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1994 -
ECW held their "November To Remember" card in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the ECW Arena. Here are the results:- The show opened with a local guitar player doing the national anthem, only to mess up, and then get chokeslammed by 911. Timekeeper Rocky Musciano was then chokeslammed as well.
- JT Smith defeated Hack Myers with a Northern Lights Suplex.
- The Pitbulls defeated The Bad Breed (Ian & Axl Rotten) when Ian was pinned after a superbomb.
- 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Mr. Hughes (subbing for Matt Borne) with a 450 Splash.
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Tommy Dreamer defeated Tommy Cairo in a violent bloody brawl when the referee declared that Cairo was unable to continue.- ECW Champion Shane Douglas defeated Ron Simmons with a crucifix. Post-match, 2 Cold Scorpio and Simmons beat down Douglas, with Scorpio giving him a moonsault.
- The
Sandman, who was "blinded" during a match with Tommy Dreamer, was
supposed to have a retirement ceremony next. As part of the build to this
moment, Sandman's manager, Woman, had dumped him (saying he was useless now),
and had promised to reveal her new charge at this event. At the same time,
Dreamer announced that he was devoting his career to the Sandman, which is why
he destroyed Sandman's enemy, Cairo, earlier in the show. This angle is
considered to be one of the greatest in ECW history.
Sandman came to the ring in a suit, with dark glasses and tape over his eyes.
ECW Commissioner Tod Gordon helped him into the ring, and got emotional on the
microphone, saying Sandman was his best friend. Peaches (Sandman's former
valet/real life wife) came out and told the Sandman that she had
"changed" (she had breast implants). Sandman said he didn't care if
she was fat (remember, he's blind), he wanted to get back together.
Woman then came to the ring, and knocked out Peaches with a cane. She was
threatening to hit Sandman when Tommy Dreamer came to the ring to stop her. As
Dreamer was stopping Woman, Sandman knocked out Gordon and ripped off his
glasses and bandages. Sandman jumped Dreamer and beat him down, whipping him
with his belt. Woman then announced that her charge was ... The Sandman. Woman
and Sandman left together. having tricked everyone, including getting Dreamer to
destroy Cairo for them.
- Shane Douglas was interviewed, with a phone in his hand, and announced that he had called in a partner to face Ron Simmons & 2 Cold Scorpio at the next ECW Arena show. He revealed that the partner would be "Stunning"
Steve Austin (however, when the show happened, Brian Pillman ended up taking Austin's place).- ECW World Television Champion Dean Malenko defeated Tazmaniac (Tazz) after knocking him out with an ether-soaked towel.
- The Public Enemy defeated Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck in a Brawl Games match to win the ECW World Tag Team Title. The rules stipulated that when one wrestler couldn't answer a 10 count, the other opposing team would be given baseball bats to use. Cactus accidentally DDT'd Mikey, and when he couldn't respond to the ten count, Public Enemy were given bats. During the match, Rocco Rock went to dive off the top stage onto Mikey Whipwreck, who was on top of two tables, but Sabu interfered, shoving Rock off the stage and through the tables. Cactus then elbowdropped Rock through a table from off the stage. Whipwreck was eventually pinned by Grunge after a top rope shot with the bat. Later that night, Cactus announced that he was bringing in
Kevin Sullivan to face The Public Enemy at the next ECW Arena event.- The main event was scheduled to be Chris Benoit vs. Sabu. However, less than two minutes into the match, Sabu took a high backdrop from Benoit and came right down on his head, breaking his neck. The match was stopped, and Sabu had to be helped to the back. 2 Cold Scorpio came out and fought Benoit in an impromptu match, ending in a double countout. The footage of Benoit dropping Sabu on his head was replayed numerous times on ECW television, and resulted in Benoit gaining the "Crippler" nickname.
2000 - ECW held their final "November To Remember"
PPV card in Villa Park, Illinois at the Odeum. Here are the results:2001 - During an edition of Raw at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island, Test defeats Edge for the WWF Intercontinental Title, ending Edge's third title reign. On the same show, the Rock defeats Chris Jericho for the WCW World Heavyweight Title.
2002 - Edge & Rey Mysterio defeat Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit for the WWE (Smackdown) Tag Team Title in Manchester, New Hampshire.
2009 - During a WWE investor conference call, Vince McMahon discussed how Linda McMahon was no longer Chief Executive Officer of WWE, but was still on the board of the company, due to her plans to run for Senate. Regarding the departure of his son Shane from WWE, Vince said "The other aspect of family, because some people perceive this to be a family business, but I do not. But none the less, my son Shane, as well, has decided to pursue other opportunities in the marketplace. Nonetheless, I've mentioned before that the strength of our management team, is stronger now than it has ever been. And if your last name is McMahon or not, decisions are always made on your abilities, in terms of whatever position you hold now and/or will in the future, and be judged on your performance, not because your last name is McMahon. So, I'm pretty strong on that as well. And other than that, we will entertain questions, from everyone, and I hope there would be any number of them."
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