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****************************************************************** the Ring Report TV Update, Vol ****************************************************************** The Ring Report TV Update, Vol. 1, No. 10 May 9,1993 (the wrestling round-up for people living in the real world) ****************************************************************** QUOTE OF THE WEEK by LIZ (the Mystery Prelim's Younger Sister) Jesse: Tony, have you ever seen anybody puke in the ring? Tony: Yes Jesse, I have. -- from a recent edition of WCW WORLD WIDE WRESTLING MONDAY NIGHT RAW by IAN WINOGRAD WHAT YOU MISSED: MR. PERFECT VS DAMION (YOU SPELL MY NAME) DEMENTO . MR. PERFECT came down and DAMION yelled at the crowd. PERFECT went for a headlock then PERFECT threw him out of the ring . In the end PERFECT went flying and hit the camera man before pinning DEMENTO . JASMINE MCNEIL recited a poem called " There's no hope with Dope." At the end the UNDERTAKER said something . LEX LUGER vs. CRUSH . LUGER came down with the mirror as They showed the steel plate in his arm . They both walked around in circles then the match started off with CRUSH beating up LUGER. DOINK appeared up in the balcony Then LUGER nailed CRUSH from behind and CRUSH got counted out . MR. HUGHES beat up JASON KNIGHT . SHAWN MICHAELS did an interview . SHAWN talked about HACKSAW and insulted New York. Then PERFECT came down and they started fighting . TYPHOON manhandled his opponent . WCW MAIN EVENT 5/2/93 MICHAEL HAYES at THE ADULT VIDEO PLAYGROUND? What's the world coming to these days? Well, at least they didn't dub him into a STREET FIGHTER II championship match . WHAT YOU MISSED: THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDES defeated RUDE DOG & ASH MASTERS . JOHNNY B. BADD defeated DUSTY "THESE DALE JOKES ARE GETTING OLD" WOLFE . Hayes attempted to play a golf simulator . a segment on SCOTT "FLASH" NORTON . NORTON defeated a MYSTERY PRELIM . A SLAMBOREE CONTROL CENTER; new guests: OX BAKER, MIKE GRAHAM, JOHNNY VALENTINE, MAGNUM TA . ARN "WHY ME?" ANDERSON & ERIK "THE REVENGE OF NEPO-MAN" WATTS defeated BOBBY "I SHOULD HAVE STAYED I N SMOKY MOUNTAIN" EATON and TEX "LOST IN THE RING WITHOUT SHANGHAI" SLAZENGER . MONDAY NIGHT RAW 5/3/93 by IAN WINOGRAD WHAT YOU MISSED: SHAWN MICHAELS VS. HACKSAW JIM DUGAN for the Intercontinental Championship . MICHAELS came down and showed his body to the Raw Girl . HACKSAW came down with the flag in his new suit and chased Michaels around the ring . HACKSAW gave MICHAELS a clothesline then SHAWN ran like a baby . after HACKSAW hammered SHAWN down, the champ ran out of the ring only to be brought back in by HACKSAW by his hair . Later, HACKSAW's head was on the rope and MICHAELS jumped on him, the crowd chanted: "USA" the whole time . SHAWN went for the pin but only got a two count then SHAWN got DUGAN in a sleeper . In the end, HACKSAW did his move on SHAWN then SHAWN got counted out . Afterwards, HACKSAW grabbed the microphone and said SHAWN is a chicken. Then he went on strike until he had to go to the bathroom . a King of the Ring Report . KAMIKAZE KID lost to DOINK THE CLOWN . BOB BACKLAND over DUANE GILL . a HACKSAW JIM DUGAN INTERVIEW . HACKSAW talked about his call with JACK "VINCE'S MOUTHPIECE" TUNNEY . He also talked about his lumberjack rematch with SHAWN MICHAELS next week. JIM VAN SMITH AND MIKE VS. THE HEAD SHRINKERS . CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO came down and he talked about how he used to manage the SAMOANS . The HEAD SHRINKERS win, but the camera was mostly on CAPTAIN LOU . KAMALA over RICK MYATT . SHAWN MICHAELS INTERVIEW: he yelled and complained the whole time . WCW POWER HOUR 5/8/93 I woke up late and missed the first match; did you really care about that one prelim. match I missed? Woke up and found BLACKJACK MULLIGAN screaming at me from my TV set, almost went back to sleep but he was FUNNY! I'd give him a Zillion dollars to teach the WCW SUPERSTARS how to have some PERSONALITY in interviews . WHAT YOU MISSED: STING defeated PAT ROSE . RICK RUDE destroyed REX COOPER . CHRIS BENOIT & BOBBY EATON crushed JOEY MAGGS & MIKE WINNER . IVAN KOLOFF, THE FABULOUS MOOLAH, THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON, and THE CRUSHER are new names on the SLAMBOREE guest list . TEDDY LONG profiled RIC FLAIR and replayed last week's "A FLAIR FOR THE GOLD" . and a replay of the PAUL ORNDORFF vs. SHANE DOUGLAS WORLD TV TITLE MATCH from last week's WORLD WIDE WRESTLING . WWF MANIA 5/8/93 WHAT YOU MISSED: an update on TATONKA . BAM BAM BIGELOW defeated KAMALA by roll-up pinfall in a WWF MANIA EXCLUSIVE match . a replay of LEX LUGER defeating BOB BACKLAND in the first round of the KOTR tournament . another replay of DOINK vs. CURT HENNIG from the KOTR first round . a replay of BART & BILLY's latest video . a review of the whole SHAWN MICHAELS vs. JIM DUGAN situation from Monday Night Raw . MR. HUGHES crushed THE MYSTERY PRELIM'S UNCLE BILL . and a replay of last week's UNDERTAKER interview . file:///F/Documents/ring%20report/volume%202/1993/RRTV10.TXT[5/18/2021 7:05:32 PM] WCW SATURDAY NIGHT 5/8/93 THE MASKED ASSASSIN has to be the greatest find in commentating in quite a long time! Unfortunately, he won't be back after SLAMBOREE. His banter with TONY SCHIVANTE & LARRY ZYBSZKO was almost as good as the missing JESSIE VENTURA's. Again, these "old timers" have show more LIFE than any of the current crop of "Superstars" in ANY league! If only we could turn back the clock . WHAT YOU MISSED: TONY GILLIAM quickly interviewed DAVEY BOY SMITH on Smith's way to a limo . DUSTIN RHODES looked great -- almost as good as DUSTY in his prime -- in an easy win over TEX SLAZENGER . a report that due to a mysterious injury, RICK RUDE will replace KENSUKI SUSAKI as the challenger to Rhodes for the U.S. Title in the Computerized Challenger series . THE MASKED ASSASSIN joined TONY SCHIVANTE & LARRY ZYBSZKO before a RON SIMMONS interview . during the interview PAUL ORNDORFF charged the ring and ripped up a fan's "PAULA" shirt . THE COLE TWINS defeated TONY VINCENT & MUSTAFA SAIED . A SLAMBOREE CONTROL CENTER; nothing new . ROBERT PARKER came out before a "VIVACIOUS" VAN HAMMER match vs. RAGE of THE WRECKING CREW; when Hammer looked terrible Parker went crazy and put away the contract he was going to offer him . afterwards Hammer put his hands on Parker, and Parker claimed that it was the worst mistake that Hammer ever made . DAVEY BOY SMITH defeated FURY of THE WRECKING CREW . a replay of STING's SLAM JAM PROMO . THE BLACKHARTS defeated JOEY MAGGS & SCOTT ALLEN . LOS DOS HOMBRES, a masked team from Mexico came out and challenged (through an interpreter), THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDES . I won't comment on the story the WCW was pushing behind their presence . RICKY STEAMBOAT came out during that interview and wished them luck . JIM NIEDHART destroyed SHANGHAI PIERCE . BARRY WINDHAM was a no-show for this week's "A FLAIR FOR THE GOLD" . THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDES announced their "BRUSH WITH GREATNESS TOUR" then announced tonight SGT. BUDDY LEE PARKER & JOE CRUZ would get a shot at "greatness" . after the match they said they'd face Los Dos Hombres on tonight's WCW Main Event . it was scheduled to be JOHNNY B. BADD against MAX PAYNE, but Payne attacked Badd before the bell and applied his "PAIN KILLER" move on BADD . BRAD ARMSTRONG made the save and then attempted to wrestle Payne before needing to be saved by Badd . WCW WORLD WIDE WRESTLING 5/9/93 WHAT YOU MISSED: JOHNNY B. BADD put the "KISS THAT DON'T MISS" on DAVE LYNCH . another review of the CACTUS JACK vs. BIG VAN VADER incident . SCOTT NORTON defeated TC CARTER . Norton did an interview to remind everyone that he is still in the WCW . a SLAMBOREE CONTROL CENTER; nothing new . an update on the Computerized Challenge; KENSUKI SUSAKI is out, RICK RUDE is in for the U.S. Title Match vs. DUSTIN RHODES next week . RUDE destroyed ROD HAGEN . Rude grabbed the microphone then had the ring announcer say that "Ravishing Rick Rude wants all you to know that he thinks all of you are not worth wasting his breath on" . a replay of this week's "A FLAIR FOR THE GOLD" . in the COMPUTERIZED CONTENDERS CHALLENGE MATCH: THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDES & the team of MARCUS ALEXANDER BAGWELL & TOO COLD SCORPIO went to a draw . WWF SUPERSTARS OF WRESTLING 5/9/93 WHAT YOU MISSED: KAMALA & THE NASTY BOYS lost to MR. HUGHES & MONEY INC. when Kamala was confused about pinning IRS and IRS rolled him up for the pin . THE EVENT CENTER is now FACE TO FACE; in my area it features JAQUES ROUGEAU interviewing competitors for the up coming house show matches at once via video tape . another promo for BILLY & BART . SEAN DAKOTA lost to YOKOZUNA . a KOTR update: no new matches announced . STEVE VEGA lost to CRUSH . an update on the LUNA VACHON vs. SHERRI MARTEL feud . Luna reminds me of a female ULTIMATE WARRIOR in interviews . KOTR QUALIFIER: RAZOR RAMON over TITO SANTANNA . interesting, it looked like ring announcer MIKE MCGERTH called Razor Ramon something I can't print here after he entered the ring and she put down the microphone . I love lip reading . I'm sort of glad I don't go to the live shows at Hershey Park, I wouldn't want to sit through this type of match every month . JAQUES ROUGEAU interviewed GIANT GONZLAS; I noticed that they've changed Gonzlas's ring attire .
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