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  • WWE Rio Rancho, NM, live results: Dean Ambrose vs. Rusev; Kane & Big Show dance

    Submitted by Eric Rocha

    – Pre-show poll asked which match from WM32 to show before the event

    • Reigns def. HHH (11%)
    • The Undertaker def. Shane McMahon (40%)
    • Brock Lesnar def. Dean Ambrose (49%)

    – Becky Lynch & Sasha Banks def. Emma & Lana – 18 min.

    Crowd loved both the faces (Sasha might have had a bigger reaction due to the Eddie Guerrero connection). Sasha does The Banks Statement for the win while Lynch did her submission at the same time.

    – Sin Cara def Epico – 9 min.

    Guess worth noting that Los Matadores somewhat exist since that was his Titantron and attire for him. Some of the crowd seemed to boo that since at least some knew that’s a dead gimmick.

    – Goldust def. Viktor with R-Truth as ref – 12 min match

    R-Truth came out 1st with a decent pop. No reaction to Viktor, and fine reaction to Goldust. R-Truth played favor to Goldust and would often ignore Viktor’s attempted pinfalls or submissions. Finally, Goldust got an upper hand then won on a quick 3 count against him. Crowd enjoyed such mannerisms from R-Truth during the match (he ate some cotton candy from a fan from ringside) and after the match, both Goldust and R-Truth played along Truth’s theme song with the crowd.

    – WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) def. Kane & Big Show vs Erick Rowan & Braun Strowman in an elimination match – 17 min match

    New Day came out first to a good reaction, then Rowan and Strowman came out to boos, biggest pops were to Kane then Big Show. Match was fun, Kane eliminated Wyatts, and then Xavier pinned Kane almost immediately. After Wyatts started to attack them, they then did a triple chokeslam by Kane and Show (with Xavier in between them). New Day then got the Big Show to dance, then Kane after 2 or so minutes.

    INTERMISSION

    – Hype Bros def. Social Outcasts – 10 min match

    Decent pop for Ryder, and Mojo looks like he just enjoys it all. Outcasts were just there to do what they were to do, no fanfare.

    – US Champion Kalisto def. Alberto Del Rio – 12 min match

    Crowd was into both (“Si chants ” for Del Rio, “Lucha” for Kalisto) Match was pretty good. In the beginning, Del Rio attempted to not fight go back through the Titantron.

    – Dean Ambrose def. Rusev – 17 min match

    Dean probably got the biggest pop between him, women’s babyfaces, and Kane with Big Show. Crowd was into both him and Rusev until Lana came out to distract and got heat on Rusev then she was kicked out by the ref. Ambrose after a struggle wins after Dirty Deeds.

  • WWE Main Event results: Stardust works the wrong shoulder; Titus returns

    Titus O’Neil def. Damian Sandow by pinfall

    It’s Titus O’Neil’s first televised (non-battle royal) match since the February RAW on which he lost to Adam Rose and roughhoused the boss! This, of course, is also Sandow’s final televised match with the company, after receiving his release last Friday.

    Tom Phillips is also back at the announce desk on this truly landmark edition of Main Event, capitalising on the shitcanning of one Rich Brennan. After accepting Jerry Lawler’s welcome, Phillips proclaims this a “new era with new opportunities”. And no Rich Brennans.

    Sandow worked heel here, because who cares. He was on offence for the majority of the sub-four minute duration of this match, before Titus made a quick comeback and creamed him with the Clash of the Titus. O’Neil did the bark after the bell and looked awkward as the Kansas crowd failed to care.

    – O’Neil’s attempts to dance with a fan are to-the-backed, as we abruptly cut to the Star Room, where Cody Rhodes is STILL Stardust. Cody blathers on about one of the writers’ favourite topics – Dolph’s cruddy comedy “career” – before making a Star Trek reference (something about being cloaked like a Romulan warbird). He also made a joke about Dublin being the largest city in the world because it’s “always doubling”. Hey, at least it’s not a Social Outcasts promo!

    Apollo Crews def. Viktor by pinfall

    Good ol’ Smiley Black Man continues to exclusively work squash matches, polishing off the sole remaining Ascension member with the toss powerbomb in just over four minutes. Viktor, whose work I usually enjoy, disappointed me here by applying a reverse chinlock for a very long time.

    Baron Corbin def. Sin Cara by pinfall

    Third squash in a row here, as hometown hero Corbin puts away Sin Cara in under four minutes. It was a little more interesting than the previous two matches however, with Corbin cutting off an early tope suicida attempt with a vicious forearm, before eventually eating one during the comeback. Said comeback also featured a botched quebrada attempt that Corbin had to quickly adjust his position to receive.

    After taking Cara’s suicide dive, Corbin recovered and flung Cara head first into the ringpost from the powerbomb position, as he did to Dolph Ziggler at Payback. Back in the ring, the reigning ARMBAR champion finished the Lucha Dragon off with the End of Days.

    Dolph Ziggler def. Stardust by pinfall

    Playing off Stardust’s earlier promo, these two worked a comedy match in the early going; featuring a Vintner-esque double noogie from Dolph and a spot where Ziggler ran Stardust around the ring while hammerlocked!

    Ziggler eventually flew into the ringpost shoulder-first to start the heat. Unfortunately for Stardust, who then went on to work Dolph’s left shoulder for the next five minutes, Dolph struck the post with his right – as more than one replay clearly demonstrated.

    Phillips failed to call a Disaster Kick, which got two for Cody after he cut off Ziggler’s comeback. Dolph then hit a superkick out of nowhere to wrap this ten minute match up.

    Final Thoughts

    Not a great show this week. Credit to Cody and Dolph for trying something different with the comedy stuff, but once the heat started the match died and the finish was weak. The rest of the show was just squash city. Not one to seek out, by any means.

  • EVOLVE 61 results: WWE Cruiserweight Classic qualifying matches; big surprise appearance

    Submitted by Chris GST from Queens, NY

    On Saturday, EVOLVE held one of the most talked about shows in Queens with two WWE Cruiserweight Classic qualifiers with TJP (aka TJ Perkins) and Drew Gulak winning their respective matches. The ramifications of this, and the relationship between WWE and WWNLive, will be interesting to keep up with in the future. In another shocking turn of events, EC3 (yes, the former TNA Champion) attacked Johnny Gargano in the main event and seemingly has joined another former TNA Champion Drew Galloway against the EVOLVE locker room, Triple H, NXT and more. 

    – Matt Riddle def Lio Rush with the cross armbreaker

    Riddle tells Thatcher to come get the title. He tosses it over his shoulder, and Stokely Hathaway comes out and grabs it.

    – The Bravado Brothers def Ethan Page and Chris Dickinson

    Bravados pinned Dickinson after a double team Gory Special. They are made that Team Tremendous got the first Evolve tag title shot since they were the longest Open the United Gate champions. Dan Barry comes out and does some comedy to mock the Bravados. Match is made for the next Queens show, and the Bravados then beat Barry down for fun.

    – WWE Cruiserweight Classic Qualifier #1: TJP def Fred Yehi after a 450 splash

    – WWE Cruiserweight Classic Qualifier #2: Drew Gulak def Tracy Williams with the Gu-lock

    – Marty Scurll def Zack Sabre Jr via tap out to the chicken wing

    Scrull gets an Evolve title shot on July 16 in Queens. Stokely comes out and calls TJP the uncrowned champion.

    – Johnny Gargano def Drew Galloway via DQ after EC3 runs into the ring and attacks Gargano. Long promo by EC3 as he buries NXT, Triple H, and even Bill DeMott. They lay waste to the Evolve locker room. Ethan Page makes the save.

    ***Next show is on June 10 with Gargano and TJP versus EC3 and Galloway, plus Ethan Page challenges Drew Gulak.

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/08): Benoit wins WWF IC Title; Edge defeats Undertaker for WWF World Title

    1974 

    Hamburg, Pennsylvania:
    – Jimmy & Johnny Valiant defeated Dean Ho & Tony Garea for the WWWF Tag Team Titles

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Antonio Inoki defeated Killer Karl Krupp and Seiji Sakaguchi to win the 1st Annual New Japan Pro Wrestling World League (Inoki, Krupp and Sakaguchi had all tied each other in the round robin portion of the tournament)

    1982

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan dq
    – Handicap Match: Hulk Hogan & Buck Zumhofe beat Nick Bockwinkel & Ken Patera & Bobby Heenan
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Bobby Duncum
    – Jacques Goulet drew Brad Rheingans

    1984 

    Raleigh, North Carolina:
    – Ivan Koloff & Don Kernolde defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood to win the titles 

    1985

    San Francisco, California:
    – Sgt. Slaughter & Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig beat Road Warriors & Paul Ellering in a Steel Cage match
    – In a Steel Cage Match, Jerry Blackwell beat Sheik Adnan El Kassey
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Jim Garvin
    – Steve Regal beat Buck Zumhofe
    – Brad Rheingans beat Butch Reed dq
    – Samula beat Drew Tossell

    1988 

    Irving, Texas:
    – Kerry Von Erich defeated Iceman King Parsons to win the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Big Van Vader for the IWGP Heavyweight Title 

    1992 

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Big Josh pinned Richard Morton
    – Van Hammer pinned JT Southern
    – The Junkyard Dog pinned Mr. Hughes
    – Ron Simmons pinned Cactus Jack
    – Nikita Koloff (subsituting for WCW World Champion Sting) & the Great Muta defeated Big Van Vader & WCW U.S. Champion Rick Rude via disqualification
    – WCW US Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
    – Ricky Steamboat pinned Steve Austin
    – WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton 

    1993 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Wolfie D defeated Danny Davis to win the USWA Middleweight Title

    2000 

    Uniondale, New York:
    – Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho for the WWF Intercontinental Title 

    2002

    Santa Ana, California:
    – Tom Howard defeated Christopher Daniels to win the Ultimate Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title

    2007 

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
    – Undertaker defeated Batista in a steel cage match
    – Edge cashed in the Money in the Bank title shot and defeated the Undertaker to win the World Title

    2010 

    ROH Supercard of Honor: New York City:
    – Tyler Black defeated Roderick Strong to retain the ROH World Title
    – in a NYC Last Man Standing Death Match; Kevin Steen defeated Colt Cabana

  • NXT Tulsa, OK, live results: Samoa Joe vs. Finn Balor

    Submitted by Jesse Ugland

    – No Way Jose defeated Murphy

    Crowd was really into No Way Jose.  Good opener.

    – Manny Andrade defeated Chris Girard

    Crowd didn’t know who either of them were but they won the crowd over by the end.

    – Bayley defeated Eva Marie

    Huge reaction for Bayley.  She is way over with the crowd.  A lot of Bayley shirts. Eva Marie was hated, except for a small group of guys that chanted “Let’s go Eva” through the whole match. It was pretty funny!

    – Austin Aries defeated Tye Dillinger

    Crowd was 50-50 this match.  Was surprised to see how over Dillinger was.

    – NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Alexa Bliss

    Pretty slow match. Bliss started bleeding in the match and it was either a busted nose or lip.

    – Intermission

    – Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Tyler Breeze

    Both were over with the crowd but Nakamura got a huge reaction when he arrived.

    – NXT Tag Team Champions American Alpha defeated Sawyer Fulton and Alexander Wolfe

    Good match. American Alpha got one of the biggest reactions of the night. 

    – NXT Champion Samoa Joe defeated Finn Balor

    Huge reactions for both men.  Best match of the night. After the match, Balor sang karaoke with the crowd and sang “Friends in Low Places”.

  • WWE Rapid City, SD, live results: Primo vs. Cass, Reigns vs. Sheamus

    Submitted by Destyn Humann

    – Dolph Ziggler vs. Baron Corbin

    Ziggler wins by pinfall after a DDT and a kick to the face. Before the event begins, Baron Corbin cuts a promo on the screen saying he’s going to “give Ziggler a beating like he’s never had before.”

    – Mark Henry & Darren Young vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson

    Anderson pinned Darren Young after the Magic Killer.

    – Kevin Owens cuts a promo on the videoboard, saying AJ Styles sports the worst hair cut, he doesn’t deserve to be in the same ring as him, and if anyone is phenomenal, it’s him. He says he’s going to beat him like you’ve never seen another man beat someone before.

    – Titus O’Neil vs. Fandango

    O’Neil wins by pinfall after a power bomb.

    – Sami Zayn vs. Stardust

    After the bell rings, the crowd bursts out into Sami and Cody chants. Stardust goes a bit ballistic and exits the ring to raise his hands to the crowd asking “What the heck?” Stardust then grabs a chair from under the ring but drops it as he tries to enter from the ref telling him not to bring it in. Zayn and Stardust then jump on the turnbuckles for a cheering contest in which Zayn wins after large amounts of boos for Stardust. As the match goes on, Stardust tries to pin Zayn multiple times. Each time he fails, the crowd puts up two fingers and Stardust shows three to each section. Zayn wins after a jump splash from the turnbuckle by pinfall.

    – Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles

    Right as the bell rings, Owens leaves the ring and walks around and rips up a fans sign. Styles wins by pinfall after the Phenomenal Forearm.

    – WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte vs. Natalya

    As Natalya goes after Charlotte in the turnbuckle, Charlotte counters and throws Natalya down and then rolled her up with her feet on the ropes to retain the title.

    – Big Cass vs. Primo

    Cass comes out with a mic and states that his partner is out with a head injury, but as long as he’s here, he’ll be doing it for the both of them. He goes on to say that he has one word for anyone who gets in his way. Before he can spell out “Sawft,” Primo attacks him from behind. Cass wins by pinfall and picks up the mic again and continues his speech, including spelling out “Sawft.”

    – IC Champion The Miz (with Maryse) vs. Cesaro

    While Miz is tapping from Cesaro’s submission, the ref is busy arguing with Maryse. Cesaro lets go of the submission to celebrate though no bell is rung. The ref explains and Cesaro starts to complain at Maryse. Then Miz throws Cesaro into the turnbuckle from behind and Cesaro falls. Miz then wins by pinfall.

    – WWE Champion Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus

    Reigns retains the title after a spear.

  • WWE Las Cruces, NM, live results: Dean Ambrose vs. Rusev

    JoJo is the ring announcer.

    – Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks defeat Emma and Lana

    Fun match. Sasha is over. Lana is the last one announced and gets a big pop. Ends when the babyfaces do their submissions at the same time. Emma taps to Sasha.

    – Sin Cara def. Fernando

    Fernando is doing great heel work throughout the match. Sin Cara wins via pinfall.

    – Goldust vs. Viktor

    R Truth is special guest ref for Goldust vs. Viktor. Goldust wins via pinfall. He and R-Truth are friendly afterwards. Comedy match.

    – WWE Tag Team Champions New Day (Big E and Xavier w/trombone) vs. Wyatts (Strowman and Rowan) vs. Big Show / Kane

    Big Show gets the biggest pop of the night. New Day gets a big reaction as well. Only two guys in the ring at once, and anyone can tag anyone. Kane pins Rowan and then Big E rolls up Kane. New Day is exiting when the Wyatts start beating up Kane/Show. New Day comes to the rescue. The New Day and Big Show / Kane all chokeslam the Wyatts at the same time. Then , New Day teach Big Show and Kane how to dance. Really fun match. Every time Kane or Big Show teased a chokeslam it got a huge reaction. Xavier was taking a beating for most of it.

    – Hype Bros. defeat Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas

    Along with the Goldust thing, this definitely got the least reaction. Still, surprisingly hot crowd.

    – U.S. Champion Kalisto defeats Alberto Del Rio via pinfall

    This was easily the hottest match of the night. Both guys are super over here. Crowd was reacting to everything. Del Rio got a huge babyface pop during his entrance, so the rest of the match, he worked devilish heel (tears up a kid’s sign, etc). Outstanding work from Del Rio. I had no idea how good this guy is. Del Rio removes turnbuckle when ref’s back is turned. Then Kalisto runs Del Rio into turnbuckle and hits the Salida del Sol for the pin.

    – Dean Ambrose def. Rusev (w/Lana)

    Lana gets heat by talking about how Las Cruces isn’t a real city, but just a small village in the middle of nowhere. Really funny. Ambrose gets huge pop. Lana gets ejected by ref. after continuing to distract him. Ambrose gets the crap beaten out of him for most of it, then wins with a dirty deeds. Fun match.

  • NXT Orlando, FL, live results: Vaudevillains vs. The Revival

    I’m at the Orlando National Guard Armory for NXT Live in front of approximately 300 people.

    – Nia Jax and Mandy Rose beat Aliyah and Daria

    The faces were able to work over Mandy, but once Nia got involved, her power was just too much. Tree Slam by Nia on Daria for the win.

    – Josh Woods beat Kishan Raftaar

    Kishan kept Josh grounded for most of this one until Woods was able to catch Raftaar with a grapevine ankle lock.

    – In ring interview w/ Mikey Nicholls and Shane Veryzer. They proclaim that they are the best team on the planet and the world.

    – Elias “The Drifter” Samson beat Cezar

    Massive booos for Samson tonight, and he couldn’t even finish his song, drowned out by “You need lessons/your song sucks” chants. There were a few good hope spots by Cezar (including a standing rana), but The Drifter won it with his spinning neck breaker.

    – Tino Sabbatelli beat Angelo Dawkins

    Good showing by both men. Tino was the face tonight and had the crowd on his side. Some great rope running and leapfrogs, and Tino hit a cross body to finish off the sequence. Tino picked up the win with a running power slam.

    – Patrick beat Dan Matha

    Big power moves by Dan early on, throwing Patrick around. Roll through with a bridge for Patrick to score the win.

    – Adrienne Reese beat Peyton Royce

    Fast paced match. Adrienne was flying around the ring, Peyton taunted her flower and by ducking out of the ring. Adrienne used her off the top rope rotating stunner for the win.

    – The Vaudevillains beat The Revival

    Early grappling and mat work. Gotch worked with both Dash and Scott before Aiden tagged in to pick up the pace. Revival used dastardly tactics to take the ref and get the advantage at all turns. Heat segment working over English before Gotch could make the hot tag and run wild. Great sequence with an attempt at the Vauds finish yet Revival pulled Gotch out, some roll up attempts, and finally they hit their Whirling Dervish for the win.

  • Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/07): Ric Flair defeats Ricky Steamboat for the NWA World Title; Hayes win NWA US Title

    1914 

    Kansas City, Missouri:
    – Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Americus (Gus Schoenlein) to win the World Heavyweight Title 

    1948 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Danny McShain defeated Miguel Guzmán for the Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1954 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Bull Curry defeated Ray Gunkel to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title 

    1955

    San Fransisco, California:
    – Lord James Blears and Gene Kiniski defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title

    1956 

    – Larry Chene and Herb Freeman defeated Jack O’Reilly and Kurt Von Poppenheim to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title

    1970 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Jerry Christy defeated Abdullah the Butcher for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title 

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Terry Funk defeated Ricky Romero for the NWA Western States Heavyweight Title 

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Verne Gagne & the Crusher 
    – Blackjack Lanza ddq Wilbur Snyder
    – Angelo Poffo beat Jack Pesek
    – Billy Red Lyons beat Joe Scarpello
    – Edouard Carpentier beat Larry Hennig
    – Pepper Gomez beat Lars Anderson

    1975 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – George Gulas and Jerry Jarrett defeated Don and Ron Wright for the NWA Tennessee Tag Team Titles
    – Luke Graham won the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title from Don Kent

    Enu, Japan:
    – Giant Baba & Samson Kutsuwada defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Mike George 

    1976 

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – The Super Destroyer defeated The Mighty Canadian (Gene Kiniski) to win the Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title 

    1977

    Bayamon, Puerto, Rico:
    – José Miguel Perez defeated Hurácan Castillo in a tournament final for the vacant WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title 

    New Haven, Connecticut:
    – WWWF World Champion Superstar Billy Graham defeated Billy White Wolf (Sheik Adnan El Kassey) 

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Ray Stevens
    – Pedro Morales beat Lord Alfred Hayes forfeit
    – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Billy Francis & Bob Backlund
    – Billy Robinson beat Blackjack Lanza
    – Larry Hennig beat Roger Kirby

    1979 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Bill Dundee and Robert Fuller defeated The Assassins in a loser leaves town match to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    Odessa, Texas:
    – Blackjack Mulligan won the Amarillo NWA International Heavyweight Title from Dory Funk, Jr

    1981 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Rufus R. Jones defeated Bobby Jaggers for the NWA Central States Television Title 

    1982 

    – Timothy Flowers and Adrian Street defeated Chris Adams and Ringo Rigsby to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles

    1984 

    Fort Worth, Texas:
    – NWA World champion Kerry Von Erich beat Terry Gordy
    – Killer Khan defeated Kelly Kiniski for the World Class Television Title

    Birmingham, Alabama:
    – Tommy Gilbert defeated Johnny Rich to win the NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Title 

    Montreal, Ontario, Canada:
    – Dino Bravo & Rick Martel beat Abdullah the Butcher & Jerry Blackwell 
    – AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Nick Bockwinkel via dq
    – Mad Dog Lefebvre & Frenchie Martin & Rick Valentine beat Raymond Rougeau & Tony Parisi & Gino Brito Sr
    – Leo Burke beat Richard Charland
    – King Tonga beat Reggie Rapone
    – Armand Rougeau drew Mike Shaw
    – Gino Brito Jr. beat Bob Boucher

    1985

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Jerry Oske defeated Randy Savage to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Jay Youngblood defeated Jack Hart
    – Tiger Conway Jr. defeated Dale Veasey
    – Scott McGhee defeated Mike Golden
    – Brian Blair fought Rip Rogers to a time-limit draw
    – Southern Heavyweight Champion Hector Guerrero defeated Bill Irwin
    – Bugsy McGraw defeated the Missing Link
    – Wahoo McDaniel & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Jesse Barr & Bill Irwin
    – Kerry Von Erich defeated NWA World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification 

    1986 

    Rhonda, North Carolina:
    – The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated NWA World Tag Team champions The Midnight Express in a non-title match

    1988

    Portland, Oregon:
    – The Southern Rockers (Steve Doll and Scott Peterson) defeated Avalanche (P.N. News) and Mike Golden to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1989

    WCW Music City Showdown: Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Ric Flair pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ricky Steamboat to win the title (after the match, Terry Funk attacked Flair after Flair turned down a future title match with him, piledriving him on a ringside table)
    – Michael Hayes pinned NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger to win the title
    – The Great Muta (with Gary Hart) defeated Doug Gilbert (with Eddie Gilbert)    
    – Butch Reed defeated Ranger Ross    
    – Dick Murdoch defeated Bob Orton Jr. (with Gary Hart) in a Bullrope match    
    – Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) defeated Samoan Swat Team (Samu and Fatu) (with Paul E. Dangerously)    
    – Sting defeated Iron Sheik (with Rip Morgan) to retain the NWA World Television Championship    
    – The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) (with Paul Ellering) defeated Varsity Club (Mike Rotunda and Steve Williams) (with Kevin Sullivan) by disqualification in a match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Nikita Koloff as the special guest referee
    – Eddie Gilbert and Rick Steiner (with Missy Hyatt) defeated Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey)to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship

    1992

    Wichita, Kansas:
    – Van Hammer pinned JT Southern
    – Ron Simmons pinned Cactus Jack
    – WCW U.S. Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Tom Zenk & Marcus Alexander Bagwell
    – Ricky Steamboat pinned Steve Austin
    – Nikita Koloff (substituting for WCW World Champion Sting) & the Great Muta defeated Big Van Vader & WCW U.S. Champion Rick Rude via disqualification
    – WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton

    1999 

    New Albany, Indiana:
    – Nick Dinsmore defeated Rob Conway to win the OVW Heavyweight Title 

    2000 

    WCW Slamboree: Kansas City, Missouri:
    – Chris Candido (with Tammy Lynn Stych) defeated The Artist (with Paisley) to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Championship    
    – Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley and Ralphus in a Handicap Hardcore match for the WCW Hardcore Championship
    – Shawn Stasiak defeated Curt Hennig
    – Scott Steiner (with Midajah and Shakira) defeated Captain Rection to retain the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship    
    – Mike Awesome fought Chris Kanyon to a no contest    
    – The Total Package defeated Buff Bagwell    
    – Shane Douglas defeated Ric Flair    
    – Sting defeated Vampiro    
    – Hulk Hogan (with Horace Hogan) defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson)    (Eric Bischoff as special guest referee)
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette and Diamond Dallas Page in a triple-tier steel cage match to win the title 

    2003 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Christopher Daniels defeated Jerry Lynn & Amazing Red in a handicap match to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship

  • NXT Oklahoma City, OK, live results: Finn Balor & Nakamura vs. Tye Dillinger & Samoa Joe

    Submitted by Kevin Ely

    The crowd was pretty into everything, and the whole tone of the show was about fun, so a lot of comedy and not a lot of super intense action. All the performers seemed to be having a blast in the ring. Bayley and Nakamura seemed to be the most popular merch, even ahead of Balor (though there were a lot of Bullet Club shirts).

    – Bayley def. Alexa Bliss

    Bayley won with a Bayley to Belly. Everyone loved Bayley, of course; she got one of the best reactions of the night.

    – Manny Andrade def. Chris Girard

    Crowd had no idea who either were and chanted “Let’s go rookies” at the start of the match. A few people were giving Girard grief for resembling Cesaro physically. Crowd was into Manny by the end. He teased a few dives but never pulled the trigger, and won with the double knees to the corner.

    – Austin Aries def. Murphy

    Austin worked an extended headlock sequence that got a “Headlock city” chant. He won with a running dropkick to the corner followed by Last Chance-arie for the submission.

    – NXT Tag Champions American Alpha def. Sawyer Fulton and Alexander Wolfe

    Alpha was over huge and people were buzzing for Jordan’s hot tag. Fulton and Wolfe’s Mad Max outfits got a brief “You look stupid” chant. The did a lot of contrived double team moves on Gable that kind of dragged the match, but the people went crazy for the ending. Alpha won with Grand Amplitude.

    Intermission

    – Tyler Breeze def. No Way Jose

    Breeze got one of the biggest pops of the night for his surprise entrance. Crowd was super into Jose’s entrance music, and chanted his name to the Ole Ole cadence. Tyler made a brief promo on being one of the people who put NXT on the map, and the people chanted “Thank you Tyler.” This was probably the most fun match of the night.

    Crowd treated both like babyfaces, and they did some really clever comedy spots. Biggest pop of the whole night might have been when Tyler did Scotty 2 Hotty’s worm, and Jose was booed when he tried doing the people’s elbow. Finish came when Tyler brought a chair in and tired to get the Eddie Guerrero DQ, then hit Jose with the supermodel kick over the bent-over referee’s back for the pin. Super fun match.

    – NXT Women’s Champion Asuka def. Eva Marie

    Eva was fine, and did a decent job of playing heel. Asuka won with the choke, which was kind of a flat ending. The event was in a convention center hall with no elevated seating, so for anyone past the first five rows, it was sometimes difficult to see mat level. I think many people couldn’t even see what was going on when they went to the finish.

    – Finn Balor & Shinsuke Nakamura def. Tye Dillinger & NXT Champion Samoa Joe

    Dillinger came out first and cut a promo on the Thunder, who were losing an NBA playoff game to the Spurs in the arena across the street. Nakamura got a great reception. People definitely see him as top-tier. Balor got a main event pop, and I was completely unprepared for the effect he had on the women in the audience. There were women around me who were nearly breathless seeing Finn in person. Joe came out last. Match was really entertaining but not super exciting, if that makes sense. Mainly, it centered around Tye working most of the match with Finn trying to get at Joe and Joe wanting nothing to do with either of his opponents.  

    When Joe and Nak entered the ring to square off, the atmosphere was electric. Of course, Joe immediately tagged out for great heat. Nakamura worked Tye’s fingers of all things, doing a fun snapping move that made it sound like he was breaking Tye’s finger. Each time he’d do it, the crowd would subtract from ten and chant “nine, eight,” and so on. Good action once Joe really got in there. Good guys won when Balor hit Tye with the Bloody Sunday after Nakamura knocked Joe out with the Kinshasa.