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October 1st
On this day in history in ....
1953 - Lenny Montana defeats Dave Sims in Kansas City, Missouri for the
NWA Central States Heavyweight Title.
1957 - Tor Yamata defeats Cyclone Anaya for the NWA Southern Junior
Heavyweight Title in Nashville, Tennessee. The belt had been vacated a month
earlier by Mario Galento for not defending the title within 30 days.
1976 - Rick Gibson (brother of Robert Gibson of Rock N' Roll Express
fame) defeats Bulldog Bob Brown in St. Joseph, Missouri for the NWA Central
States Heavyweight Title, ending Brown's eighth reign with the belt.
1985 - In the biggest angle of his short career, Rick McGraw appeared on
Piper's Pit during a WWF television taping in Poughkeepsie, New York,
questioning why Roddy Piper never wrestled on television. This set up a match
between the two at the next television taping later in October, with Roddy Piper
pinning McGraw after a vicious series of neckbreakers, and McGraw was taken out
on a stretcher. McGraw then died on November 1st, the same weekend that the
Piper match aired in most television markets.
1989 - The AWA holds a tournament for their World Tag Team Championship
in Rochester, Minnesota. The belts had been vacated when Ken Patera (who held
the belts with Brad Rheingans) was injured by the Destruction Crew. The
tournament saw Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond defeat Mike George & Johnnie
Stewart and The Destruction Crew (Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom) defeat Sgt.
Slaughter & Baron Von Raschke in the first round. The finals saw The
Destruction Crew defeat Greg Gagne & Paul Diamond for the belts.
1992 - Kerry (Adkisson) Von Erich is sentenced on six felony counts of
prescription forgery. He receives a 10 year suspended sentence, 10 years of
supervised probation, and a $6,000 fine. Four months later, he would violate the
probation and get indicted on a cocaine possession charge. Facing certain jail
time, he would commit suicide.
1993 - Eastern Championship Wrestling held "NWA Bloodfest: Part
1" at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
- Ian & Axl Rotten defeated Chad Austin and Todd Shaw.
- Rockin' Rebel defeated Donn E. Allen.
- Public Enemy defeated Silver Jet and Gino Caruso.
- Malia Hosaka defeated Molly McShane.
- Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka) defeated Ian & Axl Rotten.
- The Sandman defeated The Metal Maniac.
- Abdullah the Butcher, JT Smith & Terry Funk defeated Jimmy Snuka, Kevin
Sullivan & Don Muraco.
- Sabu defeated The Tazmaniac.
- Tony Stetson & Johnny Hot Body defeated Badd Company to retain the ECW Tag
Team Title. Stetson & Hot Body had been awarded the belts earlier in the
evening due to former champions Eddie Gilbert & Dark Patriot (Doug Gilbert)
leaving the company.
- Rockin' Rebel defeated Richard Michaels.
- Kevin Sullivan vs. Abdullah the Butcher ended in a double DQ.
- Terry Funk defeated Jimmy Snuka in a steel cage match to win the ECW
Television Title.
1993 - CMLL holds their 60th anniversary show at Arena Mexico in Mexico
City, drawing 18,000 fans for a show headlined by Negro Casas defeating La Fiera
in a Hair vs. Hair match, and Atlantis defeating Mano Negra in a Mask vs. Mask
match.
1995 - Jim Neidhart defeats Corporal Punishment in Maryland for the MEWF
Heavyweight Title. On the same card, Chad Austin defeats Raven for the MEWF
Mid-Atlantic Title.
1998 - Scott Hall was arrested outside of the Diamond Mine, a strip club
in Orange County, Florida, for "keying" a limousine outside the club.
Hall was arrested on 3rd Degree Felony charges, as the damage to the limo was
estimated at over two thousand dollars. Hall was released on $500 bond.
2000 - ECW holds their Anarchy Rulz Pay-per-view at the Roy Wilkins
Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota, drawing over 4,500 fans for a show headlined
by Jerry Lynn winning the ECW World Heavyweight Title from Justin Credible in
front of his hometown fans. There was a dark match prior to the PPV, with Nova
defeating Bilvis Wesley. Here is Tim Whitehead's original report
on the show:
ECW's Anarchy Rulz (10/1 from the Roy Wilkens Center in St. Paul) was in many
ways what we've come to expect from an ECW show. Namely, production values that
are below those of the big two, but everyone working their butts off to give the
fans a hot show. This one did indeed deliver, and it also gave the live fans
what they wanted to see as Minnesota's Jerry Lynn captured the ECW World Title.
Commentary was solid. The crowd heat had its ups and downs, occasionally fading,
including during the main event.
Joey Styles & Joel Gertner opened the show. Gertner did his usual lewd
promo, though it was far less lewd than on recent PPVs. In fact, there was less
use of the "F" word and other shock language than on any recent ECW
PPV.
DANNY DORING & ROADKILL defeated CHRISTIAN YORK & JOEY MATTHEWS in 7:14.
Matthews hit a spinning headscissors on Doring. York blocked a slingshot attempt
and hit a legdrop. Both Matthews & York bailed out after being planted by
Roadkill. They sidestepped a plancha from Doring and he bumped hard on the
floor. Matthews & York hit topes and had Doring down in the ring after the
Future Shock, but Roadkill made the save. Doring got in the wrong corner and was
nearly pinned a few times until hot tagging to Roadkill. Doring came back in and
pinned York after the double legdrop move. All four wrestlers shook hands
afterward. It was a good opener. Doring & Roadkill are a very good team and
Matthews & York were impressive in their PPV debut. Simon Diamond &
Swinger went in and used a chair on Matthews & York, knocked Roadkill from
the ring, and laid Doring out with the Problem Solver.
Cyrus came out and said "I've got pop" (a play on the highly ridiculed
new TNN slogan). He called Joel Gertner a fat bitch and said that he wouldn't
fight Gertner until Gertner beat E.Z. Money (who had Chris Hamrick & Julio
Dinero with him). Commissioner Spike Dudley arrived and ruled that Kid Kash
would fight Money, and if Kash won, Cyrus would have to fight Gertner.
KID KASH defeated E.Z. MONEY in 9:40. A real good match with Kash looking
fantastic. They opened with chops. Kash sent Money out and then slugged Hamrick
& Dinero. Money slammed Kash and got a two count, but then missed a dive and
sailed out onto Hamrick & Dinero. Kash hit a high double springboard
somersault plancha. He scored two after a springboard lariat. Money scored two
with the Money Clip. Kash hit a double springboard huracanrana and a Tornado DDT
for a near fall. Money got two after the Electric Dream. Kash hit a somersault
into a DDT, followed by the Money Maker but the ref was distracted. Dinero laid
Kash out and Hamrick plastered him with the Confederate Crush but Money still
only got two. Money went for a powerbomb off the top but Kash reversed it in
mid-air into a huracanrana, which looked amazing, and scored the pin. Hamrick
& Dinero attacked Kash afterward and Spike went in to help Kash. Money &
his two allies were doing a three-on-two on Kash & Spike but Sandman went in
(and he actually went straight in for once, rather than his seven minute
entrance through the crowd drinking beer) and caned all three heels before
pouring beer on Electra's boobs. Sandman dragged Cyrus in for his match against
Gertner.
JOEL GERTNER defeated CYRUS in 2:33. Gertner removed his shirt and had war paint
on his chest like Kamala. He also kept slapping his belly like Kamala. Cyrus
stomped and chopped Gertner until Sandman blew beer in his face and he was
blinded long enough for Gertner to roll him up for the pin. Not good, but short
and entertaining.
DA BALDIES defeated BALLS MAHONEY & CHILLY WILLY in 7:38. This was the usual
brawl around the ring and through the crowd. DeVito began juicing early. He did
a moonsault off a stage onto Balls. By ECW standards, the stage was low and in
fact there were no insane dives from balconies on this show. They brawled into
the ring where Balls hit DeVito with a sick chairshot. Angel then used the
staple gun on Balls' eye and he juiced a gusher. That's kind of silly to sell
the idea that he fired a staple gun into the eye, since by definition that would
permanently blind someone, and Balls ain't gonna be permanently blinded. Da
Baldies then plastered Balls & Chilly with three hard chairshots apiece and
scored a double pin.
Lou E. Dangerously attacked Gertner and laid him out. Cyrus took his place and
did color commentary for the rest of the show.
STEVE CORINO beat C.W. ANDERSON in 12:45 in a match to determine the #1
contender to the World Title. Dawn Marie was at ringside, looking hot. They
traded some fast spots and chops. Anderson hit a great superkick. Corino hit
Anderson with a chair and he then fell and hit another chair. Anderson juiced.
They brawled out to the floor where Corino took a killer chairshot and also
juiced. Corino sold a shoulder injury and Anderson began working on that
shoulder. Anderson scored several twos, including one after blocking the Old
School Explosion. Corino started a comeback. Diamond & Swinger attacked Jack
Victory and they brawled to the back. But Corino still hit the Old School
Explosion and got the pin to win a good match.
THE FBI defeated YOSHIHIRO TAJIRI & MIKEY WHIPWRECK to retain the ECW World
Tag Titles in 8:37. Mikey set a demonology book on fire during the pre-match
promo. They started out brawling and the FBI accidentally lariated one another.
Tajiri was kicking the hell out of both FBI members. He hooked the Tarantula
hold on Guido. Mikey guillotine legdropped Tony Mamaluke. Mamaluke got hung
upside down and Sinister Minister threw fire on his crotch. I've never seen that
one before. Guido juiced, but came back and scored two on Mikey with the
Sicilian Slice. Tajiri hit a great handspring elbow. They began trading two
counts as all four were brawling. Tajiri blew the mist in Guido's eyes and Mikey
hit the Whippersnapper but Big Sal stopped the count. Sal squashed Minister.
Tajiri hit an Asai moonsault on Sal, but both Italians double slammed Mikey and
got the three count. Not as good as their match on TNN a few weeks ago, but real
good nonetheless.
RHINO beat ROB VAN DAM in 12:46 to retain the TV Title. They immediately went to
the floor and into the crowd. Van Dam hit the Van Daminator on Rhino while he
straddled a rail. Van Dam hit a somersault plancha. Van Dam laid in the kicks
and had Rhino reeling. Rhino lariated Van Dam as he came out of a flip. Rhino
gored Van Dam. Van Dam went for another Van Daminator but Rhino dodged it and
used the chair on Van Dam. Van Dam hit a moonsault and frog splash but only
scored two. The commentators sold it big that Rhino kicked out after the frog
splash but the live crowd didn't react. Rhino gored Van Dam again and piledrived
him off the apron through a table. Bill Alfonso hit Rhino with a chair but he no
sold it. Van Dam recovered and went for the Van Terminator but Rhino moved and
Alfonso took the blow after Justin Credible interfered and delayed Van Dam's
dive. The ref went out to try and force Credible to leave. Meanwhile, Rhino
gored Van Dam through a table and piledrived him on a chair, getting a fast
three count from heel ref Danny Daniels, who ran in. Alfonso stayed down for a
long time to sell the Van Terminator, but was okay backstage other than a
swollen hand. The match was good, as it's best to keep Van Dam's matches under
15:00
JERRY LYNN defeated JUSTIN CREDIBLE in 19:34 to capture the ECW World Title.
There was a huge pop for Lynn. Lynn foiled Credible on some mat moves, and
Credible left the ring briefly. They traded a long series of chops. Each blocked
the other's signature piledriver. Lynn bulldogged Credible for a quick two.
Credible took a big bump over but sidestepped when Lynn went for a plancha and
Lynn hit the rail. It looked like it legit hurt his elbow. Back in the ring,
Credible scored some twos after spots where he dropped Lynn on chairs. They
brawled to the back around the entranceway set. Again returning to the ring,
they began trading twos but the heat died after the crowd went off on a tangent
wanting Francine to show her boobs. Credible got on the mic and tried to get the
crowd back into it by running down the Twin Cities. Lynn scored a near pin with
the Minnesota Jam. Lynn was about to put Credible through a table but Francine
interfered and Lynn went crashing through. Lynn scored two with a cradle
piledriver, which started the heat rising again. Credible then got two with
That's Incredible, evening the piledriver score. Credible accidentally laid out
referee H.C. Loc with a superkick. Danny Daniels went in again as heel ref,
refusing to count a Lynn pin attempt. Lynn was about to piledrive Daniels but
Francine caned him. Daniels then began fast counting on Credible's pin attempts,
but Lynn still kicked out at two. Lynn went for another cradle piledriver on
Credible but Daniels caned him. Credible then hit That's Incredible again and
went for the pin. There looked to be a timing problem here as Daniels had to
hold up on his count waiting for New Jack to arrive, which he did. New Jack
destroyed Daniels until Credible caned him. Lynn went after Credible and they
reversed piledriver attempts before Lynn finally hit the cradle piledriver as
Loc revived to count the pin. Overall a good match. The crowd popped big for the
Lynn victory.
2002 - During a Smackdown taping in Lafayette, Louisiana, Matt Hardy pins
the Undertaker in a Falls Count Anywhere match when Brock Lesnar interfered and
gave Undertaker an F5 backstage on the cement floor.
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