The Passing Of A Champ
By Mike Mooneyham April 28, 2001 There were wrestlers, and there were wrestlers. Johnny Valentine was a wrestler. Over four decades covering the business, I’ve seen my share of legitimately tough customers who made their living putting their bodies on the line every night and living out of a suitcase. There was none tougher than [...]
Flair Ponders Own Promotion
By Mike Mooneyham April 8, 2001 Vince McMahon’s recent acquisition of World Championship Wrestling gave the third-generation promoter something he has wanted since he began his national expansion in 1984. And that’s total control of the wrestling business. While WCW will, for storyline purposes, run independently of the WWF, the truth of the matter is [...]
Dana Hall Apologizes To Husband
By Mike Mooneyham April 4, 2001 Dana Hall, whose on-on, off-again marriage to Scott Hall has been the topic of widespread conversation and speculation over the past several years, has issued a statement to her husband and wrestling fans that she has requested be printed. The following is her statement. Apology to All Concerned: I [...]
To The Victor Goes The Spoils
By Mike Mooneyham April 1, 2001 “To the victor goes the spoils.” Those weren’t exactly Vince McMahon’s words last Monday night as he gloated over his expanding wrestling universe, but they were mighty close to it. And they certainly weren’t those of Ted Turner, whose beloved “rassling” company was sold to his longtime nemesis in [...]