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SPECIAL COLUMN: WXO in Quotes

Well I guess I let my UK bias shine through in my previous piece, not to mention gave away the fact that despite CRZ's exhortations to get us to read his WXO recaps, I did not...

So, in order to atone for my less than exhaustive roundup of the month of January, let me furnish you all with the best soundbites from the WXO

A silver Mercedes arrives in the back - and a mysterious guy (looking a lot like Dan Severn, although we never see his face) gets out and starts - yes! WALKING!
WXO Wrestling 16/01/00

Apollo goes over the barricade to grab a chair - only to have that GIANT FAN we saw earlier hold onto the chair and not let him use it. Apollo decides to take the fan BACK over the rail and wail away on him. This is old school! Now we see HIS TWIN BROTHER hop over the railing and break things up - which, of course begs the question - why did these guys sit in different sections so far away from each other?
WXO Wrestling 16/01/00

Elbow, into the corner, clothesline, and now he DOES get a chunk out of him - Cruise keeps saying he's kissing him - I guess biting isn't family-friendly.
WXO Wrestling 16/01/00

Off the top rope with the headbutt - 1, 2, 3. (4:01) Fernandez kisses the ref - hmm, I guess he really WAS kissing those other times. I blame the camera work.
WXO Wrestling 16/01/00

WHAT THE HECK DOES WXO STAND FOR? BeaFuddle offers "WXO - Wrestling Kiss Hug - I think it's European"
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

The next set of TV tapings at Universal Studios appear to have been mysteriously...postponed. This is what we in the business call "a bad sign." And by "business," I mean "writing wrestling recaps for peanuts despite having little (if any) inside knowledge."
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Your hosts are CREEPY CHRIS CRUISE and SWEET STAN LANE. This week, we'll visit the Egg Dome to see Bart Gunn & Johnny Ace in action, and we'll probably also congratulate ourselves for being so family-friendly!
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Lane points out the lack of pads on the concrete - when you go outside, "you're gonna suck some cement!" Yeah, SCREW SAFETY!
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Cruise now saying "Michael Barton" instead of "Bart Gunn" - must have been a mistake the first time.
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Our commentary team confuses a lot of us by going dubbed on us - every time their lips say "Bart Gunn," the audio says "Michael Barton." Apparently, the
WXO has not managed to fly underneath the radar of the watchful WWF, who owns the trademark on the name and plans on defending it...
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Lane would like to see Ace & Barton defending the All Japan tag titles here on WXO - Cruise says "the shocking conclusion to that match" will be aired in a couple weeks. Why not TONIGHT? Who can say?
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Backstage, Fred Ottman - ARRIVES! But, he can't seem to get out of his tiny sports car. I guess this is funny! Another SHOCKING entrance for the MASTER Fred Ottman!
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

"I'm Shannon Doherty, and you're watching WB-20 - WB with us!" Shannon, I wouldn't WB with YOU if you were the LAST WOMAN ON EARTH.
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

This is a SEISMIC SHIFT - wrestling you can watch with your children! Of course, if you don't HAVE children, maybe you'd be better off buying some...or something, I don't know.
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

Lane: "And notice that his fist was balled up - he wasn't slappin' anybody like you'll see on some other channels!" Huh?
WXO Wrestling 23/01/00

WHAT THE HECK DOES WXO STAND FOR? Apparently, judging by Cruise's inability to correctly identify Japanese wrestlers, "Wildly Xenophobic Obiter dictum" (Look it up.)
WXO Wrestling 30/01/00

Man, won't Ace be surprised when he learns this organisation HAS NO BELTS?
WXO Wrestling 30/01/00

Adonis with a back suplex to break THAT up. 1, 2, no. Hart: "What now?" CRZ: "Now you SHUT UP."
WXO Wrestling 30/01/00

...and then my VCR cut out. So, like a good reporter, I went to the Torch to do some stealin'!
WXO Wrestling 30/01/00

And that would appear to be it... There weren't any more episodes listed under the search that I made, and living on this side of the Ocean, I really could not claim that I know (or possibly *care*) if this fed's still in existence. Neverthless, I hope that they are for I am big enough to acknowledge that there is a niche for those people who prefer a little more sports in their sports entertainment. One thing that DOES bug me: the fact that we don't get anything out of Memphis, especially Lawler's new promotion. I love the fact that (from what I have read) the tv show is filled with elaborate out-there angles, and that WWF mid-carders are actually woven into the fabric of the promotion.

Let us pray for Mick and Treble H during their HiaC match: I wouldn't like to see either guy do something which is plainly taking things too far.

Until next time, this has been

Richard Craig
(A Scotsman living in)
Bedfordshire, England, UK
[slash] wrestling


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