Wrestling Observer Newsletter Quotes

[Bob-O]

I stumbled across this list of Wrestling Observer Newsletter back issue quotes from the late '90s and had to share with the class. Mostly just random insider-type observations from WCW, the guy's got 485 of them. I'm not going to post them all, of course, but if you like to kill some time the whole list can be found HERE. While I cannot personally confirm these as true quotes, they're all cited and it's WCW. The shoe fits.

Quote #3
"Madusa came out in a bikini. The implants looked ridiculous but this is a business of excess. She came out with Nitro cologne. It was the weirdest thing as Heenan was getting over just how horrible smelling the cologne is. It is a WCW product and they were pushing how bad it smelled. Madusa started screaming it was bullshit and threw the cologne on Heenan, who reacted like it smelled like cow manure. In fact, they actually used the word manure to describe the smell of the cologne. This was weird to say the least" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: November 1, 1999.

Quote #30
"On Nitro during the opening meeting (with Russo), everyone was supposed to act scared and somber, but you could see everyone biting their tongue because Brian Knobs' hair was set on fire by the pyro coming out" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: April 17, 2000

Quote #47
"Russo then came out to confront Nash, and basically tried to take 100% of the credit for creating the 'Diesel' character that made Nash a star. Blood fell from the ceiling, most of which fell several feet to the side of Nash and much of which fell on front row spectators." - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: May 22, 2000

Quote #56
"CNN ran a special on Goldberg on 10/22. They showed Vince Russo and the booking team talking about a Nitro where Bill Goldberg would get revenge on Scott Steiner. Russo had an idea that Steiner would be in the dressing room bleaching his mustache and Goldberg would pour Clorox down Steiner's throat. Ed Ferrara noted that you don't bleach a mustache with Clorox. He then said they could use bleach instead."- The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: October 30, 2000

Quote #68
"Scott Steiner was arrested from an incident at the TV tapings the night before which ended up being edited off television. They were doing a stretcher job deal and Steiner started kicking one of the EMT's, apparently thinking they weren't real EMT's. As it turned out, they used real EMT's, and one of them decided to press (police) charges" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: January 29, 2001

Quote #163
"In his infinite knowledge of how to play babyface, Dennis Rodman said in front of a crowd of 99.9% white guys from South Dakota that once you've had black, you will never go back. The crowd didn't like that" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: August 09, 1999

Quote #190
"The fans started pelting the ring with garbage. WCW loves how that looks on television" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: August 23, 1999

Quote #215
"The Demon vs. Vampiro feud was scheduled to go like this. Demon was to be revealed as the Son of the Devil, I swear I'm not making this up, who had turned good because he turned his back on his father. Vampiro would be revealed to have been sent down, or up, however the geography goes, to garner revenge. On the New Years Eve PPV, Demon would toss Vampiro into a vat of holy water, and when he got out, he'd change to a new character" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: September 20, 1999

Quote #247
"On the Time Magazine internet balloting for Man of the Century, Ric Flair is now in third place trailing Jesus and Adolf Hitler. Raven is in ninth place" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: November 11, 1998

Quote #254
"Just five days before the World War III PPV in Auburn Hills, MI, there are only two matches announced for the show with no episodes of Nitro left to promote them" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: November 23, 1998

Quote #260
"Glacier did the Asiatic Spike and none of the announcers had a clue what to say. Eventually Lee Marshall named it the 'choked out by Glacier hold'." - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: November 23, 1998

Quote #275
"The only report we had from Erie is that WCW forgot to get plane tickets for the Mexican wrestlers" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: October 05, 1998
(*Haha, that's where I'm from!)

Quote #289
"Barry Darsow (doing his golfer gimmick) was supposed to wrestle Hammer, and blew it off saying that he had an early tee time and left. ...Scott Steiner then yelled over the p.a. at the crowd 'Blow me'." - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: October 12, 1998

Quote #301
"Scott Hall's ex-wife appeared on Orlando radio where she claimed 99% of wrestlers were on drugs. Jim Duggan's wife called up and claimed it was 10%. Billy Gunn then called up and said that if he did drugs, his wife would kick him out of the house" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: October 26, 1998

Quote #339
"Lodi showed up and said Saturn threw him in the river. He had a fish in his pants" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: September 21, 1998

Quote #425
"Tony Schiavone said that Chavo was Eddie's brother" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: February 02, 1998

Quote #479
"Ref Scott Dickinson was taken off the road and ordered to lose 25 pounds after Scott Hall picked up his shirt and unveiled his belly on Nitro" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: December 15, 1997

Quote #483
"Glacier & Ernest Miller wrestled Harlem Heat and as Miller was pinned, Glacier didn't even try to make the save. He then grabbed the house mic and said that it was payback for being late to the airport earlier" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: December 08, 1997

[cero2k]

I suddenly have a huge urge to watch some nitros

[Big Red Machine]

Bob-O! How is it that you didn't post this one. This was the biggest eye-catcher to me:



Quote #1
"Nobody has any idea why they brought a live tiger from the zoo to accompany Steiner to the ring on Nitro. Backstage, when he was trying to get a photo with the tiger, the tiger nearly took a chuck out of Rey Mysterio's eye" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: October 10, 2000."

[Big Red Machine]

This whole list is worth reading. The incompetence is STUNNING! My favorite is:
Quote #63

"The 12/18 Nitro was supposed to practically be built around Rick Steiner as the surprise guy, but he wasn't there because they forgot to tell him" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: January 01, 2001

[Bob-O]

Bob-O! How is it that you didn't post this one. This was the biggest eye-catcher to me:



Quote #1
"Nobody has any idea why they brought a live tiger from the zoo to accompany Steiner to the ring on Nitro. Backstage, when he was trying to get a photo with the tiger, the tiger nearly took a chuck out of Rey Mysterio's eye" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: October 10, 2000."

Haha, yes. The reason being, I was 1/3 of the way through article/post/whatever when I decided I wanted to post it here. I backtracked and grabbed a couple, but clearly missed a few good ones. Like #9:

Quote #9
"It wasn't Bret Hart driving the monster truck nor was Sid in the car that was being run over, although both were the original plan. Hart was told what part of the car to drive over and where Sid would be in the car so as to not drive over him. Hart refused saying he wasn't an experienced stunt driver. There was no problem with his decision and he was apologized to for being asked" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: January 10, 2000.

=)) "Fair enough, Mr Hart. No problem, sorry to bother you...."

I'm also intrigued that Bret said he wasn't an EXPERIENCED stunt driver. Like it's something he might dabble with in his spare time...

[Big Red Machine]

FUNNIEST THING EVER:

Quote #144

"Eddie Guerrero claimed that one of the Mexicans stole his wallet but didn't know which one because they all wore masks" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: July 12, 1999

[cero2k]

FUNNIEST THING EVER:

Quote #144

"Eddie Guerrero claimed that one of the Mexicans stole his wallet but didn't know which one because they all wore masks" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: July 12, 1999

LOL, that sounds like Eddie

[Big Red Machine]

Just found this one:


Quote #194

"Christian York & Joey Matthews were told they didn't have to move to Atlanta or start going to the Power Plant yet, but they'll probably have to start going in six months. For now they are getting paid for doing nothing" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: August 6, 1999

[Big Red Machine]

Bob-O, thank you SO MUCH for finding this list!



Quote #218

"Bret Hart filmed a hip hop video this past week" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: September 22, 1999

[Bob-O]

Bob-O, thank you SO MUCH for finding this list!



Quote #218

"Bret Hart filmed a hip hop video this past week" - The Wrestling Observer Newsletter: September 22, 1999

Couldn't resist. Had to look. I'm gonna go ahead and confirm this one, and it's glorious...
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