Antonio Inoki and Mohammad Ali fought to a 15 round draw.
June 25, 1976
WWE inducts legends Fabulous Moolah, Pedro Morales, Ivan Putski, Antonino Rocca, The Grand Wizard, George Steele and Ernie Ladd into the WWE Hall of Fame.
June 25, 1995
The Rock defeated Triple H by pinning Vince McMahon in a 6-man match for the WWF(E) Heavyweight title.
June 25, 2000
Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy and son are found dead in their home in Atlanta. The tragedy was later determined to be a double-murder/suicide after WWE ran a two-hour tribute show to Benoit. Vince McMahon would later apologize the following night on ECW.
June 25, 2007
June 25, 2011
This Day in Wrestling History
June 24, 2011
Bloomberg Enterprise Preview: WWE and Stephanie McMahon
In an exclusive tour of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s headquarters, Stephanie McMahon shows off one of the famous props worn by WWE superstar (and Stephanie's husband) Triple H. Watch the full episode Wed, 6/29, 9P ET/PT.
Bloomberg Enterprise Preview: Triple H and Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s executive vice president of Creative Development and Operations(and the boss's daughter) and her husband Paul "Triple H" Levesque, a wrestling superstar and the new head of Talent Development discuss why wrestling has a global appeal with Bloomberg's Melissa Long. Watch the full episode Wed, 6/29, 9P ET/PT.
Rumor Mill - Tough Enough's Andy Ripped Backstage
After the Tough Enough finale part of RAW a few weeks back, WWE's John Laurinaitis ripped into Andy Leavine for about five minutes about how Leavine sh## on everything Vince McMahon and Steve Austin have done for the business, and about how he was a piece of crap who will never amount to anything in the business. Laurinaitis was mad because they felt Andy should have stayed down longer after the slap from Vince and the Stunner from Austin.
source: wrestling observer
Interview with Chikara’s Mike Quackenbush
To the general public, Vince McMahon’s WWE is professional wrestling, and professional wrestling is the demented love child of NASCAR and Days Of Our Lives. Both assumptions are wrong, though. There is something silly about would-be juggernauts wearing next to nothing and dishing out choreographed offense to each other, but couldn’t the same be said for so many other things?
Based out of Philadelphia, independent wrestling federation Chikara is the anti-WWE. Chikara doesn’t hide from the surface-level goofiness—rather, the federation embraces it while retaining a fast-paced artfulness that sweeps the floor with the competition. The A.V. Club asked founder and frequent grappler Mike Quackenbush why Chikara is wrestling for skeptics.
The A.V. Club: What was your inspiration in creating Chikara?
Mike Quackenbush: To irritate wrestling traditionalists that still think we’re still hustling marks for a buck at a carnival. To make pro wrestling more like the live-action comic book I always thought it was, and less like a commercial for GNC supplements. Also, to ensure I’d have the best stories at my high school reunion...More?
Al Gore Reveals his Love of Pro Wrestling
The one constant criticism of Gore, be it as Vice President, then as the Democratic Presidential Nominee, and finally as an environmental advocate, has been his "wooden" persona. For some, Gore seemed too cold and intellectual to connect to the masses. Perhaps this has all changed with his new Rolling Stone article entitled "Climate of Change".
Describing his disagreements with how the media has been reporting about climate change, he has turned to the metaphor of professional wrestling to help piledrive his point home.
Unlike other politicians who sometimes use pro wrestling in a negative context, as Hilary Clinton did in a recent speech slamming wrestling [U.S. Secretary of State Clinton slams pro wrestling for being anti-American], Gore reveals with heartfelt passion the awe and wonder he felt at watching pro wrestling live as as child in Elmswood, Tennessee...More?
source: slam wrestling
WWE's Big DVD Project
Jim Ross announced that he interviewed Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart for several hours today in Stamford, CT for a DVD project that will be released this October. Pwinsider is reporting that the DVD is on the Montreal Screwjob and the issues between Bret and Michaels.
This Day in Wrestling History
Wahoo McDaniel defeated Ricky Steamboat for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title.
June 24, 1984
TBS aired the final episode of WCW Saturday Night after 27 consecutive years.
June 24, 2000
Bret Hart suffers a bicycle accident and a crippling stroke.
June 24, 2002
June 23, 2011
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
