1999

This is a list of various things that took place in 1999.
==Significant events==
January
:* 4 - The Fingerpoke of Doom -- an incident during a live broadcast of WCW's Monday Nitro -- airs. The incident refers to a match where New World Order Hollywood faction leader Hulk Hogan poked Kevin Nash in the chest, causing Nash to theatrically collapse to the mat before being pinned. Also during the broadcast, lead play-by-play announcer Tony Schiavone announced the results of the pre-taped WWF Monday Night Raw, revealing that wrestler Mick Foley (wrestling under his "Mankind" persona) was set to win the WWF Championship from The Rock, before sarcastically asiding, "That's gonna put some butts in the seats!" Instead of heeding Schiavone's admonishment, a reported 600,000 viewers changed channels in order to see Foley's victory. The series of events of the evening as a whole -- there were other storyline developments that received negative reviews -- were nearly universally negatively received and had overall negative ramifications for WCW as a whole, eventually leading to the company's ultimate demise two years later.
March
:*28 - Gorilla Monsoon makes his final appearance for the WWF. Noticeably frail due to terminal health issues, he is introduced as a judge for the "Brawl For All tournament final that is conducted at WrestleMania XV. Monsoon died 6-1/2 months later at age 62, following a long battle with diabetes
May
:*23 - Owen Hart dies after a ring accident at the Over the Edge pay-per-view event at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Hart, dressed and competing as the Blue Blazer, was to have made a superhero-like ring entrance for his match against The Godfather (for the WWF Intercontinental Championship), descending from the rafters when his harness line malfunctioned and he fell 70 feet from the top of the rafters into the ring, suffering fatal injuries. After an extended delay in which paramedics and color commentator Jerry Lawler rushed to Hart's aid, the WWF decides to continue the show. This, and the WWF's decision to not announce to the live arena audience that Hart had died from his injuries -- announcers Jim Ross and Lawler, the latter deviating from his usual "nasty heel" commentary style of the era, would tell the television audience -- drew strong criticism from fans and the Hart family. Hart was 34
:*24 - A special WWE Monday Night RAW - "Raw Is Owen," paying tribute to Owen Hart - is aired from the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri. A ten-bell salute is made, special matches that did not affect current storylines take place, and the wrestlers and employees make (often tearful) out-of-character interviews reflecting on their friend and co-worker. After a card is held the following evening at the MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, Ill. (television tapings for Shotgun Saturday Night, Sunday Night Heat and the May 31 RAW), arena house shows scheduled for the following three days were cancelled to allow wrestlers and WWF employees to grieve for Hart and attend his funeral
June
:*3 - Rena Mero files a $110 million lawsuit against the WWF, claiming sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions. The case is settled out of court in August (she had also reduced the amount of damages she was seeking), although the rights to the name "Sable" remain with the WWF
August
:*27 - ECW on TNN debuts on TNN. In the sole original match on the show's debut episode (which was otherwise comprised of promos and highlights of old matches due to Paul Heyman's dissatisfaction with the first TNN shoot), ECW World Television Champion Rob Van Dam retained his title against Jerry Lynn at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, the site of 1980s tapings of the WWF's syndicated programs. Shortly afterward, to distinguish this program from its syndicated fare, the syndicated ECW is renamed as ECW Hardcore TV
September
:*10 - Eric Bischoff is relieved of his duties as World Championship Wrestling president by TBS Sports president Harvey Schiller as a result of the recent downturn in WCW's fortunes following the infamous "Fingerpoke of Doom" storyline on January 4
October
:*5 - Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara sign on as the new creative heads of WCW after resigning from the WWF. Russo's impact as the new head booker on WCW's TV shows is felt almost immediately afterward as he attempts to impose the "Crash TV" booking style he utilized in the WWF to turn that company's fortunes around for the better on WCW storylines (including his appearances as the heard, but otherwise unseen, antagonistic heel representative of the "Powers That Be"), only for it to have the opposite effect on WCW and its fortunes as its TV ratings and pay-per-view buys continued to slide
==Births==
January
:*22 - Ellis Taylor
February
:*5 - Gia Scott
March
:*4 - Lucas Riley
June
:*18 - Jordan Oliver
August
:*5 - Faith The Lioness
October
:*19 - Miu Watanabe
November
:*9 - Lilith Dark
:*9 - Lady Flamer
:*12 - Akira
==Deaths==
January
:*January 31 - Shohei Baba 61 (Colon cancer)
February
:*February 23 – Rick Williams 33 (Suicide by Gunshot)
April
:*April 20 – Rick Rude 40 (Overdose of mixed medications)
May
:*May 23 – Owen Hart 34 (Died after falling from arena rafters during ring entrance at Over The Edge PPV)
October
:*October 6 – Gorilla Monsoon 62 (Heart failure)
November
:*November 8 – Brian Hildebrand 37 (Stomach cancer)
:*November 27 – Hiro Matsuda 62 (Cancer)
==Debuts==
*Tank Abbott
*Phil Brooks
February
:*15 - A.J. Styles
May
:*21 - Qenaan Creed
August
:*9 - Chris Jericho - WWE
September
:*Samoa Joe
October
:*4 - Bryan Danielson
:*8 - Brian Kendrick
November
:*Kurt Angle
==Retirements==
March
:*March 28 – Hikari Fukuoka
==Events==
January
:*January 16 – ECW House Party
February
:*February 13 – CZW Opening Night
:*February 27 – ECWA 3rd Annual Super 8 Tournament
March
:*March 27 – CZW The Staple Gun
April
:*April 3 – ECW Cyberslam
:*April 24 – CZW Barbed Wire Braw
May
:*May 22 – CZW May Madness
June
:*June 19 – CZW Down In Flames
July
:*July 19 – CZW Street Fight
:*July 24 – CZW Big Mike Goad Benefit Show
August
:*August 21 – CZW Pyramid Of Hell
September
:*September 18 – CZW September Slam
:*September 25 – CZW Get It On!
:*September 25 – NWA 51st Anniversary Show "Battle Of The Belts“
October
:*October 9 – CZW Pain In The Rain
:*October 16 – CZW Cage Of Death
November
:*November 20 – CZW The War Begins
December
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==Pay-Per-View Events==
January
:*January 10 – ECW Guilty As Charged
:*January 17 – WCW/nWo Souled Out
:*January 24 – WWF Royal Rumble
February
:*February 14 – WWF In Your House 27: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
:*February 21 – WCW SuperBrawl IX
March
:*March 14 – WCW Uncensored
:*March 21 – ECW Living Dangerously
:*March 28 – WWF WrestleMania XV
April
:*April 11 – WCW Spring Stampede
:*April 25 – WWF Backlash
May
:*May 9 – WCW Slamboree
:*May 16 – ECW Hardcore Heaven
:*May 23 – WWF Over The Edge
June
:*June 13 – WCW The Great American Bash
:*June 27 – WWF King Of The Ring
July
:*July 11 – WCW Bash At The Beach
:*July 25 – WWF Fully Loaded
August
:*August 2 – ECW Heat Wave
:*August 14 – WCW Road Wild
:*August 22 – WWF SummerSlam
September
:*September 12 – WCW Fall Brawl
:*September 19 – ECW Anarchy Rulz
:*September 26 – WWF Unforgiven
October
:*October 2 – WWF Rebellion
:*October 17 – WWF No Mercy
:*October 24 – WCW Halloween Havoc
November
:*November 7 – ECW November To Remember
:*November 14 – WWF Survivor Series
:*November 21 – WCW Mayhem
December
:*December 12 – WWF Armageddon
:*December 19 – WCW Starrcade
==Title changes==
January
:*January 4 – Hollywood Hogan defeated Kevin Nash to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*January 24 – The Rock defeated Mankind to win the WWF Championship
:*January 25 – Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart defeated The Big Boss Man and Ken Shamrock to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*January 26 – Mankind defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship
February
:*February 8 – Road Dogg vacated the WWF Hardcore Championship due to injury
:*February 8 – Roddy Piper defeated Bret Hart to win the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship
:*February 14 – Val Venis defeated Ken Shamrock to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*February 14 – Hardcore Holly defeated Al Snow to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*February 15 – Shane McMahon defeated X–Pac to win the WWF European Championship
:*February 15 – The Rock defeated Mankind to win the WWF Championship
:*February 21 – Scott Hall defeated Roddy Piper to win the WCW United States Championship
March
:*March 14 – Booker T defeated Scott Steiner to win the WCW World Television Championship
:*March 14 – Ric Flair defeated Hollywood Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*March 15 – Road Dogg defeated Val Venis to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*March 15 – Billy Gunn defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*March 16 – Scott Hall vacated the WCW United States Championship due to injury
:*March 28 – Hardcore Holly defeated Billy Gunn and Al Snow to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*March 28 – Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock to win the WWF Championship
:*March 29 – Goldust defeated Road Dogg to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*March 29 – Kane and X–Pac defeated Jeff Jarrett and Owen Hart to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*March 30 – Shane McMahon retired the WWF European Championship
April
:*April 11 – Scott Steiner defeated Booker T to win the vacant WCW United States Championship
:*April 11 – Diamond Dallas Page defeated Ric Flair, Hollywood Hogan, and Sting to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*April 12 – The Godfather defeated Goldust to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*April 25 – Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*April 26 – Sting defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, but would lose it 90 minutes later back to Diamond Dallas Page
May
:*May 9 – Kevin Nash defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*May 9 – Rick Steiner defeated Booker T to win the WCW Television Championship
:*May 10 – Debra defeated Sable to win the WWF Women's Championship
:*May 23 – The Undertaker defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the WWF Championship
:*May 31 – Jeff Jarrett defeated The Godfather to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*May 31 – The Acolytes defeated Kane and X–Pac to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
June
:*June 8 – Ivory defeated Debra to win the WWF Women's Championship
:*June 21 – Mideon was awarded the WWF European Championship after finding the belt in Shane McMahon's duffel bag
:*June 28 – Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to win the WWF Championship
:*June 29 – The Hardy Boyz defeated The Acolytes to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
July
:*July 5 – Ric Flair strips Scott Steiner of the WCW United States Championship and awards it to David Flair
:*July 11 – Randy Savage defeated Kevin Nash in a tag team match including Sting and Sid Vicious to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*July 12 – Hollywood Hogan defeated Randy Savage to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*July 24 – Edge defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*July 25 – Jeff Jarrett defeated Edge to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*July 25 – D'Lo Brown defeated Mideon to win the WWF European Championship
:*July 25 – The Big Boss Man defeated Al Snow to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*July 25 – The Acolytes defeated The Hardy Boyz to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*July 26 – D'Lo Brown defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
August
:*August 9 – Chris Benoit defeated David Flair to win the WCW United States Championship
:*August 9 – Kane and X–Pac defeated The Acolytes to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*August 22 – The Undertaker and The Big Show defeated Kane and X–Pac to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*August 22 – Al Snow defeated The Big Boss Man to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*August 22 – Jeff Jarrett defeated D'Lo Brown to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship and the WWF European Championship
:*August 22 – Mankind defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H to win the WWF Championship
:*August 23 – Mark Henry was awarded the WWF European Championship by Jeff Jarrett
:*August 23 – Triple H defeated Mankind to win the WWF Championship
:*August 24 – The Big Boss Man defeated Al Snow to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*August 30 – The Rock and Mankind defeated The Undertaker and The Big Show to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
September
:*September 7 – The British Bulldog defeated The Big Boss Man to win the WWF Hardcore Championship, then went on to award the title to Al Snow
:*September 7 – The Undertaker and The Big Show defeated The Rock and Mankind to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*September 12 – Sting defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*September 12 – Sid Vicious defeated Chris Benoit to win the WCW United States Championship
:*September 13 – Chris Benoit defeated Rick Steiner to win the WCW Television Championship
:*September 14 – Vince McMahon defeated Triple H to win the WWF Championship
:*September 20 – Vince McMahon vacated the WWF Championship
:*September 20 – The Rock and Mankind defeated The Undertaker and The Big Show to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*September 21 – The New Age Outlaws defeated The Rock and Mankind to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*September 26 – D'Lo Brown defeated Mark Henry to win the WWF European Championship
:*September 26 – Triple H defeated The Rock, Mankind, Kane, The Big Show, and The British Bulldog to win the WWF Championship
October
:*October 12 – The Big Boss Man defeated Al Snow to win the WWF Hardcore Championship
:*October 12 – The Rock and Mankind defeated The New Age Outlaws to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*October 17 – Chyna defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*October 17 – The Fabulous Moolah defeated Ivory to win the WWF Women's Championship
:*October 18 – Hardcore Holly and Crash Holly defeated The Rock and Mankind to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*October 24 – Rick Steiner defeated Chris Benoit to win the WCW Television Championship
:*October 24 – Goldberg defeated Sid Vicious to win the WCW United States Championship
:*October 25 – Sting is stripped of the WCW World Heavyweight Championship after assaulting a referee at Halloween Havoc
:*October 25 – Bret Hart defeated Goldberg to win the WCW United States Championship
:*October 25 – Ivory defeated The Fabulous Moolah to win the WWF Women's Championship
:*October 26 – The British Bulldog defeated D'Lo Brown to win the WWF European Championship
November
:*November 2 – Mankind and Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly and Crash Holly to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*November 8 – Scott Hall defeated Sid Vicious, Bret Hart, and Goldberg to win the WCW United States Championship
:*November 8 – The New Age Outlaws defeated Mankind and Al Snow to win the WWF Tag Team Championship
:*November 14 – The Big Show defeated Triple H and The Rock to win the WWF Championship
:*November 21 – Bret Hart defeated Chris Benoit in a tournament final to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship
:*November 21 – Scott Hall was awarded the WCW Television Championship after Rick Steiner was unable to compete
:*November 29 – Scott Hall throws the WCW Television Championship into a trashcan, vacating the title
December
:*December 13 – Miss Kitty defeated Ivory, Jacqueline, and B.B. to win the WWF Women's Championship
:*December 13 – Val Venis defeated The British Bulldog and D'Lo Brown to win the WWF European Championship
:*December 13 – Chris Jericho defeated Chyna to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship
:*December 19 – Chris Benoit was awarded the WCW United States Championship after Scott Hall was unable to compete
:*December 20 – Jeff Jarrett defeated Chris Benoit to win the WCW United States Championship
:*December 20 – Bret Hart vacated the WCW World Heavyweight Championship due to the actions at WCW Starrcade the night before
:*December 20 – Bret Hart defeated Goldberg to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship
==See also==
Category:Wrestling Years