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5/1/2004 12:44:00 PM

Saturday news update: Note for those e-mailing here last night, New
WOL format tomorrow, New Raw main event, Mid Atlantic reunion, UK
edits of WWE, TNA line-up, Greatest jr. heavyweight ever

by Dave Meltzer
hsmeltzer{at}juno.com

A quick note. We had some sort of an e-mail problem so anything sent
to us last night from 8 p.m. Eastern time until 2:30 a.m. didn't get
here. So if you sent any letters, results from shows, comments on last
night's PPV or orders between those hours can you resend them. This
goes for both e-mail addresses.

We're looking for your thoughts on last night's K-1 PPV, so you can
leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a
best and worst match to dave{at}wrestlingobserver.com.

WWE Raw continues tonight in Lubbock, with a Sunday show in Yuma, AZ
and Monday's Raw from Phoenix which features the Chris Benoit vs.
Shawn Michaels title match. The Raw house show schedule for this week
has Benoit vs. HHH headlining all the cities, with Chris Jericho vs.
Christian, Kane vs. Matt Hardy and Randy Orton vs. Shelton Benjamin
for the IC title.

The Smackdown tour opens Sunday night in El Paso with Eddy Guerrero
vs. John Layfield for the WWE title, Undertaker vs. Booker T, Rene
Dupree & Dawn Marie vs. John Cena & Torrie Wilson and Rico & Charlie
Haas vs. Chavo & Chavo Sr. for the tag titles. Wow, they are booking
Chavo Sr. as a heel in El Paso. They run the same show in Odessa on
Monday night with the Smackdown tapings coming from Tucson.

Bryan Alvarez and I will be back live tomorrow night from 8-10 p.m.
Eastern time and 5-7 p.m. Pacific time with Wrestling Observer Live on
the Sports Byline USA radio network. We'll be trying an experiment in
doing a more interactive show as we will be spending the two hours
this week taking both phone calls as well as e-mails during the show.
No guests this week since we haven't been live in a few weeks and we
can talk about the current WWE, the Pride Grand Prix, TNA's TV deal,
Austin and any other topic you'd like to discuss. The phone number to
call in is 1-800-878-play. You can listen live on a radio station in
your area at www.sportsbyline.com or through their web site, this web
site, www.dragonkingpress.com or for those with web TV you can get
best results at www.610cktb.com. If you live in the Toronto, Buffalo,
Detroit or Rochester areas, you can listen on clear channel CKTB 610
AM out of St. Catherines, ONT.

--For tomorrow night's Observer Live, we won't be having a guest
because we've been off the last two weeks for PPV shows. We will both
be taking phone calls as well as for the first time in years, taking
e-mail questions and comments. You can send to us here with any
questions before or during the show, or comments during the show.

--HHH will be off next weekend's Raw house shows so they will be going
with Chris Benoit & Edge vs. Ric Flair & Batista for the tag team
titles as the main events.

--They tried out a gimmick where Eugene comes out riding a stick ala
Chavo Guerrero or Perry Saturn at last night's show in Amarillo

--The next Mid Atlantic wrestling reunion will be on 8/14 and 8/15 in
Fayetteville. Those currently scheduled to attend are Sting, Mick
Foley, Members of the Four Horseman (only name specifically listed is
Tully Blanchard), Members of the Rock & Roll Express, Bill Apter and
Bob Caudle. For more info you can go to www.NWALegends.com.

--On Raw in the U.K., the edits were of Kane forcing the kiss on Lita.
The early Smackdown editing was kind of funny. When Luther dragged
Torrie Wilson in front of Kurt Angle, they cut to a crowd shot. When
Angle talked about not being able to have sex with his wife, they
muted out the word sex. There were a few crowd shots placed over some
of the doggie style stuff in the Rico & Charlie Haas vs. Bashams tag
match. However, on the Raw rebound, on this morning show, they didn't
edit out Kane forcing his kiss on Lita, which was edited out of the
later night Raw show. (thanks to Ian Hamilton)

--Line-up for Wednesday night's TNA show: A.J. Styles vs. Raven for
NWA title, Sonjay Dutt vs. Amazing Red in the first of a best of three
series, Christopher Daniels & Jerry Lynn & Elix Skipper & Chris Sabin
vs. Petey Williams & Johnny Devine & Bobby Rude & Eric Young (Team TNA
vs. Team Canada), Trinity vs. Desire, Michael Shane vs. Shane Douglas
and Erik Watts vs. Abyss

--Today's poll results for the question of Who should be considered
the greatest junior heavyweight of all-time:
Danny McShane 0.8%
Wild Red Berry 0.4%
Danny Hodge 11.2%
Jushin Liger 25.2%
Satoru Sayama 8.7%
Dynamite Kid 25.2%
Chris Benoit 18.2%
El Santo 2.1%

--CZW from last night in Allentown before 100 fans: Ruckus b Nick
Berk, Jon Dahmer b MERC, D.J. Hyde b Cory Kastle, Sabian b Derek
Frazier, Brad Bradley won four-way over Alex Shelley, Jimmy Rave and
B.J. Whitmer (said to be the show stealer), Ian Knoxx b Adam Flash-DQ,
Roderick Strong (remember how good he looked in his TNA debut and
hasn't been back since, how does that happen?) b Joker, Messiah b
B-Boy to win CZW title (thanks to Jon Kendall)

--Northern Wrestling Federation in Fairfield, OH tonight at the UAW
Hall with Chris Harris as the headliner plus a ladder match

--Wrestlers of West Virginia from last night in Whitesville, WV: Danny
Ray b Steve Black-DQ, J.V. Insanity b Jason Lancaster, Brett Sharp b
Yellow Jacket, Dan Richards DCOR Danny Ray, Big Daddy Gordy & Eric
Steel b Johnny Blast & John Cooper

--USWO from last night in Madison, TN before an all-time record for
the company of 131 paid, which made promoter Tony Falk a happy man.
Even happier is that there was a free show ten minutes away and billed
an AMW vs. Naturals match as the main event: Chuck Taylor & Craziness
b Chris Chaos & Quinton Quarisma, Fez won six-way over Joker, Ghetto
J, Icekonik, Saint and Psycho Medic, Gary Valiant b John Caesar-DQ,
Shane Eden & Hammerjack b Dan Morrow & Bryan Turner, Devon Day b Nore
Havoc, Slacker J & Tim Renesto b Arrick Andrews & Ryder-DQ


--- Internet Rex 2.29