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\_/ WCW Hotline Talks About Warrior
\_/ Piper to Challenge Hogan?
\_/ IYH Buyrate
\_/ Stampede Match Added
\_/ Shamrock Wins Belt?

+ + + + +P L U S+ + + + +
J L  S I G M A N 
" For the Nitro after a PPV, it wasn't anything 
spectacular.  But then, 
neither was RAW.  I think both shows have fallen into a 
pattern, and 
it's not a very entertaining one.  Come one, guys, 
can't you do any 
better?"

J E R RY  R O O T
" A while ago I wrote a column about Louie Spicolli, 
and speculated on
whether there is a wrestler's heaven.  If so, what 
would the matches be
like?  I received mail from Rhino speculating on some 
of the matches,
and wondering if there was some way that matches could 
be simmed using
the technology."

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\_/  The Foxtel cable company has been screening RAW 
here for the last few
months already. (Ult)

\_/ Degeneration X members, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, 
Hunter Hearst Helmsley
and Mike Tyson will be having a public workout prior to 
Wrestlemania
this Thursday. The workout will be take place at noon 
at the Funual Hall
in Boston, MA. Exact details are expected on tonight's 
Raw (Living
Legend)

\_/ Mens Teioh, Funaki and Dick Togo have all finally 
signed with the WWF,
they start working March 30th for WWF (Diamond D)

\_/ This year, SummerSlam is going to be in MSG, New 
York.

\_/ The April 4th  Manchester Mayhem show is a sellout. 
(Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ Steve Austin will be on Regis and Kathie Lee on 
Thursday (Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ It turns out that the official buyrate of No Way 
Out was 0.45. This was
about what was expected. (Ryan McMannis)

\_/ Here is a message I got:

" I just wanted to let you know that last night Ken 
Shamrock won the IC Belt
from "The Rock" Rocky Maivia in Rosemont Horizon WWF 
House Show in Rosemont,
IL."

PiNgaNaToR@aol.com
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\_/ Here is a comment from a reader:

"I attended the WCW event in Hammond this weekend and 
after the event 
I went outside to see the wrestlers off and leaving 
together were 
Curt Hennig and Bill Goldberg.  All I have to say is 
that most of 
the NWO were good friends before and this may be a sign 
of things to 
come."

nolane@coral.indstate.edu 

\_/ Nitro Plus will NOT be a free feature. Even if you 
have satellite
service that will offer Nitro Plus, it will still be a 
PAY-PER-VIEW
event. SN reader Dick Bourne pointed out that SEE 
Magazine, DirecTV's
monthly programming guide, has the feature listed as 
being offered every
Monday night FOLLOWING a WCW pay-per-view. SEE Magazine 
also revealed
that Nitro Plus will start on April 20, 1998. Nitro 
Plus will cost you
$4.99 each time you select to purchase it (Sharpshooter 
News)

\_/ Chris Benoit's site is open at 
http://www.canadiancrippler.com

\_/ Scott Hall checked himself into a rehab on Tuesday. 
Since first being
reported earlier in the week, more has been learned. 
Hall reportedly
worked through Nitro on Monday despite wanting to check 
in that day. He
then flew to Arizona on Tuesday where he checked 
himself into a
Scottdale rehab. It is also being strongly rumored that 
Hall had some
reaction to cocaine and Etoh, an alcoholic product. The 
mixture created
large problems for Hall, and he is willing to spend 
more time in the
rehab than earlier visits (Living Legend)

\_/ Look for Piper's announcement to be a challenge to 
Hogan (Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ Saturn v. Goldberg has been added to Spring 
Stampede (Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ The Raven/DDP match at Spring Stampede will indeed 
be a "Raven's Rules"
match (Jaycee Cannon)

\_/ The WCW hotline is reporting that they are in 
negotiations with the
Ultimate Warrior. Take this with a grain of salt. WCW 
tends to make up
rumors... a lot. (Ryan McMannis)

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Sorry these are a little later than normal... I've been 
a little 
under the weather this week.  Nothing real serious, but 
just enough 
to make me want to stay in bed all day.

WCW Nitro:
- (starts to make comment about the Steiner Brothers 
still being in Nitro's
opening,
 then remembers that it was months before Hogan was 
removed, and 
doesn't bother)
- Awright!  Saw at least 2 different South Carolina 
college's with signs!
- Savage punking Sting doesn't surprise me
- "The gang's all here!"  All except the one you fired 
by FedEx, Bitchoff
- No, I'm not bitter or anything...
- Forwarded thru Hogan's moments on the mic
- That Nitro Girls thing?  Talk about gag me green!
- LMAO at Lodi
- I've suddenly found myself a fan of his
- Too bad he's gonna get killed by Goldberg
- Forwarded thru the Goldberg squash
- Why did Finley bleach his hair?
- Ultimo looks a little lame here... I wonder if 
there's a communication
problem.
- Forwarded thru the Norton/Adams match
- Does Grunge's wife know he was out there judging the 
women? ;-)
- Forwarded thru the Bulldog & Anvil squash
- Hmmm, Bischoff came out with Savage... maybe he'll go 
swimming?
- They're gonna bring Jake Roberts back?
- Geez, Benoit is once again stuck in The Feud That 
Never Ends
- What is Benoit saying while Raven's in the corner?  I 
can't translate his
Canadian. [g]
- 3 straight snap suplexes!  I'm impressed!
- Boo!  Benoit should've won that one!
- Forwarded thru the Miller/Nagata match.  I've seen it 
at house shows before.
- "Bischoff fears Syxx" LOL!
- Forwarded thru most of the Steiner/Traylor match
- Stopped to see Steiner go swimming
- Love the way Booker T was teasing Chavo about the 
T-shirt
- Reese?  OK, makes sense, for once.
- Forwarded thru the DDP/Reese match
- Juvi vs Jericho?  Cool!
- I'm just waiting for Juvi to jump Jericho during his 
speech
- Boo!  Why did they end the Jericho/Juvi match in a 
screwjob?
- LMAO at Nash's escape
- Hall better learn how to breathe water
- Geez, Buffer again?  I remember when it was special 
when he was around.
- Um, where's Sting?
- Oh my God, a helicopter?
- Maybe Bischoff'll end up in the water now?
- Typical Nitro main event ending...

WWF RAW is WarZone:
- Forwarded thru the Shamrock interview
- Hit play when Rocky showed up.  He's getting much 
better at his heel
interviews.
- Looks like D-Lo got volunteered
- Nice chairshots by Rocky
- Interesting acting by Faarooq
- Shamrock bladed?
- Forwarded thru the Sable interview
- Cool!  Love the mascot guy, he's great!
- He's gonna announce?  He'll be better than either 
Kevin Kelly or Michael Cole.
- Jarrett's on a horse?  No comment...
- Forwarded thru the Jarrett/Brandi match.  It seemed 
to be the same one as
they did on Shotgun.
- Forwarded thru the Shawn video
- This handicapped match will be a great comedy match
- Why didn't Cornette get in the ring?  In the past, he 
would have!
- ACK!  What happened to Holly's hair?
- "Bombastic Bob and Bodacious Bart"?
- Kane's gonna kill the mascot?
- A dumpster match?  What're the rules to that?
- So, Armstrong's gonna provide running commentary?
- Hope Armstrong's not afraid of heights
- ROFLMAO!  "So I guess your ass better call somebody!" 
 Cactus is great!
- "Road Dog better just hang in there..." LOL, Owen!
- Forwarded thru the McMahon interview
- Forwarded thru the Tyson video
- Forwarded thru the Austin video
- A match for the Euro belt now?  Owen's brave...
- WHAT???  Why the title change this close to 
WrestleMania?
- Wait, why are they holding Sable and Luna apart?  I 
thought 
there was going to be a match?
- Oh please... Luna, just kick some ass, OK?
- For once, I'm happy to see Kane!
- Another very cool Undertaker segment, even if he did 
save Sable...

For the Nitro after a PPV, it wasn't anything 
spectacular.  But then, 
neither was RAW.  I think both shows have fallen into a 
pattern, and 
it's not a very entertaining one.  Come one, guys, 
can't you do any 
better?


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 | \_/ The Mat Potato     \_/                |
 |     By Jerry Root                         | 
 |     E-mail address: jmroot@juno.com       |
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A while ago I wrote a column about Louie Spicolli, and 
speculated on
whether there is a wrestler's heaven.  If so, what 
would the matches be
like?  I received mail from Rhino speculating on some 
of the matches,
and wondering if there was some way that matches could 
be simmed using
the technology.

That got me to thinking.  I remember quite a few years 
ago some people
got together and simmed up a boxing match between Rocky 
Marciano and
Muhammed Ali.  Marciano was still alive at the time, so 
they had Ali and
Marciano get into the ring and stage the rounds.  The 
computer had spit
out hundreds of rounds with various endings, then the 
film was edited,
and put out in theaters on a PPV type atmosphere.  The 
outcome of the
match was kept under wraps, however I was living in 
California at the
time, and heard the results because they had shown it 
on the East Coast
first.

Now, if they could do this back in the 60's or 70's, 
what can be done
today?  Computer animation has progressed to the point 
that programmers
can make dinosaurs walk the earth again.  There are 
already programs on
the market to sim wrestling matches (most notably TNM). 
 

The stats could be fed in, moves programmed, pictures 
of the older
wrestlers in their prime could be programmed in and 
given animation.
Imagine having a match between Bruno Sammartino and 
Larry Zybysko 
with both of them in their prime.  How about Ed 
"Strangler" Lewis 
going up against Lou Thesz?  Dick the Bruiser tangling 
with Cactus 
Jack?  Andre the Giant and Paul Wight?  The 
possibilities are 
endless.  The only limit is imagination.

I would love to see Gorgeous George in action against 
HBK.  Ray Stevens
tussling with Ric Flair.

Ah, I can dream, can't I?

On to another subject.  I received more mail today and 
I feel as if I am
losing a cherished friend.  Actually, more like a 
cherished friend is
moving away, so the contact will be less.  

The Bagpiper has ceased publication of their daily 
newsletter.  I hold a
special place for the Bagpiper as it is the first 
wrestling newsletter I
read, and has long been the standard by which others 
are measured.  I
just want to take a moment and publicly thank Charles 
MacLaurin for his
service to us fans.  He was among the first to do away 
with rumors in
his sheet, concentrating instead on the hard news, 
great columnists and
above all, entertainment.  I know that he has been an 
inspiration to a
large number of people out here (Matt and I included).

Charles, I wish you well in whatever you do.  I'm going 
to be keeping my
eyes open for your by-line as I am sure you will be a 
success in the
business.  It was a pleasure reading TBR, and I still 
look forward to
your updates on the web page, plus the live coverage 
you provide.

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I have a few questions that I think I may open up to 
the readers of 
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Over the last few weeks, I've been asked a few 
questions that have 
stumped even me! If any of the readers can answer any 
of these three 
questions, please send the answers to me at the usual 
address. I'll 
be damned impressed if anyone can get all three!

- Who was under the mask of the Executioner at 
WrestleMania I?

- What does Al Snow's finisher, the Snow Plow, actually 
consist of? 
Is it a new move he has started to use in ECW, or is it 
the atomic 
powerbomb that he used to use in the WWF?

- What is the name of the really heavy industrial song 
that plays at 
the beginning of every ECW house show?

Two of these, I don't know because I don't get ECW and 
have never 
seen any of it, the first one, I simply do not know! 
Can anyone out 
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