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News and Notes February 14th 2012

2012-02-14T16:56:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the Online Wrestling Network

SORENSEN SUFFERS C1 VERTEBRAE FRACTURE
- Jesse Sorensen has suffered a C1 vertebrae fracture with spinal cord edema
(swelling) according to a message released by TNA's President Dixie Carter.
Sorensen was injured after a botched moonsault which saw his opponent's knee
strike his head upon landing, knocking him out completely upon impact. The
match - against Zema Ion to determine the number one contender for the X
Division title - was stopped and Ion was awarded the match via count out.
"He is slowly regaining feeling and movement in his arms and legs. He wants
to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Once we speak to the
neurosurgeon, we will pass on more details," read Carter's short message.
You can see the video of the moonsault that caused the injury from the show
at http://w-o.it/yd4Z2T

TNA AND VINCE RUSSO OFFICIALLY PART WAYS
- TNA President Dixie Carter announced that the company has parted ways with
Vince Russo, the creative writer who has been working for the company since
2002 except for two years between 2004 and 2006. "The separation is amicable
and professional. We are glad for the opportunity to have worked together
and wish each other nothing but good luck and success in the future," read
the statement, posted on Twitter. Russo was not at the Against All Odds
pay-per-view on Sunday and David Lagana, a former WWE writer himself who was
hired by TNA late last year, was onboard to help out. His relationship with
the company wasn't always the best and in October he stepped down as head
writer and was replaced by Bruce Prichard. Russo also had past problems with
Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan and their arrival created some controversy
however the trio always managed to find a way to work together. Prior to
joining TNA, Russo served as a writer for both WWE and WCW and is often
credited for the WWE Attitude Era storylines that catapulted WWE over WCW.
He eventually left for the competition but disagreements with management -
including Hogan and Bischoff - led to a disastrous run in WCW.

> UNDERTAKER CUTS HIS HAIR...ER...WIG DURING RAW VIGNETTE
- During yesterday's RAW, a second vignette with the Undertaker was aired
showing the future Hall of Famer getting a razor blade and cutting his hair
saying vengeance will be his. When the Undertaker returned two weeks ago he
was sporting a wig to cover the fact that a few months ago he actually
shaved his head completely bald. While the wig may not have been apparent to
many people on that night, wrestling with a wig would have been pretty risky
considering the several humiliating scenarios. Showing the Undertaker
cutting his hair on television was the best way to explain why come
WrestleMania there will be less at the top! You can see a photo of a bald
Undertaker which was taken a few months ago at http://w-o.it/w386Rz

> SMACKDOWN RATING
- Smackdown last Friday night pulled a 2.17 rating and 3,261,000 viewers,
down slightly from the 2.19 rating of the previous week but an additional
67,000 viewers overall. (Ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research and put
online by PWInsider.com)

Royal Rumble 1997

2012-02-09T18:09:00.000-08:00

The Royal Rumble match 1997. Held at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio Texas January 19th 1997

Today in Wrestling History January 26th

2012-01-26T16:31:00.000-08:00

1987 - At a WWF television taping in Tampa, Florida at the Sundome, The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) defeat The British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith) to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship. Manager Jimmy Hart knocked out Dynamite (who was injured and couldn't wrestle) with his megaphone before the match, and heel referee Danny Davis paid no attention to the Hart Foundation illegally double teaming Smith before counting the pin following a Hart Attack. This ended the Bulldogs' only WWF World Tag Team Title run, and was Bret Hart's first WWF championship of any kind.
This would air on tv Feb 7th 1987

1999 - Prior to an edition of Raw in Tucson, Arizona, WWF filmed an Empty Arena match in which Mankind pinned The Rock with a wooden palette on a forklift to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title. The match was aired on January 31st as a "Halftime Heat" special, set up to air during halftime of the Superbowl.

And Sadly today is the anniversary of the death of the legendary Andre The Giant in 1993.
Here is a great clip of Andre teaming with one of my very favorites, Dick the Bruiser in Indianapolis from 1976.

Royal Rumble 2012 Announcement

2012-01-21T09:30:00.000-08:00

A steel cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship has been set for the Royal Rumble next Sunday January 29th in St Louis Missouri.

World Champion Daniel Bryan will face The Big Show and Mark Henry at the Scottrade Center in St Louis.

Souled Out 2000

2012-01-16T10:44:00.000-08:00

Today January 16th 2000 WCW held its first PPV of the 21st century and last installment of Souled Out.

Held at the Firstar Center in Cincinnati, Ohio this featured as the main event for the WCW World Heavyweight Title Chris Benoit vs Sid Vicious.

Here are the full results and see the entire PPV below:

- Billy Kidman defeated Dean Malenko in a Catch-as-Catch Can match, when Malenko accidentally touched the floor. The rules stated that a competitor could not only lose by pin or submission, but also by touching the floor
- Vampiro defeated David Flair (with Daffney) and Crowbar in a Triple Threat match, by pinning Flair after a Nail in the Coffin.
- Big Vito and Johnny the Bull (with Disco Inferno) defeated The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don Harris), when Vito pinned Ron.
- Oklahoma pinned WCW Cruiserweight Champion Madusa with a roll-up to win the title.
- WCW Hardcore Champion Brian Knobbs defeated Fit Finlay, Meng and Norman Smiley in a Fatal Four-Way match, by pinning Smiley after hitting him with a police shield.
- Billy Kidman pinned Perry Saturn in a Bunkhouse match after a Bulldog.
- Booker T (with Midnight) defeated Stevie Ray by disqualification, after Big T made his debut and attacked Booker. Big T (Anthony Norris) was previously known as former WWF Intercontinental Champion Ahmed Johnson.
- Tank Abbott defeated Jerry Flynn by knockout.
- Buff Bagwell defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a Last Man Standing match.
- The Wall (with Shane Douglas) pinned Billy Kidman in a Steel Cage match after a chokeslam.
- Kevin Nash pinned Terry Funk in a Hardcore match after a Jacknife Powerbomb onto a steel chair to become the new WCW Commissioner.
- Chris Benoit defeated Sid Vicious by submission with the Crippler Crossface to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title. Arn Anderson was the guest referee for the match. Benoit was stripped of the title the next night on WCW Monday Nitro when it was shown that Sid's leg was under the rope when he tapped out to the Crossface. In reality, Benoit had left the company in frustration, and would debut in the WWF two weeks later.

Your Match of the Day

2012-01-16T10:32:00.000-08:00

from 1986 and the Battle of the Belts III its AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel against Kendo Nagasaki

The Rock on DVD

2012-01-15T14:57:00.000-08:00

Coming February 21st the WWE will release a 3 disc set entitled "The Epic Journey of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
It will be available on Blu-Ray and regular DVD. Click on the title above and go to Amazon and reserve your copy now.

Match of the Night

2012-01-14T20:42:00.000-08:00

Your Match of the Night from May 4th 1986 at the Maple Leafs Garden in Toronto Ontario.

WWE PPV Update

2012-01-14T18:48:00.000-08:00

courtesy of the Wrestling Online Network

VENGEANCE DROPPED, ONLY 12 PAY-PER-VIEWS IN 2012
- As things stands right now, there will only be 12 WWE pay-per-views this
calendar year with Vengeance completely dropped from the schedule. This is
the first time in years that the company will be doing only twelve shows,
down from a high of sixteen per year from six years ago. Vengeance was
supposed to air in late October, with Hell in a Cell taking place in the
beginning of the month but now the HIAC show has taken the October 28 date
which was originally reserved for Vengeance. March will see no pay-per-view
since WrestleMania will fall on April 1 with Extreme Rules also airing in
late April. So far the dates for the twelve shows are the Rumble on 01/29,
Elimination Chamber on 02/19, WrestleMania on 04/01, Extreme Rules on 04/29,
Over The Limit on 05/20, Bragging Rights on 06/17, Money In The Bank on
07/15, SummerSlam on 08/19, Night of Champions on 09/16, Hell In A Cell on
10/28, Survivor Series on 11/18 and TLC on 12/16.

WWE Hall of Fame 2012

2012-01-09T19:33:00.000-08:00

Tonight on the January 9th 2012 edition of Monday Night RAW the WWE announced the first two inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Edge
and
The Four Horseman (Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Ric Flair, Barry Windham and JJ Dillon).

Sad that the original Horseman Ole Anderson wont be there but its understandable considering his opinion of Vince McMahon and the WWE.

Friday Night SmackDown- January 6, 2012

2012-01-07T12:01:00.000-08:00

New Japan Pro-Wrestling hits 40 | The Japan Times Online

2012-01-02T15:46:00.000-08:00

New Japan Pro-Wrestling hits 40 | The Japan Times Online

MVP to compete at Wrestle Kingdom 6 in Tokyo - MiamiHerald.com

2012-01-02T15:37:00.000-08:00

Miami’s MVP to live another dream - Wrestling - MiamiHerald.com

SuperClash 1985

2012-01-01T18:10:00.000-08:00

In September of 1985 the AWA and NWA co-promoted a "super card" from Comiskey Park in Chicago Illinois, called SuperClash.
This was to compete with the fast growing WWF and was part of Pro Wrestling USA.

The Co Main Event was this:

AWA World Heavyweight Title

Champion Rick Martel vs Stan "Lariat" Hansen

NWA World Heavyweight Title

Champion "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs Magnum TA

Brock Lesnar Retires from UFC

2011-12-31T12:38:00.000-08:00

Alistair Overeem KOs Brock Lesnar in UFC 141 - SI.com - Mixed Martial Arts

Today in Wrestling History December 30th

2011-12-30T19:14:00.000-08:00

December 30th 1992 Big Van Vader defeats WCW World Champion Ron Simmons for his second reign as World Champion.

Match of the Day

2011-12-30T09:47:00.000-08:00

From August 1985, the AWA World Tag Team Champions take on the #1 contenders, The Irwin Brothers (Bill and Scott Irwin).
The Irwin Brothers were in my opinion one of the best teams to hit the AWA in many years after the Road Warriors but they just became fodder for the Warriors. Having them beat the Warriors and trade the belts would have made for a possibly legendary feud but sadly Verne wanted to keep the Warriors happy and didnt let the Long Riders get another shot at the belts.

Sadly Scott "Hogg" Irwin died from a brain tumor in September of 1987.

Your Match of the Night - Black and White Edition

2011-12-26T15:04:00.000-08:00

From June 1952, this match between World Champion Lou Thesz and former NWA World Champion "Wild Bill" Longson. The older man in the white longsleeve shirt is also a former World Champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis and was also one of the best "shoot" wrestlers of the early 20th century.

Friday Night SmackDown - Friday Night SmackDown

2011-12-25T20:11:00.000-08:00

The Valiant Brothers

2011-12-23T15:40:00.000-08:00

Here is a non title tag team matchup between the then WWF tag team champions, Handsome Jimmy and Luscious Johnny Valiant, The Valiant Brothers facing off against Dean Ho and Tony Garea. Garea was a friend of Vince Sr and Jr and was a loyal employee for years including 2 decades after he retired and served as talent relations and assistant to Gorilla Monsoon.

The Valiants are introduced as being from Chicago Illinois but during their long run in Indianapolis they were from New York City, which made them evil just being from there. I guess being from Chicago made them hated on the east coast.

Your Match of the Night

2011-12-21T16:48:00.000-08:00

From December 1983

AWA Heavyweight Title

Nick Bockwinkel (c) vs Mad Dog Vachon

Your Match of the Night

2011-12-19T15:27:00.000-08:00

From the first AWA Superclash, held at Comiskey Park on September 28th 1985

The AWA World Tag Team Champions, The Road Warriors face The Fabulous Freebirds

ENJOY!

Armageddon 2002

2011-12-15T16:33:00.000-08:00

Today in 2002 the WWE held its Armageddon PPV from Ft Lauderdale Florida.

The main event was Shawn Michaels defending the World Heavyweight Title against HHH in a 2 out of 3 falls match.
Subtitled "3 Stages of Hell" this one started off fall one as a "Street Fight", fall #2 "Steel Cage" and fall #3 was a ladder match.
Because these are as close as brothers, Michaels and HHH wanted to blow the roof off and make each other look great and so they turned in one of the best matches of the decade.

due to the WWE blocking all videos of the finish of this match, this was all I could find and I apologize for that.

TLC 2009

2011-12-10T13:46:00.000-08:00

The first WWE TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) PPV was held December 13th 2009 in San Antonio Texas.

The main event was a TLC match for the World Tag Team Titles with DX (Shawn Michaels and HHH) taking on the Champions, Jerishow (Chris Jericho and The Big Show).

Happy Birthday Kurt Angle

2011-12-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

Today, December 9th, is the 43rd birthday of Olympic Gold Medlist and former WWE and TNA Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle.

Normally I try to find a great match for the birthday boy or girl but in this case how about the match that Kurt won his Olympic gold medal. From the 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atlanta Georgia, USA.

Kurt Angle vs Abbas Jadidi of Iran

Match of the Day

2011-12-07T16:32:00.000-08:00

Today's match is from Starrcade 85 (The Gathering) and one of the biggest matches of that year and any other year was the culmination of the fued between Magnum TA and Tully Blanchard. The "I Quit" match in a cage became legendary for its violence and controversial finish.

This is what wrestling today is missing, a long, great feud that has a great payoff finish at the biggest PPV of the year.

Upcoming WWE Pay Per View Event

2011-12-03T09:33:00.000-08:00

The next WWE Pay Per View will be TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2011.

So far the only announced match is for the World Heavyweight Title as Champion Mark Henry will defend against The Big Show.

This year it will be December 18th at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

Royal Rumble 2011

2011-12-03T09:26:00.000-08:00

Here is the poster for the upcoming Royal Rumble. The 2012 Royal Rumble will be on January 29th 2012.

Today in Wrestling History December 4th

2011-12-02T18:11:00.000-08:00

1969 - Dory Funk Jr. defended his NWA World Heavyweight Title in a 60 minute draw against Antonio Inoki.
This was the first title defense by a World Champion in Japan since 1957.

1974 - Giant Baba wins his first NWA World Heavyweight Title by defeating then champion Jack Brisco in Kagoshima, Japan. Baba would lose the title back to Brisco a week later.

Match of the Day

2011-11-25T08:45:00.000-08:00

Today Match is from 1998 and RAW the night after Wrestlemania 14 in Boston MA.

At Wrestlemania Terry Funk (Chainsaw Charlie) and Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) won the WWF Tag Team titles by defeating the New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Jesse "RoadDog" James). Here is the rematch for the belts in a cage.

WWE Survivor Series 2011 Highlights

2011-11-22T19:01:00.000-08:00

News and Notes November 22nd 2011 After Survivor Series

2011-11-22T15:29:00.000-08:00

thanks to the wrestling online network

CM PUNK REGAINS GOLD, THE ROCK SHAKES THE GARDEN
- Here are the results from yesterday's 25th annual Survivor Series which
took place at Madison Square Garden on pay-per-view: Dolph Ziggler defeated
John Morrison to retain the U.S. title; Beth Phoenix defeated Eve to retain
the Divas title in a lumberjack match; Team Barrett with Wade Barrett, Cody
Rhodes, Hunico, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger defeated Team Orton with
Randy Orton, Sheamus, Kofi Kingston, Sin Cara and Mason Ryan in a
traditional five on five elimination match. Barrett and Rhodes were the two
surviving members of the winning team; Big Show defeated Mark Henry via
disqualification in the World Heavyweight title match thus title doesn't
change hands; CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio to become the new WWE
champion; and John Cena and The Rock defeated The Miz and R-Truth in the
main event.

SIN CARA OUT FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS
- Sin Cara will be out for the majority of the next year after suffering a
ruptured patella tendon during the traditional five on five Survivor Series
elimination match yesterday. WWE.COM listed six to nine months on the shelf
for the Mexican luchador who had the worse of starts for his WWE career.
After much hype for his signing from CMLL, Sin Cara was suspended for thirty
days after failing the Wellness Program test just two months after making
his WWE debut. His rocky performances continued with a lot of botched spots
and re-takes on Smackdown and yesterday was no different as Sin Cara tried
to leap over the top rope but didn't have enough height, got tangled in the
ropes and crashed down hard.

THE ROCK THANKS FANS AFTER THE SURVIVOR SERIES
- After Survivor Series went off the air, The Rock spent a few more minutes
in the ring and cut a short promo for the New York crowd. Fans chanted "you
still got it," "welcome back," and "thank you Rock" before turning to a "we
want Ryder" chant, with Rocky acknowledging the Ryder chant saying he's a
fan too. One fan yelled at The Rock "don't cry" which resulted in a lot of
laughter from fans and The Rock himself who assured the guy that he wasn't
going to cry. The Rock thanked the fans and said he's back to entertain the
people. He called November 20, 2011 as the greatest moment in the history of
his WWE career. The Rock then shook hands with fans and WWE employees at
ringside before heading to the back.

MICK FOLEY ON NBC's "30 ROCK"
- Mick Foley will be appearing on an upcoming episode of NBC's "30 Rock" TV
show after he revealed that he filmed scenes for it last week in New York.
Foley will be reprising his old WWE gimmick of Mankind for the episode which
also involves his first ever kissing scene! The hardcore legend is the first
wrestling start to appear on the popular NBC show starring Alec Baldwin,
Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan. Judah Friedlander, another cast member from the
show, was at the Survivor Series yesterday. Foley was also present but never
appeared on camera.

Another Moment of Zen with Vince McMahon

2011-11-20T15:50:00.001-08:00

Your Match of the Night

2011-11-19T16:14:00.000-08:00

Survivor Series 2011

2011-11-19T13:27:00.000-08:00

This Sunday November 20th 2011 the WWE will hold its annual Survivor Series PPV. This year it will be at the world famous Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The main event will feature the return of the Rock to WWE in ring action as he teams with John Cena. They will face the team of The Miz and R Truth. I am sure there will be major issues between Cena and The Rock as they begin the major buildup to Wrestlemania 28 in Miami Florida.

Survivor Series 2002

2011-11-17T19:25:00.000-08:00

Survivor Series of 2002
November 17th 2002 at Madison Square Garden

Brock Lesnar defends the World Heavyweight Title against The Big Show

For the WWE Tag Team Titles, Triple Threat Elimination Match
The Guerreros vs Edge/Rey Mysterio vs Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit

A Six Man Elimination Chamber Match
Triple H, RVD, Kane, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho and Booker T

Your Vince McMahon Moment of Zen

2011-11-06T18:37:00.000-08:00

best VKM promo EVER!

Alberto Del Rio in MMA

2011-10-31T17:54:00.000-07:00

here is the debut of Dos Caras Jr in the Pride Fighting Championships.against legendary Mirko Crocop in 2003.

Alberto Del Rio, born Alberto Rodriguez, followed his father Dos Caras into the world of professional wrestling and then he moved the MMA in 2000.

Friday Night SmackDown - October 28, 2011

2011-10-30T12:11:00.000-07:00

Halloween Havoc 1990

2011-10-29T12:24:00.000-07:00

The 2nd annual Halloween Havoc was held on Oct 27th 1990 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago Illinois and featured 2 brutal main event matches.

The first was for the NWA US Tag Team Titles.
Champions, The Steiner Brothers defended against The Nasty Boys. The Steiners invoked their inner Bruiser and Crusher as they jumped the Nasty Boys before the bell rang and never let up.

The crowd for this entire card was over the top excited and made this one of the best PPVs in a long time.

The #1 main event for this Halloween Havoc was NWA World Champion Sting meeting Sid Vicious for the that Heavyweight Title.

Halloween Havoc 1996 (Match of the Day)

2011-10-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

Our match of the day features the previously mentioned Scott Hall along with his partner in crime, Kevin Nash in their last glory days in WCW. They were known as the Outsiders and here they face the WCW World Tag Team champions Harlem Heat.

ESPN E60 - Scott Hall

2011-10-21T15:34:00.000-07:00

The ESPN show E60 did a documentary on the sad decline of Razor Ramon AKA Scott Hall.

From his days as "Big" Scott Hall to Razor Ramon to the NWO they look at Scott Halls spiral into drug addiction, alcoholism to now where he is on 11 medications for a number of ailments.
This was a well done show and Scott gave them access to himself and the WWE really stepped up with interviews and video.

You see the entire episode here:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7124904

Your Match of the Night

2011-10-18T16:24:00.000-07:00

Clash of the Champions 35 August 21st 1997

Six man Lucha libre match

Halloween Havoc 1993

2011-10-17T18:33:00.000-07:00

Here from October 24th 1993, the main event from WCW's Halloween Havoc PPV. Held in New Orleans, this featured the "Spin the Wheel-Make The Deal" match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

The match after the spin of the wheel was a Texas Death Match

Cactus Jack vs Big Van Vader (Champion)

Match of the Day

2011-10-09T19:38:00.000-07:00

From Halloween Havoc 1991 "Stunning" Steve Austin vs Dustin Rhodes for the WCW Television title.

Friday Night SmackDown - Friday Night SmackDown

2011-10-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

Match of the Day

2011-09-27T16:46:00.000-07:00

Today's Match is from the UWF circa 1986

The Fantastics vs Eddie Gilbert and Sting

(for the UWF Tag Team Titles)

Updates

2011-09-24T10:43:00.000-07:00

Survivor Series 2011 will now feature The Rock and John Cena together in a 5 on 5 classic survivor series match. I am sure this will not end good and set up the WM match that is already scheduled.

Thanks to Colin Vassallo for this:
The upcoming Steve Austin DVD has got itself a new artwork selected by the WWE Hall of Famer himself.

Titled "Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time," this four disc - yes, four disc - DVD set will be the last ever Austin WWE DVD produced and will be released nationwide on November 29.

Austin selected all the matches and content for this set and served as a producer as well. The disc will also be available in Blu-Ray format as well.

You can see the artwork below.

FLAIR TO UNDERGO SURGERY NEXT WEEK
- Ric Flair will be undergoing surgery next week according to the Charleston
Post Courier to repair a torn triceps from the aftermath of his original
injury of a broken bursa sack in his elbow. The injury occurred when he took
a superplex from Sting during the IMPACT Wrestling tapings. "I thought it
was getting better but the swelling just wouldn't go away," Flair told Mike
Mooneyham at the Post Courier. Flair said he never tore anything except the
rotator cuff during his long and storied career. He blames the injury on not
working enough and said it's "no big deal" as it could have been much more
worse.

Hell in a Cell 2011

2011-09-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

The two main events for the upcoming Hell In A Cell pay-per-view have been announced on RAW.
The Smackdown main event will feature a rematch from Sunday's pay-per-view with Mark Henry defending the World Heavyweight title vs Randy Orton in a HIAC match.
The RAW main event will have John Cena vs CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio for the WWE title also in a HIAC.

Royal Rumble 1989

2011-09-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

Match of the Day

2011-09-03T16:44:00.000-07:00

Today our match is from SummerSlam 1991. Held on August 26th 1991 at Madison Square Garden the main event was a handicap tag team match with Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior against "The Triangle of Terror" with Sgt Slaughter/The Iron Sheik (Col Mustafa)/General Adnan with Sid Justice as the "guest referee".
This was Sgt Slaughte'rs last appearance as "the traitor/Iraqi sympathizer", a role he started during the Gulf War.

Halloween Havoc 1991

2011-09-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

WCW helds its annual Halloween Havoc PPV at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga TN on October 27th

The main event of the card was #1 contender Ron Simmons facing WCW World Champion Lex Luger.

Summer Slam 1990

2011-08-27T09:03:00.000-07:00

Today in 1990 the WWF held its annual Summer Slam PPV. This year it was at the Spectrum in Philadelphia

Here are the results:
- Hercules & Paul Roma defeated The Rockers via countout.
- Kerry Von Erich defeated Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig to win the WWF Intercontinental Title. Von Erich was a replacement for Brutus Beefcake, who had been seriously injured in a parasailing accident. This would be Von Erich's only championship in the WWF.
- Sherri Martel defeated Sapphire via forfeit when she didn't appear for the match. It was later revealed that Sapphire had joined with Ted DiBiase, leaving Dusty Rhodes.
- The Warlord defeated Tito Santana.
- The Hart Foundation defeated Demolition (Smash & Crush) in three falls to win the WWF World Tag Team Title. Demolition won the first fall when Crush pinned Hart, the Foundation won the second fall when Demolition was disqualified, and the Foundation won the third fall when Hart pinned Crush after an appearance by the Legion Of Doom. Interesting to note that in the past, if a disqualification took place during a three fall tag title match, the title would not change hands in the WWF, however that rule was inexplicably changed for this bout.
- Jake Roberts defeated Bad News Brown via disqualification.
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Nikolai Volkoff defeated The Orient Express.
- Randy Savage defeated Dusty Rhodes in under three minutes when Ted DiBiase and Sapphire distracted him.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Earthquake via countout.

The Main Event
WWF Heavyweight Title in a Steel Cage Math
The Ultimate Warrior (Champion) vs Ravishing Rick Rude

In Case You Missed (Ric Flair Edition)

2011-08-26T18:05:00.000-07:00

Today on Grantland.com Shane Ryan had a very extensive and well written article on the personal mess that is Ric Flair's life.

Click here to read and prepare to be amazed and depressed and just plain sad.

Match of the Day

2011-08-23T18:05:00.000-07:00

SummerSlam 1998, August 30th at Madison Square Garden

For the Intercontinental Championship in a Ladder Match

The Rock (Champion) w/Mark Henry vs Triple H w/Chyna

Match of the Day

2011-08-21T12:09:00.000-07:00

Today's match is from Feb 1984 and just before the WWF turned some of the legends of pro wrestling into cartoon characters. This battle royal was in St Louis MO, the hotbed of pro wrestling west of the Mississippi.
The fans loved it and it was a ring full of some of the biggest names in the sport then and now.

Smackdown 08/19/2011

2011-08-20T10:15:00.000-07:00

Tuesday in Texas

2011-08-19T17:54:00.000-07:00

Today while listening to a great podcast, The Place To Be, the host were talking about the WWF PPV
Tuesday in Texas from December of 1991 I thought I needed to post this clip.

After a so so match between Macho Man Randy Savage and Jake The Snake Roberts, the after match doings were probably the best I have seen ever. Jake too his heel persona to the moon by hitting Miss Elizabeth and then cut the promo of his career. Announcers Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan were tremendous and actually seemed incensed and flabbergasted by the events in the ring. Then Mean Gene Okerlund did a great job in being offended by Jake's little speech. It was the perfect storm for all involved and the crowd reaction of complete disbelief is something you just dont see anymore.

Friday Night Smackdown August 12th 2011

2011-08-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

Saturday Night's Main Event Battle Royal

2011-08-11T16:48:00.000-07:00

The big Battle Royal from Saturday Night's Main Event on March 14th 1987

and somehow "The Genius" Lanny Poffo manages to blade and bleed like a stuck hog...why? we will never know.

Ric Flair vs Road Warrior Hawk 1986

2011-08-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

first the set up

then the match in Philadelphia at the Great American Bash on Tour

Match of the Day

2011-08-07T16:08:00.000-07:00

Our Match today is from Summer Slam 1993. Held August 30th 1993 a the Palace of Auburn Hills outside of Detroit Michigan. This match features the hometown heroes The Steiner Brothers defending the WWF Tag Team Titles against the Heavenly Bodies of Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
The match itself is ok but the play by play and commentary of Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan is just tremendous, well Bobby is GREAT as always but the horribly bad announcing of VKM is at his all time badness.

Enjoy

Match of the Day

2011-08-05T18:14:00.000-07:00

Our Match of the Day today is from Summer Slam 2002. Held at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island NY on August 25th 2002.

The main event for the WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Championship

The Champion The Rock vs Brock Lesnar

Match of the Day

2011-07-30T10:41:00.000-07:00

From SummerSlam 1992 in London England

The Legion of Doom vs Money Inc (Ted Dibiase and Mike Rotunda)

Sin Cara vs Rey Mysterio

2011-07-23T17:39:00.000-07:00

Reported by: Colin Vassallo, on Jul 22, 2011 - 9:32:06 PM

Last Saturday, just one day prior to the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, WWE held one of their supershows in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with both Superstars from RAW and Smackdown participating.

During the show, a battle royal was held and featured the first - and possibly last - encounter between Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio.

As both the masked Superstars wrestled in the ring showing off their athletic abilities, the rest of the wrestlers in the ring took a backseat to observe the showdown.

After jumping and flying around the ring for a bit, The Miz decided that he had enough and threw Sin Cara over the top after sneaking up on him from behind. The crowd booed big time and the Miz responded by taking a bow! Classic!

CM Punk Invades Comic Con

2011-07-23T17:35:00.000-07:00

This last week WWE Champion CM Punk paid a visit to Comic Con in San Diego and stop by the WWE Q&A session.

Great American Bash 1989

2011-07-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

Today in 1989 WCW held its annual Great American Bash PPV. This year it was held at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore MD.

Some of the Hightlights

The night got started with a 2 ring "King of the Hill" Battle Royal

The WCW/NWA debut of Scott Steiner

The NWA Television Title was put on the line as the champion, Sting faced off with The Great Muta

A WarGames match was also part of the card, with the Road Warrior, Midnight Express and Steve Williams against the Freebirds (Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) and Samoan Swat Team.

The Main Event of the night was a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Title. The champion, Ric Flair went against old rival Terry Funk that ended in a wild brawl.

Money in the Bank Recap

2011-07-19T18:16:00.000-07:00

ECW Heatwave 1995

2011-07-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

Today in 1995 ECW held the first of its big annual Heatwave cards at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia PA.

The results were:
- Mikey Whipwreck defeated Mike Norman.
- Don E. Allen and Tony Stetson defeated ECW World Tag Team Champions Stevie Richards and Raven by countout. Richards and Raven retained the title.
- Hack Myers defeated Val Puccio.
- Tommy Dreamer and The Pitbulls (#1 and #2) defeated The Dudleys (D-Von and Snot) and ECW World Tag Team Champion Raven, when Pitbull #2 pinned Snot.
- Dean Malenko and 2 Cold Scorpio defeated ECW World Television Champion Eddie Guerrero and Taz, when Malenko pinned Guerrero and Scorpio pinned Taz.
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion The Sandman defeated Axl Rotten to retain the title.
- Luna Vachon defeated ECW World Tag Team Champion Stevie Richards by submission in a Steel Cage match.
- The Gangstas (New Jack and Mustapha Saed) defeated The Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock) in a Steel Cage match, when Saed pinned Grunge.

Match of the Day

2011-07-10T17:44:00.000-07:00

Your Match of the Day comes from Saturday Night's Main Event from November of 1989

A 2 out of 3 falls match
The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty) vs The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard)

Bash at the Beach 1996

2011-07-07T18:46:00.000-07:00

15 years ago today in 1996 WCW held its Bash at the Beach PPV from Daytona, Florida. This turned out to be a monumental day in the history of pro wrestling. You had the main event featuring the Outsiders (Hall and Nash) with a mystery partner against the icons of WCW, Sting, Macho Man and Lex Luger.

Watch and remember how stunned we were.

Match of the Day

2011-07-06T18:58:00.000-07:00

From Feb 1987, for the WWF Tag Team Titles, the champions, The British Bulldogs vs The Hart Foundation

spoiler alert! the titles change hands

Happy Birthday

2011-07-04T11:28:00.000-07:00

Happy 51st birthday to Barry Windham.
The one time WCW World heavyweight champion, WWF Tag Team champion, NWA US Champion and former member of the Four Horseman.

Upcoming WWE Pay Per View Events

2011-07-02T15:08:00.000-07:00

Coming up this month in the WWE is the Money in the Bank PPV. Sunday July 17th from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont Illinois.

So far the events announced for this PPV are the RAW and Smackdown "Money in the Bank" Ladder Matches.
The RAW event will feature Rey Mysterio, Alberto Del Rio, Kofi Kingston, Alex Riley, R-Truth, The Miz, Evan Bourne and Jack Swagger.
The Smackdown match will have Kane, Sin Cara, Daniel Bryan, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Justin Gabriel, Heath Slater and Sheamus.

Just announced this week is Summer Slam 2011. This will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles California, Sunday August 14th.

Match of the Day

2011-06-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

Here is your match of the day featuring the Giant Machine, a mysterious mask man (yeah right) in Japan.

Final Results on Randy Savage's accident

2011-06-30T19:17:00.001-07:00

Courtesy SI.com

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) A medical examiner says something went wrong with professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage's heart before he crashed his car and declared the cause of death as heart disease.

The autopsy released Thursday reveals that 58-year-old Randy Poffo, known professionally as Randy Savage, had an enlarged heart with severe blocking of his coronary arteries. With only minor injuries from the crash, the Tampa Bay area medical examiner determined the cause of death to be heart disease.

Authorities say Savage was driving in Pinellas County May 20 when he lost consciousness and crashed into a tree. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Toxicology results showed small traces of alcohol and hydrocodone in Poffo's system, but officials say the amounts wouldn't have factored into the crash.

CM Punk and the Worlds Best Promo

2011-06-28T16:40:00.000-07:00

Last night on RAW, CM Punk cut the best worked/shoot promo we have seen in years.

Take a look here

Match of the Day

2011-06-23T18:31:00.000-07:00

From Florida Championship Wrestling

One of the last matches for the duo of Stan Lane and Steve Keirn as the Fabulous Ones. Here they take on long time rivals the Sheepherders, Luke and Butch.

King of the Ring 1993

2011-06-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

King of the Ring 1993 was held in Dayton, Ohio at the Nutter Center on June 13th.

The night featured of course the King of The Ring Tournament that was won by Bret Hart as he pinned Bam Bam Bigelow.

Some of the other highlights included a rare 8 man tag team match with The Steiner Brothers/Smoking Gunns against The Headshrinkers/Money Inc (Ted Dibiase and IRS)

The big shock of the night was Yokozuna defeating Hulk Hogan for the WWF Title.

The King of the Ring Tournament featured a classic semifinals match with Bret Hart taking on Mr. Perfect Curt Henning

Your Match of the Night

2011-06-15T17:49:00.000-07:00

Tonight's Match is from the first Clash of Champions, March 27th 1988. This is the 6 man tag team match featuring the World Six Man Tag Team Champions, Dusty Rhodes and The Road Warriors vs the Powers of Pain with Ivan Koloff.
You will notice Animal is wearing a "mask" to protect his eye that was actually hurt in a match with the Powers of Pain when the Barbarian dropped all his weight on Animals head. This broke his orbital bone, fractured his skull, broke his cheek bone and his nose. After surgery and time off he came back with the mask and it was the focus of most of his matches for several weeks including this one. He didnt actually have any physical contact until he completely healed and the mask was just a prop for buildup in his matches.

News and Notes June 13th 2011

2011-06-13T18:31:00.000-07:00

Courtesy Wrestling Online News

MR ANDERSON BECOMES THE NEW TNA CHAMPION
- Here are the results from yesterday's TNA Slammiversary IX pay-per-view
which took place at the IMPACT Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida: James
Storm and Alex Shelley defeated The British Invasion to retain the World Tag
Team titles; Matt Morgan defeated Scott Steiner; Abyss defeated Kazarian and
Brian Kendrick to retain the X Division title; Crimson defeated Samoa Joe;
Mickie James defeated Angelina Love to retain the Knockout title; Bully Ray
defeated AJ Styles in a last man standing match; Mr. Anderson defeated Sting
to become the new TNA World Heavyweight champion; Kurt Angle defeated Jeff
Jarrett to become the number one contender for the World tile.

SIX-SIDED RING RETURNS FOR NEXT TNA PAY-PER-VIEW
- For the upcoming Destination X pay-per-view, TNA Wrestling will go back to
their original six-sided ring instead of the normal four sided ring that
they have been using. The company last used its six-sided ring concept at
the 2009 Final Resolution pay-per-view which was headlined by AJ Styles and
Christopher Daniels. This will be a one-time return for the ring
particularly for this pay-per-view and TNA will resume its wrestling in the
traditional four-sided ring from the following IMPACT Wrestling tapings.
Destination X takes place at the IMPACT Wrestling Zone in Orlando, Florida,
on July 10.

NASH RECENTLY ARRESTED FOR PROTECTING WIFE FROM A DRUNK
- TMZ.COM is reporting that former WWE and WCW champion Kevin Nash was
arrested recently for beating up on a drunk guy after his wife was getting
harassed by the guy who got his ass whooped. TMZ obtained the police report
which stated that Nash and his wife were leaving a restaurant after dinner
and a guy under the influence of alcohol approached his wife. When he was
told to leave, the guy refused and got aggressive, leaving no other option
for Nash to deck him. Police were called in and Nash held the man down until
they showed up but instead cops took the former champ in custody on
suspicion of battery, a charge that was eventually dropped due to lack of
evidence. When TMZ spoke with Nash, he said that if he wanted to sue he'd
have a good case. "I'm a 52-year-old fake fighter. My hands aren't deadly
weapons," he said sarcastically.

JIM ROSS TO UNDERGO SURGERY
- In his always-interesting blog, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross said that he
will be undergoing surgery once again this week to fix an incisional hernia
in his abdomen. "My surgeon is the same one who performed colon surgery, and
no, not the beloved Dr. Heiney, a few years ago on me," joked Ross,
referring to the skit that WWE did years ago on TV about him. "This issue
evolved just over the past 3-4 months and I'm told that getting it repaired
now would be timely and prevent other related health issues going forward."
We wish JR a speedy recovery!

TNA Slammiversary 2011

2011-06-11T09:33:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow June 12th TNA Impact Wrestling will holds its annual Slammiversary IX from the IMPACT Wrestling Zone in Orlando Florida. Live on PPV at 8pm eastern

The Main Event will be for the TNA World Heavyweight Title

Sting (TNA World Champion) vs Mr. Anderson

Tuesday Night Titans

2011-06-09T18:00:00.000-07:00

Now seen only on Youtube, but at the time this was original and something never seen before on tv or in the world of pro wrestling, a talk show for wrestlers.

Tuesday Night Titans was originally hosted by owner/promoter Vince McMahon and at his side was the ever out of it Lord Alfred Hayes was funny, strange and too some fans or "real" pro wrestling a complete joke and was mocking of the sport. However, it took the sport to a whole new fan base and was truly funny and in a way genius material.

Here is Tuesday Night Titans Feb 15th 1985

Match of the Day

2011-06-08T19:35:00.000-07:00

Our Match of the Day is from Monday Night RAW Feb 17th 1997

For the WWF Heavyweight Title
(Champion)Bret Hart vs Sycho Sid

The Next WWE Pay Per View Events

2011-06-01T19:06:00.000-07:00

The Next WWE PPV on the schedule is Capitol Punishment on June 19th and takes the place of the Fatal 4 Way pay per view. This will be held at the Verizon Center in Washington DC.

Right now the main event is scheduled to be John Cena defending the WWE title against R Truth.

The July PPV event will be Money in the Bank from the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago Illinois. The date of the event is July 17th.

Match of the Day

2011-05-31T19:43:00.000-07:00

Today's match is from the NWA and Chi Town Rumble 1989. Held Feb 20th 1989 and will forever be known as the PPV that had one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time as Ric Flair defended the NWA World Title against Ricky 'The Dragon" Steamboat.

This match from Chi Town Rumble features former tag team partners in Rick Steiner defending his World Television Title against Varsity Club member Mike Rotunda

Match of the Day - Randy Savage

2011-05-28T12:07:00.000-07:00

Still celebrating the career of the late "Macho Man" Randy Savage with our Match of the Day.

Today's match features the "Macho Man" defending his WWF Title against the equally legendary Andre the Giant on Saturday Night's Main Event.

November 26th 1988

The Road Warriors

2011-05-24T19:15:00.000-07:00

I am in the process of reading the new book by Road Warrior Animal (Joe Laurinitas) about the "Life and Times of the Road Warriors"
He details all of his career along with stories of his long friendships with Rick Rude, Barry Darsow (Krusher Kruschev), Nikita Koloff (Scott Simpson), Scott Norton and Nord the Barbarian.
One of the more interesting things is the details of some of the many thousand matches they have had over the years including their first trip to Japan when they became Gods of Wrestling to the fans.
Their first match there was against the big rugged team of Animal Hamaguichi and Killer Khan. All 4 men loved to work stiff and made it look real and rough.
Here is there first match in Japan from March of 1985

Whatever Happened Too...

2011-05-23T16:39:00.000-07:00

Whatever happened to Randy Savage one time girlfriend and valet Gorgeous George (Stephanie Bellars)?

Well I did a little searching and she is now married to punk rock guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein (Paul Caiafa) and she performs with his current group Gorgeous Frankenstein. (above)

She was with him for a run in WCW and had mixed tag team matches with Madusa against Ric Flair/Charles Robinson (Little Nature Boy)/Aysa

Randy Savage Updates

2011-05-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

courtesy Wrestling-Online.com

CAUSE OF DEATH OF MACHO MAN STILL UNKNOWN AFTER AUTOPSY
- TMZ.COM is reporting that the cause of death for Macho Man Randy Savage is
not known yet and it's listed as pending in the medical examiner's report.
Macho Man's body was transferred to the Pinellas county Medical Examiner on
Friday evening and an autopsy was performed on Saturday. According to the
website, no extensive trauma was noticed on the body and now it will take
four to six weeks for toxicology results to be completed. Savage died on
Friday after his Jeep Wrangler hit a tree in a head-on collision following a
"medical event" which initially was thought to be a heart attack according
to his brother Lanny. His wife Lynn who was in the passenger seat was also
slightly injured but has since been released from the hospital.

> SPORTS ILLUSTRATED WEBSITE PUBLISHES RARE PHOTOS OF SAVAGE
- The Sports Illustrated website has a collection of twenty rare Macho Man
photos starting from 1956 when he was just four years old. The photos go
through his teen years when he played baseball up until 1975 and then jump
to his WWE career from 1988 with a photo as WWE champion with Regis Philbin,
with Hogan in 1996 at WCW etc. It's a pretty cool collection which you can
see at http://w-o.it/inCUSj

> SAVAGE TO BE CREMATED, NO PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD
- TMZ.COM is reporting that there will not be a public memorial service for
Macho Man Randy Savage as he expressed his wish not to have one and the
service will only be for family members. His brother, Lanny Poffo, told the
website that he will be cremated and his ashes will be spread around a tree
where his dog's ashes were also spread several years ago. "If it's good
enough for Herc (his dog), it's good enough for me," Poffo recounted his
brother often saying. Meanwhile, the website also got the 911 emergency call
that a woman placed immediately following the accident. The call can be
heard at
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_audio/052311_randy_savage_911_calls
.mp3

Match of The Day - Randy Savage

2011-05-22T17:46:00.000-07:00

Today we are still celebrating the career of "Macho Man" Randy Savage with our Match of the Day.

Our match for today spotlights one of the Macho Man's fueds in his last days in Memphis against another late great Rick Rude.
These 2 were top of the line showman and had the talent to make it look really good in the ring.

Match of the Day - Randy Savage

2011-05-21T12:48:00.000-07:00

With the sad and untimely passing of a legend in "Macho Man" Randy Savage I am giving him the Match of the Day for the next few days.
Today we start with his WWF Title win at Wrestlemania 8 in Indianapolis Indiana at the Hoosier Dome.

"Macho Man" Randy Savage

2011-05-21T08:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday about this time was the tragic end of the life of pro wrestling icon "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

Pending an autopsy, there is speculation that he suffered a heart attack while driving and slammed into a tree. He died later at the hospital from his injuries.
He was only 58 years old but he left us an incredible body of work in and out of the ring that will live forever on DVD, dusty VHS tapes and Youtube.
Born Randy Mario Poffo he made a run at pro baseball but never rose past Single A level. After retiring from that he bulked up and joined his father, Angelo Poffo, in the world of pro wrestling. From early on he was targeted as a special performer and the only limits were those he imposed on himself.
He would arrive in the WWF n 1985 and for 7 years he and Hulk Hogan were THE wrestlers to see. From his fued with Hulk Hogan over the WWF Title to his historic match with Ricky Steamboat at Wrestlemania 3, he gave 100% every night and made sure all the fans went home with something to remember.

Savage would go on to WCW and hold the World Heavyweight title and join the infamous NWO but he never slacked or took a night off. He quietly retired from action in the ring and never made a "comeback" to tarnish what everyone remember of him. Like he wrestled, he did what he said he was going to do and when he left he stayed gone.
We all would loved to see him again, he was one of the all time greats on the microphone and ringside commentary. For reasons known only to Vince McMahon, Randy Savage has yet to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame when wrestlers with no connection to the WWF/WWE have been inducted for years, he still remains outside. He should have gone in with Hulk Hogan or at least the next year because Vince can say he owes what he has now to Hogan and Savage and what they did in the 80s to make him THE force in pro wrestling.

R.I.P. Randy Poffo and thanks for the memories

Ron Garvin NWA World Heavyweight Champion

2011-05-14T17:15:00.000-07:00

September 25th 1987
Ric Flair is defending the NWA World Title against #1 contender Ronnie Garvin. Held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Michigan and in a steel cage.
This would be the one and only title victory for "the truck driver everyman" Ron Garvin.

Today in Wrestling History May 10th

2011-05-10T16:51:00.000-07:00

1981 - Verne Gagne announced he was retiring as AWA World Heavyweight Champion. Verne vacated the title (it was his 9th or 10th reign, depending on what records you use), and it would later be awarded to number-one contender Nick Bockwinkel, who Gagne had defeated for the belt on July 18, 1980.

1981 - WWF champion Bob Backlund defeated George Steele in the main event of a Manchester, NH event at the JFK Coliseum.

1983 - Eddie Gilbert sustained major injuries, including a broken neck, in a car accident traveling from a WWF television taping in Allentown, PA.

1983 - Roddy Piper fought NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match; fall #3: the 60-minute time-limit expired in Portland, Oregon.

1985 - The very first WWF Saturday Night's Main Event was taped at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The matches would be shown the next night on NBC in the spot usually occupied by Saturday Night Live, earning an 8.8 rating.
Here are the matches that aired on the show:
- Barry Windham, Mike Rotundo & Ricky Steamboat defeated The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff & George "The Animal" Steele when Windham pinned Steele. After the match, Sheik and Volkoff turned on Steele, leading to a face turn for the "Animal" who was befriended by Captain Lou Albano.
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Cowboy Bob Orton via DQ when Roddy Piper interfered.
- WWF Women's Champion Wendi Richter defeated The Fabulous Moolah with a small package.
- Junkyard Dog defeated Pete Dougherty with a powerslam.
- Also on the show was an edition of Piper's Pit where Roddy Piper blamed Paul Orndorff for the Wrestlemania I loss, leading to Piper and Orton beating down Orndorff and Mr. T making the save. They also filmed a "Mother's Day Party" backstage, hosted by Cyndi Lauper in one of her last WWF appearances.

1999 - Debra defeated Sable for the WWF Women's Title in a very unusual manner during a Raw broadcast from Orlando, Florida. Nicole Bass subbed for Sable in an evening gown match in Orlando, Florida, and easily ripped off Debra's gown to get the victory. However, then-WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels came to the ring and said that, in his opinion, the winner of the evening gown match should be the woman who loses her clothing first, so he gave the win, and the title, to Debra. The main event of the broadcast saw WWF champion Steve Austin, the Rock, & Vince McMahon defeated The Undertaker, Triple H & Shane McMahon at 4:38 when Austin pinned Shane with the Stone Cold Stunner. Moments earlier, Austin hit the Stunner on Shane and a dazed Vince made the cover, only for Austin to pull him off and hit a second Stunner on Shane before making the cover himself; Shawn Michaels was the guest referee for the bout.

2001 - Vince McMahon officially announces the end of the XFL. Although Vince had been telling potential advertisers that he was speaking with the WB about airing XFL, and that UPN was in the running to carry games, it was obvious he had been posturing. Variety reported that a WB spokesman said, "The WB is not interested in getting the rights to the XFL and neither are any of our affiliates." McMahon, even with his posturing, admitted that if they didn't get a weekly timeslot for the league to replace NBC (which had pulled out at the conclusion of the first season), they would have to shut it down, and it came to pass.

Match of The Day

2011-05-09T18:16:00.000-07:00

From WWF tv in 1974 the WWF Tag Team Champions The Valiant Brothers take on the team of Dean Ho and Tony Garea.
This is the time period I remember the Valiant Brothers from and their trips to Indianapolis to take on Dick the Bruiser and whoever he had as partner at the time. I really did love to hate the Valiants, they were just so dang good at being bad and getting the crowd worked into a frenzy.

Match of The Day

2011-05-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

Todays match is from 1991 Clash of Champions 15 (Knocksville USA)

Sting vs Nikita Koloff

News and Notes

2011-05-02T15:50:00.000-07:00

courtesy of the Online Wrestling Network

CHRISTIAN, CENA NEW CHAMPIONS AT EXTREME RULES
- Here are the results from yesterday's Extreme Rules pay-per-view which
took place at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida: Randy Orton
defeated CM Punk in a last man standing match; Kofi Kingston defeated
Sheamus in a tables match to become the new United States champion; Michael
Cole and Jack Swagger defeated Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross in a tag team
country whipping match; Rey Mysterio defeated Cody Rhodes in a falls count
anywhere match; Layla defeated Michelle McCool in a loser leaves WWE no DQ
and no count-out match; Christian defeated Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match
to become the new World Heavyweight champion; Big Show and Kane defeated
Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson in a lumberjack match to retain the WWE tag
team titles; John Cena defeated The Miz and John Morrison in a steel cage
match to become the new WWE champion.

CENA ANNOUNCES DEATH OF BIN LADEN TO FANS AT EXTREME RULES
- Following his match against John Morrison and The Miz, John Cena went up
on the announce table and told the fans that Osama Bin Laden was killed.
"The President has just announced that we have caught and compromised to a
permanent end Osama Bin Laden," said Cena as fans in attendance erupted in a
massive pop. Chants of USA then filled up the St. Pete Times Forum as Cena
grabbed the WWE title and said, "This is something I feel damn proud to be
an American." Most fans in the arena had no clue about the news since they
were at the show.
Click here to see the video from the announcement

THE ROCK'S BIRTHDAY PARTY LIVE TONIGHT ON RAW
- It is going to be a special Monday Night RAW tonight as the people's
champion, The Rock, will be on hand to celebrate his birthday and WWE has
promised that it will be the most raucous and entertaining birthday party
for the great one. The show will be held from Miami, Florida, The Rock's
hometown. The Divas have a special birthday present for him, a present that
according to a press release issued last week, he "will never forget." With
Cena now champion again and the two set to clash at WrestleMania next year
it is safe to say that Cena will have a present of his own for Rocky. "I got
him a special gift for tonight," wrote Cena on Twitter after congratulating
The Rock on a massive opening weekend for his movie Fast Five.

CHRISTIAN FINALLY WINS THE BIG ONE AFTER 9 YEARS, 2 STINTS
- It took him nine years and two different stints with the company, but
finally Jay Reso, the man wrestling fans know as just Christian, has finally
won the big one. At Extreme Rules yesterday, the former 9 time tag team
title holder defeated Alberto Del Rio in a ladder match to become the new
World Heavyweight champion, a title that was vacated by his best friend Edge
just two weeks ago following his retirement. Edge sort of interfered in the
match, coming out in a car and distracting the Royal Rumble winner, giving
enough time to Christian to recover and tip over the ladder - and Del Rio on
it. Christian then climbed the ladder himself to unhook the title. The two
friends then celebrated in the ring as fans showed their appreciation.
Christian won a total of sixteen titles during his WWE career up until
yesterday winning the ECW, Intercontinental, Tag Team, European, Hardcore
and Light Heavyweight titles. His seventeenth reign, which kicked off
yesterday, surely must be the most important one of his career so far.

From Department of Hard to Believe but its True

2011-05-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

courtesy of the Online Wrestling Network:

> DWAYNE JOHNSON TO PORTRAY CHARLEY PRIDE IN BIO PIC
- Dwayne Johnson has been tapped to portray country singer Charley Pride in
a biography movie, taking the place of Terrence Howard who was supposed to
be the lead actor. The casting news was confirmed by Pride himself who said
that while Howard is a more in-depth actor academically, The Rock is a force
on screen. "It startled me a little at first, but he flew down to Dallas and
spent a day with me just sitting, talking recently. And when he left it was
like parting with an old friend. We had such similar views on so many
things," the 73 year old Grammy Award winner said.

In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies

2011-04-28T18:41:00.000-07:00

Today April 28th in 1996:
In Your House VII, "Good Friends, Better Enemies" aired on Pay-per-view from Omaha, Nebraska at the Civic Auditorium. The show would feature the final WWF Pay-per-view appearances of Diesel (Kevin Nash) and Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) before their historic move to WCW.
Here are the results:
- In a match shown on the "Free-For-All" preshow, Marc Mero defeated The 1-2-3 Kid via DQ when Hunter Hearst Helmsley ran in and gave Mero a pedigree.
- Davey Boy Smith &Owen Hart defeated Jake Roberts &Ahmed Johnson when Smith made Roberts submit to a half crab after Jim Cornette hit Roberts in the leg with his tennis racket.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated Intercontinental Champion Goldust via countout when Goldust refused to return to the ring and face the Warrior.
- Vader defeated Razor Ramon with a sit-down splash as Ramon went for a sunset flip.

- WWF World Tag Team Champions The Bodydonnas defeated The Godwinns.

- WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Diesel in a no-disqualification match with a superkick. During the match, Diesel pulled the prosthetic leg off of Mad Dog Vachon (who was sitting at ringside) and used it to hit Michaels.