Bischoff Testifies At Gold Club Trial
By Mike Mooneyham July 28, 2001 Ex-WCW president Eric Bischoff made headlines last week, but they had little to do with pro wrestling. Bischoff returned to Atlanta, the former headquarters of WCW, to testify at the sensational Gold Club trial and describe his role in alleged sex shenanigans at the posh strip club. The landmark [...]
Gordy Leaves Behind Colorful Legacy
By Mike Mooneyham July 22, 2001 “Bad Street” will never be quite the same. Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy, who along with Michael “P.S.” Hayes and Buddy Jack Roberts formed one of the hottest teams in the wrestling business during the ’80s, died Monday at the age of 40 at his home in Rossville, Ga. Gordy, [...]
Angle Breathes Life Into WCW
By Mike Mooneyham July 14, 2001 It was quite a week in the world of sports entertainment. Dale Earnhardt Jr. revisits the site of a NASCAR tragedy and in storybook fashion captures the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Cal Ripken wins the MVP award in his last appearance in an All-Star game and homers on the [...]
Buff Gets Boot From WWF
By Mike Mooneyham July 14, 2001 Marcus “Buff” Bagwell, who apparently graduated from the Lex Luger school of prima donnas, was fired after only a couple of weeks with the WWF. Buff “The Stuff’s” terrible track record at WCW unfortunately carried over to his two-week stint with the WWF, where he was able to alienate [...]
Eddie Guerrero – Q&A
An interview with Eddie Guerrero Conducted by Mike Mooneyham The World Wrestling Federation sure didn’t need any extra help, but the acquisition last year of four of its rival’s most talented performers provided an instant bump in the ever-widening ratings margin between the two major promotions. “The Radicals”- Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn and [...]
The New WCW: Where’s The Beef?
By Mike Mooneyham July 7, 2001 The WCW announcing team of Scott Hudson and Arn Anderson may have called it the greatest night in wrestling history last week on Raw, but most fans were left with one burning question: Where’s the beef? Besides the lack of main-event talent on the WCW side, there are plenty [...]
“No. 1″ Paul Jones At Church Show
By Mike Mooneyham July 1, 2001 “No. 1″ Paul Jones, one of pro wrestling’s top names during the ’70s and ’80s, will make a rare appearance as part of an event sponsored by Coward Baptist Church on Saturday. Jones will be at Friendfield Ballpark in Coward, which is located about 10 miles from Florence, to [...]
“Gentleman” Chris Adams Held On Manslaughter Charges
July 1, 2001 Veteran wrestler “Gentleman” Chris Adams turned himself in to authorities last week 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 a medical examiner. She had been at a North [...]
XFL Cuts Into WWF Profits
By Mike Mooneyham July 1, 2001 World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc.’s disastrous XFL venture forced a fourth-quarter loss of $20.4 million and cut full-year profits in 2001 to about a third of the previous year’s earnings. The WWF, which took an after-tax charge of $36.2 million on the football league’s failure, reported a loss of [...]