Nature Boy Adds Flair To WWF Scene
By Mike Mooneyham Nov. 24, 2001 Ric Flair is back in wrestling, and all is right with the world. The WWF, which has been bumbling and stumbling ever since buying out its competition, took a major step in the right direction when Vince McMahon purchased Flair’s AOL Time Warner contract and immediately debuted the Nature [...]
Al Snow: The Good, Bad And Ugly
By Mike Mooneyham Published in 2001 Nineteen-year pro veteran Al Snow comments his favorites and not-so-favorites. His favorite wrestlers: “There have been so many. Harley Race was an incredible wrestler. Ric Flair, certainly, in his day, but he’s become very repetitive and formulamatic in doing the same match, which is too bad. Even still, in [...]
Scott Hall Regains Visitation Rights
By Mike Mooneyham Published in 2001 A Florida judge re-awarded Scott Hall visitation rights at a hearing on Jan. 31. The controversial Hall has been arrested several times in recent months and served jail time over the holidays. His visitation rights had been suspended following the latest incident. Hall’s estranged wife, Dana, expressed her displeasure [...]
Angles To Unfold At No Way Out
By Mike Mooneyham Published in 2001 The eyes of the wrestling world will be on the WWF’s No Way Out pay-per-view as two major angles leading to Wrestlemania unfold. The Rock is expected to dethrone current WWF heavyweight champ Kurt Angle to take the crown into Wrestlemania April 1 at the Houston Astrodome against challenger [...]
Dana Hall Speaks Out (Part 3)
On The Road To Destruction By Dana Hall Published in 2001 These men have gained “fame and fortune,” but they have paid for it by ruining anything good and real in their lives. They have done so at the expense of their families. I would be surprised if most of these men even knew the [...]
Dana Hall Speaks Out (Part 2)
Running Out Of Excuses By Dana Hall I have stated before that the last place Scott needs to be is in a wrestling ring, and my children and I had prayed that he wouldn’t want to be. No amount of money could be worth more of this pain, and I can almost guarantee nothing good [...]
Dana Hall Speaks Out
If You Can’t Love The One You’re With (Love The Ring Rat) By Dana Hall Published in 2001 I am once again saddened by news of my husband’s going to Japan to wrestle for New Japan Wrestling, along with the newest edition of National Examiner, which has once again been an embarrassment to my children [...]
Rip Hawk And The Fear Of Flying
An article by Mike Mooneyham Published in 2001 With a name like Rip Hawk, you’d think that flying would be this guy’s cup of tea. But for the former pro mat great, traveling on airplanes is for the birds. Hawk, who began wrestling professionally in the late ’40s and retired in 1982, has had more [...]
Stephanie McMahon: Sweet , Sassy
An article by Mike Mooneyham Published 2001 On camera, in front of millions of World Wrestling Federation fans each week, she plays a sassy, spoiled siren who loves playing games with her men. Outside the ring, Stephanie McMahon, the daughter of WWF owners Vince and Linda McMahon, is bright, warm and funny, a bona fide [...]
WWF Survival More Than An Angle
By Mike Mooneyham Nov. 10, 2001 The World Wrestling Federation vs. The Alliance – WCW and ECW. The loser must fold. A few years ago, a battle between the two organizations with survival on the line would have set pay-per-view records. But this year’s Survivor Series on Nov. 18 holds little intrigue as to which [...]