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  • Great Khali being Great Khali!

    Great Khali being…..well, Great Khali! No idea what he’s saying or what this commercial is about but it’s fascinating. Khali is infinitely more intelligible and mobile than he was in his WWE days so the time off has clearly done him some good. 

  • Alberto el Patron cancels two German dates reportedly due to transportation disagreement

    According to one of the promotions that booked him, former WWE Champion and current AAA Mega Champion Alberto El Patron has backed out of two European bookings this weekend due to a disagreement about the type of flight he was booked on.

    El Patron and brother El Hijo de Dos Caras were scheduled to appear on Friday for Swiss Wrestling Entertainment (SWE) in Bern, Germany, and on Saturday for Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) in Mannheim, Germany. According to a post on wXW’s website (translated by reader Markus Gronemann), El Patron backed out with six days notice because the promotion had him booked in the Economy Plus class when he wanted to fly Business Class instead. wXw’s and SWE’s promoters said the cost would be $7000 USD to make the change on short notice and refused. This is the second time El Patron has backed out of an wXw booking on short notice, the last time in December 2014. 

    wXW stated in their post that they will no longer book El Patron.

  • On this date in pro wrestling history (10/13): Koloffs, Steiners, and Legion of Doom all win tag team gold

    1935

    Waterloo, Iowa:
    – Earl Wampler wrestled Louis Thesz to a 20 minute time limit draw 

    1956

    Des Moines, Iowa (Frank Gotch Memorial Arena)
    – Verne Gagne wrestled Roy McClarity to a 60 minute draw

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – In a match for the Central States title; Bobby Bruns beat Tom Zaharias in 2 straight falls to retain the title
    – Gene Stanlee beat Tex McKenzie 2 falls to 1
    – Richard Brown beat Rock Monroe 

    1961

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Texas Death match; Mr. M beat Hard Boiled Haggerty  
    – Karl Krauser & Dale Lewis beat Otto Von Krupp & Bob Geigel

    1970

    Dallas, Texas:
    – George Scott beat Johnny Valentine to win Texas Heavyweight title
    – Boris Malenko & Lord Charles Montague beat Mr. Wrestling & Jack Pesek
    – Toru Tanaka beat Tiger Conway
    – Killer Kowalski beat Mil Mascaras

    1971

    Miami, Florida:
    – Florida Champion, Jack Brisco defeated Bobby Duncum by DQ to retain the title
    – Dick Murdoch defeated Robert Fuller in a Texas Death Match
    – The Australians (Ron Miller & Larry O’Day) defeated Bull Marcus & Ronnie Garvin
    – Johnny Walker (aka Mr. Wrestling) defeated Jim Dalton
    – Hiro Matsuda defeated Black Bart

    1978

    Houston, Texas:
    – Andre The Giant and NWA Champion Harley Race went to a double countout
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Dusty Rhodes
    – Brass Knuckles Match; Bruiser Brody beat Rocky Johnson
    – Gino Hernandez beat David Von Erich
    – Al Madril beat Bill White dq
    – Suzette Ferriara beat Joyce Grable for Texas Women’s Title

    1981 

    Allentown, Pennsylvania:
    – Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito defeated Tony Garea & Rick Martel to win the WWWF World Tag Team Titles 

    1984

    Janesville, Wisconsin:
    – The Crusher & Tony Atlas beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors dq
    – Mr. Saito beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Curt Hennig beat Larry Zbyszko
    – Brad Rheingans drew Billy Robinson
    – Jim Brunzell beat Steve Regal

    1985 

    Charlotte, North Carolina:
    – Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated The Rock N’ Roll Express (Rick Morton & Robert Gibson) to win the NWA World Tag Team Title

    1992 

    Regina, Saskatchewan:
    – Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase & IRS) defeated The Natural Disasters (Typhoon & Earthquake) to win the WWF Tag Team Titles

    1997 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Rick & Scott Steiner won the WCW World Tag Team titles by defeating Scott Hall & Syxx

    Topeka, Kansas:
    – The Legion Of Doom (Road Warriors) defeated The Godwinns to win WWF World Tag Team Titles

    2006

    Jacksonville, Florida:
    – Chris Benoit defeated Ken Kennedy to win the WWE United States Title
    – Batista defeated Fit Finlay and Bobby Lashley

    2011

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – AJ Styles & Rob Van Dam defeated Jerry Lynn & Christopher Daniels
    – Matt Morgan defeated Samoa Joe

    2012

    Ontario, Canada:
    – World’s Greatest Tag Team, Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin, defeated Rhett Titus & BJ Whitmer
    – Jay Lethal defeated Davey Richards
    – ROH TV Champion Adam Cole defeated Eddie Edwards
    – ROH Tag Team Champions Steve Corino & Jimmy Jacobs defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe
    – ROH World Champion Kevin Steen defeated Michael Elgin

  • WWE/Evolve agreement, Seth Rollins to appear on ESPN

    WWE has agreed to send Sami Zayn to the Evolve live shows on Saturday and Sunday night in Queens, NY, and Deer Park, NY, for non-wrestling appearances.

    Zayn, currently out of action due to shoulder surgery, will be doing an autograph signing and posing for pictures with fans both nights.  He will also be doing something in the ring but it will only be for the live audience as they are not allowing him to appear on the iPPV portion of the show it is believed.

    WWE is working with Evolve as a place for talent WWE is interested in to work before they go to WWE, as WWE doesn’t want to sign talent if at all possible that has been on national cable or can be merchandised in some form based on prior agreements.

    Seth Rollins is scheduled to appear on ESPN Sports Center at 9 p.m. tomorrow night .  Jonathan Coachman, who will be on with Rollins, has teased a major announcement regarding WWE and ESPN within the next 48 hours.

  • WWE Raw: Angle with Rusev and Lana’s engagement

    WWE on Twitter mentioned that Rusev and Lana are now engaged, and that to learn more about it, watch Raw tonight.

    That indicates with the word breaking over the weekend that they are going to turn it into storyline immediately.

    It was expected that it would become storyline at some point.

    WWE has already acknowledged the engagement on its web site.

    Last week WWE did a television angle where Summer Rae asked Rusev to marry her and he accepted, but said the wedding wouldn’t take place until he won the WWE title first.

    In storyline, the Summer Rae situation with Dolph Ziggler wasn’t followed up on last week.  While Rusev and Lana were at odds, since the real life engagement, the storyline changed that Rusev really still wanted Lana and everyone knows it.

  • MONDAY UPDATE: Bill DeMott’s daughter passes, Myzteziz, Jonathan Coachman cryptic tweet

    We’re looking for your thoughts on today’s New Japan King of Pro Wrestling show and Wednesday night’s NXT show.  We’re looking for your thoughts on both shows with a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to Dave Meltzer

    We’re also looking for live reports from Raw in Chicago with dark matches, Superstars matches and anything else not evident on the live show to Dave Meltzer

    We’re looking for reports on all three WWE shows in Saudi Arabia and NXT from Saturday  night in Winter Haven, FL.

    Smackdown and Main Event will be taped in Cincinnati on Tuesday.  No John Cena on the show, so Roman Reigns and Randy Orton are the advertised headliners.

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    Figure Four Weekly:

    The newest issue of Figure Four Weekly is now up for subscribers (subscribe to the site here and get access to Figure Four, the Observer, tons of audio, and more) featuring details on all facets of Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker, including a better understanding of Gawker’s defense, what else the judge has sealed to protect Hogan, and more. On top of that, we have all the usual stuff like Vinny’s reviews and international news.

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    Wrestling Observer Newsletter

    An update on the status of Daniel Bryan is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter which is on the site right now and also can be subscribed to for home delivery.  We update his situation and how the decision on his future will be made shortly.  We also look at Daniel Cormier and the light heavyweight division and what the business notes say, the WWE’s Madison Square Garden event with Brock Lesnar, TNA’s Bound for Glory and world title tournament, Conor McGregor predicts the future once again, a pro wrestler is in the Japanese cabinet as well as our monthly look at the WWE and TNA’s business indicators. 

    We look at what Daniel Bryan said this past week regarding his future and how the decision will be made for him soon, and what he’d like to do if he wasn’t working for WWE.

    We look at Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson and the shadow over the light heavyweight division, the news coming out of UFC 192, and full coverage of the event with business notes, early PPV indicators and poll results.

    We look at the WWE Network special from Madison Square Garden, Brock Lesnar’s return, how the show was promoted, Chris Jericho’s 25th anniversary as a pro wrestler and match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

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    Monday Daily Update

    • Bryan and I will be back tonight with Wrestling Observer radio covering Raw, King of Pro Wrestling and the latest MMA and pro wrestling news.  You can send in a question for tonight’s show to mailbag@wrestlingobserver.com
    • A really sad story, the daughter of Bill DeMott, 20-year-old Keri DeMott, was killed in a head-on car accident in Orlando at about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.  We send our sympathies to the DeMott family.
    • Not sure what this means, but Jonathan Coachman tweeted “You have been asking for years and we are about to take another step.  So excited.  48 Hours.”  The hint is “WWE joins us,” to it sounds like a new WWE tie-up with ESPN, which has been talked about for some time, with all the coverage this year of WrestleMania and SummerSlam. 
    • Nothing really advertised for Raw tonight, but it’ll be tough because not only is there a Pittsburgh Steelers vs. San Diego Chargers Monday night game, but the National League baseball playoffs have Game three of the New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers series which is the top two markets in the country.
    • To the surprise of nobody, Myzteziz did no-show Saturday night’s card in Veracruz.  The fans were told at the start of the show that he wouldn’t be there.
    • Jeff Jarrett’s GFW is pushing that all four championships, the Global title, GFW tag titles, GFW women’s title and GFW NEX GEN titles will be crowned at the 10/23 tapings in Las Vegas at The Orleans Arena.  
    • King Barrett, who is currently in a three-way program with Stardust and Neville on WWE undercards after his King of the Ring win went nowhere, has expressed interest in moving to the tag team division. In particular, Barrett said he’d like to form a team with Neville.
    • Latest episode of Fire Pro Podcast takes a look at the Playstation and Nintendo 64 era of video games, including WWE No Mercy
    • R-Truth opens for the Insane Clown Posse
    • El Santo to return to the big screen with five new films
    • Sage Northcutt, the much publicized UFC newcomer, is headed to TriStar gym in Montreal from Texas.
    • The “Sting”  Into the Light” DVD and Blu Ray will be released tomorrow.  I’ve heard it’s already available in Canada.  It features a documentary that he’s a big part of, plus matches starting with his debut in Memphis with the future Ultimate Warrior and in Mid South, as well as WCW, his debut in WWE and Mania match with HHH.
    • WWE stock has continued to rise, closing today at $19.94 per share, based on expectations of a good network number announcement at the end of the month.
    • Premier Wrestling on 11/28 in Gilroy, CA at the IFDES Lodge Portuguese Hall with a round-robin three-way tournament with Jeff Cobb (6-3-1) vs. Timothy Thatcher (4-2-1) vs. Joe Graves (2-1-1).  JR Kratos (9-2), the champion, faces Marcus Lewis (5-4) and there will be a women’s tournament with Nicole Savoy (3-1), Kahmora (1-1), Raze (0-2) and Kikyo Nakamura (0-1).  Tickets are available at www.premierwrestle.com and save $5 in advance.
    • USWA on Saturday night in Jacksonville at the Maxwell Snyder Armory (the same building NXT runs) headlined by Dagon Biggs vs Martin Stone, plus Tim Zbyszko and Aaron Solow.
    • Superstars of Wrestling Fan Fest on 10/24 in Rome, GA featuring 40 wrestlers including DDP, Ron Simmons, Paul Orndorff, Scott Hall, Tommy Dreamer, Shane Douglas, Stevie Richards, Nikita Koloff, Sabu, Bobby Eaton, Gunner, Carlito, Marty Jannetty, Teddy Long, Shane Helms, Lord Humongous and Glacier.  There will also be a wrestling show that night.
    • Future Stars of Wrestling on Friday night at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas headlined by Kevin Kross vs. Hammerstone, plus T.J. Perkins (Manik in TNA) vs. Willie Mack, Eli Drake, Kenny King, Reno Scum and Martin Causus from Lucha Underground.
    • Border City Wrestling on Saturday night in Windsor, ONT at St. Clair College features, Shane Helms, Lisa Varon (Tara/Victoria), Sonjay Dutt, Seiya Sanada, Bobby Roode, PJ Black, Moose, Johnny Swinger, a gauntlet match and the beginning of a tag team tournament.
    • Pro Wrestling Eclipse on 11/18 in Oshawa, ONT at the Legion Br. 43 with Xandra Bale vs. Jewels Malone in a falls count anywhere match.
    • Outlaw Wrestling on Sunday in Centralia, IL:  Frank Wyatt & Jake Parnell b Dusty LeVey & Slade Sludge, Manimal b Weylin the Mangler, J.J. Garrett won six-way over Mike Outlaw, Stephen Wolf, Farmer Billy Hills, Justin D’Air and Nick Doepp, Bo Gott & Duke Cornell b Danny Adams & Austin Blackburn, Matt Cage b Paco Gonzalez, Chris Mac b Alexandre Rudolph, Bull Bronson won three-way over Michael Elgin and Blake Belakis, Mikey McFinnegan & Zakk Sawyers b Brad & Brian Mercury, Ozzie Gallagher won four-way over Gary Jay, Jeff O’Shea and Cash Bordin, Devin & Mason Cutter over Deadly Dale & Idol Bane and Reed Bentley and John Wayne Murdoch (thanks to Patrick Brandmeyer).
    • Ken Anderson headlines for Santino Marella’s Battle Arts Academy Destiny show on 12/6 at the Don Kolov Arena in Mississauaga, ONT, plus Ricochet, Dalton Castle and Kongo Kong.
    • Renegade Promotions on 11/8 in Burlington, ONT at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Centre with children under five free,headlined by Derek Wylde vs. Tyson Dux.
    • Superkick’d results from Saturday night in Toronto:  Michael Sissay b Holden Albright, Space Monkey & Mano del Diablo & Anton Alexiev b Dylan Bostic & Rae Lyn & RJ City, Young Myles & Lionel Knight b Mathieu St. Jacques & Thomas DuBois, Phil Atlas b Seiya Sanada, Tarik b Moose-DQ, Ethan Page NC Ashley Sixx, Ashley Sixx & Orlando Christopher b Ethan Page & Mike Rollins, Shane Sabre b Brent Banks.  Next show which is a Zombie Wrestling show on  10/30 at the Lithuanian Hall in Bloor West, plus an 11/7 show at the Great Hall in Toronto with Ethan Carter III.
    • Lucha TO on Sunday in Whitby, ONT was canceled.  They will be running an 11/8 show in Toronto with Vampiro, Pentagon Jr. and Drago.
    • Shimmer results from Sunday

    VOLUME 78

    Mary Elizabeth Monroe b Paloma Starr (dark match)

    Solo Darling b Amanda Rodriguez

    LuFisto b Veda Scott

    Allysin Kay b Shazza McKenzie

    Rhia O’Reilly b Leva Bates

    Evie & Heidi Lovelace b Tessa Blanchard & Vanessa Kraven

    Jessicka Havok b Kimber Lee

    Courtney Rush b Liberty

    Nicole Matthews b Mia Yim

    Kay Lee Ray b Kelly Anne

    Cheerleader Melissa & Yumi Ohka b Hiroyo Matsumoto & Makoto

    Kellie Skater b Sonoko Kato

    Madison Eagles b Nicole Savoy to retain the Shimmer title

    VOLUME 79

    Leva Bates b Thunderkitty

    Vanessa Kraven b LuFisto

    Makoto b Marti Belle

    Jessicka Havok b Sammi Baynz

    Cheerleader Melissa & Yumi Ohka b K.C.Spinelli & Xandra Bale

    Kay Lee Ray b Liberty

    Shazza McKenzie won four-way over Allysin Kay, Mia Yim and Veda Scott

    Heidi Lovelace b Kelly Anne

    Crazy Mary Dobson b Saraya Knight

    Sonoko Kato b Nicole Savoy

    Hiroyo Matsumoto b Rhia O’Reilly

    Daizee Haze & Kellie Skater & Lexie Fyfe & Madison Eagles b Kimber Lee & Lacey & Nicole Matthews & Portia Perez

    • A C.M. Punk written cartoon called “Drax,” about Drax the Destroyer, will be released by Marvel on 11/4.
    • Absolute Intense Wrestling on Friday night in Cleveland at Our Lady of Mount Carmel school features Terry Funk, Ray Rowe DJ Zema Ion, Johnny Gargano, Cedric Alexander and more.
    • The Ben Askren vs. Luis Santos rematch will be on 11/13 in Kallang, Singapore at the Indoor Stadium for the One welterweight title.  The last match was freaky because Santos took Askren down a couple of times early in their first fight which ended with Santos unable to continue after an accidental eye poke.  Nobody had even taken Askren down in an MMA match that I could recall.
    • “Lion’s Pride:  The turbulent history of New Japan Pro Wrestling” will be released in paperback and digital on 11/11 on Amazon and the Kindle Store.  The book written by Chris Carlton, who knows Japanese, talks about the history of pro wrestling in Japan.
    • Grand Slam Wrestling on 11/14 in Moosic, PA at the Youth Center.
    •  DK Publishing will be releasing a book called “UFC:  A Visual History” written by UFC’s Thomas Gerbasi.  The book will be a 400-page hardback.
    • Eric Wayne of Memphis, the grandson of Buddy Wayne and son of Ken Wayne, debuts with CWE on 12/2 in Yorkton, Manitoba. 
    • New match at NWAClassics.com is Ernie Ladd vs. Mike “Grenade” Boyer.
    • Speedball Mike Bailey is off the Something Different show on Friday night in Toronto due to starting with AAA this coming weekend.  The top matches on the show at the Franklin Horner Community Center are Sonjay Dutt vs. Brent Banks and Franky the Mobster vs. Dalton Castle. 
    • Paul Heyman compares both Vince McMahon and C.M. Punk with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
    • A story on Bolivian pro wrestling

    ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY INTERNATIONAL (thanks to Graeme Cameron)

    1967 – Mark Lewin beat King Curtis Iaukea in Sydney to win the IWA title and Mario Milano & Red Bastien beat Killer Kowalski & Skull Murphy to win the IWA tag titles

    2003 – Jado won a Rumble Battle Royal for the vacant IWGP jr. title in Tokyo

    2004 – The Predator (Sylvester Terkay) beat Mike Knox in Fukuoka to win the Zero-One U.S. title

    2013 – Myzteziz won a Rumble in San Luis Potosi to win the Antonio Pena Cup

  • On this date in pro wrestling history 10/12: Thesz defeats Yukon Eric, Bret Hart defeats Ric Flair for WWF Title

    1941
    Waterloo, Iowa:
    – Orville Brown defeated Joe Dusek

    1943
    Wichita, Kansas:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ede Virag beat Jack Nasworthy in 2 out of 3 falls

    1945
    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    Orville Brown beat Cowboy Roy Graham 

    1951
    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Yukon Eric

    1972
    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – The Interns (Tom Andrews & Jim Starr), managed by Dr. Ken Ramey, defeated Ken Lucas & Ox the Ripper (Ox Baker), managed by Dennis Hall with the Interns’ Masks at stake in a no time limit and No DQ match
    – Dennis Hall & Kevin Sullivan, managed by Joey Rossi, defeated Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente, managed by Don Duffy
    – Danny Dusek defeated Jimmy Kent
    – Roy Lee Welch defeated Gene Morton

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Terry Funk & Ricky Romero beat Black Gordman & Tapia (substituting for Great Goliath) in 2 out of 3 falls
    – In a Loser Must Unmask match, Mr. Wrestling beat Red Devil.  Red Devil was unmasked as Dick Beyer (The Destroyer)
    – Hank James beat Dory Funk Sr

    1973
    Denver, Colorado:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff dq
    – Geoff Portz beat Tokyo Joe 
    – Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco

    1976
    Macon, Georgia:
    – Andre The Giant won a Battle Royal
    – Non Title Match; Jos Leduc beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
    – Mongolian Stomper beat Rick McGraw
    – Roberto Soto beat Stan Stasiak
    – Paul Orndorff beat Jim Lancaster

    1979
    Knoxville, Tennessee:
    – Dick Slater beat Toru Tanaka (substituting for Jack Brisco) in a No DQ match
    – Jimmy Golden beat Robert Fuller
    – Mongolian Stomper beat Alexis Smirnoff
    – Norvell Austin & The Angel beat Ron Fuller & Paul Orndorff

    1980
    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura dq
    – Ray Stevens & Pat Patterson & Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne & Dino Bravo & Super Destroyer Mark II
    – The Crusher beat Jerry Blackwell to win World Brass Knucks Title
    – Buck Zumhofe drew Steve Regal
    – Tito Santana beat Chris Markoff

    1981 
    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Terry Gordy defeated Michael Hayes in a taped fist match 

    Greenville, South Carolina:
    – Buddy Landell beat Charlie Fulton
    – The Grappler & Super Destroyer beat Paul Jones & Jake Roberts
    – NWA U.S. Champion Sgt. Slaughter beat Sweet Ebony Diamond (Rocky Johnson)
    – Ivan Koloff beat Ricky Steamboat

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Stan Lane fought Steve Keirn to a no contest
    – Bill Dundee beat Chick Donovan
    – Ricky & Robert Gibson beat The Nightmare & Speed via DQ in a “Hospital Elimination” match
    – Southern Champ Dream Machine beat Dutch Mantel
    – Sweet Brown Sugar beat Jerry Lawler in a No DQ match

    1984
    Houston, Texas:
    – Cage match: Jose Lothario beat Buddy Landel
    – The Rock N’ Roll Express beat The Midnight Express with Jim Cornette
    – Steve Williams & Hercules Hernandez beat Hacksaw Duggan & Bill Dundee
    – George Wells beat Ernie Ladd
    – Hector & Chavo Guerrero beat The Fantastics

    1985
    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Jerry Lawler dq
    – Rock & Roll Express beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff
    – Hospital Elimination Match; Fabulous Ones beat Sheepherders
    – Bill Dundee beat Mongolian Stomper
    – Ron Garvin beat Black Bart

    1986
    Orlando, Florida:
    – Kendall Windham beat Kendo Nagasaki in a kendo stick on a pole match
    – The Fabulous Ones drew the Sheepherders
    – Southern champ Lex Luger beat Hacksaw Higgins
    – Barry Windham drew Ron Bass

    1987
    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee beat Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers to win AWA Tag Title
    – Carl Fergie & Black Prince & Don Bass beat Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn
    – Nasty Boys beat Lord Humongous & Big Bubba
    – Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka beat Tracy Smothers & John Paul
    – Bobby Jaggers beat Rocky Johnson
    – RPMS beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis

    1991
    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Big Josh (Matt Borne) & Dustin Rhodes, & Tom Zenk defeated Richard Morton, Thomas Rich & Terrance Taylor
    – WCW World TV Champion Steve Austin pinned Steve Armstrong
    – WCW World Tag Team champions The Enforcers, Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko defeated The Freebirds, Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
    – WCW U.S. champion Sting & Rick Steiner defeated Cactus Jack & Abdullah the Butcher in a steel cage match 

    1992 
    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
    – Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title 

    1992 
    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Butch Reed defeated Junkyard Dog for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title

    1998 
    Uniondale, Long Island:
    – Ken Shamrock defeated X-Pac in a tournament final to win the WWF Intercontinental Title 

    1999 
    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Mankind & the Rock defeated The New Age Outlaws to win the WWF World Tag Team Title

    2002
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:
    – WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar pinned Chris Benoit
    – Lance Storm pinned John Cena 
    – Chris Jericho defeated Matt Hardy via submission 
    – No DQ match: Edge pinned Eddie Guerrero 

    2008 
    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Sting defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Title
    – Booker T defeated AJ Styles and Christian Cage
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Kurt Angle

  • ROH announces two day Survival of the Fittest for Milwaukee and Minneapolis

    Ring of Honor will be doing its annual Survival of the Fittest Shows on 11/13 in Milwaukee at the Turner Hall Ballroom and 11/14 in Hopkins, MN, just outside Minneapolis, at the Eisenhower Community Center, with an ROH title shot at stake.

    This year’s event will feature, on the first night, two different four-corners matches, two three-way matches and two singles matches.

    The second night will be headlined by a six-way elimination match featuring the winners of the six matches on the previous night.

    There will be 18 wrestlers in total on the first night. Thus far, the promotion has announced nine of them:  Mark Briscoe, Jay Briscoe, Michael Elgin, ACH, Matt Sydal, Moose, Ray Rowe, Hanson and Dalton Castle.

    Past winners of the tournament have included Delirious, Roderick Strong, Elgin, Adam Cole and current ROH champion Jay Lethal.

  • WWE House show results 10-10 St Louis: Orton & Roman vs Strowman & Wyatt

    By Curt Chaplin

    R-Truth defeated Tyler Breeze

    Jimmy Uso defeated Heath Slater; Mimi dance off between Uso and Slater. Slater claimed to be cheap shotted and wanted another match; Neville came out and hit the red arrow for the win in under 30 seconds.

    Rusev with Summer defeated Mark Henry

    New Day (Big E and Xavier) retained against PTP and Dudley Boyz. Kofi was put through a table after the match.

    Becky Lynch and Charlotte defeated Naomi and Temena. Sasha was ringside but not in wrestling gear.

    Ryback defeated Kevin Owens by DQ (thumb to the eye) and an IC title match.

    Orton/Reigns defeated Wyatt/Stroman.

    Kind of interesting seeing Breeze work with the main roster when there was an NXT Live Event last night.

  • WWE house show report 10-11 Bloomington, IL: Reigns & Orton vs. Strowman & Wyatt

    By Kevin Shride

    1.  R-Truth pinned Tyler Breeze with a sunset flip.  Basic opener, better crowd heat that you’d guess.  Most seemed to know who Breeze was.

    2.  Jimmy Uso pinned Heath Slater with a superkick.  They started the match, then after just a couple of spots, Slater challenged Uso to a dance-off right then.  (Incidentally, the sound was the worst; everybody could barely be understood.)  Slater danced to “I’m Too Sexy”, which was typical goofy heel stuff.  Uso then brought 2 kids into the ring, and all three of them danced to  “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”, which the kids were hysterical doing.  The ref declared Uso the winner of the dance-off, and as soon as the kids were out, Slater hit Uso, then was immediately superkicked and pinned.  After, Slater challenged anyone in the back to another match, since he was cheated in this one.

    3.  Neville pinned Heath Slater with an immediate kick and red arrow.  Took about 30 seconds.  Slater then issued another challenge.

    4.  Mark Henry pinned Heath Slater with the World’s strongest slam.  Even quicker.  They replayed “Watch Me” and Uso and Neville came back out to dance with Henry.  Not nearly as funny as the kids.

    5.  Dolph Ziggler pinned Rusev with the Zig Zag.  Easily the best match on the show.

    6.  The New Day (Kingston and Woods with Big E at ringside) beat Prime Time Players and Dudleyz in a 3-team elimination match to retain the WWE Tag Team Title.  Woods pinned O’Neill after Big E ran in and hit the Big Ending.  Then Woods pinned Bubba Ray with a schoolboy after Big E hit Devon while Devon was getting a table.  After the match, the Dudleyz 3-D’ed Woods through the table.

    7.  Charlotte & Becky Lynch beat Tamina & Naomi with Sasha Banks at ringside.  I guess they figure Sasha doesn’t need the work as much as the other two.  Charlotte pinned Tamina with the running rolling cutter.

    8.  Ryback beat Kevin Owens by DQ, so Owens retains the Intercontinental Title.  Owens was DQ’ed for poking Ryback in the eyes.  Seriously?  I guess Roddy Piper would have been DQ’ed in every match.  A low blow would at least be more in line with a DQ.

    9.  Roman Reigns & Randy Orton beat Bray Wyatt & Braun Strowman when Reigns pinned Wyatt with a spear after an Orton RKO.  Perfectly fine match.  They didn’t let Strowman do much, but