By March 1997, Superstars was solely a summary program and continued in that manner until its eventual ending. #1 of 180. Undertaker and Mankind had another good match here,and the traditional Survivor Series matches were all pretty good. Everyone wanted to bring it in this In Your House PPV. [1] This is a chronological list of wrestlers that held the original WWE Cruiserweight Championship, listed by ring name, with the longest reign being 385 days by Gregory Helms (as well as being the only person to hold this championship for 365 days or more), and the most reigns by Rey Mysterio with 8. The "AAA" abbreviation has been used since the mid-1990s and had previously stood for the promotion's original name Asistencia Asesora y Administracin. RELATED:10 Best Submission Finishers In WCW History, Ranked. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the Free for All pre-show. The new version of Superstars was the program on which all the angles began and at times ended and on which the majority of title changes took place if not at a pay-per-view event (e.g. All Rights Reserved. New, The Miz Shares INCREDIBLE WrestleMania Pitch That WWE Turned Down, Current AEW Star: CM Punk Is Not A Locker Room Cancer, Report: Vince McMahon Behind Top WWE WrestleMania 39 Match, Major Update On WWE's Next Saudi Arabia PLE, AEW's MJF Blasts "Overrated" Ex-WWE Champ, NXT Star "Scared Of Getting Lost" On WWE's Main Roster. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog was next, and it was also a great match, two-for-two to start the show. Superstars, as it would later be known, was the flagship of the WWF's syndicated programming from 1986 to 1996. At the time of the Young Rock episode in 1996, Haku was actually wrestling for WWF's competitor World Championship Wrestling, where he was known as Meng. This includes the list of all WWE Superstars, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Wrestling Entertainment. In the mid-1990s, Superstars was then moved to a Sunday morning time slot. Justin has been writing about professional wrestling for more than 15 years. [8] In the weeks following the Royal Rumble, "The Ringmaster" gimmick was met with lukewarm reaction from fans, prompting Austin to create a new look and gimmick for himself: the "Stone Cold" gimmick, that of a foul-mouthed individual who drank beer and freely spoke his mind, uncaring of who he angered or whether he had friends (he often attacked heel and face alike), openly disregarded the rules and fought until his last breath. Does anyone know what grest is talking about? Shawn is also a published author, with a non-fiction book about the Stephen King Dollar Baby Filmmakers and has begun work on a new fiction series as well. The nWo would be the main focus of WCW programming for the better part of the next three years and led to WCW Monday Nitro defeating WWF Monday Night Raw in the Monday Night Wars ratings battle for eighty-three consecutive weeks. WWF Superstars Of Wrestling (1996) - WWF Old School WWF Superstars Of Wrestling (1996) 1/6/96 Taped 12/19/95; Bethlehem, PA; Stabler Arena included vignettes promoting the debut of both Vader and Mankind; featured the In Your House casket match pitting the Undertaker against King Mabel, shown in full Professional wrestling-related events during the year of 1996, Overview of the events of 1996 in professional wrestling, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame, (Hisakatsu Oya, Headhunter A and Headhunter B), Note that this was an internet pay-per-view event (iPPV), In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies, WCW United States Championship Tournament, WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament, PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year, List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, FMW Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship, FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events, List of ECW supercards and pay-per-view events, "Iron Man Match highlights WrestleMania 12", Canoe Slam! However, this repackaging was, at the time, sufficient to allow the program to count towards Canadian content requirements for local television stations. [5][6] The 1996 event was the ninth event in the SummerSlam chronology and was scheduled to be held on August 18, 1996, at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.[1]. 18) wins the Royal Rumble Match", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Rumble_(1996)&oldid=1135916422, (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 17:31. It featured all the stars of the WWF, interviews and championship matches. A lifelong WWE fan, he also is a big fan of Ring of Honor. The show continued until December 2002 in the UK, until it was replaced by Heat in January 2003. 1997. Results were predetermined by WWF's writers, with storylines produced on their weekly television show, Raw.[6][7]. If he never won a World Championship, he managed to win 13 secondary Titles and his impressive mic skills allowed him to be the Raw General Manager and the WWF Commissioner. Stone Cold vs. Marc Mera was also a fun mid-card match. The 1996 Royal Rumble was the ninth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). WWE Hall of Fame: Full List of Members & Inductees, All Legends & HOF Classes by Year. After 1995, which many wrestling fans consider the worst year in WWE history, things finally turned around in 1996. Copyright 2010-2023 TheSmackDownHotel.com. this is the very final part of the. In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies was the seventh In Your House professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). His elimination was accidental as he was supposed to be in the final four, but he slipped on the ropes and fell out when he was doing a spot with Fatu. They're ranked worst to best here. brand during its entire tenure. The main event saw The Undertaker face Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, where Undertaker won via disqualification due to interference from Diesel; Hart retained as titles do not change hands on disqualification unless stipulated. The commentary team on Superstars underwent many changes as the years passed. Skip to main content. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. WWE PPVs from 1996 were normally good with Shawn Michaels delivering in the main event, but not all were good. The opening match was Triple H vs. Marc Mero, which was one of their best matches against each other. The Rock wrestled his very first match in the WWF against the Brooklyn Brawler as part of a dark match for a WWF Superstars taping on March 10, 1996. For most of it original run in the United Kingdom Gorilla Monsoon was the play-by-play commentator with various color commentators throughout its history. The 1996 Royal Rumble was the ninth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). In September 1996, Superstars left syndication and moved to pay TV channel USA Network in place of WWF Action Zone, which the network cancelled. Uncle Elmer August 16, 1937 - July 1, 1992 2. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. of PS1 that gathers wrestlers . The 1996 SummerSlam was the ninth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The undercard featured the 1996 Royal Rumble match, which Shawn Michaels won by last eliminating Diesel, becoming the second person to win the Royal Rumble match twice, and back-to-back, after Hulk Hogan. Triple H was a thing, Steve Austin took on Hunter Heart Helmsley, and they hinted at great things to come. He had several successful identities over the years including: The Convict, Plowboy Frazier and The Giant Rebel. The match ended when Hart hit Vega with his cast then applied the Sharpshooter, defeating Vega by submission. On this page you find the full WCW Roster in the year 1996. Can Sami Zayn get the biggest win of his career? Faarooq Asad had been scheduled to face Ahmed Johnson in a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at the event, but the match did not take place as Johnson was legitimately injured. As with all syndicated WWF programming, another major aspect of the show was to promote house shows and TV tapings in each market. If you would like to support the channel and my work, please visit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wrestling_biosOfficial Website: https://www.wrestlingbios.comTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/wrestlingbiosBeginning in 1996, the WWF would change the format of their Pay Per View Preview shows with the debut of \"WWF Free For All\". A lot of your new pictures don't work for some reason. member (s) Rad Radford. It debuted on September 6, 1986, as the flagship program of the WWF's syndicated programming. Shawn is a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle before relocating to Texas and has work published in the Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma Gazette, Vox Magazine and Loud Magazine and on websites like The Huffington Post, CBS, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo, The Movie Network, Chud, Renegade Cinema, 411mania and Sporting News. For 1996, the winner earned a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XII. Survivor Series in 1996 was a huge moment for WWE because all the big feuds of the year were hitting the ground running. You hit the nail on the head right there. [3] It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. They're ranked worst to best here. 1995-1996. The next few matches were average, but then the main event happened. The Free For All was a 30 minute show that aired right before a big WWF event, providing free content and matches to the public in hopes of converting more buyers. 03-C-0374 | Casetext Search + Citator", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WWF_Superstars_of_Wrestling&oldid=1135336770, McMahon, Savage, and Lawler (January 2, 1993), McMahon, Ross, and Hennig (December 2, 1995), This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 01:38. WWF Superstars of Wrestling (later shortened to WWF Superstars and to Sunday Morning Superstars ), also referred to as Maple Leaf Wrestling in Canada was an American professional wrestling television program that was produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). There was also another great Undertaker vs. Mankind match, which Mick actually won, and a great world title match between Shawn Michaels and British Bulldog. [2] Since then, archival footage of the program has usually been shown with the words "of Wrestling" blurred out where applicable. The fourth bout was a singles match between The British Bulldog and Sycho Sid. He weighed 450-plus pounds and stood over seven feet tall. These developments in WCW are often credited with ultimately pushing the WWF toward producing the "edgier" content which would become the hallmark of the Attitude Era. WWE PPVs from 1996 were normally good with Shawn Michaels delivering in the main event, but not all were good. Free shipping for many products! [4] Due to this issue, WWE blurs the Superstars of Wrestling banners when archival content is shown on the WWE Network. The other great match was Shawn Michaels vs. Sid, and HBK is always at his best against a monster where he pulled out a solid main event from the normally plodding Sycho Sid. You hit the nail on the head right there. 1980s All American Wrestling (1983-1994). The penultimate bout was the first ever Boiler Room Brawl, Mankinds specialty match. It took place on January 21, 1996, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. Which WWF World Heavyweight Champion, past or present, in attendance, is Hall of Fame bound? Goldust won the bout by pinfall following a Curtain Call (lifting inverted DDT). Frazier was a professional wrestler from 1960 until 1991. A lot of your new pictures don't work for some reason. The New Rockers were the next team eliminated when Henry O. Godwinn pinned Leif Cassidy following a Slop Drop (reverse DDT). This PPV started with two below-average matches before Brian Pillman came out to cut a promo, which led to his feud with his old tag team partner Stone Cold. During the WWE brand extension, it was the only . This was also where Undertaker and Mankind had their Boiler Room Brawl, all kinds of fun. Years in professional wrestling: 1996-2005, 2011-present . A. fter this, Stone Cold and Savio Vega had a fantastic match. WWF president Gorilla Monsoon stepped in after Droese was pinned and reversed the referee's decision, disqualifying Helmsley for using brass knuckles to knock Droese out. Still considered one of the best WrestleMania matches of all-time, the two put on a clinic. His strength and size caused the league to market him as the "world's strongest man" and later, he would become a ladies man, calling himself "sexual chocolate." 20. Does anyone know what grest is talking about? Jerry Stubbs (1970-1996, return to wrestle for a match in 2019) Mr. Fuji (1965-1996) Steve Regal (1977-1996) Wahoo McDaniel (1961-July 1996) Rocky Iaukea (1981-1996) Tom Lister, Jr. (1989-March 1996) Tiger Conway Jr. (1971-1996) Deaths [ edit] May 3 - Ray Stevens, 60 [32] June 15 - Dick Murdoch, 49 June 26 - Octavio Gaona, 94 Further controversy arose when it came to light that Kulas had lied to ECW owner and booker Paul Heyman about his age and professional wrestling training. Can Sami Zayn get the biggest win of his career? Beginning with the April 18, 1992 episode, the program was renamed to WWF Superstars, due to a successful lawsuit by another promoter, Albert Patterson, who had claimed prior rights to the phrase "Superstars of Wrestling". [23][24][25] It involved Eric Kulas (1979 May 12, 2002), an aspiring professional wrestler using the ring name "Mass Transit", being bladed too deeply by New Jack of The Gangstas during a tag-team match. The event took place on April 28, 1996, at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska. For the 1996 event, the winner received a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XII. Held up when a title defense against Savio Vega ended in a no contest, Ahmed Johnson forfeited the title after being attacked by the debuting, Vacated when Billy Gunn suffered a neck injury, Defeated The Godwinns in a tournament final, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 13:27. of PS1 that gathers wrestlers between 1996 and 1998. The show was then discontinued in August 19, 2001. WWE's Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century. We look back at the biggest stars of the decade and remember those who. Albert Patterson, a Wisconsin independent wrestling promoter, successfully trademarked the phrase in 1993. [1] As of January 23, 2023, there are 310 episodes of Superstars available for streaming on WWE Network, dating from April 18, 1992 to July 20, 1996. The 1996 event was the ninth event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 21, 1996, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. This includes the list of all WCW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Roster, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World Championship Wrestling. Honestly, there wasn't a good regular match on the show, with the best being the Smoking Gunns vs. 96. WWF Wrestling August 1996 (The Final Chapter) Wrestling with Paul 54.2K subscribers Subscribe 51K views 1 year ago Finally got round to uploading this. Although for a brief period the show continued in its same format, as time went on more and more recaps of the WWF's other programming began to fill the hour. 1996 [1] Years active. Hi there and welcome to Nostalgia Hit. Santino Marella 5. All rights reserved. In 1997, the format of Superstars as aired in the United Kingdom also changed and began to only feature weekly summaries of Monday Night Raw. It was a 60-minute Iron Man match that went into sudden death with the score 0-0. Michaels went on to pin Vader after giving him Sweet Chin Music, thus retaining his title. Two of Kulas' arteries were severed; he bled profusely and passed out, and needed to be escorted out of the arena with medical attention. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Undertaker and more compete in the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match: Courtesy of WWE Network.WWE Network | Subscribe now: http. Lawler won the bout by pinfall after hitting Roberts with a bottle of Jim Beam whiskey. Undertaker won the match, and WWE hasn't topped it yet with this specific gimmick. These two always worked well together, and this match was no different, with Diesel just destroying him until Shawn squeaked out withthe win. However, the last two matches were not good, with Yokozuna losing to Vader in a disaster and then Goldust and Undertaker disappointed in the main event. on this day in wwf history (march 1, 1999) - wwf raw is war On this day in 1999, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show 'WWF RAW IS WAR'. Psychosis was awarded the title after the West Hollywood Blonde's angle was dropped. On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 1996. Following the match, Justin Hawk Bradshaw attacked Vega. This match first featured The Undertaker entering the Gund Arenas boiler room to seek out his arch-enemy, but Mankind struck first and they then proceeded to brawl for 30 minutes in the boiler room, the arenas corridors, the entrance ramp and finally the ring, where Paul Bearer was waiting for one of the wrestlers to take his urn, which was the winning objective of the match. The profile of each WWE wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. Storm simultaneously held WCW Cruiserweight, The title became the WWF Cruiserweight Championship when the WWF defeated. Wrestling Allstars 96-98 v6.4.16 PS1 Item Preview Q7Tt5fU.jpg . Years in MMA: 2000-2009, 2013, 2016-present. WWF Wrestling Challenge Overview Promotion WWF Airtime 60 minutes per episode Channel Syndication (1986 - 1996) Original run September 7, 1986 - September 1, 1996 WWF Wrestling Challenge was a syndicated weekly World Wrestling Federation show that aired from 1986 to 1996. Debut. In the main event of World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Bash at the Beach pay-per-view on July 7, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (both of whom had recently defected to WCW from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and been presented on-screen as "outsiders") indicated that they would enlist a mystery partner against the team of Randy Savage, Sting, and Lex Luger. Years before Stone Cold vs. The Rumble itself was good enough, with Shawn winning by eliminating Diesel to get the WrestleMania title shot. 1996: WrestleMania XII: Anaheim, CA: 1 231: 231 This was a 60-minute Iron Man match in which Michaels won 1-0 in . ", "WWE SummerSlam 2018 matches, card, location, date, start time, predictions PPV rumors", In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SummerSlam_(1996)&oldid=1139427234, Short description is different from Wikidata, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 02:24. [4][5], The card consisted of five matches. The match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. The two fought for 15 minutes, and Shawn was able to pull out the win over the always great Owen. It was challenged by cruiserweights at a maximum weight of 225 lbs. A summary program and continued in that manner until its eventual ending also where undertaker and had... 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