February 10, 1992
- The Sid Justice heel turn continues, with WWF filming a press conference for Wrestlemania 8, announcing Hogan vs. Flair as the main event, which lead to Sid being upset that he wasn't chosen to face Flair. This will of course lead to the match being changed to Hogan vs. Sid Justice. Speaking of Hogan, if you compare him now to his peak in 1987, it's obvious that he's definitely not on steroids anymore.
- On the flip side, Undertaker is in the midst of a slow face turn and will likely be facing Jake Roberts at Wrestlemania, after an angle taped for the Saturday Night Main Event special, which saw Jake Roberts attempt to hit Elizabeth with a chair, only for Undertaker to save her.
- Congratulations to Eddie Gilbert and Madusa, who were married this past week.
- Marty Jannetty was arrested this week after an argument with police in Florida, which led to a search of his car, where police found cocaine. WWF suspended Jannetty indefinitely and most feel that he will probably be fired. Interestingly enough, Jannetty had been negotiating with WCW recently about coming in along with Shane Douglas to form a new tag team. Jannetty's arrest likely puts that deal in jeopardy as well, meaning he's probably burned his chances with both WWF and WCW at once.
- More 1991 awards results!
- And that's it for now. There will be more results next week. (Seriously, he milks these results all the way into April).
- Bad news for fans looking forward to the Jushin Liger/Brian Pillman match at Superbrawl. Liger is currently working hurt (rib injury) and isn't capable of doing much of anything in the ring. He's still expected to work the show, but don't expect a great match or anything (or, yanno, they could end up having an all-time classic).
- There's a meeting scheduled this week in Florida regarding the state regulation of pro wrestling. If it passes, WCW has decided they will pull out of the state rather than deal with the regulations. Many of WCW's best cities are in Florida (including Jacksonville, which is their top market) so it would be hugely damaging for WCW to stop working in the state. But they apparently feel it would be even worse to submit to the regulations (including steroid testing).
- And here, in a tiny throw-away paragraph in the Misc. section: "Tod Gordon, who worked as a financial partner with Joel Goodhart is going to start up a group called Eastern Championship Wrestling and use a lot of Goodhart's local wrestlers like J.T. Smith, D.C. Drake, Larry Winters, etc."
- Stu Hart is talking to some television stations about relaunching Stampede Wrestling.
- Word coming down from within the advertising and licensing industry is that Hulk Hogan's name is a toxic right now. So far, no one has pulled out of any deals with him yet, but everyone is backing off on future plans they were lining up for Hogan because there is concern about how much bigger this steroid story might get. ABC's 20/20 did an interview with Billy Graham and are putting together their own news story about the scandal. However, 20/20 refuses to talk to David Schultz because back in 1984, Schultz assaulted 20/20 reporter John Stossell.
- Konnan will be starting after Wrestlemania with a "robot suit gimmick."
- The Shawn Michaels/Ted Dibiase tag team idea has been scrapped and now IRS will be teaming with Dibiase instead, as Money Inc.
- Steve Williams, Terry Gordy, and Junkyard Dog have all come into the WCW offices looking to get hired recently. JYD will likely be brought back, which Dave calls "one of those annual mistakes that every new regime does." If you ever want to go back and look into some old 80s Observers, Dave is, to put it mildly, not a Junkyard Dog fan.