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| Mark Henry dropping weight By Patrick Michael: • Mark Henry has been losing weight in the last few weeks as officials in the company have begun to ride him until he dropped the extra weight. The footage last week on Raw that was aired was a joke about the situation as his weight increased during time off earlier this year when he had both knee's scoped. His weight had always been a sore point for some as it has fluctuated at different points in his short career. He received a major push at the end of 1998 when he was given a program with Chyna. The program lasted about two months and ended in one of the most controversial moments in World Wrestling Federation history. He currently has been pulled from active competition and his tag partner D-Lo Brown has begun a strong mid-card push as evident from his Intercontinental title win in Columbus, Ohio on July 27th, which was aired for the August 2nd edition of Raw. Henry had been requested to lose around 60 pounds and he has dropped fifteen since being asked. He at his heaviest point was over 400 pounds and many want him to get down around the 330 mark. Ric Flair returns Monday By Patrick Michael: • Ric Flair will be returning to Monday Nitro this week after having accompanied his son Reid to Japan for a international amateur wrestling tournament. His son did very well and made it into the finals for his bracket. He won his two preliminary matches but lost to his opponent during the finals. Ric Flair was reported by Dave Meltzer to be very animated and supportive of his son. Flair is supposed to be making a appearance during this Monday Nitro as the show will air live out of Boise, Idaho. Dave Scherer reports that rumors circulating around the company have him working a match with Shane Douglas for the first time since he started with the company. Shane Douglas has been doing worked shoots since he started as they have been playing off the public heat that the two had for one another. Backstage though during the Rockford, IL show three weeks ago, Shane Douglas had approached him to shake his hand and apologize for the problems in the past. Many were not surprised that Flair accepted his apology because he is not known to carry a grudge with many others and is seen by some as too easy going. ECW gets article in EW By Patrick Michael: • Extreme Championship Wrestling has received large scale publicity for their upcoming one hour program on The Nashville Network that begins on Friday night August 27th at 8PM. It was expected that the two Fridays prior would be devoted to explaining the history and current storylines of the company but the idea has now been dropped. The latest mainstream publication to cover the company was the magazine Entertainment Weekly that featured a one page article on the company and had comments from TNN officials and Eric Bischoff also had comments on the company. The story largely focused on the more violent content and showed a picture from the Heatwave pay per view of D-Von Dudley powerbombing a bloody Spike Dudley through a flaming table. Eric Bischoff said that TNN officials must control the content that they will allow to be aired. That if the violence, swearing, and blood go out of control, then it would have negative effects across the entire wrestling world. TNN officials were quoted as saying that Paul Heyman and other ECW officials have strict guidelines on what can be shown. That the biggest concerns were over swearing violence against women. Stevie Richards to sign with WWF By Patrick Michael:• Independent star Stevie Richards is very close if not having already signed with the World Wrestling Federation. The former Extreme Championship Wrestling workers has been working with the NWA for the last year and a half as many questioned his health after several major neck surgeries in late 1997. He has received final medical clearance from doctors and the WWF was satisfied with the progress that he had made. The company has wanted to bring him in but wanted him to be a wrestler rather than a manager. The neck injuries that he suffered in 1997 have kept the company from signing him however. Stevie Richards popularized the stooge gimmick in ECW as a follower of Raven. Coming to ringside with strange clothing, feuding with women, dressing in the likeness of Kiss, and the formation of the Blue World Order at the November to Remember 1996 with the Blue Meanie and Super Novak gave him a avid following. Shortly following his pay per view premiere during the April 13th Barely Legal telecast, he broke his neck during television tapings in Buffalo, New York. In a dream partner tag match with Raven against Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer, Funk dropped a piece of guardrail that landed on the top of his head. After being taken out on a stretcher and being taken to a local hospital, Richards took a leave from ECW but ended up weeks later with Raven in World Championship Wrestling. He returned to the ring during WCWs final Clash of the Championship telecast but was released soon after for failing a physical. His then announced retirement and subsequent return to ECW during the November to Remember 1997 telecast stunned fans. But after one match at the ECW Arena the week following, Richards soon left again. Since then, he underwent several serious neck surgeries that left him without a voice and in hellish pain. He routinely wrote open letters to fans about the latest on his condition. Wrestlemania 2000 to hit Gameboy By Patrick Michael: • THQ unveiled its latest wrestling game to Game Informer. The game Wrestlemania 2000 is set for release in the United States during the 4th quarter of the year, just in time for the critical Christmas season. The company secured the rights earlier this year from Acclaim, who has just released their final game for the game, titled Attitude. Gameinformer.com has pictures of the Wrestlemania 2000 game for the Gameboy. The game will feature 15 wrestlers and includes such features as championship, tag team, survival and cage matches. Lex Luger readying to return By Patrick Michael: • Bob Ryder reports that Lex Luger has been working out and is readying for a return to television with World Championship Wrestling. He was forced to sit take time off from WCW since February due to tearing his bicep during a house show match with Konnan before the Superbrawl pay per view. Despite the injury, he worked the match but was very limited and Kevin Nash worked the majority for him. Luger had made appearances on WCW television early in the spring to help the Sting/Rick Steiner feud. He was aburtply dropped though when the programmed ended at the Great American Bash pay per view. Konnan received heat as Luger blamed him for not working well and that his laziness in the ring was the cause for the injury. Luger had been proud until that point of never having to leave any wrestling company for a extended period of time due to a injury. Some ECW wrestlers test waters By Patrick Michael: • Paul Heyman and other officials in Extreme Championship Wrestling have begun to put many of the wrestlers under pressure to sign deals with the company. Many workers in the company work for ECW as independent contractors. The reason being that ECW would not have to pay for medical insurance and wrestlers would not have to seek approval before working other independent dates. TNN has told ECW to get their workers under contract before the show begins in late August. Some wrestlers have been contacting the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling about possibly signing with them. Rumors have been circulating that both the WWF and WCW are interested in signing some workers before the company starts its national television clearance. Dudleys with WWF thru August By Patrick Michael: • The Dudley Boys will be staying with Extreme Championship Wrestling through the month of August. They have agreed to verbal terms with the World Wrestling Federation but have given notice that they will stay with the company. Their last appearance is scheduled to be during TNN tapings at the final Elks Lodge New York City show on Thursday night August 26th reports Dave Scherer. |
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