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1949 

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Ray Villmer defeated George Flynn for the NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight Title

1952

Los Angeles, California
– George Bollas defeated Sandor Szabo for the NWA Beat the Champ International Television Title 

1953

– Doc and George Gallagher defeated Johnny Demchuck and Pepper Gomez to win the Big Time Wrestling Northwest Tag Team Title

1955

Atlanta, Georgia:
– Bill and Fred Blassie defeated Jerry Graham and Don McIntyre to win the NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team Title

1957

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada:
– Stan Mykietowich and Ted Stefanyk defeated Frenchy Champagne and Ed Tardi for the Madison Wrestling Club Tag Team Title

1958

Portland, Oregon:
– Kurt Von Himmler and Kurt Von Poppenheim defeated Herb and Seymour Freeman to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles

1960

Long Beach, California:
– Lord James Blears and Nick Bockwinkel defeated Stan Holek and The Preacher for the NWA (Hollywood Wrestling) International Television Tag Team Titles

1965

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Rocky Smith won the NWA Southern Junior Heavyweight Title by defeating Hiro Matsuda in a rematch to win the vacant title 

1970 

Mobile, Alabama:
– Mike Boyette won a battle royal to win the NWA Gulf Coast Heavyweight Title and City of Mobile Heavyweight Title

1971

Tampa, Florida:
– Bob Roop defeated Ole Anderson to win the NWA Florida Television Title

1972

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Geoff Portz defeated Kendo Nagasaki to win the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title

Detroit, Michigan:
– Bobo Brazil defeated Pampero Firpo to win the NWA (Detroit) United States Heavyweight Title 

Chattanooga, Tennessee:
– Bearcat Brown and Johnny Walker defeated The Bounty Hunters (David and Jerry Novak) for the NWA (Mid-America) Southern Tag Team Title 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Danny Babich and Michel Martel defeated George Gordienko and Super Hawk to win the Stampede International Tag Team Title

1975 

Tampa, Florida:
– Rocky Johnson defeated King Curtis Iaukea to win the NWA Florida Heavyweight Title

1983

Eugene, Oregon:
– Curt Hennig and Pat (Scott) McGhee defeated The Assassin and The Dynamite for the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada:
– Archie Gouldie won the Stampede North American Heavyweight Title by defeating Bad News Allen

1984

Montreal, Quebec, Canada:
– King Tonga beat Dino Bravo by DQ
– AWA Champion Rick Martel beat Nick Bockwinkel
– Jos Leduc beat The Superstar
– Rick Valentine & Sailor White beat Raymond Rougeau & Jacques Rougeau Jr. by DQ
– Little Beaver & Tiger Jackson beat Pancho Boy & Sonny Boy

1985

Fort Worth, Texas:
– Mark Youngblood defeated Jack Victory for the WCCW Television Title 

Birmingham, Alabama:
– Robert Fuller defeated Roberto Soto to win the NWA Continental Heavyweight Title 

1986

Tokyo, Japan:
– Shinobu Kandori defeated Lola Gonzales to win the UWA Women’s World Title

1999 

White Plains, New York:
– Mike Awesome defeated Masato Tanaka to win the ECW World Heavyweight Title

2006

ROH Final Battle: New York City, New York:
– Jimmy Rave defeated Nigel McGuinness
– Adam Pearce (w/ Shane Hagadorn) pinned Ricky Reyes (w/ Julius Smokes) 
– Jimmy Jacobs & Brent Albright defeated Colt Cabana & BJ Whitmer (w/ Daizee Haze) 
– Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli (w/ Larry Sweeney) 
– CIMA, Shingo, & ROH Tag Team Champion Matt Sydal defeated Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, & Delirious in a Dragon Gate rules match 
– Homicide defeated Bryan Danielson to win the ROH World Title 

Tokyo, Japan:
– Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated Takashi Sugiura to win the NOAH GHC Junior Heavyweight Title 

2009

Tokyo, Japan:
– Naomichi Marafuji defeated Prince Devitt to win the Super J-Cup

2010

– Angelina Love & Winter defeated Madison Rayne & Tara to win the tournament finals of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Tournament and become tag team champions

2011

ROH Final Battle: New York, New York:
– Michael Elgin pinned TJ Perkins 
– Tommaso Ciampa pinned Jimmy Rave
– ROH TV Champion Jay Lethal defeated El Generico and Mike Bennett in an elimination match
– Kevin Steen pinned Steve Corino
– Matt & Nick Jackson won a 4-team gauntlet match over Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander, Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly and 
  Kenny King & Rhett Titus
– Roderick Strong defeated Chris Hero
– Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated ROH Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas to win the titles 
– ROH World Champion Davey Richards pinned Eddie Edwards to retain the title

2012

Tokyo, Japan:
– Kenny Omega defeated El Generico to win the DDT KO-D Openweight title

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As of right now the leading candidate for Scott Hall’s WWE Hall Of Fame inductor is Kevin Nash. Whether or not he would be introducing him as Diesel is another question. An outside shot for Hall’s inductor would be Shawn Michaels due to their famous WrestleMania X ladder match, although most seem to feel that Nash is the more likely candidate.

The Paul Bearer induction is an interesting one, mainly because Undertaker has never attended a WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony due to the belief that it doesn’t fit his character. At the same time, Undertaker is clearly the obvious choice for Bearer, so many are curious to see how that one is handled.

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“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff sat down with CJ Sabia on the debut episode of the Blue Steel Cage on the VOC Nation Radio Network. Check it out as “Mr. Wonderful” about his body and extensive training regimen in the 1980s, his shoot-style wrestling ability, recovery from neck injury, thoughts on Mr T, wrestling for WCW, and experiences turning on and wrestling Hulk Hogan.

Blue Steel Cage airs weekly, Friday nights at 9 PM ET on the VOC Nation Radio Network at vocnation.com, and simulcast on thebradyhicks.com. The show takes a look at professional wrestling from the viewpoint of an experienced former wrestling promoter, covering today’s wrestling news from both The WWE and the independent wrestling scene. Call into the show (855) VOC-RADIO.

On Not Beating Hogan for the WWF World Title:

“That’s what they should have done. And instead of making hundreds of millions of dollars they could have made thousands of millions of dollars if they had done that. We talked about it some and that’s what they should have done … I guess for some reason because [Hulk] was 6’5” and weighed 320 pounds that he was this big huge thing that nobody should beat him for the belt. If they would have said “Let’s go out there, Paul, and you fight for your life and Terry, you go out there and you fight for your life,” you can bet your ass I would have fought. I guarantee … I would have won and [Hulk] knows it.”

On Today’s Product:

“It’s been so downgraded. You look at boxing, you look at MMA fighting, that’s what people are watching. It’s more believable. That’s what people want to see. They don’t want to see that phoney baloney out there. They want to see something real. They want to see somebody lose a tooth, have a black eye.”

On Working with Hulk Hogan

“It worked out because the heel ran the show. I ran the matches, and I worked off of [Hulk Hogan]. [Hogan did] his best to work off of me because [he’d] never be able to keep up with me. I did that with Hogan. That’s why we worked together good. We [were] two Florida boys. I wasn’t buddy-buddy with him. I didn’t weigh 300 pounds but I weighed 240 pounds and I was a badass and he wasn’t.”

On the Art of Being a Great Wrestler:

“I still call it a sport, because it is a sport. To me it takes years and years and years and you’ll never master it. As long as you have an opponent, you have to work around that opponent. And you’ll never master it. Never. You can be good at it, you can be great at it like I was. Or you can be good at it and okay with it. Whatever.”

* NEW PHOTOS of the WRESTLEMANIA 30 Set Being Built – WOW!

– It was announced during the WrestleMania XXX pre-show on the WWE Network that the pre-show match for the WWE Tag-Team Championships, which features The Usos defending the titles against The Real Americans, Los Matadores and Ryback & Curtis Axel, will now be an elimination style match.

– The following is a photo of the Hogan family in attendance at the WWE Hall Of Fame ceremony on Saturday night.

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WWE SmackDown Preview For Tonight

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The following is a spoiler-free preview for tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, taped Tuesday night from Lafayette, LA.

– WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan & WWE Tag Champions The Usos vs. Randy Orton & Batista & Kane in a six-man tag match.

– Big Show vs. Cesaro

– Rob Van Dam vs. Damien Sandow

– Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett

– Fandango vs. Santino. Fandango debuts a new ‘dancing partner’ valet.

– Ryback & Curtis Axel vs. Los Matadores

* WWE SmackDown *SPOILERS* For Tonight

– The official Newsday website has a look at WWE’s new “Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection” DVD set. You can check that out at Newsday.com.

– WWE has added the latest video blog from Brandi Rhodes to their official YouTube channel. The video blog features herself, along with her husband Cody Rhodes taking part in a week-long WWE travel schedule. You can check that out below.

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Eric Bischoff mentioned on Twitter that he will be a guest on both Jim Ross and Steve Austin’s podcasts. Here’s his comments regarding those upcoming interviews.

Additionally, Bischoff recently answered a fan who asked if he would ever return to WWE. On that note, Bischoff tweeted the following generic answer.

BACKSTAGE NEWS: WWE Planning To Turn BRAY WYATT Babyface! (Details)

The following press release was recently issued:

Eric Young Tests The Limits Of Outdoor Adventure In The New ANIMAL PLANET Series “NO LIMITS”

From Mexico to Alaska and Everywhere In Between, Professional Wrestler “Showtime” Eric Young Is Back and Braver Than Ever – – New 10-Part Series NO LIMITS Premieres on Friday, May 30, at 8 PM (ET/PT)

(New York, New York, April 28, 2014) – IMPACT Wrestling superstar, self-avowed adrenaline junkie, and recently crowned TNA World Heavyweight Champion, “Showtime” Eric Young has spent the last two summers crisscrossing the country in search of the oddest and craziest fishing techniques for his Animal Planet series, OFF THE HOOK: EXTREME CATCHES. From fishing in the frigid Bering Sea with a hardened crew of commercial fishermen to free diving 50 feet beneath the surface in the tropical waters of Hawaii to catch an octopus, Young has embraced some of the most insane fishing practices and trained with the masterminds who pioneered them. Now, Young’s never-ending thirst for adventure continues on land in the new 10-part series NO LIMITS, where he tries his hand at some of the most extreme physical activities throughout and beyond the continental U.S., dreamt up by some of the most passionate outdoorsmen on the planet. From the intrepid to the insane to the just plain dumb and the all-out dangerous, Eric tests his limitations like never before!

Premiering Friday, May 30, at 8 PM (ET/PT), NO LIMITS follows Young as he showcases adrenaline-fueled adventures that take him to the edge of his comfort zone. This season, Young travels to New York, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Maine and many other locations to experience hidden thrills and to discover the wild subcultures and lifestyles of those driven to live the extremes that the outdoors has to offer. Whether he’s searching for invasive pythons in South Florida, river boarding through Class IV rapids on the Ocoee River in Tennessee, or climbing an Alaskan iceberg from a paddleboard, Young (and his iconic manly beard) won’t stop until he puts his signature move on the competition.

New adventures this season include the following:

– The inhospitable terrain surrounding Death Valley boasts record high temperatures and is covered in thousands of abandoned mines. Eric joins a group of thrill seekers to take a dark and dangerous trip 600 feet underground in a mine that is more than a century old.

– Eric trains to be a lumberjack in the heart of Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains with some of the toughest woodsmen he’s ever met. And when his intense training is complete, he’ll compete against the pros.

– In Arizona, Eric learns a new desert sport – sand boarding – which combines insane speeds with a hot sandy surface, which can cause serious skin burns if you wipe out! Will Eric survive the gnarly dunes without running into scorpions?

– Eric travels to Mexico to catch one of the hardest fighting fish in the ocean – the striped marlin. While most anglers battle these huge fish from an actual boat, Eric takes on the difficult task from a small kayak.

– By trekking 40 rugged miles on a snow machine, Eric travels to the Great White North to battle the invasive northern pike and joins three expert fishermen on an excursion into the backcountry.

NO LIMITS is produced by Lucky 8 for Animal Planet. Gregory Henry, Kim Woodard and Dan Bree are the executive producers for Lucky 8. For Animal Planet, Erin Wanner is the executive producer, Jamie Dugger is the producer, and Hilary Tholen is the associate producer.

Animal Planet, a multi-media business unit of Discovery Communications, is the world’s only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep content via multiple platforms and offers animal lovers and pet owners access to a centralized online, television and mobile community for immersive, engaging, high-quality entertainment, information and enrichment. Animal Planet consists of the Animal Planet television network, available in more than 95 million homes in the US; online assets: www.animalplanet.com, the ultimate online destination for all things animal; Animal Planet L!VE, the go-to digital destination for round-the-clock, unfiltered access to the animal kingdom; and other media platforms including a robust Video-on-Demand (VOD) service, and merchandising extensions.

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Former WWE Superstar CM Punk attended Saturday’s Chicago Blackhawks NHL playoff game and shot a puck before the game. Footage of the appearance aired on ESPN’s SportsCenter.

Punk also spoke about his love for playoff hockey, saying it’s the most exciting thing there is and talking about his plans to continue attending this year’s Blackhawks playoff games.

Here’s footage of CM Punk at Saturday’s Blackhawks game:

* Backstage News on CM PUNK & AJ LEE Getting Engaged & Moving In Together

– Renee Young got ribbed backstage at Monday’s WWE RAW from Knoxville, Tennessee. During a backstage interview with Evolution that aired after RAW on the WWE Network, Triple H told her that The Shield should not bring a pen to a sledgehammer fight. Randy Orton said that they’ve already proved they are the superior faction and Batista joked that they should sue if The Shield doesn’t show up for their fight on Sunday.

As they were wrapping up the interview, Triple H asked Renee why she wasn’t wearing any shoes. She responded, “I don’t really have an answer…” The camera then panned down to show Renee Young standing there barefoot as she stood there looking flustered.

– Here are this week’s RAW Fallout videos:

Alicia Fox speaks about her match with Emma on Raw.

Adam Rose and his Rosebuds get the party started to celebrate his debut victory on Raw.

* Details On CHRIS JERICHO’s Return To WWE