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Talk Wrestling Online Newsletter - Issue 11 - May 11th 2003
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Hey All,
Well, fresh off a week of writing songs and making sites and graphics for myself and a friend on a site called http://www.cybercelebrity.tk (Almost a music e-fed), here comes the TWO Newsletter, for all your wrestling news needs.
This month, I've added a few advertisements too. If anyone wants a plug, e-mail with a link and I will do, provided I like the site and maybe you can link to TWO on your site. One good turn, remember, lol. But the spots would be limited each week. this isn't the Internet Yellow Pages.
But nonetheless, on with the show. Enjoy.
- Mitchell Jones
TWO Newsletter Editor
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**Judgment Day Quiz and Chat**
As is our monthly tradition here at Talk Wrestling Online, we will be holding our monthly PPV Quiz and Chat night. And this month is the final pay-per-view before the full-throttle pay-per-view split between the rosters: 'Judgment Day'. So in anticipation for the big event, so far looking towards a possible showdown between HHH and Kevin Nash, as well as the already announced Team Angle v Los Guerreros in a Ladder match, why not head over to the TWO Chatrooms on Sunday, May 18th at 8pm to enter our highly popular quiz. Then from 9pm until 1am, stay along for a good ol' chat about the PPV with all the TWO regulars. The more, the merrier. So pull up a chair, get your drinks ready, and join us for 5 hours of non-stop wrestling talk.
Judgment Day Quiz and Chat
Sunday, May 18th
Quiz: 8pm - 9pm
Chat: 9pm - 1am
Quiz Rules: http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com/Quiz/quiz.shtml
Chatroom: http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com/Chatrooms/chatrooms.shtml
**Product Rating and Discussion Zone Tournaments**
Most of you own a wrestling product of some sort. Whether a video, or a video game, a book or a CD, almost all of you have at least something, if not a wide collection. But what is your favorite? What is the best of the best? It's time to have your say, and now you can, at the Talk Wrestling Online forums. Set up and maintained by my own personal lackey, Chris2k, this is a great way to voice your opinions and get your favorite product one step closer to beating off the competition. So what are you waiting for? Existing members can simply head over to the forums, then to the Product Rating and Discussion forum to cast your votes. What have you got to lose?
Current Tournament: Video Games
- WCW/NWO Revenge (N64) vs SmackDown 2: Know Your Role (PS)
- SmackDown 3: Just Bring It (PS2) vs WWF No Mercy (N64)
- Extreme Warfare Revenge 3.0 (PC) vs WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (N64)
- WCW vs The World (PS) vs Road To Wrestlemania X8 (GC)
- Fire Pro Wrestling (GBA) vs Promotion Wars 1.2e (PC)
- WWF Warzone (PS, N64, DC) vs Legends of Wrestling 2 (PS2)
- WWF Attitude (PS, N64, DC) vs WWF SmackDown (PS)
- Def Jam Vendetta (PS2, GC) vs SmackDown 4: Shut Your Mouth (PS2)
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Forum Posts of the Week
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Congratulations to this weeks mentions:
- "Shame that Jack Halewood ain't going. I'd love to smash a chair over his head a few times and steal his wallet." (draVen - UK Forum)
- "AMERICAN IDLE: Jeff Hardy stares at his phone for an hour and hopes someone gives him a call." (Dave Cheff - US Forum)
- "WOW....for once (in a long time) Vince Russo has made sense...and I agree with him" (Seabass - US Forum)
- "The LOD were a good tag team - TEN YEARS AGO." (therock88 - US Forum)
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US News - By HSM
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*WWE*
Details emerged this week about possible heat developing between Jim Ross and Vince McMahon. The Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reported that there was an incident at the March 18 Smackdown tapings, Jim Ross was producing the commentary of Michael Cole and Tazz from the gorilla position. After the first match, Vince McMahon came over to Ross and said that he would be doing the producing for the rest of the event. Ross apparently felt Vince did this to show him up, and if he didn’t want Ross producing the announcers, he could have told him before the tapings instead of in front of everyone after the first match. Ross had been attending all Smackdown tapings, but hasn’t been doing so since the incident.
Due to the increasing amount of injuries, the WWE is working on "slowing down" their in-ring style to help cut them down. Agents have been working closely with talent on changing their styles to a slower one. Vince McMahon even spoke to much of the roster at Backlash regarding the changes in style. WWE is hoping to deliver a style that isn't as risky and dependent on big bumps and "spots." Instead, they want to carefully book the matches to tell a story.
Kurt Angle made a pitch to WWE management to let him return to in-ring action before he was technically cleared by his doctors, since he feels so much better. WWE refused to do so.
Some friends of Rob Van Dam are surprised that RVD is able to work his high impact style in the WWE schedule, because his knees are so shot.
It has been reported that WWE officials are very disappointed with the fans lacklustre reaction to Sean O’Haire. They feel that the reason for the O’Haire and Piper not getting over is down solely to the fans negative reaction to O’Haire. There is no word so far as to how this will affect Sean’s push.
It appears as if Tough Enough is not going to come back for a fourth season on MTV. Although the show did good ratings for MTV, including a huge rating for the finale, the network is apparently not interested in showing wrestling programming anymore. WWE has taken down the website for the show and taken down the show from its TV listings. No word on whether TNN would like to pick up the show.
In related news Al Snow recently signed a new contract with WWE, so even though Tough Enough might not be coming back, Snow’s job is secure in WWE. It is said that he got a lower downside than before, but that is expected to be the norm for anyone signing a new contract, because business is down. Snow has talked about opening a wrestling school in Ohio as well.
The Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal, will be working dark matches for WWE next week. The former WWE Tag Team Champions will be wrestling at the RAW taping in Philadelphia on Monday, and the Smackdown taping in Baltimore on Tuesday. WWE has been planning for around a month now to give the Road Warriors a few dark matches. The company wants to evaluate them in the ring before offering them a full time contract.
The Wrestlemania match between the teams of The Undertaker and Nathan Jones and The Big Show and Albert was changed to a pseudo-handicap match right before the PPV. Apparently all four men had gone to the Undertaker’s ranch to practice the match, but even with the practice, Jones couldn’t get it right. There is talk of sending Jones to OVW for a while. Jim Ross has gotten some heat for the signing, because he was one of the only officials to really push for WWE to sign Jones.
Billy Gunn will apparently be returning to the Smackdown brand. He should return in a few weeks. Some speculation has arisen recently that Gunn would return on RAW and be part of the Intercontinental Title Battle Royal at Judgment Day.
*NWA: TNA*
NWA: TNA is attempting to find out what the status of Jeff Hardy’s contract was with WWE. They have not been able to find out if he has a no-compete clause or not that would prevent him from working for TNA for several months. TNA is relying on Ron Killings, who was friends with Jeff in their WWE days, to act as a liaison between TNA and Jeff.
Raven is still without a contract as of today with TNA. Both parties agreed on a one-night deal that was reached prior to this weeks show.
D-Lo Brown has opened his new website at www.d-lobrown.com <http://www.d-lobrown.com>
In results from this weeks PPV:
-The winners of every match during the course of the PPV would advance to the main event of the evening, The Anarchy in the Asylum Match.
-D-Lo Brown & A.J Styles defeated Triple X (Elix Skipper & Low-Ki)
-Sabu won a three-way dance over New Jack and The Sandman
-James Storm pinned Chris Harris
-Tracey defeated Trinity and Desire in a three-way dance
-In a somewhat complicated match Christopher Daniels & Triple X defeated Jerry Lynn & The Amazing Red to become the new NWA: TNA tag team champs
-Main Event - Anarchy in the Asylum - Glen Gilbertti won to become the Number 1 contender to Jeff Jarrett’s NWA: TNA Title.
*Selected Indy Results*
- Pro Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW)
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.3pwrestling.com
Trent Acid d. Ric Blade, Da Hit Squad d. Rockin' Rebel and Jeff Rocker, Kid Kash d. Homicide, Balls Mahoney d. Ian Rotten, Josh Daniels d. Damian Adams and Chris Chetti, Roadkill/The Blue Meanie d. Joey Matthews/Christian York, 3PW champion Gary Wolfe d. Kevin Sullivan, Terry Funk d. Jerry Lawler.
- Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling.
Damien defeated Jorge Estrada. The Reverend defeated Heck Shanks, Palm Beach Boys & Bobby Hayes beat Larry Zybysko & Dobbins Bros, Big Henry Hoss defeated Simon Semen by DQ, Sonny Siaki & David Young beat Dusty Rhodes & New Jack.
- Major League Wrestling.
http://www.majorleaguewrestling.com
Paul London pinned Jerry Lynn (accompanied by ``Fallen Angel`` Christopher Daniels) Masada defeated Don Juan and Fast Eddie, Homicide pinned ``Fallen Angel`` Christopher Daniels, Samoan Island Tribe (Samu & Mana) defeated Los Maximos, Michael Shane (with the debuting Francine) pinned Norman Smiley (with the debuting Taylor Vaughn), Raven pinned CM Punk, Fuego Guerrero (The Amazing Red) pinned Ikuto Hidaka with Zero Gravity MLW Global Tag-Team Crown Tournament finals: CW Anderson and Simon Diamond defeated ``Dr. Death`` Steve Williams and PJ Friedman to become the first GTC Champions #1 Contenders Match: Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka via disqualification, La Parka pinned Sabu, Terry Funk defeated Steve Corino.
That’s all for this week catch you next week.
HSM
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UK News - By Goldy
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Hi and welcome once again to the TWO UK Scene News section. I am feeling all rested and refreshed after a mini break last week. Hope you are all well and enjoy reading all the latest news in the world of British wrestling. Lets start off with some show results:
- All Star Wrestling - Fairfield Halls - Croydon
Quarter Final: Five Star Flash def Mal Sanders
Quarter Final: American Dragon def Santino Herbert
Quarter Final: Robbie Dynamite def Murat Bosporus
Quarter Final: James Mason def Steve Grey
Semi Final: American Dragon def Robbie Dynamite
Semi Final: James Mason def Five Star Flash
Non Tournament: PN Neuz def "The Superflys" Ricky Knight and Zebra Kid when PN Neuz pinned Knight
FINAL: American Dragon def James Mason to become the new World Heavy-Middleweight Champion.
- EWF - Widness
Hade Vanson def Hot Stuff
Julio Torres def Tiger Ali
Barbarian def Colosus
PN Neuz def Frankie Sloan
Gangrel and Luna def Ricky Knight and Sweet Saraya
The owner/promoter of The Wrestling Alliance, Scott Conway has delivered the sad news that TWA will be moving to Thailand in July, where he is planning to run regular shows. On a slightly brighter note Conway will be promoting some final UK dates before he moves to Thailand.
In other TWA news, Jonny Storm the current TWA Welterwight champion is heading their weekend training camp on the 24th and 25th of May. The cost of this weekend is £100. For further details e-mail TWAwrestling@aol.com
Dropkixx have announced they are holding a charity show in aid of the British Arthritis Foundation. This event will be held on May 16th 2003 at The Community Centre, Norton Kirby, South Darenth. The line up for the show will include:
A four man knockout tournament consisting of:
Curve/Stixx/Cruise and Lee Brag
"Flying" Ashley Read vs Tony Sefton
Christian Cooper vs Paul Robinson
Matt Long vs Peter Nixon
"Golden Boy" Aidan Nathans vs Ashe
Also making a guest appearance will be David Prowse, for those that don't know him this is the actor who played Darth Vader in the Star Wars films. As well as UK stars past and present to include Wayne Bridges, Keith Haward, Tony Scarlo, Frank Rimer plus many more. Tickets cost £12 ringside and stage, all other seats will cost £8. For ticket information ring 07884 176062.
NWA UK Hammerlock have released details of a couple of training camps. First, they are holding a two day training camp to be held on the 28th and 29th of June 2003. This camp will be held at:
The NWA UK Hammerlock wrestling gym
Rear of East Street Sports Centre,
Sittingbourne,
Kent
ME 104BL UK
Secondly, Hammerlock have decided to hold their ninth annual summer training camp. The venue for this years summer camp is:
The Army Cadet Centre,
Jefferstone Lane St Marys Bay,
Romney Marsh
Kent
Starting on the 10th of August running to the 16th of August 2003. For details of either of these training camps please e-mail nwauk@hammerlockwrestling.com
Granada Television who own the majority of the entire ITV network will be filming the training taking place at the NWA UK Hammerlock Wrestling training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent on Saturday the 10th of May. I will keep you all updated as to when this footage is due to air.
More matches have now been added to the Frontiers of Honour show line up. This is the latest card:
Jody Fleisch vs 'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels
Flash Barker vs Low Ki
Jonny Storm vs AJ Styles
Jack Xavier vs Mikey Whipreck
James Tighe vs Paul London
The Family vs Alex Shane, Ulf Herman and Nikita
Birchill vs Duke Of Danger and Simmons ( with buttercup )
Zebra Kid vs Samoa Joe
Tickets are already selling extremely well, anyone wishing to purchase tickets should either visit http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk or ring 0870 5344 444 or you can actually buy tickets in person from selected Virgin Megastores, Beatties, and Waitrose. Not forgetting the Frontiers Of Honours fan slam to be held the next day (May 18th) at The Electroworks, Torrens Street, London N1. Entry will cost £7 and the event will run from 1pm to 5.30pm. This will feature a live ROH roster (excluding Daniels), an RF shoot interview and an FWA questions and answers session. Following on from that there is an FOH Job Squad Pub Night to be held at the usual venue at Pages Bar, 75 Page Street, London. Doors open at 6pm and tickets cost £4 each (over 18s).
The FWA have confirmed that 'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels will be holding a training seminar on May 18th at the Garage Gym in Wigan. For details contact Lee at http://www.garage-gym.com
Speaking of FWA and ROH Jody Fleisch will be wrestling for Ring Of Honour on their May 31st card partnering Slim J as part of the Special K to wrestle against the Backseat Boyz.
Finally continuing with the FWA, a date has been set for British Uprising 2. It will take place on Saturday the 18th of October at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
May 17th seems to be the day to go to a UK show as there are no less than three shows being held on this day. What with the FWA holding their Frontiers Of Honour show, All Star are also holding a show at Victoria Hall Hanley ( for ticket information ring 01782 213800 ) and not forgetting Brawl who are also putting on a show at Lodge Park Leisure Centre in Corby, Northampton. For details visit http://www.brawl2002.cjb.net
The latest edition of Alex Shanes ' Shooting Gallery ' is now up at http://www.alexshane.com again it is a very interesting read, with part one of his British Breakout diary included.
Thats it for this weeks news, please remember to check out Adam Sibleys UK scene column every weekend at http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com for all the latest goings on in the world of British wrestling, whilst you are there be sure to read Adams TWO/FWA show review for a very interesting piece about Adams day promoting this event. We at TWO would all like to say a very big well done to Adam on a very successful show!
Thank you for reading.
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International News - By Fujiwara
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NJPW:
NJPW 29/4/03
1. Toru Yano beat Naofumi Yamamoto (7:48) with a crab hold.
2. Minoru Fujita beat Ryusuke Taguchi (8:33) with the BONEYARD.
3. Jado & Gedo beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (9:35) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Guerrero.
4. Osamu Nishimura & Hiro Saito beat Dan Devine & Super Crazy (9:40) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Crazy.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (6:05) when Kakihara used an Inazuma leg lariat on Makai #4.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Tiger Mask 4, AKIRA & Heat (14:01) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Heat.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (6:06) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #2.
8. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (17:02) when Nagata used a backdrop suplex hold on Makabe.
NJPW Ultimate Crush results: Tokyo Dome Show
1. #1 Contender Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Hiroshi Tanahashi in 10:24 with the Tenzan Tombstone Driver.
2. Ken Shamrock defeated Takashi Iizuka in 11:44 with the Ankle Lock.
3. IWGP Jr. Tag Titles: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Heat & Tiger Mask IV in 19:50 when Kanemoto used a Tiger Suplex hold on Heat to retain their titles.
4. Vale Tudo Rules: LYOTO (Ryoto Machida) defeated KENGO Watanabe by decision after 3 5:00 rounds.
5. Vale Tudo Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka beat Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar at 2:58 of Round 1 due to doctor stoppage when Dolgorsuren dislocated his left elbow.
6. Vale Tudo Rules: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Jan Nortje at 3:12 of Round 2 (8:12) with a guillotine choke.
7. Vale Tudo Rules: Josh Barnett beat Jimmy Ambriz at 3:05 of Round 1 by referee stoppage due to repeated punches.
8. Vale Tudo Rules: Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Manabu Nakanishi at 1:05 of Round 3 (11:05) by referee stoppage due to repeated punches.
9. Ensen Inoue beat Kazunari Murakami in 6:33 by referee stoppage due to repeated punches.
10. No Time Limit Match for the GHC Heavyweight Title: Kenta Kobashi defeated Masahiro Chono in 28:27 with a short-arm lariat to retain his title.
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title vs. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama beat Yuji Nagata in 18:17 with a Everest German Suplex hold to unify the titles.
Masahiro Chono worked his match with Kenta Kobashi from Pro Wrestling NOAH in considerable pain as he worked the match with torn ligaments in knee. No word yet as to whether Chono further injured the knee during the bout. Chono will be taking some time off now to nurse his injuries.
AJPW
No news or results from All Japan this week. The company is still not doing well financially but is hanging in there.
Zero – 1
Result: 02/05/03
1. Don Arakawa & Jun Kasai beat Acid & Fugofugo Yumeji in 10:11 when Kasai used a rolling cradle on Yumeji.
2. Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze) defeated Fuyuki Takahashi in 6:57 with the Tengu Tornado.3. MIKAMI & Wataru Sakata beat Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshito Sasaki in 14:59 when Sakata used a Boston Crab on Sasaki.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kazuhiko Ogasawara, & Katsumi Usuda defeated Hideki Hosaka, Masato Tanaka, &
Kuroge Wagyuta in 12:31 when Ogasawara was using repeated fist thrusts on Wagyuta, which made the referee stop the match.
5. Determination Match for the vacant NWA Intercontinental Tag Titles: C.W. Anderson & Steve Corino beat Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi in 9:53 when Corino used a small package hold on Yokoi. Mr. Fred Rubenstein was the ref and he made a fast count for Corino at the end.
6. ZERO-ONE International Jr. Heavyweight Title: Low-Ki defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 24:59 with the Ki Krusher to retain his title.
7. Shinjiro Otani beat Tom Howard in 13:57 with a schoolboy cradle.
8. Matt Ghaffari & Skulu Savage defeated John Heidenreich & Sylvester Terkay in 11:36 when Terkay used the King Kong Kneedrop on Skulu.
9. Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa beat Satoshi Kojima & Keiji Muto in 18:43 when Ogawa used repeated punches in the guard of Satoshi Kojima, which forced the referee to stop the matchAfter the main event, Ogawa kept punching Kojima. Kawada made the save and said to Hashimoto, "It doesn't matter whom you have beaten. As long as you don't beat me, All Japan won't be finished."
NOAH
10/5 Result:
1. Doug Williams beat Haruka Eigen in 7:07 with a cradle.
2. Masao Inoue defeated Tommy Drake in 11:58 with an Argentine Backbreaker.
3. Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Morishima beat Kishin Kawabata & Naoki Sano in 16:07when Ikeda used the Ikeda Lock on Kawabata.
4. Scorpio & Bison Smith defeated Tamon Honda & IZU in 16:29 when Smith used an iron claw slam on IZU.
5. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & KENTA beat Takashi Sugiura & Kotaro Suzuki in 14:02 when KENTA used a Busaiku knee kick on Suzuki.
6. Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshihiro Takayama, & Akira Taue beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Takeshi Rikio in 18:22 when Marufuji used the Shiranui on Kikuchi.
7. Jun Akiyama, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Mitsuo Momota defeated Makoto Hashi, Kenta Kobashi, & Akitoshi Saito in 23:24 when Akiyama used a brainbuster on Hashi.
The UK’s own Doug Williams is currently working a tour for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Things are going well for him so far. I wish him the best of luck over there and hope that he doesn’t get the foreign star treatment that Misawa and co. dish out ie. Jobbing him at the bottom of the card every show. Doug is a tremendous talent who is beginning to be recognized as such around the world.
Other News:
In other news this week ultimo Dragon has spoken to Japanese press saying that he has signed with the WWE and should be making his debut around Judgment Day. I remain optimistic about Ultimo in the land of the giants and hope that Vince and co. will not waste the fine piece of talent the Dragon is by say jobbing him to Bill De Mott or the A-Train.
LUCHA LIBRE
EMLL
6/5 result:
1. Explosivo & Sombra de Plata beat Super Comando & Vaquero
2. Halcon Negro/Reyes Veloz/Valentin Mayo defeated Sombra de Plata/Alan & Chris Stone
3. Fuerza & Juventud Guerrera/Super Crazy beat Brazo de Oro/Tony Rivera/Safari
4. Bestia Salvaje/Black Warrior/Emilio Charles Jr. defeated Olimpico/Villano III/Villano IV
5. Mascara Ano Dos Mil/Tarzan Boy/Universo Dos Mil beat Atlantis/Mr. Niebla/Tinieblas Jr.
Grand Prix result
1. Felino over TARU with a desnucadora
2. Katsushi Takemura over Felino with a Death Valley Driver
3. Mazada over Virus with a armbar
4. Mephisto over Don Fujii with a La Cruceta
5. Mazada & Negro Casas are DQed
6. Katsushi Takemura over Mephisto with the Death Brand
7. Averno over SUWA by pinfall
8. Blue Panther over Takemura by pinfall
9. CIMA over Averno by submission
10. Shocker over NOSAWA by pinfall
11. CIMA over Blue Panther by pinfall
12. Shocker over CIMA with a La Reinera
13. Shocker was DQed
14. Dr. Wagner Jr. over Ultimo Dragon with the Wagner Driver II to win the Grand Prix
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Indy 101 - By Trinity
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It seems when people look at the WWE’s vast selection of Divas most laugh at the prospect of a wrestling ability. Pretty girls, big plastic breasts, most of their jobs consist of posing in pretty pictures and botching matches. For the women that can wrestle, they’re often pushed down to the bottom, partially because the women that can wrestle tend to be not as attractive as others, plus men don’t care. Divas, valets, women in the wrestling industry are more of a tool, as they exude sexuality; it has to contrast the brutality and masculinity that exudes with the men. For women to share in that masculinity is often repulsive in comparison. But for some reason, women seem to thrive among the Indies. For every Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie, Stacy Keibler and Terri Runnels, there is an Alexis Laree, Alison Danger, Lucy, Trinity, Simply Luscious and Mickie that blend femininity and masculinity into one.
Its just some things that I noticed in my comparisons between the “big leagues” and the “indies”. Stupid trivial things but they are there, a lot of the better wrestlers are there, than in the WWE. Trinity is one of those that I’m really surprised she hasn’t been signed yet. She’s muscular, brunette, white, and probably is the owner of one of the best moonsaults that I’ve seen in all my years of wrestling. But the untapped talent for a women’s wrestler is there, yet as she travels, and gains a fan base, for ability.
She’s not the only one that could be held in such esteem. Alexis Laree, Alison Danger and Simply Luscious, staples of the ROH fed, blend wrestling and femininity as they develop their abilities, far better than their feminine WWE counterparts save Victoria and Jazz. Even Mickie, the lone female referee in IWA:MS sets a new precedent for women. Willing to bleed regularly, something I doubt most women agree to do, it’s shocking, yet liberating blissfully at the same time. Maybe to me its powerful, but to others it might be shocking. She’s the extreme, but there are some who don’t fall to that extreme. They give off the power and something that the WWE women seem to not have.
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US News - HSM (HSM@talkwrestlingonline.com)
UK News - Goldy (Goldy@talkwrestlingonline.com)
Int. News - Fujiwara (Fujiwara@talkwrestlingonline.com)
Indy 101 - Trinity (Trinity@talkwrestlingonline.com)
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Talk Wrestling Online Newsletter - Issue 11 - May 11th 2003
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Hey All,
Well, fresh off a week of writing songs and making sites and graphics for myself and a friend on a site called http://www.cybercelebrity.tk (Almost a music e-fed), here comes the TWO Newsletter, for all your wrestling news needs.
This month, I've added a few advertisements too. If anyone wants a plug, e-mail with a link and I will do, provided I like the site and maybe you can link to TWO on your site. One good turn, remember, lol. But the spots would be limited each week. this isn't the Internet Yellow Pages.
But nonetheless, on with the show. Enjoy.
- Mitchell Jones
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**Judgment Day Quiz and Chat**
As is our monthly tradition here at Talk Wrestling Online, we will be holding our monthly PPV Quiz and Chat night. And this month is the final pay-per-view before the full-throttle pay-per-view split between the rosters: 'Judgment Day'. So in anticipation for the big event, so far looking towards a possible showdown between HHH and Kevin Nash, as well as the already announced Team Angle v Los Guerreros in a Ladder match, why not head over to the TWO Chatrooms on Sunday, May 18th at 8pm to enter our highly popular quiz. Then from 9pm until 1am, stay along for a good ol' chat about the PPV with all the TWO regulars. The more, the merrier. So pull up a chair, get your drinks ready, and join us for 5 hours of non-stop wrestling talk.
Judgment Day Quiz and Chat
Sunday, May 18th
Quiz: 8pm - 9pm
Chat: 9pm - 1am
Quiz Rules: http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com/Quiz/quiz.shtml
Chatroom: http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com/Chatrooms/chatrooms.shtml
**Product Rating and Discussion Zone Tournaments**
Most of you own a wrestling product of some sort. Whether a video, or a video game, a book or a CD, almost all of you have at least something, if not a wide collection. But what is your favorite? What is the best of the best? It's time to have your say, and now you can, at the Talk Wrestling Online forums. Set up and maintained by my own personal lackey, Chris2k, this is a great way to voice your opinions and get your favorite product one step closer to beating off the competition. So what are you waiting for? Existing members can simply head over to the forums, then to the Product Rating and Discussion forum to cast your votes. What have you got to lose?
Current Tournament: Video Games
- WCW/NWO Revenge (N64) vs SmackDown 2: Know Your Role (PS)
- SmackDown 3: Just Bring It (PS2) vs WWF No Mercy (N64)
- Extreme Warfare Revenge 3.0 (PC) vs WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (N64)
- WCW vs The World (PS) vs Road To Wrestlemania X8 (GC)
- Fire Pro Wrestling (GBA) vs Promotion Wars 1.2e (PC)
- WWF Warzone (PS, N64, DC) vs Legends of Wrestling 2 (PS2)
- WWF Attitude (PS, N64, DC) vs WWF SmackDown (PS)
- Def Jam Vendetta (PS2, GC) vs SmackDown 4: Shut Your Mouth (PS2)
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Congratulations to this weeks mentions:
- "Shame that Jack Halewood ain't going. I'd love to smash a chair over his head a few times and steal his wallet." (draVen - UK Forum)
- "AMERICAN IDLE: Jeff Hardy stares at his phone for an hour and hopes someone gives him a call." (Dave Cheff - US Forum)
- "WOW....for once (in a long time) Vince Russo has made sense...and I agree with him" (Seabass - US Forum)
- "The LOD were a good tag team - TEN YEARS AGO." (therock88 - US Forum)
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US News - By HSM
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*WWE*
Details emerged this week about possible heat developing between Jim Ross and Vince McMahon. The Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter reported that there was an incident at the March 18 Smackdown tapings, Jim Ross was producing the commentary of Michael Cole and Tazz from the gorilla position. After the first match, Vince McMahon came over to Ross and said that he would be doing the producing for the rest of the event. Ross apparently felt Vince did this to show him up, and if he didn’t want Ross producing the announcers, he could have told him before the tapings instead of in front of everyone after the first match. Ross had been attending all Smackdown tapings, but hasn’t been doing so since the incident.
Due to the increasing amount of injuries, the WWE is working on "slowing down" their in-ring style to help cut them down. Agents have been working closely with talent on changing their styles to a slower one. Vince McMahon even spoke to much of the roster at Backlash regarding the changes in style. WWE is hoping to deliver a style that isn't as risky and dependent on big bumps and "spots." Instead, they want to carefully book the matches to tell a story.
Kurt Angle made a pitch to WWE management to let him return to in-ring action before he was technically cleared by his doctors, since he feels so much better. WWE refused to do so.
Some friends of Rob Van Dam are surprised that RVD is able to work his high impact style in the WWE schedule, because his knees are so shot.
It has been reported that WWE officials are very disappointed with the fans lacklustre reaction to Sean O’Haire. They feel that the reason for the O’Haire and Piper not getting over is down solely to the fans negative reaction to O’Haire. There is no word so far as to how this will affect Sean’s push.
It appears as if Tough Enough is not going to come back for a fourth season on MTV. Although the show did good ratings for MTV, including a huge rating for the finale, the network is apparently not interested in showing wrestling programming anymore. WWE has taken down the website for the show and taken down the show from its TV listings. No word on whether TNN would like to pick up the show.
In related news Al Snow recently signed a new contract with WWE, so even though Tough Enough might not be coming back, Snow’s job is secure in WWE. It is said that he got a lower downside than before, but that is expected to be the norm for anyone signing a new contract, because business is down. Snow has talked about opening a wrestling school in Ohio as well.
The Road Warriors, Hawk and Animal, will be working dark matches for WWE next week. The former WWE Tag Team Champions will be wrestling at the RAW taping in Philadelphia on Monday, and the Smackdown taping in Baltimore on Tuesday. WWE has been planning for around a month now to give the Road Warriors a few dark matches. The company wants to evaluate them in the ring before offering them a full time contract.
The Wrestlemania match between the teams of The Undertaker and Nathan Jones and The Big Show and Albert was changed to a pseudo-handicap match right before the PPV. Apparently all four men had gone to the Undertaker’s ranch to practice the match, but even with the practice, Jones couldn’t get it right. There is talk of sending Jones to OVW for a while. Jim Ross has gotten some heat for the signing, because he was one of the only officials to really push for WWE to sign Jones.
Billy Gunn will apparently be returning to the Smackdown brand. He should return in a few weeks. Some speculation has arisen recently that Gunn would return on RAW and be part of the Intercontinental Title Battle Royal at Judgment Day.
*NWA: TNA*
NWA: TNA is attempting to find out what the status of Jeff Hardy’s contract was with WWE. They have not been able to find out if he has a no-compete clause or not that would prevent him from working for TNA for several months. TNA is relying on Ron Killings, who was friends with Jeff in their WWE days, to act as a liaison between TNA and Jeff.
Raven is still without a contract as of today with TNA. Both parties agreed on a one-night deal that was reached prior to this weeks show.
D-Lo Brown has opened his new website at www.d-lobrown.com <http://www.d-lobrown.com>
In results from this weeks PPV:
-The winners of every match during the course of the PPV would advance to the main event of the evening, The Anarchy in the Asylum Match.
-D-Lo Brown & A.J Styles defeated Triple X (Elix Skipper & Low-Ki)
-Sabu won a three-way dance over New Jack and The Sandman
-James Storm pinned Chris Harris
-Tracey defeated Trinity and Desire in a three-way dance
-In a somewhat complicated match Christopher Daniels & Triple X defeated Jerry Lynn & The Amazing Red to become the new NWA: TNA tag team champs
-Main Event - Anarchy in the Asylum - Glen Gilbertti won to become the Number 1 contender to Jeff Jarrett’s NWA: TNA Title.
*Selected Indy Results*
- Pro Pain Pro Wrestling (3PW)
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.3pwrestling.com
Trent Acid d. Ric Blade, Da Hit Squad d. Rockin' Rebel and Jeff Rocker, Kid Kash d. Homicide, Balls Mahoney d. Ian Rotten, Josh Daniels d. Damian Adams and Chris Chetti, Roadkill/The Blue Meanie d. Joey Matthews/Christian York, 3PW champion Gary Wolfe d. Kevin Sullivan, Terry Funk d. Jerry Lawler.
- Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling.
Damien defeated Jorge Estrada. The Reverend defeated Heck Shanks, Palm Beach Boys & Bobby Hayes beat Larry Zybysko & Dobbins Bros, Big Henry Hoss defeated Simon Semen by DQ, Sonny Siaki & David Young beat Dusty Rhodes & New Jack.
- Major League Wrestling.
http://www.majorleaguewrestling.com
Paul London pinned Jerry Lynn (accompanied by ``Fallen Angel`` Christopher Daniels) Masada defeated Don Juan and Fast Eddie, Homicide pinned ``Fallen Angel`` Christopher Daniels, Samoan Island Tribe (Samu & Mana) defeated Los Maximos, Michael Shane (with the debuting Francine) pinned Norman Smiley (with the debuting Taylor Vaughn), Raven pinned CM Punk, Fuego Guerrero (The Amazing Red) pinned Ikuto Hidaka with Zero Gravity MLW Global Tag-Team Crown Tournament finals: CW Anderson and Simon Diamond defeated ``Dr. Death`` Steve Williams and PJ Friedman to become the first GTC Champions #1 Contenders Match: Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka via disqualification, La Parka pinned Sabu, Terry Funk defeated Steve Corino.
That’s all for this week catch you next week.
HSM
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UK News - By Goldy
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Hi and welcome once again to the TWO UK Scene News section. I am feeling all rested and refreshed after a mini break last week. Hope you are all well and enjoy reading all the latest news in the world of British wrestling. Lets start off with some show results:
- All Star Wrestling - Fairfield Halls - Croydon
Quarter Final: Five Star Flash def Mal Sanders
Quarter Final: American Dragon def Santino Herbert
Quarter Final: Robbie Dynamite def Murat Bosporus
Quarter Final: James Mason def Steve Grey
Semi Final: American Dragon def Robbie Dynamite
Semi Final: James Mason def Five Star Flash
Non Tournament: PN Neuz def "The Superflys" Ricky Knight and Zebra Kid when PN Neuz pinned Knight
FINAL: American Dragon def James Mason to become the new World Heavy-Middleweight Champion.
- EWF - Widness
Hade Vanson def Hot Stuff
Julio Torres def Tiger Ali
Barbarian def Colosus
PN Neuz def Frankie Sloan
Gangrel and Luna def Ricky Knight and Sweet Saraya
The owner/promoter of The Wrestling Alliance, Scott Conway has delivered the sad news that TWA will be moving to Thailand in July, where he is planning to run regular shows. On a slightly brighter note Conway will be promoting some final UK dates before he moves to Thailand.
In other TWA news, Jonny Storm the current TWA Welterwight champion is heading their weekend training camp on the 24th and 25th of May. The cost of this weekend is £100. For further details e-mail TWAwrestling@aol.com
Dropkixx have announced they are holding a charity show in aid of the British Arthritis Foundation. This event will be held on May 16th 2003 at The Community Centre, Norton Kirby, South Darenth. The line up for the show will include:
A four man knockout tournament consisting of:
Curve/Stixx/Cruise and Lee Brag
"Flying" Ashley Read vs Tony Sefton
Christian Cooper vs Paul Robinson
Matt Long vs Peter Nixon
"Golden Boy" Aidan Nathans vs Ashe
Also making a guest appearance will be David Prowse, for those that don't know him this is the actor who played Darth Vader in the Star Wars films. As well as UK stars past and present to include Wayne Bridges, Keith Haward, Tony Scarlo, Frank Rimer plus many more. Tickets cost £12 ringside and stage, all other seats will cost £8. For ticket information ring 07884 176062.
NWA UK Hammerlock have released details of a couple of training camps. First, they are holding a two day training camp to be held on the 28th and 29th of June 2003. This camp will be held at:
The NWA UK Hammerlock wrestling gym
Rear of East Street Sports Centre,
Sittingbourne,
Kent
ME 104BL UK
Secondly, Hammerlock have decided to hold their ninth annual summer training camp. The venue for this years summer camp is:
The Army Cadet Centre,
Jefferstone Lane St Marys Bay,
Romney Marsh
Kent
Starting on the 10th of August running to the 16th of August 2003. For details of either of these training camps please e-mail nwauk@hammerlockwrestling.com
Granada Television who own the majority of the entire ITV network will be filming the training taking place at the NWA UK Hammerlock Wrestling training centre in Sittingbourne, Kent on Saturday the 10th of May. I will keep you all updated as to when this footage is due to air.
More matches have now been added to the Frontiers of Honour show line up. This is the latest card:
Jody Fleisch vs 'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels
Flash Barker vs Low Ki
Jonny Storm vs AJ Styles
Jack Xavier vs Mikey Whipreck
James Tighe vs Paul London
The Family vs Alex Shane, Ulf Herman and Nikita
Birchill vs Duke Of Danger and Simmons ( with buttercup )
Zebra Kid vs Samoa Joe
Tickets are already selling extremely well, anyone wishing to purchase tickets should either visit http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk or ring 0870 5344 444 or you can actually buy tickets in person from selected Virgin Megastores, Beatties, and Waitrose. Not forgetting the Frontiers Of Honours fan slam to be held the next day (May 18th) at The Electroworks, Torrens Street, London N1. Entry will cost £7 and the event will run from 1pm to 5.30pm. This will feature a live ROH roster (excluding Daniels), an RF shoot interview and an FWA questions and answers session. Following on from that there is an FOH Job Squad Pub Night to be held at the usual venue at Pages Bar, 75 Page Street, London. Doors open at 6pm and tickets cost £4 each (over 18s).
The FWA have confirmed that 'Fallen Angel' Christopher Daniels will be holding a training seminar on May 18th at the Garage Gym in Wigan. For details contact Lee at http://www.garage-gym.com
Speaking of FWA and ROH Jody Fleisch will be wrestling for Ring Of Honour on their May 31st card partnering Slim J as part of the Special K to wrestle against the Backseat Boyz.
Finally continuing with the FWA, a date has been set for British Uprising 2. It will take place on Saturday the 18th of October at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
May 17th seems to be the day to go to a UK show as there are no less than three shows being held on this day. What with the FWA holding their Frontiers Of Honour show, All Star are also holding a show at Victoria Hall Hanley ( for ticket information ring 01782 213800 ) and not forgetting Brawl who are also putting on a show at Lodge Park Leisure Centre in Corby, Northampton. For details visit http://www.brawl2002.cjb.net
The latest edition of Alex Shanes ' Shooting Gallery ' is now up at http://www.alexshane.com again it is a very interesting read, with part one of his British Breakout diary included.
Thats it for this weeks news, please remember to check out Adam Sibleys UK scene column every weekend at http://www.talkwrestlingonline.com for all the latest goings on in the world of British wrestling, whilst you are there be sure to read Adams TWO/FWA show review for a very interesting piece about Adams day promoting this event. We at TWO would all like to say a very big well done to Adam on a very successful show!
Thank you for reading.
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International News - By Fujiwara
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NJPW:
NJPW 29/4/03
1. Toru Yano beat Naofumi Yamamoto (7:48) with a crab hold.
2. Minoru Fujita beat Ryusuke Taguchi (8:33) with the BONEYARD.
3. Jado & Gedo beat Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (9:35) when Jado used the Crossface of JADO on Guerrero.
4. Osamu Nishimura & Hiro Saito beat Dan Devine & Super Crazy (9:40) when Nishimura used a Cobra Twist on Crazy.
5. Takashi Iizuka & Masahito Kakihara beat Makai #4 & Makai #5 (6:05) when Kakihara used an Inazuma leg lariat on Makai #4.
6. Jushin Thunder Liger, Koji Kanemoto & El Samurai beat Tiger Mask 4, AKIRA & Heat (14:01) when Kanemoto used an ankle hold on Heat.
7. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara beat Tadao Yasuda, Ryushi Yanagisawa & Makai #2 (6:06) when Tenzan used a diving headbutt on Makai #2.
8. Yuji Nagata, Yutaka Yoshie & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoshihiro Takayama, Mike Barton & Shinya Makabe (17:02) when Nagata used a backdrop suplex hold on Makabe.
NJPW Ultimate Crush results: Tokyo Dome Show
1. #1 Contender Match for the IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroyoshi Tenzan beat Hiroshi Tanahashi in 10:24 with the Tenzan Tombstone Driver.
2. Ken Shamrock defeated Takashi Iizuka in 11:44 with the Ankle Lock.
3. IWGP Jr. Tag Titles: Jushin Thunder Liger & Koji Kanemoto beat Heat & Tiger Mask IV in 19:50 when Kanemoto used a Tiger Suplex hold on Heat to retain their titles.
4. Vale Tudo Rules: LYOTO (Ryoto Machida) defeated KENGO Watanabe by decision after 3 5:00 rounds.
5. Vale Tudo Rules: Tsuyoshi Kosaka beat Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar at 2:58 of Round 1 due to doctor stoppage when Dolgorsuren dislocated his left elbow.
6. Vale Tudo Rules: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Jan Nortje at 3:12 of Round 2 (8:12) with a guillotine choke.
7. Vale Tudo Rules: Josh Barnett beat Jimmy Ambriz at 3:05 of Round 1 by referee stoppage due to repeated punches.
8. Vale Tudo Rules: Kazuyuki Fujita defeated Manabu Nakanishi at 1:05 of Round 3 (11:05) by referee stoppage due to repeated punches.
9. Ensen Inoue beat Kazunari Murakami in 6:33 by referee stoppage due to repeated punches.
10. No Time Limit Match for the GHC Heavyweight Title: Kenta Kobashi defeated Masahiro Chono in 28:27 with a short-arm lariat to retain his title.
11. IWGP Heavyweight Title vs. NWF Heavyweight Title: Yoshihiro Takayama beat Yuji Nagata in 18:17 with a Everest German Suplex hold to unify the titles.
Masahiro Chono worked his match with Kenta Kobashi from Pro Wrestling NOAH in considerable pain as he worked the match with torn ligaments in knee. No word yet as to whether Chono further injured the knee during the bout. Chono will be taking some time off now to nurse his injuries.
AJPW
No news or results from All Japan this week. The company is still not doing well financially but is hanging in there.
Zero – 1
Result: 02/05/03
1. Don Arakawa & Jun Kasai beat Acid & Fugofugo Yumeji in 10:11 when Kasai used a rolling cradle on Yumeji.
2. Tengu Kaiser (Kamikaze) defeated Fuyuki Takahashi in 6:57 with the Tengu Tornado.3. MIKAMI & Wataru Sakata beat Naohiro Hoshikawa & Yoshito Sasaki in 14:59 when Sakata used a Boston Crab on Sasaki.
4. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kazuhiko Ogasawara, & Katsumi Usuda defeated Hideki Hosaka, Masato Tanaka, &
Kuroge Wagyuta in 12:31 when Ogasawara was using repeated fist thrusts on Wagyuta, which made the referee stop the match.
5. Determination Match for the vacant NWA Intercontinental Tag Titles: C.W. Anderson & Steve Corino beat Kohei Sato & Hirotaka Yokoi in 9:53 when Corino used a small package hold on Yokoi. Mr. Fred Rubenstein was the ref and he made a fast count for Corino at the end.
6. ZERO-ONE International Jr. Heavyweight Title: Low-Ki defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa in 24:59 with the Ki Krusher to retain his title.
7. Shinjiro Otani beat Tom Howard in 13:57 with a schoolboy cradle.
8. Matt Ghaffari & Skulu Savage defeated John Heidenreich & Sylvester Terkay in 11:36 when Terkay used the King Kong Kneedrop on Skulu.
9. Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa beat Satoshi Kojima & Keiji Muto in 18:43 when Ogawa used repeated punches in the guard of Satoshi Kojima, which forced the referee to stop the matchAfter the main event, Ogawa kept punching Kojima. Kawada made the save and said to Hashimoto, "It doesn't matter whom you have beaten. As long as you don't beat me, All Japan won't be finished."
NOAH
10/5 Result:
1. Doug Williams beat Haruka Eigen in 7:07 with a cradle.
2. Masao Inoue defeated Tommy Drake in 11:58 with an Argentine Backbreaker.
3. Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Morishima beat Kishin Kawabata & Naoki Sano in 16:07when Ikeda used the Ikeda Lock on Kawabata.
4. Scorpio & Bison Smith defeated Tamon Honda & IZU in 16:29 when Smith used an iron claw slam on IZU.
5. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & KENTA beat Takashi Sugiura & Kotaro Suzuki in 14:02 when KENTA used a Busaiku knee kick on Suzuki.
6. Naomichi Marufuji, Yoshihiro Takayama, & Akira Taue beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yoshinari Ogawa, & Takeshi Rikio in 18:22 when Marufuji used the Shiranui on Kikuchi.
7. Jun Akiyama, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Mitsuo Momota defeated Makoto Hashi, Kenta Kobashi, & Akitoshi Saito in 23:24 when Akiyama used a brainbuster on Hashi.
The UK’s own Doug Williams is currently working a tour for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Things are going well for him so far. I wish him the best of luck over there and hope that he doesn’t get the foreign star treatment that Misawa and co. dish out ie. Jobbing him at the bottom of the card every show. Doug is a tremendous talent who is beginning to be recognized as such around the world.
Other News:
In other news this week ultimo Dragon has spoken to Japanese press saying that he has signed with the WWE and should be making his debut around Judgment Day. I remain optimistic about Ultimo in the land of the giants and hope that Vince and co. will not waste the fine piece of talent the Dragon is by say jobbing him to Bill De Mott or the A-Train.
LUCHA LIBRE
EMLL
6/5 result:
1. Explosivo & Sombra de Plata beat Super Comando & Vaquero
2. Halcon Negro/Reyes Veloz/Valentin Mayo defeated Sombra de Plata/Alan & Chris Stone
3. Fuerza & Juventud Guerrera/Super Crazy beat Brazo de Oro/Tony Rivera/Safari
4. Bestia Salvaje/Black Warrior/Emilio Charles Jr. defeated Olimpico/Villano III/Villano IV
5. Mascara Ano Dos Mil/Tarzan Boy/Universo Dos Mil beat Atlantis/Mr. Niebla/Tinieblas Jr.
Grand Prix result
1. Felino over TARU with a desnucadora
2. Katsushi Takemura over Felino with a Death Valley Driver
3. Mazada over Virus with a armbar
4. Mephisto over Don Fujii with a La Cruceta
5. Mazada & Negro Casas are DQed
6. Katsushi Takemura over Mephisto with the Death Brand
7. Averno over SUWA by pinfall
8. Blue Panther over Takemura by pinfall
9. CIMA over Averno by submission
10. Shocker over NOSAWA by pinfall
11. CIMA over Blue Panther by pinfall
12. Shocker over CIMA with a La Reinera
13. Shocker was DQed
14. Dr. Wagner Jr. over Ultimo Dragon with the Wagner Driver II to win the Grand Prix
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Indy 101 - By Trinity
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It seems when people look at the WWE’s vast selection of Divas most laugh at the prospect of a wrestling ability. Pretty girls, big plastic breasts, most of their jobs consist of posing in pretty pictures and botching matches. For the women that can wrestle, they’re often pushed down to the bottom, partially because the women that can wrestle tend to be not as attractive as others, plus men don’t care. Divas, valets, women in the wrestling industry are more of a tool, as they exude sexuality; it has to contrast the brutality and masculinity that exudes with the men. For women to share in that masculinity is often repulsive in comparison. But for some reason, women seem to thrive among the Indies. For every Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie, Stacy Keibler and Terri Runnels, there is an Alexis Laree, Alison Danger, Lucy, Trinity, Simply Luscious and Mickie that blend femininity and masculinity into one.
Its just some things that I noticed in my comparisons between the “big leagues” and the “indies”. Stupid trivial things but they are there, a lot of the better wrestlers are there, than in the WWE. Trinity is one of those that I’m really surprised she hasn’t been signed yet. She’s muscular, brunette, white, and probably is the owner of one of the best moonsaults that I’ve seen in all my years of wrestling. But the untapped talent for a women’s wrestler is there, yet as she travels, and gains a fan base, for ability.
She’s not the only one that could be held in such esteem. Alexis Laree, Alison Danger and Simply Luscious, staples of the ROH fed, blend wrestling and femininity as they develop their abilities, far better than their feminine WWE counterparts save Victoria and Jazz. Even Mickie, the lone female referee in IWA:MS sets a new precedent for women. Willing to bleed regularly, something I doubt most women agree to do, it’s shocking, yet liberating blissfully at the same time. Maybe to me its powerful, but to others it might be shocking. She’s the extreme, but there are some who don’t fall to that extreme. They give off the power and something that the WWE women seem to not have.
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Contributors
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US News - HSM (HSM@talkwrestlingonline.com)
UK News - Goldy (Goldy@talkwrestlingonline.com)
Int. News - Fujiwara (Fujiwara@talkwrestlingonline.com)
Indy 101 - Trinity (Trinity@talkwrestlingonline.com)
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