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Website// http://www.geocities.com/naidosnews Subscribe// naidoswrestlingnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe// naidoswrestlingnews-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com ====================================================================== Table of Contents//=================================================== naidO's daily note TOP HEADLINE Latest news & notes from the WWF, WCW & the rest of pro-wrestling Article// Official WWF RAW preview Article// Reviews of Rocky on Mummy Returns Comment// SO, WHY DON'T THEY...? Remember... Affiliates ====================================================================== naidO's daily note//================================================== Hello to you and to those just joining. Tell your friends about the BEST newsletter around to subscribe today. Enjoy this latest edition of nWN! -Hello one and all. It's going to be an interesting RAW today as Undertaker has a delicate ear and he surely can't be going hard at 'em today. SHOULD be interesting. Could we see something new, or will the Undertaker be tken to jail for being a bad boy? I figure the latter. Thanks for reading. naidO// ====================================================================== TOP HEADLINE//======================================================== Dave Meltzer reports the Undertaker received plastic surgery yesterday to repair injuries suffered during Saturday's Insurrextion pay-per-view. During his match with Steve Austin and Triple H, Austin's knee brace ripped Undertaker's ear, causing a loss of balance and profusely bleeding. Undertaker had trouble standing up after the match and was visibly shaken by the injury. The surgery was done shortly after `Taker arrived back in America. Sources close to the situation say the injury reminded them of Mick Foley's ear ripping at the hands of Vader several years ago. Source// WrestlingObserver.com ====================================================================== News from the WWF//=================================================== -Here is what to expect on tonight's RAW: *Chris Jericho vs William Regal in a steel cage. *Continued Undertaker vs Austin/Helmsley. A few more matches will be announced later today on Code Red @ WWF.com -An autographed pair of Chris Benoit wrestling boots, which were worn in matches in WCW, Japan, and Mexico, are now on sale on eBay. The winning bidder will also receive an official framed program from the 1999 Brian Pillman Memorial show, which has autographs from: the late Mark Curtis/Brian Hildebrand, Chris Benoit, Ric Flair, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Dean Malenko, Missy Hyatt, Woman, D-Lo Brown, Road Dogg, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Melanie Pillman, and more. Currently, the highest bid is at $200.00 To go to the auction page, http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=1141851437 -Raven, who has been using Tajiri's tranantula move on house shows, has been asked to stop it by the WWF. -Remember that Tajiri has been called over the weekend to appear in New Jersey. According to sources, WWF officials are going to give him a slow introduction. The feeling within WWF is that they have just introduced Jerry Lynn and they don't want to take too much attention away from him with the debut of Tajiri. Source// lwn, 1Wrestling ====================================================================== News from WCW//======================================================= -Jim Faber of the Beacon News has an article on the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair online, in which Flair admits that his future in wrestling is uncertain at this point. "I don't know when (WCW) will be back on again or if it ever will be," Flair said. "I don't know if I will be on the air again." At an autograph session, Flair discussed his future, his career (between 1981 and 1986 he estimates that he wrestled 380 times a year), and life on the road. The article also features quotes from the fans that got to meet Flair. It makes an interesting read, and you can check it out by clicking http://www.copleynewspapers.com/beaconnews/sports/othersports/a03club. htm Source// 1Wrestling ====================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================= -The Mummy Returns, which features The Rock (Dwayne Johnson), has broken the record for the second highest grossing movie on its first weekend in movie history and pull in $70 million in total in its first weekend in theatres. Jurassic Park holds second place and is followed by Star Wars: Phantom Menace. On Friday night, the movie pulled in $23.4 million, which breaks the Toy Story 2 record of $22.6 million. On Saturday night, the movie pulled in $26.8 million, which breaks Jurassic Park record of $24.4 million. Driven, which came in second, only did $6,055,000. -After a bout with a severe concussion suffered while wrestling Mike Awesome in WCW last year, Vampiro has quite a busy schedule ahead of him the next few weeks. On Sunday 5/13, Vampiro will be hosting a grappling and ground fighting seminar at Senshido, a personal hand to hand fighting system based in Montreal, Canada. The session is scheduled to be filmed and released on video. For more information, visit www.senshido.com. -For those interested in how NBC did on Saturday night, the end of an NBA playoff game did a 5.1 on the over nights and the movie that followed, Happy Gilmore, did a 5.4. Sure as hell better than the 1's the XFL was bringing in. Source// SLAM! Wrestling ====================================================================== Article//============================================================= Official WWF RAW preview Since William Regal became commissioner a few months ago, Chris Jericho has been a constant thorn in his side. Whether it be interfering in Regal's matches or besmirching the commissioner's tea, Y2J has managed to get Regal's attention. Tonight on RAW IS WAR -- at 9/8 CT on TNN, live from the Nassau Coliseum -- the Regal/Jericho war will be taken to the next level, when the two superstars meet within the confines of a 15-foot steel cage! William Regal and Chris Jericho have waged one of the most brutal rivalries in World Wrestling Federation history -- and it may reach its pinnacle within the hellish confines of the steel cage! In just 13 days, Stone Cold Steve Austin will defend the World Wrestling Federation Championship against the Undertaker at Judgment Day. On last week's RAW, Austin and Triple H got the last laugh, when they put Kane out of action with a severely injured arm. But on SmackDown!, it was Taker who checkmated his opponents, nearly blinding the Rattlesnake and having the Game arrested. Now, Triple H is out of jail, and Austin's eye has had some time to heal -- anything can happen tonight at the Nassau Coliseum! You never know what will happen when RAW IS WAR airs live at the Nassau Coliseum, tonight at 9/8 CT on TNN! Source// WWF.com ====================================================================== Article//============================================================= Reviews of Rocky on Mummy Returns The Rock's BRIEF cameo was blasted by critics all over North America. Here are some of the choice comments out there: -"The ads give the Rock, the World Wrestling Federation star, equal billing with Fraser. This is bait-and-switch. To call his appearance a "cameo" would be stretching it. He appears briefly at the beginning of the movie, is transmuted into a kind of transparent skeletal wraith and disappears until the end of the film, when he comes back as the dreaded Scorpion King. I am not sure, at the end, if we see the real Rock or merely his face, connected to computer-generated effects (his scorpion is blown up to giant size, which has the unfortunate effect of making him look more like a lobster tail than a scorpion). I continue to believe the Rock has an acting career ahead of him, and after seeing this movie I believe it is still ahead of him." * Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun Times. -"And the part of The Scorpion King doesn't challenge The Rock's thespian abilities - all he has to do is snarl and look tough - things he is familiar with from his day job." * James Berardinelli-Reel Views. -"It's like a big-screen version of the WWF's wrestling programs, only with more expensive production values ("Returns" cost about $98 million), marginally better acting, more fighting and less blood. Speaking of the WWF, if you're wondering how pro wrestler the Rock does as the Scorpion King, he barely speaks. (Makes you wonder about the spinoff that's now in production focusing on his character. And as one member of the audience said while leaving the theater, "Do you think he met the rest of the cast? It looks like he filmed all his scenes in a blue room" so computer effects could be added later." * Curt Fields-Washington Post. Source// SLAM! Wrestling ====================================================================== Review//============================================================= SO, WHY DON'T THEY...? (Off-the-Wall Ideas and Predictions) by ~*Laine*~ - Week of May 7, 2001 --"Your Olympic WHAT?"-- "Don't even tell me this," Triple H snarled, glaring at his filthy, disgusting, bottom-feeding, trashbag... wife. "Kurt Angle has asked you to become his manager... again?" Stephanie rolled her eyes and wheedled (as she was prone to do), "Hunter, I really don't see how this is a problem. He may be a whiny little pipsqueak, but he's my FRIEND, and he needs me to be there for him. Just because you two have had problems in the past..." Smoke began to curl from the Game's ears at such a rabid understatement, but he knew that when the billion-dollar princess had her mind set on something, he damn well better comply. He wanted no contact with that prenuptial agreement. For the next few weeks, Kurt dropped by the Helmsley dressing room at every opportunity, making nice with the "happy couple" as they dressed for their matches, insisting on group hugs "for good luck", even going so far as to make chit-chat with a silently seething Triple H as Stephanie's husband showered after a particularly grueling match. He even accompanied the couple to the ring on several occasions, the companionship sanctioned only by Daddy's little girl, of course. The cerebral assassin kept his mouth shut about his misgivings around his terribly naive wife, but he unleashed his fury in the ring with his fists and his trusty sledgehammer, pummelling his opponents mercilessly regardless of their involvement (or lack thereof) in the precarious marital situation. His temper was reaching a breaking point. "He's trying to get close to my wife!" Sir Nose-a-Lot fumed, pounding on the wall for effect. "And she doesn't even see it! 'He's just my friend, Hunter!' ... my ass!" "Why don't you take care of the mealy-mouthed little bastard?" the Texas garter snake suggested, applying chapstick to his parched lips in preparation for his next meeting with Vince McMahon's ass. An insidious grin spread across the Game's face. "Three I's, huh? I'll teach him my own version of the three I's... instability, insanity, and inhumanity." Triple H and his nose stormed into the Olympic Hero's dressing room with a force so violent, he nearly tore the door off its hinges. "Whoa, Tiger!" Kurt exclaimed (ever-so-wholesome as always). "Holy cow! What's got you so ticked off?" "I'm sick and tired of you trying to pry your way into my marriage!" the Game roared, backing Kurt and his receding hairline into a corner with a firm grip on the gold medalist's throat. "I've warned you for the last time to stay away from my wife ... now, I will become your pain." Wide-eyed, licking his lips nervously, Kurt replied, "I think you've misread my intentions, Triple H." The Game stared into Angle's eyes, a combination of mindless fury and utter confusion crossing his troll-like face. "See, big boy," Kurt purred. "It's not your wife I've been trying to get close to. It's you..." ...and -- as all the men squirm uncomfortably -- the rest is up to the WWF writers! Until next week -- "dreamlike crazy..." P.S. Hey, it could happen! 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