My question is how did the "Monday Night
Wars" become the "Monday Night Wars"? If capturing the 18-35
demographic and thus television ratings and ultimately high PPV buyrates are so
important, why not avoid "Monday Night Football" and have your top
show on another weeknight?
WWE (then WWF) had a Monday night show on USA
Network for years, first the two-hour "Prime Time Wrestling" then the
one hour (and eventually two hour) Raw. When Eric Bischoff decided to push
for WCW to compete with WWE, he made the bold move to put Nitro on opposite
WWE's top show. Thus, the Monday Night Wars were born. While Monday
Night Football obviously grabs a lot of the key male demographic, it is only 17
Mondays out of the year, so there are 35 Mondays when it isn't a concern.
What do you think were the fans reasons
for booing The Rock at Summerslam when he faced Brock Lesnar? Same question
also referring to when he got booed at Wrestlemania 18 when he faced Hogan?
With Summerslam, I think it was a combination of
Lesnar being on such a tear through the company that fans liked him despite
being a heel, and the fact that some fans felt "betrayed" that the
Rock was focusing his attention on Hollywood and not wrestling. In regards
to the Wrestlemania 18 match, I think it was more a case of Hogan just having a
lot of fan support because he's Hulk Hogan, especially since he hadn't been
around for a while at that point. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.
I've been having an argument with a friend of
mine over the correct spelling of Jushin Liger's name. Is it Jushin Liger,
Jushin Lyger, Jyushin Liger or Jyushin Lyger?
In checking the program for a New Japan Tokyo
Dome show I attended, they had it spelled "Jyushin Thunder Liger".
However, an official New Japan action figure has it written as "Jushin
Thunder Lyger". I guess it all depends on how you want to translate
the Japanese lettering. For his WCW appearances, it was always "Jushin
Thunder Liger".
I remember watching a Survivor Series where
Undertaker beat Yokozuna in a casket match, with all kinds of crazy interference
and Chuck Norris beating up someone. Can you clear up this memory for me?
At the 1994 Survivor Series, where Undertaker
defeated Yokozuna in a casket match, King Kong Bundy and Bam Bam Bigelow tried
to interfere, but were kept at bay by TV star and karate champion Chuck Norris,
who was the "Special Enforcer" for the match. Norris never went at it
with Bundy or Bigelow, but this distraction allowed Irwin R. Schyster, who
entered the ring through the crowd, to attack the Undertaker. Later in the
match, Jeff Jarrett tried to interfere, and he was superkicked by Norris. That
was it as far as Chuck fighting with the wrestlers.
