Guess what happend on April,1 ,1996

[thecrap]

Come on! Guess!
I won't give any hints.
Let's just say it was a memorable WWF/E moments

[Above Average]

Uh.... Shawn Michaels defended the WWF title on Raw?

[DSR]

April 1, 1996 - RAW: Mankind b Bob Holly by Submission

-courtesy of OWW

Mankind's debut!

[invaderdave]

....Mick Foley debuted and beat up the Undertaker?

[DSR]

Marc Mero also made his in-ring debut on April 1st.

[wingspeed]

WWF @ San Bernardino, CA - Orange Pavilion - April 1, 1996 (3,000; sell out)
Monday Night Raw taping:
The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF IC Champion Goldust via count-out
Ahmed Johnson & Jake Roberts defeated Davey Boy Smith & Owen Hart
The Undertaker pinned Vader with a chokeslam
4/1/96 - included Vince McMahon conducting an in-ring interview with the new WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels:
Mankind defeated Bob Holly via submission with the Mandible Claw (Mankinds TV debut)
Marc Mero pinned Isaac Yankem DDS
WWF Tag Team Champions Skip & Zip (w/ Sunny) defeated Aldo Montoya & Barry Horowitz when Zip pinned Aldo with a sit-down splash off the top after Skip hit a Frankensteiner off the top
The Undertaker defeated Justin Bradshaw via disqualification when Mankind interfered after Taker hit the tombstone on his opponent; moments later, Mankind hit the elbow off the apron to the floor and applied the Mandible Claw (Before They Were Superstars Vol. 1 DVD)
4/8/96 - the first episode to begin at 8:57pm, to counter WCW Monday Nitro which had been airing 3 minutes before Raw and was winning over viewers by doing so; included Vince McMahon conducting an in-ring interview with the Ultimate Warrior regarding his match with Goldust at In Your House:
Ahmed Johnson defeated Davey Boy Smith in an arm wrestling match; after the match, Smith attacked Ahmed with the table
Vader defeated Yokozuna via referees descretion after Yoko received a Vader Bomb on his leg, seemingly breaking it
Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Duke Drose
WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels pinned Jerry Lawler with the superkick; after the match, Diesel - who did guest commentary for much of the bout - was challenged to come in the ring by Michaels; moments later, Diesel knocked the champion out with a belt shot to the head
4/15/96 - included footage of Bret Hart in Bonn, Germany talking about the Ironman match and his future in pro wrestling; featured an in-ring interview with Vader in which it was announced he would be facing Razor Ramon at In Your House:
Marc Mero pinned Leif Cassidy
Steve Austin defeated Bart Gunn with the Million $ Dream
Savio Vega pinned WWF IC Champion Goldust (w/ Marlena) to win the title after hitting him with the title belt; moments thereafter, another referee disputed the call and WWF President Gorilla Monsoon vacated the title and ordered that the two compete in a rematch to be held the following week
4/22/96 - included footage from the Germany tour in which Davey Boy Smith interjected himself in a match pitting Jake Roberts against Owen Hart, only for Jake to hit a short clothesline on him and take Revalations out of the snake bag:
Goldust (w/ Marlena) pinned Savio Vega after Steve Austin and Ted Dibiase came ringside, with Austin hitting Savio in the head with the Million $ Belt as Marlena distracted the referee; due to pre-match stipulations, Goldust won the vacated WWF IC Championship
Vader (w/ Jim Cornette) pinned Fatu with a moonsault
Henry & Phinneas Godwinn (w/ Hillbilly Jim) defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri & Ken Patterson following the Slop Drop; during the bout, Sunny came ringside with the tag team championship belts and lured Hillbilly Jim backstage, allowing Skip & Zip to jump the Godwinns from behind after the match and slop Phinneas
Mankind defeated Aldo Montoya via submission with the Mandible Claw

[DSR]

He asked about April 1st, not the entire month of April. ;D

[Dave the Dave]

ihhhh. I turned 7? Yeah, that is what i think was on RAW.

[Above Average]

Is the answer, someone got fooled?

[Shy Guy]

awww, i was hoping someone was going to say randy orton turned 16.

[Dave the Dave]

Wait, Randy Orton and I have the same birthday? Amazing.

And he is 9 years older than me, again, wow.

[Lancers]

Well looking at the results of that April 1 taping, I'm down to two options...

WWF Tag Team Champions Skip & Zip (w/ Sunny) defeated Aldo Montoya & Barry Horowitz when Zip pinned Aldo with a sit-down splash off the top after Skip hit a Frankensteiner off the top

Marc Mero pinned Isaac Yankem DDS

Both were equally as important in my view.

[tigermask]

dsr said:

April 1, 1996 - RAW: Mankind b Bob Holly by Submission

-courtesy of OWW

Mankind's debut!

Technically, it wasn't really his debut, as he had done some house show appearances before, and some promos being shown on TV. Anywho, moving on, heres some stuff I dug up.

Nitro: The Giant b Sting by Disqualification

The Steiner Brothers b The Road Warriors and The Nasty Boys in a Triangle Match

Hulk Hogan & The Booty Man w/The Booty Babe b Arn Anderson & Kevin Sullivan

Ric Flair b Lex Luger to retain the World Heavyweight title

Aside from some Bootyman stuff, I can't exactly markout.

Raw: Mankind b Bob Holly by Submission

Marc Mero b Isaac Yankem

The BodyDonnas (Skip & Zip) b Barry Horowitz & Aldo Montoya

The Undertaker b Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw by DQ.

Yeah, nothing too special there, aside from Mank. But see above for that one.

[TeeJ]

For god sake tell us! I am going insane here

[sunwukong]

On April,1 ,1996, somewhere in the world, Warrior was lamenting about queers and how they factor into the world.

It would be nearly a decade later before he would patent the "Queerin' don't make the world work" philosophy.

[Legion]

Not even just somewhere in the world, but on Raw fighting Goldust - Was this the start of Warrior's homophobia, 'cos Goldust didn't make the world work?

[bob]

it was the last monday night ratings war that WWF would win in many, many weeks vs WCW

[damian001]

Randy Orton turned 16?

[thecrap]

Well I was reffering to Mick Foley's WWE debut.
Oh, wait he did take on the British Bulldogs in 1986 on WWE tv.
Oh Well