Scott Hall had his contract restructured in order to spend more time at home with his family. He remarried his ex-wife, Dana Hall two weeks ago. The new contract calls for him to work only five dates a month (four Nitros and one PPV each month). He is expected to be back on Nitro in five to six weeks.
Despite shakey morale and the growing gap between Nitro and Raw in the ratings, the power structure appears to be solid for the time being with Kevin Nash as booker and Eric Bischoff remaining the president. Nash shares booking power with Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, and Dallas Page (in that order of influence). Hogan and Savage have reputations for only being out for themselves while Page is said to be out for himself and taking care of his friends. Those without power but with heavy input include Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, and Mike Graham. Sullivan is considered Nash’s right hand man but his rep is that he comes up with as many bad ideas as he does good and “needs an editor.” Nash now is as open as he’s ever been to listening to anyone who may have an idea. Meanwhile, the feeling among most is that Eric Bischoff’s job won’t be in jeopardy despite losing to Raw in the ratings by such large margins and that he will survive at least another year in his position as long as Nitro’s ratings stay around 4.0. For the first time in a while he is said to be excited about the company and has been attending more shows. He is still standing behind Nash as his booker but has stepped in and given Nash a couple of names he would like to see used better, including Bret Hart. Another reason for Bret’s current push is said to be fans flooding Nash’s website with e-mails bashing Nash for not pushing Bret. Despite shakey morale and the growing gap between Nitro and Raw in the ratings, the power structure appears to be solid for the time being with Kevin Nash as booker and Eric Bischoff remaining the president. Nash shares booking power with Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, and Dallas Page (in that order of influence). Hogan and Savage have reputations for only being out for themselves while Page is said to be out for himself and taking care of his friends. Those without power but with heavy input include Kevin Sullivan, Lex Luger, Arn Anderson, and Mike Graham. Sullivan is considered Nash’s right hand man but his rep is that he comes up with as many bad ideas as he does good and “needs an editor.” Nash now is as open as he’s ever been to listening to anyone who may have an idea. Meanwhile, the feeling among most is that Eric Bischoff’s job won’t be in jeopardy despite losing to Raw in the ratings by such large margins and that he will survive at least another year in his position as long as Nitro’s ratings stay around 4.0. For the first time in a while he is said to be excited about the company and has been attending more shows. He is still standing behind Nash as his booker but has stepped in and given Nash a couple of names he would like to see used better, including Bret Hart. Another reason for Bret’s current push is said to be fans flooding Nash’s website with e-mails bashing Nash for not pushing Bret.
Leno immediately gave Hogan a hard time for coming out of retirement just days after his last “Tonight Show” appearance where he vowed his career was over. Hogan claimed he said he “was tired,” not “retired.” Leno said Hogan admitted he was too old to wrestle, then made fun of his multi-colored beard. Hogan shot back at Leno that his hair is two colors, also. Hogan said, “Fans want me to be a good guy again.” When somebody in the crowd shouted, “Hulk,” he said don’t call him Hulk, call him Hollywood, because Marvel Comics gets a cut when people call him Hulk. They also plugged his upcoming appearance on NBC’s “Suddenly Susan.”
