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Monday Nitro (11.20.95)

WCW Monday Nitro
November 20, 1995
Macon, GA
Macon Coliseum

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: vacant (11/6/1995)
WCW U.S. Champion: Kensuke Sasaki (11/13/1995)

WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/28/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Johnny B. Badd (10/29/1995)

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and that Emmy-award winning Steve “Mongo” McMichael.
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Halloween Havoc 1995

WCW Halloween Havoc
October 29, 1995
Detroit, MI
Joe Louis Arena

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Sting (6/18/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/28/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Diamond Dallas Page (9/17/1995)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan.
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Monday Nitro (10.09.95)

WCW Monday Nitro
October 9, 1995
Rosemont, IL
Rosemont Horizon

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Sting (6/18/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: The American Males (9/18/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Diamond Dallas Page (9/17/1995)

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Bobby Heenan and that Emmy-award winning Steve “Mongo” McMichael. They’re all wearing Bears jerseys. McMichael wears his #76, Bischoff wears #1, while The Brain has a ?.  Sounds about right.
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Clash of the Champions #31 (08.95)

WCW Clash of the Champions XXXI
August 6, 1995
Daytona Beach, FL
Ocean Center

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: Sting (6/18/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Bunkhouse Buck & Dick Slater (7/22/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: The Renegade (6/18/1995)

Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Bobby Heenan.
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NJPW/WCW Collision in Korea

NJPW/WCW Collision in Korea
April 28-29, 1995
Pyongyang, North Korea
Pyongyang Stadium
(Shown on US PPV 8/4/1995)

Even crazy North Koreans love the NATURE BOY! WOOOO!

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff, Mike Tenay and Sonny Oono. Possibly the most boring announce team ever. Bischoff and Oono make some elitist exchanges for their country throughout the show. It seems unnecessary considering this is supposed to be an exhibition for peace.
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ECW World Television Title History

Champion Won From Date City/Event
Johnny Hotbody Larry Winters 8/12/1992 Philadelphia, PA[1]
Glen Osbourne The Sandman 9/30/1992 Philadelphia, PA[2]
Jimmy Snuka Glen Osbourne 3/12/1993 Radnor, PA[3]
Terry Funk Jimmy Snuka 10/1/1993 NWA Bloodfest:
Part 1
Sabu Terry Funk 11/13/1993 November to
Remember[4]
The Tazmaniac Sabu 3/6/1994 Philadelphia, PA
JT Smith The Tazmaniac 3/6/1994 Philadelphia, PA
The Pitbull #1 JT Smith 4/16/1994 Philadelphia, PA
Mikey Whipwreck The Pitbull #1 5/13/1994 Philadelphia, PA
Jason Mikey
Whipwreck
8/13/1994 Hardcore Heaven
Too Cold Scorpio Jason 11/4/1994 Hamburg, PA
Dean Malenko Too Cold
Scorpio
11/4/1994 Hamburg, PA
Too Cold
Scorpio (2)
Dean Malenko 3/18/1995 Philadelphia, PA
Eddie Guerrero Too Cold
Scorpio
4/8/1995 Three Way Dance
Dean Malenko (2) Eddie Guerrero 7/21/1995 Tampa, FL
Eddie Guerrero (2) Dean Malenko 7/28/1995 Middletown, NY
Too Cold
Scorpio (3)
Eddie Guerrero 8/25/1995 Jim Thorpe, PA
Mikey
Whipwreck (2)
Too Cold
Scorpio
12/29/1995 Holiday Hell
Too Cold
Scorpio (4)
Mikey
Whipwreck
1/5/1996 House Party
Shane Douglas Too Cold
Scorpio
5/11/1996 A Matter of Respect
The Pitbull #2 Shane Douglas 6/1/1996 Fight the Power
Chris Jericho Pitbull #2 6/22/1996 Hardcore Heaven
Shane Douglas (2) Chris Jericho 7/13/1996 Heat Wave[5]
Taz (2) Shane Douglas 6/7/1997 Wrestlepalooza
Bam Bam Bigelow Taz 3/1/1998 Living Dangerously
Rob Van Dam Bam Bam
Bigelow
4/4/1998 Buffalo, NY[6]
Super Crazy Rhino 3/12/2000 Living
Dangerously[7]
Yoshihiro Tajiri Super Crazy 4/8/2000 ECW on TNN[8]
Rhino Yoshihiro Tajiri 4/22/2000 CyberSlam
Kid Kash Rhino 8/26/2000 ECW on TNN
Rhyno (2) Kid Kash 9/9/2000 ECW on TNN[9]

Footnotes:
[1]: No title tournament that I’m aware of, just two top contenders facing off for the title. Hotbody legitimately injured his ankle and on September 12, 1992, he was forced by ECW to relinquish the title.
[2]: Osbourne and Sandman were the final two men who competed in a battle royal and wrestled later in the night to crown a new champion. In February 1993, Osbourne was stripped of the title for unknown reasons.
[3]: This was a tournament final.
[4]: The TV title was defended in a tag match which included the TV champ Terry Funk & King Kong Bundy against Sabu & Road Warrior Hawk. Sabu pinned Funk and because of the match stipulations, Sabu became the new TV champion.
[5]: This was a four-way dance which also included Pitbull #2 and Too Cold Scorpio.
[6]: On March 4, 2000, Rob Van Dam was injured and forced to vacate the title.
[7]: This was a tournament final.
[8]: This was a three-way match which also included Little Guido.
[9]: On April 11, 2001, ECW shut down and the WWF buys their assets, which leaves Rhino as the final REAL ECW World Television Champion.

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

ECW World Heavyweight Title History

Champion Won From Date City/Event
Jimmy Snuka Salvatore Bellomo 4/25/1992 Mount Tabor, PA[1]
Johnny Hotbody Jimmy Snuka 4/26/1992 Philadelphia, PA
Jimmy Snuka (2) Johnny Hotbody 7/14/1992 Philadelphia, PA
Don Muraco Jimmy Snuka 9/30/1992 Philadelphia, PA
The Sandman Don Muraco 11/16/1992 Philadelphia, PA
Don Muraco (2) The Sandman 4/3/1993 Radnor, PA
Tito Santana Don Muraco 8/8/1993 Philadelphia, PA
Shane Douglas Tito Santana 9/9/1993 Roanoke, VA[2]
Sabu Shane Douglas 10/2/1993 NWA Bloodfest: Part 2
Terry Funk Sabu 12/26/1993 Holiday Hell
Shane Douglas (2) Terry Funk 3/26/1994 Ultimate Jeopardy[3]
The Sandman (2) Shane Douglas 4/15/1995 Hostile City Showdown
Mikey Whipwreck The Sandman 10/28/1995 Philadelphia, PA
The Sandman (3) Mikey Whipwreck 12/9/1995 December to Dismember[4]
Raven The Sandman 1/27/1996 Philadelphia, PA
The Sandman (4) Stevie Richards 10/5/1996 Ultimate Jeopardy[5]
Raven (2) The Sandman 12/7/1996 Holiday Hell
Terry Funk (2) Raven 4/13/1997 Barely Legal
Sabu (2) Terry Funk 8/9/1997 Born to be Wired
Shane Douglas (3) Sabu 8/17/1997 Hardcore Heaven[6]
Bam Bam Bigelow Shane Douglas 10/16/1997 New York, NY
Shane Douglas (4) Bam Bam Bigelow 11/30/1997 November to Remember
Taz Shane Douglas 1/10/1999 Guilty as Charged
Mike Awesome Taz 9/19/1999 Anarchy Rulz[7]
Masato Tanaka Mike Awesome 12/17/1999 ECW on TNN
Mike Awesome (2) Masato Tanaka 12/23/1999 ECW on TNN
Tazz (2) Mike Awesome 4/13/2000 ECW on TNN[8]
Tommy Dreamer Tazz 4/22/2000 CyberSlam
Justin Credible Tommy Dreamer 4/22/2000 CyberSlam
Jerry Lynn Justin Credible 10/1/2000 Anarchy Rulz
Steve Corino Jerry Lynn 11/5/2000 November to Remember[9]
The Sandman (5) Steve Corino 1/7/2001 Guilty as Charged[10]
Rhino The Sandman 1/7/2001 Guilty as Charged[11]

Footnotes:
[1]: This was a tournament final.
[2]: Title awarded to Douglas by forfeit when Tito Santana didn’t show up for the match.
[3]: Douglas pinned Funk in an eight-man tag team Ultimate Jeopardy match which included Shane Douglas, Mr. Hughes and Public Enemy against Road Warrior Hawk, Kevin Sullivan, The Tazmaniac and Terry Funk. Due to a prematch stipulation, the title changed hands. Also, on August 27, 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling once Shane Douglas denounced the NWA to break away and become their own seperate promotion.
[4]: This was a triple-threat match which also involved Steve Austin.
[5]: Stevie Richards substituted for Raven in a tag match that had as a stipulation that if he got pinned, Raven would lose the belt. The tag match ended up being The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer against Stevie Richards and Brian Lee.
[6]: Shane Douglas was victorious over both Sabu and Terry Funk in this three-way elimination match.
[7]: This was a three-way match also involving Masato Tanaka.
[8]: Even though Tazz was working for the WWF at the time, Vince McMahon allowed him to come over to ECW and squash Mike Awesome for the ECW world title belt because of his recent signing with WCW for the fear that Mike Awesome would take the belt with him.
[9]: This was a Double Jeopardy match also involving Justin Credible and The Sandman.
[10]: This was a Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Canes match also involving Justin Credible.
[11]: On April 11, 2001, ECW shuts down and the WWF buys their assets, which makes Rhino the final REAL ECW world heavyweight champion.

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

Slamboree 1995

WCW Slamboree 1995: A Legends Reunion
May 21, 1995
St. Petersburg, FL
Bayfront Center

The current WCW Champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hulk Hogan (7/17/1994)
WCW U.S. Champion: vacant (3/25/1995)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (1/15/1995)
WCW World Television Champion: Arn Anderson (1/8/1995)

Your hosts are Eric Bischoff and Bobby Heenan. Tony’s neck be hurting. Read the rest of this entry

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

ECW: When Worlds Collide (05.94)

ECW: When Worlds Collide
May 14, 1994
Philadelphia, PA
ECW Arena

The current ECW Champs were as follows:
ECW Champion: Shane Douglas (3/26/1994)
ECW Tag Team Champions: The Public Enemy (3/6/1994)
ECW TV Champion: Mikey Whipwreck (5/13/1994)

Your host is Joey Styles. Read the rest of this entry