This Day in History - 17th May, 2013

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May 17th

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1938 - Memphis legend Jackie Fargo is born.

1949 - Dave and Earl Hebner are born.

1963 - Bruno Sammartino defeats WWWF World Champion Buddy Rogers in under a minute with an over-the-shoulder backbreaker to win the championship at Madison Square Garden in New York City, starting the longest WWWF/WWF/WWE Title reign in history, lasting seven years. Other results from the event, which drew 19.639 fans, saw:

-The Magnificent Maurice pinned Karl Steif at 9:53.
-Pat Barrett pinned Good Chihuahua at 10:11.
-Johnny Barend pinned Tim Woods at 11:14.
-Pedro Morales pinned Willie Bath at 9:58.
-The Great Mortimer pinned the Great Scott at 8:29.
-The Fabulous Kangaroos defeated Pete Sanchez & Vittorio Apollo after 30 minutes.
-Bobo Brazil & Dory Dixon fought WWWF U.S. Tag Team Champions Skull Murphy & Brute Bernard to a curfew draw.

1965 - WWWF ran at Madison Square Garden in New York City, headlined by WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Bill Watts when Watts was unable to continue in 22:08 in a Best of Three Falls match. The undercard results saw:
-Arnold Skaaland defeated Tony Newberry at 16:49.
-Miguel Perez defeated Steve Stanlee at 12:34.
-Don McClarity defeated Magnificent Maurice at 16:53.
-Haystacks Calhoun & Argentina Apollo fought Jerry Graham & the Goden Terror to a no contest in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match at 24:14.
-Chief Big Heart & White Owl defeated Waldo Von Erich & Smasher Sloan in a Best 2 out of 3 falls match at 14:10.

1966 - WWWF ran Scranton, PA at the Catholic Youth Center with the following results:
-Arnold Skaaland defeated Ronnie Etchison.
-Bobo Brazil defeated Smasher Sloan.
-Waldo Von Erich defeated Chief Big Heart via disqualification.
-WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna.

1966 - A live event in Macon, GA was headlined by Enrique Torres & Alberto Torres beating The Medics by DQ, Swede Karlson beating Danny Little Bear and Billy Hines beating Red Dugan.

1967 - The AWA World title was defended in Denver, Colorado as champion Verne Gagne defeated Larry Hennig in a bout with no time limit. Other results from the event saw:

Johnny Powers beat Ernie Ladd in a Best of Three Falls bout.
Danny Hodge beat Johnny Valentine in a Best of Three Falls, winning the final fall by DQ.
Harley Race beat Silento Rodriguez via pin

1968 - A live event in Atlanta, GA at the Paul Jones Sports Arena saw the following results:
Dick Steinborn beat Hans Schmidt via DQ.
El Mongol beat Mr. Wrestling and unmasked him as Dick Steinborn
Enrique Torres & Alberto Torres beat Tony Nero & Tank Morgan
Louie Tillet beat Oki Shikina
Johnny Walker & Jim Wilson beat Rising Suns
Pedro Valdez drew Silento Rodrgiuez

1969 - A live event in Cincinatti, Ohio at the Gardens saw Mark Lewin defeat Thunderbolt Patterson using a reverse crandle in this one-fall match. Patterson was without the services of his valet "Man Hamilton" due to what took place in a special handicap match just before the main event. That match saw Patterson handcuffed to the ring post. Lewin destroyed Hamilton before the match and slammed him, laying him out. He was carried to the back.

In other matches:

Rocky Johnson pinned Dr. Jerry Graham after knocking him off his feet with a drop kick.
The Mighty Igor defeated Man Mountain Mike.
Lou Klein downed George "Cry Baby" Cannon.
Dan Miller and Kojika fought to a time-limit draw.
The Stomper defeated Bob Harmon.
The Scufflin' Hillbillies (Rip Collins & Chuck Conley) won over the team of Mike Loren & Jack Armstrong.

1973 - WWWF ran New London, CT with the following results:
-Louis Torres fought Mike Feliciano to a draw.
-Joe Esposito defeated Vincenti Pometti via submission with a bearhug.
-Ricky Sexton pinned Juan Caruso.
-WWWF World Champion Pedro Morales pinned Moondog Mayne.

1974 - A Georgia Championship Wrestling event at the Omni in Atlanta, GA saw the following live results:

In a Lights Out Match, Andre The Giant & Mr. Wrestling II beat Bill Watts & Big Bad John
NWA World Champion Jack Brisco beat Dusty Rhodes via DQ
Georgia Tag Team Champions Ronnie Garvin & Terry Garvin beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun
Southern States Champion Jerry Brisco beat Bobby Duncum
Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson beat Steve Keirn & Dennis Stamp
Art Nelson drew Jerry Oates
Bob Sweetan beat Mike Stallings
Ali Vaziri beat Zebra Kid
1975 - Former WCW star Alex Wright is born.

1975 - WWWF ran Philadelphia, PA, headlined by Spiros Arion defeating WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino via count-out at 12:03.

1976 - WWWF ran at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The scheduled main event was to be WWWF World Champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Stan Hansen, but Hansen had broken Sammartino's neck at the previous MSG show. Instead Hansen wrestled Ivan Putski in the main event, defeating him via countout. Undercard results for the show saw:
-Vivian St. John defeated Paula Kaye at 7:10.
-The Fabulous Moolah defeated Susan Green at 11:14.
-Baron Mikel Scicluna fought Jose Gonzalez to a draw.
-Tony Parisi defeated Rocky Tamayo at 6:09.
-Scandor Akbar defeated Louis Cerdan at 5:09.
-Billy White Wolf defeated Crusher Blackwell at 8:46.
-The Executioners defeated Pat Barrett & Kevin Sullivan at 11:43.
-Gorilla Monsoon, Haystacks Calhoun, & Bobo Brazil defeated Superstar Billy Graham, Ivan Koloff, & Ernie Ladd.

1978 - WWWF taped television at the Fieldhouse in Hamburg, PA featuring the following results:
-The Yukon Lumberjacks defeated Larry Zbyszko & Peter Maivia via countout.
-Spiros Arion defeated Mike Busick.
-George Steele defeated Jim Ray.
-Luke Graham defeated Jim Oliver.
-WWWF Tag Team Champions Dino Bravo & Dominic DeNucci defeated Strong Kobayashi & the Golden Terror.
-The Yukon Lumberjacks defeated Jim Oliver & Johnny Rivera.
-Strong Kobayashi defeated Pete Austin.
-George Steele defeated Fred Marzino.
-Spiros Arion defeated Charlie Brown.
-Stan Stasiak fought Larry Zbyszko to a draw.
-Luke Graham defeated Jim Ray.
-Stan Stasiak defeated Jim Oliver.
-Haystacks Calhoun & Larry Zbyszko defeated Sylvano Sousa & Frank Monroe.
-WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated Strong Kobayashi.
-WWWF Tag Team Champions Dino Bravo & Dominic DeNucci defeated Tank Patton & Butcher Vachon.
-WWWF World Champion Bob Backlund defeated George Steele via countout.

1978 - Georgia Championship Wrestling ran Columbus, GA at the Municipal Auditorium featuring the following results:

Dusty Rhodes & Mr. Wrestling II beat Rock Hunter & Abdullah the Butcher
Thunderbolt Patterson beat Ole Anderson
Tommy Rich & Adrian Adonis beat Ken Dillinger & Helmut Schmidt
The French Angel beat Paul Ellering
Hartford Love beat Steve Regal

1978 - A live event at Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii saw the following results:
George Wells defeated Rocky Tomayo
John Tolos defeated Chris Markoff by disqualification
Buddy Rose and Big John Studd defeated Bill and Russ Francis
Tor Kamata defeated Billy Whitewolf in a loser leaves town match
Joyce Grable and Vicki Williams defeated Pepper LeBlanco and Leilani Kai
Nick Bockwinkel defeated Rick Martel in a bout that saw Bobby Heenan locked in a cage at ringside

1979 - WWF ran Brooklyn, NY with the following results:
-Johnny Rodz defeated Steve King.
-Jose Estrada fought Johnny Rivera to a draw.
-Bulldog Brower defeated SD Jones.
-Cowboy Lang & Tiny Thumb defeated Little Tokyo & Butch Cassidy.
-Ivan Putski defeated Jimmy Valiant via countout.

1980 - WWF ran Brooklyn, NY with the following results:
-Baron Mikel Scicluna defeated Larry Williams.
-Manuel Soto defeated Marc Pole.
-WWF Tag Team Champions the Wild Samoans defeated Mike Masters & Rick McGraw.
-Jose Estrada fought Johnny Rodz to a draw.
-Ivan Putski defeated Bobby Duncum.

1981 - Tommy Rich won a tournament for the Georgia Heavyweight championship at the Omni in Atlanta, GA. The full results of the event saw:

In a No Time Limit, No DQ Match, Ted Dibiase & Junkyard Dog beat The Freebirds' Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts

Round One:
Tommy Rich beat Bill Irwin
Ken Patera beat Ray Candy
Dusty Rhodes beat French Angel
Greg Valentine beat Mr. Wrestling II
Mike Sharpe beat Jim Duggan
Nikolai Volkoff received a bye.

Semi Finals:
Tommy Rich beat Nikolai Volkoff
Dusty Rhodes went to a double DQ against Ken Patera
Greg Valentine beat Mike Sharpe

Finals
Tommy Rich beat Greg Valentine to win the Georgia Heavyweight title.

In other bouts on the event, Ricky Gibson beat Gypsy Joe, Roberto Soto beat Bobby Eaton and Robert Gibson beat Bryan St. John.

1982 - NWA World champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Gordy in the main event of an event in Birmingham, Alabama. The event also featured the following results:

Roy Welch beat Tommy Wright
Scott McGhee beat Ted Oates
Jacques Rougeau beat Jos LeDuc by DQ
Ron & Robert Fuller beat New Zealand Sheepherders

1982 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Greenville, SC with the following results:

Mike Rotundo beat Tony Russo
King Parsons beat Bill White
Killer Kahn beat Mike Davis
Don Muraco & Jake Roberts beat Ole & Gen Anderson
Jimmy Valiant & Paul Jones beat Ivan Koloff & The Ninja.

1982 - Georgia Championship Wrestling ran Augusta, GA with the following live results:

Bob Armstrong beat Gary Hart
Tommy Rich beat Buzz Sawyer via DQ
Leroy Brown beat Masked Superstar
Tom Prichard drew Ray Stevens
Brad Armstrong beat Chick Donovan

1983 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Raleigh, NC with the following results:
-Rick McCord defeated Masa Fuchi.
-Mike Rotundo defeated Gene Anderson.
-Jimmy Valiant & Bugsy McGraw defeated the Great Kabuki & the Magic Dragon.
-Rufus R. Jones defeated Jake Roberts via disqualification.
-NWA U.S. Champion Greg Valentine defeated Dory Funk Jr.

1983 - Georgia Championship Wrestling, empowered by WTBS' national cable outlet, ran Grand Rapids, Michigan with the following results:

Tommy Rich & Paul Orndorff beat Killer Brooks & Larry Zbyszko
Tony Atlas beat Buzz Sawyer via DQ
Dick Murdoch beat Iron Sheik
Ronnie Garvin beat Bob Roop
Matt Borne & Arn Anderson beat Brian Blair & Brett Wayne

1984 - NWA World champion Kerry Von Erich defeated Black Bart in the main event of a Championship Wrestling from Florida event in Melbourne, Florida.

1984 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Sumter, SC with the following results:
-Kurt Von Hess defeated Keith Larson.
-Brian Adidas defeated Jeff Sword.
-Rufus R. Jones & Pez Whatley defeated Ernie Ladd & Jesse Barr.
-Angelo Mosca Jr. defeated the Outlaw.
-Jimmy Valiant defeated Adrian Street.

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

1984 - WWF ran Johnstown, PA at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena featuring:
-Butcher Vachon defeated Steve Lombardi.
-B. Brian Blair fought Johnny Valiant to a draw.
-Pat Patterson & Rocky Johnson defeated Sika & Samula (Samu).
-Ivan Putski defeated Greg Valentine via count-out.
-Bob Backlund defeated the Iron Sheik via disqualification .

1984 - WWF ran Plymouth Meeting, PA, with the following results:
-Terry Daniels fought Akira Maeda to a draw.
-Tony Garea defeated Tiger Chung Lee via disqualification.
-David Schultz defeated Chief Jay Strongbow.
-Jose Gonzalez defeated SD Jones.
-David Schultz, Mr. Fuji, & Tiger Chung Lee defeated Tony Garea, Terry Daniels, & Akira Maeda.

1985 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Wheeling, WV with the folllowing results:
-Scott Irwin defeated Joel Deaton.
-The Italian Stallion defeated Mike Davis via disqualification.
-Buzz Sawyer defeated Tommy Lane.
-Pez Whatley fought Bob Roop to a draw.
-Ron Garvin defeated John Tatum.
-Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson defeated National Tag Team Champions Ole & Arn Anderson.

1985 - WWF ran Augusta, GA at the Civic Center, featuring the following:
-Rocky Johnson defeated Rene Goulet.
-George Wells pinned Bret Hart by reversing a roll up.
-Ricky Steamboat pinned Moondog Spot with the crossbody off the top.
-Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated WWF Tag Team Champions the Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff.

1986 - Playboy Buddy Rose & Doug Somers defeat Scott Hall & Curt Hennig in Hammond, Indiana, to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship. The finish of the match saw Col. DeBeers (who Hall had run off during an interview segment where DeBeers was ripping on Americans) come to ringside and ram Hall headfirst into the steel ringpost. A bloodied Hall was then counted out of the ring, and for some reason, the referee gave the tag team championship belts to Rose & Somers. It was later explained that for this one match, titles could change hands on a countout (although they never gave a reason why).

1986 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran Baltimore, MD at the Civic Center with the following results:
-Denny Brown fought Steve Regal to a draw.
-Black Bart defeated Sam Houston.
-Manny Fernandez defeated Leo Burke.
-The Rock N' Roll Express,Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated NWA World Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express, Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey in a non-title match; Jim Cornette was held in a cage for the duration of the match.
-Ron Garvin defeated Arn Anderson.
-NWA US Champion Magnum TA fought NWA National Heavyweight Champion Tully Blanchard to a no contest.
-Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA Six Man Tag Team Champions Baron Von Raschke, Ivan & Nikita Koloff to win the titles.

1986 - WWF ran Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Met Center before 2,800 fans, featuring:
-Jim Neidhart pinned Lanny Poffo.
-Jim Brunzell pinned Hercules.
-Danny Spivey pinned Bret Hart.
-Big John Studd & King Kong Bundy defeated George Steele & Cousin Luke (substituting for Uncle Elmer) when Bundy pinned Luke.
-Ricky Steamboat fought Jake Roberts to a double disqualification.
-Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Randy Savage via disqualification.
-WWF champion Hulk Hogan defeated Adrian Adonis via disqualification.

1986 - WWF ran Tacoma, WA at the Tacoma Dome, featuring:
-Moondog Rex defeated Scott McGee.
-King Tonga defeated Bob Orton Jr..
-Nikolai Volkoff defeated Cpl. Kirchner.
-The Iron Sheik defeated George Wells.
-Pedro Morales fought Moondog Spot to a draw.
-Paul Orndorff fought Don Muraco to a double disqualification.
-WWF Tag Team Champions The British Bulldogs defeated Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake.

1987 -The Lightning Express, Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner, defeat Rick Steiner & Sting to win the UWF Tag Team Titles.

1987 - Jim Crockett Promotions ran two events on this day. A matinee event was held in Asheville, NC at the Civic Center, headlined by NWA U.S. Tag Team Champion Stan Lane defeating Todd Champion and Ron Garvin defeating NWA U.S. Tag Team Champion Bobby Eaton. The promotion then ran an evening event in Daytona Beach, FL at the Ocean Center headlined by The Rock N' Roll Express defeating NWA U.S. Tag Team Champions The Midnight Express, Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a non-title match.

1987 - WWF ran Toronto, Ontario at the Maple Leaf Gardens featuring:
-Sam Houston pinned Johnny K-9 with a bulldog at 7:41.
-Bob Orton Jr. pinned Frankie Laine with a running powerslam at 4:42.
-Don Muraco pinned Lanny Poffo with the tombstone at 6:50.
-WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated King Harley Race; after the bout, Race attacked Hogan as he was posing and bloodied him; later on in the card, the champion returned ringside and challenged Race to a Texas Death Match for the following month's card and if he couldn't beat Race then he would quit pro wrestling.
-Outback Jack pinned Frenchy Martin with a bulldog at 4:21.
-Nikolai Volkoff pinned Cpl. Kirschner at 13:05 with a backbreaker.
-Demolition defeated The Killer Bees.
-Ken Patera (substituting. for Jake Roberts) defeated the Honkytonk Man.

1990 - WWF ran San Diego, CA at The Sports Arena, drawing 3,800 fans with the following results:
-Koko B. Ware defeated Boris Zhukov.
-Hercules defeated Haku.
-The Warlord defeated Tito Santana.
-Rick Martel defeated Ron Garvin.
-Earthquake defeated Jim Duggan.
-The Hart Foundation fought WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition to a double disqualification.

1990 -WWF ran Hartford, CT at the Civic Center, drawing 6,000 fans:
-Hillbilly Jim defeated the Brooklyn Brawler.
-Brutus Beefcake defeated the Genius.
-The Bushwhackers defeated Greg Valentine & the Honky Tonk Man via disqualification.
-The Barbarian defeated Jimmy Snuka.
-The Big Bossman pinned Ted Dibiase.
-Dino Bravo pinned the Red Rooster.
-Jim Powers pinned Pez Whatley.
-WWF World Champion the Ultimate Warrior pinned WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect.

1991 - WCW ran Ft. Pierce, FL at the St. Lucie County Civic Center with the following results:
-Dan Spivey defeated Big Josh via count-out.
-Jack Victory defeated David Johnson.
-The Junkyard Dog defeated El Cubano.
-Dustin Rhodes defeated Black Bart.
-El Gigante defeated the One Man Gang via disqualification.
-WCW World TV Champion Arn Anderson defeated Tommy Rich.
-Bobby Eaton defeated Terrance Taylor via disqualification.
-Sting & Brian Pillman defeated WCW World Champion Ric Flair & Barry Windham.

1992 - WCW held their "WrestleWar" Pay-per-view at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida. Here are the results:
- Dark match: Diamond Dallas Page & Tommy Rich defeated Bob Cook & Firebreaker Chip.
- The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine to win the United States Tag Team Championship.
- Johnny B. Badd defeated Tracey Smothers.
- Scotty Flamingo defeated Marcus Bagwell.
- Ron Simmons defeated Mr. Hughes.
- Super Invader defeated Todd Champion.
- Big Josh defeated Richard Morton.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka.
- WCW Light Heavyweight Champion Brian Pillman defeated Tom Zenk.
- Sting, Nikita Koloff, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat & Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Rick Rude, Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko in a War Games match. The finish saw Zbyszko accidentally hit Bobby Eaton in the arm with a steel connecting pole from the turnbuckle that Eaton had taken apart during the match. Sting then put Eaton in an armbar for the submission win.

1992 - Smoky Mountain Wrestling ran Beckley, West Virginia at the Raleigh County Armory with the following results:

Thunder Tiger defeated the Master of Disaster
Dixie Dynamite (a masked Brian Armstrong aka Road Dogg) pinned Dutch Mantell
Tim Horner pinned Buddy Landel
Robert Gibson pinned Jimmy Golden
Brian Lee pinned the Dirty White Boy. Bob Armstrong was the guest referee for the bout
Brad & Bart Batten defeated SMW Tag Team Champions The Heavenly Bodies, Stan Lane & Tom Prichard via disqualification

1992 - WWF ran Nashville, TN at the Municipal Auditorium, drawing 2,400 fans with the following results:

-Jim Powers pinned the Brooklyn Brawler.
-Tatanka pinned Col. Mustafa.
-Kamala pinned Sgt. Slaughter after the Mountie interfered.
-Virgil pinned the Genius.
-Kerry Von Erich pinned Skinner.
-The Undertaker defeated the Mountie.
-The Natural Disasters defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Money, Inc. - Ted DiBiase & IRS via count-out.
-WWF World Champion Randy Savage defeated Ric Flair via disqualification.

1993 - Monday Night Raw was broadcast live from the Manhattan Center in New York City, and provided one of the more memorable one-hour shows in the history of the program. Here are the results:

- The Smoking Gunns defeated Tony Vadja and Glenn Ruth.
- The Kid pinned Razor Ramon with a top rope moonsault on a standing Ramon. This was the match where the 1-2-3 Kid gimmick for Sean Waltman was created. The Kid, who had wrestled as "Lightning Kid", "Cannonball Kid", and "Kamikaze Kid" over the previous weeks on WWF television (and lost to the likes of Doink The Clown and Mr. Hughes) scored the huge upset. After the match, color commentator Randy Savage led the crowd in a chant of "1-2-3" to infuriate Ramon.
- Tatanka defeated Scott Taylor (who later would become Scotty 2 Hotty).
- Yokozuna defeated Kamala.
- Marty Jannetty defeated Shawn Michaels to win the Intercontinental Title. Earlier in the show Jannetty, who had not been seen in months, came in from the crowd in street clothes, his face hidden by a hood and sunglasses, to accept an open challenge Michaels had made to anyone who wanted a shot at the Intercontinental Title. Curt Hennig came to ringside during the bout to prevent Michaels from walking out.

In other matches taped during the show, used on future episodes of Raw:
-Bret Hart defeated Bam Bam Bigelow.
- King of the Ring Qualifying Match: Mr. Perfect pinned Doink the Clown with the Perfect Plex at around the 15-minute mark after the initial Doink switched places with a second Doink underneath the ring. After the bout, the two Doinks attacked Perfect until Crush made the save and cleared them from the ring.
-WWF Tag Team Champions Ted DiBiase & IRS defeated Mike Bell & Tony Devito.
-Crush defeated Bobby Who via submission with the head vice.
-Adam Bomb pinned Phil Apollo with the powerbomb.

1995 - WWF announced Ernie Ladd would be inducted into their Hall of Fame.

1995 - WWF taped Wrestling Challenge and Action Zone in Springfield, MA at the Civic Center featuriong the following results:
-Adam Bomb defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Jeff Jarrett via countout when Jarrett left ringside.
-WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart & Yokozuna defeated Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith via disqualification when Smith made the save after Luger recieved the Bonzai Drop.
-Bret Hart pinned Hakushi (with Shinja) with a roll up after Hakushi accidentally hit Shinja.
-Howard Finkel pinned Harvey Wippleman with an elbow drop.
-Shawn Michaels & the Undertaker defeated Psycho Sid & Kama.
-Action Zone - 5/21/95: Psycho Sid pinned Bob Holly with the powerbomb.
-Action Zone - 5/28/95: In his official WWF in-ring debut, Savio Vega pinned Eli Blu (with Uncle Zebakiah - Dutch Mantel) with a roll up at around the 11-minute mark after ducking a punch; Jacob Blu was in Eli's corner but was ejected from ringside mid-way through after interfering and prompting Razor Ramon to come out; moments later, both men brawled around ringside until about a half dozen referees appeared and sent both men backstage; after the match, both Jacob and Razor returned ringside, with Razor holding the Blus from entering the ring.
-Action Zone - 6/4/95: Jacob & Eli Blu (with Uncle Zebakiah) defeated Razor Ramon & Savio Vega at 9:46 after Jacob kicked Razor in the side of the face as Ramon prepared Eli for the Razor's Edge.
-King Kong Bundy defeated Tim McNeeny.
-The Blu Brothers defeated Ross Greenberg & Brian Walsh.
-Aldo Montoya defeated Nick Barberry.
-Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Bert Centenno.
-The Bushwhackers defeated Barry Horowitz & the Brooklyn Brawler when Brawler was pinned.
-The Undertaker defeated Mike Bell.
-Lex Luger & Davey Boy Smith defeated Roy Raymond & Laurice Moralis.
-Kama (w/ Ted Dibiase) pinned Bill Weaver with a right hand punch.
-Adam Bomb defeated Gus Kantarrakis at 2:41 with a clothesline off the top.
-Henry Godwinn pinned John Crystal at 2:35 with the Slop Drop.
-Rad Radford pinned Mike Khoury at 2:29 with a northern lights suplex into a bridge.
-Duke Drose defeated Bob Cook.
-Techno Team 2000 defeated Bob Cook & Howard Nalley.
-Jean Pierre Lafitte defeated Brian Walsh.
-Shawn Michaels defeated Barry Horowitz
-Men on a Mission defeated Aaron Ferguson & Laurice Moralis.
-Hakushi defeated Bill Payne.
-Savio Vega defeated the Brooklyn Brawler.

1996 - Extreme Championship Wrestling ran Glenolden, PA at the Briarcliffe Fieldhouse, drawing 250 fans with the following results:
-Rob Van Dam defeated El Puerto Ricano.
-Big Titan defeated Hack Myers.
-Taz defeated Axl Rotten.
-Pitbull 2 defeated Buh Buh Ray Dudley via disqualification.
-ECW World Champion Raven defeated Mikey Whipwreck.
-John Kronus defeated Mustafa.
-New Jack pinned Perry Saturn.
-2 Cold Scorpio defeated Chris Jericho.
-Brian Lee defeated Tommy Dreamer in a falls count anywhere match that saw them brawl out of the building and into the backyard of a residence next door.

1996 - WWF ran Baltimore, MD at the Arena, drawing 6,559 fans with the following:
-The Bushwhackers defeated Marty Jannetty & Leif Cassidy at 7:38 when Butch pinned Cassidy after Luke interfered behind the referee's back.
-Justin Bradshaw pinned Aldo Montoya at 8:01 with a superkick.
-Savio Vega pinned Mike Khoury at the 58-second mark with a back kick.
-Ahmed Johnson defeated Davey Boy Smith via disqualification at 10:45 when Owen Hart interfered as Ahmed prepared to hit the Pearl River Plunge; after the bout, Ahmed chased both men to the back
-Steve Austin pinned Jake Roberts at 17:10 with a roll up and using the tights for leverage after Roberts thought he had won the match with the DDT; Ted Dibiase had placed Austin's foot on the ropes to break the cover moments prior to the finish.
-The Ultimate Warrior pinned Owen Hart at 7:25 with a flying shoulder block.
-Vader pinned Yokozuna at 12:22 after hitting him with Jim Cornette's tennis racquet.
-WWF Tag Team Champions Skip & Zip defeated Henry & Phinneas Godwinn at 13:10.
-Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Razor Ramon at 12:32 with the Pedigree as Razor tried to revive the referee
-WWF champion Shawn Michaels defeated Diesel.

1997 - WWF ran in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mike Johnson filed the following live report for the Wrestling Lariat Newsletter, which is archived in the Elite section of PWInsider.com:

The World Wrestling Federation returned to their flagship building, Madison Square Garden in New York City, for the first time since Wrestlemania highlighted by one of the first in-ring appearances of Brian Pillman for Titan Sports, as well as Steve Austin’s first appearance in the Garden as a babyface.

The main event was originally supposed to be the Undertaker & Sycho Sid meeting Mankind & Vader, but Sid is wherever the heck he is (and does anyone REALLY care? I sure don’t.). The day of the show, local promos in NY listed Ken Shamrock as UT’s partner, as did the program, but they made an announcement that “due to injury”, The Undertaker would defend against Mankind in a Lumberjack match instead.

The show opened with Life Cassidy, who has signed an extension on his contract with the WWF and is going to be pushed soon, defeating Bob Holly with the reverse powerbomb, which looks awesome. They started on the mat, and soon began trading headlocks. Holly hit a hurancanrana and Life hit several superkicks. After the second, Life began pointing to the lights, so some fans at ringside were chanting “Snowbu”. He missed a moonsault off the top and Holly took over. Life did a sloppy looking Flair flop over the turnbuckles but came back with the powerbomb for the pin. The crowd was really into the opener.

Crush meeting Jesse Jammes followed. Crush got a slight pop, coming out to the Nation of Domination music, while Jammes was booed as he came out singing his song. Crush dominated in the beginning until he missed a charge in the corner. Jammes leapfrogged over and hit a superkick. He goes for a high cross bodyblock during a crisscross, but Crush catches him and drops him on his knees in a backbreaker. The place starts chanting “Boring” and they were right. Crush throws a bearhug on Double J, and throws him down into a slam. Jammes comes back with a DDT and a flying forearm, but gets cut off and hit with the heartpunch for the pin. Jammes is booed on the way out.

Next up was a match where the Godwins defeated Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas. I immediately went to the bathroom and got sick. The Godwins got a standing ovation. There was really nothing to this match at all. The Godwins got the pin after Kroffat & Furnas butted heads by accident. The two teams argues afterwards. The misuse of Kroffat & Furnas in Titan is criminal.

Next up was Flash Funk taking Rockabilly. Funk came out to an “ECW” chant. They started on the mat counter-wrestling, and Flash got several two counts. Billy Gunn hit a stiff sounding clothesline on Funk for a two count. Gunn followed up with a spinning kick, but Funk returned to offense with a flying elbow off the first rope. Funk went to the top and hit a bodypress. Gunn followed up with a exploder-style chokeslam and hit a swinging DDT off the top for the pin. The Rockabilly gimmick is pretty funny.

Mankind came out to do an awesome promo next, talking about how 30 years ago Bruno Sammartino had defeated Buddy Rogers for the WWF title in the same building (34 years ago in the old Garden facility, actually, but who really cares?). Mankind spoke about how he once hitchhiked 500 miles to see Jimmy Snuka superfly off the top of the steel cage against Bob Backlund. He said that although New York has the ugliest women in the world, and 99% of the males in attendance wanted to touch him in an impure way, the Garden was a very special building to him. He said the only thing that would make tonight a more special day for him would be if his “Uncle Paul” was here, but the Undertaker had burnt Paul Bearer, so it was impossible. He asked the timekeeper to ring the bell 10 times, but the crowd booed loudly. Mankind got angry telling everyone they had ruined the greatest night of his life and swore he would defeat the Undertaker tonight. Excellent promo, and most of the lines were derived from his farewell days in ECW, so it was kind of cool in a nostalgic sense as well.

Next up was Rocky Maivia meeting Savio Vega of the NOD. Vega got a slight pop and Maivia got a big pop as well. Faarooq and Crush come out with Savio. Savio attacks Rocky with a sidekick and applies a nerve hold. Rocky comes back to hit a bodyblock for two, then slingshots Savio in the turnbuckles. He hits a DDT and hits a flying bodypress off the top rope for the pin, but Crush is distracting the referee. Maivia hits him, and turns into a Savio sidekick for the pin. The NOD whips Maivia and the WWF officials drag him out of the ring. Faarooq tells him, “Take your ass kicking like a man and go back to the locker room.” He does. Rocky sucks!

Next up was the main event, with the Undertaker defending the WWF World title against Mankind. Everyone who had previously worked was a lumberjack, as were Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Chyna. Undertaker got a huge pop as he came out in the dark. Mankind gives the NOD their salute before the match. Mankind attacks UT, but is tossed out of the ring, The Lumberjacks toss him back in. The Undertaker throws him throat first into the corner and pummels him. Mankind tries to kick him, but UT catches his leg and spins him around. Mankind hits a clothesline out of the spin. Undertaker comes back with a bodyslam, and tries to walk the ropes, but Rockabilly shakes them and he gets crotched. The faces argue with the heels, who all hide behind Chyna. Chyna not backing down to the faces is hysterical. The Undertaker gets thrown out on the heel side and they all attack him. The faces jump on the heels and UT rolls back in the ring. Mankind throws him back out of the ring, in front of the NOD, who stood around ding nothing the entire time. They put the boots to UT as well. Mankind comes out and throws Undertaker into the rail and hits him with a chair. Back in the ring, the Undertaker hits his flying clothesline. Undertaker rips off Mankind’s mask. He goes for the tombstone but Mankind gets the Mandible Claw on him. The Nation of Domination, sensing a title change, dragged Mankind out of the ring and attacked him, trying to save Faarooq’s King of the Ring title shot. As all this is going on, the lumberjacks are brawling. Undertaker attacks the NOD. Back in the ring, he hit the tombstone on Mankind for the pin. Good match.

After intermission, during which the ring crew tried to fix a raised board but were unable to, Goldust took on Hunter-Hearst Helmsley. Good match. Dustin came out himself and asked the crowd is they were ready to see Marlena. The place popped. He said he had two Marlenas for New York: his wife Terri and their daughter Dakota dressed identically. They did a gimmick where they gave Dakota the mic, but she didn’t want to give it back and kept telling the crowd, “Hi”. It was cute in a kidsy sort of way, but this is from a promotion where Mankind and the Undertaker are throwing fire? Can we say “unfocused”? The match was good and the two worked well together. They started fast and went back and forth trading spots. HHH hit his cool flip bump into the corner. Goldust hit a bulldog, and then threw Helmsley into the turnbuckles, where he bumped to the floor. Goldust suplexed him back in, but Chyna hooked his leg and HHH fell atop for the pinfall.

Next up was Faarooq with Crush & Savio scheduled to meet Ahmed Johnson. Faarooq called the crowd a bunch of morons who were going to be shocked because one of their heroes was going to join the NOD tonight. Ahmed’s music came on and he came to the ring, and gave the NOD salute. He hugged Savio & Crush and they left the ring. He saluted Faarooq to a lot of jeers, and hugged him, but grabbed him into a belly-to-belly suplex. The place popped and the tease was cool. They brawl in the ring with Ahmed dominating, until Faarooq hits a low blow. He bodyslams Ahmed. They go back and forth and they stumble into the ref, knocking him out. One of my buddies that I usually go to shows with said “That was a very bad ref bump, and you can quote me”. Ahmed hits the tiger driver, but Savio comes in and hits a horrible chair shot. He puts Faarooq on top for pin, and the three trash Ahmed. Pretty bad match.

This left us with Steve Austin & The Road Warriors taking on Hart Foundation members Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith and Brian Pillman. Pillman looked a bit thinner than before his accident, but was in great shape and despite still having some pain in his ankles, one of which is fused, bumped his butt off and seems to be well on the way to his old form. Austin got the biggest pop of the night. Pillman was in full force, trying to go over the rails after the crowd and never stopped moving. When Austin hit the ring, the heels ran from it. Austin & Owen start and Austin slaps him down and throws the sharpshooter on him. Davey Boy jumps on him, but Austin clotheslines him down, then knocks Pillman off the apron. Pillman landed on his feet and showed no sign of pain. Hawk tags in and powerslams Owen, dropping a fist on him. Pillman tags in, but jumps out of the ring when Austin tags in. Pillman tries to run away, but is caught by Animal and pressed thru the ropes. Pillman gets his throat caught between the middle and bottom ropes and the crowd pops. He gets free and Hawk hits a weak looking powerbomb. Owen tags in, and evades a hawk charge. Hawk his the corner fast. Pillman hits him on the floor with a chair. They drag Hawk to the heels’ corner and they triple team him. The crowd starting chanting “Pillman sucks” so he spit at them. Pillman holds Hawk down in a chinlock, putting his feet on the ropes. Owen tags in and piledrives him, but Hawk no-sells. He tags in Austin and all three heels jump on him. The LOD jump in and all six brawl. Pillman & Hawk fly thru the ropes and brawl on the floor. Austin hits the Stone Cold Stunner for the pin. The place pops. Austin gives the Warriors the double finger salute and leaves them in the ring. Really good, fast paced main event. I was very happy to see how great Pillman looked. 1996 should have been his year. Hopefuilly, 1997 will turn out to be

MSG Notes:

The show was way too short, running from 8:00 to 10:20 with a 15 minute intermission didn’t like nor hate the show, it was “eh”. Had it not been for the main event and the UT match. I would have hated it.

The crowd looked to be in the 11,000 range, with at least a third papered as the WWF gave away 2,500 pairs of tickets thru a promotion with the New York Daily News. The idea here was that if the fans came for free, they'd spend money on merchandise and concessions.

When they ran down the card at the beginning of the show Steve Austin and Ahmed Johnson’s names got the loudest reaction.

They announced a return on Saturday June 13th and those who bought their tickets at intermission got a surprise: a rise in prices for ringside from $25 to $32. Add in Ticketmaster charges and WWF tix in NY could be as expensive as $40 per.

From the “I wouldn’t have believed this if I hadn’t seen it” Department: The plastic LOD shoulderpads for children sold at the gimmick tables had the WCW name and logo (!) on the instruction booklets.

There were scattered chants of “ECW” during the first half of the show, lead by two fans walking an ECW banner around the building on a sheet.

Austin 3:16 shirts were on at least every third person in the building, and Mankind shirts were selling briskly. The Mankind shirt has a yellow smiley face with the Mankind mask over it. It's a cool looking shirt.

The WWF’s next show in the NY market is on June 21st at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island featuring European champ Davey Boy Smith vs. Shawn Michaels and a tag encounter with the Undertaker & Steve Austin taking on Brian Pillman & Bret Hart.

1997 - WWF ran Birmingham, AL, drawing 10,292 with the following results:
-The Headbangers defeated Los Boricuas.
-Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve Blackman.
-Kurrgan defeated D-Lo Brown.
-WWF Tag Team Champions Road Dogg & Billy Gunn defeated the Legion of Doom.
-Terry Funk defeated Marc Mero.
-Bradshaw defeated Owen Hart via countout.
-The Undertaker defeated Kane via disqualification.
-Vader defeated WWF IC Champion the Rock via disqualification.
-WWF World Champion Steve Austin defeated WWF European Champion Triple H.

1997 - WCW ran Winston-Salem, NC at the Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum:
-Lord Steven Regal defeated Alex Wright via submission with the Regal Stretch at around the 18-minute mark
-Buff Bagwell defeated Scotty Riggs via forfeit when Riggs failed to appear as scheduled.
-Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Psychosis at around the 15-minute mark with a springboard hurricanrana into a cover.
-Jeff Jarrett defeated WCW TV Champion the Ultimo Dragon in a non-title match via submission with the figure-4 at around the 19-minute mark.
-Dean Malenko (sub. for Chris Jericho) defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Syxx via disqualification when WCW Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Kevin Nash attacked Malenko as he had the Texas Clover Leaf applied.
-Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Public Enemy at around the 25-minute mark when Rick pinned Johnny Grunge after avoiding an elbow off the top through a table.
-The Giant defeated WCW Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Kevin Nash via disqualification in a handicap match at around the 12-minute mark when Syxx interfered; Lex Luger was scheduled to be the Giant's partner but wasn't allowed to compete; after the bout, Luger made the save against the nWo.
-Diamond Dallas Page defeated Randy Savage via disqualification at around the 8-minute mark when Buff Bagwell interfered as DDP attempted the Diamond Cutter; after the bout, Page dropped Bagwell with the Diamond Cutter, prompting Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Syxx to come out; moments later, the Giant, Lex Luger, and Rick & Scott Steiner made the save.

1997 - Extreme Championship Wrestling ran Buffalo, NY at the Bert Flickinger Center, drawing 1,697 fans. The show, which was released on ECW Home Video as "The Buffalo Invasion" featured the following results:
-The Pitbulls defeated Little Guido & Tracy Smothers (w/ Tommy Rich) at 14:04 when Pitbull #2 pinned Guido following the Super Bomb
-Balls Mahoney pinned Bill Wiles at 4:53 after a chairshot to the head
-Taz defeated Spike Dudley via submission with the Tazmission at 5:30.
-ECW World TV Champion Shane Douglas pinned Chris Chetti at 13:10 with the belly to belly suplex after avoiding a springboard moonsault; Rick Rude came out at the 11-minute mark, pulled up Francine's dress to reveal her panties, and then carried her backstage in a very suggestive piledriver position, leaving Douglas by himself
-Raven (with Chasity & Lupus) & Stevie Richards (mystery partner) defeated Tommy Dreamer (with Beulah McGillicutty wearing a neckbrace) & ECW World Champion Terry Funk (Dreamer's mystery partner) at 16:16 when Richards pinned Funk after saving him from an interfering Louie Spicolli by dropping Spicolli with the Stevie Kick as Funk was set up for the Spicolli Driver.
-ECW World Tag Team Champions The Eliminators defeated Big Dick & D-Von Dudley (w/ Joel Gertner & Buh Buh Ray Dudley) and the Gangstas in an elimination match at 18:09; Saturn pinned Mustafa and Kronus pinned Big Dick after the champions hit the Total Elimination on both men at the same time; the Gangstas didn't appear until 4:30 into the match; after the bout, Saturn & Kronus hit Total Elimination on Buh Buh Ray as well
-Tommy Dreamer pinned Louie Spicolli at 7:35 with the DDT after Beulah McGuillicuty, who Spicolli held in front of him to block a chairshot from Dreamer, gave Spicolli a mule kick low blow; prior to the bout, Spicolli cut an in-ring promo putting over the fact his interference cost Dreamer & Funk their win earlier in the show, the fact he broke Beulah's neck, and Dreamer was too hurt to compete - with Dreamer then appearing as the referee began counting him out; after the bout, Spicolli dropped Dreamer with the Spicolli Driver to abruptly end his victory celebration
-ECW World Champion Terry Funk defeated Raven (with Lupus & Chasity), Stevie Richards, and the Sandman in an elimination match at 10:41; Sandman pinned Raven at 5:07 following the Stevie Kick from Richards; Richards pinned Sandman with the Stevie Kick at 10:30; Funk pinned Richards after dropping the steel retaining barrier across Richards' back. Richards' injury would keep him out of the ring for the remainder of his initial ECW run. He would sign with WCW shortly thereafter.

1998 - WCW ran their Slamboree '98 PPV in Worcester, MA at the Centrum before 11,592 fans with the following results:
-WCW World TV Champion Fit Finlay pinned Chris Benoit with the tombstone.
-Lex Luger defeated Brian Adams via submission with the Torture Rack.
-Ciclope won a cruiserweight battle royal; due to pre-match stipulations, he earned an immediate WCW Cruiserweight Title match; other participants included Evan Karagias, Damien, El Dandy, El Grio, Juventud Guerrera, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Marty Jannetty, Kidman, Lenny Lane, Psychosis, Super Calo, Johnny Swinger, and Villano IV; After the match, Ciclope unmasked to reveal himself as Dean Malenko.
Dean Malenko defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho to win the title via submission with the Texas Cloverleaf.
-Eddie Guerrero (with Chavo Guerrero Jr.) pinned Ultimo Dragon at 11:10 with a brainbuster and the frog splash after Dragon accidentally knocked Chavo off the ring apron when Eddie moved out of the way; stipulations stated Chavo would win his freedom from Eddie if Dragon won; after the contest, Chavo cornered Eddie and acted as though he was going to attack him but then attacked Dragon instead, with Chavo shoving Eddie away when Eddie tried to stop him.
-Diamond Dallas Page pinned Raven in a Bowery Death Match.
-WCW U.S. Champion Bill Goldberg pinned Perry Saturn.
-Bret Hart defeated Randy Savage. Roddy Piper was the guest referee.
-Sting & the Giant defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Kevin Nash (with Dusty Rhodes) to win the titles.

1999 - WCW broadcast Monday Nitro from Cedar Rapids, IA at the Five Seasons Center with the following results:
-WCW World Champion Kevin Nash defeated Diamond Dallas Page via disqualification.
-WCW Tag Team Champions Raven & Perry Saturn defeated Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko.
-WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. pinned Evan Karagias.
-Randy Savage & Madusa defeated Ric Flair & Charles Robinson.
-Hardcore Hak fought Fit Finlay to a no contest.
-WCW World TV Champion Rick Stiener fought Sting to a no contest.
-Curt Hennig pinned Konnan.

2002 -

2002 - WWE Raw ran Louisville, KY at Freedom Hall, drawing 6,000 fans with the following results:
-Jackie pinned Crash Holly with a roll up
-Brock Lesnar pinned D-Lo Brown with the Brockbuster.
-WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus pinned Molly Holly with the bulldog.
-Nick Dinsmore (the future Eugene) & Rob Conway defeated OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Doug Basham & Damaja(Danny Basham), with Victoria with a double team move to win the titles.
-WWF Intercontinental champion Eddie Guerrero pinned Rob Van Dam with a roll up and using the ropes for leverage.
-Matt & Jeff Hardy defeated Shawn Stasiak & Goldust following the swanton.
-WWE Hardcore Champion Steven Richards pinned Bubba Ray Dudley after Raven interfered and hit the DDT on the challenger, before suffering the Steven Kick from Richards.
-William Regal pinned Spike Dudley after using the brass knuckles as a weapon.
-The Undertaker pinned Bradshaw after kicking a chair into Bradshaw's face.
-Steve Austin defeated Ric Flair & the Big Show in a handicap steel cage match by pinning Flair with the Stunner after outside interference from Booker T backfired.

2003 - Frontier Wrestling and Ring of Honor ran a joint event titled "Frontiers of Honor" in London, Great Britain featuring the following results:

James Tighe pinned Paul London with a standing star press at 10:37
Jack Xavier pinned Mikey Whipwreck with a wheelbarrow roll up at 11:58
Paul Burchill defeated the Double Dragons in a handicap match at 6:39, the referee stopped the match after Burchill hit both men with a standing moonsaults followed by a standing star press
AJ Styles pinned Jonny Storm with a springboard 450 Splash at 16:03; after the match, Storm attacked Styles after a feined handshake and Jody Fleisch made the save
ROH champion Samoa Joe pinned the Zebra Kid after a rolling german suplex into a rolling dragon suplex into bridging german suplex pin at 9:27; as a result of the win, the ROH Heavyweight Title was renamed the ROH World Title
Low Ki fought Flash Barker to a 20-minute time-limit draw
Christopher Daniels pinned Jody Fleisch with the Angels Wings at 23:55

2004 - WWE Smackdown ran Palm Springs, CA with the following results:
-WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champions Rico & Charlie Haas defeated Billy Gunn & Hardcore Holly when Haas pinned Gunn with a roll up.
-Mordecai pinned Orlando Jordan.
-Mark Jindrak pinned Sho Funaki with the Mark of Excellence.
-Billy Kidman & Paul London defeated Doug & Danny Basham and Nunzio & Johnny Stamboli in an elimination match; a Basham pinned Stamboli with a roll up; London pinned a Basham with the 450 splash.
-The Undertaker pinned Booker T with the tombstone.
-WWE US Champion John Cena pinned Rene Dupree with the FU.
-WWE Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero defeated Jamie Noble and Spike Dudley by pinning Spike.
-Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated the Dudley Boys in a No DQ match by scoring simultaneous pins.

2004 - WWE broadcast Raw from San Diego, CA at the Sports Arena, drawing 5,600 fans with the following results:

Sunday Night Heat:
-Rhyno pinned Steven Richards with the Gore at 5:05
-Rob Conway & Sylvan Grenier defeated Aaron Aguilera & Chad Wicks when Grenier pinned Wicks following a double team move at 4:59
-Garrison Cade pinned the Hurricane with the flying elbowsmash at 4:42.

Tim Whitehead filed the following TV Report from the Raw broadcast:

The 5/17 edition of RAW IS ROCK & ROYAL aired live from San Diego. The streak continued with yet another hot show.

They opened with Jim Ross & Jerry Lawler announcing that Chris Benoit & Edge would defend the World Tag Titles against Randy Orton & Batista on the show, and that the main event would be the twenty man over-the-top rope battle royal to choose the contender for the singles World Title at the Bad Blood PPV.

Trish Stratus defeated Lita in 6:07. It was reported that Eric Bischoff banned both ladies' male allies from ringside for this match. Trish mocked Lita, prompting Lita to slug her and pound her on the mat. Trish fought back with kicks and punches. Lita hit a spinning headscissors. Trish hotshotted Lita and choked her. She then hit Lita with a lariat and a neckbreaker. They each scored a bunch of twos. Trish hit a spinebuster. Lita blocked the stratusfaction and hit a suplex. Lita did the Russian legsweep and a twist of fate but again could only score a two count. Kane then appeared on the TitanTron. Lita was startled, allowing Trish to cradle her and use the ropes for the pin. Good match! Afterward, Kane told Lita she would have to answer "yes or no" before the show ended, and that she'd better answer correctly. Of course, JR & Lawler wondered aloud what this was all about. Lita was no help, as she just looked scared and said nothing.

Orton came out. He admitted that he likes to talk about himself. No kidding. He bragged about beating Mick Foley at WrestleMania and Backlash, about beating Edge last week, and about being the longest reigning IC champ in seven years. He predicted that he and Batista would win the tag belts. He called his accomplishments endless. He then put over Evolution as a group, particularly Triple H, whom he called the greatest wrestler alive. He pledged that HHH would win the battle royal and get the Bad Blood World Title shot, hinting that he, Batista, and Ric Flair would back HHH up during that match and insure his victory. Out came Shelton Benjamin. He reminded Orton that he beat HHH, the supposed greatest wrestler alive, twice. He said he would win the battle royal and there would be nothing Evolution could do about it. Orton said Benjamin has had some good luck, but that luck soon runs out. He called Benjamin no match for Evolution. Benjamin challenged Orton to put up his IC belt against him. Orton called Benjamin uppity and made a heel racial comment about Benjamin's "people" taking a mile if you give them an inch. He said he wouldn't soil the IC belt by giving Benjamin a title shot. Benjamin slugged Orton and put the fists to him, followed by a lariat and a splash. Flair ran out and pulled Orton from the ring to safety. As Flair helped Orton retreat, JR said he had a case of limbertail. A strong set-up for what will presumably be a Benjamin run at the IC Title, which should be good.

Backstage, Orton told the other Evolution members that he'll eventually take care of Benjamin, but on his own terms. For tonight, he wanted to concentrate on winning the Tag Titles and guaranteeing HHH victory in the battle royal. HHH asserted that in a battle royal, it's every man for himself, but he said this in a "wink, wink" kind of way. The other Evolution guys all agreed to protect HHH and give him the win.

William Regal commended Eugene for his successful debut match last week. Eugene wanted another match, but Regal downplayed the possibility. Bischoff walked up. He hypocritically congratulated Eugene, but then pulled Regal aside for another private conversation. Regal apologized for failing to sabotage Eugene last week. Bischoff said trying to cause Eugene to lose had been the wrong tactic and that a better plan would be to humiliate Eugene during an interview. He said he would set up an interview in the ring for Eugene where he'd be ridiculed very badly, and would go home crying and never come back. JR was disgusted by this insidious plan. Regal seemed to support Bischoff, but also seemed to be developing some sympathy for Eugene, as many fans predicted last week.

Footage aired from last week of Shawn Michaels attacking HHH, leading to Michaels being suspended.

Kane destroyed Val Venis in 1:07. Venis demanded this match in response to Kane's locker room attack on him last week. Venis started strong with brawling, but Kane soon took control. Venis rolled clear on a Kane elbow drop, but Kane hit a hard boot to the face and the chokeslam for the pin. Poor Val, a talented guy who never gets a break.

After the match, Matt Hardy ran in and attacked Kane. He managed to lariat Kane out to the floor and to hit him in the gut with a chair. But Kane blocked a hard chairshot and beat Matt up. He chokeslammed Matt and put his head through the chair. He used the chair to choke Matt out, as JR freaked out over it. With Matt getting killed, Lita ran out and begged Kane to stop. Finally, she got him to release the choke on Matt by saying "yes". Kane grabbed Lita and appeared to whisper something to her. He then left with a huge grin on his face, leaving the distraught Lita to attend to the wounded and unconscious Matt. Guess we'll find out more on this mystery next week.

Footage aired of a Smackdown the Vote rally with Republican Party chairman Ed Gillespie.

Chris Benoit & Edge defeated Orton & Batista to retain the RAW World Tag Titles in 17:30. Orton and Edge started out brawling. Orton took a high backdrop. Benoit punched Orton out. Batista tagged in and overpowered Benoit. Batista has improved tons in recent weeks. Orton returned, but Benoit chopped him down. Edge came in and backdropped Orton out to the floor as Benoit lariated Batista out. Spike TV went to a commercial break and when the action returned, it was the start of hour two. Edge crashed into the post, hurting his shoulder. This gave Orton & Batista the opening to work the bad shoulder over. Orton missed a high dropkick, which gave Edge the opportunity to recover. He catapulted Orton into the turnbuckles. He gave Orton a DDT. Benoit hot tagged and gave Orton a suplex and a backbreaker. Batista made the save when Benoit put Orton in the sharpshooter. Batista lariated the hell out of both Benoit & Edge. The ref took a major bump. Benoit did the triple German suplexes on Orton. Batista slipped Orton one of the tag belts, and when Benoit went for the diving headbutt, Orton held it up and Benoit crashed into it. But Orton only scored two when the revived ref did the count. Flair got on the apron, and Edge ended up spearing Orton into him. Flair bumped off to the floor. Edge brawled out to the floor with Batista. Isolated once again, Benoit hooked the crossface on Orton and he tapped. A definite setback for Evolution. Good match and good crowd heat!

Regal told Eugene to be sure to stand straight during his interview. Eugene was worried that Regal wasn't going out there with him. Regal encouraged Eugene to be a man and stand on his own, and wished him luck. Regal looked sad about all this, definitely developing a soft spot for the innocent and naive Eugene.

Todd Grisham was in the ring, all set to do the interview. He asked Eugene about his victory last week, but before Eugene could answer, Jonathan Coachman arrived. Coach told Grisham to take a hike, calling himself the A-Team and saying he had been given this assignment. Grisham left, which begged the question as to why he was out there in the first place. Anyway, for the next couple of minutes, Coach arrogantly insulted Eugene. He told Eugene the entire arena last week was laughing at him when he won his match, calling him a laughingstock and a joke. Coach said he was ashamed to be in the same ring with Eugene. The crowd booed Coach, but Coach claimed they were booing Eugene. Eugene looked like he was about to cry. Coach continued, saying the only reason Eugene was even there was because he was Mr. Bischoff's nephew. He told Eugene no one likes him, including Regal, and that no girl would ever even look at him. He told Eugene to hit the road, and to go home and tell his friends that he almost fulfilled his dream of becoming a wrestler, but in the end fell short. Coach then corrected himself and said Eugene has no friends so he'd just have to go home alone and say nothing. Eugene left with his head down, crying his way up the ramp as the crowd chanted "a**hole" at Coach. Just as Eugene reached the exit, the sound of "If you smell what the Rock is cookin'" blared over the PA system. The crowd popped huge as Rock emerged onto the ramp top. This was awesome! Rock led Eugene back to the ring. Eugene acted totally in awe of Rock as he posed for the crowd. Rock lit into Coach for saying the people don't like Eugene. Rock said he is the expert on what the people think, and that they think Coach is nothing but a walking popcorn fart. Rock said he saw Eugene kick ass last week in his debut match and that the people love him. The crowd chanted "Eugene", which perked Eugene up. Rock said "screw the Coach", and the crowd chanted that, too. Rock told Coach that from this day forward the people will call him a popcorn fart. Yes, they chanted that as well. Coach said the last time he saw Rock was at 'Mania, where Rock got his ass kicked. Eugene got a huge pop when he said "it doesn't matter" what Coach thinks. Rock and Eugene were getting along very well, but when Rock asked who Eugene's favorite wrestler is, Eugene said Triple H. That was funny! Rock took it in stride, and asked why HHH is his favorite. Eugene said it's because HHH likes to play games. Rock said the only game HHH plays is "hide the strudel", but he seemed satisfied to be Eugene's second favorite wrestler. Rock told Eugene a fun new game would be one where Coach's candy ass gets kicked all over San Diego. They were about to put a whipping on the distraught Coach, but Garrison Cade, Coach's ally, ran in and attacked Rock. Rock quickly rallied and beat the crap out of Cade, flattening him with a spinebuster. Rock then lariated Coach and gave him a Rock Bottom. He allowed Eugene to nail Coach with the people's elbow. Great segment!

Smackdown Rebound featured highlights of the Eddie Guerrero vs. John Bradshaw Layfield feud, including clips of their bloodbath match at Judgment Day.

Kane won the over-the-top rope battle royal in 22:00 to earn the World Title shot at the Bad Blood PPV in June. This match ended up having only 18 participants instead of the previously announced 20. Matt Hardy was reported to be too injured to participate due to the earlier beating, and Christian was said to still be injured from last week's cage match. Couldn't they have at least put a couple of jobbers in as substitutes? Anyway, as the match began, the four Evolution guys all stood side-by-side as if to say to the other 14 that they were a unit. That didn't seem like a smart move, as it would only encourage the other 14 to operate as a unit against them. The bell rang and Kane almost immediately eliminated Johnny Nitro. Steven Richards went out next. Kane then ousted Rosey. Kane, who got put over huge in this match, hurled Hurricane out. But Rosey caught Hurricane, and the rules were that both feet must hit the floor for an elimination. Actually, it kind of looked like both did hit the floor, as Rosey didn't catch Hurricane all that well, though I can't be sure that that's the case. Rosey rolled Hurricane back in as the show went into a commercial break. When the action returned, Rob Conway was eliminated. HHH eliminated both Val Venis and Maven. This was Maven's first RAW appearance in months due to a legit injury. Soon, Sylvan Grenier, Garrison Cade, Rhyno, and Hurricane were ousted. And they went to another commercial break. Jericho backdropped Flair and eliminated him, for the first Evolution setback in this match. Jericho, by the way, was nearly eliminated several times but kept skinning the cat and holding on. Batista finally managed to hurl Jericho out, and he landed kind of dangerously on the stairs. Kane went wild and chokeslammed HHH, Orton, Edge, and Benjamin. Kane and Batista slugged it out, ending with Batista giving Kane a spinebuster. Edge came up and eliminated Batista. Edge then speared HHH, but before Edge could go further, Orton eliminated him. HHH & Orton went at it with Benjamin as Kane remained laid out from Batista's spinebuster. Benjamin was nearly ousted several times. He did a great springboard splash on both HHH & Orton. Benjamin eliminated Orton, followed by HHH ousting Benjamin. This left HHH and Kane in there. Just as HHH seemed to have Kane reeling, Shawn Michaels charged in. The Heartbreak Kid pounded HHH and hit him with a flying forearm. HBK hurled HHH over the top for the final elimination. It didn't make a whole lot of sense that a guy who was not only not in the match, but was under suspension, could eliminate someone, but that's what happened. So Kane was the winner. HBK escaped through the crowd as HHH threw a fit. JR was happy to see HBK get revenge on HHH for costing him the World Title two weeks ago. He kept screaming "How does it feel?" at HHH, as in, how does it feel to be screwed? Lawler said HBK would regret doing this. HHH seethed in the ring as the broadcast ended. It was an above average battle royal with strong heat.

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS:

Does Orton ever wine and dine himself, and then take himself to a cheap motel?

Why didn't they at least let Maven cut a promo on his first night back?

If Bischoff really wants rid of Eugene, why not put him in a handicap match against all four Evolution members?

Or how about a steel cage match against Kane, in which fire is legal?

If HHH is Eugene's favorite, does that mean Eugene will start using a sledgehammer in his matches?

Any bets on how likely it is that the Bad Blood title match ends up a three way?

2005 - WWE ran Sioux City, IA at the Tyson Events Center, drawing 3,000 fans for a Smackdown taping with the following results:

-Rene Dupree defeated Chad Murdock.

Velocity:
-WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury (with Melina) defeated Stevie Lee & Jason Bates at 4:38 when Mercury pinned Lee following the Snapshot.
-Nunzio & Sho Funaki defeated Akio & Spike Dudley at 6:40 when Funaki pinned Spike with an Oklahoma side roll.
-Chavo Guerrero pinned Shannon Moore with the Gory Bomb at 5:53.

Smackdown:
-Scotty 2 Hotty defeated John Bradshaw Layfield via disqualification at 1:54 when JBL refused to let Scotty out of the corner; after the bout, JBL choked Scotty with a belt until he said "I quit".
-Booker T pinned Mark Jindrak at 2:44 with the scissors kick; moments prior to the bout, Booker confronted Jindrak backstage after he implied Sharmell was a gutter slut; Booker then brawled with Jindrak through the backstage area, through the crowd, and into the ring.
-John Heidenreich pinned WWE US Champion Orlando Jordan in a non-title match at 3:03 with a sidewalk slam.
-Hardcore Holly pinned WWE Smackdown! Tag Team Champion Joey Mercury (with WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champion Johnny Nitro & Melina) at 4:51 with the Alabama Slam.
-WWE World Champion John Cena defeated Doug & Danny Basham in a handicap match at 8:53 by pinning Danny with the FU.

2006 - PWInsider.com broke news that WWE was in negotiations to bring a revived ECW series to the Sci Fi Channel.