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**NeanderCarl** · 06-16-2008, 03:04 PM

October/November 1993

World Wrestling Federation: Shawn Michaels, who was reported to have quit the WWF, will now most likely resurface at some point in November. The WWF held a �phone vote� for the fans to determine whether Michaels should be reinstated. It was, of course, inconsequential. Fans voted that Michaels NOT be reinstated, yet he has already been booked for the upcoming UK tour� The Steiners are back on the road, challenging The Quebecers to a series of DQ victories� The maniacal Sabu received several try-outs in late October, including what has been described as a superb match against Owen Hart, which he lost. WWF officials offered Sabu a contract, but he turned it down. He doesn�t want his relationship with FMW to become a thing of the past� Randy Savage represented the WWF at a press conference in Japan in early November. The WWF has plans to tour the Orient in April 1994. If this goes ahead, The Steiners and Bam Bam Bigelow will be given headline status due to their popularity in Japan, plus several Japanese wrestlers will be involved� Speaking of Savage, he was the victim of a Crush heel turn recently on Monday Night Raw. They will feud in the near future. Crush is now once again managed by Mr. Fuji, and sports a new bearded look, complete with face paint� Bret Hart has been verbally bashing Ric Flair via Jim Ross� Radio WWF. Hart has regularly defeated Jerry Lawler in Cage matches on the road� Speculation is rife as to the identity of �Lawler�s Knights� at The Survivor Series. No confirmation yet, but it seems they will be a masked trio. The muscular Glen Jacobs is rumoured to be The Black Knight. Terry Funk and Brian Christopher may also be involved� Another match with mysterious participants is set for the Survivor Series, as Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers battle �The Four Doinks�. The real Doink The Clown, Matt Borne, will be one. Steve Lombardi, who has portrayed Doink on dozens of occasions, will probably be another. The other two identities remain a mystery at press time� The Undertaker replaced Tatanka in �The All-Americans� team, after Tatanka was suashed at the hands of Ludvig Borga. As ridiculous as it sounds, the current plan is for Undertaker to don a red, white and blue costume at the show, and stroll to the ring wafting a huge American flag� The novelty has worn off Lex Luger already. His matches on the road with Borga have been met with indifference, and the quality has been abysmal. It seemed following �The Lex Express� campaign that Luger had finally become a superstar. Obviously, this is not the case; Bret Hart, Randy Savage and The Undertaker remain the true stars of the WWF� It seems unlikely that Hulk Hogan will return for WrestleMania X. Relations between the two parties are at an all-time low� The Heavenly Bodies will battle The Rock �n� Roll Express for the SMW tag team championship at Survivor Series� Mr Perfect has been fizzling out, losing to Yokozuna and battling the undercard likes of Diesel. Back problems have cramped his style, and he may turn heel or leave the WWF altogether in the near future� The 123 Kid has been on a major losing streak to the likes of Adam Bomb� The Big Bossman will return to the WWF in December as a special guest referee on the road, between commitments to All-Japan Pro Wrestling� Giant Gonzalez is history� Longtime ring announcer Mike McGuirk has been fired as a cost cutting measure� Jeff Jarrett has debuted in a questionable 'struggling country music star' gimmick� The Bushwhackers have been back on the road battling Well Dunn.

World Championship Wrestling: Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson have been suspended following an incident in Blackburn, England, in which both men suffered stab wounds. Details are currently unclear, but Sid underwent surgery and Anderson lost over a pint of blood. A source at the scene told us it looked like �a scene from a horror movie, with blood splattered all over the place�. At one point, it seemed that WCW�s UK tour would be cut short. However, it continued, with Sid and Arn both sent home following their release from hospital. At present time it seems that Anderson, who won�t be physically cleared to return until at least December, was acting in self defence and will therefore be retained by WCW. Sid, the apparent instigator and the man WCW was due to push as their biggest babyface star, will now most likely be shown the door, and it is highly unlikely that he will ever find employment in the wrestling business again� As a result of the stabbing incident, Ric Flair will now receive a big push heading into Starrcade as the leading contender to Vader�s WCW World title. Although Flair remains popular, it is thought that his days as a promotional figurehead are over. Many believe the increasingly popular Cactus Jack should be receiving the push in Flair�s place� WCW have plans to stage a ridiculous seven pay-per-views in 1994... Brian Pillman�s future is up in the air at the moment, as WCW have shown no further intentions to reinstate the Light Heavyweight championship� Too Cold Scorpio�s contract will expire in November. If WCW have any sense, they will retain his services� Bryan Rogowski, son of WCW Vice President Ole Anderson, made his professional debut on September 28th, losing to Buddy Lee Parker. Naturally adopting the name Bryan Anderson, he will begin working television tapings soon. I wonder if Ole has signed Bryan to a long term contract, much like his predecessor Bill Watts did with his son Erik Watts� Ron Simmons has turned heel and will feud with the talentless Ice Train� Jesse Ventura will hold the second annual �Strongest Arm� competition soon. It will be interesting to see if Ravishing Rick Rude will be allowed to enter this year. It has been said that Rude can defeat every wrestler in the business with the exception of Scott Norton!... Terry Taylor, who worked as a referee at Halloween Havoc, should be back on screen as a wrestler very soon� Gene Okerlund has finally debuted on TV.

Eastern Championship Wrestling: Not much to report on the ECW front, but they will stage a big card with some very familiar names on November 13th. Terry Funk and a mystery partner will face Road Warrior Hawk and Sabu; Mr. Hughes will face Johnny Gunn; Tommy Cairo will battle Kevin Sullivan; former AWA tag team champions and Orient Express members Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond will meet Public Enemy in an �Audience Chooses The Stipulation� match; and for the first time ever, Madusa Miceli will face Sensational Sherri Martel.

USWA: The villainous duo of Randy Savage and his manager Vince McMahon toppled Jerry Lawler for the Unified title on October 11th� Brian Christopher has turned face� Koko B. Ware has returned as a top heel� The Moondogs have turned heel.

SMW: Sherri Martel has been managing Tracy Smothers in his battles with Brian Lee� The Steiners have appeared recently in main event battles against The Heavenly Bodies� Mike Furnas, brother of AJPW�s Doug Furnas, appeared on TV recently but won�t debut in the ring until December� Killer Kyle has thus far been unsuccessful in his attempts to unmask The Bullet (Bob Armstrong). The Bullet will battle Kevin Sullivan in late November�

RINGS: Akira Maeda made his big return to action on October 23rd, defeating Sotir Gotchev by submission. RINGS will now be built around Maeda and should gain some much needed momentum.

ALL-JAPAN: Mitsuharu Misawa held off the challenge of Stan Hansen to retain the �Triple Crown� on October 23rd. However, Hansen left Misawa with something to think about, breaking his breastbone during the match� Jumbo Tsuruta returned to action at the same show, displaying considerable ring rust. Jumbo has not fully recovered from his bout with hepatitis� Also on the show, Fritz Von Erich made a special appearance; Ted DiBiase defeated Jun Akiyama; Steve Williams and Big Bubba Rogers (The Big Bossman) beat Dan Spivey and Johnny Ace; and Toshiaki Kawada downed Kenta Kobashi in a sensational match� As is traditional, DiBiase and Hansen have vacated their PWF and All-Japan International tag team belts in readiness for the 19th Annual tag team tournament. In a surprise, Steve Williams and Terry Gordy will not reunite for the festivities. Gordy is currently unable to compete due to an undisclosed ailment. Williams will instead team with Big Bubba Rogers. Other tandems include: DiBiase and Hansen; Misawa and Kobashi; Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas; Tracey Smothers and Terry Gordy�s nephew Richard Slinger; and Dan Spivey and Johnny Ace.

06-16-2008, 03:04 PM	#70
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	October/November 1993 World Wrestling Federation: Shawn Michaels, who was reported to have quit the WWF, will now most likely resurface at some point in November. The WWF held a �phone vote� for the fans to determine whether Michaels should be reinstated. It was, of course, inconsequential. Fans voted that Michaels NOT be reinstated, yet he has already been booked for the upcoming UK tour� The Steiners are back on the road, challenging The Quebecers to a series of DQ victories� The maniacal Sabu received several try-outs in late October, including what has been described as a superb match against Owen Hart, which he lost. WWF officials offered Sabu a contract, but he turned it down. He doesn�t want his relationship with FMW to become a thing of the past� Randy Savage represented the WWF at a press conference in Japan in early November. The WWF has plans to tour the Orient in April 1994. If this goes ahead, The Steiners and Bam Bam Bigelow will be given headline status due to their popularity in Japan, plus several Japanese wrestlers will be involved� Speaking of Savage, he was the victim of a Crush heel turn recently on Monday Night Raw. They will feud in the near future. Crush is now once again managed by Mr. Fuji, and sports a new bearded look, complete with face paint� Bret Hart has been verbally bashing Ric Flair via Jim Ross� Radio WWF. Hart has regularly defeated Jerry Lawler in Cage matches on the road� Speculation is rife as to the identity of �Lawler�s Knights� at The Survivor Series. No confirmation yet, but it seems they will be a masked trio. The muscular Glen Jacobs is rumoured to be The Black Knight. Terry Funk and Brian Christopher may also be involved� Another match with mysterious participants is set for the Survivor Series, as Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger and The Headshrinkers battle �The Four Doinks�. The real Doink The Clown, Matt Borne, will be one. Steve Lombardi, who has portrayed Doink on dozens of occasions, will probably be another. The other two identities remain a mystery at press time� The Undertaker replaced Tatanka in �The All-Americans� team, after Tatanka was suashed at the hands of Ludvig Borga. As ridiculous as it sounds, the current plan is for Undertaker to don a red, white and blue costume at the show, and stroll to the ring wafting a huge American flag� The novelty has worn off Lex Luger already. His matches on the road with Borga have been met with indifference, and the quality has been abysmal. It seemed following �The Lex Express� campaign that Luger had finally become a superstar. Obviously, this is not the case; Bret Hart, Randy Savage and The Undertaker remain the true stars of the WWF� It seems unlikely that Hulk Hogan will return for WrestleMania X. Relations between the two parties are at an all-time low� The Heavenly Bodies will battle The Rock �n� Roll Express for the SMW tag team championship at Survivor Series� Mr Perfect has been fizzling out, losing to Yokozuna and battling the undercard likes of Diesel. Back problems have cramped his style, and he may turn heel or leave the WWF altogether in the near future� The 123 Kid has been on a major losing streak to the likes of Adam Bomb� The Big Bossman will return to the WWF in December as a special guest referee on the road, between commitments to All-Japan Pro Wrestling� Giant Gonzalez is history� Longtime ring announcer Mike McGuirk has been fired as a cost cutting measure� Jeff Jarrett has debuted in a questionable 'struggling country music star' gimmick� The Bushwhackers have been back on the road battling Well Dunn. World Championship Wrestling: Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson have been suspended following an incident in Blackburn, England, in which both men suffered stab wounds. Details are currently unclear, but Sid underwent surgery and Anderson lost over a pint of blood. A source at the scene told us it looked like �a scene from a horror movie, with blood splattered all over the place�. At one point, it seemed that WCW�s UK tour would be cut short. However, it continued, with Sid and Arn both sent home following their release from hospital. At present time it seems that Anderson, who won�t be physically cleared to return until at least December, was acting in self defence and will therefore be retained by WCW. Sid, the apparent instigator and the man WCW was due to push as their biggest babyface star, will now most likely be shown the door, and it is highly unlikely that he will ever find employment in the wrestling business again� As a result of the stabbing incident, Ric Flair will now receive a big push heading into Starrcade as the leading contender to Vader�s WCW World title. Although Flair remains popular, it is thought that his days as a promotional figurehead are over. Many believe the increasingly popular Cactus Jack should be receiving the push in Flair�s place� WCW have plans to stage a ridiculous seven pay-per-views in 1994... Brian Pillman�s future is up in the air at the moment, as WCW have shown no further intentions to reinstate the Light Heavyweight championship� Too Cold Scorpio�s contract will expire in November. If WCW have any sense, they will retain his services� Bryan Rogowski, son of WCW Vice President Ole Anderson, made his professional debut on September 28th, losing to Buddy Lee Parker. Naturally adopting the name Bryan Anderson, he will begin working television tapings soon. I wonder if Ole has signed Bryan to a long term contract, much like his predecessor Bill Watts did with his son Erik Watts� Ron Simmons has turned heel and will feud with the talentless Ice Train� Jesse Ventura will hold the second annual �Strongest Arm� competition soon. It will be interesting to see if Ravishing Rick Rude will be allowed to enter this year. It has been said that Rude can defeat every wrestler in the business with the exception of Scott Norton!... Terry Taylor, who worked as a referee at Halloween Havoc, should be back on screen as a wrestler very soon� Gene Okerlund has finally debuted on TV. Eastern Championship Wrestling: Not much to report on the ECW front, but they will stage a big card with some very familiar names on November 13th. Terry Funk and a mystery partner will face Road Warrior Hawk and Sabu; Mr. Hughes will face Johnny Gunn; Tommy Cairo will battle Kevin Sullivan; former AWA tag team champions and Orient Express members Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond will meet Public Enemy in an �Audience Chooses The Stipulation� match; and for the first time ever, Madusa Miceli will face Sensational Sherri Martel. USWA: The villainous duo of Randy Savage and his manager Vince McMahon toppled Jerry Lawler for the Unified title on October 11th� Brian Christopher has turned face� Koko B. Ware has returned as a top heel� The Moondogs have turned heel. SMW: Sherri Martel has been managing Tracy Smothers in his battles with Brian Lee� The Steiners have appeared recently in main event battles against The Heavenly Bodies� Mike Furnas, brother of AJPW�s Doug Furnas, appeared on TV recently but won�t debut in the ring until December� Killer Kyle has thus far been unsuccessful in his attempts to unmask The Bullet (Bob Armstrong). The Bullet will battle Kevin Sullivan in late November� RINGS: Akira Maeda made his big return to action on October 23rd, defeating Sotir Gotchev by submission. RINGS will now be built around Maeda and should gain some much needed momentum. ALL-JAPAN: Mitsuharu Misawa held off the challenge of Stan Hansen to retain the �Triple Crown� on October 23rd. However, Hansen left Misawa with something to think about, breaking his breastbone during the match� Jumbo Tsuruta returned to action at the same show, displaying considerable ring rust. Jumbo has not fully recovered from his bout with hepatitis� Also on the show, Fritz Von Erich made a special appearance; Ted DiBiase defeated Jun Akiyama; Steve Williams and Big Bubba Rogers (The Big Bossman) beat Dan Spivey and Johnny Ace; and Toshiaki Kawada downed Kenta Kobashi in a sensational match� As is traditional, DiBiase and Hansen have vacated their PWF and All-Japan International tag team belts in readiness for the 19th Annual tag team tournament. In a surprise, Steve Williams and Terry Gordy will not reunite for the festivities. Gordy is currently unable to compete due to an undisclosed ailment. Williams will instead team with Big Bubba Rogers. Other tandems include: DiBiase and Hansen; Misawa and Kobashi; Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas; Tracey Smothers and Terry Gordy�s nephew Richard Slinger; and Dan Spivey and Johnny Ace.