WCW Rumors
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credit: Robert's Wrestling Mail
Ads starting running in Memphis promoting WCW Thursday Thunder on
January 29th. The ad mentions Luger, the Steiners and all the major
WCW stars, but there is no mention of the NWO or any NWO wrestler.
Two matches have been announced for the ECW Arena on January 10th.
Those are Terry Boy vs El Gran Hamada and Justin Credible vs Great
Sasuke.
Alex Wright may not be back until about Febrauary. More on this in
further issues.
Rumors that Jim Cornette will bring in Gordon Solie to be
the NWA commentator on RAW.
The New Nitro girl will premiere this monday. I will try to get some
pics for this.
Faarooq has been invited to be on the hit TV show VIBE in the coming
months.
The two matches scheduled for Souled Out so far are Luger vs. Savage
and Zbyszko vs. Hall.
Although it looked like The HeadShrinkers were going to show up in WCW
the WWF might get a chance to grab them back. They both wrestled some
dark matches in WCW, but could return very soon to the World Wrestling
Federation.
Scott Steiner has been having some problems with WCW management
backstage.
Sting really did not say anythng in spanish after Starrcade, it was
just Spanish giberish.
This Monday on RAW Don King will be on it.
SHAWN MICHAELS will CALL OUT his Royal Rumble opponent THE UNDERTAKER
this Monday night!
In recent weeks, the superstar formerly known as "Sal Sincere" has rescued
Sable from Marc Mero. But, on RAW, TOM BRANDI faces "MARVELOUS" MARC MERO
one on one.
DDP will be among the other guests at the huge Collector's Show in
Houston, TX from January 9th - January 11th. Other guests include
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Earl Weaver, and Ozzie Smith.
WCW did over $1,000,000 in ticket sales as well as merchandise for
Starrcade and Nitro combined this week. Expect another huge gate this
week from the Georgia Dome.
George Michael's Sports Machine featured two WCW matches during their
year end sports highlights show. Rey Mysterio Jr and Eddie Guerrero's
match from Halloween Havoc as well as Mongo McMichael vs Kevin Greene
were shown. The show will be replayed throughout the weekend.
The so called "Biggest Nitro Ever" is coming this Monday in the
Georgia Dome and the Main Event for the card will be the Total Package
Lex Luger against The Macho Man Randy Savage.
It looks like we could see Sting versus Hogan in a cage at SuperBrawl
VIII for the World Title.
The PPV buy rates of the past six months (year or so) show that the
WWF has an average buy rate of 0.59 (0.52) and average gross of
$1.51-million ($1.32-million), while WCW has an average buy rate of
0.69 (0.67) and average gross of $2.12-million ($2.02-million).
Syxx is expected to be back in time for Souled Out.
Dean Malenko and K-Dogg/Konnan will not be wrestling for the next few
weeks. K-Dogg will probably pop up on Nitro, but only as a patsy for
the nWo. Another guy not competing for a while, Kevin Nash. WCW wants
Nash to take it easy until he is fully recovered from his recent heart
attack which was minor.
It's been rumored for a heck of a while, but now it seems close to
fact. King Kong Bundy is very close to signing with WCW. If Bundy can
sign in time, he will be at Thunder.
The first main event for Thursday Thunder will be Hollywood Hogan vs
Diamond Dallas Page. Expect Hogan to work the first few shows to get
them going and then it will be a beefed up version of Saturday Night.
They have no competition so it will most likely not be on the same
level as Nitro.
Look for triangle matches between Ric Flair, Bret Hart, and Curt
Hennig.
The early buyrate for Starrcade looks to be near 1.8 making it the
most watched PPV in WCW history. It also makes it one of the most
watched PPV events in history.
Look for the WCW Cruiserweight tournament as well as the rumored
tough man contest to take place on Thunder instead of Nitro. After the
new wears off WCW will attempt to use these to get ratings.
Rumors has it that Jerry Lawler is going to become a member of DX
probably an advisor this will spark a fued with his son Brian Christopher
whitch will climaxe with a match at Wrestlemania. That means that Wrestlemania
will probably have a family fued theme(Undertaker vs. Kane - brothers) (Brian
Christopher vs. Jerry Lawler - father and son). (credit:Euan Jardine)
According to the Nynex Arena Box Office there are "very little" tickets left for
the WWF's 'Mayhem in Manchester' show at the Nynex Arena in Manchester, England on
April 4, 1998. The arena, which is the largest indoor one in Europe, has a
seating capacity of up to 19,000,although that many tickets will not be made available.
Out of the original seven different tickets available, only three remain. They are,
the Higher Tier tickets at £19.25, the Rear Floor tickets also at £19.25 and the Corner Tier
tickets at £16.50. Anyone wishing to purchase tickets should contact the Nynex Arena Box
Office at (0161) 237 5554.
Kuwait today fined Vader for assaulting a Kuwaiti television show host who asked him in a live
interview if professional wrestling was fake. Kuwait's news agency KUNA said a Kuwaiti court
ordered World Wrestling Federation wrestler Leon White, better known as Vader, to pay the 50 dinar
($164) fine for the April assault in which viewers said he wrenched the presenter's tie and used foul
language. The court also transferred the case to a civil court to decide if the presenter, Bassam
al-Othman, was entitled to financial compensation, the agency said. Othman's lawyers have said they
planned to sue Vader for 120,000 dinars and a public apology. The court had allowed White to leave
the Gulf Arab state after the incident on condition he would return if asked to do so.
Canadian native, Steele, who has been wrestling independents up north, is rumored to be getting a try out
with the WWF soon.
The WWF is worried about Ken Shamrock in ring techniques. They want to make him a superstar in the near future,
and they have hired retired wrestler, Danny Hodge, to help with out.
The IC belt could get a new look.
The Pretty Primos (Paul and Alex Roma) have signed with the WWF. They wreslted a dark match Monday and a Shotgun
match Tuesday.
At the Raw tapings Kane left Paul Bearer or at least that is what Bearer claimed in an interview. Look for Kane
to join his brother until the Royal Rumble and possibly leading to a double cross that would set up a Wrestlemania
match.
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