Mid-Week Report

By Bill

"Somebody have Scotty check the transporter...it's malfunctioning again."

Trivia Question: While Greg Valentine was WWF World Tag Team Champion, his manager sold Valentine's contract to another manager. Who were the two managers involved in the transaction? (answer at the end of the report)
The mailbag:
- Jim writes:
  Just to give you a heads up. You have a link to Off The Top Rope in your history section. Apparently Mike B. sold out and got rid of the site.
  Hey, maybe someday Double Dare Trivia Digest will want to buy your domain. Call Mark Sommers (original host of Double Dare).
  For those of you who have no idea what that was all about, Off The Top Rope was one of the earlier pro wrestling pages on the Web. Earlier, as defined by me, is pre-dating DDT Digest in October of 1996. Anyway, Mike is a real nice guy who, along with Rick Scaia of Online Onslaught, was one of the two webmasters to be really encouraging to me back then when I was just starting out.
  So, I guess the question is, should I be grateful to those guys, or cursing them? ;-)
  Anyway, Mike B., if you're out there reading this, or if anyone knows his e-mail address, drop me a line.

Many of you probably remember The Top Ten Lists. I haven't posted any in a long time since I felt that "the angle had run its course". However, I got one via e-mail from Chris M. in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that I had to share:

Top Ten Signs You've Been Watching Too Much Wrestling

10.  You can't drink a bottle of water without pouring half of it over your head
     and spraying the other half all over the people around you.

9.   When watching a candidate make a mis-step during the presidential debates,
     you start a "You F***ed Up!" chant.

8.   Before shaking someone's hand, you always look around to see what the fans
     think.

7.   You accidentally turn on "Will and Grace", wonder to yourself "How can
     anyone watch this fruity crap?", then go back to watching shaved, oiled-up
     men in tight trunks rolling around on a mat.

6.   You sit down to do your taxes and discover you can only count to three.

5.   When your nephew tells you of his intention to join the FBI, you tell him
     they'll never take a non-Italian.

4.   Your wife asks you to "turn up the heat", so you start insulting her home
     town.

3.   During the last act of Les Miserables, you do a run-in from the audience and
     clothesline Inspector Javert into the orchestra pit.

2.   You constantly wear your belt slung over your shoulder instead of buckled
     around your pants.

And the Number One sign you watch too much wrestling:

1.   Your girlfriends reaction to your performance in bed?
     "BOOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIING!!!!"

Joe, President of the Rufus R Freight Train Jones fan club, sends in an interesting link. Who knew he was ever that thin?
Since a number of you have been asking, Buddy Landel's new e-mail address is buddylandel@webtv.net.
I've got a funny honeymoon story that I forgot to mention. As you may remember, we were on a Backroads trip, which means you're traveling with a bunch of people you've never met before. We got to talking about trivia, and (since none of them were wrestling fans) I made the claim that there was nothing about professional wrestling that they could ask me that I couldn't answer.
So, one guy asks me "Who did the Iron Sheik beat to win the world championship, and who did he lose it to?"
Heh...not only did I tell him that (Bob Backlund and Hulk Hogan), I told him the referees for the respective matches (Dick Kroll and Jack Lotz), the set up and finish of both matches, and I went into detail about the Iron Sheik's tag team reign.
Nice try.
If I can be serious for a moment...as I'm sure you all have noticed, the elections are coming up. I encourage everyone to get out there and vote. Truly, I feel that the right to vote is not a freedom that should be taken lightly, and most definitely should be exercised at every opportunity.
I don't normally use this webpage to espouse personal opinions, much less political views. However, in an election that is as big as this one, I request that you click this link and read it and give it some thought. Even if doesn't change your mind, hopefully it will give you something to think about.
After reading this link, I ask "When's the Pope going to give us ours?"
Trivia Answer: Jimmy Hart sold the contract to Luscious Johnny Valiant.

Mid-Week Report

By Bill

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