----I would like to apologize for forgetting to include RassleChronicle every week. It seems that when the week is busy, I just forget it. This week has been slow on the news, so I thought about it. The Memphis stuff is funny because Maclin asked for a raise?? He is not worth 10 cents now -- he was not worth a nickel 10 years ago!!
----RassleChronicle is a look at wrestling 10 years featuring the RAW/Nitro Reports. I also including Herb Kuntz tidbits from that week.
10 Years Ago in Memphis Wrestling
USWA: Things went from bad to worse for the promotion this past week. Following the departure of long time announcer Dave Brown last week, Brown’s co-commentator, Cory Maclin, and Randy Hales both left the promotion as well this week, citing differences with new general manager, Larry Burton. Maclin left after he asked for a raise and was turned down. Maclin felt he was entitled to the raise due to him being upgraded from secondary announcer to lead announcer, in the wake of Brown’s leaving. Hales left the promotion due to burn out and the feeling he wasn’t getting any respect from Burton…... Taking the place of Maclin and Brown on the tv show was local radio host, John Rainey and his friend, Brad Shapiro. They debuted as the new announcers on the February 1st morning show, and were said to be so bad, it appeared they were doing a spoof of Brown and Maclin (they weren’t). Highlights from the weekend tv show saw Billy Travis return to the promotion. In a shoot promo, Travis revealed that he’d spent the previous 22 months in drug rehab. Turning it into an angle, he then blamed Wolfie D for getting him hooked on drugs. PG-13 came out and mocked Travis….. In another angle, Jamie Dundee suckered his father Bill Dundee into a trap, by pretending he wanted to reconcile with him, only for Wolfie D to jump the Superstar……. Super Crazy (yes, the same Super Crazy currently on WWE tv, billed as Super Histeria here) defeated Ice via D.Q. when Wolfie D interfered…… Brian Christopher defeated Shaquille Ali (Tracy Smothers) via D.Q. when Elijah (Spellbinder) ran in….. The Truth Commission also debuted on tv in a taped vignette. Several months later they would show up in the WWF for a brief run…….
