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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 The latest new from the WWF & the rest of pro-wrestling Article// WWF Press Release on WrestleMania X-8 Comment// "Is the NWO that bad for wrestling?" Remember... Affiliates SPOILERS ===================================================================== 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 --Click for the SmackDown! results: http://www.naidosworld.com/tvsmackdown.html --Big news today folks, a feature story that I did on Michelle Starr, an indy wrestler here in Canada made it onto Slam! Wrestling! You can check it out by clicking the following link. http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBiosS/starr_michelle_jan02-can.html Thanks Slam! My hope is to interview others in profiles such as these. So, if you know any wrestlers that would like to be featured and are on the brink of success, gimme a shout! That was one of the two surprises I found when I woke up this morning. The second one was the foot of snow outside. Thank's Mother Nature! SmackDown! is tonight and that should be a treat as well as it seems like it was a good show from what I've heard. Take care folks and we'll see you tomorrow. If you have time, read my article! Also, for the first time in a long time, nWN will brng you commentary for the third day in a row! We had Sam Jerry on Tuesday, Vile dropping a couple cents on Wednesday and Ted has turned away from his intensive studies to give us his thoughts. On what? You guess it, the n-w-o! Peace 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. ===================================================================== TOP HEADLINE//======================================================= --The following comes from a newsletter released from Scott Steiner's official home on the web: I just returned from a week away on vacation and got a message that I had signed to wrestle at some event in Vegas," he writes. "That was news to me since I was out of town when I supposedly signed to appear! Don't believe everything you hear or read on the Internet. Sometimes people use names to make their event without those 'names' even knowing about it. I will not be seen in the U.S. until I am 100 percent ready to dominate at the highest level... and that is not far away. Stay tuned." To visit his site, click http://www.BootyDaddy.com Source// ===================================================================== RATINGS//============================================================ This past week's edition of RAW scored a 4.55 number off hours of 4.5 and 4.6. While it may not be as good as some expected, it did not drop much from last week's 4.6 rating compared to recent months where drops in the ratings pattern were quite common. Justin Heisler reports that RAW on TSN in Canada drew 746,000 viewers, which is down from 858,000 last week. ===================================================================== News from the WWF -- WWF.com//======================================= --1wrestling reports that Shawn Stasiak, Steven Richards, Tommy Dreamer and High Morrus will be sent down to work with HWA in Cincinnati next month for a 2 week period, which leads to believe that they won't be on TV for quite some time. --Scherer also reports that it looks like Hall & Nash's contract has a 12 date per month requirement. So if they work both TV's and a monthly PPV, that will mean they have to do 3 house shows per month. If after the split they are only featured on 1 TV and a monthly PPV, then they will have 7 house shows per month to work. --The WWF has set up a new way for internet feedback collection. They are asking you to register so that when you do send in feedback over a period of time it is collection and basically they can learn more abot what you want to see over a greater period of time. This is probably a good move because in the long run it will make them notice what us, the fans, really want to see. To read more about this new idea, click http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1109373 --This week's WWF.com Extra features Rob Van Dam and his relationship with his wife, Sonya, and how they are "Two kids in love" which is the title of the article. Click the link to read it, http://www.wwf.com/news/headlines/1109319 --The WWF has announced that they're soon to be releasing 2 new special magazines. Divas 2002 will be out on April 3, while The Rock will have one as well to help promote the Scorpion King, and that magazine is due out on March 19. --1wrestling reports that the WWF has booked a live Smackdown on March 7 in San Antonio, TX. --Kaz Hayashi, who was recently released by WWF, is heading down to NWA Wildside. --Results from the WWF's HWA are: *Brother Clay d. Cody Hawk *Dean & Chet Jablonski d. Derrick Neikirk & E.Z. Money *Pain d. Chad Collyer *Shannon Moore d. Matt Dillinger *B.J. Whitmer won a Battle Royal *O.G. Ekmo vs. Johnny the Bull went to a no-contest *Jamie Knoble d. Lance Cade R.C. Haas was stripped of the HWA title due to a contract loophole and E.Z. Money was named champion --Results from the WWF's OVW are: *Leviathan w/ Synn d. Mr. Black w/ Crony *Trailer Park Trash d. Big Bad John *Prototype w/ Kenny Bolin d. Ron "H2O" Waterman *Flash d. Bull Buchanon in a street fight *Payne & Damien w/ Synn & Swail d. Shelton Benjamin & Redd Dogg --http://www.wwfinternational.com/ has been updated with plans/cards of the promotions tour of Asia, Europe and so forth. Check it out! --Stacy Keibler will be appearing on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" this Friday. Tune in to see the Duchess of Dudleyville at 12:30 a.m./11:30 p.m. CT on CBS. --Sgt. Slaughter will be this week's guest on WWF Excess this coming Saturday @ 10PM on TNN. Check your local listings. --Here's the current No Way Out PPV card: Officially *Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho for the Undisputed World Title Un-Officially *The Rock vs. The Undertaker --Dave Scherer reports that the WWF has dipped into their wallet heavily in the last while to bring in new talent. Nash and Hall's rumored salaries have been pegged at $600,000/year each while Hogan has been signed on for a cool million. Flair was signed to a contract at nearly a half a million. --Lance Storm has updated his weekly commentary which can be read by clicking http://www.stormwrestling.com/commentary/default.asp? aID=1197 Sources// -THE NEW!! UltimoWrestling @ http://www.ultimowrestling.com -Wrestling Observer/Dave Meltzer @ http://www.wrestlingobserver.com -Dave Scherer/Bob Ryder/1wrestling @ http://www.1wrestling.com ===================================================================== News from the rest of pro-wrestling//================================ --Francine Fournier has updated her diary. In this installment, she talks about driving in New York, returning to wrestling at the Mad House of Extreme in Queens and working for Jason Knight's promotion in Connecticut. To read it, click http://www.ForeverFrancine.com --While WWA promoter Andrew McMannus has signed a deal with the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, NV to host his companies PPV location, he still has not signed any big names. It's champion Jeff Jarrett along with Scott Stiener and Randy Savage have yet so sign on the dotted line. When you consider that Curt Hennig and Dustin Runnels have already signed away to the WWF, one would think signing his champion amoungst others would be the next step for the WWA. It does look like they're going through with the PPV however --In a recent interview with WWFDownunder.com, WWA promote Andrew McManus said he is trying to acquire the services of Rey Mysterio Jr, AJ Styles and Eddie Guerrero for their upcoming 2/24 PPV. He also said that he expected Joanie Laurer aka Chyna to be with them for that show as well. He also announced intentions for a PPV in Australia in April which would be shown around the world. --Sabu vs. Crowbar could be added to the WWA 2/24 PPV alongwith an appearance by Christopher Daniels, according to RF Video. --Variety announced today that UPN, which airs the WWF's Smackdown, is expected to lay off about 20% of UPN's 110 workers. --Scott Hudson was on Between The Ropes last night and said a few interesting things. He said that Russo's shoot on Hogan at the Bash at the Beach was exactly that, a shoot and not scripted. He believes that the "Montreal Screwjob" was a total shoot and also went on to talk about he nWo, the failed Invasion angle and more. To check it out, click www.betweentheropes.com Sources// -Wrestling Observer/Dave Meltzer @ http://www.wrestlingobserver.com -THE NEW!! UltimoWrestling @ http://www.ultimowrestling.com -SLAM! Wrestling @ http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestling ===================================================================== Article//============================================================ WWF Press Release on WrestleMania X-8 Worldwide Attendance at WrestleMania® X-8 With less than two months until WrestleMania® X-8 at Toronto SkyDome on March 17, 2002, fans attending the Toronto event continue to demonstrate WWFE's global appeal. Based on ticket sales through Ticketmaster and WWFE's travel department, WrestleMania® X-8 will host fans representing 10 Canadian Provinces, 47 U.S. states, and 15 countries (including the U.S. and Canada). WrestleMania® X-8 is already the highest grossing single event in World Wrestling Federation history. WrestleMania® X-8 Weekend kicks off with FAN AXXESS(tm), the interactive, behind-the-scenes World Wrestling Federation® fan festival. It will be held from Thursday, March 14, to Saturday, March 16, at the Automotive Building at The National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto. Tickets to FAN AXXESS(tm) go on sale Saturday, February 9, at 10 a.m. at all Ontario Ticketmaster locations, including Sunrise Records or charge-by-phone with Ticketmaster by calling (416) 870-8000. People interested in attending WrestleMania® X-8 should check online at WrestleMania.com or Ticketmaster.ca for tickets, or call Ticketmaster at (416) 870-8000 for further information. Information on luxury boxes can be obtained from the SkyDome Premium Seating Department at (416) 341-3002 or (416) 341-3052. ===================================================================== Comment//============================================================ Is the NWO that bad for wrestling? - By Ted Cabata I have been sitting here watching the whole NWO angle unfold and the reaction it has been getting from fans, Internet sources, and other wrestlers. So I started debating with myself whether or not the now ruined WCW or not. I think it is a pretty interesting question, and I hope others are willing to share their thoughts with me but for now, here are my opinions on Hogan, Nash, and Hall and the demise of WCW. We have heard for years about the locker room problems in WCW but was it the NWO's fault? If we think about the end of WCW, who was one of the few veterans not kicked off of TV by Vince Russo? That would be Kevin Nash. Up until the end Nash did what was asked of him, and if it weren't for personal problems that kept him out of the ring one would be led to believe that Scott Hall would have done the same thing. Hogan is a different story; Hogan swings both ways, mainly because no one really knows what the hell happened that night against Jeff Jarrett, where the shoot took place with Vince Russo. For everyone who says Hogan refused to do a job and Russo did the right thing, can you please explain to me why then Hogan was out on Nitro getting his ass kicked by Billy Kidman? I'm sorry but If I'm Hulk Hogan the last person I'm laying down for, and hell being busted open for is a Cruiser-weight like Billy Kidman. So was it the N-WO that killed WCW? Was it the guy who did what he was told night in and night out, the guy who just wasn't there anymore, and the biggest name in wrestling history who agreed to get busted open by a guy half his size; fault that WCW went under? Or is the problem with others mainly people like Buff Bagwell, who couldn't last a week in the WWF, and Goldberg, who cares more about his image then the overall product he worked for? This is up to you the fan to decide. I personally think I will enjoy the N-WO and can't wait to see Hogan back in the WWF. Comments…Thoughts...suggestions…etc. E-mail: tcabata@roanoke.edu AOL: Frogs11 - MSN: amudgarden@hotmail.com ===================================================================== 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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