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April 1, 1998 
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                        Inside this Issue
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    Top Story                   Thoughts from the Fans
    Latest                      Final Thoughts from the 
Living Legend
    Trivia Question             Trivia Answer
    Time Line                   Credits
    Wrestling in the 1960s
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                  RAW WINS ONE HOUR

NEW YORK--The Nielson ratings for Monday night came a 
day late due to
a computer failure by Nielson. The wait is over, and 
the results are
shocking. RAW was able to beat Nitro in a head to head 
battle from
9-10 p.m. ET.

Nitro was able to capture the head to head advantage 
with a 4.0 to a
3.8 from 9-11 p.m. ET.

Overall, Nitro was able to beat RAW by 0.4 points.

                        RAW         NITRO

8-9 p.m. ET..........................4.6
9-10 p.m. ET............4.0..........3.9
10-11 p.m. ET...........3.6..........4.1
Head to Head Average....3.8..........4.0
Overall Average.........3.8..........4.2

The ratings were hurt by the NCAA National Championship 
game.

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GET THIS STRAIGHT. Eric Bischoff was on Prodigy 
Wednesday night. He
spoke about a number of topics. Here are parts of that 
interview.

When asked if the Ultimate Warrior's rumors were true 
about possibly
appearing in the WCW anytime soon, he answered, "There 
is absolutely
no place in WCW for the Ultimate Warrior."

Where Scott Hall and Kevin Nash ever going back to the 
WWF? " I don't
think if they had the opportunity to go back to Titan 
that they really
would unless it was their only option. I'm not sure 
what Scott Hall or
Kevin Nash may have said to Sean Waltman behind the 
scenes, but I know
in my meetings with Scott and Kevin they have 
maintained a desire to
stay with WCW and do whatever necessary to make the 
relationship work,
including working with Hogan to whatever extent needed. 
I have a
feeling, though, that if Hall and Nash had to make a 
decision to go
back to Titan, at least in Nash's case, since I talk to 
him more
often...their decision would be to stay in WCW. He's 
expressed that on
a number of occasions."

Bischoff commented on Sean Waltman's comments on Monday 
night's RAW.
"I wasn't surprised at all. I thought it was kind of 
funny in many
different ways, particularly the part where one of the 
announcers
talked about how Sean Waltman had been an indentured 
servant for long,
given the fact that he made more money with WCW than he 
had made in
his life and barely worked a schedule that could be 
considered a part
time schedule. I hope he enjoys a long and successful 
career at Titan.
I hope for the sake of him and his family he can stay 
healthy.

"No, I wasn't offended. I was more amused than 
anything. In fact,
Hogan and I watched it together. We both looked at each 
other and
laughed. I asked Hogan what it felt like to be the star 
of two shows
at the same time."

When asked about rumors of displeasure by Chris 
Jericho, Eddie
Guerrero and Rey Misterio Jr., Bischoff stated, "You'd 
really have to
ask them."

When questioned that Giant's contract was rumored up in 
March, he
stated, "Another bogus rumor."

Will Alex Wright return soon? "...we fully expect that 
Alex Wright is
going to return very soon."

When asked about possibly returning Dennis Rodman, 
Bischoff stated,
"I've talked to Dennis on a number of occasions, and we 
fully expect
to do something with Dennis this summer after the 
basketball season is
over."

On rumors about Ahmed Johnson (Tony Norris) entering 
the WCW soon. "
I've never had a conversation with Tony Norris. I have 
no intention of
having a conversation with Tony Norris."

MALICE IN THE PALICE. Thunder is canceled on Thursday, 
April 2, and it
will be replaced by an internet exclusive for only 
$7.95. The show
will be on Real Audio and can be reached starting at 8 
p.m. ET at:
<>http://www.wcwwrestling.com<>

Here is the scheduled line-up:

  Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage.
  Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting in a steel cage for the WCW 
World title.
  Ric Flair vs. Curt Hennig.
  Saturn and Raven vs. Diamond Dallas Page and Chris 
Benoit.
  Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Konnan.
  Eddie Guerrero and Bill Goldburg will be in action in 
separate
    single matches.
  Lizmark Jr. and Juventud Guerrera vs. La Parka and 
Psychosis.

Mark Madden and Disco Inferno will be doing play by 
play for the
event.

WELL, HE IS A HORSE. Mark Madden mentioned a tentative 
Four Horsemen
line-up when, and if, they comeback. The line-up, 
according to Madden,
is the following:

  Arn Anderson as manager.
  Ric Flair
  Chris Benoit
  Dean Malenko.
  Bill Goldburg.

The chock comes when listing Bill Goldburg with the 
rest of the
members. The WCW is unsure if they want Goldburg to 
work with a group
because he seems to work better as an independent.

THEY SAW A REAL FIGHT. Glacier and Billy Kidman sat in 
at two recent
Jerry Springer tapings on Monday. They did not actively 
participate in
the show.

SAVAGE HURTS SELF. Randy Savage was injured last night 
at the WCW
Saturday Night taping last night in Madison, WI. The 
card featured a
Sting vs. Savage match. About a minute into the match 
Savage collapsed
after falling in an awkward manner. The injury seemed 
to be an ankle
injury, but no official report has been mentioned.

Savage's status for tonight's "Malice in Palice" is in 
jeopardy.

STING GETS A LITTLE STUNG. Sting hurt his hip on Nitro. 
He is expected
to be ready for tomorrow's "Malice in the Palice" 
internet pay per
view. He wrestled on the WCW Saturday Night taping last 
night with the
injury.

TAPE IT NOW, SEE IT LATER. WCW Saturday Night was taped 
last night in
Madison, WI. Here are the results:

  Psychosis won.
  Billy Kidman beat Evan Courageous.
  Prince Iaukea pinned Rick Fuller.
  Chris Adams pinned Hard Body Harrison.
  The British Bulldog defeated Bryan Adams by DQ when 
Curt Hennig
    interfered. Jim Niedhart made the save.
  Ultimate Dragon and Kaz Hayashi defeated Steve and 
Scott Armstrong.
  Ray Traylor won.
  Chris Benoit beat Bobby Eaton by submission.
  Booker T pinned Fit Finley.
  Jim Niedhart beat Curt Hennig by DQ when Bryan Adams 
interfered. The
    British Bulldog made the save.
  Disco Inferno defeated Johnny Attitude.
  Chris Jericho defeated Lenny Lane.
  Hammer beat his opponent.
  Marty Jannetty pinned Horshu.
  Jim Duggan won.
  El Dandy defeated Evan Courageous.
  Barbarian pinned Reece with help from Jimmy Hart.
  Chavo Guerrero defeated Kevin Blanchard.
  Scott Steiner pinned Jerry Lynn.
  Jim Neidhart lost to Randy Savage.
  Sting beat Randy Savage after a scorpion deathdrop.

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CALL ME THIS.WWF is planning on using "X-Pac" as Sean 
Waltman's new
name.

MICHAELS PROBLEMS. Shawn Michaels will be taking time 
off to heal a
back injury he sustained at the Royal Rumble PPV. Jim 
Ross reported
that Michaels has a number of years still on his 
contract, and that
his is being given enough time as needed to recover.

While Michaels is gone, Degeneration X will continue to 
bash Michaels
for deserting them.

TAPED STUFF. RAW for next week was taped last night in 
Syracuse, NY,
and of course Shawn Michaels was not there, but the 
rest of the WWF
stars were. Do not look if you don't want to know what 
will happen on
the next RAW. Here are the dark match results:

  Adam Copeland defeated Sean Stasiak.
  Val Venis beat Tom Brandi.
  Undertaker, Steve Austin and Ken Shamrock beat Rocky 
Maivia, Goldust
    and Kane.

Shotgun taping results:

  Goldust beat Jose Estrada.
  The Midnight Express beat the Rock 'n' Roll Express.
  Taka Michinoku beat Scott Taylor.
  Jeff Jarrett won.
  The Legion of Doom beat their opponents.

RAW taping results:

  Vince McMahon comes to the ring to announce that a 
new Steve Austin
    will be there later that night. There will be no 
beer, hand
    gesture or cursing. McMahon will bring the new 
Austin out later.
  Dan Severn beats Flash Funk.
  Degeneration X interview.
  Steve Blackman defeated Brian Christopher. Jeff 
Jarrett runs in and
    hits Blackman with a guitar following the match.
  Degeneration X are on the Titantron about to urinate 
on DOA's
    motorcycles.
  Faarooq is shown walking into the arena, and he is 
attacked by the
    Nation of Domination.
  Owen Hart beat Rocky Maivia by dq following a Chyna 
interference.
  McMahon brings out the new Austin in a suit. Austin 
has a picture
    taken of himself, and then tears off the suit. 
Austin claims he
    won't change for no one.
  Luna wins a match.
  Marc Mero and Ken Shamrock wrestle to a no decision 
after the Nation
    of Domination interfere.
  The DOA is mad at DX, and they challenge them for 
later in the show.
  Cactus Jack hits the ring to state that he is mad at 
the fans. He is
    mad that they chanted Austin's name during his 
matches, and that
    it wasn't worth his trouble. He left stating that 
it will be a
    long time before the fans see Cactus Jack again.
  Hunter Hearst Helmlsey and the New Age Outlaws beat 
the Disciples of
    Apocalypse. The new Legion of Doom runs in at the 
end of the show.

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BADGER TIME. Badger State Wrestling will be holding a 
show at the
Germantown High School, in Germantown, Wisconsin, this 
Friday, April 3
as a charity event for Children's Hospital. Scheduled 
on the card:

  Trevor Blanchard vs. Sonny Rogers.
  "Swivel Hips" Schemp Terrio vs. Brandon Haze for the 
Cruiserweight
    Championship.
  The Green Dragon vs. "Wild One" Jimmy Blaze for the 
Heavyweight
    Championship.

Call (414) 463-0006 for ticket information.

Also, Badger State Wrestling returns to the Eagles Club 
in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, on Saturday, April 4. The main event will 
feature a "Crate
of Death Match" featuring Cage opposing Lumberjack 
Butch.

ALL PRO WRESTLING RESULTS. All pro Wrestling held a 
card in Hayword,
CA, last night. Here are those results:

  Joe Applebaumer defeated El Chicano Flame.
  Erin O'Grady defeated Rick Turner.
  Tony Jones defeated "Cowboy" Frank Murdoch by 
countout.
  Boom Boom Comini battled Jay Smooth to a no-contest.
  Donovan Morgan defeated "Bad Boy" Boyce LeGrande by 
submission.
  Vic Grimes and Kirk The Clown defeated Phil Phlanders 
and Vinny
    Massaro.
  Robert Thompson and Michael Modest defeated APW 
Universal Champion
    "La Migra" Maxx Justice by submission in a 3-Way 
non-title match.
    The match was declared a draw when both Thompson 
and Modest forced
    Justice to submit to a Boston Crab/Camel Clutch in 
a non-title
    match.
  Boyce LeGrande won a 16 man Royal Rumble.

JUMP AROUND. House of Pain Wrestling Federation held a 
huge card on
Tuesday night in Hagerstown, MD. Here are those 
results:

  Austin Hunter beat Latin Tornado.
  Yutzak Arafat pinned JB Blackburn.
  Aidiean and Mike Lawson wrestled to a no contest.
  A double countout ended the match between Biggs and 
Morgus.
  Jerkface beat Prof. Egon Ecton.
  Slickboy and Jack Hammer lost to the Grungers.
  Fumar won a 16 man royal rumble.

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY: In 1903, Frank Gotch and 
Tom Jenkins, two
                            men who would dominate the 
early part of
                            the century, wrestled their 
first match.
                            Who was the victor in that 
battle?

Answer is near the bottom of the newsletter.

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                   1998

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

April 1, 1913...Frank Gotch announces his retirement 
after beating
                George Lurich in Kansas City, MO.
         1957...Danny Hodge appears on the cover of 
Sports
                Illustrated.
         1989...Master of Pain ended Jerry Lawler's 
first reign as
                USWA Heavyweight champion by defeating 
him in Memphis,
                TN.
         1990...Ultimate Warrior ended Hulk Hogan's 
second WWF World
                title reign by defeating him in a time 
of 22:51 at
                Wrestlemania VI in Toronto, Ontario.
         1990...Demolition regained the WWF tag team 
titles by
                defeating Haku and Andre the Giant in 
Toronto,
                Ontario.
         1992...Paul Roma beats Norman Fortini in 47 
seconds to win
                his first professional boxing match. 
The match took
                place in Randolph, MA.
         1994...The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated The 
Heavenly Bodies
                in Pikeville, KY, to win the Smokey 
Mountain tag team
                titles.
         1996...Goldust beat Savio Vega in San 
Bernardino, CA to fill
                the vacant WWF Intercontinental title 
from earlier in
                the evening.

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

100 issues ago...Dated March 30, 1997. "Rey Misterio 
Jr. has been a no
                 show for a few cards this week. The 
reason is
                 reportedly because he lost his bag 
with his masks and
                 tights."

100 issues ago...Dated November 10, 1997. "Butterbean, 
professional
                 boxer, was on RAW tonight. Marc Mero 
offered his a
                 challenge, but it is unknown if 
Butterbean will be in
                 more WWF angles, or if it was a one 
time deal."

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.......The 1960's Saw Many Changes in Professional 
Wrestling.........
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by Nick Runnels
RunnelsD@aol.com

The AWA, unlike the NWA, did have a solid tag team 
championship. This
championship was not dominated by one team like the 
Sharpe era of the
1950's NWA or like Gagne with the World title. There 
were many very
short title reigns, including some which only lasted a 
few days. The
first champions were Murder Inc. This team was made of 
Tiny Mills and
Stan Kowalski. They lost the title, two months after 
they won it, to
Hard Boiled Haggerty and Len Montana. Haggerty would go 
on to hold the
title on four occasions with three different partners.

On August 20, 1963, Crusher Lisowski and Dick the 
Bruiser won the
titles for the first time. They would go on to hold the 
championship
four times in the 1960s, making them the most 
successful AWA team of
that decade. Their title reigns were fairly long 
compared to some of
the other teams. Dick the Bruiser, today, is recognized 
 as one of the
most dangerous wrestlers of all time.

Other tag team champions were Pat O'Connor and Wilbur 
Snyder, Larry
Hennig and Harley Race, and many other combinations of 
wrestlers.

As the AWA was formed to further the career of Verne 
Gagne, the WWWF
was partly formed to further the career of Bruno 
Sammartino.  The
formation was because of a dispute concerning 
Sammartino, Buddy
Rogers, and Lou Thesz.

In 1962 and 1963, Bruno Sammartino was engaged in a 
great feud with
"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. On August 2, 1962, they had 
a match in
Toronto, Canada. Sammartino won this match and should 
have been
declared World Champion, but refused to take the title. 
He did this
because of the way he won the match. Sammartino was 
running from the
ropes and Rogers tried to jump over him (a move called 
a "leap frog.")
Rogers did not jump high enough and Sammartino's head 
hit him in the
groin. He was in serious pain and could not continue 
the match.
Sammartino was awarded the match, but he refused the 
title being a
true gentleman.

Now, Rogers seemed to be afraid of Sammartino. On 
November 15, 1962,
they had a rematch. This time, Rogers wrestled totally 
defensively
and escaped the match with a draw. He ran away from 
Bruno throughout
the whole match. This match proved that Bruno was the 
better wrestler
of the two. Fifteen days later, they had another 
rematch. Rogers
pulled the same antics and again escaped with a draw.

On January 24, 1963, Rogers lost his title to Lou 
Thesz. This is when
the WWWF formed. The formation happened for two 
reasons. The first
reason was that Lou Thesz did not deserve a title shot. 
He had been
defeated by Dory Funk Sr. just eight days earlier, 
which gives him no
right to a title shot. The match between Rogers and 
Thesz was also a
one fall match, which was a very rare occurrence for a 
title match.
The second reason was that it seemed that Rogers was 
carefully
choosing his opponents rather than giving title shots 
to the top
contenders. Sammartino was the number one contender.

This promotion was in the centered in the Northeast of 
the United
States. "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers was the first WWWF 
World Champion.
There are two theories on how he got the title. Some 
say that he was
awarded the title because the promoters who had broken 
from the NWA
didn't recognize his one fall loss to Lou Thesz. Others 
say that he
defeated Antonino Rocca in a fictitious tournament in 
Rio de Janeiro.
Either way, he was the first champion.

The feud between Rogers and Sammartino was still going 
on in the brand
new WWWF. On April 18, 1963, Bruno cornered Rogers in 
Washington, but
both men were disqualified. The rules of wrestling say 
that a title
cannot change hands on a disqualification. Rogers kept 
his title. He
didn't keep it for long, though. On May 17th, the two 
stars again met
in the ring. This time it was in front of approximately 
20,000 fans in
the famed Madison Square Garden. Bruno destroyed Rogers 
in this match
in only 48 seconds. It was now known who the best 
wrestler in the
world was.

Bruno held this title until 1971, when he lost it to 
the Russian Bear,
Ivan Koloff. During his eight years as champion, he 
defended his title
all over the country against combatants such as Fred 
Blassie and Ray
Stevens.

The WWWF did not have a tag team championship until 
1971, and they did
not have a women's championship until 1983.

The 1960's were also a tragic decade in wrestling 
history. Gorgeous
George Wagner had a heart attack and died on December 
26, 1963. Yukon
Eric shot himself in January 1965, after a match. Ed 
"Strangler" Lewis
and Stanislaus Zybyszko, two legends in the sport of 
wrestling, both
died. "Iron" Mike Dibiase, father of the "Million 
Dollar Man" Ted
Dibiase, had a heart attack while taking part in a 
wrestling match and
died in the ring. These men will never be forgotten by 
serious
wrestling fans.

WRITER'S NOTE: I am trying to raise money to buy a 
Simplenet web
               account, so if you could please help me 
by going to
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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               and visiting the sponsor, I would 
greatly appreciate
               it. Thanks

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     >>David<<
>>dluzader@fuse.net<<

  First, I'd like to say that I thought WrestleMania 14 
was excellent!
  One of the best PPVs in recent memory, and definitely 
the best
  WrestleMania in the past few years. And Raw the night 
after was
  spectacular as well! Most everything was great about 
the PPV, but
  there are a few things I thought weren't needed at 
all. As well, I'm
  going to talk about my thoughts on the overall 
direction of the WWF.
=20
  1.) Gennifer Flowers - I don't know if she's just 
playing up a
  character or what, but after hearing the promos she 
cut for the WWF,
  I got one thing to say: What a slut! What the heck 
was the point in
  having her there? If her promos reflect her real-life 
self, then I
  have no respect for her. And if she was just playing 
up a character,
  why did the WWF want her to act like a slut? To open 
up the
  "creative envelope" again? That's a bunch of crap. If 
opening the
  "creative envelope" means acting immoral and 
degrading, then perhaps
  they should close it back up until they get it right. 
At least they
  could've got someone with a little bit of class.
=20
  2.) The DX Band - I like the DX theme song, because 
it flows good,
  and fits them well. But other than that, this band 
completely
  sucked! Their rendition of America the Beautiful was 
pathetic to say
  the least. Did anyone out there actually like it? I 
doubt it, and if
  you did, what's wrong with you? It sounded terrible! 
Does anyone
  actually think the leader of that band can sing? Come 
on! How much
  talent does it take to "talk" words into a 
microphone, and yell at
  the top of your lungs every now and then? None. 
People used to say
  that hard rock and heavy metal musicians couldn't 
really sing, but
  I'll tell you something. I've never heard anything 
like the garbage
  put out by all these alternative bands today. Jim 
Ross said after
  the song, "Only in America and the World Wrestling 
Federation can
  there be this time of freedom of expression!" 
Hahahahahaha!! Well, I
  wouldn't admit to it. If that's the best someone can 
do to express
  themselves, then I feel sorry for them.
=20
  3.) The Overall Direction of the WWF - Every time 
someone in  the
  WWF does something immoral or degrading, they cover 
up for it by
  saying they're just "opening the creative envelope", 
or, it's just
  "freedom of expression." That is so stupid! Look at 
DX...how much
  "creativity" does it take to fill your interviews 
with sexual
  innuendoes and act like an immoral, degrading jerk? 
Anyone with a
  dirty mind could do that. And now they're giving a 
guy a porn star
  gimmick (Val Venis)? Freedom of expression? Maybe so, 
but some
  people express themselves in a bad way. It's up to 
the individual to
  decide what's right and wrong, but when the founding 
forefathers
  made the whole freedom of expression thing, I don't 
think they meant
  it was okay to express yourself in degrading, morally 
wrong ways.
  Now before I go any further, I want to say something. 
I know some
  idiot out there reading this is going to write to me 
and say
  something like, "Lighten up!! It's just 
wrestling...it's
  entertainment! You're taking it to seriously!" I know 
it's just
  wrestling and entertainment, but entertainment 
reflects what's going
  on in society. I've been noticing a lot lately, that 
in wrestling
  and in real life things, people use the freedom of 
expression law to
  get away with acting immoral and degrading. How come 
it's so hard
  for people to decide what's right and what's wrong? 
How come it's so
  hard for people to determine when something has gone 
to far? Doesn't
  anyone know what a Bible is anymore? People always 
say, "Who's
  decision is it to decide what is really right and 
wrong?" Well I
  think God made it perfectly clear in the Bible what 
is right and
  wrong, and where the line should be drawn. It's up to 
the individual
  to take note of these things, and live our lives 
accordingly,
  because God gave us all free will. We can do whatever 
we want with
  our lives. But if people take advantage of that, and 
live in an
  immoral, degrading way, then they will pay the 
consequences in the
  long run.

    >>Kory<<
>>KJaneau@aol.com<<

  I would like to say how much I am disappointed in 
WCW. Nitro just
  doesn't seem to keep my interest the way it used to. 
It has gotten
  boring and repetitive. WCW was barely able to keep 
two hours
  interesting during Nitro, and now that it is three 
hours long every
  week, I just find it annoying. I have tried to enjoy 
it, but I just
  don't seem capable of doing it. Hogan sucks as a 
wrestler, and
  personally I am tired of seeing the NWO. It has gone 
on for entirely
  too long now. It was great when they first came out. 
I was all for
  them, but Hogan has made me dislike them. I  have 
always been one
  who liked the "bad guys." Hogan has always 
disappointed me as
  wrestler. I still can't understand why he has always 
won a belt. As
  far as I am concerned best wrestler in the NWO is 
Curt Henning, but
  for some reason they WCW won't let him actually 
wrestle. Instead he
  has to rely on his "friends" to help him out.

  As far as I am concerned WWF is the true leader in 
wrestling. They
  can actually give us good matches. Shawn Michaels is 
the greatest. I
  have liked Michaels ever since he turned in Marty 
Jannetty years
  ago. He is the best wrestler there is, and his 
finishing move,
  "sweet chin music," is also the greatest . Michaels's 
superkick is
  even better than that of Chris Adams. What I like 
about Michaels is
  that he is always at his best. I have never seen him 
truly wrestle
  bad. As far as Steve Austin goes goes, he pisses me 
off. He always
  says he doesn't care about fans yet every weak he is 
sucking up to
  the fans. I can't stand that.

  Anyway the whole point of me writing this letter was 
to state how
  much I hated WCW now. It's tired. WWF, though, still 
(is the best),
  and I will watch it faithfully because it is able to 
keep my
  interest unlike WCW.

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

Well, I am sick and tired of this crap. I get no 
respect, no money and
I work my ass off. I am going to be shutting down the 
newsletter on
April 15. That will be the last date of the newsletter.

I get enough e-mail as it is. Save it. I don't want to 
hear you saying
that you want me to stay. I will just dump it. I will 
not think twice.

The sad thing is that I just interviewed independent 
manager Dawn
Marie and legendary superstar Bruno Sammartino tonight. 
They are not
on tape, and since the newsletter will end soon, I will 
not take time
to type them up. Good thing too. Bruno is a loud mouth, 
and Dawn Marie
is fat and ugly.

I hope you realized by now, I continued the little 
APRIL FOOLS joke
from my web page onto the newsletter. I am not stopping 
the
newsletter. I did talk to Dawn Marie, and I will be 
opening her page
this weekend. I am hoping to give Bruno Sammartino a 
call this Friday.
I have an old number of his, and I am hoping it is 
still working.

For those who don't know Dawn Marie. If you watch MTV, 
watch the
Silent Bob and Jay commercial with the bikini girl. The 
dark haired
one is Dawn Marie.

The rest of this is real.

We had the wrong e-mail address yesterday. Subscribe to 
the Outsider
Edge Newsletter by writing: 
<>tbozsguy@wrestlinginc.com<>

E-mail me if you are from the Kansas City area. There 
is a Nitro on
May 11. I am trying to get a list of interested 
participates.

I made a decision. If you thought it was wrong, tell 
me. I included
the mention to "God" in the viewer thought by David. If 
any one was
offended, let me know. I need to know for future 
newsletters.

I am going to get my ass in gear this Friday. Look out. 
I am going to
be kicking some butt. I will let you know how it goes 
or doesn't go.

I found a new guy to do the web page. We will be moving 
to a new
server soon, but we need to gain ad revenue before that 
happens. I
will have a list of prices in the newsletter on Friday. 
I will
continue not to take ads for the newsletter, but I will 
take a banner
for the web page. E-mail me if you are interested....so 
I can get an
idea of how many people would like in.

Actually, we are looking for someone to set up a site 
for me. I do not
want to pay, but I will offer links, banners and so on 
in return. Let
me know if you want to help us. You will get full 
credit. Show me some
examples if you are interested.

I am looking at no more than $20 a page for a month. 
You can be seen
by 5000 people a day for a month. That is a steal in my 
book.
Webmasters can e-mail me. I will be happy to make a 
banner for your
page for no charge.

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TRIVIA ANSWER: Tom Jenkins.

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