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 > 
 > Table Of Contents
 > 1) Words From The Editor
 > 2) Wrestling News From Around The World
 > 3) ECW WrestlePalooze Preview
 > 4) Wrestling Through The Eyes Of A Metal Head
 > 5) Top New Newsletter for 98'-last Newsletter
 > 6) Q & A With Big Orem
 > 7) Readers' Comments
 > 8) The Closing Statement
 > 
 > WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
 > Hello, hello. Sorry for no issue in the last couple of days, but there
 > was just not a lot of meterial. As you see, even today's issue is not
 > really jam packed, but it's got all that we need for a nice issue for
 > our 60 new subscribers.
 > 
 > Speaking of new subscribers, in the month of April, we have added over
 > 400 subscribers!!!
 > 
 > Speaking of the month of April, it is over, and with it, the deadline to
 > sending newsletter for the Top New Newsletter For 98' Competition. the
 > last newsletter will be reviewed today, and the table of all the
 > newsletters will be on the next issue.
 > 
 > Also, The Newsboard is no more, but let me present  Big Oren's
 > Newswire!!! It will be updated around the clock, with results, news,
 > rumors, from both WWF, WCW, ECW, The indy Scene, and Japan. you can
 > visit it at http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/6182/newswire.html
 > And see just how much info you have there.
 > 
 > I'm on sort of a wrestling mailing list, which is really good, you get
 > to share your opinions, plus news is posted almost instantly by someone,
 > and I really recommend you join.
 > http://www.onelist.com/viewarchive.cgi?listname=rasslin
 > 
 > Last Thing from me: Will all UK readers, besides my writer Frank, please
 > email me ASAP at mailto:okurtz1@ibm.net
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > WRESTLING NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
 > (All News Is Taken From Big Oren's Newswire, which you can visit anytime
 > at http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/6182/newswire.html .  If you
 > use any information, please Give Credit To Me...)
 > 
 > ***RAW IS WAR TAPINGS***
 > I wouldn't want all of you to read the tapings results, especially when
 > there are those of you who do not want to get spoilers, BUT, for those
 > who DO want to see, the results are right now at Big Oren's Newswire at
 > (you guessed it)
 > http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/6182/newswire.html
 > 
 > In the mean time, here's the AOL preview of RAW for this monday:
 > "***WHY did OWEN HART turn on Ken Shamrock last week and attack the
 > World's Most Dangerous Man? This Monday night on RAW IS WAR, Owen will
 > explain his actions to a worldwide audience! And, does his attack signal
 > some sort of allegiance to the Nation of Domination? Find out on RAW IS
 > WAR! 
 > 
 > ***What actions will VINCE McMAHON take after the events which
 > transpired this past Monday night involving Stone Cold Steve Austin and
 > Gerald Brisco? Will the owner of the Federation finally terminate the
 > Champion from the Federation? How far will Vince go to get the title off
 > of the Rattlesnake? Check it out on RAW IS WAR! 
 > 
 > ***Former UFC champion and current NWA Heavyweight Titleholder DAN "THE
 > BEAST" SEVERN takes on SAVIO VEGA this Monday night on RAW IS WAR! 
 > 
 > ***Following the shocking announcement by PAUL BEARER this past week
 > that KANE is his OWN SON, the seven-foot monster will be in action this
 > Monday night as he takes on GOLDUST! Will the UNDERTAKER be in the arena
 > to confront his former manager? If you joined us this past Wednesday for
 > the exclusive LIVE chat with the phenom (which became AOL's 8th most
 > attended event of ALL-TIME) you saw Bearer interrupt the online event!
 > BOTH the Undertaker and Paul promised a world of hell for each other
 > this Monday night! 
 > 
 > ***On the WAR ZONE, we will see EXCLUSIVE footage of SABLE training for
 > her upcoming RAW IS WAR match with "MARVELOUS" MARC MERO! And, speaking
 > of Mero, he will be facing country-music superstar DOUBLE J this Monday
 > night! 
 > 
 > ***Finally, in what is sure to be a PURELY AGGRESSIVE brawl, DUDE LOVE
 > takes on hardcore legend TERRY FUNK this Monday night! Will Stone Cold
 > be in the arena for this one? And, if so, is he planning to unload a
 > stack of WHOOP-@#$ on the Hippest Cat in the Land? 
 > 
 > ***LIVEWIRE AND SUPERSTARS EXCLUSIVES***
 > this weekend on Live Wire and Superstars you can see:
 > -Exclusive Footage of the DX invasion.
 > -Exclusive interview with the popular duo of the DOA!
 > -The latest info on the McMehon-Austin Feud.
 > -Examination of the Paul Bearer/Undertaker/Kane situation.
 > -Exclusive footage of Double J with Sawyer Brown.
 > 
 > ***IN YOUR HOUSE-UNFORGIVEN BUYRATE***
 > Various Reliable sources such as Micasa are reporting that the WWF's
 > latest IYH had 325,000 buys. that means the WWF made around 10,000,000$
 > from the show, and it also means that this was the IYH with the highest
 > Buy Rate. The Final Buy Rate should be around 1.0.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ECW-WRESTLEPALOOZA PREVIEW
 > There's a reason why I like ECW PPVs. Allthough I don't get'em, and
 > allthough they have a very thin roster, much thinner than the WWF's one,
 > the fact that there's a 2-3 months gap between PPVs, gives them time to
 > develope feuds. that's why the Sabu-Taz match had such incredible
 > build-up. The only problem is that because of the thin roster, these
 > wrestlers have to wrestle each other before PPVs. what would the Buy
 > rate of Starrcade be if Hpgan and Sting battled before? not too high in
 > my mind.
 > 
 > This ECW PPV has, and we have to admit, only 2 matches that would really
 > get in a PPV else where. There are 2 matches that are outright jober
 > matches, but with ECW's unique booking, and unique style, and
 > unique...everything, this PPV should be good as well.
 > 
 > Taz VS Chris Chetty
 > First Squash. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??? The Rooky, Chetty, is just that,
 > a Rooky. On the other hand, They're just waiting for the right time to
 > put Taz in a match for the title, maybe against Al Snow. So what is the
 > point? The fact that this match is on a PPV, plus that Chetty and Taz
 > are related, makes you wonder about a possible upset, but I still go
 > with the human Suplex machine.
 > prediction: Taz
 > 
 > Mikey Whipwreck VS Justin Credible
 > the way that Whipwreck was shown on RAW a year ago, which made him look
 > like a second rate jobber, really doesn't do him justice. Not only was
 > he injured, but he's also a former ECW champion, and his capable of
 > putting on great matches. With that in mind, he'll still lose to Justin
 > tomorrow night, as Justin is getting a push, and will soon become one of
 > WCW's main stays, get a big offer from WCW, and will be a low-mid carder
 > there.
 > prediction: Justin Credible.
 > 
 > The Dudleys VS Tommy Dreamer & Too Cold Scorpio
 > if there's one thing ECW specializes in, it's matches that are just for
 > brawling sakes. No real angle, no nothing, just a lot of hard hitting
 > fast paced matches, with tons of foreign objects, and that's exactly the
 > match we've got here. Dreamer and The Dudlies will go hardcore, and Too
 > Cold will add the high flying aspect to the match.
 > prediction: Too Cold Scorpio & Sandman
 > 
 > Tag Team Titles match: Storm & Candido VS Axl Rotten & Ballz Mahoney
 > Storm and Candido are a feud waiting to explode, but I don't think they
 > are going to lose the titles right here and now. give them a few more
 > weeks.
 > prediction: Candido & Storm
 > 
 > TV Title Match: Rob Van Dam VS Sabu
 > This is gonna be a ***** star afair in my mind. great building to this
 > match, with Fonzie stuck in the middle, and best of all-2 wrestlers with
 > unlimited potential. Sabu, in my mind, has been left in the side-lines,
 > after a lot of ECW's superstars left to WCW, and still didn't recieve
 > the "franchise player" spot he should have recieved. that spot went to,
 > how apropriate, The Franchise, Shane Douglass, but I think that in a
 > place with such a small roster, Sabu should be handled well, as he's
 > championship material in any federation. Well, besides WCW, as he's not
 > over 40, bald, and has no skills...Van Dam on the other hand, might be a
 > bit less homocidle, Sui..Etc, Etc, but, has better mic skill, and a
 > great personality for a wrestler. Sabu doesn't have it, he has Fonzie
 > and his ring skills to speak for him, but he's wrestling a guy with just
 > as much ring skills as he does.
 > prediction: Rob Van Dam
 > 
 > ECW World Title: Al Snow VS Shane Douglas
 > just like in WWF, Shane Douglas IS ECW. But Shane Douglas CANNOT
 > continue wrestling, as he's very injured. he will be operated soon after
 > WrestlePalooza, and Al Snow and the Head will have the ECW title around
 > their wastes...Head, Head, Head!!!
 > prediction: Al Snow
 > ________________________________________________________________________
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 > ________________________________________________________________________
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > "WRESTLING THROUGH THE EYES OF A METAL HEAD"
 > 
 > 
 > Today the subject of my rant is still on gimmicks. However, the subject
 > is still the WWF. As I sit here in front of my computer, listening to
 > Napalm Death, And I am writing MY opinions! By the e-mails I've been
 > getting, other metal heads have the same opinions. If you have any
 > suggestions, comments, or criticisms feel free to e-mail me. Well, here
 > I go...
 >         
 > There are many gimmicks in professional-wrestling, that's what makes it
 > pro-wrestling. If it haven't been for gimmicks would pro-wrestling be
 > where it is today? Without gimmicks wrestling wouldn't be as
 > interesting. It might not seem like it, but EVERY wrestler has a
 > gimmick! What about Chris Candido? Yeah, he has a gimmick! The whole "No
 > Gimmicks Needed!" thing is sure as hell a gimmick, believe it or not!
 > What about Dean Malenko? If you were to ask me that, my answer would be,
 > "the man of 1,000 holds", or the "ice man". There are other wrestlers
 > who really don't need gimmicks, and that really don't have one, such as
 > Owen Hart and Steve Blackman. However, they also have gimmicks. 
 > 
 > What would wrestling be like with out gimmicks? Who knows! Do you think
 > the WWF could function without gimmicks, but with only wrestling
 > ability? Not when the World champion is Steve Austin, but that's beside
 > the point. Without gimmicks their would be no angles, and to tell you
 > the truth with out angles there would'nt be pro-wrestling, that's the
 > truth! Some people only watch the WWF for the angles and to see what
 > will happen next. Like I said earlier without gimmicks you won't have
 > any angles. It's like a soap opera. Just like the Undertaker/Kane angle.
 > These guy have the biggest gimmick in all of wrestling! With out the
 > "dead man" gimmick Undertaker would probably not be where he is today!
 > Sure, the Undertaker has GREAT wrestling ability, but as we've seen
 > Vince won't let most wrestlers show their full potential! 
 > 
 > With out gimmicks where would be Steve Austin's past be? When people
 > think of Steve Austin's past in the WCW they don't think of the bad-ass
 > SOB, they think of a pretty boy, which is what he was when he was
 > "Stunning" Steve Austin. Now he's "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, a
 > bad-ass SOB. You can say gimmicks are in today, gone tomorrow. We've
 > seen it before! We saw Papa Shango a voodoo/witch-craft doctor from
 > Hades, come back as a rough and tough tattooed brawler. We have seen a 
 > husky Samoan man come back as a Middle-Eastren sultan! We've seen every
 > thing from a dentist to a garbage man, LITERALLY! However, we ALL know
 > that most gimmicks are just their to cover up the wrestler's terrible
 > wrestling skills! 
 > 
 > Look up gimmick in the dictionary! It says a gimmick is some thing that
 > "tricks" or "mystifies". It also says it's an "attention-getting
 > device", and that's exactly what it is! My definition of a gimmick is
 > "LIE" and "UNTRUTHFUL"! Every time Undertaker speaks about how his
 > Parents were burned, and how Paul Bearer is the Undertaker's guardian,
 > all of that makes me sick, because it is pure lies! Kane and Undertaker
 > aren't brothers! Kane's gimmick is just 1 of Glenn Jacobs MANY gimmicks!
 > He has had many gimmicks before and I'm sure he'll have many more after! 
 > 
 > Gimmick will be around forever! Not just in wrestling, but in EVERY
 > THING! Every where you turn there's a gimmick, that's the truth. It's
 > sad, but true. So, the only advice I can give you is: D.T.A!!! Don't
 > trust ANY BODY!
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > TOP NEW NEWSLETTER FOR 98'
 > today's newsletter:ASS-KICKING WRESTLING NEWSLETTER
 > Subscription Info: mailto:brislinf@lava.net
 > No. Of Issues:7
 > 
 > STROND SIDES
 > -The Rumors/News are written well, but they took a tory of a source
 > (with credit) which just wasn't true. Always check your facts...
 > -The Article by Kent Cosby is not bad...but they hype him way too much,
 > he's not that good. But he is good.
 > 
 > WEAK SIDES
 > -Not Checcking Facts...
 > -There are lines that have just one word in them, which make a
 > newsletter look real bad.
 > 
 > Final Grade: C and In Numbers: 70
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > Q & A WITH BIG OREN
 > Q:How many wrestlers have portrayed the Undertaker since his entrance
 > into the WWF and what were their names?
 > 
 > A: The undetaker ahs been 95 % of the time Mark Calloway. when he
 > dissappeared, and then there was a feud between 2 Undertakers, the
 > second one was Brian Lee.
 > 
 > 
 > Q: Has Chris Benoit ever held a Title Belt in WCW and has he ever
 > wrestled in the WWF under any name?
 > 
 > A:He's the current WCW TV champion. never wrestled in the WWF.
 > 
 > 
 > Q: The Mini Wrestlers in the WWF, are some of them by any chance the
 > mini clowns or mini kings that wrestled with Doink and Jerry Lawler in
 > the Survivor Series a couple years back?
 > 
 > A:Nope.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Is the name Flash Funk or Too Cold Scorpio?  Does he use these 2 names
 > in any other federation?
 > 
 > A: it's now only Too Cold Scorpio, in both WWF and ECW.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Is there any chance that Hogan will return to the WWF and finish his
 > career in the place that made him who he is today?
 > 
 > A:Yes, there's a chance.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Has WCW ever considered selling its organization to the WWF?
 > 
 > A:No...
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Where is Jesse the body Ventura? How come he isn't in the WWF anymore?
 > 
 > A: He's running for governor of Minnesota. I guess he quit or got fired.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:How come Vince Macman takes so much crap from Stone Cold?
 > 
 > A: It's this thing called an angle.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:How do you know so much about wrestling?
 > 
 > A:I have no real life.
 > 
 > 
 > Q: What happen to Nailz?
 > 
 > A:He accused Vince McMehon of sexually assaulting him, and is rumored to
 > come to WCW soon.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:How did the Patriot injure himself?
 > 
 > A:He wrestled.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:How many wrestlers and what are their names has Smash from Demolition
 > portrayed?
 > 
 > A:He wrestled as The Blacktop Bully, The Repo-Man, and now as plain
 > Barry Darsow.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Are the Godwinns still in action in the WWF?
 > 
 > A:They aren't in action, but they're still signed.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Is Owen Hart with "The New Nation" now or is it just a scheme to win
 > the title from The Rock?
 > 
 > A:I don't know, I'm not a booker, we'll see how the angle develops.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Has Paul Bearer always been the same man?
 > 
 > A:Yes.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Where is Psycho Sid, I thought he was returning to the WWF soon?
 > 
 > A: You thought so cause you believed rumors, when truth is he has
 > nothing signed. He's wrestling in indies.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Are 8 Ball and Skull related?
 > 
 > A:They're twins.
 > 
 > 
 > Q: When was the last time the WWF had real managers like Mr. Fuji, Bobbi
 > Heenan, Slick, Lou Albano, and Jimmy Hart, and why did they stop doing
 > this? (WCW has stopped too with the exception of a couple)
 > 
 > A:It's your call that the managers now are not managers. Parhaps you
 > should re-phrase the question and ask "I'm a mark for those managers who
 > I like, where are they?"
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Who is Chris Candido?
 > 
 > A:No Gimmicks Needed! he's a wrestler!
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Why does the WWF split there Monday show into RAW & THE WARZONE?
 > 
 > A:Because now, when one show gets better ratings, it will get more
 > money.
 > 
 > 
 > Q:Where has Yokozuna been and what is stalling his return?
 > 
 > A: Been on a diet, the fat is stalling his return.
 > 
 > 
 > Q: Who was that guy with Club Kamikaze this past week on Raw????
 > 
 > A:Wally Yamaguchi.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > READERS' COMMENTS
 > from mailto:HOOPEJ@EAST1.SD01.K12.ID.US
 > I really think you should dump this Metal Head guy. There has to be 
 > someone out there better than this Bozo. His opinions and what he 
 > talks about is not consistent with what you have been doing. You 
 > continue to put out a quality newsletter ( the best I've seen) and I 
 > continue to refer people to you. I have told a number of people to 
 > sign up for your newsletter because I am confident that any wrestling 
 > fan will enjoy it. BUT... I don't think you should let this guy write 
 > his article anymore unless it gets better, really fast. You still 
 > have the best newsletter. Don't let it be tainted by mediocrity. 
 > Nothing personal towards him. I just don't care for his style or 
 > opinions at all. I can handle different points of view, but not 
 > ignorant or uninformed points of view. Just something to think about. 
 > It's really not a major issue, but it was on my mind. Thanks for 
 > listening and keep up the good work. Also, what's up w/ Savage? You 
 > told me he tore his ACL and was out for a while. Is he taking a break 
 > for some surgery or not? They continue to involve him in angles. 
 > 
 > from mailto:arhar@hotmail.com
 > I'd like to say that the Metal Head's column is the best this newsletter 
 > had in quite some time and this guy is one helluva writer!! Some of the 
 > readers may disagree with his 0's and 1's given to guys such as SCSA and 
 > Taker and 10 given to Raven, but this guy has his own OPINION, and he 
 > defends it!! And the guy who disagrees that Undertaker is a cartoon 
 > character could give one reason why not at least! I'm glad that there 
 > are still some people that don't jump the bandwagon and see things as 
 > they are!! Good job Oren when you found this guy!!!
 > 
 > from mailto:Cyp1200@aol.com
 > This is directed towards michelle2@dtgnet.com, who wrote into Isuue
 > #179: So, you've been a WWF fan for 15 years? That means you're at least
 > sixteen or seventeen years old, right? Therefore, you must have some
 > sort of mental deficiency. All that bitching about Steve Austin and
 > Vince. Geez, do you think this is real life or something? It's an angle,
 > just like everything else. (I suppose you thought that the Undertaker
 > actually did rise from the dead on at least six different occasions, and
 > that Glen Jacobs is the "real" Diesel.) Buy a brain.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > THE CLOSING STATEMENT
 > 
 > IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ADS YOU WANT TO PUT, QUESTIONS FOR THE
 > Q & A, ANYTHING THAT WAS TO DO WITH THIS NEWSLETTER, send it to:
 > mailto:okurtz1@ibm.net , reach me through AOL's instant messanger, my
 > nick there is TMTCoren
 > 
 > STAFF OF THE NEWSLETTER: 
 > editor, Q & A, news co-ordinator-Big Oren, mailto:okurtz1@ibm.net 
 > RAW is WAR report: Randy Klemme, mailto:randyk@si-net.com
 > ECW reporter- Damon Moorman, mailto:moorman@comteck.com 
 > Q & A helper-Dave The Rave, mailto:bobb@airmail.net 
 > The Diceman: Kyle Jodice, mailto:kjodice@bellsouth.net
 > Shotgun reporter: Frank Sikora, mailto:sikora01@globalnet.co.uk
 > WCW Thunder reporter: derek Stoughton, mailto:ablais@cyberlink.bc.ca
 > BS with Brett: Brett Sites, mailto:bsites@mtayr.heartland.net
 > Highwayman: Highwayman, mailto:eanjmd@accessatlanta.com
 > Gambit's Ramblings: Rich Smith, mailto:smithrs@wku.edu
 > WWF PPV reporter:thomas egan farrell, mailto:tefarrel@students.uiuc.edu
 > WCW Nitro / PPV reporter: Jason Buckley, mailto:jasonb@stny.lrun.com
 > Super Grapple Master 2000's Lowdown: Super Grapple Master,
 > mailto:acaiazzo@wheatonma.edu
 > Wrestling Through the Eyes of a Metal Head: Head Banger,
 > mailto:headbanger00@juno.com
 > booz from around the world: Hang Over boy Jake Roberts,
 > mailto:aajake@hotmail.com 
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