Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1989

Royal Rumble

January 15, 1989
The
Summit
Houston
, Texas
Attendance: 19, 000
Buy Rate: 1.5
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura

Dark Matches
1)
Jim Powers (James Manley) defeated Barry Horowitz
2)
Sam Houston defeated Steve Lombardi
3)
King Haku (Uliuli Fifita) defeated Harley Race

Actual Show

1) The Hart Foundation & Jim Duggan defeat the Rougeau Brothers & Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) in a two-of-three falls match

Raymond Rougeau pins Bret Hart at 4:30

Jim Duggan pins Raymond Rougeau at 10:10

Bret Hart pins Dino Bravo at 14:55

Scott: The first PPV match of the New Year is a six-man tag that I’ve always had mixed feelings about.  On the one hand, Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Replay: WCW Nitro 3/31/97

WCW Nitro 3/31/97
Civic Center
Roanoke
, VA

Hour 1
Announcers: Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko

– We kick off this week’s show with a look back at the closing segment from last week’s show. Randy Savage was Read the rest of this entry

NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #7 7-31-2002

  • National Wrestling Alliance/Total Non-Stop Action presents Weekly PPV #7 7-31-2002

From: Nashville, Tennessee

NWA-TNA Opening Video

Mike Tenay, Don West and Ed Ferrera welcome everyone to the show. Read the rest of this entry

NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #6 7-24-2002

  • National Wrestling Alliance/Total Non-Stop Action presents Weekly PPV #6 7-24-2202

From: Nashville, Tennessee

Jeff Jarrett attacks security with a steel chair in the ring. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (06.17.96)

WCW Monday Nitro
June 17, 1996
Richmond, VA
Richmond Coliseum

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (4/29/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Konnan (1/29/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Sting & Lex Luger (1/22/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lex Luger (3/6/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Dean Malenko (5/18/1996)

HOUR NUMBER ONE!

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko.

They open the show with still shots of last night’s PPV. The meeting between Bischoff and the “interruption” airs, but they cut us off right before the powerbomb off the stage because they’re going to show that to us later. Oh Bischoff and your ratings-grabbing tricks. Read the rest of this entry

ROH on HDNet Review (06.27.09)

ROH on HDNet
Philadelphia, PA
June 27, 2009

Your hosts are Dave Prazak and Mike Hogewood. Read the rest of this entry

ECW Guilty as Charged 1999

ECW Guilty as Charged 99
January 10, 1999
Millennium Theatre
Kissimmee, FL

The current ECW champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shane Douglas (11/30/97)
Television Champion: Rob Van Dam (4/4/98)
Tag Team Champions: Sabu and Rob Van Dam (12/13/98)
Unrecognized FTW Champion: Sabu (12/19/98)

Your host is Joey Styles.

Paul Heyman is in a locker room yelling, notifying us that Masato Tanaka didn’t make it in from Japan and Jerry Lynn is still recovering from an injury, so you can scratch them off the card. Somehow he reasons that this means ECW doesn’t “jerk you around” like the “other guys” do. Read the rest of this entry

The Bash 2009

The Bash 2009, June 28, 2009, Arco Arena, Sacramento, CA

Announcers: The teams of: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross & Todd Grisham, and Josh Matthews & Matt Striker

On to The Bash now, Read the rest of this entry

ECW Heat Wave 1998

ECW Heat Wave ‘98
August 2, 1998
Hara Arena
Dayton, OH

The current ECW champions were as follows:
World Champion: Shane Douglas (11/30/97)
TV Champion: Rob Van Dam (4/4/98)
Tag Team Champions: Sabu and Rob Van Dam (6/27/98)
Unrecognized FTW Champion: Taz (5/14/98)

Your hosts are Joey Styles, Shane Douglas, and Francine (but she barely ever talks). Read the rest of this entry

Great American Bash 1996

WCW Great American Bash
June 16, 1996
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Arena

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: The Giant (4/29/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Konnan (1/29/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Sting & Lex Luger (1/22/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lex Luger (3/6/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Dean Malenko (5/18/1996)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes. Tony mentions the death of Dusty’s old tag team partner and friend, Dick Murdoch.

Sgt. Craig Pittman brings out the U.S. flag for the national anthem. Read the rest of this entry