Daily Pro Wrestling History (10/06): WWE Battleground 2013

1949

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Bill Longson and Bob Wagner defeated Bobby Bruns and Ronnie Etchison in 2 out of 3 falls

1962

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– AWA Champion Verne Gagne drew Doug Gilbert

– Saloon Match: Crusher beat Bill Miller 

– Jack Lanza beat Crybaby Cannon

– Rocky Hamilton beat Jack Allen

– Larry Hennig beat Tiny Mills

1967

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Mighty Igor Vodik & Verne Gagne in 2 out of 3 falls

1971

Nigata, Japan:

– Marie Vagnone & Jane Sherill defeated Jumbo Miyamoto & Aiko Kyo to win the WWWA World Tag Team Title

San Antonio, Texas:

– Thunderbolt Patterson beat Toru Tanaka

– Wahoo McDaniel & Jose Lothario beat Johnny Valentine & Buddy Wolff

– The Spoiler beat George Gaiser

– Bobby Shane beat Bob Burns

1972

Indianapolis, Indiana:

– Dick the Bruiser defeated Blackjack Mulligan in a Georgia Chain Gang match

– Billy Red Cloud & Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Blackjack Lanza & Baron Von Raschke

– Andre the Giant defeated Ben Jarrells & Red Dupree in a handicap match

1975

Tampa, Florida:

– Dusty Rhodes defeated Bob Roop to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship

Memphis, Tennessee:

– The Mongolian Stomper went to a no contest with Mike Graham

– Ron & Robert Fuller beat Cowboy Parker & Ken Dillinger

– Al Greene beat Pepper Gomez

– Southern Champ Bob Armstrong beat Harley Race

– Southern Tag Champs The Interns beat Eddie Marlin & Bill Dundee

Dallas, Texas: 

– Texas Heavyweight Champion Brian Adidas defeated Jack Victory

– Iceman King Parsons defeated The One Man Gang in the third round of a Taped Fist match via knockout

– In a No DQ, Hair vs. Hair match, Kerry & Kevin Von Erich defeated Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez

1978

St. Louis, Missouri:

– NWA Champion Harley Race defeated Ric Flair in 2 out of 3 falls

– King Kong Brody defeated Pat O’Connor

– Ted DiBiase and Rocky Johnson defeated Buck Robley and Bob Sweetan 

– Paul Orndorff draw Bulldog Bob Brown

– Tank Patton defeated Gary Young

– Kevin Von Erich and Tom Andrews defeated Jesse Ventura and Gene Stevens1982 

Tampa, Florida:

– Kevin Sullivan defeated Barry Windham in a tournament final for the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

1986

Greenville, South Carolina:

– Shaska Whatley defeated Eddie Roberts

– Brad Armstrong defeated Tony Zane

– Hector Guerrero defeated Gary Royal

– Manny Fernandez defeated the Grim Reaper

– Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Ron Garvin defeated NWA US Tag Team Champion Ivan Koloff

– NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Ole & Arn Anderson in a No DQ match

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Dick Murdoch

1988

Raleigh, North Carolina:

 -NWA World Tag Team champions The Minight Express, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Kevin Sullivan & Rick Steiner

– Nikita Koloff fought Russian Assassin #1 to a double disqualification

– Lex Luger & Sting defeated NWA World champion Ric Flair & NWA United States champion Barry Windham in a Lumberjack match 

1989

Norfolk, Virginia:

– Ranger Ross defeated Brad Anderson

– Tom Zenk defeated Bill Irwin

– Norman pinned Tommy Rich 

– Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace defeated the New Zealand Militia

– Sid Vicious & Dan Spivey defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane

– Brian Pillman defeated the Cuban Assassin

– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin via disqualification

– Sting defeated NWA TV Champion the Great Muta via disqualification

– NWA US Champion Lex Luger defeated Steve Williams

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk in a Texas Death Match

1990

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Tony Anthony & Doug Gilbert defeated Jeff Jarrett & Jeff Gaylord to win the USWA World Tag Team Titles

– Jeff Jarrett defeated Dick Slater to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title

WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event: Omaha, Nebraska:

– Sgt. Slaughter defeated Nikolai Volkoff via submission 

– Mr. Perfect defeated WWF Intercontinental champion Texas Tornado via countout

– WWF champion The Ultimate Warrior & the Legion of Doom defeated Demolition Ax & Smash & Crush 

1993

Vincennes, Indiana:

– Rip Rogers defeated Rob Morgan

– Erik Watts defeated the Equalizer

– Maxx Payne defeated Jim Neidhart (sub. for Paul Roma)

– Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce defeated Keith Cole & Charlie Norris (sub. for Kent Cole)

– Johnny B. Badd (sub. for Arn Anderson) defeated Brian Pillman via disqualification

– Davey Boy Smith defeated WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal in a non-title match

1994

Greensboro, North Carolina:

– Alex Wright fought Bobby Eaton to a 15-minute time-limit draw

– WCW TV Champion Johnny B. Badd pinned Lord Steven Regal in a non-title match 

– WCW Tag Team Champions Marcus Alexander Bagwell & the Patriot defeated Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma 

– WCW US Champion Jim Duggan defeated Steve Austin via disqualification in a non-title match 

– Dustin Rhodes & the Nasty Boys defeated Arn Anderson, Bunkhouse Buck, & Col. Parker (sub. for Terry Funk)

– Sting pinned Ric Flair

1995

Paintsville, Kentucky:

– SMW Heavyweight Champion Brad Armstrong defeated the Punisher 

– SMW Tag Team Champions Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Ray defeated the Dirty White Boy & Robert Gibson 

– Buddy Landel fought Tommy Rich to a double count-out

2001

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– WWF Intercontinental champion Christian pinned Edge 

– Jeff Hardy pinned WWF Tag Team champion Bubba Ray Dudley

– WWF champion Kurt Angle pinned Steve Austin

2007

Edison, New Jersey:

– Bryan Danielson defeated Chris Hero

– Austin Aries pinned Roderick Strong

– Nigel McGuinnness won the ROH championship by defeating Takeshi Morishima 

2013

WWE Battleground: Buffalo, New York:

– Dolph Ziggler defeated Damien Sandow

– The Real Americans (Antonio Cesaro and Jack Swagger) (with Zeb Colter) defeated The Great Khali and Santino Marella (with Hornswoggle)

– Curtis Axel (with Paul Heyman) defeated R-Truth to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title

– AJ Lee (with Tamina Snuka) defeated Brie Bella (with Nikki Bella) to retain the WWE Divas Title

– Alberto Del Rio retained the WWE Championship over Rob Van Dam in a hardcore rules match

– Cody Rhodes & Goldust defeated The Shield to win the WWE Tag Team Championship

– Bray Wyatt (with Erick Rowan and Luke Harper) defeated Kofi Kingston

– CM Punk defeated Ryback

– In a match for the vacant WWE Title, Randy Orton and Daniel Bryan ended in a no contest

2018

Super Show-Down: Melbourne, Australia:

– Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods beat Sheamus & Cesaro to keep the Smackdown tag titles

– Charlotte Flair beat Becky Lynch via DQ, so Lynch retained the Smackdown women’s title

– John Cena & Bobby Lashley beat Kevin Owens & Elias

– Billie Kay & Peyton Royce beat Asuka & Naomi

– A.J. Styles beat Samoa Joe to retain the WWE title

– Ronda Rousey & Nikki & Brie Bella beat Ruby Riott & Sarah Logan & Liv Morgan

– Buddy Murphy pinned Cedric Alexander to win the cruiserweight title

– Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins beat Braun Strowman & Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler

– Daniel Bryan pinned The Miz 

– HHH pinned Undertaker in a no DQ match

Report: Arn Anderson fired due to letting Alicia Fox wrestle intoxicated

A new report indicates that Arn Anderson was fired from WWE because he reportedly let Alicia Fox wrestle intoxicated.

According to WrestlingInc, Alicia Fox reportedly showed up at a house show intoxicated. Anderson, who was the agent for her match, allowed Fox to compete despite this. When word got to Vince McMahon he was reportedly furious, which led to the firing.

Fightful soon after reported that Alicia Fox was offered rehab, but instead went absent to the extent that several in the company had no idea if she was offered rehab or where she was. She has not competed in a match since February 10, when he teamed with Mickie James and Nikki Cross in a losing effort against Bayley, Dana Brooke and Natalya.

In her first post since 2/18, Fox posted the following on Instagram this afternoon: “#resilience /rəˈzilyəns/ noun 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness And for those w your own opinion #nofoxgiven #fancy #mood #digitaldetox”

Anderson had been with the company since 2002 as a road agent/producer. Alicia Fox has been with WWE since 2006.

Daily Pro Wrestling History (12/07): WWF In Your House: D-Generation X

1945

St. Joseph, Missouri: 

– MWA Title match: Champion Orville Brown beat Bobby Bruns 2 falls to 1 to retain title

– Ralph Garibaldi beat LaVerne Baxter 

– Jimmy Parker (sub for Marshall Esteppe) beat Jay Steele by DQ

1970

Orlando, Florida:

– Jose Lothario & Thunderbolt Patterson & Louie Tillet defeated Tarzan Tyler & Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 

– Florida Title: Jack Brisco defeated Mr. Saito to retain title

– Southern Title: Rene Goulet defeated Great Mephisto to win the title

– Ron Fuller defeated Skull Von Stroheim 

– Ronnie Garvin defeated Jack Welch 

– Eduardo Perez defeated Bob Harmon

1971

Sapporo, Japan:

– Dory Jr & Terry Funk defeated Giant Baba & Antonio Inoki in Sapporo to win the JWA/NWA International tag team titles

1972

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Omar Atlas defeated The Destroyer via DQ

– The Sheik defeated Les Thornton

– Bob Geigel & Black Angus defeated Harley Race & Roger Kirby via DQ

1973

Tokyo, Japan:

– Johnny Powers & Pat Patterson defeated Antonio Inoki & Seiji Sakaguchi to debut the NWF/NWA North American tag team titles in a match with Powers & Patterson billed as champions

1974

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– The Crusher & Ivan Putski beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens by DQ

– Superstar Billy Graham beat Baron Von Raschke by DQ

– Larry Hennig beat Big K (sub Boris Breznikoff)

– Chris Taylor beat Yugo Babich 

– Greg Gagne beat Rock Riddle 

– Jim Brunzell drew Geoff Portz

1980

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura beat The Crusher & Mad Dog Vachon

– John Studd no contest Dino Bravo

– Jerry Blackwell beat Tito Santana

– Greg Gagne beat Steve Regal

– Bobby Heenan beat Buck Zumhofe

– George Gadaski beat Ben Deleon by DQ

1981

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Ricky Morton pinned Gypsy Joe

– Roy Rogers beat The Nightmare via DQ

– Dennis Condrey & Norvell Austin beat Tojo Yamamoto & Ric McCord

– Dream Machine beat Dutch Mantel via countout in a loser wears a chicken suit match

– Southern Tag Champs Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn beat Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane via DQ

– Ricky & Robert Gibson beat The Cuban & Iranian Assassins in a strap on a pole match via DQ

– Bill Dundee & Jerry Lawler beat The Super Destroyer & Sweet Brown Sugar in a no DQ match

New Orleans, Louisiana:

– Junkyard Dog defeated The Great Kabuki to win the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title

1986

Des Moines, Iowa:

– Mitch Snow defeated Colt Steele

– Rufus R. Jones defeated Denny Brown

– Central States Tag Team Champions Todd Champion & Dave Peterson defeated the MOD Squad

– Central States Heavyweight Champion Sam Houston defeated Arn Anderson

– Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a bullrope chain match

– The Warlord won a bunkhouse battle royal

Kansas City, Missouri:

– Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a bullrope chain match

1987

Landover, Maryland:

– WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Kong Bundy 

– WWF Tag Team Champions Strike Force (Rick Martel & Tito Santana) defeated The Bolsheviks (Boris Zuhkov & Nikolai Volkoff) in 2 out of 3 falls

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Jimmy Jack Funk beat John Paul

– Tommy Lane beat Lou Winston

– Teijo Khan beat Jerry Bryant

– Bobby Jaggers DDQ Mike Davis

– Billy Joe Travis beat Steve Keirn

– Bill Dundee beat Hector Guerrero

– Southern Champ Jerry Lawler beat Jeff Jarrett to win the Mid-America Title

– Southern & Mid-America Champ Jerry Lawler beat Manny Fernandez via DQ to win the CWA International Title (All three titles were unified to create the CWA Title)

– Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty beat The Nasty Boys

– AWA World Champ Curt Hennig beat Jeff Jarrett

Tokyo, Japan:

– Tatsumi Fujinami & Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki & Dick Murdoch to win the New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Japan Cup Tag League 

1988

NWA Clash of Champions: Chattanooga, Tennessee:

– The Fantastics (Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton) defeated Eddie Gilbert & Ron Simmons in a tournament final to win the United States Tag Team Titles

– Steve Williams (w/ Kevin Sullivan) pinned the Italian Stallion 

– Ivan Koloff pinned Paul Jones

– NWA Tag Team Champion & NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal (w/ Paul Ellering) defeated NWA Six-Man Tag Team Champion 

  Dusty Rhodes via disqulification 

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA US Champion Barry Windham (w/ JJ Dillon) defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette) 

1989

Tokyo, Japan:

– Riki Choshu defeated Shinya Hashimoto to win New Japan Pro Wrestling’s World Cup Tournament

1990

Tokyo, Japan:

– Terry Gordy & Steve Williams won the All Japan World Tag Team Titles by winning the annual Real World Tag League tournament 

Ames, Iowa: (afternoon show)

– The Juicer defeated Barry Horowitz via disqualification

– Sam Houston pinned Barry Horowitz

– The Master Blasters defeated Alan Iron Eagle & Tim Horner

– Michael Wallstreet pinned Harley Race

– NWA US Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner pinned Jerry Saggs

– NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned the Big Cat

– Brian Pillman pinned the Motor City Madman

– Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson defeated Larry Cameron (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Ron Simmons) & NWA Tag Team Champion Butch Reed

St. Joseph, Missouri: (evening show)

– The Juicer defeated Barry Horowitz via disqualification

– Sam Houston pinned Barry Horowitz

– The Master Blasters defeated Alan Iron Eagle & Tim Horner

– Michael Wallstreet pinned Harley Race

– NWA US Tag Team Champion Rick Steiner pinned Jerry Saggs

– NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned the Big Cat

– Brian Pillman pinned the Motor City Madman

– Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Arn Anderson defeated Larry Cameron (sub. for NWA Tag Team Champion Ron Simmons) & NWA Tag Team Champion Butch Reed

Jacksonville, Florida:

– Big Josh & Mike Graham defeated Terrance Taylor & Richard Morton

– Arachnaman pinned Oz

– Big Van Vader pinned John Peterson

– WCW TV Champion Steve Austin pinned WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman (only the TV title was at stake)

– Scott Steiner pinned Mr. Hughes

– Cactus Jack pinned Van Hammer

– WCW Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko

– WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Sting via disqualification

– WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Rick Steiner

1992

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Leslie Belanger defeated Miss Texas to win the USWA Women’s Heavyweight Title

1993

Mexico City, Mexico:

– Corazon de Leon (Chris Jericho) defeated Mano Negra to win the NWA Middleweight Title

1993

Fukui, Japan:

– Satoshi Kojima defeated Tatsuhito Takaiwa

– Michiyoshi Ohara defeated Shinjiro Otani

– Osamu Kido defeated Yuji Nagata

– Tatsutoshi Goto defeated Takayuki Iizuka

– WCW Tag Team Champions the Nasty Boys defeated El Samurai & Black Cat

– The Great Muta & Jushin Liger defeated the Great Kabuki & Kuniaki Kobayashi

– Kengo Kimura & Shiro Koshinaka defeated Hiroshi Hase & Masahiro Chono

– Tatsumi Fujinami, Masa Saito, & Shinya Hashimoto defeated Mike Enos, IWGP Tag Team Champions Scott Norton & Hercules

Kennesaw, Georgia:

– Bobby Walker & Craig Pittman defeated the Gambler & Big Daddy

– Brian Anderson defeated Tom Zenk

– Diamond Dallas Page defeated Jim Steele

– Johnny B. Badd defeated Tommy Rich via count-out

– Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce fought 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell to a double disqualification

1996

ECW Holiday Hell: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

– Raven defeated The Sandman in a Barbed Wire match to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title

– Francine and Shane Douglas defeated Beulah McGillicutty and Tommy Dreamer

– Sabu defeated Perry Saturn

– Taz defeated Rob Van Dam

– The Gangstas (Mustafa Saed and New Jack) defeated Axl Rotten and D-Von Dudley to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship

1997

WWF In Your House, D-Generation X: Springfield, Massachusetts:

– TAKA Michinoku defeated Brian Christopher in the finals of a tournament to win the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title

– WWF World Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & Road Dogg defeated The Legion of Doom via DQ 

– Ken Shamrock defeated WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels via DQ

2014

Tokyo, Japan:

– Hirooki Goto & Katsuyoshi Shibata defeated Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson to win the World Tag League tournament

Zapopan, Mexico:

– El Patron Alberto (Alberto Del Rio) defeated El Tezano Jr to win the AAA Heavyweight title

VIDEO: ROH The Pinnacle: ‘Honor is Real’

Ring of Honor has put out the first episode of their new webseries, The Pinnacle, on their YouTube page. You can see the episode below.

The video, produced by Lightning One (who are also behind the NWA’s Ten Pounds of Gold series) mainly focuses on what Ring of Honor is and how it differentiates itself from other promotions. Founded in 2002, ROH initially focused on in-ring wrestling, with stars such as Daniel Bryan, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, CM Punk and others becoming stars in the WWE. The video continued to push this, emphasizing in the in-ring wrestling as well as the Code of Honor.

Notable stars such as Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, The Briscoes, Jay Lethal, and Flip Goron among others talked about their Ring of Honor experience and why they feel ROH stands out from others. 

It also plugged the upcoming Final Battle card which will take place on December 14. Cody will challenge Jay Lethal for the ROH title in the main event.

Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/18): Team WWF vs. The Alliance

1938

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Jim Londos defeated Bronco Nagurski for the World Heavyweight Title 

1942

Des Moines, Iowa:
– Orville Brown defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis in 2 out of 3 falls
– Ken Fenelon beat Nick Elitch 2 falls to 0
– Ronnie Etchison beat Bad Boy Brown 

1971

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat AWA Tag Team Champions The Crusher & Red Bastien by DQ
– Billy Robinson beat Lars Anderson
– Larry Hennig beat Dr. X
– Ivan Koloff beat Bull Bullinski
– Don Muraco beat Treach Phillips

1972

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Ivan Koloff
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Moose Cholak
– Rene Goulet drew George Scott
– Larry Hennig beat Joe Scarpello

1976

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Jack Brisco defeated Bob Backlund to win the Missouri State Title

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Attendance was 10,000
– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel double count out Verne Gagne (Special Referee: Pat O’Connor)
– The Crusher beat Baron Von Raschke
– Jim Brunzell beat Pierre Poisson (Pat Patterson)
– Pedro Morales beat Blackjack Lanza
– Pat O’Connor beat Bobby Duncum
– Peter Maivia drew Moose Morowski

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Akio Sato defeated The Iron Sheik via DQ
– Bob Brown defeated Ronnie Etchison
– Bob Geigel & The Super Intern defeated Bob Brown & Mitsuo Hata

1983

Cleveland, Ohio:
– Ted DiBiase defeated Brett Wayne Sawyer for the Georgia National Heavyweight Title 

1985

Memphis, Tennessee:
– CWA International Champ Phil Hickerson beat Dutch Mantel via countout
– Rip Morgan & Tarras Bulba beat Tojo Yamamoto & Billy Joe Travis
– The Fantastics beat Tom Pritchard & Pat Rose
– Jimmy Valiant pinned Tony Falk
– The Fabulous Ones beat The Midnight Express (Condrey & Eaton)
– Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, & Magnum TA beat Tully Blanchard, Ole & Arn Anderson in a bunkhouse match
– NWA Tag Champs Ivan & Nikita Koloff beat The Rock-n-Roll Express in a steel cage match
– NWA World Champ Ric Flair pinned Koko Ware

1988

Washington, D.C.: 
– Dennis Condrey & Randy Rose defeated Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers
– Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Russian Assassin #2
– Nikita Koloff pinned Russian Assassin #1
– NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo pinned Stan Lane 
– Rick Steiner defeated NWa US Champion Barry Windham via disqualification
– Lex Luger & Sting defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal

1989

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Tom Zenk pinned the Iron Sheik
– The Samoan Swat Team & the Samoan Savage defeated Ranger Ross, Tommy Rich, & Eddie Gilbert
– Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane defeated Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace
– NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Tom Zenk (sub. for an injured Brian Pillman) 
– NWA Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Doom via disqualification
– NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated NWA TV Champion the Great Muta via disqualification

1990

Tulsa, Oklahoma:
– Mike Rotunda pinned Allen Iron Eagle
– The Junkyard Dog & the Big Cat defeated the Moondogs
– The Iron Sheik pinned Brad Armstrong
– Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
– NWA US Tag Team Champion Rick & Scott Steiner defeated the Nasty Boys
– Lex Luger pinned Harley Race
– NWA World Champion Sting pinned Sid Vicious

1992

WCW Clash of the Champions: Macon, Georgia:
– Brian Pillman pinned Brad Armstrong 
– Erik Watts & Kensuke Sasaki defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton (w/ Michael Hayes) 
– Scotty Flamingo (w/ Vinnie Vegas & Diamond Dallas Page) defeated Johnny B. Badd (w/ Teddy Long) in a boxing match 
– WCW World Champion Ron Simmons & 2 Cold Scorpio (mystery partner) (sub. for Robbie Walker) defeated Tony Atlas, the Barbarian, & 
  Cactus Jack in a handicap match 
– Madusa fought Paul E. Dangerously (w/ Michael Hayes) to a no contest 
– King of Cable Semi-Finals: Sting defeated WCW US Champion Rick Rude in a non-title match via judge’s decision 
– Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defeated Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes to win the NWA & WCW World Tag Team Title 

1994

Pleasantville, New Jersey:
– Cousin Luke pinned Abudda Singh
– Johnny Gunn pinned Doink
– Al Snow pinned Devon Storm
– SMW Champ The Dirty White Boy pinned Scotty Flamingo
– Tracy Smothers beat Chris Candido
– The Rock-n-Roll Express beat SMW Tag Champs The Gangstas via DQ

1995

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– ECW World Champion Mikey Whipwreck defeated Steve Austin
– ECW World Tag Team Champions 2 Cold Scorpio & The Sandman defeated The Public Enemy

2001

WWE Survivor Series: Greensboro, North Carolina:
– Raven, Lance Storm, & Justin Credible defeated Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty, & Spike Dudley
– WWF European Champion Christian pinned Al Snow 
– William Regal pinned Tajiri 
– WCW US Champion Edge pinned WWF IC Champion Test in a unification match 
– WCW Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz (w/ Stacy Keibler) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Matt & Jeff Hardy in a unification steel cage match 
– Test (sub. for Scotty 2 Hotty) won a 22-man battle royal 
– Trish Stratus defeated Lita, Jackie, Ivory, Molly Holly, and Jazz (mystery participant) to win the vacant WWF Women’s 
– Team WWF (WCW World Champion The Rock, Chris Jericho, the Big Show, Kane, & the Undertaker) defeated Team Alliance (WWF World Champion Steve Austin, Shane McMahon, Kurt Angle, Booker T, & WWF Hardcore Champion Rob Van Dam) in an elimination match 

2007

WWE Survivor Series: Miami, Florida:
– ECW Champion CM Punk defeated The Miz and John Morrison
– Maria, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, & Mickie James defeated WWE Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix, Layla, Melina, Jillian Hall, & Victoria 
– Triple H, WWE IC Champion Jeff Hardy, Kane, & Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Umaga, Ken Kennedy, Big Daddy V (w/ Matt Striker), Finlay, & 
  WWE US Champion MVP in a handicap elimination match 
– The Great Khali (w/ Runjin Singh) defeated Hornswoggle (w/ Vince & Shane McMahon) via disqualification 
– WWE World Champion Randy Orton pinned Shawn Michaels 
– World Heavyweight Champion Batista pinned the Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match

2012

WWE Survivor Series: Indianapolis, Indiana:
– Heath Slater & Jinder Mahal defeated Santino Marella & Zack Ryder
– Rey Mysterio Jr., Sin Cara, Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel, & Brodus Clay (w/ Cameron & Naomi) defeated Tensai, Darren Young, Titus O’Neil, Epico & Primo Colon (w/ Rosa Mendes) in an unadvertised elimination match
– United States Champion Antonio Cesaro defeated R Truth
– WWE Divas Champion Eve pinned Kaitlyn 
– Sheamus defeated World Heavyweight Champion the Big Show via disqualification
– Dolph Ziggler, Alberto Del Rio, Damien Sandow, David Otunga (sub. for Cody Rhodes), & Wade Barrett defeated Randy Orton, WWE IC Champion Kofi Kingston, Mike Mizanin, WWE Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan & Kane (w/ Mick Foley) in an elimination match 
– WWE World Champion CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) defeated John Cena and Ryback

2017

NXT Takeover Wargames: Houston, Texas:
– Ruby Riot pinned Sonya Deville (pre-show TV tapings)
– Pete Dunne retained the U.K. title over Johnny Gargano (pre-show TV tapings)
– Lars Sullivan pinned Kassius Ohno 
– Aleister Black pinned Velveteen Dream 
– Ember Moon won the vacant NXT women’s title in a four-way over Nikki Cross, Kairi Sane and Peyton Royce
– Andrade Cien Almas pinned Drew McIntyre to win the NXT title
– Adam Cole & Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly won War Games over Authors of Pain & Roderick Strong and Eric Young & Killian Dain & Alexander Wolfe

Janela out for ‘at least a year’ with knee injury, stripped of WWN title

Joey Janela is out for at least a year following a botched dive spot last month that totaled his knee.

After revealing the extent of the damage to his knee last week, Janela took to Twitter today to give another update on his injury status.

“Well I met my surgeon today, it’s official I’ll be gone for at least a year…even worse [than] I thought, really heartbroken,” he wrote. “He said this one was is really bad, surgery next week…the voyage has never been easy for me, It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll.”

It was announced earlier this morning by WWN that due to the knee injury, Janela has been officially stripped of the WWN championship. A tournament to crown a new champion will take place on October 28 in Ybor City, Florida.

Janela was injured back on 9/21 during the Game Changer Wrestling Live Fast, Die Young event. Janela went for a crossbody off the top rope to the floor on former WCW star Psicosis when he landed badly on his knee on impact, tearing his PCL and MCL among other tears, contusions and sprains.

Daily Pro Wrestling History (08/29): SummerSlam 1992 at Wembley Stadium

1940

Kansas City, Kansas: 

– Orville Brown beat Don McIntyre

– Ralph Garibaldi beat Steve Brody in 2 of 3 falls 

– Earl Wampler defeated Jim Reeder 

1943

Waterloo, Iowa:

– Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat John Grandovich

– Johnny Seals beat Leo McGuirk (Leroy McGuirk) 

– Jack Kennedy beat Big Boy Mully

1961

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

– AWA US Champion Gene Kiniski no contest Hard Boiled Haggerty

– Wilbur Snyder beat Stan Kowalski

– Mr. M beat Roy McClarty

– Karl Krauser (Karl Gotch) beat Tiny Mills 

– Dale Lewis drew Bob Geigel

1963

Amarillo, Texas:

– AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Dory Funk Jr in 2 out of 3 falls

– Joe Blanchard & Dory Funk Sr & Ricky Romero beat Sputnik Monroe & Art Nelson & Tokyo Tom in 2 out of 3 falls 

– Masked Rasputin beat Jose Lothario by countout

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Bob Geigel beat Rock Hunter 2 falls to 1

– Handicap Match, Mongolian Stomper beat John Fogarty and Jose Ramirez 

– Larry Hamilton (Missouri Mauler) beat Jim Grabmire by DQ

1970

St Paul, Minnesota

– DQ Rule Waived; Blackjack Lanza beat Dr X and unmasked him to reveal Dick Beyer

– No DQ match, Larry Hennig & Lars Anderson beat The Crusher & Bad Boy Bullinski on a 3rd fall countout

– Pepper Gomez beat Butcher Vachon

– Edouard Carpentier beat Dave Cox

– Paul Diamond beat Jack Daniels 

– Bill Howard beat Frank Hickey

1974

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Bad News Beach & The Viking defeated Bob Orton & Don Fargo

– Boxing match; Dr. Ken Ramey defeated Bill Kersten

– Texas Death Match; Killer Karl Krupp defeated Mike George

– Bob Brown defeated Lord Alfred Hayes 

– Pat O’Connor & Bob Geigel defeated The Interns

1982

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– Otto Wanz defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight

– Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum & Jesse Ventura no contest Baron Von Raschke & Curt Hennig & Brad Rheingans

– AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Rick Martel & Tito Santana

– Steve Olsonoski beat Jacques Goulet

– Bobby Heenan beat Ray Stevens by DQ 

– Buck Zumhofe beat Kenny Jay

Atlanta, Georgia:

– Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) won a one night tournament to capture the Georgia National Heavyweight Title over Paul Orndorff in the finals 

– The Samoans (Afa and Sika) defeated the Freebirds to win the National Tag Team Titles

1987

Night of Champions: Houston, Texas:

– Misty Blue pinned Comrade Orca (the match was billed as for the NWA World Women’s title)

– UWF TV Champion Shane Douglas pinned Pez Whatley 

– Ron Simmons pinned the Enforcer 

– Steve Cox pinned Gary Young 

– UWF Tag Team Champions Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner defeated Black Bart & the Terminator 

– Terry Taylor pinned Chris Adams a

– UWF World Champion Steve Williams pinned Big Bubba 

– Sting pinned Eddie Gilbert in a Texas death match

– Dusty Rhodes defeated NWA US Champion Lex Luger via disqualification 

– NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard 

– NWA World Champion Ric Flair pinned UWF Western States Heritage Champion Barry Windham

1988

WWF SummerSlam: Madison Square Garden:

– The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) vs. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers (Jacques and Raymond) ended in a time limit draw

– Bad News Brown defeated Ken Patera

– Rick Rude (with Bobby Heenan) defeated Junkyard Dog by disqualification

– The Powers of Pain (The Barbarian and The Warlord) (with The Baron) defeated The Bolsheviks (Boris Zhukov and Nikolai Volkoff) (with Slick)

– The Ultimate Warrior defeated The Honky Tonk Man to win the Intercontinental Title 

– Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin) defeated Don Muraco

– Demolition (Ax and Smash) (with Mr. Fuji and Jimmy Hart) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) to retain the WWF 

  Tag Team Championship

– Big Boss Man (with Slick) defeated Koko B. Ware

– Jake Roberts defeated Hercules

– The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage) (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant) (with Bobby Heenan and Virgil)

Greenville, South Carolina:

– Kevin Sullivan (sub. for Larry Zbyszko) defeated the Italian Stallion

– Al Perez defeated Chris Champion (sub. for Ron Simmons)

– NWA TV Champion Mike Rotundo & Rick Steiner defeated Brad Armstrong & Ron Simmons (sub. for the Road Warriors)

– Sting, Ricky Morton, Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers defeated Ivan Koloff, Russian Assassin, Luke Williams, & Rip Morgan

– NWA US Tag Team Champions Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane fought NWA Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard to a double disqualification

1990

Rome, Georgia:

– Brad Armstrong defeated Dutch Mantell

– Tim Horner defeated Buddy Landell via disqualification

– Mike Rotunda defeated the Iron Sheik

– NWA US Champion Lex Luger pinned Barry Windham (sub. for Sid Vicious)

– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Doom in a non-title match

– The Junkyard Dog pinned Mark Callous

– Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane

1991

East Rutherford, New Jersey:

– Dustin Rhodes pinned Joey Maggs 

– Richard Morton pinned Robert Gibson

– Terrance Taylor pinned Big Josh 

– Tom Zenk pinned the Diamond Studd in a tuxedo match 

– Ron Simmons pinned Thomas Rich 

– Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip fought WCW US Tag Team Champions Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin to a double count-out

– WCW TV Champion Steve Austin defeated Johnny B. Badd via disqualification 

– El Gigante, Rick Steiner, Bill Kazmaier, & Yellow Dog defeated Dick Murdoch, Dick Slater, the One Man Gang, & Oz 

– WCW US Champion Sting pinned Cactus Jack 

– WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Barry Windham

1992

WWF SummerSlam: Wembley, England:

– Jim Duggan and The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) defeated The Mountie and The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) (with Jimmy Hart)

– Papa Shango defeated Tito Santana

– The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) (with Paul Ellering) defeated Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) (with Jimmy Hart)

– Nailz defeated Virgil

– Shawn Michaels (with Sensational Sherri) vs. Rick Martel ended in a double countout

– The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Blake Beverly and Beau Beverly) (with The Genius) to retain the WWF Tag Team Championship

– Crush defeated the Repo Man

– Tatanka defeated The Berzerker (with Mr. Fuji)

– The Ultimate Warrior defeated Randy Savage by countout in a match for the WWF Championship

– The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Kamala (with Harvey Wippleman and Kim Chee) by disqualification

– Davey Boy Smith defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Title 

Kansas City, Missouri:

– The Junkyard Dog pinned Vinnie Vegas

– Erik Watts pinned Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker

– Cactus Jack pinned Van Hammer

– The Barbarian pinned Brian Pillman

– Johnny B. Badd pinned Scotty Flamingo

– Dick Slater pinned Tom Zenk

– Dustin Rhodes pinned Greg Valentine

– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

– WCW TV Champion Steve Austin pinned Ricky Steamboat

– WCW US Champion Rick Rude & Jake Roberts defeated Sting & Nikita Koloff 

– WCW World Champion Ron Simmons pinned Big Van Vader

1994

WWF SummerSlam: Chicago, Illinois:

– Adam Bomb defeated Kwang

– Irwin R. Schyster and Bam Bam Bigelow (with Ted DiBiase) defeated The Headshrinkers (Fatu and Samu) (with Lou Albano and Afa) by disqualification

– Alundra Blayze defeated Bull Nakano (with Luna Vachon) to retain the WWF Women’s Championship

– Razor Ramon (with Walter Payton) defeated Diesel (with Shawn Michaels) to win the WWF Intercontinental Title 

– Tatanka defeated Lex Luger

– Jeff Jarrett defeated Mabel (with Oscar)

– WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart in a steel cage match

– The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated The Underfaker (with Ted DiBiase)

2000

Fayetteville, North Carolina:

– Al Snow defeated Perry Saturn for the WWF European Heavyweight Title

2016

WWE Raw: Houston, Texas:

– Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and Big Cass in a fatal four-way match to win the vacant Universal Championship

Bandido announced for All In

Big announcements for All In continue as a top indy prospect has been added to the card.

One half of the Young Bucks Matt Jackson announced this afternoon on Instagram that Bandido is the latest wrestler to join the upcoming independent show set for late summer.  

A standout independent wrestler in Mexico since his debut in 2014, Bandido has gained ground in the US indy scene in 2018, regularly working for PWG in California. He’s also set for their Battle of Los Angeles tournament, where he will face T-Hawk in the opening round  At twenty three years old, he’s travelled all over the world, including most recently working dates for Dragon Gate in Japan.

In addition to Bandido, it was recently announced during the latest episode of Being the Elite that Hangman Page will face Joey Janela at the event. Kazuchika vs. Marty Scurll has also been announced.

All In will take place at the Sears Center Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on September 1st.

Rousey given storyline suspension as part of WWE Raw angle

A storyline suspension will keep Ronda Rousey from appearing on Raw for the next 30 days.

The suspension stems from an angle that opened up tonight’s show. GM Kurt Angle was in the ring to introduce the new Raw women’s’ champion, Alexa Bliss. After some bragging, Rousey arrived to the ring, not too pleased. Bliss continued to brag, calling Rousey an overhyped rookie.

That caused Rousey to go on a tear, destroying Alexa Bliss, Kurt Angle and a number of other officials who tried to break up the altercation. The segment ended when Rousey put Bliss through a table that was set up in the ring for the celebration.

In storyline, this would mean that the next time Rousey will be allowed on television is July 18, which would be just a few days after Extreme Rules on July 15. She would be able to appear back on TV starting on the 7/23 episode of Raw.

NJPW Best of the Super Junior finals live results: Ishimori vs. Takahashi

It all boils down to the final two in tonight’s Best of the Super Junior finals.

Hiromu Takahashi and Taiji Ishimori will battle to determine the twenty fifth Best of the Super Juniors winner. With Will Ospreay eliminated, it seems very likely that the winner of tonight’s main event will challenge for the IWGP Jr. heavyweight championship, possibly at Dominion on 6/9.

The two had a confrontation right after Takahashi defeated KUSHIDA to win the B block. Takahashi was laying in the ring when Ishimori snuck up from behind and tried to do something off the top rope. Takahashi bolted, not wanting a confrontation right after winning his match. They will face off against one another for the first time ever in tonight’s main event.

With this being the final go home show before Dominion, there will likely be more build towards that event. Aside from the usual tags, the co-main event will pit Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada against Kota Ibushi and Chase Owens, with the idea being that Okada is facing Kenny Omega’s best friend just days before he clashes with Omega himself.

Join us for live coverage of the event this morning at 5:30 a.m. EDT. Kevin Kelly will be on English commentary, along with a special guest color commentator.

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Flip Gordon and Chris Sabin defeated Tiger Mask and Shota Umino

A pretty solid opener, but nothing special Some nice back and forth, mostly. Gordon got the win for his team with a springboard 450 splash using his knees. Enjoy that finish while it lasts.

Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Minoru Suzuki, Taka Michinoku and Takashi Iizuka

So stop me if you’ve heard this one, but a Suzuki-gun tag team broke down into a brawl early in the match. Suzuki this time focused on YOSHI-HASHI, pelting him with a chair. Suzuki attempted the Gotch piledriver, but YOSHI-HASHI managed to escape.

The finish had everyone in the ring. Michinoku raked Yano’s eyes. Yano came back alive, low blowed Taka Michinoku and pinned him with a roll up. It was there.

Hirooki Goto and Roppongi 3K defeated Taichi, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Stop me if you heard this one, but a Suzuki-gun tag team broke down into a brawl early in the match. Yes, they used steel chair shots here too. Desperado threw SHO into the crowd and smashed his knee into a chair. Kanemaru and the rest of the heels worked on the bum leg.

YOH made a hot comeback, but got stopped by Kanemaru’s whiskey spray to the face. Kanemaru went for the Deep Impact DDT but YOH countered and scooped him up into a bridge for the win. Better than the previous bout.

The heels beat up on CHAOS after the match. Taichi posed with the NEVER title over the fallen Goto, alluding to their match next weekend.

Marty Scurll and Yujiro Takahashi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Henare

Henare was worked on for a bit before Tanahashi made a great hot tag. Henare came in and looked good, hitting Takahashi with a big suplex. Takahashi bit one of Henare’s fingers. He tried to do the same with Tanahashi, but he escaped.

Henare kicked out of a fisherman’s buster from Takahashi, but Takahashi finished him off with the Pimp Juice DDT. Another fine tag team match, but again absolutely nothing special.

Scurll attacked Tanahashi after the match, latching on the chicken wing.  Liger, who was on commentary on the outside, had enough and made the save for Tanahashi. This sets up Liger, Tanahashi and Mysterio against Marty Scurll, Yujiro Takahashi and someone else from the Bullet Club.

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI and SANADA defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Dragon Lee, ACH and KUSHIDA

This had a quicker pace than the other matches and started off really strong. Everyone came in and looked good. ACH, who was jumped by Naito right before the match started, tried to finish it with SANADA. He went for a roll up, but SANADA kicked up. He went to lift him in the suplex position, but he blocked it and went for the Skull End. With no other options, ACH submitted.

Chris Jericho appeared on the titantron. He admitted he didn’t headline Budokan back in 1997 when Naito was there, but he headlined WrestleKingdom 12. He mentioned the fact people voted him off of WrestleKingdom 8’s main event. 

It’s okay, he says. Naito doesn’t have to know he is. He doesn’t need to know. He’s going to help Naito become a star, then he’ll know who he is. He closed the promo by calling him a  certain word we can’t use here. Let’s just say everyone in New Japan LOVES to use the F word.

Naito says Jericho talked too much. He has too much free time on his hands, taking selfie camera videos. He’s going to shut that big mouth of Jericho’s at Korakuen Hall. 

Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay defeated Kota Ibushi and Chase Owens

A lot of this was back and forth. Okada was worked on for a bit by Ibushi and Owens, then Ospreay came in and was worked on too.

They built to a confrontation between Ospreay and Ibushi after a double pele kick took out their partners. They exchanged some offense and it was absolutely insane. Ibushi took him out with the Golden Triangle moonsault.

In in the ring, Owens went for the package piledriver, but Okada blocked it. He hit the dropkick, struck Owens with a v-trigger (a message to Kenny Omega) and pinned him with the Rainmaker. Another solid match with good build towards next weekend’s show.

Hiromu Takahashi defeated Taiji Ishimori to win the Best of the Super Juniors tournament

This was an excellent bout, probably on par with some of the recent finals that was some of the best wrestling all year. Lots of excellent callbacks from the previous night, as well as some killer offense by Takahashi and some terrific work from Ishimori. Dunno how high I’d go, or where it is on the scale of awesome matches, for me I feel it’s definitely up near the top.

They start off quick. Takahashi goes for the sunset flip bomb, but Ishimori flips over him as they two begin to brawl on the outside. Takahashi takes Ishimori into the crowd. He ran towards one end of Korakuen Hall to the other, sending Ishimori falling to the floor. He tries to follow with a powerbomb on the concrete steps but Ishimori counters with a hurricanrana, sending him down the stairs in a nasty way.

Ishimori takes him back in the ring, then sends Takahashi back out by sending him into some chairs on the outside. Takahashi makes it back in the ring, but is taken down by a sliding German suplex out of the ring by Ishimori. Takahashi escapes and connects with the sunset flip bomb to the floor.

Takahashi follows by sliding Ishimori out of the ring in a wheelbarrow position, sending him face first to the mat. He follows with a shotgun dropkick hat sends Ishimori into the crowd. Ishimori launched himself with a springboard, but Takahashi took him out with a lariat.

Ishimori finally came back to life by putting in the move that gave him the spot in the finals — the crossface. Takahashi manages to escape, but when he tries to mount some offense Ishimori sets him back down with the crossface once again. Ishimori tries everything in his power to prevent Takahashi from getting to the ropes, but finally he gets a foot on the bottom rope and manages to free himself.

Takahashi sends Ishimori flying into the post with a giant belly to belly suplex. After connecting the dynamite plunger. Takahashi connects with what can best be described as an inverted powerbomb off the top rope and to the floor.

Ishimori blocks the time bomb, plants Takahashi with a reverse rana but Takahashi jumps right back up and hits a reverse rana of his own. A striking exchange follows, with Ishimori getting the better of it. Ishimori drills him with double knees in the corner and then does it again for a pinfall attempt, but Takahashi kicks out. 

Takahashi avoids a bloody cross finish and traps Ishimori with the triangle. Ishimori tries to escape, even trying to deadlift his way out but couldn’t do it…until he does, and drives Takahashi into the ring post. 

Takahashi comes back to life and plants Ishimori with the piledriver from last night and sinks in the triangle again. Ishimori gets to the ropes. Takahashi hits the running Death Valley Driver into the corner and hits the Time Bomb to win the Best of the Super Juniors tournament. 

Takahashi takes the mic after the match. He doesn’t like being called best of the super juniors.He’s taking this all the way to the IWGP Jr. title. That brings out Ospreay, who congratulates him. He says that he’s beaten Takahashi twice already and he’ll prove it again at Osaka. 

Hiromu says thank you, meow. He says this our Super Junior tournament. His dream is to take back the title and wear the belt around his waist at Korakuen Hall. That popped the crowd. The show ends with the usual streamer show. Somehow, he ended up breaking the trophy, taking apart one of the wings. Oops!

Impact renews UK television deal with 5Spike

After a period of uncertainty, Impact will remain on the air in the United Kingdom.

Impact announced on their Twitter account today that they have renewed their agreement with 5Spike in the UK to continue broadcasting Impact every Friday at 11 p.m. In addition, they announced that Impact will be available on demand for free every week on their Global Wrestling Network streaming service at the same time the show is broadcast in the United States.

As for Impact’s upcoming Redemption PPV on Sunday, Impact’s Twitter account mentioned that 5Spike will not be airing the show live. However, it will be made available to subscribers of GWN next week. Impact promised a follow up to this announcement in the near future.

Impact’s future on 5Spike had been in question after the show was removed from upcoming listings while the two sides were negotiating on a new deal. They have been airing episodes of Impact on the network since last spring.

El Santo headlines 2018 WWE Hall of Fame legacy inductee class

Ten more names will be added to the legacy wing of WWE’s Hall of Fame tonight.

Promotional material for WrestleMania 34 has shown that the following will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year as part of the recently established wing:

  • El Santo, one of the most prolific figures in lucha libre history.
  • Stan Stasiak, a former WWWF champion.
  • Lord Alfred Hayes, former AWA manager who was later a WWE announcer.
  • Dara Singh, an Indian wrestler who later became a politician and film star in India.
  • Jim Londos, a Greek wrestler who was a big draw during the 1930s and 40s.
  • Rufus R. Jones, a mainstay in the Mid Atlantic and Central States territories during the 1970s and 80s.
  • Sputnik Monroe, best known for his run in the Memphis territory.
  • Boris “The Great” Malenko, a territory wrestler with a Russian sympathizer gimmick who later trained his sons Dean and Joe Malenko.
  • Cora Combs, a wrestler from the 1940s and 50s who later trained her daughter, Debbie.
  • Hiro Matsuda, a territory wrestler in the 60s and 70s who later trained the likes of Hulk Hogan and Lex Luger.

They will be honored tonight during the Hall of Fame ceremony on the WWE Network, likely through a video like previous legacy award recipients. Introduced in 2016, The legacy award recognizes those from the earlier eras of professional wrestling, especially in the 20th century. There have been sixteen inductees since its inception.

Daily Pro Wrestling History (3/09): Steiner Brothers win NWA tag titles

1950

Kansas City, Kansas:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz beat Tarzan Kowalski in 2 out of 3 falls to retain the title
– Lee Henning beat Enrique Torres in 2 out of 3 falls
– Tommy O’Toole beat Vic Holbrook

1957

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Richard Brown and Kit Fox beat Bob Geigel and Lou Plummer 2 falls to 1 by dq
– Ladies Champion June Byers beat Betty Hawkins 2 falls to 1
– Bobby Bruns beat Babe Zaharias 
– Tommy O’Toole drew Gino Vagnone 

1962

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Champion Mr. M no contest Yukon Eric
– Bob Geigel beat Nikita Kalmikoff
– Joe Scarpello beat Ray Collins
– Doug Gilbert beat Tony Nero

1963

St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Crusher beat Hercules Cortez in 2 out of 3 falls
– Doug Gilbert won a 6 man battle royal
– Larry Hennig drew Jack Pesek 
– Kay Noble beat Annette Palmer
– Jack Lanza beat Duke Hoffman 

1965

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat The Crusher dq
– Verne Gagne beat Moose Cholak
– Larry Hennig beat Ivan Kalmikoff
– Reggie Parks beat Bob Boyer  

1970 

Madison Square Garden:
– WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Karl Kovacs 
– Killer Kowalski fought Waldo Von Erich to a curfew draw

1973

Chicago, Illinois:
– Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher dq
– Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera by countout
– Bob Ellis drew Ernie Ladd
– Billy Robinson beat Reggie Parks
– Ivan Koloff beat Vic Rossitani
– Rene Goulet beat Jim Brunzell

1974

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– Wahoo McDaniel beat Buddy Wolff
– Baron Von Raschke & Horst Hoffman beat Ken Patera & Chris Taylor
– Geoff Portz beat Larry Heiniemi dq
– Jim Brunzell drew Ric Flair
– Rene Goulet beat Paul Perschmann

1980

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura
– The Crusher no contest Bobby Heenan
– Super Destroyer Mark III beat Super Destroyer Mark II
– Handicap match: Steve Olsonoski & Buck Zumhofe beat Jerry Blackwell
– Greg Gagne beat Chris Markoff
– Dino Bravo beat Ricky Hunter

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– Dewey Robertson retained Canadian Championship over Greg Valentine by dq
– Indian Jay Youngblood pinned Ray (The Crippler) Steven 
– Black Jack Mulligan was the winner over Big John Studd in a Texas Death match
– The Blue Demon and The Destroyer won over Pedro Morales and Don Kernodle

1981 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– The Turk & El Toro beat Eddie & Tommy Gilbert
– Dream Machine beat Chief Thundercloud
– The Angel & Ali Hassan beat Koko Ware & Ron Sexton
– Tojo Yamamoto & Wayne Ferris beat Sonny King & Roy Rogers
– CWA Tag Champs Austin Idol & Dutch Mantel beat Bill Dundee & Tommy Rich via DQ
– Bill Dundee & Dream Machine beat Tojo Yamamoto & Wayne Ferris
– Southern Champ Jerry Lawler beat Jimmy Valiant

1985

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Jim Garvin
– Special Referee: Verne Gagne: Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell beat King Tonga & Masked Superstar & Sheik Adnan dq
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Nick Bockwinkel & Mr. Saito
– Curt Hennig beat Billy Robinson
– Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal
– Candi Devine beat Diane Von Hoffman
– John Nord drew Tom Zenk

1987

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler & Bam Bam Bigelow beat Austin Idol & Tommy Rich
– AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Big Bubba & Mighty Goliath
– Jeff Jarrett beat Pat Tanaka dq
– Soul Train Jones beat Lord Humongous
– JT Southern & Paul Diamond beat Mr. Rising Sun & Tarzan Goto
– Alan West dcor The Hunter
– Mark Starr beat Boy Tony dq
– Brickhouse Brown beat John Boyd

1991

Montgomery, Alabama:
– Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin to become the NWA World Tag Team Champions 

Cologne, Germany:
– Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Johnny B. Badd defeated Paul Orndorff & Paul Roma
– Frank Anderson defeated Harlem Heat Kane
– Maxx Payne defeated Ron Simmons via disqualification
– WCW US Champion Steve Austin defeated 2 Cold Scorpio
– Ricky Steamboat defeated Harlem Heat Kole
– WCW World Champion Ric Flair defeated WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal
– Vader defeated Sting 

1995

Williamsburg, Kentucky:
Boo Bradley defeated D-Lo Brown
The Dirty White Boy defeated Buddy Landel
New Jack & Mustafa defeated Tracy Smothers & Boo Bradley (sub. for Bob Armstrong)
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated Al Snow & Unabomb via disqualification

1996 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
– Rey Misterio Jr. defeated Juventud Guerrera in a best two-out-of-three falls match 
– Raven defeated Shane Douglas to retain the ECW World Title
– The Gangstas defeated The Sandman & 2 Cold Scorpio and The Headhunters in a three-way dance
– Cactus Jack defeated Mikey Whipwreck 

2002

– Dan Severn won the NWA title from Shinya Hashimoto

2008

TNA Destination X: Norfolk, Virginia:
– TNA X-Division champion Jay Lethal defeated Petey Williams 
– TNA Knockout champion Awesome Kong defeated ODB and Gail Kim
– In a Fish Market Street Fight: Shark Boy & Curry Man defeated Team 3D
– Kevin Nash & Samoa Joe & Christian Cage defeated TNA champion Kurt Angle & TNA Tag Team champs AJ Styles & Tomko 

2014

TNA Lockdown:
– Gunner defeated James Storm in a Last Man Standing Match
– TNA Knockouts champ Madison Rayne defeated Gail Kim
– TNA Champion Magnus defeated Samoa Joe to retain the title

Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/30): ECW November to Remember 1997

1945

St. Joseph, Missouri:

– MWA Champion, Orville Brown beat Vic Holbrook 2 falls to 1

– Bobby Bruns beat Cowboy Roy Graham 

– Rube Wright drew Dan O’Connor 

1948

Dallas, Texas:

– Antonio Rocca defeated Danny McShain to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

1968

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– The Crusher beat Mitsu Arakawa

– Billy Red Lyons no contest Dr. X

– Bill Watts beat Harley Race

– Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown

– Lars Anderson beat Frankie Laine

1972

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:

– Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon 

– George Gordienko beat Ivan Koloff

– Superstar Billy Graham beat Wahoo McDaniel

– Don Muraco beat George Scott 

– Rene Goulet beat Bob Tuck

1973

Denver, Colorado:

– No DQ Match: Superstar Billy Graham beat Ken Patera

– Billy Robinson beat Ivan Koloff 

– Ricky Romero beat Bill Crouch

– Geoff Portz beat Tony Rocco

Chicago, Illinois:

– Dick the Bruiser & Verne Gagne beat AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens by DQ

– Larry Heiniemi beat Sailor Art Thomas

– Pepper Gomez beat Baron Von Raschke

– Bob Ellis beat Buddy Wolff

– Rene Goulet beat Billy Red Cloud

– Ric Flair drew Greg Gagne

1979

Houston, Texas:

– Bruiser Brody defeated The Spoiler to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title

1981

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Stan Lane beat Roy Rogers

– Bobby Eaton beat Tommy Gilbert

– Steve Keirn beat The Nightmare

– Norvell Austin & Dennis Condrey beat Ricky Morton & Eddie Gilbert

– The Super Destroyer & Sweet Brown Sugar beat Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee via DQ

– The Cuban & Iranian Assassins beat Ricky & Robert Gibson in a “loser get ten lashes” match

– Southern Champ Dutch Mantel beat Dream Machine in a no DQ match

1986

St. Joseph, Missouri:

– No DQ: Bulldog Bob Brown beat Sam Houston 

– Rufus R. Jones, Rocky King & George South beat The Mod Squad & Mark Fleming 

– Central States Tag Team Titles: Dave Peterson & Todd Champion beat The Warlord & Colt Steele to retain the titles

– Mitch Snow beat Teijo Khan 

– Italian Stallion & Denny Brown beat Thunderfoot I & Thunderfoot II

Chicago, Illinois:

– Curt Hennig beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ

– Jerry Blackwell beat Colonel DeBeers

– Midnight Rockers & Despina Montagus beat Buddy Rose & Doug Somers & Sherri Martel

– Greg Gagne beat Larry Zbyszko by DQ

– Leon White beat Boris Zhukov

– Alexis Smirnoff & Yuri Gordienko beat Billy Robinson & Steve Olsonoski

1992

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Doug Gilbert beat Randy Rhodes

– The American Eagles beat The Assassins

– Mike Miller beat Tony Falk

– Regina Hale beat Leslie Ballinger via DQ

– Eddie Marlin beat Mike Samples in a “retirement” match

– Jeff Gaylord, Brian Christopher, & The Masters of Terror (Ken Wayne & Ken Raper) beat Danny Davis, Bill Dundee, & The American Eagles

– The Moondogs beat Brian Christopher & Jeff Gaylord via DQ

1997

ECW November to Remember: Monaca, Pennsylvania:

– Chris Candido and Lance Storm defeated Tommy Rogers and Jerry Lynn

– Mikey Whipwreck defeated Justin Credible (with Jason)

– Taz defeated Pitbull #2 (with Pitbull #1, Brakkus and Lance Wright) to retain the ECW World TV Title

– The F.B.I. (Tracy Smothers and Little Guido) (with Tommy Rich) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray and D-Von) (with Big Dick 

  Dudley, Sign Guy Dudley and Joel Gertner), The Hardcore Chair Swingin’ Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten) and The Gangstanators 

  (New Jack and John Kronus) to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship

– Tommy Dreamer (with Beulah McGillicutty) fought Rob Van Dam (with Bill Alfonso) to a no-contest Flag match

– Sabu (with Bill Alfonso) defeated The Sandman in a Tables & Ladders match

– Shane Douglas defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title

2001

Sapporo, Japan

– Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Vader & Scorpio to win the Pro Wrestling Noah Global Honored Crown Tag Team Title

Daily Pro Wrestling History (11/28): Starrcade 1985

1933

Springfield, Missouri:

– Ed “Strangler” Lewis beat Whitey Hewitt 

– Casey Columbo and Jimmy Moore wrestled to a 30 minute draw

1939

Honolulu, Hawaii:

– Paul Jones defeated Pedro Martinez for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title

1957

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Ronnie Etchison and Thor Hagen beat Tommy O’Toole and Great Tonina in the finals of a one night tournament to win the vacant Central States tag team titles

1958

St. Joseph, Missouri:

– Bob Ellis defeated Bob Geigel to win Central States Title

1963

St. Paul, Minnesota:

– The Crusher defeated Verne Gagne to win the AWA World Heavyweight Title

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Mongolian Stomper won a 10 man battle royal 

– Mongolian Stomper and Pat O’Connor wrestled to a double count out

– Bob Geigel beat Bulldog Plechas 

– Sonny Myers drew Enrique Torres  

– Rock Hunter beat Ronnie Etchison

– Larry Hamilton beat Mike Sharpe by DQ

1968

Minneapolis, Minnesota:

– Dr. X beat The Crusher 

– Bill Watts beat Harley Race 

– Pampero Firpo beat Luke Brown

– Larry Hennig drew Billy Red Lyons

1972

Tampa, Florida:

– Jack Brisco beat Paul Jones to win the Florida title 

Fort Myers, Florida:

– Bob Orton Sr. & Bob Orton Jr. beat Sputnik Monroe & Norvell Austin via count out 

1973

Honolulu, Hawaii:

– North American Champion Billy Robinson beat Fred Blassie

– Ripper Collins & Greg Valentine beat Sam Steamboat & Neff Maiava in 2 out of 3 falls to win Hawaiian tag title

– Billy Graham beat Ken Patera by DQ

– Bobo Johnson & Haiti Kid beat Little Bruiser & Tokyo Joe

– Ed Francis went to a no contest with Al Madril

1974

Jacksonville, Florida:

– Dusty Rhodes beat Cowboy Bill Watts to win the Florida title 

1977

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Terry Gordy beat Ken Dillinger

– Mr. Wrestling drew Norvell Austin

– Sonny King & David Schultz beat Robert Gibson & Terry Gordy

– Phil Hickerson & Dennis Condrey beat Samoans Tio & Tapu to win the Southern Tag Team Titles

– Bill Dundee beat Mike Stark in a “bare fist” match

– Jimmy Valiant beat Jerry Lawler in a “$20,000 vs. title stretcher” match to win the Southern Title

1978

Tampa, Florida:

– Harley Race beat Jack Brisco to retain the NWA title 

1979

Miami Beach, Florida:

– Harley Race went to a double count out with Manny Fernandez to retain the NWA title 

Omaha, Nebraska:

– AWA Tag Team Champions Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Super Destroyer Mark II & Super Destroyer Mark III

– Jesse Ventura drew Greg Gagne

– Billy Robinson beat Lord Alfred Hayes

– Adrian Adonis beat Paul Ellering

– Dino Bravo beat Buddy Wolff

1981

St. Petersburg, Florida:

– Ric Flair beat Jack Brisco to retain the NWA title

1982

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana

– Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan

– Ken Patera beat Larry Hennig

– Rick Martel beat Bobby Duncum by DQ

1983

Memphis, Tennessee:

– The Grappler beat Tom Pritchard

– The Jaguar beat The Angel

– The Moondogs (Rex & Spot), The A-Team, & Dennis Condrey beat Robert Gibson, Bobby Eaton, Art Crews, Stagger Lee, & Giant Frazier

– Terry Taylor beat Buddy Landel to win the Mid-America Title

– The Fabulous Ones beat Porkchop Cash & Dream Machine to win the Southern Tag Title

– Ricky Morton beat U.S. Junior Heavyweight champ Bill Dundee via DQ

– Dutch Mantel beat Norvell Austin via DQ

– Southern Champ Jerry Lawler beat Ken Patera

1985 Thanksgiving Night

St. Paul, Minnesota: Attendance was 12,000

– Scott Hall won a battle royal

– Jerry Blackwell beat Michael Hayes

– Road Warriors beat Fabulous Freebirds Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts

– Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal to win light heavyweight title

– Scott Hall beat Boris Zhukov by DQ

– Mongolian Stomper beat Kevin Kelly

– Leon White drew Bill Irwin

Dallas, Texas:

– Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez defeated Kerry & Kevin Von Erich in a Steel Cage to win the World Class American Tag Team Title 

– In a match for the World Class title, Iceman King Parsons defeated champion Rick Rude by DQ

– John Tatum defeated Scott Casey in a steel cage match

NWA Starrcade: Greensboro, North Carolina:

– Magnum TA defeated Tully Blanchard in an I Quit match in a steel cage to win the United States Heavyweight Title

– The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated Ivan & Nikita Koloff to win the NWA World Tag Team Title

– Buddy Landell defeated Terry Taylor to win the NWA National Title 

– Krusher Khruschev defeated Sam Houston to win the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title

– Ron Bass defeated Black Bart (with James J. Dillon) in a Texas Bullrope match

NWA Starrcade: Atlanta, Georgia: 

– Manny Fernandez defeated Abdullah the Butcher (with Paul Jones) in a Mexican Death match

– Superstar Billy Graham defeated The Barbarian (with Paul Jones) by disqualification in an Arm wrestling match

– Superstar Billy Graham defeated The Barbarian (with Paul Jones) by disqualification

– The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Ole Anderson and Arn Anderson) defeated Wahoo McDaniel and Billy Jack Haynes to retain the NWA National Tag Team Championship

– Jimmy Valiant and Miss Atlanta Lively (with Big Mama) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Dennis Condrey) (with Jim Cornette) in an Atlanta Street Fight

– Dusty Rhodes defeated Ric Flair to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

1986

Richmond, Virginia:

– Hector Guerrero fought Bill Dundee to a draw

– Bobby Jaggers & Dutch Mantel defeated NWA US Tag Team Champions Ivan Koloff & Krusher Kruschev

– Brad Armstrong defeated Jimmy Garvin via disqualification

– Wahoo McDaniel defeated Manny Fernandez in an Indian strap match

– Ole & Arn Anderson defeated NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in a non-title Texas Tornado match

– Road Warrior Animal & Paul Ellering defeated Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey via disqualification

– Dusty Rhodes & NWA US Champion Nikita Koloff defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair & NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match

1988

Memphis, Tennessee:

– Mike Davis beat Todd Morton

– Tommy Lane beat Brickhouse Brown

– The Rock-n-Roll RPMs beat Scott Steiner & Jeff Jarrett

– WCCW Light Heavyweight Champ Jeff Jarrett beat The Stormtrooper

– CWA Champ Brian Lee beat Don Bass

– Jerry Lawler, Bill Dundee, & Rick Casey beat Robert Fuller, Jimmy Golden, & Sid Vicious

1991

Baltimore, Maryland:

– Todd Champion & Firebreaker Chip defeated Diamond Dallas Page & the Diamond Studd

– Big Josh & Tom Zenk defeated Richard Morton & Terrance Taylor

– Big Van Vader defeated Mr. Hughes

– Cactus Jack defeated Van Hammer

– Scott Steiner defeated Mr. Hughes

– WCW Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko

– WCW US Champion Rick Rude defeated Sting via disqualification

– WCW World Champion Lex Luger pinned Rick Steiner

1992

SMW Thanksgiving Thunder: Johnson City, Tennessee:

– Tracy Smothers pinned Robbie Eagle 

– Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden beat Bobby Fulton & Dixie Dynamite 

– Danny Davis & Ronnie Garvin beat Paul Orndorff in a “handicap” match 

– SMW Champ The Dirty White Boy beat Tim Horner in a “lumberjack” match

– The Mongolian Stomper beat Kevin Sullivan via DQ

– Tracy Smothers won a battle royal

– The Heavenly Bodies (Lane & Pritchard) beat The Rock-n-Roll Express in a “street fight” match to win the SMW Tag Team Titles

1993

SMW Thanksgiving Thunder: Johnson City, Tennessee:

– Bobby Blaze pinned Chris Candido in a “loser gets tarred and feathered” match

– Prince Kharis TKO Tim Horner

– The Bullet pinned Kevin Sullivan in a “Singapore spike” match

– The Rock-n-Roll Express NC Moondogs Rex & Spot

– SMW Champ Brian Lee beat The Dirty White Boy via DQ

– Ron & Don Harris beat The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Rey) in a “gang fight” match

Orlando, Florida:

– Frankie Lancaster defeated Mark Starr

– 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Alexander Bagwell defeated Tex Slazenger & Shanghai Pierce

– WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal defeated Paul Roma

– WCW US Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Paul Orndorff

– Sting & Brian Pillman defeated WCW TV Champion Lord Steven Regal & Steve Austin

– Ric Flair defeated Harley Race (sub. for injured WCW World Champion Vader)

– WCW International World Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat