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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// Stacy on Stern Recap Comment// Linda's 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 -SmackDown! was a VERY good show last night. Really tremendous. I'm looking forward to seeing the show. Big edition today folks so let's get to it. LOVE THE NEWSLETTER? PLEASE TELL A FRIEND TO JOIN! Thanks for reading. naidO// ===================================================================== -American Red Cross relief Information To make a blood donation, call (800) GIVE-LIFE or contact your local blood service organization. To help the victims of this and other disasters with a financial contribution, call (800) HELP-NOW. You can also mail donations -- designating "Disaster Relief Fund" on the memo line of the check -- to the American Red Cross, PO Box 37243, Washington DC 20013. ===================================================================== TOP HEADLINE//======================================================= -Beckett.com, a trading card website, is reporting that a new card set will be dedicated to the World Wrestling Federation's "Divas". The set, entitled, "The Ultimate Diva Collection", will contain 55 basic cards, with a series of inserts that will include autographed cards, "Ring Accessories" and "Matching Set" cards which contain swatches from event-used clothing by the Divas and their male counterparts, and "Signed with a Kiss" cards, that feature both an autograph as well as a lipstick-kiss print by the pictured Diva. The set is scheduled to be released on December 5 with a suggested- retail-price of $2.99 (US) for an eight-card package. Source// Beckett.com ===================================================================== News from the WWF//================================================== -Smackdown scored a 4.5 overnight broadcast rating according to Nielsen Media Research. That placed UPN in fifth place for the evening, beating only the lowly WB Network. -The word going around the locker room is that Rob Van Dam's recent actions (the potato shots, missing his cue on Monday) have rubbed both the Undertaker and Steve Austin the wrong way. Those are two guys whose bad side you don't want to get on. -The WWFE has posted another article on the DirecTV situation. You can read it by clicking http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1088183 -In the WWF's weekly "Extra" portion of their website, they have an article on their return to the Gardens for this past weekends house show. You can read it by clicking http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1088215 -Smackdown last week finished tied for 79th place out of 130 shows in the ratings, which during the first-run season is in the category the show usually does. It was the second highest rated show on UPN last week, trailing Enterprise, and finishing just ahead of Buffy. The two hours of Raw placed No. 2 and No. 3 on cable for the week of 10/8 to 10/14 (Austin over Angle show), once again trailing the NFL Sunday night football game. -For an article on the WWF's return to Montreal with camera's for the first time since '97, click http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/oct18_mtl-can.html -Eddy Guerrero is now at the HWA in Cincinnati, OH. He will start his in-ring rehab down there and he expects to be in the territory until at least the end of November, getting his timing back and returning to ring shape. Source// wwf.com, Neilsens, 1wrestling, Meltzer, SLAM!, ultimo ===================================================================== News from WCW-ECW//================================================== -Chritsian conducted a conference call on Thursday where he talked about No Mercy, the upcoming match with his "brother", WCW and more. You can read all about it by clicking http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1088224 -WCW.com has posted even more pictures on Stacy and Torrie in preparation for their match this Sunday at the PPV (and probably to drive up a couple more buys!). To see them, click http://www.wcw.com/news/100901/photos/01.html -There's currently a feature article with Chris Kanyon at the WCW.com website with him talking about wrestling at the Gardens. To read that article, click http://www.wcw.com/news/101801/kanyon1.html Source// wwf.com, wcw.com ===================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================ -One of the largest websites devoted to professional wrestling is shutting down. Wrestleline.com, affiliated with CBS Sportsline.com has announced that it will be ceasing its productions operations as of October 18 due to economic conditions. Wrestleline.com joins Eyada.com, IGN Wrestling, iwrestling.com and many other wrestling sites to close down in the past few months. In a message to readers, Wrestleline.com has posted the following: "Effective October 18, Wrestleline.com will cease production. As economic conditions have changed, we have felt the effect at Wrestleline, forcing us to close up shop." To read the entire farewell message, go to http://www.wrestleline.com/ -Jeff The Ref has officially announced his retirement and is closing his website as well. To read his final message to fans, click http://www.jefftheref.com -Enterprise on the overnights on UPN did a 6.6 rating, so Smackdown is very clearly no longer the star program on the station. -Jeff Jarrett's WCW contract with Time Warner expired at midnight last night and he is now officially a free agent. Jarrett will be working the WWA tour in Australia, debuting tomorrow in Perth. -In his weekly column in the Philadelphia Daily News, Michael Tearson looks at Kappa Publishing's recent purchase of the World Of Wrestling (WOW) magazine title at a recent bankruptcy auction. In the piece, Tearson gets the first public comments from former WOW Editor-in-Chief Bill Apter concerning the sale and his possible return to Kappa, which publishes Pro Wrestling Illustrated magazine. Click to read http://dailynews.philly.com/content/daily_news/2001/10/18/features/MA DD18F.htm Source// yahoo!, 1wrestling, the law, observer ===================================================================== Article//============================================================ Stacy Keibler on Howard Stern Show - Report by ShowDown *Stacy Keibler says she just turned 22. *Art (one of the co-hosts) offers Stacy a birthday shot. Stacy said okay. *Stacy agreed to go to Scores with Howard and Art where she will get her birthday shot. *Howard got Stacy to talk about her sex life. Stacy has 'banged' three guys. Her high school boyfriend (who she dated for 7 years), David Flair, and a new friend. Stacy said she currently has no boyfriend. *Howard jokingly offered to bang Stacy in the studios bathroom right then and there. *Stacy says she has A cup breasts. Howard felt she was much larger. Stacy said she does not have implants. Howard asked if she has jellies (breast enhancers). Stacy said she owned them but was not wearing them. *Stacy agreed to wear a bikini during her next visit. *On a side note, the staff of AudioWrestling.com will be releasing (for free) the footage from a home video recording of Stacy at 1999's Spring break. The footage is probably the most revealing content Stacy has ever produced. The footage should be up THIS weekend. *Howard read an interview from 1999 where Stacy said she would not do dirty matches like mud wrestling or lingerie matches. Stacy said she has changed her mind because Vince knows how to do things right. *Howard joked that normal guys like him and Art didn't stand a chance and that Stacy only wanted to go to Scores to pick up chicks. Stacy giggled. *Howard and the gang said they would get $5,000 together for her to take off her clothes. Stacy said she might for Playboy. *A few weird callers added nothing productive to the interview. *After the segment was over, Gary (the producer) said that Stacy left her home phone number and is totally serious about going to Scores with the guys. *Howard plugged the PPV several times and said that he was really going to get this one. Source// via 1wrestling ===================================================================== Comment//============================================================ Linda's Thoughts Smackdown did a good job like Raw in building up some of the matches for No Mercy. I thought there were some pretty good matches. And for the most part the show gets a thumbs up from me. Of course there were a few things that bugged me and I'm going to start with none other than Stephanie. Chris Jericho came out to open the show, and I thought it was really a cool promo. He talked about how they say he's a choke artist, how he can't win the big ones, isn't main event material and never EEEEEVer had a chance to go for the WCW title when he was there. I liked the way he came off, things were flowing very nicely until my girl Steph had to come out, and start with Y2J. Now I feel she did not have to be there at all. Jericho was fine without her, he was there to get things going with Rock, but we can't expect her to miss a camera shot. Not only was her presence unnecessary, but the outfit she had on was, well let me just say it was horrible. Ok, anyway, she was out there and had to taunt Jericho, and tell him she's for Rock and she just went on and on, until Rock made his way out. You see Stephanie clapping for Rock and all excited to see him. She tells the Rock she's in his corner. That's when Rock started dishing out insults to Mrs. Helmsley. Rock did a good job and Jericho was taking it all in and adding a few of his own. This hurt Stephanie's feelings, and she looked like she was going to cry. She then screeched and told them to stop. Finally she left hurt feelings and all. Talk about over acting. This was one of her most pitiful performances. But at least she left Jericho and Rock in the ring with each other. That's how it should have been from the start. Her being there made no sense at all. Jericho and Rock on the other hand didn't have much time with each other but it was still worth watching. Like Rock stopping Jericho before he could finish his sentence. And Jericho in turn stopping Rock from talking by putting his hand right in Rock's face. And to make it even better they ended with Jericho getting the Rock Bottom. I love these two going at it. And they are the main reason I'm ordering No Mercy. It's a fresh feud and the chemistry between Rock and Jericho is definitely there. So the opening would have been great had it not been for Stephanie. By the way just let me add again, I do like her I just feel too much of her is NOT a good thing, she needs to stay off more. And if she can't stay off then she needs to talk a lot less. Anyway there was also a backstage scene with a very quiet Shane (but that didn't last) and other Alliance members. Austin was giving RVD a party for taking out Angle on Raw. Austin is now so in love with RVD he wants to reward him. RVD wasn't there yet but the Alliance members were in a great mood, until Tazz pointed out to Austin that if RVD does another 5-star frog splash on Angle at No Mercy, then RVD wins the WWF title. Austin didn't like that comment and told Tazz to leave. Once Tazz left, RVD chants started and the members were all waiting for the arrival of their new hero Rob Van Dam. Throughout the beginning of the show, you see a limo just sitting there. Michael Cole questions Paul Heyman a hundred times if it's Rob Van Dam in that limo. Of course Heyman says he doesn't know. Like I said this goes on for a while. The first match was The Hardy's and Lita vs. Hurricane Helms, Mighty Molly and Citizen Lance Storm. I liked this one. Lots of good moves and it kept a nice fast paced. It was then mentioned that Storm and Helms would take on the Hardy's for the WCW Tag Team Titles at No Mercy. That could be a good one to watch. We are back at the party and Austin is bragging about beating Angle at SummerSlam and taking the belt back at Raw. And wouldn't you know it Stephanie has to come in and introduce Regal. Why did she have to introduce Regal? Oh yeah because she likes being on TV. Regal announces that Christian is a new member of the Alliance, and Christian says the Alliance gives champions the respect they deserve. So now it's one big happy family waiting for RVD. By the way Shane is still keeping quiet through this whole thing. Tazz and Maven have another match and this time Nidia comes out with Maven. Maven wins with the help of Nidia and Tazz is pissed. This match didn't have it at all. The first definitely was the best. Maven still looks very good to me, and I think given time he'll make it in the business. RVD finally comes out of the limo and he's talking to someone in there. You hear him say something like nice talking to you dude. Now you have to wonder who could that dude be? Anyway Lillian Garcia interviews Mick Foley. She asks him why he put Jericho and Rock together in a tag team match? Again I thought Foley's answer was kind of ridiculous. He put them together so they could get along and then Sunday they could rip each other up. I don't know something like that. He also makes a No Mercy Match with the Dudley's for the WWF Tag Team Title vs. Tajiri and Big Show. I wish I could say Foley being there is entertaining, but I don't feel that way at all. Having him there isn't going to bring the ratings up, and truthfully Foley comes off very unfunny. But hey maybe in a few weeks things will be different and having Foley there will mean something. RVD joins the party and I think surprised to see that it's for him. Austin goes up to him and hugs him and tells him how much he loves him, and everyone is cheering and Austin then gives RVD his watch. He said the watch was saying that RVD is going to be a big star. Yeah Austin is RVD's biggest fan, only it doesn't last too long. But first there's a match between Kane and Undertaker and Booker and Test. It wasn't a bad match at all. But for me it went on too long. It could have been shorter, but I'll tell you as it came to an end it did get exciting. Does it make me want to see Kane vs. Test at No Mercy, no really, but I did enjoy watching all four of them. Ok guess who was in the limo? Well if you don't read the spoilers you will be surprised. It's Vince McMahon. Yep Vinny is back, and Austin if fuming. When he sees McMahon come out he starts asking RVD how he could be with him. RVD says he seemed ok, Austin takes the watch back and tells Van Dam to make up his mind on which side he's on. RVD then says "It's cool, when you're RVD it's always cool." Words to live by, seriously that gets Austin and RVD is no longer Stone Cold's golden boy. Tajiri took on D-Von Dudley. Another ok match, it was all Tajiri, and he even go the win, which you don't see that often. Of course Big Show helped. As Show and Tajiri were walking up the ramp, Torrie Wilson came to the ring, surprised Stacy and ripped her skirt off her. That's payback and buildup for Sunday's Lingerie Match, which of course will be the match of the night. Remember how I said Shane was keeping quiet? Well it didn't last. He had to open his mouth to Regal about dad being back. I thought maybe he read all the bad press he was getting and finally realized he's better just standing there and not talking, but I'm wrong, He bitched about Vince and then agreed with Regal that he could stop him. After all he's done it before. Jericho and Rock were to take on Justin Credible and Raven, only the match never got going. Why? Because the new and improved Y2J started beating up Rock, then he went for a chair and gave chair shots out to Raven, Credible and yes Rock. Now come on isn't this fun? I also liked what I saw with Edge and Christian. Edge intended to get even with Christian for setting him up on Raw about their mother being in an accident. Edge had it all planned. But wouldn't you know it Christian was one up on Edge. And guess what, Stephanie even got into this feud. Yeah, it's not enough she's got Jericho and Rock, and she's involved with Austin, no she has to be in with Christian. This woman is so multi talented. There she is in Christian's dressing room, something Edge didn't expect. All of a sudden Christian comes in with Hugh Morris, Kanyon, and Palumbo and they grab Edge. Christian started to beat Edge up and then hit him with a chair. I have to admit I thought the feud was going nowhere but this week it was handled very well. The main event was great. Angle vs. RVD. I thought Angle was totally aggressive. I know I'm no expert in wrestling, but I thought Angle was giving out stiff shots just as much as RVD. This match was brutal. Yes RVD busted him open with a kick to his face, but Angle from beginning to end was just as tough. I loved watching this; it was without a doubt the highlight of the show. Near the end Austin came out and went after Angle, then RVD. Angle got up and took Austin out, both men were down. RVD got in position for the 5star- frog splash. This too was cool. He looked at Austin then Angle, who would be the unlucky one? After thinking about it RVD picked Austin. The fans went crazy and even more so when he did the famous RVD with his thumbs. As the show is ending Vince comes out stands at the top and the too does Rob Van Dam with his thumbs and the show is over. Just a great ending, and like I said I'm very pleased with Jericho and Rock's feud. Like Foley I don't think Vince's return will shoot ratings up, but hopefully it will help and I'm thinking after No Mercy we might see fresh story lines. 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