Monthly Archives: October 2008

An Interesting Read from an old interview with Bill Watts…

Oct 30

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I was rummaging through RSPW-legend Herb Kunze’s “Tidbits” (thats what she said) today and came across this awesome gem from 2/9/95. Check it out. It’s worth reading in full because well, I didn’t write it. Oh man, I totally just zing’d myself. Read the rest of this entry →

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Clash of the Champions #30 (01.95)

Oct 29

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WCW Clash of the Champions 30
January 25, 1995
Las Vegas, NV
Caesar’s Palace

The current WCW Champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Vader (12/27/1994)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (1/15/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Arn Anderson (1/8/1995)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. Read the rest of this entry →

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Royal Rumble 1995

Oct 29

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WWF Royal Rumble
January 22, 1995
Tampa, FL
The Sundome

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Diesel (11/26/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Razor Ramon (8/29/1994)
World Tag Team Champions: vacant (11/23/1994)
Women’s Champion: Bull Nakano (11/20/1994)

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry →

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Monday Night Raw (01.16.95)

Oct 29

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WWF Monday Night Raw
January 16, 1995
Houston, TX
The Summit
(taped on 1/9/1995)

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Diesel (11/26/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Razor Ramon (8/29/1994)
World Tag Team Champions: vacant (11/23/1994)
Women’s Champion: Bull Nakano (11/20/1994)

Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels! Heck yeah. Read the rest of this entry →

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WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles History

Oct 23

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Champion Won From Date City/Event
Kid Romeo &
Elix Skipper		 Rey Mysterio &
Billy Kidman		 3/18/2001 Greed[1]
Rey Mysterio &
Billy Kidman		 Kid Romeo &
Elix Skipper		 3/26/2001 Monday Nitro
In March 2001, WWE buys out WCW and the title was retired.

Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final to crown the first ever WCW Cruiserweight tag team champions.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

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WCW World Six-Man Tag Team Titles History

Oct 23

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Champion Won From Date City/Event
Junkyard Dog,
Ricky Morton &
Tommy Rich		 Buddy Landel,
Dutch Mantel &
Dr. X		 2/17/1991 Atlanta, GA[1]
The Freebirds &
Badstreet		 Junkyard Dog,
Ricky Morton &
Tommy Rich		 6/3/1991 Worldwide
Dustin Rhodes,
Big Josh &
Tom Zenk		 The Freebirds &
Badstreet		 8/24/1991 Worldwide
The
York Foundation		 Dustin Rhodes,
Big Josh &
Tom Zenk		 10/8/1991 Main Event
The titles would be retired by November 1991.

Footnotes:
[1]: No tournament or anything, just two teams put together to revive the titles.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

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WCW Hardcore Title History

Oct 23

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Champion Won From Date City/Event
Norman Smiley Brian Knobbs 11/21/1999 Mayhem[1]
Brian Knobbs Norman Smiley 1/12/2000 Thunder
Bam Bam
Bigelow		 Brian Knobbs 2/7/2000 Monday Nitro
Brian Knobbs (2) Bam Bam
Bigelow		 2/20/2000 Superbrawl 2000
3 Count Brian Knobbs 2/28/2000 Monday Nitro[2]
Brian Knobbs (3) 3 Count 3/19/2000 UnCeNSoReD[3]
Terry Funk Norman Smiley 4/16/2000 Spring Stampede[4]
Shane Douglas Terry Funk 5/22/2000 Monday Nitro
Terry Funk (2) Shane Douglas 5/24/2000 Thunder[5]
Eric Bischoff Terry Funk 6/5/2000 Monday Nitro
The Mamalukes – 6/7/2000 Thunder[6]
Big Vito (2) Johnny the Bull 6/19/2000 Monday Nitro[7]
Lance Storm Big Vito 7/24/2000 Monday Nitro[8]
Carl Oulette – 7/24/2000 Monday Nitro[9]
Norman Smiley
(2)		 Carl Oulette 8/14/2000 Monday Nitro[10]
Reno Sgt. AWOL 10/2/2000 Monday Nitro[11]
Crowbar Reno 11/8/2000 Thunder
Terry Funk (3) Crowbar 12/17/2000 Starrcade
Meng Terry Funk 1/14/2001 Sin[12]
In March 2001, WWE buys out WCW and the title is retired because the WWF already had a hardcore title at the time.

Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final match to determine the first ever WCW Hardcore champion.
[2]: All three members of 3 Count (Shannon Moore, Shane Helms and Evan Karagias) pinned Knobbs simultaneously to win the title.
[3]: Once the Russo/Bischoff era started on 4/10/2000, all the titles were made vacant as they reset the company.
[4]: Due to the Hardcore title being vacant, Terry Funk and Norman Smiley were chosen to compete and the winner would capture the title.
[5]: This was a handicap match with Funk and Smiley taking on Shane Douglas. Terry Funk scored the pinfall and therefore regained the title.
[6]: Bischoff awarded the WCW Hardcore title to both Johnny the Bull and Big Vito of the Mamalukes tag team and deemed them as co-champions.
[7]: Vito pinned Johnny the Bull to become the undisputed WCW Hardcore champion.
[8]: When Lance Storm won the title, he changed the name of the belt to the Saskatchewan Hardcore International title. Turn it into an acronym, and you’ll see the joke.
[9]: Storm awarded the belt to fellow Canadian Carl Oulette to make him the new champion.
[10]: Acting WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders vacated the title and started up a tournament.
[11]: This was a tournament final. Sgt. AWOL actually won the match, but acting WCW Commissioner Mike Sanders overturned the decision and gave the belt to Reno.
[12]: The belt became vacant once Meng left for the WWF to appear at the Royal Rumble. With Meng’s departure from the company, WCW basically abandoned the belt.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

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WCW World Television Title History

Oct 23

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Champion Won From Date City/Event
Arn Anderson Tom Zenk 1/14/1991 Main Event[1]
Bobby Eaton Arn Anderson 5/19/1991 Superbrawl I
Steve Austin Bobby Eaton 6/29/1991 Worldwide
Barry Windham Steve Austin 5/9/1992 Saturday Night
Steve Austin (2) Barry Windham 6/13/1992 Worldwide
Ricky Steamboat Steve Austin 9/2/1992 Clash 20
Scott Steiner Ricky Steamboat 9/29/1992 Worldwide[2]
Paul Orndorff Erik Watts 3/2/1993 Power Hour[3]
Ricky Steamboat (2) Paul Orndorff 8/18/1993 Clash 24
Lord Steven Regal Ricky Steamboat 9/19/1993 Fall Brawl
Larry Zbyszko Lord Steven Regal 5/2/1994 Saturday Night
Lord Steven Regal (2) Larry Zbyszko 6/23/1994 Clash 27
Johnny B. Badd Lord Steven Regal 9/18/1994 Fall Brawl
Arn Anderson (2) Johnny B. Badd 1/8/1995 Main Event
Renegade Arn Anderson 6/18/1995 Great American Bash
Diamond Dallas Page Renegade 9/17/1995 Fall Brawl
Johnny B. Badd (2) Diamond Dallas Page 10/29/1995 Halloween Havoc
Lex Luger Johnny B. Badd 2/17/1996 Baltimore, MD
Johnny B. Badd (3) Lex Luger 2/18/1996 Norfolk, VA
Lex Luger (2) Johnny B. Badd 3/6/1996 Saturday Night
Lord Steven Regal (3) Lex Luger 8/20/1996 Saturday Night
Prince Iaukea Lord Steven Regal 2/17/1997 Monday Nitro
Ultimo Dragon Prince Iaukea 4/7/1997 Monday Nitro
Lord Steven Regal (4) Ultimo Dragon 5/18/1997 Slamboree
Ultimo Dragon (2) Lord Steven Regal 7/21/1997 Monday Nitro
Alex Wright Ultimo Dragon 8/21/1997 Clash 35
Disco Inferno Alex Wright 9/22/1997 Monday Nitro
Perry Saturn Disco Inferno 11/3/1997 Monday Nitro
Disco Inferno (2) Perry Saturn 12/8/1997 Monday Nitro
Booker T Disco Inferno 12/29/1997 Monday Nitro
Rick Martel Booker T 2/16/1998 Monday Nitro
Booker T (2) Rick Martel 2/23/1998 Superbrawl VIII
Chris Benoit Booker T 4/30/1998 Thunder
Booker T (3) Chris Benoit 5/1/1998 Greenville, SC
Chris Benoit (2) Booker T 5/2/1998 Charleston, SC
Booker T (4) Chris Benoit 5/3/1998 Savannah, GA
Fit Finley Booker T 5/4/1998 Monday Nitro
Booker T (5) Fit Finley 6/14/1998 Great American Bash
Chris Jericho Stevie Ray 8/12/1998 Thunder
Konnan Chris Jericho 11/30/1998 Monday Nitro
Scott Steiner (2) Konnan 12/31/1998 Thunder
Booker T (6) Scott Steiner 3/14/1999 UnCeNSoReD
Rick Steiner Booker T 5/9/1999 Slamboree
Chris Benoit (3) Rick Steiner 9/13/1999 Monday Nitro
Rick Steiner (2) Chris Benoit 10/24/1999 Halloween Havoc
Scott Hall Rick Steiner 11/21/1999 Mayhem[4]
Jim Duggan – 2/16/2000 Thunder[5]

Footnotes:
[1]: When WCW withdrew from the NWA in January 1991, Arn Anderson’s NWA World Television title reign carried over into the first WCW World Television title reign.
[2]: The title became vacant when Scott Steiner left WCW for the WWF.
[3]: This is a tournament final.
[4]: Hall wins the WCW WOrld TV belt by forfeit. Since he’s already the WCW U.S. champion, he throws the TV belt in the trashcan on the 11/29/99 edition of Nitro.
[5]: Duggan finds the TV belt in the dumpster and claims the title. During the Russo and Bischoff reset of WCW on 4/10/2000, the WCW World TV title was finally retired.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

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WCW International World Title History

Oct 22

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Champion Won From Date City/Event
Ric Flair – 9/1993 –[1]
Rick Rude Ric Flair 9/19/1993 Fall Brawl
Hiroshi Hase Rick Rude 3/16/1994 Japan
Rick Rude (2) Hiroshi Hase 3/24/1994 Japan
Sting Rick Rude 4/17/1994 Spring Stampede
Rick Rude (3) Sting 5/1/1994 Japan[2]
Sting (2) Vader 5/22/1994 Slamboree[3]
Ric Flair (2) Sting 6/23/1994 Clash 27[4]

Footnotes:
[1]: WCW withdrew from the NWA for good in September 1993 and turned the Big Gold belt which Flair was the possessor of into the WCW International World title.
[2]: Even though Rude won the match, he suffered a career ending injury which caused him to forfeit the title.
[3]: Sting defeated Vader to reclaim the title when it was up for grabs due to Rude’s career ending injury.
[4]: As the WCW World Champion, Ric Flair defeated Sting to unify the titles.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

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WCW U.S. Tag Team Titles History

Oct 22

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Champion Won From Date City/Event
Rick &
Scott Steiner		 – 1/1/1991 –[1]
The Freebirds The Young
Pistols		 5/19/1991 Superbrawl I[2]
The Patriots The Freebirds 8/12/1991 World Championship
Wrestling
The Young
Pistols		 The Patriots 11/5/1991 Worldwide
Ron Simmons &
Big Josh		 The Young
Pistols		 1/14/1992 Main Event
Greg Valentine
& Taylor
Made Man		 Ron Simmons &
Big Josh		 2/17/1992 Main Event
The Freebirds
(2)		 Greg Valentine
& Taylor
Made Man		 5/17/1992 WrestleWar
Dick Slater &
The Barbarian		 The Freebirds 6/25/1992 Main Event[3]

Footnotes:
[1]: When WCW withdrew from the NWA in January 1991, the Steiners U.S. tag title reign carried over into the first WCW U.S. Tag Team title reign. They won the WCW World Tag Team titles in March and therefore had to relinquish the belts.
[2]: This was a tournament final.
[3]: The WCW U.S. Tag Team titles were retired in July 1992.

Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com

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