WWF News: WWF NY problems, Lesnar, Benoit/Arn, KOTR, more
    Submitted by Mr. Tito on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 1:02 PM EST

    No PDC today... I should be back tomorrow...

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    The following news and notes comes from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Subscription information can be obtained by Clicking Here.

    In what appears to be something of preparation for a possible name change from the WWF lawsuit, the WWF NY was giving away lots of their plastic cups. WWF NY might be changing its name to "The World", and the WWF is expected to take the name WWFE for World Wrestling Federation Entertainment. (Meltzer, 2002)

    For the April 8th edition of RAW, WWF NY was quite empty. The tables were half full and the bar was deserted. The WWF had to beg the only people in the building to bunch up into one place for the camera, to give the appearance that the place was full. (Meltzer, 2002)

    Brock Lesnar recently dumped the services of agent Barry Bloom due to the current monopolistic situation in the WWF, where there value of an agent to negotiate a deal has diminished. (Meltzer, 2002). Bloom is an agent for such wrestlers as Ric Flair, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and others.

    Despite Arn Anderson being on RAW and Chris Benoit on Smackdown, the WWF still hasn't given up on the idea to have Arn as Benoit's manager (to help Benoit with promos, obviously). Heyman was talked about for the role of Benoit's manager, too, but Heyman was put with Lesnar instead. (Meltzer, 2002)

    The King of the Ring Pay Per View could get interesting, given the fact that it will most likely feature intrasquad matches between RAW and Smackdown rosters. The WWF could just limit it to just one, though, which could be the finals of the King of the Ring tournament. Plans would be to have separate brackets for each show, Smackdown and RAW. (Meltzer, 2002)

    D'Von's "TESTIFY" catchphrase comes from the fact that both of his parents are reverends, in case you didn't know that. (Meltzer, 2002)

    -DOCUMENT CITED-

    Meltzer, Dave. "Wrestling Observer Newsletter". Pages 10-12. April 15, 2002. Campbell, CA.




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