______________________________________________________________________ __ __ __ __ _ ____ | | | | | \ | | | |/ _ \ | | | | | \ | | | / \ | | |/\| | | \| | | | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | /\ | | | \ | |__| |_| |__/ \__| |__| \__| [ n a i d O ' s - W r e s t l i n g - N e w s ] Edition 333 April 15, 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 **[Column] Screwjob of the Week **Parting chair shot **Affiliates ______________________________________________________________________ [Note from naidO] Hello to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST newsletter around to subscribe today! - Hi! Seeing as though there's not much on TV and such, I've pondered including the HEAT report in the newsletter. With just Raw and Smackdown there's pretty much nothing else. Let me now! Enjoy this latest edition of nWN! - naidO nWN Founder - http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews ______________________________________________________________________ [TOP NEWS STORY] Latest on Stu Hart This was sent out today via the Stampede Wrestling email list: The latest word available to us is that Stu Hart is continuing to recover well. Mr. Hart was taken to hospital on Thursday, having been in ill health for the two weeks prior. As best we know, he was suffering from heart problems as the result of a bout with pneumonia, and consequently needed to have fluid drained from his lungs and the area surrounding his heart. Friends and family have been in and out to see him in the hospital in Calgary, where he's said to be tired but in positive spirits. It was originally hoped that he would be home for Easter, but it is looking more likely that he will be back early next week. We hope to have something more concrete for Stu's fans in the next 24 hours. Until then, a special e-mail address has been set up for those who would like to send in their well wishes. They can be sent to GetWellStu@StampedeWrestling.com - each contribution will be printed out and hand delivered to Stu himself. The family would like to thank all those who have already passed along their thoughts and prayers on this Easter weekend. ______________________________________________________________________ [News from The WWF] **Official HEAT preview: This Sunday, HEAT will bring you exclusive comments from Triple H and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley. Just days after he lost the Intercontinental Championship to Jeff Hardy, an enraged Game will be on MTV this Sunday --and who knows what he will say! Albert of X-Factor will be the special guest host this Sunday on HEAT, live from WWF New York at 7/6 CT on MTV! The muscle behind X-Factor will no doubt have a lot to say to the crowd at WWF New York -- and will also have a lot to say when Justin Credible takes on D-Von Dudley this Sunday! Also this Sunday, Crash defends the Light Heavyweight Championship against Grand Master Sexay. Plus, Billy Gunn takes on Perry Saturn! It all goes down this Sunday at 7/6 CT on MTV, when Albert guest- hosts HEAT live from WWF New York! **The PTC (Parent's Television Council) announced recently that three more companies, namely Pep Boys, Papa John's Pizza, and Exxon, have decided to join their pledge not to advertise on WWF television. **The DVD version of WWF Divas in Hedonism will be released on Monday. The DVD will include a few exclusive features, including bonus Diva Matches as well as some exclusive pictures from the Jamaican photo shoot. **The Hardy Boyz Logo Hat will be available next Wednesday, and will cost around $20. **WWF officials have been forced to accelerate the breakup of Right To Censor. For the past few weeks, RTC has been losing all heat it used to get. It is expected that Godfather (or I should as Goodfather as for now) would be the first one to walk out of the group. This may happen as soon as Raw on Monday night. (Cred: wwf.com, ultimowrestling) _______________ [News from WCW] **In an interesting move, WCW.com now features the old WCW logo. Whether the old logo will be used for the company permanently or just for the website is not known yet. To view the logo head on over to WCW.com. **Dave Meltzer reports former WCW announcer Tony Schiavone has returned to radio baseball announcing, this time with the Atlanta Braves. Previously, Schiavone announced minor league baseball games before his stint in wrestling. Schiavone's first night announcing was last night. **Aside from the confirmed superstars of Kaz Hayashi, Elix Skipper and Shane Helms of being in the new WCW, Shannon Moore has also had his contract officially picked up from the WWF. **Although it is only speculation at this point, Kanyon and Big Vito might not be picked up by the new WCW. **Over the last few days, there have been several WCW meetings that have taken place at Titan Towers, with some major announcements and plans expecting to come out of them. We should know more very soon. **Here are the upcoming special guest hosts for WWF Sunday Night Heat at WWF NY: April 15: Albert , April 22:- Trish Stratus , May 6th: Triple H , May 13th: The Big Show , May 27th: - Too Cool **Sting has shown little interest in joining the WWF. It is expected that Sting would sit out and collect rest of his pay as per the Turner contract. Sting is also expected to announce his retirement from wrestling soon. **Crowbar (Devon Storm) recently appeared at Smackdown tapings. It is expected that he would soon make his official television debut soon. Storm has previously worked for the WWF, before joining WCW. (Cred: lwn, the law, ultimowrestling) __________________ [In other news...] **An interesting report about Ted Turner has came out today, detailing that he was fired from his job in May 2000 and had no part in the AOL/Time Warner merger. Of course, Turner was a big proponent of bringing WCW wrestling to his stations. Turner now says he plans to take on CNN in future projects. For more, click http://www.drudgereport.com/turner.htm **4/14 XFL on NBC got a slight bump from the playoffs, scoring a 2.0 rating and a 4 share. **This Wednesday evening on TSN's Off The Record with Michael Landsberg, former Nitro Girl Teri Byrne will be the special guest for the program. Byrne, along with the other former Nitro Girls, are currently involved in their own band called Diversity5. Off The Record with Michael Landsberg airs weekday's from 6-6:30pm ET on TSN in Canada. **Chairshots Radio is broadcasted weekly on 88.1 WBLQ FM in Westerly, Rhode Island and is available for download at http://www.chairshots.com. Your hosts are Rod Siciliano and Brent Fusaro. Scheduled for next week is the quick return of Jerry "The King" Lawler, so be sure to check it out! Simon Diamond: - He says Hi and gives some indy dates of where Dawn and himself will be appearing at. May 4th in New Jersey; May 5th in Newport, Deleware (ECWA); May 25th in Indiana, Pennsylvania; May 26th in Chicago and they will be traveling to Canada in June. - He's been running into a lot of old ECW faces on the road at the indy shows but misses being on the road with the guys all the time. He says they had a lot of fun. - Thinks it helps having Paul Heyman in a high position in the WWF. He says one of the most important parts of the wrestling business is knowing people, but in the WWF you have to have the ability and the look above anything else. They want people with potential star power. - They talk about a report that some of the old ECW guys are upset over Spike Dudley being picked up before any of them. He believes its wrong for anyone to say that. He puts over Spike and says that he wouldn't think of doing half of the stuff that he does. He says that Spike is unique and marketable and different from what a lot of people see. - He had conversations with WCW before the buyout occurred and he was having some talks with Heyman about things. The roof fell in on WCW before he could get his tryout however. - He talks Yankees with Brent for a while. Rod is an Orioles fan. Simon is a huge Yanks fan and was there when David Wells' pitched his perfect game. (Cred: 1wreslting, lwn, the law) ______________________________________________________________________ [Column] Screw Job of the Week - By Ted Cabata Well it's been a pretty decent week of WWF wrestling. Looks to me as if Paul Heyman's effect on the company is finally starting to show. Steve Austin destroying Lita with a chair on Monday was great. Also J.R.'s little segment with Vince where he tells Vince, "If I quit today, I go to work for Shane and WCW tomorrow!" That was a classic moment in RAW history. And sadly the end for ECW came this week as we all learned of the company's 8 million-dollar debt. But as far screw job's go, I think we know who is going to win this week... The winner is...Jeff Hardy That's right the new IC champ wins the award for screwing over Triple H and winning that same IC belt. It isn't that often that Triple H gets screwed but the Hardy Boyz managed to do it this week. I hope this also signifies that the end is near for the Boyz as a tag team and Jeff is going to be next Shawn Micheals. Well I can hope. Til next week Ted Tcabata@roanoke.edu - ICQ# 4745291 - AOL IM: frogs 11 ______________________________________________________________________ [Parting Chair Shot] Remember, tell your friends about nWN - naidO's Wrestling News today! **Missed any TV Shows? 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