Hogan Knows WCW Best

These are the results from WCW Saturday Night, being held by World Championship Wrestling. It is being held in front of 17,000 at people at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas. It’s a Sell Out!

Fan Interactive Night. You Choose The Main Event

And we’re LIVE! from North Little Rock!

Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan & Gene Okerlund open the show telling us tonight’s Main Event is interactive. One thing you might remember from last month: the fans will choose the main event. Call the hotline and vote for one person from the Red locker room, and one from the Blue locker room.

Gene Okerlund is backstage in Locker Room Blue

It’s another “Fans pick the Main Event” night! Gene Okerlund is backstage in Locker Room Blue; here are the wrestlers you can choose from Locker Room Blue: Brian Pillman, Dustin Rhodes, Marcus Alexander Bagwell, Ricky Steamboat, Sting, The Guardian Angel and The Patriot.

“The Natural” Dustin Rhodes want to get his hands on Terry Funk; while Sting wants a piece of John Tenta or The Great Muta; Ricky Steamboat wants to teach Steven Regal an lesson; and The Guardian Angel wants to beat the hell out of Kevin Sullivan or One Man Gang…

Rating: 95 A*

Eric Bischoff is backstage in Locker Room Red

And Eric Bischoff has your choices from Locker Room Red: Diamond Dallas Page, John Tenta, Kevin Sullivan, One Man Gang, Steven Regal, Terry Funk and The Great Muta. John Tenta wants to end Sting’s career; Terry Funk hates The Rhodes and wants to get is hands on Dustin Rhodes; The Great Muta wants his rival Sting; while Kevin Sullivan and One Man Gang just wants to beat up anyone tough enough to step into the ring with them.

Rating: 92 A

Here comes Bad Booty; “The Badd Man” Johnny B. Badd and The Booty Man. “The Badd Man” gets a great reaction and is billed as the prettiest man in WCW. The Crowd goes nuts when Badd fires the Badd Blaster and launches confetti everywhere…

The Booty Man shakes his ass around during his entrance. After entering the ring he turns around and slaps his own ass and deliver his new catchphrase “It’s the only ass worth talking about and it’s simply
Bootylicious!”

Their opponents is the one and only token stealin’, card flingin’, taxi cab ridin’ son of a gun himself; The Gambler and his tag team partner The Hustler.

Badd Booty vs. The High Rollers

In a cartoony WWF-style match, Badd Booty defeated The High Rollers in 5:46 when Johnny B. Badd defeated The Hustler by pinfall with The Badd Booty Call.

NO!

Even after being cleanly pinned, The Hustler loudly protest with a frenzied voice that “The Badd Man” had cheated. The Hustler claim that “The Badd Man” did pull his hair to score the victory. The Hustler
pantomimes to the referee of his hair being pulling.

Rating: 66 C+

Bobby Heenan says that he got a “Special Price” backstage on a new gold watch and some jewelry by The Hustler, earier this evening. It was a bargain…

Clips from Fall Brawl

Footage from after Fall Brawl shows the Stud Stable ambushing The Nasty Boys and beating the hell out of them in their Locker Room.

“There are 3 types of men: tough men, wrestler-tough men, and then there’s “The Face of Fear” Meng. A man truly feared and respected for his brute strength and unprecedented intensity.

Meng tears the locker room apart and destroys The Nasties.

Rating: 100 A*

It seems like The Nasties will take some time off to heal their injuries, which makes Heenan very happy…

Highlights of the Flair vs. Hogan Press Conference

Clips of a Press Conference from Monday with “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair, “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan, Mr. T and Muhammad Ali.

WCW held a press conference in Detroit, Michigan to officially announce the Halloween Havoc PPV, featuring appearances by boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Mr. T as the Special Referee. The WCW World Heavyweight Title Match will take place in an Steel Cage, to prevent any interference from the mysterious Masked Assailant.

Rating: 100 A*

Now the loudmouth fan is insulting Brad and Brian Armstrong…

The Armstrongs vs Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater w/ Col. Robert Parker

How could it had happen? The Armstrong delivered excellent offense, but the grizzled heels managed to steal the win. It must be due to The Armstrong Curse?

In a decent match, Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater defeated The Armstrongs II in 6:14 when Bunkhouse Buck defeated Brian Armstrong by pinfall with a Piledriver after Col. Robert Parker interfered.

Rating: 72 B-

Interview w/ Kevin Sullivan and One Man Gang

Eric Bischoff interviews Kevin Sullivan, One Man Gang and Women. Sullivan talks about how he is going to send Cactus Jack out of WCW and even brings up Cactus spitting on the WCW World Tag Team Title belts, during one earlier incident in the bingo halls of Philly. He says in turn he spit on the legacy of Cactus Jack since the only thing they have left in WCW is honor, of which Cactus has none, and soon he’s outta town.

Here he comes!

The man who the crowd loves for his sheer insanity, his crazy persona, his hardcore supremacy, and his wrestling ability; it’s everyones favorite psycho Cactus Jack. The insane, crazy and deranged desert wildman Cactus Jack interrupts the interview. Cactus Jack is armed with an wooden plank wrapped in barbed-wire. He chuckles and acts like a mentally deranged lunatic, and before the situation escalated into a bloodbath, Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel and WCW Security swarmed the arena. Bockwinkel decides that Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan will face each other in a Spin The Wheel Make The Deal Match at Halloween Havoc. Cactus Jack makes his hand into a finger gun pointing it towards Kevin Sullivan and says “BANG, BANG!”

Rating: 89 A

Spin The Wheel Make The Deal

On October 24, Cactus Jack and Kevin Sullivan will square off at Halloween Havoc. What kind of match will it be? Nobody will know until that night, when the wheel containing 12 different specialty matches will be
spun.

Here is a guide to bouts that will be included on that wheel:

I Quit Match: A match where the winner must make his opponent say the words “I Quit”.

Lumberjack Match: The ring is surrounded by wrestlers wielding leather straps to keep the competitors in the ring: pinfall or submission decides the winner.

Barbed-Wire Match: The ring ropes are draped with barbed-wire; pinfall or submission decides the winner.

Cage Match: The ring is surrounded by a steel cage; pinfall or submission decides the winner.

Texas Death Match: This match proceds until one man cannot continue; the other is declared the winner.

First Blood Match: The man who causes his opponent to bleed first is declared the winner.

Short Leash Match: The wrestlers are connected by a one to two foot “leash”. The only way to win is by knockout or submission.

Last Man Standing Match: A match which doesn’t end until one wrestler is so severely beaten that he is unable to answer a ten count.

Trick or Treat Match: This match begins with both opponents selecting one of two bags. The “treat” bag contains a weapon that can be used in the bout, the “trick” bag contains nothing but candy!

Texas Hangman Match: The Texas Hangman match has dog collars hung on the ring ropes. In order to win the match a wrestler has to hang their opponent from one of the collars until they can no longer continue.

Straitjacket Match: A match, where the only object is to beat your opponent to the point that you can secure him in a straitjacket. As an added stipulation, many straitjacket matches allow for a five minute beating of the loser.

Spinner’s Choice: The spinner of the wheel gets to choose the match from the 11 available match types.

Joey Maggs vs. Arn Anderson w/ Col. Parker

In an extremely short match, Arn Anderson defeated underdog “Jumping” Joey Maggs in 3:30 by pinfall with a perfectly executed Spinebuster. During the match, Joey Maggs had an great comeback segment, before being nailed with the Spinebuster.

Rating: 55 C-

Interview w/ The Stud Stable from The Red Locker Room

Backstage, Eric Bischoff interview Col. Robert Parker and The Stud Stable. Puffing his cigar Parker mocks and taunts The Rhodes, despite losing at Fall Brawl. “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson talks about The Nasty Boys being laid up in hospital beds now and the blood is on The Rhodes’ hands, and at Halloween Havoc, this thing ends one way or the other. Col. Rob Parker says the WCW World Tag Team champions, Badd Booty will face Arn Anderson & Bunkhouse Buck next week on WCW Saturday Night.

Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel interrupts the interview and informs Colonel Parker that because of the ambush on The Nasties post the War Games match, a request made by Dusty Rhodes has been granted to settle the score between The Rhodes and The Stud Stable.

At Halloween Havoc “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes will face “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson in a I Quit Match.

But that’s not all…

Col. Robert Parker will face Dusty Rhodes in an I Quit Match and due to the attack on The Nasties; Parker’s bodyguard Meng is banned from being ringside during Halloween Havoc. “NO!” Parker near faints and Meng loses it, almost assaulting Bischoff in the process. Parker is very nervous and tries to talk his way out of the match. They’re all freaking out because Col. Parker has to be in the match. By the looks Col. Robert Parker is about to have a heart attack. Meng is trying to calm him down…

Rating: 97 A*

Interview w/ The Rhodes from the Blue Locker Room

Gene Okerlund had an interview with Dustin Rhodes and Dusty Rhodes hyping their feud with The Stud Stable. Dusty says that at Halloween Havoc, this thing with Colonel and his men ends one way or the other. The Rhodes will get revenge on the The Stud Stable and he refers to Colonel Parker and his men as “Chicken Feed” and a couple of dirty rotten scoundrels.

Dusty threatens to make Colonel Parker “squeal like a pig” in the I Quit Match…

Rating: 97 A*

Before the next match, security finally has had enough of Blacktop Bully and he gets forcefully taken out of the arena…

Frankie Lancaster vs. Steve Austin w/ Jeannie

A great anger squash from “Superstar” Steve Austin and incredible bumping from “The Thumper”. Frankie Lancaster might just be the best bumper in the business at the moment. Hard-hitting shots and leg work, before the Stun Gun ends it.

In an extremely short match, Steve Austin defeated Frankie Lancaster in 3:30 by pinfall with a Stun Gun.

Rating: 56 C-

Interview w/ Steve Austin

Eric Bischoff is with “Superstar” Steve Austin in the ring and Jeannie. Austin is extremely self-confident and talks about being a Legend Killer, and that he will drive Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat into
retirement. Austin is the future and Steamboat, Flair and Hogan is relics of the past.

Austin is gesturing at the crowd that they can kiss his A**!, by pointing at his custom black trunks with “K.M.A.”. “This is the Superstar Era! The era of Steve Austin”!

While “Superstar” Steve Austin taunts the crowd…

Brian Pillman come sprinting out from the crowd. Steve Austin looks up when he hears the crowd start to roar, and spots his former tag team partner. But it’s to late. “Remember me?” Furious and frustrated, a near psychotic Pillman turns his anger on a surprised Austin, and absolutely destroys him before referees can come out and pull Pillman out of the ring. Pillman grabs trash can and then re-enter the ring. He empties the trash can on Austin and then hits Austin with the actual trash can, before leaving the ring and making his escape via the crowd. Finally a number of officials, road agents and medics comes to save the day.

Rating: 100 A*

Bobby Heenan is very upset by Brian Pillman’s behaviour and demands that Commissioner Bockwinkel takes action. This “Loose Cannon” behaviour can’t be accepted…

Interview w/ Sting from the Blue Locker Room

Gene Okerlund had an interview with Sting about “Big” John Tenta trying to end Hulkamania and trying to end the career’s of Hulk Hogan’s friend. Sting wants a piece of the big unstoppable monster heel. He wants to settle this thing in the ring. Tenta is gonna have to pay for his actions. Sting says that if Tenta has the guts, then he’ll face Sting face-to-face in the ring at Halloween Havoc.

Rating: 97 A*

Duggan woke up the crowd with a “”U-S-A!” ” chant.

“U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!”

“Hacksaw” receives a huge pop. Good ol’ patriotic America…

WCW World Television Title Match

Jim Duggan vs. Paul Orndorff

In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Jim Duggan defeated Paul Orndorff in 8:10 by pinfall with a Scoop Slam. Jim Duggan makes defence number 1 of his WCW World Television
Championship title.

Rating: 73 B-

Halloween Havoc Control Center

Halloween Havoc Control Center segment hosted by Gene Okerlund.

Promo by Hulk Hogan and Mr. T

Let’s go to Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, when they work out in Hulk’s private state of the art gym.

“Well let me tell you something, brother! Take a look at these 24-inch pythons! This is what you get if you pump some iron, take your vitamins and say your prayers every day! Ric Flair, whatcha gonna do when
Hulkamania walks all over you? Halloween Havoc will be the return of Hulkamania! Nothing is gonna stop Hulkamania from running wild again…”

After a break, we’re with Gene Okerlund. “Mean” Gene talk about the upcoming Halloween Havoc Pay-Per-View.

Mr. T will be the Special Referee for the Steel Cage Match between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will be there to present the belt to the winner.

“Mean” Gene makes the announcement that the following matches will take place at Halloween Havoc:

Spin The Wheel Make The Deal Match

Cactus Jack vs. Kevin Sullivan

I Quit Match

Dusty Rhodes vs. Col. Parker

I Quit Match

Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson

Steel Cage Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Title

Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair

Rating: 95 A*

It’s time for the result

Now Tony Schiavone, Bobby Heenan, Eric Bischoff and Nick Bockwinkel have a couple of corporate suits from the WCW Headquarters with the result. So they talk, and now we will find out what our main event match is…

The result is…

Dustin Rhodes (35%) vs Terry Funk (32%)

“Well this is a surprise!”

“Remember fans that this only happen in the WCW!” Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel informs us that tonights match will be an Lumberjack Match to prevent any interference.

Listen to the crowd reaction, the crowd is crazy with excitement!

Lumberjack Match

Dustin Rhodes vs. Terry Funk

It’s a staredown between Terry Funk and Dustin Rhodes. The crazy-as-hell-Texan says that if he lose tonights match, his dad will rise up from the grave and haunt him. Funk then told his Stud Stable mates to hang him if he loses and let the buzzards pick at his body.

The match was hard-hitting and almost reckless, with Terry Funk taking a beating like few others in wrestling history. In the end, Dustin Rhodes hit Funk with an DDT and scored the pin.

In a bout that had superb wrestling and great heat, Dustin Rhodes defeated Terry Funk in 15:33 when Terry Funk was knocked out with a DDT.

Rating: 89 A

Show Rating 91 A

Hogan’s friend John Tenta is receiving a big push as the next big menacing monster heel to feud with Hogan and looked dominant winning a pre-card 20-man Battle Royal at Fall Brawl. The other members of the ‘final four’ were Paul Orndorff, Brad Armstrong and Honky Tonk Man, with “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff being the final elimination. Of course John Tenta got the most eliminations over the course of the match. Rumours has it that Hogan is avoiding facing the stiff powerhouse Vader and has handpicked Tenta for his next storyline after the current one with Ric Flair and the mysterious Masked Assailant. The original plans called for Hogan to drop the belt to Sting at Starrcade, but later it was changed to Vader.

FOX Network’s new deal with the NFL is looking to be a big threat to pro wrestling and the WWF in particular. Both WWF and WCW have had syndicated TV time slots moved in markets all over the country, or in some cases, dropped completely. The WWF Superstars show in particular took a huge hit in major cities around the country. Weakened or lost time slots in certain cities just makes it that much harder for them to draw crowds to live shows in those cities, which couldn’t come at a worse time considering both WWF and WCW are in the midst of drawing record low house show crowds. As a result, WWF will
stop running shows in cities where they took the biggest hits. Luckily for WWF, they still have a money-maker in Monday Night Raw and their Pay-Per-Views.

ECW Anarchy Rulz Report! Extreme Championship Wrestling held ECW Anarchy Rulz last night in Solomon Court, MA, and drew 2054 fans. The feedback has been that the show was awesome. In the main event Jimmy Snuka defeated Dory Funk Jr. to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. The MVP of the show was Chris Benoit.

Tony Rumble and Paul Heyman bad blood? If comments by Tony Rumble and Paul Heyman are to be taken seriously, it looks like a new found hostility has emerged between CWA NE and ECW. Both owners have made disparaging comments about the other’s company, and it looks like a bitter rivalry may be starting.

UFC 3’s PPV buyrate is in and it did a 0.65, which is equal to WWF SummerSlam. And considering the UFC did this without any television promotion (whereas WWF have hours of TV each week to promote) and without any household name stars, this can only be considered a monster success and everyone expects UFC 4, in December, to do even bigger numbers.

During this week’s live episode of WCW Saturday Night one of Eric Bischoff’s teeth became dislodged, and flew out towards the camera as he was announcing. Shockingly, nobody noticed at the time,
but reliable sources reveals that Bischoff’s had fake teeth since his teenage years.

There are rumours that WWF is trying to bring back Ultimate Warrior, but apparently The Warrior is receiving a monster push in AJPW and it seems like he is staying in Japan.

WCW held a press conference in Detroit to officially announce the Halloween Havoc PPV, featuring appearances by Muhammad Ali and Mr. T as the special referee. Earlier in the week, negotiations with Mr. T over money caused him to pull out of the show and they were going to drop the special ref gimmick, but they worked it out so he came back on board at the last minute. Because of Muhammad Ali, the story got a lot of mainstream coverage and WCW sold $40,000 worth of tickets the first day they went on sale, which is their biggest first-day sales in years.

Superstar Billy Graham’s long-standing lawsuit against WWF was partially settled and then dropped this week due to a statute of limitations issue.

Terry Funk leaves WCW, because his recent schedule is taking a big toll on his physical and mental health. The veteran intends to focus on his work in ECW, SMW and AJPW. Funk did give youngster Dustin Rhodes a rub in his last WCW match.

FMW had to cancel 2 recent shows because they were outdoor events and the cities had just been hit by a typhoon.

A recent TV Guide article listed WWF as one of the magazine’s favorite guilty pleasure shows, but also mentioned the steroid scandal. Linda McMahon wrote a letter to the magazine that they printed, saying she was glad they liked the show, but argued that they have been testing for steroids since 1991 and that they were cleared of any wrongdoing in the trial.

The AAA show being produced by WCW is called “When Worlds Collide.” However, ECW and Paul Heyman is throwing a fit because ECW recently released a video with the same name. Heyman has
gotten lawyers involved and the two sides are discussing a settlement. Heyman is willing to drop the issue if Ric Flair would come work a 60-minute draw at the ECW Arena against Shane Douglas. Flair was approached about the idea and flat out refused. For now, latest word is WCW is planning to go ahead and use the “When Worlds Collide” name anyway and just take their chances against ECW.

On the WWF Superstars show that airs in Belgium and the Netherlands, the color commentator for the shows completely buried the product, saying repeatedly that the matches are fake, the wrestlers are all friends, and no one ever really gets hurt.

It looks like WCW wrestler Ray Traylor will get a new gimmick replacing The Guardian Angel, after the storyline with Vader and Harley Race. Names being bounced around are Big Bubba Rogers, The Vigilante and Buford Justice.

Razor Ramon has told friends he plans to take some time off at the beginning of the year to spend some time with his family.

In Michinoku Pro, they did an angle where Shiryu, Sato, and Terry Boy formed a stable called Kaientai.

Meetings were held in WCW this week to discuss doing Flair vs. Hogan matches on the road in 40-50 key cities and then finally doing the big blow off feud on PPV at Starrcade. They’re also talking about booking the Georgia Dome for Starrcade. Considering WCW’s last show at the Omni in Atlanta only drew 789 people, he thinks they should probably slow their roll a little bit before they start getting stars in their eyes about booking the 65,000 seat Georgia Dome just because they might have Hulk Hogan. The staying power of a Hogan/Flair feud isn’t a guarantee (as seen in WWF).

The story of Jim Cornette’s arrest made several local and national newspapers. Jim Cornette changed his answering machine message to say, “Hi, this is Richard Kimball and I swear it was a one-armed man with that baseball bat. If you’ve got a message about Smoky Mountain Wrestling, leave it. If you’ve got a message about my new paint, body and auto glass shop, leave that too.”

Ticket sales for WCW’s upcoming European tour have been weak, even though WCW have major stars as Ric Flair, Sting, Vader and Ricky Steamboat confirmed for the tour and touring deals with European draws like Giant Haystacks, Johnny Smith, Alex Wright, Frank Andersson, Steven Regal, Dave Finlay, David Taylor, Doc Dean and Robbie Savage.

Missy Hyatt appeared on the Sally Jessy Raphael talk show in what appeared to be a fictional role, playing a woman who was mistreated by her boyfriend.

WWF re-sign Paul Bearer, and ended weeks of speculation. Many insiders say that this is a key piece of business for WWF, as finding a replacement could have been tricky.

Jim Crockett held his second TV taping for his new NWA promotion and it was a total bust. All no-name wrestlers, no continuity from the previous TV taping, and the show only drew about 300 fans to a building that holds 2,500.

WCW has found themselves in the midst of a bit of a bidding war. UWFI in Japan was wanting to sign a deal with WCW to exchange talent, but when New Japan heard about it, they offered WCW more money for a similar deal in order to prevent UWFI from getting access to WCW wrestlers, and especially Hogan and Flair.

Sabu and Tazmaniac had a hardcore match at an indie show in Michigan that included the following foreign objects: A car radiator, a television, a radio, a VCR, a freezer door, a baseball bat, a fan, a toaster, a vacuum cleaner and a pool cue.

Road Warrior Animal is telling people he plans to return to the ring in early 1995 and reform the tag team with Hawk in New Japan and probably WCW.

Latest WWF house shows have been “like attending a funeral”. Other than Shawn Michaels, who has been on fire, the shows have been awful and the crowds completely dead. Bret Hart headlined against a rusty and uninterested Jim Neidhart. Neidhart has been awful lately and even Bret Hart couldn’t carry him to a decent match. A lot of experts have been saying that Bret has a lot of nerve to say the things he said about Ric Flair while going out on house shows and giving this kind of lackluster performances. During the house shows, Bret Hart received several chants of “Bret Sucks” “Maple-Sucker” “We want Flair” and “Ric Flair is The Man” from the crowd.

Latest word on the AAA/WCW PPV is that WCW is going ahead and using the name When Worlds Collide and basically telling ECW to stick it. If the experiment goes well, the plan is to run two more AAA PPV:s produced by WCW in 1995.

Ted Turner and his wife Jane Fonda were in the front row during WCW’s latest TV tapings. They were interviewed and Turner did admit that he is a big wrestling fan. Rumours says that all the wrestlers’ workrate was up while wrestling in front of Ted Turner.

Japanese legend Antonio Inoki said that he wants to face Hulk Hogan at the Jan. 4 Tokyo Dome show, and would like to have a match with “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair as well.

Hulk Hogan is trying to pitch the idea of doing a couple of made-for-TV movies for Thunder In Paradise to air on TBS. Sting, El Gigante, Meng, The Nasties and Scott Norton are rumoured to have small roles.

Despite all the money and TV time devoted to making Lex Luger the new Hulk Hogan, it’s simply not working. Bret Hart is obviously the better wrestler and far more popular and any confrontation between the two of them simply exposes that Luger isn’t especially good in the ring or very popular. This makes “The American Original” campaign a big flop and it is overshadowed by the current feuds between Bret Hart vs. Yokuzuna; and Diesel / The Underfaker vs. Razor Ramon / The Undertaker.

The Steiners are still under WWF contract until December, but will sit out the remainder of their contract, which expires in December, before they can work anywhere else in North America. They are still able to work in Japan and will focus on chasing the titles in New Japan.

UFC has reportedly offered Meng a spot in the next UFC event.Meng has the reputation of being the toughest of all Pro Wrestlers. Eric Bischoff has reportedly told him that if he wants to do it, WCW will give him two months off to train with Martial Arts coaches to get ready.

WCW is considering to do next years Bash at the Beach PPV in Europe, at the Wembley Stadium. The legendary stadium would probably have the potential to sell a lot of tickets, especially if main evented by Englishman Steven Regal.

Koko B. Ware leaves WWF, after his contract recently expired. “The Birdman” will focus on his work in USWA and his current tag team with Eddie Gilbert.

Hercules Hernandez moves on and leaves Japan. NJPW and Hercules have parted company after his contract expired. According to rumours Hercules wants to work in America.

NJPW held their annual Super Grade Tag League tournament last night, and with three successive wins it was Riku Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami who claimed the victory defeating Naoki Sano and The Gret Kabuki in the finals. It marks the first time that they have won the tournament.

At a recent WCW taping, Johnny B. Badd´s brother Tony Vendetta competed in a try out match.

In NJPW, there’s a lot of talk that Power Warrior will go back to using the name Kensuke Sasaki and that will spell the end of the Hellraisers tag team with Hawk. It’s expected that Road Warrior Animal will return to the ring in early 95 to reform the Road Warriors team. Persistent rumours circulate that the Road Warriors could return to WCW next year. Other rumours says that Kensuke Sasaki might return to WCW for another run that will cement him as a credible main eventer and title contender.

The Death of MAW? The future looks bleaks for Mid American Wrestling, as reports indicate that the promotion is in a complete tail-spin, with attendances dropping rapidly and many of the top stars on the brink of walking out. Some insiders have even stated that the company could be out of business by the end of next month.

Jim Crockett is rumoured to sign a 10-year lease to run weekly Friday night shows at the Dallas Sportatorium. The only details so far is that Crockett plans to use some of the GWF stars, but won’t use Chris Adams, who is still occupied searching for his lost wrestling ring. Crockett is expected to get a weekly TV spot on Channel 33 in Dallas and will run the promotion as the NWA TV show. Tully Blanchard and Scandor Akbar are expected to be bookers and Joe Pedicino will be the color commentator. Blanchard will also be one of the top stars, along with the Fabulous Freebirds.

All Japan Women’s wrestler Takako Inoue posed for nude photos that will be released in magazines later this month, which has been the subject of some controversy in Japan.

Latest on the Jim Cornette vandalism charges, the damage is estimated at $1,200 so it would be a felony. The case has been postponed until February and Cornette is wanting to settle the case out of court, but O’Connor refuses to drop the charges.

For months, SMW had been hyping up a mystery commissioner, who was running the promotion behind the curtains, but the storyline has apparently been dropped. It was supposed to be Bill Watts, but last anyone heard, Watts was on vacation in Australia and Jim Cornette couldn’t find him.

Sabu has talked about going to WWF next year, but reportedly ECW has offered him big money to stay with them instead as the promotions “Figurehead”.

In ECW, they recently did an angle between Tommy Dreamer and Sandman, where Dreamer took a cigarette and burned Sandman’s eye with it. Even after the cameras were off, they treated it as a legit injury.

Warlord, Hercules and Tito Santana were all backstage at the latest WCW tapings, looking for work.

FMW held a “No-Rope Barbed Wire Electrified Explosive Double Hell Death Match, in a pool” last week. Barbed wire around two sides of the ring, no ropes on the other side, and explosives in the water surrounding the ring that exploded every time the participants hit it.

USWA decided to book a show one week before an SMW show in the same building, which has caused a lot of heat between the two promotions.

Herb Abrams tried to run a 3-hour show that aired nationwide on satellite. It was a money-losing disaster. The arena held 17,000 people but only drew 600. And of those 600, more than half were freebies. Known
wrestlers as Steve Williams, Johnny Ace, Dan Spivey, Missy Hyatt, Tony Halme, The Warlord, Terry Gordy, Jimmy Snuka and Sid Vicious but it didn’t help.