slabinskia 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2009 I am lifting this from the WCW facts and tidbits thread. I didn't get internet access until 2000. What were some of the rumors going around on the iwc during the monday night wars. An example I took from the wcw thread would be: Eric Bischoff saying on nitro he has a surprise that Vince Mcmahan can't do anything about and the iwc claiming Shane Mcmahan was secretly joining wcw as an advisor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BruteSquad_BRODY 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 We had a long thread on this years ago. Try Mr Searchy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theone 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Shawn Michaels and Ted DiBiase tag teaming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zappafrank 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Eric Bischoff saying on nitro he has a surprise that Vince Mcmahan can't do anything about Didn't this turn out to be the Goldberg heel turn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theone 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Eric Bischoff saying on nitro he has a surprise that Vince Mcmahan can't do anything about Didn't this turn out to be the Goldberg heel turn? It was intended to be the announcement of Mandalay Sports Entertainment buying WCW for 600 mil which would have put them in a spot to potentially finally kill off Vince's company for good...that fell through, so they went on with the Goldberg turn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grenouille 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 Yokozuna may be joining the Hart Foundation this week on Raw. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dames 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 I remember there was an article in the Torch the week before Bash at the Beach '96 claiming that Lex Lugar was going to be the third man. Because of this, when Lugar was stretchered out, I figured that was their way of getting him to the back for his surprise return, ending in a heel turn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2009 I don't think anything is going to top "Bret Hart is returning to the WWF to lead The Invasion". I always forget who started that? Was it Keller? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2009 Hulk Hogan was going to leave the WWF after WM6 and work with Disney in some capacity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zappafrank 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2009 Eric Bischoff saying on nitro he has a surprise that Vince Mcmahan can't do anything about Didn't this turn out to be the Goldberg heel turn? It was intended to be the announcement of Mandalay Sports Entertainment buying WCW for 600 mil which would have put them in a spot to potentially finally kill off Vince's company for good...that fell through, so they went on with the Goldberg turn. I thought the Mandalay deal was closer to 2001, while the heel turn was GAB 2000 (June). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2009 Eric Bischoff saying on nitro he has a surprise that Vince Mcmahan can't do anything about Didn't this turn out to be the Goldberg heel turn? It was intended to be the announcement of Mandalay Sports Entertainment buying WCW for 600 mil which would have put them in a spot to potentially finally kill off Vince's company for good...that fell through, so they went on with the Goldberg turn. I thought the Mandalay deal was closer to 2001, while the heel turn was GAB 2000 (June). I think you're right. I want to say the Mandalay thing was in late 2000, followed by the attempted acquisition by Fusient around March 2001. I believe the Fusient buyout was all but done until the new head of the Time-Warner merger decided he "didn't want that redneck shit on any of his channels". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dames 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2009 I don't think anything is going to top "Bret Hart is returning to the WWF to lead The Invasion". I always forget who started that? Was it Keller? It was Bob Ryder of 1wrestling.com. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theone 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2009 Eric Bischoff saying on nitro he has a surprise that Vince Mcmahan can't do anything about Didn't this turn out to be the Goldberg heel turn? It was intended to be the announcement of Mandalay Sports Entertainment buying WCW for 600 mil which would have put them in a spot to potentially finally kill off Vince's company for good...that fell through, so they went on with the Goldberg turn. I thought the Mandalay deal was closer to 2001, while the heel turn was GAB 2000 (June). The original Mandalay deal was supposed to be closed in April of '00, but the deal got strung out over months before finally falling on its face Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2009 When the higher power was going to be revealed on Raw, the oddest rumor I read online was that it was going to be Mike Tyson. The odd thing was the source, some guy said his friend worked at a video store and Tyson and Austin came in together to rent WM 14. The clerk asked Austin who the HP was and Tyson told him it was him. Yes this was actually posted on a wrestling rumor news site as fact. Too bad I can't remember the site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theone 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2009 When the higher power was going to be revekaed on Raw, the oddest rumor I read online was that it was going to be Mike Tyson. The odd thing was the source, some guy said his friend worked at a video store and Tyson and Austin came in together to rent WM 14. The clerk asked Austin who the HP was and Tyson told him it was him. Yes this was actually posted on a wrestling rumor news site as fact. Too bad I can't remember the site. LMAO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck415 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2009 When the higher power was going to be revekaed on Raw, the oddest rumor I read online was that it was going to be Mike Tyson. The odd thing was the source, some guy said his friend worked at a video store and Tyson and Austin came in together to rent WM 14. The clerk asked Austin who the HP was and Tyson told him it was him. Yes this was actually posted on a wrestling rumor news site as fact. Too bad I can't remember the site. Sounds legit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimmyHendricks 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 When the higher power was going to be revekaed on Raw, the oddest rumor I read online was that it was going to be Mike Tyson. The odd thing was the source, some guy said his friend worked at a video store and Tyson and Austin came in together to rent WM 14. The clerk asked Austin who the HP was and Tyson told him it was him. Yes this was actually posted on a wrestling rumor news site as fact. Too bad I can't remember the site. Sounds legit. I remember that rumor as well. Not the "renting WM 14" part, but I remember reading a completely serious news story about how Tyson, unable to be reinstated into boxing, had decided to sign full time with the WWF as an on air performer/wrestler and would debut as the higher power. Of course, that never happened. I do remember reading how it actually was Vince in the outfit when he revealed his face to Austin on the RAW before the big reveal (via front row fans who saw his face). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 When the higher power was going to be revekaed on Raw, the oddest rumor I read online was that it was going to be Mike Tyson. The odd thing was the source, some guy said his friend worked at a video store and Tyson and Austin came in together to rent WM 14. The clerk asked Austin who the HP was and Tyson told him it was him. Yes this was actually posted on a wrestling rumor news site as fact. Too bad I can't remember the site. Sounds legit. I remember that rumor as well. Not the "renting WM 14" part, but I remember reading a completely serious news story about how Tyson, unable to be reinstated into boxing, had decided to sign full time with the WWF as an on air performer/wrestler and would debut as the higher power. Of course, that never happened. I do remember reading how it actually was Vince in the outfit when he revealed his face to Austin on the RAW before the big reveal (via front row fans who saw his face). I heard that version of the Tyson story at the time as well, but the video store clerk thing was funnier to post. Anyhow I always thought it was dumb that when Vince took off the cloak, he yelled "its's me Austin" when Austin already knew from the week before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 I remember that JR remarked that Austin looked like he just saw a ghost, which was kinda messed up since it was the week after Owen's death. Were they trying to give people reason to believe the accident was a work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zhangmeijie 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 The best romour that was fake but touted as real. Ric Flair is a 17 time World Champion. Bullshit of the highest order, actually he has being a promotions "World Champion" 22 times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
