______________________________________________________________________ __ __ __ __ _ ____ | | | | | \ | | | |/ _ \ | | | | | \ | | | / \ | | |/\| | | \| | | | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | /\ | | | \ | |__| |_| |__/ \__| |__| \__| [ n a i d O ' s - W r e s t l i n g - N e w s ] Edition 239 January 7, 2001 "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 **[Article] **[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 lot to report on lazy Sunday so enjoy Ted Cabata's latest article and what news there is in this latest edition. WATCH THE ECW PPV TONIGHT! **Until tomorrow, enjoy this latest edition of nWN! - naidO nWN Founder - http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews ______________________________________________________________________ [TOP NEWS STORY] **Suspended WWF star The Road Dogg, real name Brian James, made an appearance at an indy show celebrating the old territorial days in Dothan, AL on 1/5. He did a run in during the Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden vs Bob Armstrong & The Georgia Jawbreaker, who is Steve Armstrong, match. They're coming back on 2/9 with Bob & Steve & Brian (Road Dogg) taking on Fuller & Golden & Jerry Stubbs. (the law) ______________________________________________________________________ [News from The WWF] **The original release date has been bumped from Feb. 6 to Feb. 20. This is because The Rock just finished recording his song, and hip- hop legend Slick Rick was brought in to record the song with him. Additionally, the cover art is being changed, to incorporate a "pie" into the logo. I'm not sure what this means, but if I were a gambling man, I'd bet it has something to do with what our pal The Rock is singing about. **On the Friday 1/5 edition of Craig Kilborn's show on CBS, Kilborn previewed his guests for the upcoming week. One of the names he announced was the WWF's Tazz. No word on what day Tazz is scheduled for. Kilborn's show airs weeknights at 12:30 AM Eastern. (Cred: 1wrestling) _______________ [News from WCW] **Here is the updated card for the WCW Sin PPV that takes place on 1/14 in Indianapolis: - Scott Steiner vs. Jeff Jarrett vs. Rick Steiner vs. Sid Vicious for the WCW title. - Bill Goldberg & Sgt. Dewayne Bruce vs. Buff Bagwell & Lex Luger. - DDP & Kevin Nash vs. two of the Natural Born Thrillers for the WCW tag titles. It won't be announced which two until the day of the match. - General Rection vs. Shane Douglas in a First Blood match for the U.S. title. - Konnan & Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman vs. Lance Storm & Elix Skipper & Mike Awesome. - Mike Sanders vs. The Cat for the commissioner job. - Terry Funk vs. Crowbar vs. Meng for the hardcore title. - Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Shane Helms for the cruiserweight title. - Big Vito vs. Reno **the new color commentator for Nitro will be Disco. At this time it is unknown if it will be a permanent deal, or if he is just on a trial basis. Since he can't wrestle due to his back injury, the booking crew (of which he is a part of) decided to use him as an announcer, which he has done a bit of in the past. **Hulk Hogan has been taken down ( finally ) from the Superstars section of WCW.com. They have completely revamped the section with new bios and other information (Cred: ultimo, 1wrestling) _______________ [News from ECW] **Jersey All Pro Wrestling announced that The Sandman will be working events for the promotion on Friday night February 2nd in Bayonne, New Jersey and February 3rd at Viking Hall (a.k.a. The ECW Arena) in Philadelphia, PA. New Jack is also scheduled for the events. For full event and ticket information, check out JAP's website at http://japw.net. (Cred: 1wrestling) __________________ [In other news...] **nothing at this time (Cred: ) ______________________________________________________________________ [Artcile] Microsoft Smells What The Rock Is Cooking LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2001--With help from Bill Gates and The Rock, THQ Inc. (Nasdaq:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK) today announced that the newest World Wrestling Federation(R) (WWFE) licensed video game, "WWF Raw Is War(TM)," is scheduled to be among the first wave of launch titles for the Xbox (TM) video game console. The announcement came at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) during the keynote address of Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect, Bill Gates. World Wrestling Federation superstar, The Rock, was also on hand to deliver the news. Set to release in the fall of 2001, "WWF Raw Is War" will feature graphics and gameplay never before possible with other game consoles. "We're delighted to bring the proven World Wrestling Federation franchise to Xbox and very happy to work with Microsoft," stated Brian Farrell, president and chief executive officer, THQ. "`WWF Raw Is War' will absolutely shine on this exciting new platform. The hard drive capabilities, alone, will open up some very interesting options for us to explore." "We strongly believe that Xbox will be an excellent platform for the `WWF Raw Is War' video game and we're excited to bring the most up to date capabilities to WWF fans worldwide," stated Stephen Berman, president and chief operating officer, JAKKS Pacific Inc. "THQ and JAKKS have continually proven their ability to create authentic WWF entertainment on the top gaming platforms," said Stuart Snyder, president and chief operating officer, WWFE. "We expect `WWF Raw Is War' for Xbox to continue that tradition." "We couldn't be more pleased that `WWF Raw Is War' is being created specifically to take advantage of the awesome power the Xbox brings," said J Allard, general manager, Xbox platform and third party relations. "It will be one of the key launch titles." About "WWF Raw Is War" Created by Anchor, the developers of the award-winning "Ultimate Fighting Championship(TM)," "WWF Raw Is War" will raise the standard by which all video games are measured, as The Rock, Chyna, and 35 other superstars are thrown into your living room like never before. For the first time ever opponents will be able to grab clothing, announcers will provide in-game commentary on the fly, and audiences will scatter as the action spills out of the ring and into the stands. All-new backstage combat areas randomly change from venue to venue. Opponents can even be confronted on their way to the ring. It's everything you've come to expect from the wildly popular spectacle that is the WWF. About Xbox Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/) is Microsoft's future-generation video game console that delivers new and unforeseen gameplay experiences. With more than three times the graphics performance of the newest generation of game consoles, Xbox unleashes game designers' creativity to produce games that are challenging, exhilarating, surprising, and fun. JAKKS Pacific is a multi-brand toy company that designs, develops, produces and markets toys and related products under various brand names (including Flying Colors(R), Road Champs(R), Remco(R), Child Guidance(R), Color Club(R), and Pentech(R)) in multiple product categories, including: Wheels; Action Figures; Crafts/Activities/Stationery; Infant/Pre-School; Trading Cards/Games; Plush; and Dolls. ______________________________________________________________________ [Column] Screwjob of the Week - by Ted Cabata I'm really at a loss of words this week, mainly because there wasn't much on TV and what was on wasn't exactly filled with greatness. Choice A WCW, well Nitro didn't happen and Thunder was the usual Thunder. Next we have ECW, oh yea wait MSG canceled ECW so even i wanted to stay up and watch it, I can't anymore! So we are left with WWF TV. RAW was on new Year's so I only saw bits and pieces, so it was on to Smackdown. And well this Austin VS the McMahons is really heating up isn't it..? But alas Vince helped Austin win a title shot? So with that i am left with a Screw Job prediction (s) for 2001..so here goes... WWF: Linda McMahon returns and screws her family over big time helping Mick Foley to regain power and helping Steve Austin to regain the WWF Title WCW: WCW will continue to screw itself over in 2001, maybe the summer PPV's should be live from a nursing home ECW: Paul Heyman screws over all the naysayers and gets a TV deal and Tommy Dreamer screws Steve Corino out of the ECW Championship. And for anyone who wants an actual screw job for this week...I give it to Vince because something just doesn't sit right with him helping Austin on Smackdown. That's it for me, til next week, you know where you can send the flames, and if not here's the addy... Ted Cabata tcabata@roanoke.edu AOL IM: Frogs 11 ______________________________________________________________________ [Parting Chair Shot] Remember, tell your friends about nWN - naidO's Wrestling News today! **Missed any TV Shows? Go to the following link to read the results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvshows.html Also, be sure to check out the NEW internet home of nWN, http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews for all your archived stats, tv shows, wrestling links, terms and PPV's, and most of all PICTURES! - naidO nWN Founder ______________________________________________________________________ [Affiliates] **http://www.paywindah.com **http://green_mist.homestead.com **BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF nWN and make it your official newsletter!! 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