Class Act Carl's Blast From The Past

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 11:09 AM

In the thread, I will regularly be posting wrestling news from back in the day, reproduced from the pages of Superstars Of Wrestling magazine (the forerunner to Power Slam in the UK which was the first British magazine to dispell with kayfabe and deal in behind the scenes news).

I recently had a read through some of my old collection and thought maybe newer fans would enjoy reading the backstage goings on in the days before the internet.

If people are interested in this thread, I shall continue to update it as often as I can be bothered to (I have 16 years worth!!).

We start with news from the July 1992 issue (covering May and June 1992):

June/July 1992

The WWF have announced that this year�s SummerSlam will now take place on Saturday August 29th in Wembley Stadium, London. The WWF moved the event, which was originally set for the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland due to the strong and rapid ticket sales at previous events in the United Kingdom�.. The main event will consist of Randy Savage defending his World title against The Ultimate Warrior. Davey Boy Smith will get a shot at Bret Hart�s IC title, and The Legion of Doom will challenge Money Incorporated for their World tag team belts. At the moment, Ric Flair is completely off the card. Rumours insist that we may see Flair against the returning Hulk Hogan in London�.. The Ultimate Warrior has been �cursed� by Papa Shango, leading to some of the most preposterous and critically savaged segments in WWF history�.. The Convict (Kevin Wacholz), who has been stalking Big Bossman, has been renamed Nailz. He made his dramatic debut, running out of the crowd and attacking the Bossman with his own nightstick. Nailz has competed under the name Kevin Kelly for the last seven years, in the WWF in 1991 and previously in the AWA under the management of Sensational Sherri�. Demolition member and former PNW wrestler Crush (Brian Adams) is back as a fan favourite�. Following the photographs of Ric Flair and Elizabeth, Flair and company continue to incite Randy Savage, this time playing what they claimed to be an answering machine message from Liz to Flair� The Mountie recently debuted a new, super-charged shock stick� The Legion Of Doom seem re-energized with the arrival of Paul Ellering� Reports state that Jake The Snake Roberts is through with the WWF, and could well be on his way to WCW� Hulk Hogan is shooting a movie provisionally titled �Rough Stuff� in Miami, Florida�

Over in WCW, former UWF owner Bill Watts has replaced Kip Allen Frey as Executive Vice President. Watts� first order of business was to ban all moves from the top rope!� Larry Zbyszko has parted ways with Paul E. Dangerously and the Dangerous Alliance. He may be feuding with Stunning Steve Austin� Speaking of Austin, he recaptured the TV title from Barry Windham on May 23rd in Chattanooga, Tennessee� Steve Williams and Terry Gordy have arrived� The Great Muta will be making his return in mid-June�. Rick Rude has been questioning Ricky Steamboat�s loyalty to his family, claiming he has been chasing Madusa. The two will meet in an Iron Man match at Beach Blast on June 20th� Flamboyant newcomer Scotty Flamingo is gunning for Brian Pillman and the lightweight belt� The Freebirds captured the US tag team belts from Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine at WrestleWar. Harley Race�s new charge, the masked Invader, who defeated Todd Champion at the show is former WWF star Hercules Hernandez�In the main event, Sting�s Squadron beat The Dangerous Alliance in the War Games match. Sting has a date with Cactus Jack at Beach Blast�.

Elsewhere, the GWF is in big time trouble. Eddie Gilbert has departed and is back working with Jerry Lawler in the USWA. Coupled with The Patriot�s departure several months ago, this is a big blow. Global are now trying to forge ties with the USWA in order to stay afloat. GWF�s top contender, Marty Jannetty, will now do battle with Lawler over the USWA title, and Jeff Jarrett will battle whoever wins the GWF crown� Brian Lee defeated Paul Orndorff (by disqualification) to be crowned the first Smokey Mountain Wrestling champion� Bad News Brown is now competing as Buffalo Allen for the UWA in Mexico� Andre The Giant has left the UWA and is headed to All Japan in early June� Adbullah The Butcher and Carlos Colon have resumed their bloody feud in the WWC� Dan Spivey, Paul Orndorff, Bob Orton, Butch Reed, Ivan Koloff and Jimmy Valiant will work for Herb Abrams� UWF in mid June.

**The Mackem** · 04-28-2008, 11:14 AM

The card changed a bit by the time Summerslam came around. Money Inc. had lost the belts to Natural Disasters, Savage defended against Flair.

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 11:17 AM

Nah, Savage defended against Warrior. The Natural Disasters had won the World tag team titles, though, and defended them against The Beverly Brothers.

Flair was Dennis Stamped (ie. not booked) at SummerSlam, but he and Mr Perfect played a role in the main event anyway.

**The Mackem** · 04-28-2008, 11:19 AM

Did he? Memory must be going hazy...I honestly can't remember that Warrior/Savage match but watched Summerslam 92 a few times back in the day. i remember collecting them cards and then wondering why the f LOD weren't going for the titles. Sad times.

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 11:49 AM

July/August 1992

Wembley Stadium, the site of this year�s SummerSlam, has sold out. According to reports, fans queued at the box office two days before tickets went on sale, and the eventual queue on the day tickets went on sale was two miles long! The card is coming together. In addition to matches noted last month, the former Demolition members Crush and The Repo Man (the former Smash) will battle, Kamala will face The Undertaker and Papa Shango meets Kerry Von Erich. The Natural Disasters will face The Beverly Brothers in a pointless dud of a match. Current plans have Ric Flair turning on Mr Perfect in an angle at the event, due to Perfect�s failure to secure Flair the World title shot at the show. The two will be involved in an interview segment at SummerSlam. Flair has been on a lengthy losing streak of late. It is widely believed that the 42 year old Flair is coming to the end of his career� No mention has been made of Hulk Hogan, leading one to believe that if Hogan does show up at SummerSlam, it will be kept as a last minute surprise� The new Wild Samoans (young veterans Samu and The Great Kokina, who previously wrestled as Kokina Maximus) have been wrestling on house shows but not yet on TV. Rumours abound of a programme against The Legion Of Doom when they eventually show up on screen� The Mountie and Sgt Slaughter are feuding, after Mountie zapped Slaughter with his �super� shock stick. Jack Tunney has threatened to expel The Mountie if he ever uses the stick again� The Big Bossman has not wrestled since being attacked by Nailz, but he has been interviewed by telephone, accompanied by pictures of the aftermath of the beating he received� Mr Perfect has amused many by claiming to have no idea who �Cuban� newcomer Razor Ramon is. Ramon, under his real name of Scott Hall, was once AWA World tag team champions with, guess who, Mr Perfect, Curt Hennig� Former WWWF and NWA World champion Nature Boy Buddy Rogers died at the age of 71 on June 26th after going into a coma following two strokes� Former WWF champion Bob Backlund recently made a dramatic move after years of infrequent activity by signing a new deal with the WWF� Lex Luger, who will not be allowed to wrestle for the WWF until March 1993 due to contract stipulations, barely avoided a career ending injury when he lost control of his motorcycle in Atlanta, Georgia. Luger suffered a crushed elbow, and various torn ligaments and muscles when he was hit by a car and thrown from the bike�.

In WCW, Big Van Vader has defeated Sting for the WCW World title� Dick Slater and The Barbarian have returned as a tag team, immediately defeating the Freebirds for the US tag team titles� Brad Armstrong defeated Brian Pillman for the light heavyweight title on July 5th� Steve Williams and Terry Gordy beat The Steiners for the WCW tag team belts on July 5th, and won the NWA tag team titles on July 12th�. Bill Watts has taken a critical savaging for his decision to ban top rope moves, impeding the high flying likes of Jushin Liger, Brian Pillman and The Great Muta. Watts is vowing to return to a harder-edged style of wrestling (ie blood and guts) to combat the cartoon environment of the WWF�

Elsewhere, Eddie Gilbert won the USWA title from Jerry Lawler on June 15th after interference from Mike Samples. Gilbert is now calling himself �The New King�� The USWA tag champs The Moondogs (Spot and Cujo) have been suspended for defying Eddie Marlin�s edict banning them from using chairs as a weapon� SMW�s champion Brian Lee has his hands full with Paul Orndorff and Tony Anthony, and Jim Cornette�s tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Pritchard) and feuding with The Fantastics (Jackie Fulton and Bobby Fulton)� Global are now struggling to pull in more than 100 fans for live shows, and may soon be history.

**The Mackem** · 04-28-2008, 11:53 AM

LOL @ Flair comment

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 11:59 AM

Savage defended against Flair at WM8. Savage got an injured knee in the match, got out of a figure 4. The finish was Flair holding savages leg, Savage took some missing swings, then pulled it into a small package.

At SS, didn't Flair and Perfect come out, with that photograph of Flair with Elizabeth, then Savage chased him and got counted out?

Bulldog/Bret is one of the best matches of all time, IMO.

You got a lot of free time on your hands, Carl?

Not that I mind, I love this, and bourght that mag regulary. Keep them coming

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 12:14 PM

I was 2 years old.

But still an interesting read, especially seeing as I have SummerSlam 92 on VHS

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 12:17 PM

Then go and watch it and tell me if I was right about the Savage/Warrior finish.

I'll await your findings.

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 12:18 PM

brb.

**Rob** · 04-28-2008, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoRoolz

I was 2 years old.

But still an interesting read, especially seeing as I have SummerSlam 92 on VHS

I think I was 11 and in the second row.

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 12:33 PM

August/September 1992

In the WWF, former World champion Bob Backlund, 42, made his first appearance in eight years on July 1st, defeating Skinner. Thus far, Backlund remains gimmick free… On July 20th, The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated Money Incorporated (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) to finally capture the World tag team titles. This means the match between Money Inc. and the Legion Of Doom at SummerSlam is now a non-title match and the LOD are reportedly not at all happy about it. Many fans believe the LOD have completely sold out their entire careers with the new Rocco gimmick. R.I.P. Road Warriors… Bad news, fans: El Gigante has signed a contract to begin in January. Happy new year!… Kerry Von Erich has been fired, and has joined Genichiro Tenryu’s WAR promotion in Japan. Von Erich was scheduled to face Papa Shango at SummerSlam…. Hulk Hogan, who just turned 39, has been heavily negotiating with New Japan for appearances in early 1993… Speaking of Hogan, he recently appeared on Entertainment Tonight to promote his new movie, and it is shocking how much weight he has lost (at least 50lbs). He looks a shadow of his former self. In SummerSlam predictions, Ultimate Warrior will likely regain the WWF World title from Randy Savage, Davey Boy Smith will win the Intercontinental belt from Bret Hart, and The Natural Disasters will retain their belts over The Beverly Brothers in what should be a hideous match… Ric Flair has challenged the winner of Savage-Warrior to a match after SummerSlam, yet the rumour mill has Ric Flair returning to WCW very soon, where his skills would be more appreciated. In the WWF, the ability to sell T-shirts far outweighs the ability to put on a great wrestling match… Davey Boy Smith blew his knee out in a recent match and will not wrestle again until SummerSlam… The Samoans are now a three piece: Samu, Fatu and Kokina. They are managed by Big Daddy, who was a member of the original Wild Samoans under the name Afa. They should have debuted on TV by the time you read this…

In WCW, Big Van Vader’s World title reign last only three weeks. When Sting was unable to challenge Vader due to injury on August 2nd, Bill Watts made a random drawing to determine who should replace him. Ron Simmons was chosen at random, and went on to defeat Vader for the belt… It should be noted that the reason for Sting’s injury was due to an attack by Cactus Jack and the debuting Jake The Snake Roberts. The Steiners and Barry Windham made the save just as Jake was about to unleash the contents of his snake bag…. Bill Watts terminated the US tag team championship on July 31st due to an abundance of titles in WCW (there were three sets of tag team titles), thus ending the short reign of Dick Slater and The Barbarian. Watts has also been name dropping Ric Flair and Sid Vicious on TV, leading to speculation that they may be headed back… Brad Armstrong has been battling Jushin Liger to time limit draws over the Light heavyweight title… Dan Spivey has returned to WCW and has been laying waste to jobbers. There is talk of a reformation of The Skyscrapers, should Vicious also return…. Bill Watts has been met with mixed reviews in his attempt to return WCW to hardcore action. The WCW style is now more harder-edged, but many of the company’s best talents (Terry Taylor, Brian Pillman, Scotty Flamingo) have been sacrificed to make way for the over-the-hill gang (The Barbarian, The Junkyard Dog, Greg Valentine etc)… Participants in the forthcoming NWA World title tournament include Masa Chono, Tony Halme, Scott Norton, Bam Bam Bigelow, Arn Anderson, Steve Austin, Jim Neidhart, Rick Rude and Shinya Hashimoto.

Elsewhere, Jerry Lawler’s son Brian Christopher has been feuding with Tom Pritchard in Memphis. They have traded the Southern belt and have been putting their cars on the line in the matches too… Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett toppled The Moondogs for the USWA tag team titles in a cage match, with Jackie Fargo as the referee on June 29th. The Moondogs regained the belts a week later, and on July 20th, lost them back to Jarrett and Lawler… Ricky Morton arrived in the USWA and on July 13th defeated Eddie Gilbert for the USWA strap. However, Gilbert regained the title with help from his brother Doug Gilbert on July 20th… Former NWA champion Ron Garvin has arrived in Smokey Mountain Wrestling… The 65 year old nutter The Sheik defeated Atsushi Onita for the WWA World Martial Arts title in Sapporo, Japan on June 25th in a no-rope barbed wire match… GWF, who are still struggling, have made an important signing by bringing in Manny Fernandez. Maybe Global still has a future… Superfly Jimmy Snuka regained the ECW title from Johnny Hot Body in Philadelphia. Speaking of Snuka, he has independent dates lined up against Demolition Ax… The Powers of Pain, The Warlord and Barbarian, have reunited on the independent scene… Jim Neidhart will battle Marty Jannetty in an upcoming NAWA show in Palmetto, Florida.

**Rob** · 04-28-2008, 12:37 PM

How do I do a screen print from YouTube?

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob

I think I was 11 and in the second row.

^ Jealous.

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 12:45 PM

For those who don't know, Kokina never made his debut as a Samoan on TV after all. Fatu and Samu made one appearance as The Samoans with the commentators raving about how another Samoan member was on his way, well in excess of 400lbs... they then disappeared, and came back as The Headshrinkers... Kokina, meanwhile, was repackaged as Japanese heel Yokozuna and had a massive push.

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 12:48 PM

Right, in the Savage/Warrior match at SummerSlam 92, towards the end of the match Flair and Perfect come out and stand at ring-side. They hit Savage whilst he's against the ropes so the commentators start saying that 'Warrior has sold out and joined Mr.Perfect' etc, then the referee gets knocked out and Mr.Perfect holds Warrior and Flair hits him with the brass knuckles. So then they're saying that it was a trick and Savage has sold out. Then Savage goes to the top rope and is going to elbow drop Warrior, but he then jumps to the outside at Ric Flair but Flair swings a chair and hits Savage in the knee.

Savage gets counted out, then Flair and Perfect attack him, putting him in a figure four and repeatedly punching him. Then Warrior comes around and runs to help Savage and Flair and Perfect run off, Warrior chases them for a bit with the chair, throws it at them, then walks back, gets the WWF title, and helps Savage up, putting the belt over his shoulder.

In the promo after Flair is going on about how it should have been his title match, and they're just bigging themselves up basically.

Also, I thought at the end of this match would be the end of the tape, but after the MAIN EVENT was Berzerker V Tatanka - wtf?

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob

I think I was 11 and in the second row.

Amazing.

Whereabouts are you? Like, so I can see you on T.V.

Also, can you not just print screen (for YouTube)?

**Rob** · 04-28-2008, 12:50 PM

This wasn't the main event. Bret vs. Davey was.

**Rob** · 04-28-2008, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoRoolz

Amazing.

Whereabouts are you? Like, so I can see you on T.V.

Also, can you not just print screen (for YouTube)?

I don't know how to do a screen print.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbP7yCx4FAY

1:44 in. Grey top.

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 01:06 PM

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 01:26 PM

We skip a few months now (as I'm missing those issues) and jump to December 1992 (covering news from October and November)....

October/November 1992

WWF, The Ultimate Warrior, Davey Boy Smith and Earthquake are all history. Rumour has it that Warrior and Davey Boy had begun to make outlandish demands to which Vince McMahon wasn't willing to comply� Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair for the WWF World title on October 12th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Both men were laid up with injuries following the match; Bret with a broken finger and sprained ankle, Flair with an ear problem� Incidentally, this was only the second time in his career that Flair has ever submitted (the first being against Rick Steamboat in 1989) and also makes Bret only the second person, following Pedro Morales, to complete the World, IC and tag team title triple crown� Speaking of Flair, he was recruited by George Bush in his unsuccessful quest to be re-elected as President of the USA� Money Inc. recaptured the World tag team titles from The Natural Disasters following intereference from The Headshrinkers on October 13th�. On October 27th, Shawn Michaels defeated Davey Boy Smith for the Intercontinental title. On the subject of Michaels, he is at last set to feud with his former Rockers tag team partner Marty Jannetty, who made his return in an angle recently� The Survivor Series pay-per-view has changed format; there will only be one elimination style match this year. The current main event features World champion Bret Hart defending his title against Shawn Michaels (only the World title is up for grabs). The Undertaker was scheduled to battle Kamala in a �Coffin Match�, however this is currently in question as the Undertaker is suffering from a broken collar bone. He has been advised not to wrestle until at least December; you will know by the time you read this whether this match took place or not� Hulk Hogan has entered contract negotiations with the WWF. Reportedly, Vince McMahon has offered Hogan a $3million, one year deal, based on him wrestling 3-day weeks. That�s $19,000 per night! However, New Japan still has an offer on the table for Hogan worth $100,000 per night. Hogan is known for actually wrestling scientifically in Japan. If he returns to the WWF, it is believed he will continue to wrestle this style, as WWF is placing more emphasis on wrestling and less on entertainment value at the moment� Just to contradict myself right away, Doink The Clown is now competing in the ring and is one of the most ridiculous images in recent history. There is, in actual fact, a pretty damn good wrestler hiding behind the costume: 14 year veteran, Matt Borne, who last competed for WCW as Big Josh�. Animal has quit the WWF. He had been working in a tag team with Crush since Hawk�s departure in September� Massive heel Bam Bam Bigelow has returned to the WWF� Former Fabulous Freebird, Jimmy Garvin is coming in� Former IWF champion Mondo Kleen is also coming in, under the name Damien Demento�

WCW will return to the UK from March 11th until March 17th, 1993. All the top names are expected to show up, and tickets are on sale now�. Sting defeated Jake Roberts at Halloween Havoc. Roberts has now been banned from bringing snakes to the ring� Terry Gordy has been indefinitely suspended. Steve Williams has instead been teaming up with Steve Austin (whose real name is also Steve Williams) in battles against Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham� Bill Watts remains in negotiations to bring back The Steiners� Sid Vicious still has yet to come to terms with Watts over a new deal... Scotty Flamingo is back in the spotlight, feuding with Johnny B. Badd over which of the two is �prettier�� Madusa has been fired from the Dangerous Alliance, and will face Paul E. Dangerously at Clash of the Champions XXI� Greg Valentine and Dick Slater have quit WCW�

Elsewhere, Butch Reed has arrived in the USWA. He defeated The Junkyard Dog for the USWA title, but lost the title to Todd Champion, who then lost the strap to Jerry Lawler. Phew� Eddie Gilbert quit the USWA in October but at press time has returned� Top USWA star Jeff Jarrett has been appearing at WWF house shows, facing job boys like Iron Mike Sharpe and Barry Horowitz� The Bushwhackers have arrived in Memphis� Paul Orndorff and Ron Garvin are feuding in SMW� Also, The Rock n� Roll Express have been defeating tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies in non-title matches consistently� Kevin Sullivan will soon debut in SMW under the name The Master� Hawk will wrestle his first match since SummerSlam on November 9th, teaming with Kensuke Sasaki on a PWA card in Minnesota� The Warlord recently defeated Kerry Von Erich for the WWWA title on a card which also featured Paul Roma defeating Marty Jannetty by disqualification�. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy continue to challenge Jumbo Tsuruta and Akira Taue for the PWF and International tag team belts in All-Japan.

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 01:27 PM

That's me done for now, maybe more later...

**Rob** · 04-28-2008, 01:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoRoolz

Aye that would be me popping for the Ultimate Warrior.

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 01:31 PM

Dude, they give you the tag code to the right of the vid on YT.

What was on the sign? I sat pretty far back, not far from the royal box.

I was a long way off with the finish then! The promos leading up were all about photographs, so theres my confussion.

Nice one NR.

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 01:32 PM

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez

You got a lot of free time on your hands, Carl?

I have today; I got to work only to find out that their dialling systems had all crashed and they were sending everyone home for the day. Funny the things you're willing to do when you have unexpected free time on your hands... I could have got so many productive things done, but nope, instead I'm typing out 16 year old magazines by hand for the benefit of people I wouldn't even know if I passed them in the street

I got "The Sickness".

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 01:38 PM

Oh, wasn't your sign.

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 01:42 PM

Funny you should say that, Carl. I had a million and one things to do today, but after reading this thread, I've pretty much squandered the day watching WWF circa 92/93 matches on youtube.

I blame you for this. Why did I get NR to watch SS92 you may ask? Purely to see if he would.

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 01:44 PM

That rep was meant to actually say something, NR... But i pressed enter by mistake

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez

Funny you should say that, Carl. I had a million and one things to do today, but after reading this thread, I've pretty much squandered the day watching WWF circa 92/93 matches on youtube.

I blame you for this. Why did I get NR to watch SS92 you may ask? Purely to see if he would.

I'm a good guy.

Plus I wanted to see Bret/Bulldog for the 450th time

**NoRoolz** · 04-28-2008, 01:50 PM

Also I want to know what my rep was meant to say.

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 01:54 PM

probably just 'nice one, mate' or '

' or a pleasantary to that effect. Either way, One of the best wrestling threads for a long ass time is being spammed the fuck out of, mostly by me.

Cease-fire.

**Rob** · 04-28-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fabien Barthez

Oh, wasn't your sign.

It was my pal's sign. Can't remember what it said though. Something about Warrior though.

**Fabien Barthez** · 04-28-2008, 01:54 PM

Gotta love Vince in that clip..

Look at these 80,000 people welcome THE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULTIMATE WOOOOORIOR!!!

He says it in the same way, like 8 times just in that clip.

Cease-fire didn't last

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 03:31 PM

Incomiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing....

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 07:40 PM

We're skipping another month here and going forward to February 1993's issue, covering December 1992 and January 1993.

December 1992/January 1993

Ric Flair has been released from his WWF contract. He will continue working for the WWF, probably until WrestleMania IX, before returning to WCW� The Steiner Brothers, Rick and Scott, have signed with the WWF. Their first big match will be on January 24th at the Royal Rumble, facing The Beverly Brothers. Let�s face facts here: Beau and Blake are going to be annihilated, just as they were back in WCW in 1990 when wrestling as the masked Minnesota Wrecking Crew II. The Steiners have already wrestled several cards in December and seem to have been kept intact by the WWF. Their style, and clothing, doesn�t appear to have changed� Incredibly, Jerry �The King� Lawler has joined the WWF and will compete in the Royal Rumble. A switch to Titan seems bizarre; after all, Lawler has verbally berated them for years, claiming that the WWF is destroying wrestling with its cartoon show. Now, he is the co-host of Prime Time and Superstars, plus won�t it be interesting to see just how he fares in the annual over-the-tope-rop battle royal?� The current WWC Universal champion Carlos Colon will be in the Royal Rumble, as will Genichiro Tenryu from WAR� The fact that Vince McMahon is now using wrestlers from other promotions (USWA, WWC and WAR) certainly hints towards amicable relations with other federations. Who knows, maybe this could see the start of a regular influx of talent from across the globe� There�s potentially an upset on the cards at the Royal Rumble; Razor Ramon has pinned Bret Hart several times on the road, prior to �The Hitman� winning the World title. Conversely, Shawn Michaels has been pinning Marty Jannetty every night at house shows, and this is likely to continue at the Rumble� Max Moon (Paul Diamond) left the WWF in December but is back already. However, his match with Terrific Terry Taylor at the Royal Rumble was cancelled upon his departure and will no longer be taking place. Shame� Believe it or not, should Bret Hart retain the World title over Ramon at the Rumble, his next challenger is slated to be Doink The Clown� The Rumble will be Earthquake�s final appearance with the WWF. Hacksaw Jim Duggan is also set for his final date at the show. No word on Hacksaw�s plans, but Quake (John Tenta) will be headed to All-Japan� Nailz is finished. Following a heated argument with McMahon over pay, Nailz is said to have belted him. Nailz has also made some allegations about Vince which I cannot realistically confirm or deny. Hopefully I�ll be in a position, both editorially and legally, to explain the real story next month� Bobby The Brain Heenan is expected to come out of retirement and manage a new wrestler named Narcissus at the Royal Rumble. It is unknown who Narcissus is, but El Gigante is due to make his debut around this time. Heenan did refer to Narcissus having �the body of a Greek God� however, which points towards Lex Luger (who may have been released from his �no wrestling� contract five weeks early, if he is indeed Narcissus). Why would Luger, one of the most instantly recognisable wrestlers in the business change his name?... Rumour has it that former Stampede regular John Smith will be brought is as Johnny Boy Smith to fill the gap left by Davey Boy Smith�s departure�

Over in WCW, Big Van Vader regained the WCW World title from Ron Simmons two days after Starrcade� The Great Muta won the Battle Bowl, and Sting won the �King of Cable� finals� Rick Rude is laid up with an injury until February and has been stripped of the US title. Dustin Rhodes dropped Rick Steamboat to capture the vacant strap on January 11th� Nikita Koloff did not return as expected at Starrcade� At press time, there were rumblings that Davey Boy Smith had come to a deal with WCW� Negotiations are going well with Sid Vicious� Arn Anderson left WCW in mid-December, but promptly returned, only to leave again. Arn has had several disagreements with Bill Watts, but is expected back in April� Bobby Eaton has also disappeared. Word is he is headed to SMW for a run, before returning, alongside Arn, in April� The Light heavyweight belt and TV title are both currently vacant, and have been since September� New Japan sensation Chris Benoit is due to make a one-time appearance at Clash of the Champions XXII. Shame his visit won�t be more permanent�

Elsewhere, Hawk and Kensuke Sasaki, now known as The Hellraisers, defeated Scott Norton and Tony Halme for the IWGP tag team belts on December 14th� Five days later, Hawk pinned Rambo for the CWA championship too� In the main event of the combined WCW/New Japan Supercard on January 4th, IWGP champion The Great Muta pinned Masa Chono to capture Chono�s NWA World title� Jim Hellwig is wrestling on the independent circuit for $4,000 a show, under the ring name The Man Who Used To Be Known As The Ultimate Warrior. He has defeated Hercules Hernandez on various shows� Davey Boy Smith has worked several independent dates, and is currently holder of the worthless WWWA Intercontinental title� Ron and Don Harris are the new USWA tag team champions� Kevin Sullivan is back in SWM (having previously been �banned for life�)� Dino Bravo was set to wrestle his retirement match in early December. Unfortunately, this didn�t happen� Finally, The Dynamite Kid is out of retirement and working independent shows in the UK.

**Londoner** · 04-28-2008, 07:45 PM

Great thread carl. Not much else to add atm just thought i would say that. How long does that take for you to type out?

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 07:51 PM

Not that long really. 15/20 mins, and about 5 minutes formatting it.

XL · 04-28-2008, 08:25 PM

WOW!

I've been watching some tapes from around this time (Survivor Series 92, RR 93, WM9, etc) and this thread comes along to fill in the gaps between the vids.

I've also been watching a few from a few years later (IYH 6, IYH 16, Survivor Series 96) so if CArl could stop messing about and skip to these times it'd be much appreciated! (joke)

**NeanderCarl** · 04-28-2008, 08:40 PM

I'm afraid we've got a big jump now, to the July 1993 issue.

May/June 1993

Vince McMahon has stepped down as President of the WWF (If you are confused, Jack Tunney is only the figurehead on-screen President). He has been replaced by his wife Linda McMahon due to mounting pressure as the FBI investigates the WWF for tax evasion, drugs and sexual abuse. Vince will still have control of the decision making process, as he remains in the CEO position. Several sources state something is going to break in the upper echelon of the WWF �and it could be something pretty big� Marty Jannetty returned to the WWF on May 15th in Texas, losing to Shawn Michaels. It was a different story two nights later on Monday Night Raw, however; Jannetty defeated Michaels to become the Intercontinental champion following a distraction by Mr Perfect. Since the win, Jannetty has held off the challenges of Bam Bam Bigelow and Razor Ramon. On the other hand, Michaels has been on a losing streak, dropping by pinfall to the likes of Crush� The Lightning Kid scored the upset win over Razor Ramon on May 17th. He has since been renamed various times as The Kamikaze Kid, The Cannonball Kid and most recently simply The Kid. He will return from Japan to work a full time schedule in mid June� Speaking of name changes, Friar Ferguson- who had already previously worked under the name The Mad Monk- is now working as Sebastian Booger, a character who has apparently been possessed by the Devil! On top of that, he is also working house shows under his real name as Mike Shaw. Try to keep up� The seeds were sown for a Razor Ramon face turn in May when he fell out with Lex Luger at a house show. Ramon will battle Luger and Shawn Michaels on the road throughout June� Yokozuna will be the first challenger to Hulk Hogan�s WWF World title at King Of The Ring in a match officiated by long-time New Japan referee Tiger Hatori. How can anyone have confidence in Yokozuna� not only is he a lousy crowd draw and a grossly limited performer, he has been cleanly pinned by Hacksaw Jim Duggan in recent months� Hulk Hogan�s new TV show has been picked up and he�s also currently filming a movie. It appears his days in the WWF may be numbered� The predicted outcome of the King of the Ring tournament is for Bret Hart to win, defeating Lex Luger in the finals and getting a World title match at SummerSlam� The Headshrinkers have been pinning The Steiners on a nightly basis� Luna Vachon has also been defeating Sensational Sherri on the road� Atom Bomb has also received a name change: Bryan Clarke will now be known as Adam Bomb. On a related note, the name Adam Bomb was actually created by WCW for a young man named Adam Cunningham, who won a joint WCW/BBC Radio One competition to attend Halloween Havoc last year� A wrestler named Del Rios recently received a tryout, performing some kind of mime gimmick� The Nasty Boys have been suspended, and will be replaced at King Of The Ring by the thus far impressive Smokin� Gunns�

In WCW, a deathly air of hush descended over the Atlanta crowd at Slamboree when it transpired that Tully Blanchard would not be returning to reform The Four Horsemen, his place being taken instead by former WWF Power and Glory midcarder Paul Roma. Tully didn�t appear due to contractual breakdowns� Shane Douglas has left WCW� Sid Vicious returned to WCW at Slamboree, squashing Van Hammer in 35 seconds� Scott Norton quit WCW prior to the show, and is now rumoured to be heading to the WWF. He was replaced in his match against Sting by former WWF star Nailz, who worked under the name The Prisoner� Larry Zbyszko replaced Jesse Ventura at Slamboree when Ventura was hospitalised with a blood clot� Cactus Jack should be back for Beach Blast� Steve Regal has turned heel and been repackaged as the snooty Lord Steven Regal. He is being managed by Sir William (Bill Dundee). Yes, Blackpool is of course the upper class aristocratic capital of the UK. Ahem� Apparently Van Hammer and Ron Simmons are to form a tag team� WCW will take a one month hiatus from touring in order to redefine their product�

Elsewhere, the World�s top tag team Steve Williams and Terry Gordy dropped the PWF and All-Japan International tag team titles on May 20th to Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada� Big Van Vader debuted for the UWFI under the name Super Vader on May 6th, destroying Tatsuo Nakano in a little over 3 minutes. He is lined up to fight Nobuhiko Takada in what should be a brutal battle� The Head Hunters captured the vacant W*ING tag team belts on May 9th, defeating Yukihiro Kanemura and Miguelito Perez Jr. in a Barbed Wire match� Jake The Snake Roberts is scheduled to return to AAA in Mexico in mid June. To say that Roberts is regarded as a heel by AAA fans is vastly understating the fact. After his interference caused Konnan to lose by countout to Cien Caras in their Loser Must Retire match in front of a sold out 48,000 crowd on April 30th, over 4000 enraged fans waited outside Jake�s dressing room until 3am in an effort to get their hands on him� Road Warrior Animal will be on the shelf for up to another year after re-injuring his fragile back during a weightlifting session� Nikita Koloff is living happily with his new wife and running his Fortress of Fitness gym in North Carolina� The Big Bossman will be returning to All-Japan as Big Bubba Rogers in July. He is also slated for a tour of Austrailia also featuring Jushin Liger, The Fantastics, Hawk, Nailz, Max Moon and the former Repo Man, Barry Darsow, now working once again as Demolition Smash.

04-28-2008, 11:09 AM	#1
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	Class Act Carl's Blast From The Past In the thread, I will regularly be posting wrestling news from back in the day, reproduced from the pages of Superstars Of Wrestling magazine (the forerunner to Power Slam in the UK which was the first British magazine to dispell with kayfabe and deal in behind the scenes news). I recently had a read through some of my old collection and thought maybe newer fans would enjoy reading the backstage goings on in the days before the internet. If people are interested in this thread, I shall continue to update it as often as I can be bothered to (I have 16 years worth!!). We start with news from the July 1992 issue (covering May and June 1992): June/July 1992 The WWF have announced that this year�s SummerSlam will now take place on Saturday August 29th in Wembley Stadium, London. The WWF moved the event, which was originally set for the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland due to the strong and rapid ticket sales at previous events in the United Kingdom�.. The main event will consist of Randy Savage defending his World title against The Ultimate Warrior. Davey Boy Smith will get a shot at Bret Hart�s IC title, and The Legion of Doom will challenge Money Incorporated for their World tag team belts. At the moment, Ric Flair is completely off the card. Rumours insist that we may see Flair against the returning Hulk Hogan in London�.. The Ultimate Warrior has been �cursed� by Papa Shango, leading to some of the most preposterous and critically savaged segments in WWF history�.. The Convict (Kevin Wacholz), who has been stalking Big Bossman, has been renamed Nailz. He made his dramatic debut, running out of the crowd and attacking the Bossman with his own nightstick. Nailz has competed under the name Kevin Kelly for the last seven years, in the WWF in 1991 and previously in the AWA under the management of Sensational Sherri�. Demolition member and former PNW wrestler Crush (Brian Adams) is back as a fan favourite�. Following the photographs of Ric Flair and Elizabeth, Flair and company continue to incite Randy Savage, this time playing what they claimed to be an answering machine message from Liz to Flair� The Mountie recently debuted a new, super-charged shock stick� The Legion Of Doom seem re-energized with the arrival of Paul Ellering� Reports state that Jake The Snake Roberts is through with the WWF, and could well be on his way to WCW� Hulk Hogan is shooting a movie provisionally titled �Rough Stuff� in Miami, Florida� Over in WCW, former UWF owner Bill Watts has replaced Kip Allen Frey as Executive Vice President. Watts� first order of business was to ban all moves from the top rope!� Larry Zbyszko has parted ways with Paul E. Dangerously and the Dangerous Alliance. He may be feuding with Stunning Steve Austin� Speaking of Austin, he recaptured the TV title from Barry Windham on May 23rd in Chattanooga, Tennessee� Steve Williams and Terry Gordy have arrived� The Great Muta will be making his return in mid-June�. Rick Rude has been questioning Ricky Steamboat�s loyalty to his family, claiming he has been chasing Madusa. The two will meet in an Iron Man match at Beach Blast on June 20th� Flamboyant newcomer Scotty Flamingo is gunning for Brian Pillman and the lightweight belt� The Freebirds captured the US tag team belts from Terry Taylor and Greg Valentine at WrestleWar. Harley Race�s new charge, the masked Invader, who defeated Todd Champion at the show is former WWF star Hercules Hernandez�In the main event, Sting�s Squadron beat The Dangerous Alliance in the War Games match. Sting has a date with Cactus Jack at Beach Blast�. Elsewhere, the GWF is in big time trouble. Eddie Gilbert has departed and is back working with Jerry Lawler in the USWA. Coupled with The Patriot�s departure several months ago, this is a big blow. Global are now trying to forge ties with the USWA in order to stay afloat. GWF�s top contender, Marty Jannetty, will now do battle with Lawler over the USWA title, and Jeff Jarrett will battle whoever wins the GWF crown� Brian Lee defeated Paul Orndorff (by disqualification) to be crowned the first Smokey Mountain Wrestling champion� Bad News Brown is now competing as Buffalo Allen for the UWA in Mexico� Andre The Giant has left the UWA and is headed to All Japan in early June� Adbullah The Butcher and Carlos Colon have resumed their bloody feud in the WWC� Dan Spivey, Paul Orndorff, Bob Orton, Butch Reed, Ivan Koloff and Jimmy Valiant will work for Herb Abrams� UWF in mid June.

04-28-2008, 01:54 PM	#32
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	probably just 'nice one, mate' or '' or a pleasantary to that effect. Either way, One of the best wrestling threads for a long ass time is being spammed the fuck out of, mostly by me. Cease-fire.

04-28-2008, 11:14 AM	#2
The Mackem VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT Posts: 38,940	The card changed a bit by the time Summerslam came around. Money Inc. had lost the belts to Natural Disasters, Savage defended against Flair.

04-28-2008, 11:17 AM	#3
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	Nah, Savage defended against Warrior. The Natural Disasters had won the World tag team titles, though, and defended them against The Beverly Brothers. Flair was Dennis Stamped (ie. not booked) at SummerSlam, but he and Mr Perfect played a role in the main event anyway.

04-28-2008, 11:19 AM	#4
The Mackem VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT Posts: 38,940	Did he? Memory must be going hazy...I honestly can't remember that Warrior/Savage match but watched Summerslam 92 a few times back in the day. i remember collecting them cards and then wondering why the f LOD weren't going for the titles. Sad times.

04-28-2008, 11:49 AM	#5
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	July/August 1992 Wembley Stadium, the site of this year�s SummerSlam, has sold out. According to reports, fans queued at the box office two days before tickets went on sale, and the eventual queue on the day tickets went on sale was two miles long! The card is coming together. In addition to matches noted last month, the former Demolition members Crush and The Repo Man (the former Smash) will battle, Kamala will face The Undertaker and Papa Shango meets Kerry Von Erich. The Natural Disasters will face The Beverly Brothers in a pointless dud of a match. Current plans have Ric Flair turning on Mr Perfect in an angle at the event, due to Perfect�s failure to secure Flair the World title shot at the show. The two will be involved in an interview segment at SummerSlam. Flair has been on a lengthy losing streak of late. It is widely believed that the 42 year old Flair is coming to the end of his career� No mention has been made of Hulk Hogan, leading one to believe that if Hogan does show up at SummerSlam, it will be kept as a last minute surprise� The new Wild Samoans (young veterans Samu and The Great Kokina, who previously wrestled as Kokina Maximus) have been wrestling on house shows but not yet on TV. Rumours abound of a programme against The Legion Of Doom when they eventually show up on screen� The Mountie and Sgt Slaughter are feuding, after Mountie zapped Slaughter with his �super� shock stick. Jack Tunney has threatened to expel The Mountie if he ever uses the stick again� The Big Bossman has not wrestled since being attacked by Nailz, but he has been interviewed by telephone, accompanied by pictures of the aftermath of the beating he received� Mr Perfect has amused many by claiming to have no idea who �Cuban� newcomer Razor Ramon is. Ramon, under his real name of Scott Hall, was once AWA World tag team champions with, guess who, Mr Perfect, Curt Hennig� Former WWWF and NWA World champion Nature Boy Buddy Rogers died at the age of 71 on June 26th after going into a coma following two strokes� Former WWF champion Bob Backlund recently made a dramatic move after years of infrequent activity by signing a new deal with the WWF� Lex Luger, who will not be allowed to wrestle for the WWF until March 1993 due to contract stipulations, barely avoided a career ending injury when he lost control of his motorcycle in Atlanta, Georgia. Luger suffered a crushed elbow, and various torn ligaments and muscles when he was hit by a car and thrown from the bike�. In WCW, Big Van Vader has defeated Sting for the WCW World title� Dick Slater and The Barbarian have returned as a tag team, immediately defeating the Freebirds for the US tag team titles� Brad Armstrong defeated Brian Pillman for the light heavyweight title on July 5th� Steve Williams and Terry Gordy beat The Steiners for the WCW tag team belts on July 5th, and won the NWA tag team titles on July 12th�. Bill Watts has taken a critical savaging for his decision to ban top rope moves, impeding the high flying likes of Jushin Liger, Brian Pillman and The Great Muta. Watts is vowing to return to a harder-edged style of wrestling (ie blood and guts) to combat the cartoon environment of the WWF� Elsewhere, Eddie Gilbert won the USWA title from Jerry Lawler on June 15th after interference from Mike Samples. Gilbert is now calling himself �The New King�� The USWA tag champs The Moondogs (Spot and Cujo) have been suspended for defying Eddie Marlin�s edict banning them from using chairs as a weapon� SMW�s champion Brian Lee has his hands full with Paul Orndorff and Tony Anthony, and Jim Cornette�s tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Pritchard) and feuding with The Fantastics (Jackie Fulton and Bobby Fulton)� Global are now struggling to pull in more than 100 fans for live shows, and may soon be history.

04-28-2008, 11:53 AM	#6
The Mackem VG + Q&A FORUM REPRESENT Posts: 38,940	LOL @ Flair comment

04-28-2008, 11:59 AM	#7
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	Savage defended against Flair at WM8. Savage got an injured knee in the match, got out of a figure 4. The finish was Flair holding savages leg, Savage took some missing swings, then pulled it into a small package. At SS, didn't Flair and Perfect come out, with that photograph of Flair with Elizabeth, then Savage chased him and got counted out? Bulldog/Bret is one of the best matches of all time, IMO. You got a lot of free time on your hands, Carl? Not that I mind, I love this, and bourght that mag regulary. Keep them coming

04-28-2008, 12:14 PM	#8
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709	I was 2 years old. But still an interesting read, especially seeing as I have SummerSlam 92 on VHS

04-28-2008, 12:17 PM	#9
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	Then go and watch it and tell me if I was right about the Savage/Warrior finish. I'll await your findings.

04-28-2008, 12:18 PM	#10
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709	brb.

04-28-2008, 12:33 PM	#12
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	August/September 1992 In the WWF, former World champion Bob Backlund, 42, made his first appearance in eight years on July 1st, defeating Skinner. Thus far, Backlund remains gimmick free… On July 20th, The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated Money Incorporated (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) to finally capture the World tag team titles. This means the match between Money Inc. and the Legion Of Doom at SummerSlam is now a non-title match and the LOD are reportedly not at all happy about it. Many fans believe the LOD have completely sold out their entire careers with the new Rocco gimmick. R.I.P. Road Warriors… Bad news, fans: El Gigante has signed a contract to begin in January. Happy new year!… Kerry Von Erich has been fired, and has joined Genichiro Tenryu’s WAR promotion in Japan. Von Erich was scheduled to face Papa Shango at SummerSlam…. Hulk Hogan, who just turned 39, has been heavily negotiating with New Japan for appearances in early 1993… Speaking of Hogan, he recently appeared on Entertainment Tonight to promote his new movie, and it is shocking how much weight he has lost (at least 50lbs). He looks a shadow of his former self. In SummerSlam predictions, Ultimate Warrior will likely regain the WWF World title from Randy Savage, Davey Boy Smith will win the Intercontinental belt from Bret Hart, and The Natural Disasters will retain their belts over The Beverly Brothers in what should be a hideous match… Ric Flair has challenged the winner of Savage-Warrior to a match after SummerSlam, yet the rumour mill has Ric Flair returning to WCW very soon, where his skills would be more appreciated. In the WWF, the ability to sell T-shirts far outweighs the ability to put on a great wrestling match… Davey Boy Smith blew his knee out in a recent match and will not wrestle again until SummerSlam… The Samoans are now a three piece: Samu, Fatu and Kokina. They are managed by Big Daddy, who was a member of the original Wild Samoans under the name Afa. They should have debuted on TV by the time you read this… In WCW, Big Van Vader’s World title reign last only three weeks. When Sting was unable to challenge Vader due to injury on August 2nd, Bill Watts made a random drawing to determine who should replace him. Ron Simmons was chosen at random, and went on to defeat Vader for the belt… It should be noted that the reason for Sting’s injury was due to an attack by Cactus Jack and the debuting Jake The Snake Roberts. The Steiners and Barry Windham made the save just as Jake was about to unleash the contents of his snake bag…. Bill Watts terminated the US tag team championship on July 31st due to an abundance of titles in WCW (there were three sets of tag team titles), thus ending the short reign of Dick Slater and The Barbarian. Watts has also been name dropping Ric Flair and Sid Vicious on TV, leading to speculation that they may be headed back… Brad Armstrong has been battling Jushin Liger to time limit draws over the Light heavyweight title… Dan Spivey has returned to WCW and has been laying waste to jobbers. There is talk of a reformation of The Skyscrapers, should Vicious also return…. Bill Watts has been met with mixed reviews in his attempt to return WCW to hardcore action. The WCW style is now more harder-edged, but many of the company’s best talents (Terry Taylor, Brian Pillman, Scotty Flamingo) have been sacrificed to make way for the over-the-hill gang (The Barbarian, The Junkyard Dog, Greg Valentine etc)… Participants in the forthcoming NWA World title tournament include Masa Chono, Tony Halme, Scott Norton, Bam Bam Bigelow, Arn Anderson, Steve Austin, Jim Neidhart, Rick Rude and Shinya Hashimoto. Elsewhere, Jerry Lawler’s son Brian Christopher has been feuding with Tom Pritchard in Memphis. They have traded the Southern belt and have been putting their cars on the line in the matches too… Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett toppled The Moondogs for the USWA tag team titles in a cage match, with Jackie Fargo as the referee on June 29th. The Moondogs regained the belts a week later, and on July 20th, lost them back to Jarrett and Lawler… Ricky Morton arrived in the USWA and on July 13th defeated Eddie Gilbert for the USWA strap. However, Gilbert regained the title with help from his brother Doug Gilbert on July 20th… Former NWA champion Ron Garvin has arrived in Smokey Mountain Wrestling… The 65 year old nutter The Sheik defeated Atsushi Onita for the WWA World Martial Arts title in Sapporo, Japan on June 25th in a no-rope barbed wire match… GWF, who are still struggling, have made an important signing by bringing in Manny Fernandez. Maybe Global still has a future… Superfly Jimmy Snuka regained the ECW title from Johnny Hot Body in Philadelphia. Speaking of Snuka, he has independent dates lined up against Demolition Ax… The Powers of Pain, The Warlord and Barbarian, have reunited on the independent scene… Jim Neidhart will battle Marty Jannetty in an upcoming NAWA show in Palmetto, Florida.

04-28-2008, 12:37 PM	#13
Rob Part time poster Posts: 22,963	How do I do a screen print from YouTube?

04-28-2008, 12:45 PM	#15
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	For those who don't know, Kokina never made his debut as a Samoan on TV after all. Fatu and Samu made one appearance as The Samoans with the commentators raving about how another Samoan member was on his way, well in excess of 400lbs... they then disappeared, and came back as The Headshrinkers... Kokina, meanwhile, was repackaged as Japanese heel Yokozuna and had a massive push.

04-28-2008, 12:48 PM	#16
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709	Right, in the Savage/Warrior match at SummerSlam 92, towards the end of the match Flair and Perfect come out and stand at ring-side. They hit Savage whilst he's against the ropes so the commentators start saying that 'Warrior has sold out and joined Mr.Perfect' etc, then the referee gets knocked out and Mr.Perfect holds Warrior and Flair hits him with the brass knuckles. So then they're saying that it was a trick and Savage has sold out. Then Savage goes to the top rope and is going to elbow drop Warrior, but he then jumps to the outside at Ric Flair but Flair swings a chair and hits Savage in the knee. Savage gets counted out, then Flair and Perfect attack him, putting him in a figure four and repeatedly punching him. Then Warrior comes around and runs to help Savage and Flair and Perfect run off, Warrior chases them for a bit with the chair, throws it at them, then walks back, gets the WWF title, and helps Savage up, putting the belt over his shoulder. In the promo after Flair is going on about how it should have been his title match, and they're just bigging themselves up basically. Also, I thought at the end of this match would be the end of the tape, but after the MAIN EVENT was Berzerker V Tatanka - wtf?

04-28-2008, 12:50 PM	#18
Rob Part time poster Posts: 22,963	This wasn't the main event. Bret vs. Davey was.

04-28-2008, 01:06 PM	#20
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709

04-28-2008, 01:26 PM	#21
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	We skip a few months now (as I'm missing those issues) and jump to December 1992 (covering news from October and November).... October/November 1992 WWF, The Ultimate Warrior, Davey Boy Smith and Earthquake are all history. Rumour has it that Warrior and Davey Boy had begun to make outlandish demands to which Vince McMahon wasn't willing to comply� Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair for the WWF World title on October 12th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Both men were laid up with injuries following the match; Bret with a broken finger and sprained ankle, Flair with an ear problem� Incidentally, this was only the second time in his career that Flair has ever submitted (the first being against Rick Steamboat in 1989) and also makes Bret only the second person, following Pedro Morales, to complete the World, IC and tag team title triple crown� Speaking of Flair, he was recruited by George Bush in his unsuccessful quest to be re-elected as President of the USA� Money Inc. recaptured the World tag team titles from The Natural Disasters following intereference from The Headshrinkers on October 13th�. On October 27th, Shawn Michaels defeated Davey Boy Smith for the Intercontinental title. On the subject of Michaels, he is at last set to feud with his former Rockers tag team partner Marty Jannetty, who made his return in an angle recently� The Survivor Series pay-per-view has changed format; there will only be one elimination style match this year. The current main event features World champion Bret Hart defending his title against Shawn Michaels (only the World title is up for grabs). The Undertaker was scheduled to battle Kamala in a �Coffin Match�, however this is currently in question as the Undertaker is suffering from a broken collar bone. He has been advised not to wrestle until at least December; you will know by the time you read this whether this match took place or not� Hulk Hogan has entered contract negotiations with the WWF. Reportedly, Vince McMahon has offered Hogan a $3million, one year deal, based on him wrestling 3-day weeks. That�s $19,000 per night! However, New Japan still has an offer on the table for Hogan worth $100,000 per night. Hogan is known for actually wrestling scientifically in Japan. If he returns to the WWF, it is believed he will continue to wrestle this style, as WWF is placing more emphasis on wrestling and less on entertainment value at the moment� Just to contradict myself right away, Doink The Clown is now competing in the ring and is one of the most ridiculous images in recent history. There is, in actual fact, a pretty damn good wrestler hiding behind the costume: 14 year veteran, Matt Borne, who last competed for WCW as Big Josh�. Animal has quit the WWF. He had been working in a tag team with Crush since Hawk�s departure in September� Massive heel Bam Bam Bigelow has returned to the WWF� Former Fabulous Freebird, Jimmy Garvin is coming in� Former IWF champion Mondo Kleen is also coming in, under the name Damien Demento� WCW will return to the UK from March 11th until March 17th, 1993. All the top names are expected to show up, and tickets are on sale now�. Sting defeated Jake Roberts at Halloween Havoc. Roberts has now been banned from bringing snakes to the ring� Terry Gordy has been indefinitely suspended. Steve Williams has instead been teaming up with Steve Austin (whose real name is also Steve Williams) in battles against Dustin Rhodes and Barry Windham� Bill Watts remains in negotiations to bring back The Steiners� Sid Vicious still has yet to come to terms with Watts over a new deal... Scotty Flamingo is back in the spotlight, feuding with Johnny B. Badd over which of the two is �prettier�� Madusa has been fired from the Dangerous Alliance, and will face Paul E. Dangerously at Clash of the Champions XXI� Greg Valentine and Dick Slater have quit WCW� Elsewhere, Butch Reed has arrived in the USWA. He defeated The Junkyard Dog for the USWA title, but lost the title to Todd Champion, who then lost the strap to Jerry Lawler. Phew� Eddie Gilbert quit the USWA in October but at press time has returned� Top USWA star Jeff Jarrett has been appearing at WWF house shows, facing job boys like Iron Mike Sharpe and Barry Horowitz� The Bushwhackers have arrived in Memphis� Paul Orndorff and Ron Garvin are feuding in SMW� Also, The Rock n� Roll Express have been defeating tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies in non-title matches consistently� Kevin Sullivan will soon debut in SMW under the name The Master� Hawk will wrestle his first match since SummerSlam on November 9th, teaming with Kensuke Sasaki on a PWA card in Minnesota� The Warlord recently defeated Kerry Von Erich for the WWWA title on a card which also featured Paul Roma defeating Marty Jannetty by disqualification�. Steve Williams and Terry Gordy continue to challenge Jumbo Tsuruta and Akira Taue for the PWF and International tag team belts in All-Japan.

04-28-2008, 01:27 PM	#22
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	That's me done for now, maybe more later...

04-28-2008, 01:31 PM	#24
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	Dude, they give you the tag code to the right of the vid on YT. What was on the sign? I sat pretty far back, not far from the royal box. I was a long way off with the finish then! The promos leading up were all about photographs, so theres my confussion. Nice one NR.

04-28-2008, 01:32 PM	#25
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709

04-28-2008, 01:38 PM	#27
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	Oh, wasn't your sign.

04-28-2008, 01:42 PM	#28
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	Funny you should say that, Carl. I had a million and one things to do today, but after reading this thread, I've pretty much squandered the day watching WWF circa 92/93 matches on youtube. I blame you for this. Why did I get NR to watch SS92 you may ask? Purely to see if he would.

04-28-2008, 01:44 PM	#29
Fabien Barthez Spliff & A Brew Posts: 6,754	That rep was meant to actually say something, NR... But i pressed enter by mistake

04-28-2008, 01:50 PM	#31
NoRoolz dave ain't here? Posts: 2,709	Also I want to know what my rep was meant to say.

04-28-2008, 03:31 PM	#35
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	Incomiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing....

04-28-2008, 07:40 PM	#36
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	We're skipping another month here and going forward to February 1993's issue, covering December 1992 and January 1993. December 1992/January 1993 Ric Flair has been released from his WWF contract. He will continue working for the WWF, probably until WrestleMania IX, before returning to WCW� The Steiner Brothers, Rick and Scott, have signed with the WWF. Their first big match will be on January 24th at the Royal Rumble, facing The Beverly Brothers. Let�s face facts here: Beau and Blake are going to be annihilated, just as they were back in WCW in 1990 when wrestling as the masked Minnesota Wrecking Crew II. The Steiners have already wrestled several cards in December and seem to have been kept intact by the WWF. Their style, and clothing, doesn�t appear to have changed� Incredibly, Jerry �The King� Lawler has joined the WWF and will compete in the Royal Rumble. A switch to Titan seems bizarre; after all, Lawler has verbally berated them for years, claiming that the WWF is destroying wrestling with its cartoon show. Now, he is the co-host of Prime Time and Superstars, plus won�t it be interesting to see just how he fares in the annual over-the-tope-rop battle royal?� The current WWC Universal champion Carlos Colon will be in the Royal Rumble, as will Genichiro Tenryu from WAR� The fact that Vince McMahon is now using wrestlers from other promotions (USWA, WWC and WAR) certainly hints towards amicable relations with other federations. Who knows, maybe this could see the start of a regular influx of talent from across the globe� There�s potentially an upset on the cards at the Royal Rumble; Razor Ramon has pinned Bret Hart several times on the road, prior to �The Hitman� winning the World title. Conversely, Shawn Michaels has been pinning Marty Jannetty every night at house shows, and this is likely to continue at the Rumble� Max Moon (Paul Diamond) left the WWF in December but is back already. However, his match with Terrific Terry Taylor at the Royal Rumble was cancelled upon his departure and will no longer be taking place. Shame� Believe it or not, should Bret Hart retain the World title over Ramon at the Rumble, his next challenger is slated to be Doink The Clown� The Rumble will be Earthquake�s final appearance with the WWF. Hacksaw Jim Duggan is also set for his final date at the show. No word on Hacksaw�s plans, but Quake (John Tenta) will be headed to All-Japan� Nailz is finished. Following a heated argument with McMahon over pay, Nailz is said to have belted him. Nailz has also made some allegations about Vince which I cannot realistically confirm or deny. Hopefully I�ll be in a position, both editorially and legally, to explain the real story next month� Bobby The Brain Heenan is expected to come out of retirement and manage a new wrestler named Narcissus at the Royal Rumble. It is unknown who Narcissus is, but El Gigante is due to make his debut around this time. Heenan did refer to Narcissus having �the body of a Greek God� however, which points towards Lex Luger (who may have been released from his �no wrestling� contract five weeks early, if he is indeed Narcissus). Why would Luger, one of the most instantly recognisable wrestlers in the business change his name?... Rumour has it that former Stampede regular John Smith will be brought is as Johnny Boy Smith to fill the gap left by Davey Boy Smith�s departure� Over in WCW, Big Van Vader regained the WCW World title from Ron Simmons two days after Starrcade� The Great Muta won the Battle Bowl, and Sting won the �King of Cable� finals� Rick Rude is laid up with an injury until February and has been stripped of the US title. Dustin Rhodes dropped Rick Steamboat to capture the vacant strap on January 11th� Nikita Koloff did not return as expected at Starrcade� At press time, there were rumblings that Davey Boy Smith had come to a deal with WCW� Negotiations are going well with Sid Vicious� Arn Anderson left WCW in mid-December, but promptly returned, only to leave again. Arn has had several disagreements with Bill Watts, but is expected back in April� Bobby Eaton has also disappeared. Word is he is headed to SMW for a run, before returning, alongside Arn, in April� The Light heavyweight belt and TV title are both currently vacant, and have been since September� New Japan sensation Chris Benoit is due to make a one-time appearance at Clash of the Champions XXII. Shame his visit won�t be more permanent� Elsewhere, Hawk and Kensuke Sasaki, now known as The Hellraisers, defeated Scott Norton and Tony Halme for the IWGP tag team belts on December 14th� Five days later, Hawk pinned Rambo for the CWA championship too� In the main event of the combined WCW/New Japan Supercard on January 4th, IWGP champion The Great Muta pinned Masa Chono to capture Chono�s NWA World title� Jim Hellwig is wrestling on the independent circuit for $4,000 a show, under the ring name The Man Who Used To Be Known As The Ultimate Warrior. He has defeated Hercules Hernandez on various shows� Davey Boy Smith has worked several independent dates, and is currently holder of the worthless WWWA Intercontinental title� Ron and Don Harris are the new USWA tag team champions� Kevin Sullivan is back in SWM (having previously been �banned for life�)� Dino Bravo was set to wrestle his retirement match in early December. Unfortunately, this didn�t happen� Finally, The Dynamite Kid is out of retirement and working independent shows in the UK.

04-28-2008, 07:45 PM	#37
Londoner One Of A Kind Posts: 22,178	Great thread carl. Not much else to add atm just thought i would say that. How long does that take for you to type out?

04-28-2008, 07:51 PM	#38
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	Not that long really. 15/20 mins, and about 5 minutes formatting it.

04-28-2008, 08:25 PM	#39
XL Feeling Oof-y Posts: 17,151	WOW! I've been watching some tapes from around this time (Survivor Series 92, RR 93, WM9, etc) and this thread comes along to fill in the gaps between the vids. I've also been watching a few from a few years later (IYH 6, IYH 16, Survivor Series 96) so if CArl could stop messing about and skip to these times it'd be much appreciated! (joke)

04-28-2008, 08:40 PM	#40
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	I'm afraid we've got a big jump now, to the July 1993 issue. May/June 1993 Vince McMahon has stepped down as President of the WWF (If you are confused, Jack Tunney is only the figurehead on-screen President). He has been replaced by his wife Linda McMahon due to mounting pressure as the FBI investigates the WWF for tax evasion, drugs and sexual abuse. Vince will still have control of the decision making process, as he remains in the CEO position. Several sources state something is going to break in the upper echelon of the WWF �and it could be something pretty big� Marty Jannetty returned to the WWF on May 15th in Texas, losing to Shawn Michaels. It was a different story two nights later on Monday Night Raw, however; Jannetty defeated Michaels to become the Intercontinental champion following a distraction by Mr Perfect. Since the win, Jannetty has held off the challenges of Bam Bam Bigelow and Razor Ramon. On the other hand, Michaels has been on a losing streak, dropping by pinfall to the likes of Crush� The Lightning Kid scored the upset win over Razor Ramon on May 17th. He has since been renamed various times as The Kamikaze Kid, The Cannonball Kid and most recently simply The Kid. He will return from Japan to work a full time schedule in mid June� Speaking of name changes, Friar Ferguson- who had already previously worked under the name The Mad Monk- is now working as Sebastian Booger, a character who has apparently been possessed by the Devil! On top of that, he is also working house shows under his real name as Mike Shaw. Try to keep up� The seeds were sown for a Razor Ramon face turn in May when he fell out with Lex Luger at a house show. Ramon will battle Luger and Shawn Michaels on the road throughout June� Yokozuna will be the first challenger to Hulk Hogan�s WWF World title at King Of The Ring in a match officiated by long-time New Japan referee Tiger Hatori. How can anyone have confidence in Yokozuna� not only is he a lousy crowd draw and a grossly limited performer, he has been cleanly pinned by Hacksaw Jim Duggan in recent months� Hulk Hogan�s new TV show has been picked up and he�s also currently filming a movie. It appears his days in the WWF may be numbered� The predicted outcome of the King of the Ring tournament is for Bret Hart to win, defeating Lex Luger in the finals and getting a World title match at SummerSlam� The Headshrinkers have been pinning The Steiners on a nightly basis� Luna Vachon has also been defeating Sensational Sherri on the road� Atom Bomb has also received a name change: Bryan Clarke will now be known as Adam Bomb. On a related note, the name Adam Bomb was actually created by WCW for a young man named Adam Cunningham, who won a joint WCW/BBC Radio One competition to attend Halloween Havoc last year� A wrestler named Del Rios recently received a tryout, performing some kind of mime gimmick� The Nasty Boys have been suspended, and will be replaced at King Of The Ring by the thus far impressive Smokin� Gunns� In WCW, a deathly air of hush descended over the Atlanta crowd at Slamboree when it transpired that Tully Blanchard would not be returning to reform The Four Horsemen, his place being taken instead by former WWF Power and Glory midcarder Paul Roma. Tully didn�t appear due to contractual breakdowns� Shane Douglas has left WCW� Sid Vicious returned to WCW at Slamboree, squashing Van Hammer in 35 seconds� Scott Norton quit WCW prior to the show, and is now rumoured to be heading to the WWF. He was replaced in his match against Sting by former WWF star Nailz, who worked under the name The Prisoner� Larry Zbyszko replaced Jesse Ventura at Slamboree when Ventura was hospitalised with a blood clot� Cactus Jack should be back for Beach Blast� Steve Regal has turned heel and been repackaged as the snooty Lord Steven Regal. He is being managed by Sir William (Bill Dundee). Yes, Blackpool is of course the upper class aristocratic capital of the UK. Ahem� Apparently Van Hammer and Ron Simmons are to form a tag team� WCW will take a one month hiatus from touring in order to redefine their product� Elsewhere, the World�s top tag team Steve Williams and Terry Gordy dropped the PWF and All-Japan International tag team titles on May 20th to Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada� Big Van Vader debuted for the UWFI under the name Super Vader on May 6th, destroying Tatsuo Nakano in a little over 3 minutes. He is lined up to fight Nobuhiko Takada in what should be a brutal battle� The Head Hunters captured the vacant WING tag team belts on May 9th, defeating Yukihiro Kanemura* and Miguelito Perez Jr. in a Barbed Wire match� Jake The Snake Roberts is scheduled to return to AAA in Mexico in mid June. To say that Roberts is regarded as a heel by AAA fans is vastly understating the fact. After his interference caused Konnan to lose by countout to Cien Caras in their Loser Must Retire match in front of a sold out 48,000 crowd on April 30th, over 4000 enraged fans waited outside Jake�s dressing room until 3am in an effort to get their hands on him� Road Warrior Animal will be on the shelf for up to another year after re-injuring his fragile back during a weightlifting session� Nikita Koloff is living happily with his new wife and running his Fortress of Fitness gym in North Carolina� The Big Bossman will be returning to All-Japan as Big Bubba Rogers in July. He is also slated for a tour of Austrailia also featuring Jushin Liger, The Fantastics, Hawk, Nailz, Max Moon and the former Repo Man, Barry Darsow, now working once again as Demolition Smash.