All Japan Television
August 29th 1985
Stan Hansen and Ted Dibiase
vs
Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Match of the Night (NWA World Title 1993)
WCW/New Japan Supershow 3
January 4th 1993
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Masahiro Chono
vs
New Japan IWGP Champion
The Great Muta
WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!
BARRY WINDHAM
NWA World Heavyweight Champion
Defeated champion The Great Muta (Kenji Muto) at Superbrawl III in Asheville, NC on Feb 21st 1993
Held the title for 147 days before losing to Ric Flair on July 18th 1993 at Beach Blast
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The British Bulldogs
The British Bulldogs
Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team champions
Won the belts March 31st 1984 in a tournament final over
Bad News Allen and The Cuban Assassin
They held the titles until leaving for the WWF in August of 1984
Monday, July 21, 2014
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Friday, July 18, 2014
1981 Bockwinkel vs Gagne
July 18th 1981
Comiskey Park
Chicago IL
AWA World Heavyweight Title
Nick Bockwinkel
(Champion)
vs
Verne Gagne
Gagne wins the AWA World title for the 10th and final time
The Brain Busters
July 18th 1989
The Brain Busters, Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson
(with Bobby Heenan) defeated
(with Bobby Heenan) defeated
Demolition to win the WWF Tag Team Titles
during a taping of Saturday Nights Main Event
during a taping of Saturday Nights Main Event
in Worcester, MA.
Match of the Day (Japan 1991)
July 18th 1991
Billy Black & Joel Deaton defeated
Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi to win the
AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship
Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi to win the
AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship
Black and Deaton would hold the belts for 8 days before dropping them to
Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
PPV Poster of the Day
SuperBrawl VIII took place on February 22, 1998 from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. A match was scheduled between Larry Zbyszko and Louie Spicolli; it was canceled following Spicolli's death a week before the pay-per view.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Dark match: Último Dragón defeated Shiryu (with Sonny Onoo)
- Dragon pinned Shiryu.
- Booker T defeated Rick Martel to win the WCW World Television Championship (10:23)
- Booker pinned Martel after a Harlem Sidekick.
- Martel was originally booked to win the match. However, he suffered a torn knee ligament after hitting his leg on the opposite turnbuckles due to a botched hip toss from Booker.
- The winner of the match was to immediately defend the title against Saturn.
- Booker T defeated Saturn to retain the WCW World Television Championship (14:23)
- Booker pinned Saturn after a Harlem Sidekick.
- Due to Martel's injury and the reworking of the finish, Saturn and Booker were forced to improvise the entire match.
- Disco Inferno defeated La Parka (11:41)
- Inferno pinned Parka after a Chart Buster.
- Goldberg defeated Brad Armstrong (2:23)
- Goldberg pinned Armstrong after a Jackhammer.
- This was a bonus match.
- Chris Jericho defeated Juventud Guerrera in a Title versus Mask match to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship (13:29)
- Jericho forced Guerrera to submit with the Liontamer.
- As per the prematch stipulation Guerrera was forced to give up his mask.
- The British Bulldog defeated Steve McMichael (6:10)
- Bulldog forced McMichael to submit with an armbar.
- McMichael suffered a broken arm during the course of the match.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chris Benoit to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (15:46)
- Page pinned Benoit after a Diamond Cutter.
- Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) (7:26)
- Luger forced Savage to submit with the Torture Rack.
- Elizabeth interfered while Luger first put Savage in the Torture Rack and pulled him down.
- Immediately after that, Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell, Brian Adams, and Vincent rushed the ring and began attacking Luger.
- Hollywood Hogan then came out and called all four members of the nWo back to the locker room, thus leaving Savage alone in the ring.
- The Outsiders (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) (with Dusty Rhodes) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (with Ted DiBiase) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (4:16)
- Hall pinned Rick after an Outsider's Edge.
- Scott turned on Rick midway through the match and refused to help him fight off the Outsiders.
- After the match Scott handed the tag team title belts to the Outsiders and joined the nWo.
- Sting defeated Hollywood Hogan to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship (16:33)
- Sting pinned Hogan after a Scorpion Deathdrop.
- While Sting hit the move, Hogan kicked referee Nick Patrick and knocked him down.
- While the referee was down, Scott Norton, Buff Bagwell, Brian Adams, Vincent, Konnan, and Randy Savage came to the ring.
- Everyone except Savage went to attack Sting. As Hogan was trying to get up, Savage struck him with a spraycan and left the ring. Sting scored the pin and won the match.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Today in Wrestling History (July 11th)
Title Changes for July 11
1958 – Angelo Savoldi defeated Dory Funk, Sr. to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
1961 – Gene Kiniski defeated Verne Gagne to win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
1964 – "Shogun" Hiro Matsuda defeated Danny Hodge to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
1981 – Ed Wiskowski & Mike George defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ricky Morton to win the NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship
1983 – Gentleman Chris Adams defeated The Mongol to win the NWA WCCW Television Championship
1987 – "The Total Package" Lex Luger defeated Nikita Koloff to win the NWA United States (Mid-Atlantic) Heavyweight Championship
1987 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams defeated Big Bubba Rogers to win the UWF World Heavyweight Championship. This would be the final reign for the championship before the UWF was absorbed into Jim Crockett Promotions.
1989 – Stan "The Lariat" Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu defeated Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship
1999 – Momoe Nakanishi defeated Chaparita Asari to win the WWWA (Japan) Super Lightweight Championship
2011 – Sting defeated Mister Anderson...Anderson to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship; his 15th World Championship reign of his career
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Today In Pro Wrestling History (July 9th)
Title Changes for July 9
1963 – Bobo Brazil defeated Handsome Johnny Barend to win the WWWF U.S.A. Heavyweight Championship
1963 – The Crusher defeated Verne Gagne to win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship
1975 – Danny Hodge & Jay Clayton defeated Stan Hansen & Frank Goodish to win the NWA United States (Tri-State) Tag Team Championship
1979 – Angelo "King Kong" Mosca defeated "Iron" Mike Sharpe, Jr. to win the NWA Brass Knuckles (Tri-State) Heavyweight Championship
1985 – The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeated Ivan Koloff & Krusher Krushchev to win the NWA World (Mid-Atlantic) Tag Team Championship
2001 – The APA defeated The Dudley Boyz to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Today in Wrestling History (July 8th)
Title Changes for July 8
1968 – Fritz Von Erich defeated Chris Markoff to win the NWA Brass Knuckles (Texas) Heavyweight Championship
1968 – Klondike Bill & Skull Murphy defeated Kintaro Ohki & Michiaki Yoshimura to win the JWA All-Asia Tag Team Championship
1972 – Handsome Johnny Valentine defeated Billy Red Lyons to win the NWA American Heavyweight Championship
1988 – Kevin & Kerry Von Erich and Michael P.S. Hayes defeated Buddy "Jack" Roberts, Iceman King Parsons & Kamala (subbing for Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy) to win the WCWA World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. This would be the final reign for the title before being abandoned later in the year
1991 – Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi defeated Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat to win the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship
1991 – The Barroom Brawlers defeated Jeff Jarrett & Robert Fuller to win the USWA World Tag Team Championship
1996 – Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship at the Great American Bash, Baltimore MD.
2007 – Dos Caras, Jr. defeated Universo 2000 to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
2008 – Tiger Mask IV defeated Prince Devitt in a tournament final to win the vacant NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Monday, July 7, 2014
Today in Wrestling History (July 7th)
Sting wins his first NWA World Heavyweight Title
Stings pins Ric Flair at the Great American Bash in Baltimore MD, July 7th 1990
Sting would hold the title for 188 days before losing in rematch with Flair on January 11th 1991 in East Rutherford NJ.
International Match of the Day
NWA International Tag Team Championship
All Japan Pro Wrestling
April 3rd 1985
Yamagata, Japan
(Champions)
Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu
vs
Stan Hansen and Ron Bass
Match of the Day (Edge vs Eddie Guerrero)
Smackdown
September 26th 2002
NO DQ MATCH
Edge
vs
Eddie Guerrero
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Clash of the Champions 10
Clash of the Champions X took place on February 6, 1990 at the Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas. There were 3,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 4.5 rating on TBS.[12] This was the show that set up WrestleWar.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- Steve Williams defeated Samoan Savage (7:55)
- Williams pinned Savage.
- Brian Pillman and Tom Zenk defeated The MOD Squad (Spike and Basher) (9:53)
- Zenk pinned Basher.
- Mil Máscaras defeated Cactus Jack (5:00)
- Máscaras pinned Cactus Jack after a Flying Body Press.
- Norman the Lunatic defeated Kevin Sullivan in a Falls Count Anywhere Match (7:26)
- Norman pinned Sullivan behind closed doors in the women's bathroom.
- The Road Warriors defeated The Skyscrapers (Dan Spivey and Mark Callous) by disqualification (7:26)
- The Skyscrapers were disqualified for bringing a chair into the ring.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers defeated Doom in a World Title vs. Masks Match (13:04)
- Rick Steiner pinned “Doom #2”.
- Doom was unmasked as Ron Simmons and Butch Reed.
- The Horsemen (Ric Flair, Ole Anderson, and Arn Anderson) defeated Gary Hart International (The Dragonmaster, Buzz Sawyer, and The Great Muta) (with Gary Hart) in a Six Man Tag Team Steel Cage match (6:10)
- Arn Anderson pinned The Dragonmaster after a DDT.
- Sting was originally scheduled to be in the match but was kicked out of the Horsemen earlier in the night and replaced with Ole Anderson.
- During the match Sting ran to the ring and tried to climb into the cage. During the ensuing brawl Sting blew out his knee.
Friday, July 4, 2014
Today In Wrestling History (July 3rd and 4th)
July 3rd 2006
Edge defeats John Cena and Rob Van Dam in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Heavyweight Title during Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia.
July 3rd 2006
Taiyo Kea defeats Satoshi Kojima in Tokyo, Japan to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight championship.
July 4th 1983
Kevin, Kerry and David Von Erich defeat The Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Championship
July 4th 1984
The Fabulous Freebirds defeat Kevin, Kerry and Mike Von Erich for the vacant NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Titles.
(A Badstreet style match)
Edge defeats John Cena and Rob Van Dam in a Triple Threat match to win the WWE Heavyweight Title during Monday Night RAW in Philadelphia.
July 3rd 2006
Taiyo Kea defeats Satoshi Kojima in Tokyo, Japan to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight championship.
July 4th 1983
Kevin, Kerry and David Von Erich defeat The Fabulous Freebirds for the NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Championship
July 4th 1984
The Fabulous Freebirds defeat Kevin, Kerry and Mike Von Erich for the vacant NWA (Texas) World 6 Man Tag Team Titles.
(A Badstreet style match)
WWE Tag Team Champions
July 2nd 2002
Hulk Hogan and Edge win the WWE tag team championship by defeating Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo during a Smackdown taping in Boston.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Today in Wrestling History (June 30th and July 1st)
June 30th
1995 - Raven and Stevie Richards defeat Public Enemy for the ECW Tag Team Championship
2008 - CM Punk cashes in his Money In The Bank contract and defeats WWF Champions Edge on Monday Night RAW
July 1st
Wrestling PPV Poster of the Week
SUMMERSLAM 1990
Results
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Ladies and Gentleman, My Name is Paul Heyman (DVD)
Coming August 5th
"Ladies and Gentleman, My Name is Paul Heyman"
DVD and Blu-ray
Road Warriors Japan Debut (03/09/1985)
The Road Warriors make their debut in Japan against
Killer Khan and Animal Hamaguchi
March 9th 1995
Killer Khan and Animal Hamaguchi
March 9th 1995
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Today in WCW History (July 1st)
July 1st 1991
Ric Flair is fired by WCW after a breakdown in contract talks. Instead of dropping the belt to Barry Windham in Macon, GA he refuses to give the belt back and takes it with him to WWF.
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