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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 The latest new from the WWF & the rest of pro-wrestling Article// News and notes from Jim Ross 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 vengeance results: http://www.naidosworld.com/results_ven01.html -Click for the SmackDown! results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvsmackdown.html -How's everyone today? I hope good. In today's edition, the first of I hope many updates for nWN's official online wrestling show, Behind The Squared Circle. From here on out in either the Friday edition or Saturday's you'll see a "This Week on Behind The Squared Circle" portion in this section of the newsletter. I hope you all take a chance to listen to BBBoris and The Don talk about Wrestling. There's nothing like their ranting. And it's good! So without further adieu, here's the first... THIS WEEK ON BTSC: December 14 2001 - THIS WEEK: BBBoris and The Don return to the air with a jam-packed show. We share our memories on the legendary Ed Whalen, Discuss the hazing problem in the WWF as well as Randy Savages challenge to Hulk Hogan. Also covered are Indys including CZW, XPW, and RF's Ring of Honor. Plus: News on the WWF heading to Japan, XWF newcomers, Kevin Nash, The Sandman and heaps More. Enjoy! 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//======================================================= -In what was probably the biggest news to hit town in a long while, the town of Bakersfield, CA where SmackDown! was taped on Tuesday had a story on teh Green Frog where Austin opend up his can on Booker T. To read the article, click http://www.bakersfield.com/local/story/739308p-787130c.html Source// Bakersfield.com ===================================================================== News from the WWF -- WWF.com//======================================= -REMINDERS: Christian is hosting Heat from WWF New York Sunday night and the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Micheals will be on Excess on Saturday night. Remember that you can send HBK comments by email to wwfexcess@wwf.com. Also, this morning (Saturday), tickets go on sale for the Royal Rumble in Atlanta, GA. Speaking of Heat, here's its preview from wwf.com: Chris-tian! Chris-tian! At last, you're hosting HEAT! The European Champion himself will be at WWF New York this Sunday for HEAT, at 7/6 CT, live on MTV! Christian is always a handful, but after being choked out by Tazz on SmackDown!, will the European Champion and the HEAT co-host be able to get along? Find out this Sunday! Several matches have already been announced for this Sunday's show. Trish Stratus will defend the Women's Championship against Jacqueline. Also, Big Show takes on Chuck Palumbo, and Perry Saturn goes one-on-one with Funaki! So be sure to catch all the action this Sunday at 7/6 CT on MTV, when Christian hosts HEAT! -SmackDown! finished with a 3.6 rating according to Neilsen's Media research. -Many shources close to the WWF state that Shawn Micheals met with Vince McMahon yesterday (Friday) and the meeting went well. As menioned above, HBK tapes Excess today to air later at 10PM on TNN. -Here's where the WWF will be this coming week. *Monday's Raw from Lafayette, Louisiana *Tuesday's SmackDown! and Heat tapings in New Orleans, Louisiana -Here are a couple of WWF.com articles you can have a look at: *Extreme stomach virus, but Matt Hardy wrestles anyway BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Two days after his match with Jeff Hardy at Vengeance, Matt Hardy confessed: he was in no shape to wrestle; he should have been in bed all day. To continue, click http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1100889 *Six superstars give up days off for charity 'Fear Factor' It seems only natural that "Fear Factor" and the World Wrestling Federation would team up. This week, the partnership materialized, as Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Jacqueline, Lita, Mighty Molly and Test taped an episode of the show. To continue this story, click http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1100775 *Tough Enough's Paulina attends SmackDown! BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- One night after the cast of Tough Enough 2 attended RAW, a familiar face from the original Tough Enough came to SmackDown! To read this story, click http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1100827 -According to PWTorch.com, Rikishi and departign WWF Developmental talent Russ McCollough got into a bru-ha-ha backstage after McCollough was said to "potato" Rikishi during their match Wednesday night for the HWA. Rikishi then proceeded to plant stiff clair shots to McCollough's back. Afterward, Rikishi had to be restrained and told those who'd listen that Russ deserved to get cut and proved why that same night. The Torch continues on to say that Rikishi has been upset due to the fact that he still has to work in the HWA until January (which was to be his original return date). -My sister in Atlanta emailed me to say that she heard WWF ads for the Royal Rumble all over the radio on Firday. As reported above, the tickets for the PPV go on sale today. What she also mentioned in her email to me was that Triple H was listed as a performer for the show. After his article at WWF.com revealed, Trip pretty much guaranteed that we'll be seeing him at the Rumble. The question is, do we see him on Raw, or as a "mystery entry" in the rumble itself? That's be too transparent. Wouldn't it? Sources// -The Torch/Pro Wrestling Torch @ http://www.pwtorch.com -UltimoWrestling @ http://www.ultimowrestling.com ===================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================ --Cable Nielsen Ratings for the week of December 3rd thru to the 9th. Each rating point represents 1,055,000 households. 1. NFL Football: Seattle vs. Denver (Sunday, 8:28 p.m.), ESPN, 5.4, 5.69 million homes. 2. ``Walk With the Prehistoric Beasts'' (Sunday, 7 p.m.), Discovery, 3.8, 4.02 million homes. 3. ``WWF Entertainment'' (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNN, 3.5, 3.73 million homes. 4. Movie: ``Three Days'' (Sunday, 8 p.m.), Family, 3.3, 3.44 million homes. 5. ``WWF Entertainment'' (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNN, 3.2, 3.36 million homes. 6. Movie: ``The Matrix'' (Saturday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 2.8, 2.9 million homes. 7. Movie: ``The Matrix'' (Sunday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 2.7, 2.88 million homes. 8. ``NFL Prime Time'' (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), ESPN, 2.6, 2.73 million homes. 9. Movie: ``The Matrix'' (Friday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 2.5, 2.65 million homes. 10. ``SpongeBob SquarePants'' (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.4, 2.53 million homes. -Bret Hart has updated his online commentary. This week, Bret reminises about "the screwjob" and the uncanning timing between it and his movie "Wrestling with Shadows". You can read it by clicking http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/hitman_home.html -TJ Madigan has updated his Calgary Sun Wrestling column. This week, TJ talks about Chris Jericho's Undisputed win, HHH and more. To read it, click http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling/dec15_jer-sun.html Sources// -SLAM! Wrestling @ http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling -Yahoo! News @ http://news.yahoo.com ===================================================================== Article//============================================================ News and notes from Jim Ross Here's the latest from Ross: *William Regal had surgery Thursday to repair the damage to his nose. Regal will be off of television next week to heal. As a matter of fact, he plans to make a trip to the United Kingdom for the holidays, so we'll probably see Regal on television again after the first of the year. Surgery was successful -- everything went very well -- and he is right where we predicted he would be with his medical situation. *Triple H is spending his last day in Birmingham, Ala., today -- Friday -- as I write this. The Game has had extensive follow-ups with Kevin Wilke, the physical therapist, and Dr. James Andrews, his orthopedic surgeon. Triple H will ease back into things in early January and will take a "booking at a time," so to speak, as his quadriceps muscle will be tested. We look for great things from Triple H upon his return. Right now, Triple H is scheduled to return to house shows (non-televised events) on Jan. 4. *Shawn Stasiak does not need the surgery to remove the bursa sac in his knee. Shawn is able to return to work at any time. *Even though Bob Holly returned to work on Monday in a Jakked/Metal match, he isn't expected to get full clearance to return until about 3 months. *Taka Michinoku has returned from Japan and will be rehabbing in Puerto Rico until he can return somewhere around March. *Test chipped a tooth at this week's television events. Nothing major; he'll be getting that taken care of. The biggest issue seems to be his lower back. The doctor said he has two old stress fractures in his back. He may get a cortisone shot to help that issue. In any event, he will be at television and is going to continue to work around any discomfort that he may be having. *Edge has a slight hip-pointer that he sustained at Vengeance. Again, he's working around any discomfort that he may have. *Mike Awesome will have surgery on his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on Saturday. We'll have more updates on Mike's condition after his surgery. We wish him the very best of luck on that. *Randy Orton will be seeing a specialist next week about his shoulder problems. *X-Pac continues to work on strengthening his neck. He could be back in the ring if needed, but he's not quite at 100 percent yet. He'll be given the opportunity to continue to rehab thoroughly and extensively so when he does come back, he'll be as close to 100 percent as possible. *A month and a half after major knee surgery, Chris Kanyon is going to physical therapy every day in Atlanta. Recovery time could be as little as four months total, or it could be as much as six months. We'll know more in a couple of weeks. *Perry Saturn banged his head at television on Tuesday and may have a slight concussion. It had a stinger-like effect, but the symptoms were gone on Wednesday and he seemed to be doing just fine. He'll be at work on Monday and Tuesday. *Crash Holly has a slight hand bruise after his hand swelled up on Tuesday at television. Nothing major. He's also had some problems with his elbow. Nothing major. He won't miss any time. *Rhyno is doing very well after his neck surgery. He's going to be visiting Dr. Lloyd Youngblood in San Antonio in a few weeks for another evaluation. But Rhyno is doing great and was in excellent spirits when we last saw him a few weeks ago. Same for Chris Benoit, who is doing extremely well and is right on track with his recovery. We hope to get Chris back around WrestleMania time. *Tiger Al Singh is still suffering from a concussion and will remain inactive until he recovers. *Jerry Lynn's doctor is happy with his progress. Jerry will be seeing the doctor again about a month from now, and should be released from doctor's care at that time. *Russ Haas is going to be seeing a cardiologist in Cincinnati next Tuesday for another evaluation on his heart situation, which seems to have cleared up. We just want to make doubly and triply sure. *Dave Bautista -- who competes as Leviathan in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Ky. -- strained a pectoral muscle about a week ago. He's doing some physical therapy on it and is working through the injury. BJ Payne, also of OVW, has a bad back. He's also doing therapy, and will not miss any significant ring time because of his injury. *Eric Angle, who has had surgery on a torn biceps, saw Dr. Andrews on Wednesday. Eric, as we found out, was trying to rehab a little too quickly. So we're slowing him down, and he'll see Dr. Andrews in another six weeks for an evaluation. *Steve Bradley will be rehabbing for a month due to some back pain. He should be 100% after the holidays. *J.R again noted that WWF superstars will have 4 TV tapings this week, and that they will be off work from December 23-January 3. *Fear Factor featuring Test, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Molly, Lita and Jacqueline will conclude taping today. *J.R hinted that DDP will probably return to TV as a fan favorite. *Shelton Benjamin and The Prototype will be added to the WWF's schedule of house shows and TV tapings beginning next year, joining Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, Rico Constantino and Ron Waterman. ***Jr also talked a lot about Jericho, Booker, Taker & a lot mre with his opinions on each. The entire report can be read by clicking http://www.wwf.com/news/rossreport ===================================================================== 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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