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  • WWE Total Divas: Total Divastation Episode 9

    Submitted by Kevin LaRose

    Nattie is doing her mother’s make-up. She does a horrible job. She sends her sister to put make-up on her dad. She takes a picture with her mom. It takes her a long time to take the picture. Her mom’s make-up ends up looking ok.

    In Los Angeles. Everyone is getting ready for Hell in a Cell. Nikki fights Charlotte and loses. Nikki is sad but she feels like she is passing the torch.

    Nattie, Rosa, and Mandy are at a really fancy restaurant for lunch. They are drinking Perrier. Business people on lunch meetings order lunch around them. Nattie is worried about Rosa because Rosa gets hurt easily. Nattie, who has long been considered the worst advice giver in the whole world and throughout all space and time, advises Rosa to hide her feelings from her fiancé.

    Back at Nattie’s house, she looks at old photos with Neidhart and Tyson. Neidhart tells everyone about how he was asked to mate with Russian shot-putters. Nattie would like to have her whole family dress up in pink and write messages on their shirt that say Team Anvil and then take a picture of it. Her mom thinks that is a great idea. Nattie loves taking pictures of herself. She wishes she had more photos than she has. She teaches her family how to take photos. Tyson is annoyed.

    Rosa doesn’t want her fiancé to go to Las Vegas. She thinks he’s going to cheat on her. He’s going to Vegas for his t-shirt business. Rosa is so pissed.

    Now everyone is in San Diego. Nattie touches R-Truth’s nipple. Mandy asks Nikki what’s up. Carrano shows up and touches Nikki’s shoulder. They walk to a doctor and Nikki learns she has to go off the road. She’s really upset. Nikki doesn’t want to be forgotten. Nikki has a real fear of abandonment. I’m pretty sure it has to do mostly with her father leaving and her grandfather dying. Nikki goes to Tampa to start physical therapy. The physical therapist tells her she has to wear a brace.

    Nattie’s family comes over and they strategize costumes for their family photo, which is scheduled to be taken the next day. It’s not going how Nattie wants. She wants the family to act like royalty. She is disappointed because they are acting like a bunch of baboons. She tries to teach her family how to take pictures. They are doing a horrible job learning.

    Nikki tells her mom about how she doesn’t want to be forgotten. Nikki and her mom joke about Nikki having sex with John Cena. She calls John and asks him to help her heal. He says ok.

    Back in California, Rosa and Mandy are going to the beach. Rosa is so bummed about her fiancé going to Las Vegas. She looks on Instagram and sees that he is at a pool party. This weird dude comes out of nowhere and tells her that her fiancé is probably being bad. Rosa tries to call him and it goes to voicemail. The weird dude tells her that everyone is humping her fiancé. Mandy tries to distract Rosa with activities.

    Nikki shows up at Cena’s gym. The trainer tells her she drinks too much. Nikki doesn’t want to hear that. Cena takes Nikki’s phone away from her. He doesn’t think she is working hard enough.

    Mandy and the two weird boys show up at Rosa’s house. Rosa is feeling neglected. Her fiancé calls. He’s jealous of the photo he saw where she’s with the two weird guys who are actually Mandy’s brothers. They have an awkward conversation. He’s pissed. Rosa’s pissed. Mandy’s pissed because she feels like she is being used. And oh wow… they are at an amazing looking Japanese restaurant. Rosa tells the waiter what she likes and doesn’t like. Mandy tells Rosa she needs to relax. Rosa tells her that she’s been hurt a lot. She has a hard time trusting people. The weird brothers try to give her advice.

    Back in Tampa, it’s time for the scheduled photograph. Nattie’s family shows up and Nattie hates the costumes. Nattie specifically told her sister, “No wine,” but her sister thinks wine is ok. She gives the photographer wine. They take pictures, and Nattie is so pissed. Tyson is really good at taking pictures. Nattie’s sister drops her glass of wine. Nattie is pissed. Tyson hates that Nattie is snapping her fingers at everyone. Later that afternoon, Nattie is sulking in the bedroom. Tyson tells her she can pick her nose but she can’t pick her family. Nattie is so pissed. Tyson tells her to lighten up and Nattie realizes she was acting like a mutant. Nattie goes downstairs and takes a selfie with everyone. That one simple selfie means more to Nattie than any professionally photographed shot ever could.

    Cena, Nikki, and her mom are at a bomb ass looking restaurant. They spell grill with an e… Grille. Cena tells Nikki she can only have one glass of wine. Oh no you didn’t. Nikki is pissed. Nikki complains that Cena is a buzzkill. Cena is so mad that Nikki is drinking more than one glass of wine. John Cena hates weakness.

    Rosa’s fiancé gets home. Rosa wants to have a one on one talk. I think her fiancé has a secret and I think he’s going to tell her now. He’s really upset that she was posting photos with the weird boys. She’s pissed that he went to a pool party and looked like he was having fun. He tells her he was in Las Vegas because he was looking for rings for Rosa. She cries and hugs him. She tells him she hasn’t told him about all the trauma she had. He tells her she’s got to get over that. He’s wearing a cutoff hoodie without anything underneath. He has a lot of tattoos.

    Back at Cena’s house, Nikki turns on the fireplace. Cena tells her to put on the neck brace. She doesn’t want to. Nikki tells Cena he’s acting like a father. Nikki asked him to be her coach and now she’s pissed because he is such a buzzkill. Cena is super-chill, but if you ask him to help you then he expects you to take it as seriously as he does and if you don’t, you let him down. If John Cena was helping me, I’m 100% positive I wouldn’t let him down. I would make him so proud of me. Nikki tells him he is being overbearing. Her mom tells Nikki that Cena was being cool and Nikki was being whack about the whole thing. She tells Nikki to give him a hug and apologize. Nikki goes into Cena’s cigar room and apologizes to him. He tells her he doesn’t want to be a bummer or anything but she asked him for help and he felt put in a tough spot. He tells her he doesn’t want to be her coach anymore because he hates having to be a buzzkill. Nikki tries to make putting on her neck brace a sex act with Cena. That’s the show.

  • B&V&C: Retro Raw and Nitro, Bret Hart flips lid after Sid cage match, more!

    The Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show is back today to talk RETRO RAW AND RETRO NITRO~! What a night it was with the famous Bret vs. Sid match that results in a profanity-laden Bret promo, a great main event on Nitro following an otherwise lackluster show, Uncensored fallout and tons more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • WWE Smackdown Spoilers: Kevin Owens vs AJ Styles

    Roman Reigns came out first and was heavily booed for a short promo.

    Renee Young interviewed A.J. Styles saying that fans can chant whatever they want.  Kevin Owens came in and they talked to set up their match later in the show.

    Dolph Ziggler beat The Miz with a superkick.

    Michael Cole interviewed Kalisto, who accepted the match with Ryback for WrestleMania.

    Dean Ambrose was heavily cheered, since he’s from Cincinnati.  He did a big promo putting over Cincinnati.

    Bubba Ray Dudleys beat Goldust with a low blow.  R-Truth tried to make the save but he was beaten down by the Dudleys until the Usos made the save.

    Next was the Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks segment.  Lynch said she was going to take the title.  Charlotte first said that they were like the Four Horsemen, except Horsewomen, but then apologized to her feather for even comparing Lynch and Banks to the Horsemen.

    New Day challenged The League of Nations to a WrestleMania match.

    Kofi Kingston pinned King Barrett.  Both sides interfered.

    They showed a clip of Dean Ambrose at a bar saying he’s going to bring Cincinnati with him for his fight with Brock Lesnar.

    The Social Outcasts came out and said they would be winning the Andre the Giant Battle Royal.  Dean Ambrose came out with a Kendo stick and beat down all four of them, and said that Brock Lesnar would be on Smackdown next week and vowed a confrontation.

    Kevin Owens beat A.J. Styles in a non-title match.  Chris Jericho distracted Styles and Owens got the pin after a pop up power bomb. Jericho then laid out Styles with a codebreaker after the match.  Owens came back out (this is probably off TV) and Ambrose then ran in and cleaned house on Owens and Jericho, ending the night by giving Owens Dirty Deeds.

  • TNA Impact Wrestling results: Matt Hardy vs. EC3 vs. Jeff Hardy title match; surprise finish

    Previously on TNA Impact:

    On last week’s Impact, “The Destroyer” Lashley defeated Kurt Angle in Angle’s final match in TNA. After the match, Lashley continued to beat down the Olympic Gold Medalist until Ethan Carter III made the save and Lashley backed off.

    Tonight:

    TNA returns to Orlando for a semi-live edition of Impact. Impact airs on a two-hour tape delay, which is the closest to live that TNA gets. In the main event, TNA World Champion Matt Hardy will defend his title against Ethan Carter III. Finally, coming back to the action, Jeff Hardy makes his return to TNA and will take on Eric Young. Additionally, “Miracle” Mike Bennett and “The First Lady of Professional Wrestling” Maria Kanellis face off against the team of Drew Galloway and Knockouts Champion, Gail Kim in an exciting mixed tag team match.

    Show Recap:

    -Josh Matthews and The Pope welcome us to the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. We kick the night off with Jeff Hardy making his return to TNA.

    -Backstage, Eric Young is going nuts and is looking for TNA President Dixie Carter. He finds her at the Gorilla Position and he promises to hurt Jeff Hardy. EY tells Dixie that what he does to Jeff is on her.

    Eric Young vs. Jeff Hardy

    Jeff and EY brawl around ringside with Jeff dominating the early moments. Jeff is seeking revenge after EY piledrove Jeff on the steel steps prior to the tour in the U.K. Dixie comes out and announces that the winner of this match will be added to the TNA World title main event later.

    Jeff goes for a springboard splash to the outside, but EY gets his knees up to gain the advantage. Jeff is over huge with the live crowd. They trade shots in the middle of the ring and Jeff gets the better of EY. Jeff hits the classic swanton bomb and scores the pin fall. Jeff is added to tonight’s main event making it TNA World Champion Matt Hardy defending against both EC3 and Jeff Hardy in a triple threat.

    TNA World Champion Matt Hardy, his wife Reby and son Maxell make their way to the ring without bodyguard Tyrus.

    -Back from commercial, we’re in the ring with the Hardy family. Matt congratulates Jeff for his victory and apologies for not saving him when Eric Young piledrove him on the steel steps. Reby tells Jeff that Jeff is Maxell’s second favorite wrestler. Jeff holds Maxell and the crowd chants “Uncle Jeff”. Suddenly, the tables turn when Matt asks Jeff to bow out of the main event tonight. Matt promises to give Jeff a title shot down the line, maybe at Bound for Glory 2017 or 2018. Jeff doesn’t agree to the deal and ends up hitting Matt Hardy with the Twist of Fate.

    -Backstage, Eddie Edwards address Davey’s injury and title loss last week. A commotion sturs as Decay jumps Eddie, beating him into the ground.

    -Still in the back, “Miracle” Mike Bennett and Maria Kanellis promise to beat Drew Galloway and Gail Kim next.

    -Back from commercial, Beer Money approaches Eddie Edwards and wants to help him gain revenge on The Decay.

    -In the arena, Maria Kanellis introduces “Miracle” Mike Bennett. Both come out wearing hot pink, and to be honest both look pretty hot.

    “Miracle” Mike Bennett & “The First Lady of Professional Wrestling” Maria Kanellis vs. Drew Galloway & Knockouts Champion Gail Kim

    Gail wants to start the match with Maria, but Maria tags out quickly. Drew and Mike start off the match, but Drew tags in Gail. They double-team The Miracle, and not in a fun way. Gail ends up taking out Bennett and sends him to the outside. Maria takes the chance to gain the advantage on Gail. Gail makes a comeback, but Maria quickly tags out again.

    Maria slaps Drew in the face and Drew does the gentlemanly thing and chopped the hell out of Mike instead of hitting Maria. Drew went to the top, and then Mike pulled him off. Maria tried to prevent Drew from tagging Gail; instead Gail furiously came into the ring and ran wild. She hit eat defeat on Bennett, but then got rolled up from behind by Maria for the three count. The Miracle and The First Lady of Pro Wrestling get the victory.

    -Next we get a video package on the Kurt Angle vs. Lashley main event last week. Josh tells us that he’s going to interview the man the ruined Angle’s retirement last week next in the ring.

    -Back from commercial, Josh Matthews is in the ring. He briefly discusses Kurt Angle’s retirement from TNA from last week before introducing “The Destroyer” Lashley. Basically, Lashley is a fighter and is not looking for friends. Josh asks Lashley why he would attack his friend and mentor Kurt after the match. Lashley says he has no friends. Crowd chants “Lashley Sucks”. Lashley gets mad at Josh and ends up throwing Josh around the ring. Lashley sets up for the spear, but The Pope leaves the announce booth and stops Lashley from spearing Josh. Pope gets Josh out of the ring, but then Lashley hits the spear on The Pope. This got a ton of heat from the crowd.

    -In the back, Decay cut a promo on Beer Money and The Wolves.

    -Back from commercial, Jeremy Borash replaces The Pope and joins Josh on commentary.

    -Backstage, EC3 approaches Jeff Hardy and mentions that Matt has pulled a surprise on him in each of their previous encounters. He’s implies that he doesn’t trust Jeff. Jeff is out to win the TNA world title.

    TNA Tag Champions Beer Money (Bobby Roode & James Storm) and Eddie Edwards vs. Decay (Abyss, Crazy Steve & Rosemary)

    Rosemary is going to be Abyss and Crazy Steve’s partner in this match. The babyfaces get the early advantage until the heels are able to isolate Roode in their corner. Rosemary comes in and hits Roode with some shots before tagging back out. Roode makes the hot tag to James Storm. Storm runs wild on Crazy Steve and tags in Eddie who also goes nuts in the ring. Eddie hits a dive to the outside on Abyss. Roode and Storm went to hit the double suplex on Rosemary, but Crazy Steve pulls her out of the ring. The crowd booed this, as they really wanted to see her get the double suplex. Rosemary spits the mist into Roode’s eyes and Steve rolls up Eddie for the win.

    -Backstage, Grado is seen talking to Billy Corgan. Billy tells him that they’re going to settle this issue with Eli Drake, in the ring.

    -Back from commercial, Matt Hardy and Reby approach Dixie. They argue back and forth about tonight’s main event. Basically, Matt and Reby are mad that Jeff is in the match and Dixie does everything for the fans. Like an idiot, Matt reveals his plan to Dixie that he’s just going to punch the referee in the face and get disqualified. Predictably, Dixie makes the triple threat a no dq and no count out match.

    -We get a video package recapping the Feast or Fired briefcase situation between Eli Drake and Grado. Eli Drake makes his way down to the ring. He demands Billy Corgan brings out his Feast or Fired Briefcase which Grado stole. Eli brings up Donald Trump to get some cheap heat.

    We see a video of Eli Drake switching the Feast or Fired Briefcase. Billy Corgan and Grado come down to the ring and Billy claims that the evidence isn’t clear of what Eli is doing. So Billy announces that Grado will face Eli in a ladder match with Grado’s new contract hanging from the ceiling. If Eli gets to it first he can tear the contract up.

    Ladder Match for Grado’s Contract: Grado vs. Eli Drake

    With zero promotion, we get a ladder match for Grado’s contract. Eli dominates Grado in the early moments of the match. Grado sends Eli into the ladder and starts to climb up. Jesse Godderz comes out and push’s the ladder over sending Grado crashing to the mat. Mahabali Shera makes the save and sends Godderz to the outside. Inside the ring, Grado dives off the ladder onto Eli, Shera and Jesse on the outside. This gets a “This Is awesome” chant from the crowd. Grado hits the electric chair on Eli off the ladder. The crowd was a bit dead at the start of the match, but now they’re going crazy and chanting for Grado. Grado and Eli are at the top of the ladder battling for the contract. Grado knocks Eli off and pulls down the contract.

    Surprisingly, this short match ended up being pretty good and the ending got a great reaction from the crowd.

    -Back from commercial and in the back, Eric Young is mad at Bram for not helping him earlier in the night. Suddenly in the background Willow (who is Jeff Hardy’s alter ego) made an appearance and disappeared. EY freaked out and pointed him out to Bram.

    TNA World Champion Matt Hardy vs. Ethan Carter III vs. Jeff Hardy

    As Jeff made his way down to the ring, Josh made absolutely no mention of Jeff’s alter ego Willow appearing in the back. EC3 gets a decent reaction from the crowd as he comes down to the ring. Matt comes out alone. Match starts off with EC3 and Jeff taking turns stomping Matt in the corner. Matt jumps EC3 and sends him in the other direction. Matt wants to do the old Hardy Boys double team move in the corner, but Jeff refuses. He does it with EC3 instead. Matt and Jeff briefly work together to take out EC3, but soon turn on each other, just like old times. EC3 hits a powerslam on Jeff off the top, and then a beautiful looking drop kick on Matt.

    Back from commercial, Matt Hardy takes out EC3 and he rolls out of the ring. In the ring, Jeff and Matt exchange shots in the center. Jeff gets the better of Matt until EY and Bram interfere. They throw Jeff to the outside where EY hits another piledriver on Jeff. Jeff is apparently out of the match as officials take him to the back. EC3 gets back to his feet and attacks Matt. EC3 is beating Matt all over the ring when Rockstar Spud and Tyrus run down. EC3 gives Tyrus a huge Samoan drop, which sends Tyrus to the outside. EC3 press slams Spud onto Tyrus on the outside. EC3 hits the one percenter, but “Miracle” Mike Bennett interferes breaking up the pin. Bennett and EC3 brawl into the crowd. Bennett beats EC3 down with violent chair shots. EC3 is apparently out of the match as well as officials are helping EC3 to the back. The match is over.

    Matt takes the mic and said that he told everyone that he was going to leave as the TNA World Champion. Suddenly, Drew Galloway comes out and he cashes in his Feast or Fired Briefcase and World Title shot.

    TNA World Champion Matt Hardy vs. Drew Galloway

    The match is official and underway. They trade shots briefly, until Drew hits the claymore and then hits the Futureshock DDT for the pin! Drew Galloway is the NEW TNA World Champion! The crowd actually went nuts for Drew coming out and popped huge for the title change. Drew celebrates his win in the crowd. The show ends with Drew Galloway celebrating his title win

    Final Thoughts:

    Ratings for TNA on POP TV have been down and declining for the most part. However, TNA has attempted to put on a fun and exciting show since coming to POP TV. This week’s show was a good effort by the company. The show featured a good triple threat main event and then a thrilling surprise with Drew winning the World title. The title change came across good on TV and felt like somewhat of a big deal.

    Next Week on TNA Impact:

    On next week’s show, Beer Money has issued an open challenge to any TNA tag team for a shot at their belts. Also, the aftermath of Drew Galloway’s title win.

  • Strong third hour saves WWE Raw rating

    The Monday, March 14th edition of WWE RAW was saved from being the least watched episode of the show outside of holidays and football season by an unusually strong third hour.

    That third hour, which featured WWE Champion HHH vs. Dolph Ziggler in a non-title singles match, and a final segment with Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and The Undertaker, ended up as the most watched hour of the show when it has evolved into the hour in which the audience drops greatly. This was the first time since the July 27, 2015 edition RAW (Seth Rollins challenging John Cena for the US title) where the third hour was the highest rated of the night.

    The show did 3.46 million viewers, down two percent from the prior week. It was also down 12% from the 3.94 million the show did for the same week last year as the recent trend of RAW being down around 10% year over year continues.

    It beat only the 2/1 show for the lowest since 1997 outside of football season and holidays. The opening hour was the least viewed 8 PM hour for the show since football season and the lowest rated non football/holiday number since the Monday Night Wars. 

    In good news, RAW was still the second most watched show on cable behind the O’Reilly Factor. In the 18-49 demo that advertisers covet, the three hours were the top rated cable shows by a considerable margin at 1.36 for 10:00 1.25 for 9:00 and 1.22 for the 8:00 hour respectively. The fourth place show was Better Call Saul at 0.81.

    Household rating for the show was 2.51, down 3% from last year’s 2.59 and 8% from the Mar 16, 2015 RAW, which did a 2.73. 

    Part of the shift is also daylight savings time as historically people start the show later and stay longer when the time changes.

    The three hours were:

    • 8 p.m. 3.471 million viewers
    • 9 p.m. 3.392 million viewers
    • 10 p.m. 3.51 million viewers

  • WOL: Neville injury, Raw notes, Christopher Daniels interview and more!

    Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive returns today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including tons of thoughts from Raw, Neville’s injury, Roman Reigns, WrestleMania and more, plus Chris Daniels appears to talk ROH and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • Daily pro wrestling history (03/15): Tom Jenkins wins American title; Dudleys win ECW World Tag Titles

    1905 

    New York City, New York:
    – Tom Jenkins defeated Frank Gotch to win the American Heavyweight Title

    1934

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Richard “Dick” Shikat beat Ed “Strangler” Lewis by countout
    – Ray Steele and George Zaharias drew 
    – Dick Raines beat Lou Plummer 

    1937

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – World Title Match: Everett Marshall beat Lee Wykoff by dq
    – Pat McKay beat Ed Theis
    – Bill Lee beat Babe Zaharias 
    – Tommy O’Toole beat Mule Caddock 
    – Bad Boy Boulder beat Eddie Newman

    1951 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Roy Shire defeated Jackie Nichols for the Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1956

    Toronto, Ontario:
    – Whipper Billy Watson defeated Lou Thesz by countout to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
    – Gorgeous George beat Bob Leipler 
    – Fred Atkins and Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Ilio DiPaolo and Nick Roberts
    – Pat O’Connor beat Don Beitleman

    1957 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Don and Red McIntyre defeated Don and Mark Lewin to win the Georgia NWA International Tag Team Title 

    1962 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Chris and John Tolos won the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Title by defeating Bill Soloweyko and Whipper Billy
    Watson

    Long Beach, California:
    – Mario LaPentero and Billy Varga defeated Nick Bockwinkel and King Koenig for the World Wrestling Association International Television Tag Team Titles

    1967 

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Jim Hady defeated Ripper Collins for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title 

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Killer Kowalski beat The Crusher
    – Ernie Ladd beat Mad Dog Vachon dq
    – Earl Maynard beat Larry Hennig
    – Harley Race beat Tim Woods
    – Bob Boyer beat Eddie Sharkey
    – Reggie Parks beat Jack Pesek

    1968 

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Mike DiBiase
    – Bob Orton and Mad Dog Vachon defeated Doug Gilbert and Reggie Parks to win the AWA Midwest Tag Team Titles
    – Mad Russian Stan Pulaski beat Jim Starr
    -Dale Lewis beat Mark Starr

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Waldo Von Erich defeated Ox Baker to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Ripper Collins and Curtis Iaukea defeated Jim Hady and The Missing Link (Pampero Firpo) to win the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Titles

    Dothan, Alabama:
    – Cobra Kid and Scorpion defeated Dennis Hall and Ken Lucas to win the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Titles

    1973

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Abe Jacobs & Steve Bolus defeated Mickey Doyle & Benny Ramirez
    – Roger Kirby defeated Pat O’Connor
    – Bob Brown defeated Black Angus
    – Harley Race defeated Terry Funk
    – Bob Geigel & Omar Atlas defeated Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe via DQ in three falls

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Superstar Graham & Ivan Koloff beat Billy Robinson & Wahoo McDaniel
    – Ray Stevens beat Don Muraco countout
    – Dusty Rhodes beat Ken Patera dq
    – Dick Murdoch beat Vic Rossitani
    – Reggie Parks beat Jim Brunzell
    – Rene Goulet beat Ric Flair

    1974

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Ron and Terry Garvin defeated Bob Armstrong and Robert Fuller to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles

    1975

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel
    – Billy Robinson beat Dr. Big Bill Miller
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Ray Stevens & Bobby Heenan

    1982 

    WCCW Star Wars: Fort Worth, Texas:
    – WCCW American Tag Team and Texas Heavyweight Champion Al Madril defeated Bill Irwin by dq
    – Bugsy McGraw defeated The Spoiler
    – Bill Irwin defeated Frank Dusek
    – Fritz Von Erich defeated The Great Kabuki
    – Kevin and WCCW American Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion Kerry Von Erich fought King Kong Bundy and Gary Hart to a double-disqualification in a Texas Death Steel Cage match

    Augusta, Georgia:
    – Ron Bass defeated Tommy Rich to win the NWA National Heavyweight Title 

    1987 

    – The Killer Bees defeated Demolition to win the Frank Tunney Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament and earn an immediate WWF Tag Team Title
    match
    – WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) defeated The Killer Bees to retain the titles

    Daytona Beach, Florida:
    – Mike Rotunda won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title by defeating Ed Gantner 
    – The MOD Squad (Basher and Spike) defeated The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers) to win the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles

    1991 

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Tom Prichard defeated Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1993

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Moondogs (Splat and Spot) defeated The Big Black Dog and Brian Christopher to win the USWA Tag Team Titles

    1997

    ECW Hostile City Showdown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Chris Candido defeated Louie Spicolli in a two-out-of-three falls match
    – ECW World Television Champion Shane Douglas defeated Pitbull #1 in an I Quit match to retain the title
    – The Sandman pinned Balls Mahoney
    – The Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh Ray and D-Von) defeated ECW World Tag Team Champions The Eliminators (Saturn and Kronus) to win the titles 
    – ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven defeated Tommy Dreamer and Stevie Richards in a three-way dance to retain the title

    1998

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Tank defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title

    WCW Uncensored: Mobile, Alabama:
    – WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned Eddie Guerrero (with Chavo Guerrero, Jr.) to retain the title
    – Juventud Guerrera pinned Konnan 
    – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Dean Malenko to retain the title
    – Lex Luger pinned Scott Steiner
    – WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chris Benoit and Raven in a Triple Threat match to retain the title
    – The Giant defeated Kevin Nash by disqualification
    – WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting pinned Scott Hall to retain the title
    – Hulk Hogan fought Randy Savage to a no-contest in a Steel Cage match 

    1999

    Cincinnati, Ohio:
    – Rey Misterio, Jr. defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman to win the title

    San Jose, California:
    – Road Dogg defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Val Venis to win the title

    2003 

    Cambridge, Massachusetts:
    – The Amazing Red and A.J. Styles defeated Christopher Daniels and Donovan Morgan to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
    – Samoa Joe beat Homicide, BJ Whitmer, and EZ Money to become the top contender to the ROH championship
    – CM Punk beat Raven

    Carolina, Puerto Rico:
    – Sabu defeated Carly Colón for the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title 

    2009 

    TNA Destination X: Orlando, Florida:
    – Suicide became new X-Division champion by defeating Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed
    – Scott Steiner defeated Samoa Joe by dq
    – AJ Styles defeated Booker T to win the TNA Legends Title
    – TNA Champion Sting defeated Kurt Angle to retain the title

  • Neville out of WrestleMania with serious ankle injury

    Adrian Neville (aka Benjamin Satterly) will miss this year’s WrestleMania after suffering a broken ankle and a broken shinbone in a match with Chris Jericho on Raw Monday night.

    Following the first commercial break, Neville went for a baseball slide and caught his foot and ankle on the canvas.  It was clear he was hurt, but it also appeared that he was going to try to continue the match. They did one quick highspot, but as Neville was trying to hop to the ropes, he collapsed.

    Jericho told referee Charles Robinson that they were going to improvise a finish and go home early. He rolled up Neville but Robinson, who like all WWE referees is instructed to call it like a shoot, apparently saw one of Neville’s shoulders up and stopped counting.

    Jericho, incensed, jumped to his feet and screamed, “HE’S HURT!” and shoved Robinson, who then called for the DQ.  Robinson and Jericho had a big argument on national TV, part of which included Jericho telling him that Neville broke his ankle and he told him that, and Robinson claiming he didn’t hear him.  Both were screaming at the other not to put their hands on them. We are told it was an awkward situation live in the ring, but that “things seemed better backstage”.

    Jericho then improvised another promo, leading to AJ Styles coming out and hitting him with his springboard forearm.

    The timing of something like this is never good, but this injury will keep Neville out of the ring for WrestleMania, the worst possible scenario.

    Other wrestlers have severely injured their ankles over the years on baseball slide spots, including Rob Van Dam during an ECW match in the 90s.

    WWE has a brief story on the injury on their website, including a photo of Neville being checked out.

    Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer also have details on the injury, plus a full Raw review for subscribers on last night’s Wrestling Observer Radio.

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    Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back today to talk all the news in wrestling and MMA including a full review of Monday’s Raw, all the matches and segments heading into WrestleMania, Neville’s leg injury, New Japan lineups, Matt Mitrione to Bellator, tons of mailbag questions and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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  • Figure Four Weekly 3/14/2016: EA Sports UFC 2 review

    I have no problem copping to being someone who still played the first EA Sports UFC game long after its release. It was the only current generation MMA game as well as being the only MMA game that still had a working online component. But it was also terribly flawed, even after EA made numerous improvements with patches. It was a first effort, yes, but it was also clearly rushed to meet the release date, as “Spring 204” ended up meaning the last Tuesday of Spring and there were numerous problems. Some were quickly addressed with patches, some weren’t, and eventually it improved quite a bit. But not quite enough.

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