Wrestling Observer
Headlines for December 2001
Monday, December 31st, 2001
- 03:12 pm Headline: WWF Raw preview
- 02:35 pm Headline: First Monday update; News from around the world
- 07:10 am Headline: Inoki vs. K-1 live coverage
- 12:32 am Headline: XWF report from Green Bay 12-30
Sunday, December 30th, 2001
- 07:22 pm Headline: Vampiro cancels
- 06:56 pm Headline: Another New Years Eve change; XWF cancellations; Biggest indie of year; and real life enemies work an angle together
- 01:31 pm Headline: First Sunday update; Preview of the New Years Eve special, NWA tag titles change, tons of indie notes
- 12:07 pm Headline: More XWF notes from Milwaukee
- 12:39 am Headline: XWF results from 12-29 in Milwaukee
Saturday, December 29th, 2001
- 01:38 pm Headline: First Saturday update; XWF notes, Dusty still blading in Florida after 30 years, Mezger on VH-1 and autograph signings
- 01:35 am Headline: More on XWF debut show in Hammond
- 12:30 am Headline: Smackdown ratings; XWF report from Hammond
Friday, December 28th, 2001
- 01:39 pm Headline: First Friday update; XWF debuts, Smackdown ratings, weekend schedule, biggest indie of the year and more
- 01:37 pm Headline: Wrestler of the Year candidates
- 01:36 pm Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
Thursday, December 27th, 2001
- 03:39 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 02:27 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Another promotion bites the dust; Smackdown, Nash, Ratings, and lots of indie notes
- 03:14 am Headline: December 31 Wrestling Observer Newsletter preview including partial year in review, ordering information, along with special offers for new subscribers
- 03:14 am Feature: December 31 Wrestling Observer Newsletter preview including partial year in review, ordering information, along with special offers for new subscribers
Wednesday, December 26th, 2001
- 08:09 pm Headline: More on New Years Eve, Mexico and other notes
- 02:36 pm Headline: First Wednesday update; Davis and Martin pass away; Nash update; Major reworking of New Years Eve show, Where wrestling stands among sports fans, Bestselling pro wrestling books, LA Times article on journeyman wrsetler, notes from around the world
- 02:10 pm Feature: Figure Four Weekly preview (#340) plus ordering info -- take advantage of our Christmas special (57 issues for $95) while there's still time
- 02:10 pm Headline: Figure Four Weekly preview (#340) plus ordering info -- take advantage of our Christmas special (57 issues for $95) while there's still time
- 02:35 am Headline: Galavsion Lucha Libre report
Monday, December 24th, 2001
- 10:47 pm Headline: Savage returns to the ring, indie notes
- 01:35 pm Headline: First Monday update; Raw tonight, Big jr. heavy match in NOAH, More pro wrestlers in shoot fights
Sunday, December 23rd, 2001
- 10:46 pm Headline: More on how ratings are figured, Bozell lives and hopefully nobody in WWF reads, and Wildside and indie notes
- 02:10 pm Headline: First Sunday update; Explaining TV ratings, Hall of Famer on shoot show, Promotions combine and WWF mention on NFL
- 02:02 pm Headline: Dory Funk's "BANG" TV report
- 02:25 am Headline: Pride results match-by-match
- 02:23 am Headline: Smackdown spoilers
Saturday, December 22nd, 2001
- 08:39 pm Headline: Main event for Rumble announced
- 02:06 pm Headline: First Saturday update; Pride preview for tonight, UFC, Lions Den, indie notes
- 01:10 am Headline: More Raw spoilers
- 01:00 am Headline: WWF Byte This
Friday, December 21st, 2001
- 09:56 pm Headline: Raw spoilers; UFC match added; major weekend bouts added
- 08:03 pm Headline: Tonight's Raw preview
- 05:54 pm Headline: WWF afternoon update, and remember Wildfire vs. Mad Dog?
- 02:48 pm Headline: Smackdown ratings
- 01:46 pm Headline: First Friday update; Rumble notes, big decisions, Smackdown overnight ratings, Weekend schedule and preview, WWF commercial, FMW PPV and more
- 12:36 am Interview: Alex Marvez story on Ric Flair
Thursday, December 20th, 2001
- 05:25 pm Headline: Scott Williams on the current wrestling scene
- 05:22 pm Headline: Hogan on the art of really knowing how to play the game
- 03:12 pm Headline: Figure Four Weekly Preview (#339): Order a gift subscription today for yourself or a friend by taking advantage of our 5 for $5 offer, or our Christmas special
- 01:06 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Weekend notes, Smackdown line-up, Hogan, Savage (barely because it's a slow news day) and even Ahmed Johnson in the news
- 07:27 am Headline: December 24 jumbo-sized Wrestling Observer Newsletter preview, ordering information and this week's special for new subscribers
- 07:25 am Headline: Expected major match made official
- 12:43 am Headline: Haas funeral notes, Rematch Sunday of one of 80s most famous matches and something to see on Metal & Jakked
- 12:21 am Headline: HWA TV tapings
Wednesday, December 19th, 2001
Tuesday, December 18th, 2001
- 09:46 pm Headline: Galavision Lucha Libre report for 12-18
- 03:04 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 12:34 pm Headline: First Tuesday update; Early ratings; XWF, TSN, more funny history notes
- 02:02 am Headline: Dome and New Years Japan show notes, Mania, UFC update and more
Monday, December 17th, 2001
- 03:56 pm Headline: Raw line-up, Pride show finalized, More on Hogan's next TV appearance and Mexico notes
- 02:05 pm Headline: First Monday update; First major annual awards, Hogan TV appearance, Hashimoto in U.S., Bagwell draws--really and Panther likes wrestling
- 02:03 pm Headline: Al Galdi on the year 2001
Sunday, December 16th, 2001
- 03:45 pm Headline: First Sunday update; CZW packs Arena, starts new program, XWF questions, New Shooto champ and more
- 03:34 pm Headline: WWF Excess report with Shawn Michaels
- 03:43 am Headline: Late Saturday night news from around the country
Saturday, December 15th, 2001
- 10:22 pm Headline: NWA title decided, masked man attacks
- 02:50 pm Headline: WWF wrestler Russ Haas found dead
- 01:12 pm Headline: First Saturday update; The realities of PPV, Misconceptions on ratings, PPV tonight, and more
- 12:59 am Headline: EMLL PPV results
Friday, December 14th, 2001
- 08:22 pm Headline: Ross Report notes; Inoki announcement coming; Final Pride match
- 05:23 pm Headline: WWF Byte This with Jerry Lawler
- 03:28 pm Headline: Smackdown ratings, CZW, UFC vet faces local hero
- 12:40 pm Headline: First Friday update; Smackdown ratings, weekend schedule and more
Thursday, December 13th, 2001
- 08:50 pm Interview: Alex Marvez interviews Scotty "2 Hotty" Garland
- 07:29 pm Headline: XWF infommercial schedule, new dates and new star signed, Vince McMahon makes good and bad year-end lists, More on Hogan-Savage
- 01:24 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Weekend PPV, Smackdown, Hogan-Savage, Tokyo Dome matches announced, Pride matches announced, return of one of best workers of 90s and XWF
- 12:54 am Headline: HHH advertised on house shows, EMLL TV tapings, home town hero challenges for world title, Demon Variety review, Rikki Lake show
Wednesday, December 12th, 2001
- 11:58 pm Headline: OVW TV tapings
- 09:50 pm Headline: Figure Four Weekly Preview (#338) plus ordering info, including our Christmas special and our five issues for $5 trial offer for new readers
- 09:50 pm Feature: Figure Four Weekly Preview (#338) plus ordering info, including our Christmas special and our five issues for $5 trial offer for new readers
- 09:15 pm Headline: December 17 Wrestling Observer Newsletter preview, ordering information and special offers
- 09:15 pm Feature: December 17 Wrestling Observer Newsletter preview, ordering information and special offers
- 01:10 pm Headline: First Wednesday update; Smackdown spoilers, more on Fujita, Bagwell, HWA from last night, Keibler on Stern, Pride announces more matches and is WWF headed to Japan
- 01:00 pm Headline: Les Thatcher and Larry Zbyszko interviews
Tuesday, December 11th, 2001
- 09:47 pm Headline: Galavision Lucha Libre report for 12-11
- 09:29 pm Headline: Injury will force changes of two major Japan show plans
- 07:23 pm Headline: WWA final show of the tour in Cardiff, Wales
- 03:46 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 03:31 pm Feature: WWF Raw Report
- 01:01 pm Headline: First Tuesday update; New Japan PPV, Chono update, Raw and ratings, EMLL tonight, Pride announces match
- 12:58 pm Headline: Dory Funk's "Bang" TV report
- 03:02 am Headline: Galavision Lucha Libre report for 12-4
- 02:59 am Headline: Non-Raw results from Anaheim, Mexico TV taping show, WCW Magazine trivia questions, with the wrong answers
Monday, December 10th, 2001
- 03:11 pm Headline: Tonight's Raw preview
- 12:17 pm Headline: First Monday update; Jericho and HHH notes, Dream match for Guerrero, New Japan tag tourney
- 12:15 pm Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
- 03:39 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (January 15, 2001 Nitro report)
- 03:32 am Feature: WWF PPV Feedback
- 01:12 am Headline: How to order back issues of the Wrestling Observer from 1986 and descriptions of the issues
- 01:10 am Headline: New Japan tag team tournament update
Sunday, December 9th, 2001
- 11:28 pm Headline: Weekend news update from around the world, NJ tag tourney, GHC belts change, Pride unofficial matches, WWA, FMW, Best selling book lists and more
- 06:27 pm Headline: WWF Vengeance match-by-match coverage plus Michaels notes
- 10:49 am Headline: Tonight's PPV details
- 12:56 am Headline: Ben Miller on Vengeance build-up
Saturday, December 8th, 2001
- 11:21 pm Headline: WWA house show report 12-8 Glasgow
- 11:17 pm Headline: WWF San Jose house show report and other notes
- 11:00 am Headline: First Saturday update; Notes for Vengeance, Chris Harvard, Huge match in small gym tonight, WWC, UFC and indie notes
- 12:51 am Headline: WWF Byte This with Ric Flair
- 12:46 am Headline: Role of ref with Jim Molineaux
Friday, December 7th, 2001
- 02:47 pm Headline: Smackdown ratings; World championships
- 01:36 pm Headline: First Friday update; All Japan tag tourney ends; Smackdown ratings; Nagata goes for Greco-roman worlds, Biggest sports entertainment weekend of the year with full details; EMLL complete PPV show; WWF statement on lawsuit and more
Thursday, December 6th, 2001
- 08:27 pm Headline: More WWA notes from Manchester
- 07:32 pm Headline: WWA house show report 12-6 Manchester
- 02:30 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Smackdown notes, All Japan tag tourney finals, Another WWF cut, False advertising, Still no line-up for big shows this month, Huge weekend coming, More ratings info and more
- 02:58 am Headline: Lawsuit filed against WWF, More cuts, WWA in London and more
- 02:53 am Headline: Jerry Lawler and Eddy Guerrero interviews
- 12:10 am Headline: OVW TV tapings
Wednesday, December 5th, 2001
- 09:28 pm Feature: Figure Four Weekly Preview (#337) plus ordering info including our Christmas special and our 5 issues for $5 offer for new subscribers
- 09:28 pm Headline: Figure Four Weekly Preview (#337) plus ordering info including our Christmas special and our 5 issues for $5 offer for new subscribers
- 08:39 pm Headline: December 10 Wrestling Observer preview, ordering information, special rate for the week and this week's special offer
- 08:39 pm Feature: December 10 Wrestling Observer preview, ordering information, special rate for the week and this week's special offer
- 04:54 pm Headline: All Japan tag tourney; WWF releases
- 02:10 pm Headline: First Wednesday update; Vengeance, More on Raw ratings, WWF historical release, Hogan, Hashimoto, Jake the Snake snoozes again, Tributes at No. 1
- 03:54 am Headline: Smackdown spilers 12-4 Chicago
Tuesday, December 4th, 2001
- 02:45 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 12:35 pm Headline: First Tuesday update; Whalen passes away, All Japan updated tournament down to the wire (what a shock that is), False advertising, Galavision tonight and more
- 12:29 pm Headline: Dory Funk's "BANG" TV report
- 03:54 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (WCW Syn PPV report featuring Goldberg's fake retirement that ironically ended up being his real retirement)
- 03:02 am Headline: Tokyo Dome matches announced
- 01:08 am Feature: WWF Raw Report
Monday, December 3rd, 2001
- 11:22 pm Headline: All Japan updated standings; Non-Raw results from Milwaukee; PPV documentary over the weekend; 1980 GCW main event reprised
- 10:38 pm Headline: WWA house show report 12-3 London
- 10:37 pm Feature: WWF Sunday Night Heat report
- 12:58 pm Headline: First Monday update ;Whalen in grave condition, Indie notes, Wrestler makes faux pas on national broadcast
- 12:52 pm Headline: Galavision Lucha Libre preview for 12-11
- 01:43 am Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
- 12:03 am Headline: Sunday night notes: Indie notes, WWF notes, talk show host passes away
Sunday, December 2nd, 2001
- 08:24 pm Headline: WWF house show report 12-2 LaCrosse, WI
- 06:34 pm Headline: WWF house show report 12-2 Champaign, IL
- 02:47 pm Headline: First Sunday update; Big Japan's biggest show ever and PPV today, Undertaker notes, More on Vengeance and Japanese tag tourney
- 12:09 am Headline: Saturday night notes from around the world; Booker runs gauntlet over former ECW stars, Japanese stars head to UPW, Graham book update, K-1 on ESPN2 and more
Saturday, December 1st, 2001
- 11:29 pm Headline: WWF house show report 12-1 Cedar Rapids
- 11:28 pm Headline: WWA house show report 12-1 Birmingham
- 11:25 pm Headline: WWF house show report 12-1 Detroit
- 03:27 am Headline: First Saturday update; XWF debut house shows, Tijuana notes, WWF injury updates and looking at those safe from being cut, Guerrero back in ring and more
- 03:19 am Headline: WWF Byte This report with Chris Benoit
- 03:18 am Headline: Al Galdi on Ric Flair in WWF
