– WWE officially announced the new June “Payback” pay-per-view today, which takes place on Sunday, June 16 from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Tickets go on sale Saturday, March 23.
– WWE.com published an article looking at the 25 “grandest” WrestleMania celebrities. Muhammad Ali topped the list, followed by Donald Trump, Mike Tyson, Mr. T and Ozzy Osbourne.
– With WrestleMania 29 less than a month away, WWE officials are still undecided on the undercard matches that will take place at the show. The top of the card is set – but as of this weekend, a lot of changes were made to the other planned matches. There is a lot of tension backstage due to Vince McMahon constantly changing creative plans.
– Monday’s WWE RAW drew a 3.36 rating cable and averaged 4.81 million viewers. These numbers are down from last week’s 3.54 rating with 5.02 million average viewers. The hourly viewership was as follows:
Hour 1: 4.98 million Hour 2: 4.89 million Hour 3: 4.57 million
– Brock Lesnar topped this week’s ESPN WWE Power Rankings. Here’s this week’s Top 10:
1. Brock Lesnar
2. Dolph Ziggler
3. The Shield
4. CM Punk
5. Mark Henry
6. Ryback
7. Kane
8. Daniel Bryan
9. Team Rhodes Scholars
10. The Undertaker
Triple H, The Rock and John Cena were not on this week’s RAW and thus, were not included in the list. However, ESPN seems to feel that RAW is fine without them:
“If The Rock and John Cena fail to appear on TV, they’ll fail to appear in the rankings. Besides, with the awesome buildup of Punk versus Taker so far, who needs them?”
– WWE superstar David Otunga will be on The Wendy Williams Show on Thursday morning to promote his new movie with Halle Berry, The Call.
– WWEShop.com has released a new gold version of the John Cena “10 Years Strong” t-shirt. Cena wore it during the dark main event at last night’s RAW and is wearing it in the Tout video below:
– During a backstage interview at RAW that aired exclusively on the WWE mobile app, Layla told Matt Striker that she’s been on the WWE roster longer than any other Diva. She also said the Bella Twins returning will make things more competitive, but they need to watch out for her.
– WWE has been running an angle at recent live events where Ricardo Rodriguez appears on the big screen before Alberto Del Rio’s matches and challenges the audience to see if they can say Alberto Del Rio’s name longer than he can during Del Rio’s entrance.
– There was some talk backstage at Monday’s RAW that Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter’s feud with Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez is not going as well as WWE was hoping for. The angle was designed to further solidify Del Rio as a top babyface, but so far they’ve seen mixed results.
That said, Vince McMahon has been strongly behind Swagger & Colter’s gimmick and they are getting strong heel heat at live events.
– During a backstage interview at RAW that aired exclusively on the WWE mobile app, Paul Heyman told Matt Striker that Triple H is crazy to fight Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania under unknown stipulations. Heyman said “the game is on” and Triple H has been outplayed.
– As seen on RAW, WWE and Kmart are running their annual WrestleMania promotion where fans can buy a limited-edition WrestleMania 29 chair for “only” $79.99 when they purchase $30 worth of WWE merchandise at the store.
– Kevin Nash noted on Twitter that he is currently overseas in Venice, Italy shooting an episode for the A&E show Celebrity Ghost Stories.
– Here is the promo for The Call that aired on RAW featuring Halle Berry, David Otunga and Kane:
– WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young turns 90 years old today. She was born on March 12, 1923.
– The WWE event in Moscow, Russia on April 26 has been moved to the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena at the Olympic Complex. It’s original venue was the Megasport Arena. Tickets must be exchanged at the point of purchase between March 14 and April 25. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)
– Following the surprise return of the Bella Twins to WWE on Monday’s RAW, we can confirm that WWE has reached out to several other women who have departed the company in recent years. No word yet on who has been contacted, but it’s been said that WWE has offered the former Divas more money than they were previously making. WWE is well aware that the Divas division is in bad shape, and there was talk of bringing up several NXT Divas before they decided to reach out to Divas who have departed the company.
TMZ.com reports that Hulk Hogan among the celebrities whose bank account information and social security number have been hacked and posted online.
Other victims include United States First Lady Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump, Ashton Kutcher, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Mel Gibson.
The FBI is now involved and has told the celebrities to contact their banks immediately. They have also released a statement saying that they’ve known about the hacks before they were made public on TMZ.com.
TNA WRESTLING CELEBRATES ‘SLAMMIVERSARY XI’ IN BOSTON
‘THE IMMORTAL’ HULK HOGAN, ‘THE ICON’ STING, BULLY RAY, JEFF HARDY, KURT ANGLE, VELVET SKY AND MORE MARK COMPANY’S 11th ANNIVERSARY AT AGGANIS ARENA
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 11, 2013) – TNA Wrestling brings its high-impact brand of professional wrestling to Boston for the very first time with SLAMMIVERSARY XI, a live Pay-Per-View event celebrating the company’s 11th anniversary.
SLAMMIVERSARY XI emanates live from Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University Sunday, June 2 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. Tickets for SLAMMIVERSARY XI go on sale Friday, March 29 at 10 a.m. ET through the Agganis Arena box office, all Ticketmaster locations, online at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
“SLAMMIVERSARY XI is our biggest show of the summer, and we’re so excited to bring it to Boston for the very first time,” said TNA Entertainment President Dixie Carter. “The Northeast has such a great connection to the world of professional wrestling, and we can’t wait to showcase the IMPACT WRESTLING Superstars to this audience, not to mention celebrate our company’s 11th anniversary.”
IMPACT WRESTLING stars including “The Immortal” HULK HOGAN, “The Icon” STING, current TNA World Heavyweight Champion BULLY RAY, Olympic Gold Medalist KURT ANGLE, “The Charismatic Enigma” JEFF HARDY, X-DIVISION standouts such as current X-Division Champion KENNY KING and ZEMA ION, plus Knockouts Division Champion VELVET SKY and the lovely and lethal Knockouts, are among those expected to appear at SLAMMIVERSARY XI.
Fans also have an opportunity to see their favorite TNA stars up close and personal at “TNA SLAMMIVERSARY Fan InterAction” Saturday, June 1. Also, TNA will be offering a limited number of travel packages including lodging and tickets to SLAMMIVERSARY. More details are available at www.ShopTNA.com.
Fans can witness TNA’s best every week on IMPACT WRESTLING airing every Thursday night on Spike, 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central.
Solomonster remembers the late Paul Bearer and has some late breaking TNA news:
-Thoughts on the life and career of Paul Bearer, including a possible HOF induction this year
-Old School Raw, great Rock/Cena segment and what needs to change with the legends (33:35)
-Rumored NXT University and physical HOF could be tied in with Orlando bid for Mania (51:30)
-TNA Lockdown predictions and latest on Bobby Roode and RVD contract rumors (55:00)
-Bret Hart says AJ Styles should go to WWE and not “waste his life” in TNA (1:15:30)
-Why WWE shouldn’t cut Rey Mysterio loose and why it’s an insane idea (1:23:45)
-Should Undertaker be turned heel for a match with John Cena at next year’s Mania? (1:25:40)
– The Miz was recently interviewed by Denver’s Westword.com blog and had this to say about getting to travel the world as a WWE superstar and his character now being a babyface:
“I love the fact that I get to travel all over the world — I’ve gone everywhere all over America. I’ve been to China, Mexico, Europe and Australia. I’ve gotten to see the world through the WWE. Not only that, when I come out onto the stage, I get to hear the reaction of the crowd. Let me tell you something: You might not know this, but a few months ago, people were booing me. They were telling me I sucked and they hated me. But now, they’re embracing me. It’s a whole newfound glory and I’m loving every second of it.”
– The New York Daily News has named WWE superstar CM Punk as their “Dude of the Week” for recently meeting with shooting victim Thomas Dotterer in a Syracuse, NY hospital. The paper wrote:
“For paying a surprise visit. The WWE star invited Tom Dotterer to a wrestling show Sunday, but the 77-year-old was admitted to the hospital for emergency surgery related to a gunshot wound to the eye he suffered in January during a robbery at his liquor store. Dotterer couldn’t make it to the WWE event so Punk (showing he’s hardly one) came to the hospital before the show for some spirit lifting. A letter Dotterer wrote, read by his son during a fund-raiser, showed he was thinking of Punk. Dotterer asked to be forgiven by those he “sarcastically ripped apart or had opinionated exchanges with.”
– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be broadcasting the second quarter of the Boston Celtics vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA basketball game this afternoon.
– WWE Tough Enough Winner Andy Leavine was recently interviewed by Alex Marvez of Fox Sports and spoke about his time in WWE after winning Tough Enough:
“It was a weird situation. They were thinking one thing and obviously I was thinking another … It was frustration on my end that did me in. I felt like they had put me in a position to shine and I was getting held back. Granted, there had been a lot of guys ahead of me that had been wrestling for a long time who were getting their shot, which they deserved. But I felt like, ‘You put me in this position where you spent millions and millions of dollars to build me up into something.’ It’s kind of like going on a big date and at the end of the night she goes, ‘All right, I’ll call you tomorrow.’ Come on, man!”
In the first episode of Wrestle Talk TV season two, Joel Ross, Patrick Lennon and Francesca Wood kick things off with a bang as they present “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan as the seasons first huge guest. The episode also features a hugely controversial interview segment from Bret “The Hitman” Hart, which has never been seen.
Plus there are appearances from Rob Van Dam, Jerry Lynn, James Storm, El Generico, Kaz and Daniels, Velvet Sky, Hernandez and Fergal Devitt, along with this weeks debate over “The Rock” being WWE Champion. There is also a run down of some of the biggest news stories this week and much more.
Here’s the video – the Hogan interview begins around the 12:35 mark:
A Paul Bearer Benefit site has been established, with all profits going towards his Funeral Costs and any remaining will be divided among his grandchildren who he loved dearly. Prowrestlingbookings.com has been transformed into a benefit site.
– $10 donation gets you an unsigned photo of Paul Bearer
– $40 gets you a signed 8 x 10 of Paul Bearer
– Any other donations are welcome.
– Free US Shipping. All other areas need to email first.
Items to be displayed are from the following stars. Currently Edge created his own sketch of Paul Bearer which is autographed and posted.
– Edge
– Beth Phoenix
– Diamond Dallas Page
– Hulk Hogan
– Jimmy Hart
– Vader
– Tom Prichard
– Tatanka
Devon from Aces and Eights joined Inside The Ropes this past Thursday to talk about Lockdown, here are some of the highlights:
WWF breaking up the Dudley Boyz in 2002:
“At that point we weren’t ready for it, even though Vince wanted us to do it because he saw me doin’ something and he saw Bubba doin’ something. I remember when we were told about it, I wasn’t too happy about it and neither was he. We both thought it was the wrong time to do it, and it was, because we didn’t make it as singles competitors and I think that hurt us, because when that happened and that flopped, people just thought “Oh the Dudley Boyz couldn’t do it on their own” and that bothered me for many, many years. which is why it was so important that when we separated in TNA, because here we come to TNA, we conquer there, we do excellent in Japan, and helped put TNA on the map, we were ecstatic about that. Once we were done, and we knew we’d won the NWA tag titles, the TNA tag titles, so successful in Japan, we found there was nothing left for us to do. Now you look back at that moment in 2002, there was still a lot for us to do. We were growing and still learning at that particular point in time, but then you move forward to TNA, here we go, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, now we can prove to those who said the Dudleyz couldn’t do it by themselves, to prove them wrong. Bully Ray’s doing what he’s doing and now with the whole Aces and Eights thing, everything has a time and place, you’ve got to know when that time is. 2002 wasn’t the time to break the Dudley Boyz up and I don’t think people understood that, it wasn’t that we couldn’t do it on our own, it just wasn’t the right time. But now, I’m in Aces and Eights and he’s marrying Brooke with Hulk as his father in law, and we’re both experiencing success.”
What really happened when he left TNA last summer:
“We couldn’t come to an agreement on a contract. A similar thing happened with WWE in 2005. Bubba were doing things separate at the time, normally we did our contracts together but at this particular point in time we did it separate. That’s basically what it was, we couldn’t come to an agreement. I held no ill will towards the company, I just knew what I had to do to make my family survive, it’s getting close to winding this thing down and you’ve gotta look out for your best interests. We just couldn’t agree financially. Everyone thought it was part of an angle that was being done, but it really wasn’t, I was gone. When I made that announcement, I was gone, I was not coming back. Then a new offer came in two months later and again it was something where I wasn’t looking to come back but now with the whole thing with Aces and Eights, you know, I love it. It’s something I never thought I’d get involved with until they came to me with it. I’m just happy.”
Will Devon and Bully Ray ever be on the same side again:
“Absolutely not. I don’t want the Dudley Boyz or Team 3D, I don’t want it. As far as I’m concerned it’s dead and over. This has nothing personally to do with Bubba and I. Listen, I’ve waited over 15 years to be in this position, I’m not moving backwards, I’m moving forward. I hope he feels the same. People say “Oh guys, you should be like KISS and do it one more time” I don’t want one more time. I’m not being selfish, I’m not being egotistical but there’s nothing left for us to do. For us to be together again or on the same page….Edge and Christian, The Hardyz went their own way, it’s time for us to go our own way. ECW, we accomplished, WWF and WWE, we accomplished. TNA, we accomplished. All Japan, New Japan, Hustle. We’ve done everything there is to do. Maybe we’ll be on the same page 20 years from now at the Hall of Fame when we’re inducted but that’s about it. Some of the fans, they’ve gotta let it go, they’ve gotta let ECW go and let the Dudleyz go.”
What to expect this Sunday at Lockdown:
“You’re gonna see Sting get his ass whooped and his team mates, whoever feels they wanna take on Aces and Eights. We’re gonna go out there, we’re gonna rule just like we always do, just like we did in 2012 and 2013. There isn’t anyone out there that can stop the total domination of Aces and Eights. We’ll rule today, tomorrow and we’ll rule in the future. Lockdown is gonna turn out just like Bound For Glory, where Aces and Eights outsmart TNA and doing whatever it takes to get a victory over TNA and their team.”
To hear the full interview where Devon talks about riots in ECW, TLC matches with Edge & Christian and more, head to Facebook.com/theinsidenetwork.
– TNA President Dixie Carter has announced that Slammiversary will take place on June 2nd from Boston, Massachusetts. The pay-per-view will be held at the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University.
– TNA has released the following opening video for tonight’s Lockdown PPV:
Tonight from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, TNA Wrestling returns to pay-per-view with Lockdown 2013. A new chapter begins for TNA tonight, with Lockdown being the first show of TNA’s new quarter live pay-per-view schedule.
As always, SEScoops.com will have Live Results of the show. If you’re not ordering Lockdown, be here and follow the action with our ongoing detailed updates.
Here’s the final card for tonight’s TNA Lockdown pay-per-view:
Steel Cage Match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship
Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Bully Ray
Lethal Lockdown
Sting, Magnus, Eric Young, Samoa Joe & James Storm vs. The Aces & Eights
TNA Tag Team Championship Match
Austin Aries & Bobby Roode (c) vs. Chavo & Hernandez vs. Bad Influence
Steel Cage Match
Kurt Angle vs. Wes Brisco
TNA Knockouts Championship Match
Velvet Sky (c) vs. Gail Kim
TNA X-Divison Title 3-Way Match:
Kenny King (c) vs. Christian York vs. Zema Ion
– Ireland’s No Limit Wrestling has announced their wrestlers Joey Cabray (who wrestles in a demon mask as Omen) and Rachelle St. Claire have signed developmental deals with WWE.
– Here is the official cover art for WWE’s upcoming “Best of In Your House” DVD/Blu-Ray set, due out April 30th. Pre-Order Here
– Friday’s WWE SmackDown on Syfy had a Trendrr.tv social media score of 64,958, way down from the previous week’s 89,277 (the “Social Media SmackDown” special). Smackdown ranked #3 on cable for the night behind the two NBA games on ESPN.
– Here’s the latest edition of WWE Backstage Fallout, featuring behind-the-scenes interviews from Friday’s SmackDown.
Based on what we saw on SmackDown and the following video, it appears Ryback and Mark Henry are indeed headed towards a showdown at WrestleMania 29:
In the SmackDown edition of “Backstage Fallout,” Ryback reacts to the second staredown he’s had with Mark Henry. Plus, what does Divas Champion Kaitlyn have to say about Layla’s apology?
– Thursday’s 3/7 episode of TNA Impact Wrestling, the final show at the Impact Zone before they hit the road next week, drew a 1.13 rating, even with 1.14 the week before. The show averaged 1.43 million viewers and was ranked #33 on cable for the night.
– Jeremy Borash posted the following video of what happened at the Impact Zone after the final weekly Impact from Orlando went off the air:
IMPACT WRESTLING ANNOUNCES THREE NEW DESTINATIONS FOR LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS
THE SUPERSTARS OF TNA IMPACT WRESTLING INVADE INDIANA, PA.; TUPELO, MISS. AND TAMPA, FLA. TO FILL OUT LIVE TV ON THE ROAD SCHEDULE THROUGH MAY
NASHVILLE, TENN. (March 7, 2013) — IMPACT WRESTLING, TNA Entertainment’s flagship television show seen Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Spike TV, has announced three new locations for its live TV tapings in April and May.
TNA President Dixie Carter announced the new THURSDAY NIGHT IMPACT WRESTLING LIVE destinations during IMPACT WRESTLING’s final scheduled IMPACT Zone appearance in Orlando before the show goes on the road beginning next Thursday, March 14 in Chicago.
Newly added to THURSDAY NIGHT IMPACT WRESTLING LIVE’s travel
– Thursday, April 25 at Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex in Indiana, Pa. (Tickets on sale March 29, more info at www.kovalchickcomplex.com)
– Thursday, May 9 at BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Miss. (Tickets on sale April 5, more info at www.bcsarena.com)
– Thursday, May 23 at USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. (Tickets on sale April 26, more info at www.sundomearena.com)
“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan and “The Icon” Sting lead IMPACT WRESTLING superstars such as Bully Ray, “The Charismatic Enigma” Jeff Hardy, “The Cowboy” James Storm, Austin Aries, X Division standouts Kenny King and Zema Ion, Velvet Sky and the lovely and lethal Knockouts, as part of the THURSDAY NIGHT IMPACT WRESTLING LIVE events.
For more information on IMPACT WRESTLING, visit www.IMPACTWRESTLING.com.
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Here’s Part 4 of our WrestleMania Retrospective series, looking back at past WrestleMania events as we march towards WrestleMania 29 on April 7th.
WrestleMania IV (1988) Tagline: What The World Is Watching! Date: March 27, 1988 Venue: Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, NJ Attendance: 18,165 America The Beautiful: Gladys Knight
At the first Royal Rumble in January 1988, Hogan and André had their official contract signing for a WWF Championship rematch.The main feud heading into WrestleMania was between Hulk Hogan and André the Giant. At the first Survivor Series in November, André, One Man Gang, King Kong Bundy, Butch Reed and Rick Rude defeated Hogan, Paul Orndorff, Don Muraco, Ken Patera and Bam Bam Bigelow in a Survivor Series match.
Their rematch took place on the first-ever edition of The Main Event in February, where André controversially won the title from Hogan in a screwjob involving a twin referees.
Immediately after winning the title from Hogan, André sold the title to Ted DiBiase; President Jack Tunney nullified the decision, vacating the title.
André became the shortest reigning WWF Champion with a reign of only 47 seconds as he sold the title to Ted DiBiase and received a large sum of money.
Andre revealed, in an arena interview with Dibiase a few weeks before the event. that he planned to take a year off and go on a cruise with the money Dibiase was paying him once he secured the title for him at WrestleMania IV, further explaining why Andre would sell off the belt he had wanted himself at WrestleMania III just a year earlier. WWF President Jack Tunney, however, vacated the title and ordered it to be decided in a 14-man tournament at WrestleMania IV.
Hulk Hogan and André the Giant went to a draw by double disqualification in this event. This would be Hogan’s first WrestleMania match in which a disqualification occurred. This was Hogan’s first and only time going to a draw at WrestleMania.
Hogan and Andre also have the distinction of being the first two wrestlers in the history of the event to have a WrestleMania rematch. They had wrestled each other the previous year at WrestleMania III in what many deem the most famous
Bad News Brown turns on Bret Hart, at the 20-Man-Battle Royal
wrestling contest of all time.
The first match was a 20-man battle royal and the winner would receive a large trophy. After fourteen eliminations, the final three participants were Bad News Brown, Bret Hart, and JYD. JYD hit both Hart & Brown with several headbutts before they both decided to cooperate and they eliminated JYD. Hart decided that he and Brown would share the trophy but Brown betrayed him and hit him with a Ghetto Blaster and pounded on him before eliminating him over the top rope to win the battle royal. Brown was presented with the trophy, but Hart attacked him from behind and broke the trophy, thus turning babyface.
The Ultimate Warrior making his PPV Debut.
In his pay-per-view debut, The Ultimate Warrior faced Bobby Heenan’s client Hercules. Warrior snapped Hercules’ chain and chopped him in the corner. Hercules tried to fight back and he hit three clotheslines on Warrior, who no-sold Hercules’ clothesline. Hercules fell to the mat each time during his unsuccessful clothesline attempts. The powerhouse Warrior countered a Hercules clothesline and hit a clothesline of his own. He pounded on Hercules outside the ring before reentering the ring where Warrior hit a forearm club. In the corner, Warrior hit him ten-count punches but Hercules made a comeback with an inverted atomic drop. He hit a half nelson suplex on Warrior who got his shoulder up first, as the referee counted, giving Warrior the win.
Baseball great Bob Uker getting more than he deserved when interviewing Andre The Giant
The main event was the tournament final for the vacant WWF Championship between Randy Savage and Ted DiBiase. Savage was tired due to his semifinal match against the big One Man Gang while DiBiase took advantage of his freshness as he had received a bye in the semifinals. He dominated most of the match but in the end, Savage made a comeback and tried to hit a Savage Elbow on DiBiase but DiBiase moved out of the way. He applied a Million Dollar Dream on Savage.
With the referee distracted due to interference by André the Giant, Hogan (who had been brought down mid-match by Miss Elizabeth on request by Savage to neutralize Andre’s presence) took advantage and nailed DiBiase with a steel chair.
Savage climbed up the top rope for a second
Randy “Macho Man” Savage with Miss Elizabeth Celebrating his WWF Championship Win
elbow drop attempt and this time, he successfully hit Savage Elbow. He followed it up with a pinfall victory. He won the tournament and vacant WWF Championship. After the match, Hogan, Miss Elizabeth and Savage celebrated Savage’s WWF Championship win.
Although the event was promoted as being at the Trump Plaza, it was in fact held in the adjacent Boardwalk Hall.
This WrestleMania featured 16 matches, more than any other WrestleMania.
WrestleMania IV Results
Over the top rope 20-Man-Battle Royal
• Bad News Brown won an by last eliminating Bret Hart.
Participants : Bad News Brown, The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov), The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair and Jim Brunzell), Danny Davis, George Steele, Harley Race, Hillbilly Jim, The Rougeau Brothers (Jacques and Raymond), The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers), Junkyard Dog, Ken Patera, Ron Bass, Sam Houston, and Sika.
First Round Tournament for the WWF Championship
• Ted DiBiase (with Virgil and André the Giant) defeated Jim Duggan.
• Don Muraco (with Billy Graham) defeated Dino Bravo (with Frenchy Martin) by disqualification.
• Greg Valentine (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Ricky Steamboat (with Little Dragon).
• Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Butch Reed (with Slick).
• One Man Gang (with Slick) defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (with Oliver Humperdink) by countout.
• Rick Rude (with Bobby Heenan) and Jake Roberts fought to a time-limit draw
Singles Match
• The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hercules (with Bobby Heenan)
Quater Finals Tournament for the WWF Championship
• Hulk Hogan and André the Giant (with Ted DiBiase and Virgil) fought to a double disqualification.
• Ted DiBiase defeated Don Muraco (with Billy Graham).
• Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated Greg Valentine (with Jimmy Hart).
Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
• Brutus Beefcake defeated The Honky Tonk Man (c) (with Jimmy Hart and Peggy Sue) by disqualification.
Six-man tag team match
•The Islanders (Haku and Tama) and Bobby Heenan defeated The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) and Koko B. Ware.
Semi-Finals Tournament for the WWF Championship
•Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) defeated One Man Gang (with Slick) by disqualification.
Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship
•Demolition (Ax and Smash) (with Mr. Fuji) defeated Strike Force (c) (Rick Martel and Tito Santana)
Tournament finals match for the vacant WWF Championship
•Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth and Hulk Hogan) defeated Ted DiBiase (with André the Giant).
– Antonio Cesaro passed the 200-day mark as WWE United States Champion on Thursday, thereby making him the fifth longest holder of the WWE version of the strap. He trails MVP—who the belt for a record 343 days in 2007 and 2008-Chris Benoit, The Miz and Shelton Benjamin.
– Amy Dumas, known in WWE as Lita, appears in a newly released music video from JD & The FDCs. The song, “From The Shadows,” features the former WWE Diva in a spoken word portion that she specifically wrote for the song.
– Jerry “The King” Lawler has been announced to appear at this spring’s Chiller Theatre convention, which takes place April 26-28 at the Sheraton Parsippany in Parsippany, New Jersey.
– Chris Jericho will be returning to action this Saturday at WWE RAW’s live event from Broomfield, Colorado.
– The new WWE Studios film Dead Man Down, featuring Intercontinental champion Wade Barrett, has been declared “Rotten” by review aggregation site RottenTomatoes.com. With 36 critic reviews in, the movie currently has a score of 39/100. Their quick review reads:
“While the fine cast keeps Dead Man Down watchable throughout, the film is weighted down by absurd plot twists and a slack pace.”
Pictures of Wade Barrett On The Set of Dead Man Down
