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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 9, 2015 23:21:12 GMT -5
October 26 1992
Some talk of Pillman and Benoit as a heel tag team
November 7, 1994
A couple of WCW guys will appear on the 11/19 [ECW] show as part of the settlement in ECW's threat to sue WCW over using "When World's Collide" as the title for the PPV this week. Word we get is that the 11/19 show will be the end of any relationship between the two groups as ECW has been trying to put together a Sabu vs. Brian Pillman match or a tag match with them on opposite sides and WCW has turned down two requests for Pillman saying that no WCW wrestler would be made available to them except the guys in the agreed upon settlement and after the settlement, relations were done.
November 14, 1994
In a stunning move, the ten-year relationship of the World Wrestling Federation and Randy Savage came to an end over the weekend with Savage in the midst of serious negotiations with World Championship Wrestling. Apparently it was Hogan or Jimmy Hart who, wanting to relive his glory days against the opponent he drew more money with than any other, patched things up to allow negotiations to bring Savage to WCW to feud with Hogan (although Savage will come in as a babyface and turn during the summer to set up a major fall program in a scenario that looks to be a repeated format they'll be using often during Hogan's WCW tenure.)
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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 21, 2015 0:20:42 GMT -5
November 19, 1990
For a variety of reasons, the tag team title change taped on 10/30 in Fort Wayne, IN where the Hart Foundation lost to the Rockers will be ignored and the Hart Foundation will continue as champions. The interesting thing is that of the six remaining tag teams in the WWF (Legion of Doom, Rockers, Power and Glory, Bushwhackers, Hart Foundation and Orient Express), four of them are babyfaces. In other words, a turn is imminent by one of the face teams. Obviously it would be a total waste to turn the Bushwhackers, and if the Rockers were to be turned, the only team they could be programmed with would be the Hart Foundation, so the likely candidates are the Hart Foundation and LOD. LOD seems to be the favorites since everyone has been disappointed with the amount of reaction to their house show matches with Demolition in what months backs looked to be a feud that could be hot for six months. Instead, it was never really hot and will be over in two weeks. Of course Bushwhackers vs. LOD is a disaster and Rockers vs. LOD would basically kill off the Rockers so even with a turn, the only viable feud until a new team is created would be LOD vs. Hart Foundation, which also seems to have the most potential interest of all the possible tag team matches they could make (although I believe a long-term Hart Foundation vs. Rockers feud would eventually get over more simply because, judging from past matches with the two teams, they blow away everyone in the company). Since Demolition will be around through the early part of December, I expect an angle either setting up a face vs. face feud or turning one of the teams will take place at next week's tapings.
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 9, 2015 12:57:28 GMT -5
November 23, 1987
The next SNME will be taped 12/7 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD for a 1/2/88 air date. The top matches on the card are Hogan vs. Bundy in a rematch with Andre in the corner once again, Honky Tonk Man vs. Savage in a lumberjack match, Rick Martel & Tito Santana vs. the Bolsheviks for the tag team title, Duggan vs. Race in a rematch,* Jake Roberts vs. Killer Khan and Junkfood Dog vs. Rick Rude.
*Poster's note: Meltzer had stated that Duggan/Race would be shown on the prior SNME so here he's stating the rematch along with these other matches would be show on the next show.
December 2, 1991
Rumor has it that the Great Muta will come in after the Tokyo Dome. Muta was apparently going to be Rhodes' secret partner for the Clash in the event that the Steamboat deal didn't come off.
December 9, 1985
King Kong Bundy has pulled out of all his Japan commitments despite having a personal deal with Inoki, which is no surprise. Apparently all the WWF guys aren't allowed to work Japan if under contract, since Vince will go there himself in the spring it looks like.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 9, 2015 14:41:22 GMT -5
April 13, 1987 Several sources have reported to me a 7/4 date at Shea Stadium in New York, which I've got to assume will be an Andre the Giant-Hulk Hogan rematch. Even though they did a clean pinfall, that gate was such a monster that as long as Andre can walk a little, they've got to bring it back. My guess is they'll run two or three matches, all in baseball stadiums in places they are hot in like New York and Toronto, before Andre finally retires. They still may turn him babyface in that final match, although this is all pure speculation. April 23, 1990 The biggest show of the year, not in terms of money but in terms of historical significance (as in, just a few months back who would have ever believed such a show was possible and that it will probably never happen again) took place Friday night at the Tokyo Egg Dome. The official reason for the changing of the main event was announced at the press conference the night before -- that Terry Gordy (scheduled to wrestle Hulk Hogan) didn't see any need to wrestle Hulk Hogan since he's no longer champion. Nobody really bought that explanation but immediately after, Stan Hansen did a babyface interview and challenged Hogan... The real reason was simply a lot of problems were apparent and it was the best solution for all of them. Baba himself had originally wanted Hogan vs. either Tenryu or Tsuruta because he felt that would have the most box office appeal, but Titan wanted it to be an American simply for fear that something might happen. Apparently Titan informed Baba in mid-March about the title switch at Wrestlemania and Baba was unhappy with the switch. Since titles mean a lot, and he felt Warrior would mean nothing and Hogan meant everything to the card, that it would hurt the main event. At the same time, Gordy was unhappy as well, because he knew he'd have to put Hogan over cleanly and felt it would hurt him in Japan. Apparently Gordy felt that he has to make his living working 16 weeks in Japan by being perceived as one of the toughest Americans, and since he generally has put over Tenryu or Tsuruta in the "big match," and he feels it's not his time to take the top spot, that this would kill his momentum coming off he & Williams winning the tag team title. And Hansen himself wanted the match and apparently was more than willing to put Hogan over. While there was some speculation among wrestlers that this was a trade and that Hogan would come back and do the favor for Hansen, I don't buy that. Remember, Hansen did the movie for McMahon. McMahon badly needs a fresh "untouched" heel to work with Hogan and Warrior (Savage, Hennig and Rude are all retreads -- Earthquake is the only fresh one and Hogan will use him up this summer). Hansen, if he stays in Japan, will lose the No. 1 spot anyway because of his age and because the young guys are hungry for it. Long one but Meltzer is suggesting Hansen putting over Hogan in Japan was a hint that he would be coming to the WWF in the near future. I remember reading that was supposed to happen in an old Pro Wrestling Illustrated back in the day
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