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  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/19): Ric Flair wins the Royal Rumble and WWF Title

    1880 

    New York City:
    – William Muldoon defeated Thiebaud Bauer to become the first American Greco-Roman Heavyweight Champion

    1940

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Bobby Bruns defeated Orville Brown to become the first Kansas City Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion

    1960

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Tex Riley and Len Rossi defeated Don and Jackie Fargo to win the Mid-America NWA World Tag Team Titles

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Mike DiBiase defeated The Red Raider (Pedro Godoy) for the Florida NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 
    – Prince Neff Maiava defeated Danny McShain
    – Don Curtis (sub Eddie Graham) defeated Marco Polo

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
    – George Eakin defeated John DePaulo to win the Madison Wrestling Club Heavyweight Title

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – NWA World heavyweight champion Lou Thesz beat Billy Watson on a count out 
    – Bob Wagner beat Johnny Barend 

    1961

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – The Medics (Tony Gonzales and Donald Lortie) defeated John Paul Henning and Sonny Myers in a tournament final to become the first NWA Central States Tag Team Champions

    1962

    Portland, Oregon:
    – King Curtis and Haru Sasaki defeated Herb and Seymour Freeman to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title

    1966

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Ripper Collins defeated Ron Reed to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title 

    1968

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Ray Gunkel and Buddy Fuller defeated Butcher Vachon and Stan Vachon (Stan Pulaski) for the Georgia NWA World Tag Team Title 

    1970 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Karl and Kurt Von Steiger defeated Tony Borne and Moondog Maybe for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Dennis Hall and Johnny Walker defeated Al and Don Greene to win the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

    1972

    Buffalo, New York:
    – Mitsu Arakawa and Yoshino Sato defeated Dominic DeNucci and Tony Parisi in a tournament final for the vacant National Wrestling Federation World Tag Team Title 

    Mobile, Alabama:
    – Bob Kelly defeated Donnie Fargo to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title

    1973

    St. Louis, Missouri:
    – Johnny Valentine defeated Harley Race for the held up NWA Missouri Heavyweight Title 

    Dotham, Alabama:
    – Ken Lucas defeated The Wrestling Pro to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title

    1976

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler defeated Ricky Gibson for the held up Mid-America NWA Southern Heavyweight Title 

    1977 

    Raleigh, North Carolina:
    – Greg Valentine defeated Rufus R. Jones for the NWA Mid-Atlantic Television Title

    Miami Beach, Florida:
    – Superstar Billy Graham defeated Dusty Rhodes by dq
    – Ox Baker defeated Jos LeDuc
    – The Assassin defeatd Steve Strong
    – Mike Graham & Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Buddy Wolff & Bob Roop & Bob Orton, Sr.
    – Steve Keirn defeated Angelo Poffo

    Omaha, Nebraska:
    – Cage match: The Crusher beat Mad Dog Vachon
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Peter Maivia & Billy Francis
    – Greg Gagne beat Roger Kirby
    – Jim Brunzell beat Angelo Mosca dq
    – Super Destroyer beat Jan Nelson (sub Bull Bullinski)

    1979

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Ole Anderson and Ivan Koloff won the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title from Jack and Jerry Brisco

    Denver, Colorado:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens beat Billy Robinson & Verne Gagne 
    – Terry Funk beat Blackjack Lanza 
    – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Iron Sheik 

    1980

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Kato Kung Lee defeated Americo Rocca to win the NWA World Welterweight Title

    1981 

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Carlos Colon and Invader I defeated Danny (Dennis) Condrey and Dutch Mantel for the WWC North American Tag Team Titles

    1982

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Florida Title No DQ Match: Killer Karl Kox defeated The Spoiler to retain the title
    – Dory Funk, Jr. & David Von Erich defeated Mike Graham & Mr. Wrestling 2
    – Hacksaw Reed & Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Chan Chung & Mr. Fuchi & Mr. Onita
    – Iron Mike Sharpe drew Eric Embry

    1987

    Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada:
    – Owen Hart defeated Makhan Singh (Mike Shaw) for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title 

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
    – Hercules Ayala defeated David Schultz to win the International Wrestling International Heavyweight Title

    1991

    Miami, Florida:
    – Sgt. Slaughter pinned WWF Champion The Ultimate Warrior to win the title
    – The Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) defeated The Orient Express (Tanaka and Kato)
    – Hulk Hogan won the Royal Rumble Match

    Matsumoto, Japan:
    – Jumbo Tsuruta won the AJPW Triple Crown Title from Stan Hansen

    1992 

    Albany, New York:
    – Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble match and won the vacant WWF World Title
    – The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) by countout
    – Roddy Piper defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion The Mountie to win the title

    Vancouver, Washington:
    – Art and Jesse Barr defeated The Bruise Brothers (Ron and Don Harris) for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1997

    San Antonio, Texas:
    – Shawn Michaels pinned WWF Champion Sycho Sid to win the title 
    – Steve Austin won the Royal Rumble

    2003 

    Boston, Massachusetts:
    – The Dudleys defeated William Regal & Lance Storm to capture the Raw Tag Team Titles 
    – Brock Lesnar won the 30 man Royal Rumble

    2005 

    Louisville, Kentucky:
    – The Thrillseekers (Matt Cappotelli and Johnny Jeter) defeated MNM (Joey Matthews and Johnny Nitro) to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Titles

  • The Week In British Wrestling: AJ Styles says goodbye; ATTACK! turns the clock back

    1) AJ Styles said goodbye but had the show stolen from under him.

    Making good use of his freelance status, AJ Styles has been a frequent visitor to the UK in recent times, and was enough of a (big show) regular for Revolution Pro-Wrestling that it didn’t seem weird when he won their Undisputed British Heavyweight championship last summer. With his impending signing for WWE, this weekend’s High Stakes had something of an air of a farewell, and what better way to do it than pass the torch to Zack Sabre Jr, who became the new champion in a great main event.

    While many of the tickets were sold on that main event, the show was stolen, however, by Will Ospreay and Marty Scurll, who closed the first half of the show with an almost thirty-minute classic, underlining their growing statuses and continuing the theme of 2015 – that British wrestlers are outshining the imports. Mike “Speedball” Bailey made his UK debut on the show, going down to Big Damo after dominating much of the match, and Pete Dunne retained the Undisputed British Cruiserweight title he won two weeks ago, again against “Flash” Morgan Webster. RevPro announced a return to York Hall in the summer, and another shot in Reading in April. The year is only two weeks old and RevPro have already set the standard!

    2) It Was Acceptable In The 80s.

    ATTACK! Pro-Wrestling had a pretty good 2015, which included teaming with Chikara-Pro on the latter’s UK tour, and sending a team over to the King of Trios tournament as well as promoting a series of super-fun, sold-out shows. They started 2016 in the same fashion with It Was Acceptable In The 80s at the Catheys Centre in Cardiff where the gimmick of furthering their storylines and dressing up for the night’s theme continued. Not everyone dressed up, although noted killjoys the Anti-Fun Police did team with a homemade RoboCop, but Mark Andrews (Marty McFly), Martin Kirby (Skeletor), Eddie Dennis (Terminator), Robbie X (a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) and others all made the effort.

    The main event saw Dennis successfully defend his ATTACK! 24/7 title against Wild Boar before Pete Dunne took advantage of the title’s constant availability by challenging and beating Dennis afterwards. The undercard featured Andrews downing Travis Banks, Mike Bird winning a four-way over Kirby, X, and “Flash” Morgan” Webster, and appearances from Nixon Newell, Chris Brookes, Sebastian Radclaw, and Love Making Demon. ATTACK! is not for everyone – as one fella in the crowd loudly made known – but it is the most fun you can have on a Sunday night in Wales, a fact probably enshrined in law.

    3) Grado proved he’s more than a comedy turn (again).

    On a recent TNA PPV, Grado was challenged by The Pope to prove he’s more than just a comedy wrestler, and did so by engaging Abyss in a Monster’s Ball match, whatever one of those is. For those of us on these shores, however, he has NOTHING to prove. That was evident again this week when he responded to a promo cut by Chris Renshaw at Insane Championship Wrestling’s Friday Night Fight Club tapings last week with a stunning direct-to-camera promo of his own.

    Renshaw, quoting the cover of Fighting Spirit Monthly (which listed Grado as a “TNA star” and claimed he “led ICW to record breaking heights”), claimed ICW wasn’t about one man, it was about everyone there, and that they deserved the plaudits coming Grado’s way. Grado, although he could have rightly pointed out that he did have a huge part in selling out the SECC for Fear & Loathing, went on the attack, pointing out that, yes, he did work around the world and not just in ICW, but he did that for ICW. Renshaw laid the foundations but Grado knocked it out of the park. The exchange can be seen on ICW’s YouTube page.

    4) Promoting wrestling shows isn’t easy.

    With British wrestling very much entering a boom period, there are going to be those who seek to take advantage of that for their own ends. As an independent games developer, the people behind 5* Wrestling decided to promote a three-date tour to publicise their upcoming game, and secured the rights of Rey Mysterio Jr to not only be in the game (their previous games featured thinly-veiled parody characters) but also to lead the tour. They also booked AJ Styles, ROH champion Jay Lethal, former WWE stars John Morrison and Carlito, and a host of the top British stars.

    Unfortunately, they either overestimated the drawing power of such an ensemble or underpromoted the shows, and were rewarded with sub-1000 crowds in halls set up for four times that. While that would be a very good turnout for most British promotions, they can only have lost a ton of money which you’d hope they’ll at least make back on the game when it is released. The shows themselves ran late and were strangely booked, but at least showcased some of our top guys to audiences who may have been unfamiliar with them.

    5) There were some pretty fun shows.

    IPW:UK and WrestleForce teamed up to stage Harlow Invasion in, erm, Harlow, headlined by a TLC match between IPW tag team champions DnD and the London Riots which turned into a wild brawl, including an imploding ladder, an unbreakable table, and Riot Rob Lynch smacking a drink out of the hand of an unruly punter. The rest of the show included an All-England title defense from Sammy Smooth (beating an understandably masked Exodus), a Women’s championship match (of sorts) between champion Tennessee Honey and challenger Nightshade, the Swords of Essex, and the UK debut of Donovan Dijak, who beat Big Damo. Launching a new era for Shropshire wrestling, VII-Pro presented the first of the Underground shows in Shrewsbury on Friday, headlined by “Flash” Morgan Webster versus Nixon Newell (who wrestles men more than she does women, and rightly so), which turned into a tag match when Webster challenged her to find a partner because he’d brought Australian doughnut-lover (not a euphemism!) Toni Storm with him. Newell was joined by Mark Andrews, and it was ON. Also on the show were the Dunne brothers, Tyler Bate, Wild Boar, and Mike Bird, and they return in February with Chuck Taylor.

    Down in London, in the very weird world of the RetroFutureVerse, Freddie Mercurio became a two-time Lucha Britannia champion, downing Cassius in the main event of a show which also featured Marduk Malik continuing his unbeaten streak against Pure Britannico, Diablesa Rosa turning away the challenge of Zombie Janey, and unfrozen Viking Nordico Fuego becoming King Of Lucha Chaos. They’re back on January 29th at the Resistance Gallery once more. Finally for a weekend short on quantity (if not quality), Futureshock opened their doors for the first time in 2016 for Uproar 86, a stacked show which saw The Models reunite to take down The Fallen. Joey Hayes & Danny Hope haven’t teamed for some time so the fans in attendance were quite surprised. Another surprise was the return of Cyanide, who stormed the ring to help Damon Leigh beat down Sonar Dursen after the latter had won their match. Also on the card were Zack Gibson, T-Bone, Mikey Whiplash, Ashton Smith, and Xander Cooper, and 2016 looks like being another solid year for Futureshock.

    (Thanks to Garry Vanderhorne for his help with this week’s column).

  • Daily pro wrestling history (01/18): Ivan Koloff wins the WWWF World Title

    1940

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Bruns beat Orville Brown in 2 out of 3 falls

    1944 

    Nashville, Tennessee:
    – Herb Welch defeated The Yellow Scorpion for the Tennessee World Junior Heavyweight Title

    1957

    – Kurt Von Poppenheim defeated Red Bastien to win the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title

    1961

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – Dick Hutton defeated Al Lolotai for the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title 

    1962

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Bill Soloweyko and Whipper Billy Watson defeated Chris and John Tolos to win the Toronto NWA International Tag Team Titles
    – Raphael Halpern beat Bulldog Brower by decision 
    – Jim Hady beat Doc Gallagher via disqualification
    – Billy Red Lyons beat Marquis de Paree

    1963

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
    – Dominic Bravo and Ron Etchison defeateded Mike Sharpe and Jim Wright for the Stampede International Tag Team Titles

    1966 

    Nashville, Tennessee
    – Alex Perez defeated Rocky Smith for the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title

    1967

    Manchester, England:
    – Billy Robinson defeated Billy Joyce to win the British Heavyweight Title 

    Denver, Colorado:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race beat Dick The Bruiser & Mighty Igor Vodik in 2 out of 3 falls
    – Verne Gagne beat Killer Kowalski dq
    – Wilbur Snyder beat The Alaskan 
    – Terry Funk (sub Dory Funk Jr) drew Chris Markoff

    1969

    Detroit, Michigan:
    – Ben Justice and Rocky Johnson defeated The Hell’s Angels (Paul and Ron Dupree) to win the Detroit NWA World Tag Team Titles

    Chattanooga, Tennessee:
    – Dennis Hall and Ken Lucas won the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title, defeating The Mighty Yankees 

    1970

    Fukuoka, Japan:
    – Monster Rousimoff (Andre the Giant) and Michael Nader defeated Great Kusatsu and Thunder Sugiyama to win the vacant International Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Titles

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – NWA World heavyweight champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Gene Kinski
    – The Sheik defeated Dewey Robertson by dq
    – Whipper Billy Watson and Bulldog Bower beat The Fabulous Kangaroos, Al Costello and Ray Kent, in a 2 out of 3 falls match
    – Chris and John Tolos took 2 of 3 falls from Haystack Calhoun and Gino Brito
    – The Love Brothers, Reginald and Hartford beat The Mighty Iggor and Murray Cummings 

    1971

    New York City:
    – Ivan Koloff pinned WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino to win the title

    1973

    Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
    – The Mysterious Medic defeated Bob Kelly for the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title 

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Mike Boyette & Mickey Doyle defeated Omar Atlas & The Viking
    – Roger Kirby defeated Stan Pulaski in three falls
    – World Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk, Jr. fought Harley Race to a draw in three falls (60 minutes)

    1974

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

    – Black Gordman and Goliath defeated Raul Mata and Victor Rivera for the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles

    1980

    Houston, Texas:
    – Superstar Billy Graham won the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Title from Mark Lewin

    Shreveport, Louisiana:
    – Ernie Ladd defeated Mike Sharpe for the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title 

    1981

    Monterrey, Mexico:
    – Tony Salazar defeated Sangre Chicana to win the NWA World Middleweight Title 

    1982

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jerry Lawler won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title, defeating Dutch Mantel

    1983 

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Terry Allen and Scott McGhee defeated The Fabulous Kangaroos (Johnny Heffernan and Don Kent) to win the NWA Florida Global Tag Team Titles
    – Rufus Jones defeated Angelo Mosca by dq
    – Mike Graham defeated Jim Garvin by dq
    – Leroy Brown defeated Ron Bass
    – The Midnight Rider & Barry Windham defeated Kevin Sullivan & Jake Roberts

    1985

    Denver, Colorado:
    – Lights Out match: Jerry Blackwell beat Masked Superstar (sub King Kong Brody)
    – AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Jim Garvin dq
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors beat Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig (subs for Fabulous Ones)
    – Baron Von Raschke beat Billy Robinson
    – Jim Brunzell drew Nick Bockwinkel
    – Brad Rheingans beat Steve Regal

    1986

    Albuquerque, New Mexico:
    – Scott Hall and Curt Hennig defeated Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal for the AWA World Tag Team Titles

    San Juan, Puerto Rico:
    – Invader III defeated Eric Embry for the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Title 

    1987

    Green Bay, Wisconsin:
    – Cage Match: Midnight Rockers beat Doug Somers & Buddy Rose 
    – No DQ Match: Jimmy Snuka beat Colonel DeBeers
    – Super Ninja beat AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel dq
    – AWA Ladies Champion Sherri Martel beat Candi Divine
    – Scott Hall beat Buddy Wolff dq
    – Mr. Saito beat Buck Zumhofe

    1988

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Hennig’s Title vs Lawler’s Ring: AWA Champion Curt Hennig beat Jerry Lawler
    – No dq Match: AWA Tag Team Champions Midnight Rockers beat Ken Wayne & Scott Hall
    – Jeff Jarrett & Manny Fernandez beat Teijo Kahn & Jimmy Jack Funk dq
    – Bill Dundee beat Terry Taylor
    – Loser Leaves town: Billy Travis & Rikki Nelson beat Rock & Roll RPMs

    Takuyama, Japan:
    – Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura defeated Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Kazuo Yamazaki to win the IWGP World Tag Team Titles

    1992

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Ron Harris defeated Demolition Crush to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title 

    1994

    Saitama, Japan:
    – Big Titan (Rick Bogner) and The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) defeated Katsutoshi Niiyama and Atsushi Onita to become the first FMW World Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champions

    1996

    Tijuana, Mexico:
    – Ultraman 2000 defeated Psicosis for the Mexican National Welterweight Title 

    1998

    San Jose, California:
    – Steve Austin wins the Royal Rumble
    – The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) by disqualification
    – WWF Champion Shawn Michaels defeated The Undertaker in a Casket match to retain the title

    2003

    San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico:
    – Chicky Starr defeated Carly Colon to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title 

    Wilmington, Delaware:
    – Christopher Daniels defeated champion Mike Kruel, The Amazing Red, Low Ki, American Dragon and Amazing Red to win the ECWA Heavyweight Title 

    2004

    Osaka, Japan:
    – Kaz Hayashi and Satoshi Kojima defeated Arashi and Keiji Muto to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title

  • WWE Canton, OH, results: ADR gets a standing ovation, Axel forgets his team’s name

    Submitted by Tim Taylor. Thanks also to Brittany Sanders.

    – About 90% full in a venue that holds 5000 or so.

    – WWE Champion Roman Reigns was announced as not being there and refunds were offered for 20 minutes.  Of course, Kevin Owens came out to cut a promo, which brought out Dean Ambrose, who brawled with Owens in hopes no one asked for refunds.

    – Strowman, Rowan, and Harper over Tommy Dreamer and the Dudley Boyz in a tables match. Rowan and Harper put Dreamer through the table for the win.

    – Neville over the Miz.  Miz didn’t cut a promo but had JoJo read his promo heeling on the Cleveland sports teams. Miz’s dad was in attendance.

    – Becky Lynch over Tamina w/Naomi. The BAD girls worked over Lynch after the match but Natayla made the save, putting Tamina in the sharpshooter.  Good pop for Lynch, but crowd wasn’t as into the match.

    – R-Truth over Stardust. Crowd loved Truth.

    – US Champion Alberto Del Rio over Kalisto to retain. Del Rio got a standing ovation from the production crew with the exception of agent Fit Finlay.  This had to be a rib as Del Rio nearly cracked up seeing that. Guys worked hard and it was a good match.

    – Social Outcasts over The Ascension and Los Matadores. Crowd didn’t know who to cheer at first, the Outcasts were the faces, and fans never got too into the match until the end. Los Matadores didn’t seem overly interested in being there. In the pre-match promo, Axel referred to them as the Social Outlaws.

    – Sheamus over Jack Swagger. Sheamus with a pre-match promo.  Solid match.

    – WWE IC Champion Dean Ambrose beat Kevin Owens to retain. Started off with the heat and a good majority of the match was Ambrose being beat down and making small comebacks.  Ambrose kicked out of the pop up power bomb and won soon after with Dirty Deeds. Ambrose was clearly the biggest star of the show in the eyes of the crowd getting the biggest pop and having the biggest chunk of merchandise sold.

  • Revolution Pro results: AJ Styles vs. Zack Sabre Jr. plus a potential MOTY

    Submitted by Joe Lemon 

    Flash Morgan Webbster vs. Peter Dunne

    Not an especially great opener. Both guys are still inexperienced & hadn’t previously wrestled on one of the big York Hall shows. Was by no means bad, but wasn’t the best opener. 

    Big Damo vs. Speedball Mike Bailey

    I’ve see Bailey a few times & had really enjoyed what I’d seen. Was curious here as to how he’d gel with Damo & they really delivered. Damo sold Bailey’s kicks well throughout & helped in Bailey getting over in front of a crowd who weren’t overly familiar with him. Damo won with an inverted Bloody Sunday DDT. Bailey took a lot of punishment throughout. Post match both guys shook hands in a show of respect. 

    Colt Cabana vs. Doug Williams

    Really fun match here working mostly British style. Both guys seemed to really enjoy the fact that they had the crowd when using British style. A fun back & forth match with flashes of comedy thrown in at points. Both guys exchanged various pin fall attempts & Cabana got the three. Post match Cabana cut a promo about his history in the company & claimed he wanted the British Heavyweight belt again. I’m assuming he & Zack will work a title match using British style down the road at some point. At this point Cabana was attacked by Lord Gideon Grey who was wearing the Mat Classic mask. Grey cut an awesome, angry promo on Cabana to set up a match between them next month.

    Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay

    This is where the show went into absolute overdrive. The stipulation was that the match was for the number 1 contendership for the British Heavyweight belt. All I can say is that these guys made the belt come across as one of the most valuable in the world with the way they worked this match. It was wrestled & put over as a big match & they used several tropes seen in major WWE/New Japan matches. We had the back & forth punches with the ‘yay’ & ‘boo’ chants, we had lots of fighting spirit, headsets, guys kicking out of & reversing signature moves & we even had Ospreay putting Scurll in his very own Chicken Wing. The match was crazy & ran for almost half hour. It ended when Marty used the Bryan Danielson elbows that he always used as ROH champ & then put Ospreay into the Chicken Wing which he passed out in.

    I’ve attended every major Rev Pro show for over two years now & this was by some distance the most invested I’ve ever seen the crowd in a match. What made this even better was the fact it was two Brits that managed to put the crowd at fever pitch. I’ve been to a lot of live shows & I can honestly say this is the best match I’ve seen in the UK since Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinnes at the first ROH Liverpool show in 2006. 

    Jay Lethal vs. Mark Haskins 

    Lethal wasn’t that over & he didn’t come across as a major star in the way outsiders often do. It was announced that it was for the ROH Title but that made no difference & the fans hardly reacted as if this was a big deal. The match absolutely fine, but I feel they suffered going on after Marty & Ospreay. The crowd was still very much calming down making the match hard to follow at points. I really think this would have benefited from opening the show. Lethal won with the Lethal Injection.

    Sha Samuels, James Castle & Josh Bodom vs. Jimmy Havoc, Tyson T-Bone & Bram

    This was exactly what it needed to be. An all around the venue brawl with lots of weapons & big spots. Havoc is super over based on his Progress work which helps his Rev Pro match’s. He’s done little in Rev Pro but most fans who attend the shows follow both promotions. Bram turned up as a surprise. He got a much bigger reaction than expected on his entrance, but once the match started this died down. Some solid comedy spots with the heels almost doing slapstick comedy at points. Havoc got the pinball on Bodom.

    AJ Styles vs. Zack Sabre Jr

    This was a very good match. It was very different to Marty vs Osprey in terms of pacing & style using a less is more approach. AJ very much wrestled Zack’s style of match here & really hung in there with him. Very technical throughout. Zack worked over AJ’s arm which he sold to great effect throughout. AJ looked very tired. I’m assuming the gruelling week he’s had wrestling was taking effect on him. The finishing sequence wasn’t quite as epic as I thought it was going to be. Zack did kick out of a one armed Styles Clash as well as a Bloody Sunday DDT. The match ended with Zack making AJ submit after trapping his arm.

    *****

    I’m sure you’ve seen AJ’s post match speech but it was a great way for him to leave the UK after a year of performing in Rev Pro. The AJ goodbye needed to close the show, but ideally the entire show would have benefited from Marty vs Ospreay going on last. Post show all anyone was talking about was just how great that match was. Again, I encourage you to check out Marty vs Ospreay! 

    A great show with variety throughout & booked at a pace that used that variety to mostly positive effect. Scurll vs Osprey was on another level. Quite simply myself & 1200 other fans where blown away by their efforts.

  • Daily pro wrestling history (1/17): Big Van Vader wins the IWGP TItle

    1965

    St. Paul, Minnesota:
    – AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & The Crusher beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race 2 out of 3 falls
    – Wilbur Snyder beat Moose Cholak
    – Bob Boyer drew Eddie Sharkey
    – Mighty Igor Vodik beat Pedro Santos

    1971

    Tampa, Florida:
    – Jack Brisco, the NWA Florida Television Champion, faced Tarzan Tyler, the NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, in a two-out-of three falls match. The rules for the match stipulated that the Television Title was on the line in the first fall only, while the Heavyweight Title would go to the winner of the match. Tyler pinned Brisco in the first fall to win the Television Title. However, Brisco won the second and third falls to win the match, and claim the Heavyweight Title

    1972

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Mark Lewin defeated Bob Brown to win the Vancouver NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 

    1973 

    Miami, Florida:
    – Big Bad John and Tim Woods defeated Chris Markoff and Bobby Shane for the NWA Florida Tag Team Title 
    – Southern Title: Mark Lewin defeated Paul Jones to retain the title
    – Florida Title: Jack Brisco defeated Buddy Colt to retain the title
    – Gorgeous George, Jr. defeated Jack Welch
    – Dick Slater & Phil Robley defeated Kevin Sullivan & Frank Hester

    Honolulu, Hawaii:
    – NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr drew Billy Robinson
    – North American Champion Dusty Rhodes beat Don Muraco
    – Ed Francis beat The Sheik to win Hawaiian Title
    – Ripper Collins beat Rick Drasin
    – Tony Borne drew Sam Steamboat

    1974

    Kansas City, Kansas:
    – Lord Alfred Hayes and Roger Kirby defeated Jim Brunzell and Mike George to win the Central States NWA World Tag Team Title in 3 falls
    – Bob Brown defeated Harley Race in three falls

    Hattiesburg, Mississippi:
    – Bob Kelly defeated Duke Miller for the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title 

    Denver, Colorado:
    – AWA Champion Verne Gagne dcor Billy Robinson 
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Red Bastien 
    – Larry Heiniemi & Buddy Wolff beat Ricky Romero & Luis Martinez 2 out of 3 falls
    – Greg Gagne beat Ric Flair 

    1975

    Los Angeles, California:
    – Porkchop Cash and Special Delivery Jones defeated The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Title 

    1976 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – Jesse Ventura defeated Jimmy Snuka for the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title 

    Caguas, Puerto Rico:
    – The Infernos defeated The Interns to win the WWC North American Tag Team Title 

    1977

    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
    – Don Leo Jonathan and Dutch Savage defeated John Quinn and Kurt Von Hess for the Vancouver NWA Canadian Tag Team Title 

    Greenville, South Carolina:
    – The Hollywood Blonds (Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts) defeated Dino Bravo and Tim Woods to win the NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Titles

    1979 

    Miami, Florida:
    – NWA World Title: Harley Race defeated Mike Graham
    – Florida Tag Titles: Pak Song & Mr. Uganda defeated Dusty Rhodes & Louie Tillet (sub Jos Leduc)
    – Brass Knuckles Match: Killer Karl Kox defeated Sonny King
    – Thor The Viking defeated Raul Mata (sub Florida Champion Jimmy Garvin)
    – Mr. Saito & Mr. Sato defeated Rocky Johnson & Prince Tonga

    1980

    Mexico City, Mexico:
    – Tiger Jeet Singh defeated El Canek for the UWA World Heavyweight Title 

    Greenville, Mississippi:
    – Mike Sharpe defeated Mike George to win the NWA Mississippi Heavyweight Title 

    1981

    Memphis, Tennessee:
    – Jimmy Valiant won the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title by defeating Hector Guerrero in a tournament final 

    Portland, Oregon:
    – The Destroyer and Rip Oliver defeated Joe Lightfoot and Jay Youngblood for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

    1982

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
    – Angelo Mosca defeated Toronto NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion Big John Studd in a steel cage match to win the title 

    Atlanta, Georgia:
    – Tommy Rich defeated The Masked Superstar for the NWA National Heavyweight Title 

    1985

    Las Vegas, Nevada:
    – Lights Out match: Jerry Blackwell beat Masked Superstar (sub King Kong Brody)
    – Jimmy Garvin beat AWA Champion Rick Martel dq
    – Non title: Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig (subs for Fabulous Ones) beat AWA Tag Team Champions Road Warriors
    – Nick Bockwinkel beat Brad Rheingans
    – Jim Brunzell beat Steve Regal

    1986

    Richmond, Virginia:
    – Ron Bass defeated Black Bart to win the Mid-Atlantic NWA Brass Knuckles Title 

    1991

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

    1992

    Springfield, Massachusetts: 
    – The Mountie defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental Title

    1994

    New York City:
    – The Quebecers (Jacques and Pierre) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions The 1-2-3 Kid and Marty Jannetty to win the titles

    1997

    Matsumoto, Japan:
    – Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue defeated Johnny Ace and Steve Williams to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles

    1999

    Charleston, West Virginia:
    – Goldberg defeated Scott Hall in a Ladder Stun Gun match
    – David and Ric Flair defeated Curt Hennig and Barry Windham

    2000 

    Columbus, Ohio:
    – Jeff Jarrett was awarded the WCW United States Heavyweight Title by Commissioner Kevin Nash
    – WCW World Tag Team Champions Crowbar and David Flair defeated 3 Count (Shane Helms and Shannon Moore)

    New Haven, Connecticut:
    – WWF Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) defeated Big Show and The Rock
    – Rikishi defeated WWF Intercontinental Co-Champion Chris Jericho by disqualification

    2004 

    Kaneohe, Hawaii:
    – Kenjiro Katahira and Kensuke Sasaki defeated Ahuna and Kaniela for the Hawai’i Championship Wrestling Kekaulike Heritage Tag Team Title 

    2010 

    Orlando, Florida:
    – Tara defeated ODB in a 2 of 3 falls match to win the TNA Knockouts Title 
    – Matt Morgan & Hernandez defeated The British Invasion to win the TNA Tag Team Championship

  • WWE Charleston, WV, results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

    Submitted by Erik Yonker

    – The night starts off with an announcement from JoJo about Roman Reigns not being here. 

    – Kevin Owens interrupts and challenges Ambrose to an IC title match later tonight. Ambrose attacks him from behind and accepts the challenge as Owens retreats to the back. 

    – Dudleys & Tommy Dreamer vs. The Wyatt Family (Harper, Rowan and Strowman) in a tables match

    The Wyatts win with a double choke slam on Dreamer through a table. 

    – Neville def. The Miz

    Neville wins with the Red Arrow.

    – The Social Outcasts defeat The Ascenion & Los Matadors

    Outcasts come out and cut a funny promo that ends with Heath Slater leading the crowd in a song of Country Roads. Really great stuff here. 

    – R-Truth defeated Stardust

    Incredible work by Stardust who got some major boos from the crowd with his heel work. Match saw very few bumps taken by both men yet it was very well received by the audience and was really entertaining.  

    – US Champion Alberto Del Rio defeated Kalisto

    ADR held the ropes during the pin. Crowd was pretty dead during this ainly because the previous 2 matches were so awesome.

    – Becky Lynch def. Tamina (w/Naomi)

    Becky wins then gets attacked by both girls after. Nattie makes the save and then celebrates with Becky. 

    – Sheamus def. Jack Swagger

    Swagger came out to defend the honor of the West Virginia crowd in light of Sheamus’ comments against them.

    – WWE Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose def. Kevin Owens to retain

    Owens stared down several small children in attendance. He also told a young teenage female that her sign looked like it was made by a blind 5 yr old. In a move that was a class act, Kevin gave a quick and discreet fist bump to a young handicapped child who was being held up by what appeared to be his mother on his way back up the ramp. Ambrose made sure to high five all those at ringside who wanted one. He made several trips around the ring and up and down the ramp. He had also gotten a haircut since he was last seen on television.

    All in all, it was a really fun show and everyone who performed put forth a lot of effort. Only complaint would be the way security acted. Multiple times during the show they would motion for fans to sit down in their seats. They also wouldn’t let fans who weren’t setting ringside or along the guardrail to come up and try and get a high five before or after a match. This upset a lot of parents and children and was pretty sad to see.

  • Invicta 15 results: Cris Cyborg Justino vs. Daria Ibragimova

    Submitted by Crimson Mask

    Megan Anderson vs. Amber Leibrock

    Good opening scrap between 6-foot FWs. Leibrock had KOed Ronda’s roommate Marina Shafir, and was clearly the bigger puncher, but the Australian Anderson wore her down with clinch work and then took her apart with strikes, having her in big trouble in the 2nd and finishing her early in the 3rd. 

    Amanda Bell vs. Ediane Gomes was scrapped.

    Mizuki Inoue vs. Lacey Schuckman

    Another good performance from the 20 year old Inoue, dominating some high tech grappling exchanges and finishing in the 3rd with an arm bar after several attempts.

    Angela Hill vs. Alida Gray

    Recent UFC cut Hill blows away late sub Gray, staggering her with a counter right and not letting her off the hook.

    Amber Brown vs. Shino VanHoose

    Brown makes short work of the badly outsized late sub VanHoose, muscling an out of position Guillotine for the tap. Unfortunately for the apparently skilled but tiny VanHoose there’s no lower division than atomW.

    Raquel Pa’aluhi vs. Colleen Schneider

    In the most competitive fight of the night, which took place after a long delay with both fighters already in the ring waiting for the ambulance to return to the arena, Schneider takes a 29-28 SD over a battered Pa’aluhi that didn’t look that close. Pa’aluhi got the best of the grappling but couldn’t do much with it, while Schneider did damage with nearly every strike landed.

    Livia Renata Souza defends SW title vs. DeAnna Bennett 5R

    Chickens finally come home to roost for the strangely overpushed and overprotected Bennett, as the much smaller Souza finishes her quickly with a liver kick and retains.

    Cris Cyborg Justino defends FW title vs. Daria Ibragimova 5R

    Late sub Ibragimova at least comes in loose and with a plan, and has success penetrating to single leg pickups, but she can’t get Cris off her feet and takes a battering in the process, till Cris lands a clean right hand from long range late in the round for the KD and puts her out with followup hammerfists. I’m not sure how much you can blame Cris for her quality of opposition, with not too many girls that anxious to sign to fight her, and apparently not all of them willing to show up.

  • NXT Chicago, IL, live event results: (evening show): Finn Balor vs. Apollo Crews vs. Baron Corbin

    Submitted by George Atsaves

    Standing room only crowd. Super lively crowd, lots of chants all night.

    – NXT Tag Champions Dawson and Wilder beat Ezno and Cass when Enzo got pinned via roll up. Good match, Dawson and Wilder are great heels. Enzo was super over. Cass is ok as a “house of fire” babyface but he missed a few spots.

    – Carmella submitted Alexa Bliss with her leg choke thing. Bliss is great, crowd loved to hate her. Match was fine.

    – Elias Sampson and his guitar beat Bull Dempsey. Sampson sang a song about how much Chicago sucks. Decent match: two standard mid card guys doing mid card things.

    – NXT Divas Champion Bayley (so so over) beat Nia Jax with the Belly to Bayley. Pretty similar to the London match, but no chokehold.

    > Intermission. They were selling autographed 11x14s and tons of shirts.

    – Sami Zayn def. Tommaso Ciampa in an incredible match that felt like a typical ROH match. Highlights include Zayn’s Blue Thunder Bomb and Tommaso hitting a power bomb into a backstabber.  Zayn won with the corner kick.  After, he and Tommaso hugged and Zayn gave him the ring.

    – Eva Marie over Peyton Royce.  I know it is the gimmick and she’s kinda over (not as over as Zayn, Finn nor Bayley) but Eva just can’t wrestle.  She’s not even passable.  Poor Royce was dragging her around.  Eva’s timing was off all match and it showed.  Crowd stopped caring halfway through.

    – NXT Champion Finn Balor over Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin. Before the match, Balor did the Bullet Club guns to Crews and Corbin.  Loud Bullet Club and Too Sweet chants, which Finn encouraged.  Finn even did the “gun gesture to a prone opponent” like Kenny Omega did to AJ Styles the night after WK 10.  Standard triple threat where one guy sold on the outside while the other two went at it.  Finish was pretty good – Corbin hit his spinning slam on Crews, made the cover only for Finn to hit the double foot stomp for the win. After, Finn celebrated with Bayley (who had a Balor Club shirt and was Too Sweeting everyone at ringside) and they brought some kids in the ring to take pictures.

  • Ring of Honor Collinsville, IL results: Cheeseburger challenges for TV title!

    Submitted by David E. Smith

    – ROH Tag Champions War Machine defeated Kazarian/Sabin. Heels did the inevitable “let’s taunt St. Louis over losing the Rams” bit, then the match started with a few minutes of comedy spots. I believe this was a non-title match (but the champs won anyway).

    – Michael Elgin defeated Adam Page. Elgin took about 80% of the match, and won with his sit-out powerbomb. Page came out for his match, but was almost immediately jumped from behind by BJ Whitmer. Michael Elgin came out, and Whitmer backed off. Page, despite having just taken a beating, still wanted his scheduled match with Elgin. 

    – TV Champion Roderick Strong submitted Cheeseburger to retain. Cheeseburger may have gotten the biggest pop of the night. Felt like a really long squash.

    – The Briscoe Brothers defeated Silas Young and the Beer City Bruiser. Plenty of outside-the-ring action, including some presumably-unplanned spots when one of the big metal ROH banners they put on the guard rails came off. Briscoes won with a Jay Driller.

    > Intermission went a bit long because the ring crew had to replace a board in the ring floor. Light “ring crew” chants.

    – Will Ferrara defeated Kevin Lee Davidson. Quick nothing match.

    – Dalton Castle (with the boys) defeated Delirious. Lots of comedy spots. 

    – ReDRagon (Bobby Fish/Kyle O’Reilly) defeated the All Night Express (Kenny King/Rhett Titus) with Chasing the Dragon.

    – Adam Cole defeated Moose, after Moose took most of the match.

    – The Young Bucks defeated ACH and Alex Shelley. Pretty much every Young Bucks match ever.