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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jan 28, 2015 19:14:03 GMT -5
-- Nations represented by the winners include France, Iran, India, Japan, Italy, USA, Domination and Switzerland (and non-gimmick Canada). Well played, sir. Well played, indeed.
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Post by Muskrat on Jan 28, 2015 19:27:26 GMT -5
-- Nations represented by the winners include France, Iran, India, Japan, Italy, USA, Domination and Switzerland (and non-gimmick Canada). Well played, sir. Well played, indeed. Totally didn't catch that one
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 28, 2015 21:52:12 GMT -5
- Every time a woman has entered a Royal Rumble, she has exactly one elimination.
- Shawn Michaels and The Miz are the two men to have the longest time in one Rumble & the shortest time in another.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin was never in a World Title match at Survivor Series or Royal Rumble.
- Hulk Hogan was exactly in one World Title match at Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. Just so happens that it was the first World Title match ever at those respective PPVs.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jan 28, 2015 23:17:15 GMT -5
The Midnight Express (as most of us know it, beginning with Condrey and Eaton with Cornette) was put together by Bill Watts. Watts and Memphis promoter Jerry Jarrett agreed to a talent exchange, and Watts saw two tag veterans who had worked against each other but never as a unit and a young manager who was playing 2nd fiddle to Jimmy Hart but could clearly get heat and decided to put them together. Jim told the story of Watts talking to Dennis about his plans backstage in Memphis. Dennis had no qualms about teaming with Bobby. Watts pointed toward Cornette and said, "And I want that guy to manage. Can he talk?" Dennis allegedly said, "He can talk his ass off." As Jim put it, "Dennis would have told him I could squat down and shit live chickens if it meant getting a job." The move was made, the Midnight Express as most of us know it was born, and the rest is history. Cornette actually credits Dennis with teaching him a lot about the business, as Jim had only been working 6 months or so when the Midnights began and they took off pretty quick. Just as a side note to this, Jim said that Dennis approached him with the news that, "Bill Watts wants to bring us to Oklahoma and pay us $100,000 a year." Jim said he didn't actually believe Dennis until the plane tickets arrived.
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Post by jwarr on Jan 29, 2015 0:10:45 GMT -5
-- Nations represented by the winners include France, Iran, India, Japan, Italy, USA, Domination and Switzerland (and non-gimmick Canada). Well played, sir. Well played, indeed. I feel like an idiot for reading it as Dominican.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jan 29, 2015 10:23:59 GMT -5
- Hulk Hogan was exactly in one World Title match at Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. Just so happens that it was the first World Title match ever at those respective PPVs. The first World Title match at a Rumble was Warrior/Slaughter in 1991.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 30, 2015 2:00:33 GMT -5
The three times Vincent J. McMahon walked up to a young 6+ ft. tall wrestler entering his territory and said "I'm giving you a new gimmick and new Irish name," we ended up with Blackjack Mulligan, Bruiser Brody and Hulk Hogan.
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Post by thegame415 on Jan 30, 2015 15:14:03 GMT -5
Fast Lane is the sixth different PPV name for February.
June has the most with 12.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Feb 1, 2015 0:23:07 GMT -5
The three times Vincent J. McMahon walked up to a young 6+ ft. tall wrestler entering his territory and said "I'm giving you a new gimmick and new Irish name," we ended up with Blackjack Mulligan, Bruiser Brody and Hulk Hogan. Vince Sr. just went to his grave waiting for Sheamus to show up didn't he?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Feb 1, 2015 0:49:55 GMT -5
The three times Vincent J. McMahon walked up to a young 6+ ft. tall wrestler entering his territory and said "I'm giving you a new gimmick and new Irish name," we ended up with Blackjack Mulligan, Bruiser Brody and Hulk Hogan. Vince Sr. just went to his grave waiting for Sheamus to show up didn't he? Nah. Too Irish.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 1, 2015 2:48:14 GMT -5
Thunder in Paradise ran for 22 episodes.
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Post by weaselboy on Feb 1, 2015 12:01:07 GMT -5
No Way Out featured a triple threat tag-team tables match between The Dudleys, Brothers of Destruction and E&C. All three teams were billed as being brothers. In truth none of them were related however the match featured interference from real-life cousins Rikishi and Haku.
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Post by MrElijah on Feb 1, 2015 14:47:24 GMT -5
Some champion tidbits! -Jeff Hardy is the only man to win every major WWWF/WWF/WWE pre-brand expansion title(WWF/E HW, IC, Euro, World Tag, Hardcore & World Light HW). Christian would need to win the WWE WHC to join this club. -Edge & Big Show have won every Raw & Smackdown title, in addition, Big Show is the only man to win the WCW, WWF/E & ECW World Titles. -Edge, Bret Hart, HHH & Steve Austin are the only men to pull the Trinity of winning the Triple Crown, Royal Rumble & King of the Ring. Hunter is the only Grand Slam winner in this group -Booker T is the only WCW & WWF/E Grand Slam winner, Fellow NWA(JCP)/WCW Grand Slam winners are DDP, Scott Steiner, Barry Windham, Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger, Dusty Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat -Alberto Del Rio/El Patron is the only man to hold the AAA & CMLL World Titles.
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Post by Sam Punk on Feb 1, 2015 15:18:14 GMT -5
Mick Foley and Chris Benoit are the only two wrestlers to win the Tag Team Titles while wrestling for WCW, ECW and WWE.
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Post by MrElijah on Feb 1, 2015 15:22:48 GMT -5
More tidbits! -Alberto Del Rio/El Patron, Vader & Lou Thez are only men to hold a Major World Title from mexico & the US -The Dudley Boyz & The Steiner Bros. are the only teams to win the WCW, NWA, IWGP & WWF World Tag Titles -Terry Gordy & Steve Williams are the only team to win the Unified WCW/NWA & AJPW World Tag Titles. In fact they are the only team to win the AJPW Tag Titles & a major american tag title. -Edge is & will be the only man to win King of the Ring, Royal Rumble & Money in The Bank -Vader remains the only man to win World Titles from Europe, Japan, Mexico & the USA
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Post by thegame415 on Feb 1, 2015 16:49:38 GMT -5
More tidbits! -Alberto Del Rio/El Patron, Vader & Lou Thez are only men to hold a Major World Title from mexico & the US -The Dudley Boyz & The Steiner Bros. are the only teams to win the WCW, NWA, IWGP & WWF World Tag Titles -Terry Gordy & Steve Williams are the only team to win the Unified WCW/NWA & AJPW World Tag Titles. In fact they are the only team to win the AJPW Tag Titles & a major american tag title. -Edge is & will be the only man to win King of the Ring, Royal Rumble & Money in The Bank -Vader remains the only man to win World Titles from Europe, Japan, Mexico & the USA They could bring back the King of the Ring, like they did in 2006,2008, and 2010 Also, if Sheamus wins MitB. Cena wins a renewed King of the ring,
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Post by TGM on Feb 2, 2015 10:39:41 GMT -5
The first Backlash PPV in 1999 was the last In Your House.
Other IYH PPVs that went on to become regular PPVs are (in order) Badd Blood, No Way Out, Unforgiven, Over the Edge, Fully Loaded, and Judgement Day.
Badd Blood didn't return until six years later. I was going to say both featured Shawn Michaels in the main event but fact checking proved me wrong.
There were twelve No Way Out events, with the final event being held in June 2012 after a two year absence in 2009 and 2010 (the February PPV being replaced by Elimination Chamber).
Unforgiven ran eleven events from 1998 until 2008 and all were held in September, except the first which was the post Wrestlemania event and in 2007 it's main event didn't involve a world title even though both Worlds titles were defended on the PPV.
The less said about Over The Edge, the better. The first title change at one of these events happened at Over The Edge 1999. Something I didn't know but on the 1999 Heat, Mr. McMahon vs. Mideon ended in a no contest. Make of that what you will.
There were 3 Fully Loaded events until it was replaced by Invasion in 2001 which itself was replaced by Vengeance (which itself evolved to become Night of Champions but in 2011 they held both NoC and V) in 2002. Nothing notable about the Fully Loaded events except that I personally consider Fully Loaded 2000 one of the more overlooked PPVs.
Title changes (both)
Badd Blood: 0 No Way Out: 5 Unforgiven: 7 Over The Edge: 1 Judgement Day: 2 Backlash: 5
The last of these events held was 2012's No Way Out, main evented by John Cena and the Big Show.
There are probably more but I typed this up on my phone and I've had enough.
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Post by TGM on Feb 2, 2015 10:53:24 GMT -5
Some champion tidbits! -Jeff Hardy is the only man to win every major WWWF/WWF/WWE pre-brand expansion title(WWF/E HW, IC, Euro, World Tag, Hardcore & World Light HW). Christian would need to win the WWE WHC to join this club. -Edge & Big Show have won every Raw & Smackdown title, in addition, Big Show is the only man to win the WCW, WWF/E & ECW World Titles. -Edge, Bret Hart, HHH & Steve Austin are the only men to pull the Trinity of winning the Triple Crown, Royal Rumble & King of the Ring. Hunter is the only Grand Slam winner in this group -Booker T is the only WCW & WWF/E Grand Slam winner, Fellow NWA(JCP)/WCW Grand Slam winners are DDP, Scott Steiner, Barry Windham, Ric Flair, Sting, Lex Luger, Dusty Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat -Alberto Del Rio/El Patron is the only man to hold the AAA & CMLL World Titles. I just looked up Booker T's Grand Slam win because I couldn't for the life of me recall him as a European Champion. Since when do people count the Hardcore title as part of the Grand Slam?
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Post by Ken: The Hero of WWE on Feb 2, 2015 10:59:31 GMT -5
More tidbits! -Vader remains the only man to win World Titles from Europe, Japan, Mexico & the USA Just wondering, what Mexican championship did Vader hold?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2015 11:41:48 GMT -5
Badd Blood didn't return until six years later. I was going to say both featured Shawn Michaels in the main event but fact checking proved me wrong. Although both events did feature Shawn Michaels in a Hell in a Cell match.
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