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Article #485The Pedigree Newsletter #126
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 00:00
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Official ADSPW Web Site http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/3650 > > \ PPPP EEEE DD I GGGG RRRR EEEE EEEE / > \\ P P E D D I G R R E E // > \\\ PPPP EEE D D I G GGGG RRRR EEE EEE /// > \\\\ P E D D I G G R R E E //// > \\\\\__P_____EEEE__DD___I___GGGG__R___R__EEEE__EEEE__///// > \\\\\\ The Pedigree Newsletter #126 ////// > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > IN THIS ISSUE OF THE PEDIGREE NEWSLETTER: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > +Editor Note -"Did you miss me?" > +News -"More on the WCW boycott" > +Rumors -"Flair at IYH? > +Shootin' w/Franchise -"Frank Romeo" > +The Real -"Torrey Spears" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Call the Pedigree hotline! 1-800-409-9612 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ____________________________________ > | ____| The Pedigree Newsletter > | |__ > | __|DITOR NOTE from Vince > | |____ > |______|____________________________ > > Keep checking out the page as I am make leaps and bounds with it. > And be sure to check out the Pedigree & PWW Discussion board at > http://thepedigree.com/boards/db/index.html > ___________________________________ > | \ | | The Pedigree Newsletter > |W \|E| > |W|C\C| THE NEWS YOU WANT > |F|\ W| 4-23-98 > |_|_\_|_____________________________ > > --FANS BOYCOT WCW > As you may or may not know the internet fans of Ric Flair > have begun a boycott of WCW. It was covered on Scoops and MiCasa 98 > today. I have received an enormous amount of support today for this > boycott. I was contacted by the UMass-Amherst wrestling fan club who > gave me their support and Blake Norton formally of The Bagpipe Report > and now of Scoops contacted me to give me his support and asked if he > could share my first letter on his audio show. In addition to them I > have received over 30 e-mails today and many more posts to new groups. > Below is the first post I made and the my newest update. Could you > please consider giving our boycott some coverage? The other sites have > considered it news worthy. > > First Post: > We are trying to get a WCW boycott started. The reason is the treatment > of Ric Flair. Ric Flair deserves much better than this. He deserves to > finish out his career with a nice push and place of honor, not in a court > room or sitting at home. In our boycott we will not be watching any WCW > programming to include Nitro, Thunder or PPV's. Which isn't much of a loss > when if you were honest . I could put a tape of a Nitro from last month in > your VCR and hit play and if you didn't know it, how long would it take > you to figure out you were watching a rerun? Be honest! Right now with > the ratings so tight and Nitro about to be moved around by the NBA > playoffs can Bischoff afford to make us mad? > The boycott also includes contacting companies who sponsor WCW programming > such as Valvoline, Starbrust, Monroe Shocks, Slim Jims, etc > and letting them know that we will not be buying any more of their products > until Mr. Bischoff either pushes Flair and gives him the position that > someone such as he deserves or releases him to pursue other opportunities > or they stop sponsoring their shows. > I have already begun to contact companies. I am using the fact > that the trouble between Mr. Bischoff and Mr. Flair began over Mr. Flair > taking a night off to go see his young son complete and win a wrestling > tournament approach with them and asking them if they are willing to support > a company that would punish a faithful and dedicated worker like Mr. Flair > for putting his family first after all the personal sacrifices he has > already made for this company. The family approach usually will get you > somewhere. > Also I know that Flair is far from what he use to be, but this is > not about ring skills, it's about allowing a man who has given his life to > this sport to go out on his own terms: with respect and a good push and > position. Not to go out in a court of law and sitting at home. If ring > skills did really matter none of the WCW Main Event guys should have a job. > Flair > may not be what he use to be, but at least he can say that. Hogan has never > been anything and he's the World Champion. But then again Hogan is such a > "team player". Please! > > Thanks for your time, > Fan98 > > WCW Boycott Update � April 22, 1998 > I have been overwhelmed by the support today for my suggested boycott > of WCW. I want to thank each person (including Scoops and MiCasa 98 for > bringing this to so many people�s attention, and Marcus Myrick who informed > me that the wrestling fan club of UMass-Amherst have joined our boycott, > guess they won�t be doing a Nitro Party there anytime soon) who has taken > time to e-mail me to show his or her support. Others have also provided me > with additional information that can help us in our support of Ric Flair. > All I would like to ask is that you also take the time to contact WCW and > their sponsors and inform them of your feelings. Below is my current list of > sponsors and WCW addresses. Go to http://thepedigree.com/news for more on this. > Again thanks to Fan98 for emailing this to me. > > --This Sunday we at thepedigree.com will once again be having a play-by-play > for a major PPV. This Sunday as the WWF brings us IYH:Unforgiven, > thepedigree.com will bring to you pictures updated every 30 seconds and up > to the minute play-by-play. Need more reason to come? How about a contest > where the winner receives their own free copy of Unforgiven??? We'll see > you on Sunday! > > ----The other tidbit is that Mr.Hughes (formerly of EVERY federation) > has contacted the WWF regarding employment. He's pitching the > idea of a "bodyguard / jobber / Vincent role for the Nation Of > Domination. Fine ... but he'd better "Know his role!" > [Big Daddy Donnie] > > --Big Daddy Donnie being told that the TOTAL PACKAGE is FINALLY going > to be RE-PACKAGED! Yup, they're giving Lex a new look (hopefully it > doesn't involve white face paint and climbing gear!) and I'm > being told that it could mean the END of Lex's stupid 80's > hair style ... Luger - Bald? Sure. Works for me. Depending on > how that works, he could be turned heel, but NOT NWO. > If he DOES in fact turn heel (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!) his > attitude and persona will remind you of the Narcissist (SP!) > charcter from his early WWF days. It also seems he will be > managed by ECW's Kimonawannalaya (SP! I know!) > > --WCW will be running a schedule like this on Monday. > Nitro 1st Hour : on Monday 11:30pm after the NBA Play-Off's > Nitro 2nd/3rd Hour : on Tuesday 6pm - 8pm or 5pm - 7pm > > --WCW/nWo Hotline Report for Thursday... > > OPTION #1: WCW News with Lee Marshall > > Buff Bagwell had his vertabrae pushed down on Thunder, and it caused > temporary paralysis. He will be okay, but Marshall isnt sure how long > he will be out or how severe the injury is. Send get well comments to: > > WCW > One CNN Center > Atlanta, GA 30348 > > Giant and Sting against Nash and Hall for the tag titles will be the main > event at Slamboree. > > ASK AND ANSWERED: > QUESTION: Hammer, what is it like to be in the ring with Goldberg? > ANSWER: Said you palpatate, and can't be intimidated. Said Goldberg would > go after Moby Dick in a rowboat, and expect to win. Goldberg is so powerful, > strong, and athletic, that you get disoriented and he hits you with the > jackhammer. > > Nitro will be one hour Monday and two hours Tuesday, and Thunder will be > preempted. Verne Gagne is very bitter and blames everyone but himself for > the folding of the AWA. > > OPTION #2: nWo News with Jeff Katz > Hogan v. Nash will be the main event at Starcade, not Hogan v. Hart. The > idea is that Nash can bring in MTV viewers and a whole new generation of fans > since he has done work with MTV. Ricky Steamboat sued Ultimo Dragon for the > use of the Dragon name, and Ultimo will probably have to change his name and > even get a whole new gimmick and push. He may wrestling under his real name, > Yoshihiro Asai. Malenko may be trying to get out of his WCW contract since it > is up in November. Elizabeth may be leaving WCW, and she may want to have > children with her new spouse, a Florida Attorney. Bret Hart may form a > tweener team that fights everyone, kind of like the Horseman used to do. > Scott Hall may be back on TV as early as next week. Look for him to jump > right into the middle of the Hogan/Nash feud. Hogan's new movie made a > little over $100,000 in its first week. Hogan told Katz that he is going to > tone down his film career since he is tired of being in grade-B movies. > [The Seeker] > > --WCW SLAMBOREE > Wrestlemaniacs are reporting that Randy Savage will not be having his > scheduled knee surgery this week. Instead he will be on of the participants > in the main event at the next WCW PPV. It is expected that the Macho > Man will be facing Bret Hart at Slamboree. He did a very good > interview last night on Thunder; he called the Hitman overpaid, > unproven, the biggest mark for his own publicity ... and nuclear scum. > Also at the PPV, it is expected that Scott Hall and Kevin Nash will team > up to face the Giant and Sting. Hall will return to WCW TV next week. > Hogan will not be working the PPV. > > --ECW Owner Paul Heyman will be doing a chat LIVE in the Grandstand > on April 29th at 9pm!! You can check out Keyword: GS Wrestling for more > details. > > --Reckless Youth was backstage at the ECW Arena show this past Saturday > and said he will start working for ECW once his indy commitments are > done. We should see him at some point this summer. > > --Beulah was reported to have been fierd from ECW earlier this week. That > is not true. Paul Heyman released a statement earlier stating that she had > some personal problems to take care of and that the dates that she did not > appear were known by ECW and agreed upon. > > --Bill Alfonso suffered a minor bump to his head on a miscue with the Van- > Daminator. He is fine and will miss no time. > > --Shane Douglas will be competeing in the Wrestlepalooza main event against > Al Snow. > > --On the other hand, Taz is out of the PPV but the Sandman most likely will > be in for the PPV.(Bob Ryder) > [All the above ECW news credit to the ECW Newsletter] > > --Conrad Thompson is reporting that Phil LaFon was planning on working > with All Japan under his former name, "Dan Krofatt." Those plans are now > on hold due to his being forced to have shoulder surgery. Apparently Dan has > bone chips in his shoulder due to that car accident in Canada around this > time last year. > > ____________________________________ > | ___ \ The Pedigree Newsletter > | |__\ \ > | ___ / RUMORS FROM ABOUND > | | \ \ 4-23-98 > |_|__\_\____________________________ > > > --RIC FLAIR AT UNFORGIVEN? > No. Jim Ross reports that as far as he knows, Ric Flair will > not be at the WWF PPV this Sunday. Ross says that according to > internet reports, Flair is involved in litigation with > his employer, and he cannot perform for the WWF while under > contract with the Turner organization. JR added that stranger > things have happened, such as the a 3rd or 4th team > announcer becoming the head of the No. 2 wrestling > organization in North America -- in reference to Eric Bischoff > of course. > Ross will have to make an otology to Vince McMahon this > Sunday on WWF Superstars. According to the storyline, > Vince took exception to Ross speculation that he [Vince] will > try to screw Austin out of the World Title this Sunday at > Unforgiven. [wrestlingmaniacs.com] > > ____________________________________ > | _______| The Pedigree Newsletter > | |______ > |______ |SHOOTIN WITH THE FRANCHISE > _______| | by Frank Romeo > |________|__________________________ > > Hello everyone and welcome back. It's been a while, but I had > some free time, so I spit this article out. Hope you enjoy...and don't > forget to vote in the tourny! Please let me know what you think of the > proceeding writings. > > The topic that I want to touch on this evening is one of respect. > I think Aretha Franklin said it best when she said, "R.E.S.P.E.C.T. find > out what it means to me." Well, find out what it means to me! > > As anyone who's ever attended an ECW show, or anyone who listens > closely on television knows, our lovely fans will walk to all lengths of > the earth to find a chant filled with obsenities and/or body parts. Take > for example, "Justin Asshole." It's funny and get's him worked up. Here's > another one:"You f*ck sheep." It's funny. Especially when people start the > "Bah bah bah!" chants. > > But, I'm not here to talk about the fun chants, I'm here to talk > about the other chants. Those chants we can do without. Those chants that > can demeaning if taken the wrong way and are pretty disrespectful. Those > chants are those such as, "She's got herpes," "'insert name' will suck d*ck > for crack," "show your tits" and "you f*cked up." The first three fill one > subject which I will now address. The last will follow. > > People, are we so twisted and demented (or sexually frustrated in some cases) > that we have to insult the gorgeous women of ECW such as Francine, Beulah, > and Chastity. Hell, even Nicole Bass getting chants of "where's your d*ck" > are a bit much. Now you can call me conservative or whatever you want (most > call me The Franchise), but you'll never catch me chanting any of these > things. "Show your tits!" Guys, in the years of chanting this, how many > times have > you been show anything (besides by the Meanie)? Give it up. Go to some > rock concert and chant that. Maybe some piece of trash will lift her shirt > for you. > Better yet, that chick in Revere, MA seems to be quite the frequent flasher. > "She's got herpes." First off, how would you know? #1 These ladies would > never touch (unless slapping) 99% of the guys at the shows, so that rules out > the "I f*cked ....." chant. #2 Why the hell would I want to know this? > ".....will suck d*ck for crack." I think they make enough money from you > putzez buying their t-shirts and autographes that they wouldn't need to suck > anything. > > Now, for the big one. "You f*cked up!" What the hell is this all > about. To think that the fans of ECW have never screwed up is a scary > thought. Take for instance Sabu. He'll bust his ass out there EVERY show > for you people. He'll fight into the stands and all around the ring. During > this time, his boots get some blood or soda on the souls. He goes to hit a > triple jump moonsault, and he slips on the chair or rope. What comes next? > "You f*cked up!" I'd like to see you guys execute one of these moves on > your best day. Taz goes to T-Bone Pee Wee, and doesn't get him over the top > rope. What now? "You f*cked up!" Doug Furnas tries a german suplex, but > slips and lands on his head. Guess what? "You f*cked up!" How would you > like it if you were walking down > the street one day, and you stubbled, and everyone around you started > chanting, "You f*cked up?" You wouldn't. Tommy Dreamer puts his life on the > line being chokeslammed off of every possible ledge in the building, but the > one time that he doesn't connect fully on a chair shot or something, his thank > you is "You f*cked up!" During the q/a session, Axl Rotten made a point of > this stuff, and told us that when people start chanting, "You f*cked up," > chant back at them to "shut the f*ck up." My friends and I do this, and I > think that you guys should try it. I will admit though, the funniest "You > f*cked up" moment was once when Kronus was going nuts in the ring,and went to > jump in the middle of the ropes while swinging a trash can, and he slipt > backwards. He immediatly jumped up and started screaming at the fans, "You > f*cked up" before they had the chance. > > In addition to the disrespect of these chants, as Shane Douglas > pointed out during the q/a, they tv show producers have to try and edit the > sound of the > crowd during the chants, without ruining the mood and the atmosphere of the > arena. So, the next time you're at a show, have fun...to an extent. You pay > your money, so you can cheer and jeer, but be tasteful. Even though these > athletes are being paid, and part of their salaries is to have to listen to > you, don't abuse them. I don't feel I even need to discuss the subject of > physically interjecting one's self into a match. > > ____________________________________ > | ___ \ The Pedigree Newsletter > | |__\ \ > | ___ / THE REAL > | | \ \ by Torrey Spears > |_|__\_\____________________________ > > Comin' back at cha like a freight train outta Hell... it's Torrey Spears > back with another heart felt edition of the only article that tells it > like it is... was... and oughta be, the Real. > > Let me take a minute here to give serious props to the WCW, in the > handling of the Buff Bagwell situation. That was one of the scariest > moments on a live sports show since Reggie Brown, and the Lions game. > Bagwell took a nasty nasty hit on the back of Rick Steiner... and for a > moment.. the sport froze.. and everyone, WCW and nWo alike... were > wondering about the condition of the fallen superstar. I think everyone > from Tony, Lee, and Bobby (who was OBVIOUSLY concerned, checking back over > and over to see if Bagwell was all right), to the WCW staff... to the > wrestlers themselves did a class job in such a panic striken situation. > > With that out of the way.... > > So.. how about that Hitman. Bret Hart. He's got us all in the air now. > Since he came to the WCW, he's talked about injustices, and whatnot... but > for Easy E to have him help Hogan win the title back!? Hmmmm... Well, the > Real has been tossing and turning with this one. Many marks seem to agree > that Hart helped Hogan win the belt, so that he could beat Hogan for the > belt sometime in the future. But if you ask The Real... Eric and Co. went > through an awful lot to draw up that angle. I mean, there are easier ways > to have Hart help Hogan win the belt, without leaving so many potholes > along the way. For example... Hart clocks Nash, rolls Hogan on Savage... > raises Hogan's hand nonetheless, and beats up Piper. In a matter of > seconds... Hart has instantly sparked a feud with Savage for costing him > the belt, Nash for clocking him with the belt, and Piper for turning his > back on "justice"... All for a shot at the gold!? Well, its possible, as > we've grown to learn in the WCW, but I think that Bret Hart makes a great > heel... and with he teaming with Hogan and the other nWo misfits to > follow... you can have yet another great summer feud between WCW and nWo. > Of course, the whole thing could be a set up... I think hart's smirk was > worth it all. > > Speaking of the nWo... what happens now? So far, the only ones talking > are Nash, Savage, and Hogan. And tho' we've seen Hennig, Steiner, > Vincent, Konnan, Bagwell, and Norton all decked out in their black and > white... it behooves me to think that all the nWoites will join one side > or another. Perhaps Easy E is keeping the kids quiet... so he can figure > out who goes where. But good news, nWo fans... it looks like Scott Hall > is coming back... in time to defend the "formerly defunct" WCW tag titles, > against Sting and the Giant (two guys who, my guess is, didn't want to be > in the WCW without some kinda gold). > > Switching sides here... over in Titan, the world is abuzz over what > could have been, between Vince McMahoney, and Stunning Steve Austin (sure, he's > stone cold to you, but he'll always be stunning to me). What had the > possibility to achieve new heights for the WWF, once again was dunderly > mishandled by... Dude Love? C'mon Vince. Aren't there enough guys in > your federation that deserve a title shot, other than Dude Love? Gimmie a > break! The only thing I can think of here, is that the Dudster will win > the title, sparking a new "summer of love '98" tour... with the Dudster as > champion. If that's the case, WWF better watch out, because I don't think > ANYONE wants to see Mick Foley highlight PPVs and Raw Is Wars all summer. > Also in Titan... now that the uproar over X-Pac has calmed itself... I'm > really interested to see what plans Vince has for X-Pac. He's still a > "light heavyweight"... and may make a run at Taka's belt (Taka is STILL > the light heavweight champion!? YAWN...), or maybe that Euro-Trash belt, > after it changes hands a few times. > > Fun to watch time!!! In the WWF, the Real still keeps his money on the > Rock. Rocky has just been funnier and funnier as the week's progress... > and the "People's Elbow" is one of those moves where you just go, "how is > that possible?". The 'Ruler of the Nation' continues to shine in a > federation that really has nothing for him. > > Also, watch out for NWA champ Dan Severn (sp). This guy is one cool > customer. It's almost a do-able gimmick!! Not like Shamrock and > Blackman, who are great as UFC fighters, but as wrestlers, I believe don't > cut it. Big Dan, however, is perfect in his three piece suit... straight > face... and no nonsense attitude. Now if he wises up, and breaks off from > Jim Cornette.. .we're looking at a potential "Real" pick. > > Undertaker and Kane!? So lame... I'm not even going there. > > Over in the WCW, how can you not love Chris Jericho. I'm a certified > Jerichaolic! Jericho continues to keep me rollin' in my easy chair... and > yet his wrestling is better and better. Now, what Jericho needs, is a new > finisher. The Lion Tamer? Is there a finisher worse?? > > Also, I'm trying not to get swept up in Goldberg-Mania... but he really > handled the Flock well, and may turn out to be a decent United States > champion. > > What not to watch?... DDP & Raven. I mean really... who cares??? > > Well, if you gotta problem with anything here... then keep it to ya > self, and know ya role... else I'm gonna have ta put the smack down on ya, Rock > style! Later, losers.... And that's the Real. ******* > ____________________________________ > /__\ The Pedigree Newsletter > //__\\ > / ____ \ THE ADVERTISEMENTS > / / \ \ > _/_/______\_\_______________________ > mail ads to <vinman@thepedigree.com> > _____________________________ > http://wrestleman.simplenet.com/ > We have WWF, ECW, NWO, and WCW. 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