December 28, 1992
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- [This is the last issue for 1992. I'm going to take a week or so off from it before I start back up with the 1993 issues. I've got about 9 months worth of the 1993 issues already written up and there's some great stuff coming up. Hope y'all are enjoying, thanks for reading err'body!]
- The rumors of the U.S. Justice Dept. investigation into WWF from earlier this year just got a lot more real in the past couple of weeks, as they have contacted several past and current WWF wrestlers, asking them to come to New York for questioning. It is believed the investigation centers around drug use and the sex scandals from earlier this year. It's still too early to tell what this all means and what impact it might eventually have (spoiler: it damn near brought down the company).
- The most talked about news this week is the firing of Nailz. It's been confirmed by many sources that there was a physical altercation between Nailz and Vince McMahon. Apparently Nailz was having a meeting with Vince in the locker room when people started hearing loud shouts, including a very audible shout of, "I want my fucking money!" After hearing a thud, some WWF officials opened the door to find Nailz on top of McMahon with his hands around Vince's throat.
- Nailz then filed a police report, accusing Vince McMahon of sexual assault (wtf?). Nailz claims he simply pushed McMahon away, knocking him to the ground. He claims it was the second time Vince had assaulted him. WWF official Earl Hebner said he was looking through the door (which was open) when the incident took place. Nailz and McMahon had been arguing for almost an hour about Nailz's Summerslam payoff. Nailz said it was too small and demanded more money. Hebner says Nailz jumped across the room, grabbed McMahon by the throat and threw him down. At that point, Sgt. Slaughter, Gorilla Monsoon, Dave Hebner, and Arnold Skaaland all ran into the room and pulled him off Vince. Nailz then ran to a phone and called police and said he'd been sexually assaulted. Police arrived and took statements from 3 witnesses (Slaughter, Skaaland, and Owen Hart). McMahon has not been charged with anything and WWF is claiming that Nailz was trying to extort $150,000 out of him.
- For what it's worth, Dave says most people don't believe Nailz's story. But on the same hand, a lot of people are still lauding him as a hero for having the guts to punch out McMahon, which so many people have wanted to do for so long.
- Hulk Hogan won't be appearing in NJPW after all, as negotiations have completely fallen apart. New Japan offered him $250,000 to work just three shows in 1993. Hogan turned it down, saying he earns that much in 2 months just sitting home and collecting royalties. NJPW felt Hogan never showed any enthusiasm about wanting to come in and wrestle and also looks very skinny these days, compared to how the public is used to seeing him, so they lost interest.
- And now, Dave makes his personal 1992 award picks. These are just his opinions, not the actual reader-voted awards that will be revealed in the next few weeks. So Dave's opinions:
- And that's it. Remember, these were only Dave's opinions. The official year end awards results, voted on by the readers, will be announced in early-1993.
- The second annual WCW Starrcade Battle Bowl PPV is coming up and names will be "randomly" selected. Just for fun (and because apparently, the week between Christmas and New Years is slow as shit), Dave decides to randomly draw names out of a hat himself just to theoretically see what teams we might get. Man, someone was stretching for material this week.
- According to what Dave has learned, this Rey Misterio Jr. kid is actually an American citizen who grew up in San Diego. In the 619 area code, if you will.
- In EMLL, El Dandy captured the CMLL Middleweight Championship, which should serve as a reminder to never doubt El Dandy.
- Davey Boy Smith might not be heading to All Japan anymore, since he apparently asked for too much money. So then he contacted New Japan, who were interested, but once again, he wants too much money so that's not happening. Smith did however work an ECW show last week, with Tod Gordon acting as his manager.
- In USWA, they're doing an angle where manager Bert Prentice keeps insisting that Miss Texas (WWE Hall of Famer Jacqueline) is actually a man named Bubba who had a sex change.
- In SMW, Jim Cornette has been doing an angle where he pretends to be training hard for a match and has been using ICOPRO to get into shape. He brought out a phone book to show he could tear it in half, but when he couldn't, he opened it up and started ripping out a couple of pages at a time, saying it proves that ICOPRO works wonders. Cute.
- Herb Abrams is planning to relaunch his UWF promotion, taping a show next month. He's trying to bring in Bruno Sammartino and Lou Albano to host, but Dave doubts he'll get either of them.
- Despite being gone, Nailz is on the cover of this month's WWF magazine, and it's too late to change them.
- WWF's new Monday Night Raw show will air live from the Manhattan Center in New York, which seats 600. They only have the building booked through February, so this Raw thing is clearly an experiment that they aren't committed to long-term yet.
- Sensational Sherri needed minor eye surgery recently because when they shot the angle of Marty Jannetty accidentally hitting her with the mirror, a piece of glass legitimately got into her eye.
- Bill Watts has caved slightly on one of his most controversial decisions. If a wrestler misses time due to injuries now, they will be paid by workman's comp. It won't be as much as they would get paid being on the road, but it's a step in the right direction. Watts had previously said he was completely eliminating workman's comp.
- Paul E. Dangerously's future in WCW still looks grim. Dangerously's contract is different from any of the wrestlers because it's a TBS employee contract rather than an independent contractor deal. That means his expenses on the road are paid for by the company and he also gets the entire company benefits package. TBS has been investigating his expense receipts for the past three months, apparently looking for an excuse to get rid of him (boy, did they).
- And that's it! See you next year* folks!
- * next week