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  • Daily pro wrestling history (04/20): AWA Wrestlerock; Hollywood Hogan wins WCW World Title

    1895

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Martin “Farmer” Burns defeated Evan “Strangler” Lewis for the American Heavyweight Title 

    1960 

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – The Great Bolo and Joe McCarthy defeated Bobby and Don Fields for both the Gulf Coast and Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1968

    Nagoya, Japan:
    – Rusher Kimura and Thunder Sugiyama defeated Tank Morgan and Stan Stasiak to win the TWWA World Tag Team Titles

    1970

    Orlando, Florida:
    – Argentina Apollo and José Lothario defeated Dale Lewis and The Missouri Mauler for the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – K.O. Kox and Killer defeated Bob Geigel and The Stomper to win the Central States NWA North American Tag Team Titles

    1971

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Jack Brisco defeated Terry Funk to win the NWA Florida Television Title  

    1972

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – The Stomper defeated Bob Orton
    – Rufus R. Jones defeated Blackjack Black
    – Danny Little Bear defeated Benny Ramirez
    – Terry Martin fought Billy Howard to a draw
    – Omar Atlas defeated Frank Diamond
    – Elimination Match: The Stomper & Danny Little Bear & Rufus R. Jones & Omar Atlas defeated Blackjack Black & Bob Orton & Benny Ramirez & Frank Diamond
    – North American Tag Team Champions Chati Yokouchi & Yasu Fuji defeated Harley Race & Black Angus (w/ Percival A. Friend) via DQ in three falls (referee: The Viking)

    1980

    Dallas, Texas:
    – Toru Tanaka defeated Kevin Von Erich for the NWA American Heavyweight Title 

    1985

    Cleveland, Ohio:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Brett Sawyer & Buzz Sawyer
    – Loser Leaves town: Pez Whatley beat Rip Rogers
    – Ronnie Garvin beat Bob Roop
    – Lumberjack match: Thunderbolt Patterson beat Kareem Muhammad
    – Italian Stallion beat Ron Starr
    – Joel Deaton beat Paul Diamond
    – Bill Irwin beat Ben Alexander

    1986 

    AWA WrestleRock: Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – Cage Match: Road Warriors beat Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
    – Cage Match: Verne Gagne beat Sheik Adnan
    – Greg Gagne & Jimmy Snuka beat King Kong Brody & Nord the Barbarian
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat AWA Champion Stan Hansen dq
    – Scott LeDeoux beat Larry Zbyszko dq
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Curt Hennig & Scott Hall beat Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin
    – Sherri Martel won a 10 woman Battle Royal
    – Rick Martel no contest Harley Race
    – Shohei Baba beat Bulldog Bob Brown
    – Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo beat Fabulous Ones
    – Tiger Mask (Misawa) beat Buck Zumhofe
    – Buddy Rose & Doug Somers beat Midnight Rockers
    – Colonel DeBeers beat Wahoo McDaniel dq
    – Brad Rheingans beat Boris Zhukov

    1987

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Chick Donovan defeated Soul Train Jones (Virgil/Vincent) for the CWA International Heavyweight Title
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Austin Idol in a chain match to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
    – The Mercenaries were also awarded the CWA International Tag Team Title vacated by Jimmy Snuka and J.T. Southern

    1988

    Jacksonville, Florida: 
    – Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard defeated Lex Luger and Barry Windham for the NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1989

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Mitsuo Momota defeated Shinichi Nakano to win the AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1991

    Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
    – King Kong defeated TNT (Savio Vega) for the WWC Television Championship 
    – Super Medic III won the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Title from Scott Hall 
    – Ricky Santana won the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Mr. Pogo 

    1996 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Akira Taue defeated Steve Williams to win the annual AJPW Champion’s Carnival tournament

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jeff Jarrett defeated Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title 

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – Jim Steele defeated Ricky Santana for the WWC Television Title 
    – Carlos Colón won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title from El Bronco

    ECW Hostile City Showdown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – The Dudley Boyz (Buh-Buh Ray and D-Von (with Big Dick and Sign Guy Dudley)) fought The Pitbulls (#1 and #2 (with Francine)) to a no-contest 
    – Taz (with Bill Alfonso) defeated Devon Storm by countout 
    – Axl Rotten pinned Little Guido (with J.T. Smith) 
    – The Sandman (with Missy Hyatt) and ECW World Television Champion 2 Cold Scorpio defeated The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don)
    – Brian Lee pinned Tommy Dreamer 
    – Sabu pinned Rob Van Dam 
    – ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven (with The Blue Meanie and Stevie Richards) pinned Shane Douglas (with Kimona Wanalaya) to retain the title

    1997

    WWF Revenge of the Taker: Rochester, New York:
    – The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldog and Owen Hart by disqualification 
    – Savio Vega (with Crush) defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Rocky Maivia by countout 
    – “Double J” Jesse James pinned Rockabilly (with The Honky Tonk Man) 
    – WWF Champion The Undertaker pinned Mankind (with Paul Bearer) to retain the title
    – Steve Austin defeated Bret Hart by disqualification 
    – Doug Furnas and Philip LaFon defeated The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas)
    – Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Goldust

    1998

    WCW Monday Nitro: Colorado Springs, Colorado:
    – Konnan (with Vincent) defeated Chris Adams
    – The Barbarian (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Wayne Bloom
    – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Juventud Guerrera to retain the title
    – Goldberg defeated WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Raven to win the title
    – La Parka defeated Ultimo Dragon
    – Chris Benoit defeated Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) by disqualification
    – Hammer and Saturn fought to a double-countout
    – Buff Bagwell and Scott Steiner defeated Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock)
    – WCW World Television Champion Booker T defeated Psychosis to retain the title
    – Lex Luger defeated Brian Adams (with Vincent)
    – Hollywood Hulk Hogan defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage to win the title

    2003 

    Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico:
    – Shane the Glamour Boy won the IWA World Hardcore Title from Ricky Banderas 
    – Banderas won the title back later from Shane
    – Anarchy defeats Super Crazy for the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title

    2004 

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Keiji Muto defeated Kensuke Sasaki to win the annual AJPW Champion’s Carnival tournament

    British Columbia, Canada:
    – Charlie Haas and Rico defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty to win the titles

  • White on McGregor: “It’s not a money issue.  That’s false.”

    Dana White denied today that money had anything to do with the situation with Conor McGregor and UFC 200, but also admitted that the McGregor vs. Nate Diaz fight could still be saved and said he believed McGregor would fight for the UFC again within the next year.

    White appeared this afternoon on the Colin Cowherd show on FS 1 and said, “It’s not a money issue.  That’s false.  That’s the problem with the Internet.  Never ever was this about money.  Conor makes a lot of money and he’s very happy with the money he makes.”

    He said McGregor has never come back after agreeing to a deal and looked for more money.

    White claimed the entire issue is that McGregor refused to come to Las Vegas this weekend for promotional purposes.  White said they were going to shoot the television commercial and have press conferences in three cities, starting in Las Vegas, and then he’d be able to return to Iceland and train for the fight, noting it’s not like they were asking him three weeks before the fight to break camp.

    White claimed that in a conversation with McGregor’s manager, he was asked to move this to May and White said that they were spending $10 million promoting the show and the money is in motion.

    “It never got combative,” said White.  “I was talking to his manager. They were asking, `Let’s move all this to May.’  You can’t move it.  This stuff is in motion.”

    “I’m not mad, even a little bit,” said White to Cowherd, who said that White didn’t appear to be mad yesterday when they were together.  “You were with me yesterday, did I seem mad?  It’s UFC 200.  It’s a massive fight.  Believe me, when Conor went out, ten other people called asking to come in.”

    “Obviously Conor made a decision and made a choice to not want to fight on this card. And that’s how he gets paid.  That’s on him.  The show will go on.”

    White said that McGregor does have to clear up the retirement talk, noting that if McGregor says he’s retired, then the UFC 200 fight with Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar would be for the featherweight title and not, as it stands right now, the interim title.

  • Total Divastation: recapping the WWE Total Divas season 5 finale

    Submitted by Kevin LaRose

    The Season Finale

    Paris, France – a small country located in, what is commonly and locally known as the European Union, or more simply, the EU. A black van pulls up to the curb, and out walks four women in black dresses. The Bellas, Eva Marie, and Natalya are finally at the restaurant from Something’s Gotta Give. The girls propose a toast, to the four originals. A beautiful French man hits on them and quickly walks away. And just as fast as they entered the restaurant, they are out of the restaurant. I have to admit I am pretty bummed that we didn’t even get to finish watching them drink at least one glass of that French wine. 

    The girls walk over to the Eiffel Tower. They seem to be under the spell of some sort of pagan superstition and believe that if one makes a wish upon the Eiffel Tower at night then the wish will come true. The girls are amazed at the site of the Eiffel Tower again, and Nikki makes her wish. “I wish John Cena will marry me.” The American dream. 

    Nattie then makes her wish. She wishes TJ to be there with her. Eva Marie wishes something about love and Jonathan. Brie wishes for Bryan to be cleared because she believes in his dreams. Nikki tells everyone that John Cena wants to marry her, but he still doesn’t want to have kids. 

    It’s the daytime now, and Paige, Fox, and Mandy are talking about last night. Mandy has a hat that says, “Paris.” I’d buy that hat, too. She’s still so pissed that Eva Marie went to dinner with the Bellas. Mandy is the ultimate third wheel.

    Rosa and her fiancé decide to celebrate their impending nuptials by sight-seeing around Paris. Rosa wants to go to some kind of arch. Her fiancé, his name is Bobby, thinks she is talking about Noah’s Ark. If only there were some sort of famous triumphant Arch in Paris that would be easy for Rosa to look up on her phone. Rosa asks when the wedding will be. Bobby redirects the question. Rosa says six months. Bobby says six months from when the baby is born. Rosa says get married by a minister. Bobby says he wants Brad to perform the ceremony. They start to argue and then decide to not talk about it anymore. 

    A beautiful French man takes a picture with Paige and tells her she is crazy. Fox decides to plan an impromptu party at the hottest party venue in the world, Moulin Rouge. She has a fantasy that the other Divas will dress up in French fashion, and she will be the photographer. Fox overhears Nattie telling Mandy that the fashion photo shoot is stupid. Fox is so pissed. She goes into Rosa’s room to complain about Nattie. Fox cancels the photo shoot. All the Divas argue in the living room. They work out their issues. The photo shoot is back on. Thank god. They decide to drink that French wine. 

    Eva Marie apologizes to Mandy in her room. Mandy speaks her mind. She is mega-butthurt. Eva Marie acts pretty classy. But Mandy doesn’t really think Eva Marie is being real, so she responds by lying and telling her they are friends again. Whelp, sorry Mandy, we won’t get to see how this plays out because you won’t be returning next season.

    Rosa is so happy to go out with all the girls. They are at a really nice, really fancy French restaurant. Fox gives a speech. Fox loves giving speeches, it’s obvious. All the girls go over to the Moulin Rouge, and they are all super impressed and mega excited. They are so amazed, and they keep saying the word amazed. Nattie tells us how much she loves all the girls, and how important this trip has been. 

    Back in the states, and keeping with the French theme, the WWE is in New Orleans. Rosa shows Big Show her ring, and Big Show shows Rosa warmth and compassion. She can’t wait to give birth to Baby Jordan. Rosa interviews Dolph Ziggler. Dolph brings this season full circle, as he wasn’t man enough in his attempt to steal Nikki away from Cena. They all eat cake.

    TWO MONTHS LATER

    Tampa, FL

    In Nikki and John’s house, Nikki chases around her cute dog, Winston. Winston is adorable. Nikki’s mom is in town to babysit the dog if Nikki has to have surgery. Nikki tells her mom that she feels like shit every day. She gets an MRI.

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Rosa is having cramping, she’s in a ton of pain. She and Bobby go to the hospital. Rosa decides to leave her Rolex at Bobby’s parents’ house. After the commercial, Rosa has had her baby. The baby is cute. Rosa feels so emotional. Rosa wishes her mom was there. Rosa and her mom are at odds due to Bobby’s atheism. 

    Back in Tampa, Nikki tells her mom that her back is getting worse. Everything is worse than they originally thought. She has to have surgery. She doesn’t want to retire from wrestling. She is in so much pain all the time. She is so frustrated. 

    In Pittsburgh, Rosa feeds her baby. Bobby is so excited and completely anxious. Rosa hasn’t heard from her mom in two months. Rosa says she could move to Pittsburgh. Bobby tells her that while she can’t go down the street and get a kale juice, but she can go down the street and milk a cow. Rosa said she’d rather just feed the baby. They get in a car and Rosa sees a frozen lake. She is amazed. Rosa’s mom told her to tell her baby that she is going to burn in hell. Bobby is so pissed at Rosa’s mom. 

    Columbus, OH

    Nikki has a meeting with Carrano. John calls her from Tampa. Cena is hanging out with Nikki’s mom, and he tells her not to worry about Carrano. He apologizes for not being there, but he just had surgery himself. 

    Back in Pittsburgh, Bobby and Rosa look at baby Jordan. Rosa wants to move to Pittsburgh. She is happy there. I’m not worried about them, they are going to be OK as a family.

    Back in Columbus, it’s time for the meeting with Carrano. They make jokes about business casual dress codes. Then things get serious. They don’t know what the future looks like. Is Nikki done? Could this be it for her? Nikki asks, “What is Nikki Bella without wrestling?” She answers, “There is no Nikki Bella.” It’s a race for survival, if she can’t wrestle again, then not only will she be forced to retire, but it seems as though Nikki Bella will cease to exist all together.

    As if…

  • WWE Manchester, England, live results: November tour dates announced

    Submitted by Stephen Lyon from Manchester, UK’s Manchester Arena

    – Cesaro beat Stardust

    Cesaro won, following 10 giant swings & making him submit in the sharpshooter. Fun 10 minute opener.

    – Zack Ryder & Darren Young beat Heath Slater & Bo Dallas

    Finish saw Ryder pin Dallas with the Rough Ryder. Exactly what you’d think it would be.

    – Rusev beat Jack Swagger

    Swagger came out with the Union Jack flag. Rusev won with the Accolade submission win. Average match.

    – WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day beat Usos & Dudleys

    Fun match, one of the best on the show. Dudleys came out with a Liverpool FC flag in Manchester to get heat (soccer rivals, plus Bubba is a Liverpool fan). New Day’s house show act is great. All sorts of wackiness from the trio, mostly weird dance moves.

    – Sin Cara beat Tyler Breeze

    SC won after hitting the swanton bomb. Average match.

    – Divas Champion Charlotte beat Sasha Banks & Becky Lynch

    Ric Flair was in Charlotte’s corner. Fun match. Charlotte pinned Becky with both feet on the ropes.

    – WWE Champion Roman Reigns beat Sheamus

    Sheamus came out and did a promo based on the Liverpool/Manchester soccer rivalry, and even sang the Liverpool FC club anthem (“You’ll Never Walk Alone”) to major heat. Reigns still came out to boos, I’d say 60/40 cheers in his favour. Standard match, Reigns won after a spear.

    Notes:

    It was a by the numbers house show with nothing spectacular. Obviously, there were less stars than usual due to the Smackdown tapings going on at the same time in London. But still, we got the World, Tag & Women’s champions so it wasn’t that bad. Lots of kids in attendance. Reigns got 60-40 cheers. Booing him is definitely becoming the cool thing to do, even for the kids/families that Reigns claimed he was being targeted to.

    In other news, the U.K. dates for the November 2016 tour have been announced: 

    • 4th November – London (Wembley Arena)
    • 5th November – Manchester
    • 6th November – Newcastle & Leeds
    • 7th November – Glasgow – Raw TV
    • 8th November – Glasgow – Smackdown TV
    • 9th November – Birmingham
    • 10th November – Cardiff

    Tickets are on sale starting Friday, May 6.

    The notable things here are that they are doing TV from Glasgow, Scotland for the first time ever, at the Hydro Arena. This is really interesting because they’re running the Hydro Arena building less than 2 weeks before ICW is running the biggest show in their history at the same arena, which simply can’t be a coincidence. 

  • Dana White: Conor McGregor is off UFC 200; search for new main event underway

    One of the biggest news stories in MMA history continues to evolve as UFC president Dana White announced on ESPN Tuesday night that featherweight champion Conor McGregor is off UFC 200, and that they will soon announce a new main event.

    White appeared on ESPNews after hours of silence by UFC in the wake of McGregor’s apparent retirement tweet earlier in the day, and said that McGregor was taken off the card for refusing to come to Las Vegas, NV, for a press conference to promote the show. Obviously, there is far more to that since McGregor was the key to the show.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIK1RN7ZH5g

    White claimed that the company and McGregor have a good relationship but “you can’t decide not to show up to these things.  You have to do it.”

    White described it as that McGregor was training in Iceland and didn’t want to break his preparation for the fight to come to Las Vegas, but regarding whether McGregor has really retired, White said that only McGregor knows for sure.

    White said that he would be discussing a new opponent for Diaz on Tuesday, which, given the lay of the land and the show itself, would logically have to be lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos. It will be a huge drop in quality and will badly hurt the aura of UFC 200 as the biggest show in history, but it would still be a show with three title matches if that was the case.

    Dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez had been announced a few days earlier for a Fight Pass headlining title fight on July 7 in Las Vegas, two days before the UFC 200 July 9 date at the new T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

    Obviously McGregor is playing it close to the vest and there is a story behind the story, which is already getting the obvious speculation about the sides playing a game of who holds the cards when it comes to a deal.

    Both sides would be out millions of dollars if the fight doesn’t happen. UFC can obviously survive the loss, but McGregor has tremendous leverage because the increases in UFC business over the past year are largely due to he and Ronda Rousey. Now, the future of both are speculative.

    It is always possible that McGregor will retire, but historically in these circumstances, that isn’t the case. McGregor was live at the show last week where Joao Calvalho passed away, but he had resumed training for the Diaz rematch in Iceland.

    Following McGregor’s tweet,  John Kavanagh, McGregor’s trainer, as well as other close to the situation, tweeted that McGregor has indeed retired from fighting, shortly before a fight that he had asked for and one that would have garnered him the biggest payday of his career.

  • WWE Smackdown London spoilers: Shane McMahon mixes it up with Miz

    Notes from today’s Smackdown tapings in London:

    – They opened with Miz TV with A.J. Styles. They showed the clips of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attacking Roman Reigns. Maryse came out and got heat by speaking in French. Miz brought up that Styles, Gallows and Anderson were all friends from Japan and told Styles to admit to the fact he set up the attack on Reigns. Styles denied it. Miz then asked why he did nothing to stop them if he didn’t set it up. Styles said that he was upset with them and doesn’t need their help to beat Reigns. Miz continued to push the idea that Styles thought he needed help against Reigns. Miz kept pushing Styles to tell the truth. Miz and Maryse got heat again by making out. Eventually, Styles attacked Miz.

    – Ryback beat U.S. Champion Kalisto in a non-title match after hitting the Shellshock.

    – Dolph Ziggler came out for a match and was attacked by Baron Corbin. He got laid out again with the End of Days.

    – A.J. Styles beat The Miz. Miz was taking the worst of it and tried to walk out. Anderson and Gallows came out and blocked him from leaving. Styles threw Miz back in the ring and pinned him after the Phenomenal Forearm.

    – Sami Zayn and Dean Ambrose were interviewed. They said Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose were the best in the world at sneaking up from behind.  Zayn & Ambrose then tried to do a comedy bit where they’d come up with a name for their new tag team.

    – The Miz did a promo and said what happened earlier was proof Styles, Anderson, and Gallows were all working together. He demanded an investigation and refused to leave the ring until it was done. Shane McMahon then came out. Miz yelled at Shane and put his finger in his chest repeatedly until Shane laid in some punches and a flying back elbow before clotheslining Miz to the outside. This may have been just for the live crowd to give them something since Undertaker wasn’t there as advertised. 

    Here’s a video of the segment for as long as it stays up:

    – Anderson & Gallows did an interview.  They were asked if they are aligned with Styles and they said they weren’t.  They also said they would be wrestling on Raw Monday night against the Usos.

    – Paige & Natalya beat Naomi & Tamina with a double submission win.

    – R-Truth pinned Fandango with Goldust as referee.  R-Truth and Goldust danced after the match.

    – Enzo and Cass came out. The crowd was big time into them. The Vaudevillains then did a promo making fun of Enzo. Good segment building up their match on Raw next week to determine the top contenders for the tag titles.

    – Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho beat Sami Zayn & Dean Ambrose. Ambrose was on the top rope and Jericho shoved him off. Ambrose sold it like he had injured his knee and Owens pinned him, which was retribution for Ambrose pinning Owens on Raw.

  • Conor McGregor possibly teases retirement

    A cryptic tweet out of nowhere by Conor McGregor has shaken up the MMA world.

    McGregor earlier today wrote:

    “I have decided to retire young.

    Thanks for the cheese.

    Catch ya’s later.”

    There was nothing more said, no doubt by design.

    With Ronda Rousey out of action, McGregor is the key draw for UFC business going into its planned biggest week in history in July when he was the headline UFC 200 against Nate Diaz.

    McGregor has been unavailable to media and UFC has not said anything.

    Whether this is a negotiating ploy, a legitimate retirement or just his own practical joke that will be explained that he’s always said he doesn’t want to fight a long time is unknown.

    McGregor is a big spender, and he was likely to get his biggest paycheck to date for UFC 200.  He had talked in the last year about a number of different business plans for the next few years but all of them involved building his name up bigger and continuing to fight.

    There will no doubt be more on this as the day progresses.

  • WWE RAW breaks record low rating

    Going against the NBA playoffs and with a taped show, Raw last night broke a new record for the least watched episode on its regular night outside of football season with 3.32 million viewers.

    The show fell victim to a big third hour drop which led to it falling below the previous low mark set on 2/1 at 3.37 million viewers.

    Dancing with the Stars, featuring UFC’s Paige VanZant, also had a big drop to 10.95 million viewers.

    There were a number of shows during football season last year, as well as the 1/11 show against the college football championship game, that did lower numbers than Raw.

    Raw was still the second highest rated show on cable, beating the NBA game on TBS that went head-to-head and did 3.21 million viewers, but falling behind the Warriors-Rockets late game that did 4.42 million viewers.

    Keep in mind that the actual viewers of both games would be significantly higher if you included the local market broadcasts of each game.

    The seasonal pattern of people tuning in late that comes after Daylight Savings time was in effect, but the pattern that the third hour doesn’t drop as much during that season was not.  The first two hours were in the same range as last week, so the record low was entirely due to the big third hour drop.

    The three hours were:

    8 p.m. 3.49 million viewers
    9 p.m. 3.54 million viewers
    10 p.m. 2.98 million viewers

  • Daily pro wrestling history (04/19): Randy Savage wins WCW World Title; Ric Flairs wins NWA US Title

    1954 

    Hollywood, California:
    – The Great Bolo and Tom Rice defeated Wilbur Snyder and Sandor Szabo for the NWA International Television Tag Team Titles

    1956

    Springfield, Ohio:
    – Bobo Brazil defeated Gene Stanlee for the Ohio Heavyweight Title

    1957

    Houston, Texas:
    – Don Leo Jonathan defeated Pepper Gomez for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title

    1960 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Mike DiBiase defeated Eddie Graham to win the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title 

    1962

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – Mike Clancy and Lester Welch defeated Dante and Mephisto for the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1963

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Tarzan Tyler defeated Eddie Graham to win the Georgia World Heavyweight Title 

    1966

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Eddie Graham and Bob Orton defeated The Medics for the Florida NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1973

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Black Angus defeated Jim Dalton
    – Argentina Zuma fought L.D. Lewis to a draw
    – Tex McKenzie defeated The Viking
    – Rufus R. Jones & Danny Little Bear defeated Bob Brown & Bob Orton via DQ
    – Boxing: Betty Niccoli fought Jean Antone to a draw
    – Central States Heavyweight Champion Roger Kirby defeated Harley Race via DQ

    1974 

    Sydney, Australia:
    – The Original Mr. Wrestling (George Barnes) and Bobby Shane defeated Pat Barrett and Tony Kontellis to win the NWA Austra-Asian Tag
    Team Titles

    1975

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – Bobo Brazil defeated Abdullah the Butcher for the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title 

    Sapporo, Japan:
    – Rusher Kimura defeated Mad Dog Vachon for the International Pro Wrestling World Heavyweight Title 

    1980

    Greensboro, North Carolina:
    – Ric Flair defeated Jimmy Snuka to win the NWA United States Heavyweight Title

    1981

    Minneapolis, Minnesota:
    – The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke beat Jerry Blackwell & John Studd
    – Jim Brunzell no contest Nick Bockwinkel
    – Greg Gagne beat Ray Stevens dq
    – Sheik Adnan beat Steve Regal
    – Curt Hennig beat Adrian Adonis dq
    – Tito Santana drew Brad Rheingans
    – Jesse Ventura beat Buck Zumhofe

    1982 

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

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Dream Machine defeated Dutch Mantel for the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title

    1984

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Luke Graham won the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from Buzz Tyler 

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Stan Lane & Steve Keirn beat Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie & Ken Patera
    – Cage match: Mad Dog Vachon & The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke beat Jesse Ventura & Jerry Blackwell & Mr. Saito
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Blackjack Mulligan dq
    – Curt Hennig drew Steve Regal
    – Billy Robinson beat Brad Rheingans dq
    – Larry Zbyszko beat Buddy Lane

    Koriyama, Japan:
    – Shohei Giant Baba & Dory Funk Jr dcor Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen
    – AWA Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Greg Gagne
    – Kerry Von Erich beat Bulldog Bob Brown
    – Genichiro Tenryu beat Jos Leduc
    – Takahashi Ishikawa & Ashura Hara beat Jim Brunzell & David Sammartino
    – Mighty Inoue beat Goro Tsurumi dq
    – Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma drew Rocky Hata & Akio Sato
    – Magic Dragon & Ultra Seven beat Masa Fuchi & Nobuyoshi Sugawara
    – Yoshi Momoto beat Hiromichi Fuyuki

    1985

    AWA/JCP Star Wars: East Rutherford, New Jersey:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat King Tonga
    – Jim Garvin beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Bob Backlund beat Larry Zbyszko
    – Ugandan Death Match: Kamala beat Sgt. Slaughter
    – Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts) drew Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell & Tonga Kid
    – Jim Duggan beat Kendo Nagasaki
    – The Samoans beat Tom Zenk & Steve O
    – Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal
    – Bobby Duncum beat Larry Sharpe

    1986

    New Orleans, Louisiana:
    – The Road Warriors defeated Ron Garvin and NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Magnum T.A. in the finals of the Jim Crockett Sr. tag team tournament
    – Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion Jim Duggan defeated Dick Slater to retain the title
    – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Dusty Rhodes by disqualification to retain the title

    1993 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Sherri Martel defeated Miss Texas for the USWA Women’s Title (decision was later reversed)

    Barbourville, Kentucky:
    – Brian Lee defeated Bobby Eaton to win the SMW Television Title

    Kayenta, Arizona:
    – Steve Gatorwolf defeated Navajo Kid for the American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title 

    1997

    Tokyo, Japan:
    – Toshiaki Kawada defeated Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa in a three-way round-robin match to win the annual AJPW Champion’s Carnival tournament

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – The Truth Commission (Recon and The Interrogator) defeated The Shooting Stars (Jerry Faith and Troy Haste) for the USWA Tag Team Titles 

    1998

    WCW Spring Stampede: Denver, Colorado:
    – Goldberg pinned Saturn 
    – Ultimo Dragon defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
    – WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned Chris Benoit to retain the title
    – Curt Hennig (with Rick Rude) pinned The British Bulldog (with Jim Neidhart) 
    – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Prince Iaukea to retain the title
    – Lex Luger and Rick Steiner defeated Buff Bagwell and Scott Steiner
    – Psychosis pinned La Parka 
    – Hulk Hogan and WCW World Tag Team Champion Kevin Nash defeated The Giant and Roddy Piper in a baseball bat on a pole match
    – Raven defeated WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page in a Raven’s Rules match to win the title
    – Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sting in a no-disqualification match to win the title 

    1999

    Gainesville, Florida:
    – Psychosis defeated Blitzkrieg, Juventud Guerrera and WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Misterio, Jr. to win the title i

    2002 

    Dayton, Ohio:
    – Colt Cabana defeated champion CM Punk and Eddie Guerrero in a three-way match to win the IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Title
    – Vic Capri defeated Ace Steel for the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title

    2004 

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit and Edge defeated World Tag Team Champions Batista and Ric Flair to win the title 

    2009

    TNA Lockdown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Eric Young defeated Danny Bonaduce
    – Suicide defeated Jay Lethal, Consequences Creed, Sheik Abdul Bashir and Kiyoshi in an Xscape match for the TNA X Division Championship    
    – ODB (with Cody Deaner) defeated Daffney, Madison Rayne and Sojournor Bolt in a Queen of the Cage match    
    – The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) defeated The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide) and No Limit (Naito and Yujiro) in a three-way Tornado Tag Team Six Sides of Steel cage match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship    
    – Matt Morgan defeated Abyss in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match
    – Angelina Love (with Velvet Sky) defeated Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saeed) and Taylor Wilde in a three-Way Six Sides of Steel cage match to retain the TNA Women’s Knockout Championship    
    – Team 3D (Brother Devon and Brother Ray) (IWGP Champions) defeated Beer Money, Inc. (James Storm and Robert Roode) (TNA Champions)    in a winner take all Philadelphia Street Fight for both the TNA World Tag Team and IWGP Tag Team Championship    
    – Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels) defeated Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Scott Steiner, Booker T and Kevin Nash) (with Sharmell)    in a Lethal Lockdown match
    – Mick Foley won the TNA title from Sting

    2010 

    – Rob Van Dam defeated AJ Styles to win the TNA Title

  • House of Hardcore results: Rhino vs Rob Van Dam, Balls Mahoney tribute

    The show kicks off with the roster around the ring, along with some original ECW talent, such as Tommy Dreamer, RVD,Rhino, and Shane Douglas in the ring. They pay their respects to Balls Mahoney. They play “Big Balls” and the crowd sings along.

    SoCal Val is your ring announcer and host for the night. She brings out Ricky Steamboat. Ricky puts over the ECW Arena and its fans. Vik Dalishus comes out and gets a ton of heat for thinking the opening ceremony was for Ricky. Vik tried to clothesline Ricky but Ricky fights back and chops him a lot.

    … And we have finally have a match… a ladies match! Jade defeated Thea Trinidad with a package piledriver in about 10 minutes. Jade was the heel here.

    Action Ortiz and Vik Dalishus are out. Vik says he doesn’t want to fight after getting assaulted by Ricky Steamboat, so Eddie Kingston comes out as a replacement. Their opponents are Team Tremendous. Lots of flips and dives from Team Tremendous here. Team Tremendous get the win the super blockbuster or whatever it’s called on Action Ortiz.

    Billy Gunn vs Bull Dempsey is out next. Crowd is split 50/50 on this one. Billy won with the Fameasser in around 6 minutes. Billy takes the mic after and puts over Bull and the WWE Performance Center.. until they are assaulted by… Kevin Thorn?!?! Kevin beats them down until XPac makes the save. XPac does his kicks and gives Kevin a bronco buster, giving a nose bleed. Bull, Billy, and XPac all do the suck it taunt.

    Tony Nese defeated Alex Reynolds and Chris Dickinson in a three way dance. Tony first eliminated Alex and then Chris a few minutes later. This was a strong contender for match of the night.

    Pepper Parks and Cherry Bomb are out. Cherry introduces her new bodyguard, who I didn’t catch the name of. Tommy Dreamer comes out to a big pop. Cherry tries to interfere midway through the match, so Tommy brings out Mickie James! Mickie takes out Cherry. Pepper Parks gets the win a few minutes later with his feet on the ropes.

    Intermission. 3 matches left. First half was awesome!

    Brian Cage defeated Sami Callihan. Sami Callihan was more over, probably because this is CZW territory. Brian Cage wins after multiple buckle bombs and then his finisher. Match of the night.

    The Killer Elite Squad defeated Chris Hero & Colt Cabana to retain the GHC Tag Team Championships. Chris and Colt were very over, and no one cared about KES. KES retained after pinning Hero with their tag finisher.

    Main event time, Rhino vs Rob Van Dam. Rhino out first to a big pop. Next is Rob Van Dam who comes out to A HUGE POP, with the whole crowd singing “Walk” by Pantera. Dueling “VOTE FOR RHINO / WHOLE FUCKIN SHOW!” chants. RVD won after putting Rhino through a table and then hitting the 5 Star Frog Splash. They shook hands after… and then Enter Sandman hits! Crowd sings along as Sandman hosts a beer bash with the audience, RVD, Rhino, and Tommy Dreamer. Rhino cuts a promo saying he loves playing heel and says sorry to a fan he shoved earlier.

    Tommy gets on the mic and says that House of Hardcore will be hosting shows on a monthly basis and they will be returning to the 2300 in September. Sandman puts a beer in the center of the ring for Balls Mahoney. Big Balls plays through the arena and everyone goes home happy.

    Great show, a lot better than what I was expecting.