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Chairshots 6/29/01

"I'm still buying," was funny.

Mick Foley to Host Robot Wars
Beginning Monday, August 20th, TNN will start airing "Robot Wars" at 8pm, right before WWF Raw is War. The host will be Mick Foley! From TNNOnline.com: “Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors is a revolutionary sport in which teams design and build radio-controlled fighting machines to battle it out to see whose robot is supreme. Only the elite robots will take on the dreaded and infamous "house robots" whose only purpose is to maim and destroy (one house robot uses a flaming 2x4 wrapped in barbed wire, the other uses a sweat sock.) The competitors rely on their lighting-fast reactions and driving ability along with the imaginative and effective design of their robots to defeat their mortal enemies.” And the media said that TNN would never find a way to shake the hillbilly network image.

Scott Hudson Gets a Job
Scott Hudson, the former WCW announcer, reportedly has a meeting at WWF headquarters this week. It is expected that he will be offered a job as a WCW play-by-play announcer. It is still unknown who would be the color commentator with Hudson, although the name Jerry Lawler continues to get a lot of talk.

Chris Adams Arrested
From the Dallas Morning News 6/28/01: “Professional wrestler Christopher Adams turned himself into Collin County authorities Monday on manslaughter charges in connection with the April 2000 death of a Dallas woman. Linda Kaphengst, 30, died from an overdose of alcohol and Gamma-Hydroxy-Butyrate (GHB) April 22., according to the Collin County medical examiner. She had been at a Far North Dallas apartment early that morning with Mr. Adams, who also overdosed, police said. Mr. Adams, 45, who wrestled professionally under the name "Gentleman Chris," was released on a $25,000 bond Monday night, authorities said. He faces a second-degree felony charge of causing the death of an individual, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $2,000 fine.” For those of you saying “Chris Adams who?” Adams is an old school wrestler from the 80's. He was a top star for World Class Championship Wrestling. With partner Gino Hernandez the "Dynamic Duo" heel team feuded with the Von Erich brothers, and as a babyface he held the WCCW World Heavyweight title, defeating Rick Rude for the belt. Later, he also ran his own wrestling school out of Dallas, with his most famous student going on to become Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Chris Benoit Injury Update
WWF.com reported that Chris Benoit had his neck surgery Thursday in San Antonio, TX. After undergoing tests, Benoit opted to have a more in-depth surgery and will be out at least six months (2002!) He could have had a "quick fix" surgery that would have gotten him back to the ring sooner, but he then might have needed another surgery in a year or two. This surgery should bring him back to 100% health. Benoit is resting at the hospital and has already met with a therapist. The WWF also said that the operation was taped and footage will be shown on Heat this week. The operation was performed by Dr. Lloyd Youngblood, the same man who operated on Steve Austin. I can’t think of anything funny to say, so I’ll just be random. BUY MORE CORN!

Rappin with Linda McMahon
A conference call was held Thursday morning with WWF CEO Linda McMahon and CFO August Ligouri to discuss fourth quarter earnings and review prospects for the coming fiscal year. Among the non-boring parts:

• Losses for the company were less than expected over the last quarter. (That’s good.)
• There are plans to schedule live WCW house shows, and possibly three or four separate WCW PPVs in the coming year, with the first tentatively scheduled for October.
• There are currently no plans for a separate WCW television show. The reason Linda McMahon gave for not doing a separate show for WCW is that in the current TV and advertising market there may not be sufficient revenues to justify the increased production costs. The reason Linda McMahon gave for not doing a separate show for WCW is that in the current TV and advertising market there may not be sufficient revenues to justify the increased production That may change depending upon the success of WCW house shows and PPV events.
• Smackdown will go live on Thursday nights which Linda believes will help ratings, and she blamed wrestling internet sites for "Smackdown Spoilers" that inhibit viewership. Yeah! Bad internet sites! Bad! (FanboyPlanet.com pats itself on the back.)
• There will be a possible WCW tour of Asia in September or October.  There are also projected programming and PPV deals in foreign markets which will add significantly to revenues. 
• Linda declared Tough Enough on MTV a success, with a guarantee of thirteen shows. She also talked about the success of Smackdown Records, which will release a "Tough Enough" album in September (already??) and has signed its first band, "Erotica". There was also talk of the success of "The Mummy 2", and that the prequel "Scorpion King", now being filmed, will earn the WWF a production fee of $2 million and The Rock will receive a flat guarantee of $5.5 million plus a progressive percentage of box office revenues. Finally, Linda talked about the possibility of the WWF co-producing future movie deals with major studios such as Universal and Paramount. 
  
  

WCW invades WWF House Shows
With so many big name WWF stars on the injured list, some of WCW's biggest stars are picking up the pace and wrestling WWF house shows. Scheduled for the July 1st show in Spokane, Washington, Booker T will defend his WCW World Title against Buff Bagwell. Also, WCW Cruiserweight Champion, "Sugar" Shane Helms will take on Chavo Guerrero Jr. for the Title. Chris Jericho vs. William Regal is the main event. Hurry back Rocky!

Rappin with DDP
Diamond Dallas had a new rant at his ddpbang.com site. Here's some highlights:

·        Says that all the rumors about the WWF locker room being great are true.

·        The entire WWF has a "I Love to Be Here, I Love My Job" feel.

·        Page also says that the WCW rings are 18 feet across and the WWF's are 20 feet. He says it's a real difference running the ropes and by God the WWF is so great to have a bigger ring. (Ass-kisser)

·        He's been hanging with the Big Show and making him run his fat ass off too. (About time)

·        Page said he always felt like he was getting screwed in angles in WCW but never thinks of it now in the WWF. (maybe cause he’s been in the WWF for about 2 weeks?)

·        DDP begs people to boo him for being a coward as he is the EVIL DDP. (Ass-kisser)

·        He says that he and Sara's hair pull thing was like Roseanna Arquette and Tony Soprano in True Romance. Then he says to go rent True Romance.

Tough Enough Episode #1
Tough Enough made its season debut last night on MTV and it was pretty good. If you missed the show, you can read a full recap here.

For the rest of you that did see it, I’ll offer my thoughts on who my predicted winner is for the show. Keep in mind I have the right to change my mind at anytime.

Male Winner: Chris, the guy from Harvard (not Chris that wears the extremely gay dog collar) already has three months wrestling training on all the other contestants. He’s got the right look and his background of Harvard gives him a ready made gimmick to enter the WWF with. The Genius 2001!

Female Winner: Paulina has size and looks above the rest of the female cast. It’s a fair estimation to call her “the blonde Chyna.” She’s easily the front runner, but when it comes time for those nude playboy spreads, will she have the balls? Wait, I didn’t mean it like that.

Next to go: Darrel is turning out to be a 25 year old couch potato. There is no way in hell he can make it as a WWF Superstar. But will the judges keep Darrel in the cast for his “entertainment” value? Look how long Jerry “the bitch America loves to hate” Manthey lasted on Survivor 2. The first person to leave the show should set the tone for how the rest of the series will go.

I guess that’s all for today. I have to go rent True Romance now cause the EVIL DDP told me to.

Michael Goodson

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