nWoWolfpacTV · @nWoWolfpacTV
1st Jan 2015 from TwitLonger
Ok @davemeltzerWON @LanceStorm @bryanalvarez here is a small sample...
Page 162 - States plans changed from Goldberg losing to “horrible wrestler” Hulk Hogan & instead to “horrible wrestler” Kevin Nash. Fails to mention Goldberg was also a “horrible wrestler”. Goldberg was actually worse than both Hogan & Nash in regards to knowing how to work a match. Regardless of how “horrible” the book likes to claim they were the bottom line is at that time they were all draws & were over.
Page 170 - Claims “they put all the old, stale talent on top & pushed them hard despite the fact the ratings made it clear that fans wanted new blood”. This is an assertion made out to be fact when it is anything but.
Page 173 - Mentions Eddie Guerrero’s car crash in January 1999 which nearly killed him correctly stating he fell asleep at the wheel then stating he developed an addiction to painkillers as a result of returning to quickly. While the aforementioned may be true they fail to mention as revealed by Guerrero himself in Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story that he already had a drug problem prior to the car crash & the crash happened because he took GHB for the high & was speeding. The book states years later Guerrero went to rehab & cleaned himself up becoming a success story - he was so clean that he was bigger & more ripped then at any point during his career during in his last WWE run & such a success he died at the age of 38.
Page 174 - In relation to the Goldberg vs. Scott Hall ladder match at Souled Out 1999 they surprisingly state state it was a good main event (I agree) & that Goldberg was underrated as a performer (which I agree to an extent) however they fail to acknowledge anything in regards to the veteran Scott Hall calling & therefore carrying the green Goldberg in the match (go figure).
Page 174 - Claims in theory that had the Ric Flair vs. Eric Bischoff hair match had a proper build it could have drawn a PPV buyrate or popped a TV rating while subtly mocking WCW's decision to later make the match David Flair vs. Eric Bischoff in a hair match. In a deliberate omission it makes no mention of the fact that WCW built a record audience during the first hour of that edition of NITRO with quarters of 4.9, 5.6, 6.1, & 6.5 (the 6.5 was for David Flair vs. Eric Bischoff).
Page 175 - It states the February 1st 1999 NITRO was a 2 hour broadcast when it was 3 hours. Also incorrectly states Stevie Ray had mysteriously become a major part of NITRO.
Page 177 - Claims the first taping of WCW Latino show project was a disaster so Eric Bischoff cancelled it. Since the book doesn’t mention it, the show as called WCW 'Festival de Lucha'. Konnan who picked all the junior heavyweights in WCW & outsiders from Mexico for the show claimed in his shoot interview with Highspot called “Wrestling Without Borders” that all the matches were awesome & Jimmy Hart who helped him put the show together said the show was also “awesome”. Konnan states the reason the reason show never happened is because the show would become too much work on top of NITRO, Thunder, PPV’s Saturday Night, Worldwide etc. & they didn’t want to hire more staff to produce show.
Page 179 - Says “Benoit & Malenko were outraged when word got round that Kevin Nash had referred to them as vanilla midgets” but it's true! they were.
Page 180 - Mocks the decision to take Rey Mysterio's mask off saying he was more marketable with it - asserting that Rey Mysterio was more marketable with his mask because he looked too young without the mask doesn't make it true. Is quite happy to call Roddy Piper vs. Scott Hall an “atrocious match” at SuperBrawl 1999 but fails mention that the perception of the Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair main event at the time according to critics such as Fin Martin of PowerSlam Magazine & Wade Keller of PW Torch, it was a good match & exceeded peoples expectations.
Page 181 - Says WWF never acknowledged Goldberg's challenge to Steve Austin on Tonight Show which is incorrect. Steve Austin did acknowledge it on Howard Stern. Says WCW had habit of never showing mainstream footage of anything - which isn't true e.g.
WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 6/22/98 - clips of Hollywood Hogan & DDP on Tonight Show
WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 02/22/99 - clip of Wrath is shown on Mortal Kombat
WCW Monday Nitro - Monday, 03/01/99 - clip of Meng is shown on Mortal Kombat
WCW Thunder 07/23/99 - clips of Randy Savage & Lex Luger on Arliss
WCW Thunder 08/12/ 99 - clips of Randy Savage & Dennis Rodman on Tonight Show
Page 182 - Buries Kevin Nash for putting Rey Mysterio over (go figure). No objectivity.
Page 182/83 - Blabbers on about Rey Mysterio having problems wrestling outside of WCW in Mexico a week after losing his mask. The reality is WCW paid Rey Mysterio good money to work for them & him having problems in Mexico shouldn't have been of their concern.
Page 183 - States Kevin Nash vs. Rey Mysterio was a “fiasco” which means “a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way”.
“All of a sudden WCW is on & there is Rey Mysterio Jr. beating Kevin Nash, it give T.J. (Tyson Kidd) & I a belief that we could make money in pro wrestling because we were not even on the physical scale of Bret & Owen – we were even smaller then them - & they were considered small guys” - Teddy Hart (MLW Radio - 24th May 2014)
Page 186 - Says that Rey Mysterio vs. Ric Flair was only good thing on show which is a subjective opinion. Says “Some observers strongly believe that if a wrestler is thrown into a swimming pool on every single edition of NITRO, the company would still be alive today” very intriguing information…not.
Page 187 - Says Hulk Hogan blamed DDP for the poor rating Hogan vs. DDP match did on the March 29th 1999 edition of NITRO, & said Hogan said it proved DDP wasn’t a main event quality star - no evidence is provided to back up this claim. DDP stated on one of his YouTube videos that Hulk Hogan (& Kevin Nash) made the decision that he would become WCW Champion at Spring Stampede 1999.
Page 191 - Talks about British Bulldog injury on the trap door. Conveniently forgets Davey Boy Smith was already broken down shell of himself in the year leading up to that day & was hooked on crack & morphine - as revealed by Ultimate Warrior in his Highspots shoot interview.
Page 192 - Says Goldberg decent continued because he wasn’t the main event of Spring Stampede but makes no mention to fact he beat Kevin Nash clean in semi main event of that same show (go figure). Unnecessarily buries DDP saying he was in his 40’s but looked like he was in his 50’s.
Page 192/93 - Says the Spring Stampede 1999 main event was a mess & that fans didn’t know what happened at the finish which is a subjective opinion.
Page 193 - Says Scott Steiner had become so muscular he could barley move - which isn't even remotely true. Injuries effected Scott's athletic prowess. When the wear & tear of wrestling for 12 years (pus his age) began to catch up, Scott in order to prolong his career SUCCESSFULLY reinvented himself by changing his look, persona & his ring style. Scott actually initially lost weight when he became Big Poppa Pump to take the pressure of his back. Consequently he became more lean which meant he got more ripped & give the illusion he was bigger than ever. He moved fine, his mobility didn't decrease until his WWE run due to drop foot - he damaged nerves in his foot during dying days of WCW.
Page 197 - Says Goldberg & Ric Flair were only two guys who could effect the ratings in a positive way - which isn't true. Below shows those responsible for drawing the highest quarter hour rating of each episode of NITRO during first 4 months of 99:
4 Jan 99 (6.5) FPOD/nWo beatdown of Goldberg
*7 Jan 99 (5.6) nWo B&W confront nWo Wolfpac
11 Jan 99 (5.5) Steiner w/Bagwell vs. DDP
18 Jan 99 (5.3) Hall vs. Goldberg vs. Bigelow w/nWo run-in
25 Jan 99 (5.3) Hogan/Nash/Steiner vs. Flair/Mongo/Benoit
1 Feb 99 (4.8) Steiner w/Bagwell vs. Jericho
8 Feb 99 (6.4) Outsiders vs. Flair/Mongo
15 Feb 99 (5.0) Hogan vs. Piper w/nWo run-in
22 Feb 99 (4.9) Nash/Luger int, Nash vs. Rey, Steiner vs. Goldberg
29 Feb 99 (4.3) Hogan/Nash/nWo segment
8 March 99 (5.7) Flair vs. Goldberg w/nWo run-in
15 March 99 (5.4) Hogan/Nash vs. Flair/Goldberg
22 March 99 (4.1) Hogan/Nash host Miss Nitro, Goldberg vs. Hak
29 March 99 (3.8) Hart/Goldberg segment, Bagwell vs. Smiley
5 April 99 (5.4) Hogan vs. Flair vs. Goldberg vs. DDP
12 April 99 (5.4) Sting vs. Flair, Steiner vs. DDP
19 April 99 (5.0) Nash vs. Flair
26 April 99 (4.9) Sting vs. DDP
*THUNDER
Page 204 - Says “Sid, you might recall, had left WCW about 10 years prior after nearly stabbing Arn Anderson to death”. Fails to mention that Arn Anderson also stabbed Sid Vicious & Sid may have also bled to death had Vader not applied pressure to Sid's wounds.
Page 208 - Says in unscripted moment Randy Savage slapped Torrie Wilson backstage & that she was so shocked she began to laugh on live TV which is incorrect as she was actually laughing before Randy slapped her & stopped after he did.
Page 208 - Says Hogan & Savage had a good match (surprising they put the match over) however doesn’t mention the ratings (go figure). The July 12th 1999 edition of NITRO closed the gap in the ratings to the closest margin since April 26th 1999 posting a 3.4 rating compared to a 6.0 for Raw in the concurrent two hours. Hogan vs. Savage match drew a 4.7 quarter hour rating which was the highest quarter hour rating of the show & up 1.0 from the previous quarter hour which drew a 3.7 (hang on I thought only Goldberg & Ric Flair had a positive effect on the ratings).
Page 217 - They say Jeff Jarrett had been a colourless heel in WWF who had just started to get over beating up women (funny how they never described Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko as colourless).
Page 218 - They say Goldberg won U.S. Championship from Sid Vicious via blood stoppage which made no sense because later in show Ric Flair “bled a total gusher”. Apparently these insiders don’t know that the guy they have a massive raging hard on for in Ric Flair went into business himself (like he usually does) & cut himself without permission. WCW management fought hard to get the representative from Turner’s “Standards & Practices” division to agree to let Sid bleed. The S&P rep was sold on the idea that Sid bleeding was not being done for the sake of gore, but was part of a storyline. When Flair bled in the next match, WCW management looked bad for being “unable to control their wrestlers.”
Page 224 - Claims Goldberg nearly ended his career the night after Starrcade 1999 on NITRO which is false because the incident (Goldberg punching a limousine window) occurred a few days later on a taped Thunder. Says Bret Hart, Kevin Nash & Scott Hall reformed nWo for 87th time (actually it was only the 3rd time & they don't mention that Jeff Jarrett was also apart of the reformed nWo that night). No mention of Scott Hall's promo (which was edited off Thunder when it aired) as being the reason why Goldberg was angry & punched out the limousine window.