With less than a month until the show, WWE has revealed the name and announced the first three matches for their return to Saudi Arabia.
The third show in WWE’s controversy-filled 10-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority will take place at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on Friday, June 7. It will air live on the WWE Network and is titled “WWE Super ShowDown,” which is the same name the company used for their event in Melbourne, Australia last October.
The featured match in Jeddah will pit Attitude Era stars from the WWF and WCW against each other as The Undertaker and Goldberg face off for the first time ever.
After both were advertised as going to Saudi Arabia, it wasn’t at all a surprise that Undertaker vs. Goldberg was announced. A matchup that once seemed impossible has been made a reality by WWE’s agreement with Saudi Arabia.
WWE has announced three matches and revealed the name for their next show in Saudi Arabia.
It was announced today that Goldberg and The Undertaker will face off for the first time ever at WWE’s show in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday, June 7. The show is taking place at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium and is named WWE Super ShowDown, which was the same name the company used for their event in Melbourne, Australia last October.
This will be the first time Goldberg has wrestled since WrestleMania 33 in April 2017.
Triple H vs. Randy Orton is also official for Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia, and there will be a 50-man battle royal at the event.
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium hosted a 50-man match at last year’s Greatest Royal Rumble, though that had a Royal Rumble format.
Super ShowDown will be the third event in WWE’s controversial 10-year deal with the Saudi General Sports Authority. It will air live on the WWE Network.
Roman Reigns, WWE Champion Kofi Kingston, Braun Strowman, Universal Champion Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, and Brock Lesnar are also advertised for Super ShowDown.
The Undertaker and Kurt Angle have both been pulled from Starrcast II.
The news was revealed in an interview that Sports Illustrated did with Starrcast’s Conrad Thompson. The article stated that Undertaker and Angle not appearing at the event is “due to the burgeoning war between All Elite Wrestling and WWE, with the first battle centered around Starrcast.”
Undertaker was announced for Starrcast on February 14, while Angle was added on April 1. Starrcast and AEW Double or Nothing are taking place in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend. Starrcast isn’t officially an AEW event, but it will feature AEW wrestlers and events related to Double or Nothing.
“The announcement went wide and viral. I was told it had gotten WWE’s attention and that Vince McMahon texted The Undertaker about the appearance,” Thompson told Sports Illustrated. “’Taker’s representation, which is a company called Get Engaged, called to tell me, ‘WWE says he can’t do it.’”
The deposit that Thompson paid for Undertaker’s appearance was returned to him by Get Engaged.
“I had a friend discuss the situation with Vince McMahon, and I was assured the ‘heat’ wasn’t on me or my event but rather that The Undertaker shouldn’t be doing personal appearances outside of WWE,” Thompson said. “I was assured that damages would be covered, a suitable replacement offered, or some sort of compromise to make everyone happy.”
Thompson said he suggested Vince McMahon, Triple H, or Stephanie McMahon as Undertaker’s replacement, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to Connor’s Cure and Thompson matching that with a personal donation.
Thompson was told that WWE wouldn’t allow any replacements from the main roster. The article states that Thompson then set his sights on Shawn Michaels, who was “originally set to be booked for the event, but backed out before signing because of the close proximity of Starrcast and AEW.”
“I asked to keep Kurt Angle and announce Shawn Michaels as the replacement for The Undertaker,” Thompson said. “I offered to book everyone ‘through the office.’ I wanted to play by the rules but I felt like I already had, since each of these guys were actively marketing themselves for outside appearances via booking agents or their own social media. I have checked in daily for a week now and nothing is changing.”
It was noted that Undertaker and Angle signed new WWE contracts, with WWE exercising its right to withhold talent from events that aren’t deemed to be in the company’s best interest.
Inside the Ropes announced earlier this month that Undertaker won’t be able to participate in the Q&A portion of their Rise of the Taker tour shows on April 29, April 30, and May 1. Undertaker will still be appearing at the meet and greet portion of the events, and Mick Foley will be doing the Q&A and talking about Undertaker’s career and their rivalry.
Undertaker made a surprise appearance on Raw the night after WrestleMania 35 and interrupted Elias.
Angle had his farewell match at WrestleMania 35, losing to Baron Corbin. On the Raw after WrestleMania, there was an angle where Angle put Corbin in the ankle lock but was laid out by Lars Sullivan.
Though he didn’t take part in WrestleMania 35, The Undertaker made a surprise appearance on tonight’s episode of Raw.
Undertaker was involved in an angle with Elias the night after WrestleMania. It ended with Undertaker laying Elias out with a big boot, a chokeslam, and a tombstone piledriver.
The night after he was interrupted by “Dr. of Thuganomics” John Cena, Elias cut a promo saying Cena ruined his WrestleMania for the second year in a row. Elias vowed that next year was going to be a different story and said Cena isn’t a musician or an artist.
Elias then said he was going to show everyone how easy it is to rap. He ended with: “Every superstar wants to make their name on Elias. I get it, you’re a fan. But mark my words — the next one to interrupt me is a dead man.”
That led to Undertaker’s appearance. Undertaker and Elias went face-to-face, Elias acted like he was going to leave, and Undertaker hit the big boot when Elias charged at him.
Prior to tonight, Undertaker’s most recent appearance for WWE was at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia this past November. Triple H & Shawn Michaels defeated Undertaker & Kane at that show.
Wrestling Observer Radio with Dave Meltzer and myself, guest co-host Garrett Gonzales, is back. It’s a slower than usual news day, but we do talk about the Undertaker being at Starrcast as well as LA Park. John Cena is hosting a new TV show. Dave talks about Buff Bagwell’s story about an Eric Bischoff angle that never happened. We mention the latest visa issue for a New Japan Pro Wrestling talent and then talk a little bit about the G1 show in Dallas. We discuss Chris Jericho’s latest promo and finish with Jake Hager’s next fight for the news segment.
The main part of the show is going over Dave’s memories on being on the Phil Donahue show in March of 1992. We go through the reason why he was on the show, being in the middle of Vince McMahon and Bruno Sammartino, who was probably telling the truth and who probably wasn’t, why Tom Cole wasn’t part of the show, and then the fallout.
Timestamps:
Start – 2:45: Jimmy Uso arrested, released
2:45 – 12:56: Starrcast announcements, including Undertaker
12:56 – 14:05: John Cena to host Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader
14:05 – 19:42: Buff Bagwell story
19:42 – 27:48: EVIL visa issues, Jericho
28:24 – end: Dave’s experience on Phil Donahue in 1992
The Undertaker, Kane, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels all appeared on last night’s go-home show for Super Show-Down.
Kane interrupted a promo from Michaels during the main event segment of Raw, The Undertaker appeared in the ring, and Triple H came down to make the save. But it was Undertaker and Kane who stood tall heading into Super Show-Down after giving Triple H and Michaels double chokeslams and tombstones.
Undertaker will face Triple H in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday. Kane will be in Undertaker’s corner, and Michaels will be accompanying Triple H.
Also on Raw, the storyline teasing Dean Ambrose leaving The Shield continued, Ronda Rousey took on Ruby Riott, and Elias and Kevin Owens got huge heat from the Seattle crowd for joking about the SuperSonics leaving the city.
Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins both retained their titles on last night’s Hell in a Cell fallout edition of Raw.
The show opened with WWE announcing that they’ll be returning to Saudi Arabia for an event called “Crown Jewel” on November 2, with Roman Reigns defending his Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman in a triple threat match on the show.
But, with the story being that Baron Corbin knew Reigns was still hurt from Hell in a Cell, Corbin announced that he’d be challenging for Reigns’ title in last night’s main event. Corbin also got Dolph Ziggler to invoke his rematch clause for the Intercontinental Championship and said that Seth Rollins would be stripped of the title if he couldn’t compete.
As the build to Super Show-Down continued, The Undertaker made his advertised appearance on Raw. It was revealed that Shawn Michaels would be in Triple H’s corner and Kane would be in Undertaker’s corner in Australia.
Also on Raw, The Bellas helped Ronda Rousey fight off The Riott Squad, Nia Jax returned to the ring for the first time since July, and Lio Rush debuted as Bobby Lashley’s manager.
The Undertaker returned to WWE television and confronted Shawn Michaels on last night’s episode of Raw.
Michaels was making an appearance on the show to promote Triple H and Undertaker’s match at Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia next month. Michaels picked Triple H to win before being interrupted by Undertaker. The story of the segment was Undertaker saying he’s put both Triple H and Michaels down and questioning whether Michaels has stayed retired out of respect or fear.
Undertaker said he’d put Michaels down again if he were to ever come out of retirement and vowed to defeat Triple H at Super Show-Down.
The Shield were involved in a show-long storyline where they were arrested after starting a brawl with Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler, and Drew McIntyre in the opening segment. They got out of jail at the end of the show — only to be attacked by the heel roster.
Also on Raw, Nikki & Brie Bella faced The Riott Squad and later offered to give Ronda Rousey advice, Ziggler & McIntyre attacked The Revival and replaced them in their Tag Team title match against The B-Team, and Drake Maverick became The Authors of Pain’s new manager.
The build to Triple H vs. The Undertaker at WWE Super Show-Down will continue on next week’s Raw.
During tonight’s episode, it was announced that both Triple H and Mick Foley will be making appearances next Monday. It was noted that Triple H will be responding to Shawn Michaels and Undertaker’s segment from tonight, while Foley will be discussing this year being the 20th anniversary of his Hell in a Cell match against Undertaker at King of the Ring 1998.
Michaels was on Raw tonight to hype up Triple H vs. Undertaker. The story of the segment was Michaels talking about how Triple H was going to win, leading to Undertaker coming out and interrupting him. Undertaker said he’s put both Triple H and Michaels down before and their egos can’t take it. He questioned whether Michaels has stayed retired out of respect or fear and vowed to put Triple H down again.
Triple H vs. Undertaker at Super Show-Down is being promoted as the final time they’ll ever face each other. The show is taking place in Melbourne, Australia on October 6, with Michaels also advertised to appear.
According to a report, The Undertaker is backstage at Raw tonight,
PWInsider first reported this afternoon with the news. He will likely be part of the build towards his match against Triple H at the WWE Super Show-Down event on October 6. Shawn Michaels has also been confirmed for Raw tonight, where he will be talking about the big match. It is being billed as the last ever match between Undertaker and Triple H.
The match has been pushed hard in the last several weeks. It started with Triple H coming to the ring the day after SummerSlam, saying that when he was called to face The Undertaker in Australia, he initially said no. But once he thought about the direction of his and Undertaker’s careers went following their match at WrestleMania 28, it really was the end of an era. Triple H said that he agreed to the match, wanting to prove that their era was back.
WWE Super Show-Down will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.
While the card is always subject to change, it looks like The Undertaker’s match has been revealed for next month’s house show at Madison Square Garden.
Undertaker, Roman Reigns & Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin & Elias in a six-man tag is advertised to headline the July 7 event. Undertaker and Reigns are teaming together after their WrestleMania 33 main event, where Undertaker indicated that he was retiring before returning this year.
Undertaker last wrestled this past April, defeating John Cena at WrestleMania 34 and Rusev at the Greatest Royal Rumble. He’s also scheduled for a match against Triple H at WWE Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia this October, which is being billed as the final time they’ll face each other.
Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax for the Raw Women’s Championship had originally been announced for the Madison Square Garden house show. She’ll still be facing Jax, but now it’s a non-title match with champion Alexa Bliss as the special guest referee.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor for the Intercontinental Championship is also listed for Madison Square Garden, and Bobby Lashley, Jinder Mahal, Bobby Roode, Natalya, Bayley, Matt Hardy, and Bray Wyatt are advertised.
Coming off his matches at WrestleMania 34 and the Greatest Royal Rumble, The Undertaker’s next appearance for WWE is set.
Madison Square Garden revealed this morning that Undertaker will be in action at WWE’s Raw-brand house show at the venue on July 7th. This will be Undertaker’s first time wrestling at MSG since 2010.
After indicating that he was retiring at the end of WrestleMania 33, Undertaker returned for a match against John Cena in New Orleans this year. It lasted for under three minutes and had a storyline where it wasn’t officially announced as part of the WrestleMania card in advance. Undertaker also defeated Rusev in a casket match at the Greatest Royal Rumble in April.
As was previously announced, Ronda Rousey will be making her Madison Square Garden debut at the July 7th show. Advertising now lists her as facing Nia Jax in a Raw Women’s Championship match. Whoever is champion heading into that will be decided when Rousey challenges for Jax’s title at Money in the Bank on June 17th.
Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Elias for the Intercontinental Championship is also listed on the card for Madison Square Garden, and Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Bobby Roode, Jinder Mahal, Sasha Banks, Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Dolph Ziggler, Matt Hardy, and Bray Wyatt are the other wrestlers advertised.
NJPW’s G1 Special at the Cow Palace will be taking place on July 7th as well, along with Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier headlining UFC 226 in Las Vegas.
November 27, 1991: Thanksgiving Eve in the U.S., a day where most people are beginning their food preparations or, at the very least, were planning what time they had to be wherever they were going for dinner the next day.
Not me. I was a 7 year old who was being kept entertained by a tape of the 1990 Royal Rumble. That day I began my obsession with wrestling which eventually brought me here.
What I didn’t know was at the exact same time that I was watching The Bushwackers and Hulk Hogan, a man who would be a part of my life for the next 25+ years was winning his very first WWF world title.
Over the next two and a half decades, I grew as a wrestling fan as that man, The Undertaker, grew as a character. I sat on my mom’s couch or on my couch or in Section 135 and listened with rapt attention to 30 ever-so-slight variations of the same theme song. He was in the main event of my first WWF house show, beating The Berzerker and Mr. Fuji in a handicap match and no matter what my mom said he would do, he did not walk up to my section just to slap my hand afterwards.
I had all the merchandise: seven action figures, t-shirts, baseball caps, pendants, the Vinyl Pop, the VHS tapes, the DVDs, the DVD re-releases of the VHS tapes and, yes, the Undertaker water bottle. When “Highway To Hell” comes on, I don’t think of the AC/DC music video but rather the SummerSlam ’98 version of it.
As I grew up, so did Undertaker. When I was a kid and needed a superhero to slay the monsters, Undertaker was there to defeat Kamala, Yokozuna, King Kong Bundy, Giant Gonzales, Mabel, and Diesel. During my adolescent years where I began questioning my life choices, so was Undertaker, having his mentor and manager Paul Bearer turn on him.
Plus, while my brother and I went through puberty, fighting constantly and somehow becoming closer because of it, Undertaker was also fighting his brother, Kane, somehow becoming closer because of it.
As I became an angry, moody teenager, Undertaker first went satanic with the Ministry of Darkness and then became the American Bad Ass, riding out on a motorcycle. What is cooler to a moody, almost emo teenager than a devil worshiping bad ass on a motorcycle? He was a heel and still beat all-time popular wrestlers like Steve Austin, The Rock, Mick Foley, and Hulk Hogan as I continued to cheer him on.
Over time, I shed the moody nature as Undertaker ditched the biker gimmick. I went out and got my first job while Undertaker went out and reverted back to being the Dead Man yet again. Ironically, this is around the time I became the smartass smart mark who was into match quality almost as much as I was into over the top characters. With Undertaker, I got my over the top character and with his matches against the likes of Randy Orton, Kurt Angle, Batista, and Edge I got my high match quality.
Even when I wanted to escape real life and see nutty monster matches, I got Undertaker vs Great Khali, Big Daddy V, Mark Henry, and Heidenreich.
Just when I thought Undertaker couldn’t get any better, I watched him have the greatest match in WrestleMania history with Shawn Michaels. Just when I thought it wasn’t possible for him to do it again, he did it again with Michaels a year later. I saw him legitimately have his gear get set on fire and then take part in an Elimination Chamber match for 30 minutes.
After all that, I finally made it to my first WrestleMania…and my second WrestleMania…and my third, fourth, fifth and sixth. I screamed when Triple H gave him a Tombstone, screamed louder when CM Punk gave him a diving elbow through an announce table, but sat in stunned silence when Brock Lesnar put him down.
Undertaker came back but was not quite the same. He beat Bray Wyatt and Shane McMahon and along the way he avenged his loss with Lesnar. Despite still having this amazing presence and the best entrance in wrestling, it wasn’t the same. Something was missing.
At the same time, I was not the same as a wrestling fan. I no longer got over the top excited just by going to a live show. Dozens of Raws and SmackDowns came to my area, and I had little or no desire to even look at Ticketmaster. I watched WWE during the year, but not with the same enthusiasm I had for New Japan or NXT. Something was missing.
April 2, 2017: For the first time in seven years, I watch WrestleMania from home and for the first time in as long as I can remember, my excitement was purely for the name WrestleMania. For 6 ½ hours, I watch the good, the bad, the strange, the exciting, and the ugly. I yelled at the Network for buffering issues at different points, I scratched my head at some of the booking and I felt bad for the SmackDown women, who had to go out and try to pop a crowd six hours into the show.
Then, just like when I was 7, the gong sounded, The Undertaker was walking to the ring and I sat up. I listened to the 31st ever so slight variation of the same theme song as he strode to the ring to face a different kind of monster. A monster who, like The Undertaker, was a big, bad, moody loner who almost always came through in the clutch.
Father Time has a longer undefeated streak than Undertaker, Goldberg, Tatanka, Crimson, Samoa Joe and Asuka combined. I can do math. I know that if I am 32 and have been watching Undertaker since I was 7, he is also 25 years older than he was that one fateful Thanksgiving Eve.
Every year, we hear the rumblings that this will be Undertaker’s last match and there was certainly plenty of talk about that again this year. Why was John Cena pulled out of this match for Roman Reigns? Why was Jim Ross, a man who “retired” four years ago, brought back for this one match? Why would it go on last, ahead of two world title matches, and the culmination of a three-year long storyline between Triple H and Seth Rollins?
Meanwhile at age 32, I have had a tiring six weeks. My co-worker, already going through personal tragedy and grief, had to take an extended leave of absence. This led to me filling in for almost all of her shifts and a schedule that has led to stretches of me waking up, going to work, coming home, going to bed, waking up and going back to work. Even on days where I could stay up later, I am already dozing off at 10:00 and in bed by 11:00.
So with all that, why did I watch a seven hour, ten minute wrestling show Sunday? Why did I put up with non-stop buffering at times? Why did I watch the entire AJ Styles match on my phone? Why didn’t I throw in the towel when the picture froze as John Cena proposed to Nikki Bella and all I could hear was crowd noise
Because at 11:30 pm, The Undertaker walked onto my television screen one more time and one more time, I sat up. Conventional wisdom said that he would be beaten by this big, bad, moody monster, but I just couldn’t believe that.
I smiled at every twist and turn. When Undertaker turned the 10 Punches Of Doom into the Last Ride, I grinned. When Undertaker chokeslammed his opponent on an announce table and then a steel chair, I clapped. When he kicked out of a spear, I pumped my fist the first time and audibly cheered the second time.
At the same time, when he got backdropped through the announce table, I popped but grimaced. When a steel chair was being bent around his spine, I was telling him to roll out of the way. When his foe kicked out of a Tombstone, I swore out loud. And when he couldn’t sit up, falling over to the side, my heart beat a little quicker as reality began to set in.
I don’t know what the actual time was when Roman Reigns hit his third Spear and pinned the Undertaker, but I can tell you what time it said on my phone when it was broadcast across my television screen,
12:00.
When midnight struck, the Dead Man fell for the last time.
His opponent, with a look of victory crossed with a little bit of sadness, sauntered up the ramp and out of view. The Undertaker did what he couldn’t do in the match, he sat up, looked right into the camera, through my television set and right at me. He’s never met me and I’ll bet dollars to donuts he is unaware of my existence, but this rollercoaster journey we have both been on, culminated in this one moment.
I am not ashamed to admit that the tears began as Undertaker was standing in the ring, back in his trenchcoat and hat.
I watched him take off his gloves and remove his coat, carefully and respectfully folding it and leaving them in the middle of the ring. I watched him say something to himself, words forever lost into the night’s sky. I watched him take a deep breath, accepting where his life and career have led him, then I watched him remove his hat one final time and set it with everything else.
My heart rate returned to normal as Undertaker walked back up the ramp he came down before descending into darkness. For years, I watched him get buried alive, be locked in caskets, ascend to the heavens, having those caskets he was locked in be set on fire, and I wondered what spectacular special effects display would lead to his last ride.
Ultimately, it was fitting that he just descended into the ground.
As for me, I will still watch Raw next week and Payback next month. I’ll skip a bunch of Raw and SmackDown tv tapings, while occasionally making the trek for a pay per view or for WrestleMania. I’ll go to work and someone will ask me how WrestleMania was and I’ll tell them it was fun. After all, how do you explain to non-wrestling fans the impact one “fake wrestler” can have on your life?
My life continues as normal with one major exception. Who will be the superhero when the next generation of big, scary monsters need to be taken out? Who will be there when I need to hear the 32nd ever-so-slight variation of the same theme song? And who will be there when I need an amazing, one of a kind, spectacle?
It won’t be The Undertaker and with apologies to DDP, that’s not a good thing, that’s a bad thing.
Newark, Ohio:
– Paul Bowser defeated Billy Schoeber for the American Middleweight Title
1942
St. Joseph, Missouri:
– Marshall Estep defeated Steve Brody to win the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Bill Longson defeated Sandor Szabo to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
1943
Houston, Texas:
– Bill Longson defeated Bobby Managoff for the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Ronnie Etchison beat Cowboy Luttrall
– Orville Brown drew Babe Zaharias
– Tom Zaharias beat Bad Boy Brown
– Jim Coffield beat Frank Frogge
1957
Chicago, Illinois:
– Wilbur Snyder defeated Hans Schmidt to win the Chicago NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1959
Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Don and Luke (Bobby) Fields defeated The Corsicans (Jean and Joe) to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles
1963
Tampa, Florida:
– Hiro Matsuda defeated Eddie Graham to win the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Boot Match: Crusher beat Moose Evans
– Hercules Cortez beat Karol Kalmikoff
– Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Pesek
– Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kamilkoff
– Dick Steinborn beat Gordon Nelson
1966
San Francisco, California:
– Bill Watts defeated Kinji Shibuya for the San Francisco NWA United States Heavyweight Title
1969
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Gene Kiniski won the Hawaii NWA North American Heavyweight Title from Toru Tanaka
1970
Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Non Title: The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 2 falls to 0
– Pepper Gomez beat Dr X
– Red Bastien beat Luke Graham
– Larry Hennig beat Bob Brunelle
– Lars Anderson drew Billy Red Lyons
1975
Miami Beach, Florida: (Colt, Shane, McCord, and Hart would be in a plane crash later that evening that would end the life of Shane)
– Dusty Rhodes defeated Dick Murdoch
– Handicap Match: Dick Slater & Chris Taylor & “Cowboy” Bill Watts defeated Bob Roop & Jim Dillon & Mongolian Stomper & Gary Hart
– Bobby Shane & Buddy Colt defeated Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci
– The Patriots defeated Mike Pappas & Pat Barrett
– Bob Armstrong defeated “Iron” Mike McCord (Austin Idol)
– Larry Zbyszko drew Baron Scicluna
– Johnny Weaver defeated George McCreary
1976
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Bob Brown & Otto Von Heller fought Ray Candy & Pat O’Connor to a draw
– Ed Wiskoski defeated Mike Pappae
– Ripper Collins fought Tank Patton to a double-DQ
– Bob Geigel & Akio Sato defeated Ron Bass & Dutch Mantel
– World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk defeated Mike George via DQ
1978
Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– AWA World Tag Team Champions The High Flyers (Jim Brunzell and Greg Gagne) defeated AWA World Heavyweight Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Heenan to retain the titles
– British Heavyweight Champion Billy Robinson defeated Duncan McTavish to retain the title
– WWWF Heavyweight Champion Billy Graham defeated Édouard Carpentier to retain the title
– Dusty Rhodes defeated Ken Patera
– Angelo Mosca defeated Chief Peter Miavia
– Dewey Robertson beat the Wildman
– Stan Stasiak beat the Wolfman
– Billy Red Lyons drew Chris Tolos
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Stan Frazier and Terry Sawyer defeated Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
1979
Fort Worth, Texas:
– Mark Lewin and The Spoiler defeated David and Kevin Von Erich for the NWA American Tag Team Titles
1982
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Hulk Hogan & Tito Santana & Buck Zumhofe beat Nick Bockwinkel & Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
– Sheik Adnan beat Jim Brunzell by countout
– Greg Gagne beat Sgt Jacques Goulet
– Brad Rheingans beat Tom Stone
1988
Las Vegas, Nevada:
– AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jerry Lawler by DQ
– AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Nasty Boys
– Wahoo McDaniel & Greg Gagne beat Bob Orton Jr & Curt Hennig by DQ
– Badd Company, Pat Tanaka & Paul Diamond beat Midnight Rockers
– Greg Gagne beat Steve Olsonoski
– Baron Von Raschke beat Sheik Adnan
1993
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Killer Kyle fought the Mongolian Stomper to a double count-out
– Tim Horner pinned the Nightstalker
– SMW Heavyweight Champion the Dirty White Boy defeated Tracy Smothers
– Brian Lee defeated Kevin Sullivan in a first blood match
– Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden, & Dutch Mantell defeated Bobby Eaton, SMW Tag Team Champions Stan Lane & Tom Prichard
– SMW Tag Team Champions Stan Lane & Tom Prichard defeated Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Jacksonville, Florida:
– Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Joey Maggs
– Vinnie Vegas pinned Erik Watts
– The Wrecking Crew defeated Johnny Gunn & Tom Zenk
– 2 Cold Scorpio pinned Chris Benoit
– Paul Orndorff pinned Cactus Jack
– WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes pinned Barry Windham in a bunkhouse match
– WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Sting via disqualification
– WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Steve Austin & Brian Pillman
1994
Taylor, Michigan:
– The Heavenly Bodies (Jimmy Del Ray and Tom Prichard) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) for the SMW Tag Team Titles
1995
Tokyo, Japan:
– Koji Kanemoto defeated Norio Honaga to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title
WCW SuperBrawl: Baltimore, Maryland:
– Paul Orndorff defeated Brad Armstrong
– Stars and Stripes (Marcus Alexander Bagwell and The Patriot) defeated Romeo Valentino and Dino Casanova
– Arn Anderson defeated Johnny B. Badd in a Lumberjack match for the WCW World Television Championship
– Alex Wright defeated Paul Roma
– Jim Duggan defeated Bunkhouse Buck (with Col. Robert Parker and Meng)
– Kevin Sullivan (with The Butcher) defeated Dave Sullivan
– The Blacktop Bully (with Col. Robert Parker) defeated Dustin Rhodes
– WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) with Sister Sherri, defeated The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) by reverse decision to retain the title
– Randy Savage and Sting defeated Avalanche and The Butcher
– WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan with Jimmy Hart defeated WCW US Heavyweight Champion Vader by disqualification to retain the title
1999
North Richland Hills, Texas:
– Brian Adias defeated Khris Germany to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
2000
Cornelia, Georgia:
– The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeated Bad Attitude (Rick Michaels and David Young) to win the NWA Wildside Tag Team Titles
Barnegat, New Jersey:
– Chris Candido won the vacant NWA Jersey Heavyweight Title by defeating The Equalizer
Carolina, Puerto Rico:
– Ray González won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title by defeating Carly Colón
2002
– Billy and Chuck with Rico defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Spike Dudley and Tazz to win the titles
2003
Louisville, Kentucky:
– Nick Dinsmore defeated champion The Damaja and Doug Basham in a triple threat match to win the OVW Heavyweight Title
2004
Tokyo, Japan:
– Shiro Koshinaka and Takao Omori defeated Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Titles
– Low Ki and Leonardo Spanky (Brian Kendrick) defeated Ikuto Hidaka and Dick Togo to win the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Titles
2005
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– A.J. Styles defeated Simon Diamond
– C.J. O’Doyle defeated Rob Eckos
– Simon Diamond and Mike Kruel defeated Damian Adams and Monsta Mack to win the vacant 3PW Tag Team Title
– Matt Striker defeated Rockin’ Rebel
– Slyck Wagner Brown defeated 3PW Heavyweight Champion Christopher Daniels to win the title
2006
WWF No Way Out PPV: Baltimore, Maryland:
– Chris Benoit defeated Booker T to win the US Championship
– Randy Orton defeated Rey Mysterio
– Kurt Angle defeated The Undertaker to retain the World Title
Tokyo, Japan:
– El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi defeated IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto and Minoru to win the title
– Tiger Mask IV defeated NWA World and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Black Tiger IV (Rocky Romero) to win both titles
– IWGP U-30 Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Yuji Nagata
– IWGP Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Akebono and Riki Choshu
– IWGP Tag Team Champions Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Giant Bernard and Manabu Nakanishi to retain the titles
2007
Bakersfield, California:
– Melina pinned WWE Women’s Champion Mickie James to win the title
– Umaga (with Armando Alejandro Estrada) pinned WWE Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy to win the title
With the Royal Rumble under a week away, Raw concluded its build to the pay-per-view on last night’s go-home show.
Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, and The Undertaker came face-to-face ahead of the Royal Rumble match. The show also featured more build to the PPV, with more matches and entrants being announced, Sami Zayn facing Seth Rollins with major Rumble implications, and another stipulation being added to Sunday’s Universal title match.
