Blog Archives

Scott & Justin’s Wrestlemania IV

Wrestlemania IV

March 27, 1988
Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance: 18, 165
Closed-Circuit Attendance: 175, 000
Buy Rate: 6.5
Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura

Fun Fact: Before we get into the show itself, let’s get into the reasons why Wrestlemania was set up the way it was. On February 5, 1988, NBC held a special prime time edition of Saturday Night’s Main Event. This was on a Friday night, and it was called “The Main Event.” It was the first time in over 3 decades that Read the rest of this entry

Scott & Justin’s Royal Rumble 1988

January 24, 1988
Copps Coliseum
Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance: 18, 000
TV Rating: USA Network: 8.2
Announcers: Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura

1) Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood) defeats Rick Rude (Richard Rood) by disqualification at 17:40

Scott: Since this was on cable TV, which means there were commercial breaks, they didn’t need that many matches. Read the rest of this entry

Scott & Justin’s Survivor Series 1987

                Survivor Series

November 26, 1987

Richfield Coliseum
Richfield, Ohio

Attendance: 21, 300

Buy Rate: 7.0

Announcers: Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura
Read the rest of this entry

WWE: The History of the Intercontinental Championship – Disc One

WWE: The History of the Intercontinental Championship – Disc One
Released: 11/25/2008

Your host is Todd Grisham. He mentions how almost every major superstar in the WWE has won the Intercontinental title on their way to the top. Grisham then explains the origin of the IC belt where Pat Patterson won the North American championship and the South American championship down in Rio de Janeiro (the place where all fake title wins happen!) to make up the new title. Let me just say that as far as Todds go, Pettingell > Grisham. Read the rest of this entry

WCW International World Title History

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

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

WWE Intercontinental Title History

Champion Won From Date City/Event
Pat Patterson 9/1/1979 Rio de Janeiro[1]
Ken Patera Pat Patterson 4/21/1980 New York, NY
Pedro Morales Ken Patera 12/8/1980 New York, NY
Don Muraco Pedro Morales 6/20/1981 Philadelphia, PA
Pedro Morales (2) Don Muraco 11/23/1981 New York, NY
Don Muraco (2) Pedro Morales 1/22/1983 New York, NY
Tito Santana Don Muraco 2/11/1984 Boston, MA
Greg Valentine Tito Santana 9/24/1984 London, Ontario
Tito Santana (2) Greg Valentine 7/6/1985 Baltimore, MD
Randy Savage Tito Santana 2/8/1986 Boston, MA
Ricky Steamboat Randy Savage 3/29/1987 WrestleMania III
Honky Tonk Man Ricky Steamboat 6/2/1987 Superstars
Ultimate Warrior Honky Tonk Man 8/29/1988 SummerSlam
Rick Rude Ultimate Warrior 4/2/1989 WrestleMania V
Ultimate Warrior (2) Rick Rude 8/28/1989 SummerSlam[2]
Mr. Perfect Tito Santana 4/23/1990 Superstars[3]
Kerry Von Erich Mr. Perfect 8/27/1990 SummerSlam
Mr. Perfect (2) Kerry Von Erich 11/19/1990 Superstars
Bret Hart Mr. Perfect 8/26/1991 SummerSlam
The Mountie Bret Hart 1/17/1992 Springfield, MA
Roddy Piper The Mountie 1/19/1992 Royal Rumble
Bret Hart (2) Roddy Piper 4/5/1992 WrestleMania VIII
British Bulldog Bret Hart 8/29/1992 SummerSlam
Shawn Michaels British Bulldog 10/27/1992 SNME #31
Marty Jannetty Shawn Michaels 5/17/1993 Monday Night Raw
Shawn Michaels (2) Marty Jannetty 6/6/1993 Albany, NY[4]
Razor Ramon Rick Martel 10/11/1993 Monday Night Raw[5]
Diesel Razor Ramon 4/13/1994 Superstars
Razor Ramon (2) Diesel 8/29/1994 SummerSlam
Jeff Jarrett Razor Ramon 1/22/1995 Royal Rumble
Jeff Jarrett (2) Bob Holly 4/26/1995 Action Zone[6]
Razor Ramon (3) Jeff Jarrett 5/19/1995 Montreal, Quebec
Jeff Jarrett (3) Razor Ramon 5/22/1995 Trois-Riveres, Quebec
Shawn Michaels (3) Jeff Jarrett 7/23/1995 IYH 2
Dean Douglas 10/22/1995 IYH 4[7]
Razor Ramon (4) Dean Douglas 10/22/1995 IYH 4
Goldust Razor Ramon 1/21/1996 Royal Rumble
Goldust (2) Savio Vega 4/1/1996 Monday Night Raw[8]
Ahmed Johnson Goldust 6/23/1996 King of the Ring[9]
Marc Mero Faarooq 9/23/1996 Monday Night Raw[10]
Hunter Hearst Helmsley Marc Mero 10/21/1996 Monday Night Raw
Rocky Maivia Hunter Hearst Helmsley 2/13/1997 Thursday Raw Thursday
Owen Hart Rocky Maivia 4/28/1997 Monday Night Raw
Steve Austin Owen Hart 8/3/1997 SummerSlam[11]
Owen Hart (2) Faarooq 10/5/1997 IYH: Badd Blood[12]
Steve Austin (2) Owen Hart 11/9/1997 Survivor Series
The Rock (2) Steve Austin 12/8/1997 Raw is War[13]
Triple H (2) The Rock 8/30/1998 SummerSlam[14]
Ken Shamrock X-Pac 10/12/1998 Raw is War[15]
Val Venis Ken Shamrock 2/14/1999 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre[16]
Road Dogg Val Venis 3/15/1999 Raw is War
Goldust (3) Road Dogg 3/29/1999 Raw is War[17]
The Godfather Goldust 4/12/1999 Raw is War
Jeff Jarrett (4) The Godfather 5/31/1999 Raw is War
Edge Jeff Jarrett 7/24/1999 Toronto, Ontario
Jeff Jarrett (5) Edge 7/25/1999 Fully Loaded
D’Lo Brown Jeff Jarrett 7/26/1999 Raw is War
Jeff Jarrett (6) D’Lo Brown 8/22/1999 SummerSlam
Chyna Jeff Jarrett 10/17/1999 No Mercy
Chris Jericho Chyna 12/12/1999 Armageddon
Chris Jericho (2) Chyna 1/23/2000 Royal Rumble[18]
Kurt Angle Chris Jericho 2/27/2000 No Way Out
Chris Benoit Kurt Angle 4/2/2000 WrestleMania 2000[19]
Chris Jericho (3) Chris Benoit 5/4/2000 Raw is War
Chris Benoit (2) Chris Jericho 5/8/2000 Smackdown!
Rikishi Chris Benoit 6/22/2000 Smackdown!
Val Venis (2) Rikishi 7/6/2000 Smackdown!
Chyna (2) Val Venis 8/27/2000 SummerSlam[20]
Eddie Guerrero Chyna 9/3/2000 Raw is War[21]
Billy Gunn Eddie Guerrero 11/23/2000 Smackdown!
Chris Benoit (3) Billy Gunn 12/10/2000 Armageddon
Chris Jericho (4) Chris Benoit 1/21/2001 Royal Rumble
Triple H (3) Chris Jericho 4/5/2001 Smackdown!
Jeff Hardy Triple H 4/12/2001 Smackdown!
Triple H (4) Jeff Hardy 4/16/2001 Raw is War
Kane Triple H 5/20/2001 Judgment Day
Albert Kane 6/28/2001 Smackdown!
Lance Storm Albert 7/23/2001 Raw is War
Edge (2) Lance Storm 8/19/2001 SummerSlam
Christian Edge 9/23/2001 Unforgiven
Edge (3) Christian 10/21/2001 No Mercy
Test Edge 11/5/2001 Raw
Edge (4) Test 11/18/2001 Survivor Series[22]
William Regal Edge 1/20/2002 Atlanta, GA
Rob Van Dam William Regal 3/17/2002 WrestleMania X8
Eddie Guerrero (2) Rob Van Dam 4/21/2002 Backlash
Rob Van Dam (2) Eddie Guerrero 5/27/2002 Raw
Chris Benoit (4) Rob Van Dam 7/29/2002 Raw
Rob Van Dam (3) Chris Benoit 8/25/2002 SummerSlam
Chris Jericho (5) Rob Van Dam 9/16/2002 Raw
Kane (2) Chris Jericho 9/30/2002 Raw
Triple H (5) Kane 10/20/2002 No Mercy[23]
Christian (2) 5/18/2003 Judgment Day[24]
Booker T Christian 7/7/2003 Raw
Christian (3) Booker T 8/10/2003 Des Moines, IA
Rob Van Dam (4) Christian 9/29/2003 Raw
Chris Jericho (6) Rob Van Dam 10/27/2003 Raw
Rob Van Dam (5) Chris Jericho 10/27/2003 Raw
Randy Orton Rob Van Dam 12/14/2003 Armageddon[25]
Edge (5) Randy Orton 7/11/2004 Vengeance[26]
Chris Jericho (7) Christian 9/12/2004 Unforgiven[27]
Shelton Benjamin Chris Jericho 10/19/2004 Taboo Tuesday
Carlito Shelton Benjamin 6/21/2005 Raw
Ric Flair Carlito 9/19/2005 Unforgiven
Shelton Benjamin (2) Ric Flair 2/20/2006 Raw
Rob Van Dam (6) Shelton Benjamin 4/30/2006 Backlash
Shelton Benjamin (3) Rob Van Dam 5/15/2006 Raw[28]
Johnny Nitro Shelton Benjamin 6/25/2006 Vengeance[29]
Jeff Hardy (2) Johnny Nitro 10/2/2006 Raw
Johnny Nitro (2) Jeff Hardy 11/6/2006 Raw
Jeff Hardy (3) Johnny Nitro 11/13/2006 Raw
Umaga Jeff Hardy 2/19/2007 Raw
Santino Marella Umaga 4/16/2007 Raw
Umaga (2) Santino Marella 7/2/2007 Raw
Jeff Hardy (4) Umaga 9/3/2007 Raw
Chris Jericho (8) Jeff Hardy 3/10/2008 Raw
Kofi Kingston Chris Jericho 6/29/2008 Night of Champions
Santino Marella (2) Kofi Kingston 8/17/2008 SummerSlam[30]
William Regal (2) Santino Marella 11/10/2008 Raw
CM Punk William Regal 1/19/2009 Raw
JBL CM Punk 3/9/2009 Raw
Rey Mysterio JBL 4/5/2009 WrestleMania XXV
Chris Jericho (9) Rey Mysterio 6/7/2009 Extreme Rules
Rey Mysterio (2) Chris Jericho 6/28/2009 The Bash
John Morrison (3) Rey Mysterio 9/4/2009 Smackdown!
Drew McIntyre John Morrison 12/13/2009 TLC
Kofi Kingston (2) Drew McIntyre 5/23/2010 Over the Limit
Dolph Ziggler Kofi Kingston 8/6/2010 Smackdown!
Kofi Kingston (3) Dolph Ziggler 1/7/2011 Smackdown!
Wade Barrett Kofi Kingston 3/25/2011 Smackdown!
Ezekiel Jackson Wade Barrett 6/19/2011 Capitol Punishment

Footnotes:
[1]: Pat Patterson wins a fictitious tournament to be crowned the first-ever WWF Intercontinental Champion. People say he beat Ted DiBiase, but who really knows.
[2]: When the Ultimate Warrior won the WWF title at WrestleMania 6 on April 1, 1990, the Intercontinental title became vacant.
[3]: This was a tournament final to fill the vacancy.
[4]: Shawn Michaels was stripped of the title for not defending the belt within the last 30 days. The real reason though was that he tested positive for steroids and was suspended.
[5]: Ramon and Martel were the last two remaining in a 20-man battle royal. Therefore, they squared off in a match one week later to determine the new Intercontinental champion.
[6]: The belt was held up after a controversial finish. The rematch aired a week later on Action Zone.
[7]: After being attacked outside a Syracuse nightclub on October 14, 1995, Shawn Michaels had to lose the Intercontinental title by forfeit.
[8]: The title was held up after a previous match between these two ended in a no-contest. This was the rematch to determine a champion.
[9]: Ahmed Johnson was forced to vacate the title due to an injury.
[10]: This was a tournament final.
[11]: Austin had to vacate the title after taking the Owen Driver that broke his neck at SummerSlam on September 8, 1997.
[12]: This was a tournament final.
[13]: Austin forfeited the belt to Rock after refusing to defend the Intercontinental title at Mr. McMahon’s request.
[14]: Triple H had to vacate the belt after a leg injury.
[15]: This was a tournament final.
[16]: Billy Gunn was the special guest referee.
[17]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Chyna.
[18]: Due to a controversial double-pin situation, Chris Jericho and Chyna were considered co-champions for three weeks leading into the Royal Rumble where Jericho would secure the title by coming out the winner of a triple-threat match which also included Hardcore Holly.
[19]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Chris Jericho.
[20]: Chyna competed in a inter-gender tag match alongwith Eddie Guerrero to take on Intercontinental champion Val Venis and Trish Stratus. Chyna pinned Trish to win the belt.
[21]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Kurt Angle.
[22]: WCW U.S. champion Edge defeated the Intercontinental champion Test to unify the belts.
[23]: World champion Triple H beat the Intercontinental champion Kane to unify the belts.
[24]: Christian won a nine-man battle royal to win the newly revived Intercontinental title.
[25]: Mick Foley was the special guest referee.
[26]: On September 6, 2004, Edge had to relinguish the title due to injury.
[27]: This was a ladder match to determine a new champion.
[28]: This was a 3-on-2 Handicap Texas Tornado match on Raw featuring Benjamin, Chris Masters and Triple H against WWE Champion John Cena and Rob Van Dam, in which anyone to beat Cena or Van Dam would win their respective title; Benjamin pinned Van Dam.
[29]: This was a triple-threat match which also included Carlito.
[30]: Santino teamed up with Beth Phoenix to take on Intercontinental champion Kofi Kingston and Womens champion Mickie James in a “Winner Takes All” match.

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

Slamboree 1994

WCW Slamboree 1994: A Legends Reunion
May 22, 1994
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Civic Center

The current WCW Champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Ric Flair (12/27/1993)
WCW International World Champion: vacant (5/22/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve Austin (12/27/1993)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Nasty Boys (10/24/1993)
WCW World Television Champion: Larry Zbyszko (5/2/1994) (yet to air)

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

Spring Stampede 1994

WCW Spring Stampede 1994
April 17, 1994
Rosemont, IL
Rosemont Horizon

The current WCW Champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Ric Flair (12/27/1993)
WCW International World Champion: Rick Rude (3/24/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve Austin (12/27/1993)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Nasty Boys (10/24/1993)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (9/19/1993)

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

Superbrawl IV

WCW Superbrawl IV
February 20, 1994
Albany, GA
Civic Center

The current WCW Champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Ric Flair (12/27/1993)
WCW International World Champion: Rick Rude (9/19/1993)
WCW U.S. Champion: Steve Austin (12/27/1993)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Nasty Boys (10/24/1993)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (9/19/1993)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan. This was Heenan’s WCW PPV debut. Read the rest of this entry