Goldberg defeats Hulk Hogan for WCW World Championship.
July 6, 1998
July 6, 2009
July 5, 2009
This Day in Wrestling History
Buddy Rogers & Handsome John Barend defeated Johnny Valentine & Cowboy Bob Ellis for the WWWF(WWE) Tag Team title.
July 5, 1962
Bret Hart makes first public appearance in wrestling on WCW Monday Nitro since his brother Owen's death. Hart says he is unsure if he will ever wrestle again.
July 5, 1999
July 4, 2009
Overflowing Crowd Attends Mitsuharu Misawa’s Memorial Ceremony in Tokyo
Today at Differ Ariake in Tokyo, a public memorial was held in tribute to Mitsuharu Misawa who died in Hiroshima on June 13th. The memorial ceremony was styled in a similar fashion to Giant Baba’s memorial ceremony in February of 1999 at Nippon Budokan. A super-large portrait picture of Mitsuharu Misawa wearing the GHC Heavyweight title belt was placed alongside row after row of flower bouquets. The NOAH green ring was set-up in the middle of the arena, surrounded by tables with flowers surrounding the ring. The event was a two-part ceremony (first part for the wrestlers, second part for the fans). Asahi Shimbun reported that fans started lining up for the event yesterday (Friday) at 4 PM. Conservative estimates were that 10,000 fans showed up, but the number being floated around as the day-long memorial service took place was more along the lines of 25,000 fans.
Video of the memorial service can be seen here and here.
There was a ten-count gong, then Misawa’s “Spartan X” theme song played, then a ring call was done for a final time introducing him coming to the red corner at 250 pounds, then his name announced.
source: fightopinion.com
Update on Edge's Injury
PWInsider is reporting that the official diagnosis for Edge's ankle injury is indeed a torn Achilles tendon and could potentially keep him out of the ring until January 2010 depending on the severity.
It was reported earlier today that Edge suffered the injury at last night's WWE Smackdown/ECW event in San Diego, CA around five minutes into a match with Jeff Hardy. WWE officials and EMTs rushed to his aid at ringside and Edge later apologized on the mic to the fans in attendance. Live reports from the show indicate that Edge may have planted his foot wrong as he came down causing the injury. This injury obviously puts a dent in the Edge as a Unified Tag Team Champion with Chris Jericho storyline and plans are already said to be in play to get the belts off them...More?
Review: WWE Raw at Vector Arena
And when they stood in the ring together, the Vector Arena roof almost couldn't handle the roaring of the thousands-strong audience.
WWE veteran Triple H and relative new-kid-on-the-block John Cena, arguably this generation's answer to Hulk Hogan, faced WWE Champion Randy Orton and the Big Show in the main event.
Cena, eight years into his WWE career and one of the company's biggest merchandise-movers ever, has a white-gangsta persona and a never-say-die attitude which was the perfect hook for the innumerable amount of children who turned up with his t-shirts, gimmick chains, wristbands, baseball caps, styled championship belts and all sorts of other 'Cenation' branded miscellanea.
Triple H, for his part, doesn't do too badly in the merchandise stakes either, but is more popular for his old-school influenced brand of wrestling. No flashy moves cribbed from the Mexican and Japanese wrestlers, no flying leaps of faith from the top rope - as he always does, he kept last night's efforts clean and simple with a tried-and-trusted array of grapples, slams and melee attacks...More?
source: nzherald.co.nz
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WWE Tweaks PPV Play
World Wrestling Entertainment is taking advantage of new media and adjusting the branding of its pay-per-view events in an effort to bolster PPV buys in a tough economic climate.
The company will rename at least one of its monthly PPV events and provide prize incentives for consumers who buy consecutive monthly events in an effort to boost its transactional business, according to WWE senior vice president of distribution and affiliate marketing Peter Clifford...More?
source: multichannel.com
Raw House Show Results - Sydney, Australia
The Big Show and Randy Orton Vs Triple H and John Cena
A very entertaining match. John Cena spent most of the match in the ring, only tagging in Triple H twice. Triple H hit his patented high knee, facebuster and spinebuster while John Cena hit the Five-Knuckle Shuffle and even an STFU on the Big Show! The match ended with Triple H and Cena reversing Big Shows double chokeslam into a double suplex. Then cena hit Big Show with the FU (Attitude Adjustment) which was followed by a Pedigree for the win.
Randy took off up the ramp pretty quick while Big Show slowly made it back to his feet. Big Show stood dazed while Triple H waved his hand in front of his face and claimed 'You Can't See Me'. Cena then did the same. Cena and Triple H then looked at each other, then looked at big show and did a double 'You Can't See Me!'
Big Show (still dazed) was swaying around and looked to be out on his feet. Triple H gave Big Show a Finger Poke Of Death and Big Show hit the ground.
Cena and Triple H then got the crowd going with a Hulk Hogan style Cheer-Off. Cena then left the arena while Triple H spent another 10 minutes walking around the ring shaking fans hands.
Final Verdict - The show was not the best Live WWE event I have seen. The whole show was saved by the main event...More?
Biggest Pops -
1. Triple H
2. John Cena
3. Randy Orton
4. Santino Marella
5. Kelly Kelly
Biggest Heat -
1. The Miz
2. Chavo
3. William Regal
4. Sheamus
5. Legacy
source: wrestlingnewsworld.com
Rumor Mill - Edge Suffers Injury at WWE House Show
A fan sent in the following report to wrestlezone.com:
I am attending a WWE house show here in San Diego, CA. and I just witnessed Edge get injured during his match with Jeff Hardy.
He was running towards Jeff and appeared to have either twisted or even broken his ankle. His foot was in a very awkward position. The match was immediatley stopped.
EMTs came running to attend him and he was helped out of the ring. He even took the time to take the mic and say "sorry" to the fans.
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
