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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 RATINGS Latest news & notes from the WWF, WCW & the rest of pro-wrestling Article// WWF Excess to replace Superstars, LiveWire 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 SummerSlam results: http://www.naidosworld.com/results_sslam01.html -Click for the RAW results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvraw.html -I don't have much to say today folks as I have a few things on my mind that pertains to things outside of wrestling. Kind of. For now, thanks again for reading! LOVE THE NEWSLETTER? PLEASE TELL A FRIEND TO JOIN! Thanks for reading. naidO// ====================================================================== TOP HEADLINE//======================================================== -From the WWF website: Unforgiven Pay-Per-View not available on DirecTV While we continue to make every effort to distribute our monthly live Pay-Per-View events through every possible channel, please be aware that as of now, WWFE's Unforgiven Pay-Per-View on September 23, 2001, will not be available on DirecTV. Please contact your local cable operator or satellite provider for availability in your area. Our first priority is to the millions of our loyal Federation fans. We will continue to update all of you on any change in the situation with DirecTV. ====================================================================== RATINGS//============================================================= -Monday's Raw is War broadcast on TNN drew a 5.2 Nielson Research Rating, which was the same as last week's rating. The share of the viewing audience was 8.2, which was down from last week's 8.4 share. The show began with a 4.5 opening quarter hour and rose to a 5.5 for the Rock and Little Booker T segment, which was the highest rated full quarter hour of the show. The eight minute overrun drew a 5.9 rating for the Austin Appreciation Night segment and the Kurt Angle milk bath angle that followed. -Heat did a 1.7 rating for the first run, which is in the neighborhood of what it's been doing the last few weeks since WWF started recovering, and 0.9 for the replay. The final episodes of Live Wire and Superstars both did 0.7 ratings. ====================================================================== News from the WWF//=================================================== -There is currently an article on the ESPN website that recaps Summerslam with additional thoughts on the show. To read the story, click http://espn.go.com/page2/s/simmons/010821.html -Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam did not wrestle on RAW Monday night to sell injuries from the Ladder Match at SummerSlam. Neither were seriously injured from that match. -For a review of the WWF's new GameBoy game, "Betrayal", click http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingReviews/betrayal-can.html Source// 1Wrestling, Ultimo ====================================================================== News from WCW-ECW//=================================================== -A possible reason that DDP took such a beating at Summerslam in the cage match is that Page had a torn meniscus in one of his knees going into the match on Sunday. The injury occured weeks before SummerSlam and officials did know about it. Page will have an MRI on Wednesday and may have to go through arthroscopic surgery as soon as Friday. If surgery will be required, Page will be out about 3 weeks from the surgery. Page possibly also suffered a possible shoulder injury at the cage match last Sunday which needed ice. It is said that the shoulder injury was bothering Page at RAW as well. We do not know how serious the injury is and if the injury is true, Page may have to take more time off as well as from the MRI. -Although many people believed that Shawn Stasiak was booked to mess up his lines during the Austin speech on RAW, he was not told to do so - it was not a work. Shawn was messing up his lines and the writers thought it would be good to air as part of his clumsy gimmick. Source// PWtorch.com, Ultimo ====================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================= -Multichannel News is reporting that a deal between the south Florida- based UWA and BET has not yet been finalized. 'We've had some preliminary discussions about formalizing an agreement with the UWA, but any reports of a completed deal are premature,' BET spokesman Michael Lewellen said. To read the story, click http://www.tvinsite.com/multichannelnews/index.asp? layout=story&articleid=&doc_id=42554&display=breakingNews -Due to ongoing CNN coverage of the Gary Condit/Chandra Levy situation, Joanie Laurer's LIVE appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" has been rescheduled for next Wednesday, August 29 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Source// 1Wrestling ====================================================================== Article//============================================================= WWF Excess to replace Superstars, LiveWire New York, NY -- August 21, 2001 -- The World Wrestling Federation will produce a new two-hour magazine format series, WWF Excess, to anchor TNN's new five-hour Saturday night sports and entertainment lineup, "Slammin' Saturday Night," it was announced today by Diane Robina, Executive Vice President and General Manager, TNN and Stuart Snyder, COO, World Wrestling Federation Entertainment. "Slammin' Saturday Night" will premiere on TNN on Saturday, Aug. 25 (7:00 PM- 12:00 Midnight, ET/PT) with the WWFE series telecasting at 10:00 PM, ET/PT-12:00 Midnight, ET/PT. WWF Excess will be telecast live from WWFE's television studio in Stamford, Conn. The new series replaces LiveWire and Superstars, which are currently telecast on Saturday and Sunday mornings, respectively, on TNN. WWF Excess will be hosted by Jonathan Coachman and Trish Stratus and will feature highlights from that week's live events, interviews with World Wrestling Federation Superstars, as well as feature segments about World Wrestling Federation activities. Viewers will also have the opportunity to e-mail and call in questions for the Superstars. The first episode will feature a live interview with World Wrestling Federation Superstar Triple H. "Saturday nights on TNN will become a new destination for viewers looking for the best in high-adrenaline sports and entertainment," stated Robina. "We're very excited that TNN will have the first World Wrestling Federation branded program where viewers can interact with World Wrestling Federation Superstars. In addition, World Wrestling Federation fans will be attracted to TNN's other adrenaline-charged sports and entertainment - TNN'S Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors, Professional bull riding, and monster trucks." "The two-hour timeslot gives us additional diversity in programming content and is the perfect complement to our live event-based programs (Raw Is War on TNN, WWF Smackdown! on UPN), live programs (Sunday Night Head on MTV) and reality-based programming (WWF Tough Enough on MTV)," stated WWFE's Snyder. "Entertaining our fans is always the first priority. 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