______________________________________________________________________ __ __ __ __ _ ____ | | | | | \ | | | |/ _ \ | | | | | \ | | | / \ | | |/\| | | \| | | | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | /\ | | | \ | |__| |_| |__/ \__| |__| \__| [ n a i d O ' s - W r e s t l i n g - N e w s ] Edition 273 February 14, 2001 "I get the news, so you don't have to." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naidoswrestlingnews ______________________________________________________________________ [Official newsletter & complement to:] http://www.naidOsWorld.com To subscribe: naidoswrestlingnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To unsubscribe: naidoswrestlingnews-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com ______________________________________________________________________ [Table of contents] **Note from naidO **TOP NEWS STORY **Monday night and weekend ratings **Latest news from the WWF, WCW & ECW **[Article] Late night fun at expense of the XFL **[Column] Random Thoughts **Parting chair shot **Affiliates ______________________________________________________________________ [Note from naidO] Hello to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST newsletter around to subscribe today! - Happy Valentines day to your and your special someone. Don't hurt yourselves. - naidO nWN Founder - http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews ______________________________________________________________________ [TOP NEWS STORY] **According to the official Motorhead website, www.imotorhead.com, Triple H came up with the concepts for his new entrance music and then approached Motorhead about recording the song. Guitarist Phil Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee laid down the backing tracks in Austria at the end of 2000 and Lemmy added his vocal and bass tracks right after Christmas with producer Bob Kulick. ______________________________________________________________________ [Monday night and weekend ratings] For Monday 2/12 TIME NITRO RAW -------------------------- 8:00-9:00 2.3 --- 9:00-10:00 1.8 4.4 10:00-11:00 --- 5.1 -------------------------- Head to Head 1.8 4.4 -------------------------- Composite 2.1 4.8 Change -0.2 -0.2 QUARTERS: 800 815 830 845 900 915 930 945 1000 1015 1030 1045 1100 RAW --- --- --- --- 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.3 NITRO 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.7 2.0 --- --- --- --- --- **Livewire did a 1.2 rating (same as last week) **Superstars did a 1.2 rating (same as last week) **Heat did a 2.1 rating (up from last week's 1.9) **Smackdown on 2/8 scored a broadcast rating of 4.0 with a 6.0 share **Thunder on 2/7 did a 2.0 rating with a 3.0 share (1wrestling.com) ______________________________________________________________________ [News from The WWF] **The WWF's WrestleMania 17 poster is out, you can see it by clicking http://www.naidosworld.com/mania17poster.jpg **1wrestling.com reports Jerry Lynn has signed with the World Wrestling Federation. More information will be available soon. **On another WWF related note, WWF.COM has been given a makeover. **Both Steve Blackman and Raven will be guests on the WWF.com show "Byte This" on Thursday at 6pm (EST). **The voices of Kai En Tai are done by Bruce Prichard, who long-time WWF fans know as Brother Love. **TO read a column on the WWF's latest wrestler Justin Credible, click http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1034504 (Cred: lwn, wwf.com) _______________ [News from WCW] **Maple Leaf Justice Thanks to Kevin Nash, The Cat could very well win back his commissioner position Sunday at SuperBrawl. But before that fateful match takes place, Lance Storm will have a single show to effect WCW policy and its roster. According to wcw.com's sources, Storm has already signed two major matches for the program: Dustin Rhodes and DDP vs. Jeff Jarrett and Rick Steiner, and The Cat vs. "Career Killer" Mike Awesome. Here are other matches signed for the program: Qualifying Match for Six-Man Four Corners Match at SuperBrawl Air Paris and AJ Styles vs. Jaime Knoble and Evan Karagias Fans have seen Knoble and Karagias' amazing work, but this match marks high-flying newcomers Paris and Styles' first live Nitro appearance. Both members of the winning team will get a chance to compete in the Six-Man Four Corners Match at Superbrawl, and earn the number one contender's spot for the cruiserweight division. Sean O'Haire vs. Mark Jindrak Tag champions O'Haire and Jindrak started their WCW careers together. Now they're both hoping to retire their former partners. O'Haire/Chuck Palumbo and Jindrak/Shawn Stasiak will fight for the tag titles at SuperBrawl. Hugh Morrus and Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. and The Wall Sunday, Mysterio and Guerrero will fight for gold -- while Hugh Morrus and The Wall dole out revenge. Wednesday is each man's final opportunity to psyche out the competition. ALSO ON THE SHOW: Scott Steiner, Totally Buff, Brian Adams and much, much more... **WCW has not had much influence from Eric Bischoff and Fusient as of yet. Several viewers have expected to see changes implemented right now, but Eric Bischoff has already commented that no changes will be made until the deal is finalized in the next month. **One of many things that Bischoff has priortized, is the production issue of Nitro. It is expected that a new set, logo, and several other production issues are being worked on as we speak. It is also expected that their will be drastic changes in Nitro after their dark period when they re-debut on TNT. Bischoff will use the dark time to reorganize the company and fix as many production issues as possible. It is also rumored that several of the entrance themes for wrestlers will become more "recognizable" under the Bischoff/Fusient WCW. **It appears that WCW will run their final Nitro at Panama City Boardwalk Beach Resort. They have not updated their event's schedule as of yet for April and Bischoff has already set April 2nd as a date in which they plan to go dark. (Cred: wcw.com, powerwrestling) _______________ [News from ECW] **www.NovaECW.com has been updated with the latest information on Nova hitting the West Coast as well as his commentary detailing his thoughts on working for California's UPW! **www.DannyDoring.com now features two new columns by the Danaconda, a commentary looking at WOW, the XFL, Simon Diamond and more as well as a review of a very special summer vacation. (Cred: 1wrestling) __________________ [In other news...] **Nothing at this time (Cred: ) ______________________________________________________________________ [Article] Late night fun at expense of the XFL On "Late Show with David Letterman," Letterman listed his likes and dislikes of the XFL. His dislikes list was long: -Announcers -Pre-game -Halftime -Post-game -Vince McMahon -All tangential wrestling activity -No instant replay -No discussion of plays -Endless discussion of how hard the hitting is -Endless allusions to the NFL being for sissies -The uniforms -Vince McMahon -Incessant use of the word "extreme" -Extreme use of the word "incessant" -Vince McMahon -Ed McMahon His likes? A short list... -Slutty cheerleaders -Biographical profiles of slutty cheerleaders Meanwhile, on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," he said NBC was concerned about the drop in ratings. He joked that even the cheerleaders are worried that they're going to have return to their night jobs. (pwtorch) ______________________________________________________________________ [Column] Random Thoughts WWF RAW: **Yes Triple H. They have no life, that's why they've gone to see RAW **I wonder if Rock's had Stephanie? **At least he ain't wearing DX colors. Same ole music though. **Holy Crap! Look at Lita...walk. **Terri has a DAMN GOOD set of shorts on! **Greaaaat, the Dudleyz are at ringside. Wonder if this'll be thrown out? Yup **I wonder if Trip will put Gunn over? **Nope. Didn't think so. **Pac MAY want to change that music. He's the ONLY dx member left! **BTW...pac, welcome back. Now you get to sell the worm HAHAHA! **Now THAT'S just in credible! **"My Oklahoman ass" - JR. That's funny **You ever get the feeling Kat sends Playboy pictures EVERY WEEK in hopes of getting a pictorial. WCW NITRO: **Well...that was different **HAHA! A Canadian commish! WE RULE! **Hey Flair, aren't you supposed to be the hardcore leader and not the sympathetic father? **And would losing Flair be all bad? **Buff always talks like he's constipated **WTF am I watching? **Are Palumbo & O'Haire faces now? **They REALLY want Dustin over don't they? **Skipper/Kidman...BRAVO! I knew I was watching for something **They're really pushing Chuck's right hand aren't they? **And I'm supposed to buy the SuperBrawl PPV for the main event now? ______________________________________________________________________ [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 **http://www.geocities.com/dsherelo **http://www.tommydreamer.net **http://www.stephaniebellars.com - BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF nWN and make it your official newsletter!! 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