It’s the weekend edition of Wrestling Observer Radio! Tons to discuss including notes on Raw Monday, the Steve Austin podcast with Brock Lesnar, some WrestleMania thoughts, weekend news from WWE in Mexico, EVOLVE and more, plus a bunch of mailbag questions! A fun show as always so check it out~!
1941
Waterloo, Iowa:
– Orville Brown defeated Joe Dusek
1943
Wichita, Kansas:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ede Virag beat Jack Nasworthy in 2 out of 3 falls
1945
St. Joseph, Missouri:
Orville Brown beat Cowboy Roy Graham
1951
St. Louis, Missouri:
– NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz defeated Yukon Eric
1972
Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– The Interns (Tom Andrews & Jim Starr), managed by Dr. Ken Ramey, defeated Ken Lucas & Ox the Ripper (Ox Baker), managed by Dennis Hall with the Interns’ Masks at stake in a no time limit and No DQ match
– Dennis Hall & Kevin Sullivan, managed by Joey Rossi, defeated Bobby Hart & Lorenzo Parente, managed by Don Duffy
– Danny Dusek defeated Jimmy Kent
– Roy Lee Welch defeated Gene Morton
Amarillo, Texas:
– Terry Funk & Ricky Romero beat Black Gordman & Tapia (substituting for Great Goliath) in 2 out of 3 falls
– In a Loser Must Unmask match, Mr. Wrestling beat Red Devil. Red Devil was unmasked as Dick Beyer (The Destroyer)
– Hank James beat Dory Funk Sr
1973
Denver, Colorado:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Red Bastien in 2 out of 3 falls
– Pepper Gomez beat Buddy Wolff dq
– Geoff Portz beat Tokyo Joe
– Ric Flair drew Tony Rocco
1976
Macon, Georgia:
– Andre The Giant won a Battle Royal
– Non Title Match; Jos Leduc beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel
– Mongolian Stomper beat Rick McGraw
– Roberto Soto beat Stan Stasiak
– Paul Orndorff beat Jim Lancaster
1979
Knoxville, Tennessee:
– Dick Slater beat Toru Tanaka (substituting for Jack Brisco) in a No DQ match
– Jimmy Golden beat Robert Fuller
– Mongolian Stomper beat Alexis Smirnoff
– Norvell Austin & The Angel beat Ron Fuller & Paul Orndorff
1980
St. Paul, Minnesota:
– Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon beat AWA Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura dq
– Ray Stevens & Pat Patterson & Nick Bockwinkel beat Greg Gagne & Dino Bravo & Super Destroyer Mark II
– The Crusher beat Jerry Blackwell to win World Brass Knucks Title
– Buck Zumhofe drew Steve Regal
– Tito Santana beat Chris Markoff
1981
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Terry Gordy defeated Michael Hayes in a taped fist match
Greenville, South Carolina:
– Buddy Landell beat Charlie Fulton
– The Grappler & Super Destroyer beat Paul Jones & Jake Roberts
– NWA U.S. Champion Sgt. Slaughter beat Sweet Ebony Diamond (Rocky Johnson)
– Ivan Koloff beat Ricky Steamboat
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Stan Lane fought Steve Keirn to a no contest
– Bill Dundee beat Chick Donovan
– Ricky & Robert Gibson beat The Nightmare & Speed via DQ in a “Hospital Elimination” match
– Southern Champ Dream Machine beat Dutch Mantel
– Sweet Brown Sugar beat Jerry Lawler in a No DQ match
1984
Houston, Texas:
– Cage match: Jose Lothario beat Buddy Landel
– The Rock N’ Roll Express beat The Midnight Express with Jim Cornette
– Steve Williams & Hercules Hernandez beat Hacksaw Duggan & Bill Dundee
– George Wells beat Ernie Ladd
– Hector & Chavo Guerrero beat The Fantastics
1985
Nashville, Tennessee:
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Jerry Lawler dq
– Rock & Roll Express beat Ivan Koloff & Nikita Koloff
– Hospital Elimination Match; Fabulous Ones beat Sheepherders
– Bill Dundee beat Mongolian Stomper
– Ron Garvin beat Black Bart
1986
Orlando, Florida:
– Kendall Windham beat Kendo Nagasaki in a kendo stick on a pole match
– The Fabulous Ones drew the Sheepherders
– Southern champ Lex Luger beat Hacksaw Higgins
– Barry Windham drew Ron Bass
1987
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee beat Soldat Ustinov & Doug Somers to win AWA Tag Title
– Carl Fergie & Black Prince & Don Bass beat Jerry Lawler & Bill Dundee & Steve Keirn
– Nasty Boys beat Lord Humongous & Big Bubba
– Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka beat Tracy Smothers & John Paul
– Bobby Jaggers beat Rocky Johnson
– RPMS beat Jeff Jarrett & Billy Travis
1991
Atlanta, Georgia:
– Big Josh (Matt Borne) & Dustin Rhodes, & Tom Zenk defeated Richard Morton, Thomas Rich & Terrance Taylor
– WCW World TV Champion Steve Austin pinned Steve Armstrong
– WCW World Tag Team champions The Enforcers, Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyzsko defeated The Freebirds, Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin
– WCW U.S. champion Sting & Rick Steiner defeated Cactus Jack & Abdullah the Butcher in a steel cage match
1992
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:
– Bret Hart defeated Ric Flair to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title
1992
Memphis, Tennessee:
– Butch Reed defeated Junkyard Dog for the USWA Unified Heavyweight Title
1998
Uniondale, Long Island:
– Ken Shamrock defeated X-Pac in a tournament final to win the WWF Intercontinental Title
1999
Birmingham, Alabama:
– Mankind & the Rock defeated The New Age Outlaws to win the WWF World Tag Team Title
2002
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:
– WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar pinned Chris Benoit
– Lance Storm pinned John Cena
– Chris Jericho defeated Matt Hardy via submission
– No DQ match: Edge pinned Eddie Guerrero
2008
Chicago, Illinois:
– Sting defeated Samoa Joe to win the TNA World Title
– Booker T defeated AJ Styles and Christian Cage
– Jeff Jarrett defeated Kurt Angle
By Josh Nason, WrestlingObserver.com
Here’s a few news & notes items related to WWE SummerSlam as we head into what will be a big weekend of news:
– Despite being in Brooklyn, NY, former WWE Champion and overall mega-star “Stone Cold” Steve Austin will not be sticking around for Saturday’s NXT show or the big event on Sunday. For those that thought he might do an appearance of some sort on the four-hour monolith, that won’t be the case.
– However, another wrestling star will be around as “Nature Boy” Ric Flair is in Brooklyn and should be around for the shows. No word on whether he’ll actually be seen on camera for NXT or SummerSlam, but as they, stay tuned.
– We all know how wrestling rumors go, but we were told to expect something “huge” for Monday’s RAW. There wasn’t any additional info given, but it’s safe to assume that’s not referring to a Big Show vs. Kane main event.