Long time, no read clones. I guess you folks are waiting for my comments on The Rick. Well, he is one of my favorite guys and a good friend. As for the rest, I really don't know what to say.

I must apologize for my long absence from the site. Unfortunately, I have a job, a family and a life, and sometimes those take away from my commitment to the clones to give them quality rasslin' news and opinion. And no, Cornette, I'm not Rick. I never have been.

Speaking of Cornette, funny that when they canceled the big Christmas Chaos show at the Louisville Gardens, they promised preiously bought tickets would be honored at the rescheduled show, but gave no REFUND information. I've heard the show will be rescheduled for January 31, 2000. No word on if the WWF talent there will be the same.

Also, speaking of refunds, it's your right under Kentucky law to request a refund if an advertised performer no shows the event. It must be announced at the beginning of the event if an advertised performer will not be there, and refund requests must be honored before the conclusion of the first match.

Just in case it happens that Stone Cold, Kane, the Hardy Boys, or whoever has "travel problems", you can get a refund if you ask for it before the end of the first match. Word to the wise. . . motor to the ticket booth as soon as the no-show announcement is made. If a big name no-shows, it's a given the first match is a 30 second squash.

The end of the year is near, and that means one thing. The Ugly Truthster's award-winning coverage of what we saw, year-end awards and predictions for the new year. Let's get into it.

BRAWLER OF YEAR

I didn't give out this award last year, but with the demise of solid technical wrestling through each passing day, this is a category that grows in significance. The nominees. . . 1) HHH - His series with Cactus Jack and Stone Cold were brawls for the ages, and surprisingly, HHH more than held up his end of the bargain. 2) Terry Funk - He may be so old he farts dust, but he was still good for some solid hardcore entertainment in an otherwise dismal year in WCW 3) Mike Awesome - Stupid 70's Guy gimmick aside, his matches, like Funk's stood out among the mess that was WCW 2000.

Mick Foley wasn't eligible since he only competed for a few months in 2000 as a wrestler. Ditto for Crowbar, even though he's had some great hardcore matches this year, for most of the year he was forgotten in the WCW mix and hardly competed.

And the winner is. . . HHH. I wanna hate this guy. I do buy into the HHH=HH argument that's going on as far as HHH booking himself a little too strong in his own angles, but when I look back at the best brawls of the past year, HHH was involved in damn near all of 'em, so he gets the nod.

HIGH-FLYER OF THE YEAR

I don't think I gave this award last year, but who cares. . . I'm giving it this year. Let me preface this award by saying the demise of the WCW Cruiserweight division and the virtual non-existence of the WWF Light-heavyweight mix really hurt fans of high-flying wrestling this year.

The nominees. . . 1)Jeff Hardy. . . Sabu be damned, this guy is the Homicidal, Genocidal and Suicidal wrestler these days. 2)Tony Mamaluke. . . another in the long list of stupid WCW firings. This guy can flat out go, and has a shocking disregard for his own body. 3)Kid Kash. . . if ECW ever can get back on national TV and run more than one show a month, they have a potential successor to the Golden Boy seat once held by RVD.

And the winner is. . . Jeff Hardy. Mamaluke and Kash were hurt by the precipitous downfall ECW has taken in the past few weeks by not being able to showcase their wares week in and week out like Jeff Hardy has been able to in the monolithic WWF. Plus, those kick-ass ladder matches Jeff Hardy has been in don't hurt either.

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

WWF. . . moving right along. . .

PAY-PER-VIEW OF THE YEAR

I must preface this category by saying I felt this was an extremely weak year for PPV's. ECW put on no memorable PPV's, in fact the last couple of ones have been the ONLY new televised product for the company. As you'll see in the Worst PPV category to come, WCW put on some f*****g dogs, and for the first time ever couldn't muster an effort strong enough to even be nominated for the honors.

How can the Ugly Truthster give out the award when there's still the Starrcade PPV to come this Sunday? Sid is headlining. . . 'nuff said.

The WWF isn't without blame. Armageddon was petty theft of thirty bucks. The Survivor Series was no better, especially in light of HHH no-selling death to return to attack Stone Cold after his car was dropped on its top from forty feet to the asphalt and crushed a week later. King of the Ring was abominable as well. Wrestlemania 2000 was just a bore. That being said, all the best PPV moments were provided by Billionaire Vince.

And the nominees are. . . 1)Royal Rumble 2000 - HHH and Cactus Jack had a classic brawl, plus a solid Rumble and a knock-out tables and ladders match with the Dudleys and Hardys. 2)Summerslam 2000, Shane McMahon falls from 30. . . no 40. . . no 50 feet to certain doom from the Titan-tron, Benoit and Jericho 2 out of 3, TLC from the Hardys/Edge & Christian/Duds and a great HHH/Angle/Rock three-way for the WWF Title. 3)Backlash 2000 - More Jericho/Benoit goodness (we'll forget the s****y DQ finish), a solid Stinko Malenko Light-heavy title match with Scotty 2 Hotty, and comedy for the ages with OVW's own Big Show having his defining moment in the WWF with a hilarious match as The Showster with Kurt Angle.

Before the winner. . . WCW's best shows were a solid, but unspectacular Mayhem, Bash at the Beach (the Russo shoot on Hogan gets some bonus points) and Slamboree, the rest spanned from awful to too damn boring to remember. ECW has some good PPV matches overall, but nothing stood out, 2000 was truly a year to forget for the company, and the way it looks, Paul E. needs to pray to even make it through 2001, even with ECW going to 12 PPV's.

And the winner is. . . Backlash 2000. This was the best wrestling show of the year, with truly something for everybody from the multi-man hardcore battle, the funniest match of the year with OVW's own Big Showster, technical mastery from The Radicals and the Rock/HHH title match, which really should have been the Wrestlemania main event, for overall quality and the mark-out return of Stone Cold. These days it seems wrestling promoters forget the point is to send fans home HAPPY instead of either befuddled or pissed off. Backlash delivered.

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

The nominees. . . 1)HHH - Great brawls with Foley, solid matches with Benoit, Rock and Angle, ego be damned, he became the heel on which Vinnie Mac could hang his hat. 2)Scott Steiner - WCW finally has a champ that might be able to draw some money, plus some great pre title-reign matches with Goldberg, Sting and Jarrett get him the nomination. 3)The Rock - We knew he had the charisma and mic-work, this year he showed us the workrate. 4)Booker T - Even the G.I. Bro disaster couldn't keep this brother down. Singlehandedly carried WCW for weeks.

And the winner is. . . HHH - While his ego may have kept pace with his in-ring development, nobody delivered show-after-show like the prominently proboscused one.

ANGLE OF THE YEAR

You'd think with Vinnie Russo having "free reign" in WCW, he'd've been able to make this list, nonetheless, he proved that his success in the WWF had probably as much to do with the editing pen of Vinnie Mac as it did his "writing talent".

And the winner is. . . NOTHING! The more I think of it, no angle delivered. The HHH/Steph McMahon love triangle was a bust that was dropped with no conclusive ending. . . "Who ran over Stone Cold?" was crap with HHH "nosing in" in an inexplicable turn. . . the Goldberg heel turn defined "bust". . . we still don't know the father of Ms. Hancock's baby and care even less. Storylines failed to deliver in 2000.

INDEPENDENT PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

IWA Mid-south has been a sentimental fave of mine since its inception, but despite some good shows and finally being able to deliver the long-anticipated follow-up King of the Death Match tournament, building problems and sporadic shows early and in the middle of the year bump them from consideration. In 1997 it was the best indy in the country and in 1998 it contended strongly for the honor.

With Sabu being a big-name indy player and NWA World Champ and WCW and ECW cutting talent loose like nobody's business, the IWA with a solid everyday crew and a renewed homebase should be back in the running next year.

The nominees. . . 1)Ohio Valley Wrestling - Surprised? Nah. . . you shouldn't be. . . sure, I give Jim Cornette some well deserved knocking for lazy booking, but they have been able to put on some big shows and as a WWF developmental territory can fill out a card with some big names. . . as long as Mother Nature cooperates. 2)Power Pro Wrestling/Memphis Championship Wrestling - Jim Ross confirmed my suspicion when he said MCW was closing up shop and Power Pro would retake the reins. The interpromotional angle with MCW and PPW just served to shift the WWF deal back to Randy Hales and let Jerry Lawler bow out peacefully. 3)NCW/NWA Wildside. The have the best crew the average fan has never heard of. Lately WCW developmental folks like Sam Greco and Ali have been filling out the roster.

And the winner is. . . NCW/NWA Wildside. Before the WCW deal brought in future stars like Sam Greco and Ali and established talent like Mike Sanders, this crew put on the best top-to-bottom indy shows I saw all year. If Bert Prentice could stop pitching hissy fits with investors and partners in Nashville, he could build a crew and put on shows like Wildside.

The only real beef I have with them is the announcing. Al Getz obviously is part of Bill Behrens's bankroll, because that's the only reason I can think of why he gets to add his fecal announcing stench to the television shows. You can tell how the locals feel about him whenever he injects himself into one of the NCW angles. "AL GO HOME" is heard far more than a pro-Al chant at the NCW arena.

Steven Prazak isn't much better as he often comes off as little more than a greenhorn shill. I always wondered why ECW bothered to use him in those insipid backstage segments, and his NCW work has done nothing to solve that mystery. Steve Martin may sound less refined than the redneck homos in "Deliverance", but he had a far better feel for play-by-play commentary than Prazak ever will. Martin is shining in his role as the secondary heel manager of the NWA Elite.

That being said, Wildside built up a solid foundation before partnering up with WCW.

Ohio Valley has a few good steady members (Big Show, Mark Henry, Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin don't count because they can be called to the WWF in 24 hours as developmental members, add Kurt Angle's brother to the mix as well), but they were nothing before the WWF deal besides Flash Flanagan, Damaga, Nick Dinsmore and B.J. Payne. Robbie D, Slash and Leviathan didn't come aboard until after the WWF developmental deal went down. The Andrettis are in the words of Good Ol' JR, "good hands" but have been so horribly underutilized by Cornette to warrant any legitimate consideration in the grand scheme of OVW. If you have any doubts, witness that Big Show/Andrettis handicap match abortion as proof.

My point is take away the WWF, and OVW is what it was on the day of their biggest show ever, Christmas Chaos. . . nothing. No Stone Cold, no Benoit, no Kane, no Hardy Boys and Lita. . . NO SHOW!

Take away WCW and NCW/NWA Wildside still can fill out a good card and be able to tap from the NWA pool on the indy scene. Without the WWF, once you get past Flash, Slash and Nick Dinsmore IWA Mid-South and Bad to the Bone put on better cards hands down in Kentuckiana.

For you indy fans of ECWA in the Northeast, APW out west and NWA Florida and the other indies, sorry I didn't catch enough of your work or what work I caught sucked, so you didn't get consideration.

TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

The nominees are. . . 1)The Hardy Boyz - classic table and ladder matches at the Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania and Summerslam, plus high-flying chaos almost every Monday and Thursday. 2)Edge and Christian - They totally reek of awesomeness.

The tag team scene suffered another big blow this year. These two teams stood head and shoulders above the rest, even though the Dudleys probably deserve an honorable mention.

And the winner is. . . Edge & Christian! It would be so totally unfair if any other team won. E&C showed a perfect mix of excellent tag team work along with some of the best mic moments of the year. The Conquistadors schtick was classic. The Hardys were awesome in 2000, but Edge and Christian were totally awesome to the max.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

WCW's out with the old and in the new approach brought some promising names for the future, but the WWF and even ECW introduced some new faces for the coming years as well.

The nominees are. . . 1)Kurt Angle - since he only was in the WWF for a couple of months in 1999, he is still eligible for the honors. 2)Mike Sanders - he came from out of nowhere to become the number two heel in WCW behind Scott Steiner. 3)Kid Rock. . . ERRRRRR. . . Kid Kash - one of the most solid wrestling newcomers to national rings in the past three years.

And the winner is. . . Kurt Angle. He was such a newbie (not seeing real action until November) in 1999 it wasn't fair to give him consideration last year, and he's such an established talent this year it almost isn't fair to consider him as a rookie. But he had one of the most amazing first years in wrestling history, just listen to his promos. . . it's true. . . it's true.

Sanders and Kash are each potential flagships if their respective fleets can get on the right course in 2001, but Angle took the ball and ran with it like no other new talent this past year.

MATCH OF THE YEAR

And the nominees are. . . 1)HHH/Cactus Jack for the WWF Title at Royal Rumble 2000. It was a tough call between this classic brawl and Hell in the Cell the next month, but this one gets the nod. HHH showed he could more than hold up his end in this hardcore match for the ages. 2)Hardys/Dudleys/Edge & Christian Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the WWF Tag Titles, Summerslam 2000 - agains, TLC between the Hardys and E&C at RR 2000 could have been here as well, this match with the third team to me surpassed the original Rumble match. 2)Rock/HHH for the WWF Title in an Ironman Match at Judgment Day 2000. No one thought either (especially Rock) had the wind or the WWF (especially with HHH's influence) had the booking to pull this match off. All the doubters were wrong.

And the winner is. . . Rock/HHH, Ironman Match at Judgment Day 2000. This match had disaster written all over it. Only wrestling gods like Ric Flair, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels can make this type of match work, right? WRONG!! Good booking, inspired, innovative and surprising finishes and excellent work from both participants made this the Match of the Year. In today's society where television has rotted our brains to expect action every two minutes, this sixty minute match held our attention and delivered for the entire hour.

And now for my favorites. . .

WORST PAY-PER-VIEW OF THE YEAR

The nominees are. . . 1)WCW Uncensored 2000 - boring and unspirited crap courtesy of Nash and Sullivan, Sid main-events for the third straight PPV. 2)WWF King of the Ring - horrible, predictable crap that the inevitable Kurt Angle victory couldn't save. 3)iGeneration wrestling - Has-beens aplenty plus never-weres like Dennis Rodman in the MAIN EVENT no less!

And the winner is. . . iGeneration Wrestling! Like last year a new third organization saves one of the big two from carrying this albatross around its neck. From the opening crap of a horribly aged Road Warriors/out of shape Public Enemy to the Rodman excrement in the main event with bums like Tatanka, One Man Gang, Barbarian and Brutus Beefcake/Butcher/The Man With No Name/Bootyman/Clipmaster/Zodiac/Brother Bruti/Disciple/Run-in-Man/Brute Force inbetween. This card was truly the proverbial shit sandwich from beginning to end. Curt Hennig was the only diamond in this dunghill.

WORST PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

And the nominees are. . . 1)XPW - so much promise in the beginning, so much shit and TV shows with nothing but insipid angles and matches from months ago. . . all of that building for the Sabu/Onita death match that never happened helped this nomination too. 2)Women of Wrestling - GLOW 2000. . . T&A with most of the women as legit three-baggers, two of the worst announcers in the history of wrestling in David McLane and Lee Marshall. 3)WCW and ECW - watch the Big Three become the Big One in just a little over four months.

And the winner is. . . XPW! I'll give XPW this, it's the only wrestling promotion you can legitimately jack off to if aroused enough (a testament to how truly bad Women of Wrestling is) with all the non-sensical women being kidnapped and tied up in sexy lingerie storylines (at least three times by my count) and valets doing soft-core stripteases for their men vignettes (at least three, again, by my count), but after they kept trying to do a weekly show for weeks after not running shows, the vignettes with cheap porn quality (which I expected since a cheap porn lord owns the company) became as grating as "La Vida Loca". Again, all of the Sabu/Onita hype (with dueling "I burn your flag, you burn mine" video packages) for a match that never happened hurt badly as well.

WORST MATCH OF THE YEAR

And the nominees are. . . 1)Madusa v. Oklahoma, Cruiserweight Title - WCW Souled Out 2000 - I think I've said enough. 2)Jerry Brisco v. Gerald Patterson -Evening Gown Match - I've blocked out the WWF PPV - Sometimes what's funny to the boys isn't funny to the fans. 3)The Kat v. Terri Runnels - Stinkface Match - WWF Summerslam 2000 - T&A can't save all shitty matches. You can see more of the Kat on Jerry Lawler's website anyday than you can in this match. 4)Jimmy Hart v. Mancow - WCW Spring Stampede 2000 & WCW Mayhem - So horrible, WCW gives it to you, and makes you PAY FOR IT TWICE! 5)Sting/Vampiro - Human Torch Match - WCW Great American Bash - Vince Russo booking at its worst. Nothing like when a STUNTMAN takes the big bump of the match.

And the winner is. . . this was the toughest category, espcially when considering those NOT nominated, for instance all of those RTC matches I had to pay for to watch, ALL the matches on the iGeneration PPV, plus the Sid WCW title matches, the Vampiro/Demon graveyard match where you couldn't see a FUCKING THING and scads of other dogs I can't even remember, but the winner as the smelliest turd on the heap is. . . The Brisco/Patterson evening gown match. WHO THE FUCK besides Jim Cornette thought this was funny?!?!? OK, Brisco is now a middle age dork and Patterson is a flaming homo, WE GET IT! But why make us pay for this crap while taking away from legit WWF mid-card talent like the Radicals and Jericho? You would kind of expect shit like this from WCW or even ECW (Cyrus v. Joel Gertner anyone?) where they would have to put on a shitty match out of sheer desperation or a thin talent pool, but the WWF has NO EXCUSE for subjecting their fans to this diarrhea.

Before I forget, fans of the excremental side of wrestling, check out Wrestlecrap.com. You won't be disappointed!

WORST WRESTLER OF THE YEAR

The nominees are. . . 1)Lex Luger - You haven't been worth a damn since 1989 when Flair and Sting carried you. They can't do it anymore. Just give it up and run your gym.

2)Vampiro - if this guy didn't have any talent, I'd understand, but I could have a better effort for the year with HALF his skill. Every graveyard match of his was a joke. . . the human torch match with Sting was a steaming pile of dung, and his efforts with the Insane Clown Posse were a farce. He had some real promise in the dark Sullivan WCW 200 days in the year, but after Russo came back into power, Vamp really flushed any promise he had shown.

3)Sabu - If you've paid for any of his matches this year and didn't get a refund, my heart goes out to you. Look up "potential wasted" in the dictionary and see the Homicidal, Genocidal, Suicidal Maniac's picture. It's a shame he couldn't get into WCW when he had the chance. He'll never get there at this rate.

4)The Big Show - How to Kill a Wrestlemania Main Event in Five Minutes OR How to Eat Your Way into the Independents in Five Minutes. If he had stayed in WCW he'd be the, literally and figuratively, HEAVYWEIGHT champion. Was it worth leaving the WCW ATM to get bitched out by Jim Cornette weekly for a fifty dollar payday Paul?

5)Mideon - Naked fat guy, thank God he'll probably get fired before he's sent to OVW and I'm subjected to him on a weekly basis.

And the winner is. . . LEX LUGER. . . Big Show was rightfully banished to Banana Land, Mideon to Jakked and Metal, Vampiro to JCW and Sabu to the indies. However, Lex Luger is in a main event storyline in WCW where for all the time wasted everyone knows he has NO CHANCE IN HELL of beating Goldberg since the retarded streak angle is STILL going on!

PREDICTIONS FOR 2001

Before we get to my wisdom for the new year, let's see how I fared on last years prognostications. Sandman didn't win a title in ECW despite getting many shots. In fact at this point, he's one of the few guys left who's over with the fans. It would make sense that Paul E. swallow his pride and give Sandy a title reign. However, Sandman still drinks a little too much to be reliable (see his pants dropping stunt earlier this year at an ECW house show) and probably can't get work anywhere BUT ECW.

The Hollys will be a tag team force in the WWF. Hey, I couldn't forsee Kurt Angle not being able to do a moonsault and breaking Hardcore Holly's arm!

Now for what the Ugly Truthster's crystal ball sees for the future. . .

1)Eric Bischoff will buy WCW. Even though the 1Wrestling.com WCW shills and WCW haters at the Pro Wrestling Torch and Wrestling Observer can agree and say it's rumor, although with differing accuracy, the Truthster is confident that this WILL happen in the first quarter of 2001. The AOL/Time Warner merger is a given, and it's also a given that AOL wants the money pit that is WCW off the books. Bischoff either is a)ready to buy WCW now or b)needs one more investor. Either way, look for WCW to become Bischoff, Inc. soon.

2)Rob Van Dam and Sabu will sign with WCW. See above. Bischoff wants names to push his product to make up for his lack of creative vision. RVD and Sabu are the two biggest names he'll be able to snare when he finally is able to get the WCW reins.

3)Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage will come back to WCW. See above.

4)Linda McMahon will turn heel. There's your payoff to the WWF divorce angle. Also expect Mick Foley/Vinnie Mac at Wrestlemania X-Seven as a result.

5)ECW will NOT get a national television deal, but also NOT close its doors in 2001. For one reason ECW has deals to put them on PPV once a month in 2001. Paul E. should be able to keep the company afloat enough to throw out a card every month on PPV, and the WWF might be kind enough to lend Tazz or the Dudleys to a couple of them. That being said, I don't see a national TV deal coming ECW's way with the current state of the company. I hope I'm wrong and ECW can get a national deal, but I don't see it happening.

6)2001 will not be a good year for Scott Hall. I'm not trying to be flippant, but this guy has all the signs of a train running off the tracks. I pray I am wrong.

7)All Japan Wrestling and NOAH will merge. Most of you clones couldn't give two shits about Japanese graps, but for those of you that do, read on. All Japan will figure out the deal they have struck with New Japan will run its course and the idea is for NJ to absorb AJ. If Motoko Baba and Co. don't see it, then change my prediction to New Japan will merge with All Japan. However, I sense Motoko has enough business savvy from her late husband Giant Baba and will pull out and find strength from the defector NOAH faction who will also have realized they'll need an ally to survive in the crappy Japanese economy.

8)Ric Flair will wrestle again. This one may be a little too easy. Even if Bischoff buys the company, expect this one to ring true. The Nature Boy needs a proper sendoff and jobbing to Vince Russo ain't it. Even Easy E with all of his battles with Naitch, he can see the easy $$$ of a well done final series with Flair. I think it's with Steiner, maybe with Flair getting an improbable title win over the instoppable monster before bowing out gracefully to an on camera role, probably back to CEO of WCW.

9)WWF's stranglehold as the number one promotion wrestling will slip. This prediction is possible, but a little tenuous. WWF is clearly arrogant, and with good reason, they are the proverbial cock-of-the-walk. But, if Bischoff buys WCW, or they finally get some finality as to who is owning/running the promotion and focus is put squarely to the future, they have the pieces in place and the potential to put on a product that will turn viewers away from a WWF product growing staler by the day.

Face it, barring injury, we know Rock/Austin or Rock/Austin/Undertaker is the WM X-7 main event and Foley will probably be in some kind of semi-main event. The WWF has taken a hit since switching to Viacom, but they have no reason to chance anything unless WWF or ECW show some serious strength. I hate Bischoff as much as anybody, but I feel he is the only only person with the balls and moxie to, with some luck and good booking, challenge the WWF with a good product. Hell, this prediction is probably dead wrong, but there is always a chance. Remember, Eric is the only guy to knock Vinnie Mac out of the catbird's seat before. . . it may happen again. Knocking WCW is fun as hell, but you have to admit that EB's New Japan booking strategy of solid workers on the undercard with big stars on top worked for many months.

10)Someone will kick Mark Madden's fat ass, legit. Odds are 2-1 DDP, but a dark horse may slip in, but this lunch box is cruisin' for a bruisin' with that big mouth and serious lack of sack to back it up.

I hope you enjoyed my end of the year wrap-up. Happy Hannukah, Kwanzaa and Merry Christmas to the Ugly Truthster Army. To the rest of you, good luck getting refunds on those OVW Christmas Chaos Golden Circle tickets.

"THE RICK" (1975-2000)

Remembering The Rick

Last thursday was the Rick's funeral in Richmond, Virginia, his home town. This was quite possibly one of the toughest moments of my entire life. I would like to thank everyone for their support and would really like to thank The Rick's friends and family for what was a very sad, but very well organized funeral this past thursday. Thanks to everyone and please keep your thoughts and prayers with the Rick.

IT IS WITH THE DEEPEST REGRETS AND HEARTACHE THAT I MUST INFORM ALL OF YOU OF THE UNTIMELY PASSING OF THE RICK. AT THE REQUEST OF HIS FAMILY I AM KEEPING HIS REAL NAME FROM BEING REVEALED AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, IT MAY BE BEST THAT THE FANS REMEMBER HIM AS THEY KNEW HIM. THIS PAST SATURDAY EVENING, RICK WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, IN WHICH HIS CAR WAS HIT BY A DRUNKEN DRIVER, AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM A COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME. ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNT OF DETAILS AVAILABLE TO ME ARE SKETCHY AT THIS POINT, WHAT I KNOW IS THAT THE WORLD IS NOW WITHOUT A GREAT GREAT FRIEND AND A GREAT MAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. THIS IS A VERY VERY HARD TIME RIGHT NOW AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MINIMAL DETAILS. WHAT I KNOW IS THAT RICK MOVED TO GARY, INDIANA WITH HIS JOB AFTER LEAVING WRESTLING. IT WAS RUMORED HE WOULD RETURN UNDER A NEW GIMMICK BACK TO THE KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA AREA IN DECEMBER. I EXPECT THAT THE UGLY TRUTHSTER MAY REVEAL HIMSELF AND WRITE SEVERAL ARTICLES ABOUT THE RICK, AFTER ALL...HE KNOWS MUCH MORE ABOUT HIM THAN I DO. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU, AND SEND SARA AN EMAIL AND HELP A VERY VERY HARD SITUATION OUT.

THIS WAS THE FINAL UPDATE FROM THE RICK

People are wondering where am I at? What are you doing, and so on. And for those people I have big news for you at the end of this report about the biggest match of the century. But that will come later.

I think the ECW finally hit its lowest point, when it sent several guys from its locker room to attack the XPW's ring crew, as they were passing out flyers at the latest ECW pay per view. Am I saying the XPW was right? NO! But I do give them credit for taking advantage of the biggest oppurtunity that opened for them. If you haven't heard of XPW, you will. If you liked old school ECW, or the IWA hardcore wrestling, you will love XPW. Sure some of their wrestlers, and angles are horrible, but name one wrestling promotion who doesn't have that.

My opinion on the whole Cornette thing is this. I have heard things that Cornette has said, and have turned my head, because of my friendship with Ken Bolin. I also thought Cornette was, and probably still could be one of, if not the greatest manager of all time. But I have heard him bad mouth different organizations for using hardcore. When lately the OVW is using hardcore matches. If hardcore wrestling is not wrestling, then why is it on you show? Why are you bringing in Crash Holly and advertising him against Trailor Park Trash at the Louisville Gardens? I can tell you why. Because it sells tickets. I never put my thoughts on this website because I was marking out to Cornette. I won't mark out again, and not say what is on my mind. That is what made The Rick. And you can say, what is The Rick. He isn't in wrestling anymore. Remember, I quit wrestling, it didn't quit me. And when, not if, I return, it will be when I want to. WHo I want to manage. And whether I want to be heel or face. I know some of you folks are saying: Rick be careful, you'll never make WWF at this rate. You will make the OVW mad at you. I respect Danny Davis. He earned what he has and tends to his own business. I enjoy watching their show. But I won't kiss anyone's ass........well, unless there is a big payday.

TheImran19@cs.com

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