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October 6th
On this day in history in ....
1971 - Marie Vagnone & Jane Sherill defeat Jumbo Miyamoto & Aiko
Kyo to win back the WWWA World Tag Team Title in Niigata, Japan, only one day
after losing the belts.
1975 - Dusty Rhodes defeats Bob Roop to begin his second reign as NWA
Florida Heavyweight Champion in Tampa.
1982 - Kevin Sullivan defeats Barry Windham in a tournament final for the
NWA Florida Heavyweight Title in Tampa. The belt had been vacated on August 23,
1982 following a controversial match between champion B. Brian Blair and Bruiser
Brody where Brody was declared the winner, but the decision was then reversed.
1985 - World Class Championship Wrestling held it's second "Cotton
Bowl Extravaganza" at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, drawing over 25,000
fans. Here are the results of the show:
- Killer Tim Brooks defeated Steve Casey.
- Kelly Kiniski defeated Tommy Montana.
- The Fantastics defeated John Tatum & Dave Peterson.
- The Great Kabuki defeated Mark Lewin by disqualification.
- Texas Heavyweight Champion Brian Adidas defeated Jack Victory.
- Iceman King Parsons defeated The One Man Gang in the third round of a Taped
Fist match via knockout.
- In a No DQ, "Hair vs. Hair" match, Kerry & Kevin Von Erich
defeated Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez.
1990 - Tony Anthony & Doug Gilbert defeat Jeff Jarrett & Jeff
Gaylord for the USWA World Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending Jarrett
& Gaylord's second title reign. However, on the same show, Jeff Jarrett
defeats Dick Slater to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title.
1997 - The Monday Night Wars continued, with WCW Monday Nitro getting a
3.9 victory over WWF Monday Night Raw's 3.0. Nitro featured Cruiserweight
Champion Eddie Guerrero defeating Ultimo Dragon and United States Champion Curt
Hennig defeating Chris Benoit, while Raw saw Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeat World
Champion Bret Hart via countout and Intercontinental Champion Owen Hart defeat
Hawk. However, while Nitro had the larger audience, Raw definitely left a more
lasting impression due to two very different, yet very controversial, segments.
One day after Brian Pillman was found dead in a hotel room, Vince McMahon
conducted a live interview with Melanie Pillman, Brian's widow, via satellite
from her home on Raw. An obviously devastated Melanie made comments about other
wrestlers seeing her husband's death as a "wake up call", as it was
believed at the time (before autopsy reports were completed) that prescription
drug abuse was possibly the cause of his death. McMahon at one point asked
Melanie how she was going to provide for her children, and when she was unable
to answer, it made an already uncomfortable segment seem downright cruel. WWF
was universally blasted for the segment, in particular the way it was hyped for
the duration of the show and saved for one of the final segments. However, both
WWE and Melanie have defended the segments.
The other segment saw Jim Cornette, appearing out of character, blasting WCW and
Eric Bischoff in an interview. This unprecedented "shoot" on the
competition was born out of an appearance Cornette had made on WWF.com's audio
show in which he blasted WCW. The decision was made to have Cornette state his
opinions again for a larger audience, on Raw. Here is a full transcript of
Cornette's promo, which became the talk of wrestling for some time afterwards,
and resulted in Cornette later making a second, similar appearance during an
edition of Raw:
"This is Jim Cornette, and the views that I'm about to express are not
necessarily those of anybody else but me. But they ought to be. And as a matter
of fact, they probably are.
You know, a lot of things in the wrestling world make me cranky these days.
Especially the way some talent is treated and some talent is looked at, by not
only the promoters, but some wrestling fans as well.
For example, a man like Arn Anderson, who just had to retire from this sport,
after giving it his entire life, because of some injury he suffered. A guy like
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair, who in my opinion, is one of the greatest
talents in the history of this business. Guys like Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude
Love, whatever you want to call him. Great talents in the WWF or WCW.
But who gets a lot of the attention, from the wrestling fans especially? Guys
like the NWO, the New World Order. You know, all the fans think these guys are
so cool and so 'sweet', and so funny. Well, as far as I'm concerned, the NWO is
like a bunch of guys meeting out in the backyard in a clubhouse in a tree.
They're guys who, all they have to do, they've got the easiest job in the world,
all they have to do is go out there and be themselves. Childish, obnoxious,
adolescent guys with a case of severe arrested emotional development, and a
fixation on trying to act macho.
You've got a guy like Kevin Nash, 40 years old, trying to act like a teenager.
Far as I'm concerned, the biggest "no talent" in the business. He's
got six moves, no mobility, and enough timing to cover up for some of it. But
what he does is he goes around and manipulates. Kevin Nash had a multi-million
dollar promotional company, the WWF, push him to the moon to make him a star,
and what does he do? He leaves, after he gives his word he's staying, so by the
way, he's a liar too, he leaves and he goes to WCW for a big contract. Why? More
on that later.
You've got a guy like Scott Hall, who's a good wrestler, but good is about it.
He's the best of the bunch. But he had the same million dollar promotional
company make him a star, after being in the business 10 years without putting
three asses in a seat. And what does he do? He goes to WCW for a big contract.
Why? More on that later.
And then you've got a guy, Syxx, 1-2-3 Kid, his name's Sean Waltman. Whatever
you want to call him. As far as I'm concerned, the only reason he's employed is
because the other guys think he's funny when he gets drunk and throws up on
himself. He has the distinction, in case you haven't noticed, of being the only
guy since this wrestling war got started, that was released from a valid
contract for one company to go to the other side, which shows you how valuable
he is.
You know why they're all employed? Why they're all in the spot they are today?
Because of Eric Bischoff. The boss of WCW, not the NWO. Look at the credits on
the PPV, if you can get one for free. The idiot's name is on it. He's the boss
of WCW. He works for Ted Turner, and he throws a billionaire's money around,
just like water, so he can have guys that he likes to hang out with.
Because, even more than being a mark, yeah, for his own face and his own voice,
Eric Bischoff is a guy who's a big fan of hanging around studly guys with long
hair and beards, that smoke cigars, and ride Harley's, so that some of that can
rub off on his little pansy-ass frame. So he takes that billionaire's money, and
he throws that around like water to buy guys that he can hang around, to prove
that his "johnson" is bigger than everybody else's.
And that's the sole reason the NWO guys are employed.
I think, me personally, that it's about time that the wrestling fans and the
promoters, all of them in this business, start recognizing guys like
"Nature Boy" Ric Flair, like Arn Anderson, like Cactus Jack. Guys who
bust their ass, who work hard, and have ability and talent to get where they
are. Instead of a bunch of guys that get to their spot by hanging around with
the boss and sucking-up.
I'm Jim Cornette, and that's my opinion."
Note: It should be pointed out that in several interviews since then, Cornette
has stated that he apologizes for the comments he made about Waltman. However,
he has made no apologies or retractions for anything else he said in the
interview.
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