This week's History is dedicated in memory of Bobby Duncam, Jr. I remember Bobby from two key things he did in WCW, his miniwar with Chris Jericho (including Ralphus' being tied up) and the beginning of the West Texas Rednecks. Rest in peace, Bobby.

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Birthdays - It's Road Warrior Animal's birthday. Whatever happened to them, and why are they still on the WWF.com bios page? It's also the Maestro's birthday! Maybe he'll play himself a tune or something. AND it's Road Warrior Hawk's birthday... because if one Road Warrior has to have a birthday, the other does too. That's the way to be a true tag team, buddy.

1999 - In a match shown during halftime of what was a loser of a Super Bowl (thanks, Falcons... now I know why I root for the Jaguars) but I guess taped today, Mankind won that WWF Title back from The Rock in the "Halftime Heat" match. It was kinda fun having just Vince McMahon doing commentary, especially since he was in his heel mode.

1998 - On Raw, Jo Jo Dillon banned use of the power bomb. As stupid as it is, that rule wasn't half as stupid as Ole Anderson outlawing top rope moves and removing the padding from around the ring.

1995 - WCW's Clash of the Champions XXX (that's thirty, not a porno or something) is in Las Vegas (which would probably add to the whole 'XXX' idea). The main event is Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeating Kevin "Coach" Sullivan & Brutus Beefcake as whichever gimmick he was in at the time. Also on the card Sting defeated Avalanche (who was also in the "flavor of the month" club with Beefcake), Harlem Heat beat Marcus Alexander Bagwell & The Patriot, Alex Wright beat Bobby Eaton, and Arn Anderson defeated Johnny B. Badd (he's a baaaaad man).

1993 - As the end of its "Headlock on Hunger" fundraiser, the WWF donated $100,000 to relief efforts in Somalia. WHAT ABOUT STARVIN' MARVIN?

Speaking of the People's Column, here's those features usually in there that are in here this time.

WWF vs WCW:

WWF: Simply put, the Rumble rocked. Maybe it's because I ordered a PPV for the first time since St. Valentine's Day Massacre, or maybe it's just because it was good. I thought the WWF would have held off Tazz (stupid second "z"... Russo spelled this, didn't he?) until Raw in Philly, but I guess I was wrong. The Hardys and Dudleys put on an awesome clinic. I would have killed myself doing anything they did. The bikini contest was OK... UNTIL I WAS SCARRED FOR LIFE. Thanks WWF for not totally censoring Mae Young. The I-C title match was OK but wasn't long enough really. The tag title match sucked, it could have used another five minutes at least. Cactus and HHH deserve all the respect in the world, they hurt themselves to entertain us. What a match, too! I really enjoyed the Rumble itself. Maybe it was Rikishi's dominance. Maybe it was the Too Cool & Rikishi dance moment. Maybe it was Kaientai running in over and over. Or maybe it was the return of... MR. BOB BACKLUND! I was really wishing he would have chicken-winged somebody though. At least after he ran into the audience. Oh well. ... As far as Raw, maybe I just wasn't that into it this week. It was OK, but nothing too great. It's great to see Rikishi in the main event AGAIN. ... I caught The Rock hosting TRL last week. You didn't miss a thing, except he called Kurt Loder a jabroni. Kurt immediately said he hated the Rock and said he IS NOT a jabroni.

WCW: Well, WCW is trying for the babe factor. I like Nash's redhead. Of course I like Chae. And Ms. Sky Hancock isn't shabby either. Torrie... she's a babe, too. If only we could get Tank Abbott's ugly physique off the screen. ... Thank goodness Ernest Miller (The Cat, not The Kat) is back. I missed his talks about whooping people in the crowd. How long until we get the CatBo ads, since I missed them the first time? ... I was surprised Sid won the title instead of Nash, but I have a sneaky feeling Nash will have it around his waist by the time SuperBrawl ends ... Three Count has to have the worst gimmick ever (cancel that... The Genius was pretty bad, too), but it is fun seeing Norman Smiley come in and dance every week ... Don't you think Madusa could give a little bit of her massive breast size to Spice? ... Forget David Arquette and Courtney Cox-Arquette, let's get Neve Campbell in the front row for Nitro! I would watch the whole show then. Sigh...

THE PEOPLE'S HALL OF FAME

I don't think I'm going to continue this feature. It was cool the first few times, then it became lame. Next week maybe I'll debut something new. Or maybe I won't. You'll have to watch, won't you?

BLATANT PLUGS

Well, I don't have anyone major to plug this week. Maybe you can check out the official websites of Chris Benoit (http://www.chrisbenoit.com), Perry Saturn (http://www.perrysaturn.com), and Shane Douglas (http://www.shanedouglas.com) for info on where they might or might not be going.

That's your column for the week. Tune in next week for some stuff.