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WWF’s Off The Top Rope (1995)
WWF Off the Top Rope
Released: 3/22/1995
We kick this VHS off with 16-Bit Video Game Strategy Tips with Todd Pettingell! I loved it when they did this. He offers codes for NBA Jam: Tournament Edition, True Lies and Warlock!
Your host is Ted DiBiase. As long as the WWF keeps paying, he’ll keep hosting. Read the rest of this entry
Monday Night Raw (01.16.95)
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
WCW U.S. Heavyweight Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lex Luger | – | 1/1/1991 | –[1] |
| Sting | Steve Austin | 8/25/1991 | Atlanta, GA[2] |
| Rick Rude | Sting | 11/19/1991 | Clash 17[3] |
| Dustin Rhodes | Ricky Steamboat | 1/16/1993 | Saturday Night[4] |
| Dustin Rhodes (2) | Rick Rude | 8/30/1993 | Atlanta, GA[5] |
| Steve Austin | Dustin Rhodes | 12/27/1993 | Starrcade |
| Ricky Steamboat | Steve Austin | 8/24/1994 | Clash 28 |
| Steve Austin (2) | Ricky Steamboat | 9/18/1994 | Fall Brawl[6] |
| Jim Duggan | Steve Austin | 9/18/1994 | Fall Brawl |
| Vader | Jim Duggan | 12/27/1994 | Starrcade |
| Sting (2) | Meng | 6/18/1995 | Great American Bash[7] |
| Kensuke Sasaki | Sting | 11/13/1995 | Japan |
| One Man Gang | Kensuke Sasaki | 12/27/1995 | Starrcade |
| Konnan | One Man Gang | 1/29/1996 | Monday Nitro |
| Ric Flair | Konnan | 7/7/1996 | Bash at the Beach[8] |
| Eddie Guerrero | Diamond Dallas Page | 12/29/1996 | Starrcade[9] |
| Dean Malenko | Eddie Guerrero | 3/16/1997 | UnCeNSoReD |
| Jeff Jarrett | Dean Malenko | 6/9/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Steve McMichael | Jeff Jarrett | 8/21/1997 | Clash 35 |
| Curt Hennig | Steve McMichael | 9/15/1997 | Monday Nitro |
| Diamond Dallas Page | Curt Hennig | 12/28/1997 | Starrcade |
| Raven | Diamond Dallas Page | 4/19/1998 | Spring Stampede |
| Bill Goldberg | Raven | 4/20/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart | Diamond Dallas Page | 7/20/1998 | Monday Nitro[10] |
| Lex Luger (2) | Bret Hart | 8/10/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart (2) | Lex Luger | 8/13/1998 | Thunder |
| Diamond Dallas Page (2) | Bret Hart | 10/26/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Bret Hart (3) | Diamond Dallas Page | 11/30/1998 | Monday Nitro |
| Roddy Piper | Bret Hart | 2/8/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Scott Hall | Roddy Piper | 2/21/1999 | Superbrawl IX[11] |
| Scott Steiner | Booker T | 4/11/1999 | Spring Stampede[12] |
| David Flair | – | 7/5/1999 | Monday Nitro[13] |
| Chris Benoit | David Flair | 8/9/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Sid Vicious | Chris Benoit | 9/12/1999 | Fall Brawl |
| Bill Goldberg (2) | Sid Vicious | 10/24/1999 | Halloween Havoc |
| Bret Hart (4) | Bill Goldberg | 10/25/1999 | Monday Nitro |
| Scott Hall (2) | Bret Hart | 11/8/1999 | Monday Nitro[14] |
| Chris Benoit (2) | Jeff Jarrett | 12/19/1999 | Starrcade |
| Jeff Jarrett (2) | Chris Benoit | 12/20/1999 | Monday Nitro[15] |
| Scott Steiner (2) | Sting | 4/16/2000 | Spring Stampede[16] |
| Lance Storm | Mike Awesome | 7/18/2000 | Monday Nitro[17] |
| Terry Funk | Lance Storm | 9/22/2000 | Amarillo, TX |
| Lance Storm (2) | Terry Funk | 9/23/2000 | Lubbock, TX |
| General Rection | Lance Storm | 10/29/2000 | Halloween Havoc[18] |
| Lance Storm (3) | General Rection | 11/13/2000 | Monday Nitro |
| General Rection (2) | Lance Storm | 11/26/2000 | Mayhem |
| Shane Douglas | General Rection | 1/14/2001 | Sin |
| Rick Steiner | Shane Douglas | 2/5/2001 | Monday Nitro |
| Booker T | Rick Steiner | 3/18/2001 | Greed |
| WWE buys out WCW and the title becomes defended on WWE programming. | |||
| Kanyon | – | 7/26/2001 | Smackdown![19] |
| Tajiri | Kanyon | 9/10/2001 | Raw is War |
| Rhyno | Tajiri | 9/23/2001 | Unforgiven |
| Kurt Angle | Rhyno | 10/22/2001 | Raw |
| Edge | Kurt Angle | 11/12/2001 | Raw[20] |
Footnotes:
[1]: When WCW withdrew from the NWA in January 1991, Lex Luger’s NWA U.S. title reign carried over to become the first ever WCW U.S. title reign. After winning the WCW world title, Lex Luger had to vacate the U.S. title.
[2]: This was a tournament final.
[3]: In December 1992, Rude had to vacate the title due to injury.
[4]: This was a tournament final. During a controversial finish in May 1993, the U.S. title became vacant.
[5]: Rhodes regained the U.S. title in a rematch on 8/30/1993.
[6]: Austin was awarded the title after Steamboat was forced to vacate the title due to injury.
[7]: Vader was stripped of the title by WCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel in April 1995. This was a tournament final.
[8]: Ric Flair had to vacate the title due to a shoulder injury in November 1996.
[9]: This was a tournament final.
[10]: Goldberg vacated the U.S. title once he won the WCW world title on 7/5/1998. Bret Hart and DDP were considered as the top two contendors to the U.S. title.
[11]: Scott Hall vacated the U.S. title after suffering an injury.
[12]: This was a tournament final.
[13]: WCW President Ric Flair stripped Scott Steiner of the title when he failed to defend it and awarded it to his son David.
[14]: This was a four-way ladder match which also included Sid Vicious and Goldberg. He would be stripped of the title due to an injury at Starrcade, setting up a ladder match between Benoit and Jarrett for the vacant title.
[15]: Once the Russo/Bischoff era started on 4/10/2000, all the titles were made vacant as they reset the company.
[16]: This was a tournament final. Steiner would be stripped of the title when he used the Steiner Recliner on Mike Awesome at Bash at the Beach which was a submission hold that had been banned from WCW.
[17]: This was a tournament final. During the Lance Storm title reigns, the U.S. title becomes unofficially known as the WCW Canadian Heavyweight title.
[18]: General Rection won the title in a handicap match by defeating both Lance Storm and Jim Duggan.
[19]: As the WCW world champion, Booker T awards the secondary WCW U.S. title to Kanyon.
[20]: At the Survivor Series PPV the following weekend, Edge defeated WWE Intercontinental champion Test to win the title and as the WCW U.S. champion, the WCW and WWE titles become unified for the first time ever.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
The Hart Foundation YouTube/DailyMotion MixTape
Arguably one of the greatest tag teams of the ’80s. Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart and Jimmy Hart started from the bottom up and captured two WWF tag team championships in three years. Their battles with the Killer Bees, the Rougeau Brothers, the British Bulldogs and the Rockers are examples of tag team wrestling excellence. In 1997, the Hart Foundation became a stable and other members of the Hart family joined to compete against the best the WWF had to offer at the time as an anti-American group. By the end of 1997, Bret Hart was screwed out of the WWF title, Davey Boy Smith and Jim Neidhart left the WWF, Brian Pillman passed away, and Owen Hart hung around in the mid-card – ending another successful run of the Hart Foundation. Read the rest of this entry
SummerSlam 1994
WWF SummerSlam 1994
August 29, 1994
Chicago, IL
United Center
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Bret Hart (3/20/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Diesel (4/13/1994)
World Tag Team Champions: Shawn Michaels & Diesel (8/28/1994)
Women’s Champion: Alundra Blayze (12/13/1993)
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWE United States Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Guerrero | Chris Benoit | 7/27/2003 | Vengeance[1] |
| Big Show | Eddie Guerrero | 10/19/2003 | No Mercy |
| John Cena | Big Show | 3/14/2004 | WrestleMania XX[2] |
| Booker T | Rob Van Dam | 7/29/2004 | Smackdown![3] |
| John Cena (2) | Booker T | 10/3/2004 | No Mercy |
| Carlito | John Cena | 10/7/2004 | Smackdown! |
| John Cena (3) | Carlito | 11/18/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Orlando Jordan | John Cena | 3/3/2005 | Smackdown! |
| Chris Benoit | Orlando Jordan | 8/21/2005 | SummerSlam |
| Booker T (2) | Chris Benoit | 10/21/2005 | Smackdown![4] |
| Booker T (3) | Chris Benoit | 1/13/2006 | Smackdown![5] |
| Chris Benoit (2) | Booker T | 2/19/2006 | No Way Out |
| JBL | Chris Benoit | 4/2/2006 | WrestleMania 22 |
| Bobby Lashley | JBL | 5/26/2006 | Smackdown! |
| Finlay | Bobby Lashley | 7/14/2006 | Smackdown! |
| Mr. Kennedy | Finlay | 9/1/2006 | Smackdown![6] |
| Chris Benoit (3) | Mr. Kennedy | 10/13/2006 | Smackdown! |
| MVP | Chris Benoit | 5/20/2007 | Judgment Day |
| Matt Hardy | MVP | 4/27/2008 | Backlash[7] |
| Shelton Benjamin | Matt Hardy | 7/20/2008 | Great American Bash[8] |
| MVP (2) | Shelton Benjamin | 3/20/2009 | Smackdown! |
| Kofi Kingston | MVP | 6/1/2009 | Raw |
| The Miz | Kofi Kingston | 10/5/2009 | Raw |
| Bret Hart | The Miz | 5/17/2010 | Raw[9] |
| R-Truth | The Miz | 5/24/2010 | Raw[10] |
| The Miz (2) | R-Truth | 6/14/2010 | Raw[11] |
| Daniel Bryan | The Miz | 9/19/2010 | Night of Champions |
| Sheamus | Daniel Bryan | 3/14/2011 | Raw |
| Kofi Kingston (2) | Sheamus | 5/1/2011 | Extreme Rules |
| Dolph Ziggler | Kofi Kingston | 6/19/2011 | Capitol Punishment |
Footnotes:
[1]: In an attempt to revive the U.S. title, this was the title tournament finals as the belt became exclusive to Smackdown.
[2]: On July 8, 2004, Cena was stripped of the belt after attacking Smackdown General Manager Kurt Angle.
[3]: This was an eight-man elimination match which also featured John Cena, Rene Dupree, Kenzo Suzuki, Billy Gunn, Charlie Haas and Luther Reigns.
[4]: The title became vacant after a double-pinfall decision during a Booker/Benoit match on November 25, 2005. Therefore, a best-of-seven series between the two was started.
[5]: This was match #7 in the best-of-seven series, but since Booker was injured, Randy Orton subbed in his place and won the title for Booker T.
[6]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Bobby Lashley.
[7]: Matt Hardy was drafted to ECW on June 23, 2008, making the belt a part of the ECW brand.
[8]: Since Shelton Benjamin was a member of the Smackdown brand, the title returned to Smackdown.
[9]: Bret Hart vacated the WWE U.S. title when a week later, he became the General Manager of Raw.
[10]: This match served the purpose of filling the title vacancy.
[11]: This was a fatal four-way match which also included John Morrison and Zach Ryder.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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