MAGAZINE COVER OF THE WEEK

WCW MAGAZINE

February 1991

Today in Wrestling History (July 11th)

July 11th 1987

July 11th 1987 - In Greensboro NC

"The Total Package" Lex Luger defeats "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff for the Unites States Heavyweight Title and becomes the #1 contender for Ric Flair's NWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Cover of the Week

1997 

The Year In Wrestling and Achievement Awards

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Week

November 1989

This was my favorite magazine when it was first published because of the "Phantom of the Ring" column.  That column was the magazine version of "The Wrestling Observer" and gave us tidbits on the real lives of wrestlers.  This was something I never seen before and was in love with it from the start.

10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 10

PWI Rookie of the Year

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year

1986

Lex Luger

(accepting the award from PWI's Bill Apter )

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Cover of the Week

April 1992

Sting and Lex Luger

Magazine Cover of the Week

The Wrestler

November 1988

WCW Wrestling Comic Book

WCW World Championship Wrestling Comic Books

Marvel Comics

1992

Issue #1 

Issue #2

US Heavyweight Champion - 1990

October 28th 1990

Halloween Havoc

Chicago IL

Stan Hansen defeats Lex Luger to win the US Heavyweight Title

Clash of the Champions 12 (September 5th 1990)

WCW Clash of the Champions 12 [1990 09 04] Fall... by hafner-michael

Clash of the Champions XII took place on September 5, 1990 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. There were 4,000 fans in attendance and the show drew a 5.0 rating on TBS.^[15]

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracey Smothers) (w/Bob Armstrong) defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (w/Buddy Roberts) (8:34)
  • Steve Armstrong pinned Jimmy Garvin while Tracy Smothers pinned Michael Hayes
• Mike Rotunda defeated Buddy Landel (5:39)
  • Rotunda pinned Buddy Landel
• The Master Blasters (Iron and Steel) defeated Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner (4:52)
  • Steel pinned Tim Horner
  • The Master Blasters debuted at this event, however after approximately one week Iron was replaced by Blade
• The Nasty Boys (Jerry Sags and Brian Knobs) defeated Jackie Fulton and Terry Taylor (7:11)
  • Jerry Sags pinned Jackie Fulton
• "Wildfire" Tommy Rich defeated “Wild” Bill Irwin (3:59)
  • Rich pinned Bill Irwin
• Susan Sexton defeated Bambi (4:11)
  • Sexton pinned Bambi
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Maximum Overdrive (Tim Hunt and Jeff Warner) (6:23)
  • Rick Steiner pinned Tim Hunt
• Stan Hansen defeated Z-Man (3:19)
  • Hansen pinned Tom Zenk after a Lariat
• NWA United States Champion Lex Luger defeated Ric Flair by disqualification (15:28)
  • Ric Flair was disqualified due to interference by Stan Hansen.
• NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sting defeated The Black Scorpion (8:13)
  • Sting pinned the Scorpion
  • After the match, Sting attempted to unmask the Black Scorpion, tearing away his black mask only to reveal a red mask underneath, The Scorpion quickly escaped when The "real" Black Scorpion appeared on the entrance ramp. Although he was never truly unmasked, the Black Scorpion Sting wrestled was Al Perez.

Top 10 SummerSlam Controversies

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Cover of the Week

PPV Poster of the Week

PPV Poster of the Week

December 29th 1991

No.	Results[1]	Stipulations	Times
1	Marcus Bagwell and Jimmy Garvin defeated Michael Hayes and Tracy Smothers	Tag team match	12:45
2	Steve Austin and Rick Rude defeated Van Hammer and Big Josh	Tag team match	12:56
3	Dustin Rhodes and Richard Morton defeated Larry Zbyszko and El Gigante (with Madusa)	Tag team match	05:54
4	Bill Kazmaier and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Mike Graham	Tag team match	13:08
5	Lex Luger and Arn Anderson (with Harley Race) defeated Terrance Taylor and The Z-Man	Tag team match	10:25
6	Ricky Steamboat and Todd Champion defeated Cactus Jack and Buddy Lee Parker	Tag team match	07:48
7	Sting and Abdullah the Butcher defeated Brian Pillman and Bobby Eaton	Tag team match	05:55
8	Big Van Vader and Mr. Hughes defeated Rick Steiner and The Nightstalker	Tag team match	05:05
9	Scott Steiner and Firebreaker Chip defeated Arachnaman and Johnny B. Badd	Tag team match	11:16
10	Ron Simmons and Thomas Rich defeated Steve Armstrong and P.N. News	Tag team match	12:01
11	Sting last eliminated Lex Luger to win	Battlebowl battle royal	25:10

Pro Wrestling Illustrated 

1990 Year in Review

1988 Crockett Cup Champions

Sting and Lex Luger

1988 Crockett Cup Tag Team Tournament Champions

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

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Day

Survivor Series 1993

November 23rd 

Boston Garden

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
Dark match	Billy Gunn defeated The Brooklyn Brawler	Singles match	07:46
1	Marty Jannetty, Randy Savage, Razor Ramon and The 1–2–3 Kid defeated Irwin R. Schyster, Diesel, Rick Martel and Adam Bomb (with Harvey Wippleman)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match1	26:58
2	The Hart Family (Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Bruce Hart and Keith Hart) (with Stu Hart) defeated Shawn Michaels and His Knights (Shawn Michaels, The Red Knight, The Blue Knight and The Black Knight)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match2	30:57
3	The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard) (with Jim Cornette) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) (c)	Tag team match for the SMW Tag Team Championship	13:41
4	The Four Doinks (The Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams) and Men on a Mission (Mabel and Mo)) (with Oscar) defeated The Headshrinkers(Samu and Fatu), Bastion Booger and Bam Bam Bigelow (with Luna Vachon and Afa)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match3	10:58
5	The All-Americans (Lex Luger, The Undertaker, Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) (with Paul Bearer) defeated The Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Crush,Ludvig Borga and Quebecer Jacques) (with Jim Cornette, Johnny Polo, and Mr. Fuji)	Four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match4	27:59
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Day

June 1988

PPV Poster of the Day

WCW Uncensored 

March 24th 1996

Uncensored 1996 took place on March 24, 1996 from the Tupelo Coliseum in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Main Event match: Mr. J.L. defeated Dean Malenko (3:20)
  • J.L. pinned Malenko.
  • This was a first round match in a tournament for the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship
• Main Event match: Jim Duggan defeated Big Bubba Rogers (3:20)
  • Duggan pinned Rogers.
• Main Event match: Dick Slater (with Col. Robert Parker) defeated Alex Wright (1:55)
  • Slater pinned Wright.
• Main Event match: The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) fought The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) to a no-contest (5:19)
• Konnan defeated Eddie Guerrero to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (18:27)
  • Konnan pinned Guerrero after Low Blow.
• The Belfast Bruiser defeated Lord Steven Regal by disqualification (17:33)
  • Regal was disqualified after Earl Robert Eaton and Squire David Taylor attacked the Bruiser.
• Col. Robert Parker defeated Madusa (3:47)
  • Parker pinned Madusa after interference from Dick Slater.
• The Booty Man defeated Diamond Dallas Page (16:00)
  • Booty Man pinned Page by hitting a High Knee after Kimberly Page, Page's former valet, slapped him in the face.
  • Page was originally supposed to face Johnny B. Badd for the WCW World Television Championship, but Badd had lost the title to Lex Luger prior toUncensored and left the company shortly thereafter.
  • As per a pre-match stipulation Page was forced to leave WCW; had he won he would have regained the services of Kimberly as his manager and the remainder of a $16 million lottery prize he had won the year before.
  • Kimberly then joined forces with the Booty Man and became known as the Booty Babe.
• The Giant (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Loch Ness (2:34)
  • Giant pinned Loch Ness after a Leg drop.
  • As per a prematch stipulation, Giant received a WCW World Heavyweight Championship shot on the following night's Nitro.
• Sting and Booker T defeated The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) in a Chicago Street Fight (29:33)
  • Booker pinned Hawk after Stevie Ray interfered and hit Hawk with a steel chair.
• The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) defeated The Alliance to End Hulkamania (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Meng, The Barbarian, Lex Luger, The Taskmaster, Z-Gangsta and The Ultimate Solution) (with Woman, Miss Elizabeth and Jimmy Hart) in a Doomsday Cage match (25:16)
  • Savage pinned Flair after Luger "accidentally" punched Flair with a glove.
  • The object of the match was to record the fall in the bottom cage's ring, which was separate from the ring used for the rest of the event.
  • During the match, The Booty Man interfered and gave the Mega Powers frying pans to hit their opponents with.