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March 20, 1998 
                                             Volume 251
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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
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    WRESTLINGMAN.COM TO BE FEATURED ON NATIONAL 
TELEVISION SHOW

       Show can be seen in 148 markets across North 
America

NEW YORK--WRESTLINGMAN.COM will soon be seen across the 
nation in the
comforts of your living room. "Wild Wild Web," CBS 
nationally
syndicated television show, has chosen WRESTLINGMAN.COM 
as one of
several sites to be featured in an upcoming segment on 
wrestling on
the Web.

The show will be aired on CBS/Eyemark during the week 
of April 13. The
show is seen in 148 markets across the United States 
and Canada.

Mike Lachance, Associate Producer of the show, has 
informed
WRESTLINGMAN.COM that the page might not make the cut, 
but he recently
asked for permission for the page to be featured. Chris 
Schramm,
WRESTLINGMAN.COM Webmaster, firmly accepted the offer.

Those in the United States and Canada can find the time 
and station in
which the show airs by visiting the "Wild Wild Web" 
home page at:

<>http://www.getwild.com/stationfinder.html<>

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UM, CAN YOU GUYS GET OUT. April 27 creates a problem 
for Monday night
wrestling. RAW will be live from the Coliseum in 
Hampton, VA, that
night. Just 20 minutes away at the Norfolk Scope Arena 
in Norfolk, VA,
Nitro will be live.

NOT HIGH ENOUGH. It seems that Syxx was offered a deal 
by the WWF, and
Syxx did not accept the offer. Syxx wanted to test the 
market to see
his value, and he walked away from the WWF with a low 
offer, according
to reports.

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HALL IS BACK. Scott Hall, according to reports from 
David Meltzer, has
checked himself, voluntarily, into a rehab center. 
Details are
sketchy, and the reasons are unknown, but this will not 
be the first
stop into a rehab center for Hall.

Although never verified, it is said that Hall last 
checked himself in
during the fall. Also, Hall has had problems with drug 
use in the
past.

Due to the manner of the subject, more information will 
be given when
confirmed.

I WILL CHOKE YOU ALSO. Former WWF wrestler, Kevin 
Kelly, who used to
be known as Nailz during his WWF years, who reported 
backstage at this
past Monday's Nitro.

It is unknown if he has signed with the WCW, but it 
known that he
problems with the WWF. Kelly testified against Vince 
McMahon in the
WWF steroid trial earlier this decade, but his 
testimony was dismissed
when it was revealed he had a true hatred towards 
McMahon. Some
reports even state that he went as far as to hit 
McMahon during a
confrontation.

NO COMMERCIALS. It is being rumored that the WCW might 
be looking for
a corporate sponsor for one episode of Nitro. The 
sponsor would
replace commercials, and instead the Nitro fans will 
enjoy a
commercial free Nitro.

The same attempt was successfully done by "Late Night 
with David
Letterman" early last year. The risky show was later 
seen as no more
successful as a regular show.

The question of ratings comes into question. Vince 
McMahon was
recently quoted as stating that WCW stacks the ratings 
by building
each 15 minute interval, the minute that ratings are 
based on. Nielson
has seen this as a problem for advertisers. How do 
advertisers know
that people are actually watching their commercials? 
Well, Nielson,
the company which tracks ratings, will release a new 
minute by minute
ratings system later this month. Direct Access Research 
Tools, or
DART, will provide a more accurate track of ratings and 
frequency.
This will cut any ratings stacking alleged by McMahon.

Rating numbers for RAW or Nitro are not expected to be 
affected.

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LET'S GET BACK TOGETHER. PG-13, Wolfie D and JC Ice, 
reformed recently
at a Music City Wrestling show.

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY: What Wrestlemania X match 
was announced by
                            Burt Reynolds?

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 20, 1959...Sting is born.
          1983...Larry Zbyszko bought the Georgia 
National heavyweight
                 title from Killer Brooks who beat Paul 
Orndorff in
                 Atlanta, GA, earlier in the night. 
Even though he
                 paid $25,000, he was stripped by NWA 
President, Bob
                 Geigel.
          1987...The Great Muta and Shiro Koshinaka won 
the vacant
                 IWGP International tag team titles by 
defeating Akira
                 Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada in Tokyo, 
Japan.
          1994...At Wrestlemania X, Bret Hart beat 
Yokozuna in New
                 York, NY, to win his second WWF World 
title. Roddy
                 Piper served as special referee.
          1995...Legend John Studd died at Fairfax 
Hospital near his
                 home in Burke, VA, after battling with 
Hodgkin's
                 disease for 17 months. He was 46.
          1996...Shinjiro Otani beat Chris Benoit in 
Nagoya, Japan, in
                 the finals of the tournament to 
determine the first
                 WCW Cruiserweight champion.

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

200 issues ago...Dated March 13, 1997. "The man who 
wrestled as The
                 Patriot in World Class and WCW, maybe 
headed to the
                 WWF soon. His gimmick is unknown."

100 issues ago...Dated October 31, 1997. "We reported 
this week that
                 Craig Pittman would be released by the 
WCW when he
                 contract ends soon, but we have 
learned off another
                 name that is up in the air. The Nasty 
Boys have been
                 out of action for nearly a year, but 
it is said that
                 they are just waiting for their WCW 
contract to end.
                 Injuries plagued their return, and it 
seems that the
                 WCW is not supporting a return. 
Although it is
                 unknown when their contract is up, it 
looks like a
                 jump to the WWF or ECW is in the 
future. The WWF may
                 choose to use them in their 
diminishing tag team
                 rouster."

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   | HOUGHTS FROM FANS

     >>Joe<<
>>nimble@mnsi.net<<

  Whoa! Becki comes out here and says he wants the 
talking out of
  wrestling? I tune into RAW each and every week to see 
what
  Degeneration X will have to say, or see what Austin 
is going to do.
  I could care less if anyone gets in the ring for an 
actual match. I
  mean I would rather see Austin beat up everybody with 
stunners and
  Michaels give superkicks all night long than watch 
boring light
  heavyweights. We may not have Austin vs. Kane, but we 
got something
  better, another "sweet chin music," and a spectacular 
return of the
  Undertaker. And who wants to see Sable fight anybody? 
Stand her at
  ringside, and let her jump up and down for her man. 
That would be
  good enough for me.

       >>Leslie<<
>>laelkin@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu<<

  This NWO thing is really getting out of hand. Every 
Monday and
  Thursday nights I watch the NWO beat down another 
good wrestler. But
  that's not what really gets my goose! It's when I 
know there are at
  least 10 to 15 WCW wrestlers sitting on their duffs, 
back in their
  locker rooms, while one of our WCW guys gets his head 
busted in. I'm
  just plain sick of it! What is going on? All I here 
is how the NWO
  is this and that, and they are so dirty and sneaky. 
Well, they may
  be that, but at least they cover each others 
backsides! I want to
  see WCW sticking up for each other like that. Not 
just every once in
  a while like I see now. In order for the NWO to be 
destroyed, WCW
  needs to stick together and start fighting back. Stop 
sitting around
  and waiting for someone else to start the fight, get 
off your (butt)
  and do something. I know I'm just a fan, but if I 
could do something
  to help, I would with out a second thought.

   >>Mark<<
>>mark@dpc.net<<

  Did you see that interview with Rude and Hennig on 
Thunder last
  night? Was I the only one who understood the slam at 
Scott Hall? Do
  you remember in the interview, Hennig pulled his hair 
down over his
  forehead (like Hall)? Then Rude asked Hennig, "Would 
you like a
  HALLS?" I think Hennig said something like, "No, 
because they
  (HALLS/Hall) are just to sweet." I read this morning 
in a newsboard
  that Hall was in REHAB again. Was that a slam at Hall 
or what?

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

It is movie review time. Wild Things starring Kevin 
Bacon, Nev
Cambell, Matt Dillon and Denise Richardson is weird. 
That is the only
way to put it. I advice that all small children beware. 
The sexual
content is strong. The plot is easy to follow, but the 
characters are
not believable. A major plot is pulled out, and it 
seems too
complicated for someone to think of. I am warning all 
men to close
their eyes when Matt Dillon walks towards the running 
shower. You have
been warned.

I am real tired. I did so much today. This is the start 
of my spring
break, and I have decided to stick around to work with 
the page and
schoolwork. Even though I do not have school, I will be 
working on a
ton of stuff in the next week. I will have time, 
though, for all of
your voices to be heard. I will take messages through 
e-mail, AOL IM
ICQ.

My AOL IM name is: LLJayhawk

MY ICQ number is: 4583020

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TRIVIA ANSWER: Bret Hart vs. Yokozuna.

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