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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.

WWE Legend Vader Dies

Match of the Day - WCW World Title

STARRCADE 

December 27th 1993 

Charlotte, North Carolina

WCW World Heavyweight Title Match

Ric Flair

vs

Big Van Vader 

(Champion)

Magazine Cover of the Week

WCW Magazine

November 1993

10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 12

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Big Van Vader

1999 winner of the All Japan Champion Carnival

Gigantic Royal Rumble Eliminations — WWE Top 10

Wrestling Magazine Cover of the Week

Inside Wrestling 

June 1993

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

WCW PPV of the Day

1993

SuperBrawl III took place on February 21, 1993 from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. This event marked the return of Ric Flair to WCW.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• The Hollywood Blonds (Brian Pillman and Steve Austin) defeated Erik Watts and Marcus Bagwell (16:34)
  • Pillman pinned Bagwell after Austin hit Bagwell with a top-rope forearm shot while the referee was distracted, breaking Bagwell's Fisherman suplex on Pillman.
• Too Cold Scorpio defeated Chris Benoit (19:59)
  • Scorpio pinned Benoit with a Samson clutch, with one second left in the 20-minute time limit.
• Davey Boy Smith defeated Bill Irwin (5:49)
  • Smith pinned Irwin with a running powerslam.
  • This was Smith's WCW debut.
• Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff in a Falls Count Anywhere match (12:17)
  • Jack pinned Orndorff after hitting him with a shovel.
• The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) defeated Smoky Mountain Wrestling tag team champions The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Prichard and Stan Lane) (with Jim Cornette) (12:52)
  • Gibson Pinned Prichard.
  • The Heavenly Bodies replaced The Wrecking Crew due to an agreement by WCW Executive Vice President Bill Watts and Smoky Mountain Wrestling commissioner Bob Armstrong on an earlier episode ofWCW Main Event.
  • The Heavenly Bodies' SMW Tag Team Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.
• Dustin Rhodes defeated Maxx Payne by disqualification to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (11:28)
  • Payne was disqualified after pulling the referee into Rhodes to attempt to break an abdominal stretch and throwing Rhodes over the top rope.
  • Payne replaced the injured Ron Simmons.
• Barry Windham defeated The Great Muta to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (24:10)
  • Windham pinned Muta following a DDT.
  • After the match Ric Flair attempted to place the belt around Windham's waist, but Windham refused to let him.
• WCW World Heavyweight Champion Big Van Vader (with Harley Race) defeated Sting in a White Castle of Fear Strap match (20:54)
  • Vader touched the fourth corner after being propelled into it by Sting.
  • Vader's WCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, making it a non-title match.
  • The match was kayfabe non-sanctioned by WCW.

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Big Van Vader with Japan’s NJPW IWGP Heavyweight championship on his right shoulder, Mexico’s UWA World Heavyweight championship around his waist, and Germany’s CWA World Heavyweight championship on his left shoulder.

(courtesy of Mengs-mullet)

Pro Wrestling Magazine of the Day

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Night

Starrcade (1994): Triple Threat took place on December 27, 1994 from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.

• Vader defeated Jim Duggan to win the WCW United States Championship (12:06)
  • Vader pinned Duggan after a Face Eraser.
• Alex Wright defeated Jean-Paul Levesque (14:03)
  • Wright pinned Levesque with a roll-up.
• Johnny B. Badd defeated Arn Anderson to retain the WCW World Television Championship (12:11)
  • Badd pinned Anderson.
  • Anderson replaced The Honky Tonk Man, who had just left WCW.
• The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) by disqualification (17:49)
  • Harlem Heat had won the WCW World Tag Team Championship on December 8, but the match didn't air yet, so they were not announced as the champions.
• Mr. T defeated Kevin Sullivan (3:50)
  • T pinned Sullivan.
• Sting defeated Avalanche by disqualification (15:26)
• Hulk Hogan defeated The Butcher to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (12:07)
  • Hogan pinned Butcher after the Leg drop.

PPV Poster of the Day

IN YOUR HOUSE

FINAL FOUR

February 16th 1997

UTC  Arena

Chattanooga,  TN

Results[edit]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
Dark	The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher)	Tag team match	Unknown
1	Marc Mero (with Sable) defeated Leif Cassidy[1]	Singles match	09:30
2	The Nation of Domination (Faarooq, Crush, and Savio Vega) (with Clarence Mason) defeated Bart Gunn, Goldust, and Flash Funk[1]	Six-man tag team match	06:42
3	Rocky Maivia (c) defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley[1]	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	12:30
4	Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon defeated Owen Hart and The British Bulldog (c) (with Clarence Mason) bydisqualification[1]	Tag team match WWF Tag Team Championship	10:30
5	Bret Hart defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin, Vader (with Paul Bearer), and The Undertaker[1]	Four corners elimination match for the vacant WWF Championship	24:05
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Match of The Night (Vader vs Bam Bam Bigelow)

New Japan Wrestling

Tokyo Japan

09/12/1988

Big Van Vader

vs

Bam Bam Bigelow

Ron Simmons

August 2nd 1992

 Ron Simmons is carried out of the ring as the new 

WCW World Heavyweight Champion.  

He defeated Big Van Vader in Baltimore, Maryland.