Alright, I have re-opened the Mailbag section with the help of two individuals, Kayfabe and Grandpa. Hopefully, it will work out better this time, as the above individuals will handle the great BULK of the emails.

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1. Please check to see that your question(s) have not been answered on any other sections of the page. Take great note of the FAQ Part I and FAQ Part II as well as the mailbag archives at the bottom of the page. .
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5. Remember, it is impossible that every email I receive get posted on this page. Only the best and most popular questions/comments will likely make it on.
6. Also remember, that questions will be answered by either Kayfabe or Rajah, so any personal remarks should be addressed accordingly. The following color scheme will be used:

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Vegas - AQUA

From: Cowcade
Hey, dudes, I'm a frequent visitor of the site and I think it's the best I've seen (your welcome). I was wondering, is the WWF running low on officials? On the 11/27 edition of RAW, I saw twice wrestlers helping stop fights in the back. Too Cool helped get Kane off Undertaker (I know, it makes no sense), and I saw the Dudleys drag the Rock out of the building after he attacked Kurt Angle and E&C (that's better). Are the officials on break or do they just use whoever isn't on TV that night (neither team was) ? I think this is really weird for the wrestlers to do.

That's just something that has gone on for as long as I can remember in wrestling. Whenever there used to be a scuffle, refs would break it up, but occasionally other wrestlers, usually guys a tier above the jobber level, would help separate the two sides. Why not show your stars on TV? Nobody wants to see Tim White's ugly mug do it all the time (just kidding, Timmy).

From: Vinman
Kayfabe, I was reading your answer from the Hulk Hogan-Sid match at WrestleMania 8. You say Papa Shango was late in interfering in the match. Well, I have a question for that. What do you expect when Papa Shango is making his way to the ring from a long ass aisle? The guy walked all weird with his gimmick anyway. I'm just kidding, but I think you should let the fans the "real insider stuff". Ha ha ha

VinMan,
Columnist of rajah.com
(Entering his 3rd Year as Columnist) [Damn!]

Now that at least one rajah.com columnist has gotten his obligatory plug in (as is per Mailbag), let me go off on a different tangent: For those that don't know, Papa Shango was played by the man currently portraying the Goodfather. Yes, the Goodfather interfered in a Wrestlemania Main Event! Hard to believe? Consider this: that match was billed as quite possibly Hulk Hogan's last ever. And that was nine years ago, people! HA!

From: Company L
Hey Kayfabe and Rajah, what's happenin'

I've been following the WWF for a few years now and one question always bugs me. It relates to King of the Ring '99, possibly the most god-awful pay-per-view there has ever been. Not only did a mid-card heel win the KOTR (Billy Gunn), as well as a heel winning the title match (Taker retained against Rocky), but the McMahon's somehow won the ladder match. It wasn't awful because of the heel victories, I mean some of the greatest shows all time have had heel outcomes, but the crowd was dead all night. When the high spot of the night is Road Dogg pulling a metal cup out of his pants after a Chyna low-blow (even though that was damn funny), you know the show ain't that great.

In the ladder match, Austin had the match won when he went to grab the briefcase, but as we all know, as he got further up the ladder, the higher the briefcase got. As I recall, the match ended when Shane pushed the ladder over with both Austin and Vince on it, and was then able to grab the briefcase. The McMahon's then had control of the WWF again and Austin was of course pissed off. Another thing which I'm not sure about, but I think as the show went off the air, J.R. said something along the lines of "Who was screwin' with the briefcase?".

That is basically my question.

I think what happened the next night on RAW, Austin spent the first part of the show searching for someone who was "screwin' with the briefcase", but to no avail. Austin then went on to get the title back from Taker later that night, which I guess could have been a consolation of some sorts for the previous night. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but after Austin won the title that night, the angle, or any mention of the briefcase incident what so ever, was broomed.

Why?

I would have thought they could have produced a mega-heel out of that incident, like the car angle.

Did we ever find out who was screwing with the briefcase? (angle wise) If not, why didn't they make an angle out of it?

Thanks boys ..... and Kayfabe, nah just kidding.

cheers

This is one I've answered several times before, so I'll just churn out the quick version.

Basically, although it was never particularly mentioned, it was heavily implied that The Big Boss Man was somehow behind it.

If you'll remember, in late '98 and early '99, Boss Man was somewhat of the "enforcer" for Vince and the Corporation. He did the dirty work and was always there when the boss needed him.

A week before King Of The Ring '99, Austin and Boss Man wrestled a match on RAW in which if Austin won, the stipulation for the KOTR Ladder Match would be that no corporate members could interfere. Austin won with a Stunner, thus forcing the stip for the upcoming PPV Match.

Vince was upset, and backstage the entire Corporation beat down Boss Man.

At KOTR, the stips were abided by- no Corporate members interfered, though someone found a way to through mysteriously raising the briefcase whenever Austin would try to grab it, and Austin pretty much got screwed.

The next night on RAW, the Corporation was in the ring for the opening promo, and the Boss Man's old early 90's theme music hit. He teased a full-fledged face turn (and the fans seemed to love it), but upon entering the ring, he hugged all his fellow Corporate members.

That was basically the end of the story, as later that night Austin won the Title from the Undertaker and, although he continued his feud with McMahon, he didn't really have reason to complain about the Ladder Match anymore.

The WWF never really highlighted the obvious, but from all the events that had unfolded, the plot was pretty clear.

On RAW, we saw the Corporation kick the Boss Man out of the group, but a week later he returned, hugging his buddies like nothing ever happened. It was all a scam.

The stipulations for the Ladder Match was that no Corporate member could interfere, but at the time, the Corporation had made it seem as if Boss Man was no longer technically a member of the group.

By rejoining them on RAW the next night, they proved that the whole thing had been a loophole around the stipulation.

It was never spelled out, and the whole thing was rather subtle, but once the facts are outlined, it's not hard to put the pieces together.

Hey, that wasn't so short after all.

From: Molly
Qestion for Kayfabe: Kayfabe, Why do you have to answer like all the question?? Rajah like answers five on the last page. wow, i'm impressed now! Also, you answer questions way better. Rajah is like stupid.. Okay thanks... babe

Well, now I've enlisted the help of a partner to assist me, but make no mistake about it, Rajah is one lazy son of a bitch. Just kidding; he actually works harder on this site than anyone will ever know. The Mailbag is just my way of contributing, and Rajah offers to do a few questions himself.

From: Tom
I think I can help you out about Marty jannetty's absence in '92. I'm not sure of the exact details but I'm pretty sure he was suspended or temporarily fired for some kind of pay/contractual dispute. I read this years ago in a wrestling mag and I think the whole thing may have involved Jim Neidhart, if you remember he also disappeared around the '91 royal rumble and reappeared at around the same time as Jannetty as Owen harts tag team partner.

Hope this helps and congratulations on such a great sight, if you dot have sky tv here in the UK its real hard to get decent wrestling coverage and you guys give me all I need.

Interesting. I have no way of confirming or denying this, so I'll wait for someone else to second this and tell me if it is indeed true. I hadn't heard anything about him actually being fired for a time, but Niedhart's alleged involvement seems intriguing. Anyone have more info on this?

From: Southp2336
Hi guys! Great site! My question: I've heard a couple of people say this, and I was wondering if it was true- Does the WWF ever add a recording of a crowd to make a match seem more exicting to the viewers? Like if the crowd is really quit, will the WWF play a recording of another crowd to make them seem louder?

Yep, especially on taped shows, they'll use canned crowd noise quite often. Sometimes it's obvious, other times it's not, but it is definitely there every once in awhile. In fact, at the 1992 Royal Rumble, the fans cheered when supposed fan favorite Hulk Hogan was eliminated from the Rumble by Sid Justice. On the video version, I belive you can still hear the cheers, but whenever highlights were shown on WWF TV in the following weeks, boos were rather obviously piped in. This is the most extreme example of fake crowd noise, as the WWF actually changed a crowd's reaction to generate what they wanted.

From: Sean
Hey Kayfabe! There you go, now you can't say nobody says hi to you anymore. Anyways, I was wondering about something you said in Mailbag #28... somewhere in the context to one of your answers, you stated that Triple H "owes Mick Foley his life". I wonder if you could elaborate on that for me.

All I meant by that was that Trips surely owes Foley a lot because of how well Mick put him over in early 2000. Foley did the job to HHH time and time again in high profile matches, and Trips is even credited with being the man that retired him. This was the start of one of the most successful years in WWF history for Trips, and I was just trying to give Foley some credit for what he did.

From: Clay
Hi Rajah. Hi Pete. I need you guys to help settle an on going bet with my friend and I. I say Ahmed Johnson has held the WWF championship. My friend said it never happened. Please help! Thanks for reading and keep up the fantastic work!

Your friend is right. Ahmed was the Intercontinental Champion at one point, but never the WWF Champ.

From: Matt
hey one question,
when brett hart lost to bob backlund at survivor series and diesal beat backlund the next night in like six seconds, wasnt the wwf worried that they were hurting harts credability and making him look weak?

Not at all. By using Backlund as a transitional Champ, they avoided just that. Bret was going to take a month off to be with his family, and they didn't have to job him to Big Daddy Cool to put the Title on Diesel by using Backlund as the middle man. Besides, Bret actually came off looking good even in his loss; he sustained the Crossface Chickenwing, a move that had put several other wrestlers out of action, for five long minutes, and even then it took his mother throwing in the towel to end the match. Bret never technically submitted.

From: Kristi
You used to have a good article on the Bret Hart screwjob, do you still have it?

To quote Rowdy Roddy Piper, "you damn betcha."

From: Dora
You Bet!!!! Thank You for your reply to my last inquiry. As for my Jessica......Oh I give up! Being a fan of the "real life" Paul Leveque and Joanie Laurer Ifind it scary what they endure each day for the sake of "their fans". The latest is that they have gotten married this week and true or false doesn't really matter. If these two" HUMAN BEINGS" are together then I think that is great. Love is the only "REAL" thing in life.........
Sincerely, Dora L. Davis

P.S. I forgot to mention that I also have Eric Theron Davis age 4. Better known as "E.T." or "Kane" as a wrestling fan. Also, being a website designer I tend to "Touch" thousands everyday. Thank you for the kind words..

For those of you that have forgotten, Dora is the kind woman who truly touched me a Mailbag or two back by writing in and explaining that her entire family are not only big WWF fans, but big rajah.com fans as well. Thank you, Dora!

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