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The Allied Powers Allied Powers was a short - lived Professional wrestling Tag team in World Wrestling Federation that consisted of Lex Luger and " The British Bulldog " Davey Boy Smith for eight months in 1995 . Their name is a reference to the close friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom , as well as their alliance in World War II . At the time , both men portrayed themselves as patriotic symbols of their countries . History . Starting up . The tag team of Lex Luger and Davey Boy Smith was formed on January 2 , 1995 edition of " Monday Night Raw " when they defeated the team of Bam Bam Bigelow and Tatanka during Luger ' s feud with Ted DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Corporation . They also had a series of matches at house shows that month against Bigelow and King Kong Bundy . The following month , Luger was wrestling Bundy when Tatanka interfered ; Smith came to the ring to help Luger . The team was later dubbed Allied Powers bringing USA and UK together . World Tag Team Title Shot . The Allied Powers defeated the Blu Brothers , a team of Jacob Blu and Eli Blu , in the opening match of WrestleMania XI . They continued to feud with Ted DiBiase ' s Million Dollar Corporation . Smith and Luger continued to compete as singles wrestlers , but they teamed up regularly and defeated such teams as Men on a Mission , Well Dunn , The Heavenly Bodies , and the team of Jeff Jarrett and The Roadie . The Allied Powers had several matches against new World Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna . They received a shot at Hart and Yokozuna ' s World Tag Team Championship at but the team lost when Yokozuna pinned Luger following a Leg drop . Ending . The team ' s success declined in August 1995 , and they lost a match to Men on a Mission on August 11 . The following night , on a Madison Square Garden house show , Smith grabbed the mike and asked fans to tone down their " U . S . A . " chant out of consideration to him , but they refused and kept on doing the chant . Smith deserted Luger by walking away during the scheduled match against the Blu Brothers . Smith also walked out on Luger during several matches against Owen Hart and Yokozuna . On the August 21 edition of " Monday Night Raw " , Luger and Smith were scheduled to take on Men on a Mission . Luger couldn ' t perform in the match due to a family emergency so Smith asked then - WWF Champion Diesel to become his partner for only one night , since Diesel was feuding with King Mabel and would face him at SummerSlam for Diesel ' s WWF title . During the match , Smith turned heel after hitting Diesel from behind and assisting Men on a Mission in an attack on the champion . Luger took the opposite side in the feud between Mabel and Diesel , as he got involved at SummerSlam to prevent Sir Mo from interfering on Mabel ' s behalf . With no long - term contract , Luger signed with World Championship Wrestling appearing on the first episode of " Monday Nitro " on September 4 , 1995 , thus ending the Allied Powers .
Queen Ho Of The Ring WEW Queen Ho Of The Ring is the second pay - per - view by Women ' s Extreme Wrestling . The first - ever WEW World Champion was crowned at this pay - per - view , The first match was Tai " Killer " Weed and " Dirty Deeds " Darren Wise vs . BarRoom Barbie and The Carmine . The main event was a Battle royal to crown the first ever WEW World Champion .
Joe Acton Joseph Acton ( March 8 , 1852 – June 26 , 1917 ) , known by his ringname " Little Joe " or " Limey Joe " , was a British professional wrestler and world champion who competed in England and America during the late 19th century . Acton is one of a handful of wrestlers credited with introducing " catch - as - catch - can " wrestling ( also known today as free - style ) , with its roots in old Lancashire wrestling , to the United States . Wrestling under the name Joe Acton , and nicknamed " The Little Demon , " Acton was considered one of the top wrestlers of his era . Career . Acton began wrestling in his native Great Britain during the 1870s defeating Tom Cannon to become the first World Catch - as - Catch - Can Heavyweight Champion on December 12 , 1881 . He toured the United States that same year facing several prominent wrestlers including Edwin Bibby , and Matsada Sorakichi as well as several rematches against Tom Cannon and was widely regarded as the best wrestler in America by 1887 , although he lost the American Catch - as - Catch - can Championship bout to Evan " Strangler " Lewis on March 14 , 1887 in one of the biggest matches of the decade . Acton would also face Australian bare - knuckle boxer William Miller in a series of wrestling matches in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania between March and July 1888 as well as Bob Fitzsimmons in 1891 . Although retiring close to the turn of the century , he did agree to several exhibition matches while a student instructor at Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland , Oregon . In one of his final matches , at age 59 , Action faced Tokugoro Ito in a jacketed wrestling match at the Grand Opera House in Seattle , Washington on May 11 , 1911 . Although he had previous experience in jujitsu - style fighting having faced British judoka Yukio Tanai in 1904 , he lost to Ito in two bouts , in three and two minutes respectively .
The Fantastics The Fantastics were a professional wrestling tag team composed of Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers . History . In 1984 , Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers started a team in Mid - South Wrestling called The Fantastics . They began a feud with The Midnight Express that would extend into the NWA . In 1986 , they had a feud with The Sheepherders in the Universal Wrestling Federation . In 1987 , back in World Class Championship Wrestling , they feuded with Mike Davis and Tommy Lane , The Rock ' N Roll RPM ' s . They won the feud by winning a scaffold match at the Parade of Champions 4 on May 3 , 1987 . In 1988 , they went to the National Wrestling Alliance ' s Jim Crockett Promotions to continue their feud with the Midnight Express , going on to win the WCW United States Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions throughout the year . In 1989 , they left the NWA , due to problems with booker Kevin Sullivan . Rogers wrestled in Japan while Fulton resurfaced in the American Wrestling Association wrestling with his brother , Jackie Fulton , as the Fantastics . They briefly feuded with AWA Tag Team Champions Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom . In 1990 , the brother tandem also had a short run in the NWA and wrestled on the independent circuit . Rogers and Fulton would reunite a year or so later and both versions of the team ( Rogers and Fulton / Fulton and Fulton ) would team together throughout the country and in Japan . When Jim Cornette began his own promotion , Fulton and his brother wrestled as " The Fantastics " in Smoky Mountain Wrestling and occasionally as " The Fantastic Ones " in other promotion s . In subsequent years the Fantastics occasionally worked as a team on the independent circuit , until 2007 , when Rogers retired from the ring . On June 1 , 2015 , Tommy Rogers died at the age of 54 .
Bill Irwin Barney William Irwin ( September 17 , 1954 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , " Wild " Bill Irwin . Irwin is also known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon in 1996 . Professional wrestling career . The Super Destroyers / The Long Riders ( 1979 - 1987 ) . Irwin began wrestling in 1979 in the National Wrestling Alliance ' s Central States territory and in World Class Championship Wrestling . He was soon teaming with his brother Scott Irwin as the masked " Super Destroyers " with manager Skandor Akbar . Irwin then moved on to Jim Crockett Promotions and the American Wrestling Association where he and his brother wrestled as the " Long Riders " and won several tag team titles together . Their tag team ended in 1987 when Scott died from a brain tumor . Irwin later provided extensive commentary on the WWE ' s " The Triumph and Tragedy of WCCW " video retrospective of World Class Championship Wrestling , regarding his time in Texas , what it was like to wrestle in the Dallas Sportatorium , and his fateful trip with David Von Erich to Japan . Independent circuit / World Championship Wrestling ( 1987 - 1996 ) . Irwin stayed in wrestling in the independents and resurfaced in the NWA during 1989 . Later he would form a tag team with Black Bart in the Global Wrestling Federation from 1991 to 1992 . Irwin , as " Wild " Bill Irwin , also appeared sporadically in World Championship Wrestling , including in a loss to Davey Boy Smith in Smith ' s WCW debut at SuperBrawl III . World Wrestling Federation ( 1996 , 2001 , 2007 ) . In 1996 , Irwin wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation as The Goon , a hockey character who was " kicked out of every league he ever participated in . " He made his TV debut on the July 20 , 1996 episode of Superstars . The gimmick did not last long , as he left a few months after arriving . In 2001 , Irwin returned to the WWF for one night , resuming the gimmick of " The Goon " for the gimmick battle royal at WrestleMania X - Seven . On " Raw XV " , the 15th - anniversary " WWE Raw " special on December 10 , 2007 , Irwin , wrestling as " The Goon " once again , and sporting a thick moustache , participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal . He was eliminated by the Repo Man . Independent circuit ( 1999 - present ) . Upon leaving the WWF in 1996 , Irwin began wrestling on the independent circuit .
Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden , often abbreviated as MSG , known colloquially simply as The Garden , has been the name of four arenas in New York City , United States . It is also the name of the entity which owns the arena and several of the professional sports franchises which play there . There have been four incarnations of the arena . The first two were located at the Northeast corner of Madison Square ( Madison Ave . & 26th St . ) from which the arena derived its name . Subsequently a new 17 , 000 - seat Garden ( opened December 15 , 1925 ) was built at 50th Street and 8th Avenue , and the current Garden ( opened February 14 , 1968 ) is at 7th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets , situated on top of Pennsylvania Station . The present arena is informally known to some by the advertising slogan " The World ' s Most Famous Arena " . Connecticut - based World Wrestling Entertainment considers it a home arena , due to the fact that all generations of the McMahon family , including Vince McMahon ' s father and grandfather , have promoted shows at the Garden . MSG has hosted several WrestleMania and SummerSlam events , two Survivor Series events and the Royal Rumble 2000 . WWE ' s strong relationship with Madison Square Garden prevented competitor World Championship Wrestling from ever having a show at the Garden . In 2005 , WWE severed business ties with the arena because WWE felt that increased rental costs would prevent them from making a profit in the building . However , over a year later , World Wrestling Entertainment temporarily patched things up with MSG and the hiatus ended with a September 11 , 2006 edition of " WWE Raw " . Though they pulled the 20th installment of SummerSlam , which would have been held at the Garden on August 26 , 2007 ( It will now be held at the Continental Airlines Arena ) , WWE continues to make appearances from time to time .
Mini Abismo Negro Mini Abismo Negro ( November 21 , 1978 ) is the ring name of a Mexican " Luchador enmascarado " who works in the " Mini - Estrella " division for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) . Mini Abismo Negro is a former , two time Mexican National Mini - Estrellas Champion and the current AAA World Mini - Estrella Champion , the only wrestler to hold both titles . Mini Abismo Negro ' s real name is not a matter of public record , as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans . Working in the Mini division does not automatically mean that he has dwarfism as several short wrestlers work in the " Mini " division , including Mini Abismo Negro .
Thunderbolt Patterson Claude Patterson ( born 1941 ) is an American retired professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , Thunderbolt Patterson . Patterson is best known for his efforts at starting a labor union for professional wrestlers . He began his career in 1965 and wrestled primarily in Florida , Georgia and the Carolinas . Professional wrestling career . Training and early career . Patterson had grown up in Iowa and worked for John Deere in Waterloo , Iowa when he broke into professional wrestling in the Kansas City area . Promoter Gus Karras put Patterson in matches against Don Soto in 1964 . In 1965 , Patterson moved to Texas and worked with promoter Dory Funk Sr . . The following year , he traveled to California , where he held the WWA Tag Team Championship with Alberto Torres . He also continued to work in Texas , where he worked as a villainous character in the racist South . In 1969 , he worked for Big Time Wrestling in Michigan and Ohio . In 1970 , he feuded with Jose Lothario and held the Florida version of the NWA Brass Knuckles Championship . Patterson agreed to work for the All - South Wrestling Alliance , an outlaw promotion ( that is , one outside of the NWA ) run by Ann Gunkel , the widow of his old friend and Georgia promoter Ray Gunkel , in the 1970s . He also spoke out against poor working conditions for wrestlers and sued for racial discrimination , and as a result , he was blacklisted from wrestling . He had been complaining about racism from promoters for many years ( he would later recall that only Dory Funk Sr . had backed him ) and wanted to start a wrestlers ' union , a dream he shared with Jim Wilson a former NFL player and wrestler , himself blacklisted . It would be years , with Patterson working at the " Los Angeles Times " in the interim , before he would get another shot , when Dusty Rhodes took ill in Florida . In 1976 , he won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship from Bruiser Brody . In 1977 He scored a surprise pinfall win over The Sheik in Toronto for the U . S . title but lost three weeks later . Patterson joined Ole Anderson as a tag team partner in the early 1980s and they briefly held the NWA National Tag Team Championship . Ole ' s " relative " , a young Arn Anderson , came to the sport , and Ole , saying he was " tired of carrying guys like Patterson and Dusty Rhodes " broke up with Patterson , and joined Arn in what would be the foundation for the Four Horsemen which would include NWA Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard . Patterson retired from the sport in 1994 ( his last match was at Slamboree ' 93 , where he teamed with Brad Armstrong to defeat Ivan Koloff and Baron Von Raschke ) . Personal life . In 1988 , he was a labor organizer for Service Employees International Union in Atlanta . After retiring from professional wrestling , he began running a Christian camp for children . Patterson is also an ordained minister .
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship The WCW United States Heavyweight Championship was created when Jim Crockett Promotions officially changed to World Championship Wrestling and they broke away from the National Wrestling Alliance , when this happened the then current NWA United States Heavyweight Champion Lex Luger became the first champion . When WCW was purchased in 2001 by Vince McMahon the title was then owned by the World Wrestling Federation as with all other previous championships in the promotion . The title reappeared on television when the last champion Booker T “ invaded ” the WWF during the Invasion storyline but the title was now officially a WWF championship ( although still defended under the WCW name ) as the WCW United States Championship until the title retired in the WWF at Survivor Series 2001 .
Jade Chung Jade Chung ( November 6 , 1984 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler of Chinese and Korea n descent . She works primarily throughout the independent promotions and has wrestled for promotions including Pro Wrestling Guerilla , National Wrestling Alliance Pro Wrestling , International Championship Wrestling , National Wrestling Alliance , Empire Wrestling Federation , Border City Wrestling and Pure Wrestling Association .
Daryl Karolat Daryl Karolat ( December 8 , 1966 ) is a Canadian actor and former professional wrestler , better known by the stage name Tyler Mane . He is also known for playing Michael Myers In " Halloween " and " Halloween II " and Sabretooth in " X - Men " . Wrestling career . Mane began his wrestling career with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) in 1989 as " Nitron " sometimes " Nitro " the bodyguard for Woman . Afterward he went through several other names finally ending his career under the name Big Sky , tag teaming with Vinnie Vegas . After Vinnie left WCW to become Diesel in the WWF Mane was left in limbo and soon retired from wrestling altogether . Film career . After retiring from wrestling , he appeared in numerous films , including " How to Make a Monster " ( as Hardcore ) , " Joe Dirt " , " The Scorpion King " , " Troy " ( as Ajax ) , " Hercules " ( as Antaeus ) , " X - Men " as Sabretooth ( which was his film debut ) , and " The Devil ' s Rejects " ( in the uncredited role of Rufus ) . The role of Sabretooth was initially intended for Mane ' s former wrestling tag team parter , Kevin Nash , but was awarded to Mane due to Nash ' s scheduling conflicts . Nash would , however , get a small role in a later Marvel Comics film , " The Punisher " . In 2007 , he filmed Rob Zombie ' s remake of " Halloween " , in which he played the iconic starring role of Michael Myers . After winning the role , he noted that he consecutively watched seven of the eight " Halloween " films ( excluding the third because Michael Myers does not appear ) to better understand his character . In 2009 , he reprised the role again in " Rob Zombie ' s H2 " , becoming only the second actor to play Michael Myers more than once , and the only actor to play the role in two consecutive films . Personal life . He is currently married to actress Renae Geerlings and has two children from a previous marriage .
Bulldog Brower Richard Gland ( September 17 , 1933 - September 15 , 1997 ) was an American professional wrestler who used the ring name Dick " Bulldog " Brower . Professional wrestling career . Gland started his career in the Delaware territory in the late 1950s under the ring name the Delaware Destroyer . In 1961 , Brower traveled to Canada to wrestle for Stu Hart in his wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling . After his run in Stampede Wrestling , Brower wrestled for Frank Tunney in Toronto . There , Brower won the NWA International Tag Team Championship ( Toronto version ) five times . Brower then traveled to Puerto Rico , where he competed for the World Wrestling Council ( WWC ) . In WWC , he won the NWA North American Tag Team Championship ( Puerto Rico / WWC version ) . Brower also wrestled for National Wrestling Federation ( NWF ) , where he won the NWF North American Heavyweight Championship . Brower went on to wrestle for another wrestling promotion this time World Championship Wrestling ( Australia ) where he won the NWA Austra - Asian Heavyweight Championship . He wrestled for the short - lived International Wrestling Alliance ( 1974 - 1975 , New York City area ) where he was recognized as North American Champion . After his run in the NWF , Brower got a call from Vincent J . McMahon to come and be a heel in the World Wide Wrestling Federation ( WWWF ) . He retired from professional wrestling in the late 1980s . During his career Brower faced wrestlers such as Bruno Sammartino , Johnny Valentine , Mil Máscaras , Tiger Jeet Singh , Bob Backlund , Whipper Watson , The Sheik , The Fabulous Kangaroos , Johnny Powers , Spiros Arion , Bobby Duncum , Sr . , and Ernie Ladd . Personal life . Gland dropped out of chiropractic school to pursue a career as a professional wrestler . After living with diabetes , Gland died in September 1997 from complications from hip surgery . At the time of his death , Gland was married to Susan and had two daughters and a son , as well as four grandchildren .
June 23 , 2008 Monday Night RAW results The June 23 , 2008 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE ' s RAW brand , which took place on June 23 , 2008 at the AT & T Center in San Antonio , Texas . The 2008 Draft also took place .
Undertaker ' s Rest in Peace Tour 2009 - Stuttgart Rest in Peace Tour 2009 - Stuttgart is the sixth night of the Undertaker ' s tour of Europe , which took place on November 11 , 2009 at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart , Baden - Wurttemberg , Germany
Triplemanía TripleManía , is the biggest annual professional show professional wrestling event promoted by the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración ( AAA ) promotion and is traditionally held in May or June each year , commemorating the anniversary of the foundation of AAA . A majority of the shows have been presented as pay - per - view events , with only a few being shown as Television specials on the Televisa channel . The TripleManía show features culminations of long building storylines , usually ending at TripleManía . Some years TripleManía was not a single show , but a series of shows - either two or three per year , but in recent years it has been a single show . The show has been promoted for 18 years , with 26 shows in total under the TripleManía banner . The name is a combination of how " AAA " is pronounced in Spanish , " " Triple A " " and WrestleMania , WWE ' s biggest annual show . The latest event , TripleManía XIX , took place on June 18 , 2011 , at the " Palacio de los Deportes " in México City , México . Event History . The first TripleManía event was held on April 30 , 1993 at Plaza de Toros in Mexico City , Mexico . The event drew 48 , 000 spectators , the largest number for any TripleManía , indeed the largest number of spectators for any wrestling event in Mexico ever . Since then TripleManía events have been held in April , May , June or July with most occurring in May or July in recent years . In 1994 , 1995 and 1996 AAA held three TripleManía events and in 1997 they held two , in subsequent years only one event has been held , the most recent event , TripleManía XVII , on June 13 , 2009 . Three cities are tied for most events hosted , Mexico City , Naucalpan and Madero have all hosted four events . Twice TrimpleManía has been held outside of Mexico , TripleManía IV - A was held in Chicago , Illinois in the United States and TripleManía VIII was held in Tokyo , Japan . The lowest recorded attendance was 1 . 700 for TripleManía VIII . As is tradition with recent major AAA shows the wrestlers compete inside a hexagonal wrestling ring and not the four sided ring the promotion uses for television events and House shows . As of 2011 TripleManía has seen 24 " Luchas de Apuesta " , or bet fights . 13 times a wrestler has been unmasked and 11 times a wrestler or wrestlers have hair their hair shaved off as a result of losing the " Apusta " match . TripleManía has seen the unmasking of Máscara Año 2000 , Black Cat , Ángel Mortal , Payasito Rojo , Marabunta , Winners , Halcon Dorado , Jr . , La Calaca , Máscara Maligna , Maníaco , Cibernético , Muerte Cibernetica and Super Caló . The event has hosted 19 championship matches , with 15 championships changing hands on the show .