February 20, 2009
This Day in Wrestling History
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat defeats Ric Flair for the NWA World Title
February 20, 1989
Happy Birthday to Antonio Inoki
February 20, 1943
Tribute Video
Antonio Inoki Home Page
February 19, 2009
The Game Talks
On SmackDown, WWE Champion Triple H talks exclusively with J.R. What will The Game have to say following the tumultuous events on Raw involving the McMahon family?
AWA legend and WWE Hall of Famer Verne Gagne a suspect in roommate's death
Verne Gagne, the AWA legend and WWE Hall of Famer, is a resident of the Friendship Village in Bloomington, MN, an assisted living community. He was allegedly involved in an incident with Helmut R. Guttman on January 26th, which ended up with Gagne throwing Guttman to the floor. Twenty days later, Guttman passed away. Both Gagne and Guttman suffer/suffered from Alzheimer's related dementia. Police are investigating Gagne as a suspect, but it has been noted that, due to his condition, Gagne was most likely unaware of what he did and had no recollection of the incident...More?
source: prowrestling.net
Monday's Raw Rating Scores Big
This past Monday’s Raw firmly established itself as a ratings champion. Raw delivered a 4.1 rating and was seen in more than 4.5 million television households in the United States, with more than 5.9 million total viewers. It was the most-watched installment of Monday Night Raw since Feb. 26, 2007.
Actor Portraying Steroid Dealer in "The Wrestler" Arrested on Federal Drug Charges
A New Rochelle man who portrays a steroids dealer in the move "The Wrestler" was arrested tonight after a dramatic chase involving federal and local authorities.
"Art imitates life," federal Drug Enforcement Administration spokeswoman Erin Mulvey said tonight. The manhunt, which involved police cars being rammed and guns drawn, ended on Highland Avenue, where the hulking Scott Siegel of 25 Nautilus Place was captured...More?
source: lohud.com
February 18, 2009
Vince McMahon on "The Jericho Incident"
WWE star Chris Jericho wasn't laughing during an altercation with two WWE fans following a Raw house show on February 7th in Canada. The opposite was true of WWE head Vince McMahon.
Raw announcer Jerry Lawler says he was talking to McMahon prior to the Feb. 9th Raw TV taping and McMahon made a light-hearted comment to Jericho.
"Vince was kinda chuckling about it," Lawler said in an interview with the U.K. Sun. "Jericho walked by and he said: "Watch out! Jericho will hit you! He'll knock you right down!" Then he adds: "Especially if you're a girl!"
Lawler said everyone was "having a joke about it" and he didn't feel it was a big deal. He said the incident would have been common-place years ago in the territory era because fans took the good guy vs. bad guy storyline so seriously.
"We used to be able to get the fans so riled up that they literally wanted to physically attack you after the matches," Lawler said. "That hasn't happened in a long time, so it's almost like hats off to Chris Jericho – for doing his job. He's being the best bad guy that he can be."
source: the sun
Did Selig Allow MLB to Become the WWE?
Bud Selig, as the commissioner of baseball, turned a blind eye to steroid abuse and didn’t care about it...More?
source: sports.yahoo.com
Rumor Mill - Vince Tired of Christian Already?
SmackDown writer Michael Hayes originally came up with the idea of Christian Cage doing all the sneak attacks on Jeff Hardy to be revealed at the Royal Rumble. As time went on and people figured that Christian was behind it, and/or Hayes realized how Vince felt about Christian, he approached Vince with the idea of giving the role to Matt Hardy. Hayes sold the idea on the fact that Matt vs. Jeff would be a bigger surprise and bigger draw than Jeff vs. Christian, and Vince agreed with him.
John Laurinaitis had been pushing to do something with Christian sooner, rather than have him sit and wait until April. While all the talk about his return was going on, Vince started to sour on Christian. Back in 2005, whenever ideas were brought up for Christian, Vince always nixed them and only saw Cage as an upper midcarder. Vince even said in meetings that Christian had no star aura about him and that his head shot promotional photo was one of the worse he had ever seen...More?
source: wrestlingobserver
This Day in Wrestling History
Lelani Kai defeated Wendi Richter for the WWF(E) Women's title
February 18, 1985
Mildred Burke dies of a stroke
February 18, 1973
Mildred Burke vs Millie Stafford
Kerry Von Erich dies of a suicide shooting at 33
February 18, 1993
Shawn Michaels vs. Kerry Von Erich
February 17, 2009
ECW Results: The Swagger of Defeat
Full results.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
