FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
WCW power drives through Erie
by Ryan Russell
staff writer
Have you ever been to a live pro
wrestling event? If you haven't, your
once in a blue moon chance to see
one just passed by Erie. On Tues
day, September 19th, World Cham
pionship Wrestling, WCW, came
rumbling into the Erie Civic Center
for a taping of their television show,
"WCW Thunder. - While Thunder
isn't WCW's main show, Tuesday's
event had all of the top stars there, in
what was a very entertaining evening.
Many of WCW's current stars, such
as Jeff Jarrett, Booker T, Scott Steiner,
Vince Russo, Sting, and Mike Awe
some, wrestled in matches and helped
make the evening enjoyable.
Many times, on TV, wrestling
doesn't look all that hard, but after
seeing it in person, many, if not all,
people are left to wonder how these
guys get out of bed every day. Some
of the moves they perform are sim
ply awe-inspiring to see live, such as
Jeff Jarrett's finishing move, "The
Stroke." which basically smashes his
opponent's face first into the mat at
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Aries (March 21 - April 19). Go out and have some fun this weekend
Taurus (April 20 - May 20). Show your Behrend pride, stay home if you're
sick.
Gemini (May 21 - June 21). Order a pizza one night this week
Cancer (June 22 - July 23). Question, why must an English major take twelve
credits of French? Can you say irony?
Leo (July 24 - August 22)
Virgo (August 23 - September 22)
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Libra (September 23 - October 23)
Scorpio (October 24 - November 21)
Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21). Get more sleep. You're too tired
Capricorn (December 22 - January 19). Start that finals project
an incredible rate of speed. Another
move no one would want to be on
the receiving end of is called a
"powerbomb". This move involves
lifting an opponent by his stomach
up above your head, and then smash
ing him, back first, onto the mat with
as much force as possible. The pain
is indescribable.
However, wrestling is only half of
the story. When at a TV taping, in
terviews are done, "backstage foot
age" is shown, and an unbelievable
fireworks display is put on for each
wrestler's entrance. The fireworks
display is amazing to see live. They
are very much an integral part of a
wrestler's entrance. For example,
even though Goldberg wasn't there
that night, when he begins walking
down the rampway, everyone in the
arena knows it. When his pyro goes
off, and he walks out from behind
the sparks and exhales the smoke,
there is an adrenaline rush that is in
describable, and you honestly expect
that Goldberg could kill his opponent
with his bare hands. Then the chant
and another adrenaline rush hits you,
You've studied hard this week, do something fun
Aquarius (January 20 - February 18). Read a good
book.
Pisces (February 19 - March 20). You will be getting
an invitation to a party soon.
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and you think that if you chant his
name he will recover to win the match.
Once you calm down though, you re
member that wrestling is scripted.
That's right, every match's winner is
predetermined.
One thing not scripted is the inter
views. Tuesday night, a wrestler
named Mike Awesome had an inter
view segment called "Lava Lamp
Lounge". Now, if the title didn't give
it away, understand that Mike Awe
some is stuck in the 70's completely.
He wore a leisure suit, had lava lamps
around, and listens to disco music. He
even wore one of those golden peace
necklaces. In his interview segment,
he interviewed several really good
looking women for an upcoming bi
kini contest and tried to use some of
the corniest pickup lines ever used in
the history of mankind. These lines
will not even grace this article. Suf
fice it to say that I hope you watched
this part on TV Wednesday, as words
can't do the interview or the women
justice.
Since this show has already been on
TV, it would be useless to recap all of
the matches, but there is a need to talk
You'll soon meet that special someone
Relax, your hair looks fine
Start buying those Christmas presents!
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about one match: Rey Mysterio, Jr.
against Juventud Guerrera. These
two pull off some of the most acro
batic moves ever seen, not just in a
wrestling ring, I mean anywhere. The
"luchadors", as they are called, have
bodies of silly putty that allow them
to do some of the most gravity defy
ing stunts, flips, and rollovers that
some Olympic gymnasts probably
couldn't do. There is a serious dif
ference between seeing these moves
in person and on TV. On TV, it seems
as if these moves require no effort at
all, and can be done by anyone. When
seen live, one realizes the incredible
amount of energy needed to do this
the proper way, make it look believ
able, and not hurt your opponent, all
at the same time.
So the next time wrestling comes
to Erie, it's highly recommended that
you go and have a good time. And
the next time someone sees wrestling
on TV and cracks a stupid comment,
tell them to either see it or try it be
fore they knock it.
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Have dinner
4 Pocket-watch
accessory
7 Boxed
14 Pension $
15 Profound dread
16 Cyclonic wind
17 Becoming set
19 Holds and
supports
protectively
20 African shrub
22 Actress Ryan
23 Stone or Gless
24 Mental picture
27 Label
28 Alternative to
ready?
29 Legendary tale
33 Toy-cube
inventor
36 Brute
37 Medicinal
applicator
38 Gray and Moran
39 Lemon drink
40 Rental
agreement
41 Writer Ferber
42 & others
43 African nation
44 Profuse
45 Car gear: abbr
46 Past
47 Teheran man
49 Romp
53 Monotonous
monologue
56 One who refuses
58 Schiff's
61 Take in air
62 Still in bed
63 Municipal vehicle
64 NATO cousin
65 Lou
__, Jr.
66 Behold
67 Network of
"Nova"
DOWN
1 Processes flour
2 Dickens' Heep
3 Cleveland
suburb
4 Seven Pines,
aka
Happenings in Erie
September 24
"Mr. Trombone" Harold Betters Concert & Da
Sabella's at Historic Union Station, 8:00-10:00
September 27
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, at the W
Theatre 7:30 p.m.
September 28
Musician Clint Black, at Tullio Arena, 8:00 p.
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5 Possessing
6 Pleads
7 & so forth
8 Scand. country
9 Golfer Stadler
10 Classical
guitarist
11 Vender's goal
12 Utopia
13 Spoonful of
medicine,
perhaps
18 '97 U.S. Open
champion
21 Saul's successor
25 Edible
mushroom
26 Had lunch
30 Not home
31 Sound shocked
32 Help on a heist
33 Lively dance
34 Pakistani
language
35 Open
receptacles
36 Like Cheerios
September 22
Band "The Brannock Device" at
Cup-a-Chino's
9:00 p.m.
Solutions
40 Attorneys' jargon
42 Pitcher's stat
46 Accumulate
48 Actress Della
50 Where the victor
comes out
51 12-step program
52 Ringlet of hair
53 Narcotic, e.g.
54 Gambling city
55 Paddles
57 Wanes
59 Catch (fish)
60 Blast letters?