1965 - The WWWF ran West Hempstead, NY, headlined by WWWF
champion Bruno Sammartino & Haystacks Calhoun battling Gorilla Monsoon & Bill
Watts to a draw.
1966 - WWWF held a TV taping in
Baltmore, with Johnny Rodz, Vittorio Apollo and Waldo Von Erich among those
appearing.
1967 - Vento Castella defeats Karloff Lagarde
for the NWA World Welterweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico, ending Lagarde's
second reign.
1967 - The WWWF ran Scranton, PA,
headlined by WWWF champion Bruno Sammartino defeating Gorilla Monsoon. Other
results of the event saw:
-Victor Rivera & Earl Maynard defeated Bull Ramos &
Homer O'Dell.
-Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated Angelo Savoldi.
-Hans Mortier &
Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Carlos Colon & Arnold Skaaland.
-Crybaby Cannon
defeated Bill Miller.
1970 - Jerry Christy defeats
Abdullah the Butcher for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title in
Calgary, Alberta. This began Christy's second reign and ended Abdullah's third.
1970 - Terry Funk defeats Ricky Romero for the NWA Western
States Heavyweight Title in Amarillo, Texas.
1970 - The
WWWF ran Washington, DC at the National Arena featuring the following results:
-WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Karl Kovacs.
-Arnold Skaaland
defeated the Red Demon in a Best 2 out of 3 falls, winning his first fall via
disqualification.
-Crusher Verdu defeated Lee Wong.
-Mario Milano defeated
Frank Hickey & Phil Rita in a handicap match.
-John L Sullivan defeated Mike
Conrad in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0.
-Dominic DeNucci fought Karl
Kovacs to a draw in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 1-1; fall #3: the match went
to the curfew draw.
1973 - WWWF ran Allentown, PA with
the following results:
-Manuel Soto defeated Juan Caruso.
-Mr. Fuji
defeated Ben Ortiz.
-Arnold Skaaland defeated Vicente Pometti.
-Moondog
Mayne defeated Gorilla Monsoon via count-out.
-WWWF World Champion Pedro
Morales defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka.
1974 - Mike Dubois
and Fred Sweetan defeat The Beast and Bobby Kay to win the Eastern Sports
Association International Tag Team Title in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1975 - George Gulas and Jerry Jarrett defeat Don and Ron Wright
for the NWA Tennessee Tag Team Title in Nashville, Tennessee. At the same event,
Luke Graham wins the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title from Don Kent, ending his
third reign and beginning Graham's second.
1975 - Giant
Baba & Samson Kutsuwada defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Mike
George in Enu, Japan.
1976 - The Super Destroyer
defeats The Mighty Canadian (Gene Kiniski) to win the Amarillo NWA International
Heavyweight Title in Amarillo, Texas, beginning his third reign.
1977 - José Miguel Perez defeats Hurácan Castillo in a tournament final
for the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
1977 - WWWF World Champion Superstar Billy Graham defeated
Billy White Wolf in the main event of a WWWF event in New Haven, CT.
1979 - Bill Dundee and Robert Fuller defeated The Assassins in a
loser leaves town match in Memphis, Tennessee to win the AWA Southern Tag Team
Title.
1979 - Blackjack Mulligan wins his second
Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title in Odessa, Texas, ending Dory Funk,
Jr.'s third reign.
1979 - The WWWF ran Steubenville,
Ohio with the following results:
-Dominic DeNucci defeated Butcher Vachon.
-Johnny Rodz fought Johnny DeFazio to a draw.
-Dino Bravo defeated the Red
Demon.
-Ivan Putski, Larry Zbyszko, & Haystacks Calhoun defeated George
Steele, Stan Stasiak, & Strong Kobayashi.
1981 - Rufus
R. Jones defeats Bobby Jaggers for the NWA Central States Television Title in
Kansas City, Kansas
1981 - The WWF ran Vandergift, PA with the following
results:
-Johnny DeFazio defeated Pete Mitchell.
-The Carolina Kid &
Farmer Jerome defeated Sky Low Low & the Chocolate Kid.
-Rick Martel defeated
Baron Mikel Scicluna.
-The Red Demon defeated Billy Berger.
-Dominic
DeNucci & SD Jones defeated Moondog Rex & Lou Albano via disqualification.
1982 - Timothy Flowers and Adrian Street defeat Chris Adams
and Ringo Rigsby to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Title.
1983
- La Galactica defeats Jaguar Yokoto for the WWWA World Singles Title in
Kawasaki, Japan.
1983 - WWF ran Springfield, MA at The Civic Center, drawing
2000 fans who witnessed:
-Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Mac Rivera.
-Jose
Estrada defeated Barry Hart.
-Baron Mikel Scicluna pinned Frankie Williams.
-Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Ray Stevens.
-Jimmy Snuka defeated Samula.
-Iron Mike Sharpe defeated Tony Garea.
-Rocky Johnson defeated WWF
Intercontinental Champion Don Muraco via disqualification.
-WWF champion Bob
Backlund defeated Afa.
1984 - World Class Championship
Wrestling ran Fort Worth, Texas, headlined by NWA World champion Kerry Von Erich
pinning Terry Gordy in 16:17 when Gordy nailed a bodypress off the ropes but the
momentum rolled Von Erich over on top, where he scored the pinfall. Underneath,
Killer Khan defeated Kelly Kiniski for the World Class Television Title.
1984 - Tommy Gilbert defeats Johnny Rich to win the NWA
Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Title in Birmingham, Alabama.
1984 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Kingston, NC with the
following results:
-Kurt Von Hess fought Doug Vines to a draw.
-Jesse Barr
defeated Vinnie Valentino.
-Pez Whatley defeated Bob Orton Jr.
-NWA World
Tag Team Champions Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood defeated NWA TV Champion
Tully Blanchard & Jesse Barr.
-Jimmy Valiant defeated Adrian Street.
1984 - The WWF ran two live events with a split crew.
In
Rochester, NY:
-Rene Goulet defeated Jose Luis Rivera.
-David Schultz
defeated Chief Jay Strongbow.
-B. Brian Blair defeated Ron Shaw.
-Rocky
Johnson & Tony Atlas defeated Tiger Chung Lee & Mystery Man.
-Sgt. Slaughter
defeated the Iron Sheik.
-WWF Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana defeated
Paul Orndorff.
Scranton, PA:
-The Tonga Kid defeated Tony Colon.
-Terry Daniels
defeated Israel Matia.
-Samula defeated Rudy Diamond.
-Buzz Sawyer
defeated Steve Lombardi.
-Greg Valentine defeated Salvatore Bellomo.
-Ivan
Putski defeated Afa.
1985 - Jerry Oske defeats Randy
Savage to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Louisville, Kentucky.
1985 - Florida Championship Wrestling ran Tampa, FL at the
Sundome with the following results:
-Jay Youngblood defeated Jack Hart.
-Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Dale Veasey.
-Scott McGhee defeated Mike Golden.
-Brian Blair fought Rip Rogers to a time-limit draw.
-Southern Heavyweight
Champion Hector Guerrero defeated Bill Irwin.
-Bugsy McGraw defeated the
Missing Link.
-Wahoo McDaniel & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Jesse Barr & Bill
Irwin, who was substituting for Rick Rude.
-Kerry Von Erich defeated NWA
World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification at 31:39 after Flair attacked an
interfering Scott McGhee.
1986 - Jim Crockett Promotions
ran Rhonda, NC, headlined by The Rock N' Roll Express defeated NWA World Tag
Team champions The Midnight Express in a non-title match.
1986
- Jim Crockett Promotions ran Wheeling, WV with the following results:
-Nelson Royal defeated Jim Lancaster.
-Sam Houston defeated Al Snow.
-Manny Fernandez & Hector Guerrero defeated Baron Von Raschke & Thunderfoot.
-Jimmy Valiant defeated Shaska Whatley via disqualification.
-Ron Garvin
defeated Tully Blanchard via disqualification.
-Nikita Koloff defeated Magnum
TA in a Russian chain match.
1987 - Kid McCoy defeats
Steve Grey for the British Lightweight Title in Adwick le Street, England,
ending Grey's fifth reign.
1987 - Jim Crockett
Promotions ran Raleigh, NC at the Dorton Arena:
-Thunderfoot #1 & #2 defeated
Ricky Lee Jones & Mark Fleming.
-The Italian Stallion defeated John Savage.
-Denny Brown defeated John Savage.
-Laser Tron defeated Nelson Royal via
disqualification.
-Jimmy Valiant defeated Gladiator #2.
-The Rock N' Roll
Express defeated The Midnight Express.
-NWA World TV Champion Tully Blanchard
defeated Ole Anderson in a steel cage match.
1988 - The
Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) defeat Avalanche (P.N. Newz)
and Mike Golden to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title in Portland,
Oregon, beginning their second reign.
1989 - WCW, under
the NWA banner, held the first-annual WrestleWar pay-per-view event, subtitled
"Music City Showdown", at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville,
Tennessee. The results were:
- The Great Muta (with Gary Hart) pinned Doug
Gilbert (with NWA United States Tag Team Champion Eddie Gilbert) after a
moonsault.
- Butch Reed pinned Ranger Ross after shoulderblock off the top
rope.
- Dick Murdoch pinned Bob Orton, Jr. (with Gary Hart) in a bullrope
match after two elbowdrops after he hogtied Orton.
- The Dynamic Dudes
(Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas) defeated The Samoan Swat Team (Fatu and Samu
(with Paul E. Dangerously)), when Douglas pinned Fatu after a missile dropkick
from Ace.
- Michael Hayes (with Hiro Matsuda) pinned NWA United States
Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger to win the title, ending Luger's second reign.
Both men ran into referee Nick Patrick. While the referee was out, Terry Gordy
came out and put Hayes on top of Luger, and pushed Luger's foot off the bottom
rope during the count.
- NWA World Television Champion Sting defeated The
Iron Sheik (with Rip Morgan) by submission with the Scorpion Deathlock to retain
the title.
- Ric Flair pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ricky Steamboat
by reversing a bodyslam into an inside cradle to win the title, beginning his
seventh reign. Judges at ringside to decide the match in the event it went the
full hour time limit were former champions Terry Funk, Pat O'Connor and Lou
Thesz. After the match, Funk attacked Flair after Flair turned down a future
title match with him, piledriving him on a ringside table. Flair would be
"out of action" until the July 1989 Great American Bash PPV against Funk.
- The Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk (with Paul
Ellering)) defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions The Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda
and Steve Williams (with Kevin Sullivan)) by disqualification, when Dan Spivey
pinned referee Nikita Koloff out of the ring. The Varsity Club retained the
title, but were stripped of the title just after the match for their actions.
- NWA United States Tag Team Champions Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner (with
Missy Hyatt) defeated The Varsity Club (Dan Spivey and Kevin Sullivan), when
Gilbert pinned Sullivan after Steiner clotheslined Sullivan behind the referee's
back, to retain the title.
-The show also featured a musical performance by
The Oak Ridge Boys.
1990 - Navajo Kid defeats Steve
Gatorwolf for the American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title in Chinle,
Arizona.
1992 - WCW drew 1,100 fans in Wichita, Kansas,
with the following results:
-Van Hammer pinned JT Southern.
-Ron Simmons
pinned Cactus Jack.
-WCW U.S. Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry
Taylor defeated Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell.
-Ricky Steamboat pinned
Steve Austin.
-Nikita Koloff (substituting for WCW World Champion Sting) &
the Great Muta defeated Big Van Vader & WCW U.S. Champion Rick Rude via
disqualification.
-WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated
Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton.
1993 - The Sicilian
Stallions (Guido Falcone and Vito Mussolini) defeat The Ebony Experience (Booker
T and Stevie Ray) to win the GWF Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas, ending the
Ebony Experience's third and final reign before leaving for WCW.
1993 - Madusa Miceli defeats Jamie West for the International World
Class Championship Wrestling Women's Title in Southampton, New York.
1998 - Damiancito el Guerrero defeats El Oriental to win the
vacant Mexican National Lightweight Title in Guadalajara, Mexico.
1998 - WCW ran Omaha, Nebraska with the following results:
-Bobby Eaton defeated Steve Armstrong.
-Yuji Nagata defeated Ernest Miller.
-Konnan defeated Marty Jannetty.
-Silver King & Juventud Guerrera defeated
Psychosis & La Parka
-WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Disco
Inferno.
-Lex Luger defeated Scott Norton.
-Sting defeated WCW World Tag
Team Champion Scott Hall.
1998 - The WWF ran Ft. Myers, FL, drawing a sellout
7,234 with the following results:
-WWF Intercontinental Champion Godfather
defeated Goldust.
-Jerry Lawler defeated Test.
-Bob Holly & Val Venis
defeated Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor.
-The Big Show defeated Mideon.
-Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett defeated Edge & Christian.
-WWF Hardcore Champion
Al Snow & Tori defeated D-Lo Brown & Ivory in a mixed tag match.
-The Rock
defeated Billy Gunn.
-Mankind defeated Bradshaw.
-The Undertaker defeated
Ken Shamrock in a casket match.
-WWF champion Steve Austin defeated the Big
Bossman.
1999 - Nick Dinsmore defeats Rob Conway to win
his third OVW Heavyweight Title in New Albany, Indiana.
1999
- The Ultimate Fighting Championship held UFC 20: Battle for the Gold at the
Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama. The results:
- In a preliminary
fight, Ron Waterman defeated Chris Condo by TKO (strikes) at 0:28.
- Laverne
Clark defeated Fabiano Iha by TKO (cut) at 1:31.
- Marcelo Mello defeated
David Roberts by TKO (strikes) at 1:23.
- Wanderlei Silva defeated Tony
Petarra by knockout (knee) at 2:53.
- Pete Williams defeated Travis Fulton by
submission (armbar) at 6:28.
- Pedro Rizzo defeated Tra Telligman by knockout
at 4:30.
- Bas Rutten defeated Kevin Randleman by split decision after 21:00
to win the UFC Heavyweight Title. The title had been vacated in January 1998,
when Randy Couture was stripped due to a contract dispute.
1999
- Extreme Championship Wrestling ran York, PA at Memorial Hall, drawing 800 fans
with the following results:
-Rhino defeated Tony Devito.
-Nova defeated
Lance Diamond.
-Little Guido defeated Mosco de la Merced.
-Danny Doring &
Roadkill defeated Skull Von Krush & Rod Price.
-Chris Candido defeated Chris
Chetti.
-Tommy Dreamer pinned Steve Corino.
-Super Crazy defeated
Yoshihiro Tajiri.
-ECW World Tag Team Champions Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley
defeated Jerry Lynn & Spike Dudley and Justin Credible & Lance Storm in a
Three-Way Dance; Lynn pinned Credible; Spike was pinned with 3D.
-ECW World
TV Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Balls Mahoney
2000 - WCW
held the eighth-annual, and final, Slamboree pay-per-view at Kemper Arena in
Kansas City, Missouri. The results were:
- WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris
Candido (with Tammy Lynn Sytch) pinned The Artist (with Paisley) after a diving
headbutt to retain the title.
- WCW Hardcore Champion Terry Funk defeated
Norman Smiley and Ralphus in a handicap match, by pinning Smiley with a small
package, to retain the title.
- Shawn Stasiak pinned Curt Hennig with a
fisherman suplex.
- WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Scott Steiner
(with Midajah and Shakira (Kim Kanner)) defeated Captain Rection to retain the
title.
- Mike Awesome fought Kanyon to a no-contest after Kevin Nash, Billy
Kidman, Vampiro, Chris Candido, Shane Douglas, Ric Flair, and Sting all
interfered.
- Lex Luger defeated Buff Bagwell by submission with the Torture
Rack.
- Shane Douglas pinned Ric Flair after David Flair hit Ric with a
baseball bat.
- Sting pinned Vampiro after a Scorpion Deathdrop.
- Hulk
Hogan (with Horace Hogan) defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) after
Kidman missed a splash and went through a table. Eric Bischoff was the guest
referee.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion David
Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a triple-tier steel cage match to win the
title, beginning his second reign. Jarrett grabbed the belt at the top of the
structure to win, after Arquette, who Page had been helping throughout the
match, hit Page with a guitar, knocking him down to on top of the second level.
After the match, Mike Awesome attacked Page, with Kanyon attempting to make the
save. Awesome threw Kanyon off the second cage onto the entrance ramp, breaking
it.
2000 - Los Villanos (III, IV and V) defeat Cyborg Cop,
Maniacop and Vader Cop to win the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Title in
Naucalpan, Mexico.
2000 - Abismo Negro and Electro Shock defeat Hator and
The Panther for the Mexican National Tag Team Title in Monterrey, Mexico.
2000 - Takehiro Murahama defeats Super Delfin to win the
Osaka Pro Wrestling Singles Title in Osaka, Japan.
2001
- Justin Starr defeats Drew McDonald for the British Heavyweight Title in
Weymouth, England.
2001 - WWF taped Monday Night Raw and
Jakked at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island. The taping became
infamous for a match taped between Perry Saturn and Mike Bell for Jakked. After
a spot went awry, Saturn stiffly worked over Bell, including brutally throwing
him out of the ring where Bell struck his head. WWF sent Saturn home the next
day as punishment.
The taping featured the following results:
Dark Matches:
- Sho Funaki (with Taka Michinoku) pinned
Yoshihiro Tajiri at 5:50 with a reverse DDT from the middle turnbuckle.
-Dave
Taylor pinned Scotty Vick with a butterfly suplex.
Jakked:
-Steve Blackman defeated Prince Nana via submission with a dragon sleeper at
3:01.
-Perry Saturn (w/ Terri) pinned Mike Bell with the spinning fisherman
suplex at 3:17.
-Billy Gunn pinned the Inferno Kid with the One and Only at
2:29.
-Essa Rios pinned Low-Ki with the moonsault at 3:37.
Raw:
-Bradshaw defeated Kurt Angle via count-out when Angle left the ring to find
Chris Benoit at WWF NY and regain his gold medals.
-Edge, Christian, & Rhyno
defeated Eddie Guerrero, WWF European Champion Matt Hardy, & Jeff Hardy after
Guerrero pushed Lita out of the way of Rhyno's Gore, having himself suffer the
blow instead.
-WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lynn defeated Crash
Holly, Grandmaster Sexay, and Taka Michinoku by pinning Crash with a Tornado
DDT.
-Chris Jericho defeated William Regal in a steel cage match by escaping
over the top and kicking the door in Regal's face on the way down.
-Lita
pinned Molly Holly with the moonsault.
-Spike, Bubba Ray, & D-Von Dudley
defeated X-Pac, Albert, & Justin Credible in a tables match when Spike sent
Albert through the table with the Dudley Dog after Raven interfered and hit
Albert with a cane.
-WWF World Champion Steve Austin pinned Rikishi with the
Stunner in a non-title match after Vince and Stephanie McMahon distracted
Rikishi.
2002 - WWE announced that Scott Hall had been released following the company's infamous "plane ride from Hell." It would be the last time Hall would be employed by the company as a wrestler.
2003 - Ultimo Dragon held a press conference in Japan to
discuss signing with WWE, a longtime goal for him.
2003 - TNA held its 44th weekly pay-per-view event
at the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee. Pre-PPV results were:
Xplosion:
- Jimmy Rave defeated Joey Idol.
- The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) defeated
Chad and Jason Dubbins.
- Erik Watts defeated Frankie Capone.
- Mike
Sanders defeated Shawn Daivari.
Buck Woodward filed the following PPV report:
NWA: Total Nonstop Action for May 7th began with a recap of events from last
week.
Mike Tenay and Don West opened the show from the ring, and
explained the rules for the Anarchy In The Asylum match later tonight, and
explained that four slots in the match would be filled by the winners of other
bouts on the card tonight.
D'Lo Brown & AJ Styles defeated Elix Skipper
& Low Ki in 9:03. Very good match, with both sides getting their share of
offense in. Towards the end, Brown was fighting with Skipper on the floor, while
Low Ki went for a handspring kick on AJ. Brown slid back into the ring as Low Ki
jumped up in the air, and grabbed him, delivering a Sky High spinebuster (as AJ
added a neckbreaker to the move). Brown then covered Low Ki for the pin. Brown
and Styles gain entrance in the Asylum match later one.
Backstage, Glen
Gilberti told SEX that tonight there was an "I" in team. He said he wanted to be
the number one contender, and that he needed SEX behind him tonight. Gilberti
said he was focused tonight, and that to prove it, he was going to go beat the
"living s***" out of Jeff Jarrett right now.
Don West and Mike Tenay
discussed the other qualifying matches for tonight.
Glen Gilberti walked
through the crowd and headed up the ramp to the TNA dressing room. The camera
man appeared to be trying to stop him. Gilberti busted into Jarrett's dressing
room, and Jarrett was there with a knee brace and crutches. Gilberti attacked
him, blasting him with the crutches and dragging him out of the building.
Gilberti blasted Jarrett with chair shots, until security finally pulled him
away.
Sabu defeated New Jack and the Sandman in a three way match in
6:10. New Jack came out first, and got on the mic. New Jack said Sabu forgot
about his days in ECW when he would be "drunk and on pills" with him and Sandman
with a bunch of "buck nekkid midgets". Jack said Sabu forgot when that
"c***sucker" Paul Heyman bounced checks on them, and Jack remarked that he still
hasn't made good on them. New Jack said they still haven't gotten paid for their
action figures. Jack said Sabu went down on the ship with the rest of them, but
he forgot about that. Jack accused Jeff Jarrett of bringing Sabu in because he
doesn't want to face Jack or Sandman. Sandman did his traditional pre-match beer
drinking, wearing an ECW T-shirt, while Jack and Sabu started the match in the
ring. After Sabu sent Jack from the ring, Sandman entered and Sabu went at it
with him. We saw during the match that Glen Gilberti had attacked Jeff Jarrett
backstage again. In the ring, Sabu was fighting a two on one battle, but
managing to keep control of the match. New Jack turned the tide by using a
staple gun on Sabu. New Jack used a fork on Sabu. Sabu battled back with a
spike. Sandman set up a table outside the ring. Sabu went to put New Jack
through a table with a triple jump, but Sandman caned him as he jumped up.
Sandman caned Sabu in the ring. They showed security escorting Jeff Jarrett into
a van. New Jack, Sandman and Sabu were fighting into the crowd. We learned that
Jarrett was headed to the hospital. Sabu was being double teamed by Jack and
Sandman and put on a table. New Jack got on a scissor lift, and raised it as
high as it would go, which was higher than even the balcony that Sandman had
climbed to. New Jack jumped off, but Sabu moved, and went through the table
alone. Sabu then covered New Jack on the floor for the pin. Sabu moves on to the
Anarchy match.
Backstage, Tracy (the woman who attacked Lollipops last
week) was complaining to Bill Behrens that no women were in the Anarchy match
tonight. Tracy promised to "make it worth his while" to Behrens if he got her in
the match. Behrens remarked to Goldylocks that she should be more like Tracy.
A video package on America's Most Wanted and their recent problems aired.
They were then interviewed by Goldylocks. They played off the problems, and said
that they were going to remain friends, but tonight was about getting a shot at
the NWA World title.
James Storm defeated Chris Harris in 7:35. Mostly
scientific match, with both men getting some near falls. At the end, Harris hit
a stunner off the ropes for a two count. Harris hit a DDT, then went to the top
rope, but missed the flying elbowdrop. Storm hit the Eight Second Ride for a two
count, and yelled at the referee following the cover. Storm yelled for Harris to
get up. Storm missed a kick, and Harris slingshotted him into the corner. Storm
jumped on the ropes and went for a dive, but Harris speared him for a two count.
The two then slugged it out. Harris went for a sunset flip, but Storm sat down
on it, hooking the legs and getting the pin. Storm moves on to the Anarchy
match. Harris walked off after the match, but came back and shook hands with
Storm.
Goldylocks interviewed Erik Watts, who acted very upset over Jeff
Jarrett being hurt. His phone rang, and he acted like he was talking to someone
about being the "NWA Director of Operations". He asked Goldylocks for a moment
of silence for Jeff Jarrett.
Tracy vs. Trinity vs. Desire (accompanied by
David Young and Sonny Siaki) was held, with the winner gaining entrance into the
Asylum match. Kid Kash came down before the match could begin. Kash ripped on
Trinity for focusing on her own career, rather than taking care of him. He
totally heeled her, and gave her the option of either taking a beating, or
getting on her knees and apologizing to her. Trinity gave Kash the finger, and
Kash slapped her around. Kash handcuffed Trinity to him and tossed her around by
her hair and yanked her from ringside. Kash threw Trinity onto the ramp, with
security yelling at him. In the ring, Desire kicked Tracy from the ring, then
badly missed a dropkick through the ropes. Desire jumped off the steps and
clotheslined Tracy on the floor, then dropped her on the rails. Tracy had some
blood on her leg. After some more fighting, Tracy hit Desire with a Bombs Away
off the top, but Siaki distracted the referee. David Young got in and Desire
grabbed Tracy. Young went to hit her, Tracy ducked, and Young hit Desire by
mistake. Tracy then covered Desire for the pin after about 2:41 of action (the
bell actually rang before the whole Kid Kash promo). Tracy moves on to the
Anarchy match.
They did the "Interrogators" bit with the Harris Brothers.
They picked Japan over Mexico because there was more money. When asked between
Clay Akins or Ruben Studder (who are these people?), one of the Harris brothers
asked "which one is the white guy?" They called a lot of wrestlers "p******",
and ended the segment by calling announcers "a*******".
The events
leading to Jerry Lynn & Amazing Red vs. Christopher Daniels in a handicap match
was shown.
Goldylocks interviewed Amazing Red and Jerry Lynn. Red said he
had learned a lot from Jerry Lynn. Lynn reminded Red of how Ron Killings' attack
helped him with the X-Division title. Lynn made it clear that after this week,
Lynn was looking for an X-Division title match with Red.
Christopher
Daniels defeated Jerry Lynn & Amazing Red in a handicap match in 6:50 to win the
NWA World Tag Team Championship. Two minutes into the match, Low Ki and Elix
Skipper got on the ring apron, allowing Daniels to use a chair on Red, sweeping
out his leg. Daniels put Red in a single leg crab, but Lynn broke it up with a
right hand. Daniels continued to work on the leg, but missed a double jump
moonsault. Red hit a sunset flip style powerbomb and tagged in Lynn. Lynn hit
the TKO on Daniels, then knocked Ki and Skipper off the apron. Daniels shoved
Lynn into the referee, knocking him down. Red was knocked off the top rope to
the floor by Low Ki. Lynn dropkicked Skipper away, and took out all three
members of XXX with chairshots. The referee saw Lynn using the chair, and
disqualified him. As a result of a rule change announced a few weeks ago, but
never used until now, the titles change hands. So Daniels won the tag titles by
himself.
The Anarchy in the Asylum match was next. Wrestlers enter the
ring every 90 seconds, and are eliminated by pinfall, submission or being thrown
over the top rope to the floor. Falls count anywhere, until the final two men,
at which point the fall must take place in the ring.
Brian Lawler was out
first, and D'Lo Brown was second.
Lawler attacked before the bell, but
Brown took over for most of the period, until Lawler hit a low blow and a
powerbomb from the corner. Lawler missed a top rope legdrop.
Sonny Siaki
was out next.
Siaki went after Brown, breaking up his pin on Lawler.
Siaki and Lawler were downed with a double clothesline from Brown. Lawler kept
hitting low blows on Brown.
James Storm was out next.
Storm
helped Brown. David Young ran in and gave Storm a spinebuster. Chris Harris ran
in to help Storm, and accidentally avalanched him in the corner. Siaki knocked
Storm over the top rope.
James Storm is eliminated.
Storm glared
at Harris on the floor. Young was ordered from the ring by the referees.
Kid Kash was out next.
Kash went after Brown, hitting him with a
headscissors. Brown was triple teamed. Kash hit a top rope bodypress on Brown,
and everyone piled on for a two count. Lawler then choked Siaki, while Kash
worked on Brown. Lawler hit a low blow on Kash.
Rick Steiner was out
next, to a big pop.
Steiner cleaned house on everyone. Steiner tossed
Kash over his head in a backdrop. Steiner powerslammed Siaki and Steinerlined
him from the ring.
Sonny Siaki is eliminated.
Brown suplexed Kash.
Mike Awesome, with a table, was out next.
Awesome went after Steiner,
then clotheslined Kash. Brown and Lawler went at it in a corner. Steiner
attacked Awesome with punches, and got a two count with an elbowdrop. Kash hit
Brown with a low blow. Steiner hit a German suplex on Awesome.
Justin
Credible, with a Singapore cane, was next.
Brown went after Credible.
Steiner hit a Steinerline on Kash. Lawler went at it with Awesome. Awesome and
Credible went through the ropes and started fighting on the floor and into the
crowd. Brown whipped Kash into a Steinerline.
Ron Killings was out next.
Killings went after Brown, kitting an axkick. Stiener booted Killings down.
Awesome and Credible were still going at it in the crowd. Brown went after
Killings, until Lawler hit him with a low blow. Awesome blasted Credible with a
chair on the floor. Steiner hit a German suplex on Killings. Credible
backdropped Awesome on the floor for a two count.
Tracy was out next.
Lollipop attacked Tracy on the rampway, and they had a catfight. Kash pulled
Lollipop off of her and tossed Tracy into the ring. Credible and Awesome made it
back into the ring. Kash went after Tracy, but Steiner picked him up and rammed
him into the corner. Kash came back and hit the Moneymaker on Tracy to eliminate
her.
Perry Saturn was out next.
The mystery luchador ran in and
tossed Kash over the top rope, then ran back out.
Kid Kash is eliminated.
Saturn went after Rick Steiner in the corner. Awesome and Killings tried to
eliminate Brown, while Lawler worked on Credible.
Glen Gilberti was out
next. The Harris Brothers accompanied him.
Gilberti went after Steiner.
The Harris Brothers ran in and tossed Steiner over the top rope.
Rick
Steiner is eliminated.
The Harris Brothers tossed Ron Killings out.
Ron Killings is eliminated.
The other wrestlers went through the
ropes to avoid the Harris Brothers. Steiner threatened to come back in, but the
referees stopped him.
Konnan was out next.
Konnan hit rolling
clotheslines on Gilberti and the Harris brothers. Konnan and Gilberti started
slugging it out on the floor and into the crowd. The other wrestlers fought back
into the ring. Konnan was outnumbered on the floor by the Harris Brothers and
Gilberti. The Harris brothers, after two tries, chokeslammed Konnan through a
table. Gilberti pinned him.
Konnan is eliminated.
Buff Bagwell was
out next.
Ron Killings fought with the Harris Brothers right out of the
building. Buff hit the Blockbuster on Credible. Bagwell backdropped Lawler over
the top rope, and Gilberti clotheslined Bagwell over the top rope.
Brian
Lawler and Buff Bagwell are eliminated.
Awesome hit a top rope splash on
Credible.
AJ Styles was out next.
Mike Sanders ran in, knocked
Mike Awesome over the top rope, then superkicking him off the apron and through
his own table.
Mike Awesome is eliminated.
Ron Killings was still
fighting outside the building with the Harris brothers, I guess, and the
announcers discussed whether he was eliminated or not. Don Harris said he was
eliminated.
Sabu, the final entrant, was out next.
Sabu
immediately tossed Credible from the ring.
Justin Credible is eliminated.
AJ missed Saturn with a springboard dropkick, and knocked Brown over the top
rope to the floor.
D'Lo Brown is eliminated.
Sabu hit Saturn with
a springboard DDT. Sabu went for a headscissors on Saturn, and both men fell
over the top to the floor. The referee ruled that Sabu was not eliminated, since
it was his own momentum that took him out of the ring.
Perry Saturn is
eliminated.
Sabu, Gilberti and Styles fought through the ropes and into
the crowd. Sabu blasted Styles with a chairshot. Gilberti was busted open. Sabu,
after a false start, went for a triple jump dive to the floor, but missed both
opponents. Styles and a bloody Gilberti fought back into the ring. Styles hit a
rana and a series of punches on Gilberti. Styles rolled up Gilberti for a two
count. Styles hit a clothesline and went for the Styles Clash. Gilberti blocked
it, and backdropped Styles over the top rope to the floor.
AJ Styles is
eliminated. It was down to Sabu and Glen Gilberti.
Sabu attacked Gilberti
with his spike, stabbing at his head. Sabu went for Air Sabu, but Gilberti
pulled the referee in front of him. Sabu threw a chair at Gilberti, then hit a
Triple Jump moonsault. Raven ran in, and hit Sabu with a chair. Raven then DDT'd
Sabu. Raven left, and Gilberti rolled onto Sabu for the pin.
Glen
Gilberti is the winner, and the number one contender for the NWA World
Heavyweight Title. The other members of SEX came in to celebrate as the show
ended.
2004 - Shane Holmes defeats Gibby Guerro and champion Pyro
in Winnipeg, Manitoba to win the Canadian Wrestling Federation Junior
Heavyweight Title. At the same event, Kerry Brown defeats Rob Stardom for the
NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title.
2004 - Dreamstage Entertainment and ZERO-ONE's HUSTLE-3 was
held at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan, drawing an announced 12,057 fans.
The main event of the show featured Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa defeating
the reunited Outsiders, Scott Hall & Kevin Nash in 7:37 when Ogawa pinned Hall
after "the Oregotokarire".
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Triple Crown champion Triple Crown champion Toshiaki Kawada pinned beat Mick
Foley in 12:56 after a series of kicks to the face. Foley was dressed and worked
as Cactus Jack. The finish of the bout saw Foley latch on Mr. Socko (making his
Japanese debut I guess) on Kawada, who became outraged and responded with a
series of kicks. Foley tried to use a barbed wire bat during the match. I was
told this is a fun match. This was Foley's first "All Japan" match since April
1991 when he teamed with Hoss the Terminator against Dory Funk Jr. and Doug
Furnas. The bout was Foley's first Japanese bout since an FMW event in 1997.
Other results of the show saw Kaz Hayashi & Leonardo Spanky defeated TAKA
Michinoku & Low Ki....In a Lucha 8 man, Oscar Sevilla & Cynthia Moreno &
Pimpinela Escarlata & Mascarita Sagrada beat Gran Apache & Fabi Apache & Polvo
de Estrellas & Mini Abismo Negro....Dusty Rhodes pinned Steve Corino with an
elbow....Mystery Man Tiger Jeet Singh defeated Zebra Man....Riki Choshu beat
Adamonster (King Adamo).... Mark Coleman & Dan Bobish beat Shinjiro Ohtani &
Wataru Sakata....Sabu & Kintaro Kanemura & Mike Awesome beat Masato Tanaka &
Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Tomoaki Honma after an Awesome bomb through a table on Honma.
2005 - ROH held
Manhattan Mayhem at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City, New York.
Mike Johnson filed the following live report for the company's debut in NYC:
This past Saturday evening, Ring of Honor took one of the most important steps in its three year plus run, running an excellent show in the heart of Manhattan, New York City. Whether it was a fan who had religiously followed the promotion through its highs and lows or a fan who was coming to his first wrestling show in some time (and I saw a lot of old faces I hadn't seen at shows since the demise of ECW), everyone left the show on a high, which is the best way to debut and the best way to get paying fans to come back.
There's a lot of irony to that fact, as this may be the first time in recorded history where a venue change actually helped spur ticket sales. The original venue, located far up in Washington Heights actually turned off a number of potential customers since it wasn't in the most inviting neighborhood and would have required a train ride far uptown. With the move to West 34th Street and 8th Avenue, ROH put themselves within a 1-8 block walk of every subway line as well as every train from Long Island, New Jersey, Upstate New York and Connecticut. If you wanted to go to this show, you had no excuse not to make it to the building.
There’s no denying that ROH had a rough 2004 and were forced to rebuild much of the company. Some of the characters and storylines have taken off, some haven’t been as successful, but the one defining factor through it all has been the work rate of the company, from the ring crew all the way up to the top performers of the company. ROH has for the most part stuck together and created a unique team.
Walking into the venue on Saturday, it was almost like watching a graduation for that team, as they moved up to the next class. Everyone on the roster (minus a few of the older workers, who were taking it as business as usual) all knew this was important and you could feel the excitement in the voices of everyone involved in the company. They were in a real venue in a real market, as opposed to a suburb of Boston or an Armory in Northeast Philadelphia. They were two blocks from Madison Square Garden. They were in NYC, the top market anywhere in the world. With the possible exception of Tokyo, every wrestler deep down wants to work in NYC.
The NYC fans, meanwhile, seemed to take immediately to the company. There were fans lined up in the lobby of the New Yorker Hotel before ROH management even arrived at the venue. There were faces I haven’t seen since ECW stopped running the Elks Lodge in Queens. There were fans who had devoted hours to taking bus trips, ecstatic ROH was now in their hometown. There were fans from Canada and all over the Eastern seaboard, some visiting NYC for the first time, who came because ROH was in town. Looking down on this motley crew of characters, I couldn’t help but think back to the days of ECW packing them in at the Elks, especially since there were many, many fans who paid for the chance to stand and watch the show once seating was gone. There were fans who rather than stand, chose to pay more for ringside seats, because they wanted a good view of the show. This wasn’t just your fly by night indy show – this was a destination event to these fans.
In the end Ring of Honor drew an estimated 700-800 of these fans to their Manhattan, New York City debut at the New Yorker Hotel on Saturday 5/7. The end result was a show that some described to me as the best top to bottom ROH event since the days of running the intimate Murphy Rec Center in Philly, with a boisterous NYC crowd inside.
The show opened with Dunn and Marcos coming to the ring for their scheduled Three-Way match, only for the Carnage Crew, who were hiding under the ring, to return to ROH by attacking them with hubcaps. The Crew piledrove Marcos off the apron through a table, then turned heel ripping on the fans for not caring about them being out for 90 days. They ended up using the catch phrase that they were “drunk and p*ssed off.†The crowd didn’t seem to know the Crew but once they got a piledriver through a table, they chanted “Holy sh*t†and the show was off and running. Obviously this is going to set up a new feud, with the Crew back to their throwback brawling ways similar to the old school Moondogs, right down to the hubcaps.
With Dunn and Marcos out, it turned into a traditional tag with Izzy & Deranged (now dressing like some kind of lounge lizards with bright shirts and suit jackets) defeating Dixie & Azrieal in a match where the losing team had to split up. It was another of their really good matches. One can see Azrieal is ready for the slot of undercard babyface trying to build his way up.
Nigel McGuinness pinned Colt Cabana in a decent match with some good wrestling and comedy. Cabana has this great likeable personality and pulls out some goofy references in his promos to the point that you can’t help but want to like the guy. He’s like that friend who always knows exactly the right corny thing to say – that’s the key to his persona. McGuiness is a British worker who’s really come into his own in the last year, upping his physique and looking really strong and fluid in the ring. I wouldn’t be shocked to see WWE pick him up down the line. This was another solid bout based off the pair’s tenuous tag relationship. In the afternoon prior to the show, ROH filmed a “Good Times, Great Memories†segment (Cabana’s “talk showâ€) with Cabana walking around the streets of NYC, asking people what they thought of McGuiness.
James Gibson forced Black Tiger (a masked Rocky Romero) to tap out with a front choke. At this point, the former Jamie Knoble may be the most fluid performer in the company, which is really high praise. A really good back and forth wrestling match with submissions in that New Japan vein.
ROH Tag Team champions BJ Whitmer & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Roderick Strong & Jack Evans in a very good match. This was a tremendous back and forth match although it may be quietly overlooked due to some of the top matches on the show. That said, everyone involved deserves a huge amount of credit for this. The ROH Tag belts’ credibility have been diminished left and right for various reasons over the last year, but these four worked their tails off to bring fans into the match and give them some awesome false finishes. The crowd was really into Evans’ at the onset. Evans may be one of the most gifted aerial performers I’ve ever seen in my life – on par with Sabu, Rob Van Dam and the earlier work of Low Ki. Roderick Strong continues to improve both his look and his work, reminding me of Dean Malenko with his variety of backbreaker combinations. BJ Whitmer is that great worker who never gets the acclaim because he’s not flashy, but he’s an old school kickass performer. Jimmy Jacobs brings some pizzaz to Whitmer’s work, pulling off his Bruiser Brody-style “Huss†silliness without disturbing the credibility of his work. When you get to see the tape, don’t skip past this match or you will miss out on a real diamond in the rough.
Gary Michael Cappetta came to the ring and put over the NYC debut and the fans, before announcing that Matt Hardy would debut on 7/16 in New Haven, CT for Hardy’s first independent wrestling appearance.
Samoa Joe pinned Jay Lethal in an excellent match to win the ROH Pure championship. From the second he came out, it was obvious Joe owned the crowd as they saw him as a true star. I can only equate it to an ECW event in Middletown, New York when The Sandman came out before the show to introduce a band that would be playing a pre-show concert. The crowd went nuts for him, to the point I suddenly realized that Sandman wasn’t just an indy guy from Philly anymore, but a bonafide star. When Joe hit the ring with the crowd rapping along to LL Cool J’s “I’m Gonna Knock You Out†I knew ROH was changed forever with this night. The match itself was a great, great Pure Wrestling bout between teacher and student. Jay Lethal is someone who a lot of fans have taken to in the last year and with good reason. He’s got great facials, he’s got tremendous hard hitting offense, and he’s got an entire underdog dimension partially due to his loudly cheering family at the shows. There were some excellent back and forth matches and another insane table spot. Lethal had a sleeper on Joe while both were stationed on the apron of the ring. Unable to fight it out, Joe ran and threw himself and Lethal through a table at ringside, almost like an ode to Taz vs. Bigelow. The crowd ate it up. When Joe finally scored the pin and his “The Champ is Here†music began to play the crowd popped like they saw a Super Bowl win, jumping up and down and singing the song they have been wanting to sing since he lost the belt in December. All was right in the ROH world.
Until The Rottweilers came to the ring. It was perfect timing with their music hitting. The second they came out, the mood was changed, like they had truly taken a great moment and crapped all over it. ROH had the fans in the palm of their hand and it was everything that a good wrestling angle was supposed to be. With Joe distracted, Monsta Mack returned, attacking him from behind. The Rotts all beat down Lethal and Joe with Ki doing an awesome job on the mic. Low Ki warned that NYC was their turf and if ROH wasn’t going to book them, they were going to take matters into their own hands. Forcing Joe to watch, Ki revealed he was the one who had attacked Lethal several shows ago backstage and continued the beating now. The entire segment harkened back to the days of the Fabulous Freebirds as the gang not to be messed with in Texas. It was just plain awesome as it should have been, Homicide and Ki weren't going to get shown up in NYC.
After intermission, Fast Eddie Vegas pinned Davey Andrews with a Fall Away Slam Moonsault. Andrews is a graduate of the ROH school and while green, has a look of a wrestler as opposed to someone who paid money to play wrestler on the weekend. Vegas is a really fun undercard guy who has some flashy moves and has gotten better continuously since I first saw his work.
Jimmy Rave pinned CM Punk in a Dog Collar Match. Punk came out wearing a Candido shirt. Again, the crowd treated Punk like a star. The Embassy reminds me of Raven’s nest with Prince Nana always trying to pull some scheme and this unique cast of characters surrounding him. This time, it was attempting to replace Rave with Mike Kruel because Rave was sick from drinking out of a water fountain in the NYC subways. That bit cracked me up. Nana is a really good talker, but the crowd saw right through him, chanting “Eddie Murphy†at him, noting Murphy’s “Coming to America†film. In one of those, only in wrestling small world deals, that was actually written by Beyond the Mat director Barry Blaustein. Punk bled a gusher, to the point it was ridiculous. They were working hard here to get Rave over to the next level and I think the crowd that was here it worked, because they were popping for all the false finishes and were buying Rave’s shining wizard as the real deal. Rave killed Punk with a series of chair shots to set up the win, with the crowd cringing at each one. After the win, The Embassy beat down Punk afterwards with Colt Cabana, James Gibson and others making the save. Punk laid in the ring for a long time selling, which is one of those little things that seem to be missing from wrestling today that always adds a great dimension of reality to the show. When he returned to the locker room, he headed for a bathroom, stalking right past me in a bloody and exhausted daze and I couldn’t help but think of Terry Funk or Tommy Dreamer and think, “Now that’s wrestling.â€
ROH champion Austin Aries pinned Alex Shelley. Aries has a great looking entrance set to “Personal Jesus.†I wasn’t sold on this match as the main event only because in my opinion, they aren’t seen as top tier guys by the fans. Well, the fans proved me wrong as they were into both guys and all the false finishes. Another solid bout.
Low Ki and Homicide immediately came out and confronted Aries, teasing Ki going for the belt. Instead, Aries walked out just as Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal hit the ring looking to exact a beating and some revenge. This set up an impromptu main event....
Homicide and Low Ki defeated ROH Pure champion Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal as Homicide pinned Lethal with the Cop Killer after Low Ki hit his top rope double stomp into Lethal’s groin to increase the force of the move. An awesome match to send the crowd home on an extremely big high. If the rest of the show was a good concert, this was the encore to send you out of the show going “Wow.†Awesome work by everyone involved, including the always tremendous Julius Smokes at ringside. After the match, Samoa Joe promised to hunt the Rotts down after the match on the mic and stated that he “Samoa Joe is Pro Wrestling†which is the tag line he says on promos. If he keeps doing it before the crowd, it’ll get over within a few shows and the crowd will be reciting it for him.
Throughout the show, the ROH crew didn’t just take their paycheck and get out. They remained watching the show from the balcony, and when their fellow workers returned to the makeshift locker room, compliments were exchanged, followed by ideas of ways to improve the matches and their work. It wasn’t a locker room of people looking for their spots to be safe, it was a team looking to better the whole company. That’s one of the unique traits (along with fans that buy the company as the real deal) that will take ROH farther then anyone involved in the company likely even suspects they can go.
With the end of their debut came the start of a new chapter for Ring of
Honor. They have their core names who fans see as “ROH stars.†They have a
hard working crew who try to inspire each other to improve at the same time
they are ribbing each other. They have an influx of new names coming in this
summer, including AJ Styles, Matt Hardy, possibly Rhyno, and possibly (OK,
likely but no one will admit this) Christopher Daniels. Most importantly,
they have fans, real fans, who see ROH as their personal home town team.
That in itself, is the greatest asset of a promotion already filled with
talented individuals and will be the key to the future of the company.
2005 - NWA Midwest held an event at the Park District
Recreation Center in Streamwood, Illinois. The results were:
- NWA
Illinois Heavyweight Champion Marco Cordova defeated Jayson Reign to retain
the title.
- Brad Bradley defeated Silas Young.
- NWA Midwest Tag Team
Champions The Centerfolds (Matt Longtime and Eric Priest) defeated Danny
Dominion and Mike Venom to retain the title.
- Ryan Boz defeated Chad
Collyer.
- Jason Dukes defeated Hardcore Craig.
- NWA Midwest X
Division Champion Matt Sydal fought Delirious and Puma to a 30-minute
time-limit draw in a three-way match to retain the title.
- MsChif
defeated NWA Midwest/IWA Mid-South Women's Champion Daizee Haze to win the
title.
- The Black and the Brave (Tyler Black and Marek Brave) defeated
The All-Stars (Bryce Benjamin and Chandler McClure), The BJ Xpress (NWA
Indiana Heavyweight Champion Brandon Thomaselli and Josh Abercrombie) and
The Usual Suspects (Chris Chaos and Diego Corleone) in a four-way
elimination match to become #1 contenders to the NWA Midwest Tag Team Title.
- NWA Heartland State Heavyweight Champion Danny Daniels defeated Tracy
Smothers to retain the title.
2006 - Brent Dail
defeats Stefano to win the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title in Caguas,
Puerto Rico, to begin his seventh reign.
2006 -
Billy Roc defeats Shawn Cook for the Central Wrestling Federation
Heavyweight Title in Lafayette, Indiana, ending Cook's second reign.
2007 - Former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Harold "Sonny" Myers passes
away in St. Joseph, Missouri at age 83, after a long illness.
2007 - WWE held a live RAW at the Bryce Jordan Center in
State College, Pennsylvania, which got a 3.6 rating on USA Network. The
results were:
- In a dark match, Chuck Palumbo pinned Viscera after a big
boot.
Heat:
- Jim Duggan and Eugene defeated Scotty Charisma and
Xavier, when Duggan pinned Xavier after a running clothesline.
- Val
Venis pinned Sean Reynolds with the Money Shot.
- Cryme Tyme (JTG and
Shad) defeated Kenny Dykstra and Johnny Nitro, when JTG pinned Dykstra after
the G9.
RAW:
- Candice Michelle and Mickie James defeated WWE Women's
Champion Melina and Victoria, when Candice pinned Melina after a spinkick.
- WWE Intercontinental Santino Marella pinned Chris Masters with a roll-up
to retain the title.
- Umaga defeated The Highlanders (Robbie and Rory
McAllister) in a handicap match by pinning both men after a splash off the
top rope.
- The Great Khali defeated Shawn Michaels in a
no-disqualification match after the referee stopped the match due to
Michaels being unable to continue, after Khali gave Michaels a tree slam
through the announce table. With the win, Khali earned a shot at John Cena's
WWE Title at Judgment Day.
- World Tag Team Champions The Hardys (Jeff
and Matt) defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team (Shelton Benjamin and
Charlie Haas), when Matt pinned Haas after Jeff hit the Swanton.
- Edge
pinned Mr. Kennedy after a spear, and attacking him from behind on his way
to the ring and hitting him with a television monitor, to win the Money in
the Bank contract.
- WWE Champion John Cena fought Randy Orton to a
no-contest after The Great Khali came out and hit Cena with the title belt.
- In a dark match after the show, WWE Champion John Cena defeated Edge.
2007 - Word came out that Ken Kennedy was out injured with a major elbow injury that would require major time off. Kennedy, at the time, was holding the Money in the Bank and was slated for a huge push. The injury would cause Kennedy to lose the briefcase to Edge. Unfortunately for Kennedy, as it would turn out, the injury was nowhere near as serious as first thought, but the loss of the briefcase would spell the end of Kennedy's biggest push - he would never ever return to that level of the company.
2007 - Team 3D announced plans to open a wrestling
academy in Florida.
2008 - While touring his home country of India, The
Great Khali defended WWE matches as legitimate competition, in an interview
with ZeeNews.com, commenting, "Everything whatever you see out there is
real. Sometimes wrestlers receive serious injuries, and even die on the
ring. There is no way of manipulation by media."
2008
- Larry Zbyszko's autbiography "Adventures in Larryland" is released.
2008 - Kurt Angle was hired to host a SpikeTV reality
series pilot "Caught in the Action." The pilot never sees air.
2009 - In regard to a request for comment on the status of
the Konnan vs. TNA lawsuit, TNA Wrestling issued the following statement to
PWInsider.com:
As has been reported in the press, TNA Entertainment,
LLC filed a lawsuit against Charles "Konnan" Ashenoff regarding various
disputes, and Ashenoff filed a counterclaim asserting various claims against
TNA.
This release serves to notify the public that TNA and Ashenoff
have agreed to dismiss their respective claims against each other. Richard
Krumholz, TNA's attorney in the case and a Partner at Fulbright & Jaworski,
indicated that "after depositions of Mr. Ashenoff and Dixie Carter, both
sides determined it was best to put this case behind them."
Cary
Ichter, Ashenoff's counsel, confirmed that "the parties have agreed to drop
their suits."
Ms. Carter, the President of TNA, added that "TNA is
happy to resolve these long standing disputes with Ashenoff. We all wish him
the very best."
2009 - WWE signed Fred Sampson, a
New Jersey-based independent talent, to a developmental deal. Sampson would
debut on WWE television as Darren Young in the first season of NXT and would
be one of the founding members of The Nexus.
2009 -
WWE reversed their decision to cancel a planned tour of Mexico due to swine
flu. With the dates back on, several Alabama dates that were announced were
pushed back to November 2010.
2010 - NASA Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin's website announced he would be the guest host for the
commercial free 5/17 Monday Night Raw in Toronto, Ontario.
2010 - Dragon Gate USA debuted in Canada in Windsor, Ontario. Mike
Cramwell filed the following live report:
I attended the DGUSA "Open
The Northern Gate" show last night. Apparently the weather heard the show's
name and decided to open the northern sky, as the weather in Windsor and
area was awful. I would put attendance at approx. 225 people, and based on
the seating arrangement, 250 people max.
Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw
vs. Gran Akuma & Akira Tozawa
The only part of this match that I saw
was Quack hitting a great topé con hilo. Akuma & Tozawa won, my friends said
it was "a great match."
FIP World Heavyweight Title
Jon Moxley
defends vs. Phil Atlas
Moxley won this match, a good one, though a
little shorter than I had hoped it would be. Both are quality workers, and
have a future in the industry if they want it. Moxley also has a big enough
frame, and between that and his heel mannerisms, I'd be shocked to not see
him with a WWE or TNA contract within 18 months.
Special Challenge
Match
CIMA vs. Jimmy Jacobs
CIMA took this one with his
double-knees to the head from the top rope move that will surely shorten his
career. Also, it's worth mentioning that during intermission, CIMA and Doi,
among others came out to sign autographs and take pictures, and CIMA is
tremendous at interacting with the fans, especially the young children. The
perfect ambassador for DGUSA.
Bonus Main Event Match
Naruki Doi
vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
This was the pre-intermission main event, and
after a slow start, really picked up in the second half. Great DG-style
finishing stretch without overkill on the finishers. Mochizuki won with the
axe kick square in Doi's forehead.
Maximum Pro Wrestling Tag Team
Attraction
Tyson Dux & Jon Bolen vs. Brad Martin & Xtremo
Seeing
Dux play a great white-bread babyface for RoH in Toronto in March, and then
seeing him play an (established) heel here only furthers my belief that this
guy also has a future if he wants one. He's just money. Dux and Bolen took
this, although Brad Martin was beyond impressive. Mixes the European style
with a couple of impact suplexes, he's another one to watch out for in the
future.
2/3 Falls Match
Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino
When a 25 minute match feels like it went 12, you know you've seen something
special. If you've seen these two before, you know what the moves are. It
was the story that made this good. And if you haven't seen these two before
and you're reading this, then buy the DVD when it comes out, it's worth it
for this alone. Yoshino takes the 3rd fall for the victory.
The Main
Event
Open The Freedom Gate Champion BxB Hulk & PAC
vs.
Open The
Dream Gate Champion YAMATO & Shingo
I don't know what was better in
this match: Hulk and PAC's incredible athletics, or Shingo's "This is the
best I can do" mustache, which looked like the kind you'd see on a 14 year
old. Great stuff. Another tremendous match that featured - of all things -
some really strong brawling outside the ring. YAMATO and Hulk put together
an excellent finishing stretch that saw ODG Champion YAMATO pin OFG Champion
Hulk, which certainly opens up some new directions for the company to take
the main event scene in.
If you're into athletic wrestling and DGUSA
is within driving distance, you owe it to yourself to go and see this
company do what they do.
2010 - WWE aired
Smackdown, headlined by Jack Swagger vs. Kane. Richard Trionfo filed the
following TV Report:
We start off tonight’s show with a look back at
last week’s Jack Swagger Lifetime Retrospective which was interrupted by
Teddy Long and Jack’s opponent at Over the Limit, the Big Show.
We
are live on tape from Charleston, South Carolina and your announcers are
Matt ‘Fort Sumter’ Striker and Todd ‘Happy Siete de Mayo’ Grisham.
Matt Hardy makes his way to the ring and Striker and Grisham mention that
Hardy is not medically cleared to wrestle at this time after what Drew
McIntyre has done to him.
Matt says that he is here tonight whether
he should or shouldn’t be. He shows us the footage of the attack by Drew
McIntyre two weeks ago during a tag match. Then we go to the footage from
last week when Drew attacked Matt in the interview area.
Matt repeats
Drew’s comments about never wanting to see him again. Matt says that he does
not care what Drew has to say as Drew’s music plays and he comes to the
ring. Matt says that he is not going away and he tells Drew to make him go
away.
Drew says that Matt doesn’t get it because nine months ago,
Vince McMahon, the chairman of the WWE and Matt’s boss, looked him in the
eye and told him that he was the future of his company. Drew says that makes
him ‘the Chosen One’. That makes him completely untouchable.
Matt
tells Drew to come to the ring to see how ‘untouchable’ he is. Drew says
that Matt isn’t getting the message so he will have to beat it into him.
Matt wants Drew to come to the ring and Drew obliges and Matt attacks
Drew as he enters the ring and then Matt takes Drew to the canvas and he
attacks Drew some more. Referees come out and they pull Matt off Drew and
hold him with his back to Drew. That allows Drew to hit Matt from behind and
he works on Matt’s head. Drew punches Matt while other officials come to the
ring to separate them. Matt rolls out of the ring and Drew escapes the
officials and Drew punches Matt while others pull him off. Drew with a kick
to Matt and then Drew with a running knee and Matt’s head hits the ringside
barrier.
Teddy Long comes out and he warns Drew and tells him to
stop. Drew continues the attack and Teddy suspends Drew. They restrain Drew
again but he escapes and continues the attack. Teddy strips Drew of the
Intercontinental Title. Drew is held back and then he kicks Matt a few more
times and Teddy fires Drew from Smackdown and demands that Drew be escorted
from the building. Drew grabs Teddy and then he punches Matt one more time
since Teddy can’t do anything else to him. Drew says that he is
‘untouchable’ as he is taken to the back.
We go to the back where the
officials tell Drew to leave and they tell him that he did this to himself.
Drew says that we’ll see who is fired.
We return to the ringside area
and Matt is being helped to the back by the medical staff and we go to
commercial.
We are back and Josh Mathews stops Teddy Long in the back
and he wants to know what Matt Hardy’s status is. Teddy says that he hopes
Matt is okay and that the doctors are with him right now. Josh asks Teddy
about Drew’s behavior and Teddy says that he has never experienced anything
like that before. Josh asks Teddy about the Intercontinental Title and Teddy
does not know what is going to happen with the title. Josh wants to ask one
more question, but Teddy has to leave.
Match Number One: Montel
Vontavious Porter versus Luke Gallow with CM Punk and Serena
Luke
punches Porter as the bell rings and Porter punches back. Luke with an Irish
whip and Porter floats over and hits a running clothesline for a near fall.
Porter with more punches but he misses the running boot into the corner when
Gallows moves. Porter is knocked off the apron and Gallows goes after Porter
and punches him before Porter is rolled back into the ring. Gallows with a
double underhook and Gallows with a knee followed by a butterfly suplex for
a near fall. Gallows punches Porter and puts him in a waist lock. Porter
with an elbow but Gallows with an Irish whip and splash into the corner.
Gallows with an uppercut followed by a splash for a near fall. Gallows
returns to the waist lock. Porter with elbows but Gallows with an Irish whip
and he runs into an elbow. Gallows with a kick and Irish whip. Gallows
misses a splash and Porter with a clothesline and flying forearm followed by
a double thrust and facebuster. Porter sets up for the Ballin Elbow and hits
it. Porter waits for Gallows to get up but Serena gets on the apron to
distract Porter from hitting the Playmaker. Gallows with a clothesline and
he gets a near fall. From out of nowhere Rey Mysterio attacks Punk and hits
a DDT on the floor and he leaves through the crowd. Gallows gets distracted
and Porter hits the 305 for the three count.
Winner: Montel
Vontavious Porter
We go to commercial.
We are back and CM Punk
is in the ring with Luke and Serena. Punk is still holding his neck as he
says that Rey Mysterio is a coward who attacks people from behind because he
does not have the ability to deal with people face to face. Punk says that
he wants Rey to come out because he injured him and cost Luke his match.
Rey comes out and he stands on the stage. Rey wants to know what is
wrong with Punk. He asks if it was because he came from nowhere and attacked
him from behind like the mystery man who attacked Rey week after week. Rey
says that he was giving Punk a taste of his own medicine. Rey asks Punk
where the masked man is and wonders if he is going to attack Rey again.
Punk calls Rey a coward because he attacked him from behind. Punk says
that he doesn’t know what Rey is talking about with a ‘mystery man’. Punk
wonders if Rey has been painting the inside of his mask with hallucinogenic
drugs because he is seeing things now. Punk says that this is an extension
of Rey finding excuses for his losses. Punk says the real reason Rey is out
here and that is because Rey wants to be saved and join the Straight Edge
Society.
Rey says that only one person is hallucinating and that is
Punk. Rey says that he came out to shave Punk’s head. Punk reminds Rey that
he won the match at Extreme Rules. Rey reminds Punk that Punk lost at
Wrestlemania so they are even and it is not over. Rey suggests another match
at Over the Limit. Rey says that if he loses, Rey becomes a part of the
Straight Edge Society. If Punk loses, he has his head shaved by Rey.
Punk says that Rey is having a moment of clarity because Rey realizes that
he has a problem and needs help. Punk says that he would welcome Rey into
his crusade with open arms so Rey is on.
Rey suggests that they don’t
need to fight at Over the Limit when Rey says that he could walk into the
ring and raise his hand nice and high to pledge to the Straight Edge Society
tonight. That is if Punk shaves his head right now.
Punk says that is
not going to happen tonight. Rey tells Punk that there is one thing he
doesn’t understand about the Straight Edge Society. He talks about the
concepts of straight edge and he likes the message, but the messenger is
bad. Rey says that everyone wearing a Rey Mysterio mask represents the good
in the message. Rey says that if Punk cares about saving people, they can
work together. Rey tells Punk to lead by example and shave his head.
Punk thinks about it and he tells Rey that it has nothing to do with Punk
shaving his hair because his hair is a symbol of purity. Punk says that he
is better than everyone.
Rey says that Punk can shave Luke and
Serena’s head but why is Punk better than him? He says that Luke and Serena
have protected him and done most of the work in the Straight Edge Society,
but why isn’t Punk bald. Rey says that Punk doesn’t care about them and all
he cares about is himself. Rey says that there is nothing that Punk can do
to be saved from the 6-1-9.
We go to commercial.
We are back
and did you know that MVP is a spokesperson for the National Guard’s Youth
ChalleNGe program?
We see footage from Superstars when Kelly was
‘welcomed’ to Smackdown by Michelle, Layla, and Vickie only to be stopped
when Beth Phoenix and Tiffany entered.
Match Number Two: Kelly Kelly
and Tiffany versus Michelle McCool and Layla with Vickie Guerrero
Michelle and Tiffany start things off and they lock up. Tiffany with a clean
break but Michelle pie faces Tiffany. Tiffany with a drop toe hold followed
by a reverse atomic drop and back elbow. Tiffany with an Irish whip and she
hits a monkey flip but Michelle lands on her feet. Michelle celebrates her
landing and then Tiffany with another monkey flip. Michelle goes to the
floor and Tiffany goes after her but she is blocked by a wall of Vickie
Guerrero and Layla. Michelle sneaks in and his a baseball slide on Tiffany
when she returns to the ring. Michelle rolls Tiffany back in and Michelle
with knees to Tiffany. Michelle gets a near fall. Layla tags in and slams
Tiffany to the mat by her hair and then Layla tries for a splash but lands
on Tiffany’s knees. Kelly tag in and connects with a shoulder followed by
drop kicks. Kelly tries for the handspring back elbow but Layla with a knee
to the back to counter. Kelly with a neck breaker and Tiffany is tagged in
and she hits a cross body for a near fall. Kelly distracts the referee and
that allows Michelle to hit the kick to the back of the head and Layla with
the neck breaker for the three count.
Winners: Michelle McCool and
Layla
We go to the back where Josh Mathews is with Teddy Long and he
has the Intercontinental Title belt. Teddy says that since the title is now
vacant, he has chosen four men to contend for the title. Two matches will be
held tonight with the winners wrestling next week. One match will be
Christian versus Cody Rhodes. The other match will be Dolph Ziggler versus
Kofi Kingston.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we see
footage from Dolph Ziggler’s sleeper on Hornswoggle two weeks ago.
Match Number Three: Kofi Kingston versus Dolph Ziggler in an
Intercontinental Title Tournament Match
They lock up and Ziggler with
a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Kofi with a few leap frogs followed by
a leaping back elbow for a near fall. Ziggler with a knee and then he tries
to throw Kofi out of the ring but Kofi bounces off the ropes. Kofi with a
drop kick and Kofi clotheslines Ziggler over the top rope to the floor and
Kofi with a suicide dive. Kofi rolls Ziggler back in and Ziggler with a kick
to Kofi’s head as he returns to the ring. We go to commercial.
We are
back and Ziggler has Kofi with a reverse chin lock but Kofi with an arm drag
to escape. Kofi misses a splash into the corner and Ziggler hits a reverse
exploder suplex for a near fall. Ziggler with a kick to Kofi and he follows
that with punches. Ziggler chokes Kofi in the ropes. We see Cody Rhodes in
the locker room watching the match.
Ziggler with a drop kick to Kofi
for a near fall. Ziggler with a camel clutch and Kofi gets to his feet. Kofi
punches Ziggler but Ziggler sends Kofi into the mat. Ziggler with a leaping
elbow drop for a near fall. Kofi with a forearm and Ziggler responds with a
kick to the leg. Ziggler with a reverse chin lock to prepare for the
sleeper. Kofi with elbows to Ziggler followed by forearms. Kofi with the SOS
for a near fall. Kofi runs into a boot from Ziggler. Ziggler uses the ropes
for a leverage on a cover but he can only get a near fall. Ziggler with an X
Factor for a near fall. Ziggler with a reverse chin lock and then he works
on Kofi’s back. Kofi with a jawbreaker to escape the hold. Ziggler misses a
splash in the corner. Kofi with chops to Ziggler followed by a drop kick and
the leaping clothesline. Kofi with the Boom drop and he sets for Trouble in
Paradise but Ziggler gets out of the way. Kofi leaps onto the turnbuckles
and Ziggler moves. Kofi with a cross body but Ziggler rolls through and gets
a near fall. Ziggler tries for the sleeper and Kofi tries his best to block
it but Ziggler locks in the hold. Kofi gets to his feet and he runs Ziggler
into the ropes and Kofi hits Trouble in Paradise for the three count.
Winner: Kofi Kingston
We go back to the video package that opened
tonight’s show.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a run
through the card for Over the Limit.
Match Number Four: Christian
with Heath Slater versus Cody Rhodes
Rhodes with a forearm to the
back and side head lock and shoulder tackle. Rhodes with a kick and forearm
followed by an elbow to the head. Christian with a flying forearm for a near
fall. Christian puts Rhodes in the ropes and he leaps onto Cody’s back and
then he slingshots to the floor but Rhodes gets out of the way. Christian
throws Rhodes over the top rope to the floor and he hits a baseball slide
and then he goes for the springboard cross body but Rhodes moves out of
position and Christian lands on the mat. Rhodes sends Christian into the
ring steps. They return to the ring and Rhodes with kicks to the back.
Rhodes with a hard Irish whip and he punches Christian in the corner. Rhodes
with a boot to the chest for a near fall. Rhodes chokes Christian in the
corner and Christian responds with a sunset flip for a near fall. Christian
with a punch but Rhodes with an Irish whip and drop kick to the back and
Christian hits the bottom rope. We go to commercial.
We are back and
Rhodes with a gourdbuster to Christian. Rhodes with a Ric Flair knee drop
and he gets a near fall. Rhodes with a surfboard followed by a forearm to
the back of the head for a near fall. We see Kofi watching in the back since
he will face the winner.
Christian goes up top but Rhodes with a
forearm and he hits a superplex and both men are down. Christian with an
inside cradle for a near fall. Rhodes with kicks to the back. Christian with
a punch and a clothesline that sends both of them over the top rope to the
floor. Rhodes uses the ring steps for extra leverage on a spin kick. Rhodes
gets a near fall. Rhodes goes to the turnbuckles but Christian with a punch
to the midsection and Christian with more punches. Christian with the
pendulum kick followed by a missile drop kick from the second turnbuckle for
a near fall. Christian with a drop toe hold that sends Rhodes into the ropes
and Christian stands on his back and then slingshots to the floor and
connects with a punch. Christian goes up top but misses a frog splash.
Rhodes with a rollup for a near fall. Rhodes blocks the Killswitch and then
tries for a belly-to-back suplex but Christian lands on his feet and
Christian with an inverted DDT for a near fall. Rhodes sends Christian into
the turnbuckles and Christian tries for the turnbuckles again but Rhodes
pulls him off. Rhodes goes up top for a moonsault and he hits it and gets a
near fall. Rhodes mocks Christian but Christian sends Rhodes into the
turnbuckles and Christian hits the Killswitch for the three count.
Winner: Christian
We take a look at the end of the Shiz and Big
Show’s move into the number one contender spot for the World Title.
Jack Swagger is walking in the back as we go to commercial.
We are
back with a look at what Drew McIntyre did to become a former Smackdown
superstar.
Before his match, Jack Swagger comes to the ring to tell
us some more fun facts about his life. Jack says that before everyone hears
what they came here for, Jack has some stuff to talk about. He says that he
was the first high school athlete who was nominated for an ESPY. In 2002, he
was under consideration for the Heisman Trophy. Jack talks about his prowess
in tennis on the high school level. He also talks about his chess playing
ability as we go to commercial.
We are back and Jack is still
talking. He asks how many people can say that they were a member of the
National Honor Society. Jack says that he was president too. Jack asks where
was Big Show during all of this. Jack says that Show was taking a special
education class and riding the short bus to school. At Over the Limit, he
will take the World’s Largest Athlete to school.
Match Number Five:
Kane versus Jack Swagger in a Non Title Match
Swagger with a waist
lock but Kane with an elbow. Swagger goes for the legs but Kane with a front
face lock. Swagger gets back to his feet and he shows his frustration.
Big Show’s music plays and Show comes out in a snazzy suit as he joins
Matt and Todd at the announce table. Swagger and Kane stop their match to
watch Show walk to the announce table.
Swagger with a kick and
punches to Kane. Swagger with more punches in the corner and the referee
warns him. Kane with an uppercut and then Kane with kicks and more punches.
Kane with a snap mare and a drop kick as Kane gets a near fall. Kane with an
Irish whip but he runs into an elbow. Swagger with a float over into a front
face lock as he takes Kane to the mat. Kane puts Swagger on the top
turnbuckle and he connects with an uppercut. Swagger with punches and he
comes off the turnbuckles but Kane with an uppercut. Kane with clotheslines
followed by an Irish whip and running clothesline followed by a side slam
for a near fall. Kane goes up top and he hits the flying clothesline. Kane
sets for the choke slam but Swagger with elbows to counter. Kane sends
Swagger into an exposed turnbuckle and then Swagger repeatedly sends Kane
into that turnbuckle and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Kane
by disqualification
Swagger with a clothesline into the corner
followed by a boot to the head. Swagger leaves the ring and holds up the
title belt close to the announce table. Swagger returns to the announce
table area and Show gets up. Swagger turns around and walks into a boot from
Kane. Kane rearranges the announce table but Swagger sends him into the ring
post. Show grabs Swagger and choke slams him through the table.
Show
goes to the ring and he puts the title belt on his shoulder and asks how he
looks as we go to credits.
2011 - TNA ran Hot Springs, Arkansas. James Cohorn filed the following report:
JB came out & promised backstage passes but Jeff Jarrett says no.
Abyss vs. Crimson- Abyss was still working with his teeth missing that were knocked out. Abyss used a chair on Crimson to no avail & also brought Janice from under the ring. Crimson wins with a sit-down powerbomb.
Velvet Sky vs. Sarita- Velvet wins with a small package.
Scott Steiner vs. Eric Young-Steiner was way over with the crowd when came out but that quickly changed. Steiner invited the hot chicks to go back to his hotel room but all he saw was nasty, ugly bitches. Steiner gets the win.
JB got a text that read "Tell all the morons in Hot Springs that I will make Mr. Anderson tap out in record time, sincerely Jeff Jarrett."
Matt Hardy comes out and informs the crowd that he has a mystery tag-team partner that knows James Storm well. It turns out to be "Wildcat" Chris Harris.
Matt Hardy & "Wildcat" Chris Harris vs. Beer Money-Beer Money get the win with The DWI and retain their TNA Tag straps.
Bully Ray & Tommy Dreamer vs. AJ Styles & Devon- Bully Ray said that Tommy never liked the fans and that he only used them for the money. Ray challenged all the tough guys to a fight. He started mouthing to an overweight woman. He told her that she wasn't too big, she was 3 big. Ray was gold on the mic. Devon used an artificial leg from a fan on Bully Ray which the crowd popped huge for. Devon and AJ do The The Wassup on Ray. AJ hits The Pele on Dreamer and Devon connects with a sidewalk slam on Bully Ray for the win. After the match, Devon said that Bubba got his ass whopped by a one-legged man.
Jeff Jarrett vs. Mr. Anderson-Anderson said that there are many a******s here but there is one douchebag to Jarrett. A kid said Mr. Kennedy during Anderson's introduction. Anderson said that guy is dead from the train wreck that is on USA. He said that you see the same five guys doing the same five damn maneuvers. Jarrett threatened to leave if the fans didn't stop disrespecting him. Jarrett attempted The Stroke but Anderson slipped out and hit the Green Bay Plunge but the ref was kicked by Jarrett's foot. Jarrett used a low-blow and then set up a chair in the ropes, Anderson reversed & Jarrett went head first into the chair. Anderson picked up the win with The Mic Check.
2011 - WWE Smackdown ran Pensacola, FL. Robert Jolley filed the following results:
I went with some friends from school and we had a good time. Here's what happened.Cody Rhodes beat Yoshi Tatsu. Yoshi actually wrote about it on his Twitter account.
Natalya made Rosa Mendes submit to the Sharpshooter.
Trent Barreta beat Brodus Clay. Some fans were yelling "You miss Alberto" after the match.
Kane teamed up with Ezekiel Jackson, now a babyface, to beat Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater.
Sgt. Slaughter was the host for the night. He did a dance off with fans and a woman won to get to go backstage.
Wade Barrett beat Daniel Bryan to retain the Intercontinental Title.
Sin Cara beat Chavo Guerrero, who appeared to be doing in-ring tutoring.
Randy Orton beat Christian and Sheamus in a three way match to retain the World Heavyweight Title. Sheamus took the fall and Orton and Christian shook hands after the match. Orton was, by far, the most over guy on the show.
2011 - WWE Raw ran Macon, GA. Robert Kolpak filed the following report
1st matchEvan Bourne beat Dolph Ziggler in the opener. You read that correctly. R-Truth attacked Bourne after the match and Rey Mysterio made the save. Guest Host Ricky Steamboat made a Truth vs. Rey match for later in the night.
Mason Ryan beat Primo in a one-sided match.
Chris Masters beat
Zack Ryder with The Masterlock.
Kofi Kingston and The Big Show beat CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio in a good match. Show pinned Punk.
They did a dance off and a fan got to meet John Cena.
Brie Bella, with Nikki, beat Eve Torres to retain the Divas Championship. Kharma took Eve out after the match.
Rey Mysterio beat R-Truth. Truth got a lot of hear.
John Cena beat The Miz to retain the WWE Championship. They had a really good match.
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