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| Re: No Way Out: -Changes were made at the PPV about how to handle the Guerrero-Mysterio-Orton storyline. Vickie Guerrero was supposed to be given a script for her segments, but at the day of the show Bruce Pritchard nixed it and just told Vickie to act natural and say what she thinks would be appropriate within the storyline. -Boogeyman tried using his OVW gimmick of taking big steps before hitting his finisher with the crowd chanting B-O-O-G-E-Y-M-A-N along with each step, but it wasn't explained on TV, so no one chanted it and as Boogey realized this, he stopped doing it and just hit his finisher. Re: Johnny Grunge: -One of the more morbid jokes among wrestlers that was going around prior to Grunge's death, was with all the recent deaths in wrestling, the fact that Johnny was alive proved that it was the 'roids and not the lifestyle that killed you. -Fans in '94 WON voting placed Public Enemy slightly behind Misawa & Kobashi and Guerrero & Art Barr in tag geam of the year category -Johnny was 400 pounds at the time of Hardcore Homecoming, but recently started losing weight as he became worried about his health, and specifically talked about how no one will take care of his two kids if he dies. Re: Dave's stab at humor -Meltzer attempted to do a parody of Cheney shooting a guy by doing a segment where he pretends Ace shot Finkel in the face, with the common thread being that both men are VPs, and how McMahon would handle the crisis vs. Dubya. This went on for half a page and was brutally unfunny and fantastically fucktarded. Re: New Japan woes -Brock vs. Akebono is the potential future main event program, although some believe they should tag as a monster team first. The two guys recently worked against each other in the main event tag team match at Sumo Hall that didn't draw well. Brock no sold Riki Choshu (Ake's tag partner) to a big pop, and then Ake no sold Lesnar's offense to a bigger pop. But, the show per Dave was considered a disappointment. Re: TNA -Jackie Gayda will doing a story where due to the explosive contents of the tape that she wants hidden, she will become the servant of JJ's faction with Gail Kim treating her like a crap, with Gayda eventually turning on them for a pop. -Raven is being held off from TV not due to storyline reasons, but due to complaining about TNA, with management trying to make examples out of people recently and trying to enforce zero-tolerance policy. -Sean Waltman was not booked due to appearing with MTV's promotion in LA -Morgan and Modest did not look good in their debut and there is no interest in bringing them in for a second time -Dutch Mantell nixes the idea bringing any talent from Puerto Rico that works for IWA, since Dutch is an ally of WWC. This causes glitches when TNA bookers try to get talent from IWA, only to have Dutch and JJ kill the deal at the last second -Samoa Joe is trying to get a deal where he would get paid a set salary per week, not a per show fee. -Jeff Hardy is not fired, or fined, but is not being used because he no showed several PPVs and tapings WWE: -Vince thinks the late '70s to mid '80s was the most creative time for him in the business and due to fond memories is trying to get wrestlers he worked with during that time into the Hall of Fame: -Blackjack Mulligan -Tony Atlas -Blackjack Lanza -AWA guys to help promote DVDs and because 'Mania is in Chicago. -Supposedly, only wrestlers that no longer work are supposed to elligible for Hall of Fame. Although Orton, Hogan, and Piper are obvious exceptions to this. This is why there is some internal debate on whether or not to let Animal be inducted this year. Flair will probably be inducted next year, along with Dusty. -The dialogue from the Mickie James "Single White Female" skit on RAW was taken directly from police depositions Vince, witnesses and alleged victim made about the groping charge at the tanning salon. -Jim Ross was doing promotional work for WWE in OK for house shows and was asked several times why is he working for WWE when he is supposed to be fired. The company is now looking for a storyline to un-fire Ross to give him kayfabe explanations for these situations -In OVW, the tag team of Snuka's son and the guy that looks like Andrew Dice Clay (not really, but that is the reason he is being booked) which was called The Throwbacks, then Super Guys, will now be called Untouchables. (Tom's Note: They are still not funny) -Everyone involved with Dancing with Stars is telling Stacy that wrestling is beneath her and she should not go back to WWE -The Mexican promoter in charge of booking buildings and etc. for WWE in Mexico paid a flat fee to have WWE come in, paying them in advance and keeping all the revenue the shows actually generate. So the size of the houses WWE draws down there does not affect their bottom line. |
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