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Harlem Heat brings the tag team back to WCW The Masked Messenger At one time they made the World Championship Wrestling the best there was out there – tag teams. However, with the fall of the popular tag teams in WCW the ratings and many fans followed, leaving the once-popular organization in disarray. Finally, after months on lackluster tag teams and matches the WCW has finally realized what made it the top organization and has reunited one of the best tag teams in the business: Harlem Heat. On Monday night, Stevie Ray and his more talented brother Booker T, were on fire again, giving WCW fans all over the world a look back on the glory days of the organization. Sure, the two looked a little rusty. But after going their separate ways (Stevie Ray joining the NWO and Booker T having some grueling matches with the likes of Chris Benoit), who wouldn’t? With a few more matches let’s hope these two stars can get back into the groove of things and can reach the pinnacle they deserve to be on. WCW: As the tag teams go, so goes the organization.   *** LION CALLING:Well, it looks as though Chris Jericho will be making his Monday Night Raw debut on August 9 (ironically, the same day the Countdown to the Millennium will be over) and the rumors and speculation surrounding his upcoming role the WWF have been running wild. It appears the most prominent rumor is the true one. Jericho will join up with X-Pac and the Road Dog to a form a new and improved Degeneration X (uh, oh, can we say NWO syndrome) and may be joined by Test and (ready for this) the Heartbreak Kid himself, Shawn Michaels. HBK’s role is not quite known yet, but what we do know is he has started his own wrestling school down in his native state of Texas and, though not 100 percent, still has the talent that made him the franchise in the pre-“Stone Cold” Steve Austin days. There has been much discussion among the insiders that Jericho may turn out to be nothing more than an HBK ripoff (the same thing they accused him as in the WCW). While they both have the same charisma and similar styles, the WWF won’t allow that to happen. It is banking instead on the many Jericho-haulics following their hero and his “come-and-get-me-if-you-can” personality to the WWF. Jericho, in a move despised by the Body Slam staff, is contracted (errgghhh, it hurts to say it) win the Intercontinental Belt at Survivor Series.   *** WHOSE MOVING WHERE?: While watching Monday Night Raw it has become apparent that Deborah is getting pretty p-oed at the way Jeff Jarrett has been treating her. Look for her to find herself a new pound to rest her puppies. The Hardy Boyz, a surprising young tag team, aren’t happy with their manager Michael Hayes and they may be joining the newly-revamped Degeneration X when Chris Jericho shows his face. That’s all for now, until next time keep reading, watching and writing. World Newspapers Media General’s Community Publishing | News from the Associated Press | NewsWorks | Gateway Virginia Alphabetical listing of all Newspapers | Richmond Times-Dispatch | Tampa Tribune | The Roanoke Times | Winston Salem Journal | Raleigh News&Observer | The Charlotte Observer | The Washington Post | The Washington Times | The New York Times | The New York Post | Los Angeles Times | USA Today | The Christian Science Monitor Weather Maps | Magazines&More   Go to News Stories | Go to Obituaries | Go to Editorial Return to the JM Home Page *Copyright 1999, Media General Community Publishing

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