With our 7th Round Pick, the Second City Saints select:
In the pre 80's Category
"Superstar" Billy Graham
Eldridge Wayne Coleman (born September 10, 1943) better known by his ring name"Superstar" Billy Graham, is an American retired professional wrestler. Graham is a former WWWF Champion, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004.
Graham's popularity was based principally on the basis of his character, rather than his wrestling skills. His bodybuilder's physique and flamboyant patter paved the way for wrestlers like Jesse Ventura, Hulk Hogan, Scott Steiner and Triple H, who were all heavily influenced by Graham's example.[1] Graham called his twenty-two inch arms "pythons," and often recited self-aggrandizing poetry during his interviews, a technique inspired by Muhammad Ali. A typical example: "I'm the man of the hour, the man with the power, too sweet to be sour. The women's pet, the men's regret. What you see is what you get. And what you don't see is better yet." Legacy
"Superstar" Billy Graham is credited for changing how American professional wrestling is portrayed. The WWE describes all of its competitors as "WWE Superstars"; a direct tribute to Billy Graham.
Many wrestlers have claimed to have based their looks and styles on Billy Graham. Some famous examples are Paul Ellering, Scott Steiner, Triple H, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
He helped Arnold Schwarzenegger with his posing techniques, for bodybuilding competitions.
With my 7th pick in the draft, I am proud to select in the Match category – from Stampede Wrestling circa 1983 – Bad News Allen Punks Archie ‘The Stomper’ Goldie
“In 1983, a riot broke out during a match at the Ogden Auditorium in Calgary during a match between Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith and Sonny Two Rivers against Bad News Allen, The Stomper and Stomper's kayfabe son Jeff Gouldie. Longtime Stampede announcer Ed Whalen reportedly became distraught during the riot, in which a women was trampled, causing him to quit from the Stampede on air. Speaking of the events he remarked, "We're starting to scare the patrons with this violence outside the ring, and I will not be associated with it anymore." The event led to Stampede Wrestling being banned from Calgary for six months by the city's wrestling and boxing commission, and within a year the operation was sold to the World Wrestling Federation.”
A little Q&A with Bad News Allen from Slam Sports:
“…Q: Back in the 1980's (around 1984-85) there was a match where you fought in a tag team against Archie Gouldie and his son [Editor's note: actually another person acting as Gouldie's son]. To make a long story short, there was a fork involved, and at the end Ed Whelan "quit" as an announcer for Stampede Wrestling. Was this an angle to cover up the selling of Stu Hart's promotion to the WWF at the time?
A: No, it wasn't.
Q: What are your memories of that one?
A: [Laughing] Ed Whalen really flipped out. I didn't know he was going to do that. Actually it was about a year later that Stu sold his promotion. It wasn't an angle. Ed Whalen really went off the deep end that night.
Q: How did that affect you? Did you try to talk to him afterwards to try to bring him back?
A: Well, I didn't. Personally, I was happy to see him leave. I thought he was a terrible commentator and he wanted to get too involved with the wrestlers all the time. He was always up in the heels' faces all the time and I didn't think that was a good thing. But then, a year when he did come back, they actually brought me down and I had to promise that I would behave myself and all this nonsense. And they actually turned me babyface for a while there, so he would come back. Otherwise he refused to come back as long as I was working there…”
2001-2009 ŕ The Phenomenal AJ Styles
1991-2000 ŕ Raven
1980-1990 ŕ Bam Bam Bigelow
Pre-80's ŕ The Dynamite Kid
Tag Team ŕ The Outsiders
Stable ŕ The Karachi Vice
Women's
Personality
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV
Match ŕ Stampede Wrestling circa 1983 – Bad News Allen turns on Archie the Stomper
Awesome pick for a match, I was at the turn fight when Bad News broke Stomper's "kid's" neck on the concrete floor. I remembe that the majority of the audience went very quiet, then Bad New's started stabbing the stomper. Whalen did get up in the ring and quit, and he tossed the house mic over the rope and stomped out.
Bad News was a terrifying no nonsense guy, I remember I met him at Canadian tire and shuffled up to say hi, he gave me the glower of death but did take the time to give me a personalized autograph.
It was sad that he died not that long ago, working as a security guard.
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It was sad that he died not that long ago, working as a security guard.
He worked security up here in Airdrie and I saw him a few times as he would do rounds at a local pub. He could barely walk as the ring battles had definitely taken a toll on his knees.
I know a lot of wrestlers thought he was an arse. He still had that mean look about him even the last time I saw him about a month before he passed away. One of the best heels ever... RIP Bad News
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Team Shooting Star Press selects with their 7th pick, in the Match category, from No Way Out 2000, Triple H (c) vs. Cactus Jack, in a Hell in Cell match!!!
he main event was a Hell in a Cell match for the WWF Championship, in which WWF Champion Triple H defended his championship against Cactus Jack (Mick Foley), with the added stipulation that if Jack lost he would have to retire from professional wrestling. The match began inside a structure of metal surrounding the ring and ringside area. Throughout the match, many weapons were employed, such as steel chairs and a 2x4 with barbed wire wrapped around it (the 2x4 was also set on fire later in the match). When the ring steps were repeatedly thrown against the wall of the cell, it tore open and Cactus Jack jumped through it to the outside of the cage. The men fought first on the announcer's table, and later both men wrestled on the top of the cage. While on top of the cell, Cactus Jack attempted to grab Triple H, turn him upside-down, and drive his head into the floor, but the move was reversed and Triple H dropped him on his back. The move broke the cell roof and Cactus Jack fell through to the mat below. After Jack stood up again, Triple H tucked Jack's head between his knees and jumped up to slam his head into the mat, a move Triple H calls a Pedigree. Triple H then covered Cactus Jack for a pin.[4][7]
The Grand Wizard himself Captain Crunch selects in the story line category the year long buildup between Hulk Hogan and the NWO and Sting.
Pictures and descriptions to follow tonight
The first part of 1996 had Sting teaming with Lex Luger (who had returned to WCW in September 1995) to win the WCW World Tag Team title from Harlem Heat. The reign was highlighted by the face Sting usually oblivious to the cheating tactics of Luger (a tweener) which became the means by which they usually retained the title. When Luger became temporarily unavailable in March 1996, Harlem Heat member Booker T teamed up with Sting on one occasion to successfully prevent the title from changing hands. A rematch between Harlem Heat and the team of Luger and Sting then came the following night, in which a mutual respect was displayed between Sting and Booker T. Harlem Heat eventually won the title back on the June 24, 1996 edition of WCW Monday Nitro. Sting also received a World title shot against The Giant at Slamboree, but lost after accidental interference from Luger.
In the summer of 1996, Sting was the first to stand up to "The Outsiders" (Kevin Nash and Scott Hall). They had a match at Bash at the Beach with Sting being joined by Randy Savage and Lex Luger. The Outsiders announced they would have a 3rd man in their corner as well. In the opening minutes of the bout, Hall and Nash's partner was nowhere to be seen, but the WCW contingent's 2 on 3 advantage was short lived as Luger had to leave the match early due to an injury. Sting and Savage fought against Nash and Hall until the arrival of Hulk Hogan, who was apparantly about to back up the WCW wrestlers until he attacked Savage with his Leg drop finisher in a swerve. The three subsequently formed the New World Order (nWo) at the end of the match, which was ruled a no-contest. The nWo introduced an impostor Sting (played by Jeff Farmer), which led the crowd to believe that Sting had turned his back on WCW during a WarGames match at Fall Brawl. When the real Sting returned he was upset by the fact that many wrestlers believed that he had in fact betrayed WCW despite his denials, that he himself felt betrayed, and so he left WCW by declaring himself a "free agent."[4] He began appearing in the rafters at WCW events; his new silent persona, complete with corpse paint, a trench coat, and longer hair replacing his spiked haircut, which was quite obviously inspired by The Crow. He was joined in the rafters on a few occasions by Randy Savage. He also began using a baseball bat as his signature weapon. The nWo, in turn, began to paint Farmer's face in the same fashion to try to continue the confusion, becoming known as nWo Sting. While appearing on a WCW/nWo merchandise special on QVC Sports in late 1999, Sting admitted that Scott Hall initially suggested the idea of painting his face like the character from The Crow. Sting continues to use this type of face paint, occasionally with different designs and the use of color. In an unusual loyalty test, Sting confronted WCW wrestlers in the ring and shoved them a few times with his bat until they were provoked enough to advance on him, at which point he drew the weapon back into a more threatening stance, causing them to stop. He would then hand the bat to the offended wrestler and turn his back, offering them a chance at retaliation. When the wrestler declined, Sting would nod, retrieve the bat, and leave the ring. Following the eventual revelation of his loyalty to WCW, he began coming to the aid of many of these wrestlers (often at the end of a television taping) during group battles with the nWo.
After nearly six months of uncertainty and mystery, Sting finally showed his true colors as a face by single-handedly taking out the entire nWo at Uncensored in March 1997. The pay-per-view had drawn to a close and the nWo were celebrating with their new found partner, NBA star Dennis Rodman, when Sting rappelled down over 70 feet from the roof of the arena via zip-line and began his historic battle against the nWo in which he ended up giving the Scorpion Death Drop to the principal members of the nWo: The Outsiders, Randy Savage, and WCW World Champion Hollywood Hogan. After this attack, he frequently rappelled from the rafters or even came up through the ring to attack unsuspecting nWo members and employ decoy Stings to play mind games during the closing segments of WCW Monday Nitro. Sting's appearances to fight the nWo at the end of almost every WCW Monday Nitro helped to keep and widen the ratings gap between WCW and the WWF throughout the summer. On-screen commissioner James J. Dillon tried many times to get Sting to return to wrestling by making contracts to fight various nWo members, but Sting ended up tearing up the contracts because there was only one man he wanted: Hollywood Hogan.
Sting and Hogan finally met at Starrcade for the WCW World Championship, with Sting winning controversially due to a decision by special guest referee Bret Hart when he reversed the decision made by referee Nick Patrick after Hogan pinned Sting after what he believed to be a "fast count." The match was restarted and Sting made Hogan submit to the Scorpion Deathlock.[4] It was heavily rumored that Sting was supposed to get a "clean" victory in the match, but in the days leading up to the match, Terry Bollea (Hogan), invoking his "creative control" clause in his contract, changed his stance on the outcome from a "clean" finish to a tainted finish that didn't weaken his character. The compromise ended up being the controversial ending of the match. The next night on WCW Monday Nitro, Hogan protested the decision which led to a rematch. The rematch met with the same result and later in the week on the inaugural episode of WCW Thunder, on-camera commissioner J.J. Dillon held the title up and forced Sting to surrender the belt. It was during this situation that Sting said his first words on camera in a year and a half. Upon handing over the belt, he told Dillon, "You've got no guts!" and then turned to Hogan and said, "And you....You're a dead man!" Sting eventually recaptured the title with help from "Macho Man" Randy Savage at SuperBrawl VIII. He went on to have successful title defenses against the likes of Scott Hall, Diamond Dallas Page, and Kevin Nash before losing the title to Savage at Spring Stampede in April 1998, due to interference from Nash.
In the end, Sting amassed three victories over Hulk Hogan, while Hulk Hogan has never been able to defeat Sting. Sting is one of only four wrestlers that have defeated Hulk Hogan without losing to him. Brock Lesnar, Goldberg, and The Rock are all undefeated against Hogan, although Hogan has pinned Sting in a tag team match on Nitro, and he pinned The Rock in a tag team match on Raw. Sting has the highest amount of victories over him.
Great buildup, bad ending.
2009-2001
1991-2000 - Edge
1980-1990 - The undertaker
Pre-80's - Gorgeous George
Tag Team - The Legion of Doom
Stable
Women's
Personality (announcer/valet/manager/bodyguard/special referee) Sunny
Storyline Hulk Hogan (NWO) vs Sting
Title Belt
PPV
Match Bret Hart vs Steve Austin Wrestlemania 13
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yeah too bad the wrap up of that feud lead to the death of WCW. After a year of build up and a year of waiting in the rafters Sting basically gets screwed over by Hogan's creative control clause, participates in a blow off match where he gets next to no offensive moves in, then Bret Hart comes in and plays the crooked ref ala the end of his WWE career.
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With it's seventh pick, Team Kayfabe selects, in the Storyline category, one of the best feuds of all time, Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol and Tommy Rich.
This was awarded feud of the year in 1987 by the Wrestling Observer and it might have been one of the craziest feuds ever.
It was the last great Memphis angle. Nearly three years after Vince McMahon had begun streamrolling every wrestling territory in the United States, Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett's Memphis promotion seemed to have their scarred heads held a little higher above water than the other remaining promotions. Although the norm of 8,000-plus crowds and the occasional sellout at the Mid-South Coliseum appeared to be gone, the promotion was surviving just fine. Lawler, the promotion's co-owner and top drawing card, was one of the few top regional stars who didn't jump to McMahon's ever-expanding circus tent, maintaining the promotion's credibility with the local fans.
The promotion had a strong year in 1986 with a Bill Dundee/Buddy Landell feud vs. Jerry Lawler and Dutch Mantel, including a rabid sellout crowd at the Coliseum on March 3, 1986. (The catalyst for the angle was Dundee and Landell attacking young ref Jeff Jarrett and then father Jerry Jarrett, who immediately "reinstated" the loser-left-town Lawler.) The program culminated with Lawler triumphing over Dundee in a loser-leaves-town bout in Memphis before about 8,000 fans over the summer. Toward year's end, the promotion had dipped back down to the 5,000 range at the Coliseum, despite Lawler vs. Kabuki headlining most cards.
However, heading into the New Year, business was picking up. Former NWA-champ/TBS-babyface idol Tommy Rich slowly turned heel after being overlooked for an AWA World title shot against Nick Bockwinkel, who had once again been awarded the title without pinning anyone, this time when Stan Hansen refused to drop the strap to the aging star. (Nick had previously been awarded the title as the "number-one contender" after Verne Gagne retired with the belt in an incredibly egotistical move in 1981.) Rich had returned ostensibly to help Lawler in his feud with pudgy-eternal, masked wrestlers Fire & Flame (Don Bass and Roger Smith). However, in a subtle interview, Rich questioned why Lawler always receives the World title shots in the area--after all, Wildfire was a former NWA World champ, so why not him?
Lawler and Rich had a couple of fantastic bloody brawls for the title shot as 1986 came to an end, which helped spike attendance. But they were just getting warmed up.
On January 4, 1986, Lawler was set to wrestle Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA title. Prior to the bout, though, Austin Idol entered the ring and asked Lawler to step aside. When Lawler refused, Idol decked him, splitting open the King's forehead wide open. Lawler went on to work a 60-minute Broadway with Bock, in a bout filled with high drama.
The next week, Idol's turn was complete, as he and Rich double-teamed Lawler, each grabbing a leg and ramming the King's crown jewels against a ringpost. (Lawler couldn't have timed his legit vasectomy any better.) Lawler sold the injury for about a month, returning to the Coliseum on February 16, 1987, drawing a hot crowd of 9,000.
The Idol, Rich vs. Lawler feud peaked on April 27, 1987, with the now-infamous hair match, which drew about 8,500. Along with his manager Paul Heyman (then known as "Paul E. Dangerly") Idol and Rich cheated Lawler of his hair and the AWA Southern title in a steel-cage match. (In hindsight, the cage probably saved the lives of those heels from hell in the ugly aftermath.) While Lawler getting his hair cut was certainly enough to create a melee of Pacers-like proportions, to make matters worse, in the pre-match hype, Idol had promised to refund every audience member's price of admission should he lose as well as have his own precious bleached-blonde locks snipped. Since the very idea of Lawler losing a hair match at that time was about as unfathomable as Rich regaining the NWA World title, Memphis fans eagerly plucked down their blue-collar cash thinking the Women's Pet had made a wager he'd soon regret.
That confidence was shattered seconds after Heyman kneeled on the floor of the Mid-South Coliseum to yell the prearranged signal to Rich, who had been secreted under the ring around 3 p.m. that day. Wearing an undersized Coca Cola Clothes sweatshirt, Rich moved like wildfire from the floor and into the ring, just in time to save the Idol from a King-sized, match-ending piledriver. The heels again posted Lawler against a ringpost, and Idol followed it up with one of the most classic heel moments of all time: With Lawler lying against the post, still selling the nutcracker, Idol smugly looked down at him, cradled the King's head in his hands and promptly bitch-slapped the hell out him. Too good.
After the momentarily stunned ref Jerry Calhoun came to his senses just in time to count out the King, Heyman wrapped a thick chain around Lawler's neck as local hairstylist Ted Cortese cut the hair of the city's number-one son.
Irate fans scaled the cage to save Lawler, but Memphis cops pulled them down--it was amazing heat. Somehow, Idol made it out the building alive, but not before giving one of the best promos of his career: "I grew up in Las Vegas rolling the dice and spinning the roulette wheel, jack. I've been a gambler since the day I was born and I'll be a gambler to the day I die!"
The next week, even with Lawler out selling the injury, 9,000 fans showed up at the Coliseum for Bill Dundee's return against Idol and Rich--that's how much heat the heels had.
Here's the infamous Lawler vs Idol, hair vs hair cage match:
With our 7th pick, Shotgun Saturday Night selects Chris Jericho becoming WWE's first Undisputed Champion in the Storyline category.
Quote:
Jericho faced The Rock in a match at No Mercy for the WCW Championship after Jericho defeated Rob Van Dam in a number one contenders match. Jericho finally won "the big one", pinning The Rock after debuting a new finisher, the Breakdown.[36] This championship victory was Jericho's first official world championship victory (Jericho had actually won the WWF Championship from Triple H on April 17, 2000 only to have that match stricken from the record 15 minutes later.) One night later, the two put their differences aside and won the WWF Tag Team titles from the Dudley Boyz, with Jericho becoming a double champion.[35] After they lost the titles to Test and Booker T,[35] they continued their feud. On the November 5 edition of Raw, The Rock defeated Jericho to regain the WCW Championship with a surprise roll up. Following the match, Jericho savagely attacked The Rock with a steel chair, thus marking a full-fledged heel turn that lasted for two years. At the Survivor Series, Jericho would almost cost The Rock, and the WWF, victory in their elimination matchup by attacking him again.[37] On December 9, at Vengeance, Chris Jericho defeated both The Rock for the rechristened World Championship, and Stone Cold Steve Austin for his WWF Championship, on the same night to become the first-ever wrestler to hold both championships at the same time, making him the first WWF Undisputed Champion.[2][38] He fought both of the men he defeated at Vengeance on separate occasions and retained his title at the next two pay-per-views, Royal Rumble (vs. The Rock)[39] and No Way Out (vs. Stone Cold)
Team Stylin' and Profilin' is proud to select as our Tag Team, from the Island of Samoa, The Islanders.
Initially, the Islanders wrestled preliminary matches. The won most of the matches and occasional got matches against higher card teams, such as the Hart Foundation or the Dream Team. Their big break came in October 1986 when they won a tag-team battle royal at Madison Square Garden, last eliminating the favored King Kong Bundy and Big John Studd. While it appeared initially that a feud with Studd and Bundy was on the horizon, that idea was scrapped when Studd left the WWF. The Islanders soon found themselves on the lower end of the card, losing to more established tag teams such as the Dream Team, Nikolai Volkoff & The Iron Sheik, and Don Muraco and Bob Orton.
During this period, the WWF was loaded with great tag teams, and the Islanders were lost in the mix during early 1987. They were the first team to wrestle the Hart Foundation on television after the Harts won the titles in January, but lost. They soon found themselves in a long losing streak against a new team, Demolition. They began wrestling other face teams during this period, usually the Rougeau Brothers, and these matches were typically a double disqualification. With little momentum, the Islanders were left off the biggest card of the year, WrestleMania III.
Shortly after WrestleMania, the Islanders continued the losing to Demolition, but were scheduled for a match on the WWF Superstars of Wrestling. Their opponents were the popular Can-Am Connection (Rick Martel & Tom Zenk), in what was billed as a scientific match.
Manager Bobby Heenan appeared at ringside during the bout, seemingly surprising both teams, the referee, and the commentators. The confusion allowed the Islanders to attack the Can-Ams from behind, giving the Islanders a countout win. Tama's gave a flying headbutt to Tom Zenk on the arena floor as Bobby Heenan gloated over his new tag team. A summer feud with the most popular tag team in the federation was brewing, but was scrapped when Tom Zenk departed the WWF.
The Islanders appeared at the very first Survivor Series. They were part of the 10 team survivor Tag Team elimination match. While Haku lay on the mat during the match, Dynamite Kid of the British Bulldogs attempted a falling headbutt from the top rope; announcer Jesse Ventura immediately pointed out Dynamite Kid's mistake in mentioning, "Oh, no, you don't want to butt heads with these South Sea Island Boys." Dynamite Kid was practically knocked out, as Haku shook his head, arose, and landed a throat kick to Dyanmite Kid, pinning him.
As heels, The Islanders had two major feuds. The first was with Strike Force, who were formed in the wake of Tito Santana saving Martel — now without a tag team partner — from the Islanders' 2-on-1 attack. The second was with The British Bulldogs, whose mascot Matilda was "dog-napped" by The Islanders on an episode of WWF Superstars of Wrestling; in the weeks folling the "dog-napping" incident, the Islanders and Heenan brought a leash to the ring and — to taunt their foes — would pantomime feeding and caressing a dog. The two teams met on opposite sides of a 6-man tag team match (along with Koko B. Ware teaming with the Bulldogs and Bobby Heenan with The Islanders) at WrestleMania IV.
The Islanders were disbanded when Tama left the WWF in mid-1988.
With my 7th round pick I am proud to select, in the stable category...
"Raven's Flock"
2001-2009 - CM Punk
1991-2000 - William Regal
1980-1990 - Curt Hennig
Pre-80's - Abdullah the Butcher
Tag Team - Miz & Morrison
Stable - Raven's Flock
Women's
Personality - Eric Bischoff
Storyline
Title Belt
PPV
Match
With my next pick team Piper's Pit Stains is happy to select in the Pre 80's Category:
Andy Kaufman
Kaufman grew up admiring professional wrestlers and the world in which they perform. Inspired by the theatricality of kayfabe, the staged nature of the sport, and his own tendency to form elaborate hoaxes, Kaufman began wrestling women during his act and was the self-proclaimed "Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion of the World," taking on an aggressive and ridiculous personality based upon the characters invented by professional wrestlers. He offered a $1,000 reward to any woman who could pin him.
Later, after a challenge from professional wrestler Jerry "The King" Lawler, Kaufman would step into the ring (in the Memphis wrestling circuit) with a man — Lawler himself. Their ongoing feud, often featuring Jimmy Hart and other heels in Kaufman's corner, included a broken neck for Kaufman as a result of Lawler's piledriver and a famous on-air fight on a 1982 episode of Late Night with David Letterman. For some time after that, Kaufman appeared everywhere wearing a neck brace, insisting that his injuries were worse than they were. Kaufman would continue to defend the Inter-Gender Championship in the Mid-South Coliseum, and offered an extra prize, other than the $1,000.00: that if he was pinned, the woman who pinned him would get to marry him and that he (Kaufman) would shave his head bald as well.
As a result of his victory over Hogan at WrestleMania VI; then-WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion The Ultimate Warrior was the first wrestler in World Wrestling Federation history to win a World Title while holding another singles championship. Other wrestlers in Federation history that have replicated this feat are Shawn Michaels (Held both the WWF World and European titles.) and Triple H (Unified the World Heavyweight Title with the Intercontinental Title). However, the Intercontinental title would be vacated soon after WrestleMania VI and its fate would be decided in a single elimination tournament. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and Tito Santana (a two-time former Intercontinental Champion) would meet each other in the finals with Hennig scoring the victory and the title. Many cite Hennig as being the greatest Intercontinental Champion of the 1990s. The Hogan-Warrior showdown was at this point in time the longest match in WrestleMania history, lasting 22 minutes and 51 seconds, and would be the only time they would face each other until October 1998 at WCW Holloween Havoc, where Hogan got the win.
This was Hulk Hogan's first actual WrestleMania loss. However, Hogan's WrestleMania record was already blemished with a double-disqualification draw in a WWF Championship tournament match against André the Giant at WrestleMania IV. Hogan's next pinfall loss at a WrestleMania would again be at the Skydome twelve years later against The Rock at WrestleMania X8.
From wwe.com:
Champion vs. champion. The two biggest names in the business. Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior. It was “The Ultimate Challenge.” It was the main event for WrestleMania VI in which both Hogan's WWE and the Warrior's Intercontinental Championship were on the line.
In what went down as one of the greatest matches in WrestleMania history, both Hogan and Warrior gave it their all for nearly 20 minutes. After Hogan escaped from a Warrior splash, the adrenaline began to run through his body and Warrior saw that all-too-familiar look in his opponent's eyes – Hogan was about to finish the Warrior off.
Hogan nailed the Warrior with a boot to the face and went for the patented leg drop to end the match. But at the last second, Warrior moved and nailed a stunned Hogan with a second splash to win both championships and the “Ultimate Challenge!”
In a true show of sportsmanship, Hogan handed Warrior the WWE Championship after the match. The two then shared an emotional embrace in the center of the ring.
More than 12 hours since Drunk posted, so I guess I'm up...
For the final choice of Round #7, Team Malfunction Junction is pleased to select in the Title Belt category...The (NWA/WCW/World) Big Gold Belt.
The Big Gold Belt debuted in 1985 after being ordered by Jim Crockett Promotions to give to NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair.
In July 1991 Flair and WCW parted ways while Flair was still champion. Flair had originally given WCW a $25,000 deposit that was required of anyone holding the belt. After Flair left WCW, WCW Vice President Jim Herd refused to return the deposit with additional interest back, so Flair kept possession of the belt.
Flair soon signed with the WWF and brought the Big Gold Belt with him. After threats of a lawsuit from WCW, the WWF blurred the face of the belt whenever Flair appeared with it on camera.
Eventually, Flair returned to WCW and the Big Gold Belt returned to WCW television (although the belt that was used on television was not the original belt that Flair retained possession of because the deposit was never returned).
The belt has three gold plates and was the first to feature a name plate onto which the champion's name was etched. The original belt simply stated "World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion" without indicating any designated promotion. For copyright purposes, World Wrestling Entertainment added its own logo to the belt in March 2003.
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For the first pick of Round 8, Team Malfunction Junction selects in the Personality category: From Norman, Oklahoma...Boomer Sooner...Good Ol' J.R...Jim Ross.
Jim Ross started his career as a wrestling commentator in the mid-70s, eventually rising to the position of lead play-by-play commentator for Mid-South Wrestling in 1986. After Mid-South was purchased by Jim Crockett, Ross moved on to become the PBP lead for Crockett's NWA promotion, which became WCW.
Ross left WCW in 1993 after Eric Bischoff was promoted to WCW Executive Producer. Soon, Ross joined the WWF, where he debuted (wearing a toga) at Wrestlemania IX (which was held outdoors at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas).
In early 1994, Ross suffered his first attack of Bell's Palsy, which left the left half of his face partially paralyzed and his speech slurred. Ever the humanitarian, Vince McMahon fired Ross two weeks after the Bell's Palsy attack.
In late 1994, McMahon was indicted by the US Federal Government, and Ross was re-hired to take over PBP duties on Monday Night Raw. After McMahon was acquitted, he returned to Raw and Ross was again released.
Once again, Ross was re-hired by the WWF in time for Wrestlemania XI. In the summer of 1996, Ross joined the Raw commentating team with Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler. After the "Montreal Screwjob" at Survivor Series 1997, McMahon made his heel turn, assuming the role of the evil owner Mr. McMahon, and Ross became the main commentator on Monday Night Raw.
In 1998, Ross took a brief break from Raw after a recurrence of his Bell's Palsy. Except for a few brief absences, Ross was the "voice of Raw" for nearly 12 years, until June 2008, when he was "drafted" to Smackdown (and Michael Cole was drafted to Raw), where he is still the main play-by-play voice.
Ross was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007. His induction was introduced by his good friend, Steve Austin...or as JR would say: "STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!"
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As a result of his victory over Hogan at WrestleMania VI; then-WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion The Ultimate Warrior was the first wrestler in World Wrestling Federation history to win a World Title while holding another singles championship. Other wrestlers in Federation history that have replicated this feat are Shawn Michaels (Held both the WWF World and European titles.) and Triple H (Unified the World Heavyweight Title with the Intercontinental Title). However, the Intercontinental title would be vacated soon after WrestleMania VI and its fate would be decided in a single elimination tournament. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig and Tito Santana (a two-time former Intercontinental Champion) would meet each other in the finals with Hennig scoring the victory and the title. Many cite Hennig as being the greatest Intercontinental Champion of the 1990s. The Hogan-Warrior showdown was at this point in time the longest match in WrestleMania history, lasting 22 minutes and 51 seconds, and would be the only time they would face each other until October 1998 at WCW Holloween Havoc, where Hogan got the win.
This was Hulk Hogan's first actual WrestleMania loss. However, Hogan's WrestleMania record was already blemished with a double-disqualification draw in a WWF Championship tournament match against André the Giant at WrestleMania IV. Hogan's next pinfall loss at a WrestleMania would again be at the Skydome twelve years later against The Rock at WrestleMania X8.
From wwe.com:
Champion vs. champion. The two biggest names in the business. Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior. It was “The Ultimate Challenge.” It was the main event for WrestleMania VI in which both Hogan's WWE and the Warrior's Intercontinental Championship were on the line.
In what went down as one of the greatest matches in WrestleMania history, both Hogan and Warrior gave it their all for nearly 20 minutes. After Hogan escaped from a Warrior splash, the adrenaline began to run through his body and Warrior saw that all-too-familiar look in his opponent's eyes – Hogan was about to finish the Warrior off.
Hogan nailed the Warrior with a boot to the face and went for the patented leg drop to end the match. But at the last second, Warrior moved and nailed a stunned Hogan with a second splash to win both championships and the “Ultimate Challenge!”
In a true show of sportsmanship, Hogan handed Warrior the WWE Championship after the match. The two then shared an emotional embrace in the center of the ring.
this is the match that Team Hulkamania is built on.
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