______________________________________________________________________ __ __ __ __ _ ____ | | | | | \ | | | |/ _ \ | | | | | \ | | | / \ | | |/\| | | \| | | | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | /\ | | | \ | |__| |_| |__/ \__| |__| \__| [ n a i d O ' s - W r e s t l i n g - N e w s ] Edition 322 April 4, 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 **[Review] Real RVD **Parting chair shot **Affiliates ______________________________________________________________________ [Note from naidO] Hello to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST newsletter around to subscribe today! **Click for the WRESTLEMANIA X-SEVEN results: http://www.naidosworld.com/results_wmx7.html **Click for the RAW results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvraw.html - Next week I'm pretty sure that RAW will get a larger rating than it got this week. As you'll read in the top story, it was up against the NCAA finals. The whole thing is dependant on the Austin heel turn and whether it'll work. We'll see. With no Thunder tonight, what will YOU watch? I have no clue, I'm at work anyway so I have a cop out. :-) - naidO nWN Founder - http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews ______________________________________________________________________ [TOP NEWS STORY] **WWF Raw is War scored big with a 5.7 rating off of hours of 5.5 and 5.8. This is an impressive rebound from relatively weak ratings last week. This marks the largest rating WWF Raw is War has received since switching to TNN from USA. Also of note, this episode was in direct competition with the NCAA Championship Game, which easily could have taken wrestling fans away. Raw's overrun scored 6.4 (the conclusion to Rock/Austin in the cage match) and the Austin/McMahon interview segment received a 6.1 rating. The NCAA college basketball final between Duke and Arizona, which now doubt took some of the wrestling audience away, scored a 15.6 broadcast rating, with a 24.4 share. Purgatory, which aired in place of Nitro last night, scored a 1.7 rating, with a 2.6 share, according to Nielsen Media Research. That is not that far off of the 2.1 that Nitro did for most of the last month (taking out last week's 3.0 for the final edition). ______________________________________________________________________ [News from The WWF] **Wrestlemania was the first show ever held outside of Japan which topped $1 million in merchandise sales alone. The 1987 Mania at the Silverdome didn't even do half as much in merchandise, or in live gate for that matter. The live gate was also the largest in the history of pro wrestling outside of Japan. **SmackDown! came in at 75th place in the Prime-time Nielsen Ratings for March 26 - April 1. Smackdown! scored a 4.9. Last week's rating was a 4.3. The small increase is probably due to WCW leaving the airwaves and that WrestleMania weekend fwas coming. Smackdown!'s ratings remain solid and stable but the show is making no real movement up or down the chart. Since it was WrestleMania weekend, the numbers can be viewed as slightly disappointing. WWF fans faithfully tuned in but no new mainstream viewers were drawn to the show. The wrestling boom is indeed over, folks. The top rated show was Survivor 2 at a 16.6. The rating is the percentage of the nationŐs estimated 102.2 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,022,000 households. **More than 200 WrestleMania photos now online WrestleMania X-Seven had a ton of memorable moments -- so many, in fact, that it was hard to narrow our WrestleMania photo gallery down to just 50 or 100 photos. So, for your viewing pleasure, we proudly present more than 200 photos from the greatest night in the history of sports entertainment! Austin vs. Rock ... Shane vs. Vince ... Triple H vs. Taker ... TLC II ... check out these unforgettable images at WrestleMania.com! **Edge, Christian and Rhyno on this week's Byte This! Join us this Friday when the seven-time Tag Team Champions Edge and Christian, along with their new ally -- Rhyno, join us live on Byte This! Beginning at 4 p.m. ET, give them a call at 1-888-LIVEWWF, or e- mail them at bytethis@wwf.com! Click for Byte This! **WrestleMania.com takes you to AXXESS WWF AXXESS: The Fan Festival invaded Reliant Hall in Houston, Texas, this past weekend, and the event was an unparalleled success! WrestleMania.com was on the scene with 10 exclusive Web casts featuring your favorite Federation Superstars, including Trish Stratus, Chyna, Chris Jericho, APA, Lita and the Hardy Boyz! If you couldn't make it to Houston, click over to WrestleMania.com to check out nearly 12 hours of live AXXESS coverage -- plus over 50 exclusive photos! **"WWF" finished as the 12th most searched word on the Lycos top 50. This is up 2 places from last week's rating. (Cred: wwf.com, 1wrestling, lwn, pwtorch) _______________ [News from WCW] **Lance Storm has updated his commentary with his thoughts on his trip to WrestleMania. You can read it by clicking, http://www.stormwrestling.com/commentary/default.asp?aID=1056 (Cred: website mentioned) __________________ [In other news...] **Official Press Release - Hart Brothers Wrestling http://www.StampedeWrestling.com The Hart Family today announced that they are re-launching their wrestling operations after a series of setbacks over the last six months led to rampant speculation that the family-owned Stampede Wrestling was on the verge of closing its doors indefinitely. Visit the official website to read more. **SLAM! Wrestling recently contacted ECW's Joey Styles about an interview, and was told that he is "no longer doing interviews" as he has "left the business". **http://www.ECWAnderson.com has been updated with C.W. Anderson's latest "Spinebuster" commentary. In it he discusses his his past week on the circuits and his love for wrestling promoters all that, and his witnessing of a miracle! All at ECWAnderson.com. (Cred: websites mentioned, SLAM!) ______________________________________________________________________ [Review] Real RVD "The Whole F'n Show" Rob Van Dam checked in with real audio wiz Brian Fritz Tuesday and, in 17+ minutes, talked about all the latest news and rumors. To listen to "Real RVD" in Rob's own words, you'll need RealAudio. Josh Rey provided the recap RVD vs. Nova - GCW 3/30 Rob said he thought that his match with Nova this past Friday was a good outing for him (he pinned Nova in 14 minutes), and looks forward to returning to Gateway Championship Wrestling in the near future. RVD said that Nova looks ripped these days, claiming that he "went and got himself a new body". RVD suggested that he may look into asking Nova for some advice regarding supplements. "All those good looks didn't get him a victory over RVD (though)," joked Van Dam. He enjoyed his wrestling debut in St. Louis, and was happy to be reunited with "Manager of Champions" Bill Alfonso at the show. The Whole F'n Wrestling School Rob's idea of training prospective wrestlers is now in the developmental stages. He said he's been receiving tons of feedback from the public showing interest. He's found the perfect location for his school so now it's just a matter of planning it all out. As more details become available, you'll find them at RobVanDam.com. WWF Buying WCW Van Dam believes that the McMahons' purchase of World Championship Wrestling is a great thing for WCW. He believes that it will be interesting with Shane McMahon running the shows and the company running separately from the World Wrestling Federation. Mr. PPV's interest in WCW is as great as it's ever been now that they will be getting a new start. Rob reluctantly admitted that it looks like you're either working for Vince McMahon right now or you're not wrestling on television, but is hopeful that another promotion will step up to the plate. Internet Rumors Fritz asked RVD about a couple recent items reported by Dave Scherer. Rob vehemently denies Scherer's claim that the reason he's not in WWF now is because he was asking for too much money. "The Whole F'n Show" said that, at no point, has he ever come close to discussing money terms with the WWF. Scherer also claimed that "some wrestlers in the WWF have gone to management and said that Rob can be hard to deal with." Rob finds it hard to believe that anyone he's worked with would think he's hard to deal with but he goes on to say that, because of the nature of the business, he can believe that some guys would say things like that. RVD does believe there must be a reason why he is not working for the WWF but, with tongue in cheek, suggested that Fritz check with "Scherer's sources" to find out what that reason is. Furthermore, he says a meeting proposed by Jim Ross back in December has yet to take place, despite the fact that good ol' JR has been in Los Angeles at least twice since then. ECW Invades WWF Rob saw Rhyno and Spike Dudley in the Wrestlemania pay-per-view. He commented that Rhyno has basically the same personna in the WWF as he did in ECW. WWF Wrestlemania PPV Mr. PPV thought the show was pretty good. He enjoyed the Angle-Benoit clash, in addition to the "Ladders and Tables and Bull Whips and Ironing Boards" match. Rob noted the spot where Edge leaped off of a 15-foot ladder and speared Jeff Hardy who was hanging on a cord as the most impressive one of the night. Shane McMahon using the Van Terminator Rob noted that this is professional wrestling and wrestlers always duplicate each other's maneuvers. He thought McMahon executed the Van Terminator "very well." He accepts the fact that it can no longer be stated that only one man can perform that move. In fact, RVD looks forward to inventing another move that may prove too athletic for his peers. He appreciates the flattery from Shane using the move, but jokingly said he'd have rather received a phone call instead. RVD In Person Friday, April 13 - Wrestling in Salisbury, Maryland Saturday, April 14 - Wrestling in Norfolk, Virginia Saturday, April 28 - RVD Appreciation Day Concord, NC Plus more to come. ______________________________________________________________________ [Parting Chair Shot] Remember, tell your friends about nWN - naidO's Wrestling News today! **Missed any TV Shows? 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