Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. 5,412 votes. The Best Pro Wrestling Champions. Matches primarily saw top-tier and mid-level talent vs. Jobbers; pre-taped interviews with the WWF's roster of superstars; and promos featuring the wrestlers. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters to build tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. The "Mass Transit incident" was an infamous event in professional wrestling that occurred at an Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) house show on November 23, 1996 at the Wonderland Ballroom in Revere, Massachusetts in the United States. He has worked as a journalist for over 20 years, first in the world of print journalism before moving to online media as the world changed. "Put A Fork in Him, He's Done" (Best Finisher), I'm Talking and I Can't Shut Up for Biggest Mouth, Minds Behind the Mayhem for Manager of the Year. At times, there was a "feature" match between main WWF talent. SummerSlam 1996 had Shawn Michaels working as the world champion and trying to get his feet as the company's main face for the first time. Superstars was around before this version, as a weekly recap show hosted by Vince McMahon and Lord Alfred Hayes. 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'. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. modification of the WWF SD2! Shawn Michaels vs. British Bulldog was next, and it was also a great match, two-for-two to start the show. [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. 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\". WWE Roster by Era Random Date 1995 WWE: All (72) Men Women Other Roles Adam Bomb Ahmed Johnson Alundra Blayze Avatar Bam Bam Bigelow Bart Gunn Billy Gunn Bob Backlund Bob Holly Bret Hart Bull Nakano Bushwhacker Butch Bushwhacker Luke Chris Candido Crush Davey Boy Smith Diesel Doink the Clown (Steve Lombardi) Doink the Clown Dok Hendrix Doomsday It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four",[2] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring. Simply use the filters below! The profile of each WWE wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. The match ended when the top rope broke as Yokozuna attempted a Banzai Drop (seated senton), enabling Austin to pin him for an upset victory. Following the match, Lawler poured whisky onto Roberts until being stopped by Mark Henry. Shawn S. Lealos is a freelance writer who received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Film Studies. Vintage Wrestling August 1996 WWF Magazine SABLE MARC MERO Cover Rare. WWE recognizes Inferno's reign as lasting 49 days. "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. Identified as "Squat Team #1" and "Squat Team #2" respectively, the Headhunters took part in the Royal Rumble match , but were both eliminated, with Yokozuna eliminating Team #2 after 24 seconds and Vader eliminating Team #1 . 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. SummerSlam is an annual pay-per-view (PPV), produced every summer by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the Free for All pre-show. It took place on August 18, 1996, at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. The Bodydonnas were the first team eliminated after Marty Jannetty tripped Zip, enabling Billy Gunn to pin him. 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Things still had a little way to go, thanks mostly to backstage politics, but this was where it started to turn around and led to an even better year in 1997 and the Attitude Era after that. Triple H was a thing, Steve Austin took on Hunter Heart Helmsley, and they hinted at great things to come. There were a total of 36 recognized champions who had a combined 34 official reigns. This commment is unpublished, pending moderation. WrestleMania or SummerSlam). Years before Stone Cold vs. They're ranked worst to best here. Can Sami Zayn get the biggest win of his career? After 1995, which many wrestling fans consider the worst year in WWE history, things finally turned around in 1996. Michaels would eventually lose the title to Sycho Sid at Survivor Series. It debuted on September 6, 1986, as the flagship program of the WWF's syndicated programming. It took place on January 21, 1996, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. The Bodydonnas were a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the mid-1990s, consisting of Chris Candido as Skip, Candido's real-life girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch as Sunny, and Tom Prichard as Skip's kayfabe cousin Zip. 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. Uncle Elmer August 16, 1937 - July 1, 1992 2. Dave Bautista began wrestling in 1999 and signed with the WWF (now WWE) in 2000. . WWF President Gorilla Monsoon allowed this when Michaels agreed. This was quite possibly a five-star match for Foley and HBK and one of the best matches of the year in WWE. The commentary team on Superstars underwent many changes as the years passed. Does anyone know what grest is talking about? What gives? Wrestling Allstars 96-98 v6.4.16 PS1 Item Preview Q7Tt5fU.jpg . 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. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. The title was renamed the WWF Heavyweight Championship when the WWWF became the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in March 1979 for marketing purposes. National Wrestling Alliance: World Wrestling Federation (WWF ) . For the 1996 event, the winner received a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XII. Early in the 1990s, it was featured in a Friday night time slot. A. fter this, Stone Cold and Savio Vega had a fantastic match. 1996 [1] Years active. The show also began airing in 1986 in the United Kingdom on Saturday nights on Sky Channel. 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. By March 1997, Superstars was solely a summary program and continued in that manner until its eventual ending. Justin has been writing about professional wrestling for more than 15 years. 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. Still considered one of the best WrestleMania matches of all-time, the two put on a clinic. Once again, Shawn Michaels carried this PPV to a high level as he battled Owen Hart in a fantastic match. To prove it, Lief Cassidy (Al Snow) opened the show with a great match against Flash Funk. However, the match you really want to see was here opening match. Wrestling the Big Event 21 years later, "Bringing back Slammy Awards a good, bad idea", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1996_in_professional_wrestling&oldid=1135240725, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. This all started at the Royal Rumble, and then at WrestleMania, the tide started to turn thanks to the rise of Shawn Michaels in the main event scene. 1995 [1] Disbanded. modification of the WWF SD2! (unknown episodes) Series Cast Series Produced by Vince McMahon . WWF Superstars (TV Series 1986-1999) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb Edit WWF Superstars (1986-1999) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Directed by Series Writing Credits George Scott . On this page you find the full WCW Roster in the year 1996. WWF All American Wrestling was a cable television program that was a predecessor to Tuesday Night Titans and Saturday Night's Main Event, originally . When the WWF moved its cable TV contract to TNN (later known as Spike, now known as the Paramount Network) in October 1, 2000, Superstars moved with it. This was Shawn Michaels defending his world title against Mankind. Following the premiere of SmackDown!, Superstars served as a summary show for SmackDown! Throughout the entire tournament, it was clear that Austin was turning into a major star. WWF Superstars of Wrestling was a professional wrestling program that debuted on September 6, 1986, replacing WWF Championship Wrestling. Visit Shawn Lealos' website to learn more about his novel writing and follow him on Twitter @sslealos. During its syndication run, the program was re-branded and aired in some parts of Canada as Maple Leaf Wrestling (essentially replacing a program of the same name filmed in southern Ontario), despite having almost no Canadian content other than interviews promoting matches that were to be held in Canada, along with occasional program-exclusive matches taped at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Does anyone know what grest is talking about? Nine matches were contested at the event, including one match on the Free for All pre-show. #2 of 108. The profile of each WWE wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. [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 New Rockers were the next team eliminated when Henry O. Godwinn pinned Leif Cassidy following a Slop Drop (reverse DDT). [2] Since then, archival footage of the program has usually been shown with the words "of Wrestling" blurred out where applicable. 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). As a result, Droese won the right to be entry number 30 in the Royal Rumble match, while Helmsley had to enter first. On June 10, 1996, WWF Monday Night Raw had eked out a miniscule ratings win over WCW Monday Nitro, but the WWF's top program had not been within shouting distance of its competition ever. The Rumble itself was good enough, with Shawn winning by eliminating Diesel to get the WrestleMania title shot. 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. The profile of each WCW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics. The Bodydonnas. Debut. Honestly, there wasn't a good regular match on the show, with the best being the Smoking Gunns vs. of PS1 that gathers wrestlers . It was broadcasted from the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the 'WWF WrestleMania XV' PPV. Sid won the bout by pinning British Bulldog following a chokeslam and powerbomb. That promo after his win was worth the price of admission alone. Henry debuted in the WWE during the mid-90s, after he competed in the 1996 Olympics. 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. Santino Marella 5. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. Frazier was a professional wrestler from 1960 until 1991. For 1996, the winner earned a match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XII. Lawler won the bout by pinfall after hitting Roberts with a bottle of Jim Beam whiskey. Sami Zayn gets an Undisputed Championship match against Roman Reigns at Elimination Chamber. Skip to main content. He had several successful identities over the years including: The Convict, Plowboy Frazier and The Giant Rebel. 96. Ultimate Warrior was supposed to team with Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson in the match but wasn't there, so Sid joined them, which led to great things in the future. The Royal Rumble was hit and miss during the '90s, and in 1996, it had a big moment, but it wasn't great enough to pull up the rest of the show's matches. These promotions held notable shows in 1996. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. [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. On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 1995. World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view event, "WWF SummerSlam 1996 Events Database CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database", "Could Brock Lesnar beat three men at SummerSlam to remain in the WWE? 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