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On this date in WWF history: The Rock and Big Show fight to a photo finish in the Royal Rumble
On January 23, 2000, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) held its thirteenth annual Royal Rumble extravaganza from none other than Madison Square Garden in the heart of New York City. The final two contestants were The Rock, who drew number 24, and The Big Show, who drew number 26. Show tried to...
On this date in WWF history: Shawn Michaels makes Royal Rumble history
On January 22, 1995, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) hall-of-famer Shawn Michaels did what many people thought couldn't be done at the promotion's annual Royal Rumble event. He drew number one and went on to win the tournament. "The Heartbreak Kid" eliminated the following contestants during his...
On this date in WWF history: Hulk Hogan vs The Ultimate Warrior at the Royal Rumble
Shit just got real. In today's pro wrestling landscape, with the frequency of televised broadcasts, it's very difficult to keep the roster apart for any extended period of time. That being said, it's hard to pop for a true "superfight" when everyone is booked so closely together. That wasn't the...
On this date in WWF history: The greatest moment in Ric Flair's life
With a tear in his eye! On January 19, 1992, Ric Flair, who joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) just a few months earlier, entered the annual Royal Rumble tournament at number three. Unlike today, when winning the Rumble got you a title shot at WrestleMania, the 1992 melee was actually for...
On this date in WWF history: Mark Henry gets humiliated by Chyna in front of his mama
Somebody call his mama! Wait, on second thought, don't, because she's already a member of the live television audience. Before he was inducting hapless jobbers into his "Hall of Pain," Mark Henry was "Sexual Chocolate," hoping he could melt in Chyna's mouth after becoming obsessed with her. To the...
On this date in WWF history: The Owen Hart piledriver finally catches up to Stone Cold Steve Austin
On January 17, 2000, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) superstar "Stone Cold" Steve Austin received an "anterior cervical diskectomy" from chief of neurosurgery, Lloyd Youngblood, at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. In layman's terms, "The Rattlesnake" had neck surgery to repair the damage...
On this date in WWF history: Big John Studd wins the 1989 Royal Rumble
On January 15, 1989, "Big" John Studd, who drew number 27 in the entrance lottery, won the World Wrestling Federation's second Royal Rumble by eliminating "The Million Dollar Man," Ted DiBiase. And you know the deal, win the Royal Rumble, go to Wrestlemania. Studd went to the big show that April...
On this date in WWF history: The Rock 'n' Roll Express debut on Monday Night RAW
Nothing says "Attitude Era" like a couple of geriatric high flyers who still listen to southern rock. But that didn't stop the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from trying to get a few more miles out of those old tires, inexplicably countering the nWo with the NWA. Complete with a screaming Jim...
On this date in WWF history: The first-ever Monday Night RAW
On January 11, 1993, World Wrestling Federation (WWF) would change the pro wrestling business forever when it debuted its new flagship program, Monday Night Raw, live from the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York, NY. Here's what went down: Crush defeated Bam Bam Bigelow by...
On this date in WWF history: Rest in peace, Ludvig Borga
While his official time of death was determined to have occurred a few days earlier, it was January 10, 2010, that police would find the body of former professional wrestler Tony Halme in his apartment in Finland, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Halme is also recognized by mixed martial...
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