Alex Aberg draws with Ed "Strangler" Lewis at the Manhattan Opera House.
December 4, 1915
In a rather controversial segment, Rowdy Roddy Piper blamed Vince Russo for the death of Owen Hart live on NWA TNA's weekly PPV event.
December 4, 2002
Paul Heyman made his exit from World Wrestling Entertainment. Heyman was sent home from a Raw/ECW taping in North Carolina following a meeting with Vince McMahon, one day after the disastrous ECW December To Dismember Pay-per-view. Heyman was removed from the ECW Creative team, while a storyline reason for his departure was posted on WWE.com, stating Vince sent him home because: "The WWE Chairman cited slumping television ratings and a disgruntled talent roster as causes for Mr. Heyman's dismissal." Heyman had been portraying the heel "ECW Representative" on television.
The backstage story was that Vince McMahon was irate about how awful the PPV was and wanted to pin the blame on Heyman for it, despite many feeling that the poor PPV (which ended a half hour early) was the result of what the McMahons (Vince and Stephanie) booked for the show. Heyman was said to be unhappy with the way that the PPV was booked and backstage sources claim he voiced that concern both before the show began and after it. It was obvious that there were issues between Vince McMahon and Heyman because of the how the show played out on PPV, with everyone knowing it was a disaster.
A number of sources stated that a meeting was held around two o'clock with Heyman, Vince McMahon and Stephanie McMahon-Levesque. Heyman came out of the meeting and seemed like his normal self, with no one realizing what had just taken place. Shortly thereafter, Heyman gathered his things and left the building to go home.
December 4, 2006
Eddie Fatu, better known to WWE fans as Umaga, passes away.
December 4, 2009
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With the abducted Paul Bearer still missing, World Heavyweight Champion Kane battled The Rated-R Superstar to determine who would pick the stipulation in their World Title Match at WWE TLC.
When a screaming Paul Bearer appeared on the TitanTron, Kane had to choose whether to seek out his father and potentially lose by count-out, or return to the ring and try to finish off his war-torn No. 1 contender. Making the decision to finish the match, he soon found himself summarily Speared by The Ultimate Opportunist for the loss. Full results.
source: wwe.com
"Backstage, a lot of the wrestlers are predominantly male and we want to be known as just as good as the guys," says Tara, who will face Mickie James Sunday at the TNA "Final Resolution" pay-per-view in a Falls Count Anywhere match. "There are only a few segments with the Knockouts on the show so every segment you catch, we want to be perfection."...More?
source: fanhouse.com
Hey guys, it's subscriber and friendly American Forces Network reporter Petty Officer Dustin Diaz. Anyway I just got back from tonight's Tribute to the Troops goodwill event. Vince McMahon, Big Show, Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly are all here at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. They got in yesterday and did a meet and greet, which I didn't attend, then today, they went to some forward operating bases in the area to meet troops. By tonight's event, they were all clearly pretty run-down from the travel and pace. Right before dinner, where I met up with their group, Kandahar was hit with a rocket attack. Once the all-clear went off, I met them at the dining facility, then we went to the USO. I interviewed all four of them for the story I am doing and they all had great things to say, especially Big Show, who got very emotional when talking about what visiting deployed troops means to him. Then they spent a good hour meeting a lot of excited troops from every branch, taking pictures and shaking hands with everybody. Vince in particular was very engaged and happy to meet everyone. Anyway the event was a big hit; if you want, I can send you a link to my story when it gets online on Monday. MC1(SW) Dustin Q. Diaz, USN.
source: wrestling observer
Hulk Hogan defeated the Undertaker for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title.
December 3, 1991
"Macho Man" Randy Savage makes his debut on a live broadcast of WCW Saturday Night. Savage had been with WWF for well over a decade.
December 3, 1994
For the first time ever, former WWE Tag Team Champions Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith squared off in what everyone in the WWE Universe knew would be a heated battle. Since violently parting ways three weeks ago on Raw, the ex-members of The Hart Dynasty have been burning to lock up and the first showdown between these two young talents was nothing short of a war. Called the best pound for pound competitor on the WWE roster by CM Punk, the spiteful Kidd knew he’d have to utilize every hold he learned in the fabled Hart Dungeon to bring down his powerful opponent. But the grappler was shocked when Smith won the match not with his strength, but with an unexpected pinning counter. Feeling that they’d settled their differences, David Hart Smith offered his hand to Tyson Kidd, but only received a slap in the face in return. Clearly, this conflict is far from over. Full results.
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Just a short time after mass layoffs cut the WWE roster by a significant number of employees, another Superstar has left the company.
MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter) was announced by WWE.com today as having been released by the company. Around the same time that WWE posted the news, Porter explained via his Twitter account (@The205MVP) that the termination was at his request.
"No need for alarm. I did not get fired," Porter said. "I asked for & received my release. I felt it was time to go international & freshen things up.
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