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February 25th
On this day in history in ....
1949 - Richard Fliehr is born. He would go on to become, arguably, the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Nature Boy Ric Flair.
1990 - The NWA held their WrestleWar Pay-per-view in Greensboro, North
Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum. Here are the results from the show:
- Kevin Sullivan & Buzz Sawyer defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas
& Johnny Ace).
- Norman The Lunatic defeated Cactus Jack.
- The Rock N' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated The
Midnight Express (Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton) when the Midnights went for a
flapjack on Morton only to have Morton tackle Eaton, and Gibson rolled up Lane
for the pin.
- The Road Warriors defeated The Skyscrapers (Mark Callous & Mike Enos, who
was wearing a mask, subbing for Dan Spivey) in a Chicago Streetfight with the
Doomsday Device on Enos. After the match, Doom and the Warriors brawled at
ringside.
- United States Tag Team Champions Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated The
Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes) when Pillman hit a flying bodypress
on Garvin for the win.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Ole & Arn
Anderson when Rick pinned Ole with a cradle.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger via countout.
Luger had Flair in the torture rack, but the Andersons attacked the injured
Sting at ringside. Luger went to help Sting, and was counted out.
1995 - ECW ran a show at the ECW Arena in South Philadelphia that would
become known as "The Return Of The Funker", as Terry Funk returned to
the promotion after a five month absence. Here are results from the show:
- The Pitbulls defeated Chad Austin & Joel Hartgood when Pitbull #2 pinned
Hartgood with a superbomb.
- Joey Styles interviewed Raven & Stevie Richards, leading to a
confrontation and brawl with Tommy Dreamer.
- Jason Knight & Paul Lauria defeated Mikey Whipwreck & Hack Myers when
a masked man entered the ring and knocked out Hack, allowing Lauria to get the
pin.
- 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Hector Guerrero with the 450 splash.
- Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten in a barbed wire baseball bat match.
- ECW World Champion Shane Douglas defeated Marty Jannetty when he turned a rana
attempt into a powerbomb for the pin.
- The Public Enemy (including Rocco Rock in a wheelchair selling his injuries
from the "Double Tables" show) come out for an interview, but are
attacked by Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko.
- Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko defeated Taz & Sabu to win the ECW World
Tag Team Title when Benoit pinned Sabu with a top rope powerbomb.
- Woman and the Sandman come out, and explain that Sandman cannot wrestle due to
suffering a concussion against Cactus at the previous show. Instead, they have a
large box with a mystery opponent, DC Drake, who Cactus defeats with a double
arm DDT. Cactus and Sandman then start brawling, with Cactus knocking the
Sandman into the box. Cactus pulls him back out, with the curtain from the box
covering Sandman's head. Cactus pulls the curtain off to reveal Terry Funk,
dressed in an identical outfit to the Sandman. Funk and Cactus start going at
it, with Sandman joining in. Tommy Dreamer comes in to make a save, but just
stares at Funk, his mentor, and gets beaten down by the Sandman. Shane Douglas
comes in, and Woman tries to convince him to join with Funk and Sandman. He
considers it, and appears to agree, but then runs off Funk and Sandman to help
Cactus, since Douglas and Cactus had trained together at Dominic Denucci's
school when they first broke into the business. This angle, called
"Funk In A Box", is one of the most memorable in ECW history.
2001 - WWF held their No Way Out Pay-per-view at the Thomas & Mack
Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here are the results of the show:
- In a match that was broadcast on Heat, Rikishi defeated Matt Hardy via
disqualification when Lita ran in and gave Rikishi a low blow while he was
setting up for the Stinkface. Matt, Lita and Jeff Hardy then beat down Rikishi
until Haku came to the ring for the save.
- Big Show defeated Raven to win the WWF Hardcore Title. During the match, Steve
Blackman, Hardcore Holly, Crash Holly, Molly Holly and the masked lady ninja (Tori)
all got involved. Billy Gunn pinned Raven at one point to win the title under
the 24/7 rule, but Raven pinned him to win it back before Big Show chokeslammed
Raven on a garbage can to win the title.
- Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho defeated Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit
and X-Pac in a four way match. Towards the end, with all four men down. Benoit
hit Guerrero with a back suplex, then hit a top rope headbutt on him. X-Pac then
hit Benoit with a back spin kick. Jericho then rolled up X-Pac from behind and
bridged back (Backlund Bridge) to get the pin.
- Stephanie McMahon defeated Trish Stratus when William Regal gave Trish a
neckbreaker with the referee down.
- Triple H defeated Steve Austin in a three fall match in which each fall had a
different stipulation. The entire bout went almost 40 minutes.
* Austin won the first fall, a standard match, when Triple H jumped off the
second rope, but Austin booted him in the gut and hit the stunner for the pin.
* Triple H won the second fall, a Street Fight match, when he hit Austin in the
head with a sledgehammer and delivered the Pedigree for the win.
* Triple H won the third fall, a steel cage match, when Austin, with a 2x4, and
Triple H, with the sledgehammer, hit each other at the same time. Both men fell
to the mat, but Triple H fell on top of Austin, getting the pin.
- Steven Richards defeated Jerry Lawler when the Kat accidentally hit Lawler
with the Women's Title belt.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated Edge & Christian and
Undertaker & Kane in a Three Way Tables match. Towards the end, Rikishi
& Haku ran out and started brawling with Kane & Undertaker in the aisle.
In the ring, a table was propped in the corner, and Edge charged Buh Buh,
missed, and slammed into the table, not breaking it. Edge fell to the floor, as
Christian was exchanging punches with D-Von. D-Von lifted Christian and fell
back, and Buh Buh grabbed him in a 3D through a table to win the match.
- The Rock defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title after
delivering two Rock Bottoms.
2005 - WWE ran at Madison Square Garden in New York City headlined by Batista & Randy Orton defeating Ric Flair & Triple H in a steel cage match. However, the highlight of the show was an appearance by Superstar Billy Graham, who came out a huge ovation and knocked out Jonathan Coachman.
2006 - During a WWE show in Quezon City, Manila, Philippines, Ric
Flair & Big Show defeat Triple H & Chris Masters when Masters submits to
Flair's figure four. After the match, a surprise birthday cake was brought
out for Flair, who was celebrating his 57th birthday.
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