Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today with tons to talk about including whatever is going on with Ric Flair after a rough morning at the airport, Wednesday Night Wars, new UFC 200 main event, plus COVERAGE OF THE NEW WORST MATCH IN WRESTLING HISTORY. A fun show as always so check it out~!
1944
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Dave Levin beat Orville Brown to capture the MWA World Heavyweight Title 1 fall to 0 (the match was halted due to the Midnight curfew however, Brown refused to give up his belt since the bout was scheduled 2 out of 3 falls. Future promoter Gus Karras was the referee and awarded the match to Levin)
– Lee Wyckoff beat Bill Kuusisto 2 falls to 1
1963
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– AWA Champion Verne Gagne defeated Hercules Cortes in a 2 out of 3 falls match
– AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Doug Gilbert & Joe Scarpello 2 out of 3 alls
– Crusher beat Butch Levy
– Women’s Champion Kay Noble beat Jessica Rogers
– Rocky Hamilton beat Bob Boyer
– Eddie Sharkey beat Bill Green
1972
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Black Angus defeated Danny Little Bear in three falls to win the Central States Heavyweight Title
– Ronnie Etchison defeated Blackjack Black
– Billy Howard defeated Benny Ramirez
– Terry Martin fought Omar Atlas to a draw (15:00)
– The Stomper & Rufus R. Jones defeated Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji in three falls
– Victor the Wrestling Bear defeated Harley Race via countout
1975
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Superstar Billy Graham & Dusty Rhodes in a 2 out of 3 falls match
1976
Omaha, Nebraska:
– Cage match: Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Bobby Duncum & Bobby Heenan
– Larry Hennig beat Baron Von Raschke
– Chris Taylor beat Kim Duk
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Dick Blood (Ricky Steamboat)
– Russ Francis drew Blackjack Lanza
1981
Augusta, Georgia:
– Tommy Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Title
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Austin Idol defeated Jerry Lawler to win the Southern Heavyweight Title in a hair vs. title steel cage match
1992
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Barry Windham defeated Steve Austin for the WCW Television Title
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Brian Christopher defeated Tom Pritchard in a match for the held up USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1997
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler defeated King Reginald (Reggie B. Fine) for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
2000
San Diego, California:
– The Prototype (John Cena) defeated Smelly to win the Ultimate Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title
2003
WWE Backlash: Worchester, Massachusettes:
– Scott Steiner defeated Rico
– Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
– Sean O’Haire (with Roddy Piper) defeated Rikishi
– Rob Van Dam and Kane defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) to retain the World Tag Team Championship
– Jazz (with Theodore Long) defeated Trish Stratus to win the WWE Women’s Championship
– Big Show defeated Rey Mysterio
– Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena to retain the WWE Championship
– Triple H, Ric Flair and Chris Jericho defeated Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash and Booker T
– Goldberg defeated The Rock
2007
Memphis Wrestling: Memphis, Tennessee:
– Moondog Cujo with “Big Cheese” Sal Corrente beat The Barbarian
– Greg Valentine beat Mr. Hughes
– Jazz beat Christie Ricci & Miss Passion in a triple threat Ladies Match
– Abdullah The Butcher vs Big Al Greene was No Contest
– Bill Dundee/Dutch Mantell with Jimmy Valiant beat Koko Ware/Bobby Eaton with Slick
– Brutus Beefcake/Bubba The Love Sponge beat The New Assassins with “Big Cheese” Sal Corrente
– Brian Christopher beat Buff Bagwell
– Southern Tag Team Title Match: Ricky Morton/Kid Kash beat “Too Cool 2” to win the titles
– Hulk Hogan beat Paul Wight
2008
WWE Backlash: Baltimore, Maryland:
– Triple H won the WWE Title defeating John Cena, JBL and Randy Orton
– John Morrison and The Miz defeated Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore
– Matt Hardy defeated Montel Vontavious Porter to win the WWE United States Championship
– Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero to retain the ECW Championship
– Big Show defeated The Great Khali
– Shawn Michaels defeated Batista
– Beth Phoenix, Melina, Layla, Jillian Hall, Victoria, and Natalya defeated Mickie James, Maria, Ashley, Michelle McCool, Cherry, and Kelly Kelly
– The Undertaker defeated Edge to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
Juice Robinson and Jay White vs. Captain New Japan and David Finlay
Pretty short. Had internet problems during this bout, so didn’t see much of it. Really just saw the finish where Robinson submitted CNJ with what looked like a version of the camel clutch. On Twitter, he mentions he calls this the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Clutch. No, really!
Yoshi-Hashi and Roppongi Vice vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi
Pretty solid match. Heels controlled most of the match, faces made a comeback. Nakanishi and Yoshi-Hashi brawled into the crowd. Tiger Mask avoided Romero but he grabbed his mask and rolled him up for the win.
Romero cut a promo for his team, saying they’ll be retaining the titles at Dontaku against Sydal and Ricochet.
Yoshitatsu and Great Bash Heel vs. Guerrillas of Destiny and Yujiro Takahashi
Bullet Club came out wearing white camo. Largely a solid match, nothing all that interesting. Crowd woke up when Makabe was tagged in and ran wild on Tanga Loa. Loa made a comeback, but eventually with the rest of the team’s help Makabe got the win with the king kong knee drop.
Yuji Nagata & Jushin Liger vs. Katsuyori Shibata and Kushida
Lots of brawling. They brawled inside, outside, just about everywhere. A lof of the match was Shibata beating up Nagata and vice versa. Liger had Kushida in a figure four for a good while At one point Kushida had escaped from it, but Liger put it back in. The Jushin Liger of 2016 has some really good mat work and it’ll probably play a part in their upcoming match. There were good aspects of this match, but it felt really, really longer than it needed to be. Nagata and Shibata went at it for a long time until tagging in their partners. Liger tried working on Kushida’s bum legs and worked in an arm wringer but Kushida grabbed Ligers arm and snagged him in a modified roll up for the win.
Tetsuya Naito, Evil, Bushi and Sanada vs. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo
New Japan eight man tag matches usually follow a formula, and this one followed it to a tee: everyone works against their rival, then something happens and they all wind up on the outside and brawl. Here, it was Sanada using his submission finisher the Skull End on Okada. Goto and Evil were in there and had really good chemistry with one another. Evil is one of those guys that is going to do very well as far as doing that hard hitting stiff style. Everyone came in towards the end and laid out one another, with Ishii laying out Naito. Bushi came in, ate a lariat and a brainbuster and that was it. Pretty good match.
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
Fale, as you’d expect, used big guy power spots to start. Wasn’t particularly interesting. Fale dominated, Tanahashi made a comeback, including the high fly flow to the floor. Fale made a comeback, got a near fall after a grenade. Tanahashi countered the Bad Luck Fall, hit the slingblade and pinned Bad Luck Fale with the high fly flow. It was a very patterned match, but it was fine. Tanahashi is excellent as a ring general as he knows how to work with a guy like Fale.
Intercontinental Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Michael Elgin
Omega was all alone for this title defense, but had plenty of weapons anyway, including a ladder for some reason. He tried to use them all as Elgin stomped on him but Elgin kicked them all away. Elgin used the ladder to shove Omega into the barricade but Omega came back with it. They set up a table on the outside. Some really good back and forth in the ring. Omega used to be good, but now he’s like really good, not just in terms of athleticism but also just being the overall package. He has a ton of confidence. At one point Omega went for a hurricanrana, Elgin blocked it and powerbombed him through the table in a crazy spot.
Elgin hit the buckle bomb and was going to the Elgin bomb but Omega spiked him with a reverse hurricanrana as he was going up, then another one after Elgin blocked the One Winged Angel. Elgin went for another buckle bomb but Omega came back with two knee strikes and hit the One Winged Angel to retain the title. Great main event.
Tanahashi came out after the match and challenged Omega. Omega said he’d think about it. He proceeded to think about it for approximately two seconds by low blowing Tanahashi, saying his answer was no. He took the ladder and put it on top of the fallen Tanahashi. He climbed to the top of the ladder and basically said he never wanted to face Tanahashi again, and that is real. He left, streamers flying as the show closed. Obviously this is the next program, so I guess eventually Omega’s going to change his mind. Or maybe not, who knows!
That main event blew the rest of this card out of the water, so if there’s one match you need to see it’s that one.
While it may not be as major an event as Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz II was made out to be, UFC 200 got its marquee fight after all as Daniel Cormier will face rival Jon Jones in a light heavyweight championship unification bout.
The fight was announced on the Wednesday edition of Good Morning America.
Jones won the interim version of the belt by defeating Ovince Saint Preux by unanimous decision last Saturday at UFC 197 on a night he was originally supposed to face Cormier. Cormier injured his knee and had to be removed from the event, but after meeting with his doctors Monday, he’ll be cleared to fight on the July 9th event.
The two first fought in January 2015 with Jones successfully defending his title via unanimous decision. That was Jones’ last fight until this past Saturday due to various legal and personal issues.
The show will also feature Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar in an interim featherweight title bout, and women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes.
Previously on Impact:
Last week on Impact, Jeff Hardy hit a death defying Swanton Bomb from the rafters of the Impact Zone onto his brother, Matt Hardy. The show ended with Matt being taken out of the arena on a strecher in a neck brace. Earlier, Decay “abducted” Gail Kim in order to force Beer Money into a title match tonight.
Tonight on Impact:
Tonight is a special edition of Impact Wrestling, TNA Sacrifice. The show will feature a loaded line up with the stars of TNA. Drew Galloway will defend the TNA World title against number one contender, Tyrus. Additionally, Ethan Carter III will go one on one with Mike Bennett in “No Disqualification Match”.
Show Recap:
-Tyrus and Rockstar Spud are already in the ring to kickoff Impact. Tyrus calls World Champion Drew Galloway out for their title match. Drew makes his way to the ring and Josh points out that his ribs are heavily taped.
TNA World Champion Drew Galloway vs. Tyrus w/Rockstar Spud
Tyrus works over the ribs throughout the match including pulling the tape off. He missed a Vader Bomb allowing Drew to make a fiery comeback. Spud tried to interfere, but Drew took him out with a belly-to-belly suplex. Drew then executed an impressive superplex on Tyrus for a near fall. Drew retained his title after hitting the Future Shock DDT in a really good match.
-Backstage, Maria is talking to herself in the mirror. She tells herself that her reign atop the Knockouts Division begins tonight and nobody can stop her, not even Gail Kim.
-Back from commercial, Roode and Storm are getting ready for tonight’s “Valley of Shadows Match.” Storm points out that they didn’t need to abduct Gail to get a title shot.
-Maria comes out to the ring looking stunning. She says that there doesn’t need to be a women’s revolution and that she doesn’t need to change but everyone else does need to change. Gail comes out also looking stunning and says it’s a sad day because Maria is in charge of the Knockouts. She believes that Maria was behind Decays “kidnapping” and “torturing” of her, but Maria denies any involvement. Maria decides to make a match between Gail and Rosemary to divert attention.
Gail Kim vs. Rosemary w/Crazy Steve
Gail attacks Rosemary to start the match. Maria is at ringside and distracts Gail long enough for Rosemary to get the advantage. If Freddie and Jason Voorhees’ mom had a baby, it would be Rosemary. Steve pulled Gail out of the ring and Gail slapped him. The slap was weak so she gave him a second slap to see if it would really sting. Maria distracted the referee and Rosemary sprayed the mist into Gail’s eyes. Rosemary picks up the win.
-Backstage, Josh is surprised to see Jeff limping and noted he wasn’t expected to appear tonight.
Facts of Life with Eli Drake featuring The BroMans (Robbie E & Jesse Godderz)
Eli is a wearing a shirt, tie and vest but the sleeves are cut off to expose his arms. He’s standing behind a podium that has a big red button. Every time he says dummy he presses the button and a little graphic pops up of Eli saying, “Dummy. Yeah” This happens a lot and it gets pretty annoying after awhile. Eli talks about all the dummies in TNA including Jeff Hardy and Drew Galloway. He brought out his guests The BroMans, which he called “dummies”. The BroMans came out wearing glasses with no lenses. Jesse asked Robbie what kind of person has a “Dummy Button”. Robbie responds with “douchebag.” I’m not sure who is the true “douchebag” in this segment. A brawl breaks out with The BroMans standing tall.
-Decay cuts a terrifying promo backstage and promises to win the tag titles later.
-Backstage, EC3 reminds us that he’s never been pinned or submitted. EC3 says that it’s time to go to church, and in church EC3 never loses. His promos are often a highlight of the show.
Valley of Shadows Match: TNA Tag Team Champions Beer Money (James Storm & Bobby Roode) vs. Decay (Crazy Steve & Abyss) w/ Rosemary
Tables and trashcans filled with various weapons are set up at ringside. The lights in the Impact Zone are dimmed for the match as well. Abyss tries to use a cheese grater on Roode, but Roode fights him off. Decay dominates the action using kendo sticks and steel chairs. Beer Money made a comeback by Roode hitting a spin buster on Abyss.
Back from commercial, Rosemary comes out from underneath the ring with a barbwire board. Beer Money gives Steve a double suplex on the barbwire board. Rosemary hands Abyss thumbtacks, which he spreads on the mat. She tries to spray the mist into Roode’s eyes, but misses and gets Abyss instead. Storm sprays the mist into Rosemary’s eyes and breaks a beer bottle over Abyss’ head for a near fall. Storm climbs to the top but Steve shoves him off into a table on the floor. Abyss gives Roode a choke slam onto the thumbtacks for the pin to win the tag title. This looked legit painful for Roode who had several thumbtacks sticking to his back. However, Decay are the new TNA World Tag team champions.
-We get a recap of Eric Young attacking Bram and cutting his beard. In the back, Bram is upset and promises to end EY tonight. Not sure why Bram’s so upset, his beard looks great.
-Bennett cuts a passionate promo. He points out that EC3 has lost his friends and title. The only thing EC3 has left is never being pinned or submitted. Bennett notes that he also has yet to be pinned or submitted.
TNA King of The Mountain Champion Eric Young vs. Bram
EY used a trash can lid on Bram and set up a table at ringside. Pope mentions on commentary that EY quit last week and promised to take the KOTM title with him. EY went for the pile driver off the apron, but Bram counters with the Brighter Side of Suffering though the table to pick up the win. Bram is the new King of the Mountain Champion.
-Backstage, World Champion Drew calls out Bobby Lashley for next week. Drew was once again great at selling his injured ribs. Drew is a constant highlight of Impact each and every week.
-In the back, the interviewer guy asks Bram how he feels after winning the KOTM title. Bram promises that anyone who wants a shot at his title can have it, but he’ll send them packing just like he did with Eric Young. That seems to be the only mention that EY is officially done with TNA.
-Jeff Hardy limps his way down to the ring. He recaps the “I Quit” match from last week and the Swanton Bomb spot that resulted in Matt leaving on a stretcher. Jeff hopes that he Swantoned some sense into Matt. Reby and Spud made their way to the ring to confront Jeff. She repeatedly told Jeff that she hates him, testing out their in-law rivalry. She told Jeff that her husband made him a star. This got an audible laugh from the crowd. She adds that Matt isn’t the same after last week; he’s cold, distant and doesn’t even talk to her. Reby slapped Jeff several times and Spud attacked him. Jeff made his own comeback and knocked out Spud with a Twist of Fate.
No DQ Match: Ethan Carter III vs. “Miracle” Mike Bennett w/ “The First Lady of Professional Wrestling” Maria Kanellis
It’s main event time. We’re reminded that it’s no DQ and no count out. There must be a winner by pin fall or submission. EC3 dominates the action on the outside and rolls Bennett back in the ring. EC3 hits the broken arrow for a near fall. Bennett sends EC3 into the ring post and continues to work over the shoulder. Maria hands Bennett a chair and he destroys EC3 with it. EC3 hits the One Percenter but Maria breaks up the pin fall. EC3 takes the chair and beats Bennett with it. EC3 locks on his submsisson but Bennett kicks off the corner and pins EC3 like Bret Hart and Piper at Wrestlemania 8 or Balor and Joe at Takeover: Dallas. They put this over huge because Bennett is the first person to pin EC3. The show ends with Bennett and Maria celebrating while EC3 looks on stunned.
Next Time on Impact:
Next week on Impact, World Champion Drew Galloway promises to call out “The Destroyer” Bobby Lashley for a face-to-face confrontation.
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– Titus O’Neil defeated Tyler Breeze. Huge pop for Titus, and almost no offense by Tyler.
– Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson beat Zack Ryder & Fandango
– Dolph Ziggler beat Viktor of the Ascension.
– Kevin Owens beat Jack Swagger
– The show opens with a Roman Reigns promo. He punched AJ Styles on Monday and will do it again Sunday. He doesn’t believe that AJ is not in cahoots with Anderson and Gallows. He calls out Styles, but Miz and Maryse come out. Miz runs down Styles and tries to go for a handshake but is punched by Reigns and thrown out of the ring. Boos but not brutal.
Cesaro, Sami Zayn and Kalisto beat Sheamus, Del Rio, and Rusev by countout
Cesaro, Zayn and Kalisto were mystery opponents. The LON were arguing amongst themselves during the match, shoving each other, and then Del Rio bailed. Rusev bailed a few minutes later. Sheamus took some abuse for a few minutes alone before also bailing, resulting in the countout.
– Backstage, the arguing continues. They all shoved and wrestled around with each other.
Baron Corbin beat Damien Sandow
Big pop for Sandow. No offense though and he got beat in a quick squash.
– AJ Styles backstage interview with Renee. He will be at ringside tonight for Roman vs. Miz.
– Anti smoking ad with Dolph and Titus.
Ambrose Asylum
Natalya out first, and says the odds will be even at Payback because she will have Bret Hart in her corner. Charlotte and Flair come out. Flair says he beat Bret in WWE and WCW, and if Vince sent them to the moon, he would have beat them there too. Natalya corrects him, says Bret beat Ric for the title just like she will beat Charlotte for the title.
Enzo & Cass beat Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas
New Day came out to do commentary. They made Byron Saxton sit on the floor. Vaudevillains came out to watch from the ramp. Quick squash. Cass runs down the Vaudevillains, an says they’re s-a-w-f-t.
Apollo Crews beat Stardust
“Cody” chants for Stardust, so I guess that’s back.
WWE Champion Roman Reigns beat I-C Champion Miz
Reigns won after hitting a spear. AJ was on commentary. Post match, Gallows and Anderson came to beat down Reigns. AJ didn’t stop them. Usos come to save Reigns. Both sides fight. Reigns clotheslines AJ over the top rope to end the show.
In a dark match, Dean Ambrose beat Kevin Owens
This week’s DKP is what we like to call in the biz, a “hodge podge” of a show, but no matter how hodgy or podgy there is still plenty for you to enjoy as Alan is joined by his pals James and Iain to talk all sorts of wrestling topics. We grabbed Jamesie outside the Tivoli after a great OTT show to briefly talk about our respective ballots for the Greatest Wrestler Ever project. Unfortunately that was cut short but Jamesie will be back for a more in depth conversation soon! After that opening segment Iain joins Alan live in 4L Studios for segment discussing the previous night’s OTT event with the incredible Ospreay/Smile vs. Ward/Dunne main event, Alan’s GWE list (and his disrespect of The Undertaker), Bob Backlund being awesome, and THE FLORIDA BROTHERS!!! A fun show and we’re back again at the weekend with a huge GWE show! CHECK IT!!!
Monday night was bad news ratings-wise for WWE as not only did RAW decline six percent from last week’s seasonal modern record low, but the 3.12 million viewers the company garnered for the 4/25 edition of the show were marginally better overall than two fall episodes that suffered due to NFL programming.
The drop showed that it was the pattern that is the key issue and not because last week’s show was taped. Daylight Savings Time also isn’t an excuse as it was the first hour that was the most viewed with a decline throughout the show’s final two hours. (The really bad number, based on patterns, was hour two.)
Even so, it was a bad night for cable as Raw was the only show to top 3 million viewers (that includes two NBA playoff games on TNT). The game going against RAW did 2.54 million viewers and the late game that started at 10:46 p.m. did 2.97 million viewers.
ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, featuring UFC’s Paige VanZant, did 11.75 million viewers — the most watched show on television.
Raw’s three hours were:
Not all is bad though as RAW was the most tweeted-about show on Monday night.
Bryan Alvarez is back with a solo show today as Mike Sempervive is taking the day off, and we’ve got tons to discuss! Raw from Monday night, the Bullet Club’s new name, WWE Payback, Bret Hart talks being asked to show up for WWE, Conor McGregor and so much more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
1934
St. Louis, Missouri:
– Richard “Dick” Shikat beat Everette Marshall to earn a match with World Champion Jim Londos
– Orville Brown and Gino Garibaldi drew (30:00)
– Jugat Singh beat Jimmy Parker
1951
Kansas City, Kansas:
– Dennis Clary defeated Tarzan Kowalski to win the Central States Title
1962
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Lumberjack match: AWA Champion Mr. M beat Yukon Eric
– Verne Gagne & Doug Gilbert beat Bob Geigel & Stan Kowalski
– Joe Scarpello beat Tiny Mills
– Roy Collins beat Ricky Lopez
1973
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens defeated Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch by DQ in the 3rd fall of a 2 out of 3 falls match to retain the title
1975
Minneapolis, Minnesota:
-Billy Robinson beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Bobby Heenan beat Ivan Putski countout
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Horst Hoffman & Buddy Wolff
– Dusty Rhodes beat Boris Breznikoff
– Khosrow Vaziri beat Billy Howard
– Geoff Portz beat Rock Riddle
1976
Madison Square Garden:
– Stan Hansen defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino when the referee stopped the match due to excessive bleeding, Sammartino retained the title
1978
Honolulu, Hawaii:
– Non Title: Rick Martel beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Pier 9 Brawl, Ten 2:00 rounds: Ed Francis beat Bobby Heenan dq
– Indian Death Match: Billy Whitewolf beat Tor Kamata
– Bill Francis & Russ Francis beat Steve Strong & Chris Markoff
– George Wells beat John Anson to win Hawaiian title
1981
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
– Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell defeated AWA Tag Team Champions the East-West Connection in a non title steel cage match
-Nick Bockwinkel beat Brad Rheingans dq
-Jerry Blackwell no contest Baron Von Raschke
-Ray Stevens beat Tito Santana
-Buck Zumhofe beat Ben Deleon
1984
Omiya, Japan:
– AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Jim Brunzell
– Dory Funk Jr beat Stan Hansen dq
– Bruiser Brody & Goro Tsurumi beat Genichiro Tenryu & Takahashi Ishikawa
– Kerry Von Erich beat Bulldog Bob Brown
– Greg Gagne beat Masa Fuchi
– Ashura Hara & Mighty Inoue beat Jos Leduc & David Sammartino
– Magic Dragon & Ultra Seven beat Rocky Hata & Hiromichi Fuyuki
– Great Kojika beat Tarzan Goto
– Motoshi Okuma beat Yoshi Momota
– Mitsu Momoto beat Toshiaki Kawada
1988
Chatanooga, Tennessee:
– The Fantastics defeated The Midnight Express to win the NWA United States Tag Team championship
1992
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
– Johnny Hotbody defeated Jimmy Snuka to win the ECW (Eastern Championship Wrestling) Title
1994
Burlington, Vermont:
– The Headshrinkers, Fatu & Samu, defeated The Quebecers in to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship
1999
WCW Monday Nitro: Fargo, North Dakota:
– Sting won the WCW World Title from Dallas Page in the opening match, only to lose it back to Page in the final match of the show in a four way match
– Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Psicosis to win the WCW World Cruiserweight Title
– Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Erik Watts
– WCW World Television Champion Booker T defeated Meng
– Brian Knobs defeated Hardcore Hak (Sandman), Horace Hogan and Mikey Whipwreck in a four way Hardcore match
2009
WWE Backlash PPV: Providence, Rhode Island:
– Christian defeated Jack Swagger to win the ECW Title
– Randy Orton’s tag team of Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes defeated WWE Champion Triple H, Batista and Shane McMahon(as a stipulation of the match, Randy Orton became new WWE Champion)
– Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler
– Chris Jericho defeated Ricky Steamboat
– Kane defeated CM Punk
– Jeff Hardy defeated Matt Hardy in an “I Quit” match
– Edge defeated John Cena in a Last Man Standing match to win the World Heavyweight Championship