Last Friday, the WWF filed a request asking that the Owen Hart wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Hart family in Kansas City have its venue changed to Connecticut, where the WWF is headquartered. The Hart family lawyer said that the change of venue request would be contested. - Bob Marella, better known as Gorilla Monsoon, passed away yesterday, after suffering a heart attack on the heels of kidney and liver trouble. - The October New Japan tour will feature Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko from WCW, so the talent deal is still in place for the time being. It's unclear how the WCW shake-up will affect things, if at all. - Dustin Rhodes should debut very soon as some weird character in WCW. Taz & Kimona have signed contracts with the WWF. If she has kept up appearances, Kimona instantly becomes the hottest woman in the WWF. - PPV buy rates, revenue (in millions), and match statistics for the WWF, WCW, and ECW are presented in the following 1999 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 99/07/25: Fully Loaded Steve Austin vs. Undertaker 1.4 $6.7 1.75 * * * * * 3/4 Steve Austin vs. Undertaker 0% (0 of 9) 99/06/27: King of the Ring Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon vs. Shane McMahon 1.13 $5.41 1 3/4 * * 1/2 Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon vs. Shane McMahon 0% (0 of 10) 99/05/23: Over The Edge Steve Austin vs. Undertaker 1.1 $5.28 Owen Hart dies 99/04/25: Backlash Steve Austin vs. Rocky Maivia 1.06 $5.09 2.28 * * 1/4 * * * * 1/4 Steve Austin vs. Rocky Maivia 12.5% (1 of 8) 99/03/28: WrestleMania Steve Austin vs. Rocky Maivia 2.3 $12.04 1.13 * 1/4 * * * 1/2 Steve Austin vs. Rocky Maivia 0.0% (0 of 9, no shoot) 99/02/14: St. Valentine's Day Massacre Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon Mankind vs. Rocky Maivia 1.2 $5.33 1.28 * 1/4 * * * 3/4 Mankind vs. Rocky Maivia 0.0% (0 of 8) 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 1.37 $6.64 1.47 1.5 3.55 2.3% (1 of 44) 1999 1.39 $6.69 1.51 1.5 3.58 2% (1 of 50) 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 99/07/11: Bash at the Beach Kevin Nash & Sting vs. Randy Savage & Sid Vicious 0.41 1.95 0.75 1/2* * * * 1/2 Chris Benoit & Saturn vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon & Bam Bam Bigelow 0% (0 of 7) 99/06/13: Great American Bash Kevin Nash vs. Randy Savage 0.43 2.05 0.75 3/4* * * * 1/4 Chris Benoit & Saturn vs. Diamond Dallas Page & Kanyon 0% (0 of 9) 99/05/09: Slamboree Kevin Nash vs. Diamond Dallas Page 0.45 2.15 1.75 * * * * * 1/4 Raven & Saturn vs. Rey Misterio Jr. & Konnan vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko 0% (0 of 9) 99/04/11: Spring Stampede Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan vs. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Sting 0.6 2.86 2.31 * * 1/2 * * * * 1/4 Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg 11.1% (1 of 9) 99/03/14: Uncensored Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan 0.73 $3.48 1.83 * * * * * 1/2 Billy Kidman vs. Mikey Whippreck 0% (0 of 9) 99/02/21: SuperBrawl Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan 1.1 $5.27 1.89 * * 1/2 * * * 1/4 Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Kevin Nash Scott Steiner vs. Diamond Dallas Page 0% (0 of 9) 99/01/17: Souled Out Bill Goldberg vs. Scott Hall Ric Flair & David Flair vs. Curt Hennig & Barry Windham 0.78 $3.64 1.83 * 1/2 * * * * Billy Kidman vs. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Psicosis 11.1% (1 of 9) Last 6 0.62 $2.96 1.55 1.71 3.5 1.9% (1 of 52) 1999 0.64 $3.06 1.59 1.68 3.57 3.2% (2 of 61) 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. - The WWF has Survivor Series on 11/14/99. - WCW has a PPV (BattleBowl?) on 11/21/99. This show will take place at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. It's expected that Bret Hart will play a major role on this show. - The WWF has Armageddon on 12/12/99. - The WWF has Royal Rumble on 01/23/00. - The WWF has No Way Out on 02/27/00. - The WWF has WrestleMania on 04/02/00. - The WWF has Backlash on 04/30/00. - The WWF has Judgment Day on 05/21/00. - The WWF has King of the Ring on 06/25/00. - The WWF has Fully Loaded on 07/23/00. ______________________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________________