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WWF: Monday Night Raw (09.09.96)

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Monday Night Raw
September 9, 1996
Wheeling, WV
Civic Center

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Vacant (8/12/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Smoking Gunns (5/26/96)

Your hosts are Kevin Kelly, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler.
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Top 20 Clash of the Champions Matches!

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Now that I have completed all 35 episodes of the Clash of the Champions, I’ve compiled a Top 20 list to commemorate the best of the show. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry

WWF: Monday Night Raw (08.19.96)

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Monday Night Raw
August 19, 1996
Wheeling, WV
Civic Center

The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Shawn Michaels (3/31/96)
Intercontinental Champion: Vacant (8/12/96)
World Tag Team Champions: The Smoking Gunns (5/26/96)

Show starts with stills from SummerSlam recapping Paul Bearer’s betrayal.

Your hosts are Kevin Kelly, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. So strange not hearing Vince McMahon’s voice. Read the rest of this entry

WWF: Raw is War (07.21.97)

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WWF: Raw is War
July 21, 1997
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Metro Centre

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Steve Austin & Dude Love (7/14/1997)

Back to Canada. The Hart Foundation are babyfaces again!

Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry

WWF: Raw is War (07.14.97)

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WWF: Raw is War
July 14, 1997
San Antonio, TX
Freeman Coliseum

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Vacant (6/16/1997)

They kick things off with a video package detailing how beloved the Hart Foundation were on the brief tour of western Canada, and how they expect the reaction to be quite different here tonight in Texas.

Your hosts are Vince McMahon & Jim Ross. Read the rest of this entry

WWF: IYH XVI – Canadian Stampede (07.97)

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WWF: In Your House – Canadian Stampede
July 6, 1997
Calgary, AB, Canada
The Saddledome

The current WWF champs were as follows:
World Champion: The Undertaker (3/23/1997)
Intercontinental Champion: Owen Hart (4/28/1997)
European Champion: Davey Boy Smith (3/3/1997)
World Tag Team Champions: Vacant (6/16/1997)

Your hosts are Vince McMahon, Jim Ross, and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry

WWE – WarGames: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches

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WarGames: WCW’s Most Notorious Matches
Three-Disc Set
Released: June 24, 2013

DISC ONE

Your host is the legendary, funky like a monkey, son of a plumber, wined and dined with kings and queens, slept in allies and ate pork and beans, Ole Anderson couldn’t take him out with the steel-toed boot, three-time NWA world champion, inventor of the WarGames concept if you will, none other than the “American Dream” Dusty Rhodes. Read the rest of this entry

Championship Wrestling from Florida: (03.14.87)

Championship Wrestling from Florida
March 14, 1987
Tampa, FL
(Taped on 3/11/87)

The NWA & CWF champions were as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair (8/9/1986)
NWA U.S. Heavyweight Champion: Nikita Koloff (8/17/1986)
NWA World Tag Team Champions: Manny Fernandez & Rick Rude (12/6/1986)
NWA U.S. Tag Team Champions: Barry Windham & Ronnie Garvin (12/9/1986)
NWA World Television Champion: Tully Blanchard (11/27/1986)

NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion: Ed Gantner (2/1987)
NWA Florida Tag Team Champions: The Southern Boys (2/21/1987)

When the CWF merged with Jim Crockett Promotions in February, this show evolved into what could be considered a more intimate extension of what they would see every Saturday night at 6:05PM on the MUTHASHIP. They only kept the two Florida titles while bringing in other NWA wrestlers to wrestle, do interviews, and hype upcoming shows.

Your hosts are Gordon Solie & Buddy Colt. Read the rest of this entry

Championship Wrestling from Florida: (11.19.83)

Championship Wrestling from Florida
November 19, 1983
Tampa, FL
(Taped on 11/16/83)

The NWA & CWF champions were as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Harley Race (6/10/1983)
NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion: Mike Rotunda (9/24/1983)
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion: Barry Windham (9/19/1983)
NWA U.S. Tag Team Champions: Dusty Rhodes & Blackjack Mulligan (11/5/1983)
NWA Bahamas Champion: Dusty Rhodes (7/1983)
NWA Florida Brass Knuckles Champion: Blackjack Mulligan (9/1983)

Your hosts are Gordon Solie & Buddy Colt. Read the rest of this entry

Championship Wrestling from Florida: (07.31.82)

Championship Wrestling from Florida
July 31, 1982
Tampa, FL
(Taped on 7/28/82)

The NWA & CWF champions were as follows:
NWA World Heavyweight Champion: Ric Flair (9/17/1981)
NWA Southern Heavyweight Champion: Sweet Brown Sugar (7/25/1982)
NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion: Brian Blair (7/11/1982)

Your host is Gordon Solie. Read the rest of this entry