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|    | | |   | || | |   __| * March 18, 1998
   |  __| | |_  | || |  \____\ * Issue 206
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                                  =20
    Wrestlesite presents the PWH: Daily Newsboard
http://www.wrestlesite.com/dailynews
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_

                    IN THIS ISSUE:
<> Raw Is War Ratings  <> Eric Bischogg Goes "Off The 
Record"  <> DDP App=
ears
on MTV Live  <> International News  <> News Tidbits  <> 
"450 Splash" by P=
WH
TMRob
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_

              =8D Tuesday Night Ratings =8D

     On Monday evening World Championship Wrestling set 
ratings records w=
ith
their edition og Monday Nitro. Those records, however, 
were set with no t=
hreat
of competition. Their usual competition on Monday 
nights, the WWF, was pr=
e-
empted for an original movie miniseries.

     The World Wrestling Federation moved their Monday 
product to Tuesday=
 for
this week thus guarenteeing them an open field when it 
comes to the ratin=
gs.
Could the WWF match numbers with their adversary? Let's 
take a look.

     2 Hour Composite: 4.4
     Hour 1 from 9:00 to 9:59: 4.2
     Hour 2 from 10:00-10:59: 4.4
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_

                 =8D Headline Stories =8D

          Eric Bischoff Goes "Off The Record"

     Tonight the TSN program "Off The Record" televised 
the interview wit=
h
President of Turner owned World Championship Wrestling 
Eric Bischoff. The
interview has originally taken place 2 weeks ago and 
held off until today=
 to
be shown. Eric Bischoff appeared on the program almost 
a month after the
appearence of World Wrestling federation head Vince 
McMahon, Jr.. Thanks =
to
the Seeker.

M =3D Michael Landsberg - E =3D Eric Bischoff

M: When it comes to creating a wrestler, Vince is a 
genious.
E: I think you are wrong, Vince takes credit, Scott 
Hall thought of Razor=
,
Vince wanted a GI Joe Class.

M: Doesn't Vince have alot though?
E: Vince has done alot but, I saw the transcript, and 
we are way ahead of=
 the
WWF in any category...

M: You are kicked butt, but with Butts Vince Created?
E: Who?

M: Hogan, Savage, Nash...
E: Hogan was big before Vince, making huge money before 
Vince... Randy
Savage... same thing, Kevin Nash, Vince gave him the 
oppurtunity... and t=
hey
had the talent...

M: Steve Austin
E: If all the guys WCW has were in the WWF, Steve 
Austin, he would be the=
 guy
in the mid-card... he has more of a platform... he is 
doing a good job, b=
ut
there is lack of talent...

M: Stunning Steve Austin In WCW?
E: Yeah and he held various titles.... but he was 
injured alot, and not w=
orth
it... to us anymore

M: Is Vince as big as he thinks he is?
E: Not at all...His problem is his Ego! He is losing to 
WCW, and he tries=
 to
make it bug by saying he is losing to Turner...

M: Ever try to get a job at the WWF?
E: Yeah, June of 90?

M: Was he wrong about you?
E: No I wasn't that great then...
E: I do the Monday Night on Camera thing because it 
gets my minds off
things...

M: Who formed the nWo?
E: My Idea.... I thought of it 8 months earlier...

M: Was Luger supposed to be the leader of the nWo?
E: He was going to be, and 4 days before.. it was going 
to be Sting! He w=
as in
Hollywood, and it was a chance to change him...

M: Is Hogan not jobbing?
E: Ridiculous... he cares about it more then most 
people I know...that is
false...

M: Why is Hart not in the NWO?
E: Hart does not have the personality for the nWo...

M: What are you going to do with Bret?
E: I don't know yet... I know what, just not when...

M: Gonna play the Canadian Angle?
E: No, didn't work over there.... Or Bret would still 
be there...

E-mail: Is Hogan too old?
E: Not at all, he is still the most recognised, and 
draws the most cash!

M: If Bret had the belt... would you bring the belt on 
WCW?
E: No... we wouldn't use it... He has too much respect

M: Where you always interested in Bret?
E: Not until last year...

M: How much longer can the nWo last?
E: I don't think it will ever go, I look at it as an 
angle, I look at is=20
as another fed...

M: What did you not like about Vince on OTR?
E: He lied all through the show....

Jeff Jarrett: Overrated
Marc Mero: Good Guy Frustrated
Undertaker: Don't know him, good character
Arn: Heck of a guy... glad to work with him!
Turner: Real happy to work with him!

               DDP Appears on "MTV Live"

    Tonight Diamond Dallas Page was a guest on MTV 
Live. When asked how h=
e got
his start in wrestling, DDP stated that around 8 years 
old he knew he wan=
ted
to become a wrestler and went on to say he works 
sometimes 24 out of 30 d=
ays.
Between PR, pay per views, in ring activities. Talked 
about how Nitro is =
the
top rated cable show and also talked about Thunder.

    They then went on to discuss the Stuck Mojo video 
in which DDP, Raven=
 and
his Flock appear. Page stated that he thought they were 
the hardest worki=
ng
band around. They went from town to town selling 
several hundred thousand
albums. DDP said he was late for the video so Raven 
stepped in and when t=
he
Flock started with the band he turned it up a notch, 
all while the video =
was
being played.

     Clips were then shown of Raven -vs- DDP from 
Thursday Thunder. He sa=
id
face-to- face Raven isn't all that but when he has his 
Flock. Raven then
appeared on the television, suposedly in the next 
studio, and went on wit=
h his
"What about me" schtick. Clips of the "Triple Jeopardy" 
match with DDP, R=
aven
and Chris Benoit from Uncensored were shown.

     Reven appeared again on the television yet again 
and said that Diamo=
nd
Dallas Page ripped him off of his US title and now he 
will rip DDP off. R=
aven,
who wasn't in another studio, then came up from behind 
DDP and struck him=
 in
the head with a stop sign. He then placed the US title 
on a coffee table =
and
delivered the "Evenflo" DDT on DDT thru the table. 
Raven grabbed the US t=
itle
and walked out of the studio with it.

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         I N T E R N A T I O N A L   N E W S =20

=8D Funaki beat Seme Schult by decision on 3/18 at 
Korakuen, and Guy Mezg=
er beat
Ryushi Yanagisawa to be the top contender for Funaki 
(title shot is on 4/=
6).

=8D Kenichi Yamamoto & Hiromitsu Kanehara(ex. KINGDOM) 
will appear in the=
 next
RINGS show.

=8D Beating the Gladiator w/ dragon suplex on 3/17, 
Hayabusa won the tour=
nament
for challenging the double titles held by Gannousuke. 
Hayabusa who will
challenge the titles on 4/30 at Yokohama promised the 
audience to beat
Gannousuke.=20

=8D Hayabusa/Gannosuke fights for Double Titles and 
Onita/Fuyuki death ma=
tch at
4/30/98 Yokohama Bunka Gym. Expect Hayabusa and Onita 
to get the wins.=20
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   T      I      D       B       I       T        S

=8D WCW has decided against the name "White Thunder" 
for Scott Steiner.
Executives within WCW feel that the name has too many 
racial overtones.
Steiner, reportedly, likes the name "Superstar" Scott 
Steiner. He already=
 has
the build and the beard like the original "Superstar", 
Billy Graham.

=8D We reported last week that WCW had released Vincent 
and Bobby Walker.=
 It now
appears that WCW has re-signed the two to new 
contracts.

=8D NWA-New England will be holding it's inagural show 
on Saturday May 9 =
at Good
Time Emporium in Somerville, MA.. This will be a joint 
venture of Century
Wrestling (NWA-NE), Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation and 
WRKO Radio and will =
be
entitled "WRKO Wrestles AIDS." Already confirmed for 
the show are King Ko=
ng
Bundy, Captain Lou Albano, and Devon Storm. Sponsorhips 
are still availab=
le
for the event. For information on tickets and ad book 
listings, please ca=
ll
(781) 286-0270.=20

Credit for the above news pieces goes to ML Curly, The 
Seeker, Koji Yamam=
oto,
Oyuki, Mark Madden and Jeff Katz. When using any of the 
above news pieces
please give proper credit, ie.. source and PWH. Thank 
you.
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                    THE 450 SPLASH
    by Thomas M. Robson (E-mail: PWH TMRob@aol.com)

After a long hiatus, it is time for the return of the 
450!  I actually di=
dn't
want to write this column any more, but Kev begged me 
to come back.  I kn=
ow
that you all missed seeing your HERO write week after 
week.  Well, as usu=
al
you don't deserve the pleasure of reading my words, but 
I will try once a=
gain
to enlighten you.

The one thing on my mind this week is the same thing 
that is on everyone'=
s
mind, WrestleMania.  However, my attention has not yet 
turned to the matc=
hes
we are scheduled to see.  I have been far more 
concerned with the frighte=
ning
change in direction the WWF has taken with this year's 
event.  No, I am n=
ot
referring to the new "Attitude" of the Federation, but 
rather the return =
of
the WrestleMania celebrities.

Since WrestleMania first began back in 1985, I can only 
think of two
celebrities who in any way enhanced the show.  The 
first is "Mr. Baseball=
"
himself, Bob Eucker, who appeared at WrestleManias III 
and IV.  The secon=
d is
Nicholas Turturro, who was at WrestleMania XII. 
 Usually, WrestleMania
celebrities have seemed bored out of their minds 
(Remember Pamela Anderso=
n?),
but these two actually seemed enthused about being in 
attendance.

WrestleManias XIII and XIV finally saw the obnoxious 
personalities banish=
ed
from the ringside area, and the return of the emphasis 
on WRESTLING.  Cal=
l me
old-fashioned, but when I order a wrestling 
pay-per-view, I want to see
WRESTLERS, not B-rate celebrities.

All of which leads me to this year's tripe.  All I will 
say about Mike Ty=
son
is that he is a convicted rapist and should not be 
allowed to be a free m=
an,
let alone making $3.5 million to just stand at ringside 
and do probably v=
ery
little.  But, YOU fans demanded it, so the "Baddest Man 
on the Planet" wi=
ll be
poisoning your WrestleMania viewing experience.

Next is Pete Rose, who is probably one of the greatest 
baseball players o=
f all
time.  However, he isn't a wrestler.  He's an athlete 
who is desperately
trying to remain in the limelight and rebuild his 
image.  Remember folks,=
 this
is the man that was banned from baseball for gambling, 
and was also sente=
nced
to prison for tax evasion.  THAT'S a role model for 
today's wrestling fan=
s.
Stay the hell out of my wrestling arena Pete, and work 
on getting yoursel=
f
into Cooperstown.

Gennifer Flowers.  The WWF has definitely hit a new low 
with this one.  W=
ords
can not describe who repugnant (look it up, kiddies) I 
find her presence =
at
the biggest wrestling event of the year to be.  GO 
AWAY!

You can't really blame Vince McMahon for this, after 
all he is just follo=
wing
what YOU FANS want him to do.  You want awful 
celebrities to appear at th=
e
event that MADE pro wrestling the hot item it is today. 
 You refuse to si=
t
still and enjoy the grace that is a well-worked, 
scientific wrestling mat=
ch.
Instead of showing fans what they should see, McMahon 
is simply catering =
to
the lowest common denominator.  And of course that 
means money.

Oh, and a special note to PWHHartFan, PICK YOUR OWN 
FIGHTS!  STOP ATTACHI=
NG
YOURSELF TO ME!!!  I will say what I want about who I 
want, and I don't w=
ant
you trying to improve your own name by associating with 
me.  You aren't g=
ood
enough to be associated with me, so Alex, get your own 
life.

Seeya in 7,

Tom
    =20

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