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1980 - Ray Stevens & Jimmy Snuka defeat Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina, ending Steamboat & Youngblood's second title reign.
1990 - Bill Dundee defeats John Tatum for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Dallas, Texas. Dundee started his third run with the title, winning back the belt he lost to Tatum only seven days earlier.
1992 - Clash of the Champions XIX was shown on TBS. This marked the first and only time that a Clash Of The Champions event was not aired live. The matches were taped in Charleston, South Carolina at the McAllister Fieldhouse on June 16th, even though the show did not air until after the Beach Blast PPV on June 20th. Here are the results of the show, which was built around first round matches in the NWA World Tag Team Title Tournament (the rest of the tournament was held at the Great American Bash Pay-per-view):
First round matches:
- Ricky Steamboat & Nikita Koloff defeated Joe & Dean Malenko.
- Rick Rude & Steve Austin defeated Marcus Bagwell & Tom Zenk.
- Terry Gordy & Steve Williams defeated Larry & Jeff O'Day.
- Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Miguel Perez, Jr. & Ricky Santana.
- Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton.
- The Freebirds (Michael Hayse & Jimmy Garvin) defeated El Texano & Silver King.
- Jushin Liger & Brian Pillman defeated Chris Benoit & Beef Wellington.
- Akira Nogami & Hiro Hase defeated The Headhunters (Arn Anderson & Bob Cook under masks).
Quarterfinal match:
- Terry Gordy & Steve Williams defeated Rick & Scott Steiner.
1996 - Chris Jericho defeats Pitbull #2 for the ECW World Television Title at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was Jericho's first major title win in the U.S. Up to this point in his career, his only title reign had been a brief run with the NWA Middleweight belt, which he held in Mexico as Corazon De Leon.
2007 - Ring of Honor ran Dayton, Ohio. Steve Stafford filed the following live report:
I'm usually a little hesitant to attend shows the day before a company/promotion tapes a PPV, just because some of the talent might just go through the motions, so not to sustain injuries. I should have known ROH would not hold back, and they didn't. I'm not the greatest at judging crowd size, but I'd guess there were easily 500-700 people there. There were two warm-up matches before official bell time, didn't catch the first one but in the second one Mitch Franklin got the pin on Jon Moxley. The show started at 8:00pm sharp.Here's the rest of the results:
Kevin Steen & El Generico def. Irish Airborne at 10:12
One of the guys from Irish Airborne resembles Randy Orton, and the crowd even threw some Randy Orton chants at him. His first few minutes of offense was all side headlocks (I kid you not) not sure if that was intentional or just coincidental.
Chris Hero won the Gauntlet Series Match
Series of consecutive singles matches with the winner taking on the next randomly drawn participant until one man is left. First match was Jimmy Rave vs. Pelle Primeau, with Primeau getting the pin at 5:50. Then Delirious came out to face Primueau, getting the win at 1:17. Delirious was WAY over with the crowd. Adam Pearce was out next with Delirious getting the pin with a roll-up at 3:56. Chris Hero was the final participant to face Delirious. He came to the ring with Tank Toland & Larry Sweeney. Good back and forth between Hero and Delirious with cool spots and some really stiff chops, along with several near falls. Hero gets the win at 7:00
Brent Albright Def. BJ Whitmer in a No-DQ Match
Very stiff match with a good portion of the action taking place outside the ring and in the crowd. Most of the crowd was behind Albright. Whitmer suplexed Albright right in front of me onto the hardwood floor, the smack was heard all over the building. Albright fought back and got the win once they returned to the ring.After the match, Whitmer lost it and gave the ref a german suplex and attacked the security staff and officials that were in the ring.
Roderick Strong & Davey Richards def. Erick Stevens & Matt Cross at 10:15
Very solid match with lost of stiff kicks and chops. I have to say, Matt Cross took the brunt of the beating here, but his athleticism is very impressive. Lots of heat on Roderick Strong, crowd was on him from the beginning. After the match Strong cut a promo on Stevens and Cross, saying him and Richards have beaten them like 34 times, and they should run and hide like that guy sitting right there (He pointed at Austin Aries who was sitting in the crowd for most of the show) Huge pop for Aries and a "let him wrestle" chant. Aries tried to come over the barricade but was held back by security.
KENTA def Rocky Romero in a NOAH vs. No Remorse Corps Match.
Match of the night for me, (and I think most of the people in attendance due to the reactions). Match started off almost like a shoot fight, with the guy next to me asking me if it was an MMA bout or a wrestling match, which I got a kick out of. I told him it was a little bit of both. Stiffest kicks, punches and chops of the night by far, tons of cool high spots and crazy submissions.This match was just awesome. Romero pulled a spot from the top rope that I cannot do justice by describing it,but it was like a moonsault variation into an armbar submission hold. It was sick. KENTA got the win after several near falls. Crowd went nuts after the match, "KENTA" chants and "ROH" chants loud as ever, with a standing ovation. Davey Richards came out raise their hands, then him and Romero beat down KENTA. With Erick Stevens & Matt Cross making the save. KENTA got another standing ovation as he made his exit.
Lacey def. Serena in a Special Attraction Shimmer Match at 5:55
I was pretty pumped when I heard they added a Shimmer match to the card, as I've never seen one live and I have a ton of respect for them. Crowd was quiet, mostly because they didn't know what to expect probably. Some nice pops for Lacey's stiff kicks.
Bryan Danielson & Nigel McGuinness def. Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji in a NOAH vs. ROH match
I think everyone was surprised this wasn't booked as the main event. I can only speak for myself, everyone worked their butts off but this wasn't as good as it could have been. Lots of "Best in the world" and "Let's go Nigel" "lets go dragon" chants. Nigel gets the pin on Morishima with the hardest clothesline I think I've ever seen at a live show. McGuinness got the loudest pop of the night with Danielson a close second.
Briscoe Bros def. Matt Sydal & Claudio Castagnoli in a ROH world tag team title match - Best of three falls
Briscoe Bros won 2 falls in a row to win the match. A very fun match with everyone working hard and some really cool spots. Crowd popped for the Briscoes win.
Overall, a great show with excellent matches and a pretty hot crowd. ROH does it again, giving us WAY more than our money's worth, even in a steaming hot building with no ventilation. They announced a return to Dayton, Ohio on November 30th 2007.
2007 - World Wrestling Entertainment announced this evening that Trinity has been released from the company. Trinity had been with the ECW brand from its re-launch, originally as part of the Full Blooded Italians. She injured her knee performing a moonsault to the floor on the first ECW house show at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia in June 2006 and was used sparingly after her return. Her final TV appearance was as one of the Lumberjills in the Melina vs. Ashley match at Wrestlemania 23.
2009 - WWE issued the following as part of a promotional stunt involving Donald Trump:
Trump Gives Money Back
STAMFORD, Conn.---In the fact or fiction world of WWE®, it is a fact that Donald Trump held a press conference today in Green Bay at Austin Straubel Airport. As the new “owner” of Monday Night RAW®, Trump announced that all ticketholders to tonight’s RAW event at the Resch Center will receive a ticket refund. The total value of all ticket refunds is approximately $235,000. RAW will be presented commercial free live tonight at 9 pm/8pm CT on USA Network.
Tonight’s main event will be WWE Champion Randy Orton® versus Triple H® in a Last Man Standing match.
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2009 - Richard Trionfo filed the following Raw report, featuring the aforementioned promotional stunt:
We start off tonight’s show with a look back at the Four Way Match to find out who would follow Dave Batista as the WWE Champion. But the title change was not the biggest thing to happen on Raw last week. Vince McMahon sold Raw and he sold it to a man who likes to put his name on everything before most of it goes into Chapter 11. Trump says that he is going to run things the way he runs things.
Are you Ready to Trump?
We are live from Green Bay, Wisconsin and your announcers are Michael ‘Trump’ Cole and Jerry ‘Trump’ Lawler.
Lillian Garcia introduces the man who owns Raw, Donald Trump and he comes out onto the stage. Trump welcomes everyone to Raw. He says that even though he owns Raw, this is the fan’s show, not his. Trump says that tonight millions of people will be watching commercial free. Trump says that they will not only get world championship matches better than Vince could give you, he is a giver. When the show is over, he will give everyone a full refund for whatever they paid. Trump says that you he is giving back $245,000. Donald says that only Trump would do that.
John Cena comes to the ring and he has new gear. He takes his hat off to Donald Trump. Cena talks about the Last Man Standing Match between Hunter and Randy Orton. Cena mentions that he is in a match with the Big Show. Cena says that when the show is over, everyone will get free money. Cena says that Trump has been here two minutes and he knows how to make an impact. Cena says that Trump is trying to make a statement, just like the wrestlers.
We see a Miz video package about John Cena.
Cena says that Miz has something so interesting to say. Cena says that we should find out what Miz has to say this week and he wants Miz to come out.
Cena gets his wish and The Miz comes out. Miz asks Cena if he really wants to know what he has to say. Miz says that he has told Cena everything and John has done nothing. He calls Cena a coward. Cena says that it is interesting that Miz is calling him a coward while he is on the stage while John is in the ring. Miz makes his way to the ring and he gets in Cena’s face. Miz calls Cena a coward to his face. Cena goes for the fourth wall and he says that this is the time when the Miz would be picking up his teeth. Cena says that he will give Miz exactly what he wants. Cena says that Miz wants to be awesome and he tells Miz that he has his chance. Cena says that it is a good news/bad news situation. Cena says that Miz will main event a pay per view at the Bash when he has a match against John Cena. The bad news is that on Sunday, the Miz has a main event pay per view match with John Cena.
Cena suddenly gets serious and he says that for two months, Miz has been coming out saying whatever he wants to get Cena rattled. Cena talks about all of the times when he has had the odds against him, but he is still here. Cena says that he doesn’t get rattled. Cena says that rattled is when you hear your bones start to crack when he puts you in the STF. He says that you are rattled when you look around and see that you brought a knife to a gun fight. Cena says that in six days, Miz will realize that the Real World has been cancelled. He says that Miz will be a WWE never was instead of a Reality Show Has Been after Sunday. Cena says that this is when Miz goes to the back and pray that he makes it out of Sunday in one piece. Miz starts to walk away, but he tosses his mic at Cena and then he punches Cena before heading to the back.
We go to footage from earlier in the day when Vince has limo problems. Vince says that he has the back up limo since Trump has the main one. The driver suggests going to a gas station and Vince says that he has never been to a gas station. The driver suggests that they walk to the arena. Vince says that he does not walk. Vince tells the driver that they are going to walk, well the driver is because Vince is getting a piggy back ride. Vince says that he is going to drive to the arena while the driver is down with an injury.
It is time to go to Jim ‘Stone Cold Brett Favre’ Ross and Todd ‘Kentucky Grilled’ Grisham and they talk about Vince’s farewell address.
We see footage of Rey Mysterio’s heinous attack on Chris Jericho to give Jeff Hardy a non-title victory over Chris Jericho last week on Smackdown.
Before the match starts, World Champion CM Punk comes to the ring and he is going to join Jim Ross and Todd Grisham at the announce table.
Match Number One: Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, and Great Khali with Runjin Singh versus Dolph Ziggler, Edge, and Chris Jericho
Ziggler and Khali start things off and Khali with a punch to the head and then he chops him in the corner and Ziggler goes down. ZIggler tags in Jericho and Jericho is not anxious to get in the ring. Jericho slaps Khali and Khali tosses Jericho around. Khali with a chop to Jericho and then he clotheslines Jericho over the top rope to the floor. Khali sends Edge over the top rope to the floor and then he does the same thing to Ziggler. Hardy with a flip pescado onto all three. Rey gets on top of Khali’s shoulders and he hits a dive. Khali goes up top at the urging of Hardy and Rey but Jericho stops him. Khali with a punch to Jericho and then Rey tags in.
Rey with a kick to Jericho’s leg. Rey with an enzuigiri and Jericho falls into the ropes. Rey sets for the 619 but he is stopped and then Jericho with a clothesline for a near fall. Ziggler is tagged back in and Ziggler with a leaping elbow drop for a near fall. Edge tags in and he hits Rey with a double sledge to the back. Edge misses a drop kick and then Rey kicks Edge in the head. Hardy and ZIggler tag in and Hardy with a series of clotheslines and then he goes after Jericho and Edge. Hardy with a reverse atomic drop and a leg drop. Hardy with a gourdbuster driver but Edge with a spear on Edge. Khali gets Edge up and Jericho tries for a codebreaker but Edge with a spear to Khali. Rey sends Edge and Jericho into the ropes but Jericho gets out of the way but Edge gets the 619. Hardy with the Twist of Fate to Ziggler and then Hardy goes up top and hits the Swanton for the three count.
Winners: Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy, and the Great Khali
After the match, CM Punk leaves the chicken at the announce table and he goes into the ring to congratulate Jeff Hardy. Punk holds up his arm and Hardy realizes that it was Punk. Hardy leaves the ring.
Vince McMahon is in the arena and he tries to get into Trump’s office. Vince says that there must be a mistake and he looks for security. Instead, Santina Marella appears behind Vince and she introduces herself to him. Vince slaps her hand away. Vince talks about the refund and how he is locked out of his office.
Trump comes out and Vince says that there might be a mistake. Trump says that the mistake must be on his part. Vince asks where his office is and Trump says that it is down the hall. Trump asks Santina who she is and he says that he is going to do the same thing to Santina that he did to Miss California. He fires her. She runs away and Santino wants to know where she is going. Santino thinks that there must be something he can do. Then he figures that she had a good run.
Did you know that a lot of male viewers watched Raw last week (but nothing about Smackdown’s ratings compared to the Stanley Cup Finals Game 7).
Primo has the mic and he says that Cody and Teddy call themselves ‘The Legacy’. They get to hang out with the WWE Champion. Carlito says that is cool because they get to do errands for Randy and they go to the beach together and rub oil on Randy. Primo says that they will still be the Unified and Undisputed Tag Team Champions.
Match Number Two: Primo with Carlito versus Cody Rhodes with Ted DiBiase
They lock up and Rhodes works on the arm and then he pulls Primo down by the hair. Primo with a head scissors but Rhodes escapes. Primo with an arm bar but Rhodes with punches and Primo punches back. Rhodes is sent into the turnbuckles. Rhodes with a hot shot and a bulldog for a near fall. Rhodes sends Primo into the turnbuckles as he works on the neck. Rhodes with a snap mare and a kick to the back followed by a rolling knee drop that would make Ric Flair proud. Rhodes with a cravate. Primo with a shoulder tackle and then Rhodes sends Primo over the top rope. Primo tries to skin the cat, but Rhodes knocks Primo off the apron to the floor. Rhodes gets a near fall. Rhodes with a reverse chin lokc and he has Primo in a variation of a camel clutch. Primo punches Rhodes but Rhodes with an Irish whip but Primo with a head scissors. Primo punches Rhodes and then he hits a drop kick and clothesline. Primo with a cartwheel followed by an elbow for a near fall. Primo with a jackknife cover for a two count. Primo with more punches and Rhodes with a kick and a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall. Primo with an inside cradle for a near fall. Primo with a cross body but Rhodes rolls through and gets the three count.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Vince walks into a locker room and Hornswoggle and Goldust are in there. Goldust reminds Hornswoggle of the son angle. Goldust suggests giving Trump his wig since it worked for Goldberg. Goldust puts it on Vince’s head and they laugh. They tell Vince where his office is and it turns out to be a bathroom stall. Vince says that he wants a little dignity. We hear a flush and Festus emerges. He hands Vince a copy of the Wall Street Journal.
It is time for a Randy Orton video package.
Match Number Three: Randy Orton with Voices in his Head versus Triple H with Game Fountain in a Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Title
Orton with a kick and punch to Hunter and then Hunter responds with punches of his own and then he punches Orton as he comes out of the corner. Hunter sends Orton shoulder first into the ring post and Orton goes to the floor. Hunter goes out after Orton and then he slams Orton into the chicken free announce table. They return to the ring and Hunter with a spinebuster but Orton gets back up. Hunter tries for the Pedigree but Orton with an Irish whip and Hunter does the Hunter flip to the floor. Orton goes out after Hunter and Hunter with a clothesline as he favors his leg. Hunter drops Orton onto the ringside barrier and then he punches Orton into the crowd.
Hunter goes into the crowd and he punches Orton and they go to the back of the floor seating and Hunter sends Orton into the hockey boards. Orton sends Hunter over the ringside barrier into the ring. Orton with a clip to Hunter’s injured knee and the referee starts his count. Hunter is back up and Orton kicks the ring steps into Hunter’s leg. Orton grabs the ring steps and he hits Hunter in the head with them. The referee starts his count again.
They return to the ring and Orton kicks Hunter in the leg. Hunter punches Orton but Orton punches back and he kicks Hunter in the leg. Orton with a knee drop but when he tries for another one, Orton misses when Hunter moves his leg. Orton wrings Hunter’s leg into the ring post. Orton slowly walks to get a steel chair and Hunter kicks it into Orton’s face.
Orton drills Hunter in the top of the head with the chair and he tells referee Mike Chioda to start his count. Hunter gets to his feet and Orton punches Hunter in the head. Orton rearranges the announce table and he knees Hunter before slamming his head into the table. Orton punches Hunter and he appears to be setting up for the RKO but Hunter with a low blow. Hunter tries for a Pedigree on the announce table, but Orton hits an RKO on the table and Hunter bounces off the table.
Hunter makes it to his feet as he comes off the table. Hunter back body drops a charging Orton onto the announce table and Orton bounces off of it. Both men return to their feet and Hunter has the monitor and he hits Orton with it. They fight to the ramp area and Hunter punches Orton and sends him into the barrier. Orton and Hunter fight up the Trump Ramp to the Trump Stage but the stop by the barrier so Hunter can send Orton into it. Orton with a kick but Hunter with a spinebuster on the ramp. They both get up and Hunter sets for a Pedigree on the ramp but Orton with a back body drop onto the ramp and it is time to count.
Hunter falls to the floor from the ramp but Orton punches Hunter. Orton and Hunter fight on the floor as they slide along the padding on the floor. Orton does his RKO push ups as he waits for Hunter to get back up and Hunter sends Orton into the stands to escape the RKO. They return to their feet. Hunter gets a ladder and he tries to hit Orton with the ladder, but he hits two backstage workers instead. Orton continues his attack on Hunter while they bring out a trainer. Orton slams Hunter’s leg into the stage. Orton gets the ladder and he throws it onto the stage. Orton hits Hunter in the leg with the ladder and then a shot to the head.
Orton puts Hunter’s leg in the ladder and he stomps on it as Hunter writhes in pain. Orton with a forearm to the back as he yells at the referee. Orton sets up the ladder. Orton climbs the ladder for an RKO but Hunter pushes him off and Hunter hits Orton with the ladder. Hunter with a pedigree onto the stage and both men are down. Hunter struggles to get to his feet with help from the ladder and both men are counted out.
Winner: Double Count Out
After the match, they check on Hunter. He is helped to the back but he gets a shot in on Orton.
They help Orton to the back.
We see Maryse in the back and Miz stops by to talk to her. Miz says that he gets the whole thing and it is cute. Maryse tells him not to waste her time until he does something impressive to John Cena. Maryse says that one cheap shot is not enough. Miz says that he will show that he owns John Cena. She tells him to do something impressive.
It is time for Donald Trump to come out and he is joined by Eve and Maria, who are Smackdown Divas. We see footage of the Trump arrival at Green Bay.
Donald asks everyone if they are having a good time. He says that there is nothing like really good ownership. They get rid of McMahon and there is nothing like it. Trump reminds everyone that they are getting their money back. Trump says that he is giving everyone at home a commercial free show. Trump says that he is not going to appoint a general manager. He says that he will appoint a celebrity host every week. Trump says that they are going to run things properly. Fans are going to get a lot of freebies from Donald Trump. He says that it will be seen at Wrestlemania 26.
Vince McMahon’s music plays and he walks to the ring with the McSwagger. Vince says that he has had enough of this. It is one thing to do the commercial free stuff. Vince says that he is losing money with the commercial free deal. Vince says that it is not going to happen every week. Vince tells Trump that the fans don’t deserve their money back. Vince asks if the rumors are true for free Raws and commercial free Raws. In six months, Vince says that he would be bankrupt. Trump tells Vince that this is peanuts and he paid a big price for Raw so he can do whatever the hell he wants. Trump says that he has a lot of people and friends who want to buy Raw from them. Trump says that he could double his money any time.
Vince says that Trump played him. Vince says that that this is a well orchestrated plan to drive him into bankruptcy. Vince tells Trump that he is smarter than him so Vince offers to buy Raw back at the same price. Trump says that he has no interest whatsoever. Vince says that Trump should have a return on his investment. Vince offers to pay 25 percent over what Trump did. Trump says that he likes the people. Vince offers 50 percent over the price he got from Trump. Trump says that is good for some people, but not for him. Trump refuses 75 percent over the sale price. Vince offers double the price. Trump accepts the offer. Vince tells Trump that if he ever crosses his path again, he will knock Trump on his billionaire butt. Vince utters those two words and tells Trump ‘You’rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre Fahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhred’. Trump slaps Vince and well dressed security separates them.
Vince storms away to the boos of the fans.
Things are back to normal because the grilled chicken is back at the announce table.
We have footage of the John Cena/Big Show feud.
Randy Orton is being checked out and Vince tells the medical staff to leave and he tells Rhodes and DiBiase to leave. Vince asks Orton if he is in pain because he just bought Raw back. Vince tells Orton to wait for the Bash on Sunday. Orton says that he can’t stand or fight. Orton tells Vince if he has any decency, and Vince scoffs at that. Vince tells Orton that he will face Hunter again. It will be a two-out-of-three falls match. It will start off with a standard match. The second fall will be a Falls Count Anywhere Match. The third fall will be a stretcher match. Vince calls it a Three Stages of Hell Match.
Match Number Four: Mickie James and The Bellas versus Maryse, Beth Phoenix, and Rosa Mendes
Mickie throws something at Maryse before the match starts. Rosa and Mickie start things off. They lock up and Rosa works on the arm and escapes with a cartwheel and a forearm. Beth tags in and they lock up and Beth gets Mickie on her shoulders and sends her to the apron. Mickie goes up top and avoids Beth but Beth with a running shoulder. Nikki tags in and Beth with a clothesline. Rosa tags in and she punches Nikkie. Rosa with a forearm but Nikki with a tilt-a-whirl head scissors and an arm drag into an arm bar. Nikki with an Irish whip and a monkey flip. Maryse and Mickie distract the referee and Beth sends Brie into the turnbuckles. Rosa works on the arm and then Maryse tags in. Maryse with a back breaker for a near fall. Maryse slams Brie’s head into the mat. Maryse with a rear chin lock. Rosa tags back in and she snap mares Brie and has her in a rear chin lock. Rosa runs into Brie and then Brie pulls Rosa down by the hair. Mickie tags in and she hits a flying clothesline or two. Mickie with a drop kick to Beth on the apron. Mickie with a neck breaker to Rosa but Beth breaks up the cover. The Bellas with a double drop kick to Beth and they go to the floor. Rosa hits Mickie in the head but Mickie with a super kick for the three count.
Winners: Mickie James and The Bellas
After the match, Maryse yells at Rosa for the loss.
Did you know that WWE has more programming than HBO or Showtime.
Cole says that Donald Trump’s idea has spread to other programs on USA Network since they will be showing a movie without commercials (something they have done before).
We see John Cena at a Cubs game and he talks about Alfonso Soriano.
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler are in the ring to talk about The Bash on Sunday night.
Match Number Five: Big Show versus John Cena
Show and Cena get face to chest and Cena pie faces Show. Show misses a punch and Cena with punches of his own. Cena wit a flying shoulder tackle that sends Show to the floor. Show catches Cena and drops him on the ringside barrier. They return to the ring and Cena punches Show. Show with a spear to Cena and Cena is in pain. Show stands on Cena’s throat. Show gets a near fall. Show with a punch to the midsection. Show with a chop. Show misses the shhhh chop and Cena punches Show but Show with the fallaway power bomb and Cena rolls to the floor.
Cena drops Show on the top rope and returns to the ring. Cena tries for a flying shoulder tackle and he bounces off Show. Show punches Cena in the ribs. Cena with a side head lock but Show with a belly-to-back suplex to get out of the hold. Show gets a near fall. Show with another punch to the midsection. Show charges into the corner and he hits a running butt splash. Show charges again but Cena moves. Cena with punches but he runs into a back elbow from Show. Show with the step over leg drop but he only gets a two count. Show with an Irish whip and then he charges into boots from Cena and Cena with a DDT. Cena goes up top for a leg drop to the back of Show’s head. It is time for the Five Knuckle Shuffle and Cena turns into a choke slam but Show can only get a two count. Show steps on Cena’s chest and then he goes to the turnbuckles for the Vader Splash. Show pulls Cena into the center of the ring and then he sets for the rear chin lock of doom. Cena escapes and hits the STF. Cena releases the hold when he sees Miz come to the ring. Cena gets Show up for the Attitude Adjustment but Miz helps Show get the cover and the three count.
Winner: Big Show
After the match, Miz hides under the apron and when everyone leaves, Miz comes into the ring and sees the lifeless Cena in the ring. Miz stands over Cena.
We see Randy Orton walking out of the building and he goes to his car but Hunter attacks Orton from behind and slams the trunk on Orton’s back. Hunter lies down next to Orton and he says that it is not over by a long shot and Orton is going to hell.
2010 - Martha Hart, the widow of Owen Hart, sued WWE and Vince and Linda McMahon. Her law firm issued the following press release:
Representatives of Martha Hart sent out the following this morning.
Widow of Deceased Professional Wrestler Owen Hart Files Lawsuit Against World Wrestling Entertainment, Vince McMahon & Linda McMahon
WWE continues to use Owen Hart's Name and Image for Marketing more than 11 Years After he Was Killed in a WWE-sponsored Stunt; In Violation of Contract and Contrary to Family's Wishes
HARTFORD, Conn., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Martha Hart, the widow of the late Owen Hart, a professional wrestler who was killed in a May 1999 stunt orchestrated by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) today filed suit in the U.S. District Court here against WWE, Vince McMahon (current chairman and CEO) and Linda McMahon (CEO until 2009). The lawsuit alleges the WWE and the McMahons used Owen Hart's name and likeness without right in dozens of commercial videos and other materials, violated a contract restricting the use of Owen Hart's name, likeness and wrestling footage, and disregarded Martha Hart's wishes against further association of her late husband's name with WWE following his death. (Mrs. Hart and WWE settled a wrongful death lawsuit in 2000. Mrs. Hart established the Owen Hart Foundation later that year.)
"In the eleven years since Owen's tragic and avoidable death, I have worked tirelessly to disassociate Owen's name and likeness from anything related to WWE in order to protect our children from any reminder of the circumstances surrounding their father's death, and to avoid any misplaced perception that I endorse WWE," said Martha Hart in a statement.
"Unfortunately, even though WWE, Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon were and are well aware of my wishes and desire to shield my children from WWE and its activities, I was shocked to learn earlier this year that they have been using Owen's name and likeness in videos, websites, television programs and print materials. Given this callous, insensitive and irresponsible behavior, one must question the moral character of Vince and Linda McMahon and the manner in which they conduct their business."
According to the lawsuit filed today before the U.S. District Court in Hartford,
"Since Owen's death, the WWE and McMahons have sought every available opportunity to further exploit Owen's personality for their own commercial benefit. Their use of Owen's name and likeness draws attention to the WWE's ongoing violent and highly questionable theatrical activities that caused Owen's death. Defendants' use of Owen's name and likeness is also in direct disregard of Martha's and her children's objections...The WWE's wrongful use of Owen's name and likeness, over Martha's continuing objection to any association with defendants and in the absence of any legal right of use, creates the wrongful impression that Martha and the Estate now support, approve or condone the video (which they do not)."
The lawsuit seeks to enjoin the WWE from further use of Owen Hart's name and likeness, and seeks unpaid royalties as well as damages for breach of contract, copyright infringement, unjust enrichment, accounting and unfair and deceptive trade practices.
Mrs. Hart is represented by the law firm Nixon Peabody LLP.
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