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The Ring Report TV Update 8/1/93 Vol. 1, No. 22
(Where’s the aspirin? What day is it? Oh no! Deadline crunch!)
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GEE IT’S GETTING COLD IN HERE!
JIM CORANETTE, on record as saying that a religious area in the south would freeze over before he would ever work for VINCE MCMAHON, entered the WWF this week with his HEAVENLY BODIES . . .
WRESTLING NEWS BITS
After several months of struggling the WCW may have a new top man in the booking department. Reports are coming in from just about every place I have access to that the USWA’S JERRY JERRETT will be the next WCW BOOKER.
In related news, JIM CORANETTE and his HEAVENLY BODIES are scheduled to appear at three WWF House shows and then will take on THE STEINER BROTHERS for the WWF World Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam. Reports have it that this will be a inter-federation match, with the WWF recognizing The Bodies as the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Champions.
Advanced speculation on both moves puts the USWA in an unenviable position. In recent weeks the WWF seems to have pushed up everyone in the USWA who have no permanent ties to the area while reports have it that the WWF/USWA “minor league” deal will probably end the day that Coranette enters the WWF. They may also find themselves without the man who has guided them through rough times in the past if Jarrett takes the WCW Booker position.
It is not clear if the WWF will take on Smoky Mountain Wrestling as their new “minor league,” though reports are running 3-1 against that move. As always, the Ring Report will update this situation as more details come in.
IN WCW SHORT NEWS: TEX SLAZENGER and SHANGHAI PIERCE turned good this week on WCW SATURDAY NIGHT after beating THE COLE TWINS. Why? Because BOBBY EATON & CHRIS BENOIT, who are on record as losing to the Coles in recent weeks, insulted them . . . JOHNNY B. BADD & RICKY STEAMBOAT have formed a tag team in their war with PAUL ORNDORFF & MAX PAYNE . . .
IN WWF SHORT NEWS: LUNA VACHON’S arm injury kept her from wrestling SHERRI MARTEL on WWF SUPERSTARS this week; BAM BAM BIGELOW & LUNA instead attacked Sherri before TATANKA made the save . . . MEN ON A MISSION are now doing THE BUSHWACKER STRUT in the ring . . . THE 123 KID pinned TED DIBIASE (with RAZOR RAMON’S help), on the WWF’S WRESTLING CHALLENGE show this week . . .
WWF MONDAY NIGHT RAW 7/26/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: It was announced that STU & HELEN HART were in the audience to see their son BRET wrestle . . . BRET HART then lost to BAM BAM BIGELOW by count out after he went up to the balcony to save his parents from the insults of JERRY LAWLER . . . A SUMMERSLAM Report; nothing new . . . MR. HUGHES destroyed a prelim then destroyed another black wreath from THE UNDERTAKER . . . a video of LUDVIG BORGA (the latest spelling), “THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR THE FINNISH NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYING I WANT ALL OF YOU AMERICANS TO STAND UP AND SHOW SOME RESPECT!” Where have I heard that line before? . . . VINCE MCMAHON interviewed LEX LUGER . . . a segment on the Wrestling Album in which it was mentioned that the WWF bought TINY TIM a new ukulele . . . DOINK pinned PHIL APOLLO; after the match all three Doinks challenged RANDY SAVAGE to a match next week . . .
WCW POWER HOUR 7/31/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDES wrestled a prelim match . . . SID VICIOUS destroyed a prelim . . . THE COLOSSAL KONGS squashed RICK TANGO & RONNIE VEGAS . . . a segment from THE COLES upsetting BOBBY EATON & CHRIS BENOIT then the Cole Brothers defeated TONY & TODD ZANE . . . RICK STEAMBOAT interrupted a PAUL ORNDORFF interview . . . STEAMBOAT pinned CUBA’S TOP GUN . . . TEDDY LONG looked at TOO COLD SCORPIO . . . and JOHNNY B. BADD defeated PAUL ORNDORFF in a TV Title match by DQ when MAX PAYNE interfered . . .
WWF MANIA 7/31/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: a recap of DOINK calling out RANDY SAVAGE on Monday Night Raw . . . THE STEINERS wrestled a prelim match . . . a SUMMERSLAM Report; nothing new . . . a look at JERRY LAWLER insulting STU & HELEN HART . . . a replay of LAWLER defeating OWEN HART . . . a look at LUDVIG BORGA then LUDVIG defeated JASON HEDDINGS . . . an update on THE LEX EXPRESS . . . and MR. HUGHES defeated RUSS GREENBURG then destroyed another black wreath . . .
WCW SATURDAY NIGHT 7/31/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: An interview with CHRIS BENOIT & BOBBY EATON on their loss to THE COLES . . . TOO COLD SCORPIO & MARCUS ALEXANDER BAGWELL defeated CUBA’S TOP GUN & BIG SKY when Bagwell used a crucifix suplex to pin Gun . . . RICKY STEAMBOAT interrupted a PAUL ORNDORFF interview before a RON SIMMONS prelim match . . . during that prelim match Steamboat and Orndorff chased each other around the ring, with Orndorff accidentally entering the ring . . . the prelim disappeared and Simmons turned his attention to Orndorff, knocking down the ref. in the process . . . the whole thing ended when Steamboat counted a pinfall when Simmons pinned Orndorff . . . a recap of RIC FLAIR defeating BARRY WINDHAM for the NWA WORLD TITLE . . . PAUL ROMA defeated OTIS APOLLO . . . an interview with DUSTIN RHODES . . . LORD STEVEN REGAL defeated SCOTT STUD . . . THE COLOSSAL KONGS defeated JOHNNY GUNN & TOM ZENK, now if only they’d face those annoying COLE BROTHERS! . . . after the match HARLEY RACE received another cactus . . . THE EQUALIZER & RICK RUDE defeated two prelims . . . THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON introduced ICE TRAIN . . . SHANGHAI PIERCE & TEX SLAZENGER defeated THE COLE TWINS; after the match Pierce & Slazenger apparently turned good by mixing it up with BOBBY EATON & CHRIS BENOIT . . . SID VICIOUS mauled another prelim . . . and JOHNNY B. BADD lost to MAX PAYNE when PAUL ORNDORFF interfered while the ref. was knocked out; after the match RICKY STEAMBOAT save BADD from Payne & Orndorff . . .
WCW WORLD WIDE WRESTLING 8/1/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: things started with an interview with PAUL ORNDORFF & MAX PAYNE . . . VAN HAMMER defeated FURY OF THE WRECKING CREW . . . it was announced that the second “WRESTLING’S STRONGEST ARM” contest would be held in the near future . . . a look at the cactus deliveries to HARLEY RACE . . . RICK RUDE & THE EQUALIZER defeated GARFIELD QUINN & SCOTT DEBOAR . . . RICK STOCKHOUSER & DICK SLATER lost to ARN ANDERSON & PAUL ROMA . . . SID VICIOUS over JAY SLEDGE (finally a Vicious match that lasted long enough to hear the prelim’s name!) . . . DUSTIN RHODES appeared on A FLAIR FOR THE GOLD . . . RICKY STEAMBOAT & JOHNNY B. BADD defeated PAUL ORNDORFF & MAX PAYNE when Badd pinned Payne; after the match Orndorff threw Steamboat over the top rope while Payne tried to take the mask off of Badd. Steamboat saved Badd before the mask came off by bringing a chair into the ring . . .
WWF SUPERSTARS OF WRESTLING 7/25/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: footage of JERRY LAWLER insulting STU & HELEN HART . . . MEN ON A MISSION defeated THE BROOKLYN BRAWLER & BRIAN COSTELLO . . . TONY DEVITO lost to ADAM BOMB . . . an update on THE LEX EXPRESS . . . MR. HUGHES over JASON HEDDINGS, after the match Hughes destroyed another black wreath . . . A “KING’S COURT” segment featuring THE UNDERTAKER . . . THE HEAD SHRINKERS over some prelims . . . a SUMMERSLAM Report; new match: CURT HENNIG vs. SHAWN MICHAELS for the WWF IC Belt . . . a segment on LUDVIG BORGA . . . a segment on the new wrestling album . . . a replay of the “Wrestlemania” music video . . . and the SHERRI MARTEL vs. LUNA VACHON match did not start due to an Luna’s arm injury. Luna and BAM BAM BIGELOW used the time to attack Sherri before TATANKA made the save . . .
WWF ALL AMERICAN WRESTLING 7/25/93
WHAT YOU MISSED: THE 123 KID over DAMION DEMENTO . . . an update on THE LEX EXPRESS . . . a full replay of BRET HART vs. BAM BAM BIGELOW from MONDAY NIGHT RAW . . . CURT HENNIG defeated GLEN RUTH . . . a segment on LUDVIG BORGA . . . a recap of the new RANDY SAVAGE vs. DOINK feud . . . TATANKA won easily over “IRON” MIKE SHARPE . . . and a replay of the “Wrestlemania” music video . . .
HOT TOPICS by LORNE WHITE
BASTION BOOGER has a new gimmick, he will now blow his nose on something and then wipe it on his opponents face (really disgusting) but it will actually be some pre planted gunk already there . . . PAUL BEARER is now taking a vacation in the Bahamas . . . ERIK WATTS will turn heel, I think he’s supposed to turn on a partner in a tag match. This will happen soon . . . As already mentioned, JIM CORANETTE will manage THE HEAVENLY BODIES and “advise” or “consult” with YOKOZUNA. It’s a guaranteed thing until Summer Slam, but no one knows how far it will last afterwards . . . It seems TERRY FUNK didn’t take the WCW Head Booker position because he dislikes OLE ANDERSON . . . I also hear Ole and Jim Coranette aren’t too friendly either. That may have triggered his talking to the WWF . . . WCW will do more taping in Orlando in November. From what I hear they will also continue to hold other tapings for WORLD WIDE WRESTLING during all of this just in case . . . The WCW may not have the RICK RUDE/ RIC FLAIR title change after all because of the NWA board says it hasn’t gone over well with the fans and that they dislike the move. I think it’d be a good idea to not let it happen . . . TED TURNER said again, to tell all the people who keep saying that the WCW’S going out of business etc. (like DAVE MELTZER) that he’s committed to the wrestling biz and won’t give up on WCW . . . 1-2-3 KID and SHAWN MICHAELS will soon start a feud, as will CURT HENNIG and DIESEL . . . The feud between JERRY LAWLER & JERRY JERRETT vs. DUTCH MANTEL rages on. Dutch claims they both lied about the reason for firing him and that Lawler is a hypocrite. . . Speaking of the USWA, they haven’t been doing to good as of late; shows are now getting pathetic since the WWF stripped them of all there talent and robbed them of everything else. The USWA needs to stop this WWF crap before it’s too late . . . The Bodies/Steiners match up at SummerSlam is being billed as an inter-federation match up . . . FATU is out with a serious leg injury . . . The reason for letting Coranette manage Yoko is because the WWF is relying on LEX LUGER to be the next big one and they figured MR. FUJI couldn’t do the job as well as Jim (which is true) so they changed things . . . Back to Jerry, Jarrett has been seen the last two weeks in and out of CNN towers. Sources in Atlanta say he becoming booker is almost a sure bet . . . The NWA will hold it’s annual convention on 9/3. They will discuss the present situation with WCW . . .
NOTES FROM THE MAD DOG
It’s been a busy week so I’ll keep my comments short again this week . . . I’m still looking for reporters to cover reports not featured in the Ring Report; if you’re interested just use the same format I use to cover a show and then e-mail it to me by 6:00 PM EST each Sunday . . .
HAVE A GREAT WEEK,
MADDOGJMF
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