Richard's Report: Week of 3/11/01

This is another edition of Richard's Report. The only news and rumors straight from the heart of the GWA.

To start off I want to thank The Source Wrestling for having us during the time we were there. It is apparent that they have indeed shut down because there has been no new news since last week.

New Talent - There is been a lot of new talent here in the past week. More than our share. New comers are Zombie, Legion, Jen Aside, Rage, and Hawk. Rage is the only person not in the NWWF and GWA. Rage was in the former AWWF which was a GWWF/GWA affiliate since the beginning. My opinion, not affiliated with anyone else in the GWA, is that NWWF superstars in the GWA, and vice versa, will make the NWWF/GWA Clash of the Feds pointless in that if they fight every week against eachother it would not be as interesting as it will be to fight people that you normally do, instead of some new faces.

Talent Gone - Black and Blue crew left the GWA and retired from E-Wrestling. Don't know who Black and Blue are? Not many do. They were here like Indy wrestlers are in the WWF Dark Matches; whenever they were in town, they were here. They weren't "in town" a lot so don't expect these guys to be in the hall of fame.

GWA Site Updates - We are updating the site as we are learning. This is total HTML and since Vicious Vinnie is gone and we can't get in touch with him, it's going to be hard but it won't slow the GWA down.

Now for the week's rumors

Wrestlefest 2 - It is unknown what is going on with Wrestlefest 2. The part of the site is not up yet because we don't know if we are doing it, or Nemisis is working on it now. But there have been two matches signed. Obviously the main event between Richard Stevens, Bezerker, and Nemisis. Don't forget the Intercontinental Championship match between Warrior, Tha B.M.F., Grave Master, and Weapon X. That is set to be a stellar match-up. But what about the rest of the card? With only two weeks until the biggest GWA event, there are only two matches. Well one will be decided on Mayhem as Boomer takes on Nemisis for the #1 Contendership for Destroyer's Specialty Match Title. With Nemisis in the main event at Wrestlefest 2, Boomer is the heavy favorite to win the match. There might also be another match named for Wrestlefest 2 on the 3/13 edition of Mayhem. Stay tuned.

Tag Team Championships - It is well known that Tha B.M.F. and Bill Ingram have the GWA Tag Team Championships. But with Ingram having the European Championship, and Tha B.M.F. with the Intercontinental Championship, where does this leave the Tag Team Titles. The Tag Team Titles haven't been defended in a while becuase of the seperate title defenses that Ingarm and Tha B.M.F. had to take part of. But with Tha B.M.F. already signed for a match, the Tag Team Titles probably will not be defended. So if there is a tag title change, it will be before Wrestlefest 2, and there is a good chance that it will happen. The top contenders are Too Phat, and with an off and on fued between the VTC and Too Phat, a Tag Title Match could be in the works.

The Very Tough Censors - If the tag title match does indeed happen, I would not expect the VTC to take the titles, due to rumors circulating that they might be splitting up in the future. This storyline is obviously getting stale as it has gotten no major reaction since No Mercy and Survivor Series during the now acclaimed Steven Richards vs. HH fued, one of the best in the history. Plus, we have been seing hints of a face turn for Richard Stevens. After the Royal Rumble and through the first half of February, before the GWA hiatus, Richard Stevens was going against the authority of HH and the Corporates, getting a mild face, or good, reaction. Could And 1 be back? We'll have to wait and see.

The Small Print

Expect the VTC to be "fired" if the angle ends.

A tag team, not the VTC, might break up over jealousy after Wrestlefest 2

The Cruiserweight Championship will finally be given to Cruiserweights soon and become more of a mainstream belt.

The Specialty Match Championship will change hands more often, there has been three Specialty Match Champions since July, Boomer, Nemisis, and Destroyer when the belt came in.

Expect a new valet by the middle of May for Richard Stevens, no matter if the VTC is here or not.

Thanks for reading Richard's Report, until next week this is Richard Stevens, signing off.