Flair Promos Draw Fire
An Article by Mike Mooneyham March 11, 2001 Recent comments by Ric Flair have stirred some controversy behind the scenes. Attorney Cary Ichter, who is representing a number of former WCW performers who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Atlanta-based company, brought up Flair’s name during a court hearing in which WCW lawyers were [...]
Wilcox Makes Splash In XFL Game
March 10, 2001 Former New Orleans Saints tight end and part-time professional wrestler Josh Wilcox made an impact during last weekend’s televised XFL game. After catching a touchdown pass, the Los Angeles Xtreme star – in true wrestling fashion – went to spike the football, but instead put the ball down and dropped an elbow [...]
WCW Releases Crowbar
March 10, 2001 World Championship Wrestling has released Crowbar (Chris Ford) as a cost-cutting move to make way for other talent, including former ECW performer E.Z. Money, who is scheduled to make his WCW debut on this week’s Nitro. A number of other roster cuts are expected as WCW trims its budget in anticipation of [...]
Austin May Turn Heel
March 10, 2001 Look for Stone Cold” Steve Austin to turn heel heading into Wrestlemania. Austin believes a heel turn is best for business and would revitalize WWF ratings. The WWF, coming off a record low for Raw on TNN of 4.5, scored a disappointing 3.9 for Smackdown Thursday night on UPN. It’s a fairly [...]
XFL Continues Downward Spiral
March 10, 2001 The season may be far from over, but the outlook for Vince McMahon’s XFL looks bleak at best. Ratings continue to plummet, and despite announcing staff switches and weekly modifications, the bottom line is that the dropping numbers threaten the future of McMahon’s fledgling football league. NBC Sports President Ken Schanzer last [...]
Lou Thesz Autobiography A Winner
A Review by William Murdock March 7, 2001 As much a winner on the page as he was in the ring, Lou Thesz’ autobiography “Hooker” gives you a front-row ringside seat as he takes you through the bizarre and colorful world of professional wrestling. Lou’s story unfolds the rich and almost forgotten past of professional [...]
Arn Anderson Serving Suspension
March 3, 2001 Arn Anderson is serving a two-week suspension handed down by Eric Bischoff because of a recent incident at Nitro. In yet another case of the inmates running the asylum, Lex Luger and Bagwell didn’t do exactly what Anderson had directed them to do, which is not atypical of a many WCW performers, [...]
WWF Reeling From Lawler’s Departure
An Article by Mike Mooneyham March 3, 2001 The King has left the building. Jerry Lawler, who with longtime partner Jim Ross formed one of the top announcing teams in wrestling history, walked out on the World Wrestling Federation last week following the firing of wife Stacy Carter. The WWF, which for the past several [...]
A Grand Tradition Comes To A Close
Posted by Mike Mooneyham on March 25, 2001 · Leave a Comment
Commentary by Mike Mooneyham March 25, 2001 Turn out the lights. The party’s over. If you listen closely enough at the conclusion of this week’s Monday Nitro, you might be able to hear the Texas twang of Dandy Don Meredith in the background signaling an end to one of cable television and professional wrestling’s grandest [...]
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