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Bigelow’s Raw Report 2/9/09
Monday Night Raw 2/9/09
Oracle Arena
Oakland, CA
Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler
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Drama’s Smackdown Report 1/30/09
Drama’s Smackdown Report 1/30/09
Friday Night Smackdown!
January 30, 2009
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jim Ross and Tazz
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Alec Settee’s Royal Rumble 2009 Report
Royal Rumble 2009, January 25, 2009, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
Announcers: The teams of Michael Cole & Jerry “The King” Lawler, Jim Ross & Tazz, Todd Grisham & Matt Striker, and Jim Ross & Jerry “The King” Lawler
So it’s time for our first PPV of the year, The Royal Rumble. It really didn’t look that interesting going in, but the Rumble rarely fails to deliver something good, so let’s see what we get here.
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ECW on Sci-Fi (01.27.09)
ECW on Sci-Fi
January 27, 2009
Cleveland, OH
(taped 1/26/2009)
The Current Champions are as follows:
World Champion: John Cena (11/23/2008)
Intercontinental Champion: CM Punk (1/19/2009)
Women’s Champion: Melina (1/26/2009)
World Tag Team Champions: The Miz & John Morrison (12/13/2008)
WWE Champion: Edge (1/26/2009)
U.S. Champion: Shelton Benjamin (7/20/2008)
Diva’s Champion: Maryse (12/26/2008)
WWE Tag Team Champions: Carlito & Primo Colon (9/26/2008)
ECW Champion: Jack Swagger (1/13/2009)
Tonight is gonna be AWESOME!! Tommy Dreamer is going to work on being championship material by taking on the “World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry. This is gonna be a slobber-knocker!
Your hosts are Todd Grisham and Matt “the biggest Rush fan ever” Striker
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ECW on Sci-Fi – 1/20/09
ECW on Sci-Fi
January 20th, 2009
Rosemont, IL
Allstate Arena
(taped 1/19/2009)
The Current Champions were as follows:
World Champion: John Cena (11/23/2008)
Intercontinental Champion: CM Punk (1/19/2009)
Women’s Champion: Beth Phoenix (8/17/2008)
World Tag Team Champions: The Miz & John Morrison (12/13/2008)
WWE Champion: Jeff Hardy (12/14/2008)
U.S. Champion: Shelton Benjamin (7/20/2008)
Diva’s Champion: Maryse (12/26/2008)
WWE Tag Team Champions: Carlito & Primo Colon (9/26/2008)
ECW Champion: Jack Swagger (1/13/2009)
Tonight we have a big Fatal Four Way Match featuring the 4 ECW superstars in the Royal Rumble Match!! Apparently ECW only has 4 superstars good enough to be eliminated from the Rumble.
Your hosts are Todd Grisham and Matt “Talks too Much” Striker
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Bigelow’s Replay: Raw is War: 1/4/99
As we come upon the 10 year anniversary of Mick Foley’s first WWF World Championship victory (12/29/98), I thought I would post this retro review. I attended this Raw taping live and have added a lengthy live notes post to kick it off. Enjoy!
WWF Raw is War 1/4/99 (Taped 12/29/98)
Centrum Centre
Worcester, MA
Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler
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WWE European Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davey Boy Smith | Owen Hart | 2/26/1997 | Monday Night Raw[1] |
| Shawn Michaels | Davey Boy Smith | 9/20/1997 | One Night Only |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley |
Shawn Michaels | 12/22/1997 | Raw is War |
| Owen Hart | Goldust | 1/20/1998 | Raw is War[2] |
| Hunter Hearst Helmsley (2) |
Owen Hart | 3/16/1998 | Raw is War |
| D’Lo Brown | Hunter Hearst Helmsley |
7/20/1998 | Raw is War |
| X-Pac | D’Lo Brown | 9/21/1998 | Raw is War |
| D’Lo Brown (2) | X-Pac | 10/5/1998 | Raw is War |
| X-Pac (2) | D’Lo Brown | 10/18/1998 | Judgment Day |
| Shane McMahon | X-Pac | 2/15/1999 | Raw is War[3] |
| Mideon | – | 6/21/1999 | Raw is War[4] |
| D’Lo Brown (3) | Mideon | 7/25/1999 | Fully Loaded |
| Jeff Jarrett | D’Lo Brown | 8/22/1999 | SummerSlam |
| Mark Henry | – | 8/23/1999 | Raw is War[5] |
| D’Lo Brown (4) | Mark Henry | 9/26/1999 | Unforgiven |
| Davey Boy Smith (2) |
D’Lo Brown | 10/28/1999 | Smackdown! |
| Val Venis | Davey Boy Smith | 12/12/1999 | Armageddon[6] |
| Kurt Angle | Val Venis | 2/10/2000 | Smackdown! |
| Chris Jericho | Kurt Angle | 4/2/2000 | WrestleMania 2000[7] |
| Eddie Guerrero | Chris Jericho | 4/3/2000 | Raw is War |
| Perry Saturn | Eddie Guerrero | 7/23/2000 | Fully Loaded |
| Al Snow | Perry Saturn | 8/31/2000 | Smackdown! |
| William Regal | Al Snow | 10/16/2000 | Raw is War |
| Crash Holly | William Regal | 12/2/2000 | Rebellion |
| William Regal (2) | Crash Holly | 12/4/2000 | Raw is War |
| Test | William Regal | 1/22/2001 | Raw is War |
| Eddie Guerrero (2) | Test | 4/1/2001 | WrestleMania X-7 |
| Matt Hardy | Eddie Guerrero | 4/26/2001 | Smackdown! |
| The Hurricane | Matt Hardy | 8/27/2001 | Raw is War |
| Bradshaw | The Hurricane | 10/22/2001 | Raw |
| Christian | Bradshaw | 11/1/2001 | Smackdown! |
| DDP | Christian | 1/31/2002 | Smackdown! |
| William Regal (3) | DDP | 3/21/2002 | Smackdown![8] |
| Spike Dudley | William Regal | 4/8/2002 | Raw |
| William Regal (4) | Spike Dudley | 5/6/2002 | Raw |
| Jeff Hardy | William Regal | 7/8/2002 | Raw |
| Rob Van Dam | Jeff Hardy | 7/22/2002 | Raw[9] |
Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final.
[2]: Goldust impersonated champion Hunter Hearst Helmsley for this match, but WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter allowed the title change to stand.
[3]: During a tag team match with Shane McMahon & Kane took on champion X-Pac & Triple H where the European title was on the line, McMahon won the belt by pinning X-Pac. McMahon would retire the belt shortly after beating X-Pac at WrestleMania XV.
[4]: McMahon reactivated the title and awarded it to Mideon several months later.
[5]: Jarrett gave the title to Henry as a reward for helping him beat Brown for both the European and Intercontinental championships the previous night.
[6]: This was a triple-threat match which also included D’Lo Brown.
[7]: This was a triple-threa match which also included Chris Benoit.
[8]: The European title becomes exclusive to Raw when Regal gets drafted to Raw on March 26, 2002.
[9]: As Intercontinental champion, Rob Van Dam was able to unify the belts.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
ECW Title History
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Van Dam | – | 6/13/2006 | ECW[1] |
| Big Show | Rob Van Dam | 7/4/2006 | ECW |
| Bobby Lashley | Big Show | 12/3/2006 | December to Dismember[2] |
| Mr. McMahon | Bobby Lashley | 4/29/2007 | Backlash[3] |
| Bobby Lashley (2) |
Mr. McMahon | 6/3/2007 | One Night Stand[4] |
| John Morrison | CM Punk | 6/25/2007 | Vengeance[5] |
| CM Punk | John Morrison | 9/1/2007 | ECW |
| Chavo Guerrero | CM Punk | 1/22/2008 | ECW |
| Kane | Chavo Guerrero |
3/30/2008 | WrestleMania XXIV[6] |
| Mark Henry | Kane | 6/29/2008 | Night of Champions[7] |
| Matt Hardy | The Miz | 9/7/2008 | Unforgiven[8] |
| Jack Swagger | Matt Hardy | 1/13/2009 | ECW |
| Christian | Jack Swagger | 4/26/2009 | Backlash |
| Tommy Dreamer | Christian | 6/7/2009 | Extreme Rules[9] |
| Christian (2) | Tommy Dreamer | 7/26/2009 | Night of Champions |
Footnotes:
[1]: With the renewed ECW television show as WWE would have it be, the ECW title was revived and awarded to Rob Van Dam by Paul Heyman after winning the WWE championship.
[2]: This was an extreme elimination chamber match which also included Rob Van Dam, Test, Hardcore Holly and CM Punk.
[3]: This was a handicap match which put Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon and Umaga up against ECW champion Bobby Lashley. McMahon got the pinfall and won the title.
[4]: The title became vacant once Lashley was drafted to Raw.
[5]: Chris Benoit was actually chosen to be Punk’s opponent instead of Johnny Nitro (John Morrison) as another top contender, but never arrived for the show. I think we all know why he didn’t show.
[6]: Even though this is the ECW title, it became exclusive to Raw once Kane was drafted on June 23, 2008.
[7]: This was a triple-threat match which also included the Big Show. Since Mark Henry was a part of the ECW brand, the belt once again returned to where it belonged on ECW.
[8]: According the Championship Scramble rules, the ECW title could change hands any time during the match with any one gaining a pinfall on any one else regardless of whether or not they are the current champion. The match included Mark Henry, Finlay, Matt Hardy, Chavo Guerrero and The Miz.
[9]: Tommy Dreamer won the ECW world title in a triple-threat match which also included Jack Swagger.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com
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