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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