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  IPWN: THE INFORMER NEWSLETTER:
   BY DARRYL WOLK AND STAFF
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       APRIL 2, 1998
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          ISSUE #74
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WE BREAK THE NEWS...THEY CONFIRM IT!!!!
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YOUR SOURCE FOR 24 WRESTLING NEWS!!!!!!
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LEADING THE INDUSTRY INTO 1998!!!!!!!!!
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NEWS AND RUMOURS
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TOP STORY: "INFORMATIVE INVESTIGATION"

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"The Industry After Wrestlemania"
04/2/98
by: "Informer" Darryl Wolk

        The reviews are in and some fans liked the pay 
per view, others
were disapointed.   Some insiders throught the WWF 
pulled off a
great show, others throught they had a lot of room for 
improvement.
In actuality, opinions really don't matter, as 
Wrestlemania made
the most money that the WWF has seen for a PPV since 
Wrestlemania
VII.   The WWF put out their best possible matches, 
dished out
money for major celebreties and recieved the media 
attention that
the wrestling industry and previously only dreamed of.

        Wrestlemania earned a gate of $1,029,230 and 
sold merchandise
worth $7 per person in attendence in merchandise.   On 
Pay Per
View television, they will earn about 26 million 
dollars, or a
1.8 buyrate.   These statistics are better then the WWF 
has seen
for quite some time, and overall the WWF must be on a 
high with
the amount they earned for this card.

        The WWF delievered every match as planned on 
the card.  Despite
the treat of Shawn Michaels injury, Owen Hart's injury, 
Jessie
James injury and the ongoing injuries of the Undertaker 
and Steve
Austin, the quality of the PPV was in question. 
  Despite the risk
of injury however, all wrestlers were able to perform 
and no last
minute changes ruined the card, which we have seen 
happen before.
Now that Wrestlemania is history, there are a lot of 
questions
concerning the WWF's future.  This Monday however Raw 
once again
pulled out all the stops to indicate that they will 
continue to
compete.

        On Raw is War this past Monday on USA Network, 
Dan Severn and
Dick Togo, Teloh, and Funaki made their debut this 
Monday.  This
shows that a feud with Ken Shamrock and the NWA angle 
could develop
in the WWF.   The Michinoku Pro DX members from Japan 
will likely
fued with Taka and without a doubt spice up the WWF 
lightweight
division.   Sean Waltman (formerly Syxx/123 Kid) also 
surprised
the industry with blunt shoot comments against 
Bischoff, WCW and
Hulk Hogan on the live Raw is War.   The WWF momentum 
is up, and
should likely stay up within the next few weeks.   This 
week Raw
beat Nitro head to head in the first hour of Raw.  Raw 
scored a
4.0 in hour one and a 3.6 in hour two.   Nitro had 
hourly ratings
of 4.6, 3.9 and 4.1.   All in all that was a good night 
for the
wrestling industry.   The WWF has high hopes for the 
debut of
Stephen Regal as well as young stars such as Vic Venis, 
Barakus,
Adam Copeland and Sean Stasiak.  The WWF is looking 
fairly interesting
going into the summer, especially if Vince McMahon 
decides to put
on the tights in a match with Austin.   Despite 
Michaels being
out of action for a while, the WWF looks like they can 
still put
out a good product, however can they compete with WCW?

        Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan will no doubt be the 
main focus of this
Christmas, and Dennis Rodman will make another 
appearence this
summer.   Kevin Nash is also pushing for main event 
status and
Ric Flair may reform the horseman.  It looks like a WCW 
rebuttle
is easy, and if WCW moves their angles along, there is 
no doubt
that they will be able to meet the WWF's challenge. 
  If the WCW
can pick up big free agents such as the Ultimate 
Warrior, Tony
Norris, Yokozuna or Sid Eudy; the momentum would no 
doubt shift
to WCW fast.

        Wrestlemania is now behind us, and it will be 
interesting to see
how WCW and the WWF plan to gain fan support, ratings 
and profit
with the biggest pay per view of the year behind us. 
  One thing
is clear however, the wrestling industry is at an all 
time high,
and the fans are going to win this battle, regardless 
of what 
promotion they support.

"Informer" Darryl Wolk
Director of News at iwrestling.com &
Editor of the "Informer Report" 
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"INFORMER REPORT" FOR April 2, 1998

*First of all sorry for the lack of updates over the 
past week.
I have been pretty busy outside of wrestling, and 
haven't been
able to find the time to get the news out.   I 
appologize for that,
and assure you that I will not be quitting or ending 
this newsletter.
I realize that Bagpipe and Sharpshooter have both ended 
their
newsletters,  Stone9cold left 4-1-1, and Phil Barton 
and Adam
Swift have moved onto their snail mail projects outside 
of the
internet.   There is a need for wrestling news right 
now, and I
promice that I will continue to provide it for a long 
time to
come.   In the future (within the next two weeks), look 
for two
Brawl Street Journal's a week (most likely Sunday and 
Wednesday),
and then Informer reports most other days.   The 
Informer report
however will be done in simpler form in order to allow 
more time
for my reports.    This week, I will write an 
"Informative Thoughts"
column on Wrestlemania and I will also cover all the 
news and
rumours going around in today's report.

Also tonight I will be on And Justice For Brawl.  If 
you missed
the show on Thursday April 2 at 6pm Eastern you can 
always download
the archieves.   This week the Honkey Tonk Man was a 
special guest
of the show.  Brawl will also be moving to Tuesday 
nights starting
either April 14 or April 21.  Final details are still 
being worked
out, however the show will go from 5:30 to 7pm.   The 
reason is
to get more WWF and WCW guests on the show (ie Thunder 
doesn't interfere
with WCW guests on Thursday, and Raw tapings are every 
other week
allowing WWF guests to come on every once in a while. 
 It is also
a better day as it is closer to pay per views and also 
comes right
after Raw and Nitro).   I will keep you posted.
http://www.pseudo.com

*Now on to the news:

*Eric Bischoff held a chat last night to clear up some 
rumours
about the Ultimate Warrior, to reach to Sean Waltman's 
comments
and to comment on other rumours and events going on in 
the wrestling
industry at this time.   The captain of WCW had a lot 
of interesting
things to say, however it is interesting to see just 
what statements
were truthful and which were not.   It is a true fact 
that the Giant's
contract was up in March.  It is true that several mid 
carders
contracts are up this summer and it is also true that 
the Warrior
and Tony Norris have BOTH talked to WCW about 
employment.  Even if
Ric Flair is under contract (which Arn Anderson said he 
wasn't)
then it would be a two year deal and not a three year 
deal.  The
contract offered to him was two years and right now he 
is only
under a letter of intent.   Finally Nash and Hall have 
BOTH asked
for their release directly after Sean Waltman was 
fired.  They
may be happy right now, however at the time of "the 
bullet in Waltman"
was shot, both men did not voice their desire to stay 
in WCW.  Bischoff
has lied before, and with all indications I have heard 
from other
journalists both off and on the internet, my own 
personal WCW
sources and common sense, there is good reason to 
beleive that
Bischoff lied again.   To read the full transcript 
visit iwrestling.com
right now:
http://www.iwrestling.com/news

*There are a few rumours I would like to kill.  First 
of all the
Ultimate Warrior (Jim Helwig) is NOT under WCW contract 
and that
is a fact.   The Warrior is preparing for a return to 
the ring,
and is very much involved in talks with WCW, however no 
agreement
has been reached.   Warrior said that his website would 
be the
first place that would announce any contract he signs, 
and told
me that at this point no deal has been reached with 
either the
WWF, WCW, ECW or anywhere else.   Warrior has NO plans 
to wrestle
for Titan due to a bad relationship with Vince McMahon 
and is serious
about a Piper style deal with WCW.    To stay updated 
continue
visiting iwrestling.com as well as 
www.ultimatewarrior.com

*Another rumour kill is the one regarding Sid Eudy. 
 Sycho Sid
will NOT be on the next live Raw is War or at least 
that is what
he said.   Sid is officially going to Japan and will 
give me the
dates next week.   At this point, any return to the WWF 
is unlikely
for now.   In the summer or early 1999 is a more 
logical time to
expect to see Sid in the WWF.

*Another false rumour is that Scott Hall asked for his 
release.
Right now he is in re-had to take care of an addiction 
to pain
killers.   Kevin Nash is currently recieving a push. 
 While both
may be uphappy about Sean Waltman, or even their status 
in WCW;
Bischoff said they are under contract for 3 years and 9 
months
and will not be able to go anywhere until that time is 
up.

*Tonight WCW will present their second internet pay per 
view,
Malice@Palice from Tampa.  Thunder will not be shown 
tonight so
the only way to catch WCW action tonight is via the 
world wide
web.  To order the internet PPV for $7.95 then visit 
www.wcwwrestling.com
right now.

*Sources close to the WWF say that Vince McMahon is 
working out
and is working on some basic wrestling skills. 
  McMahon is still
considering jumping in teh ring for a one time 
appearence, however
at this point it is undetermined if he will go through 
with that
plan.

*While it may be true that Rick Rude is interested in 
returning
to the ring this summer, Ted Dibease is not going to 
make any
return what so ever.

*It is official that Stephen Regal has signed with the 
World Wrestling
Federation.   He should debut in a month.   Look for 
him to be
managed by Bill Dundee.

*Earn Hebner was rushed to the hospital with a brain 
annerism this
past weekend.   The Informer Report staff and 
iwrestling.com send
Earl wishes for a full and speedy recovery.   Hebner 
should return
in a few months.

*Shawn Michaels is going to be taking anywhere between 
six months
to one year off from ring action.   He will not wrestle 
before then
according to sources close to Michaels.  AT this point 
it is undermined
when Michaels will return to television, however one 
report suggested
the next live Raw is War, while another report 
suggested two months.
He should be back on t.v. before the six to twelve 
months time.

*The Patriot should give the WWF word on if he will 
return to wrestling
or not.   For those who don't recall the Patriot 
injured his tricep
for the third time and was unable to wrestle for the 
last six
months.  Doctors have recommended that he look for 
another career,
however the Patriot is hoping to return.  A final 
decision is
going to be made this month, however it is unlikely 
that the Patriot
will ever see a wrestling ring again.

*In a dark match this past Tuesday, Ray Rougeau teamed 
up with
the Quebecors.   At this point, it is unclear how 
serious Rougeau
is about a ring return.   He currently does French 
announcing for
Raw and PPV's and does the Canadian version of WWF 
superstars
along with Tom Prichard and Gorilla Monsoon.

*Cactus Jack is not retiring.   Look for his farewell 
speech to
lead to a heel turn.  Cactus is expected to fued with 
Terry Funk
and possibly Dory Funk depending on how over the 
hardcore angle
fued goes on television.

*At this point John Tenta is not signed by the WWF, 
however negotiations
still continue.  Tenta may be picked up if the WWF can 
score a 
solid bargin off him.   One Man Gang and Mike Drosse 
were not signed
by the WWF.

*Strong rumours are escolating that Sean Morely aka Vic 
Venis or
Adam Copeland will be managed by Marlena.  We could 
also see Miss
Jackie and maybe a new Nation member or friend of 
Faarooq unveiled
on the next live Raw is War.  THe WWF magazine hinted 
at Butch
Reed, however I don't know how realistic that is.

*Don't look for Yokozuna to return anytime soon.   He 
does not have
medical clearence to wrestle, and doesn't see a return 
as possible
until at least the summer.   Yokozuna is loyal to the 
WWF, however
is not under WWF contract.   WCW is being pressured to 
sign him
by Hulk Hogan, however they have too much of a talent 
pool to sign
anyone new right now, other then a guy like the 
Warrior.  Don't
look for any promotion to sign him, until he is healty.

*Tony Norris is working a NWA card against Sid.   He is 
wrestling
under Ahmed Johnson and we now know that the NWA is 
affiliated
with the WWF.  A source in the WWF stated that Titan 
would consider
bringing Ahmed back, possibly as a heel (as he was most 
over in
the Nation) if his attitude changes and if he can 
improve some
of his skills and stay healthy.  The WWF would be 
willing to pick
him up at a pay cut bargin, as WCW has NO interest in 
signing Norris
what so ever.   Ahmed had potential to be a major star 
before he
was released, so don't be surprised to see him 
re-surface in the
WWF some day.

*There are very strong rumours that All Japan Pro 
Wrestling's Misawa
and Kobashi will make WWF runs this summer.  Johnny Ace 
and Steve
"Dr. Death" Williams have also expressed interest in a 
WWF exchange
of talent.

*Vader should be back before the unforgiven pay per 
view.  There
is a chance he could play a role in the inferno match, 
starting
up a feud with Kane and Vader in order to save Kane 
from extinction
once the UT angle is done.

*Alex Wright is hoping to return to WCW, however at 
this time WCW
doesn't want to put him back on t.v. unless he signs a 
medical
release, or gets full doctors clearence.

*Macho Man Randy Savage was injured at Saturday Night 
Tapings, and
at this time, it is questionable if he will return in 
time for
tonight's internet PPV.

*The WWF lightweight division is looking strong after 
signing of
Sean Waltman (who should be known as XPac or DX Kid) as 
well as
the three Japanese lightweights we saw this past 
Monday.  Teloh,
Funaki and Dick Togo did well in Michinoku Pro under 
their DX and
should do just as well in the WWF.   EMLL stars should 
start to
get a tryout in the WWF very soon and Recklous Youth 
and Erin O'Grady
are expected to show up soon.  The WWF should also make 
an offer
to Hakushi (who is very happy in Japan right now) and 
also Venom.
I also wouldn't be surprised to see Rey Mysterio Jr. 
recieve a decent
offer from the WWF this June, however he is expected to 
re-sign
with WCW.

*Don't look for Dan SEvern and Ken Shamrock to cross 
paths right
away.  IF they fight they are expected to meet at 
Wrestlemania
next year.

*As of this second, there are no plans for Mike Tyson 
to return
to the WWF for a wrestling match, unless his boxing 
licence falls
through.

*Finally the Honkey Tonk Man will be wrestling an indy 
card on
the weekend of April 11 against Jake Roberts and then 
Greg Valentine.

"The card for  Sat. 4/4 in Sacramento at the Memorial 
Auditorium promoted by
the NWC has a legendary grudge match w/two former WWF 
Champions, Jake "THE
SNAKE" Roberts will battle the "Greatest WWF 
Intercontinental Champion of All
Time" HONKY TONK MAN, with spaecil guest referee former 
All Star LA Dodger and
NY Yankee, Steve Sax.   

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine takes onJohnny "Psycho" 
Paine, also on the card
The Power Twins"
[Credit: Honkey Tonk Man]

*UnTiL NeXt TiMe...

"Informer" Darryl Wolk
Director of News at iwrestling.com &
Editor of the "Informer Report"
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AND JUSTICE FOR BRAWL: Hosted By: Diehard Derek Gordon

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Thursday March 26, 1998

        This Thursday Brawl returned under Raven's 
Rules!!!!!!!!!
Raven aka Scott Levy aka Scotty Flamingo aka Johnnie 
Polo will
appear on "...And Justice for Brawl".    Is he happy in 
WCW?  What
was it like in ECW?    Does he have bitter feelings 
after his
contriversial contract dispute?   Who will be next in 
Raven's Nest?
How was Raven developed?   Does he regret his past 
gimmicks?  Raven
will answer all these questions and a lot more this 
Thursday.  Also
we saw Raven attack DDP on MTV this past Wednesday. 
 Can we expect
this kind of thing to happen on Brawl????   It is 
Raven's Rules!!!

        And Justice For Brawl is the only real 
audio/video show on the
internet meaning that people who have Real Audio 5.0 
(which can
be downloaded free at www.real.com) can SEE the show as 
well as
listen to it.   The show is top notch and has delivered 
such interviews
as Bill Goldberg, Bret Hart, King Kong Bundy, Chris 
Jericho, Phil
Mushnick and many more.  Look for Sid, another Bret 
Hart interview
and possible Macho Man to be future guests of the show. 
 Rob Van
Dam, Lanny Poffo, Diamond Dallas Page, Rey Mysterio Jr. 
and Raven
have all been guests of the show in the last few weeks.

        And Justice for Brawl is the top Real Audio 
show on the internet
and has delivered guests like no others have before.  I 
will also
return this week with my own little segment.   Diehard 
Derek Gordon
is the host of the show and has recently done some work 
with WCW.
And Justice For Brawl has been promoted on 
WCWWRESTLING.COM and
has regular WCW guests as well as guests from other 
promotions.

        If you missed the live Show February 5, 1998 at 
6pm Eastern Time;
you can always download the archieves.

http://www.iwrestling.com/brawl
http://www.pseudo.com
http://www.wcwwrestling.com
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