This Day in Wrestling History

Bret Hart defeated The Undertaker to win the WWF Championship for a fifth time. The match stipulation was that if Bret was to walk out of SummerSlam without the belt, he would never wrestle on American soil again.

Steve Austin defeated Owen Hart for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title.
August 3, 1997

WWE NXT Results 08/02/11

Colt Cabana Works Dark Match at Tonight’s WWE SmackDown/NXT Tapings

Colt Cabana, close friend of CM Punk, and known for his appearances with Ring of Honor, CHIKARA, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, as well as his brief stint as Scotty Goldman on WWE television, worked a dark match at tonight’s WWE SmackDown/NXT tapings at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky in a losing effort to Wade Barrett.

Rumor is that Colt is expected by many to be returning to the company after he cancelled independent bookings with some promotions.

source: wrestlingpronews.com

Interview with Terry Taylor

Video: Tensions Mount Between CM Punk and Triple H

CM Punk? John Cena Still WWE’s Top Superstar

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?