______________________________________________________________________ __ __ __ __ _ ____ | | | | | \ | | | |/ _ \ | | | | | \ | | | / \ | | |/\| | | \| | | | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | /\ | | | \ | |__| |_| |__/ \__| |__| \__| [ n a i d O ' s - W r e s t l i n g - N e w s ] Edition 219 December 16, 2000 "I get the news, so you don't have to." ______________________________________________________________________ [Official newsletter & complement to:] http://www.naidOsWorld.com To subscribe: naidoswrestlingnews-subscribe@egroups.com To unsubscribe: naidoswrestlingnews-unsubscribe@egroups.com ______________________________________________________________________ [Table of contents] **Note from naidO **TOP NEWS STORY **Latest news from the WWF, WCW & ECW **[Column] Screwjob of the Week **Parting chair shot ______________________________________________________________________ [Note from naidO] Hello to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST up and coming newsletter around to subscribe today! - Not a slow news day today so as usual, I'll leave my babbling for Sunday. Take it easy! **Until tomorrow, enjoy this latest edition of nWN! - naidO nWN Founder - http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews ______________________________________________________________________ [TOP NEWS STORY] **The Dudley Boys talked about their one night return to ECW on the WWF website. "You'll probably see a year and a half's worth of pent-up, verbal frustration come out in all of one night. I haven't been on the microphone in a long, long time (until last week's SmackDown!). There's a lot of people that are going to feel my wrath on that night and I guarantee you everybody will be into it." - Buh Buh Ray Dudley To read the interview, http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1023246 (wwf.com) ______________________________________________________________________ [News from the WWF] **Here's the DirecTV preview for RAW this Monday: Hour 1: What's next for Mr. McMahon? Hour 2: WWF champion takes charge. **WWF Smackdown for 12/14 had a 5.8 overnight rating, peaking between 9-10 PM with a 6.1. The show had a 9 share. Last week, Smackdown had a 5.9 rating. UPN finished third in the network race, behind NBC and ABC. **Jim Ross had several interesting bits in his latest Ross Report: - No one was seriously injured in last weekend's Hell In The Cell match. - Triple H is currently filming a Weider commercial in Los Angeles. Even though The Game's sore back is feeling better, the WWF wants him to wait a couple of weeks before he returns to action. - Jerry Lawler has a long term contract with the WWF, despite rumors claiming otherwise. - Memphis Championship Wrestling and Power Pro Wrestling have agreed to work together to train some of the WWF's developmental talent. - The bad weather in Little Rock last Tuesday did not affect the Smackdown taping, which was attended by 11,000 fans. - This Monday's RAW Is WAR show in Greenville is sold out. - Many tickets to this Tuesday's Smackdown taping in Charlotte are still available. - Next week, X-Pac's doctor will tell him how soon he can return to action. - Lita has a sore back and is scheduled to have a MRI test done soon. - Steve Blackman's recent stomach problems were caused by him taking too many anti-inflammatories to ease his injured back. The Lethal Weapon is now feeling better and is expected to return to action this Monday. - Early next month, Tori will be going to Vancouver to film an episode of the TNN original series "18 Wheels of Justice". - There is a good chance that Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler will he hired as XFL commentators. - Jim Ross and Faarooq will be attending the Orange Bowl on January 3rd. - While the WWF superstars were stuck in Little Rock last Wednesday, the bad weather left them with no television and very little electricity. - The cancelled OVW event from December 13th will now take place on January 31st. - The WWF still has no interest in hiring Scott Hall and Torrie Wilson. - On May 28th and 29th of 2001, TV tapings will be held in Calgary and Edmonton. - The Hardy Boyz and Lita are scheduled to go to Los Angeles next week to film a commercial. - Lita will be hosting this Monday's RAW Is WAR party at WWF NY. - 4 days of TV tapings will take place next week so that the wrestlers can be with their families on Christmas day. (Cred: LWN, wwf.com) _______________ [News from WCW] **Here is the DirecTV preview for NITRO this Monday: - Who is the WCW champion? Starrcade fall-out; Goldberg; CEO Ric Flair. **Jason Powell reports Dustin Rhodes will return to WCW at Sunday's Starrcade. Rhodes is scheduled on booking sheets for Starrcade, Nitro & Thunder. Rhodes was in WCW in the early 90's and had a stint in the WWF as "Goldust" in the middle - late 90's. **In an interesting tidbit, WCW.COM reports Kwee Wee has been banned from wearing glitter to the ring by WCW's production team. He's not allowed to wear the dust anymore because it sticks to everyone else after he wrestles. **Elix Skipper banged his knee up during the week in the Power Plant when he hit the ring steps. **Buff Bagwell, "Sarge" Buddy Lee Parker, Johnny the Bull and Jim Duggan are also scheduled to appear at Starrcade, even though none of them are listed on the official line-up. **Mark Madden is also expected to return on the show from his one- week suspension. **Only 3,000 Starrcade tickets have been sold in Washington DC (Cred: LWN, The Law) _______________ [News from ECW] **Dave Scherer reports New Jack is quitting the wrestling business . He said he's had enough of the business and is moving on. In a related note, Jack was involved in a push-shove match with a man last night at ECW's Queens show. The man had to be taken to the hospital. The altercation began after New Jack was arguing with the man's wife. **Kid Kash sustained a rib injury at last night's ECW show in Queens and needed to go to the hospital. His condition is currently unknown. **Nova is still suffering from his eardrum injury and will visit his doctor next week to see if surgery is necessary. **Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins was backstage at last night's ECW event. (Cred: LWN, The Law) __________________ [In other news...] **New York Post Sports Writer Phil Mushnick has written a column giving his opinions on what he thinks the problems will be with Vince McMahon's XFL football league. Mushnick, who has been a long time critic of McMahon and the WWF, is worried that the XFL players will be injured even more than regular NFL players because there will be no fair catch rule which protects players from serious injuries on punts. To read the entire article, just click http://www.nypost.com/sports/18196.htm (Cred: The Law) ______________________________________________________________________ [Column] Screw Job of the Week - by Ted Cabata Well what a week I've had, planes, buses, cars, finals, and i still found time for some wrestling, although sadly my actual watching was limited to RAW, because a $75 hotel room has every channel known to man, except for UPN =(, but thanks to LWN for posting results that I could read. So what do we have to choose from...WCW well Scott Steiner goes nuts as usual, and Ric Flair says something...yippie...Smackdown just loses its appeal when you can't watch what was going on, Vince's screaming and yelling just aren't the same, unless you are really watching them. So this week's winner came from RAW, and gee I wonder what that was....OH HELL YEA..you guessed it... The winner is Stone Cold Steve Austin As RAW drew to an end I had the feeling that Austin was about to make an entrance, and what a better entrance stunning the hell out of everyone, and then good old Mick tearing up the resignation was also great, but Austin's stunners took the cake for me. tcabata@r... AOL IM:Frogs 11 ICQ: NOT IN USE UNTIL JANUARY 15 ______________________________________________________________________ [Parting Chair Shot] Remember, tell your friends about nWN - naidO's Wrestling News today! **Missed any TV Shows? 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