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1953 - Frankie Talaber wins his ninth Midwest Wrestling Association World Junior Heavyweight Title in Columbus, Ohio, defeating Joe Scarpello in a tournament final.

1955 - George Dussette and Luther Lindsay defeat Bulldog Curtis and Tommy Martinez to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.

1957 - Kevin Von Erich is born in Belleville, Illinois.

1957 - Ed Francis defeats Luigi Macera for the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Title, ending Macera's second reign.

1958 - Verne Gagne and Leo Nomellini defeat Doc and Mike Gallagher for the Minneapolis NWA World Tag Team Title in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1963 - Rocket Monroe (Bill Fletcher) defeats Joe Scarpa (Jay Strongbow) and Pancho Villa in a three-way match to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama.

1963 - Bruno Sammartino & Apollo defeated the Kangaroos in the main event of a WWWF event in Staten Island, NY.

1964 - Former WCW World champion Ron Simmons is born.

1964 - WWWF ran Harrisburg, PA at Zembo Mosque with the following results:
-Tony Marino defeated Frank Hickey with an abdominal stretch at 17:12.
.-Pedro Rodriguez fought Duke Miller to a 30-minute draw.
-Smasher Sloan pinned Sonny Love at 7:06 -Ernie Ladd defeated Klondike Bill at 20:14 with a dropkick and splash.
-WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino fought European Champion Hans Mortier to a no contest at 20:04 when both men failed to get to their feet after a collision in the ring.

1965 - Mighty Igor Vodic defeats Mad Dog Vachon for the AWA World Heavyweight Title in Omaha, Nebraska, ending Vachon's second reign.

1965 - The WWWF ran Pittsburgh, PA at The Meadows with the following results:
-Johnny DeFazio defeated Ron Romano.
-Mr. Kleen defeated Jim Grabmire.
-Bob Nandor defeated Arnold Skaaland.
-Sonny Boy Cassidy & Irish Jackie defeated Fuzzy Cupid & Sky Low Low.
-Don McClarity defeated Smasher Sloan via disqualification.
-Chief White Owl defeated Waldo Von Erich via disqualification.
-Bill Watts & Bill Miller defeated WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino & Bobo Brazil.

1967 - The WWWF held an event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The results:
-Arnold Skaaland defeated Smasher Sloan at 18:21.
-Irish Jackie & Billy the Kid defeated Little Brutus & Fuzzy Cupid.
-Prof. Toru Tanaka defeated the Ox via submission with a sleeper.
-Bobo Brazil pinned Bull Ortega at 7:23.
-Sprios Arion & Antonio Pugliese defeated Luke Graham & Baron Mikel Scicluna in a Best 2 out of 3 falls. match, 2-0; both falls were earned respectively by Arion and Pugliese using backbreakers.
-WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino pinned Gorilla Monsoon by kicking off the ropes while caught in a bearhug and falling backwards on top of the challenger for the pin.

1969 - WWWF ran The National Arena in Washington, D.C., featuring:
-Haystacks Calhoun defeated Guillotine Gordon.
-Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Arnold Skaaland.
-John L. Sullivan defeated Lou Albano.
-Bulldog Brower defeated Pete Sanchez.
-Sky Low Low & Little Brutus defeated Cowboy Bradley & Joey Russell.
-Bill Miller defeated Tony Altimore.
-Rocky Johnson defeated Prof. Toru Tanaka via disqualification.

1970 - Mark Lewin and Antonio Pugliese defeat Swede Hanson and Rip Hawk to win the International Wrestling Alliance World Tag Team Title in Sydney, Australia.

1970 - Donna Christantello and Kathy O'Day defeat The Fabulous Moolah and Toni Rose to win the NWA World Women's Tag Team Title in Los Angeles, California.

1971 - The WWWF held an event at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The results:
- NWA World Women's Tag Team Champion Donna Christanello and NWA World Women's Champion The Fabulous Moolah defeated Sharon Joy and Vicki Williams.
- Manuel Soto defeated Manuka Akim.
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Johnny Rodz.
- Beautiful Bobby defeated Mike Pappas.
- Gorilla Monsoon defeated Juan Caruso and Vincente Pommetti in a handicap match.
- Tarzan Tyler defeated Tony Marino.
- Chief Jay Strongbow defeated Bulldog Brower by disqualification.
- WWWF Heavyweight Champion Pedro Morales defeated Blackjack Mulligan to retain the title.

1971 - Red Bastien and Hercules Cortez defeat Butcher and Mad Dog Vachon to win the AWA World Tag Team Title in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ending the Vachons' second reign.

1972 - Boris Malenko defeats Bearcat Wright for the NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Title in Orlando, Florida, beginning his eighth reign.

1973 - The California Hippies (Mike Boyette and Mickey Doyle) win their second Gulf Coast NWA United States Tag Team Title in Mobile, Alabama, ending The Mongol and The Rugged Russian's second reign.

1973 - Sandy Parker defeats Miyoko Hoshino for the WWWA World Singles Title in Choshi, Japan.

1974 - WWWF ran Pittsfield, MA at the Boys Club, drawing 500 fans with the following results:
-Ed Sullivan defeated SD Jones at 1:35.
-Arnold Skaaland defeated Johnny Rodz at 10:20.
-Nikolai Volkoff fought Tony Garea to a 20-minute time-limit draw.
-The Fabulous Moolah & Peggy Patterson defeated Debbie Johnson & Sharon Brooks in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-1.
-Chief Jay Strongbow fought Killer Kowalski to a double disqualification.

1975 - Paul Jones and Wahoo McDaniel defeat Gene and Ole Anderson to win the NWA World Tag Team Title in Greensboro, North Carolina.

1976 - The WWWF held an event at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The results were:
-Jose Gonzalez pinned Johnny Rodz at 10:29.
-Rocky Tomayo defeated Johnny Rivera via submission at 11:11.
-Susan Greene & Vivian St. James defeated Paula Kaye & Kitty Adams in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match.
-The Executioners defeated Pat Barrett & Kevin Sullivan in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match, 2-0.
-Ivan Koloff fought Billy White Wolf to a 20-minute draw.
-Stan Hansen defeated Haystacks Calhoun at 1:59.
-Superstar Billy Graham defeated Gorilla Monsoon (sub. for WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino) when the bout was stopped due to blood at 12:57.

1976 - The Sheik defeats Bobo Brazil for the Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title in Detroit, Michigan, ending and beginning both men's ninth reigns.

1976 - Tony Garea and Pat Patterson defeat Invader I and Don Muraco to win the San Francisco NWA World Tag Team Title in San Francisco, California.

1977 - The WWWF held an event at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The results were:
-Johnny Rivera defeated Jan Nelson at 9:35.
-Ken Patera defeated Chief Jay Strongbow at 9:20.
-Rocky Tomayo defeated Ted Adams at 7:15.
-Johnny Rodz fought Don Serrano to a 20-minute draw.
-SD Jones defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna at 11:25.
-Pete Doherty defeated Tony Altimore at 8:50.
-George Steele defeated Bruno Sammartino via disqualification at 13:45.
-WWWF World Champion Superstar Billy Graham pinned Tony Garea at 8:43 after Garea missed a charge and hit the corner; one of the challenger's feet was outside the ring during the cover but the referee failed to notice.

1978 - Maple Leaf Wrestling held an event at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. The results were:
Billy Red Lyons fought Chris Tolos to a 20-minute draw.
Dewey Robertson defeated the Wildman via disqualification.
Kim Chang pinned Claude Dionne at 10:30.
Billy Red Lyons & Rufus R. Jones defeated Super Destroyer (Sgt. Slaughter) & Lord Alfred Hayes at 18:17. when Jones pinned the Destroyer.
British Champion Billy Robinson defeated Angelo Mosca via disqualification after the challenger hit the referee.
AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkel fought Jim Brunzell to a double disqualification at 18:44 when both Bobby Heenan and Rufus R Jones interfered.
WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Superstar Billy Graham via count-out at 10:28.

1978 - Gene Kiniski defeats John Quinn for the Vancouver NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title in Vancouver, British Columbia, ending Quinn's second reign and beginning Kiniski's seventh reign.

1979 - The WWF ran South Plainfield High School in New Jersey, featuring:
-Johnny Rodz fought Johnny Rivera to a draw.
-Tito Santana defeated Jose Estrada.
-Greg Valentine fought Ivan Putski to a double count-out.
-Frank Williams defeated Allan Coage via disqualification.
-Tiny Thumb & Cowboy Lang defeated Butch Cassidy & Little Tokyo.
-WWF North American Champion Ted Dibiase defeated Nikolai Volkoff via disqualification.

1982 - The Moondogs (Rex and Spot) defeat Eddie and Tommy Gilbert in a rematch from a week earlier, to win their second WWC North American Tag Team Title in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

1983 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Charlotte, NC at the Coliseum with the following results:

-Kelly Kiniski & the One Man Gang defeated Rick McCord & Vinnie Valentino.
-NWA Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Champion Dory Funk Jr. defeated Mike Rotundo.
-Jimmy Valiant, Rufus R. Jones, & Bugsy McGraw defeated the Great Kabuki, Gary Hart, & the Magic Dragon.
-NWA U.S. Champion Greg Valentine defeated NWA TV Champion Jos LeDuc.
-Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood and Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle in a round robin tournament; the Briscos defeated Steamboat & Youngblood via disqualification in the final match.

 

1983 - Roddy Piper and Terry Funk faced off for the first time in Toronto, Ontario at Maple Leaf Garden with Piper winning by countout in 11:14.  Other results from the event saw:

-Bob Marcus pinned Ricky Harris at 9:21.
-Iron Mike Sharpe pinned Joe Marcus at 8:09.
-Gene Kiniski & the Executioner defeated Salvatore Bellomo & Nick DeCarlo at 15:04.
-Canadian TV Champion Pvt. Nelson pinned keith larsen at 14:06.
-North American Champion Johnny Weaver defeated Leo Burke at 18:52.
-Rocky Johnson defeated WWF IC Champion Don Muraco via count-out at 11:21.
-Canadian Champion Angelo Mosca defeated Bob Orton Jr. at 10:12.

1984 - New Japan Pro Wrestling ran Kummamoto, Japan with the following results:
-Pat Tanaka defeated Naoki Sano.
-Norio Honaga fought Black Cat to a draw.
-Kengo Kimura & Fumihiro Niikura defeated Osamu Kido & Shunji Kosugi.
-John Quinn defeated Fujiwara.
-The Masked Sueprstar, Ken Patera, & WWF Tag Team Champion Dick Murdoch defeated Animal Hamaguchi, Yoshikai Yatsu, & Kuniaki Kobayashi.
-Mr. Saito defeated Otto Wanz.
-Andre The Giant & WWF Tag Team Champion Adrian Adonis defeated Seigi Sakaguchi & Tatsumi Fujinami
-WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Riki Choshu via count-out.
-Antonio Inoki defeated Big John Studd.

 

1984 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Columbia, SC with the following results:

-Barry Hart fought Jeff Sword to a draw.
-Keith Larson defeated Doug Vines.
-Rufus R. Jones defeated the Great Kabuki.
-Ron Garvin defeated Jake Roberts.
-NWA World Tag Team Champions Don Kernodle & Ivan Koloff defeated Pez Whatley & Mark Youngblood.

1984 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Raleigh, NC at the Dorton Arena with the following results:

-NWA TV Champion Tully Blanchard defeated Vinnie Valentino.
-Dick Slater defeated Brian Adidas.
-The Outlaw fought Angelo Mosca Jr. to a draw.
-Adrian Street defeated Jimmy Valiant.

1986 - The Midnight Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels) defeat The Batten Twins (Bart and Brad) to win the NWA Central States Tag Team Title in Kansas City, Kansas, ending the Battens' second reign.

1985 - WWF ran Southhampton, NY at Southhampton College featuring:
-Jim Powers defeated Steve Lombardi.
-Jim Neidhart defeated Paul Roma.
-SD Jones defeated Barry O.
-Bret Hart defeated Gama Singh.
-SD Jones won a 10-man battle royal.
-Mike Rotundo & SD Jones (sub. for Barry Windham) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Nikolai Volkoff & the Iron Sheik via countout.

 

1985 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Raleigh, NC at the Dorton Arena:

-Buzz Tyler defeated Ron Bass.
-Buddy Landell defeated Gene Ligon.
-Krusher Kruschev defeated Sam Houston.
-Jimmy Valiant defeated Superstar Billy Graham.
-Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard via disqualification.
-NWA World Tag Team Champions Ivan & Nikita Koloff defeated NWA U.S. Champion Magnum TA & Dick Slater.

 

1986 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Lovington, VA, headlined by NWA World Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey defeating Manny Fernandez & Hector Guerrero in a non-title match.

1987 - The WWF debuted at the Houston Coliseum for the first time.  The venue was a long-time stronghold of promoter Paul Boesh, who did commentary for the event.  Ted DiBiase, who had just signed for the Million Dollar Man role, made his first appearance in seven years for the WWF here, cutting an in-ring promo announcing he was now part of the company.  The One Man Gang came out for his match and a physical issue was teased, since DiBiase had been a babyface in the market and hadn't yet been introduced as the persona he's known worldwide for these days.

Partial results from the show, some of which aired on Houston Wrestling locally and some of which was used on Prime Time Wrestling on the USA Network, saw:
-Paul Roma & Jim Powers defeated the Shadows at 13:46 when Powers scored the pin as Roma held the other Shadow's foot from the outside
-WWF Women's Champion the Fabulous Moolah pinned Angie Minnelli after reversing a powerslam into a small package
-Sam Houston pinned Iron Mike Sharpe with a bulldog at 5:03
-Nikolai Volkoff (w/ Slick & the Iron Sheik) pinned Jim Duggan at 3:28 after Sheik tripped Duggan from the outside; after the bout, Duggan was triple-teamed until he was able to scare the opposition away with his 2X4; after the bout, Paul Boesch interviewed Duggan who promised to bring someone to be in his corner when he returns for the next Houston show to face Volkoff in a rematch
-WWF Intercontinental champion Ricky Steamboat pinned Randy Savage (w/ Miss Elizabeth) at 10:57 after Savage accidentally hit himself in the head with the timekeeper's bell after missing Steamboat and hitting the turnbuckle instead.
-Others on the card included Hillbilly Jim, The Iron Sheik, Butch Reed and Tito Santana, among others.

1988 - WWF ran the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago, featuring:
-George Steele defeated Jim Neidhart via countout.
-Jacques & Raymond Rougeau defeated B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell.
-The One Man Gang pinned Bam Bam Bigelow at 8:55.
-Haku & Sivi Afi defeated Don Muraco & Hillbilly Jim when Afi pinned Jim.
-Jake Roberts fought Rick Rude to a double countout.
-Koko B. Ware pinned Bobby Heenan.
-Ted Dibiase defeated WWF World Champion Randy Savage via countout at 15:09.

1989 - WWF ran Stevens Point, WI at the Quant Fieldhouse, with the following results:
-Greg Valentine defeated Jim Powers.
-The Honkytonk Man defeated Hillbilly Jim.
-Bad News Brown defeated the Blue Blazer.
-The Barbarian defeated Jim Neidhart.
-Rick Martel defeated Tito Santana.
-WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Big Bossman & Akeem.
-The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Rick Rude via disqualification.

 

1991 - WCW ran Johnstown, PA ar Cambria County War Memorial with the following results:

-Ricky Morton pinned Dr. X at 9:57.
-Tommy Rich pinned Joey Maggs at 11:01.
-Tracy Smothers pinned Black Bart at 15:33.
-WCW U.S. Champion Lex Luger fought Nikita Koloff to a double count-out at 10:09.
-Rick Steiner pinned Dan Spivey at 12:42
-El Gigante defeated the One Man Gang via disqualificati.on at 7:39 when WCW World Champion Ric Flair, -WCW World TV Champion Arn Anderson, and Kevin Sullivan interfered.
-Sting & Brian Pillman defeated WCW World Champion Ric Flair & WCW World TV Champion Arn Anderson at 19:04 when Sting pinned Anderson.

1992 - WWF ran Houston, TX at The Summit drawing 4,300 fans:
-Kerry Von Erich defeated Skinner.
-Jim Powers defeated the Brooklyn Brawler.
-Virgil defeated Bob Bradley.
-The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS via countout.
-Kamala defeated Sgt. Slaughter.
-The Undertaker defeated the Mountie.
-WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair via disqualification.

 

1992 - WCW ran Fayetteville, NC at the Civic Center, drawing 1,500 fans:
-Big Josh defeated Richard Morton.
-Firebreaker Chip & Todd Champion defeated Thomas Rich & Tracy Smothers.
-Nikita Koloff defeated Steve Austin.
-Ron Simmons defeated Diamond Dallas Page.
-WCW U.S. Tag Team Champions Greg Valentine & Terry Taylor defeated Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin.
-WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko (substituting for Bobby Eaton).
-WCW U.S. Champion Rick Rude defeated Ricky Steamboat.

1993 - The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton) defeat The Heavenly Bodies (Stan Lane and Tom Prichard) in Johnson City, Tennessee for the SMW Tag Team Title. This began the Express' fourth reign and ended the Bodies' fifth reign.

1993 - USWA ran Nashville, TN, headlined by Papa Shango fighting Jerry Lawler to a Double DQ.  Undercard results saw:
-Miss Texas, Steve & Bill Marino defeated PG-13 & Brandy Wine.
-Jeff Gaylord defeated Johnny Polo.
-Wolfie D defeated Master of Terror via disqualification.
-Koko B. Ware & Frank Morrell defeated Brian Christopher & Frank Hickey.
-Jeff Gaylord & Jeff Jarrett defeated Rex King & Steve Doll via disqualification.

1993 - Three West Coast Championship Wrestling title switch in Cloverdale, British Columbia. Michelle Starr defeats Mighty Quinn for the WCCW Heavyweight Title, Al Tomko wins the WCCW Mid-Heavyweight Title from Firefighter Adrian, and The Beautiful Bodies (Rocky Dellaserra and Ole Olson) defeat Firefighter Adrian and Timothy Flowers to win the WCCW International Tag Team Title.

1993 - WWF ran the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA, drawing 4,000 fans with the following results:
-Virgil pinned the Brooklyn Brawler at 12:16 with a sunset flip out of the corner.
-Bob Backlund pinned Damien Demento at 11:26 with a small package.
-Tatanka pinned Razor Ramon at 6:00 after lifting his shoulder out of a back suplex.
-Yokozuna pinned Jim Duggan at 6:56.
-Bret Hart defeated Lex Luger via disqualification at 15:53 when Razor Ramon interfered while Bret had the Sharpshooter applied; after the bout, Hart was double teamed before Luger accidentally knocked Razor out with a running forearm; Razor and Luger then ended up brawling with Razor clearing Luger from the ring; Luger was forced to wear a protective pad across his forearm for the duration of the bout after coming out earlier in the show and posing in front of a mirror and then being told by the referee that he had to wear the pad or he couldn't wrestle.
-Bam Bam Bigelow pinned Kamala at 6:25 with a roll up after Kamala was distracted by the referee
-Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase & IRS via disqualification at 15:40 after IRS hit Scott with the briefcase which the Brooklyn Brawler brought to ringside moments earlier after the referee had ordered the briefcase be taken backstage before the bout began.

1993 - WCW ram New Orleans, LA at the Municipal Auditorium, drawing 1,000 fans with the following results:
-Keith & Kent Cole defeated the Wrecking Crew.
-Maxx Payne defeated Steve Regal.
-Arn Anderson defeated Erik Watts.
-Davey Boy Smith defeated the Barbarian.
-Rick Rude defeated Kensuke Sasaki.
-Dustin Rhodes defeated WCW World TV Champion Paul Orndorff.
-NWA World Champion Barry Windham defeated Ricky Steamboat.
-Sting defeated WCW World Champion Big Van Vader in a non-title strap match

1994 - Chi Chi Cruz defeats Stan Saxton to win the West Four Wrestling Alliance Canadian Heavyweight Title in Winnipeg, Manitoba, beginning Cruz's third reign.

1994 - WWF ran San Jose, CA with the following results before 7,200 fans:
-Adam Bomb defeated the 1-2-3 Kid.
-WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze defeated Leilani Kai.
-WWF Tag Team Champions the Headshrinkers defeated the Smoking Gunns.
-Lex Luger defeated Crush.
-Jeff Jarrett defeated Doink the Clown.
-IRS defeated Tatanka via disqualification.
-Yokozuna defeated Earthquake.
-WWF World Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart.

1995 - Ernie Ladd, Ivan Putski and Antonina Rocca's inductions into the WWF Hall of Fame were announced for the June 1995 induction ceremony in Philadelphia, PA.

1995 - Reggie Bennett defeats Manami Toyota for the IWA Women's World Title in Niigata, Japan.

1995 - WWF broadcast Raw as part of a three episode TV Taping in Binghamton, NY.  The taping featured Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the future Triple H, in his Raw debut :
-The Smoking Gunns defeated Men on a Mission.
-Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett & the Roadie when Smith pinned the Roadie with the running powerslam.
-WWF World Champion Diesel & the Undertaker defeated Psycho Sid & Kama.
-Bret Hart defeated Hakushi via submission with the Sharpshooter.
-WWF Tag Team Champion Yokozuna defeated Nick Barberry & Bill Weaver in a handicap match.
-Man Mountain Rock defeated Iron Mike Sharpe via submission with an arm bar.
-King of the Ring Qualifyer: Bob Holly pinned Mantaur (with Jim Cornette) with a missile dropkick and crossbody off the top at 5:29.
-Bam Bam Bigelow (w/ WWF World Champion Diesel) pinned IRS (with Ted Dibiase) at 7:04 with a falling headbutt after ramming IRS into an exposed turnbuckle; prior to the bout, Bigelow announced Diesel as being his surprise cornerman for the match; Ted Dibiase escorted IRS to the ring before the match but was chased backstage early on by Diesel; after the match, Dibiase returned ringside alongside Psycho Sid & Tatanka.
-Razor Ramon (with Savio Vega) pinned Mike Bell at 4:17 by shoving Bell to the mat and placing one foot on his chest after seemingly changing his mind about hitting the Razor's Edge, moments after a back suplex off the top.
-Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned John Chrystal at 3:10 with a standing Diamond Cutter.
-Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith defeated Tony Devito & Bill Payne at 2:56 when Smith pinned Payne with the running powerslam.
-Kama (with Ted Dibiase) defeated Barry Horowitz via submission with a modified half crab at 2:21.
-King of the Ring Qualifyer: Shawn Michaels pinned King Kong Bundy (w/ Ted Dibiase) with the superkick at around the 8-minute mark.
-Psycho Sid (with Ted Dibiase) pinned Mike Khoury with the powerbomb at 1:20; prior to the bout, footage was shown of Sid hitting the chokeslam and powerbomb on WWF World Champion Diesel at In Your House to explain Diesel's arm injury.
-Adam Bomb pinned Bob Cook at 2:04.
-Hakushi (with Shinja) pinned John Snakowski at 2:34 with a somersault splash.
Men on a Mission defeated Gary Scott & Aaron Ferguson at 3:46 when Mabel pinned Scott with a splash in the corner and a belly to belly suplex.
-King of the Ring Qualifyer: The Undertaker (w/ Paul Bearer) pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett (w/ the Roadie) at around the 10-minute mark in a non-title match following a chokeslam and the tombstone.

 

1995 - During the Monday Night Raw taping in Binghamton, New York, Bob Backlund announced that he was contemplating running for president, setting of a string of "Mr. Backlund For President" vignettes.   The campaign, obviously, was not legitimate.

1996 - Karis la Momia defeats Blue Demon, Jr. to win the Mexican National Cruiserweight Title in Naucalpan, Mexico.

 

1996 - WCW taped WCW Saturday Night in Montgomery, Alabama drawing 2,085 fans with the following results:

-WCW World Tag Team Champion Sting defeated Meng.
-Jushin Liger (w/ Sonny Onoo) pinned Steve Doll with a splash off the top at 2:04.

-Chris Benoit & Kevin Sullivan defeated Mike Hayner & Rick Fargo.
-Diamond Dallas Page defeated Billy Kidman.
-The Barbarian defeated Jim Duggan via disqualification.
-Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Marcus Alexander Bagwell & Scotty Riggs.
-The Booty Man defeated the Gambler.
-Harlem Heat defeated Men at Work.
-WCW World Tag Team Champion Sting defeated Lord Steven Regal.

1997 - AAA held the Young Stars Tag Team Tournament in Toluca, Mexico. This tourmament was set up similarly to AAA's Gran Alternativa where a top wrestler would team with a younger wrestler and the winning youngster would be promised main event matches in the future. The results were:
Quarterfinals:
- Picudo and Loco Valentino defeated Máscara Sagrada (AAA) and Fuego Mágico.
- Heavy Metal and Venum defeated May Flowers and Pentagón.
- Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced defeated Kick Boxer and Octagón.
- Héctor Garza and Super Nova defeated The Killer and Abismo Negro.
Semifinals:
- Heavy Metal and Venum defeated Picudo and Loco Valentino.
- Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced defeated Héctor Garza and Super Nova.
Finals:
- Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced defeated Heavy Metal and Venum to win the tournament, as well as the Mexican National Tag Team Title, which had been vacated after Fuerza and Juventud Guerrera had left AAA. Obviously, Fuerza came back, but Juventud had left for WCW.

1997 - The American Kickboxer defeats J.C. Ice to win the IWA Mid-South Lightweight Title in Louisville, Kentucky. The title had been vacated that day when Bull Pain didn't make the 200-pound weight limit.

 

1998 - WCW held their only live event at the Auditorium in Bangor, ME with the following results:

-Hugh Morrus pinned Scott Armstrong with the moonsault.
-Kidman & Sick Boy defeated High Voltage when Kidman scored the pin with the Seven Year Itch.
-WCW World TV Champion Fit Finlay pinned Chris Adams with the tombstone.
-Disco Inferno pinned Alex Wright with the swinging neckbreaker.
-Diamond Dallas Page pinned Raven with the Diamond Cutter in a Raven's Rules match.
-WCW U.S. Champion Bill Goldberg pinned Perry Saturn with the Jackhammer.
-The Giant fought Kevin Nash to a no contest.

1998 - The Ultimate Fighting Championship held "UFC 17: Redemption" at the Mobile Civic Center, in Mobile, Alabama. The results:
- Chuck Liddell defeated Noe Hernandez by unanimous decision after 12:00 in a bout between Middleweight Tournament alternates. This was Liddell's very first MMA fight.
- Andre Roberts defeated Harry Moskowitz by unanimous decision after 15:00 in a heavyweight exhibition bout.
- Dan Henderson defeated Allan Goes by unanimous decision after 15:00 in a Middleweight Tournament semifinal bout.
- Carlos Newton defeated Bob Gilstrap by submission (triangle choke) at 0:52 in a Middleweight Tournament semifinal bout.
- Mike Van Arsdale defeated Joe Pardo by submission (keylock) at 11:01 in a heavyweight superfight.
- Tank Abbott defeated Hugo Duarte by TKO (strikes) at 0:44 in a heavyweight superfight.
- Dan Henderson defeated Carlos Newton by unanimous decision after 15:00 to win the UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament.
- Pete Williams defeated Mark Coleman by knockout (kick) at 12:38 in a heavyweight superfight.
- UFC Middleweight Champion Frank Shamrock defeated Jeremy Horn by by submission (kneebar) at 16:30 to retain the title.

1998 - As part of a week-long WWF developmental training camp, a live event was held by the WWA in Lynn, MA  featuring a number of talents WWF was looking to use with the following results:
-The Irish Assassin (Mic Tierney) defeated Shawn Stasiak.
-The Bulldozer defeated Steve Bradley.
-Emory Hale & Andrew Martin (the future Test) defeated Vic Grimes & George Phillips.
-Paulo Silva defeated Dr. X (Tom Prichard).
-Tiger Ali Singh defeated the Mongolian (Matt Bloom aka the future Albert).
-The Gargoyle (John Tenta) defeated Jim Cote.
-Erin O'Grady (the future Crash Holly) defeated the Vampire Warrior (the future Gangrel)
-Bart Gunn & Bob Holly defeated Darren Drozdov & Fatu.
-Jeff Jarrett defeated Mike Hollow.

1998 - WWF ran San Jose, CA with the following results:
-The Headbanger defeated Savio Vega & Jesus.
-Bradshaw defeated Barry Windham.
-Steve Blackman defeated Kama Mustafa.
-WWF Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & the Road Dogg defeated the Legion of Doom
.-Bradshaw defeated Owen Hart via countout.
-Kurrgan defeated D-Lo Brown.
-Terry Funk defeated Marc Mero.
-Vader defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion the Rock via disqualification.
-The Undertaker defeated Kane via disqualification.
-WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated WWF European Champion Triple H.

 

1998 - Extreme Championship Wrestling drew 2,200 fans to the Hamburg Fieldhouse in Hamburg, PA with the following results:

-The FBI, Tracy Smothers & Little Guido fought the Blue Meanie & Super Nova to a no contest
-Axl Rotten & Balls Mahoney defeated Tracy Smothers & Little Guido.
-Mikey Whipwreck defeated Mike Lozansky.
-Chris Candido pinned Chris Chetti.
-Al Snow pinned Danny Doring.
-Bam Bam Bigelow pinned John Kronus.
-ECW World TV Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Jerry Lynn.
-Sabu defeated Lance Storm via submission.
-Buh Buh Ray, D-Von, & Big Dick Dudley defeated Tommy Dreamer, the Sandman, & Spike Dudley.

1999 - 2 Tuff Tony wins his second IWA Mid-South Hardcore Title in Bloomington, Indiana, ending Madman Pondo's second reign.

1999 - Tony Kozina defeats Disco Fury for the NWA Pacific Northwest Junior Heavyweight Title in Powell River, British Columbia, beginning his fifth reign.

1999 - Lady Apache defeats La Diabólica in Naucalpan, Mexico to win her second CMLL World Women's Title.

1999 - Three Pennsylvania Wrestling Alliance titles change hands in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Patch wins his second PWA Heavyweight Title by defeating Ty Street and Tony Nitro defeats champion El Monstro and Mr. Arrogance in a three-way match for the PWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Title. D-Sex (Shane Golden and Hunk Heiser) defeat The Original Mercury and Flexx Wheeler for the PWA Tag Team Title, ending and beginning both teams' second reigns. D-Sex issued an open challenge for the title after their win, accepted by B-Pac and Big Nasty, who won the title. They also issued an open challenge, which was accepted by the original champions at the beginning of the night, The Original Mercury and Flexx Wheeler, who won the title and began their third reign.

1999 - WWF ran Baltimore, MD -at the Arena with a sellout crowd of 12,020 with the following results:
-Matt & Jeff Hardy defeated Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor at 7:10 following a double legdrop off the top onto Scott Taylor.
-Test pinned Prince Albert at 6:16 with an elbowdrop off the top.
-WWF Hardcore Champion Al Snow pinned Hardcore Holly at 13:44 after using a chair.
-WWF Intercontinental Champion the Godfather pinned Goldust at 5:40 with the Pimp Drop.
-Kurt Angle pinned Terry Taylor at 12:04 with a Russian leg sweep.
-Road Dogg pinned Owen Hart (w/ Debra) at 7:10.
-Val Venis & Jackie defeated D-Lo Brown & Ivory at 9:55 when Jackie pinned Ivory with a bulldog.
-Ken Shamrock (with Test) defeated Skull (with 8-Ball) via submission to the ankle lock at 4:31.
-The Big Show defeated Mark Henry in a slam match at 1:19.
-The Rock pinned the Big Bossman at 8:10 with the Rock Bottom and People's Elbow.

 

1999 - WCW ran Omaha, NE at Aksarben Arena with the following results:

-Hugh Morrus defeated Jerry Flynn.
-La Parka & Silver King defeated Super Calo & El Dandy.
-Chris Adams defeated Vampiro.
-Raven defeated Hak in a hardcore match.
-Konnan defeated Disco Inferno.
-WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. & Billy Kidman defeated Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko.
-Sting defeated Ric Flair.

2000 - The WWF RAW is WAR's 6.1 rating solidly won this week of the Monday Night War over WCW Monday Nitro's 3.2 rating.

WCW Monday Nitro was live from the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. The results were:
- Sting defeated Vampiro in a House of Pain match.
- KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Shane Douglas and the Wall (subbing for Buff Bagwell) to win the title.
- WCW Hardcore Champion Terry Funk defeated Juventud Guerrera, Konnan and Rey Misterio, Jr. in a handicap match to retain the title.
- Crowbar and Daffney defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Candido and Tammy Sytch, when Daffney pinned Sytch. The match stipulation was that the male member of the winning team would be the champion, so Crowbar won the title.
- Elizabeth and Madusa fought to a no-contest in a House of Pain match.
- Kevin Nash defeated Mike Awesome in an ambulance match.
- Horace defeated Hulk Hogan and Billy Kidman in a three-way match.
- Ric Flair defeated WCW World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett to win the title, ending Jarrett's second reign and beginning Flair's seventh.

WWF RAW is WAR was live from Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The results:
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) defeated Steve Blackman and Al Snow, when Snow was pinned after the 3D. Road Dogg, Tori and X-Pac ran in after the match, and Tori put Bubba through a table.
- Rikishi defeated Kurt Angle by disqualification when Edge, Christian and Pat Patterson interfered, with Too Cool making the save.
- One of The Godfather's Ho's (Cynthia Lynch) pinned WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly to win the title after D'Lo Brown interfered in Crash's defense against The Godfather and gave Crash the Sky High.
- Crash Holly pinned WWF Hardcore Champion Godfather's Ho with a roll-up to win back the title.
- Hardcore Holly pinned Chris Jericho in a hardcore mtch after a chair shot, after Chris Benoit put Jericho in a Dragon sleeper.
- The Big Show besiegt T&A (Test and Albert) (with Trish Stratus and Pat Patterson) in a handicap match by disqualification, when Shane McMahon hit Show with a chair.
- Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn defeated Chyna and WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero, when Saturn pinned Guerrero after Chyna accidentaly gave Guerrero a low blow.
- WWF Tag Team Champions Edge and Christian defeated The A.P.A. (Bradshaw and Faarooq) and The Hardy boyz (Jeff and Matt) in a triple threat match, when Christian pinned Matt after the Unprettier, to retain the title.
- WWF Intercontinental Champion Chris Benoit (with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Vince McMahon and Triple H) defeated WWF Champion The Rock in a submission match, when Vince McMahon stopped the match as Benoit has Rock in the Crippler Crossface.

2001 - The Minnesota Stretching Crew (Shelton Benjamin and Brock Lesnar) defeat The Disciples of Synn (Damian and Payne) to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Title in Louisville, Kentucky, beginning the Crew's second reign and ending the Disciples' second reign. The match took place at a WWF house show at Freedom Hall.

2001 - WWF ran TV Taping in Louisville, KY at Freedom Hall with the following results:

-Randy Orton pinned Rico Constantino with a wheelbarrow suplex.
-Brock Lesnar & Shelton Benjamin defeated OVW Southern Tag Team Champions the Disciples of Synn to win the titles at 6:11 when Lesnar pinned BJ Payne with a Shooting Star Press after spraying Synn's perfume in his eyes.

Sunday Night Heat:
-Test pinned Billy Gunn at 5:12 with a boot to the face.
-The Dudley Boyz defeated the Goodfather & Bull Buchanon at 6:29 when D-Von pinned Goodfather following the 3D.
-Val Venis pinned Steve Blackman at 5:02 when the momentum of a crossbody by Blackman put Venis on top.
-X-Pac, Albert, & Justin Credible defeated Raven, Taka Michinoku, & Sho Funaki at 4:59 when X-Pac pinned Funaki with the X-Factor.
-WWF Hardcore Champion Rhyno pinned Grandmaster Sexay at 4:21 in a non-title match with the Gore.

Smackdown:
-Eddie Guerrero, Matt & Jeff Hardy defeated Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, & Jerry Lynn.
-Bradshaw (with Farooq) defeated the Big Show.
-Chris Benoit & Rikishi defeated Kurt Angle & William Regal.
-WWF Women's Champion Chyna defeated Molly Holly & Ivory in a non-title handicap match.
-Edge defeated Chris Jericho.
-Hardcore Holly (with Crash Holly) pinned Spike Dudley (with the Dudley Boyz) with the Alabama Slam moments after Spike sent Hardcore into Crash on the ring apron; after the bout, Hardcore briefly argued with Crash over Crash trying to involve himself in the match; moments later, after Hardcore left the ring and made his way to the stage, Crash sustained the 3D from the Dudley Boyz.
-WWF Intercontinental Champion Triple H (with Stephanie McMahon) fought the Undertaker to a no contest in a no holds barred match.

2002 - Nova defeats The Prototype (John Cena) for the OVW Heavyweight Title in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

2004 - ROH held "Round Robin Challenge III" at the National Guard Armory in Lexington, Massachussetts.  Mike Johnson filed the following live report:

Ring of Honor debuted at the Lexington National Armory on Saturday 5/15, drawing about 500 fans for the promotion's third-ever "Round Robin Challenge." That crowd was a good turnout for the promotion considering they had a venue change and there has been much less of a buzz surrounding the company as of late.

The show featured the return of early ROH standout Spanky, the build to Homicide's 5/22 challenge of Samoa Joe for the ROH championship, three title changes, and in perhaps the most newsworthy event of the show, Ricky Steamboat becoming the most physically involved at a wrestling show to date since suffering his career ending back injury in 1994.

The complete results of the show saw:

*In the first Round Robin Challenge bout, Danny Maff & BJ Whitmer defeated CM Punk and Colt Cabana to win the ROH Tag Team championships after Whitmer hit Cabana with his finisher, an Exploder for the pin. Allison Danger looked smoking hot. Punk and Cabana tried to walk out of the match but Ricky Steamboat, who in storyline has some power to oversee matches, stopped them in the aisle and forced them back to the ring. Punk and Cabana attacked Steamboat in the ring after the match. They brought a table in (it broke when they tossed it in) and placed it in the corner, running him into it twice. They didn't get the reaction or visual they wanted, so a second table was brought in. Steamboat was placed on it. Punk went for a top rope legdrop, but as he jumped, the table collapsed. He still hit the move and put Steamboat through the rest of the table. The other officials hit the ring and Steamboat was helped out. They couldn't do anything to control the tables but their lack of assistance hindered the angle, which ROH management knew and wasn't happy with. The match was solid.

*Alex Shelley pinned Matt Stryker. The storyline is they are having a Best of Three Match series but Shelley, being arrogant, only signed for two matches because that's all he needs to win.
The Carnage Crew & Dunn and Marcos defeated Prince Nana & Josh Daniels & The Outkast Killahs.

*ROH champion Samoa Joe defeated the Havana Pitbulls' Ricky Reyes, who came out with Homicide and Julius Smokes. The storyline is Reyes turned off the lights at ROH's Minnesota event during Joe vs. Homicide to set up Homicide throwing a fireball. The Havana Pitbulls are the newest Rottweilers, a faction that was originally going to be Homicide's crew but stalled right out of the gate. Joe looked to be slowed considerably, possibly from his match the night before with Low Ki at USA Pro. They beat the crap out of each other, with Joe striking with a slap so hard the entire building winced. The crowd didn't seem to know who Reyes was, which makes sense since he's never worked in the Boston market.

*CM Punk and Colt Cabana came out to cut a promo, bragging about sending Ricky Steamboat to the hospital and declaring that they would defeat the Briscoes for the belts if they held them later in the night. In the second Round Robin Challenge bout, Mark and Jay Briscoe defeated Dan Maff and BJ Whitmer to win the ROH Tag Team championships when Mark cradled Maff from behind. Briscoes looked good. Mark mistimed a flip off the ropes and nearly killed himself crashing down on his head. That was scary.

*Josh Daniels pinned Special K's Dixie with a Fisherman's Buster. Angeldust was wearing a neck brace to sell his Scramble Cage II piledriver. Ox Baker showed up at ringside with Special K as well.

*Hometown boy John Walters defeated Trent Acid, Roderick Strong, Special K's Izzy, Special K's Hydro, and Masada in a "Six Man Mayhem Match" after pinning Izzy following a Top Rope Hurricane DDT. This was just an insane collection of spots and crazy moves. Walters really got over with the Boston crowd here. Everyone looked great here.

*Homicide pinned the returning Spanky with a lariat. At one point, Spanky hit Sliced Bread #2 on the floor. Spanky had the pin but Smokes pulled the referee out. What happened to the Code of Honor? The early portion of their bout was similar to their match in WORLD-1. Lots of two counts. Samoa Joe came out to confront Homicide and was laid out. Homicide declared that he was going to be the next ROH champion when they face off on 5/22. Good match.

*CM Punk and Colt Cabana defeated Jay and Mark Briscoe to regain the ROH Tag Team championships after Cabana pinned Mark Briscoe with a top rope frog splash. They did the "pull the referee out during the 2 count" bit here too, which seemed weird as it was done twice in a row on the same show. They continued to brawl after the finish with everyone doing dives. When Punk was left in the ring, Ricky Steamboat hit the ring and went nose to nose with Punk. They exchanged chops and Steamboat went to the top and hit his old finisher, the flying bodypress. The place went nuts, with the show ending with Steamboat's theme music playing as he saluted the fans. If Steamboat isn't going to have a return match, ROH has done a good job of sure making it seem like it's going to happen. This was a nice sendoff moment to close the show.

 

Notes: The Round Robin Challenge ended in a three-way tie with each team attaining one victory....They announced an August return to the Boston market featuring Doug Williams....Bobby Cruise worked as ring announcer as regular ROH announcer Stephen DeAngelis missed the show due to a family commitment....The heat and humidity in the building was insanely stifling.....The live crowd was into everything on the show....ROH returns to Philadelphia at the National Guard Armory with ROH champion Samoa Joe vs. Homicide and ROH Tag Team champions CM Punk & Colt Cabana vs. Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer with Ricky Steamboat as the special referee on 5/22.

2004 - Hurácan Castillo, Jr. defeats José Rivera, Jr. for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico, ending Rivera's eighth reign and beginning Castillo's fifth.

2004 - Sabotage (D.C. Dillinger and Eddie Edwards) defeat Magic and Suba for the New England Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title in Framingham, Massachusetts, beginning their second reign.

2004 - 3PW held "Not Enough Time" at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The results:
- Rob Eckos defeated N8 Mattson.
- Ruckus defeated Damian Adams and Mike Kruel in a three-way match,
- Rockin' Rebel and Jack Victory defeated Don E. Allen and Rob Zombie.
- C.J. O'Doyle defeated Gary Wolfe.
- Roadkill (with Jasmin St. Claire) defeated The Blue Meanie.
- Jerry Lynn defeated 3PW Heavyweight Champion Joey Matthews by countout. Matthews retained the title.
- April Hunter and Slyck Wagner Brown (with Tod Gordon) defeated Matt Striker and Talia in a mixed tag team match.
- Christopher Daniels and A.J. Styles fought to a 30-minute time-limit draw.

2004 - Whiplash defeats Matrix to win the vacant NWA Xtreme Junior Heavyweight Title in Columbiana, Alabama, beginning his third reign. At the same event, Johnny 8-Ball defeats champion Death Row, Dilemma, Filthy McNasty and Hott Tubb for the NWA Xtreme Iron Man Title.

2004 - WWE Raw ran Spokane, WA, drawing 3,100 fans with the following results:
-The Hurricane & Rosey defeated Sylvian Grenier & Rob Conway after Eugene came ringside and Conway sustained the Samoan drop / neckbreaker combo.
-Chuck Palumbo pinned Steven Richards with a boot to the face.
-Garrison Cade pinned Val Venis with a roll up after Venis became distracted by Jonathan Coachman at ringside.
-Matt Hardy pinned Albert with a roll up after Albert hit the corner.
-Batista pinned Shelton Benjamin by blocking a sunset flip and holding onto the ropes for leverage.
-Chris Jericho defeated Tyson Tomko (sub. for Christian) in a steel cage match by escaping over the top after knocking Tomko off the top of the cage to the mat.
-WWE Women's Champion Victoria defeated Gail Kim, Jazz, and Molly Holly in an elimination match; Victoria pinned Molly and Gail pinned Jazz at the same time; Victoria pinned Gail with the Widow's Peak.
-WWE Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton pinned Edge with a roll up and using the tights for leverage after Edge hit the spear on an interfering Batista.
-Lita pinned Trish Stratus with a DDT.
-World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit defeated Kane via submission with the Crippler Crossface.

2004 - WWE Smackdown ran San Bernadino, CA at the Cousoullis Arena drawing 3,800 fans with the following results:
-WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions Rico & Charlie Haas defeated Billy Gunn & Hardcore Holly when Haas pinned Gunn as Holly was distracted by Jackie Gayda.
-Mark Jindrak defeated Orlando Jordan.
-Billy Kidman & Paul London defeated Doug & Danny Basham after Kidman hit the Shooting Star Press.
-Mordecai pinned Sho Funaki with the Crucifix.
-Booker T pinned Johnny Stamboli, despite interference from Nunzio.
-WWE Cruiserweight Champion Jackie defeated Chavo Guerrero by pinning an interfering Chavo Guerrero Sr..
-WWE US Champion John Cena pinned Rene Dupree with the FU.
-Dawn Marie defeated Sable in a tiny teddy contest.
-Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated the Dudley Boyz in a No DQ match after both men hit their respective finisher.

 

2005 - TNA held its first-annual "Hard Justice" pay-per-view at the iMPACT! Zone in Orlando, Florida. The event was dedicated Chris Candido, who died on April 28 of complications from an injury suffered at TNA's "Lockdown" pay-per-view on April 24. The results were:
- In a pre-show match, Shark Boy pinned David Young after the Dead Sea Drop to earn a spot in the Gauntlet for the Gold later in the night.
- Team Canada (Petey Williams and Eric Young) (with Coach D'Amore)) defeated Apolo and Sonny Siaki, when Williams pinned Siaki after A-1 ran in and gave a brainbuster to Siaki.
- Michael Shane and Trinity defeated Chris Sabin and Traci in a mixed tag team match, when Shane pinned Sabin after a superkick after Traci turned on Sabin.
- Raven pinned Sean Waltman (subbing for Jeff Hardy) in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match, by pinning him after a back body drop through the steel cage on the side of the ring.
- Monty Brown (subbing for B.G. James) and The Outlaw defeated Diamond Dallas Page and Ron Killings, when Brown pinned Page after the Pounce.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions The Naturals (Andy Douglas and Chase Stevens) defeated America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) to retain the title, when Stevens pinned Storm with a small package.
- TNA X Division Champion Christopher Daniels pinned Shocker after hitting the Angel's Wings from the top rope to retain the title.
- Abyss won a 20-man Gauntlet for the Gold, by pinning Ron Killings after the Black Hole Slam to become #1 contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Title. The other participants in the match were: A-1, Apolo, Mikey Batts, Jerrelle Clark, Zach Gowen, Lance Hoyt, B.G. James, The Outlaw, Cassidy Riley, Bobby Roode, Chris Sabin, Michael Shane, Shark Boy, Sonny Siaki, Elix Skipper, Trytan, Petey Williams and Eric Young.
- A.J. Styles pinned NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett after guest referee Tito Ortiz knocked out Jarrett with a punch, and Styles hit the Spiral Tap, to win the title. This ended Jarrett's third reign and began Styles' third.

2005 - Shamu defeats Crazzy Boy, Extreme Tiger and Joe Lider in a four-way match to win the Xtreme Latin American Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Title in Tulancingo, Mexico. The title had been vacated after Juventud Guerrera signed with WWE.

2005 - Tojuki Leon and Kaori Yoneyama defeat AKINO and Tsubasa Kuragaki for the JWP Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan. At the same event, Erika Watanabe defeats Haruka Matsuo to win the JWP Junior Title.

 

2005 - WWE Raw ran Ft. Wayne, IN at the- Memorial Coliseum with a matinee event featuring:
-WWE IC Champion Shelton Benjamin & Chris Jericho defeated Muhammad Hassan & Daivari when Daivari submitted to Jericho's Walls of Jericho.
-Val Venis pinned Bobby Lashley with a roll up.
-Christy Hemme defeated Victoria.
-Chris Masters defeated Steven Richards.
-Christian pinned Viscera while Tyson Tomko held Viscera's feet down from outside the ring; after the bout, -Viscera hit the Embalmer on Christian.
-WWE Raw Tag Team Champions the Hurricane & Rosey defeated the Heart Throbs.
-Chris Benoit defeated Tyson Tomko via submission with the Sharpshooter; after the bout, Benoit fought off an interfering Christian and locked him in the Crippler Crossface.
-Kane defeated Edge via disqualification after Edge used the briefcase as a weapon.
-World Heavyweight Champion Batista defeated Triple H & Ric Flair in a handicap match by pinning Flair with a spinebuster.

 

2005 - WWE Smackdown ran Redding, CA at the Convention Center with the following results:

-WWE Cruiserweight Champion Paul London won a cruiserweight title battle royal.
-John Heidenreich defeated Spike Dudley.
-Matt Morgan defeated Sho Funaki.
-Booker T defeated Kurt Angle.
-WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury defeated Hardcore Holly & Charlie Haas.
-Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Eddie Guerrero via disqualification.
-WWE World Champion John Cena defeated John Bradshaw Layfield & WWE U.S. Champion Orlando Jordan in a handicap match; Roddy Piper was the guest referee for the bout.

2006 - WWE held RAW live at United Spirit Arena in Lubbock, Texas. The show got a 4.0 rating on USA Network. The results:
- Shelton Benjamin, Chris Masters and Triple H defeated WWE Champion John Cena and WWE Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam in a handicap Texas tornado match, when Benjamin pinned RVD after Triple H gave RVD the Pedigree. Triple H gave Cena a Pedigree as well, and was about to pin Cena, when Benjamin got the pin on RVD. Both titles were on the line, so Benjamin won his third Intercontinental title, ending Rob Van Dam's sixth reign. After the match, Triple H Pedigreed referee Mike Chioda.
- World Tag Team Champions Johnny and Nicky (with World Tag Team Champions Mikey and Mitch) defeated Goldust and Snitsky to retain the title, when Nicky pinned Snitsky after Mikey bounced on a trampoline into the ring and bulldoged Snitsky.
- Matt Striker pinned Eugene after an inverted swinging neckbreaker.
- Umaga (with Armando Alejandro Estrada) pinned Chris Wellman after the Samoan Spike.
- Shawn Michaels fought World Tag Team Champion Kenny (with Triple H) to a no-contest when guest referee Shane McMahon attacked Michaels after Michaels had hit Kenny with Sweet Chin Music. After the match, Triple H to Shane to get his sledgehammer, with Shane holding a prone Michaels up. Triple H came at Michaels with the sledgehammer, but Shawn moved, and Triple H hit Shane instead.

2007 - PWInsider.com broke the following: "Former ECW World champion Sabu is gone from World Wrestling Entertainment, according to several sources. Sabu arrived hours late for tonight's scheduled Smackdown/ECW taping in Baltimore, Maryland and didn't even have his ring gear with him. I am told he was sent home from the taping and has been/will be released by the company.  Sabu, one of the trendsetters of the original Extreme Championship Wrestling, signed with WWE a year ago as part of the re-launched ECW brand. Sabu received a big push early in the brand's run, including challenging ECW champion Big Show at last year's Summerslam PPV before being deemphasized as a focal point. 2007 - WWE taped the May 18 SmackDown! and held ECW live from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland."  The company released official word several hours later that Sabu had been released.

 

2007 - WWE announced Vito had been released from the company.

 

2007 -  The results from WWE's Smackdown taping in Baltimore:

- In a dark match, Chuck Palumbo pinned Daivari.
SmackDown!:
- Montel Vontavious Porter pinned World Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy after the Playmaker.
- Brian Kendrick, Paul London and Jimmy Wang Yang defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero and WWE Tag Team Champions Deuce 'n Domino (with Cherry), when Yang pinned Guerrero after a moonsault.
- Mark Henry pinned Funaki after a powerslam.
- WWE United States Champion Chris Benoit defeated Finlay by disqualification when MVP attacked Benoit while Finlay was locked in the Crippler Crossface. After the match, Finlay hit Benoit in the knee with his shillelagh and MVP hit a boot to the face in the corner.
- The Miz pinned Christian York with the Mizard of Oz.
- Kane (with The Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman) pinned William Regal (with Dave Taylor) after the Chokeslam.

 

Mike Johnson filed the following ECW on Sci FI TV report:

 

Welcome to PWInsider.com's live, ongoing coverage of ECW on SciFi live from Baltimore, Maryland.  Before we begin, I'd like to give CBS a big middle finger for cancelling the best drama of this TV season, Jericho.  Onto the show...

 

ECW on SciFi opened with clips of ECW champion Vince McMahon laying out Bobby Lashley last night on Raw.  McMahon cut a promo from the WWE Studios noting that Lashley caused him to have to shave his head and said that tonight Lashley will face all three members of the New Breed in a  warm up to Judgment Day where he'll have to face McMahon, Umaga, and Shane McMahon, his judge, jury and executioner.  McMahon promised to be ECW champion after this Sunday.

 

The ECW open played and out came Rob Van Dam.  Joey Styles plugged Van Dam vs. Snitsky was next.  Oh joy.

 

Rob Van Dam vs. Snitsky

 

Van Dam evaded a collar and elbow lock up and drilled Snitsky with several kicks.  Snitsky catches and slams him.  Van Dam dropkicked him in the knees, but Snitsky gets back up and hits a powerslam.  Van Dam is throttled with kicks.  Snitsky slams Van Dam again, then drops an elbow for a two count.  Snitsky choked Van Dam in the corner.  He suplexed Van Dam but only received a two count.  Match has been slow and plodding all the way.  Snitsky missed a charge in the corner and was hit with a reverse kick.  Van Dam nailed him with several forearms and  a jumping heel kick.  Van Dam missed the Ryder Kick off the top rope but nails him with a windmill kick.  Snitsky rolled out of the way of Rolling Thunder.  He charged with a running boot but Van Dam moved.  Snitsky crotched himself over the top rope.  Van Dam hit a spinkick, sending Snitsky to the floor.  Van Dam followed but was laid out with a clothesline.  Snitsky grabbed a chair and destroyed Van Dam with it.  The referee called for a DQ.

 

Your winner, Rob Van Dam by DQ!

 

Snitsky stalked over Van Dam before walking out.  The story of the match was that Snitsky, who's been killing everyone, was frustrated by Van Dam's offense.

 

Joey Styles and Tazz plugged the Lashley vs. The New Breed main event.

 

They aired a CM Punk video putting over his character as a straightedge fighter.  They plugged he would be coming up next.

 

CM Punk vs. Stevie Richards

 

Not that I have a problem with this match, since it should be solid, but haven't we seen this like three times already on SciFi?  Punk's ribs are taped up, selling the Marcus Cor Von match from last week.  They were really taped up..  Punk and Richards locked up.  Punk began nailing Richards with several stiff kicks and an exploder suplex, which Tazz called such, as opposed to a T-Bone Tazplex.  Richards went after the ribs, ripping off the tape, exposing them.    Richards began kicking Punk in the midsection.  Richards continued to work over Punk.  Richards locked him in a bow and arrow.  Richards does a double stomp to the sternum.  Richards locks in an abdominal stretch.  Why is the guy in a featured PPV match on the defensive the entire match to a guy who, with all due respect to Stevie, hasn't been pushed in years?  I digress.  Richards mocked Punk's X signal, then missed a charge in the corner.  Punk drilled him with kicks, then hit a neckbreaker.  Punk hit the running kneelift to Richard's face in the corner.  Punk went for the bulldog, but Richards kicked him in the ribs.  Richards teased a tornado DDT, but was caught and hit with the Go To Sleep.  Pretty good match for the amount of time they had..

 

Your winner, CM Punk!

 

Backstage, Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von and Matt Striker were watching Punk's victory.  Burke asked them if they were ready.  Cor Von said he came to ECW to dominate, especially Lashley.  Striker tried to say something but was told that he isn't allowed to speak because he has a stench on him from losing to the Major Brothers.  Burke said that until Striker took care of that, he didn't want to hear Striker's voice.  He said tonight the New Breed would take care of Lashley and at Judgment Day, he will take care of CM Punk.

 

They plugged the Wrestlemania 23 DVD coming out this week.  You can order it from our friends at www.highspots.com.

 

Kevin Thorn (with Ariel) vs. Nunzio

 

Looks like Nunzio is the suitable substitute for Sabu tonight.  Ariel looked out of this world smoking hot.  Thorn backed Nunzio into the corner then laid him out with kick after kick.  Thorn nailed him with a beel throw out of the corner.  Nunzio tried to fight back with punches and a jawkbreaker, but Thorn shook it off and laid him out in the conrer.  Thorn hit a powerbomb out of the corner.  He locked on a chinlock, pushing on the back of Nunzio's neck with his knee at the same time.  Thorn and the referee argued as Nunzio swung wildly at nothing because he was so out of it.  Thorn nailed a flapjack on Nunzio for a near fall.  Nunzio tried to pull himself up with the ropes and kept trying to go toe to toe with Thorn.  Thorn drove him down to the mat with a side headlock as Nunzio tried to fight his way up.  Thorn picked up Nunzio and ran him into the corner.  Thorn missed with a running boot to the corner, catching his leg in the rope.  Nunzio nailed several kicks, then hit a dropkick off the middle turnbuckle for a two count. Thorn picked up Nunzio and deposited him outside the ring on the apron.  He dragged him over the ropes and nailed the Dark Kiss for the pin.  You couldn't ask for a better competitive match for the timespan.  Good intensity from Thorn here.  Nunzio looked great as the scrapper who refused to go down and Ariel did a good job reacting to everything at ringside.

 

Your winner, Kevin Thorn!

 

They did a Condemned video feature.

 

Extreme Expose danced.  As a good friend of mine just said, "There's something really wrong about a Justin Timberlake song being featured on ECW."

 

They aired a video feature on the Lashley vs. McMahons feud.

 

Lashley cut a promo backstage, saying McMahon won't have a chance to jump him from behind.  He said that it will be Judgment Day and there will be no "No Touch Rule."  He said tonight when he's in the ring with the New Breed, he will see the McMahons and Umaga.  He promised he would get his ECW title back on Sunday.  The crowd was chanting "What?" after everything he said, which made the promo hysterical.  When the babyface is getting the "What?" chant, that's not a good sign.

 

They plugged the Judgment Day lineup.

 

Bobby Lashley vs. Matt Striker & Elijah Burke & Marcus Cor Von

 

Burke started with Lashley.  Lashley shoulderblocked him down.  Lashley held up Burke for a delayed vertical suplex.  Cor Von tagged in.  Lashley and Cor Von had a brief exchange until Striker tagged himself in.  Lashley destroyed Striker with a slam then sent him flying from the ring to the floor.  Burke began screaming at him, but Lashley knocked him off the apron as well.  Cor Von attacked Lashley and nailed the Pounce with Lashley nailing the ropes and bouncing to the floor.  Burke took over on Lashley.  Lashley kept making comebacks but was cut off.  Cor Von tagged back and continued the beatdown.  He slammed Lashley and worked him over with a chinlock.  Cor Von scored a two count with a back suplex.  Burke tagged in and worked over Lashley with a stretch.  Lashley finally scored with a belly-to-belly suplex.  Lashley dragged Striker in and charged him in the corner, then clotheslined him.  He picked up Striker for a one handed chokeslam, then speared him for the pin.  This was exactly what you would expect out of everyone involved.

 

Your winner, Bobby Lashley!

 

Burke and Cor Von looked disgusted outside the ring.  ECW showed several replays of the finish as Lashley celebrated the victory.

 

Notes: It was all about pushing the PPV tonight...Based off tonight, you could see potential seeds for Lashley vs. Cor Von, Burke vs. Striker and Van Dam vs. Snitsky at One Night Stand on 6/3 being planted.  I guess we'll see as the weeks move forward.  I thought Thorn vs. Nunzio was the best thing on the show.

 

2007 - Quinten Lee defeats Ganger to win the Heartland Wrestling Association Television Title in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning his second reign.

 

2008 - As part of the NBC Universal/WWE relationship, WWE sent Ric Flair to the NBC upfronts New York City.  In a departure from the usual style of the upfronts, media representatives were walked through the NBC Experience tour with different stars and actors appearing in areas designed to highlight their respective properties.  Others appearing were cast members of 30 Rock, Heroes and the Office.

2008 - WWE began work on a DVD documentary on the late Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig.

    

2009 - The Calgary Herald has reported that Jon Croitoru, who was known as Johnny K-9 during WWF stint in the 80's and Bruiser Bedlam in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in the 90's, has been arrested for being part of a plot where members of one gang were planning to kill members of another.  It isn't the first run-in with the law for 43 year old Croitoru, who has also been linked to a murder and a police station bombing.

 

2009 - TNA Epics debuted in Great Britain.  Garrett Kidney filed the following TV Report on the premiere episode:

 

TNA Epics started in a way that should immediately hook any wrestling fan. It showed Elix Skipper finding his balance on top of a Six Sides of Steel Cage before walking one of the thin ledges and hitting a huracanrana on Chris Harris off the top of the cage. This, one of the most memorable and historic moments in TNA, is a great way to kick off this new series.

 

Epics follows a simple format, with Mick Foley as it's host, each week it showcases three of the best matches in the seven year history of TNA. This weeks show revolves around the theme of cage matches. Mick Foley introduced us to the first match from Turning Point 2004: AMW vs. Triple X in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match in which the losing team must disband.

 

This is one of the defining matches in the history of TNA. It had everything. Daniels, Chris Harris and Storm were all busted open and Daniels bled pretty heavily. This match was the culmination of a very long feud in TNA between Triple X and AMW. Triple X managed to handcuff Harris to the ropes in the corner and they double teamed Storm. Eventually Storm managed to unlock Harris and the match picked up big time from here. Harris makes a big comeback on Triple X. Storm dumps Skipper into the cage with a elevated inverted DDT. Skipper takes a Powerbomb form the top. Daniels hits the Angels Wings on Harris.

 

They then set up for the Elix Skipper cage walk. If you've never seen this you have to watch Epics if only to just see the cage walk. Daniels hits an elbow off the top of the cage as the crowd chant 'That is Awesome'. Daniels gets the worst of a Tower of Doom spot in the corner. Skipper and Harris trade finisher attempts before both hitting each other into the cage. Crowd are chanting 'Best Match Ever' now. Harris manages to handcuff Daniels in the corner and Storm nails Skipper with a superkick. They hit Triple X's own Powerplex on Skipper for the win in an amazing match. This is a must see.

 

Foley puts over the Skipper hurancanrana before introducing the next match: AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels vs. LAX for the TNA World Tag Team Championships in a Six Sides of Steel Cage match at Bound For Glory 2006.

 

Match starts with a combination of brawling from LAX and good wrestling form Styles and Daniels. Homicide pulled out a fork and stabbed the head of Daniels, busting him open. Homicide spat tequila in Daniels face. Hernandez is just so convincing when throwing people around as he hit a Crackerjack and Spinning Sitout Powerbomb during the match. Tower of Doom took out Homicide and Daniels while Styles came off the top of the cage with a fantastic crossbody on Hernandez. Hernandez then missed a splash off the top of the cage. Konnan choked  Daniels with a clothes hanger in the corner as Homicide hit Styles with a Gringo Killer to win the titles. Another really great match.

 

Foley acted frightened after the match and hid behind his hands before talking about Hernandez coming off the cage. The last match was from the TNA iMPACT! 2 hour prime time special in 2006. Christian Cage faced Rhino in a barbed wire Six Sides of Steel Cage match. While this match wasn't as long as the other two, it was still pretty good. It started with some brawling from Rhino before skipping a little into the match. (presumably due to the ad break as this was on TV and not PPV). We came back with Cage bleeding heavily as he hit a top rope Unprettier on Rhino. Rhino hit a big TKO onto two chair that looked like it hurt. Christian won when Rhino Gored him through the cage door as the door flew off.

 

Mick Foley thanked us for watching and the show came to an end.

 

Closing Thought: While Foley was good as a host, it was good that the focus of the show was on the wrestling. Foley was only there to add credibility to the show as host. All matches were shown in full with the exception of the ad breaks included. The first match was exceptional, the second was excellent and the third a pretty darn good match. Overall, this was a really good show that would increase any wrestling fans interest in TNA.

 

2010 - Beth Phoenix was scheduled for surgery to repair an ACL tear.

 

2010 - TNA  ran Hammond, Indiana.  Gregory Davis filed the following live report: