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From: djkapsul
rajah, love the site, i searched thru alot of mail bags and didnt find an answer to my question so here it goes. where is ahmed johnson is he still wrestling and if so where? i was also wondering about brian christopher is he going to be coming back to the wwf?

I'm not sure about the whereabouts of Ahmed. After leaving the WWF, he showed up in the old WCW for a few months, but appeared to be very out of shape and really didn't last long. He's probably finished with wrestling. As for Brian Christopher, he is currently touring with the World Wrestling Allstars (WWA) but his future with the WWF (if one exists) is unknown. Brian has gone on record to say that he will be back in the WWF sooner or later so take that as you wish.

From: ScottishBad@ss
Hey MTR, Pete and Rajah! I was just quickly writing in to ask what the hell was up with WWF and WCW stealing each others gimmicks? I recently watched several early 1990's WCW PPV's and I bore witness to Dustin Rhodes and Butch Reed wrestling several times, now that isn't anything special. But take into account that Butch Reed was once heralded as "The Natural" in the 1980's WWF, but in WCW he was renamed "Hacksaw" even though Jim Duggan had already claimed that name as his own years previously. What's even worse is that Dustin Rhodes then took "The Natural" as his own gimmick and then dyed his hair white, just like Butch did in the WWF.

My question is pretty simple, what the hell was up with the blatant stealing of gimmicks and names from WWF to WCW? Butch Reed, Jim Duggan, Dustin Rhodes and not that long ago Booker T basically becoming The Rock...

Back then there was a massive case of one-upmanship where each federation would try and out-do the other by any means necessary - whether it be "stealing" gimmicks/ideas or just the usual gamesmanship since competition was fierce and ratings were very close. Both Vince and Eric Bischoff DESPERATELY wanted to win at everything they competed in. The only real lawsuit that resulted was the one involving "Diesel" and "Razor Ramon", whereby the WWF contended that WCW was capitalizing on their likeliness whilst insinuating that they were "invading" WWF superstars. The two parties ended up settling out of court.

From: Al
Was Kane under contract from when he played the Fake Diesel all the way through two now or was he released then brought back.

I'm not certain on this, but I am fairly sure that he was signed, then paid by appearance and then re-signed to a long term contract when the Kane character was visualized.

From: Frank McCormick
Hey, guys, I'm just wondering what's up with the ECW bankruptcy. Has the WWF officially bought the library and the logo and all that or is it still tied up in the courts? The last thing I remember hearing was that one of the creditors was claiming the library or something. Any updates?

The WWF has not officially purchased either the video library or the logo as best I can remember, but I believe the case is still in the courts and when all is said and done, I would be surprised if Vince and Co. don't get control of whatever is left of ECW's assets.

From: Big Badd Buff
Hey, I was wondering if ref Brian Hebner is related to Earl Hebner? I was thinking they were father or son.

You think correct.

From: David Bell
I was just wondering what happened to Brian Clark and Brian Adams. I saw them on smackdown and then when I went on holiday and came back they were gone. Thanks

In short, they simply did not work out and were released. Clark was let go first while Adams was retained on a developmental basis but when WWFE had the first chance, they let him go as well. They were awful in the ring and so no one really saw it as a surprise.

From: scott mcminn
Ayup great site etc etc, anyway I recently saw an ECW clip called The Masstransit Incident where I think it was New Jack has a boy/teenager in the ring on the canvas and he jumps off the top turnbuckle and smashes him in the head with a chair, the guys head then spurts blood like piss. Apparently ECW went to court for it. Wondered if you could clear it up for me, p.s sorry for the rambling.

I didn't really follow ECW, but I think what you're referring to is an incident where New Jack's scheduled opponent (whoever it was) couldn't make the show and instead, ECW used some other guy in his spot who claimed he was a trained wrestler when he was not. The guy asked New Jack to blade him (it was a knife though so maybe this is a different story?) but something went wrong and he severed a couple arteries. The guy ended up suing ECW for it.

From: NINJA OF MCWUSA
Can someone please please please please please please please please tell me why the wwf split in 2 anyway, the idear sucks and not as many story lines can go on. Its unrealistic that a sd person hant come and tried to win the hc title or that undertaker might show up at smackdown and vice lets him in and he wrestles. dont you think flair whould have gone crazy and made HIAC matches. I love love love love love love love love your site.

Thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks. They basically split for creative and business reasons - creative because it limits the main eventers to one show or the other and business because it lets the WWF hold twice as many live events. However, I agree with you that in the long term there is no point to a roster split if the WWF keeps letting talent overlap. Lately we've seen it happen a lot (Triple H on RAW; Taker on Smackdown!) and even though it helps to build storylines, it's undermining the whole point of split rosters. I really hope they stop cause if they don't, this will be another failed idea. Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye.

From: goldustfan
i was wondering where the oddities were i heard earthquake was in a dark match some time last year is this true?I also heard earthquake and typhoon were coming back to join the hurricane i dont know

Yep, John Tenta (Earthquake) did wrestle a dark match but obviously it didn't go anywhere as he was not given any type of deal following the match. And the rumor...I think it was one of those silly ones started by the WWF's Informer.

From:Hi all, great site you have here, continue the good work. My question is about someone that appeared in the april 25th edition of Smackdown. D-Von was collecting money from the fans until that guy stole the money from him, until D-Von caught him and they started fighting... Was it someone in their development feds, an indy wrestler, or just a jabroni with a well-placed contact? Freitch

It was an independent wrestler named Danny Dominion who I believe wrestles in the Midwest.

From: Jen
Hey there! I really love your site and I check it out every day! I was just wondering if any of the WWF guys have ever posed nude, or is there any nude pics of them floating around the net? All the guys are so fit and hot!

You horny gal you. I only know of Shawn Michaels who posed partially nude in Playgirl.

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