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I accidently hit F5 while finishing the timeline summary and am suitably annoyed. I may skip ahead to "Five Years of Stories" next while making sure to type it in an external application.

I dunno, would AJPW house shows with non-epic 6 man tags really be harder on the body than a house show match would be for a WWE heel who's constantly bumping to feed a babyface comeback?

I could make a good list of things said on TNT that would cause a major PR controversy today. On another note, it gets kind of annoying that whenever any type of editing occurs, someone suggests maybe it has to do with Chris Benoit, and that IMMEDIATELY becomes fact, to the point where Meltzer reports it. Considering they claimed recording errors when TNT showed replays of the shows the same evening, somebody's kayfabing somebody somewhere. Do you have a better explanation? Recording error doesn't necessarily mean that it was messed up the night it happened. WWE 24/7 has aired Nitros with video glitches before.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2008/02/19/4860418.html Why?

Paul Heyman chimes in w/ a blog post at The Sun.

They tend to use building security at the door and wrestling school students et al in the building, IIRC.

Wade Keller, on the other hand, is known to get drunk and threaten to violently judo people to death.

He goes to Subway to buy a roll with vegetables on it so he can SEND A MESSAGE and then takes it home so he can cook up a veggie burger to stick in it. What the heck?

The previous attempt at "no swearing" had been reported in the WON as part of an attempt at making the shows more family friendly while attempting to draw more kids/families.

http://www.declarationofindependents.net/d...aythefword.html The booker can't remember anything that he booked. Wonderful.

I would bet that the idea was originally for De La Hoya since it's as a babyface teaming w/ Rey Mysterio.

September 3-8: - GWF on ESPN rating rises to 1.2 for the 3rd 2 weeks. - ESPN rejects Verne Gagne's attempt to get the AWA back on the network. - ESPN asks the GWF for 46 first-run shows in the 4th quarter of 1991, but Pedicino says that it will be too expensive to produce without being paid for it. - September 5 Clash draws a 3.7, lowest rating in the history of the specials. The show peaked at a 4.3 for the Luger-Simmons contract signing. - Ric Flair signs his WWF contract, with his first match vs Hulk Hogan scheduled to be October 25 in Oakland. September 9-15: - Mexican wrestlers and referees strike over a reported deal for EMLL TV to air in prime time. - The Florida House of Representatives schedules a hearing for October 8 to discuss regulating pro wrestling. - Jim Herd is elected president of the NWA as part of the manuvering to get the big gold belt back from Ric Flair. September 16-22: - Jim Crockett returns to day to day work in WCW. - Florida hearings postponed to November 5. - Matwatch begins 8 part story on the 50th anniversary of pro wrestling on TV [i want this.] - Tom Zenk arrested on September 19 in Clayton County, GA for simple battery and posession of both marijuana and steroids. - WCW fires One Man Gang when he refuses to job to P.N. News. - Billy Black & Joel Deaton are fired from Georgia All-Star Wrestling & the GWF when they ask for $500 per show. September 23-29: - Tom Zenk is released from jail after posting $36,000 bond. - Vince McMahon leaks plans for the back to back PPV experiment with Survivor Series & This Tuesday in Texas. - Bam Bam Bigelow appears on Candid Camera. - Freezer Thompson gets a push in the USWA after being a TV job guy forever. - Tor Berg gets financing to at least keep the LPWA alive for another TV taping. September 30-October 6: - The WWF fires 26 workers due to budgetary concerns. - WCW hires Madusa to be a wrestler & manager. - Prime Time Wrestling wins the quarterly cable rankings again with a 2.7, down from a 3.0 in 1990. - Canada announces its first PPV will be Survivor Series [i'm 99% sure I have tapes of Canadian WWF TV before this that contradicts this] - The Lucha Libre strike is close to a resolution. October 7-13: - Paul Heyman is suspended from WCW by Jim Herd on October 7 for "philosophical differences, pending review." Both sides claim that it's not a publicity stunt. - Eddie Gilbert calls John Arezzi's Pro Wrestling Spotlight radio show and demands that WCW replace Jim Herd with Jack Petrik, or else the company will die. Gilbert then cancels his planned USWA title win from Jerry Lawler while blaming Herd, Lawler, Jerry Jarrett, & Jim Ross for Heyman's suspension as part of scapegoating over the WCW/USWA co-promotion idea (which was to include a joint TV taping in Memphis featuring a Lawler-Luger unification match) being dropped - Steve Planamenta, the WWF's head of PR, appears on The Larry Katz Show. - Kerry Von Erich hospitalized near his home. - Florida independent wrestler Chris Proctor is stabbed October 14-20: - Jerry Jarrett responds to Eddie Gilbert: "That's his oinion and he's entitled to it...Eddie Gilbert's accounts of the facts in this matter are inaccurate. In fact, there is a great disparity between his radio interview and reality." - Jim Herd will not respond or clear Jim Ross to make his own response. - "A 'dump Herd' campagin begins on two wrestling computer bulletin boards." - A court date of November 7 is set in the Flair-NWA dispute over the big gold belt. - Sid Justice is on the shelf indefinitely after tearing his bicep. - Jim Cornette states that he has no desire to go to WCW or the WWF in an interview on the Cable Radio Network. - Buddy Rogers quelches rumors that he was to appear for Abrams' UWF, noting that he's never spoken to Abrams. - WCW drops color commentators. October 21-27: - Paul Heyman (after a news conference for the New York media at the China Club on October 25) agrees to return to WCW as Rick Rude's manager to start the Dangerous Alliance. - Barry Windham breaks his wrist in 4 places at the October 22 WCW TV taping - Ricky Steamboat quits the WWF after 8 months with no push and refusing to do jobs in openers. - Sid Justice has surgery on his bicep. - Brad Armstrong's Arachnaman gimmick debuts. - Ric Flair tapes his first angle with Hulk Hogan, where the Undertaker attacks Hogan with the urn. - Flair says that he's willing to give up the big gold belt for $50,200. October 28-November 3: - ESPN renews the GWF for the entirety of 1992. - The Handsome Stranger leaves the GWF for WCW. - With ratings falling, Vince McMahon repackages Prime Time Wrestling, switching from the comedy-heavy show with a live audience to a McLaughlin Group parody. - Jushin "Riger" signs with WCW to work Christmas week. - Bobby Eaton, Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, and Steve Austin join the Dangerous Alliance. - Ric Flair vs Roddy Piper draws only 6,000 to Madison Square Garden. November 4-10: - Prime Time Wrestling drops to a record low rating of 1.9 with a 2.7 share. - Ed Gantner's mother testifies during the Florida hearings about his deterioration and death stemming from steroid abuse. - Curt Hennig replaces Bobby Heenan as Ric Flair's ringside manager when Jim Cornette rejects an offer for the job. - WWF's decoy main event for This Tuesday in Texas is Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair.

Here's a thread at WC where Tracy Smothers' girlfriend (MX Mark) goes over the details of living with him in the shape he's in nowawadays with his brain damage from dozens of concussions. Depressing stuff.

It's funny because it takes about 1.5 seconds to realize that "domestic dispute," "various forms of drug abuse took a toll on his mental well-being," and "brain damage took a toll on his mental well-being" are not mutually exclusive.

Let's see how much of this damn timeline I can get done so I can summarize "Four Years of Stories" sooner... June 24-30: - An inside source(~!) tells Matwatch that the Flair-Luger match scheduled for the Great American Bash PPV on July 14 will not take place. July 1-7: - The Flair shit goes down here, nothing here that's not common knowledge. - The first 2 GWF tapings draw 1,200 and 1,500 to the Global Dome/Sportatorium. - The LPWA postpones TV tapings due to monetary issues. - Dave Meltzer goes over the steroid scandal in Sports Illustrated's Scorecard. July 8-14: - Buddy Landel fired from the GWF for no-showing the July 12 TV taping. - Hulk Hogan makes THAT appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show, prefaces statements with the word "basically" 22 times. July 15-21: - Jim Herd announces that he's closing the open dialogue w/ newsletters becaue "I'm tired of being beaten up all the time" and denies that he asked Ric Flair to take a large pay cut during negotiations. - Under an assumed name, John Arezzi goes to Vince McMahon's news conference about his drug testing program and asks why more of the "wrestling media" was not invited. - Jim Ross suffers a kidney stone attack, misses a WCW TV taping for the first time ever. July 22-28: - Prime Time Wrestling is the highest rated cable show of the 2nd quarter w/ a 2.6, followed by All-American Wrestling with a 2.5. World Championship Wrestling drops to a record low 2.2. - A "Georgia Red Clay Mudbath Match" is dropped from the September 5 Clash of the Champions. - WCW agrees to a 2 year, 44 show deal w/ Center Stage Theatre after the GWF tries to get the venue for its TV tapings. July 29-August 4: - Eddie Gilbert decides against going back to WCW when he finds out that he'll be a babyface. - Stories circulate that WCW is talking with Bill Watts, Ole Anderson, and the Gagnes. - WWF TV tapings spoil Summerslam title changes. - Jim Cornette & Stan Lane send a $200 black wreath to WCW offices. The enclosed card read "Our deepest sympathies on the death of your promotion." - Dennis Brent announces on WCW's hotline that they will begin testing for steroids. Jim Herd denies it. [My note: LOL.] August 5-11: - Herb Abrams threatens to sue the GWF over use of the "Wet 'n' Wild" team name that he claims to have "copyrighted." [Herb's mistake or Steve's? I dunno.] - WCW announces that it will move its syndicated show in the NY market from WPIX to WCBS on September 21. - Tommy Rich is arrested for marijuana posession in LaGrange, GA. - Jim Herd throws a fit at Alex Marvez for reporting that he's about to be fired. - Vince McMahon invites wrestling newsletter editors & radio talk show hosts to Titan Towers for a meeting on Augest 22. - Jerry Jarrett works out a deal with the Mid-South Coliseum and resumes weekly shows there. August 12-18: - A bunch of shit hits the fan, as Matwatch quotes Jim Herd "suggesting Ric Flair was untruthful." Dennis Guthrie (Flair's lawyer) threatens a lawsuit against Matwatch. Beverly stands by the quote but explains that it wasn't his intention to knock Flair. Herd claims that the quote was off the record and never speaks to Beverly again. - Nikita Koloff quits WCW over $ issues. - Bob Caudle takes over as host of South Atlantic Pro Wrestling. - WMC moves USWA Championship wrestling from its traditional 11 AM slot to 10 AM. - Paul E. Dangerously challenges Howard Stern to a debate. - Kevin Sullivan is fired from WCW effective August 31. - Steve Beverly announces that Matwatch will fold efffective January 27, 1992. August 19-26: - The Genius (Lanny Poffo) replaces Coach (John Tolos) as manager of The Beverly Brothers. - A memo announces the long-awaited (sort of) debut of The Hunchbacks at Halloween Havoc, but it doesn't happen. - Herb Abrams cancels a UWF TV taping as reports circulate that the promotion is almost done. - The 2nd 2 weeks of GWF shows on ESPN draw a 1.1 rating, the highest daytime wrestling number ever on ESPN. - Vivian Vachon dies in a car accident.

It's been mentioned by Dave Meltzer, but it's extremely bizarre that Astin's only been charged with overprescribing painkillers to Rey Mysterio & Mark Jindrak (in numbers that honestly weren't that big, especially compared to the Benoits, though obviously Mysterio raises red flags since he lives in San Diego) when we've heard so much about the overprescribed testosterone for Benoit and now the overprescribed Lorcet for both Chris & Nancy.

Looking it up now, Lorcet may only be available in 10 mg Hydrocodone/660 mg Acetaminophen, so that really is a hell of a lot and I wonder why how their livers weren't shot from the Acetaminophen.

Daniel was sedated w/ Xanax, not Lorcet.

I believe that the coroner said that the levels of Hydrocodone in both their bodies were at therapeutic levels (of course, he also said that he couldn't determine whether or not the testosterone was at abusive levels...). The actual dosage really matters more than the number of pills.

Why hasn't this been mentioned by the wrestling sites? So there's a lawsuit and it will keep going but the request for a TRO was rejected because the issue had already been published.

Well, the Dish buys are newer info.

http://www.fayettedailynews.com/article.php?id_news=669

From Slam! Wrestling, some new ROH PPV info:

He's going through the WWE thought process, not saying those are his views on Mero.