Wrestling History Today - Aug 28th
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1986 - Wahoo McDaniel defeats Tully Blanchard for the NWA National Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles, California. Wahoo would be the final National champion, as he would lose a title unification match to U.S. Champion Nikita Koloff one month later.
1989 - WWF held their Summerslam Pay-per-view at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Here are the results:
- The Brainbusters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) defeated The Hart Foundation when Blanchard pinned Hart after Anderson came off the top rope and hit Hart while the referee was distracted.
- Dusty Rhodes, in his first WWF PPV match, defeated The Honky Tonk Man with the Bionic Elbow after Jimmy Hart accidentally hit Honky with his guitar. This was also the debut of the infamous "polka dot" outfit for Rhodes.
- Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig defeated Red Rooster Terry Taylor with the Perfectplex.
- Rick Martel & The Rougeau Brothers defeated Tito Santana & The Rockers when Martel pinned Marty Jannetty with a clothesline as Jannetty had Raymond rolled up for a cover.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated Rick Rude to win the WWF Intercontinental Title with a back suplex and splash after Roddy Piper distracted Rude by coming to ringside, lifting his kilt and mooning him.
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Demolition defeated Andre The Giant, Akeem & Big Bossman when Smash pinned Akeem after Duggan hit Akeem with his 2/4..
- Hercules Hernandez defeated Greg Valentine via disqualification. Valentine pinned Hercules with his feet on the ropes, but Ronnie Garvin, the guest ring announcer, announced that Valentine was disqualified for cheating and Hercules was the winner, then knocked out Valentine.
- Ted DiBiase defeated Jimmy Snuka via countout when Snuka was chasing Virgil at ringside. After the match, Snuka gave Virgil the Superfly Splash while DiBiase escaped.
- Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake, with Elizabeth, defeated Randy Savage & Zeus, with Sherri Martel, when Hogan pinned Zeus after he was hit with Martel's loaded pocketbook. After the match, Elizabeth cut off the (fake) ponytail of Martel.
1994 - Shawn Michaels & Diesel defeat The Headshrinkers for the WWF World Tag Team Title in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Headshrinkers would be the final tag team champions managed/advised by Captain Lou Albano.
1995 - PG-13 defeat Terry Gordy & Tracey Smothers in a tournament final for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, stating their ninth reign as champs. The belts had been stripped off of previous champions the Heavenly Bodies after a controversial match with PG-13 on August 21st.
2000 - Kevin Nash defeats Booker T for the WCW World Heavyweight Title in Las Cruces, New Mexico, starting his fifth and final WCW World Title reign.
2002 - WWE announced that Vince McMahon and Linda McMahon would not receive bonuses for 2002 due to a downturn in performance caused by declining ratings and lower pay-per-view purchases. A Reuters story reported Vince McMahon was paid $900,000 and Linda McMahon was paid $675,000 in bonuses last year. Instead, Vince McMahon continued to draw his $1 Million salary and Linda McMahon will draw $750,000 for the year.
2002 - WWE ran Uncasville, CT with a Smackdown taping at the Mohegan Sun Casino Arena. Ron Lemieux filed the following live report:
They said it was sold out but there were spotty empty seats. It seats 10,000, so I would guesstimate 9,000.
Dark Match- Mike Awesome over Slyk Wagner Brown.
Velocity - Billy & Chuck over Bob Holly & Randy Orton
Jaime Noble beat Funaki
Mark Henry over Albert (as bad as it sounds)
Chavo Guerrero beat Hurricane.
Smackdown - Stephanie came out to open the show and talked about Brock being exclusive to Smackdown. She made light of Raw's #1 contender's match and then said they would determine the #1 contender tonight with a series of matches and whoever was left in the end would be the #1 contender. It wasn't an elimination type tourney but a gauntlet style.
In other words, 2 wrestlers were matched up. Whoever won would face someone else, etc.
The first 2 men in it were Eddie Guerrero and Edge. Eddie won with a frog splash after using a chair.......In the back Matt Hardy begged Steph to let him face Eddie next. She said no and gave the bout to Rikishi........D-Von Dudley over John Cena. Batista came out after and attacked Dudley.......Rey Misterio beat Rico with a 619 and the hurricanrana.......Bob Holly asked Steph if he could face the Rikishi - Eddie winner but Dawn Marie came and told Steph she had an important phone call. .......
Steph's on the phone with someone in the hotel connected to the casino that is on the Raw team but wants to jump.
Matt Hardy comes in and hangs the phone up on Steph but not before she has Dawn Marie bring this person papers to sign........ Rikishi beats Guerrero with a savate kick to move on in the series. Chris Benoit hits the ring the he and Eddie double on Rikishi until Edge makes the save.......Steph gives Benoit the shot against Rikishi......Shannon Moore over Tajiri with hurricane, Noble, and Nidia at ringside.......Benoit beats Rikishi with crossface.......Interview with Angle in the back first talking about beating Misterio at SS but then saying Steph told him he'll face Benoit in final match to determine #1 contender.......
By the way, when Hardy hung the phone up on Steph earlier, she was so mad she told him he would face Brock Lesnar in a non
title bout........So, Brock beat Hardy with the F-5........
Dawn Marie brought the papers back signed and Steph said the Benoit-Angle match just got turned into a triple threat match with her new signee......So Benoit and Angle make their entrances and then Steph comes out on the ramp and intro's her new Smackdown guy, much to all of our chagrin it's the Undertaker.
So since Rock and Austin are gone, it will still be the old boy network as Taker will run Smack and Triple H, Raw. Too bad
because if the brass would listen to the pop Edge got (a Rock like one tonight) they could have given him the ball until they turn Angle.
Taker of course wins the match after giving Benoit the last ride. Good bout though especially the last few minutes. Made me sick though to watch Angle have Taker in the ankle lock the same time Benoit had Taker in the cossface and he doesn't submit....... (when Stephanie announced Undertaker as now being on Smackdown and he came out, the place went ballistic.)
Misterio got a huge pop as well tonight.
2002 - NWA: TNA ran their weekly Wednesday night PPV. Buck Woodward filed the following PPV report:
The August 28th edition of NWA: Total Nonstop Action (taped 8/21) started with footage of Brian Lawler arriving, and Goldylocks trying to find out what Jeff Jarrett did to upset him. As he was about to tell her, Jeff Jarrett ambushed him, beating him down and saying he didn't know what was bothering Lawler, but he was sick of being attacked from behind. Jarrett pounded Lawler until security pulled him off.
The first match was Kid Kash vs. The Amazing Red. They traded arm wringers and hammerlocks, each reversing the other. Kash landed on his feet off a Red monkeyflip. They continued to trade holds, leg trips and counters, and stalemated. Kash shoved Red, and Red responded with a slap. Kash and Red traded armdrags and hiptosses, and stalemated again. Kash commented on Red's size, and Red called Kash an old man. Kash teased Red on a test of strength, and slapped Red after giving him the finger. Red faked a handshake and started punching Kash. Kash was backdropped to the apron, and Red elbowed him to the floor. Red hit a somersault senton over the top rope, but Kash took advantage on the floor, whipping Red into the rails and throwing a chair at his head. Kash continued the advantage in the ring, applying a Boston Crab, then lifting Red and slamming him down. Kash dropped an elbow for a two count. Red came back with a spinkick for a two count. Red ran into an elbow, then ran into a second rope clothesline. Kash hit a gutwrench powerbomb, and slapped Red across the back. Red hit a sunsetflip for a two count, then a drop kick. Red hit a reverse side slam from the second rope, and worked over Kash with punches. Kash backdropped Red to the apron, and Red hit an elbow and went to the top rope. Kash joined him, and hit a press slam, while standing on the top rope, driving Red to the mat. Kash crawled over for a two count. They traded slaps on the mat, then Red hit a series of kicks in the corner. Red missed a charge, got hung in the corner, and Kash hit a slingshot legdrop for a two count. Kash kicked away a backdrop, then walked up the ropes to deliver a bodypress for a two count. Kash hit a double leg fisherman's style neckbreaker (the Bankruptcy) and got the pin on Red.
Red offered to shake Kash's hand after the match, but Kash clotheslined him. The Maximos hit the ring, and Kash tried to fight them off, but the SAT gave him the Spanish Fly to lay him out.
The TNA Girls danced.
Goldylocks interviewed Sonny Siaki, who was referring to himself in the third person again, as well as trading verbal barbs with Goldy. Siaki put himself over, and showed no concern over facing Monty Brown.
Sonny Siaki vs. Monty Brown was next. Brown took the mic, and promised to get revenge on Jeff Jarrett for involving himself in his world title match last week. Brown and Siaki locked up, and Brown backed him into the corner. Brown hit some rights and chops, and tossed Siaki over the top rope to the floor. Outside, Brown missed a charge and ran into the guardrail. Siaki whipped Brown into the rail and chopped him. Brown reversed a whip and sent Siaki into the rail and chopped him, then rammed him into the rail again. The fans on one side chanted "over here" and Brown whipped him into that rail, then stomped and pounded him. Brown got a two count after getting back in. Brown got another two with a side slam. Brown hit a back elbow for a two count, but Siaki got his foot on the ropes. Brown hooked the leg, but Siaki kicked out. Brown chopped Siaki and hit a running splash in the corner. Brown hit a double underhook suplex for a two count. Brown hit a vertical suplex for two. Brown continued his assault on Siaki, then applied a rear chinlock. Siaki fought up, but was laid out with a clothesline. Brown went for a backdrop, but Siaki grabbed him with a DDT. Siaki hit a series of stomps, and a clothesline for a two count. Brown stopped a whip and hit a vertical suplex. They exchanged punches, and Brown hit a double underhook suplex. Brown almost lost the handle on a powerslam, held on to it, then turned it into a uranage (the Alphalution). Jeff Jarrett came to ringside, distracting Brown and the referee. Siaki hit a low blow and rolled up Brown for the pin.
The Bullet and Bob Armstrong appeared on the stage, and Jarrett backed up to ringside, where Brown started pounding him with right hands. Brian Lawler appeared in the crowd, and started choking Jarrett with his belt. Security broke up the brawl, as Lawler screamed that he wanted Jarrett.
Goldylocks interviewed Slash and Kobain. Slash introduced Kobain as his brother, saying "the thrill of suicide is what he lives for". Both gave very gothic interviews.
The four team elimination match was next, with the winner getting into the Tag Team Gauntlet For the Gold. The participants are The Backseat Boys, Slash & Kobain, The Hot Shots, and Chris Harris & James Storm. Johnny Kashmere started with Cassidy O'Reilly hitting a spinebuster. O'Reilly tagged Trent Acid, so Acid and Kashmere had to wrestle each other. They exchanged some moves, then high fived each other, danced arounf, and dropkicked Slash off the ring apron. Things turned into a brawl, with the Backseat Boys unleashing a ton of double teams on the Hot Shots. O'Reilly and Acid moonsaulted onto the floor, where Slash, Kobain, Storm and Harris were fighting. Kashmere hit a somersault senton from the top to the pile. Chase Stevens hit a shooting star press from the top onto the pile, barely completing the flip. The brawl continued on the floor, then Chase Stevens worked over Acid in the ring with punches. Slash tagged himself in off of Chase, without Acid realizing it. Slash grabbed Acid in the Slash N' Burn neckbreaker and pinned Acid. The Backseat Boys are eliminated.
Slash and Kobain hit a backbreaker/kneedrop on Stevens. Stevens came back, and Kobain tagged in Harris. Stevens and O'Reilly worked over Harris, and sandwiched him with a double dropkick to the head, but Storm broke up the cover. Harris and O'Reilly traded chops, and O'Reilly raked the eyes. Harris ducked a clothesline and hit a chop. O'Reilly hit a backbreaker and went for a moonsault but Harris got the knees up. Harris tagged Kobain, who was tagged by Storm as he fought O'Reilly. Storm pinned O'Reilly with a swinging reverse DDT. The Hotshots are eliminated.
Slash went to work on Storm, beating him down and hitting a whirly bird powerbomb for a two count. Kobain tagged in, and tossed Storm to the floor, then hit a somersault senton off the top. Slash tossed his partner and Storm back in the ring. Slash tagged in and hit an elbow on Storm. Ron Harris & Brian Lee came to ringside, and complained about not being in the match. Storm hit an enzugiri and tagged Harris. Harris hit a Thesz press on Slash, and a bulldog on Kobain, taking on both men. All four men got involved, and Storm hit a superkick on Slash. Kobain went for a tornado DDT, but Storm placed him on the apron and superkicked him to the floor. Slash hit a stunner on Storm, but Harris broke it up. Slash went for the neckbreaker on Harris, who blocked it and hit a swinging uranage for the pin. Storm and Harris get to wrestle in the Gauntlet for the Gold.
Brian Lee and Ron Harris ran in and attacked Chris Harris & James Storm. The other teams ran back in, and a huge brawl ensued with Ron Harris & Brian Lee tossing everyone over the top rope, which is the way you eliminate teams in the Guantlet. The announcers put over that Lee & R. Harris deserved to be in the Gauntlet.
Jeff Jarrett confronted Bob Armstrong (calling him Bullet) telling him he needed to get some order in TNA. Jarrett promised to reveal who was under the mask, beat him, then come back for Armstrong. Armstrong wouldn't back down from Jarrett.
Miss TNA Bruce vs. April Hunter was next. Bruce took the mic, saying all the men wanted to be with him, and all the women wanted to be him. He said April Hunter had accepted his open challenge for the Miss TNA crown. They got nose to nose, and Bruce shoved her back. April hit a forearm and chop, and followed with a Japanese armdrag and a clothesline. April hit a chop and a headscissors. Bruce went to the apron, and yanked April throat first across the top rope. Bruce stomped April, tossed her by the hair, and rammed her face into the mat. Bruce slammed her, and delivered a long vertical suplex. Bruce rammed her into the top turnbuckle and stomped her. Bruce snapmared her and slugged her, then tossed her by the hair again. April reversed a whip, but Bruce got a sunset flip off the middle rope for a two count. April went for a back suplex, but Bruce flipped over and stomped her. Bruce hit a powerbomb for the three count. Bruce remains Miss TNA.
After the match, Bruce went to unzip April's top, but Slyk Wagner Brown (called "Silk" Wagner Brown) came out to make the save and send Bruce to the floor.
Goldylocks interviewed Jimmy Yang & Jorge Estrada. They both said if Siaki crawled back to them, they didn't want him back in the Elvises. Siaki interrupted, and said if you take your vitamins and say your prayers, you will lose your hair. Yang and Estrada looked at Siaki, confused.
The SAT, Jose & Joel Maximo, vs. Jorge Estrada & Jimmy Yang, was next.
Joel started off with Estrada, trading holds, and counters, with neither getting an advantage, although both scored several two counts. Joel hit a kick to the leg, and applied a side headlock. Joel hit a rana, but Estrada brushed away a dropkick and hit a powerslam. The Elvises sent the Maximos to the floor, then hit simultaneous moonsaults on them. Joel was rolled back in for a two count. Estrada hit a slam and a Quebrada for a two count. Yang tagged in and hit an inside leg lariat for a two count. Yang hit a dropkick, walked up Joel in the corner, and pounded him with fists. Estrada came in with a slingshot elbow on Joel for a two count. Estrada ran into a boot, and Joel hit a springboard enzugiri, and a dropkick from the top to the back. Jose tagged in, and hit some rights. Joel tagged back in, and the SAT hit an assisted moonsault on Estrada for a two count. Jose came back in, but Estrada crotched him in the corner and hit a neckbreaker, then tagged Yang. Yang hit a vertical suplex, and kept the handle to deliver a neckbreaker before covering for two. Yang applied a headscissors. Estrada tagged in and pounded Jose on the mat, then covered for a two count. Jose battled up, but Estrada elbowed him back down. Yang gave Jose a neckbreaker over the top rope. Yang applied a front facelock. Mike Tenay pointed out that the SAT took a 17 hour bus ride to Nashville for their first TNA match, but earned a spot on the roster as a result, and are now flown to the shows. Estrada tagged in with a slingshot senton for a two count on Jose. Estrada hit a reverse elbow for another two count. Estrada slammed him, and went to the top rope. Jose kicked Estrada, crotching him on the top, then joined him on the top. Estrada hit a hiptoss into a neckbreaker from the top on Jose (the "All Shook Up"). Yang and Joel tagged in. Joel hit a running forearm, ran into a Yang boot, but hit an overhead double arm suplex. Jose monkeyflipped Estrada into a Joel spear. Yang dropkicked both men, and took them down with a clothesline and spinkick. Yang hit a neckbreaker on Joel for a two count, but Jose slammed him and hit a top rope legdrop. Estrada broke it up, DDT'd Jose and hit a springboard twisting senton, but Joel broke it up. Joel hit a German suplex and a Dragon suplex on Estrada for two count. Joel held onto the full nelson on Estrada, and Jose dropkicked him from the top. Yang hit a spinning leg lariat on Jose. Yang went to the top, but was crotched. The SAT were going for Spanish Fly, but Sonny Siaki ran in and crotched both Maximos on the top. Siaki left. Yang missed Yang Time on Jose, but hit a Fisherman's Buster for the win. Siaki smiled from the stage, then left.
The TNA Girls danced.
Goldylocks came to the ring to interview Brian Lawler. Lawler came out, and Goldylocks asked him what the issue is with Jarrett. Lawler commented on Goldylocks clothes, saying she must have thought this was a place to be a "floozy". He said this was a wrestling ring, and it was no place for a piece of trash like her. He ordered her out. Goldylocks smirked and walked away. Lawler called for silence from the crowd. Lawler said he was giving Jeff Jarrett five seconds to get in the ring. Jarrett didn't come out. Lawler said he wasn't surprised he didn't come out. He was about to tell us what Jarrett did, when he was interrupted by Ron Killings. Killings commented that Lawler thought he wasn't hear because of his concussion. Lawler told Killings he did not mean to hit him with a chair last week. Killings said there was no room for accidents. Lawler tried to make peace with Killings, but Killings promised that Lawler would find out what "The Truth" is all about. Lawler pleaded with Killings as he walked away. Lawler said that his problem with Jarrett had to do with his girlfriend, who was sitting at ringside. There was a "fan" with a camera sitting next to her, and she claimed the fan was taking pictures of her. Lawler shoved the photographer down, then walked out with his girlfriend. So we still don't know what Jarrett did, just that it had something to do with his girlfriend.
They showed footage from last week, when Jeff Jarrett brawled with The Bullet, and found out it was not Bob Armstrong.
Jeff Jarrett vs. The Bullet was next. Jarrett stomped The Bullet as he came out, and took the fight to the floor. Jarrett was in total control of the brawl on the floor, ramming him into the rails and hitting him with chairs as they moved into the crowd. Jarrett went to the announce table and stated he still wanted his title shot, then went back to beating on the Bullet. In the ring, Bullet came back with some punches and a kneedrop. Bullet hit a reverse atomic drop, then went for a pumphandle slam, but Jarrett floated over him and hit a low blow. Jarrett pulled out a pair of handcuffs, and cuffed Bullet to the top rope. Jarrett took the mic and a chair, and said he was going to knock him out, then pull off the mask. Bob Armstrong ran out and hit some rights, but the referee stopped him. Jarrett hit Armstrong with the chair, and tossed the referee. Jarrett started to punch the now bleeding Armstrong, while the handcuffed Bullet could only watch. Jarrett hit Armstrong with the chair again, while the fans chanted "one more time". Jarrett took the mic and said he was now going to find out the Bullet was, but security came in and stopped him, and they cut right away to Tenay and Don West for the hardsell for next week's X-Division special.
Highlights of last week's Best of Three between Jerry Lynn and AJ Styles was shown.
The main event was up, a Triple Ladder match for the X-Division championship with Low Ki vs. Jerry Lynn vs. AJ Styles.
Low Ki and Lynn started punching it out, while Styles went for one of the ladders at ringside. Lynn and Low Ki slid outside, Styles hit Lynn with the ladder, but Low Ki ducked and kicked the ladder into Styles. Low Ki pounded Styles in the ring, and hit a flying forearm. Styles hit kicks and punches, but missed an enzugiri, and Low Ki kicked him in the face. Lynn pulled Low Ki to the ropes for a legdrop, but Low Ki moved and kicked Lynn. Low Ki hit a springboard kick on Styles. Low Ki tried to suplex, Lynn, who floated over, ducked a kick and hit a spinning backbreaker. Lynn forearmed Low Ki, then went after Styles in the corner. Lynn hit a backdrop on Styles, and snapmared Low Ki and applied a surfboard. Styles bulldogged Ki out of it and kicked him on the mat. Lynn kicked Styles, and hit a vertical suplex. Lynn put Styles in a Boston Crab, but Low Ki kicked Lynn in the chest three times. Low Ki stomped Lynn, then kicked him in the chest. Ki slammed Lynn, then went after Styles, hitting a flip kick in the corner. Low Ki whipped Lynn into the corner. Low Ki went for a Ki Krusher on Styles, but instead of dropping, rammed him into Lynn. Low Ki grabbed a ladder, but Styles hit a baseball slide, sending it into Low Ki. All three men were on the floor, and Styles bridged the ladder between the guard rail and the ring apron. Low Ki hit a chop on Styles, but Styles responded with a kick. Styles hit a Hot Shot on Lynn into the ring apron. Styles and Low Ki battled on top of the bridged ladder, trading headbutts. Lynn joined them, and drove Ki and Styles face first into the ladder as he jumped off. Lynn brought the ladder into the ring. Styles grabbed at the ladder from the floor, and Lynn kicked it into Styles. Lynn set up the ladder, but Low Ki kicked Lynn off it and hit some chops. Low Ki collapsed the ladder, and Styles attacked him from behind. Styles hit a series of forearms and knees on Low Ki, but he tuned right into a forearm from Lynn. All three men exchanged shots, then Lynn and Styles hiptossed Low Ki into the ladder. Lynn decked Styles, then set a ladder in the corner. Lynn whipped Styles into the ladder, Styles flipped off it, and went for a DDT, but Lynn hit a released Northern Lights, tossing Styles into the ladder. Low Ki hit a kick to the face on Lynn, and went for a cover, but there are no pinfalls. Low Ki went for the Tidal Wave cartwheel kick, but Lynn blocked it and went for a powerbomb, but Low Ki reversed it into a rana, and Lynn went flying into the ladder. Styles rammed the ladder into Low Ki, then set it up. Low Ki and Styles fought up the ladder, but Ki knocked Styles back and Styles was hung upside down in the ladder. Low Ki unleashed kicks to the chest and head, and Styles finally fell off the ladder. Low Ki climbed up, but Lynn stopped him, and gave Low Ki a back suplex off the ladder. Styles hit a forearm on Low Ki, then kicked Lynn. Styles went to climb the ladder, but Low Ki stopped him. They fought on the ladder, but as Low Ki fell off, he dragged Styles down with him. Lynn started to climb the ladder, but Styles and Ki tipped it over, and Lynn hit the top turnbuckle. Low Ki grabbed a second ladder and placed it at ringside. Styles kicked Low Ki as he came in. Low Ki blocked a suplex and kicked Styles. Styles hit the moonsault into a reverse DDT on Low Ki. Lynn punched Styles in the corner, and grabbed a waistlock. Low Ki went for a springboard kick on Styles, but Styles ducked, and Lynn caught Low Ki and powerbombed him. Styles tossed in the second ladder, hitting Lynn in the head. Low Ki slid a third ladder in. Lynn and Styles battled in a corner, while Low Ki set up the ladder and started climbing up. Styles clotheslined Lynn. Styles and Low Ki battled atop the three ladders, and Low Ki put Styles in the Dragon Cutch while lying across the ladders. Lynn climbed up and punched Low Ki's hold off. Lynn was on the middle ladder, with Styles and Low Ki on ladders on either side of him. Lynn shoved the ladders. Low Ki balanced himself with one foot on the top rope, and pushed off, balancing his ladder again. Styles tried to do the same, missed, and crashed to the floor. Lynn and Low Ki then battled on the middle ladder, and Lynn grabbed Low Ki in a piledriver off the ladder to the mat. Lynn then climbed back up the ladder to grab the belt and end the show.
Jerry Lynn is the new X-Division champion.
Next Week: X-Division special featuring new interviews with Low Ki, Jerry Lynn, and AJ Styles, and the best of the X Division matches, including Ki, Lynn, Styles, Red, The Flying Elvises, and The SAT.
