Welcome back to TPWW.net for our first edition of the news and rumors
in the month of May. There was no report on Tuesday, I will however
explain everything at the end of this report though. With that said,
it's time to get started.
As reported on the TPWW Newsboard last night, Bill Goldberg has
bought out his AOL Time Warner contract and is now a free agent. I have
heard that he finalized everything on Monday and it was AOL Time Warner
that pushed him to accept a buyout, since he was the last "old" WCW
wrestle to still be under contract. Goldberg accepted the buyout, however,
he still has earned nearly 100% of what he would have made if he would
not have accepted the buyout. So what does this mean? It means that
if Goldberg wanted, he could sign with the WWF or any other wrestling
promotion at anytime he wants. What is the reality? The reality is
he is hurt for the time being. He injured his arm as a result of his
temper during a charity race a few weeks ago. Goldberg has mentioned
in the past that he was not interested in wrestling for the WWF because
he believed their material was not suitable for kids. Goldberg mentioned
yesterday in a radio interview, he has nothing with Vince McMahon and
would not rule out a possibility of wrestling with the WWF in the future.
The only thing to do now is patiently wait and see if anything comes
from this. Though Goldberg is a free agent now, he could technically
never wrestle ever again, that is, if he chooses that option. I would
like to see Goldberg in the WWF sometime soon, but only if they pushed
him right. I could just see the WWF hyping him a lot but to only be
just like another general main eventer like Triple H, The Rock, Kurt
Angle, or Steve Austin after a few weeks. That's what I don't want to
see happen to him.
Lita sucessfully underwent neck surgey earlier this week. Everything
went well during the sugury and she will now rest, and then eventually
rehab. She will be out for at least six months, however, as with
Stone Cold Steve Austin, Rhyno, and Chris Benoit to name just a few
who had similiar situations with their neck, I would expect Lita to
be out of action for 8-10 months. I would not rule out the possibility
of her returning sooner to be at ringside during the Hardy's matches.
Faarooq's knees have been bothering him for well over a year now
and it has been known that his career was winding down slowly. The
latest rumor is that he is looking to end his career as a wrestler. I
have heard no rumored time frame, which means he may be looking to
retire as soon as possible, or very soon. He has already had meetings
with the company to serve as a road agent.
The latest rumor is that Scotty Too Hotty's neck is more severe then
what Stone Cold Rhyno, or Chris Benoit ever had. The rumor continues
as it is suggested that this neck condition will be the cause of his
retirement, whether that is to happen shortly after his recovery from
neck surgery, or a few years afterwards. I feel sorry for Scotty,
whether you like him or not, it's sad especially at his young age
that a chronic condition must always keep him down and possibly end
his career.
WWF wrestlers are praising the roster split saying the traveling
is a lot easier, lines for catering are not as long, and the lockerrom
is not as crowded.
Larry Zbyszko has recently filed three different lawsuits against
Vince McMahon and Chris Jericho. Zbyszko is suing for the WWF using the
phrase "Living Legend." The name was trademarked by him years ago for
his use in wrestling, and the WWF has been notified by his attorneys
about the trademark. The WWF apparantely have ignored the notices.
Zbyszko was one of my favorite announcers back in WCW, but I honestly
think he has really been harsh on the WWF. It's one thing to have a
beef with someone (as he does with Vince McMahon), but his comments
he made at a recent wrestling PPV (I believe it was the WWA, if not,
then it was the XWF) was just low class.
It is being reported that Vince McMahon made the final decision
to the finish of the main event the day of Backlash. He was not sure
whether to have Triple H or ______ (insert WWF World Champion's name)
win the match, but obviously decided ______ (insert WWF World Champion's name).
More developmental wrestlers will be sent to both Raw and Smackdown
in the near future. It is expected that these young wrestlers will
make their debuts at different times so they all don't get "lost"
with the rosters.
WWF Smackdown scored a 4.5 overnight rating last night with a share
of 6. The final rating is not available at this time.
I liked Smackdown last night, except for the Vince McMahon and
Stacy Kiebler segments. I don't like how Vince books himself to have
an affair, or attempt an affair with Trish Stratus, Torrie Wilson, and
now Stacy Kiebler. My thought is though, this would have storyline would
have worked a lot better when Vince was still at odds with his wife
Linda a year ago. The last we saw Vince and Linda, they were a happy
couple. This all happened on TV, so it's not like Linda won't find
out about it, and would she simply ignore it? I think not. I hope they
don't bring back the divorce angle on TV, but I doubt they will.
Last nights World Title match was ok. Jericho carried the match,
but ______ (insert WWF World Champion's name) is just so slow and
can barely move. In case I didn't make it clear, I don't mind his
comeback, he deserves it, but he doesn't deserve to be carrying the
title belt around for any period of time more then a week. He has done
a lot for the wrestling business, but the world title belt means you
are the best in that promotion. While not every former world champion
was the best wrestler in the promotion, it is so obvious that
______ (insert WWF World Champion's name) is not the best wrestler
or even a good wrestle currently in the WWF. This title reign bothers
me so much that I would rather not have to say or type his name. I don't
care if that is disrespectful or not because in my opinion, he is the
world title is being disrespected while he carries it.
Monday night on Raw, Ric Flair, Bradshaw, and Stone Cold Steve Austin
will team up to wrestle the nWo (Hall, X-Pac, and Big Show). This storyline
unfortunately bores me, and this will be the third week in a row where
the nWo is inserted into a tag team match. It looks as if Ric Flair
is turning heel, and personally, if it is going to happen, I would rather
they just would get it over all ready rather then having it happen
either this Monday night or sometime afterwards. It's not like everyone
is going to be in shock, "OH MY GOSH! RIC FLAIR JUST TURNED HEEL! WHY!
WHY! WHY!" By the way, this shows how poor thinking the WWF writers
are. The Big Show joins the nWo, then the following week he is on a
WWF tour. Why not switch with another wrestler or hold off Big Show
joining the nWo. With Show not on Raw this past week, it totally makes
his affiliation with the nWo being no big deal. Gosh, has the WWF
totally killed the nWo excitement or what?
I mentioned early on I had an explanation why there was no report
earlier this week. The answer is, I have decided to write the news and
rumors report once a week now. When the "old" WCW and ECW died over
a year ago, news got scarce and it was hard to do a daily news report.
With the roster split now finding reliable news or rumors has gotten a
lot harder. The storylines move slower since each group of wrestlers
is only on once a week now rather then twice. It is my hope that
with a report once a week, there will be more to write about, both
with news/rumors, and storyline speculation. Frankly, I believe it is
the best decision for the news and rumors. However, if there is a lot
of news that does breakout, or a huge development happens from a PPV
or Raw, then obviously I would write during the week sometime. Other
that that though, these reports will be updated sometime during the
weekends.
Lately I have been recieving numerous e-mails which included various
subjects but no text in the body. I noticed I was recieving these e-mails
from about 8 different addresses each day. After confirming this with
our friend Rajah, it is virus related. This particular viris goes through
the cache of a person's computer and collects e-mail addresses and
sends this stuff I mentioned. So this made me think. If I am recieving
these weird e-mails, I am thinking some of you may be recieving similiar
e-mails from myself that are very similiar to what I have described.
Though none of these e-mails have attachments, I am still getting them
everyday. The only time you should ever recieve an e-mail from myself
is if you wrote to me and I am replying. So if you have gotten any of
these e-mails from my Martin@tpww.net or MartinTPWW@hotmail.com) e-mail
addresses, I have not sent those. Just as an unofficial disclaimer, I
do not open attachments from e-mails, and I never will send anyone
an e-mail that includes an attachment.
That will do it for this edition of the news and rumors. Before
going, the Top Ten
List and The
Right Angle have both been updated. They both are excellent reads
so if you have the extra time, please read them and e-mail them
feedback. With that said, thanks for reading everybody,
and have a great weekend. Later.
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