1993 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year

Big Van Vader

1993 Pro Wrestling Illustrated Wrestler of the Year

(with manager Harley Race)

Five World Championship Matches - Five Things

Five WCW Matches that really happened - Five Things

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Big Van Vader

3 time WCW World Heavyweight Champion.

1 - Defeated Sting at the Great American Bash on July 12th 1992, Albany, Georgia. (21 Days)

2 - Defeated Ron Simmons in Baltimore, MD on December 30th 1992  (71 Days)

3 - Defeated Sting in Dublin, Ireland on March 17th 1993  (285 days, his longest reign)

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Wrestler of the Year 1995

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.

Clash of the Champions VI

Clash of the Champions VI

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April 2nd 1989

• The Samoan Swat Team (Samu and Fatu) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) (20:32)
  • Fatu hits Bobby Eaton with Paul E. Dangerously's phone without the referee seeing it.
  • This is the continuation of the Jim Cornette / Paul E. Dangerously feud that started when Dangerously brought the “Original Midnight Express” to the NWA.
• The Great Muta defeated Steven Casey (8:11)
  • Muta pinned Casey after a Moonsault
  • Muta's manager Gary Hart was at ringside and tossed Steven Casey back in the ring for the finish
• The Junkyard Dog defeated Butch Reed (9:56)
  • Reed is pinned with a roll up after colliding with manager Hiro Matsuda on the apron.
• Bob Orton defeated Dick Murdoch (9:45)
  • Orton pins Murdoch when manager Gary Hart reaches in and pulls Murdoch's leg out from under him during a suplex.
• The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) defeated The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship (11:40)
  • Steve Williams cradles Hawk for the pinfall
  • Referee Teddy Long refused to count a pinfall for the Road Warriors only moments before.
  • The count on Hawk was super fast, so fast that Teddy Long was fired as a referee over it, Long became a manager shortly after this.
• Ranger Ross defeated The Iron Sheik by DQ (1:56)
  • Rip Morgan ran and attacked Ross in to cause the DQ
  • Junkyard Dog ran in to make the save only seconds later.
• Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner defeated Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship (3:51)
  • Gilbert got the pinfall on Sullivan after hitting him with Missy Hyatt's loaded purse.
• Ricky Steamboat defeated Ric Flair in a 60-minute time limit two out of three falls match to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship(55:49)
  • Flair pinned Steamboat after reversing an inside cradle in the first fall (19:33)
  • Steamboat forced Flair to submit with a double chickenwing in the second fall (15:21)
  • Steamboat pinned Flair after a failed double chickenwing attempt. Flair fell on top of Steamboat, both men's shoulders were down, but Steamboat got his left shoulder up before the three count in the third fall (21:35).
  • The replay would show that Flair's foot was on the bottom rope, thus allowing him to get one last rematch at WrestleWar 1989.

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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.

Goldberg : The Ultimate Collection DVD

Available August 8th will be the 3 disc dvd and 2 disc blu-ray of the newest WWE release

Goldberg : The Ultimate Collection

(click to reserve your copy at Amazon)

courtesy of Fremantle Media and Wrestling Online, here is the complete match listings for the DVD.  No cover art has been made available just yet.

The full match listing is as follows:

Nitro September 22, 1997
Bill Goldberg vs. Hugh Morrus

Nitro September 29, 1997
Bill Goldberg vs. The Barbarian

Starrcade December 28, 1997
Bill Goldberg vs. Steve “Mongo” McMichael

Nitro April 20, 1998 United States Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Raven

Nitro July 6, 1998
Goldberg vs. Scott Hall

Nitro July 6, 1998 WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan

Bash at the Beach July 12, 1998 WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Curt Hennig

Nitro September 14, 1998 WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Sting

Halloween Havoc October 25, 1998 WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page

Nitro November 23, 1998 WCW World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. The Giant

Starrcade December 27, 1998 No Disqualification Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash

Nitro March 8, 1999
Goldberg vs. Ric Flair

Nitro April 5, 1999 Fatal 4 Way Match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
Goldberg vs. Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair vs. Diamond Dallas Page

Spring Stampede April 11, 1999
Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash

Fall Brawl September 12, 1999
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page

Halloween Havoc October 24, 1999 United States Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Sid

Halloween Havoc October 24, 1999
Goldberg vs. Sting

Mayhem November 21, 1999, “I Quit” Match
Goldberg vs. Sid

Fall Brawl September 17, 2000 No Disqualification Match
Goldberg vs. Scott Steiner

Halloween Havoc October 29, 2000 2-on-1 Handicap Match
Goldberg vs. Kronik

SIN January 14, 2001 No Disqualification Match
Goldberg & Dewayne Bruce vs. Lex Luger & Buff Bagwell

Backlash April 27, 2003
Goldberg vs. The Rock

RAW May 12, 2003 Steel Cage Match
Goldberg vs. Christian

Badd Blood June 15, 2003
Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho

SummerSlam August 24, 2003 Elimination Chamber Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Goldberg vs. Triple H vs. Randy Orton vs.Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Nash vs. Chris Jericho

Unforgiven September 21, 2003 World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Triple H

RAW October 6, 2003
Goldberg vs. Mark Henry

RAW November 10, 2003
Goldberg vs. Batista

Survivor Series November 16, 2003 World Heavyweight Championship Match
Goldberg vs. Triple H

WrestleMania XX March 14, 2004
Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar

Match of the Night (Wahoo McDaniel)

Today, June 19th, would have been the 75th birthday of wrestling legend Ed "Wahoo" McDaniel.

To celebrate here is Wahoo facing then NWA World Champion Ric Flair in Tampa, Florida.
September 2nd 1985

WWE Hall of Fame 2013 - Booker T

Great American Bash 1990

The WCW Great American Bash of 1990 featured some legendary talent and talent that would become legendary in the WWF/WWE.
Most striking in "Mean Mark" who left WCW and found fame and fortune as "The Undertaker" in the WWF.

July 7th 1990 Baltimore Arena in Baltimore MD

• The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) defeated The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers and Steve Armstrong) to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship(18:14)
  • Eaton pinned Smothers.
• Big Van Vader defeated Tom Zenk (2:16)
  • Vader pinned Zenk.
  • This was Vader's WCW Debut.
• The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) (13:45)
  • Scott pinned Hayes.
• Paul Orndorff, The Junkyard Dog and El Gigante defeated The Four Horsemen (Sid Vicious, Arn Anderson and Barry Windham) by disqualification (8:53)
• Lex Luger defeated Mark Callous (with Paul E. Dangerously) to retain the NWA United States Championship (12:10)
  • Luger pinned Callous after a clothesline.
• Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) (with Teddy Long) defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship(15:40)
  • Reed pinned Gibson.
• Sting (with The Dudes with Attitudes) defeated Ric Flair (with Ole Anderson) to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship (16:06)
• Sting pinned Flair after countering his Figure-Four Leglock attempt into a small package.
• During the Match, The Steiner Brothers, Paul Orndorff and The Junkyard Dog (the "Dudes with Attitudes") surrounded the ring to prevent outside interference by the Four Horsemen.
• Also during the entirety of the match, Ole Anderson was handcuffed to El Gigante

WCW 1994 Spring Stampede

Today in 1994 WCW helds it Spring Stampeded PPV at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago IL.


- Johnny B. Badd pinned Diamond Dallas Page (with The Diamond Doll) with a sunset flip.

- WCW World Television Champion Lord Steven Regal (with Sir William) fought Brian Pillman to a 15-minute time-limit draw to retain the title.

- WCW World Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) defeated Cactus Jack and Maxx Payne in a Chicago Street Fight, when Sags pinned Jack after hitting him with a shovel, to retain the title.

- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Steve Austin (with Col. Robert Parker) defeated The Great Muta by disqualification to retain the title, after Muta threw Austin over the top rope.

- Sting pinned WCW International World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude to win the title, after Harley Race accidentally hit Rude with a chair. This ended Rude's second reign.

- Bunkhouse Buck (with Col. Robert Parker) pinned Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse match after hitting him with brass knuckles.
- Vader (with Harley Race) pinned The Boss.

- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat fought to a no-contest due to a double-pin. The title was vacated due to the finish, ending Flair's second reign.

WWE Hall of Fame 2012 - Ron Simmons

Last night it was announced that former WCW World Champion Ron Simmons will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame during Wrestlemania Weekend.

Here is Ron Simmons during his time with JBL as the Acolyte Protection Agency (The APA).   This is early on as they were still the Undertaker's Acolytes and Ron Simmons was still going by the absurd name Farooq.  They are delivering a butt whipping to the very young Jeff and Matt Hardy on Monday Night RAW.

Souled Out 2000

Today January 16th 2000 WCW held its first PPV of the 21st century and last installment of Souled Out.


Held at the Firstar Center in Cincinnati, Ohio this featured as the main event for the WCW World Heavyweight Title Chris Benoit vs Sid Vicious.


Here are the full results and see the entire PPV below:

- Billy Kidman defeated Dean Malenko in a Catch-as-Catch Can match, when Malenko accidentally touched the floor. The rules stated that a competitor could not only lose by pin or submission, but also by touching the floor
- Vampiro defeated David Flair (with Daffney) and Crowbar in a Triple Threat match, by pinning Flair after a Nail in the Coffin.
- Big Vito and Johnny the Bull (with Disco Inferno) defeated The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don Harris), when Vito pinned Ron.
- Oklahoma pinned WCW Cruiserweight Champion Madusa with a roll-up to win the title.
- WCW Hardcore Champion Brian Knobbs defeated Fit Finlay, Meng and Norman Smiley in a Fatal Four-Way match, by pinning Smiley after hitting him with a police shield.
- Billy Kidman pinned Perry Saturn in a Bunkhouse match after a Bulldog.
- Booker T (with Midnight) defeated Stevie Ray by disqualification, after Big T made his debut and attacked Booker. Big T (Anthony Norris) was previously known as former WWF Intercontinental Champion Ahmed Johnson.
- Tank Abbott defeated Jerry Flynn by knockout.
- Buff Bagwell defeated Diamond Dallas Page in a Last Man Standing match.
- The Wall (with Shane Douglas) pinned Billy Kidman in a Steel Cage match after a chokeslam.
- Kevin Nash pinned Terry Funk in a Hardcore match after a Jacknife Powerbomb onto a steel chair to become the new WCW Commissioner.
- Chris Benoit defeated Sid Vicious by submission with the Crippler Crossface to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title. Arn Anderson was the guest referee for the match. Benoit was stripped of the title the next night on WCW Monday Nitro when it was shown that Sid's leg was under the rope when he tapped out to the Crossface. In reality, Benoit had left the company in frustration, and would debut in the WWF two weeks later.

Today in Wrestling History December 30th

December 30th 1992 Big Van Vader defeats WCW World Champion Ron Simmons for his second reign as World Champion.

Halloween Havoc 1991

WCW helds its annual Halloween Havoc PPV at the UTC Arena in Chattanooga TN on October 27th


The main event of the card was #1 contender Ron Simmons facing WCW World Champion Lex Luger.