Wrestling Show Monday Night

The Journal News – May 11, 1975

The main event on the Cincinnati Gardens All-Star card Monday features U.S. heavyweight champion Bobo Brazil against The Sheik.

Inside Randy Poffo, A ‘Macho Man’ Was Waiting To Get Out

Chicago Tribune – August 14, 1988
By Jeff Gordon, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I n the early 1970s, Randy Poffo was just another low minor-leaguer who found himself lost in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. ”He was a real nice guy,” former Cardinals player development director Lee Thomas recalled. ”He seemed like such a quiet guy at the time.”

Paul Fauks, the longtime farm system administrator, found him somewhat boring. ”He didn’t have much to say to anybody,” he said. ”He was just one of those kids trying to make it in baseball with very little chance.”

Poffo played with four Class A farm teams in three organizations before finally striking out into professional wrestling.

”We knew he was moving on to something else, we didn’t know what,”

Thomas said.

After the Bell

Beaver County Times – December 3, 2000

News and gossip from the wrestling world:

• Stephanie McMahon has been added to the creative team that writes WWF television.
• Since returning to WCW after suffering third-degree burns, Bam Bam Bigelow has reported no problems.
• Jim Neidhart and the British Bulldog will be released shortly by the WWF.
• Extreme Championship Wrestling owner Paul Heyman said he has no interest in bringing back Sabu.
• Rob Van Dam will finally be looking to add the ECW world title to his resume when he returns to the company full time.
• WWF officials are very impressed with Molly Holly, especially after “Smackdown.” Not only can she hit the high spots, but the WWF also considers her a good worker of matches.  A WWF Women’s Title run will probably be in the near future.
• There were a lot of rumors circulating last week about Eric Bischoff taking steps toward developing a start-up promotion. Sources say Bischoff has already contacted Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage and Ultimate Warrior to be part of the group.  He also has a WCW employee recruiting talent from within WCW, according to one source who says he was propositioned.  Bischoff is said to have had high-level meetings with Fox about airing the promotion.
• The Dudley Boyz will compete at an upcoming ECW event on Dec. 21 in Queens, N.Y.
• Kurt Angle’s brother, Eric, could sign a development contract with the WWF, and if he does, he will be assigned to Ohio Valley Wrestling.
• Brad Siegel is hoping to cut $16 million off WCW’s budget, say sources, by reworking the contracts of several “mid-card and lower” wrestlers. According to sources within the WCW office, Siegel is planning to exercise the 90-day review clauses in as many contracts as possible.  He plans to release those wrestlers, and then attempt to re-sign them to cheaper day-to-day contracts.