===================================================================== ===================================================================== ____ ___ ____ ___ ____ / /\/ /\/ /\ / \ / /\ __ ___ / / / / / / / / \ / / / / \/ \ / / / / / / / / \/ / / / \ / \/ / / / / / / / / /\ /\ / / / / / / /\ / / / / / / / / /\ \/ / / / / /\ / / / / / / / / / /\ / / / / / \ / / /____/ /___/ / /___/ / \_____/ / /___/ / /__/ / \____\/\___\/ \___\/ \____\/ \___\/ \__\/ n a i d O ' s W r e s t l i n g N e w s Edition// 551 Date// November 28, 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 RATINGS The latest new from the WWF & the rest of pro-wrestling Article// TV Guide Magazine cover story - The Rock Article// Joanie on Opie and Anthony 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 Raw results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvraw.html -First thing I want to get out is that a subscriber by the name of "Andreas Aulie" emailed me something, however, my mail software rejected it. If you can send me your correspondence to naido@hotmail.com, that'd be appreciated. I want to hear from all my readers! Ratings are decent I suppose. Not a BIG drop but significant. On to the news ladies and gents! LOVE THE NEWSLETTER? PLEASE TELL A FRIEND TO JOIN! Thanks for reading. naidO// All links in this newsletter can be viewed by being clicked (html capable email readers only) or cut and pasted into your browser. ===================================================================== -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//======================================================= -You can add David Taylor to the list of talent no longer with the WWF. Taylor had been working in a training capacity with the HWA and OVW and the WWF had asked him to move to Cincinnati to reduce the cost of flying him in to work with the talent. Taylor's wife is a prominent executive with Taco Bell, so he refused the move and thus has parted ways with the WWF. Source// dave scherer ===================================================================== RATINGS//============================================================ The ratings are in and after spiking 17% from the previous week for last week's show, Raw dropped back to earth this week with a 4.4 cable rating, off of hours of 4.2 and 4.5. The show started out with a 4.2 quarter hour, which was down only three tenths from last week. On the other hand, the overrun (which was the Vince-JR angle) did a 5.5, up from last week's 5.4 overrun, which was Ric Flair's debut. In other ratings news, Excess did its usual 0.7 cable rating. Heat scored a 1.3 cable rating while the Heat replay did a 0.6. ===================================================================== News from the WWF//================================================== -Correction, the Ultimate Revenge show on TNN with Rob Van Dam airs Sunday at 9 P.M., not Saturday. -Word is that unless RVD can "adapt" his style and stop potatoeing those that he wrestles, his push might be "softened". -WWF websites liek WWFY2J.com and WWFHHH.com now point to their WWFsuperstars pages. -Speaking of which, Ric Flair and Jerry Lawler have been added to the Superstars website. You can view them by clicking http://www.wwfsuperstars.com -For those of you in Canada that missed some parts of Raw due to TSN's editing, you can see snapshots of JR's "kissing" of McMahon's ass or The Big Show getting peed on if you want to see that sort of thing, lol, at the WWF.com website and clicking on the "photos" for Raw. -Chris Benoit will be the guest on WWF Byte This! Friday at 4 PM EST at WWF.com. -X-Pac will be the special guest on WWF Sunday Night Heat this weekend. -Jim Ross was very vocal backstage about kissing Vince McMahon's ass on Raw. He was not happy since his family was backstage too in his hometown of Oklahoma. -The backstage reaction to the "Kiss My Ass" angle is negative, and everyone is hoping that it ends soon. -D-Von Dudley wasn't present at last night's Smackdown! tapings since his wife gave birth to a child, and he immediately went home. Congrats to D-Von and his family. -For an article on Y2J and Chris Benoit talking about their days in the Lucha Libre, click http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingInternational/mexico_nov01-can.html -Official WWF Smackdown! preview: With just ten days away from WWF Vengeance live on Pay-Per-View, SmackDown! emanates from the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas, this Thursday on UPN! Last Monday, William Regal kept his job with the Federation by literally kissing Mr. McMahon's ass on RAW, thus making Regal the first member of Mr. McMahon's "Kiss My Ass" Club. This past Monday on RAW, Mr. McMahon was going to make Stone Cold Steve Austin the second member of his illustrious club, but the Rattlesnake ending up whipping the bare ass of Mr. McMahon instead! This Thursday on SmackDown!, Mr. McMahon's loyal kiss-ass, William Regal, will face Stone Cold in a strap match! Also this Thursday on UPN, Christian defends his European Championship against Scotty 2 Hotty, Bubba Ray Dudley challenges Rob Van Dam for the Hardcore Championship and Edge battles Kurt Angle! -Match Listing: *Christian versus Scotty 2 Hotty. *RVD versus Buh Buh Ray Dudley. *Kurt Angle versus Edge. *Kane & Big Show versus the Hardys. *Undertaker versus Tazz. *Austin versus Steven Regal in a strap match -Matches taped for Heat: *Test vs. Spike Dudley *Bradshaw vs. Chuck Palumbo *Tajiri vs. Sho Funaki *Billy Gunn vs. Faarooq Source// 1wrestling, wwf.com ===================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================ -Entertainment Tonight recently did an interview with Ms. "At about 14.5 minutes of fame" Joanie Laurer (aka yada, yada). In the piece, she talks about the WWF (of course) her latest Playboy pictorial and so forth. At one point, she says that she was stereotyped into her role and she was the run that refused to go back to work due to monetary reasons. To read the article, click http://www.etonline.com/celebrity/a7756.htm -For results of the WWA house show in Belfast, click http://www.ultimowrestling.com/cgi-bin/discussion/topic.cgi? forum=2&topic=231 -Buffy has slain the WWF in the ratings war once again this week - but not by much. In the Prime-Time Nielsen ratings for Nov. 19th to 25th, Smackdown! came in at 83rd on the chart notching a 3.3. That's down from 3.6 during the last ratings period. Buffy The Vampire Slayer scored a 3.4 at 82nd and UPN's leading show continues to be Enterprise at a 3.8 (80th position). The top show of the week was Everybody Loves Raymond at a 14.4. The rating is the percentage of America's estimated 105.5 million TV homes. Each ratings point represents 1,055,000 households. -Jersey All Pro Wrestling sent the following release: The Living Legend of the WCW Nitro broadcast team, Larry Zbyszko will be hosting a special class on professional wrestling on Sunday 12/16 for Jersey All Pro Wrestling at the JAPW Wrestling Academy. Zbyszko has done in all in the world of professional wrestling, from headlining Shea Stadium in New York against Bruno Sammartino, to being the final AWA World Heavyweight champion, to being one of the top broadcasters in the sport during WCW's run with Monday Nitro on TNT. His knowledge of all aspects of the sport is priceless, allowing those taking part in this special one night only seminar to garner a very special education in the sport of professional wrestling. The class, scheduled to run from 6 PM to 9 PM, is open to students of wrestling schools as well as any workers who would like to take part. For further information on joining the class, email JAPW's Frank Iadevia at FATFRKJAP1@aol.com. Source// 1wrestling ===================================================================== Article//============================================================ TV Guide Magazine cover story - The Rock TV Guide sent out the following press release on the Rock's cover of their magazine: WWF SUPERSTAR THE ROCK ACCIDENTALLY LAYS THE SMACK DOWN ON MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN THE ROCK REVEALS TO TV GUIDE THAT HE INADVERTENTLY KNOCKED OUT HIS "SCORPION KING" CO-STAR IN A FIGHT SCENE, THEN APOLOGIZED WITH A NEW WATCH The emerging, versatile career of WWF Superstar "The Rock" will be featured in a TV Guide® magazine cover story hitting newsstands this Monday, November 26. In the cover story, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson says that he accidentally knocked out co-star Michael Clarke Duncan while filming a fight scene for their upcoming film, "The Scorpion King." "I caught the tip of his jaw with my elbow and knocked him out," Johnson tells TV Guide in the December 1 cover story, on newsstands Monday, November 26. "Had he not been knocked loopy, Michael probably would have ripped my head off." By way of apology for the accidental blow, Johnson bought his friend a new watch. THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION NOT QUITE TOUGH ENOUGH FOR CHILDBIRTH: Also in the cover story, Johnson says that when his wife Dany Garcia was giving birth to their daughter, Simone, in August, Johnson wanted to film the actual birth. But the squishy noises of delivery made his knees wobble, he admits, so he left the birthing room. When the doctor invited him back for a closer look, Johnson said, "I'm going to stay right here." ROCK WON'T RAISE AN EYEBROW AT ATHLETES WHO HAVE FAILED IN ACTING CAREERS: Johnson also speaks to TV Guide about the tough transition from athlete to actor. "I don't ever worry about any other athlete who has tried acting," Johnson says with a shrug. He admits there's "a novelty" to his film career that will draw WWF fans. "But the loyalty will only go so far before they say, 'OK, now perform for me. Let me feel your pain, your happiness, your love.'" He wants to - yes, that is correct - play dramatic roles. "I'd love that challenge. Give me 10 years." ===================================================================== Article//============================================================ Joanie on Opie and Anthony Report by Michael Thompson Joanie "Chyna" Lauer called into the show. The guys were planning to unload on her with some rude comments and their collection of Vince soundbites (from last night and when he did the bit with Trish crawling around). They talked about the Playboy spread and complimented her grooming. Opie made the standard comment about her not looking feminine. She defended herself by calling herself Amazonian. Anthony warned her that no one knows what happened to Sable once she left the WWF but Joanie claimed that she already is more successful than Rena. She has a movie coming out in the Spring called "Frank McCluskie." They asked her if she's playing Frank. She also mentioned how she wants to be in "Terminator 3" or "Wonder Woman 2000." They asked her about Triple H and she flat out said he's a putz and damaged goods and he is the one to be blamed ultimately. They asked how she found out and she discovered some letters. She was suspicious but didn't think Stephanie would mix business and pleasure. She didn't blame her but did blame Triple H for screwing the boss' daughter. She didn't blame that situation on her leaving because she was offered a contract afterwards. She left because she didn't want to wrestle women anymore and Vince didn't want her wrestling guys so there was no place else to go. She felt that she will one day be back for a one time appearance, perhaps Wrestlemania some day. They asked her if she and Triple H ever had sex in front of mirrors and if they broke any beds since they both are so ripped and she admitted that they did do it in front of mirrors a couple of times but not because they wanted to watch themselves, they were just there. They went on to talk about her Fear Factor episode that airs tonight. She also talked about her various bodybuilding exploits. During this time, the guys aired their Vince soundbites and made jokes about her looking masculine. She fought back by reminding them that they hosted the XFL pregame show seen locally in New York and other various XFL markets that was one of the worst rated programs in the history of TV. After the interview, they admitted that she was supposed to be in studio but they were to afraid to let her in. ===================================================================== Remember...========================================================== -Remember that if you've missed any TV Shows, PPV's or more? Go to the following links to read the results. Raw// http://www.naidosworld.com/tvraw.html Smackdown// http://www.naidosworld.com/tvsmackdown.html PPV's// http://www.naidosworld.com/ppv.html Ratings// http://www.naidosworld.com/tvratings.html ByteThis// http://www.naidosworld.com/bytethis.html ===================================================================== Affiliates//========================================================= -http://www.green-mist.com -http://www.geocities.com/dsherelo -http://www.TommyDreamer.net -http://www.StephanieBellars.com -http://www.PaulHeyman.Net -http://Wrestling-Freak.8k.com -http://www.JeffTheRef.com -http://www.ecwanderson.com -http://www.ecwdangerously.com -http://www.eswfed.com -http://welcome.to/wfwa -http://www.mrwicked.com -http://www.foreverfrancine.com -http://thegame.rawfeedonline.com -http://omantortuga.cjb.net -http://www.geocities.com/pwpwrestle -http://www.manbeasttemple.com -http://www.nwouk.com -http://wrestlingradio.tripod.com BECOME AN AFFILIATE// Make nWN your official newsletter!! Email naido@hotmail.com with your website's address for consideration ===================================================================== News gathering links//=============================================== -1Wrestling/Dave Scherer @ http://www.1wrestling.com -Wrestling Observer/Dave Meltzer @ http://www.wrestlingobserver.com -The Law @ http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com -UltimoWrestling @ http://www.ultimowrestling.com -SLAM! Wrestling @ http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling ===================================================================== Ads//================================================================ -Looking to trade or by Wrestling Tapes?? Check out BBBoris' Tape Trading Inc. at http://www.geocities.com/pwpwrestle for all your wrestling tape needs! There's tons tapes from all over the world including old ECW, WCW and of course WWF tapes available for sale or trade. With reasonable rates, you can't go wrong. Check us out today! -Come join the ESW today. Its the best Fed on the net today! With 8 belts, 3 weekly shows, and a monthly PPV, what more could you ask for? JOIN NOW! http://www.eswfed.com -Join the EHW. It's a Brand new RP E-Mail. We have a site and allow real or fake wrestlers. visit the site @ http://www.angelfire.com/apes/ehw/index.html or e-mail me @ TheRock420RVD@cs.com. YOU WON'T REGRET JOINING -For the best in wrestling audio news, trivia, opinions and commentary check out the soon to be daily coverage at http://wrestlingradio.tripod.com In addition, we have a public PPV round table to get your predictions and thoughts to the wrestling public. Please check us out at Wrestling Radio. ===================================================================== nWN Staff//========================================================== Founder & Editor: naidO - naido@hotmail.com Columnist: Sam Jerry - SAMJERRY@aol.com Columnist: The Vile - vile316@yahoo.com Columnist: The Sad Rebel - sadrebel@hotmail.com Columnist: Linda - lvaccarp@hotmail.com Columnist: Rishi - above__average@hotmail.com ===================================================================== Disclaimer//========================================================= naidO's Wrestling News was founded on April 30, 2000 and is owned and operated by naidO. He, nor this newsletter is in no way, shape, or form affiliated with World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting's World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, or any other wrestling organization. Nor the people (staff members), wrestlers, or any other talent in the wrestling. News is gathered from various sources around the net, including newsgroups and are believed to be of public domain and truthful (uh huh). As long as proper credit is given it exempts nWN and it's staff. I (naidO) am just promoting their organization/website. nWN is not responsible for content on affiliate websites or where they may link to including mp3's, warez, kiddie porn and/or other unlawful content. This exempts myself & this newsletter (nWN) from all legal disputes. Copyright © 2000, 2001 - naidO - All Rights Reserved ===================================================================== =====================================================================