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 > <A HREF="http://www.wrestlesite.com/dailynews">                   PRO
 > Wrestling     Hardcore
 > </A>Issue 228                                        April 21,1998            
 > 
 > Hope everybody is having a good day. Sorry for the lateness of this report but
 > AOL mail was giving one of our writers trouble last night and i got kinda
 > behind on things today.  Anyway here's todays PWH  
 > _____________________________________________________
 > 
 > 
 > Monday Night Ratings and Results
 >  FOR APRIL 20
 > 
 > Ratings
 > NITRO bounced back and won the Monday Night
 > Ratings battle with a 5.1 composite based on
 > hourly ratings of 5.2, 5.0, and 5.1.
 > 
 > RAW had a 4.4 composite on hourly ratings of
 > 4.3 and 4.4.
 > 
 > NITRO had the highest quarter hour rating in
 > wrestling history with a 6.5 for the final quarter
 > hour of the program, during the Hogan/Savage
 > matchup.  For the same quarter hour, RAW had
 > a 3.6 rating.
 > <credit to Bob Ryder for this weeks ratings>
 > 
 > Monday Nitro
 > 
 > Ok, Improvisational Nitro Results here. I'm your pinch hitter for the evening,
 > PWHRocket.
 > 
 > Nitro began with after footage of Spring Stampede. It showed Hogan/Disciple
 > beating up Nash/Savage. Scott Norton then ran out and grabbed the belt, and
 > kind of defended Savage and Nash from Hogan. "The belt is in the family again
 > where it belongs, it's ok". 
 > 
 > Hogan interview next. He told us that the nWo had finally split after last
 > night, and he also challenged Randy Savage for the Title tonight.
 > 
 > Next up, a Randy Savage interview. He was over big time tonight, too bad his
 > momentum will be shattered by the time this show ends. Macho claimed that his
 > agenda was not to be the leader of the nWo, and he then proceeded to introduce
 > us to the NEW leader of the nWo.. "Big Sexy" Kevin Nash!
 > 
 > Konnan vs Chris Adams
 > 
 > 30 minutes into the show, we actually get a wrestling match, reminds me how
 > Raw used to be 4 months ago. This match wasn't much, decent mat wrestling.
 > Konnan controlled most of it, and put Adams away with the Tequila Sunrise.
 > 
 > Barbarian vs Mike Enos (Mighta been Bloom, wasn't looking)
 > 
 > Regardless, this match was over in less than a minute. Barbarian wins with the
 > Kick of Fear.
 > 
 > Chris Jericho vs Juventud Guerrera
 > 
 > Jericho got the mic to start, and brought out a really nice pic of Dean
 > Malenko with him. "I know you like the Mahi Mahi", referring to his newly
 > acquired Island wrap from Iaukea last night. Jericho said Malenko had
 > definitely retired. Great match here, first good one of the night. Juvy went
 > right after CJ before the bell, hit a few hurracarana's, and a great dive out
 > of the ring. Juvy went for another top rope hurracarana, but Jericho blocked
 > it and sat down on his back for the Lion Tamer. Juvy refused to give up, was
 > in the hold for a good minute or two, until it was lights out. Ref called for
 > the bell, CJ retains the gold, and Juvy's still out.  "Oh my God!! I killed
 > Juvy". 
 > 
 > Bill Goldberg vs Raven
 > 
 > For the US title.. 75-0?? You betcha. Decent match, not as good as Saturn vs
 > Goldberg was. Raven's Rules, the stop sign came into play, as did every single
 > member of the flock. Goldberg cleared the ring, and even jackhammered the
 > massive Reese. A Jackhammer for Raven on the stop sign finsihed him off, We've
 > got a new champ, Bill Goldberg.
 > 
 > Ultimo Dragon vs La Parka
 > 
 > Decent match here, although I really wish WCW would quit grounding Ultimo, and
 > let him fly like he did in 97. Ultimo was in control, when Eddie dragged Chavo
 > out to the ring, and told him to hit Ultimo. Chavo eventually did it, and
 > Eddie seemed very happy with himself. La Parka hi the twisting senton press,
 > and got the win.
 > 
 > Curt Hennig vs Chris Benoit
 > 
 > Curt's knee is still messed up, still wearing a brace, dunno why he's
 > wrestling. Benoit dominated, and won by DQ when Rick Rude intervened.
 > 
 > Saturn vs Hammer
 > 
 > These two didn't even wait to get into the ring, they brawled in the aisle.
 > The match eventually did make it into the ring, but not for too long as they
 > went back outside the ring, and got a Double Countout result. I'm confused
 > with this whole Hammer angle, and it's not like anyone gives a damn :P.
 > 
 > Buff/Scott vs Public Enemy
 > 
 > This match seemed kinda long to me, maybe I was bored :P. Anyway, Buff and
 > Scott seemed to have a little argument as to who would get the win. Scott had
 > the recliner on, but Buff talked him out of it I guess, and used the
 > Blockbuster to get the pin. 
 > 
 > Booker T vs Psicosis
 > 
 > Nice match here, Psicosis almost took Booker T the full 10 minutes again, as
 > benoit has done recently. Psicosis was in control from mid-match until the
 > 8:30 mark, when Booker T took over. Hit the BEST 110th Street Slam YET,
 > followed by the traditional moves that follow, to set up the missile dropkick
 > and the win. Nice match here.
 > 
 > Lex Luger vs Brian Adams
 > 
 > Adams gave Luger more of a run for his money than I figured he would, this
 > match went on for quite a while also. Luger eventually used the elbow and got
 > the win.
 > 
 > Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage
 > 
 > Let's fast forward to the end of the match. The Disciple hit the Apocalypse on
 > Nick Patrick, and then on Randy Savage. Hogan and Disciple worked on Savage's
 > knee all night, I'm sure Savage will be off camera for a while now, injured
 > and recovering. Anyway, Nash eventually came down, as we knew he would, and
 > jackknifed Hogan, rolled Savage on top. Nash went to revive the ref, then
 > things took a nasty turn...
 > 
 > Bret Hart came running out to the ring, hit Nash with the belt, and rolled
 > Hogan on top of Savage. Then Nick Patrick counted the 3, and Hogan won the
 > belt, again. Is Bret with Hogan now?? I sure hope not. WCW could use the "I
 > refuse to sit by while someone gets screwed" thing, but if not, Bret is on
 > Hogan's side.
 > 
 > WCW split the nWo up tonight, you have Savage/Nash on one side,
 > Hogan/Disciple/Bischoff/Bret(???) on the other. The other nWo members all
 > wrestled tonight, but never ended up picking sides. However, I expect that to
 > start developing over the next few weeks.
 > 
 > Rocket
 > 
 > 
 > Monday Night RAW
 > By PWHShooter
 > 
 > *Show opened with an interview segment with Dude Love, called the Love Shack.
 > In this, he explained his actions, and also accused Austin of being jealous of
 > him, since the Dude got all of the women back when those two were tag champs.
 > Vince came out during this segment and announced a fine of $5,000 that he was
 > laying on Dude for last week's interference.
 > 
 > *Faarooq defeated Kama in a Long Island Brawl when he used a weapon, then hit
 > the spinebuster to  make the pin.  He got a pretty good pop, which was nice to
 > see....bad match though.
 > 
 > *DX gave a terribly pointless interview...that is, until the LOD and Owen Hart
 > came out to confront them.  At that point, they were going to start a brawl,
 > but Sgt. Slaughter intervened, but then ordered that there would be a 6-man
 > later that night, LOD/Owen vs. HHH/Outlaws.
 > 
 > *Dan Severn beat Headbanger Mosh with some submission hold.  Severn looked
 > TERRIBLE again.
 > 
 > *Bradshaw defeated Goldust by DQ in a bad match.  He was about to win the
 > match with the lariat, but for some odd reason, Club Kamikaze ran in on the
 > proceedings and attacked him.  It took all three of them, and they had a tough
 > time knocking him down...true lack of respect to them there.  Anyway, they
 > eventually laid him out, and as usual, ran off through the crowd.
 > 
 > *Austin gave the same old interview....said that he thought there was a
 > conspiracy between Dude Love and Vince against him, and then said he would get
 > his hands on both McMahon and Dude later that night.
 > 
 > *Sable gave an interview further setting up the evening gown match for IYH.
 > 
 > *DX defeated LOD/Owen Hart when X-Pac hit Animal with a steel chair, and Billy
 > Gunn followed up with a piledriver and made the pin.  This one wasn't anything
 > worth speaking of either.
 > 
 > *Kane/Paul Bearer came out in the entryway with two caskets, apparently UT's
 > and Kane's mothers and father.  They said tasteless things that finally
 > brought the Taker out, but when he came out, Bearer set his father's casket on
 > fire, and UT charged him, but Kane caught him and chokeslammed him right into
 > his mother's casket, leaving him laying there.
 > 
 > *Dude Love defeated Steve Blackman with an abdominal stretch.  Vince was at
 > ringside, and was doing commentary, saying that he'd be at ringside at IYH,
 > and that something catastrophic would occur...he said that Dude needed to win
 > that match, and suddenly when Dude applied the abdominal stretch, the bell
 > rang, and Love was declared the winner.  Big spoof of the whole Bret
 > Hart/Shawn Michaels debacle from Survivor Series '97, pretty funny stuff.
 > Austin ran out and attacked Dude Love...Vince came in with his head officials,
 > Brisco and Patterson.  They both took stunners from Stone Cold, and Vince
 > headed for higher ground as the show ended.
 > 
 > I thought Raw was...well, pretty much crap this week.  I wish I could say
 > better for it, but I really can't.  Send any feedback to
 > PWHShooter@aol.com...see ya next week.
 > 
 > ____________________________________________________________________
 > 
 > >From The Hart
 >  by PWHHartFan       
 > 
 >   Hey everyone, welcome back to another "From The Hart". Now that Woman has
 > untied my hands and allowed me to walk again after a few days, I'm finally
 > able to write again! I know I may not be your hero or columnist of the year or
 > even the straight shooter, but I am the one and only me, so let's get started
 > with this week's little charade we call a column...
 > 
 >   Did anyone besides me happen to catch the ratings numbers for last Monday
 > night? Raw actually won for the first time in 80 weeks. If you had asked me
 > about three months ago what I would say if Raw won a head to head battle, I
 > would say that would be an even bigger shock than the Christmas episode of
 > South Park when that little bastard Kenny made it through alive.  However,
 > since I've seen the constant upwards climb the WWF has been making since that
 > time, I'm really not surprised they won last week.  They were coming off a
 > great show, WCW was coming off an awful show. With the ratings being so close
 > the week before, I don't think it was much of a shock to see the WWF jump
 > ahead. But, all you WWF marks, beware. Ratings, in my opinion, mean shit when
 > it comes to the head to head battles.  If there is a huge gap between the two
 > numbers, then you could read into them, but you know what....when the
 > difference in ratings is .2 or .3, all you can say is that if a viewing
 > audience of .3 on the ratings scale larger had Nielsen boxes and tuned into
 > the losing show, it would be a different story.  The WWF had better not get
 > ahead of itself because they won a ratings war one week.  They better keep
 > their product moving forward instead of becoming complacent and leveling off,
 > or WCW will shoot right past them once again. If you think about what happened
 > at Spring Stampede, they seem to be poised and ready to make another run. And,
 > speaking of WCW, I have a whole lot to say about them this week, so let's get
 > it going....
 > 
 >   Apparently, reports of friction in the WCW locker room are coming out again.
 > Let me be the first to say "yawn". Tell me something I don't already know. At
 > this point, I'm almost more interested in the President's sex life than I am
 > the little locker room battles within that company.  Egos are egos, and unless
 > Bisquick gets them in check, he's in for a real tough time folks.  One report
 > said that DDP told Eric Bischoff that he was becoming an asshole.   Hey - DDP
 > is a pretty bright guy. Nothing gets by him, people.  (By the way, notice this
 > - DDP told Bischoff that, and now, Raven is the U.S. Champ. You do the math
 > everyone) Ole' Diamond Dallas not only a day late and a dollar short with
 > that, but he's more like a century late and a king's ransom short.  Now, I
 > know I've given Eric Bischoff credit over and over again for being the saving
 > grace of that company and being an innovative promoter, and I still stand by
 > that position. But DDP is right - he is an asshole. Whether or not you want to
 > know why, I might as well tell you anyway...
 > 
 >   Reason number 1: he's screwing with Ric Flair's career. Bottom line, period,
 > end of sentence. Cutting right to the chase, here is Eric Bischoff's position
 > when it comes to Ric Flair. He doesn't want Flair to be part of WCW, but he'll
 > be damned if Ric Flair shows up with the WWF again. That will happen over his
 > (and every attorney he can hire's) dead body think I speak for everyone when I
 > say "Are you fucking kidding me???" (And like my buddy PWHFantasy, I'll
 > apologize to all the Christian children for that one) It's such egotistical,
 > crybaby horse shit. What our pal Eric is doing is systematically destroying
 > Ric Flair's career. Look, granted, at Flair's age, he should step down and let
 > the younger guys take over the business. But, at the same time, after
 > everything that Ric Flair has done for this business, he deserves to end
 > things on HIS terms and nobody else's.   Several guys in WCW are like that,
 > including Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Bret Hart, but probably none more so
 > than the Nature Boy.  If Eric Bischoff doesn't want Ric Flair on his scene,
 > then have the dignity to treat him like a man and give him the opportunity to
 > work somewhere else, even if it is with his competitor. Ric Flair was
 > wrestling pro before young Eric Bischoff appeared on his first low rated cable
 > game show in northern Minnesota. (And yes, for some of our slower readers,
 > that was sarcasm).  Here are some words that come to mind when think of Ric
 > Flair: professional, legend, honor, dignity, character, and most importantly,
 > respect.  He deserves it and Eric Bischoff better learn it and give him a
 > fucking release. Period.
 > 
 >   It's the same in all walks of life, really. If somebody who is working for
 > you does not want to work for you, why in the hell would you insist on keeping
 > him around? Let him go! If an athlete walks into the GM's office and demands a
 > trade, then he gets on the horn and tries to work out a trade.  If he doesn't
 > want to play for that team, than that team probably doesn't want him around
 > either.  Earlier this year, for example, John McLean walked into the Devils
 > front office and said he wanted out, no bones about it.  What did they do?
 > They traded him, albeit to the San Jose Sharks, but they granted his wish.
 > John McLean has played almost 15 years in the NHL, and if  he wanted to do
 > something somewhere else, then by all means, let him go.  Why keep him around
 > if he hates being there? If you ask me, it seems like basically the same
 > principle Flair is working on.
 > 
 >   Hey, Ric Flair isn't the only guy Eric Bischoff is basically holding hostage
 > in Atlanta.  A prime example is Dean Malenko. He's made no secret of his
 > desire to go somewhere else, and Bischoff does not appear to be willing to
 > work with him at all. Then why the hell is he keeping him around? Same goes
 > for guys like Eddy Guerrero, Chris Jericho, and the best damn wrestler in the
 > world right now, Chris Benoit. And no, I'm not one of the morons who thinks
 > that Eric Bischoff should walk up to them and say "hey, you're free to leave".
 > Eric Bischoff is a business man, and that would be the shittiest business
 > practice I've ever seen. And no, I'm not one of the morons who wants them all
 > to be in the main event every week, because newsflash people, not everyone is
 > a main eventer. As unfair as it may be, guys like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage,
 > Bret Hart, Sting, Lex Luger, and Dallas Page always have been and always will
 > be the main event.  But, what I do believe is that Eric Bischoff should treat
 > them like men, not like hostages and not like stooges.  Say, "Hey, Dean, where
 > would you like to see yourself going in the next two months? Maybe I can help
 > you out." Or, sit down man to man with Chris Benoit, and say "Hey, Chris...you
 > deserve a title, or at least better title matches (than he was given with
 > Booker T). How would you like your title situation to play out?  Maybe we can
 > work something out..." Treat him like a man, that's all. If there's one thing
 > a guy in Bischoff's position learns, it's that you can't please all of the
 > people all of the time, but you can certainly do a better job than Bischoff
 > has.
 > 
 >   One last final point I wanted to make here: congratulations to one of the
 > great world champions of all time for becoming a world champion once again,
 > Randy Savage. By wrestling severely injured  at Spring Stampede and putting on
 > the performance he did, Randy "Macho Man" Savage showed something that many
 > wrestlers have never shown us, but it's something that Randy has shown over
 > and over again for years and years: Balls. One word, real simple, self
 > explanatory...balls. Congratulations again, Randy. The nWo looks like the
 > territory of the Macho King once again.
 > 
 >   Let me know what you think America (another Dennis Miller reference there,
 > if you didn't catch it). The address is PWHHartFan@aol.com as always, and
 > until next week, Keep It Coming From the Hart!
 > 
 > ____________________________________________________________________
 > 
 > That's it for today..see ya tomorrow
 > 
 > PWH Staff  
 > ______________________________________________________________________________
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