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Delayed due to technology being a jerk! Liz brings you another double dose of This Day In Wrestling History.

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Delayed due to technology being a jerk! Liz brings you another double dose of This Day In Wrestling History.

The 27th and 28th days of October are jammed packed with goodness! Hulk and Piper to TNA! Arn Anderson and Sid Vicious stabbing each other?!?

Born On These Dates:

October 27th:

  • 1962 – Florencio Diaz Bolaños (May Flowers)
  • 1965 – David “Bruno” Lauer (Harvey Whippleman)
  • 1973 – Alvin Burke Jr. (MVP)
  • 1981 – Paul Grint (Stixx)

October 28th:

  • 1951 – Michael Sharpe (Iron Mike Sharpe)
  • 1965 – Ryukaku (Junji) Izumida
  • 1970 – Jason (Apollo) Garvin
  • 1974 – Gentaro Takahashi
  • 1976 – Dan Lopez (Dan Maff)
  • 1980 – Christina (Christy) Lee Hemme
  • 1982 – John R. Rivera (Rocky Romero,)

On Theses Date in Wrestling History:

October 27th:

  • 1960 – Mike DiBiase defeats Pancho Lopez (Lorenzo Parente) to win the Amarillo version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title in Amarillo, Texas.
  • 1961 – Sputnik Monroe defeats Dory Dixon to win the NWA Texas Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas.
  • 1964 – Fred Blassie & Mr. Moto defeat The Destroyer & Hard Boiled Haggerty for the WWA Tag Team Title in Long Beach, California.
  • 1965 – Danny McShain defeats Dick Dunn for the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title in Mobile, Alabama, ending Dunn’s fourth reign.
  • 1966 – Tony Borne & Mr. Fuji defeat Rene Goulet & Shag Thomas for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.
  • 1967 – The Hangman wins the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title from Sonny Myers in St. Joseph, Missouri, ending Myers’ 13th reign.
  • 1971 – Ed Francis defeat Moondog Mayne to win the NWA Hawaii Heavyweight Title in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • 1971 – Sweet Daddy Siki defeats Sam Steamboat for the Hawaii version of the NWA North American Heavyweight Title.
  • 1973 – Dutch Savage & Jimmy Snuka defeat Bull Ramos & Ripper Collins to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title.
  • 1973 – Robert Fuller & Bob Armstrong defeat Stan Vachon and Bobby Duncum for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title.
  • 1977 – Dr. X & Ciclon Negro defeat Porkchop Cash & Ray Candy for the Tri-State version of the NWA United States Tag Team Title.
  • 1978 – Butcher Brannigan & Ox Baker defeat Larry O’Day & Mario Milano to win the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Title in Sydney, Australia.
  • 1978 – TNT defeats El Nazi for the Mexican National Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • 1978 – Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen defeat Tommy Rich & Mr. Wrestling II for the NWA Georgia Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 1980 – Larry Latham & Bill Irwin defeat Tommy & Eddie Gilbert to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • 1984 – Chris Adams, Gino Hernandez and Jake Roberts defeat Kerry Von Erich, Mike Von Erich and Bobby Fulton for the Texas (WCCW) version of the NWA World Six-Man Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas.
  • 1984 – Bruiser Costa & Spider Web defeat Ole Olson & Randy Rich for the Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Title in Cloverdale, British Columbia, Canada.
  • 1986 – Big Bubba (Fred Ottman) defeats Tracy Smothers for the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending Smothers’ second reign.
  • 1987 – Strike Force (Tito Santana & Rick Martel) defeat The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) for the WWF World Tag Team Title.
  • 1992 – Shawn Michaels defeats Davey Boy Smith for the WWF Intercontinental Title in Terra Haute, Indiana. This would mark the first major singles title victory for the ‘Heartbreak Kid’.
  • 1993 – Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson are involved in a real life incident in England. An argument between the two escalated through out the day, culiminating in Vicious barging into Anderson’s hotel room. The brawl ended in the two stabbing each other a total of 24 times. 2 Cold Scorpio broke up the fight and is credited with saving Anderson’s life, as he was bleeding heavily. Vader is believed to have saved Vicious’ life by plugging an abdominal wound with his finger. The two were deported after they were discharged from the hospital. Vicious was ultimately fired, and Anderson suspsended. The two have since resolved their issues.
  • 1996WCW Halloween Havoc was held in Las Vegas, Nevada.  It was highlighted by Roddy Piper coming out after the main event to confront Hulk Hogan. Ultimately asking him, “Do you think they would have cheered for you, if they didn’t hate me?”
  • 2000 – Akua & Kaimana are awarded the newly revived NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title in Kalihi, Hawaii.
  • 2001 – Apolo defeats Glamour Boy Shane for the IWA Heavyweight Title in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
  • 2002 – The Great Muta defeats Genichiro Tenryu for the AJPW Triple Crown Title in Tokyo, Japan, beginning Muta’s second reign.
  • 2003 – WWE Raw from Fayetteville, North Carolina saw Rob Van Dam win his fourth Intercontinental Title and Chris Jericho win his sixth Intercontinental Title, all in one night.
  • 2004 – Fergal Devitt defeats Dru Onyx to win the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Title in Cardiff, Wales, England.
  • 2007 – AWA legend and WWE Hall Of Famer Verne Gagne was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall Of Fame in Minnesota.
  • 2008  Ring of Honor released Gabe Sapolsky from the company.  He had been serving as booker from its creation.  He would be replaced by Adam Pearce.
  • 2009 -Hulk Hogan announces that he has signed with TNA. Eric Bischoff was also at the press conference, and although nothing formally was announced about Bischoff, he too would sign with the company
  • 2010 – Colt Cabana and comedian Marty DeRose launched a new DVD series, $5 Wrestling, combining Mystery Science Theater riffing with pro wrestling.
  • 2010 –  Heritage Championship Wrestling champion “The Future” Donovan Ruddick signed a WWE developmental deal.
  • 2010 WWE made the decision to resurrect the King of the Ring tournament for a November three-hour edition of Monday Night Raw.
  • 2010 – The Connecticut Post ran a story where Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz responded to the discrimination lawsuit that Vince McMahon filed yesterday concerning her not wanting to allow voters in her state to wear WWE clothing to the polls on Tuesday.  She had asserted that while WWE clothing doesn’t bear Senate candidate Linda McMahon’s name, the implication is it is there since she is so closely identified with World Wrestling Entertainment. Bysiewicz said that her intentions had been misconstrued and sent the following letter to registrars and town clerks yesterday.
  • 2012WWE announced that Lilian Garcia was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Los Angeles.  Garcia made a full recovery.
  • 2012 – The NWA championship was vacated following the end of the Best of Seven Series between Adam Pearce and Colt Cabana. Cabana won the series but not the title. They announced before the bout that the NWA had ruled the bout was non-title.
  • 2015WWE 2K16 launched in North America. The fourth game under the WWE 2K banner was considered a vast improvement over the last game.

October 28th

1989 – The first WCW Halloween Havoc PPV was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Civic Center.

  • Tom Zenk defeated Mike Rotunda.
  • The Samoan Swat Team (Samu, Fatu and The Samoan Savage) defeated The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) and Steve Williams.
  • Tommy Rich defeated The Cuban Assassin.
  • The Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin and Michael Hayes) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas and Johnny Ace) to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
  • Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed) defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott).
  • Lex Luger defeated Brian Pillman to retain the NWA United States Championship.
  • The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal) defeated The Skyscrapers (Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey) by disqualification.
  • Ric Flair and Sting defeated The Great Muta and Terry Funk in a Thunderdome cage match. The cage (part of which actually caught fire pre-match) was decorated in the spirit of the holiday and electrified to prevent outsiders from entering and competitors from leaving. The match could only end when one of the managers threw in the towel on their team’s behalf. Ole Anderson nailed Gary Hart, causing Hart’s towel to fly into the ring, causing special referee Bruno Sammartino to end the match.

1995 – Jesse James Armstrong & Tracey Smothers defeated PG-13 for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending PG-13’s ninth reign with the belts.

1995 ECW ran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the ECW Arena that completely went off the rails when fire was introduced. The use of fire was out of control resulting in Funk being in the midst of a ring of fire and needing medical treatment for second degree burns.

2000– Bret Hart announces his retirement from wrestling. It came just two weeks after WCW fired him for inactivity via FedEx.

2000 – Genichiro Tenryu defeated Toshiaki Kawada in the final of a tournament to win the vacant All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown championship.

2003 – Low Ki, one of the central figures of Ring of Honor, leaves the company over creative and financial differences.

2003Ring of Honor announces that The Great Muta would lead a group of stars from All Japan Pro Wrestling to ROH’s Final Battle in Philadelphia, paving the way for what, at the time, would be the biggest show in company history that December.

2005 – Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone defeated Naomichi Marufuji & Minoru Suzuki to win the Pro Wrestling NOAH Global Honored Crown Tag Team Titles

2005 – TNA minority owner Jerry Jarrett visits WWE  to introduce the company to Oleg Prudius, who they sign without ever having seen work in the ring.  Prudius goes on to have a run as Vladimir Kozlov.  Jarrett gets extreme heat from TNA over the decision to visit with the company and is bought out as minority owner.  It was a strategic move by Jarrett who wanted out of TNA due to the Carter family involvement.

2006 – WWE makes the decision to suspend ECW house shows and combine them instead with Smackdown events.  The ECW house shows never return.

2014WWE 2K15 is launched in North America. The game was rebuilt from the ground up, including an emphasis on realism and career mode.

 

Died On These Dates:

October 27th:

1991 – Rocky Hata

October 28th:

None Found

 

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Chairshot News Report: TNA Impact Results, AEW Speculation For Ricochet & Shane McMahon, Vince McMahon, More!

Your Wrestling News for July 5, 2024, including TNA Impact, Ricochet, Shane McMahon, his daddy Vince, and more!

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Your Wrestling News for July 5, 2024, including TNA Impact, Ricochet, Shane McMahon, his daddy Vince, and more!

Welcome to your daily dose of pro wrestling news–and analysis you can trust! We take all wrestling news with a grain of salt here at The Chairshot, and we hope to steer you in the right direction.

Results: TNA Impact (July 4, 2024)

Here are your results from Thursday night’s edition of TNA Impact (originally taped on June 28 at the 2300 Arena in Philly):

  • Trey Miguel vs. Leon Slater ends in a no-contest after WWE NXT star Charlie Dempsey attacks everyone.
  • Dani Luna battled Jody Threat to a time limit draw in the 10-Minute Challenge. They were granted the customary “5 more minutes” but were attacked by Alisha Edwards & Masha Slamovich. During the match it was revealed that Nic Nemeth had been attacked backstage.
  • Frankie Kazarian defeated Mike Santana by countout to advance to the TNA World Championship Match at Slammiversary.
  • Matt Hardy & Reby Hardy beat Eddie Edwards & Alisha Edwards.
  • Joe Hendry pinned Jake Something to advance to the TNA World Championship Match at Slammiversary.

No surprise that Joe Hendry advanced to the world title match, but Santana-Kazarian could have gone either way. A promo video to end the show implied that Kazarian was the one who took out Nic Nemeth backstage, seemingly creating a story for them within the Slammiversary title match. No shocker that The Hardys won the tag team match, but a great surprise with Charlie Dempsey getting involved in the opener. That TNA/NXT collaboration continues to be a lot of fun.

You can catch Andrew’s Review of the event here.

Ricochet Expected To Sign With AEW

Many outlets are reporting that Ricochet’s expected landing spot remains AEW, with additional reports surfacing that his agent has been working out the details on his behalf.

Personally, I’d rather see him back in WWE. Even after an initial push in AEW, he will be a novelty act much like PAC, so I don’t see the difference. But if he’s going to AEW, here’s hoping that agent does a great job and secures quite the bag for ol’ Ric.

Vince Russo Suggests Shane McMahon As A Front Man For Vince McMahon to Purchase AEW

”We saw this with WCW, it happened before. It (purchasing AEW) could be under the guise of Shane, that’s what I’m saying. Shane is as clean as whistle. Vince could be behind it without anybody knowing it, bro.”

Those are the words of Vince Russo, who on the surface seems to be spouting nonsense. Time will tell if there is something to it all, but I wouldn’t place any wagers on this one. Shane McMahon to AEW would be an entertaining shocker, but that–like many things in AEW–would quickly wear off.

Shawn Michaels Discusses NXT Releases, Referencing Drew Gulak

During the NXT Heatwave media call, Shawn Michaels was asked about the release of Gable Steveson, but also lumped Drew Gulak in his response about main roster viability:

“From my understanding, nothing on anyone’s part other than contracts being up. Certainly, in the place of Drew Gulak. From a company standpoint, there not being anything from a main roster standpoint that they were going to be using him in. In NXT, over the last year and a half to two years, we’ve been trying to get into the process of keeping it fluid. It’s all about getting to the main roster when everything is said and done. In two or three years, if that doesn’t happen, we bring other people in or see if we’re ready to move on.”

If anything, it’s a stark reminder that NXT still exists to, above all else, populate the main roster. It’s quite the delicate balance between booking your own television show and preparing for the future, one that HBK has arguably done better than Triple H himself.

Other Odds & Ends:

  • According to reports, the mini-stroke referenced by Britt Baker (DMD) on AEW Dynamite is legitimate. If so, both she and Adam Cole have been through a ton over the past 24 months.
  • Mason Madden (Mace) and Mansoor, now known as the MxM Collection, showed up in ROH when featured in a vignette on this week’s broadcast. They might not have made it in WWE, but it’s good to see them getting work, and a second chance to make this gimmick their own. YEAH!
  • Cody Rhodes continues to be the ultimate good dude, this time helping a fan who won tickets to Money In The Bank actually attend the event. The fan who won the tickets is in a wheelchair, and there were no more accessible seats left. That was, of course, until Cody got involved. Now the fan can be there and enjoy the show as intended when he won the contest. Cody wins again!

 

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

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The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

  • Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
  • Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
  • Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
  • Rush: 0-1, 0 points
  • Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
  • Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

 

Here are your Blue League standings!

  • Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
  • Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
  • Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
  • Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
  • Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
  • Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

 

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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