WWF Wrestling Observer News (2.24.86)

[Bruiser Chong 0]

- William Perry was quoted as saying he would "absolutely not" agree to appear on any wrestling show.

 

- Wrestlemania will take place in three locations. The main event for the NY arena is Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a boxing match; the LA main will be Hogan vs. Bundy for the title; the main in Chicago was originally scheduled to be a $100,000 winner-take-all battle royal with wrestlers and celebrities. Perry was supposed to be the main hook, but doesn't look like he'll be there now. Meltz speculates it may have been Perry messing with Vince to show that he can't be bought by wrestling promoters.

 

Other unconfirmed matches include Bruno vs. Ventura, Savage vs. Santana, and Bulldogs vs. Dream Team (with a title change expected).

 

- SNME for 3/1 was taped on 2/15 in Phoenix. Featured was Hogan vs. Muraco, Mr. T vs. Orton is a boxing match and Bulldogs vs. Dream Team for the titles. Muraco was managed by Heenan for some reason. Bundy interfered and gave Hogan five splashes after the match. Piper and Orton wound up double-teaming the "cretinous man with the Mohawk." Meltz notes T was recently fired from A-Team for being too obnoxious for the actors to handle. The KO in the match came in the second round because T was blown up midway through the first one (which lasted two minutes).

 

- Savage beat Santana for the IC title on 2/8 in Boston, but since it won't air until 2/22, Santana will continue to defend the belt until then.

 

- Jake the Snake is in as a villain and brings a snake to ringside, that he lets slither over his fallen opponents.

 

- Other newcomers include Dory Funk (who did a run-in during a JYD/Terry Funk match), Trapper John (a guy who will make us all wish for more Uncle Elmer) and Alexis Smirnoff (useless since the injury to Volkoff wasn't as serious as first thought).

 

- WWF made front-page news in Northern California over an incident where the police were called about a disturbance near the arena in Fresno. As soon as the cops showed, Piper, Orton, and Muraco split. Piper had punched someone at the restaurant. The cops chased their car in a 100-MPH race around Fresno, resulting with the heels crashing. They then fled on foot and lost the police.

 

Later that evening, the cops got a call of another disturbance, this time, at the Holiday Inn. They got there to find Orton on the roof nude and Piper in the lobby causing a ruckus. They shot Orton twice with a taser gun, which didn't work since he was "loaded." Once they calmed down, they were arrested and spent the night in jail. No charges were brought.

 

- Jesse Ventura got his wish: he'll be a secondary lead in an upcoming Schwarzeneggar movie.

[bob_barron 0]

Thank you for posting Bruiser.

 

Piper's awesome

[Richard 0]

These are great, but I don't think each one needs it's own thread.

 

 

[Guest JohnFTW]

More awesomeness. Thanks, man.

[Vern Gagne 0]

A Predator mention, awesome shit.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

These are great, but I don't think each one needs it's own thread.

Since it looks like these will be met with open arms, what I plan to do is give each month its own thread. I'll add when I can and in the meantime, start a separate thread that will serve as an archive of sorts and hopefully be pinned. This way, links to all of the threads will be available right there. I don't want to put every single WO newsletter in one thread, since I don't care for threads that eventually grow to be dozens of pages long.

[AntiLeaf33 0]

Was it common practice for a guy to defend a belt after he lost it at a taping that won't air for a few days/weeks?

 

Now to think of it, La Resistance had a match on Heat that was taped prior to Taboo Tuesday where they came down without the tag titles despite being tag champs.

[cawthon777 0]

Was it common practice for a guy to defend a belt after he lost it at a taping that won't air for a few days/weeks?

 

It was standard practice until live TV became the norm.

 

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Anyone with 24/7 may have seen the MSG card from 11/90, where Kerry Von Erich is defending the title against Mr. Perfect, even though he'd actually lost the title to him weeks before in a match that had yet to air.

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Wasn't there situation in WCW in the early 90s where a tag team jobbed the belts befored they had even technically won them?

[Bruiser Chong 0]

Yeah, I don't recall the precise team, but this happened since WCW taped three months worth of shows at a time.

[CanadianChris 0]

Yeah, it was the Freebirds, I think.

 

Yep, Wiki confirms. They had a reign of -6 days in 1991.