Slobberknocker Central Monday Night Recap #122 March 16th-17th, 1998 WCW Monday Nitro: March 16th. Live/Taped: Live. Length: Three Hours. Location: Panama City Beach, Florida. HOUR ONE Hosted By: Tony Schiavone, Mike Tenay and Larry Zbyszko. - ... or should that be "WCW Monday Cinn-A-Burst"? For the second year in a row their "Spring Break-Out" special is emanating from Club La Vela in Panama City Beach, meaning that the show will be taking in little or no live event revenue. To make up for this, WCW signs over their soul and several minutes of airtime to "Cinn-A-Burst" chewing gum (as well as "Mint-A-Burst" and "Fruit-A-Burst": the entire "Burst" family of fine chewing gums). More on this as it rears its ugly head (repeatedly) throughout the show. Once again the ring is set up in the middle of a swimming pool, meaning before the night is over some wrestler will take the dive (as "Hardbody" Harrison did last year at the hands of Kevin Sullivan). - Still photos from Uncensored are shown. I went light in my review of the PPV, which is fine because most of the rest of the fans on the Internet are taking their turns trashing the show. In the twenty or so reviews I've read of the PPV-some on the 'Net, some E-Mailed to me-the most positive review I've read listed the show as being "okay at best". Most single out the DDP/Raven/Benoit match as being the best (though I've seen it pointed out by many people that even though the match was "Falls Count Anywhere", the ref often stopped the count when the wrestlers were close to the ropes). The Hogan/Savage match is receiving almost universal ridicule, with only very few fans giving it points for some blood being involved. - "Hollywood" Hogan and Eric Bischoff lead the NWO to the ring. Hogan, in his usual long-winded way, announces a match with he and Randy Savage against Sting and Lex Luger as the main event. Gee, with RAW not on, should they really waste this match? After all, it's sure to make this the greatest Nitro ever! (Which, unfortunately, is what it turns out to be, based on the ratings. More on that later.) - Nitro Girls. - LODI (w/ the Flock) vs. BILL GOLDBERG Lodi is quite the sight wearing leather shorts and a rubber ducky floating device around his midriff. He's a few tattoo's and pierced body parts away from being as bad as Goldust. A quick look at the Flock and it turns out that there are enough of those to go around. (Family entertainment? At least we know Goldust likes GIRLS. You never see anyone in the Flock with a girl now, do you?) The Flock watches the match from seats placed on a circular floating platform next to the ring. Pure comedy match, as Goldberg grabs Lodi by the throat, press slams him, whips him (poorly) into the ropes, spears him in the gut and Jackhammers him for the pin. I'm not even going to bother to criticize Goldberg this time out as this in no way resembled a serious match. The other members of the Flock come in, but Goldberg has little trouble holding them off. Saturn then enters the ring and, just as we are nearly on the cusp of an interesting situation, WCW decides to cut to a series of replays, then go to a commercial. - "Mean Gene Okerlund hypes the hotline with a story of a "major" WCW star who is calling it quits. It's either Rick Martel or Dean Malenko, as both were the topic of the hotline on Monday. Martel is calling it quits because of his blown-out knee, while Malenko is just taking some time off to be with his family. (Any stories about Malenko "retiring" are part of an angle to set up his eventual return as a surprise.) - ULTIMO DRAGON vs. FIT FINLEY The mix of styles here made for a match that was slow and boring for the most part. Finley, like Steve Regal in similar matches, seems less than capable of doing all the high impact moves necessary to work well with the Dragon. This forces the Dragon to spend a lot of time down on the mat (where he's not all that exciting to watch). Finley could be seen calling a few spots: one in particular very clearly when he slams the Dragon into the ring apron. Finley also spends some of the match trying to work the crowd. (Perhaps realizing that in the current climate in WCW, if you can't draw heat, you may be out the door.) The Dragon eventually manages to slap on the Dragon Sleeper for the win. - Nitro Girls. - SCOTT NORTON (w/ Buff Bagwell) vs. CHRIS ADAMS It's sad to see what's become of Adams these days. I mean he was never that big a star, but he was exciting to watch all those years ago in World Class. Now he seems painfully out of place in today's wrestling world. A drop-kick attempt by him off the top looked particularly bad. Norton is a good brawler/power guy and gets a rare opportunity to show that here, pretty much just dismantling Adams. A shoulderbreaker sets up the pin. - In a moment that was great, surreal and embarrassing, WCW plays a video showing the crowning of Miss Nitro which took place earlier in the day. You know the type of footage spring break students hope their parents never see? We get plenty of that as barely clad/barely legal teen ladies shake their moneymakers, while the WCW wrestlers toss packs of Cinn-A- Burst gum to the crowd. Lots of close-up shots of the Cinn-A-Burst logo. Sleaze sells, and WCW ladled out a generous dose of it here. Lest we didn't quite catch the point of all this, Disco Inferno grabs the newly crowned Miss Nitro and advises us all that she'll "Bite the Burst!" God bless America! - DAVEY BOY SMITH/JIM "THE ANVIL" NEIDHART vs. WAYNE BLOOM/MIKE ENOS Neidhart's name is still misspelled on the screen. In an odd moment, he grabs the Bulldog around the waist. The Bulldog spins around and gives him a look which seems to speak volumes about their relationship. (Err- uhhh-ahem!) Bloom and Enos wrestle much like the Legion of Doom, if that tells you anything. Still, this was an entertaining match, though it went a bit long given the talent involved. The Bulldog pins Bloom after a running powerslam. Schiavone tries to make the case that this was a good showing for Bloom and Enos. It was, but with the tag team division all but officially dead in WCW, what's the point? Anyone really think these two could beat Hall and Nash for the titles (much less even get a title shot in the first place? Say, when was the last time those tag team titles were defended, anyway?) HOUR TWO Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Zbyszko. - The Nitro Girls come out and do a striptease on the walkway leading to the ring which bordered on the obscene. (YES!) The Flock, sitting nearby on their floating platform, look on disinterestedly. - Randy Savage, Elizabeth and Eric Bischoff come to the ring. Bischoff crows about how Savage has been brought back into the NWO. Savage takes over the mic and says that he never left, and that his match against Hogan at Uncensored was his first step in winning the title from Sting and eventually taking total control of the NWO. Savage leaves Bischoff alone to blubber in the ring. - RAVEN vs. CHRIS BENOIT Before the match Raven says this will end the feud between the two. He also throws a few comments out at DDP about how he betrayed him. Raven mentions "the Snake", who Schiavone says is Raven's "mentor". (Looks like Jake "the Snake" Roberts may be coming in after all.) The match itself was good, though typical of a Chris Benoit match WCW takes a commercial break in the middle. Once back we see the two have been brawling anywhere but in the ring. Benoit dominates most of the match, until the inevitable Raven chair spots develop. Benoit accidentally knocks himself out by hitting his head on the chair during an attempted armbar takedown. Raven then DDT's Benoit on the chair and covers for the pin. - The Nitro Girls dance in the crowd as Bobby Heenan replaces Larry Zbyszko. - YUJI NAGATA (w/ Sonny Onoo) vs. THE CAT The crowd clearly had no interest whatsoever in this match. Miller won with a spinning roundhouse kick off the top. The quick win led to another Nitro Girls dance segment, which the crowd was much more appreciative of. - SCOTT STEINER vs. RAY TRAYLOR Steiner winds up being clotheslined over the rail around the ring and into the pool, which draws the expected huge response from the crowd. From that point on they realize that Traylor is the good guy and it's okay to root for him. Accordingly enough, Buff Bagwell runs out and, with some well placed assistance, allows Steiner to get the upper hand. Scott Frankensteiners Traylor off the top and applies the Steiner Recliner for the win. - They show some stills from the Giant/Kevin Nash match at Uncensored. - Nitro Girls. Kimberly nearly falls out of her top, which generates a bit of noise from the crowd. HOUR THREE Hosted By: Schiavone, Tenay and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. - CHAVO GUERRERO, JR. vs. BOOKER T. Before the match Eddy Guerrero makes Chavo wear a t-shirt which says "My Favorite Wrestler is Eddy Guerrero". The back reads "Cheat To Win". For a minute I thought Chavo might actually win this match, as a way to really stick it to Eddy. The match itself actually helps build that impression, as Chavo easily dominates for most of it. After a while, though, Booker T. rallies, nails a drop-kick off the top and covers for the pin. - Just in case we've forgotten that Cinn-A-Burst is sponsoring the show, they run another video: this one featuring a $1000 contest which took place earlier in the day. Contestants each had a key and a chance to open a treasure chest full of money. Since there weren't as many bikini shots in this one, I wasn't as impressed as I was earlier. There were, however, many shots of the Cinn-A-Burst logo. MANY shots. Women even had them tattooed on their cheeks. - More Nitro Girls, in what has by now become a shameless effort to raise the T&A quotient to an all time high. - REESE vs. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE Ron Reis AKA the Yeti AKA Ron Studd now not only has a weak gimmick, but his name is purposely misspelled as well. A big nothing of a match. Reese manhandles DDP, and actually seems close to winning the U.S. Title. out of nowhere DDP hits the Diamond Cutter and gets the win. - CHRIS JERICHO vs. JUVENTUD GUERRERA Before the match Jericho says he's taking Dean Malenko's Texas Cloverleaf and rename it the "Jericho Mapleleaf". Okay match ... nothing special. They really teased the fact that Guerrera might get the upset, which drives Jericho to whack him with his Cruiserweight Title belt, earning Guerrera the DQ win. Jericho slaps on the Jericho Mapleleaf, but doesn't seem happy with the results, and says to the camera that he's changed his mind about making it the "1005th" move in his arsenal. - Another Nitro Girls dance, this time featuring several low angle shots. Ahh, smut ... I do love it so. - Hall and Nash come to the ring. After the usual survey and anti-Giant banter, the Giant makes his way to the ring. Nash, rather than suffer any kind of beating, does a cannonball into the pool. Hall isn't quite as lucky and ends up caught by the Giant and tossed in. Seeing Nash do the Cannonball was funny, but it killed the novelty of seeing Hall tossed in. - "HOLLYWOOD" HOGAN/RANDY SAVAGE (w/ Eric Bischoff) vs. STING/LEX LUGER Michael Buffer does the introductions. Hogan and Bischoff come out together, squabbling all the way. Luger comes out by himself. Bischoff gets on the mic and declares that Sting isn't going to show up. He's interrupted by a roar in the sky ... A helicopter positions itself over the ring. The wake from the rotors causes the mats and the ring apron to nearly fly away. Sting, attached to a cable, drops down from the chopper! Crazy as all hell, yes, but undoubtedly the most spectacular entrance in wrestling history. It's also the last thing that could be remotely called "spectacular about the show. Savage tries to walk out on Hogan, but is blocked on the walkway by Brutus "Apocalypse/Disciple/Ed Leslie/Whatever" Beefcake. Most of the match then consists of Sting and Luger beating up Savage as Hogan just stands in the corner and watches. Savage eventually manages to tag in Hogan. He and Beefcake then scrap off and on as Hogan dominates Luger in the ring. Finally all four men end up in the ring, with Luger putting Hogan in the Torture Rack. Beefcake runs in and hits Luger, causing the DQ. In short order the rest of the NWO runs in. The show ends with Luger and Sting managing to fend off the entire NWO with ease. Is it too much to ask WCW to give us a name by which we can refer to Beefcake's new character? Hogan calls him "the Apocalypse" on camera. Mark Madden on WCW's hotline usually calls him "the Disciple". I saw someone on a website call him the "Booty Disciple" (God, I wish I'd come up with that one!) - This Thursday: Nothing announced. - Next week: Nothing announced. Comments: Nitro, running unopposed by RAW, drew monster ratings this week. The show scored a 5.6 composite, based on hourly scores of 4.8, 5.6 and 6.3! This blows away all previous records for Monday night wrestling ratings, making this truly the "Greatest Nitro Ever!". The final quarter hour rating was a gigantic 6.6! With numbers this high, you'd assume they absolutely killed and filleted Moby Dick on the USA Network, right? Actually ... no. Both the Sunday and Monday night airings of Moby Dick (parts 1 & 2) each drew a whale sized 8.1 rating! This makes the $20 million Moby Dick one of the most watched cable movies ever. [Ratings courtesy ML Curly by way of the Wrestleboard.] Overall this was pretty much the typical Nitro: maybe one good match, lots of the "same old, same old" with a finish which has moved beyond the realm of being a joke or cliché. The "typical NWO run-in" has now become an institution-as much a weekly part of the show as the opening sequence. It now borders on the absurd for the announcers to even pretend that a main event Nitro match will go to a standard unimpeded finish. It's now, frankly, reached the point where if you claim to be a fan of Nitro, then you obviously condone and wholeheartedly approve of shows which only feature squashes, a half dozen NWO interviews, outside interference and main events which are entirely meaningless. These things are no longer the exception: they are the rule. Now, all that being said, I was truly impressed with the amount of nearly nekkid women shown this week. That right there prompted me to given them the win this week. Of course it's only fair to watch RAW and see if they could overcome that the following night. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF MOBY is DICK: March 15th-16th. Live/Taped: Historical Recreation. Length: 4 Hours. Location: The vast blue ocean. Hosted By: Ishmael. - CAPTAIN AHAB vs. MOBY DICK I was really looking forward to this one, as it was a feud decades in the making. Of course the angle here is that Moby Dick took off the Captain's leg in a past match-up (with the Captain doing a great stretcher job to sell the injury). Patrick Stewart has really adapted to his new persona rather quickly (though I do think he'd benefit from a manger, or perhaps a sexy ring valet). This match had a bit of a gimmick attached to it, as the winner would get full possession of Ahab's "soul". Man, was I disappointed. After two full nights of stalling, some decent interviews by Ahab, and some run-ins by Moby in the preliminary matches, the actual main event was a huge let-down. Moby Dick was busted open right away (blade job), and the Captain's crewmen got in some good shots, but the white whale no-sold all of it. Moby did the usual "hulk up", dropped a tail and got the win. Ahab was last seen sinking into the inky depths. I kept waiting for a surprise run in by Data or Commander Riker- (hell, even Worf would have been a nice surprise), but no such luck. Even the announcer, Ishmael, seemed a bit let down, as all he did was bob there on the waves on Qeeqeeg's coffin as the show ended. Herman Melville simply sucks as a booker. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWF RAW is WAR: March 17th. Live/Taped: Taped 3/16. Length: Two Hours. Location: Phoenix, Arizona. WWF RAW Hosted By: Jim Ross, Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly. - In celebration of St. Patrick's day, Ken Shamrock comes to the ring for an interview. Shamrock gives a good interview, having finally learned how to deliver comments like the average wrestler. Shamrock says he'll be able to control his temper at WrestleMania, and promises that he'll beat Rocky Maivia for the Intercontinental Title. The Rock appears on the stage and tosses out a challenge to Shamrock. If Ken can beat D-Lo Brown of the Nation of Domination, then Rocky will give him a title match later in the show. D-Lo doesn't look too happy, and protests all the way to the ring. Shamrock accepts, telling D-Lo to shut his "fat ass" up and get in the ring. - KEN SHAMROCK vs. D-LO BROWN With a timer on the screen, Shamrock absorbs some punishment from D-Lo before slapping on the ankle submission. Before D-Lo can submit, however, Maivia enters the ring with a chair and nails Shamrock. Ken wins via DQ (and presumably earns a title shot for later in the show). Shamrock, on the verge of another berserk rage, dares Maivia to hit him again. Rocky obliges, nailing Shamrock squarely in the face with the chair. Shamrock is busted open. Rocky is set to deliver another, but is stopped by Faarooq. After the commercial break they show Shamrock in the back being checked over by trainers. Kevin Kelly says Shamrock has a concussion and will be taken to the hospital. - Sable makes her way to the ring, where she throws out a challenge to Luna for a fight later in the show. Man, that Sable's got the mouth of a sailor. Hmmmm, baby! - The Phoenix Suns gorilla mascot drops from the ceiling and delights the crowd with his antics. The Phoenix crowd goes bananas for the ape ... or ape for the gorilla ... or something. I know there's a joke in there somewhere. The gorilla sits in for color commentary. Tennessee Lee comes to the ring to do the intro for Jeff Jarrett. In a moment of sheer goofy spectacle, Jarrett rides a neon light covered horse to the ring. I liked the helicopter better. - JEFF JARRETT (w/ Tennessee Lee) vs. TOM BRANDI Brandi gets some good crowd reaction, while Jarrett actually seems to be drawing some heat. The match itself is quick, though, with Jarrett able to outmaneuver Brandi and apply the Figure Four for the win. Cut to the back, where Shamrock is being carted off to a waiting ambulance. The Rock interrupts Kevin Kelly's report, badmouthing Shamrock and raising the possibility that Ken may not be ready to fight at WrestleMania. - They run a LENGTHY video package chronicling Shawn Michaels' rise to the top. Don't get me wrong: this was good, but EIGHT MINUTES is a lot of time to spend on a video package. Clips of nearly every Michaels career highlight are shown, including victories over Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Bret Hart, Vader, the Undertaker, and just about everyone else. This type of thing could only be done on a taped show, where it wouldn't kill the mood of the live crowd. - JIM CORNETTE/THE ROCK & ROLL EXPRESS vs. THE HEAD BANGERS This is a handicap match, resulting from the match which aired on this past weekend's WWF Superstars, where Jim Cornette was supposed to face a Head Banger for five minutes if they beat the Express. Cornette knocked out one of the Bangers, earning a DQ for his team. Cornette then beat on the unconscious Head Banger. Relatively quick match. At one point the Head Bangers do the old "row boat" routine on the Express, showing just how serious this match was. Cornette never even tagged in. Ricky Morton is eventually pinned. Out of nowhere two guys with "ME" on their tights run in and attack the Head Bangers. Over the mic Cornette announces the formation of a new and improved version of the Midnight Express team: "Bodacious" Bart Gunn and "Bombastic" Bob Holly. (Believe me, it looks better than it sounds. A little.) Cornette then, in classic Cornette tradition, orders his new Midnight Express to attack the Rock & Roll Express, blaming them for all the abuse he's taken recently. The crowd reaction to all this was mixed at best. The gorilla is still hanging around, sporting an "Austin 3:16" shirt under his Phoenix Suns warm-up jacket. - After a replay of Sable's challenge they hype Gennifer Flowers upcoming appearance at WrestleMania. Another look at the gorilla-still in the ring ... then the lights go out. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what happens next. Kane and Paul Bearer come to the ring. Kane chokeslams the gorilla, then plants him with a Tombstone Piledriver. WWF WAR ZONE Hosted By: Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler. - First hour highlights precede the War Zone opening. - Owen Hart comes out for color commentary. They replay the injury he suffered last week (which I actually missed at the time. Owen twisted his ankle coming down off the turnbuckles. It's one of those shots which makes your stomach churn.) Owen has an "air cast" on his leg. - "CHAINSAW" CHARLIE vs. "BAD ASS" BILLY GUNN (w/ Road Dog) Gunn wears disturbingly small, tight shorts. He and the Road Dog wheel another dumpster to the top of the ramp. Road Dog hangs around at ringside during the match with a live mic, voicing disparaging comments aimed at Charlie as the match progresses. A straight-up, traditional match, with Gunn dominating until Charlie turns things around with a pair of DDT's. Road Dog is quick to enter and give a shot with his Tag Team Title belt, stopping the match and giving Charlie a DQ win. "Chainsaw" knocks the Dog to the floor. Cactus Jack has now put in an appearance, waiting at the top of the ramp with a rope hanging from the rafters. The other end of the rope hangs down by the ring, where "Chainsaw" ties it around the ankles of the Dog. Cactus pulls and Road Dog is strung up like a turkey. Cactus gets hold of a mic and admits he doesn't know how to get Road Dog down, and that "your ass better call somebody!" Road Dog is left hanging about six feet or so off the floor. - Luna, in the back with Goldust, accepts Sable's offer to fight. - Vince McMahon heads to the ring, accompanied by a chorus of boos. Kevin Kelly conducts the interview. Some footage from the confrontation between Austin and McMahon are shown (from last week). McMahon calls Austin's actions unprofessional, and that Austin was just responding to Shawn Michaels' outmaneuvering him by getting Mike Tyson to join DeGeneration X. Kelly asks McMahon why he didn't hit Austin last week? McMahon says he did it for the fans. When asked what that means, McMahon boasts that he saved the main event at WrestleMania by not breaking Steve Austin's jaw! (More boos, as the crowd has started to catch on to the heel performance McMahon is delivering here.) McMahon follows this up with a comment about having to "take Austin down". Kelly asks McMahon if he'd like to see Austin win the title at WrestleMania? McMahon ducks the question, saying it's what the fans desire that is important. When asked again, Vince says Austin as champion would be a P.R. nightmare for the WWF. Kelly asks the question yet again. Vince says Kelly, the fans and Austin couldn't handle the truth. Yet again Kelly asks the question. McMahon responds that "not only is it 'no', it's OH HELL NOOOO!" Massive booing from the crowd as McMahon adds "why? Because Vince McMahon says so!" Holy cow ... - They play a really lame rap version of the D-X theme celebrating how bad Mike Tyson is. - Much like the Shawn Michaels piece earlier in the show, Steve Austin gets one of his own which clocks in at around seven minutes. Again it's good, just really long. At this point its been nearly twenty minutes since the last match ended. - Hunter Hearst Helmsley comes out and, after running Owen Hart down for a bit, challenges him to a match. Owen refuses to fight at first, but is eventually goaded into fighting. - OWEN HART vs. HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY The match only lasts mere moments as Chyna comes out, whacks Owen in the leg with a baseball bat, and tosses him into the ring. Helmsley applies an ankle submission. The ref, having missed the attack by Chyna, stops the match. Hunter regains the WWF European Title. As in the case of Ken Shamrock, serious doubts as to whether or not Owen will be able to compete at WrestleMania are raised. - LUNA (w/ Goldust) vs. SABLE (w/ Marc Mero) Nothing really happens, as Goldust, Mero and several WWF officials refuse to let the two fight. The two try to break free, and at one point Sable gets through and rips Luna's shirt off, but that's about it. Why hype this as a match if it wasn't going to happen? The crowd was really upset by this. Luna is finally herded out of the ring. Sable, meanwhile, seems to have turned her ankle or wrenched her knee and is unable to stand. As she and Mero argue over what happened and sort out how to get her out of the ring, the lights go out ... Kane makes his way to the ring. Mero, in a seeming act of cowardice, vaults completely over the top rope and out of the ring, leaving Sable behind! Mero tells Jim Ross that he's going to get help and disappears. Paul Bearer teases Sable as Kane stalks closer and closer to her. He raises his hand, preparing to grab her throat and deliver a chokeslam, when ... The lights go out. A deafening cheer goes up as the Undertaker's purple light and music rises up. A spotlight shows the Undertaker standing atop the Titan-Tron screen. The Undertaker promises, at WrestleMania, to deliver "anger and furious vengeance" to Kane, and deliver him to the depths of Hell. A lightning bolt flashes, striking an upright casket standing on the stage. The lid of the casket whips open, revealing a Kane dummy inside. Flames ignite and the dummy is immediately shrouded by a wall of fire and smoke. Kane looks on as the show ends. - Next week: Tyson. Austin. Michaels. All in the house! Comments: An entertaining show, but really one that served as a somewhat heavy-handed commercial for WrestleMania. The wrestling was almost non-existent, especially in the second hour. Are they really doing what I think they are doing with Vince McMahon? Ratings: this special edition of RAW is WAR drew a record 4.4 composite rating, based on hourly scores of 4.2 and 4.6. This rating for RAW is second only to the 4.7 rating earned by an unopposed installment of RAW back in 1996 (which featured the Ultimate Warrior). This new rating sets the record as not only being the highest rated installment of RAW since the expansion to two hours, but it also marks the highest rating ever for an installment of RAW which has appeared on a night other than Monday. It may also be the highest rating ever for a pre-taped installment of RAW. Overall, a huge week ratings-wise for wrestling shows. [Ratings courtesy the Bagpipe Report.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Bottom Line: In my estimation, did RAW beat Nitro this week? Nope, Nitro had more scantily clad women. Neither show really excelled in quality matches, and RAW did have far more surprises. Still, it wasn't enough to overcome the flesh parade on Nitro this week. I really do wish I was giving Nitro the win this week because it was the better WRESTLING show. In that regard both shows were disappointing enough to make it too close to call a winner. Throw in the chicks and whammo! Nitro won. Both shows face some stiff competition next week: the Academy Awards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week's Winner: Nitro. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Slobberknocker Central" and "Monday Night Recap" are copyright 1998 by John Petrie, and all opinions expressed therein are his own, and not those of "Internet Access, Inc". Check the "Slobberknocker Central" main page for info on how to receive the "Recap" free via E-Mail every week. Volume One, Number 122 of the "Monday Night Recap", March 16th-17th, 1998.