First Blood Match

The First Blood match is a professional wrestling hardcore-style match, the winner of which is the first to make their opponent bleed. Wrestlers rarely "juice hardway" in such a match - instead the match is generally booked so as to have the loser perform a blade job (cut themself). 
The first First blood match to take place in the WWE was for the WWE Championship and occurred between Steve Austin and Kane at King of the Ring. Kane, who at the time was still wearing his mask and full outfit, was the underdog in the match (kayfabe) and had said that if he lost, he would set himself on fire. In the end, Austin's face became bloodied and the title went to Kane, thus ending Austin's first WWE Championship reign.
==First blood Matches in World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment==
No. 	Match 	Event, Date and Location 	Event, Date and Location	Event, Date and Location
I 	Kane defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship 	King of the RingJune 28, 1998, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	 	
II 	Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to retain the WWF Championship	Fully LoadedJuly 25, 1999, Buffalo, New York 	 	
III 	Chris Jericho defeated Ken Shamrock 	WWF SmackDown!September 23, 1999, Dallas, Texas 	 	
IV 	X-Pac defeated Chris Jericho 	WWF RAW is WARSeptember 25, 2000, State College, Pennsylvania	 	
V 	Kane and The Undertaker defeated Haku & Rikishi 	WWF SmackDown!February 1, 2001, Columbus, Ohio 	 	
VI 	Booker T defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin 	WWF SmackDown!December 18, 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana 	 	
VII 	Kurt Angle defeated John Cena 	WWE RAWJanuary 2, 2006, East Rutherford, New Jersey 	 	
VIII	Mr. Kennedy defeated The Undertaker 	Survivor SeriesNovember 26, 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	 	
IX 	Triple H defeated William Regal 	WWE RAWJanuary 7, 2008, Uncasville, Connecticut 	 	
X 	John Cena defeated JBL 	One Night StandJune 1, 2008, San Diego, California 	 	
==First blood Matches in World Championship Wrestling==
No.	Match 	Event, Date and Location 	Event, Date and Location	Event, Date and Location
I 	Ric Flair defeated Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship (Steel cage match)	UncensoredMarch 14, 1999, Louisville, Kentucky 	 	
II 	Sting fought Vampiro to the no-contest 	WCW Monday NitroApril 24, 2000, Rochester, New York	 	
III	The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) defeated KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) (Chain match) 	Fall BrawlSeptember 17, 2000, Buffalo, New York 	 	
IV 	Buff Bagwell defeated David Flair 	Halloween HavocOctober 29, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada 	 	
V 	Shane Douglas defeated General Rection to win the WCW United States Championship (Chain match) 	SinJanuary 14, 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana 	 	
==First blood Matches in Extreme Championship Wrestling==
No.	Match 	Event, Date and Location 	Event, Date and Location	Event, Date and Location
I 	Tony Stetson defeated Larry Winters 	ECW Super Summer SizzlerJune 19, 1993, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	 	
II 	Justin Credible defeated Tommy Dreamer	CyberSlamFebruary 21, 1998, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	 	
==First blood Matches in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling==
No.	Match 	Event, Date and Location 	Event, Date and Location	Event, Date and Location
I 	Malice defeated Don Harris 	NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #8August 7, 2002, Nashville, Tennessee 	 	
II 	Kid Kash defeated Abyss (Chain on a Pole match)	NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #69October 29, 2003, Nashville, Tennessee	 	
III	The Outlaw defeated Kevin Nash 	Destination XMarch 13, 2005, Orlando, Florida 	 	
IV 	Eddie Edwards defeated Killer Kross 	Slammiversary XVIIJuly 7, 2019, Dallas, Texas 	 	
==First blood Matches in Ring of Honor==
No.	Match 	Event, Date and Location 	Event, Date and Location	Event, Date and Location
I 	Ace Steel defeated Chad Collyer	Supercard of HonorMarch 31, 2006, Chicago, Illinois	 	
==External links==
*WWE.com - First Blood match description
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