Match of the Night (Flair vs Rude 1993)

Fall Brawl 1993

WAR GAMES

September 19th

Astro Arena

Houston, TX

NWA World Heavyweight Title

Ric Flair 

(World Champion)

vs

"Ravishing" Rick Rude

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Day

Fall Brawl 1993: War Games 

September 19, 1993 

Astro Arena in Houston, Texas.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Dark match: Erik Watts defeated Bobby Eaton
  • Watts forced Eaton to submit with an STF.
• Lord Steven Regal (with Sir William) defeated Ricky Steamboat to win the WCW World Television Championship (17:05)
  • Regal pinned Steamboat with a bridging German suplex after Sir William hit him with an umbrella.
• Charlie Norris defeated Big Sky (4:34)
  • Norris pinned Sky after a big boot.
• Too Cold Scorpio and Marcus Bagwell defeated The Equalizer and Paul Orndorff (10:46)
  • Scorpio pinned Equalizer with a 450 Splash.
• Ice Train defeated Shanghai Pierce (with Tex Slazenger) (3:27)
  • Train pinned Pierce with a powerslam.
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) (with Missy Hyatt) defeated Arn Anderson and Paul Roma to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship (23:58)
  • Knobs pinned Roma after Sags hit an elbow drop while the referee was distracted.
• Cactus Jack defeated Yoshi Kwan (with Harley Race) (3:38)
  • Jack pinned Kwan after the double-arm DDT.
• Rick Rude defeated Ric Flair to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (30:47)
  • Rude pinned Flair after punching him with brass knuckles while Flair had Rude locked in the Figure 4.
  • It was originally advertised as an NWA World Heavyweight title match, but on September 1, WCW withdrew from the NWA. WCW kept the Big Gold Belt that represented the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at the time and renamed it the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship.
• Sting, Davey Boy Smith, Dustin Rhodes and The Shockmaster (with Road Warrior Animal) defeated Sid Vicious, Vader and Harlem Heat (Kole and Kane) (with Harley Race and Col. Robert Parker) in a WarGames match (16:39)
  • Shockmaster forced Kole to submit with a Bear hug.
  • Shockmaster replaced Road Warrior Hawk, who was advertised but was injured.

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 October 26th 2014

Today in Wrestling History

Title Changes for September 25th

(yes a little late)

1953 – Blue Demon defeats El Santo to win the NWA World Welterweight Championship

1964 – Rayo de Jalisco defeats Benny Galant to win the NWA World Middleweight Championship

1965 – "Bulldog" Don Kent defeated Red McKim to win the NWA Tri-State Missouri Junior Heavyweight Championship

1981 – The Great Kabuki defeated Kerry Von Erich to win the NWA American Heavyweight Championship

1985 – Terry Taylor defeated Black Bart to win the NWA National Heavyweight Championship

1987 – "Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin defeated Natureoy Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

1994 – Stars 'n' Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell & The Patriot) defeated Pretty Wonderful ("Pretty" Paul Roma & "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship

1995 – The Smoking Gunns defeated Owen Hart & Yokozuna to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship

1999 – Gary Steele defeated Brian Anthony & Naoya Ogawa in a 3-Way Dance to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

1999 – Team Extreme (Kit Carson & Khris Germany) defeated The Brotherhood (Dukes Dalton & Knuckles Nelson) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship

2000 – Vince Russo defeated Booker T in a Cage Match to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship

2000 - The Natural Born Thrillers (Sean O’Haire & Mark Jindrak) win a battle royal to win the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship

2001 – Booker T & Test defeated The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker & Kane) to win the WCW (WWF) World Tag Team Championship

2006 – The Pro Wrestling Noah GHC Tag Team Championship is vacated when one-half of the reigning champions, Kenta Kobashi is diagnosed with kidney cancer

2007 –The WWE Cruiserweight Title is vacated by Smackdown General Manager Vickie Guerrero. This would be the final time that the belt would appear on WWE programming, though it wouldn’t be officially retired until the following year

2010 – "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal defeated The Amazing Red to win the TNA X-Division Championship

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

July 1978

PWI Achievement Award - 1989

1989 - PWI Manager of the Year

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan

The Best of STING (Blu ray)

Out today September 23rd 2014

The Best of STING

DISC 1

Blonde Sting WCW Wrestler Bringing the Game Up a Level

The Blade Runners vs. Bret Wayne Sawyer and Sean O'Reilly

UWF Power Pro Wrestling * April 1986

Sting & Rick Steiner vs. Mike Rotundo & Ron Simmons

NWA Southern Pro Wrestling * May 19, 1987

NWA World Heavyweight Championship

Ric Flair vs. Sting

NWA Pro Wrestling * January 2, 1988

On the Map

Sting vs. Stan Lane

Main Event * October 2, 1988

Sting vs. Butch Reed

Main Event * March 26, 1989

Superstar

NWA World Television Championship Match

Sting vs. Mike Rotundo

WCW World Championship Wrestling * April 1, 1989

Sting vs. Ron Simmons

WCW Power Hour * August 18, 1989

NWA World Television Championship

Sting vs. Great Muta

WCW Power Hour * September 1, 1989

Bleach Blonde Rivalry

NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match

Ric Flair vs. Sting

Great American Bash * July 7, 1990

Sting vs. Dutch Mantel

Main Event * September 2, 1990

DISC 2

Blonde Sting WCW Wrestler Face of WCW

Sting vs. Nikita Koloff

Clash of the Champions XIV * June 14, 1991

Sting & The Great Muta vs. The Steiner Brothers

WCW/New Japan Supershow II * January 4 1992

Vader Rivalry

Bounty Match

Sting vs. Van Vader

WCW WorldWide * February 9, 1992

Sting, Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes vs. The Dangerous Alliance (Rick Rude, Larry Zbyszko, Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton)

WCW World Championship Wrestling * February 22, 1992

Sting vs. Diamond Dallas Page

WCW Saturday Night * June 13, 1992

Sting vs. Barry Windham

WCW Saturday Night * February 6, 1993

Face Paint

Sting vs. Stunning Steve Austin

WCW Pro Wrestling * January 8, 1994

Viewers Choice Match

Sting vs. Ric Flair

WCW Nitro * November 6, 1995

Sting vs. Arn Anderson

WCW Nitro * July 8, 1996

Sting & "Macho Man" Randy Savage vs. The Nasty Boys

WCW Saturday Night * July 27, 1996

DISC 3

WCW Sting - The Crow The Crow

Sting Becomes Free Agent

WCW Nitro * October 21, 1996

WCW World Championship Match

Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting

Starrcade * December 28, 1997

Scorpion Death Lock

Sting & Lex Luger vs. Hulk Hogan & "Macho Man" Randy Savage

WCW Nitro * February 16, 1998

Sting vs. Kevin Nash

WCW Nitro * April 6, 1998

Sting vs. Scott Steiner

WCW Thunder * April 22 1998

Wolfpak

Sting & Kevin Nash vs. Harlem Heat

WCW Nitro * June 15, 1998

Sting & The Warrior vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart & Hollywood Hogan

WCW Nitro * October 12, 1998

Sting vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart

WCW Nitro * October 19, 1998

Rafters

Sting vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

WCW Nitro * June 7, 1999

WCW World Heavyweight Championship

Booker T vs. Sting

WCW Nitro * July 31, 2000

Best 2 out of 3 Falls Match

Sting vs. Jeff Jarrett

WCW Thunder * September 13, 2000

Sting, Booker T & Goldberg vs. Jeff Jarrett & KroniK

WCW Thunder * October 25, 2000

Sting vs. Ric Flair

WCW Nitro * March 26, 2001

International Match of the Night (Goldberg)

International Match of the Night

August 31st 2002

AJPW

Bill Goldberg

vs

Taiyo Kea

PWI Achievment Award - 1990

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Achievement Award

Rookie of the Year - 1990

"Stunning" Steve Austin

PWI Achievement Award - 1987

1987

PWI - Rookie of the Year 

"Mach Man : The Randy Savage Story" DVD/Blu Ray

The match listings for the upcoming dvd and blu ray being released November 17th 2014

get it/pre-order at Amazon.com click this link : Randy Savage

courtesy wrestlingdvdnews,com and wrestlescoop.com

DISC 1

Documentary
– Driven to Perfection
– Bred to Achieve
– Baseball Days
– Transition into Wrestling
– Developing The Macho Man
– Earning a Reputation
– WrestleMania III
– WWE Champion
– Mega Powers
– Randy & Liz
– Spokesperson
– WCW
– Hardships
– Giving Back
– True Love
– May 20, 2011
– Cream of the Crop

DISC 2

Intercontinental Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
Superstars • November 22, 1986

Lumberjack Match for the Intercontinental Championship
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Bruno Sammartino
Boston Garden • February 7, 1987

Intercontinental Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat
Maple Leaf Gardens • February 15, 1987

“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. “The King” Harley Race
Philadelphia, PA • September 18, 1987

Six-Man Tag Team Steel Cage Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage & Strike Force vs. Honky Tonk Man & The Hart Foundation
Boston Garden • March 5, 1988

WWE Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase
Boston Garden • July 9, 1988

Harlem Street Fight for the WWE Championship
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Bad News Brown
Hamilton, Ontario • January 16, 1989

WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage
Madison Square Garden • April 24, 1989

DISC 3

“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. “Rowdy” Roddy Piper
Miami, FL • January 22, 1990

WWE Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Shawn Michaels
Munich, Germany • April 14, 1992

WWE Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior
SummerSlam • August 31, 1992

WWE Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
Prime Time Wrestling • September 14, 1992

WCW Television Championship Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Arn Anderson
WCW Saturday Night • January 28, 1995

Steel Cage Match for the WCW Championship
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
WCW Superbrawl VI • February 11, 1996

Las Vegas Sudden Death Match
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Diamond Dallas Page
WCW Halloween Havoc • October 26, 1997

BLU-RAY EXTRAS

Lumberjack Match for the WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage
Madison Square Garden • February 17, 1986

Winner is the King of WWE
“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
Madison Square Garden • October 28, 1989

“Macho Man” Randy Savage & Sting vs. The Blue Bloods (Lord Steven Regal & Earl Robert Eaton)
WCW Saturday Night • September 9, 1995

“Macho Man” Randy Savage vs. Booker T
WCW Nitro • December 15, 1997

Blu-Ray Exclusive Stories
– Ambidextrous?
– Card Shark
– Fearing the Savage
– Getting into the WWE
– Snake Fixed?
– A Safety Net
– Hundred Dollar Bill Guy
– Jerusalem
– Highly Competitive
– No Days Off
– Cowboy Hats
– Part of the Team
– Shifting Gears
– Very Generous
– Thanksgiving Call
– Walking Away
– Michael Schmidt
– Macho Tip

The most surprising championship changes - WWE Top 10

PWI Achievment Award -1988

PWI Most Hated Wrestler of 1988

ANDRE THE GIANT

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING

The great music videos done for The Fabulous Ones 

(Steve Keirn and Stan Lane)

This is the first wrestling music video I ever saw, it was 1984, done on the cheap but I just never forgot this and I became a fan of the Fabulous Ones after this!

Today in Wrestling History (Title Changes) September 9th

Title Changes for September 12

1970 – Waldo Von Erich defeated Jack Curtis to win the NWA Tri-State Mississippi Heavyweight Championship

1980 – The Wild Samoans defeated Tony Garea & Rene Goulet in a tournament final to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship

1980 – The Grappler defeated Ted DiBiase to win the MSW North American Heavyweight Championship

1986 – "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes defeated "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson to win the NWA World Television Championship

1988 – Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano defeated Footloose (Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada) to win the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

1993 – "The Franchise" Shane Douglas defeated Tito Santana via forfeit to win the NWA ECW Heavyweight Championship. This was a “phantom” title change, as the supposed show in Roanoke, Virginia where Douglas vs. Santana was to have taken place never actually occurred.

1993 – Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated The Eagle & The Patriot to win the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

2000 – Rhino defeated Kid Kash to win the ECW World Television Championship. Rhino would be the final champion, before the company was bought out by the WWF in 2001)

2006 – Naomichi Marufuji defeated Jun Akiyama to win the Pro Wrestling Noah GHC Heavyweight Championship

Brie Bella vs. Paige: SmackDown, Sept. 5, 2014

10-Man Tag Team Match: SmackDown, Sept. 5, 2014

Greatest World Tag Team Championship Victories - WWE Top 10

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING

NWA US Champion "Rowdy" Roddy Piper 

and 

Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ivan Koloff