Some Random Thoughts
Six years ago, "Ravishing" Rick Rude died of a heart attack.

World Wrestling Entertainment
So far this month, Stone Cold was fired and Jim Ross quit (sabbatical for both). Eric Bischoff is still one of the most hated persons in wrestling. Goldberg is now in the WWE and is feuding with The Rock. Jeff Hardy was fired and there are rumors of Matt Hardy quitting. Roddy "Rowdy" Piper is back. On top of all these events, the WWE still reports major monetary losses. The WWE is selling the Backlash PPV (04.27.03) with the return of Kevin Nash and Goldberg's first WWE fight. If the WWE wants to increase ratings or profits, wrestlers like Sting, Bret Hart and Jeff Jarrett should be hired or at least invited.

The Backlash PPV had one interesting result, Jazz winning the women's title. The Backlash PPV was another sham, nothing special. The WWE has been plagued with bad sales and poor ratings. The WWE seems to hold back on aggression (hardcore wrestling), which has been the key factor for ECW and now TNA to achieve a huge fan base. Fans want to see wrestlers bleeding unconsciously on the mat, not a three-hour soap opera with a $30 price tag.

Stone Cold is back. This time as the co-manager of RAW, as assigned by Linda McMahon. This is a nice way to exploit the hatred that many wrestlers and wrestling fans feel for Bischoff. This might be a desperate move to get Stone Cold's fans to watch WWE TV programming or come to venues. At least this will be exciting to watch.
 

Total Non-Stop Action
TNA has become what WCW was to the "old" WWF. Whenever a wrestler leaves the WWE, this wrestler can make a living at TNA. For example, Jeff Hardy (fired by the WWE) is now wrestling at TNA.

As expected, TNA has grown and its quality is better that anything ECW was ever able to achieve in almost one third of the time. It feels like WCW in the early 1990's. Perhaps most of the people behind the cameras in WCW are now in TNA.

One thing that TNA has done better than four generations of WWE, ECW and WCW is using girls as eye-candy to kill TV time. One of these girls is Lollipop Girl (on the right).
 

Maximum Pro Wrestling
All results were sent by the guys at MXPW.

The following are the results of Collateral Damage, 04.04.03 at 7:30 PM in the Max Pro Arena in Livonia, Michigan.

"Showtime" Eric Young beat A-1 with Natasha after A-1 accidentally collided with Natasha, and Young hit a superkick (04.04.03).

Matrox pinned Jimmy Jacobs (04.04.03).

Dyson Pryce beat Big Chuck Wagon after a spear (04.04.03).

Nate "Spyder" Webb pinned Jamie Coxxx after Webb hit a moonsault while holding a chair (04.04.03).

Klunk The Clown beat Jayson Skie (04.04.03).

John E. Bravo pinned "The Gnarly Hippie" Floyd Osbourne after a top rope hurricanrana (04.04.03).

Petey Williams beat Gutter in a unique ladder match where Gutter's "girlfriend" Cindy was suspended over the ring (04.04.03).

Amazing N8 beat Colt Cabana and Truth Martini in a three-way dance, to become the number one contender to Chris Sabin's Unified TV Title (04.04.03).

The following are the results of Collateral Damage, 04.11.03 at 7:30 PM in the Max Pro Arena in Livonia, Michigan.

Gutter beat A-1 with Miss Natasha when A-1 almost knocked Natasha off the ring apron, then walked into a Diamond Gutter (04.11.03).

John E. Bravo pinned Matrox after a pump handle slam (04.11.03).

Dyson Pryce defeated Klunk The Clown after a spine-buster (04.11.03).

Truth Martini beat Trent Steele following the Shining Wizard (04.11.03).

Los Mexicanos defeated Team Dammit (04.11.03).

Petey Williams beat Alex Shelley after interference from Mike Legacy (04.11.03).

"The Future" Chris Sabin retained the Unified Television Title over Amazing N8 after the double underhook piledriver (04.11.03).

The following are the results of Culture Shock, 04.17.03 in the The Ciociaro Club in Oldcastle, Ontario, Canada (attendance of 1100).

Alex Shelley pinned Kris Chambers (04.17.03).

Jaime D beat Tracy Brooks (04.17.03).

Magnus defeated Johnny Bravo (04.17.03).

Gutter and The Hacker beat Petey Williams and Mike Legacy (04.17.03).

Dyson Pryce pinned Larry Destiny (04.17.03).

Tyson Dux and El Tornado with Angel retained the Tag Team Titles over Ruffy Silverstein and Trent Steele with Muffy (04.17.03).

Bobby Rude beat "Showtime" Eric Young via submission (04.17.03).

Jerry Lynn with Angela defeated Johnny Swinger with Natasha (04.17.03).

"The Future" Chris Sabin retained the MXPW TV Title over "Dangerboy" Derek Wylde (04.17.03).

Raven pinned A-1 (04.17.03).

The Border City Wrestling Heavyweight Champion D'Lo Brown beat the MXPW Heavyweight Champion Gangrel to become the new MXPW Heavyweight Champion in a unification match (04.17.03).

The following are the results of Collateral Damage, 04.18.03 at 7:30 PM in the Max Pro Arena in Livonia, Michigan.

Petey Williams pinned Kris Chambers after the Roll the Dice neckbreaker. Mike Legacy interfered on Williams's behalf (04.18.03).

Big Chuck Wagon beat Mike Legacy when Petey Williams accidentally hit Legacy with Gutter's Cindy (04.18.03).

"The Gnarly Hippie" Floyd Osborne pinned Johnny Bravo after a Blue Thunder powerbomb (04.18.03).

Johnny Swinger and A-1 with Miss Natasha beat The Hacker and Gutter. Petey Williams came out and brawled to the back with Gutter, leaving Hacker alone. Swinger and A-1 then double power-bombed Hacker for the pin (04.18.03).

Matrox pinned Ash after the Sliced Bread No. 2 (04.18.03).

"Dangerboy" Derek Wylde and Amazing N8 beat Ruffy Silverstein and Trent Steele (04.18.03).

"The Future" Chris Sabin retained the MXPW TV Title over "Showtime" Eric Young after the double underhook piledriver (04.18.03).