NXT is in Largo tonight for a sold out show. Approximately 250 in attendance.
Mojo Rawley beat Alexander Wolfe
People were, in fact, hyped for Mojo. Everyone was cheering and encouraging his antics. Wolfe gets the “wienerschnitzel” chant to mock him, and allows Mojo to taunt him as well. Mojo hit his usual running spots and picked up the win.
Emma beat Aliyah
All Emma here, won it with the Emma Lock.
Levis Valenzuela beat Alex Riley
Levis hit the windup punch for the win.
Sami Zayn beat Manny Andrade
Excellent match that on par with their recent first encounter in Tampa. Everything these two do is crisp and smooth; just brilliant wrestling. This was all what you’d expect: teased dives, a moonsault from Manny into a standing moonsault when Sami rolled back. Zayn hits the Exploder and Helluva Kick for the win.
The Vaudevillains beat Kenneth Crawford and Patrick Clark
The Vaudevillains entered to their face music despite being the heels against the fresh new faces of Clark and Crawford. A few athletic hope spots yet it was mostly a showcase for the Vauds.
Apollo Crews beat Angelo Dawkins
This was an entertaining match. As per usual, Dawkins was jaw jacking with no one in particular. Apollo snatched his headband to taunt him. Some strong man slow lift spots by Crews, followed by his firy comeback to set up the win with his big slam.
– Chris Girard in-ring promo. He says he’s been a professional wrestler for 8 years and now he’s an NXT Superstar. He let us know he is the best wrestler here and vows to be champion.
NXT Women’s Champion Bayley beat Nia Jax
Slow paced match with Nia methodically working over Bayley, save for the ocassional hope spots. Nia used the over the top shoulder breaker, The Rock’s old finisher. At one point, Bayley ended up on Nia’s shoulders in the doomsday position and was able to roll forward to the mat and win via roll up.
NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival beat American Alpha
This was a good tune up for the NXT Dallas show. They did all the expected spots and of course, they built to a Jason Jordan hot tag. He ran wild, dropped the straps, took care of both men, and set up the assisted German suplex on Dash. But, Dawson held Gable’s feet from the outside which allowed Dash to fall on Gable and steal the pin.
Post-match, the entire locker room met The Revival in the entrance way, threw them back in the ring, surrounded the ring and pounded on the mat while the two teams had an intense staredown and brawl that finished with stereo ankle locks applied by Jordan and Gable. The locker room left as American Alpha celebrated.
– Jim Londos is awarded the Maryland version of the World Heavyweight Title by the Maryland State Commission
1944
Tampa, Florida: – Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Rollend Kirchmeyer to win the Florida Heavyweight Title
1951
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: – Sky Hi Lee defeated Al Mills to win the Calgary NWA Canadian Heavyweight Title
1952
Dallas, Texas: – Duke Keomuka and Mr. Moto defeated Ray Gunkel and Miguel Guzman for the NWA Texas Tag Team Title
1957
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Guy and Joe Brunetti defeated Ivan and Karol Kalmikoff for the Minneapolis NWA World Tag Team Titles
1958
Mobile, Alabama: – Don and Jackie Fargo defeated Lee Fields and Lester Welch to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Title
1959
Kansas City, Kansas: – Edouard Carpentier beat Bob Geigel – Dino Bravo and Bob Ellis beat Lee Henning and The Mighty Atlas – Sonny Myers beat Rip Hawk
1963
Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Crusher beat Hercules Cortez dq – AWA Tag Team Champions Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Kalmikoff beat Moose Evans & Dick Steinborn in 2 out of 3 falls – Rocky Hamilton beat Duke Hoffman – Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski
1966
Chicago, Illinois: – AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat WWA Champion Dick the Bruiser by countout – Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq – Chris Markoff beat Guy Mitchell – Moose Cholak beat Huey Long – The Assassin beat Jose Betancourt – Santiago Acosta drew Angelo Poffo
1967
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Verne Gagne won the AWA World Heavyweight Title (on his birthday) by defeating Mad Dog Vachon – Ernie Ladd & Earl Maynard beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq – Killer Kowalski beat The Crusher dq – Doug Gilbert drew The Alaskan – Eddie Sharkey beat George Gadaski – Bob Boyer beat Jose Quintero
1969
Mobile, Alabama: – Bob Kelly and Ramon Perez defeated Mitsu and Sugi Sito to win the NWA Gulf Coast Tag Team Titles
1971
Los Angeles, California: – Vivian Vachon defeated Betty Nicoli for the NWA California Women’s Title
1973
Madison Square Garden: – AWA World Heavyweight Champion Verne Gagne defeated Eddie Graham (subbing for Ray Stevens) – WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Pedro Morales defeated King Curtis Iaukea
1975
Miami, Florida: – Bob Roop & Mongolian Stomper defeated Dick Slater & Johnny Weaver (sub for Bill Watts) – Harley Race defeated Bob Armstrong – Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci & “Irish” Pat Barrett defeated The Patriots & The Red Menace – Mike Graham defeated Jim Dillon by dq – Johnny Weaver defeated Randy Tyler by dq – Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Jay Clay
1976
Fort Myers, Florida: – Florida Tag Titles: Bob Roop & Bob Orton, Jr. defeated Steve Keirn & Mike Graham – Andre The Giant defeated King Curtis – Ft. Myers Championship: Tom Jones (sub for Cyclon Negro) defeated Roger Kirby – Mike Graham & Steve Keirn defeated George McCreary & Rock Hunter – Jerry Brisco defeated Karl Von Steiger
1978
St. Louis, Missouri: – Dick Murdoch defeated Ted DiBiase for the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title
1979
Memphis, Tennessee: – Bill Dundee and Robert Gibson defeated Don Carson and Dennis Condrey to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Titles
Wichita, Kansas: – Bryan St. John and Randy Alls (Randy Rose) win a tournament for the NWA Central States Tag Team Titles
1980
Tampa, Florida: – Florida Title: Super Destroyer defeated Manny Fernandez by dq – Special Challenge Match: Jack Brisco & Jim Garvin defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Bugsy McGraw – Leroy Brown defeated Jerry Brisco – Twin Devils defeated Hector Guerrero & Terry Taylor – Bryan St. John defeated Bubba Douglas – Geoff Portz & Frank Monte drew Gordon Nelson & Barry Windham
1981
Kingston, Ontario, Canada: – Angelo (King Kong) Mosca pinned Hossien Arab – Mad Dog Vachon and Dewey Robertson beat Bob Duncum and Kurt Von Hess – Sweet Ebony Diamond over Swede Hanson on a count out – Frankie Maine and Billy Red Lyons went to a draw – Tony Parisi pinned Ron Ritchie
1985
Tampa, Florida: – The PYT Express (Norvell Austin and Koko Ware) defeated Jay and Mark Youngblood for the Florida NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1988
Dallas, Texas: – Terry Taylor defeated Matt Borne for the World Class Texas Heavyweight Title
St. Joseph, Missouri – Masahiro Chono defeated Mike George to win the World Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Title
1990
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jimmy Valiant defeated Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title
1993
Mexico City, Mexico: – Heavy Metal defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. for the Mexican National Welterweight Title
Dallas, Texas: – The Ebony Experience (Stevie Ray and Booker T) defeated The Bad Breed (Axl and Ian Rotten) to win the Global Wrestling Federation Tag Team Titles – Calvin Knapp defeated Alex Porteau for the GWF Light Heavyweight Title
1994
Portland, Oregon: – Colonel DeBeers defeated Bruiser Brian for the Championship Wrestling USA Television Title
Morristown, Tennessee: – Mike Samson defeated Wayne Rogers for the Southern States Wrestling Heavyweight Title
1995
Knoxville, Tennessee: – Bobby Blaze defeated Jerry Lawler to win the SMW Heavyweight Title
1997
Berlin, Germany: – Davey Boy Smith pinned Owen Hart to become the first WWF European Champion in a tournament final – WWF Intercontinental Champion Rocky Maivia defeated Vader (with Paul Bearer) by disqualification – Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Bret Hart by disqualification – WWF Champion Sycho Sid pinned Mankind (with Paul Bearer)
1999
Mexico City, Mexico: – Bestia Salvaje and Scorpio, Jr. defeated Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo to win the CMLL World Tag Team Titles
2000
Cincinnati, Ohio: – Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka defeated ECW World Tag Team Champions The Impact Players (Justin Credible and Lance Storm) to win the titles – Sabu defeated Scott D’Amore – ECW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome defeated Rhino to retain the title
Newark, Delaware: – Christopher Daniels defeated Scoot Andrews to win the Super 8 Tournament
Los Angeles, California: – Chris Candido defeated XPW World Heavyweight Champion Damien Steele in a Falls Count Anywhere match to win the title
2002
Boston, Massachusetts: – Goldust defeated Maven for the WWF Hardcore Title
2005
Throwback Night: Memphis, Tennessee: – In a 14-man tag team match, Bill Dundee, King Mabel, Cory Macklin, Chris Michaels, MW Southern Tag Team Champions Too Cool II (Tim Grind and Flex) and Kevin White defeated Masked Doom, Nicholas Doom, Jamie Dundee, Reggie B. Fine, Jimmy Hart, Jerry Lawler and Mordecai – Too Cool II (Tim Grind and Flex) defeated Team Canada (Johnny Devine and Eric Young), when Grind pinned Devine, to win the MW Southern Tag Team Titles – Brian Christopher and Shock defeated Kid Kash and Koko B. Ware – Kevin White defeated Jamie Dundee by disqualification – Bill Dundee pinned Simon Dean – Derrick King pinned Johnny Dotson in a loser-leaves-town match – Jimmy Hart and Jerry Lawler fought Memphis Wrestling promoter Cory Macklin and King Mabel to a no contest
2006
Dundalk, Maryland: – The James Gang (B.G. James & Kip James) defeated MCW Tag Team Champions The Slackers (Chad Austin & Dino Divine) and The Holy Rollers (Earl The Pearl & Rich Myers) in a three-way match to win the titles
2011
ROH 9th Anniversary Show: Chicago, Illinois: – El Generico defeated Michael Elgin – ROH World Title Match/Barrio Streetfight: Roderick Strong defeated Homicide to retain the title – ROH World Tag Team Title Match: Kings Of Wrestling defeated All Night Express to retain the titles – World TV Title Match, 2/3 Falls with a 30 Minute Time Limit: Christopher Daniels and Eddie Edwards wrestled to a draw – Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin defeated Jay & Mark Briscoe
Kansas City, Kansas: – Joe Hamilton fought Nick Roberts to a draw – Lee Henning & Taro Myaki defeated Pancho Villa Lopez & Rocky Lee – Bob Geigel defeated Gory Guerrero via DQ in three falls – World Heavyweight Champion Pat O’Connor defeated Bill Longson in two straight falls
1968
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Professor Toru Tanaka beat Whipper Billy Watson – Edouard Carpentier beat United States heavyweight Tiger Jeet Singh on a disqualification (No title change) – The Assassin and Dan Miller wrestled Chief White Owl and The Mighty Ursud to a 1 fall to 1 fall 30:00 draw – The Oklahoma Kid beat Mike Loren – Ivan Kalmikoff beat Man Mountain Cannon
1983
Houston, Texas: – Junkyard Dog & Mr Wrestling II no contest Ted Dibiase & Matt Borne – Kamala beat Tony Atlas – Non title: Chavo Guerrero beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel – Tiger Conway Jr & Tom Prichard beat Moondogs – Hacksaw Duggan beat Mike Sharpe – Art Crews beat Marty Lunde (Arn Anderson)
1984
San Francisco, California: – Jesse Ventura & Mr. Saito beat Baron Von Raschke & The Crusher – Blackjack Mulligan beat Jerry Blackwell – Bunkhouse Match: Blackjack Lanza beat Bobby Heenan – AWA Light Heavyweight Champion Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal
1986
JCP/AWA Star Wars: East Rutherford, New Jersey: – AWA Champion Stan Hansen dcor Sgt. Slaughter – Rock & Roll Express beat Midnight Express dq – NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Magnum TA – Road Warriors & Dusty Rhodes beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff & Baron Von Raschke – Larry Zbyszko beat Nick Bockwinkel dq – AWA Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Curt Hennig beat Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin – Jimmy Valiant beat Tully Blanchard dq – Nord The Barbarian & Mongolian Stomper beat Marty Jannetty & Buck Zumhofe
1990
Wrestle War: Greensboro, North Carolina: – US Tag Team Champions, Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated The Freebirds to retain the titles – NWA World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Ole & Arn Anderson to retain the titles – NWA World Champion Ric Flair defeated Lex Luger to retain the title – The Rock N’ Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeated The Midnight Express (Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton) – United States Tag Team Champions Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeated The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin & Michael Hayes) – The Road Warriors defeated The Skyscrapers (Mark Callous & Mike Enos, who was wearing a mask, subbing for Dan Spivey) in a Chicago Streetfight
1995
ECW Return of the Funker: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko defeated Taz & Sabu to win the ECW World Tag Team Titles – ECW World Champion Shane Douglas defeated Marty Jannetty – 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Hector Guerrero
2001
WWF No Way Out: Las Vegas, Nevada: – Big Show defeated Raven to win the WWF Hardcore Title – Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho defeated Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and X-Pac in a four way match – Triple H defeated Steve Austin in a three fall match in which each fall had a different stipulation – The Rock defeated Kurt Angle to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title – WWF World Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz defeated Edge & Christian and Undertaker & Kane in a Three Way Tables match
Confirmed late Tuesday night, the UFC moved quickly in getting the two in front of reporters Wednesday for a 4 PM EST/1 PM PST press conference at the UFC Gym in Torranca, CA.
McGregor was hoping to fight lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos and become the first man to hold two UFC titles at the same time, but a broken foot by RDA prevented that. Diaz, Donald Cerrone, and others were considered but Diaz’s resurgence, unique charisma, and ability to sell fan interest just on being himself made him the man to go with.
Even though there’s disappointment at McGregor/RDA being put off for a while, there’s still a lot to be excited for in this one.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – No Time Limit, No dq Match: Killer Kowalski beat Verne Gagne – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Doug Gilbert & Reggie Parks in 2 out of 3 falls – The Alaskan beat Billy Red Cloud – Kurt Von Steiger drew Bob Boyer
1971
Honolulu, Hawaii: – Sam Steamboat beat King Curtis – Lonnie Mayne beat Frankie Laine to win Hawaiian title – AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon beat Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne – Dale Lewis drew Don Muraco – Ripper Collins beat Beauregard
1973
Omaha, Nebraska: – Billy Robinson & Don Muraco beat Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch 2 out of 3 falls – Reggie Parks beat Larry Hennig 2 out of 3 falls – Superstar Billy Graham beat Rene Goulet – Ken Patera beat Johnny Heidman
1977
Kansas City, Kansas: – Bulldog Bob Brown downed Jan Nelson – Bobby Jaggers & Benny Ramirez defeated Big Red & Dave Nevins – Akio Sato & Mike George wrestled to a draw – Andre the Giant & Ted Oates beat D.I. Bob (later Sgt.) Slaughter & Mitsuo Hata – NWA World Title: Champion Harley Race defeated big Ernie “The Cat” Ladd, 2 out of 3 falls to retain the title
1978
Atlanta, Georgia: – Mr. Wrestling II beat Stan Hansen dq – Tony Atlas & Andre the Giant beat Ole Anderson & Lars Anderson – No dq Match, No Time Limit: Tommy Rich beat Abdullah the Butcher – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Bob Armstrong – Adrian Adonis beat Butch Malone – Raymond Rougeau beat Jim Dalton – Mighty Zulu beat the Invader
1983
Sioux City, Iowa: – Hulk Hogan beat Ken Patera dq – Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan beat Mad Dog Vachon & Jim Brunzell – Rick Martel beat John Tolos – Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Heenan
1985
JCP/AWA Star Wars: East Rutherford, New Jersey: – Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell won tag team battle royal – NWA Champion Ric Flair beat Harley Race – AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Jerry Lawler & Baron Von Raschke – Jim Garvin beat AWA Champion Rick Martel dq – Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff beat Steve Keirn & Jimmy Valiant – Bob Backlund beat Billy Robinson – Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell drew Mr. Saito & Masked Superstar – Handicap match: Kamala beat Mark Pole & Lou Fabiano – Mark Youngblood & Jay Youngblood & Jimmy Valiant drew Larry Zbyszko & Nick Bockwinkel & Dory Funk Jr
1987
Tampa, Florida: – Sir Oliver Humperdink defeated Bad News Allen to win the Florida Heavyweight Title
1991
WCW WrestleWar: Phoenix, Arizona: – The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated Doom (Butch Reed & Ron Simmons) to win the World Tag Team Titles – Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious & Larry Zbyszko (subbing for Arn Anderson) defeated Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick & Scott Steiner in a War Games match – Terry Taylor defeated Tom Zenk – Stan Hansen vs. Big Van Vader ended in a double disqualification – United States Champion Lex Luger defeated Danny Spivey
1992
Memphis, Tennessee: – Koko B. Ware defeated Kamala to win the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
1995
Erlanger, Kentucky: – Dan Severn defeated Chris Candido it win the NWA World Heavyweight Title
2002
Las Vegas, Nevada: – Eddie Guerrero defeated Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera to win the WWA International Cruiserweight Title – Devon Storm defeated Sabu – Rick Steiner & Ernest Miller defeated Lodi & Lenny Lane – WWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Brian Christopher
2009
Nashville, Tennessee: – Jack Swagger defeated Christian to win the ECW Title
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – World Title: Jim Londos beat Joe Savoldi to retain title – Hans Steinke beat Housepainter Hogan – Vic Christy beat Tom Mahoney (default) – Jules Strongbow beat Ernie Powers – Hardy Kruskamp beat Cardiff Giant
1944
Des Moines, Iowa: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ray Steele and World Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon wrestled to a 90 minute draw
1964
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Moose Evans & Verne Gagne to regain the AWA tag team title – Wilbur Snyder beat Angelo Poffo – Mitsu Arakawa beat Tiny Mills – Rene Goulet beat Hans Schmidt dq – Doug Gilbert beat Marquis DeParee
1969
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – The Sheik beat Might Igor – Lord Athol Layton beat Masked Assassin by disqualification – Whipper Billy Watson and Bulldog Brower took 2 of 3 falls from Al Costello and Mighty Ursuy – Paul DeMarco beat Joe Christie – Fred Atkins beat Eric the Red – Rocky Johnson drew Ivan Kalmikoff
1970
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Harley Race – Non Title: The Crusher & Edouard Carpentier beat AWA Tag Team Champions Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon – Red Bastien drew Lars Anderson – Pepper Gomez beat Dr. X
1971
Portland, Oregon: – Kurt Von Steiger & Karl Von Steiger beat Mad Dog Vachon & Butcher Vachon to win AWA World Tag Title (title change only acknowledged in Portland. The Vachons were on their way to Japan for a lengthy tour and decided to drop the AWA Tag Straps to the Von Steigers in Portland without Verne Gagne’s knowledge or permission) – Stan Stasiak beat Sailor White – Dutch Savage beat Les Thornton – Bobby Nichols drew Haru Sasaki – Eric Froelich drew Moose Morowski
1978
Jacksonville, Florida: – Dusty Rhodes & Eddie Graham defeated Karl Kox & Bobby Duncum in a taped fist match – Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Mike Graham & Terry Gibbs (sub. for Steve Kiern) to retain US tag titles – Ivan Putski defeated the Bounty Hunter – Ivan Koloff & Mr. Saito defeated Rocky Johnson & Pedro Morales – Mr. Wrestling II defeated Tank Patterson (sub. for Hiro Matsuda) – The Fabulous Moolah defeated Vicki Williams – Porkchop Cash defeated Randy Brewer – WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund fought NWA World Champion Harley Race to a draw
1986
Chicago, Illinois: – Sgt. Slaughter no contest AWA Champion Stan Hansen – Road Warriors beat Bill Irwin & Scott Irwin – Curt Hennig & Scott Hall & Brad Rheingans beat Boris Zhukov & Mongolian Stomper & Nord The Barbarian – No dq Match: Larry Zbyszko beat Nick Bockwinkel – Midnight Rockers beat The Alaskans – Colonel DeBeers beat Buck Zumhofe – Leon White beat Doug Somers
1987
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jerry Lawler & AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Austin Idol & Humongous – Alan West won Bunkhouse stampede – Big Bubba & Goliath beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis to win Southern tag belts – Paul Diamond beat Johnny Boyd dq – Cobra & Lou Winston beat The Hunter & Tony Burton – Tarzan Goto & Akio Sato beat Alan West & King Cobra – Soul Train Jones beat Don Bass
1990
WWF Main Event: Detroit, Michigan: – WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Randy Savage (Buster Douglas, who had just defeated Mike Tyson in Tokyo for the World Championship in Boxing was the special referee. After the match, Savage shoved Douglasand Douglas knocked out Savage) – Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior defeated Dino Bravo
2002
Ring of Honor debut show: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – Low Ki defeated Christopher Daniels and Bryan Danielson – The Amazing Red defeated Jay Briscoe – Super Crazy defeated Eddy Guerrero to become the first IWA Puerto Rico Intercontinental champion
2004
Omaha, Nebraska: – Victoria defeated champion Molly Holly, Jazz and Lita in an elimination match to win the WWE Women’s Title
2008
ROH 6th Anniversary Show: New York City: – ROH Tag Team champs Davey Richards & Rocky Romero defeated Ruckus & Jigsaw – Bryan Danielson defeated ROH champ Nigel McGuinness by DQ – FIP champ Roderick Strong won a three-way No DQ match over Necro Butcher and Erick Stevens
2014
WWE Elimination Chamber: Minneapolis, Minnesota: – WWE Intercontinental champion Big E beat Jack Swagger to retain the title – WWE Tag Team champions The New Age Outlaws defeated The Usos to retain the title – Batista defeated Alberto Del Rio – Elimination Chamber: WWE World Heavyweight champion Randy Orton defeated John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Cesaro, Sheamus and Christian to retain the title
Kansas City, Missouri: – World Title: Everett Marshall beat Orville Brown to retain the title – Ali Baba beat Karl Davis – Bill Lee beat Eddie Newman – Lou Thesz beat Chris Zaharias (dq)
1943
Dallas, Texas: – Bobby Managoff defeated NWA World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson
1952
Oakland, California: – Ron Etchison and Sandor Szabo defeated Ben and Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles
1957
Houston, Texas: – Pepper Gomez defeated El Medico to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title
1958
Chicago, Illinois: – Boris and Nicoli Volkoff defeated Reggie (Crusher) and Stan Lisowski to win the Chicago NWA World Tag Team Titles
1960
Memphis, Tennessee: – Don and Luke Fields won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles by defeating The Corsicans’ (Jean and Joe)
1963
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: – Hercules Cortez won a 12-man battle royal – Dick Steinborn beat Karol Kalmikoff dq – Kenji Shibuya beat Jack Lanza – Gene Kiniski beat Jack Pesek – Doug Gilbert drew Ivan Kalmikoff – Haystacks Calhoun beat Duke Hoffman
1966
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race dq – Chris Tolos beat Reggie Parks – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Steve Druk – Chris Markoff beat Ivan Kalmikoff – Larry Heiniemi drew George Drake
1967
Lubbock, Texas: – The Medics defeated Terry Funk and Dan Miller to win the Southwest NWA North American Tag Team Titles
1971
Fort Worth, Texas: – Fritz Von Erich defeated Toru Tanaka to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title
1973
Osaka, Japan: – Killer Karl Krupp and Johnny Valentine defeated Kintaro Ohki and Seiji Sakaguchi to win the NWA International Tag Team Titles
Denver, Colorado: – Indian Strap Match, Winner must drag his opponent around the ring twice: Wahoo McDaniel beat Superstar Billy Graham – Billy Robinson beat Dusty Rhodes – Nick Bockwinkel beat Don Muraco by countout – Ivan Koloff drew Reggie Parks – Dick Murdoch beat Lord Blears
Kansas City, Kansas: – Rufus R. Jones defeated Mickey Doyle – Togo the Great defeated Argentina Zuma – Bob Geigel defeated Tokyo Joe via DQ – Stan Pulaski & Steve Bolus & Abe Jacobs defeated Benny Ramirez & The Viking & Mickey Doyle in three falls – Roger Kirby defeated Black Angus via countout in three falls
1974
Calgary, Alberta, Canada: – Harley Race defeated Archie Gouldie to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title
1975
St. Petersburg, Florida: – NWA Title-Jack Brisco defeated Bob Roop by dq – Elimination Match-Dick Slater & “Cowboy” Bill Watts defeated Mongolian Stomper & Dick Murdoch – Bob Armstrong beat Super Assassin – Johnny Weaver defeated Swede Hanson – Chris Taylor & Rocky Johnson defeated The Patriots – Jos LeDuc defeated Baron Scicluna – “Irish” Pat Barrett & Tony Parisi & Dominic DeNucci beat The Spider & George McCreary & Beautiful Bruce
1976
Memphis, Tennessee: – Tommy Rich defeated Jerry Lawler in a No Disqualification match to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Heavyweight Title
1978
Sacramento, California: – Dean Ho and Moondog Mayne defeated Black Gordman and Goliath to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Titles
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: – Ray Candy and Steven Little Bear defeated The Brute and Dr. X for the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Titles
1979
Kansas City, Kansas: – Bob Sweetan defeated Randy Allis (Randy Rose) to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title
1981
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: – Angelo Mosca retained the Canadian Championship pinning Hossien Arab (Iron Sheik) – The Masked Superstar won by count out over Ray Stevens – Jimmy (Superfly) Snuka pinned Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon – Bobby Duncum and Swede Hanson defeated Sweet Ebony Diamond and Dewey Robertson – Tony Paris went to 20 minute draw against Kurt von Hess – Cowboy Frankie Maine pinned Ron Ritchie
Greensboro, North Carolina: – Ivan Koloff and Ray Stevens defeated Paul Jones and The Masked Superstar for the NWA World Tag Team Titles
1983
Louisville, Kentucky: – AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Jerry Lawler dq – Fabulous Ones beat Executioners – Terry Taylor beat Jacques Rougeau dq – Finals of Tournament for Mid American title: Bobby Eaton beat Sweet Brown Sugar – Koko Ware beat Kenya Condorie – Jesse Barr beat Dutch Mantel dq – Bill Dundee beat Carl Fergie
Regina, Saskatchewan: – The Great Gama defeated The Dynamite Kid for the Stampede World Mid-Heavyweight Title
Columbia, South Carolina: – Dick Slater defeated Mike Rotundo to win the NWA Television Title
1984
Tokyo, Japan: – International Champion Jumbo Tsuruta beat Nick Bockwinkel to win AWA Title (Terry Funk special referee) – Genichiro Tenryu beat Ricky Steamboat to become the new United National Champion – Bruiser Brody & Super Destroyer I beat Giant Baba & Takashi Ishikawa – NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion Chavo Guerrero beat Mighty Inoue when the referee stopped the match – Ashura Hara & Magic Dragon & Masanobu Fuchi dcor Alexis Smirnoff & Super Destroyer II & Jerry Morrow – Thomas Ivy beat Tarzan Goto – Shiro Koshinaka beat Mitsuharu Misawa – Motoshi Ohkuma & Great Kojika beat Rocky Hata & Yoshihiro Momota – Ultraseven beat Toshiaki Kawada
1985
St. Paul, Minnesota: – Sgt. Slaughter & Jerry Blackwell beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors dq – AWA Champion Rick Martel dcor Bob Backlund – Greg Gagne beat Nick Bockwinkel – Jim Garvin beat Baron Von Raschke – Mr. Saito & Masked Superstar & King Tonga beat Steve O & Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig – Buck Zumhofe beat Steve Regal – John Nord drew Tom Zenk
1986
Tampa, Florida: – The Cuban Assassin defeated Kendall Windham to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title
1988
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jerry Lawler beat Tommy Rich dq – Midnight Rockers beat Rock & Roll Express to win held up AWA Tag Team Title – Maxx Payne beat Manny Fernandez forfeit – Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis beat Gary Young & Bill Dundee – Ken Wayne beat Jimmy Jack Funk dq – The Samoans Samu & Kokina beat Zebra Warriors – Bruise Brothers beat Scotty Levy & Terry Adonis – Doug Gilbert beat Rikki Nelson
1993
Memphis, Tennessee: – The Moondogs (Splat and Spot) defeated The Harris Brothers (Don and Ron) for the USWA Tag Team Titles
1997 Ponce, Puerto Rico: – El Nene defeated Carlos Colón to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title
1998
WCW SuperBrawl: San Francisco, California: – The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) with Dusty Rhodes defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) with Ted DiBiase to win the titles – Sting pinned Hollywood Hulk Hogan to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title – WCW United States Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page pinned Chris Benoit to retain the title – Lex Luger defeated Randy Savage (with Elizabeth) – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Juventud Guerrera – Booker T pinned WCW World Television Champion Rick Martel to win the title – WCW World Television Champion Booker T pinned Saturn to retain the title
Chihuahua, Mexico: – Perro Aguayo, Sr. defeated Cibernético to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Title
1999
Nuevo Laredo, Texas: – El Cobarde and El Cobarde, Jr. defeat Perro Aguayo, Sr. and Perro Aguayo, Jr. for the Mexican National Tag Team Title
2002
Ventnor, England: – Robbie Brookside defeated Dave Taylor to win the European Heavyweight Title
2004
Tokyo, Japan: – Kaz Hayashi defeated Blue-K (Taka Michinoku) to win the vacant AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title
Sioux City, Iowa: – NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Mike DiBiase
1961
St. Paul, Minnesota: – AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Gene Kiniski by countout – AWA Tag Team Champions Hard Boiled Haggerty & Len Montana beat Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills – Wilbur Snyder beat Nick Roberts – Jim Hady drew Bob Geigel
1974
Kansas City, Kansas: – Ronnie Etchison defeated Taro Kabayoshi – Bull Bullinski defeated Billy Howard – Jim Brunzell defeated Bob Orton – Reggie Parks defeated Baron Scicluna – Tokyo Joe defeated Kit Conway – Don Fargo fought Omar Atlas to a double-DQ – Texas Death Match: The Viking defeated Lord Alfred Hayes – Harley Race defeated Bob Brown via DQ in three falls
1982
Denver, Colorado: – AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Jerry Blackwell & Sheik Adnan – Hulk Hogan beat Bobby Duncum – Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Heenan – Ken Patera beat Baron Von Raschke
1983
Memphis, Tennessee: – Jerry Lawler won by forfeit over AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel when Nick failed to show – No dq Match: Austin Idol beat Jerry Lawler – Sheepherders beat Bill Dundee & Steve O – Southern Champion Terry Taylor beat Austin Idol – Sweet Brown Sugar beat Bobby Eaton to win Mid American Title – Adrian Street & Jesse Barr beat Fabulous Ones to win Southern Tag Title – Jacques Rougeau beat Dutch Mantel dq
1993
WCW SuperBrawl: Ashville, North Carolina: – Barry Windham defeated The Great Muta to win the NWA World Heavyweight Title – WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Sting in a non -title Leather Strap match – Brian Pillman & Steve Austin defeated Erik Watts & Marcus Alexander Bagwell – 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Chris Benoit – Davey Boy Smith defeated Bill Irwin – Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff in a Falls Count Anywhere match – The Rock N’ Roll Express defeated SMW Tag Team Champions The Heavenly Bodies (Tom Pritchard & Stan Lane) via disqualification – United States Champion Dustin Rhodes defeated Maxx Payne via disqualification
1999
WCW SuperBrawl: Oakland, California: – Barry Windham & Curt Hennig defeated Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles – Scott Hall defeated Roddy Piper to win the United States Title – Booker T defeated Disco Inferno – Chris Jericho defeated Perry Saturn via countout – WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr – Kevin Nash & Scott Hall (subbing for Lex Luger) defeated Konnan & Rey Mysterio Jr – WCW World Television Champion Scott Steiner defeated Diamond Dallas Page – Bill Goldberg defeated Bam Bam Bigelow – WCW World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Ric Flair
2010
WWE Elimination Chamber: St. Louis, Missouri: – John Cena won the WWE Championship in the Raw Chamber match, but lost the title in an impromptu match against Batista – Chris Jericho won the Smackdown Chamber match to win the World Title
2013
– Velvet Sky defeated Brooke Tessmacher, Tara and Gail Kim to win the TNA Knockouts Title – Rob Van Dam defeated Kenny King to retain the TNA X Division Title
2014
ROH 12th Anniversary Show: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: – The Decade defeated Adam Page & Mark Briscoe & Cedric Alexander – Matt Taven beate Silas Young – ROH TV Tomasso Ciampa beat Hanson to retain the title – Michael Elgin defeated Rowe – Jay Briscoe beat Michael Bennett – ROH Tag Team champions ReDragon defeated ACH & Tadarious Thomas to retain the titles – AJ Styles defeated Jay Lethal – ROH champion Adam Cole beat Chris Hero to retain the title – Streetfight: Kevin Steen defeated Cliff Compton
Report by Jonathan Leung, thank you also to John Gugarty and Jim Caldwell.
I attended tonight’s NXT show in Albany. Crowd size, at least visually, seemed significantly bigger than their show last May. The wait to get into the Armory was wrapped around at least a few blocks.
Both the merchandise and food stands were immediately packed upon entry, which pushed the scheduled 7:30 PM belltime back a few minutes. Ring announcer Dasha Fuentes talked with a few fans and held a contest to see who knew the most NXT trivia.
Asuka beat Eva Marie with the Asuka Lock
Asuka got a good reaction while Eva Marie got her usual big time heat. Eva Marie looked a bit lost at times and her timing wasn’t the greatest, but it was a fine opener.
Apollo Crews beat Alex Riley with the Backdrop Powerbomb
Decent to good match. The crowd liked Crews and his impressive moves, but he seems to be missing that special something right now.
Carmella beat Peyton Royce with the Headscissors Choke
Carmella was over, but the match was pretty subpar to be honest. Royce’s offense was very basic.
Enzo & Big Cass beat the Vaudevillains with the Rocket Launcher on Aiden English
Really good tag match that got the “This is Awesome” chant towards the end. Enzo & Big Cass were over huge and the Vaudevillains played good heels. Both teams should get a shot on the main roster.
Intermission
Sami Zayn beat Elias Samson with the Helluva Kick
Samson is not good at all. Crowd didn’t like him, his offense was basic, and he blew an over-the-top-rope spot pretty badly. On the other hand, Zayn did everything he could to make it watchable and keep the crowd engaged. A one man show in every sense of the word. Probably the best performance of the night.
NXT Women’s Champion Bayley beat Alexa Bliss with the Bayley-to-Bayley to retain
Good match. Bayley was unsurprisingly super over and the crowd sang some of the usual support songs for her. Bliss had some nice moments in the match, including a backflip double knee drop and a sunset flip bomb out of the corner that got nice applause. Bayley though was the star and just connects with the crowd like almost nobody in NXT.
NXT Champion Finn Balor & Austin Aries beat Baron Corbin & Samoa Joe when Balor pinned Corbin with the Bloody Sunday.
Big reactions for all four. Corbin got good heel heat and not the “You can’t wrestle” heat he had last time in Albany. A methodical pace to start, but things picked up towards the end. Aries seemed on a mission to impress from the get go. Balor sold the ankle after a double stop, but overall seemed like he was close to 100%.
Fun post main event ending as Balor gave props to Aries, Zayn, Carmella, Enzo, and Big Cass. He then said he was looking for someone and went around ringside and the entrance way, then to the back. Over the mic, he asked Enzo, Big Cass, Carmella, and Zayn if they saw the person he was looking for and they all said no in their own unique ways…
…which led to a spotlight being shown on Bayley at the entrance way. Balor then came out in Bayley gear to her entrance music and inflatable tube men theatrics. They both got in the ring where Bayley took off her jacket to reveal a Balor Club shirt. Bayley jokingly told Balor how cute he was and asked him what Finn 3:16 was. Balor said that Finn 3:16 says that I just hugged your ass and he proceeded to hug tackle Bayley to the ground to a big pop. The two then greeted fans at ringside to end things.
Overall, a good show and a really cool way to end things. I’ve been a number of WWE live events around NY in the past few years and there hasn’t been any of the post-match antics that have occured in the past or in other cities. It was basically all business and drive home safely. You can’t help but notice that NXT is such a different and fun environment.
Neville and Zack Ryder def. Stardust and Tyler Breeze by pinfall
Jerry Lawler takes his opportunity, during the entrances, to drop his new nickname for his announcing partnership with Rich Brennan: “The King and The Thing”. Lawler reckons that this new moniker is likely to trend far better than #woowoowoo. No arguments here.
Briefer opening match than usual here, with six-and-a-half minutes aired either side of a commercial break. The heels got the heat on Neville for a while, during which Lawler denigrated the Englishman’s appearance, comparing it unfavourably to Breeze’s good looks. Brennan questions the relevance of such matters, to which King replies that a man with a “face for radio” is always likely to sympathise with those of his own kind.
Hot tag to Ryder leads into an unusual spot, where Stardust appears to set Zack up for the Queen’s Crossbow, only to hit a reverse DDT instead. Perhaps he momentarily forgot the finish, which saw Neville tag in, hit him with a superkick and land a Red Arrow for the victory.
Nothing much to this one. Brennan wraps it up by saying that “ the week gets worse” for Stardust and Breeze, who both failed to win the Fatal-5-Way match for the Intercontinental Title on RAW. The fact that both men were booked in that match in the first place, despite their respective win/loss records, is, of course, completely ridiculous.
Paige def. Summer Rae by submission
50/50 time! Both women got promo time before this RAW rematch, as Summer bizarrely claimed that as the Divas Revolution has been going on, she’s been “beating them all”, including the people’s “goth goddess”. In reality, her last televised victory before Monday’s win over Paige was an April 2015 defeat of Emma on this very show.
Paige responds by listing her title credentials, adding that she “didn’t have to dance to do that”. Sick burn. Paige attacks Summer viciously early on, following up by mocking Summer’s entrance dance as her opponent flees to the ramp. Paige chases her down and throws her back in the ring, only for Summer to gain the advantage with a leg lariat, which she follows up with a loooooong headlock. The King alleviates the boredom here by continuing to push #TheKingAndTheThing.
Paige’s comeback includes her running knee that looks like it will inevitably do some serious damage at some stage. The finish sees her block another leg lariat attempt, before hitting a superkick and locking on the PTO for the tap.
– The Social Outcasts are out for an in-ring promo, complaining about their omission from the Fastlane card; specifically the absence of a New Day title defence. Adam Rose lists off all the tag teams that the champs will not defend against on Sunday, including “Radwolf” and “The MadHappy Connection”.
Heath Slater, who is apparently the Moron Whisperer, divines from this that “Radwolf” refers to the Radical Mongoose (Rose) and the Crimson Werewolf (Slater), while the “MadHappy Connection” refers to Axel and Bo. Because one is mad and one is happy. Meanwhile, I am raging to Alex Riley level proportions that I have agreed to document total and complete bilge of this magnitude.
The New Day then interrupt to inflict more terrible “comedy” upon me. Big E reckons that no-one cares about the Outcasts’ nicknames (he’s right there) and calls them “booty”. Bo responds that he’s “a booty”, which results in an argument about removing the article from the insult. Kofi then does a completely terrible bit decrying the idea of babies teaching adults to walk and caterpillars teaching butterflies to fly, which mercifully ends in Slater finally extending a challenge. Jesus, that was terrible. Like, honestly, from a company that has no earthly idea how to write comedy in 2016 (see the Truth/Goldust skits), that segment might have been the worst yet.
The New Day def. Curtis Axel, Heath Slater and Adam Rose w/Bo Dallas on commentary by pinfall
Bo politely greets “Mr. Rich” and “Mr. King” as he takes his place at the announce desk, happily declaring that he’s delighted to be working with “The King and The Thing”. Lawler practically bubbles over with pride that his nickname is getting over.
The match was about what you’d expect from 15 minutes of two heel teams taking turns to get the heat. Very dull. I’m sure Mr. Belding, who Lawler pointed out in the crowd early on, was far from impressed.
It’s Xavier Woods’ turn to get beat on in the early part of the match. The Outcasts dodge interference from his buddies before the break, prompting a slow-motion, Chariots of Fire style, Bo Train, which Bo himself leaves the desk to join. After the break, Bo bemoans the fact that he forgot to high five Belding on the way. King helpfully recommends that he high five Rich in the face instead to compensate.
Woods eventually “hot” tags Big E, which leads to the second heat portion of the match; Adam Rose the victim this time. Eventually, Big E misses an apron splash to Rose, allowing the…ahem….”Radical Mongoose” to spinebuster Woods. The chains are then very much removed, as Axel gets another “hot” tag and cleans house. A Perfect Plex gets two before the bewildering finishing sequence kicks into gear.
Kofi hits a dropkick to Axel, before going to the top as legal man Woods places a prone Ax-Man back-first on his knee. Bo then feels it necessary to distract the ref, while Rose pushes Kofi off the top, despite the fact that interference has been ongoing throughout the match with no consequences. Axel then looks to finish Woods with an O’Connor Roll, but Woods reverses it, grabbing a handful of tights to secure the victory. What a mess.
Final Thoughts
The first half of the show was inoffensive, but the second half – particularly the Outcasts/New Day promo exchange – was dreadful. I have no earthly idea how anyone can write this kind of material down on paper and think it’s funny. Nor do I see any sense in booking a 15 minute heel vs. heel tag team featured contest. Mind boggling stuff.
