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well this is quite long
it is from a dirtsheet called Matwatch 1991 Annual: The Final Chapter
Matwatch Man of the Year: Cactus Jack
- In 1989, soon after Jim Ross became chairman of WCW's booking committee, he told Steve Beverly "We could take someone like Cactus Jack and build him into the kind of character that you don't have to put a belt on for him to be a star. He's made in the mold of (Bruiser) Brody."
- Ole Anderson hated the big bump that Cactus took in his match with Mil Mascaras, sayng that Foley was "exposing the business."
- When he came back to WCW for his 2nd run in 1991, he started without a contract while still working for the GWF and various east coast indie groups. In July, he was on 3 first-run TV shows from 3 separate promotions in the same weekend: GWF Major League Wrestling, WCW's self-titled Saturday night show, and Universal Independent Wrestling in the Baltimore area.
- The Cactus-Abdullah feud was the first time since the Brody feud that the newsletter fans at large seemed to enjoy Abby.
Timeline '91
January 7-13
- Olu Oleyami's Kongi Sports and Entertainment resumes talks to buy the USWA while Eddie Gilbert quits as USWA booker
January 14-20:
- Gulf War begins on 1/16, Sgt. Slaughter wins WWF title on 1/19
- IWCCW financial backer Howard rapp threatens to sue stations carrying USWA's TV show, claiming that Kevin & Kerry Von Erich (who were licensing the WCCW trademarks to the Savoldis) still owned the slots personally
January 21-27:
- Joe Pedicino tries to sell the GWF TV shows at NATPE
- Jesse Ventura agrees to host The Grudge Match with Tim Brando & Lyle Alzado, but the latter 2 pulled out
- Dusty Rhodes returns to WCW as booker and color commentator for Clash & PPV shows
- Nick Gulas dies in Nashville at the age of 76.
January 28-31:
- TBS moves Clash XIV from CNN Center to Gainsville, GA after security threats during the Gulf War
- Mike Rotunda quits WCW due to only being offered a 6 month contract extension
- Mike Graham hired by WCW as a road agent
- ABC airs the pilot for Tag Team starring Jesse Ventura & Roddy Piper
February 1-10:
- WWF moves Wrestlemania due to a poor advance and "bomb threats."
- Clash XIV draws 2nd lowest Clash rating (3.9) and lowest combined rating w/ the replay (5.6) to date.
February 18-24:
- The Freebirds lose the WCW tag titles to the Steiner Bros. at a TV taping before winning them from Doom.
- Jim Herd agrees to a forum with Steve Beverly, Dave Meltzer, & Wade Keller on 4/27
February 25-28:
- Bob Costas drops out of Wrestlemania
- E! and Atlanta's WXIA TV falsely report that Missy Hyatt and Jason Hervey were engaged.
- A Nashville newspaper quotes Ron Fuller as saying "Five years from now, there will be only one wrestling group in America and they won't be doing very well."
March 4-10:
- WCW fires Buddy Landel for allegedly for shooting mucus from his nose onto a fan.
- Jerry Jarrett moves Memphis house shows from the Mid-South Coliseum to the Pipkin Building over a dispute w/ MSC officials.
- Roseanne & Tom Arnold drop out of Wrestlemania.
- Owen Hart debuts in WCW
- WCW Power Hour sets its record Saturday morning rating with a 2.3 in 1.29 million homes
- Jerry Lawler to The Commercial Appeal newspaper in Memphis on newsletters: "I deny everything that's in them."
- Sid Vicious asks for $350,000 to re-sign w/ WCW.
- The Iron Sheik returns to the WWF as Col. Mustafa
- Eddie Mansfield to revive indie promotion in Florida
- Jim Herd says WCW talnt coordinators think Owen Hart is "too stoic" in so far in his matches for the company.
- Michael Wallstreet (Rotunda) profiled on Inside Edition
March 18-24:
- Vince McMahon gets a positive six page profile in Sports Illustrated
March 25-31:
- Buyrate of 2.8% for Wrestlemania VII is the worst outing to date for WM.
- Paul Heyman signs a new one year contract with WCW while Ron Simmons signs for another two years.
- Owen Hart leaves WCW
- The Jerry Lawler Show airs its 400th episode
- Jim Ross is close to a deal for a weekly talk show on WSB-AM in Atlanta.
- Herb Abrams announces that he's trying to put together a Buddy Rogers vs Bruno Sammartino match for his first UWF PPV. Neither wrestler was aware of this.
more to come
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