Month: July 2020

WWE names Kristina Salen new Chief Financial Officer

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WWE announced Tuesday that Kristina Salen is their new Chief Financial Officer, effective August 3rd and reporting directly to Vince McMahon.

Salen replaces interim CFO Frank Riddick who stepped in when co-presidents George Barrios and Michelle Wilson were fired in late-January. The company has yet to replace their Chief Revenue Officer position.

Salen comes with an impressive resume as the first CFO of Etsy from January 2013 through March 2017, helping grow the business from $895 million to $3 billion in gross sales over four years and executing their move to go public, according to the WWE release.

Following that, she was in similar roles for UnitedMasters and Moda Operandi, both New York-based companies. She was the first woman named to the board of Endeavor (the former WME-IMG) in 2019, and also sits on the boards of SiriusXM and Cornerstone OnDemand.

On LinkedIn, the Vassar College and Columbia Business School graduate said, “I’m pinching myself over this announcement. I’m beyond excited to join WWE as their next star wrestler…or CFO…whichever is a better fit. 🙂 Such a great team, brand + company. #lucky”

As of this writing, WWE’s stock price was down nearly 2% for the day to $45.48.

Stephanie McMahon To Appear At Cannes Festival Of Creativity

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The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity have revealed that WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon will be one of the guest speakers at their event this year.
 

Just confirmed: @StephMcMahon, Chief Brand Officer @WWE will be on stage at #CannesLions 2018.
She knows a thing or two about content marketing and how to build a global brand so don’t miss her this year…https://t.co/lPSw6Run6B pic.twitter.com/X9mvY1OdVG
— Cannes Lions (@Cannes_Lions) February 8, 2018

Episode four of Undertaker's 'Last Ride' a study in indecision & enablement

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Writer’s note: The recap of the finale of the series will be up shortly.

When any employee retires or leaves after a long tenure with a company, their most awkward time is their first return back to where they spent all of those hours, whether it’s an office, a playing field, or in the Undertaker’s case, the wrestling ring.

Episode four of “The Last Ride” focuses on Mark Calaway’s continuing internal struggle with whether he should retire and how the awkwardness he felt during his first WrestleMania on the sidelines got him back into the game. Well, that and Vince McMahon, but we’ll get there.

Unlike the disappointing third episode, “The Battle Within” is a welcome return to previous form with the series wrapping up Sunday with its fifth installment.

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Coming off the disastrous Saudi Arabia tag team match covered in episode three, Calaway thought he was done, admitting that he “wasn’t all there” due to some personal issues he and his wife were going through at the time.

Anyone that has watched the entire season knows his inability to make that final call and to stick to it has been the running theme. He clearly doesn’t want to leave but keeps looking for a foothold climbing up Decision Mountain, one that will make his decision easier. Everytime he finds that foothold, it inevitably crumbles, leaving him to pause resuming the climb once again.

The meat of episode four is Calaway returning to WrestleMania in New York, but as a former star, hanging out backstage and taking his daughter and wife through Axxess. He is clearly a proud dad and enjoys the opportunity to experience what performers never get to see during the weekend and to have his family by his side, but he feels that little bit of weirdness that he should be preparing for a match instead.

Before Mania, however, we get brief insight into the infamous Starrcast autograph signing cancellation. Calaway says that after so many years of living the character in public, he wanted to take advantage of more exposure and endorsements. Part of that was agreeing to the signing in Las Vegas where he was unaware “the other company” was doing a show there too.

He said he was oblivious to that fact, but Vince McMahon called him about it. Calaway said that he told McMahon there was no way he going to work for them and was just doing a signing. He eventually canceled and admits the two men had a falling out about the situation. Eventually, they both let their guard down to talk, saying “It’s all been sunshine and rainbows since” which a look that tells you everything you need to know.

Of course, McMahon isn’t helping make Calaway’s decision any easier, asking him to do an appearance on the post-Mania Raw. The issue? He didn’t bring his gear, a rookie mistake in the pro wrestling world. Because it’s McMahon, Calaway decides to fly home to Texas to find his bag and then flies back Sunday so he can do Raw Monday. If there’s ever a question he was going to keep at it, this also tells you everything you need to know.

As Calaway surprises McMahon at the gorilla position Sunday, McMahon laughs, “A pro would have brought his gear” to which Calaway quips, “A pro would have booked me to start with.” It’s obvious neither man wants this relationship to end, again compounding the retirement quandary Calaway finds himself in.

Thus begins the cycle all over again. He is booked for another Saudi show as he again wants redemption and Paul Levesque calls him to ask about working with Goldberg. He loves the idea given both of their statuses and their roles in the game during the Monday Night War.

Much like the aforementioned tag match, near disaster strikes. The match falls apart after Goldberg hits his head on the ring post and a botched jackhammer to Calaway comes blessed inches away from possibly paralyzing him, instead injuring his back. He says his visual reactions following the match are real: dejection, frustration, and a realization things could have been much worse.

Disappointingly, we never hear from Goldberg prior or after the match which was odd considering we have heard from anyone that matters during the course of the series.

Calaway comes to a realization that perhaps he shouldn’t be doing this anymore and that the main problem is him. He struggles with the “Is it me?” discussion as any proud top performer would, a glimpse into just how tough this whole thing is for him. Wife Michelle McCool has been supportive the entire time, but tears up when thinking about the Goldberg match and how they are flirting with disaster with each time he goes out there.

To no one’s surprise, he reveals he had previously agreed to wrestle at Extreme Rules and despite thinking about pulling out, he goes through with it, looking to put on a performance that will make people forget about the Saudi match. Again, there’s that redemption thing that keeps the cycle going.

Thankfully, he likes the match (a tag with Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre and Shane McMahon) and is happy enough that, yes, this could be it. He tells Vince as such when he comes back into gorilla to which his friend says, “We can talk about it”, unwilling to let Calaway fully grasp the moment or accept that it’s over.

For as much as Calaway can’t commit to retirement, McMahon is just as bad enabling him. Is it out of friendship, his own misgivings about never retiring, or something else?

The episode ends with Calaway walking with AJ Styles after the match, telling the camera to give them some privacy and thus beginning the cycle once again.

It struck me during episode four that Calaway is like a pro fighter who would rather have one fight too many than one fight too few, needing to ensure their competitive tank is on ‘E’ before hanging them up. 

Near the end of the episode, Steve Austin, Levesque, and Shawn Michaels talk about the difficulty in knowing when to leave, but it’s Levesque that says a line that rings true when thinking that leaving isn’t being loyal: “Loyalty is to the dragon you’re chasing — not loyalty to Vince.”

As we prepare for the final chapter, it feels like that dragon is one Calaway will be chasing forever.

Other thoughts:

For those following the recaps, I’m sorry this wasn’t up this past week but I was dealing with a personal situation. The episode five recap should be up later Sunday night or Monday morning at the latest.
We get some great looks into Calaway’s early years when he was filming many of the memorable in-character spots. Him laughing in a graveyard between takes, Bruce Prichard discussing how he bought books on death to better understand the character, and some words from Paul Bearer himself stand out. 
McMahon gets in a funny “Giant Gonzalez’s son” line during one of the aforementioned gorilla conversations with Calaway.
The image accompanying this review is one from backstage in Austin, TX, when Undertaker did a Raw appearance. To see Lance Armstrong, Matthew McConaughey, and Taker in the same spot having a casual conversation was surreal to say the least.
Before Extreme Rules, Calaway drops a great line outlining the difference between younger guys and older ones, saying, the latter that have to think vs. younger who just do. “Could be last time”

Daily Pro Wrestling History (06/09): Kenny Omega wins IWGP title from Kazuchika Okada

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1932 

New York, New York:
Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Dick Shikat for the New York State Athletic Commission version of the World Heavyweight Title

1935 

Waterloo, Iowa:
– Joe Dusek went to a drew with Lou Plummer 

1938 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
– The Masked Marvel (Ted Cox) defeated Vic Christy to win the Montreal World Heavyweight Title

1943 

Des Moines, Iowa:
– Jim Londos defeated Tom Zaharias 2 falls to 0
– Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon beat Bill Dusen

1945 

Wichita, Kansas:
– World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown beat Lord Albert Mills in a 2 out of 3 falls match 
– Ray Eckert defeated Vic Holbrook

1949 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– NWA World Champion Orville Brown and Joe Pazandak wrestled to a draw at the midnight closing hour 1 fall a piece 
– Fred Blassie and Herman Von Doyle went to a draw

1960

Amarillo, Texas:
– Nick Roberts and Art Nelson defeated Dory Funk, Sr. and Bob Geigel to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Tag Team Titles

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Central States Heavyweight Champion Thor Hagen beat Ernie Dusek
– Central States Women’s Champion Lorraine Johnson defeated Judy Glover in 2 out of 3 falls
– Bob Orton defeated Emil Dusek by DQ 
– Gory Guerrero and Doug Scott wrestled to a draw

1961 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– In a Texas Death Match; Hard Boiled Haggerty & Gene Kiniski beat Whipper Billy Watson & Wilbur Snyder in 2 out of 3 falls
– Bob Geigel beat Tony Baillargeon 
– Jack Pesek beat Stan Kowalski

1964 

Nashville, Tennessee:
– Tojo Yamamoto and Alex Perez defeated Jackie and Don Fargo for the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1967 

Seoul, South Korea:
– Kim Il (Kintaro Ohki) defeated Mark Lewin to win the Los Angeles-based World Wrestling Association’s World Heavyweight Title

St. Joseph, Missouri:
– Sonny Myers won NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from The Viking

1969 

Vancouver, British Columbia:
– Dutch Savage and Bob Brown defeated Dean Higuchi and Earl Maynard to win the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

Nashville, Tennessee:
– Johnny Walker and The Sundown Kid defeated Tojo Yamamoto and Johnny Long to win the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1973

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Mr. Wrestling II and Bob Orton, Jr. defeated the Super Infernos (Doug Gilbert and Don Smith) to win the NWA Georgia Tag Team Titles

Chicago, Illinois:
– AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Dick the Bruiser & Wahoo McDaniel
– Billy Robinson beat Dick Murdoch 
– Jim Brunzell beat Ric Flair
– Moose Cholak drew Dusty Rhodes

1977 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Ray Stevens beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel via DQ
– AWA Tag Team Champions Blackjack Lanza & Bobby Duncum beat Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell 
– Super Destroyer beat Pedro Morales
– Angelo Mosca beat Billy Francis
– Bob Backlund beat Roger Kirby
– Billy Robinson beat Wilbur Snyder
– Steve Olsonoski drew George Gadaski

1978

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Angelo Mosca won a tournament final for the vacant NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title 

1979 

Des Moines, Iowa:
– Bill Irwin defeated Wayne Rogers
– Bob Brown fought Jerry Brown to a double DQ
– In an Indian Strap Match; Frank Hill defeated Bob Sweetan 
– World Heavyweight Champion Harley Race defeated The Super Destroyer Mark II (Sgt. Slaughter) (w/ Lord Alfred Hayes) via DQ 

1980 

Omaha, Nebraska:
– Mad Dog Vachon beat Adrian Adonis in a Falls Count Anywhere match
– Jerry Blackwell went to a double count out with Dino Bravo
– Bobby Heenan beat Lord Alfred Hayes in a Loser Leaves Town match 
– Greg Gagne & Steve Olsonoski beat Jesse Ventura & Super Destroyer Mark II

1985 

St. Paul, Minnesota;
– Michael Hayes beat AWA Champion Rick Martel (no title change and decision later reversed)
– Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Greg Gagne & Steve Olsonoski (sub Jim Brunzell) 
– Fabulous Freebirds, Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts beat Larry Hennig & Curt Hennig
– Sgt. Slaughter beat Larry Zbyszko by DQ
– Baron Von Raschke & Brad Rheingans & Buck Zumhofe beat Bobby Duncum & Billy Robinson & Steve Regal
– Butch Reed beat Dave Wagner

1986 

– Kendall Windham is given the Florida State Heavyweight Title that he had lost to the White Ninja (Keiji Mutoh, Great Muta) 

1989 

Dallas, Texas:
 Jeff Jarrett and Mil Mascaras defeated Super Zodiac II and Cactus Jack to win the World Class Tag Team Titles

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Bob and Kerry Brown defeated Chris Benoit and Biff Wellington for the Stampede International Tag Team Titles

1991 

Cleveland, Ohio:
– Tom Zenk pinned Mike Graham
– Big Josh pinned the Aryan
– Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Morton defeated Larry Zbyszko & Terrence Taylor via disqualification
– Sam Houston defeated the One Man Gang via reverse decision
– Bobby Eaton pinned Arn Anderson
– WCW Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated WCW US Tag Team Champion Michael Hayes & Badstreet (sub. for WCW US Tag Team Champion Jimmy Garvin)
– WCW US Champion Lex Luger fought Nikita Koloff to a double disqualification
– Barry Windham pinned Brian Pillman in a taped fist match
– El Gigante defeated WCW World Champion Ric Flair via disqualification

Palmetto, Florida;
– Steve Williams defeated Bam Bam Bigelow to become the first UWF Television Champion
– Rockin’ Robin defeated Candi Divine to become the first UWF Women’s Champion

1995

Lenoir, North Carolina:
– Bobby Blaze defeated Mustafa
– Boo Bradley defeated Killer Kyle in a Jersey dog fight match
– Buddy Landel defeated Steve Armstrong via disqualification
– The Dirty White Boy defeated New Jack in a chain match 
– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Al Snow & Unabom in a non title match

Tokyo, Japan:
– Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue won the second AJPW Unified World Tag Team Title from Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi 

1997 

Boston, Massachusetts:
– Jeff Jarrett won the WCW United States Heavyweight Title from Dean Malenko

1999 

Sendai, Japan:
– Johnny Ace and Bart Gunn defeated Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama for the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles

2000

Tokyo, Japan:
– Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue defeated Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama to win the vacant AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles

2001

Charlestown, Indiana:
– CM Punk defeated Mark Wolf to win the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title 

2004

Nashville, Tennessee:
– AJ Styles defeated Frankie Kazarian to win the TNA X Division Title

2018

NJPW Dominion: Osaka, Japan:
– Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Desperado beat Sho & Yoh to retain the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles
– Juice Robinson & David Finlay beat Jay White & Yoshi-Hashi
– Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. beat Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
– Michael Elgin won a three-way over Taichi and Hirooki Goto to win the Never Open Weight Title
– Young Bucks beat Seiya Sanada & Evil to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– Cody & Hangman Page & Marty Scurll beat Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Liger & Rey Mysterio Jr.
– Hiromu Takahashi pinned Will Ospreay to win the IWGP Jr. Title
– Chris Jericho pinned Tetsuya Naito to win the IC Title
– Kenny Omega won two of three falls from Kazuchika Okada to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title

Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/27): Owen Hart wins IWGP Junior Heavyweight title

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1887 

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– William Muldoon failed to throw Evan Lewis twice in 60:00 (Muldoon won the first fall in 47:00, then gave up the match)

1956 

– Doug and Red Donovan defeated Herb Freeman & Larry Chene for the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

1957

Dallas, Texas:
– Red Bastien defeated Rito Romero to win the NWA Texas Junior Heavyweight Title 

1959

Bridgeport, Conneticut:
– Eddie & Dr. Jerry Graham defeated Mark Lewin & Don Curtis for the WWWF Tag Team Titles

1960 

St. Joseph, Missouri:
– Thor Hagen defeated Lee Henning to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in 2 out of 3 falls
– World Tag Team Champions George and Sandy Scott beat Rock Hunter and Mighty Atlas in 2 out of 3 falls
– Gory Guerrero beat Taro Myaki by DQ
– Joe Costello and Ray Gordon drew 

1965 

Kansas City, Kansas:
– The Mongolian Stomper beat Johnny Valentine
– Bob Geigel and Dutch Savage beat Doug Gilbert and Ron Reed
– Sonny Myers beat Buddy Johnson 
– The Missouri Mauler beat Steve Bolus

Minneapolis, Minnesota:
– The Crusher beat Pampero Firpo in a cage match
– Verne Gagne & Reggie Parks beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race by DQ
– Chris Markoff beat Eddie Sharkey 
– Rene Goulet went to a draw with Tiny Mills

1966 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
– Verne Gagne & Wilbur Snyder beat AWA Tag Team Champions Larry Hennig & Harley Race (decision was later reversed as the wrong man was pinned)
– The Crusher beat Chris Markoff 
– Ernie Ladd beat Moose Cholak

1967 

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Billy and Jimmy Hines won the Mid-America version of the NWA World Tag Team Titles by defeating The Blue Infernos 

1968 

Memphis, Tennessee:
– Ken Lucas & Dennis Hall defeated Don Carson & The Red Shadow for the Mid-America version of the NWA Southern Tag Team Titles

1971

Kansas City, Kansas:
– Steve Bolus & The Viking defeated Baron Von Raschke & Benny Ramirez
– Rufus R. Jones defeated The Great Sakaguchi by count out
– Harley Race defeated Danny Little Bear in three falls
– Buddy Austin & Bob Orton defeated The Stomper & Bob Geigel

1974

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada:
– Mr. X (Guy Mitchell) & The Brute defeated Leo Madril & Dan Kroffat to win the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Titles

1976 

Kawasaki, Japan:
– Jackie West & Yukari Lynch defeated The Beauty Pair (Jackie Sato & Maki Ueda) for the World Women’s Wrestling Association World Tag Team Title 

1977 

St. Louis, Missouri:
– Missouri Champion Jack Brisco defeated Blackjack Lanza
– Superstar Graham defended the WWWF title for the first time in St. Louis by beating Bob Backlund by count out 
– Rocky Johnson, Dick the Bruiser and Billy Robinson defeated Bobby Duncum, Ivan Koloff and Jim Valiant 
– Fabulous Moolah, billed as women’s world champion, defeated Susan Green
– Greg Gagne defeated Roger Kirby
– Jim Brunzell defeated Bennie Ramirez

Houston, Texas:
– Jimmy Snuka defeated El Gran Goliath for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Title

1978 

Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
– Carlos Colon & Chief Thunder Cloud defeated The Hollywood Blondes (Jack Evans & Larry Sharpe) for the WWC North American Tag Team Titles

1983

Denver, Colorado:
– Wahoo McDaniel beat AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel by DQ
– Ken Patera & Jerry Blackwell beat Mad Dog Vachon & Baron Von Raschke
– Tully Blanchard beat Scott Casey
– Brad Rheingans beat Jesse Ventura
– Blackjack Lanza beat Buck Zumhofe

1985 

Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– Jos Leduc & Rick Martel beat Road Warrior Animal & Paul Ellering via DQ
– Abdullah the Butcher beat King Tonga
– Dino Bravo beat Richard Charland 
– Jacques Rougeau, Jr. beat Jim Garvin via DQ

1988 

Sendai, Japan:
– Owen Hart defeated Hiroshi Hase to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title

1989

Caguas, Puerto Rico:
– Steve Strong defeated Carlos Colon to win the WWC Universal Heavyweight Title 

1990

Naucalpan, Mexico:
– Villano III defeated Sangre Chicana for the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title 

1993

Columbia, South Carolina:
– Erik Watts fought Kensuke Sasaki to a 15-minute time-limit draw
– Maxx Payne defeated Tom Zenk via submission 
– Arn Anderson defeated Joey Maggs (sub. for Chris Benoit)
– Davey Boy Smith pinned the Barbarian
– Ron Simmons pinned Dick Slater (sub. for an injured WCW World Champion Big Van Vader)
– Sting & Dustin Rhodes defeated Rick Rude & WCW TV Champion Paul Orndorff via disqualification 
– NWA World Champion Barry Windham pinned Ricky Steamboat

1994

Duff, Tennessee:
– Steven Dunn defeated Anthony Michaels
– Tracy Smothers defeated Timothy Well
– The Dirty White Boy defeated Kendo the Samurai
– Tracy Smothers & Chris Jericho defeated SMW Tag Team Champions Brian Lee & Chris Candido via disqualification
– Chris Jericho won a pole battle royal

1995

Morristown, Tennessee:
– Bobby Blaze defeated Killer Kyle in a falls count anywhere match
– SMW Heavyweight Champion Buddy Landel defeated Steve Armstrong
– New Jack, Mustafa, & D-Lo Brown defeated Tracy Smothers, the Dirty White Boy, & Boo Bradley
– Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson fought SMW Tag Team Champions Al Snow & Unabom to a double disqualification

1997 

Sapporo, Japan:
– Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace defeated Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles

2001 

Bayamon, Puerto Rico:
– D’Lo Brown & Shane defeated The Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr & Victor the Bodyguard) 
– Los Boricuas (Miguel Perez Jr. & Jesus Castillo, Jr.) for the IWA World Tag Team Titles

2006 

Doncaster, England:
– Jonny Storm and Jody Fleisch defeated A.J. Styles and Christopher Daniels to become the first-ever 1PW Tag Team Champions
– Steve Corino defeated champion Abyss and Christian Cage in a three-way match to win the 1PW World Heavyweight Title

Daily Pro Wrestling History (05/17): Bruno Sammartino wins WWWF title from Buddy Rogers

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1963

Madison Square Garden:

– Bruno Sammartino defeated WWWF World Champion Buddy Rogers in 47 seconds to win the championship 

1966 

Moline, Illinois:

– The Crusher & Ernie Ladd & Verne Gagne beat Larry Hennig & Harley Race & The Alaskan

– Reggie Parks beat Angelo Poffo 

– Ernie Ladd beat Larry Hennig

Kansas City, Missouri:

– Dick the Bruiser & Bob Ellis defeated Bob Geigel & Bob Brown 

– World Heavyweight Champion Gene Kiniski defeated The Mongolian Stomper in three falls

1973 

Kansas City, Kansas:

– Harley Race defeated Black Angus 

– Bob Geigel & Bobo Brazil defeated Togo the Great & Tokyo Joe

– Jim Dalton & Frank Diamond defeated Argentina Zuma & L.D. Lewis

– Mike George defeated Bob Orton

– Omar Atlas defeated The Terror via DQ

– Danny Little Bear fought Bob Brown to a double-DQ

1974

Denver, Colorado:

– The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel beat Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens on a 3rd fall COR to win the AWA Tag Team titles

– Superstar Billy Graham beat Geoff Portz

– Chris Taylor beat Moose Morowski 

– Larry Hennig beat Bull Bullinski 

– Greg Gagne beat Odd Job Tosh Tojo by DQ

Atlanta, Georgia:

– In a Lights Out Match, Andre The Giant & Mr. Wrestling II beat Bill Watts & Big Bad John

– NWA World Champion Jack Brisco beat Dusty Rhodes via DQ

– Georgia Tag Team Champions Ronnie Garvin & Terry Garvin beat Bob Armstrong & Haystack Calhoun

– Southern States Champion Jerry Brisco beat Bobby Duncum

– Gene Anderson & Ole Anderson beat Steve Keirn & Dennis Stamp

– Art Nelson drew Jerry Oates

– Bob Sweetan beat Mike Stallings

– Ali Vaziri beat Zebra Kid

1978 

Honolulu, Hawaii:

– AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat Rick Martel 

– In a Loser Leaves Town Match; Tor Kamata beat Billy White Wolf  

– Buddy Rose & John Studd beat Bill Francis & Russ Francis

– John Tolos beat Chris Markoff by DQ

– George Wells beat Rocky Tomayo

1981

Atlanta, Georgia:

– Tommy Rich won a tournament for the Georgia Heavyweight championship; beating Greg Valentine in the finals

– In a No Time Limit, No DQ Match: Ted Dibiase & Junkyard Dog beat The Freebirds’ Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts

1982

Birmingham, Alabama:

– NWA World champion Ric Flair defeated Terry Gordy 

– Roy Welch beat Tommy Wright

– Scott McGhee beat Ted Oates

– Jacques Rougeau beat Jos LeDuc by DQ

– Ron & Robert Fuller beat New Zealand Sheepherders

1984

Nagasaki, Japan:

– Tatsutoshi Gotoh defeated Pat Tanaka

– Shunji Kosugi defeated Naoki Sano

– Kuniaki Kobayashi & Black Cat defeated Norio Honaga & Fumihiro Niikura

– Big John Studd & Otto Wanz defeated Animal Hamaguchi & Isamu Teranishi

– Adrian Adonis defeated Osamu Kido

– Riki Choshu & Yoshikai Yatsu fought Fujiwara & Kengo Kimura to a double countout

– Dick Murdoch defeated Ken Patera

– Andre The Giant defeated Mr. Saito via disqualification

– Antonio Inoki, Seigi Sakaguchi, & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan, the Masked Superstar, & John Quinn

1986

Hammond, Indiana:

– Playboy Buddy Rose & Doug Somers defeated Scott Hall & Curt Hennig to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship

– Colonel DeBeers beat Earthquake Ferris

Baltimore, Maryland:

– Dusty Rhodes & the Road Warriors defeated NWA Six Man Tag Team Champions Baron Von Raschke, Ivan & Nikita Koloff to win the titles 

1987 

– The Lightning Express, (Brad Armstrong & Tim Horner), defeated Rick Steiner & Sting to win the UWF Tag Team Titles

1992 

WCW WrestleWar: Jacksonville, Florida:

– Diamond Dallas Page & Tommy Rich defeated Bob Cook & Firebreaker Chip

– Johnny B. Badd defeated Tracey Smothers

– Scotty Flamingo defeated Marcus Bagwell

– Ron Simmons defeated Mr. Hughes

– Super Invader defeated Todd Champion

– Big Josh defeated Richard Morton

– The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated Terry Taylor & Greg Valentine to win the United States Tag Team Championship

– Brian Pillman defeated Tom Zenk to retain the WCW World Light Heavyweight Title

– WCW World Tag Team Champions Rick & Scott Steiner defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & Takayuki Iizuka 

– Sting, Nikita Koloff, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat & Barry Windham defeated Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Rick Rude, Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko in a War Games match

Beckley, West Virginia:

– Thunder Tiger defeated the Master of Disaster

– Dixie Dynamite (Brian Armstrong) pinned Dutch Mantell

– Tim Horner pinned Buddy Landel

– Robert Gibson pinned Jimmy Golden

– Brian Lee pinned the Dirty White Boy

– Brad & Bart Batten defeated SMW Tag Team Champions The Heavenly Bodies, Stan Lane & Tom Prichard via disqualification

1993

New York City:

– Marty Jannetty defeated Shawn Michaels to win the Intercontinental Title

1998 

WCW Slamboree: Worchester, Massachusetts:

– WCW World TV Champion Fit Finlay pinned Chris Benoit

– Lex Luger defeated Brian Adams 

– Ciclope won a cruiserweight battle royal

– Dean Malenko defeated WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho to win the title

– Eddie Guerrero (with Chavo Guerrero Jr.) pinned Ultimo Dragon 

– Diamond Dallas Page pinned Raven in a Bowery Death Match

– WCW U.S. Champion Bill Goldberg pinned Perry Saturn

– Bret Hart defeated Randy Savage

– Sting & the Giant defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Scott Hall & Kevin Nash (with Dusty Rhodes) to win the titles

2009

WWF Judgement Day: Chicago, Illinois:

– Mickie James defeated Beth Phoenix (with Rosa Mendes)

– Umaga defeated CM Punk

– Christian defeated Jack Swagger to retain the ECW Championship

– John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin (with Charlie Haas)

– Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship

– Batista defeated Randy Orton by disqualification, Orton retained the WWE Championship

– John Cena defeated Big Show

– Edge defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship

2017

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Tournament: Korakuen, Japan: 

– Taka Michinoku pinned Jushin Liger

– Volador Jr. pinned Tiger Mask

– Ricochet pinned Taichi

– ACH pinned Bushi

– Desperado pinned Kushida

– Marty Scurll beat Will Ospreay

– Ryusuke Taguchi pinned Yoshinobu Kanemaru

– Dragon Lee pinned Hiromu Takahashi

NJPW cancels Best of the Super Juniors tour

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This year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament is the latest professional wrestling event to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

NJPW announced tonight that all 19 shows that were scheduled for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tour have been canceled. NJPW wrote that the decision was made in response to the pandemic and in light of the extension of state of emergency measures in Japan.

The Best of the Super Junior tour was set to kick off at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on May 12 and conclude at Tokyo’s Ota City General Gymnasium on June 6. Refund information for the canceled shows will be announced soon.

In their statement about the cancellation of the tour, NJPW noted that they will make announcements regarding events that are scheduled for after June 6 upon careful monitoring of the developing situation with the pandemic.  NJPW also wrote that they’re “continuing to explore the possibility of presenting matches without fans in attendance if staff and wrestler health and safety can be protected to the highest possible standard.”

Will Ospreay won last year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament by defeating Shingo Takagi in the finals. That match was voted Match of the Year in the 2019 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards.

Ospreay went on to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Dragon Lee at Dominion 2019. At Wrestle Kingdom 14 night one this January, Ospreay lost the title to Hiromu Takahashi.

Here’s NJPW’s full statement on the cancellation of this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tour:

In response to the continuing Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, and in light of the extension of state of emergency measures across Japan, New Japan Pro-Wrestling has arrived at the decision to cancel all events on the Best of the Super Junior 27 tour that was scheduled between May 12 and June 6. 

We deeply apologise to fans who were looking forward to these events. Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the disease. As eager as everyone at New Japan Pro-Wrestling is to return to the ring as soon as possible, the health and safety of our fans, wrestlers and staff, as well as society at large is our utmost concern.

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We will make announcements about events scheduled after June 6 upon careful monitoring of this developing situation. We will soon announce refund procedures for the affected events.

NJPW is continuing to explore the possibility of presenting matches without fans in attendance if staff and wrestler health and safety can be protected to the highest possible standard. 

Meanwhile, programs like the NJPW Together Project will continue to see wrestlers and staff come together to bring the best possible content to fans while we eagerly await the opportunity to entertain live crowds once more. 

The following events are covered by today’s cancellations:

Tuesday, May 12: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Wednesday, May 13: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Thursday, May 14: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Saturday, May 16: Yamagata Big Wing, Yamagata
Sunday, May 17:  Morioka Takaya Arena, Iwate
Monday, May 18: Iwaki City Gymnasium, Fukushima
Tuesday, May 19: Sendai Sun Plaza Hall, Miyagi
Thursday, May 21: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Friday, May 22: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Saturday, May 23: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Sunday, May 24: Kamisu Bousai Arena, Ibaraki
Wednesday, May 27: Saku City General Gymnasium, Nagano
Thursday, May 28: Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall, Aichi
Friday, May 29: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium Sub Arena  
Saturday, May 30: Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium Sub Arena
Monday, June 1: Item Ehime
Tuesday, June 2: Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1, Kagawa
Thursday, June 4: Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Saturday, June 6: Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo

Slovenia’s Prime Minister resigns over court ruling on referendum

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 Slovenia’s prime minister said Wednesday he is resigning after the country’s top court annulled last year’s referendum on a key railway project and ordered a new vote.

Miro Cerar said he sent his resignation to parliament and will formally notify the president Thursday. The move means that Slovenia’s parliamentary elections, which were due in early June, will be held a few weeks earlier.

"I have made a decision any trustworthy politician should make in such a situation," Cerar said in a statement broadcast live. "You (citizens) will have a chance in the elections to judge between right and wrong and who deserves your support."

Cerar also praised his center-left government’s achievements in curbing an economic downturn in the tiny European Union nation of 2 million people that is the home country of U.S. first lady Melania Trump.

"During my term the economic crisis ended. Slovenia has stable economic growth, third strongest in EU," he said. "We have the lowest unemployment rate after 2009."

Protesters blow whistles during teachers' demonstration for higher wages in LjubljanaCredit:
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The government also has faced a wave of strikes and protests by public sector workers demanding higher wages amid economic recovery. Many schools in Slovenia were closed Wednesday as teachers went on strike for the second time in a month.

Slovenia’s Supreme Court ruled earlier Wednesday that government backing for the railway project during the referendum campaign was one-sided and could have affected the outcome of the vote.

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigns after the invalidation of a government referendum that approved a major infrastructure project Credit:
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The referendum in September approved the government’s plan to build 27 kilometers (16 miles) of additional railway linking the Adriatic port of Koper with the Divaca hub near the border with Italy.

The vote was initiated by independent campaigner Vili Kovacic, who also took the issue to Slovenia’s top courts. Kovacic was supported by some opposition parties.

Cerar said the rail project is of "strategic importance for the development of Slovenia." He complained that "some are jeopardizing Slovenia’s development."

The date for the new referendum wasn’t immediately set.

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WWE News: Ticket sale update for Wrestlemania 31 week (updated)

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Tickets are available right now for all WWE events this coming week:

– As of Tuesday at 1 PM EST, limited tickets remain for Friday’s NXT show.

– As of Tuesday at 1 PM EST, single seats remain for Monday’s RAW.

– Saturday’s Hall of Fame ceremony at the SAP Center has a few tickets remaining, as most of the local commercial promotion has focused on Fan Axxess with most sessions having tickets left.

– There are tickets remaining for Sunday’s WrestleMania 31.  There are not a lot of tickets available at Ticketmaster, although thousands are left at stubhub and other secondary markets sources.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls US ambassador ‘son of a dog’

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called the US ambassador to Israel a "son of a dog" because of his support for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Mr Abbas, speaking at a Palestinian leadership gathering, also blamed Hamas for a bomb attack last week on the convoy of Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza, remarks that threatened reconciliation efforts with the Islamist group.

The Palestinian leader accused Ambassador David Friedman of defending Israeli settlers in the West Bank by saying that they were building on "their land". The slur drew rebukes from the diplomat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In an angry tone, Mr Abbas said: "The son of dog says they build on their land? He is a settler, and his family are settlers, and he is the US ambassador in Tel Aviv. What should we expect from him?"

Mr Friedman, a strong supporter of Israel’s settler movement, was an early and enthusiastic advocate of US President Donald Trump’s decision in December to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the US embassy there.

David Friedman addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Credit:
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Mr Friedman responded during a speech in Jerusalem to a conference on combating global anti-Semitism, saying: "His response was to refer to me as son of a dog. Anti-Semitism or political discourse? Not for me to judge, I leave that all up to you."

Jason Greenblatt, US Middle East envoy, issued a statement calling Mr Abbas’ comment "highly inappropriate". He said the Palestinian leader needed "to choose between hateful rhetoric and concrete and practical efforts to improve the quality of life of his people".

Mr Trump’s announcement on Jerusalem delighted the Israeli government but infuriated Palestinians, who have staged regular protests since then.

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Israel regards Jerusalem as its eternal and indivisible capital, although that is not recognised internationally. Palestinians feel equally strongly, saying that East Jerusalem must be the capital of a future Palestinian state.

Peace talks aimed at finding a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict have stalled, while Israeli settlement expansion has continued.

Mr Netanyahu said Mr Trump’s decisions on Jerusalem appeared to have brought Abbas to the point of making a verbal attacks on a US official.

"For the first time in decades, the US administration has stopped spoiling the Palestinian leaders and tells them: enough is enough," Netanyahu said on Twitter. "Apparently the shock of the truth has caused them to lose it."

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