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- From: carlton@hfglobe.intel.com (Mark Carlton)
- Subject: Re: CWUSA: 11/13/92 Recap
- Message-ID: <BxxIHy.9En@hfglobe.intel.com>
- Organization: Intel Corporation
- References: <1992Nov17.184635.4589@data-io.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:34:45 GMT
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- jewell@Data-IO.COM (Cal Jewell) writes:
- >Steel hits Pope >with a power bomb. What's noteworthy is that for a green
- >wrestler,
- >Steel executes this power bomb better than Sid Eudy/Vicious/Justice
- >usually does. After the power bomb, Steel whips Pope into the ropes
- >and hits him with a Doug Furnas quality drop kick: ie, he's parallel
- >to the ground and plants his feet right in Pope's face. Not bad for a
- >6' 5" wrestler.
-
- I saw this show and I agree with you that Steel looks like an up and
- comer.
-
- >Side question: I'm almost sure that they aren't holding the finals in
- >Japan, but you never know. Does anybody know if CWUSA has ties to any
- >of the federations in Japan.
-
- Sandy Barr trades talent with Ryuma Go's newly formed Oriental Pro
- Wrestling which is one of 16 wrestling promotions in Japan.
-
- >Jesse Barr mentions that he will be wrestling Brian Lee next week.
- >Looks like CWUSA is bringing in some new talent.
-
- I was also surprized by this, but I find it hard to believe any "name"
- person would come into Championship USA when Meltzer reported:
-
- - Attendance is below 200
- - Wrestlers are being paid $50 a match
- - The Oregon Boxing and Wrestling Commision is trying to shut
- down the operation because Barr used an unlicensed wrestler
- (Art Barr, Sandy's son aka Love Machine in AAA). Sandy
- Barr was given a 6 week reprieve until he can find a lawyer
- to defend him.
-
-
- >--
- >Cal... "I meant no harm. I just liked
- > explosives and I was careful never
- > jewell@Data-IO.COM to kill more than I could eat."
- > ...!uunet!pilchuck!jewell -- Hunter S. Thompson
-
- Thanks Cal for posting a recap of the action.
-
- Mark
- mark_carlton@ccm.hf.intel.com
-
-