Joe Stecher defeats Ed "Strangler" Lewis to retain the world title in just over three hours.
April 16, 1920
Chris Benoit wins the first ever "Super J Cup" junior heavyweight tournament in New Japan Pro Wrestling
April 16, 1994
Triple H defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWF(E) Intercontinental title
April 16, 2001
April 16, 2012
This Day in Wrestling History
April 15, 2012
This Day in Wrestling History
Stanislaus Zbyszko defeats Wayne "Big" Munn for the World championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when promoter Tony Stecher double crosses promoters Billy Sandow and Ed White. Zbyszko shoots on Munn to take the title. The referee, who was on the Sandow-White-Lewis payroll, is forced to count two falls after Zbyszko pins Munn several times in the match, just to keep the crowd from rioting. Munn remains recognized in some areas as champion.
April 15, 1925
April 14, 2012
WWE Invades Russia
WWE successfully held its first-ever live event in Russia on Wednesday, April 11, where more than 6,000 fans were in attendance to see their favorite WWE Superstars and Divas live in the ring at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow.
WWE Executive Vice President and WWE Superstar Paul "Triple H" Levesque made a surprise guest appearance at the RAW live event in Moscow joining Superstars John Cena® and CM Punk™. Levesque stated, "The response from our fans in Moscow at Luzhniki was overwhelming. WWE is very proud to have already established such a loyal fan base in Russia in a little over a year. We look forward to returning again in the near future and delivering an even bigger experience."
Since the launch of WWE's flagship weekly TV show WWE RAW on 2x2 in February 2011, the company has seen a steep rise in popularity across Russia. Now both WWE RAW and WWE SmackDown are seen in more than 24 million Russian TV households every week and a Russian language WWE website (ru.wwe.com) with Tvigle launched earlier this year.
Booker T Reality Series Update
Booker T wrote on his Twitter account that filming for his new Youtube reality series "The Reality of Wrestling", which will focus on his Texas independent promotion and school will begin this week in advance of a planned May debut online.
This Day in Wrestling History
With some help from Shawn Michaels & Kevin Nash, Booker T & The Hurricane gained a victory over Triple H & Ric Flair on RAW just two weeks before the Backlash ppv.
April 14, 2003
Gene Kiniski passes away.
April 14, 2010
April 13, 2012
Photo: Triple H, Stephanie & Linda McMahon at the Dedication of the Linda E. McMahon Commons at SHU
credit: Linda McMahon
Our Lady Peace Comments on Retiring Chris Benoit's Theme Song
Some bands refuse to play some of their songs live. Radiohead immediately comes to mind, because for the most part, they rarely perform their mega-hit "Creep" on tour. The reasoning varies from band to band, but in the case of Thom Yorke and company I'm pretty sure they nixed that song from any set because they despise all it stood for when it came out in the grunge rock era. I could be wrong, but it really doesn't matter. In the case of Canadian rockers Our Lady Peace, they've chosen to take one of their popular songs off any set list for an entirely different reason. In a nutshell, the track comes with way too much baggage.
"Whatever" was the entrance song for fellow Canadian star and former WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) superstar Chris Benoit, whose wrestling career and life ended in a murder-suicide in 2007. In an interview just prior to their show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on April 5, the band's frontman Raine Maida and guitarist Steve Mazur discussed how they've had to retire the song altogether because of the incomprehensible tragedy that took place...More?
source: huffingtonpost.com
Photo: Stephanie & Linda at the Dedication of the Linda E. McMahon Commons at Sacred Heart University
This Day in Wrestling History
ECW makes its debut on Pay Per View. The show called "Barely Legal" was headlined with Terry Funk vs. Raven for ECW World Title.
April 13, 1997
April 12, 2012
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
