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September 11th
On this day in history in ....
1959 - Rey Mendoza (father of Los Villanos) defeats Dory Dixon for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight Title in Guadalajara, Mexico.
1967 - Fritz & Waldo Von Erich defeat Brute Bernard & Mike Paidousis to win the NWA American Tag Team Title in Fort Worth, Texas.
1973 - Professor Toru Tanaka & Mr. Fuji defeaed Tony Garea & Haystacks Calhoun for the WWWF World Tag Team Title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, starting their second reign as champions.
1976 - Wahoo McDaniel defeats Ric Flair in Greenville, North Carolina to win the NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Title, ending Flair's second reign with the belt and starting Wahoo's third run as champion.
1995 - Brian Christopher defeats Billy Jack Haynes for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending Haynes' second reign and starting Christopher's 18th run with the belt.
1995 - The Monday Night Wars officially begin, as WWF Monday Night Raw on USA Network and WCW Monday Nitro on TNT air on the same night for the first time (Nitro debuted the previous week, when Raw was preempted). Nitro scored the first win in the ratings, with a 2.5 to Raw's 2.2. Nitro featured the debut of Sabu (who lost to Alex Wright on a reverse decision when he put him through a table after beating him), Sting defeating V.K. Wallstreet (Mike Rotundo), Randy Savage defeating Scott Norton, and World Champion Hulk Hogan defeating Lex Luger (who jumped from WWF the previous week) via disqualification. Raw offered up Davey Boy Smith defeating Razor Ramon via disqualification, The Smoking Gunns defeating Brooklyn Brawler & Rad Radford (Louie Spicolli), Isaac Yankem (Kane) defeating Scott Taylor (Scotty 2 Hotty), and a main event of Shawn Michaels defeating Sid Vicious.
1997 - Tracy Smothers defeats Bull Pain in Louisville, Kentucky for the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title.
1997 - Wrestlefest - 50 Years Of Funk, a card put together by Terry Funk in Amarillo, Texas to celebrate fifty years of the Funk family wrestling in Texas, was held at the Amarillo Fairgrounds Coliseum, drawing almost 4,000 fans to see a show that combined ECW, WWF, Independent and Japanese talent. Here are the results of the show:
- Wing Kanemura defeated Roadkill.
- ECW World Television Champion Taz defeated Chris Candido.
- Shark Tsuchiya defeated Cooga.
- Mark & Chris Youngblood defeated The Bushwackers.
- Balls Mahoney defeated Bubba Ray Dudley.
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion Shane Douglas defeated Tommy Dreamer.
- Dory Funk Jr. defeated Rob Van Dam.
- Mankind defeated Sabu via disqualification.
- Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka & Hakushi defeated Jake Roberts & The Headhunters.
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Hart defeated Terry Funk. Prior to the main event, Terry was presented with a title belt, proclaiming him "lifetime" ECW World Champion. The special referee for the match was Dennis Stamp, who was the opponent in Bret Hart's debut match, which took place in the Funk's old Amarillo territory. The documentary "Beyond The Mat" was highlighted by a scene filmed prior to this show, where Stamp complained to Funk about "not being booked" for the show.
2001 - A scheduled WWF Smackdown taping in Houston, Texas is canceled in the wake of terrorist attacks on several cities in the United States.
2009 - Jeff Hardy was arrested on charges of trafficking in controlled prescription pills and possession of anabolic steroids, according to The Pilot in North Carolina. The Pilot reported Hardy was arrested after a search of his home turned up "262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine and items of drug paraphernalia."
The Moore County Sheriff’s Office issued the following press release to PWInsider.com:
September 11, 2009
Sheriff Lane Carter reports the arrest of an individual on charges of trafficking in controlled prescription pills,
and possession of anabolic steroids. Sheriff Carter reported a joint investigation conducted by officers from
the Moore County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, Moore County Sheriff’s Office Select Enforcement Unit, and
Fayetteville Police Department led to the arrest.
Officers executed a search warrant at a residence located at [Address Deleted by PWInsider.com] near Cameron, North Carolina. During the search officers located and seized approximately 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 Soma prescription pills ( Soma’s are non-controlled prescription pills), 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine, and items of drug paraphernalia. Vicodin and anabolic
steroids are included in Schedule III within the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act. The estimated street value
of the drugs seized is $2,500.00.
Arrested was:
Jeffrey Nero Hardy 32 years of age
[address deleted by PWInsider.com]
Cameron, North Carolina
Jeffrey Nero Hardy was arrested on September 11, 2009 and charged with felony trafficking in opium, two counts of felony possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, felony maintaining a dwelling to keep controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jeffrey Nero Hardy received a $125,000.00 secured bond and was placed in the Moore County Detention Center.
One year later, Hardy's case is still making it's way through the judicial process.
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