Money In The Bank 2013

The current lineup for the WWE Money in the Bank PPV.

July 14th 2013

Wells Fargo Center

Philadelphia  PA

Chris Jericho vs Ryback

MITB Ladder Match for the a World Title Match

Wade Barrett vs Cody Rhodes vs Damien Sandow vs Dean Ambrose vs Fandango vs Jack Swagger vs Antonio Cesaro

MITB Ladder Match for the WWE Title Match

CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton vs Sheamus vs Christian vs Kane vs RVD

World Heavyweight Title Match

Dolph Ziggler  vs  Alberto Del Rio (Champion)

WWE Title Match

Mark Henry  vs  John Cena (Champion)

King of The Ring 1996

King of The Ring

June 23rd 1996

Mecca Arena

Milwaukee  WI

 In a King of the Ring tournament semifinal match, Steve Austin pinned Marc Mero (with Sable) after the Stone Cold Stunner. During the match, a kick from Mero busted open Austin's lip. After the match, Austin went to a local hospital and received 16 stitches to close the wound.
- In the other King of the Ring tournament semifinal, Jake Roberts defeated Vader (with Jim Cornette) by disqualification, when Vader grabbed the referee and pulled him into Roberts as Roberts hit the DDT. Vader attacked Roberts after the match, hitting him with several Vader Bombs.
- WWF Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart (with Sunny)) defeated The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas (with Hillbilly Jim)), when Billy pinned Phineas after Bart hit Phineas with one of his boots, to retain the title.
- The Ultimate Warrior pinned Jerry Lawler after a flying tackle, after no-selling Lawler's piledriver.
- Mankind defeated The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) by referee stoppage with the Mandible Claw, after Bearer accidentally hit Taker with the urn.
- Ahmed Johnson pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Goldust (with Marlena) with the Pearl River Plunge to win the title, ending Goldust's second reign.
- Steve Austin pinned Jake Roberts after the Stone Cold Stunner to win the King of the Ring tournament. As Roberts was helped backstage, Austin was interviewed by Dok Hendrix, where Austin coined his most famous slogan: "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass."
- WWF Champion Shawn Michaels (with José Lothario) pinned The British Bulldog (with Jim Cornette and Diana Smith) after Sweet Chin Music to retain the title. Mr. Perfect was the referee outside the ring.

Lex Luger Book Preview

Coming out August 2013

Lex Luger - Wrestling With The Devil

(click on title to get at Amazon)

Lex Luger coming August 2013 from Tyndale House Publishers on Vimeo.

Bret Hart Appreciation Night (05/28/2013)

Match of the Night (Wahoo McDaniel)

Today, June 19th, would have been the 75th birthday of wrestling legend Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel.

To celebrate here is Wahoo facing then NWA World Champion Ric Flair in Tampa, Florida.
September 2nd 1985

News and Notes (06/17/2013) PPV Results

3 NEW CHAMPS CROWNED AT PAYBACK, PUNK RETURNS WITH A WIN
- Here are the results from the WWE Payback pay-per-view which took place
at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois: Sheamus defeated Antonio
Cesaro in the pre-show match; Curtis Axel defeated The Miz and Wade
Barrett in a triple threat match to become the new Intercontinental
champion; AJ defeated Kaitlyn to become the new Divas champion; Dean
Ambrose defeated Kane via count out to retain the U.S. title; Alberto Del
Rio defeated Dolph Ziggler to become the new World Heavyweight champion;
CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho; Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins of The
Shield defeated Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan to retain the tag team
titles; John Cena defeated Ryback in the 3 stages of hell match, with
Ryback winning the first lumberjack match fall, and then Cena winning the
second fall, which was a tables match, and the third fall, by delivering
the Attitude Adjustment to Ryback through the roof of the ambulance.

> ROB VAN DAM RETURNING AT MONEY IN THE BANK
- During the Payback pay-per-view, WWE ran a video of former WWE and WCW
champion Rob Van Dam and announced that he would be returning next month
at the Money In The Bank pay-per-view. The Money In The Bank event will
take place at the former home base of ECW in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania so
it will be the perfect place for RVD to make his WWE return. Who knows,
maybe RVD will be the next Paul Heyman guy? RVD competed in TNA Wrestling
between March 2010 and March 2013 and held the X Division title for 137
days, ultimately losing it to Kenny King during an episode of IMPACT this
past February. Van Dam was at the Hall of Fame ceremony this year, sitting
among the WWE Superstars, Divas, and family members, supporting his friend
Booker T. You can see the video which aired hyping RVD's return at
http://w-o.it/14eB7kL
> WWE PLANTING SEEDS FOR HEYMAN/PUNK BREAKUP
- The Paul Heyman and CM Punk partnership is going down the divorce path
as WWE has started planting seeds into the eventual breakup between the
two. At one point during yesterday's match between Punk and Jericho,
Heyman climbed on the apron and somewhat distracted Punk. After the match,
WWE.COM recorded a video of the two talking in the locker room where Punk
explained to Heyman that he is not his client, but a friend. Punk told
Heyman that Curtis Axel is his client, and Brock Lesnar is his client,
because both need his help. He doesn't need the help and told Heyman to
"just be my friend." A not-so-thrilled Heyman agreed with the former WWE
champion as the video faded to black.
> MARK HENRY TEASES RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT
- Former World Heavyweight champion Mark Henry wrote a Twitter message
yesterday teasing that he would be announcing his retirement from
professional wrestling during tonight's RAW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "I
have spoke to my famliy and hope to talk to all of you fans live from
Grand Rapids. Guys Father Time is undefeated," Henry said. The world's
strongest man also added that he was always there for the fans whether
they loved or hated him and that he appreciated everything. "Good or bad I
will live forever with the fans," Henry continued. Henry has been injured
for the past few weeks and WWE has pushed his return for tonight's RAW.
Last week Henry wrote on Twitter that he was breaking his Twitter silence
to tell everyone that he's not retiring. Henry has been one of the longest
employed Superstars by WWE, joining the company in 1996 at the age of 24,
signing u huge 10 year deal upon his arrival.

> ZIGGLER "NOT CLEARED" TO WRESTLE AFTER YESTERDAY'S LOSS
- WWE.COM is running a worked story where Dolph Ziggler is not medically
cleared to wrestle for now after yesterday's match against Alberto Del Rio
where he lost the World Heavyweight title. The story claims that Del Rio
delivered a "brutal assault" on Ziggler and the "unrelenting onslaught" by
Del Rio "took its toll" on the now former World Heavyweight champion, who
was wrestling for the first time in over a month following a real
concussion he suffered at the hands of Jack Swagger. It's not the first
time that WWE blurred the lines between real life and storyline events.
The website reported about Ziggler's real concussion last month and now is
using the same sort of wording to continue the angle.

WWE Payback 2013

Tomorrow night is the WWE's June PPV, this year its called....

PAYBACK

June 16th

Allstate Arena

Rosemont, IL

Scheduled Matches

No.	Matches	Stipulations
Pre-Show	Sheamus vs. Damien Sandow	Singles match[9]
1	John Cena (c) vs. Ryback	Three Stages of Hell match for the WWE Championship Stage 1 - Lumberjack match Stage 2 - Tables match Stage 3 (if necessary) - Ambulance match[10]
2	Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk	Singles match[11]
3	Wade Barrett (c) vs. Curtis Axel vs. The Miz	Triple threat match for the Intercontinental Championship[12]
4	The Shield (Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins) (c) vs. Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton	Tag team match for the Tag Team Championship[13]
5	Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Kane	Singles match for the United States Championship[14]
6	Kaitlyn (c) vs. AJ Lee	Singles match for the Divas Championship[15]
7	Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[16]

Today in Pro Wrestling History (June 14th)

June 14th 1989
 WCW held the Clash Of The Champions VII in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Nicknamed "Guts and Glory", the show was aired live on TBS, drawing a 3.8 rating.
Here are the results of the show:
- The Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) in the semifinals of a tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Ranger Ross defeated The Terrorist (Jack Victory) in under two minutes.
- The Ding Dongs (masked wrestlers who came to the ring with bells on their outfits, ringing larger bells as they came to the ring) defeated Cougar Jay  and George South.
- The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Samoan Swat Team in the semifinals of a tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Terry Gordy vs. Steve Williams ended in a double DQ.
- Norman The Lunatic defeated Mike Justice in under a minute.
- Mike Rotunda and Kevin Sullivan defeated Rick and Scott Steiner.
- NWA Television Champion Sting defeated Bill Irwin.
- The Freebirds defeated The Midnight Express in a tournament final for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
(below)
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Funk via disqualification. After the match, Lex Luger, who had come out to help Steamboat, turned on him and laid him out.
(below 2)

June 14th 1993
The Steiner Brothers defeated Money Inc. for the WWF World Tag Team Title in Columbus, Ohio, ending Ted DiBiase and IRS' first tag title run, and beginning Rick and Scott's own first reign with the gold.

WCW Superbrawl VI

WCW Superbrawl VI

February 11th 1996

Bayfront Arena

Tampa,  FL

This event marked Brian Pillman's final match in WCW; in his "I Respect You" Strap Match against The Taskmaster, Pillman shouted "I respect you, bookerman!," breaking kayfabe, before leaving the ring.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Main Event match: The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) defeated Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Buck (2:07)
  • Animal pinned Buck.
• Main Event match: Hugh Morrus defeated Chris Kanyon (2:28)
  • Morrus pinned Kanyon.
• Main Event match: Big Bubba Rogers and VK Wallstreet defeated Joey Maggs and Craig Pittman (2:14)
  • Rogers pinned Maggs.
• Main Event match: Jim Duggan fought Loch Ness to a double disqualification
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) in a Street Fight (7:49)
  • Knobs pinned Rock after Rock missed a Drive-By on Knobs through a table; Knobs hit Rock with a piece of the broken table.
  • The match was fought under Falls Count Anywhere rules.
• Johnny B. Badd (with The Diamond Doll) defeated Diamond Dallas Page to retain the WCW World Television Championship (14:59)
  • Badd pinned Page after a Tombstone Piledriver.
  • As per the pre-match stipulations, Badd's victory resulted in him winning Page's remaining lottery money of $6.6 million for the Doll, as well as retaining her services as a valet.
• Sting and Lex Luger defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship (11:49)
  • Luger pinned Stevie Ray after Road Warrior Animal interfered and attacked Stevie Ray.
• Konnan defeated One Man Gang to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (7:27)
  • Konnan pinned OMG after Top Rope Senton Bomb.
• The Taskmaster defeated Brian Pillman in an "I Respect You" Strap match (1:36)
  • The match ended after Brian Pillman said "I respect you, Booker Man!"
• Arn Anderson fought The Taskmaster to a no-contest (3:45)
  • The match ended when Ric Flair came out and convinced both men to stop fighting each other.
• WCW World Tag Team Champions Sting and Lex Luger fought The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) to a double countout (13:56)
  • The match ended when all four men were counted out, Sting and Luger retained the titles.
  • The Road Warriors earned the match by virtue of Luger and Sting's victory earlier in the evening.
• Ric Flair (with Woman) defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) in a Steel Cage match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (18:52)
  • Flair pinned Savage after Miss Elizabeth turned on Savage by allowing Flair to hit him with one of her high heel shoes.
• Hulk Hogan defeated The Giant (with Jimmy Hart and The Taskmaster) in a Steel Cage match (15:04)
  • Hogan escaped the cage.