This Day in Wrestling History

Ron Simmons defeated Big Van Vader for the WCW Heavyweight title.
August 2, 1992

WWF(E) Heavyweight Champion, The Rock opened a session of the Republican National Convention.
August 2, 2000

Raw Results 08/01/11

Following last week’s scandalous return to WWE, the always contentious CM Punk kicked off tonight’s Raw by inciting more controversy. Stating that he re-signed with WWE because he wanted to bring about change, The Straight Edge Superstar proclaimed himself the one and only WWE Champion, which drew out WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H. Taking issue with the arrogant Superstar’s words, The Game said he re-signed Punk because it was good for business even though he personally found him smug and overrated. As tensions mounted between the two, Triple H made it clear that both Punk and John Cena are legitimate champions to which the overconfident Punk shot back that there can only be one title holder. The Game did not debate this point and promised to rectify the situation tonight. Full results.

Abdullah The Butcher Responds To Lawsuit; Says He Doesn't Have Hepatitis C

The Ottawa Citizen has a new article online today covering Devon Nicholson's $6.5 million lawsuit against Abdullah the Butcher (real name Lawrence Shreve).

Not only is Shreve denying he gave Nicholson the disease, he says he doesn't have Hepatitis C and will be providing a blood sample in the next few days.

"I'm not the only one that he [Shreve] has wrestled. He has wrestled everybody," Shreve told the publication. "He's been to Puerto Rico, all over."

The lawsuit alleges that Abdullah the Butcher bladed both of them during a 2007 match and once Nicolson had contact with Abby's blood, he contracted Hepatitis C...More?

source: wrestlingnewsworld.com

Did Triple H Help the SmackDown Ratings with his First Appearance Since Replacing Vince McMahon?

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show drew a 1.99 rating, which is up from the 1.86 rating the show drew last week. The show averaged 2.83 million viewers, which his up slightly from the 2.82 million viewers from the previous week.

source: pwtorch.com

Predictions Are Good For WWE's Quarterly Earnings Report

Wall St. Cheat Sheet has a "sneek peek" at WWE's latest quarterly report, which they will announce this Thursday. They are predicting a 29.6% rise in revenue from the same quarter last year, and forecasting a 2% increase in total revenue for the year, from last year.

WWE and 7-Eleven Partner for Third Year

WWE and 7-Eleven, Inc. today announced that after two successful partnerships, the companies will get back in the ring for the month of August to promote WWE collectible Slurpee® and Super Big Gulp® cups and straws. This marks the first time 7-Eleven has had three consecutive summer promotions with one entertainment property...More?

Celebrity Launching Wrestling Promotion

Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan, who is no stranger to the wrestling business, will be starting his own independent wrestling group this fall called Resistance Pro. Corgan is the creative director and will be making the official announcement at the Wizard World convention in Chicago later this month.

source: allwrestling.com

WWE: We Will Protect Our Diva

The WWE is taking some serious security measures to keep WWE diva Maryse Ouellet -- one of its most beautiful starlets -- SAFE after she received some DISTURBING emails from an obsessed fan.

Sources directly involved with the situation tell TMZ ... WWE officials have added additional security personnel at recent events -- and plan to keep the extra protection in place as long as the organization feels there is a legitimate threat.

We're told the organization has also taken additional security measures -- but the WWE is being tight-lipped about the security plan in order to make sure the measures are effective.

As TMZ first reported, Maryse filed a request for a permanent restraining order against 61-year-old Lee Silber last week, claiming he's been sending her creepy letters -- and has sworn to "take [her] to heaven with him."

We're told WWE staff knows about the situation with Silber -- and are on the lookout in case he attempts to attend an event.

News on John Cena & the WWE Title

This past Friday, John Cena surpassed Pedro Morales with more days spent as WWE Champion. As of today, Cena has held the WWE Title a total of 1,030 days over his 9 reigns. Cena is currently #4 on the list behind #3 Bob Backlund, #2 Hulk Hogan and #1 Bruno Sammartino.

If you include Cena's 2 reigns with the World Heavyweight Title, Cena's total days as a major champion in WWE is 1,133. If Cena keeps the WWE Title until SummerSlam on August 14th, he will pass Triple H's total 1,148 days as a WWE Champion & World Champion, based off Triple H's 8 WWE Title reigns and 5 World Heavyweight Title reigns.

source: pwinsider.com

Triple H Booked for Future Raw & SmackDown Tapings; CM Punk to Speak on Raw

F4WOnline.com is reporting that Triple H is being booked for all Raw and Smackdown tapings in the foreseeable future as he continues his on-air role as new Chief Operating Officer of WWE.

WWE is advertising that CM Punk will make his first public comments since returning to the company on this Monday's edition of WWE Raw. Punk is currently on this weekend's Raw house show loop, main eventing shows against WWE Champion John Cena.

partial source: wrestlezone.com

This Day in Wrestling History

Lance Storm becomes the first man in the history of WCW to hold 3 belts at the same time. Storm was the US, Cruiserweight and Hardcore champion.
July 31, 2000

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