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

    Previously on TNA Impact:

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

    Tonight:

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

    Show Recap:

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

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

    Eric Young vs. Jeff Hardy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    TNA World Champion Matt Hardy vs. Drew Galloway

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

    Final Thoughts:

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

    Next Week on TNA Impact:

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

  • Strong third hour saves WWE Raw rating

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The three hours were:

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

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

    1905 

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

    1934

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

    1937

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

    1951 

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

    1956

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

    1957 

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

    1962 

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

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

    1967 

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

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

    1968 

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

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

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

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

    1973

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

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

    1974

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

    1975

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

    1982 

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

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

    1987 

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

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

    1991 

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

    1993

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

    1997

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

    1998

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

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

    1999

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

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

    2003 

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

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

    2009 

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

  • Neville out of WrestleMania with serious ankle injury

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Daily pro wrestling history (03/14): Chris Benoit wins WWE World Title

    1887 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – Evan “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Acton to win the World Catch-as-Catch-Can Heavyweight Title

    1944

    Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Babe Sharkey defeated Ed “Strangler” Lewis to win the Maryland World Heavyweight Title

    1947

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – Vic Christy defeated Orville Brown to win the Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Roy Graham beat Jack Kennedy 2 out of 3 falls
    – Marvin Jones and Dan O’Connor wrestled to a draw

    1952 

    Oakland, California:
    – Hombre Montana and Leo Nomellini defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe for the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles

    1958

    St. Joseph, Missouri:
    – United States Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne beat Don Curtis 2 out of 3 falls
    – Dick the Bruiser beat Joe Dusek 
    – Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers beat Bob Geigel and Bull Montana 
    – Joe Hamilton and Danny O’Shocker drew 

    1960 

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff defeated Ilio DaPaolo and Whipper Billy Watson to win the NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Titles

    1963

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Lou Thesz retained the NWA World heavyweight title beating Bruno Sammartino 
    – International tag team champions Bulldog Brower and Johnny Valentine beat John Paul Henning and Mike Valentino
    – Gene Kiniski beat Stan Stasiak 
    – The Beast beat Red Lyons on a count out 
    – Jim Hady went to a 15:00 draw against Hans Schmidt
    – Ilio DiPaolo went to a 15:00 draw against Taro Sakura

    1968 

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – The Mighty Yankees (Frank Morrell and Eddie Sullivan) defeated Len Rossi and Tamaya Soto to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team
    Titles

    Amarillo, Texas:
    – Larry Hennig defeated Kurt Von Brauner for the Amarillo NWA Brass Knuckles Title 

    1970

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Dale Lewis and The Missouri Mauler defeated Bronko Lubich and Chris Markoff for the NWA Florida Tag Team Titles

    1971

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – The Shiek beat Tiger Jeet Singh in a death match
    – Tex McKenzie beat Hans Schmidt 
    – “Whipper” Billy Watson and Haystack Calhoun beat The Skull Brothers
    – The Love Brothers stopped Lou Klein and Sweet Daddy Siki
    – Tex McKenzie defeated Man Mountain Cannon
    – The Mighty Ursus beat Mike Loren
    – Ivan Kalmikoff drew Fred Atkins
    – Dewey Robertson drew Killer Christie

    1973

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Tommy Gilbert and Eddie Marlin defeated Bobby Hart and Lorenzo Parente to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Titles

    1974

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat the Crusher
    – Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ken Patera & Wahoo McDaniel
    – Ray Stevens beat Red Bastien
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Geoff Portz
    – Horst Hoffman beat Jim Brunzell
    – Moose Morowski drew Rene Goulet

    1975

    Rockford, Illinois:
    – Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell defeated AWA World Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens by DQ 

    1976 

    Green Bay, Wisconsin:
    – Andre the Giant and Greg Gagne defeated Nick Bockwinkel and Bobby Duncum in a 2 out of 3 fall match 

    1977 

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Guy Mitchell won the Vancouver NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Dennis Condrey and Phil Hickerson defeated Ricky and Robert Gibson in the finals to win the vacant NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1978 

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
    – Dino Bravo and Dominic DeNucci defeated Mr. Fuji an Prof. Tanaka in  for the WWWF World Tag Team Titles

    Macon, Georgia:
    – AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel defeated Mr. Wrestling II 
    – Tommy Rich defeated Stan Hansen to win the Macon title in a one night tournament

    1980

    Houston, Texas:
    – Tiger Conway, Jr. and Jose Lothario defeated Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada for the World Class American Tag Team Titles

    Shreveport, Louisiana:
    – The Junkyard Dog defeated Ernie Ladd to win the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title 

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Chavo Guerrero defeated The Hood (Johnny Mantell) for the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title 

    Houston, Texas:
    – Bruiser Brody defeated Mark Lewin to win the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title 

    1981 

    Bayamón, Puerto Rico:
    – Killer Karl Krupp defeated Pierre Martel for the WWC North American Heavyweight Title 

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – AWA World Champion Verne Gagne defeated Jerry Blackwell by DQ 
    – AWA World Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis and Jesse Ventura defeated Dick The Bruiser and Da Crusher by COR

    1982 

    Madison Square Garden:
    – André the Giant and Rick McGraw defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Mr. Fuji and Mr. Saito in a two-out-of-three falls match
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion Pedro Morales pinned Adrian Adonis to retain the title 
    – WWF Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund pinned Jesse Ventura

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Tito Santana
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan dq
    – Bobby Duncum beat Baron Von Raschke
    – Ken Patera drew Brad Rheingans 
    – Buck Zumhofe beat Sgt. Goulet

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Bobby Eaton and Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Ricky and Robert Gibson in a tournament final in to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1984

    Miami, Florida:
    – Mike Rotundo and Barry Windham defeated Black Bart and Ron Bass for the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles

    1985

    Baltimore, Maryland:
    – Ole Anderson & Dusty Rhodes & Sgt. Slaughter beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff & Krusher Khrushchev dq
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Mr. Saito
    – Bob Backlund beat Barbarian dq
    – Tommy Rich drew Tully Blanchard
    – The Freebirds beat RPM’s
    – Manny Fernandez drew Superstar Billy Graham
    – Tom Zenk beat Alaskan I

    1986

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Brad Armstrong defeated Robert Fuller to win the NWA Southeast Continental Heavyweight Title 

    1987

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Ivan Koloff and Dick Murdoch defeated Ron Garvin and Barry Windham for the NWA United States Tag Team Titles

    WWF Saturday Nights Main Event: Detroit, Michigan:
    – WWF Intercontinental Champion Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated George Steele by countout 
    – Hercules won a 20-man battle royal
    – WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart (with Danny Davis and Jimmy Hart)) defeated Tito Santana and Dan Spivey
    – King Kong Bundy (with Bobby Heenan) defeated Jake Roberts by disqualification, 
    – Ricky Steamboat pinned The Iron Sheik (with Slick)

    1994

    Memphis, Tennessee: 
    – Eddie Gilbert defeated Brian Christopher to win the USWA Heavyweight Title 

    1999

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The West Texas Rednecks (Curt Hennig and
    Barry Windham) in a Lumberjack match
    – Booker T pinned WCW World Television Champion Scott Steiner to win the title 
    – Ric Flair defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan in a First Blood Steel Cage match to win the title
    – Saturn pinned Chris Jericho (with Ralphus) in a Dog Collar match

    Yokohama, Japan:
    – Naoya Ogawa defeated Dan Severn to win the NWA World Heavyweight Champion 

    2001 

    UPW When Worlds Collide: Santa Ana, California:
    – The Blue Meanie defeated UPW Internet Champion Navajo Warrior to win the title
    – Samoa Joe defeated UPW Heavyweight Champion Christopher Daniels in a Loser Leaves UPW match to win the title

    2003

    Penn Hills, Pennsylvania:
    – A.J. Styles defeated Super Hentai for the International Wrestling Cartel Super Indy Title

    2004 

    WWE WrestleMania XX: New York City:
    – Chris Benoit defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a three way match for the World Heavyweight Title
    – John Cena defeated Big Show to win the U.S. Title
    – Booker T and Rob Van Dam defeated Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak, The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) and La Résistance (René Duprée and Rob Conway)    to retain the World Tag Team Championships
    – Christian (with Trish Stratus) defeated Chris Jericho    
    – Evolution (Randy Orton, Batista and Ric Flair) defeated The Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection (The Rock and Mick Foley)in a Handicap match    
    – Chavo Guerrero defeated Último Dragón, Shannon Moore, Jamie Noble, Funaki, Nunzio, Billy Kidman, Rey Mysterio, Tajiri and Akio in a     Cruiserweight Open to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship    
    – Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar    
    – Too Cool (Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty) defeated The World’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin), The Basham Brothers (Doug Basham and Danny Basham) and The APA (Bradshaw and Faarooq) in a Fatal 4-Way tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
    – Victoria defeated Molly Holly    Hair vs. Title match for the WWE Women’s Championship    
    – Eddie Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle to retain the WWE Championship    
    – The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Kane

    2007 

    Louisville, Kentucky: 
    – Idol Stevens defeated OVW Heavyweight Champion Paul Birchill to win the title

    2010 

    NWA New Beginnings: Charlotte, North Carolina:
    – Adam Pearce regained the NWA championship, defeating Blue Demon Jr. and Phil Shatter in a three-way match

    2015

    Chicago, Illinois:
    – ROH TV champion Jay Lethal defeated Cliff Compton in a Chicago Street Fight
    – ROH champion Jay Briscoe defeated Silas Young
    – Roppongi Vice defeated ROH Tag Team champions ReDragon in a non title match
    – Samoa Joe defeated Michael Elgin

  • WWE live results, Erie, PA: Luke Harper v.s. Dean Ambrose, Chris Jericho vs Jack Swagger

    By Tim Mello

    New Day (Kofi/Xavier w/ Big E) vs League of Nations (Barrett/Sheamus)
      – Pre-Match promo by Xavier giving a reason why he was not with Franceska 2; she was sick because Wade spit on her
      – New Day picked up the victory after Kofi hit Trouble in Paradise on Sheamus

    Stardust v.s. Sami Zayn
      – Big pop for Sami
      – Stardust took a while at the beginning of the match to play the crowd
      – lots of Cody chants
      – Zayn won with Helluva Kick
      – Post Match Stardust was in the ring and said he wasn’t leaving without a win in the W/L column and issued an open challenge

    Stardust v.s. Mark Henry
      – Mark Henry answers the open challenge
      – Henry makes quick work of Stardust w/ World’s Strongest Slam

    Cass & Enzo w/ Carmella v.s. Dash & Dawson (Non-Title)
      – Good match; Enzo saw the majority of the action on the Cass/Enzo side of things
      – Cass & Enzo picked up the win via Rocket Launcher

    Victor v.s. Goldust
      – Goldust won with a roll-up pinfall
      – The Ascension started with a post-match beatdown on Goldust
      – R-Truth came out for the save
      – After thwarting the beatdown Truth and Dust had a moment in the ring
      – Golden Truth chants until they left

    Natalya vs Charlotte
      – Both traded teasing the Sharpshooter/Figure Four on each other; opposing maneuvers.
      – Charlotte picked up the victory after Ric Flair interrupted a submission attempt by Nattie.

    Chris Jericho vs Jack Swagger
      – Jericho with a pre-match promo on being the best in the world and his displeasure in coming out to AJ Styles chants
      – Swagger had the ankle lock set in until Jericho reversed it into a codebreaker for the victory

    Luke Harper v.s. Dean Ambrose
      – Ambrose picked up the win after hitting Dirty Deeds twice and Bray Wyatt was ejected from ringside
      – Post match Wyatt came back out to start a beatdown on Ambrose
      – The New Day came out for the save and pushed Bray back
      – New Day & Ambrose participate in a dance off in the ring as the show ended.

    Side Notes:
      – Best reactions of the night were: Dean, Sami, Cass/Enzo, and the New Day
      – Surprising no Miz/Ziggler – they usually hit this live event due to its proximity to Cleveland.
      – Through connections I made my way backstage and a friend had an odd conversation with Bray Wyatt about him getting dreadlocks soon? Not sure the truth behind that but sounds weird for a cult leader.

  • WWE live event report Erie, PA: Dean Ambrose vs. Luke Harper

    By Tim Mello

    New Day (Kofi/Xavier w/ Big E) vs League of Nations (Barrett/Sheamus)
      – Pre-Match promo by Xavier giving a reason why he was not with
    Franceska 2; she was sick because Wade spit on her
      – New Day picked up the victory after Kofi hit Trouble in Paradise on
    Sheamus

    Stardust vs. Sami Zayn
      – Big pop for Sami
      – Stardust took a while at the beginning of the match to play the crowd
    – lots of Cody chants
      – Zayn won with Helluva Kick
      – Post Match Stardust was in the ring and said he wasn’t leaving
    without a win in the W/L column and issued an open challenge

    Stardust vs. Mark Henry
      – Mark Henry answers the open challenge
      – Henry makes quick work of Stardust w/ World’s Strongest Slam

    Cass & Enzo w/ Carmella vs. Dash & Dawson (Non-Title)
      – Good match; Enzo saw the majority of the action on the Cass/Enzo side
    of things
      – Cass & Enzo picked up the win via Rocket Launcher

    Victor vs. Goldust
      – Goldust won with a roll-up pinfall
      – The Ascension started with a post-match beatdown on Goldust
      – R-Truth came out for the save
      – After thwarting the beatdown Truth and Dust had a moment in the ring
    – Golden Truth chants until they left

    -Intermission-

    Natalya vs Charlotte
      – Both traded teasing the Sharpshooter/Figure Four on each other;
    opposing maneuvers.
      – Charlotte picked up the victory after Ric Flair interrupted a
    submission attempt by Nattie.

    Chris Jericho vs Jack Swagger
      – Jericho with a pre-match promo on being the best in the world and his
    displeasure in coming out to AJ Styles chants
      – Swagger had the ankle lock set in until Jericho reversed it into a
    codebreaker for the victory

    Luke Harper vs. Dean Ambrose
      – Ambrose picked up the win after hitting Dirty Deeds twice and Bray
    Wyatt was ejected from ringside
      – Post match Wyatt came back out to start a beatdown on Ambrose
      – The New Day came out for the save and pushed Bray back
      – New Day & Ambrose participate in a dance off in the ring as the show
    ended.

    Side Notes;
      – Best reactions of the night were: Dean, Sami, Cass/Enzo, and the New
    Day
      – Surprising no Miz/Ziggler – they usually hit this live event due to
    its proximity to Cleveland.
      – Through connections I made my way backstage and a friend had an odd
    conversation with Bray Wyatt about him getting dreadlocks soon? Not sure
    the truth behind that but sounds weird for a cult leader.

    Hope this helps, and thanks for all you do.

  • Daniel Bryan is in Pittsburgh, PA, site of Raw

    Bryan Danielson is in Pittsburgh tonight where Raw will be tomorrow and what that means isn’t clear.

    Danielson hasn’t been on Raw since his retirement speech on the February 8th Raw in Seattle.

    His name was brought up on Raw last week as part of the Lana vs. Brie Bella program.

    It is not confirmed he will be on the show, but he was expected to be involved in some form with WrestleMania festivities and it would make sense for him to have a part in the show in some form.

    As of Sunday night there are only four matches officially announced for WrestleMania:  HHH vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Title; Dean Ambrose vs. Brock Lesnar; Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks for the WWE Divas Championship; and Shane McMahon vs. Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match where if Shane wins, he gets control of Monday Night Raw.

    One would expect more matches to be officially announced on Raw, but there is no guarantee of that.

  • NJPW Invasion Attack matches announced

    New Japan Pro Wrestling tonight announced four matches for its next major show, Invasion Attack, which takes place on 4/10 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo.

    The show is the company’s biggest since the Tokyo Dome event on 1/4.  It will start a 3 a.m. Eastern and midnight Pacific time late on Saturday night in the U.S.

    Tetsuya Naito made it clear after winning the New Japan Cup that he was challenging Kazuchika Okada for the  IWGP heavyweight title in the main event.  An angle for that match was already shot at the end of Saturday’s New Japan show in Aomori.

    Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe will be defending the IWGP tag team titles against the Guerrilas of Destiny, a new tag team of Tama Tonga & Tanga Roa, who is the former Camacho in WWE and Micah in TNA.  Roa would be the brother of Tonga.

    Already announced last week is Kushida vs. Will Ospreay  for the IWGP jr. title in Ospreay’s Japanese debut.

    Also announced was Ricochet & Matt Sydal defending the IWGP jr. tag team titles against Rocky Romero & Baretta.

  • Sunday Conversation: Teddy Long on racism, Owen Hart, key career learnings, more

    Fan….driver….ring jacket carrier….ring crew….referee….manager….general manager….legend.

    All of these things (and more) can sum up the professional wrestling career of Teddy Long, and we are given a look into all of the above and more in a near 30-minute interview that I conducted with him recently.

    From his beginnings in the business thanks to Abdullah the Butcher through to the CM Punk/Undertaker storyline in WWE, he has seen and done it all.

    We talk at length about why he was always happy to be working in the business, how much he loved Owen Hart and what it was like on he night that he died, dealing with racism from fans in his early days, whether he will veer be in the WWE Hall Of Fame and why he is the first to show respect in any locker room he is in. We look at the inner workings of being a referee, why certain people should have had more respect and common sense in the business (especially Abraham Washington in WWE) and the reasons why as he watched Vince McMahon allow himself to be humiliated as a character on TV each week that he was never worried about any storyline they threw his way.

    We could have literally talked for hours about his stories in the business, but enjoy just a 30-minute glimpse into his 30+ year career.

    #HollaHollaHolla

    #Playa