====================================================================== ====================================================================== ____ ___ ____ ___ ____ / /\/ /\/ /\ / \ / /\ __ ___ / / / / / / / / \ / / / / \/ \ / / / / / / / / \/ / / / \ / \/ / / / / / / / / /\ /\ / / / / / / /\ / / / / / / / / /\ \/ / / / / /\ / / / / / / / / / /\ / / / / / \ / / /____/ /___/ / /___/ / \_____/ / /___/ / /__/ / \____\/\___\/ \___\/ \____\/ \___\/ \__\/ n a i d O ' s W r e s t l i n g N e w s Edition// 420 Date// July 13, 2001 Motto// "Continuing to get the news so you don't have to." 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// WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion Card Comment// Vile Thoughts 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! -Click for the SMACKDOWN results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvsmackdown.html -Lucky Friday the 13th. I consoder today good simply because I get paid today. While I am supersticous, I find it's all in teh mind. Plus, my mom hasn't complained of back pains so why believe it? ;) Now on to SmackDown! Great show. However, I don't like the fact that SCSA appears to be slowly turning face again. What was the point of WrestleMania? Who the hell will the Rock come back a full-fledged face to get revenge on? A newly re-faced Austin? Good grief. I hope this is the same as the Triple H supposed face turn and then double cross on Austin late last year. PLEASE let it be like that, PLEASE! LOL...today's edition is 420. RVD, you listening? LOVE THE NEWSLETTER? PLEASE TELL A FRIEND TO JOIN! Thanks for reading. naidO// ====================================================================== TOP HEADLINE//======================================================== -Hulk Hogan appeared on the "Bubba the Love Sponge" radio show this morning and announced he will be taping shows for his new promotion starting August 8th at Universal Studios in Florida. Hogan didn't name anyone who would be involved, but did say some recognizable talent would appear. Remember, this is Hulk Hogan, so don't believe a word he says until it happens. Source// LatestWrestlingNews.com ====================================================================== News from the WWF//=================================================== -WWF Smackdown scored the same rating overnight rating has it has for the last two weeks, a 4.8 with an 8 share. Although UPN beat out FOX in the network race, they still finished fourth behind ABC, NBC, and CBS. -Here's a reminder the The Game will be on Byte This! today at 4 p.m. ET -There's a feature article on Bradshaw and other wrestlers speaking about their life on the road. It's a pretty good read. You can do so by clicking http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1067279 -The WWF writing team is meeting today to come up with a gameplan for the next couple of weeks and beyond. A lot of ideas have been tentatively set, but none are set in stone since the WWF is booking hour to hour at this point, influenced to change directions on a whim at any given moment. The ECW angle at first was meant as a transition to lead into Invasion, but then would no longer be a primary part of any top angles. Now that may change and it may be a focal point leading into SummerSlam (secondary to Rock's return, of course). A lot of decisions regarding the future of Raw, and whether it still ends up becoming a WCW program (or partially an ECW program) will be decided this week -Dave Meltzer has done an amazing write up on the current state of the WWF and how it closely resembles that of WCW's before its demise. Awesome read. You can view it by clicking http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=2931 -There's also a great look at the current WWF at the Torch website penned by Wade Keller. You can read that by clicking http://www.prowrestlingtorch.com/cgi-bin/kellerstake.cgi? kellerstake/2001/20010712_15268 Source// WWF.com, LWN, PWTorch.com, Dave Meltzer ====================================================================== News from WCW//======================================================= -The WCW website has been updated with a feature on Stacy Keibler including pictures. That's right, pictures. You can view it and them, by clicking http://www.wcw.com/stars/photogals/0712/01.html -The WCW website also has a feature on SmackDown! last night, you can read it by clicking -The word going around in the back on Monday was that Scott Hudson was already gone from the WWF. Word is that the WWF told him he would not be needed. As best I can tell, he did not quit his full time job in Georgia and after the way that the WCW angle went on 7/2, the WWF changed directions and the new direction doesn't have Hudson in it at this time. Source// WCW.com, Dave Scherer ====================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================= -The WCW talent galore and the WWF still can't spike those ratings. In the July 2nd to July 8th Nielsen cable ratings the first hour of Raw brought in a 3.4 while War Zone (second hour of Raw) scored a 3.9. War Zone was first place in the ratings while the first hour of Raw was second. Apparently, the WWF has yet to conquer the problem of drawing people into the first hour of their show. Though the numbers are consistant with what Raw and War Zone has been bringing in for TNN over the last few weeks, you can bet that the WWF would feel much better if they jumped back into the "fours" instead of remaining in the "threes". -The New York Post page six gossip column had an interview with Hugh Hefner who said the Chyna issue was the best selling issue in many years, claiming sales of 3.9 million (I think that number is ridiculously inflated although the Chyna issue was the best seller in years). Hefner said they would be featuring Chyna more and working with her in producing a video once her WWF contract expires. -Regarding Jerry Lawler rumors. There's an empty spot. According to close friends of his, he does want to come back. A week ago it was considered a dead issue, but if Lawler agrees to come in without his wife, they could probably make the deal very quickly. -The New York Times weighed in on the Dale Earnhardt Jr. race win. Says yesterday's article: Bobby Labonte, the defending Nascar Winston Cup champion, waded yesterday into the debate percolating over the validity of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s rousing, bittersweet, and storybook victory Saturday night in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona Beach, Fla. Just because the triumph by Earnhardt Jr. seemed the perfect way for the stock car world to put some closure on Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s death on the same track in February, Labonte said that did not mean that Saturday's race was rigged, fixed or staged - like, say, a World Wrestling Federation match. "This is not the WWF," Labonte said. "We're racing out there." -During an interview with ChairShots Radio (http://www.chairshots.com), Kid Kash confirmed that he was signed for Hogan's new promotion. Source// SLAM!, Dave Meltzer ====================================================================== Article//============================================================= WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion Card Here is the current tentative WWF/WCW/ECW Invasion card for 7/22 in Cleveland, OH: *Inaugural Brawl: WWF vs. WCW/ECW -Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker, Kane and Chris Jericho vs. Booker T, DDP, The Dudley Boyz and Rhyno. *Tag Team Champions vs. Tag Team Champions -The Acolytes vs. Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo *Tazz vs. Tajiri *Light-Heavyweight Champion vs. Cruiserweight Champion -X-Pac vs. Billy Kidman *Tag Team Bra and Panties Match -Lita and Trish Stratus vs. Stacy Kiebler and Torrie Wilson *Referee's Match -Nick Patrick vs. Earl Hebner Source// Everywhere ====================================================================== Comment//============================================================= Vile Thoughts - by The Vile Before I get to the main course of the evening, just a few hors' devours for you... So Buffy was fired this week. Well Buffy, nice job. You get to the big time, and screw it up a few weeks later. Oh well, White Castle is hiring. Buff may be the "Stuff", but he's also a slug. As for Puss 3:16, every week he finds a new way to repulse me even more. First off, you are a total douchbag after that singing routine. Then the whole "Squawk!! Austin want a cracker." parrot routine. Just go the hell away forever you loser. And as for the Olympic Zero-You are truly the village idiot. Get a life, you ass-clown. And lastly, Is Jeff Hardy the man or what? First, he gets tounged by Trish on Monday, propositioned by Torrie Wilson on Thursday, and wins the Hardcore title. Screw Dean Malenko: Jeff Hardy is the international man of intrigue. I must also commend the WWF for giving us the family-friendly Bra and Panties match at Invasion. It's nice to see that the WWF is giving the men of the house what they want. Now if they'd listen to my suggestion about that brass pole in the center of the ring.... Memo to Hardy's-drop the ladies for Terrific Torrie and Legs Kiebler-It's a no brainer. Anyway, let's talk family feud...again. Vince stepped up and hit a grand slam on Raw with the whole WCW/ECW alliance. At first, I thought ECW was going to challenge both of the big boys-kind of an "Us Against the World" angle. But this is absolutely brilliant. It falls under the "Reap what you sow" motto. Imagine, after Vince's scorched earth tactics, the survivors of the holocaust band together in a last epic battle with the evil galactic empire. My question is: When did Vince become a good guy? Easy; when the fans decided they liked WCW as much as the occupants of the number 7 train like John Rocker. I also like the idea of Paul being in the angle. He's too much of a rebel to be on Vince's side; he needs to be stirring the soup. As for the Princess, I think that was the biggest masterstroke of all. They're using the "Running Vince out of Business" gimmick for now, but she can also say she did it because of the way Austin and Vince treated HHH. As for that monumental speech on Smackdown, how about when Eric and Lyle..er.. Steph and Shane said they were tired of waiting for Vince to "Die" so they bought their own companies. Memo to self: If I am ever "blessed" with children, leave them nothing. And will this upheaval lead to mom and dad reuniting to save the WWF? All new twist and turns, but in true soap opera fashion, it still revolves around the rich and powerful McMahon family. Emperor Vince, I tip my cap to you once again. ====================================================================== Remember...=========================================================== -Remember that if you've missed any TV Shows, PPV's or more? Go to the following links to read the results. 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