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Bigelow’s Raw Report 12/8/08

Monday Night Raw 12/8/08
2008 Slammy Awards
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, PA
Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler
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WrestleMania XI
WWF WrestleMania XI
April 2, 1995
Hartford, CT
Hartford Civic Center
The current WWF Champs were as follows:
World Champion: Diesel (11/26/1994)
Intercontinental Champion: Jeff Jarrett (1/22/1995)
World Tag Team Champions: The Smokin’ Gunns (1/23/1995)
Women’s Champion: Bull Nakano (11/20/1994)
Special Olympian Kathy Huey handles “America the Beautiful”.
Your hosts are Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. Read the rest of this entry
WWE: The History of the Intercontinental Championship: Disc Two
WWE: The History of the Intercontinental Championship – Disc Two
Released: 11/25/2008
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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
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 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
WWE Tag Team Titles History (SD!)
| Champion | Won From | Date | City/Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit | Rey Mysterio & Edge | 10/20/2002 | No Mercy[1] |
| Edge & Rey Mysterio | Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit | 11/7/2002 | Smackdown! |
| Los Guerreros | Edge & Rey Mysterio | 11/17/2002 | Survivor Series[2] |
| Benjamin & Haas | Los Guerreros | 2/6/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri | Benjamin & Haas | 5/18/2003 | Judgment Day[3] |
| Benjamin & Haas (2) | Eddie Guerrero & Tajiri | 7/3/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Los Guerreros (2) | Benjamin & Haas | 9/18/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Basham Brothers | Los Guerreros | 10/23/2003 | Smackdown! |
| Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty | Basham Brothers | 2/5/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Charlie Haas & Rico | Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty | 4/22/2004 | Smackdown! |
| The Dudley Boyz | Charlie Haas & Rico | 6/17/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Billy Kidman & Paul London | The Dudley Boyz | 7/8/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree | Billy Kidman & Paul London | 9/9/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio | Kenzo Suzuki & Rene Dupree | 12/9/2004 | Smackdown! |
| Basham Brothers (2) | Rob Van Dam & Rey Mysterio | 1/13/2005 | Smackdown![4] |
| Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero | Basham Brothers | 2/20/2005 | Smackdown! |
| MNM | Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero | 4/21/2005 | Smackdown! |
| Animal & Heidenreich | MNM | 7/25/2005 | Great American Bash |
| MNM (2) | Animal & Heidenreich | 10/28/2005 | Smackdown![5] |
| Batista & Rey Mysterio | MNM | 12/16/2005 | Smackdown! |
| MNM (3) | Batista & Rey Mysterio | 12/30/2005 | Smackdown! |
| Brian Kendrick & Paul London | MNM | 5/21/2006 | Judgment Day |
| Deuce & Domino | Brian Kendrick & Paul London | 4/20/2007 | Smackdown! |
| MVP & Matt Hardy | Deuce & Domino | 8/31/2007 | Smackdown! |
| The Miz & John Morrison | MVP & Matt Hardy | 11/16/2007 | Smackdown![6] |
| Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder | The Miz & John Morrison | 7/20/2008 | Great American Bash[7] |
| Carlito & Primo Colon | Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder | 9/26/2008 | Smackdown![8] |
Footnotes:
[1]: To give the Smackdown show tag titles exclusive to their brand, a tournament was started and this was the finals.
[2]: This was a triple-threat tag team match which also included Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle.
[3]: Tajiri was a replacement for Eddie’s injured partner Chavo Guerrero.
[4]: This was a four-team elimination match which also included the teams of Mark Jindrak & Luther Reigns and Booker T & Eddie Guerrero.
[5]: This was a four-way match which also featured the Mexicools and Paul Burchill & William Regal.
[6]: With Morrison a part of ECW and Miz a part of Smackdown, the tag belts were shared on both shows.
[7]: This was a fatal-four way tag match which also included Jesse & Festus and Finlay & Hornswaggle. Since both Hawkins & Ryder are a part of Smackdown, the belts returned to being exclusively defended on Smackdown.
[8]: At WrestleMania XXV on April 5, 2009, Carlito & Primo Colon defeated The Miz and John Morrison to unify Smackdown’s WWE tag team championship with Raw’s World tag team championship.
Credit goes to: PWI Almanac, wrestling-titles.com, and ProWrestlingHistory.com