______________________________________________________________________ __ __ __ __ _ ____ | | | | | \ | | | |/ _ \ | | | | | \ | | | / \ | | |/\| | | \| | | | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | /\ | | | \ | |__| |_| |__/ \__| |__| \__| [ n a i d O ' s - W r e s t l i n g - N e w s ] Edition 297 March 10, 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 **Latest news from the WWF, WCW & ECW **[Article] McMahon talks about the XFL **Parting chair shot **Affiliates ______________________________________________________________________ [Note from naidO] Hello to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST newsletter around to subscribe today! - Nothing much to say today as I'm thinking about what to write for my column. Do me a favor and log on to http://www.talk640.com this afternoon at 5 Eastern for probablyt eh best damn wrestling radio show around. Today's a special show for them as they've got three hours to talk rasslin'. Give'm a try! - naidO nWN Founder - http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews ______________________________________________________________________ [TOP NEWS STORY] With all the uncertainty regarding the future of the company with the sale to Fusient very much a speculative issue, it looks right now like, at least temporarily, there may only be a few weeks left for Nitro. At this point there is a potential schedule for April Nitros, but it has yet to be released, no advertising has been started for any of the dates, and if a green light doesn't come very quickly, it will be next to impossible to pull the dates off. Those who are in the position of needing to know what is going on are in the dark, particularly with Brad Siegel on a planned vacation. The original plan was to run Nitros and Thunders through the end of April and the last plan was uncertain after that point. As of right now, there are no official dates on the calendar after 3/26. ______________________________________________________________________ [News from The WWF] **Just three weeks remain until Rock vs. Austin! We are just three weeks away from the biggest match in Federation history -- Stone Cold vs. The Rock in the main event of WrestleMania! Click on over to WrestleMania.com for a special site highlighting the history of these two amazing competitors! Also on WrestleMania.com, check out today's Match of the Day and get all the dirt on WWF Axxess! Check it out at WrestleMania.com! **News and notes from Jim Ross: - Rikishi has a busted eardrum that will require surgery, which is scheduled for Tuesday. Rikishi was injured on SmackDown! during his confrontation with Stone Cold Steve Austin and is expected to be out of action until WrestleMania. - Bob "Hardcore" Holly has swelling in his C5-C6 vertebrae and will be inactive for at least two weeks. Holly has been experiencing tingling in his arm and underwent an MRI, which detected the problem. - Scotty Too Hotty is expected to be inactive for four to six weeks. - Edge's sore back is improving and he will return to television Monday but will miss the weekend's (non-televised) house shows. - "Tough Enough" begins taping next week, in conjunction with the World Wrestling Federation and MTV. Tori has been added to the staff of this program, with Tazz, Al Snow, Jacqueline and Dave Taylor. We feel we have assembled a diverse group of trainers to work with the wannabe Federation Superstars. I think this show is going to run 13 weeks on MTV. - Terry Gerin, formerly known as Rhino, is getting some house show work this weekend but still has no firm start date on RAW or SmackDown! I'm not sure what his ring name is going to be. The young man from Detroit has dropped more than 20 pounds and is in excellent condition. - The embattled Big Show is working to improve and had a very solid weekend of house shows last weekend. The big guy has miles to go but at least he's finally pointed in the right direction. He knows what we expect from him. - K-Kwik should be back from a broken rib in another 2-3 weeks. - Ideas are being discussed for D'Lo Brown and Chaz, and I feel something positive will come out of this in the next few weeks. Perhaps in time for WrestleMania, but not necessarily as a team. I'm sure both men are really ready to return. Stay tuned. - Commissioner William Regal should make for some entertaining television as Regal's verbal skills just seem to keep getting better and better. - Kane was featured in a new Stacker II commercial, filmed this week in LA. - Stone Cold will guest on Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show" on Wednesday, March 14 on NBC. Leno, along with most of America it seems, is having a field day with the XFL. First Clinton's presidency and now the XFL. It's a comedian's wonderland! - Triple H's Flex Magazine photo shoot will be rescheduled for after WrestleMania. - I thought Test and Kurt Angle had a helluva outing on SmackDown! Angle is extraordinary and Test seems to be ready to move up. - Several Federation Superstars, including the Hardy Boyz and Lita, will appear on "Off the Record" on Canada's TSN soon. Tapings will be on March 17, prior to our event in the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. - Trish is appearing this week at Snowjob 2001 for Much Music in Kamloops, British Columbia. - The overwhelming deluge of e-mails in support of Jerry "The King" Lawler and the Kat seem to be lessening. I admire the passion demonstrated by fans on behalf of Mr. & Mrs. Lawler, but, man, did I get some colorful messages! I think some folks have their facts a little confused based on what I've read. However, most are just loyal fans who have their hearts in the right place and want to express themselves. I'm not sure e-mailing several individuals within the Federation on this matter was the best strategy but I could be wrong. - I'm often asked, "Do you miss working with the King?" Of course I do! He's the best I've worked with over the longest period of time in my career. It was also reported on the Internet that he and I had not talked, which is totally wrong as we have spoken numerous times on the telephone, including three times the day after he left Tucson! We are friends and I wish this matter had never occurred. Period. - I thought Paul Heyman did a solid job for a guy who has not been regularly on the air in about 10 years. Timing only comes with working together and I'm sure Paul and I will continue to work hard to improve over the next several months and will, hopefully, mesh as well as the King and I did over time. Heyman and Lawler are totally different types of people and, therefore, their broadcasting styles will be different as well. Both are true students of the business, although from different eras and backgrounds. Bottom line, from where I sit, is that both are very intelligent individuals and have the unique talent to be heard and to entertain our fans. Who's to say the King will never be back? Who's to say there is not room for both? I do not know what the final disposition of this matter will be, but I've got a feeling it's going to be an interesting ride. I learned long ago to never say never in this business. - No firm word on when we will see Shawn Micheals on Federation television. He will be in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday to launch the first day of ticket sales for an upcoming RAW. **Musical group Pantera will appear on RAW this Monday, according to their website. Pantera were backstage last week at RAW. The group will just be interviewed on this Monday's edition and are not scheduled to perform at this time. **Paul Heyman will be doing the color again Monday on Raw and for the time being, is considered the regular in that slot as opposed to a one-time guest host. **Edge & Christian, The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz will once again have a tables, ladders and chairs match at Wrestlemania X-7 in Houston, Texas on 4/1. **On SmackDown!, the Undertaker claimed that Triple H had never defeated the Undertaker. Correction, Triple H defeated The Undertaker via Pinfall in a No DQ Match on the 7/13/00 edition of SmackDown! (Cred: ) _______________ [News from WCW] **No news is good news right? (Cred: ) _______________ [News from ECW] **The ECW website had this to say about the cancellation of Living Dangerously: "Due to circumstances beyond our control, ECW must regrettably announce that we must cancel this weekend's LIVING DANGEROUSLY pay per view event" (Cred: ecw) __________________ [In other news...] **XFL is doing a radio commercial making fun of its bad ratings including lines "Yeah, the ratings are dropping like bricks." It also has the voice of the fan saying things like "stop with the hype and fireworks, put plays in that make sense, stop making fun of Rusty" and a voice says, "You want it, you got it" as if they are listening to the fans and making changes. **A Florida judge sentenced 14-year-old Lionel Tate to life in prison Friday for killing a 6-year-old girl when he was 12. Broward County Judge Joel Lazarus rejected pleas for a new trial or a reduced sentence. The prosecution tried to establish the idea that Tate had been influenced by what he saw on wrestling TV shows but that notion was thrown out. **Bret Hart has posted his latest Calgary Sun column, in which is completely bashes the XFL. To check out the entire column, you can click http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/hitman_home.html (Cred: the law) ______________________________________________________________________ [Article] McMahon talks about the XFL Vince McMahon did a lengthy interview with the Las Vegas Review- Journal yesterday regarding the XFL. It was the apologetic McMahon admitting mistakes and asking for forgiveness. Main points were admitting the league needs more work on the rules and TV production, that he had gone too far with his comments about the NFL, said the media and especially NFL writers haven't been fair to the league, said the ratings have been a serious disappointment, compared Jesse Ventura with Howard Cosell (please, Cosell, for all his arrogance, was a legend in sports journalism), claimed the league would survive long-term and said WWF wasn't built in a day and said coaches and executives will meet this weekend to discuss rule changes to improve the product (ie, create higher scoring games). The article noted there are many good quarterbacks that didn't make NFL rosters who refused to play in the XFL because of the pay scale, and they may consider next season paying the QB's $100,000 base instead of $50,000. He said the Ventura/Tillman angle was a mistake and said he's learned XFL fans don't want pro wrestling and will now keep them separate. ______________________________________________________________________ [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 **http://www.PaulHeyman.Net - BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF nWN and make it your official newsletter!! 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