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Monday Nitro (10.14.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
October 14, 1996
Memphis, TN
Mid-South Coliseum

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/5/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (8/20/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (10.07.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
October 7, 1996
Savannah, GA
Civic Center

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (10/5/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (8/20/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (09.30.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
September 30, 1996
Cleveland, OH
CSU Convocation Center

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Public Enemy (9/23/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (8/20/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

During the week, the Wrestling Observer reported that a “woman called the WCW office complaining because her five year old had spray painted NWO on her one year old.” It’s no surprise that some parents are just stupid.

HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (09.23.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
September 23, 1996
Birmingham, AL
BJCC

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (7/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (8/20/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

HOUR NUMBER ONE! Your hosts are Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko. Read the rest of this entry

Monday Nitro (09.16.96)

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WCW Monday Nitro
September 16, 1996
Asheville, NC
Civic Center

The current WCW champs were as follows:
WCW World Champion: Hollywood Hogan (8/10/1996)
WCW U.S. Champion: Ric Flair (7/7/1996)
WCW World Tag Team Champions: Harlem Heat (7/27/1996)
WCW World Television Champion: Lord Steven Regal (8/20/1996)
WCW World Cruiserweight Champion: Rey Mysterio (7/8/1996)

Hulkamania is still in the show’s intro. Just saying. Read the rest of this entry

The Rise & Fall of WCW – Disc Three

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The Rise and Fall of WCW – Disc Three
Released: 8/25/2009

  • WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair (w/Elizabeth & Woman) vs. The Giant (w/Jimmy Hart) – (WCW Monday Nitro, 4/29/96)

Flair stops by Debra again for a quick word. She tells him to leave her alone. Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Replay: WCW Nitro 3/31/97

WCW Nitro 3/31/97
Civic Center
Roanoke
, VA

Hour 1
Announcers: Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko

– We kick off this week’s show with a look back at the closing segment from last week’s show. Randy Savage was Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Replay: WCW Nitro 3/31/97

WCW Nitro 3/31/97

Civic Center

Roanoke, VA

Hour 1

Announcers: Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko

– We kick off this week’s show with a look back Read the rest of this entry

Bigelow’s Replay: WCW Nitro 3/24/97

WCW Nitro 3/24/97

Convention Center
Duluth
, MN
Hour 1

Announcers: Tony Schiavone & Larry Zbyszko

– We kick off the show with a quick look back Read the rest of this entry

TNA X-Division Title History

Champion Won From Date City/Event
AJ Styles Jerry Lynn 6/26/2002 TNA PPV #2[1]
Low Ki AJ Styles 8/7/2002 TNA PPV #8[2]
Jerry Lynn Low Ki 8/28/2002 TNA PPV #11[3]
Syxx-Pac 10/9/2002 TNA PPV #15[4]
AJ Styles (2) Syxx-Pac 10/23/2002 TNA PPV #17
Jerry Lynn (2) AJ Styles 11/6/2002 TNA PPV #19
Sonny Siaki Jerry Lynn 12/11/2002 TNA PPV #24
Kid Kash Sonny Siaki 2/12/2003 TNA PPV #31
The Amazing Red Kid Kash 4/30/2003 TNA PPV #42
Chris Sabin The Amazing Red 5/14/2003 TNA PPV #44[5]
Michael Shane 8/20/2003 TNA PPV #58[6]
Chris Sabin (2) Michael Shane 1/7/2004 TNA PPV #75[7]
Kazarian The Amazing Red 3/31/2004 TNA PPV #87[8]
AJ Styles (3) Kazarian 6/9/2004 TNA PPV #97
Michael Shane (2)
& Kazarian (2)
AJ Styles 7/28/2004 TNA PPV #104[9]
Petey Williams 8/11/2004 TNA PPV #106[10]
AJ Styles (4) 1/16/2005 Final Resolution[11]
Christopher Daniels AJ Styles 3/13/2005 Destination X[12]
AJ Styles (5) Christopher Daniels 9/11/2005 Unbreakable[13]
Samoa Joe AJ Styles 12/11/2005 Turning Point
Christopher
Daniels (2)
Samoa Joe 3/12/2006 Destination X[14]
Samoa Joe (2) Christopher Daniels 4/13/2006 iMPACT!
Senshi (2) Sonjay Dutt 6/22/2006 iMPACT![15]
Chris Sabin (3) Senshi 10/22/2006 Bound for Glory
AJ Styles (6) Chris Sabin 11/2/2006 iMPACT!
Christopher
Daniels (3)
AJ Styles 11/16/2006 iMPACT!
Chris Sabin (4) Jerry Lynn 1/14/2007 Final Resolution[16]
Jay Lethal Chris Sabin 6/17/2007 Slammiversary
Samoa Joe (3) Chris Sabin 6/21/2007 iMPACT![17]
Kurt Angle Samoa Joe 8/12/2007 Hard Justice
Jay Lethal (2) Kurt Angle 9/9/2007 No Surrender
Johnny Devine Jay Lethal 1/24/2008 iMPACT!
Jay Lethal (3) Johnny Devine 2/10/2008 Against All Odds[18]
Petey Williams (2) Jay Lethal 4/17/2008 iMPACT![19]
Sheik Abdul Bashir Petey Williams 9/14/2008 No Surrender[20]
Eric Young Sheik Abdul Bashir 12/7/2008 Final Resolution[21]
Alex Shelley Chris Sabin 1/11/2009 Genesis[22]
Suicide 3/15/2009 Destination X[23]
Homicide Suicide 7/16/2009 iMPACT!
Samoa Joe (4) Homicide 8/16/2009 Hard Justice
The Amazing Red (2) Samoa Joe 10/8/2009 iMPACT!

Footnotes:
[1]: AJ Styles pinned Jerry Lynn in a ‘double-elimination’ match which also included Low Ki and Psicosis to be crowned the first-ever TNA X-Division Champion.
[2]: This match also included Jerry Lynn.
[3]: This was a three-way ladder match which also included AJ Styles.
[4]: At the same show, Jerry Lynn was stripped of the X-Division title due to injury. Syxx-Pac won an invitational ladder match which also included Kid Kash, Tony Mamaluke, The S.A.T., Ace Steele and AJ Styles to win the title.
[5]: This match also included Jerry Lynn.
[6]: Michael Shane captured the belt to win the first-ever ‘Ultimate X’ Match which also included Frankie Kazarian to become the new X-Division champion.
[7]: Sabin regained the X-Division title in an ‘Ultimate X’ match which also included ex-champ Michael Shane, Low Ki and Christopher Daniels.
[8]: On the same show, Chris Sabin was stripped of the X-Division title due to injury. As the two top challengers, Frankie Kazarian pinned Amazing Red to win the vacant title.
[9]: During this ‘Ultimate X’ match, Kazarian and Shane pulled down the title together to become co-champions.
[10]: Since the co-champion thing doesn’t work, the title became vacant. Petey Williams won a 22-man X-Division gauntlet match to be crowned the new X-Division champion.
[11]: This was an ‘Ultimate X match which also included the ex-champ Petey Williams and Chris Sabin.
[12]: This was an ‘elimination’ match which included ex-champ AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Elix Skipper. The first elimination was a tag match – the loser of the fall was eliminated. The second elimination was a three-way match – the loser of the fall was elimination. The third elimination was an ‘Ultimate X’ match where the winner would retrieve the belt.
[13]: This match also included Samoa Joe.
[14]: This was an ‘Ultimate X’ match which also included AJ Styles.
[15]: This match also included the ex-champ Samoa Joe, but Sonjay Dutt was the one pinned. The reason Senshi is listed as a two-time champion is because he has also won the belt wrestling as Low Ki.
[16]: This match also included the ex-champ Christopher Daniels, but Jerry Lynn was the one pinned.
[17]: This match also included the ex-champ Jay Lethal, but Chris Sabin was pinned.
[18]: This was a six-man street fight where the one who earns the pin wins the X-Division title which included Jay Lethal and the Motor City Machine Guns against Johnny Devine and Team 3D. Lethal scored the pinfall on Devine.
[19]: Petey Williams cashes in his ‘Feast or Fired’ contract on Jay Lethal and pinned him quickly with the Canadian Destroyer.
[20]: This match also included Consequences Creed.
[21]: Right after Eric Young won the belt, TNA official Jim Cornette stripped him of the belt after he won it in a controversial fashion because of the crazy referee Shane Sewell. The title becomes vacant.
[22]: This was a tournament final.
[23]: This was an ‘Ultimate X’ match which also included the ex-champ Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal.

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