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From: Justin

I am guessing it will be Kurt Angle!!!!!!! He will end up hewlping the wwf win and he wil be the one to turn back. It was all the master plan of Vince McMahon to have him infultrate the alliance!!!!!!!!!!!

This was sent in way before Survivor Series. So credit to you for knowing what was going to happen. I was thinking the same thing but I was never about to say one way or another.

From: T.D.

I want to comment an the question about Road Dogg where you said he was released after working a SmackDown! in poor condition. That is not true. He worked an episode of Jakked/Metal before RAW and requested time off. He was refused and ended up leaving. Somewhere after that the drug problem was discovered. I'm also positive of this.

No it was widely reported that he worked a Smackdown in poor condition. Not a Raw/Jakked/Metal taping. He never asked for the time off and got refused and left. They told him to leave after working his match on Smackdown in bad shape. He has even admitted this and apoligized to the men in the match for putting them in danger. The drug problem was nothing new either. He had been in rehab before during his time with the WWF. They sent him there in the past but kept him much like they did Eddie Guerro. In fact they did the same thing with Regal in an earlier stint withe WWF. It boiled down to the fact that they had dealt with it before and knew that he had other personal problems at the the time(ugly divorce) so they let Road Dogg go.

From: James

Hey Rajah,Kayfabe and the man MTR, Just asking your opinion on the McMahons. Why is it that all the McMahons except the very lovely and extremely sexy Stephanie have had turns at playing a face role? Sure, the fans chant SLUT at her, most of whom are males. And we all know 99.9% of these males would absolutely DIE to get in the sack with her (not that I differ). Surely, with her phsically appealing appearnce and large breasts (not that she really needed implants), she could play a great face role. I mean, she's WAY better looking than Trish Stratus or Lita.Vince "The Devil Himself" and even Shane have had face roles, so why not Steph? -Thanks-your site rocks. -James.

Stephanie has played the face role but never for long. She was a face during the whole Coporate Ministry angle where she was kidnapped. She was face when she teamed with her mom to make Austin CEO for that short little stint. Yes most of the time she has played the heel but you have to admit that she has gotten really good at the part over time. It think she can play a face but I think she probably likes playing the heel. A lot of people rather do that. It is a little bit more challanging at times. I will agree that most men would hop in the sack with her but not me. I have never really thought she was all that and especially after the breat job I am not interested. She did not need it. I think Lita is way better than Stephanie in the looks department. Just my opinion though and you have yours.

From: Dawn

Is there a term for someone who has held the wwf title, tag team, ic, european, and the hardcore title. Since the hardcore title doesn't seem to be a grand slam title.

There is no term for it. No one has even done that. Only two people have been Grand Slam Champions and I think 3 have won four different titles but not the ones needed for a grand slam. The hardcore title is not really a major title. It was never really meant to be one.

From: John7

You messed up the Val Venis/Yamaguchi thing. I have the tape RAW: Banned in Canada, and it outlines the whole feud. What happened is we see Val being dragged to the back, and they string him up and are about to chop off his "pee-pee" with a huge samurai sword. Just as the sword starts to come down, the lights go out. We hear Val scream, yadda yadda. Next week, Val comes out with an icepack "down there" and John Wayne Bobbitt is invited to come out. Val says that Bobbitt knows a thing or two about the ordeal he went through, and managed to save Val before his "pee-pee" got chopped off, by turning off the lights. He said his "pee-pee" shrunk, and then Bobbitt turned off the lights so that Yamaguchi-San missed. He then tossed away his icepack and did his little hip thrusts, and voila, Val is better. Basically, a really, really stupid way to try and capitalize on Bobbitt's media frenzy in the news. Then, right after that, Bobbitt and Venis both broke up with Yamaguchi-San's wife. Well, Val did, but Bobbitt helped him, and the feud, as such, was over. -John7

Well I was not completely off the mark. I had missed the Raw where Venis and Bobbit had talked to each other. I got most of the information from a website no longer around called Wrestlecrap. Thanks for the info. Anyway it goes Val never got cut due to shrinkage.

From: Jaysus810

Hello Rajah, Kayfabe, and MTR, great site, I visit it every day. I have 4 questions: 1) I have a clip of HHH going against HBK. HHH goes to give HBK a pedigree, but HBK lands wrong and lands on his head, kind of like a piledriver. I heard this snapped HBK's vertebrae, is this true? 2) I also have a clip of Owen Hart giving Stone Cold a tombstone piledriver-type move, except that Hart lands on his butt. Is this the move that broke Stone Cold's neck? 3) I also heard that Owen Hart said something like Owen Hart 3:16 says I just took your ass out of wrestling. Is this true and was it scripted? Thanks guys

Okay a couple things to start out. You asked three and not four questions unless you count the third one as two. And next, you are only supposed to ask one question. Anyway let me try to help you out here. 1. I do not think that is true. I could be wrong but I think that HBK's back just got bad after all the abuse he put it through in his matches. 2. I think it may be. The match that it happened was at a SummerSlam I believe but I can not remember the year. Owen slipped or something and the piledriver did not go right and Austin got his neck broke and did not move for a couple minutes but they managed to finish the match. 3. The expression I believe was Owen 3:16 says I just broke your neck. I think they just went with what happened to help Owen become a bigger heel. It was used more than once and he had a shirt so I am sure it was planned.

From: Jeremy
Don't you think its about time to get rid of Kane's mask. I mean masks our so Mexican, Japanese, and late 80's early 90's. He would get over without it. He also needs a new gimmick.

No way. If you take the mask off his gimmick is as good as dead. No way. Yes his gimmick may be something like we used to see in the 80's and early 90's but he does not need a new one. This is the one that has worked for Glen Jacobs. Remeber Issac Yankem and the fake Diesel. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

From: XtremeMaster001

Hi guys! I think your site is great! I have been wondering something for a while. Is the WWF going to put the Women's championship back into action? I'd really like to see Lita become the Womens champion again. Oh yeah, if the title does come back, will the current divas have to challenge Chyna for it, or will they just be awarded it?

Another question that has already been answered but was sent in before Survivor Series. Basically they never planned on bringing Chyna in to job the belt. They planned on a match or something to crown a new champ.

From: s.harradine

In reference to the question in mailbag 43 From: ET Khor Hi all, As usual, great site. I especially appreciate the fact that you don't over-exagerate your headlines or have hundreds of annoying windows popping up (unlike 99.9% of the other wrestling sites). Thank you for being so professional in your work. Now, a weird but serious question. Why do most (almost all) wrestlers shave their armpits? Does having clean-shaved armpits offer any advantage? Less sweat? Easier arm movements? Or is it just so that it's less unsightly to the fans (and also the the fellow opponent that's being held in a headlock)? Or maybe they just have blonde armpit hair that are too fine to be seen by the normal TV viewer? Your answer is much awaited. Thanks! I am going to go with the theory that it is for visual purposes. I would rather not see armpit hair myself. It is bad enough that we have to put up with Albert not shaving off body hair like the rest of them. That headlock thing might also have something to do with it though The reason wrestlers shave their armpits is for ease of movement when executing moves like the Hip Toss

I am not sure if I can understand how that helps. I am not saying it is wrong but I can not say that is the main reason. I still stand behind visual purpoes but I can go along with this as well.

From: Xtreme2245

What do you think will happen with the women's division?do you think we will see nidia, Jazz, Victoria and Sharmell up in the WWF soon? All 4 are awesome especially Jazz and Vikki

Well as you know now Jazz wrestled at Survivor Series. Nidia still has a lot of work to go before we see her up. As far as the others go we will see them when the WWF thinks they are ready and have room. The women's division will never be real big and not that important. That is the way the WWF likes it and that is how they are going to keep it.

From: b*m_cRaZy

Hey guys!! Your site is the best!! My question is do Tripple H and stephanie go out in real life?? I never thought they did but then I was on a steph fan site and apparently they have been for a few months now!!! Please could you answer my question coz I have been dying to know this for aaaggees! Thanks! From b*m_cRaZy

As far as I know they have been going out for quite a while now.

From: Andy

Hey Guys, Hate to say this, but I'm kind of surprised Vince McMahon hasn't exploited this current terrorist conflict like in times past, even though the wrestling audience has vastly evolved (or devolved, depending on your point of view.) I mean, in late September, I was waiting for the emergence of "Osama bin Austin" or the Jericho "Raw is Taliban" heel turn. The good old days of the Iranian and Iraqi "sympathizers" getting their asses beat... where does the time go? - Andy

Like you said. The fans have evolved. Yes back in the day Slaughter vs. Sheik was a great draw and in the 90's Slaughter vs. Hogan was too. But the fans are not into that type stuff now it seems. He did kind of exploit things though with Angle and him being an American hero and what not depending on how you look at it.

From: Sue

I LOVE YOUR SITE SO PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HARDCORE ,NO DQ AND STREET FIGHT MATCHES. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION

Have I ever mentioned how rude it is on the internet to type in all caps and large fonts. Please never do that again. To answer your question there is no difference really. In hardcore matches falls count anywhere. Most streetfights falls count anywhere but not always. No DQ means the fall must happen in the ring. That is about the only differences between the matches.

From: Drondel
Hi, Rajah just wanted to say that I love this website I come to it daily just to check out the rumors, news, and stuff. Anyways I wanted to ask why don't you think the WWF will put Trish with Jeff Hardy already and have her be in Team Extreme? Ok I know that she isn't as extreme as Lita but her and Lita are already big ole best friends. It would be perfect. I would really like to know what you think about this. PLEASE POST THIS ON YOUR MAILBAG SECTION FOR # 44 PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks, and also I would like to add that it would also be a good new angle for all four of them cause it could lead to a Hardy break up, don't you think????????

The reason I don't think Trish Stratus was permanently paired up with Jeff Hardy is because there would be a risk for Trish to steal Lita's thunder. I'm not saying Trish is better or anything, but the WWF probably wants to protect Lita as much as they can because there is a lot of money to be made from her. If Trish were with Jeff, it would naturally raise comparisons between the two and the WWF likely would not want that.

From: Jeff Hansen
I've been reading the old rumours from Dec '00 to March '01 (I was out of the country during that time), and I've got a couple questions:

Did Lita really beat Dean melenko for the LW title? The title history says no, but the rumours just she did, and don't mention Dean winning it back, or Lita losing it.

What was the setup involving E+C, Steph, Angle, and Vince where they tricked Foley and Linda right after Foley was fired? The rumours are very vague.

Well first of all, the rumors aren't intended to summarize what has happened in the past. That is what the TV reports are for. Instead the rumors are more speculation and looking ahead to what may happen. I believe the Lita-Malenko thing caused some confusion, if for no one else but me. Lita did defeat Dean clean but the WWF didn't announce it as a title match and thus Malenko was able to retain his title.

The tricking part was mainly Steph and Vince tricking Linda and Mick. Linda was put into a mental hospital due to Vince's actions and Steph up until that point was against Vince because he was "with" Trish Stratus. But the culmination saw Stephanie align with Vince to oust Linda out of power, after which they used their power to fire Mick. Edge, Christian and Angle were probably just there as spectators cause I don't remember them being extensively involved.

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