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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 29, 2011 17:24:07 GMT -5
Great first entry, I'm looking forward to getting to the actual parts that follow a show... those should be interesting. Also, I'm not sure if you got the dates mixed up or changed it, the first show was on June 19th. I knew that, just a typo!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 29, 2011 16:48:42 GMT -5
Date: June 5th, 2002 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Jeff called me a few days ago to have me come down to Huntsville to meet with other NWA-TNA officials. I’m not the only writer for NWA-TNA as I wouldn’t be able to handle all that. I was able to recruit my good friend Ed Ferrera to join me on the writing staff, which Jeff was fully behind. Ed and I make a great team when we have support from the company we are working for. Jeff wanted to meet with Ed and I to see what we were thinking regarding angles and all that. He also had a few talents that are virtually unknowns that he wants to be added to the company.
Jeff gave us a list of about eleven guys he wanted to see added to the roster. From what I can remember the wrestlers mentioned were, Sonny Siaki, Cassidy O’Reilly, Chris Nowiniski, Chris Sabin, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Donovan Morgan, Michael Shane, Monty Brown and a tag team known as the Backseat Boys, Trent Acid and Johnny Kashmere. I hadn’t been familiar with any of those names but Ed had remembered Sonny Siaki from the dying days of WCW where Siaki worked meaningless matches on Worldwide and had apparently impressed Ed. Out of the ten, I had only seen Nowinski’s work from Tough Enough. For whatever reason, WWE hadn’t signed him to a contract. I think Nowinski, if signed by TNA, could be a very good upper card heel for us.
It was made clear that the championships would all start off vacant. World Championship, X-Division Championship, which is pretty much a Lightweight division and the Tag Team Championships are all vacant. Apparently, the last NWA World Champion Dan Severn refused to be on the show and thus has been stripped of the championship. Ed and I decided that instead of doing a tournament we could just do a battle royal of sorts for that championship considering the World Championship is the most important one. We can worry about the X-Division and Tag Team Championships at a later time.
Jeff returned to the roster situation and wanted to know our opinions on picking up some guys who had been released by the WWE a few months back. Jeff rambled off a few names that included; Matt Morgan, Charlie Haas, Shelton Benjamin and Spike Dudley. I quickly spoke up and said that Morgan is a great young talent and couldn’t believe that he was released by Vince McMahon and company. I suggested we snatch him up quickly. I see Morgan being a big star in this business.
Ed and I planned out what we had written for the first show taking place on June 19th. Jeff didn’t seem to have any issue with what we presented to him. Considering we are starting off on pay per view the show featured seven matches with only interview segments. We would be able to put on several interview segments if we were on television, but fans typically don’t pay to watch people talk. So, we have to work around that.
I left the meeting thinking pretty happy knowing that Jeff was letting Ed and I work creatively and without much restrictions. The only thing I was nervous or anxious about was the reception I would get from the guys in the locker room. I can’t expect everyone to like me, even if they present themselves as if they do. In the wrestling business you can’t trust anyone.
To be continued…
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 29, 2011 11:44:38 GMT -5
A nice entry this time around. Judging by the interaction with his wife, seems like Brian is going to be dealing with some marriage issues to go along with his injuries. Not surprised to see Brian trying to get into WWF, but part of me would like to see him stick around in ECW for awhile before jetting off to WWF.
Good work, Matt.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 19:20:56 GMT -5
Considering the guys involved in the battle royal match, I wasn’t surprised to see R-Truth go over. Not a fan of getting rid of the no contact rule for Barrett/Cena. The rule added a lot of interest to the match as Cena would be itching to get his hands on Barrett. I don’t know, I just think that shouldn’t have been done. The next four matches were all predictable or in some cases just not interesting. Bryan/DiBiase was the most interesting and was most likely a good match. A obvious decision to have Morrison pin Miz to give the impression that Morrison could win the main event, but he won’t I’d have to assume. A loaded main event. Very happy to see that Barrett and Cena still didn’t touch each other. Seemed like a cheap way to keep the viewers interested, which WWE would do. Overall, aside from the main event it seemed like a lackluster show but that’s fine. Usually the Rumble match prevents any other angles to be developed and all that. So, its understandable.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 19:11:23 GMT -5
I'm interested in the Punk/Edge stuff as that is quite entertaining. I thought you did a good job with the Flair/MVP segments as well, they were nicely written. A very interesting ending as it keeps Terkey strong even though he lost so nice job with that. A nice read, Fury.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 19:05:51 GMT -5
I greatly enjoyed this episode. I love the idea of the Beverly's being taken seriously and not as a complete joke as they eventually turned into. Nice job on the brief Roberts promo. I can imagine a Rockers/Beverly's feud over the number one contendership, possibly which would be interesting to see. Awesome to see that your already hinting at a Flair/Hogan showdown. Excellent job, and its great to see another Old School diary on here!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 19:01:40 GMT -5
I'm all for a Paul London push as he could've been like a modern day 1-2-3 Kid type of guy, but not with such a corny character. The thought of London working with Jericho or Michaels is quite interesting for sure.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 14:36:22 GMT -5
WrestleMania IX has been posted!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 14:28:01 GMT -5
( Credit: Chaz) World Wrestling Federation presents WrestleMania IX Date: 4/4/1993 From: Las Vegas, NV Arena: Caesars Palace Attendance: 18,875 Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan
March to WrestleMania IX Pre-Show Match: the Beverly Brothers defeated the Nasty Boys:
WWF WrestleMania IX opening video voiced by Vince McMahon opens the show.
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan are on commentary and are wearing togas! Monsoon jokes about never thinking he would see a Weasel wearing a toga. Heenan ignores the joke and says that tonight he will be last man laughing when Lex Luger and Ric Flair win their respective matches! Monsoon runs down the show before sending it over to The Fink to kick off the action!
Opening Contest: Tatanka defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels to win the title: Michaels backs off from Tatanka for the first few moments before trying to cheap shot Tatanka from behind, but fails. Tatanka backs Michaels into a corner delivering several overhand strikes and right hands. Tatanka hip tosses Michaels out of the corner and connects with a few clotheslines before Michaels bails to the floor. Tatanka follows Michaels to the floor and chases the champion around the ring. Michaels slides into the ring and stomps away on Tatanka to gain the upper hand. Michaels sends Tatanka into the ropes and dropkicks the challenger for a two count. Michaels sets Tatanka up and connects with a snap suplex followed by a series of right hands from the mount position. Michaels taunts the fans until Tatanka gets to his feet and plants Michaels with an atomic drop after avoiding a wild clothesline attempt. Tatanka sends Michaels into the ropes and drives Michaels down to the mat with a snap power slam for a near fall. Tatanka goes to pick Michaels up but is sent to the floor by Michaels. Michaels sends Tatanka shoulder first into the ring post and delivers a shoulder breaker on the floor. Michaels rolls Tatanka back into the ring and heads to the top rope. Michaels leaps off but misses a big splash! Tatanka sends Michaels into the ropes and flapjacks the champ! Tatanka takes Michaels down with a back suplex and heads to the top rope. However, Michaels gets to his feet and crotches Tatanka on the top rope. Michaels attempts a superplex but Tatanka shoves Michaels off! Tatanka regains his footing and leaps off nailing Michaels with an overhand chop! Tatanka goes for the cover but Michaels pops his shoulder up at two! Tatanka looks for a backdrop but Michaels blocks it with a swinging neck breaker. Michaels heads to the top rope and leaps off connecting with a moonsault for a near fall. Michaels signals for the super kick and waits for Tatanka to get up. Tatanka eventually gets up and turns around only to block the super kick and spin Michaels around before hitting Michaels with the End of the Trail (Samoan Drop)! Tatanka goes for the cover and gets the three count to win the title! (12:34, **½) After the match, Tatanka celebrates his huge title win.
Second Contest: Doink the Clown defeated Marty Jannetty in a special bonus match: Jannetty arm drags Doink several times kick off the match until Doink stops Jannetty with an eye rake. Doink follows up with a double under hook overhead suplex for a two count in the early stages of the contest. Doink grabs Jannetty and quickly hit’s a side belly to belly suplex for a two count. Jannetty comes off the ropes and head scissors Doink to the floor. Jannetty takes Doink out with a slingshot cross body! Jannetty rolls Doink back into the ring and leaps off the top rope only to miss a leg drop. Doink grabs Jannetty and connects with a northern lights suplex for a two count. Jannetty reverses a go behind and sends Doink chest first into a turnbuckle. Doink staggers out and is met with a running bulldog from Jannetty! Doink manages to get out of the Rocker Dropper and plants Jannetty with a DDT. Doink connects with a German suplex before heading to the top rope and hitting Jannetty with the Whoopee Cushion to win the bout. (7:08, **3/4)
Backstage, Mean Gene is standing with Jim Duggan. Duggan is waving the American flag and proclaims that tonight USA will come out on top and will send Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji back to Japan where they belong, tough guy!
Third Contest: Yokozuna defeated Jim Duggan: Duggan starts off the contest with a series of right hands and clotheslines trying to knock Yoko off his feet but fails. Duggan runs into a savant kick and is clotheslined by Yoko. Yoko sends Duggan into a corner but misses a running back splash. Duggan attempts a scoop slam but Yoko falls on top of Duggan and nearly wins the match. Yoko works on Duggan for a few moments with several strikes and a nerve hold. Duggan battles to his feet and comes off the ropes nailing Yoko with a leaping shoulder block, which staggers Yoko. Duggan quickly follows up with several running clotheslines but Yoko still doesn’t go down. Duggan heads to the middle rope and leaps off nailing Yoko with another clothesline to finally knock Yoko off his feet! Duggan goes for the cover but Yoko easily kicks out. Duggan heads to the corner looking to go for running football tackle but Mr. Fuji grabs Duggan’s foot. Duggan tries to get his hands on Fuji in the corner but is eventually splashed by Yoko! Duggan crashes to the mat where Yoko soon connects with the Bonsai Drop, twice, to earn the win! (6:46, **)
Jerry Lawler makes his way out with a microphone and says that no one was man enough to answer his challenge tonight. Lawler gloats that he is officially 1-0 at WrestleMania! Lawler wants the referee to count to ten so he can claim his victory. However, by the time the referee gets to the count of nine, familiar music begins to play. Lawler doesn’t know what is going on until.. Owen Hart comes running down to the ring answering the open challenge! Lawler isn’t taking Owen Hart seriously as the bell sounds!
Fourth Contest: Owen Hart defeated Jerry Lawler in an open challenge match: Lawler works on Owen with several knee lifts and jabs. Lawler nails Owen with a running clothesline in the corner and appears to be taking this challenge rather lightly. Lawler side slams Owen for a two count. Lawler casually sends Owen into the ropes but is met with a spinning heel kick which sends Lawler staggering backwards and Lawler falls to the floor! Owen quickly bounces off the ropes and takes Lawler out with a suicide dive and the fans shocked to see this offensive explosion from Owen! Back in the ring, Owen grabs Lawler and dropkicks Lawler into a corner. Owen charges towards the corner but is met with a big boot from Lawler. Lawler leaps off the middle rope looking for a double axe handle but is dropkicked in midair! Owen follows up with a gut wrench suplex and a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall. Owen gets distracted asking the referee about the count and is low blowed by Lawler. Lawler connects with a delayed vertical suplex and few standing fist drops. Lawler leaps off the middle rope and knee drops Owen for a two count. Lawler grabs Owen and spikes Owen with a pile driver. However, Lawler isn’t done and goes for another one after taunting the fans. Lawler has Owen set up but Owen manages to drop down and rolls Lawler up for a shocking three count! (7:23, **¼) After the match, Owen rolls to the floor and celebrates his big win while Lawler flips out in the ring.
Backstage, Mean Gene is standing with the Steiner Brothers. Scott talks about tonight being a night they have been waiting for there entire career and that they will not mess up this chance. Rick chimes in saying that they are going to tear apart Money Inc. and take their precious championships tonight!
Fifth Contest: WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc. defeated the Steiner Brothers to retain the titles: IRS and Rick started off the contest trading right hands until IRS rammed Rick back first into a corner. IRS delivers several right hands and sends Rick across the ring. Rick comes storming out of the corner and clotheslines IRS. Rick follows up with a few scoop slams until IRS rolls to a corner and asks for a timeout. Rick stalks towards IRS but is poked in the eye. IRS stops Rick with a jaw breaker and connects with a back suplex. IRS continues to club away on Rick before connecting with a snap suplex for a two count. DiBiase tags in and scoop slams Rick before working on IRS with a chin lock. Rick battles out of the hold but runs into a back elbow from DiBiase. DiBiase follows up with several standing fist drops and comes off the ropes connecting with a knee drop. DiBiase attempts a pile driver but Rick is able to backdrop DiBiase. Rick misses a clothesline and DiBiase drops Rick with a reverse neck breaker. DiBiase attempts a gut wrench suplex but Rick is able to block it. Rick sends DiBiase into the ropes and power slams DiBiase! Rick quickly gets up and connects with a German suplex! Rick goes for the cover but DiBiase kicks out. Rick rolls over to his corner and tags in Scott Steiner. Scott cleans house with clotheslines and an exploder suplex on IRS! DiBiase tries to attack Scott from behind but that doesn’t last long. Scott blocks a backdrop by hitting DiBiase with a double under hook power bomb! Scott goes for the cover but IRS breaks up the count! Scott clotheslines IRS to the floor where Rick brawls with IRS. DiBiase low blows Scott from behind and nearly gets the cheap win. DiBiase pulls Scott up and nails Scott with a short arm clothesline. DiBiase heads to the middle rope and leaps off looking for a double axe handle but is caught by Scott who takes DiBiase over with a spinning side belly to belly suplex. Scott sends DiBiase into the ropes and plants DiBiase with a tilt a whirl side slam. Scott comes off the ropes but IRS knees Scott in the back allowing DiBiase to connect with a hammerlock scoop slam. IRS tags back in and works on Scott with an abdominal stretch while using the ropes and DiBiase for leverage. Scott is able to hip toss out of the hold and avoids a lariat to tag in Rick. Rick cleans house on the champions with several lariats and snap power slams IRS for a near fall. All four men brawl in the ring for several moments until Scott cross bodies DiBiase over the top rope to the floor. The referee is distracted by Scott and DiBiase brawling while IRS crotches Rick on the top rope, preventing a bulldog attempt. IRS ends up grabbing the steel briefcase and nails Rick right in the face! Rick crashes down to the mat. The referee turns around as IRS is covering Rick. IRS manages to get the three count on an unconscious Rick Steiner! (14:26, ***¼)
Before the next match, Bigelow reveals to have a manager named Luna Vachon, who is keeping possession of the urn of Bigelow.
Sixth Contest: Bam-Bam Bigelow defeated the Undertaker: Taker goes to the floor and stalks Vachon until Bigelow leaps off the apron and clotheslines Taker to the floor. Bigelow stomps away on Taker before sending Taker into the ring steps. Bigelow rolls Taker back into the ring and hits Taker with a slingshot body splash from the apron into the ring but only gets a two count. Bigelow taunts the fans as Taker sits up much to delight of the Vegas crowd. Bigelow continues to club away on Taker until Taker grabs Bigelow and tosses him into a corner delivering a flurry of right hands and chokes Bigelow. Taker sends Bigelow into a corner and connects with a running clothesline. Taker comes off the ropes and nails Bigelow with a big boot for a two count. Taker twists Bigelow’s arm and heads to the top rope to walk across but Bigelow is able to yank Taker off the ropes and Taker flips over crashing to the canvas! Bigelow quickly follows up with several falling head butts and gets a two count. Bigelow sends Taker into a corner where Bigelow big splashes Taker. Bigelow drops Taker with a back suplex and comes off the ropes connecting with a senton splash for a two count. Bigelow signals for the end and heads to the top rope but is crotched by Taker. Taker power slams Bigelow off the top rope and slowly gets to his feet as the fans are heavily behind him. Taker ducks a clothesline and side slams Bigelow. Taker goes for the choke slam and drives Bigelow down to the mat! Taker goes for the cover but Bigelow kicks out at two! Vachon gets on the apron with the urn, which gets Taker’s attention. The referee is trying to get Vachon off the apron but she refuses. Taker grabs Luna but let’s go after Bearer tells Taker to turn around. Taker turns around only to be met with a fireball from Bigelow! Taker falls to the canvas covering his face. Bigelow heads to the top rope and leaps off connecting with a diving head butt! Bigelow covers Taker and picks up the huge win! (12:17, **¾) After the match, several officials run down to the ring with water dumping the water on Taker’s face. Bigelow and Vachon celebrate the win taunting the fans with the urn.
Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan hype up the Randy Savage vs. Razor Ramon feud. Heenan heavily puts over Ramon while Monsoon believes that the veteran Randy Savage will prevail.
Seventh Contest: Randy Savage defeated Razor Ramon: Ramon taunts several fans on the floor until Savage leaps off the top rope and double axe handles Ramon face first into the guard railing! Savage mounts Ramon hammering away on Ramon for several moments. Savage tosses Ramon back into the ring and leaps off the top rope connecting with another double axe handle for a near fall. Savage clotheslines Ramon a few times and plays to the crowd as Ramon struggles to his feet. Savage comes off the ropes looking for a cross body but Ramon catches Savage connecting with a fall away slam. Ramon stomps away on Savage in the corner for a few moments. Ramon places Savage on the top turnbuckle and slaps Savage a few times. Ramon connects with a superplex and gets a two count on a pin attempt. Ramon maintains control with a sleeper hold for a few moments. Savage battles to his feet and backs Ramon into a corner delivering several back elbow strikes. Savage hip tosses Ramon out of the corner and charges towards Ramon only to be dropped throat first across the top rope! Ramon places Savage on the top rope with his back facing the ring. Ramon climbs to the middle rope and drives Savage down to the mat with a back suplex. Ramon taunts the fans before finally covering Savage but only manages to get a near fall. Ramon continues his offense with a front slam and a flapjack. Ramon maintains control of Savage with an abdominal stretch while using the ropes for leverage until the referee kicks Ramon’s hand off and Savage hip tosses Ramon. Savage quickly comes off the ropes and drops Ramon with a hook clothesline. Savage atomic drops Ramon and knee lifts Ramon to the floor. Ramon gets back on the apron and blocks a suplex attempt by dropping Savage throat first across the top rope. Ramon leaps off the middle rope looking for a bulldog but Savage side steps it. Ramon walks right into a DDT and is knocked out. Savage heads to the top rope and leaps off connecting with the flying elbow drop! Savage covers and pins Ramon! (15:49, ***)
Before the next match, Jim Ross makes his WWF announcing debut by joining Gorilla Monsoon on commentary as Heenan manages Luger in the next contest. Heenan has ditched the toga.
Eighth Contest: Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect: They start off the contest trading right hands with Perfect getting the upper hand and coming off the ropes only to be stopped by Luger with a back breaker. Luger sends Perfect into the ropes again and connects with a snap power slam for a two count. Luger hammers away on Perfect in the corner until Perfect fights back with several open hand slaps. Perfect dropkicks Luger and follows up with a rolling neck snap. Perfect snap suplex Luger a couple of times before hitting Luger with a swinging neck breaker for a two count. Perfect goes for the Perfect Plex but Luger gets out of it with a back suplex. Luger delivers two backbreakers and gets a two count. Luger tosses Perfect into a corner which sends Perfect flipping over the ropes and to the floor. Heenan gets a few cheap shots in on Perfect until Perfect gets to his feet and stalks towards Heenan. Luger heads to the floor and knees Perfect in the back which sends Perfect over the guard railing into the crowd. Luger tries to grab Perfect but instead Perfect fights back with a flurry of right hands. Perfect sets Luger up for a suplex into the crowd and connects! Perfect mounts Luger on the floor and delivers several right hands until Heenan tries to pull Perfect off by his hair. Perfect gets up and tosses Heenan over the railing back to the ringside area. Perfect gets distracted and Luger nails Perfect over the back of the head with a running forearm smash which flips Perfect over the railing back to the ringside area. Perfect appears to be knocked out. Luger rolls Perfect back into the ring and props Perfect up to his feet. Luger comes off the ropes and nails Perfect with a second running forearm smash. Luger covers a dazed Perfect and gets the three count! (11:44, ***) After the match, Luger celebrates on the middle rope as the fans jeer him. Heenan stands over an unconscious Perfect gloating the whole time!
Gorilla Monsoon and Jim Ross hype up the main event between WWF World Champion Bret Hart and Ric Flair. Neither man knows who will come out on top as they believe Hart and Flair are equals!
Main Event: WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair to retain the title: The match starts off with Flair taking Hart down with a drop toe hold and slaps the back of Hart’s head a few times. Hart rolls to the corner and pops up staring at Flair. They lock up with Hart getting the upper hand with a drop toe hold and slaps the back of Flair’s head. They lock up again with Flair getting a side headlock on Hart and delivers several right hands until Hart takes Flair down with a back suplex. Hart quickly backs Flair into a corner and hammers away on Flair for a few moments. Hart sends Flair into the ropes and connects with a clothesline for a two count. Hart hooks Flair up and delivers a couple of snap suplex before coming off the ropes with a forearm drop. Flair backs off in a corner but kicks Hart in the lower midsection area. Flair proceeds to chop Hart several times before sending Hart into the ropes connecting with a backdrop for a two count. Flair keeps control of Hart with a knee breaker and stomps away on Hart’s knee for a few moments before switching to a leg lock. Hart is able to reach the bottom rope but is kicked to the floor by Flair. Flair follows Hart and rams Hart shoulder first into the ring post. Flair taunts several fans in the front row before dropping Hart groin first across the railing right in front of the those fans! Flair chops Hart off the railing and Hart falls to the floor. Hart manages to counter an Irish whip attempt by back dropping Flair on the floor! Hart rolls Flair back into the ring and leaps off the middle rope nailing Flair with a clothesline for a near fall. Flair pulls the referee away as he low blows Hart and drives Hart down to the mat with a delayed vertical suplex for a two count. Flair heads to the top rope but is cut off by Hart who slams Flair off the top to the mat. Hart tosses Flair into a corner where Flair flips over onto the apron and again tries to head to the top rope but is crotched by Hart. Hart heads to the top rope and connects with a big superplex! Hart picks Flair up to deliver a backbreaker, side Russian leg sweep and a forearm drop as he leaps off the middle rope! Hart quickly goes to Flair’s legs and after a brief struggle locks in the Sharpshooter! Flair tries to reach the bottom rope but is unable to as Hart really adds some pressure to the hold. Flair is forced to submit! (19:02, ***¾) After the match, WWF World Champion Bret Hart celebrates his win as Gorilla Monsoon and Jim Ross sign off!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 13:20:12 GMT -5
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 13:19:57 GMT -5
Depending on who you talk to, I am either the greatest writer in wrestling history or the complete opposite. A lot of people like to say that the death of WCW was all my fault, but they don’t realize how many restrictions I had to deal with. I went to work for a company where they didn’t want wrestling to succeed. I was destined to fail. Considering what I had to work with I thought I did a pretty damn good job. After leaving WCW in October 2000, I took a near two year break from anything wrestling related. I defiantly had some bitter feelings towards the wrestling business and quite honestly the fans as well. I was seriously considering retiring from anything wrestling related because it just didn’t seem worth it to me.
However, in May 2002 I talked to Vince McMahon about coming back to the WWE. There weren’t any other options out there and I felt that I had left on good terms. It seemed like everything was fine with Vince when I eventually came back but the booking team, which included Paul Heyman, weren’t open to any of my ideas and my frustration boiled over when I went from the lead writer down to a “consultant”. I thought about sticking around and try to gain respect from my piers but I felt that I didn’t have anything to prove to them. If it weren’t for my writing, WWE may not be around today. Seems like people don’t recognize that but again, only the negatives of my career. Before I could sign any contract to begin with, I got a call from a longtime friend of mine.
On May 26th, 2002 after a lovely dinner at the Olive Garden with my family there was a message on the answering machine. My wife listened to it first and quickly thought I should hear the message for myself. I quickly recognized the voice as being Jeff Jarrett’s, a long time friend of my mine dating back to our WWF days and later on WCW. Jeff was calling me regarding a new upstart company that would be funded by himself and his father Jerry Jarrett. Jeff wanted to visit with me as he was working a NWA Cyberspace show in the New York area. After I returned his phone call, we set up a meeting for Friday May 31st in the afternoon.
I invited Jeff over to my house to talk about this “upstart company”. After catching up about what we have been doing since the death of WCW, Jarrett turned his attention to his idea of a promotion. Jarrett thought of a company where they would center around good wrestling, and focus on the Cruiserweights while having a few past WCW wrestlers who could still work and be a draw for the company. That seemed reasonable to me. He wanted me to come aboard as the head writer for the company and offered me a three year deal for $100,000 per year. Before even thinking about it, I asked what kind of format the show would be. Was there a television deal? I needed to know what was going on. Jeff drops a bombshell that the company would start off on pay per view airing live every Wednesday night at 8pm for $9.95. I immediately thought that was a terrible idea. But, after thinking about it, it didn’t seem like a horrible idea. I mean, for a month worth of pay per views for the company, a fan would spend roughly $40 for four shows while they would spend $40 for one WWE show. As long as it was a short term plan, it could work out.
Jeff turned his attention to naming the promotion. Jeff mentioned that he was working with the National Wrestling Alliance but wanted a secondary name to the promotion and not just "NWA". Jeff didn’t want a old school sounding name and wanted it to stick out. Considering it was on pay per view, I came up with the name TNA. Obviously a lot of people think of that as “tits and ass” but for us it would stand for Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling. At first Jeff didn’t like the name, but the more we talked about it the more he saw the name working. After a couple hours of talking about TNA, Jeff asked if I would come aboard. I was hesitant about joining, but one thing kept on popping up in my head. Did I want to be remembered as the guy who killed WCW? That would be the last thing I would be remembered as. When I go out, I want to go out on top and not treated as some kind of joke. I signed the contract and became the head writer for TNA Wrestling.
Jeff revealed to me that the first show would be on June 19th, 2002 from Huntsville, Alabama. That left me roughly three weeks to plan. That wasn’t a big issue for me, at all. I am used to thinking of ideas on much less time. After Jeff left my house, I sat down with the list of talent Jeff was thinking of using and I began to plan out my vision for TNA Wrestling…
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 28, 2011 12:10:53 GMT -5
that Regal POV of mine will go down as a failure as i wasn't 100% behind it as it was a second option. A new POV, which i wanted to do, will be posted soon with a backstory. Hopefully it goes better!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 27, 2011 21:35:14 GMT -5
More than half way done with WrestleMania IX... hope to be posted tomorrow.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 25, 2011 7:31:03 GMT -5
Got the last week before WM IX posted in WWF 1993. Hopefully will get Mania up by the weekend!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 25, 2011 7:24:29 GMT -5
Week 13: March 29th - April 4th
WWF RAW 3/29/1993 (Manhattan, NY) 1. Steiner Brothers/Jim Duggan defeated WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc/Yokozuna in 14:47 when Scott pinned DiBiase following a double under hook power bomb. 2. WrestleMania IX Report: Mean Gene runs down the complete card for WrestleMania, which takes place in six days! 3. Jerry Lawler defeated Max Moon in 2:14 following a pile driver. 4. WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Vito Lograsso in 2:45 following a super kick. 5. Razor Ramon Interview: Vince McMahon conducted an interview with Razor Ramon who battles Randy Savage in six days at WrestleMania. Ramon talks about the brawl he had with Savage two weeks ago and says that he has more reason and desire to end Savage’s career at Mania. Ramon doesn’t care about what Savage has done in the past, because he is concerned about today and the future. Ramon assures McMahon and all the WWF fans that WrestleMania will be the breakout event for the Bad Guy and they will all need to accept that! 6. The Undertaker defeated Mark Starr in 1:38 following a tombstone pile driver.
WWF Superstars 4/3/1993 1. Lex Luger defeated Big Bossman in 6:42 following a running forearm smash. 2. WrestleMania IX Report: Mean Gene runs down the complete card for WrestleMania, which takes place in six days! 3. Doink the Clown defeated Virgil in 3:15 following the Whoopee Cushion. 4. Randy Savage defeated the Brooklyn Brawler in 2:58 following a top rope elbow drop. 5. Tatanka Interview: Tatanka shared some pre-tape comments regarding his match with WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels in six days. Tatanka knows that with the support of the WWF fans and with hard work he will walk out of WrestleMania as the new WWF Intercontinental Champion. Tatanka knows that deep down inside, Michaels is not better than him and he will prove that in six days! 6. WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Scott Taylor in 1:46 with the sharpshooter.
WWF Wrestling Challenge 4/4/1993 1. Marty Jannetty defeated Chris Kanyon in 2:05 following the Rocker Dropper. 2. WrestleMania IX Report: Mean Gene runs down the complete card for WrestleMania, which takes place in six days! 3. Mr. Perfect defeated Louie Spicolli in 2:55 with the Perfect Plex. 4. Bam-Bam Bigelow defeated Crush in 6:01 following a flying head butt. 5. Yokozuna Interview: Yokozuna and Mr. Fuji shared some pre-taped comments regarding Yoko’s match with Jim Duggan at WrestleMania IX in six days. Mr. Fuji says that in six days, the American fans will see their American hero lose and come to realize that Yokozuna is most dominate force in the WWF! Yokozuna finishes off the segment simply saying “Bonsai!” 6. Ric Flair defeated Joey Maggs in 1:21 with the figure four leg lock.
NOTE: There weren't any house shows for this week, thus I didn't make any up, to keep with realism. WrestleMania IX is the next show to be posted!
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 24, 2011 15:27:17 GMT -5
One week away from WM IX in 1993! It appears that Week 13 doesn't have any house shows leading into the event that week, so i will be able to get week 13 up pretty quickly.
Might be a while to get WM IX up, though, as i want to make sure i book it properly.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 23, 2011 23:12:30 GMT -5
Week 12: March 22nd - 28th
WWF House Show 3/22/1993 (St. Louis, MO 4,675) 1. The Headshrinkers defeated Rock n’ Roll Express 2. Owen Hart defeated Rick Martel 3. WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels/Doink defeated Tatanka/Marty Jannetty (Doink pins Jannetty) 4. Jerry Lawler defeated Big Bossman 5. WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc. defeated the Nasty Boys in a non-title match 6. The Undertaker defeated Bam-Bam Bigelow by count-out 7. WWF World Champion Bret Hart/Randy Savage defeated Razor Ramon/Ric Flair
WWF RAW 3/22/1993 (Manhattan, NY) 1. Lex Luger defeated Mark Starr in 0:34 following a running forearm smash. 2. Bret Hart/Ric Flair Contract Signing: Jack Tunney and Vince McMahon were in the ring to conduct the contract signing between Hart and Flair. Flair was cool and clam throughout while Hart didn’t take his eyes off of Flair. McMahon asked for both men to sign the contract, which Hart signed quickly and made sure to sign before Flair. Flair signed as well with a cocky smile. Flair grabbed the microphone and cut a promo declaring that Hart’s title reign began as a fluke and it will be made apparent who the real WWF World Champion truly is at Wrestle Mania IX. Hart responds by claiming that Flair is in denial that time has passed Flair by and that a younger, better wrestler like himself beat him for the WWF World Championship. Hart says that he will not be able to live with himself if by some chance Flair beats him. Hart believes that Flair is everything that is wrong with wrestling and would only hurt the prestige of the WWF World Championship. Flair gets up from his seat and gets in Hart’s face. Flair tries to cheap shot Hart with a right hand but the champ blocks it and eventually clotheslines Flair over the top to the floor. Tunney and McMahon stand in front of Hart to prevent any further brawl. Flair flips out on the floor while Hart poses with the championship to end the segment. 3. Tatanka defeated Skinner in 3:17 following a Samoan Drop. During the bout, WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels called in and said that while Tatanka’s undefeated streak is impressive, he has never fought a man like Shawn Michaels. Michaels is going to end Tatanka’s streak and continue to be the greatest WWF Intercontinental Champion of all time! 4. Rick Martel defeated Barry Horowitz in 3:52 with the Boston Crab. After the bout, Martel kept the hold on for several moments until Owen Hart came out and knocked Martel to the floor following a missile dropkick to Martel’s back. 5. WrestleMania IX Report: Mean Gene went over the card for WrestleMania IX. Pre-tape comments from Razor Ramon were shown. Ramon was a bandage on his head since last weeks attack from Savage in the parking lot. Ramon keeps it short by saying that Savage will be sent to the retirement home after WrestleMania! 6. Marty Jannetty defeated Repo Man in 5:36 following the Rocker Dropper. During the bout, Doink the Clown was messing around with several fans and distracted Jannetty. Jannetty eventually chased Doink to the backstage area after the match. 7. Jerry Lawler defeated Big Bossman in 8:12 following a pile driver.
WWF House Show 3/23/1993 (Topeka, KS 5,100) 1. The Headshrinkers defeated Rock n’ Roll Express 2. Owen Hart defeated Rick Martel 3. Big Bossman defeated Terry Taylor 4. Steiner Brothers/Tatanka defeated WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc./WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels 5. Kamala defeated Skinner 6. Bam-Bam Bigelow defeated Big Bossman 7. WWF World Champion Bret Hart/Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair/Razor Ramon
WWF House Show 3/24/1993 (Wichita, KS 4,800) 1. The Headshrinkers defeated Rock n’ Roll Express 2. Tatanka defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels in a non-title match 3. Kamala defeated Terry Taylor 4. Marty Jannetty defeated Doink the Clown 5. Beverly Brothers defeated the Nasty Boys 6. The Undertaker defeated Bam-Bam Bigelow by count-out 7. WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair to retain the title.
WWF House Show 3/25/1993 (Denver, CO 5,025) 1. The Nasty Boys defeated the Beverly Brothers 2. Owen Hart defeated Rick Martel 3. Doink the Clown defeated Marty Jannetty 4. Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect 5. Bam-Bam Bigelow/Yokozuna defeated the Undertaker/Jim Duggan (Bigelow pins Duggan) 6. Randy Savage defeated Razor Ramon in falls count anywhere match 7. WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair to retain the title
WWF House Show 3/26/1993 (Sacramento, CA 6,140) 1. Owen Hart defeated Rick Martel 2. Beverly Brothers defeated the Nasty Boys 3. WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Jannetty to retain the title. 4. The Undertaker defeated Bam-Bam Bigelow 5. Mr. Perfect defeated Lex Luger by disqualification 6. Razor Ramon defeated Randy Savage in a falls count anywhere match. 7. WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Bam-Bam Bigelow to retain the title.
WWF House Show 3/27/1993 (Philadelphia, PA 4,450) 1. Tatanka defeated the Brooklyn Brawler 2. Kamala defeated Papa Shango 3. Steiner Brothers defeated WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc. in a non-title match 4. Jerry Lawler defeated Big Bossman 5. WWF Intercontinental Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Jannetty to retain the title 6. Yokozuna defeated Jim Duggan 7. Randy Savage defeated Razor Ramon in a steel cage match
WWF Superstars 3/27/1993 1. Doink the Clown defeated John Paul in 2:45 following the Whoopee Cushion. 2. WrestleMania IX Report: Mean Gene goes over the card for the show before we get pre-taped comments from the Steiner Brothers and Money Inc.. Scott warns Money Inc. that they have beaten all the top tag teams and overcame adversity to get their shot and they are not going to blow it! Ted DiBiase and IRS say that the Steiner Brothers may be strong and fast but they are just as equally unintelligent. DiBiase assures the Steiner’s that they have an ace up their sleeve to assure themselves victory at WrestleMania IX! 3. Razor Ramon defeated Steve King in 1:41 following the Razors Edge. 4. Jerry Lawler Interview: Vince McMahon conducted a interview with Jerry Lawler regarding his open challenge for WrestleMania IX. Lawler notes that no one has signed the contract as of today and is convinced that no one will end up accepting it and he will be 1-0 at the biggest show ever in wrestling, WrestleMania. Lawler calls everyone in the WWF cowards for refusing to step up and fight a king! 5. The Undertaker defeated Duane Gill in 0:56 following the tombstone pile driver. 6. Yokozuna defeated Rick Steiner in 5:21 following the Bonsai Drop. During the bout, Money Inc. came down to distract Rick Steiner by attacking Scott Steiner. The distraction allowed Yokozuna to hit a belly to belly suplex and eventually the Bonsai Drop. Afterwards, Jim Duggan ran down and helped Scott Steiner fight off the heels with his 2x4.
WWF Wrestling Challenge 3/28/1993 1. Owen Hart defeated Mike Bucci in 2:00 following a missile dropkick. 2. WrestleMania IX Report: Mean Gene runs down the card before pre-taped comments by Paul Bearer and the Undertaker. Bearer says that Bigelow made the ultimate mistake a person can make by stealing his precious urn. Bearer knows that his man, the Undertaker, will put Bigelow’s fire out at WrestleMania IX. Taker simply states that Bigelow will Rest In Peace! 3. WWF World Tag Team Champions Money Inc. defeated Mike Bell/Reno Riggins in 1:35 when DiBiase pinned Bell. 4. Mr. Perfect Interview: Sean Mooney conducted a sit down interview with Mr. Perfect at a empty arena. Perfect says he thought that 1993 was going to be the year he won the WWF World Championship and everything was looking great until he made a mistake and lost to Ric Flair. Perfect knows that deep down inside that Flair isn’t better than him and Flair proved that by cheating at SNME. Mooney brings up Lex Luger and Bobby Heenan who claim Perfect is choke artist. Perfect laughs at that statement and asks what Luger has done in the WWF. Perfect goes over the fact that he is a former multiple time WWF Intercontinental Champion and if it weren’t for shady referring, he would be in the main event at WrestleMania IX. Perfect assures Mooney and the fans that he will defeat Luger and get back on the right track to winning the WWF World Championship! 5. Bam-Bam Bigelow defeated Tom Stone in 2:11 following a flying head butt. 6. Randy Savage defeated Papa Shango in 4:03 following the elbow drop. .
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 23, 2011 15:52:38 GMT -5
I'm fine with that.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 23, 2011 13:13:41 GMT -5
Not sure why Regal is still working with Test and losing at that. I would think he would have moved away from the mid-card scene once he dropped the strap. Guerrero/Tazz and the Hardys/E&C would be fine matches so that is a plus. Wonder if you will pull the trigger on a Hardys split. Hope not considering how horribly that played out in real life, twice. I loved the after math with Regal attacking Stephanie until Shane came out. Now I really wish that Regal didn’t job out in the opening match. Nice interview segment between Regal and Shane as well. Jericho/Raven was a fine hardcore match, I thought. The Rock winning the main event is fine, but I don’t like him winning the same way he won the Royal Rumble in 2000. Anyway, it was a good show with a lot of good matches and the Regal/Shane segment was a joy to read.
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jan 22, 2011 7:08:52 GMT -5
January 2nd, 1993: Atlanta, GA (WCW Saturday Night taping for January 9th show)
10:00am: I showed up Center Stage where WCW tapes their Saturday Night shows. Today is a big day as I have a meeting with Bill Watts, the president of WCW, and head booker Dusty Rhodes. I’ve been with WCW for about eight months but I have been an enhancement talent getting the top guys over. Well, that and allowing Erik Watts to get the better of me. I can’t not do the job for the Erik considering his father is my boss! No matter how much I believe he sucks at performing. The meeting isn’t scheduled for around noon but I show up early because I am a professional and a new comer to the company. I’d rather be two hours early than two hours late. I wish Jesse Ventura had the same mindset.
10:25am – 11:45am: I played cards with several other enhancement guys at the designated cafeteria area. I didn’t do all that week considering my mind wasn’t on the poker game but rather my meeting with Bill Watts and Dusty Rhodes. Dustin knew about the meeting and wished me well. No one else seemed to care about meeting as they saw me as
12:20pm – 2:15pm: Not surprisingly, the meeting with Watts and Dusty started late. I’ve come to notice that the higher ups in WCW don’t keep to a schedule and just get to things whenever they can. Watts seemed to not remember who I was as he only paid attention to the main roster guys. Dusty put me over big time with Watts and that went a long way with Watts.
Watts: So, Mr. Regal you have been with our promotion since July 1992 to my understanding. You haven’t worked a lot of matches but from what Dusty tells me you are a good talent.
Regal: I appreciate that, sir.
Watts: We are looking to bolster up our roster as we head into 1993 and Dusty believes that you would be a good addition to the WCW family. I have a lot of faith in Dusty and I have decided that we are going to give you a shot here in WCW.
(Watts cuts Regal off before he can say anything)
Watts (cont): We are here today to offer you a low guarantee contract based on a pay per appearance system for television. We can offer you $225 per appearance over two years. Do you have any questions?
(Regal looks over contract)
Regal: I do have a question. What type of character am I going to be given?
Dusty Rhodes: Well son, we have come up with a character where you will be a snobby Englishman. We figure that the character will generate a lot of heat since you are a foreigner.
Regal: That sounds like something I can pull off. Also, what kind of bonus will I be getting for working the house shows?
Watts: You can make between $200 - $300 depending on how well the houses are. Like I said, the plan is to put you on the house shows for a few months to see how well you get over. You’ll also work dark matches before the Saturday Night shows to see how well the Atlanta fans react to you.
Regal: Do you know who I am working tonight?
Rhodes: Yes, Van Hammer.
Watts: Alright, we have to go to a production meeting. Are you ready to sign?
Regal: Yes I am. (signs contract)
Rhodes: Fantastic! Glad to have you aboard, look forward to working with your talents.
(Regal shakes hands with Rhodes and Watts before leaving the room)
Following the meeting I had two feelings. One, I was very happy to sign a contract with WCW. Sure it’s not a lot of money compared to other talent but it is a start. Secondly, I felt nervous. You can never make a second first impression. This is going to be tough as Van Hammer is a very green wrestler and not overly talented. But, I have a contract and that is what matters most to me.
4:00pm – 4:35pm: I tried to talk to Hammer about what he wanted to do out there, but Hammer didn’t seem interested in talking to me. He simply said “we’ll keep it simple, dude.” That was not something I wanted to hear from someone who is going to have an important impact on my career in the early stages.
Dark Match: Van Hammer defeated Steven Regal at 3:18: Regal attacks Hammer before the bell delivering several uppercuts in the corner. Regal continued his offense with a running knee lift and an over head double under hook suplex for a one count. Hammer was able to recover and planted Regal with a swinging side slam and a flapjack. Regal stumbles around and walks into a delayed vertical suplex by Hammer. A few moments later, Hammer drives Regal down with a cobra clutch slam to win the bout. Regal’s Thoughts: Obviously I wasn’t given much of an opportunity to display my skills as Hammer was more concerned about getting himself over with the fans. I’m not sure how this will play out with Watts and Rhodes but I hope it doesn’t affect my standing with the company based on one match.
8:00pm – 8:30pm: Before I left the arena I had a few words with Dusty who made it clear that he thought I sold well for Hammer and that he and Watts were seeing how I could work with someone with lesser talent than me. Dusty let me know that I would be working my first house show on January 8th in Little Rock, Arkansas. My opponent will be 2 Cold Scorpio. I am very confident that myself and Scorpio can have a good match. I thanked Rhodes for his time before leaving, rather upbeat about next week’s match!
To be continued.
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