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This Day In Wrestling History – August 29th
News 1988 – WWF would broadcast the very first SummerSlam on this date. This would solidify the name of the Big Four Events, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble. 1992 – WWF would broadcast their very first International PPV as SummerSlam was held in London, England. The broadcast would not be aired, however,…
This Day in Wrestling History – August 28th
News 2003 – NJPW would hold the very first cage match in their 30 year history, featuring Yoshihito Takayama defeating Masahiro Chono. Takayama would win the match via TKO to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Results 1989: SummerSlam from Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, NJ – Dark Match: Dino Bravo defeated Koko B. Ware –…
(Updated) REAL Identity Of Roman Reigns Attacker Revealed
As promised last week, both Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan revealed the identity of Roman Reigns attacker at the end of the show. All throughout the episode, Bryan and Rowan were teasing a figure in the back room, covered in a black hood and black clothes. At the end of the episode, Reigns met with…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 27th
News 1994 – Shane Douglas would win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio. Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Osamu Nishimura would make their ECW debut during the same tournament. At the same event, Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) and Mikey Whipwreck would defeat Public Enemy to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship.…
AEW All Out Match Card
With the All Out PPV just days away, we present to you the “official” match card for the night! The reason official is in quotes is that it is subject to change, just as we have already seen with the Moxley vs Omega match. Here are the confirmed matches as they stand right now: Casino…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 26th
News 1986 – WWF Superstars of Wrestling taped their very first broadcast from Providence Civic Center in Providence, RI. This would continue to air until 2001, but not before becoming a highlights only show in 1997. On this episode, Koko B. Ware made his WWF debut, teaming with Paul Roma, however, they lost to The…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 25th
News 1984 – The Road Warriors would win their very first AWA Tag Team Championship against Crusher and Baron von Raschke 1991 – Sting would defeat “Stunning” Steve Austin in the finals of a 1 night tournament to win the vacated WCW United States Championship. You can watch the match in the…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 24th
News 1994 – WCW broadcasted Clash of Champions XXVIII from the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, IA. This event was significant as it would be the very first time Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair would meet up in the ring for a singles match on broadcast television. The main event between the two competitors…
Bully Ray Comments on AEW vs NXT
Recently on SiriusXM Busted Open, Bully Ray and Dave Lagreca discussed the idea of Vince McMahon deciding to move NXT to USA and go head-to-head with AEW on Wednesday nights. In the broadcast, Bully Ray compared the move to The Godfather in that it’s all business: “No matter what move AEW makes, Vince knows that…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 23rd
News 2004 – Raw saw the unholy marriage between Kane and Lita 2009 – SummerSlam would hold the first of six years in a row in Los Angeles from the Staples Center 2015 – SummerSlam would hold the first of four years in a row in New York from…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 22nd
Welcome to a new segment on Wrestle Pages where we look back at memorable moments that took place on this date in history of the Wrestling Sports Entertainment world! News 2015 – We are going to just come right out of the gates swinging with what is likely the biggest moment that happened today. At…
XFL Team Locations And Names Announced
At about 12pm EST today, Vince McMahon was present at a media event to announce the official names and locations of the XFL teams. Here we go: 1: Seattle Dragons This is a fun name that plays on the local heritage around Seattle, on both history and current culture. There are many inceptions of dragons…
Tommaso Ciampa Issues Warning
Following the announcement regarding the move of NXT to USA, Tommaso Ciampa took to Twitter to express his displeasure over being left off the poster advertising the move: https://twitter.com/projectciampa/status/1163937579164680192?s=21 It should also be noted the Ciampa is currently out after having neck surgery, however, is slated to return around mid-September to the ring. Could this…
Santino Sits Down With Lilian Garcia
On her podcast, Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia, last week, Garcia was joined by Santino Marella. During the course of the interview, they discussed several different topics, such as when Santino realized he couldn’t wrestle any longer, being banned from Japan, his debut in OVW, the Milan Miracle, and much more. Here are just a…
Jeff Hardy Injury Update
Jeff Hardy posted the following clip to his Instagram page last week. In the video, you can clearly see Hardy running, skipping, and doing other endurance activities. While this means nothing official in terms of return, it appears his therapy and progress is coming along well to return within the 6 months he wants. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1G4-bRHtPw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link…
Big Title Change On WWE RAW
If you have not watched Raw yet and do not want to be made aware of a major spoiler, then please DO NOT read any further! As previously announced, there was one Title match announced for tonight, featuring AJ Styles vs Braun Strowman for the United States Championship. However, The OC had other plans as…
LAX Confirms Departure From Impact
Following their match on Friday against Rich Swann and Willie Mack during a TV Taping in Mexico, LAX member Santana, confirmed via Twitter (Shown below) that both he and Ortiz have indeed left Impact Wrestling. Immediately after the taping of the match, members of the locker room came out ringside to congratulate and bid LAX…
