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October 31, 2010
This Day in Wrestling History
Mitsuharu Misawa defeats Kenta Kobashi for the All Japan Triple Crown in Tokyo, Japan. With this win, Misawa tied Stan Hansen's record for most Triple Crown title reigns at four (Misawa would go on to have five, which has since been tied by Toshiaki Kawada).
October 31, 1998
Ivory defeated Lita for the WWF Women's title.
October 31, 2000
Former Intercontinental Champion Christian quits World Wrestling Entertainment, becoming (arguably) the first major star to make the decision to leave WWE for TNA. Christian would fulfill his remaining appearance (the Taboo Tuesday PPV) before leaving WWE.
October 31, 2005
October 30, 2010
Triple H Returns at WWE Fan Appreciation Day
Triple H defeated Alberto Del Rio via a pedigree. After the match, Triple H gave Ricardo Rodriguez (Del Rio's announcer) a pedigree as well.
Decline In DVD Sales & Rampant Piracy Force Indy Wrestling To Internet Pay-Per-View
The move to all-digital distribution is already well under way, and it poses a problem for businesses that have based themselves around the sale of shiny plastic discs. That, combined with the rampant piracy of these discs when they’re released has particularly hurt independent pro-wrestling organizations (to pick something out of thin air). Gabe Sapolsky, vice-president of Dragon Gate USA, owner of Evolve, and former head booker of Ring of Honor, was recently interviewed on Figure Four Daily, a podcast dedicated to pro-wrestling and MMA news, and said that the only way these companies will survive is if a new technology, Internet Pay-Per-View, becomes viable...More?
source: crunchgear.com
TNA Heading to Upper Marlboro, MD in 2011
TNA will be holding an event at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland on January 15th, 2011. Tickets go on sale November 19th, 2010. Go to http://wherewrestlinghappens.tk or http://prowrestlingevents.webs.com for info about upcoming wrestling shows worldwide.
source: wrestleview.com
Republicans Comment on Vince McMahon and Linda's Senate Campaign
Brian Lockhart of CTnews.com has a new article up wondering if Vince McMahon's recent actions are hurting Linda's Senate campaign. Lockhart phoned five Republicans and asked their thoughts on Vince's actions and how they might hurt their fellow Republican's campaign. Click here.
partial source: impactwrestling.com
October 29, 2010
SmackDown Results: Crashing the Funeral
After burying The Undertaker alive at WWE Bragging Rights, Kane returned to SmackDown to inform the WWE Universe that they’d never see The Deadman again. Despite involvement by The Nexus in the epic pay-per-view showdown, Kane also dismissed the idea that anyone but he was responsible for the dark legend’s demise.
However, during a moment of silence for The Phenom, Alberto Del Rio interrupted, blatantly knocking Paul Bearer’s mystical urn to the mat. Full results.
source: wwe.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
