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****************************************************************** 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 said something . . . 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 . . . 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 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 CONTROL CENTER; new guests: , , , MAGNUM TA . . . ARN "WHY ME?" ANDERSON & "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 Report . . . KAMIKAZE KID lost to . . . 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 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 . . . 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 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: defeated PAT ROSE . . . destroyed REX COOPER . . . & crushed JOEY MAGGS & MIKE WINNER . . . , , , and are new names on the SLAMBOREE guest list . . . TEDDY LONG profiled and replayed last week's "A FLAIR FOR THE GOLD" . . . and a replay of the vs. WORLD TV TITLE MATCH from last week's WORLD WIDE WRESTLING . . .

WWF MANIA 5/8/93 WHAT YOU MISSED: an update on TATONKA . . . 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. 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 on Smith's way to a limo . . . 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 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" 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 . . . came out during that interview and wished them luck . . . JIM NIEDHART destroyed SHANGHAI PIERCE . . . 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. incident . . . 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 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 5/9/93 WHAT YOU MISSED: KAMALA & 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 matches at once via video tape . . . another promo for BILLY & BART . . . SEAN DAKOTA lost to . . . a KOTR update: no new matches announced . . . STEVE VEGA lost to CRUSH . . . an update on the LUNA VACHON vs. 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 . . . The hair is now painted on the body suit and Gonzlas does not wear tights over his mid-section . . . if this is suppossed to be his "real" skin, I wonder what happened to his genitals . . . oh yah, cartoon characters don't have 'em . . .

WWF ALL-AMERICAN WRESTLING 5/9/93 WHAT YOU MISSED: The blue screen this week put GENE "BIRD DOODIE" OCKERLAND and BOBBY "THE BONE HEAD" HEENAN in the middle of nowhere . . . a replay of the TITO SANTANNA vs. RAZOR RAMON KOTR qualifier . . . CRUSH defeated STEVE VEGA . . . BAM BAM BIGELOW destroyed the MIA KID . . . a special report recapping THE UNDERTAKER vs. GIANT GONZLAS feud . . . a replay of the Undertaker's interview from last week . . . a response from HARVEY WHIPPLEMAN & the Giant . . . PAPA SHANGO lost to JIM DUGAN in the KOTR qualifier from WRESTLING CHALLENGE . . . a replay of JASMINE MCNEIL's segment against drugs . . . squashed THE MYSTERY PRELIM . . . a replay of the promo for BILLY & BART . . . THE HEAD SHRINKERS destroyed two prelims to be named later . . .

WCW MAIN EVENT 5/9/93 The show was joined in progress as THE BRAVES vs. THE ROCKIES went over it's scheduled time. The one match we did see was a great one . . .

WHAT YOU MISSED: LOS DOS HOMBRES and THE HOLLYWOOD BLONDES wrestled to a draw . . . this was a decent match, even if it seemed that the Hombres were RICKY STEAMBOAT & SHANE DOUGLAS in masks . . . THE BLONDES apparently thought the same thing and tried to walk out when DOUGLAS appeared at ringside at the file:///F/Documents/ring%20report/volume%202/1993/RRTV10.TXT[5/18/2021 7:05:32 PM] end of the match . . . during the match it was announced that & BUGSEY MCGRAW would be in attendance at SLAMBOREE . . .

RUMORS FROM OTHER SOURCES There are rumors floating around that the WWF and WWC have cut a deal as MR. HUGHES is a top challenger to CARLOS COLON's WWC TITLE . . . defeated BOBBY EATON for the SMOKY MOUNTAIN TV TITLE a few weeks ago; Eaton returned to the WCW because he never officially signed a contract with the SMW . . . KEVIN SULLIVAN is still using the original TASMANIAC in his war with THE NIGHTSTALKER . . . Speaking of the Stalker, he's new to the WWF as ATOM BOMB, managed by JOHNNY POLO (AKA SCOTTIE FLAMINGO among others) . . . holds the SMOKY MOUNTAIN TITLE . . . reports have it that PAPA SHANGO, managed by JOHNNY POLO, defeated last week for the USWA title . . . SHERRI MARTEL also defeated MS. for the USWA Women's title . . . they say that claims that he'll get in the ring and challenge the winner of the King of the Ring Tournament;in fact they say he said it about 25 times on a recent edition of THE RADIO SHOW . . . PAUL E. DANGEROUSLY popped up in the ECW and is managing EDDIE , , and . . . has been missing from ringside during KAMALA's matches at house shows . . . Rumor has it that MR. HUGHES will be managed by HARVEY WHIPPLEMAN, as Whippleman has been at ringside with him at WWF house shows . . . expect JERRY LAWLER to get a "PIPER'S PIT" type interview segment on WWF shows; rumor has it that he was attacked by WWF new comer COLEN SCOTT at a recent taping . . .

NOTES FROM THE MAD DOG "How am I doing?" is the subject for the week, as I'm rushing through another edition of the Ring Report. It's the tenth "official" week of THE RING REPORT TV UPDATE and I'd like to hear your input on the report. Anything at all, just E-MAIL ME . . .

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

MADDOGJMF

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