JAPANESE COVER OF THE WEEK

WE LOVE PRO WRESTLING!

1982 WRESTLING OBSERVER TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

NWA World Tag Team Champions

185 days in 1982

Jim Cornette & Austin Idol on Why Stan Hansen Was Seriously Terrifying

Stan Hansen joins the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2016

US Heavyweight Champion - 1990

October 28th 1990

Halloween Havoc

Chicago IL

Stan Hansen defeats Lex Luger to win the US Heavyweight Title

Match of the Day (Hansen vs Williams)

Here is the first ever match-up between Stan Hansen and Dr. Death Steve Williams 

Chiba Park Gymnasium

June 5th 1990

International Match of the Night

All Japan Television

August 29th 1985

Stan Hansen and Ted Dibiase

vs

Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr.

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 (Andre vs Stan Hansen)

May 18th 1979

Niigata, Japan

Andre the Giant

vs

Stan Hansen

(with Freddie Blassie)

Today in Wrestling History (Stan Hansen)

Today in 1988 - Stan 'The Lariat' Hansen defeats Genichiro Tenryu to win the NWA United National Championship & the PWF World Heavyweight Championship. 

This would be the final reigns for both titles before being unified with the NWA International Heavyweight Championship and forming the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

This Week in Wrestling History

I missed it yesterday but on March 4th 1995 Stan Hansen defeated Toshiaki Kawada for the All Japan Triple Crown.

Your Tag Team Match of The Day (Title Match)

AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles

September 3rd 1993

Tokyo, Japan

Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue 

(Champions)

vs 

Stan Hansen and Ted DiBiase

The History of the AWA World Title

Your Tag Team Match of The Night

AWA World Tag Team Title match

Road Warriors vs. Harley Race & Stan Hansen 

09.02.1985

Sundome, Tampa FL

Good old fashioned brawl that went all over the place
 (Gordon  Solie on the mic to make it a true classic)

New Stan Hansen Book

This is for the fans that love Stan "The Lariat" Hansen and his unpredictable and crazy style.  I am one that misses the "dont know what is going to happen next" style that he made famous all over the world.


This  is his story in his own words about everything you wanted to know...from Japan, to King Kong Brody to Bruno's broken neck to the AWA Title and what happened between him and Verne Gagne....good looking stuff from the all the excerpts you can read at the link post below.

Highspots is selling it...click this link.

Today in Wrestling History April 26th

1976 - WWWF ran at Madison Square Garden in New York City with the following results:
- Louis Cerdan defeated Johnny Rodz.
- Tony Parisi defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna.
- Dominic DeNucci defeated Louis Cyr.
- Ric Flair defeated Frankie Williams.
- Bobo Brazil defeated Rocky Tomayo.
- Superstar Billy Graham & Ivan Koloff defeated Haystacks Calhoun & Pat Barrett by countout.
- Andre The Giant defeated Ernie Ladd via countout.

- Stan Hansen defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino when the referee stopped the match due to excessive bleeding.  Because there was no pinfall or submission, Sammartino retained the title.  This was the bout where Hansen accidentally broke Bruno's neck with a bodyslam.  However, the storyline would be that Hansen broke Sammartino's neck with the Lariat clothesline.



 


The WWE holds its final Backlash PPV at Providence, Rhode Island.
 here are the highlights :

 Christian defeated Jack Swagger for the ECW Title 
 Chris Jericho defeated Ricky Steamboat
 Kane defeated CM Punk
 Jeff Hardy beat Matt Hardy in an "I Quit Match" 
 Santino defeated Beth Phoenix in a "Miss Wrestlemania" Match 
 The Legacy (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase Jr) defeated Triple H (Champion), Batista and Shawn Michaels for the WWE Heavyweight Title 
 Edge defeated John Cena in a "Last Man Standing" Match for the World Heavyweight Title

SuperClash 1985

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

Match of the Day

Twenty Five years ago today
1985 - The National Wrestling Alliance and American Wrestling Association hold their third joint-promoted "NWA/AWA Star Wars" event at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The results:
- Ron Bass defeated J.J. Dillon.
- NWA World Midgets' Champion Little Tokyo defeated Cowboy Lang to retain the title.
- AWA World Women's Champion Sherri Martel defeated Debbie Combs to retain the title.
- Jake Roberts defeated Paul Ellering by disqualification.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated The Long Riders (Bill and Scott Irwin) to retain the title.
- Sgt. Slaughter defeated Chris Markoff and Boris Zhukov in a handicap match.
- NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Magnum T.A. defeated Tully Blanchard to retain the title.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualification to retain the title.
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) defeated Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khruschev.
Match of the Day
- Stan Hansen defeated AWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Martel by submission to win the title. Hansen had Martel in the Brazos Valley Backbreaker (Boston Crab) and when Martel would try to power out of it, Hansen would press his head against the middle turnbuckle to keep the hold on. Martel eventually submitted.

Today in Wrestling History July 17th

1965 - The Assassins (Guy Mitchell and Joe Tomasso) defeat Boris and Nicoli Volkoff to win the WWA World Tag Team Title in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1970 - The Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Costello and Don Kent) defeat Dick the Bruiser and Bill Miller for the WWA World Tag Team Title in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1983 - Ron Garvin defeats The Iron Sheik in Atlanta, Georgia to win the NWA National Television Title.

1988 - Frank "Bruiser Brody" Goodish, died at Centro Médico de San Juan in Puerto Rico, hours after a stabbing attack from José "Invader I" González, in a shower at a WWC event in Bayamón.

1990 - Terry Gordy defeats Stan Hansen for the AJPW Triple Crown Title in Ishikawa, Japan, beginning his second reign. He had to vacate the title 10 days later after being hospitalized after an overdose on painkillers.




1994 - WCW held their first Bash At The Beach Pay-per-view at the Orlando Arena, in Florida. This show would mark the beginning of a major change in WCW philosophy, as it featured the WCW PPV in-ring debut of Hulk Hogan. This was also the first-ever PPV singles meeting of Hogan and Ric Flair. Their previous singles matches had only been held on WWF house shows.

Here are the results of the show:
- In a dark match, Brian (BG James/Road Dogg) & Brad Armstrong defeated Steve Keirn & Bobby Eaton.
- WCW Television Champion Steven (William) Regal defeated Johnny B. Badd when Regal reversed a sunset flip and held the trunks for the pin.
- Antonio Inoki was presented with an award for his contributions to wrestling. Regal briefly confronted Inoki, before backing off.
- Vader, with Harley Race, defeated The Guardian Angel (Big Bossman) via disqualification when the referee caught Angel with a nightstick, even though Race had brought it into the ring, and Angel never actually used it.
- Terry Funk & Bunkhouse Buck, with Col. Robert Parker & Meng, defeated Dustin Rhodes & Arn Anderson when Funk pinned Rhodes after Arn turned on him and gave him a DDT.
- WCW United States Champion Steve Austin defeated Ricky Steamboat by putting his feet on the ropes for leverage.



- Paul Roma & Paul Orndorff defeated Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan to win the WCW World Tag Team Title when Orndorff pinned Cactus while Roma held Cactus' legs from the outside.
- Hulk Hogan, with Shaquille O'Neil, Jimmy Hart & Mr. T in his corner, defeated Ric Flair, with Sherri Martel, to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title. Martel was carried off by Mr. T during the match. The bout ended when Hogan "hulked up" after a brass knuckles shot, and delivered a big boot to the face and a legdrop for the win (I know, shocking).

2000 - The Monday Night War took a week off, as WWF RAW is WAR aired unopposed. WCW Monday Nitro was pushed to Tuesday night due to TNT's two-part miniseries "Nuremberg". RAW got a 6.2 rating on USA, and the results were:
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) fought The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt (with Lita)) to a no-contest.
- WWF Hardcore Champion Steve Blackman fought The Godfather to a no-contest to retain the title.
- Road Dogg and X-Pac defeated Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty).
- Chris Benoit and WWF Tag Team Champions Edge and Christian (with Shane McMahon) defeated The A.P.A. (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and WWF Champion The Rock.
- WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Chyna (with WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero) by disqualification to retain the title.
- Rikishi defeated Test (with Trish Stratus).
- Kane and The Undertaker defeated Kurt Angle and Triple H (with WWF Women's Champion Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley).

2005 - TNA held the first-annual "No Surrender" pay-per-view at the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The results were:
- In a pre-show match, Shocker pinned Jerrelle Clark with a roll-up.
- America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) defeated Michael Shane and Alex Shelley (with Traci), when Storm pinned Shelley after a Superkick.
- Sonjay Dutt defeated Mikey Batts, Shark Boy and Elix Skipper in a Fatal Four-Way match, by pinning Batts after a Hindu Press, to qualify for the upcoming Super X Cup Tournament.
- Apolo and Sonny Siaki defeated The Diamonds in the Rough (Simon Diamond and David Young), when Apolo pinned Young after a TKO.
- Samoa Joe defeated Chris Sabin by submission with the Coquina Clutch.
- Team Canada (A-1, Bobby Roode and Eric Young) defeated Lance Hoyt and NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals (Chase Stevens and Andy Douglas) (with Jimmy Hart), when Young pinned Douglas after Roode hit him with Hart's megaphone.
- Monty Brown and Kip James defeated The 3Live Kru (Ron Killings and Konnan) in a Street Fight, when Brown pinned Killings after hitting the Pounce through a table.
- A.J. Styles pinned Sean Waltman after a Styles Clash. Jerry Lynn was the guest referee.

- TNA X Division Champion Christopher Daniels pinned Petey Williams (with A-1) after the Best Moonsault Ever to retain the title.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Raven pinned Abyss (with James Mitchell) in a Dog Collar match, after an Evenflow DDT on thumbtacks, to retain the title. After the match, Jeff Jarrett came out and said that he was going to get his title back one way or another. Rhino then made his debut and Gored Raven.