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\_/ Don't Look for Hall Soon
\_/ ECW Upset Over Gimmick
\_/ Severn Says April Debut
\_/ Looking for People to Update and Maintain Site

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R A T I N G  S H A W N

We are looking for someone that can update and maintain 
our web site, once
we get it up again. Nathan is not running this, but 
someone else I feel can
do a great job. The only problem is, he can not do it 
everyday, and that's
what we need. The site will have a PW to update, so if 
you are interested,
mail me!

Matt

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\_/ Nailz was backstage at Nitro on Monday. He will be 
joining the nWo and
he will be getting a major push. A lot of people are 
understandably
upset with this. You may remember that Nailz worked in 
the WWF for a
while. He got into an argument with Vince McMahon and 
began choking him.
Several wrestlers had to pull him off of his boss. He 
then called the
police and claimed the McMahon sexually assaulted him. 
From what I
understand, there was no truth to that claim. I believe 
he also
testified against McMahon in the steroid trial (MiCasa)

\_/ Dam Severn told a TRE reader that he will make his 
WWF debut in mid April.

\_/ Glen Kulka should be getting a decent push as he 
will be showing up on Raw
more often (Jaycee Cannon)

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\_/ Dave Meltzer reports that Scott Hall will not be on 
WCW TV for a while.
Hall has checked himself into rehab, and he will be out 
of action for a
while. Dean Malenko will also be off TV for a while, 
but it is my
understanding that he will be returning in a little 
while (MiCasa)

\_/ All the details are not known, but Meltzer says 
that WCW will be doing
another test for Nitro on Monday. If you have a 
satellite dish, you may
be able to watch Nitro without any commercial 
interruption. So you would
get to see what's going on during the commercials like 
the Nitro Girls
and there may be interviews etc. Apparently they will 
be doing this once
a month and there a rumors that WCW may be looking into 
getting a
corporate sponsor for each show, and the show will be 
aired without any
commercials (MiCasa)

\_/ The A&E pro wrestling show called "The Secrets of 
Professional
Wrestling" will air on Sunday, April 26 at 9:00P.M. It 
is a two-hour
show and will feature interviews with several wrestlers 
and even Eric
Bischoff. Unfortunately the first hour of the show 
collides with the
last hour of the WWF IYH PPV (Sports World Media)

\_/ Spicolli, who died in the early hours of the 
morning last month due to
a Soma pain killer overdose combined with alcohol, was 
due for a
substantial pay increase, reveals TBR sources. Louie's 
family was
expecting to receive the wrestler's salary that was 
owed to him, but WCW
has refused, instead citing a "death clause," says 
wrestling
photographer Mike Lano (TBR)

\_/ Barry Darsow may join the nWo and team up with 
Bryan Adams and start
Demolition back up (Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ ECW is mad about WCW using the Stop Sign gimmick 
(Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ Arn Anderson will be on Prodigy Classic at 8 PM 
Eastern on he 25TH (Jaycee
Cannon)

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NAME: Shawn Michaels
REAL NAME: Michael Hickenbottom
NICKNAME: The Heartbreak Kid
APPROX HEIGHT: 6'1''
APPROX WEIGHT: 200lbs
FINISHING MOVE: "Sweet Chin Music" Superkick (Grade B)
FEDERATION: WWF
TITLES HELD (WCW and WWF): WWF World (x3), WWF I-C 
(x3), 
WWF Tag (x2), WWF European.

MOST HATED OPPONENT: Bret Hart

GREATEST MATCH: vs The Undertaker (Badd Blood: Hell in 
a cell)

PAST NICKNAMES/CHARACTERS: "The Boy Toy", one half of 
the Rockers 
with Marty Jannetty.

CURRENT PROGRAM: vs Stone Cold Steve Austin for the WWF 
World Title.
Since being awarded the world title last November, 
Shawn has made no 
credible title defenses at all, yet this bout is 
looking to be the 
one in which he finally drops the WWF world crown. The 
program has 
not built up very well, simply because everyone knows 
that Austin is 
going to win, despite HBK's constant rambling about him 
not lying 
down for anyone. It seems that Mike Tyson has 
overwhelmed this 
program, so it is known as the "Steve Austin wins the 
world title 
with Mike Tyson involved" angle. Michaels, the self 
professed "show 
stopper", doesn't get a look in. (Grade C)

PROSPECTS: Well, he'll always be around the top of the 
card because 
his ego won't let him take any less. The problem is 
that his body is 
breaking down due to the huge number of crazy bumps he 
has taken over 
the years. Jumping off cages and through tables is 
going to take it's 
toll. If he is in tears of pain after delivering one 
superkick, I 
can't see how he can continue. He may well stay at the 
top of the 
card, but with his health the way it is right now, he 
won't be there 
for long....(Grade C)

WRESTLING ABILITY: Michaels is over-rated here by many 
people. He is 
considered by many to be a great wrestler. He is not. 
He's a great 
entertainer, no question, but when it comes to his 
repertoire, he is 
not very diverse. He likes to stick to slams, 
elbowdrops, leaping 
moves and the superkick, only using suplexes once every 
few years. 
His main value is being thrown around like a ragdoll 
and being 
entertaining whilst having this occur. Although not 
positive for 
winning matches or healthy for his career's longevity, 
he must be 
given credit for being an entertaining wrestler (Grade 
B+)

INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE: Very very good. Michaels can turn 
it on and have 
the entire crowd lap it up. Triple H looks like a 
blundering novice 
with interviews when compared to HBK. Mind you, Triple 
H looks like a 
blundering novice when compared to almost anyone.... 
(Grade A+)

CHARISMA: You can't fault him here either. Whilst a 
dreadfully 
unprofessional employee and a man with a hugely 
inflated ego, he can 
simply own the crowd when he wants to. (Grade A)

IS HE OVER?: Certainly is. Up there with the best of 
them. His run as 
a face never saw him rival Austin or Hart's popularity, 
but when he 
is a heel, he's at his best and draws some marvelous 
heat. (Grade A)

OVERALL GRADE: B-
Why so low? I hear you say. Well, there are several 
factors that 
bring HBK down a few notches. One - his body is simply 
not up to the 
punishment he gives it anymore. He only has a couple 
more years left 
in him, I would say, and he appears far too few times 
to be taken 
seriously anymore. How many times has he defended the 
title since 
"winning" it? I can think of about 3 times. How many of 
these bouts 
has he won? One (and that is only due to Kane's 
interference). That 
isn't a champion. Second of all, his refusal to let 
anyone (except 
his bedfriends) pin him makes me sick. People like 
Benoit go out and 
constantly put others over - heck, even Hogan jobs a 
lot these days, 
but HBK thinks he's so great that he shouldn't lie down 
for anyone. 
Well, this won't do. For his lack of professional 
accumen, it 
certainly brings him down a grade. The lack of work he 
puts in these 
days also brings him down. A great shame. He could have 
been a true
legend instead of just boasting about being one all the 
time.

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