Wrestling Observer
Headlines for February 2002
Thursday, February 28th, 2002
- 09:14 pm Headline: In depth look at current WWF finances, Review of the biggest weekend of the year, A history piece on when war was at its hottest,; Preview of the March 4th Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ordering information and this week's special offers and rates
- 09:14 pm Feature: In depth look at current WWF finances, Review of the biggest weekend of the year, A history piece on when war was at its hottest,; Preview of the March 4th Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ordering information and this week's special offers and rates
- 12:10 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Robbie D passes away, Smackdown, Tough Enough, WWF in Japan, Michinoku Pro on U.S. PPV and more
- 12:08 pm Headline: BANG TV report
- 04:13 am Feature: Figure Four Weekly #349 preview ("Frye beats Shamrock in classic battle"), plus ordering information and special offers for both new and returning subscribers
- 04:13 am Headline: Figure Four Weekly #349 preview ("Frye beats Shamrock in classic battle"), plus ordering information and special offers for both new and returning subscribers
- 12:07 am Headline: OVW TV report
Wednesday, February 27th, 2002
- 11:36 pm Interview: Alex Marvez interviews John "Big" Gaburick
- 05:22 pm Headline: Andrew McManus on Randy Savage, Road Dogg, Marcus Bagwell
- 03:33 pm Headline: First Wednesday update; WWF loses major court case over name, Jericho national special, Top 15 best selling wrestling/MMA books, lots of indie notes and wrestler turned monster truck driver
- 03:31 pm Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
Tuesday, February 26th, 2002
- 10:41 pm Headline: Smackdown spoilers
- 09:30 pm Headline: Heartbreaking best show of the week; Galavision Lucha Libre sin nuevo EMLL contento
- 09:21 pm Headline: Sunday Night Heat spoilers from Boston
- 03:27 pm Feature: Raw Report
- 03:14 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 01:47 pm Headline: First Tuesday update; Raw competiton and Fear Factor ratings, Non-Raw notes and more
- 12:07 am Feature: WWF Sunday Night Heat report
- 12:06 am Feature: WWF Metal Jakked report
- 12:01 am Headline: Pick'em in Pride contest winner
Monday, February 25th, 2002
- 04:30 pm Headline: Wrestler cleans up with power
- 03:50 pm Headline: Raw notes for tonight
- 01:21 pm Headline: First Monday update; Fear Factor, Raw brawl at White's, Abby vs. Funk vs. Sullivan and more
- 01:18 pm Headline: ESPN Wrestling Classics TV report
- 11:25 am Feature: WWF Wrestling Classics TV report
- 04:05 am Feature: Early WWA, PRIDE feedback
- 12:05 am Feature: WWA pay-per-view report
Sunday, February 24th, 2002
- 04:46 pm Headline: WWF house show results 2-24 Manchester, NH
- 03:52 pm Headline: WWA PPV notes
- 12:14 pm Headline: First Sunday update; WWA PPV, Promoter Roberts passes away, AJW PPV, Grimes bump, Ring of Honor and much more
- 10:46 am Headline: Pride spoilers
- 03:43 am Headline: All Japan PPV report/Shocking scene at XPW
- 03:17 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (February 19, 2001 Nitro Report)
- 01:30 am Headline: XWF house show report 2-23 Lubbock
Saturday, February 23rd, 2002
- 10:31 pm Headline: WWF house show report 2-23 Buffalo
- 02:53 pm Headline: First Saturday update; Weekend big show coverage and polls, PCW big show, indie TV update and more
- 02:51 pm Headline: XWF report 2-22 Amarillo
- 02:50 pm Headline: Memphis Championship Wrestling TV report
- 02:45 pm Headline: WWF Byte this with Goldust
Friday, February 22nd, 2002
- 07:54 pm Headline: Smackdown ratings; Giant weekend schedule with four PPV events and Austin vs. Hall, Shamrock-Frye rumble again and more
- 12:05 pm Headline: Early Smackdown success, Bischoff's new TV idea and more
- 12:02 pm Headline: More detailed UFC TV review
- 03:44 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (February 14th, 2001 Thunder Report)
Thursday, February 21st, 2002
- 09:19 pm Interview: Alex Marvez interviews Jeremy Borash
- 09:15 pm Headline: Most important angles in history, Hogan-Rock confrontation and WWF behind the scenes news; Preview of the February 25th issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ordering info and this week's special offers
- 09:15 pm Feature: Most important angles in history, Hogan-Rock confrontation and WWF behind the scenes news; Preview of the February 25th issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ordering info and this week's special offers
- 09:11 pm Feature: WWF Smackdown report
- 07:52 pm Headline: UFC TV report
- 02:03 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Huge weekend, More on Hogan, WWF finances in reality, New plans for PPV, Tough Enough 2 debut show review, Observer Live and much more
- 11:21 am Headline: Linda McMahon TV appearances
- 11:19 am Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
- 03:01 am Headline: OVW TV tapings
- 02:59 am Headline: Dory Funk's "BANG" TV report
- 01:56 am Headline: Figure Four Weekly #348 preview ("NWO angle an early success") plus ordering information and special offers for new readers
- 01:56 am Feature: Figure Four Weekly #348 preview ("NWO angle an early success") plus ordering information and special offers for new readers
Wednesday, February 20th, 2002
- 04:41 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 03:34 pm Feature: WWF Wrestling Classics TV report
- 03:29 pm Headline: First Wednesday update; Swede Hanson passes away, Inoue convicted, Puerto Rican title set for Philly, All Japan women on American PPV, shooting Solar, Randy White, Buddy Wolff, TV on TJ wrestling, Tough Enough 2 and more
- 03:49 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (February 19th, 2001 Raw)
- 01:53 am Headline: Smackdown spoilers from Rockford, IL 2-19
- 01:50 am Headline: Galavision Lucha Libre TV report
Tuesday, February 19th, 2002
- 03:08 pm Headline: No ratings, ESPN Sports Center wrestling story
- 01:51 pm Headline: First Tuesday update; Hall & Nash doing house shows, Keibler on Stern TV, Tonight's Galavision, Pride in Canada and tons of results from around the world
- 01:47 pm Headline: Golden Age of Wrestling TV review
- 02:12 am Headline: Latest contest: Pick 'em in Pride
- 02:06 am Headline: Full details from Chicago including the disturbance
- 02:04 am Feature: Raw Report
Monday, February 18th, 2002
- 10:07 pm Headline: That was money
- 01:32 pm Feature: WWF Sunday Night Heat report
- 01:28 pm Headline: First Monday update; Early report volume, Odds on Hogan and WWF title, IWGP tag tourney, Advanced sellout for ROH, No Way Out for free and tons of weekend indie notes
- 01:25 pm Feature: WWF Metal/Jakked report
- 03:03 am Feature: No Way Out Feedback
Sunday, February 17th, 2002
- 11:44 pm Headline: Live notes from Milwaukee
- 06:26 pm Headline: No Way Out match-by-match report
- 04:54 pm Headline: Championship Wrestling from Memphis TV report
- 12:46 pm Headline: First Sunday update; No Way Out notes and preview, Kobashi returns, Former NHL star will make debut, USA taping with Cornette, Zbyszko, Taylor and OVW wrestlers and tons of indie notes from last night
- 12:38 pm Headline: AWA Wrestlerock PPV report from 1986
- 04:09 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (February 15, 2001 Smackdown)
Saturday, February 16th, 2002
- 10:06 pm Headline: WWF house show report 2-16 Green Bay
- 08:51 pm Headline: FMW folds, indie and Japanese news
- 12:22 pm Headline: First Saturday update; Wrestling Observer Live returns, New IWGP heavyweight and jr. champ and after 30 years, Flair still gets no respect
- 12:20 pm Headline: Galavision Lucha Libre TV report
- 12:19 pm Headline: NWA Wildside TV report
- 02:35 am Headline: UFC TV report
- 02:31 am Headline: WWF Byte This with Rock
- 01:51 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (This Week in XFL) (seriously)
Friday, February 15th, 2002
- 03:07 pm Headline: First Friday update; Jericho interview, Smackdown ratings, Major Japanese shows, Weekend preview, Steamboat, Mexico and more
- 12:30 am Interview: Alex Marvez interviews Chris Jericho
- 12:24 am Feature: Smackdown report
Thursday, February 14th, 2002
- 07:40 pm Headline: Hall's first impression along with Hogan & Nash, WM preview and split upcoming, Details of the February 18th issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ordering info, and this week's special offer
- 07:40 pm Feature: Hall's first impression along with Hogan & Nash, WM preview and split upcoming, Details of the February 18th issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, ordering info, and this week's special offer
- 07:36 pm Headline: Scott Williams on WWF and the Olympics
- 12:56 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Huge next ten days,Hall of Famer arrested, Smackdown preview, IWGP title news, How to see EMLL, Who gets WWA vs. Pride and Behavioral study on WWF's influence on kids
- 02:02 am Feature: Figure Four Weekly #347 preview (Can Vince McMahon make the NWO work?) plus ordering information and special offer for new readers
- 02:02 am Headline: Figure Four Weekly #347 preview (Can Vince McMahon make the NWO work?) plus ordering information and special offer for new readers
- 01:26 am Headline: OVW TV spoilers
- 01:24 am Headline: Phoenix Championship Wrestling TV report
Wednesday, February 13th, 2002
- 01:43 pm Headline: First Wednesday update; ESPN story, Satanico rules, Hall of Famer's wrestling fettish and update on all major wrestling books
- 01:33 pm Headline: More on best pro wrestling books
- 11:24 am Headline: Detailed Smackdown spoilers
- 12:53 am Headline: Ben Miller on the pregnancy angle
- 12:51 am Headline: Smackdown spoilers, TV viewers vote on best Pride matches of the year and Mexico news
Tuesday, February 12th, 2002
- 03:54 pm Headline: Raw ratings
- 01:03 pm Headline: First Tuesday update; Ratings notes, Non-Raw events from last night, Bus tour to Super 8, Bagwell, Konnan and Misterio Jr. work Houston
- 01:01 pm Headline: Dor Funk's "BANG" TV report with Terry Funk
- 03:59 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (WCW SuperBrawl 2001 PPV report)
- 01:31 am Feature: WWF Raw report
Monday, February 11th, 2002
- 03:57 pm Feature: WWF Metal/Jakked report
- 03:55 pm Feature: WWF Sunday Night Heat report
- 01:05 pm Feature: WWF Wrestling Classics TV report
- 12:58 pm Headline: First Monday update; Kowalski and Benoit awarded, Nash files lawsuit and more to come, WWF sales notes, WWA notes, K-1 new promotion has hot debut, 80s stars like Morton, Eaton and Superstar back in action, new Japanese PPV in U.S. and more
- 03:01 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (February 12th Nitro Report)
- 01:26 am Headline: Scott Williams on Wrestling autobiographies and response to a post
- 01:24 am Headline: Al Galdi: No resurgence coming
- 01:16 am Headline: How UFC should handle television
Sunday, February 10th, 2002
- 08:16 pm Headline: WWF house show report 2-10 El Paso
- 06:07 pm Headline: WWF house show report 2-10 Springfield, MO
- 12:50 pm Headline: First Sunday update; Bradshaw speech, CZW results; WWF in Rolla, MO
- 01:50 am Headline: WWF results from Albuquerque, New York Times magazine story, Matrats, Flair vs. Lawler angle and more
Saturday, February 9th, 2002
- 05:02 pm Headline: U.K. Revival show featuring King of England tournament
- 01:10 pm Headline: First Saturday update; Muto, Kojima and Ka Shin debut for All Japan, Frye/Shamrock go at it, Benoit talks about NWO and Bret Hart comes to Bay Area
- 01:05 pm Headline: WWF Byte This with Maven and Trish Stratus
- 01:02 pm Headline: Dory Funk's "BANG" TV report featuring Terry Funk
Friday, February 8th, 2002
- 05:50 pm Headline: Ross Report notes, Mexico news, Legends weekend in Vegas and more
- 03:04 pm Headline: Smackdown final ratings
- 03:02 pm Headline: UFC TV show debut report
- 02:12 pm Headline: First Friday update; Smackdown ratings, Rock schedule, Hall, Nash & Hogan's TV debut, hilarious Hogan interview, Weekend schedule, Graham benefit and much more
- 03:51 am Feature: Figure Four Flashback (February 7th Thunder report)
- 01:42 am Headline: Chaos in New Japan, How Nelson Royal changed wrestling history with one decision, and Hall already causes management an embarrassment, Preview of February 11 jumbo-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer, ordering information and this week's special offers
- 01:42 am Feature: Preview of February 11 jumbo-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer, ordering information and this week's special offers
- 01:21 am Headline: Latest Ric Flair interview
- 01:18 am Feature: WWF Smackdown report
- 01:16 am Headline: UFC TV debut
- 01:14 am Headline: Meeting with Vince and all the major WWF stars
- 01:12 am Headline: NWA Wildside TV review
Thursday, February 7th, 2002
- 05:43 pm Headline: WWF/DirecTV situation
- 12:34 pm Headline: First Thursday update; Smackdown line-up, Best wrestling autobiography, UFC main signed, Japanese PPV in U.S., WWF wrestlers on Weakest Link, WWA newspaper ad, IWGP jr. title match, next New Japan Sumo Hall show and AAA comes to the U.S.
- 03:33 am Headline: Preview of the huge new Figure Four Weekly plus ordering information, special offers (first time readers, try six issues for five dollars), and how to get this week's issue today
- 03:33 am Feature: Preview of the huge new Figure Four Weekly plus ordering information, special offers (first time readers, try six issues for five dollars), and how to get this week's issue today
- 02:06 am Headline: OVW TV tapings
- 02:03 am Headline: Scott Williams on the PPV price increase
Wednesday, February 6th, 2002
Tuesday, February 5th, 2002
Monday, February 4th, 2002
- 02:59 pm Headline: First Monday update; Ortiz update, UFC next main event finalists, Lawler-Flair, Billy Graham, RAW tonight in Canada and other notes
- 02:57 pm Headline: ESPN Wrestling Classics TV review
- 03:48 am Headline: Who is Inoki's secret weapon
Sunday, February 3rd, 2002
- 08:57 pm Headline: Nelson Royal passes away
- 08:49 pm Headline: Detailed WWF house show report 2-3 Reno
- 07:34 pm Headline: WWF house show report 2-3 Reno
- 07:30 pm Headline: WWF house show report 2-3 Seattle
- 04:41 pm Headline: First Sunday update; More on Ortiz injury, UFC in U.K., Shamrock-Frye tour, Former wrestler now lingerie model and more
- 03:49 am Headline: Late Saturday night news: UFC main event thrwarted again, Flair interview, Russ Haas memorial show and lots of results from around the country includnig John Boy & Billy's debut show
- 03:44 am Headline: More WWF notes from Vancouver
- 02:32 am Headline: WWF Byte This with Arn Anderson
- 02:30 am Headline: WWF house show report 2-2 Vancouver, BC
- 02:27 am Headline: WWF house show report 2-2 Tucson, AZ
- 02:24 am Headline: K-Kwik interview
- 02:22 am Headline: Memphis Championship Wrestling TV report
Saturday, February 2nd, 2002
Friday, February 1st, 2002
