June 16, 1984- World Wrestling Federation... You knew it was going to end this way. The Iron Sheik had taken the WWF Championship belt by making Mr. Bob Backlund humble, then had lost it to a real American in Hulk Hogan. Trying to resuscitate his career, he has run into a REAL AMERICAN HERO in Sgt. Slaughter. After beating the tar out of each other for much of 1984, this culminates in a match in a sold-out Madison Square Garden where there are no rules; it's the type of match that turned Renegades into full-blown members of GI Joe. Sgt. Slaughter was the toughest of all the Joes. He could handle any threat. Communist, Cobra, Iranian... you name it, he can face it.
By Jeff Cain, Ken Pishna, and Tom Hamlin/MMAWeekly.com3 hours, 10 minutes ago
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Evan Tanner was found dead near Palo Verde, Calif. on Monday. He was 37.
Tanner had trekked into the desert on a journey to “cleanse” himself, according to Douglas Vincitorio of Tanner’s management team. “He went out to the desert to do a ‘cleansing’ as he called it. Kind of like ‘Survivorman.’” These short trips were not new to Tanner, said Vincitorio. It is something that he has done numerous times over the years.
“What we were told is that (Sheriff’s officials who found Tanner) believe his motorcycle had run out of gas, so he went to walk out in like 115- to 118-degree heat,” Vincitorio said. “He was miles away from his camp. That’s where the helicopter found him. Right now, they just think that he succumbed to the heat.”
See the guy in the portrait to your left? That is Arnold Sukesukejaneka and this is his first night in DDT after traveling from the US; and he managed to claim the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship from Michael Nakazawa backstage. Apparently, no one can see him, but he's quite talented, possessing power and agility reminiscent of past champions like MIKAMI's Ladder and YOSHIKO. That's scary strong right there. It'd take damn near all of the DDT roster to take the 24/7 belt from him... Hopefully someone will rise up and beat the odds like John Cena (oy gevalt) and remove this menace from DDT.
WWE "Friday Night Smackdown" Taped: Sunday, August 31, 2008 Airdate: Friday, September 5, 2008 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center
1. Ron Killings (R-Truth) vs. Bam Neely 2. Shelton Benjamin vs. Montel Vontavious Porter 3. Maryse Ouellet vs. Maria Kanellis 4. "THE" Brian Kendrick vs. Jeff Hardy 5. Super Crazy vs. Ryan Braddock 6. Big Show vs. Vladimir Kozlov 7. Victoria vs. Brie Bella 8. Lumberjack Match: Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Great Khali
December 6, 1993- All Japan Women's Wrestling "St. Battle Final"... If another Akira Hokuto/Shinobu Kandori match wasn't on this card also, this would have been the clear main event... Meh, here we have the dominant powerhouse of women's wrestling, Aja Kong defending the WWWA Championship (dating back to Mildred Burke... do your research, young people) against FMW's Queen of the Death Match in Megumi Kudo.
Now these two had actually made the cut in AJW's training (which made a lot of men's wrestling training look hella easy) in 1986 in a class full of women you wouldn't want to piss off. Whereas Aja Kong caught on, Kudo was "future endeavor'd" and after teaching kindergarten (Damn it, the Captain and I were at the right age for her to teach us), she found her way into the world of FMW. After establishing herself as the women's ace of the promotion, Kudo has come back to Zenjo Puroresu and earned a shot for the greatest prize in women's wrestling...
Six-time UFC champion Randy Couture will return to the Octagon this November, ending an 11-month legal battle with the promotion he’s called his home for the last 11 years.
As part of a new three-fight contract with Zuffa LLC, parent company to the UFC, Couture (16-8) will face Brock Lesnar (2-1) at UFC 91 on Nov. 15 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The bout will be waged over five rounds for Couture’s heavyweight championship title.
June 16, 1984- World Wrestling Federation... You knew it was going to end this way. The Iron Sheik had taken the WWF Championship belt by making Mr. Bob Backlund humble, then had lost it to a real American in Hulk Hogan. Trying to resuscitate his career, he has run into a REAL AMERICAN HERO in Sgt. Slaughter. After beating the tar out of each other for much of 1984, this culminates in a match in a sold-out Madison Square Garden where there are no rules; it's the type of match that turned Renegades into full-blown members of GI Joe. Sgt. Slaughter was the toughest of all the Joes. He could handle any threat. Communist, Cobra, Iranian... you name it, he can face it.
By Jeff Cain, Ken Pishna, and Tom Hamlin/
December 6, 1993- All Japan Women's Wrestling "St. Battle Final"... If another Akira Hokuto/Shinobu Kandori match wasn't on this card also, this would have been the clear main event... Meh, here we have the dominant powerhouse of women's wrestling, Aja Kong defending the WWWA Championship (dating back to Mildred Burke... do your research, young people) against FMW's Queen of the Death Match in Megumi Kudo. 
