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November 18th
On this day in history in ....
1938 - Jim Londos defeats Bronco Nagurski for the World Heavyweight Title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvani, which he would hold until retirement in 1946.
1983 - Ted DiBiase defeats Brett Wayne Sawyer for the Georgia National Heavyweight Title in Cleveland, Ohio.
1992 - WCW's Clash of the Champions XXI
was held in Macon, Georgia at the Macon Coliseum. Here are the results of the
show, which aired live on TBS:
- Brian Pillman defeated Brad Armstrong in less than a minute.
- Scotty Flamingo defeated Johnny B. Badd via knockout in the second round of a
boxing match after hitting him with a wet glove.
- Erik Watts & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton when
Watts forced Eaton to submit to an STF.
- Ron Simmons & 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Tony Atlas, The Barbarian &
Cactus Jack in a Handicap match when Scorpio, in his WCW debut, pinned Atlas
with a 450 splash.
- Madusa vs. Paul E. Dangerously ended in a five minute draw after Madusa just
beat on Dangerously for most of the time limit.
- Sting vs. Rick Rude ended in a twenty minute draw in a King of Cable
Tournament match. Sting advanced via judge's decision, two votes to one.
- Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes
to win the NWA & WCW World Tag Team Title when Douglas pinned Windham with a
belly to belly suplex.
1995 - ECW held their November to Remember
event at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
- The opening match between Don E. Allen and the Broad Street Bully never
actually took place, as special guest ring announcer Buh Buh Ray Dudley, unable
to do the introductions without stuttering, took out his frustrations on both
men, powerbombing and pinning them himself.
- Paul E. Dangerously comes to the ring, and after apologizing for the
"fire incident" from the previous show, has the lights turned out for
a surprise. The lights come back on, and Sabu, who was fired from the company
six months earlier for missing the Three Way Dance show, stood in the ring.
- Konnan defeated Jason with a crucifix powerbomb. Taz, still recovering from
his broken neck, came to the ring and announced that he was going to be a
referee, since he wasn't cleared to wrestle. Jason mocked Taz, and Taz punched
Jason, setting up for a ten second victory for Konnan.
- Stevie Richards defeated Pablo Marquez with a superkick. Prior to the match,
The Blue Meanie makes his debut as a "fan" in the crowd, giving
Richards a Flock Of Seagulls T-Shirt. During the match, Richards had Meanie come
into the ring to attempt (and miss) his first Meaniesault.
- The Pitbulls defeated The Eliminators with a Superbomb on Kronus.
- Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Psicosis in a Mexican Death Match. Rey pinned
Psicosis with a rana for the first fall less than a minute into the match.
Psicosis then pinned Rey twice with a moonsault and then a powerbomb. Psicosis
got another pin with a senton, then a moonsault with a chair for yet another
fall. Each time, Rey was back to his feet by a nine count. They fought into the
crowd, and Rey gave Psicosis a rana from the top stage onto the bottom stage,
getting his second, and final pinfall of the match, as Psicosis was unable to
answer the ten count following this fall.
- Jason came to the ring and offered to manage Rey, which resulted in Rey going
at it with the Eliminators, until 911 ran in for the save.
- ECW World Tag Team Champions 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman defeated The
Public Enemy when Sandman pinned Johnny Grunge after Rocco Rock accidentally
gave him the Drive-By (senton). As a result, Sandman received a World Title
match with Mikey Whipwreck later in the show. This match was proceeded by one of
the more unique moments in ECW history, a "dance off" with 2 Cold
Scorpio and Rocco Rock, which ended up involving The Sandman and Woman as well.
- Bill Alfonso defeated Tod Gordon. Beulah was supposed to be the guest referee,
but Alfonso knocked her out early in the match. After brawling around the ring,
and at ringside, Gordon hit Alfonso with a frying pan, and had the pin. Taz,
still in his referee's gear, came down and counted two, then turned on Gordon,
knocking him out and putting Alfonso on top for the pin. Taz then got on the
microphone and ripped into the fans and Paul E. over not caring for him when he
broke his neck. Taz claimed that Bill Alfonso was the only person who called him
when he was injured. Fans chanted "Sabu" but Taz said "He's not
coming". This heel turn was the beginning of the Taz vs. Sabu feud that
would culminate in ECW's first Pay-per-view, Barley Legal on April 13, 1997
- ECW World Champion Mikey Whipwreck defeated Steve Austin. Austin attacked
Sandman as he made his entrance, and took his place in the title match. Austin
mocked Hulk Hogan during the match, doing a big boot to the face followed by a
legdrop. In the end, Austin hit a stun gun, but while showboating, Mikey rolled
him up (with a handful of tights) for the pin.
- Sabu defeated Hack Myers with an Atomic Arabian Facebuster.
- Tommy Dreamer & Terry Funk defeated Raven & Cactus Jack when Funk
pinned Raven after a Dreamer piledriver. Cactus wore a T-Shirt with pictures of
WCW's Dungeon Of Doom on it to infuriate the ECW fans, and when that was ripped
off, it revealed a shirt with Eric Bischoff on it, and the words "Uncle
Eric, Please Forgive Me". A violent, bloody brawl, the match also featured
what I believe was the first "E-C-F***ing-W" chant.
2001 - WWE's Survivor Series were held in
Greensboro, North Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum, and was headlined by the
finale of the Invasion storyline with Team WWE vs. Team Alliance. Here are the
results from the show:
- Raven, Lance Storm & Justin Credible defeated Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty &
Spike Dudley.
- Christian defeated Al Snow with the Unprettier.
- William Regal defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri with a double underhook powerbomb.
- United States Champion Edge defeated Intercontinental Champion Test in a
unification match with a rollup out of a full nelson slam.
- WCW Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Matt
& Jeff Hardy in a unification match in a steel cage when Bubba pinned Jeff
after D-Von moved out of the way of a swanton off the top of the cage and Jeff
crashed through a table.
- Test, after attacking Scotty 2 Hotty to take his spot, won a battle royale. As
a result, Test was given "immunity" and couldn't be fired by whatever
faction controlled the company after the main event.
- Trish Stratus defeated Lita, Jackie, Ivory, Molly Holly and Jazz (making her
WWF debut) to win the vacant WWF Women's Title by pinning Ivory with a bulldog.
- Team WWF (Rock, Chris Jericho, Big Show, Kane, Undertaker) defeated Team
Alliance (Steve Austin, Shane McMahon, Kurt Angle, Booker T & Rob Van Dam)
in an elimination match for control of the company.
- Shane pinned Big Show with a top rope elbowdrop after Show was given an Angle
Slam, a Booker ax kick, and an RVD five star frog splash.
- Jericho pinned Shane with a Lionsault after a chokeslam from Kane and a
tombstone from Undertaker.
- Van Dam pinned Kane with a top rope kick.
- Angle pinned Undertaker after Austin gave him a stunner.
- Rock pinned Booker T after ramming Booker into Van Dam.
- Jericho pinned Van Dam after putting his knees up on a moonsault attempt.
- Rock made Angle submit to a Sharpshooter.
- Austin pinned Jericho with a rollup.
- Rock pinned Austin with a Rock Bottom after Angle, turning on Austin, hit him
with the World Title belt. As a result, the Alliance was forced to disband.
2009 - As a media stunt to hype the "Hulkamania" tour of
Australia, Ric Flair attacks Hulk Hogan during a press conference, leaving him a
bloody mess. Amazingly, but The Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph report
the angle as if it was a shoot. A
Reuters report not only recognizes it as an angle, it states "The
staged fights and fake blood are a normal sight for fans of professional
wrestling, and the audience of up to 200 fans along with media were not
disappointed." The stunt did not help ticket sales, as the tour was
considered a disappointment. The tour saw Ric Flair return to the ring for the
first time since his Wrestlemania retirement match with Shawn Michaels,
disappointing many who felt it tarnished the sendoff he had been given.
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