November 09, 1992
- Shawn Michaels won the IC title at the latest (and last for 14 years) Saturday Night's Main Event special, which means the Hart/Shawn main event of Survivor Series will now be a champion vs. champion match, although Dave suspects the IC title won't be on the line.
- Some rare good news for WCW, as it appears Halloween Havoc may have done almost double the usual buyrate, which Dave attributes to the curiosity around the "Spin the Wheel Make the Deal" match and Jake Roberts.
- WWF has reportedly laid off several front office employees in the television production department. Wrestlers are also complaining about not having enough money to cover road expenses because payoffs have so low. Because WWF doesn't do guaranteed contracts, when business is down, payoffs go down as well.
- WWF roster update: Ric Flair is now expected to be kept out of action until Survivor Series due to the ear injury. Undertaker is also expected back at Survivor Series. Big Boss Man is taking time off after Survivor Series due to several nagging injuries, as is Macho Man. The Mountie quit the company this week and Earthquake is reportedly talking about leaving as well but will be sticking around through the end of the year. Kamala and Sensational Sherri may both be turning babyface soon.
- Flair was campaigning for George Bush in the Carolinas again this past weekend with former President Ronald Reagan. Of all the speakers at the Bush rally, Flair got the loudest reaction, even more so than Reagan. The biggest pop came when Flair said "To be the man, you've got to beat the man."
- Eric Embry was severely injured in a car accident last week, suffering a bad knee injury and a bruised liver. Dave says he's expected to be out of wrestling for several months. In reality, the injuries were too severe and it ended up being career ending. Embry pretty much never wrestled again.
- The publishing company that publishes the so-called "Apter mags" (Pro Wrestling Illustrated, Inside Wrestling, The Wrestler, etc.) was sold to another company this week. As of now, nothing is expected to change with the magazines.
- Art Barr, who has been denied a license to wrestle in Oregon for the last few years due to his past sexual misconduct conviction, worked several shows anyway for Sandy Barr's Championship Wrestling USA promotion (formerly Portland Wrestling). Because of this, the state athletic commission is meeting this week to determine whether or not to strip Sandy Barr of his promoter's license, which would effectively put an end to the company.
- Dave opens the ballots for voting on the 1992 year end awards. All the usual stuff, best wrestler, best tag team, best feud, most improved, etc. etc.
- Rey Misterio Jr. won the welterweight title in AAA this week. Misterio is only 17 years old, which might make him the youngest person to hold a major championship in Lucha history.
- In EMLL, there is talk of bringing in an American Vampire character (David Heath, better known as Gangrel) to face Canadian Vampire Casanova (Vampiro).
- Wrestlemania in 1994 is tentatively scheduled to take place in Madison Square Garden as a 10-year anniversary of the first WM.
- Tatanka is expected to get a major push as they want him to be the 90s version of Chief Jay Strongbow, who was a top star in the 70s. Meanwhile, Dave predicts that this Yokozuna character will probably be a big success.
- Big Van Vader legitimately broke the back of WCW jobber Joe Thurman on a powerbomb that Thurman didn't land correctly on. WCW replayed the incident multiple times and acknowledged the injury, which is a bit tasteless. There was initially concern that Thurman was paralyzed but that appears to not be the case.
- Sid Vicious (or Justice, if you prefer) is negotiating with both WCW and All Japan about coming in and reportedly playing each side against the other for a better deal.