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March 17, 1998 
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                        Inside this Issue
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    Top Story                  Thoughts from the Fans
    Latest                     Final Thoughts from the 
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    Trivia Question            Trivia Answer
    Time Line                  Credits
    Monday War on Tuesday
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                      CALL ME ISHMALE

NEW YORK--Nitro gained its highest rating ever with an 
incredible 5.6,
but is wasn't even close to beating the movie, "Moby 
Dick" on the USA
Network.


                       MOBY DICK     NITRO
  8-9 p.m. ET.........................4.8
  9-10 p.m. ET........................5.6
  10-11 p.m. ET.......................6.3
  Average................8.1..........5.6

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CORNETTE DOES THE NASTY. Jim Cornette introduced the 
New Midnight
Express at last night's RAW taping. The team is 
consisting of
Bombastic Bob Holly and Bodacious Bart Gunn.

STUFF YOU DIDN'T SEE. RAW was taped last night and 
shown tonight.
These are the dark matches you won't ever see:

  Justin Bradshaw beat Adam Copeland.
  Shawn Morley beat Pantera.
  Brian Christopher beat Brakkus.
  Undertaker, Steve Austin and Cactus Jack beat Billy 
Gunn, Rocky
    Maivia and Hunter Hearst Helmsley.

SHOTGUN TIME. Shotgun Saturday Night was taped for this 
Saturday, last
night. here are those results:

  The Midnight Express beat the Rock 'n' Roll Express.
  Taka Michinoku won.
  Barry Windham lost to Steve Blackman by dq.

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FLAIR IS IN TROUBLE. Mean Gene Okerland discussed a 
possible WCW star
retiring from the sport on Nitro. Okerland was talking 
about Ric
Flair, 13 time World Heavyweight champion.

Flair has been angered over the angle in which he has 
been used with
Bret Hart. Hart has been saving Flair from attacks to 
get himself over
with the fans. This has angered Flair because he 
believes he is being
misused.

Flair has been working day to day with the WCW, and he 
is paid on a
need use basis. He is open to leave or retire at 
anytime. Flair has
expressed his disappointed with the WCW, a promotion in 
which he
built.

The situation leads to talks that Flair could return to 
the WWF. Flair
spent a year and a half with the WWF in the early 
1990s, and he has
always shown his respect for WWF owner, Vince McMahon. 
McMahon and
Flair had a meeting in December when Flair originally 
showed concern
towards the his direction in the WCW.

Tomorrow, the Living Legend Newsletter will look at the 
situation with
Flair and how it involves Psycho Sid's status with 
signing with the
WWF or WCW.

JAKE IS NOT COMING. Last night on Nitro, Raven referred 
to his mentor,
the "Snake." The reference was directed for Jake 
Roberts, who is the
"Snake." Roberts, though, has not signed with the WCW 
and doesn't plan
to.

The Living Legend Newsletter was able to ask Roberts 
what he felt
about the comments of his name, and he responded, "I 
don't care if
they say my name or give me a $1000 for each time they 
use it.  I have
not signed with the WCW, and I have no intentions of 
signing with
them."

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                       ...OTHER NEWS...
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BOB's COOL SITE. Bobby Starr, independent and WCW star, 
has his own
official site. Check out the page of a man who has lost 
to more men
than wrestlers at:

            <>http://pwewrestling.com/playboy/<>

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY: What WWF superstar brought 
his newborn son
                            to the ring at Wrestlemania 
IV?

Answer is near the bottom of the newsletter.

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THE TIMELINE...a look at the history of Pro-Wrestling 
and the Living
               Legend Newsletter

March 17, 1979...Dick Murdoch beat Dick the Bruiser in 
St. Louis, MO,
                 to win the Missouri State heavyweight 
title.
          1981...The Moondogs beat Rick Martel and Tony 
Garea in
                 Allentown, PA, to win the WWF tag team 
titles.
          1982...Bob Roop beats Ted Dibiase in 
Shreveport, LA to win
                 the Mid-South North American 
heavyweight title.
          1993...Vader revenges a loss six days earlier 
by beating
                 Sting for the WCW World title in 
Dublin, Ireland.
          1996...Diesel (Kevin Nash) turns against 
Shawn Michaels in
                 Madison Square Gardens.

Exact transcript of a story reported in the Living 
Legend Newsletter:

200 issues ago...Dated March 10, 1997. "Bischoff has 
listened to the
                 fans. They have dropped Piper's 
teammates for
                 Uncensored. Now it will be Jeff 
Jarrett, Steve
                 McMichaels and Chris Benoit with 
Piper."

100 issues ago...Dated October 28, 1997. "Jeff Jarrett, 
Chris Benoit
                 and Steve McMichaels will replace the 
members on
                 Piper's team for WCW Uncensored."

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Ken Shamrock comes down to the ring for an interview. 
He begins by
stating that he will win the WWF Intercontinental 
title, but Rocky
Maivia and the Nation of Domination walk out to the 
aisle way. Maivia
doesn't think Shamrock could beat Dilo Brown in under 
two minutes.
Shamrock accepts. If Shamrock wins, he gets a tiles 
shot at Maivia
later in the night.

Dilo Brown hits the ring, and the two minutes start. 
Brown dominates
the match till 20 seconds is left. Shamrock hits his 
belly to belly
suplex and the ankle lock. Ten seconds is left, and 
Maivia hits
Shamrock with a chair. WINNER BY DQ: KEN SHAMROCK.

Tom Brandi takes on Jeff Jarrett in a singles match. 
Brandi gave it
his all, but Jeff Jarrett was able to strap in the 
figure-four. Brandi
submitted in pain. WINNER: JEFF JARRETT.

The Headbangers go into the ring against three men, the 
Rock 'n' Roll
Express and Jim Cornette. Headbangers dominate the 
match, and they
even hit a rowboat on the Express. The Headbangers hit 
the stage dive
for the win. After the match, the New Midnight Express 
is introduced.
They take out the Headbangers and then the Express. 
WINNERS:
HEADBANGERS.

The Phoenix Sun mascot is in the ring entertaining the 
crowd. Kane
comes down to tombstone the gorilla.

Billy Gunn takes on Chainsaw Charlie. Jesse James is 
with Gunn, and
James commentates during the whole match. Chainsaw 
Charlie gets the
win after James interfered and causes a dq. Chainsaw 
Charlie then
chases James down the aisle, where James is met by 
Cactus Jack. Jacks
ties James up and hangs him up from the top of the 
arena. WINNER BY
DQ: CHAINSAW CHARLIE.

Vince McMahon comes down for an interview. McMahon 
seems aggravated by
the fact that they are showing Austin verbalize him 
from last weeks
RAW on the Titantron. He said he didn't want to break 
Austin's jaw,
and that he didn't want Austin to win the title.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley is set to take on an injured 
Owen Hart. Hart is
hurt, and he doesn't last long. Chyna hits Hart over 
the ankle with a
chair when the referee is not looking, and the referee 
calls the match
when he determines that Hart can not continue. WINNER 
AND NEW EUROPEAN
CHAMPION, HUNTER HEARST HELMSLEY.

Sable and Luna are set to get it on, but referees, 
Goldust and Marc
Mero prevent it. Mero is pulling Sable away, and Sable 
twists her
ankle. Goldust and Luna head to the back, and Mero 
searches for
medical help. Kane marches to the ring to confront a 
hurt Sable, and
Undertaker shows up on the Titantron to prevent 
anything.

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       >>Chris<<
>>chrisnugent@bigpond.com<<

  I suppose Nick from yesterday's newsletter is partly 
right, and I
  have exaggerated in what I have said about the WWF. I 
don't really
  believe that Degeneration X is ripping off the NWO, 
but I think the
  NWA is a bit. It's just that Vince McMahon pisses me 
off heaps. He
  has done a lot of great things but he has done some 
pathetic things
  as well and I hate how he tries to take cheap shots 
at WCW. It dates
  back to the Royal Rumble 96 where he made an ad 
ripping on Savage,
  Hogan and Ted Turner. There was no need to do that 
because the WWF
  were leading in the TV ratings, but McMahon seems to 
always try and
  have a go at WCW without making it obvious - Tyson 
holding up a WCW
  sucks sign, interviewing Jarrett to badmouth WCW 
(although Jarrett
  did say some fair things about WCW) and saying Hogan 
and Savage were
  has-beens (which they were, but he only started 
saying that when
  they left). Basically, I don't have anything against 
WWF and three
  months ago I liked it almost as much as WCW, but I 
disagree with
  what McMahon is doing. I think everyone can make up 
their mind after
  Wrestlemania, which will probably change everything.

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                   /\/\/\FINAL THOUGHTS/\/\/\

Well, I am just a fan, and I am having troubles being a 
fan. I run a
good newsletter, but the WCW still insists not to let 
me backstage at
shows. Makes me mad.

Survey ends in a few days. Most things went cheap, and 
those which
went for more, well, I can not complain. I didn't make 
it for profit.
I did it to get rid of the stuff. I have too much 
stuff, and I am
doing the same with other nonwrestling merchandise.

I am really busy till Thursday night. After that, I 
will be able to
devote more time to expressing my thoughts here.

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TRIVIA ANSWER: Ricky Steamboat.

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