Friday Night's Main Event

August 29th 1997
WWF Friday Night's Main Event aired on the USA Network when Raw was preempted on the weeks of August 29 and September 5 in 1997, due to USA's coverage of the US Open. 
This program averaged a low 1.5 rating.
The main event was Bret Hart defending his WWF Championship against Vader.

Today in Wrestling History (July 18th)

July 18th 1989:

Demolition lost the WWF Tag Team titles to The Brain Busters on Saturday Night's Main Event.

Ending the longest reign in history to that point at 478 days.

PPV Poster of the Week

Extreme Rules

June 7th 2009

New Orleans Arena, New Orleans LA

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[1]
1D	Kelly Kelly and Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendes[1]	Tag team match	15:24
2	Kofi Kingston (c) defeated Matt Hardy, Montel Vontavious Porter and William Regal[22]	Fatal-4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship	06:42
3	Chris Jericho defeated Rey Mysterio (c)[23]	No Holds Barred match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship	14:43
4	CM Punk defeated Umaga[24]	Samoan Strap match	08:59
5	Tommy Dreamer defeated Jack Swagger and Christian (c)[25]	Triple threat hardcore match for the ECW Championship	09:38
6	Santina Marella defeated Chavo Guerrero and Vickie Guerrero (c)[26]	Handicap Hog Pen match for the title of "Miss WrestleMania"	02:43
7	Batista defeated Randy Orton (c)[27]	Steel Cage match for the WWE Championship	07:03
8	John Cena defeated Big Show[28]	Submission match	19:06
9	Jeff Hardy defeated Edge (c)[29]	Ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship	20:07
10	CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy (c)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship This was CM Punk's Money in the Bank cash-in match	1:02

Today in Wrestling History (August 29th)

August 29th 1982

St. Paul, MN

Otto Wanz defeats Nick Bockwinkel to win the AWA World Heavyweight title.

Wanz would hold the title for 41 days before losing the belt back to Bockwinkle in Chicago IL on October 9th 1982

This would be Wanz only reign with the AWA World Title.

Today in WCW History (March 17th)

March 17th 1993

Big Van Vader defeats Sting to regain the WCW World Heavyweight Title in Dublin, Ireland.

Sting had won the title on March 11th in London England.  It was Sting's 2nd world title reign and Vader would start his 3rd and last reign as WCW World Heavyweight champion.  Vader held the title for 285 days until December 27th 1993.

Today In NWA Wrestling History (March 15th)

March 15th 1956 

Toronto, ON, Canada

Whipper Billy Watson defeated Lou Thesz to win the World Heavyweight Championship (Original version) & the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. 

Watson held the World championship for 239 days and this was his only NWA World title reign.  He lost the title back to Thesz in St. Louis MO on November 9th 1956

Today in WWE History (March 14th)

March 14th 2011

Sheamus defeats Daniel Bryan for the US Heavyweight Championship 

Monday Night RAW

St. Louis MO

Today in WCW History (March 11th)

March 11th 1993

Sting defeats Big Van Vader to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title at a London, England house show.

Today in WWE History (March 10th)

March 10th 2008 

Chris Jericho defeated Jeff Hardy to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Today in Wrestling History (Nov 20th)

Survivor Series

November 20th 2011

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match

Alberto Del Rio (C)

vs

CM Punk

WCW Fall Brawl 1999

September 12th 1999

WCW FALL BRAWL

Winston-Salem NC

Sting

vs

Hulk Hogan 

(WCW World Heavyweight Champion)

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.

Today in Pro Wrestling History (August 25th)

August 25th 2002

SummerSlam

Brock Lesnar vs The Rock

Today in Wrestling History (May 29th)

May 29th 2014

Charlotte defeats Natalya Neidhart for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT Takeover.

Edge Cashes In To Win WWE Title (05/08/2007)

May 8th 2007

Smackdown

Pittsburgh  PA

(aired May 11th 2007)

Edge cashes in the Money in the Bank Contract that he won the night before (05/07/2007) on Monday Night RAW.  The WWE Champion, The Undertaker, has just defended in a cage match against Batista and Mark Henry attacked him and walked away leaving the champions prone for Edge.

This was Edge's first WWE World Heavyweight Championship (the old WCW World Title) reign.

Today in Wrestling History (May 1st)

1994 – Ravishing Rick Rude defeated Sting to win the WCW International World Heavyweight Championship. During this match, Rude suffers the back injury which would end his in-ring career.

Today in Wrestling History (April 27th)

April 27th 1981

Augusta, Georgia

Tommy Rich stuns the wrestling world by pinning NWA World Champion Harley Race to win his first and only

World Heavyweight title.  

However, only 4 days later in Gainesville, Georgia, Harley Race would recapture the belt to begin his 6th world title reign.

Today in Wrestling History - Rick Rude (April 20th)

April 20th 1999

Richard "Rick Rude" Rood died from heart failure due to a mixture of medications.  He was in training to make his in ring comeback at the time of his death.

He has a long list of titles and in ring accomplishments as well as being known as a tremendous worker to all his opponents.

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

• Championship Wrestling from Florida
  • NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (2 times)^[1][35]
  • NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version) (1 time)^[36] – with Jesse Barr^[1]

• Continental Wrestling Association
  • AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1][37]
  • AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[38] – with King Kong Bundy^[1]

• Jim Crockett Promotions / World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time)^[14] – with Manny Fernandez^[1]
  • WCW International World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)^[1][24]
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[23]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1992)^[39]
  • PWI ranked him No. 4 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992^[40]

• World Class Championship Wrestling / World Class Wrestling Association
  • NWA American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[41]
  • WCWA Television Championship (1 time)^[1][42]
  • WCWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[1][43]

• World Wrestling Federation
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 time)^[1][17]
  • Jesse "The Body" Award (1987)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • 5 Star Match (1992) with "Stunning" Steve Austin, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, and Arn Anderson vs. Sting, Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes, Barry Windham, and Nikita Koloff (February 24, WarGames match, WrestleWar)
  • Best Heel (1992)^[39]
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (1992) vs. Masahiro Chono at Halloween Havoc

Today In Wrestling History (April 4th)

April 4th 1993

Wrestlemania IX

Ceasars Palace

Las Vegas,  NV

Results[edit]

No.	Results[21][58]	Stipulations	Times
1D	Tito Santana defeated Papa Shango	Singles match	08:00
2	Tatanka (with Sensational Sherri) defeated Shawn Michaels (c) (with Luna Vachon) by countout	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	18:13
3	The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) defeated The Headshrinkers (Samu and Fatu) (with Afa)	Tag team match	14:22
4	Doink the Clown defeated Crush	Singles match	08:28
5	Razor Ramon defeated Bob Backlund	Singles match	03:45
6	Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) (c) defeated The Mega-Maniacs (Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake) (with Jimmy Hart) bydisqualification	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	18:27
7	Lex Luger defeated Mr. Perfect	Singles match	10:56
8	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Giant Gonzalez (with Harvey Wippleman) by disqualification	Singles match	07:33
9	Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji) defeated Bret Hart (c)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	08:55
10	Hulk Hogan defeated Yokozuna (c) (with Mr. Fuji)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	00:22[28]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match