Undertaker refuses to job?, Tazz/Heyman problems, Awesome, more
    Submitted by Mr. Tito on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 at 1:03 PM EST

    The Undertaker apparently balked at doing the job in his match, last night at the Smackdown tapings, so the finish of the match was changed! Recently, the Undertaker has been under criticism for not selling or putting over other wrestlers.

    There's buzz backstage about how well Paul Heyman handled the Mike Awesome segment on Smackdown. Awesome has apparently not been the favorite of WWF management, and especially when he didn't receive good reviews from, you guessed it, the Undertaker from a match (I believe it was a house show?).

    RUMOR has it that there is a lot of heat between Paul Heyman and Tazz. It's unknown where it might have started, but reports are saying that the once good friends are far from that right now.

    ABC NEWS has an article up about Backyard Wrestling. It even has some comments by Vince McMahon. Click Here to read it.

    [ Credit: Dave Scherer @ 1wrestling.com ]



    Last week's WWF Smackdown scored its highest rating with the Teen audience since March with an average 6.2 composite rating.

    The new cable summer numbers are in (May 28 - August 26), and there are some interesting things to note. First, as compared to last summer, TNN viewership has increased a massive 67%, thanks to the addition of the WWF. USA, who lost the WWF, is down 18% in overall viewership from last summer. Ouch.

    13 of the highest 22 shows this summer, on cable, were WWF hourly shows. Note that the WWF splits RAW up into two shows for advertising purposes, which makes this number seem much bigger.

    [ Yahoo! News ]



    Thanks to Robert Fallon for sending this in!

    The Honky Tonk Man has updated his online commentary
    "Jim Ross Steps Up To The Plate But Has To Run For Cover"

    He also comments on Stacy Carter filling for divorce from Jerry Lawler.
    http://www.thehonkytonkman.com/index2.html



    GO SEE "JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK"!!!


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