On this day in history

1945 - Sika Anoa'i is born in Leone, American Samoa.

1953 - Bobby Bruns and Bobby Managoff defeats Al Kashey and Tom Rice to win the NWA Hawaii Tag Team Title in Honolulu, Hawaii.

1956 - Diamond Dallas Page is born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.

1961 - Bobby and Don Fields defeat The Mysterious Medics in Mobile, Alabama for the Gulf Coast NWA Southern Tag Team Title, beginning their fourth reign.

1961 - Skull Murphy defeats Guy Mitchell in Columbus, Georgia to win his third Georgia NWA Southern Heavyweight Title.

1968 - Spoiler #1 (Don Jardine) defeats Fritz Von Erich for the NWA American Heavyweight Title in Houston, Texas, ending Von Erich's third reign.

1968 - Harley Race defeats Sonny Myers to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in St. Joseph, Missouri. This ended Myers' 14th and final run with the title.

1974 - Pat Barrett and Tony Kontellis win a tournament in Sydney, Australia for the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Title.

1976 - Big Bad John and Bill Dundee defeat Roger Kirby and David Schultz in Memphis, Tennessee for the Mid-America NWA Southern Tag Team Title.

1978 - The Assassin and Ernie Ladd defeat Ray Candy and Steven Little Bear to win the Tri-State NWA United States Tag Team Title in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1978 - Steve Grey defeats Bobby Ryan in a tournament final for the British Lightweight Title in Blackburn, England.

1980 - Ralph "Ruffy" Silverstein dies at age 66.

1980 - The WWF held an event at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The results:
- Mike Duggan defeated Fred Marzino.
- Pete Doherty defeated Joe Crugnale.
- René Goulet defeated Baron Mikel Scicluna.
- Bobby Duncum defeated Dominic DeNucci.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions Ivan Putski and Tito Santana defeated The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) by disqualification after The Wild Samoans attacked guest referee Pat Patterson.
- Larry Zbyszko defeated Bruno Sammartino by disqualification.

1980 - Roger Mason defeats Steve Travis to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1982 - In their famous match at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, Andy Kaufman defeats AWA Southern Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler by disqualification, after Lawler hit Kaufman with a piledriver, a banned move. After the match, Lawler gave Kaufman a second piledriver, with Kaufman being wheeled out on the stretcher.

1984 - Jerry and Ted Oates win their second NWA Central States Tag Team Title in Kansas City, Kansas, defeating The Grapplers (Tony Anthony and Len Denton). This was a rematch from the tournament final a week earlier in which the Grapplers used a loaded boot in winning over the Oates. Marty Jannetty also began his career that night.

1985 - La Fiera defeats Gran Hamada to win the NWA World Middleweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico.

1986 - Riki Choshu ends Stan Hansen's second run with the NJPW PWF Heavyweight Title in Yokohama, Japan.

1986 - Chigusa Nagayo defeats Dump Matsumoto for the vacant AJW All Pacific Title in Tokyo, Japan. The title was vacated on December 12 when Devil Masami won the WWWA World Singles Title.

1987 - Stampede Wrestling held a tournament for its International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta. The title was vacated in January after Fumihiro Niikura, who held the title with Hiroshi Hase, went back to Japan in December. The results were:
First round:
- The Cuban Assassin and Ron Starr defeated Ben Bassarab and Johnny Smith.
- Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman defeated Michael Hammer and Beef Wellington.
- Kerry Brown and Duke Meyers defeated Bill Kazmaier and Ron Ritchie to advance to the final match.
Semifinals:
- Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman defeated The Cuban Assassin and Ron Starr.
Finals:
- Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman defeated Kerry Brown and Duke Meyers to win the vacant Stampede International Tag Team Title.

1991 - Bill Dundee wins his second USWA Texas Heavyweight Title from Eric Embry in Dallas, Texas, ending his second reign. At the same event, Jeff Jarrett defeats Tom Prichard for the USWA Heavyweight Title, beginning his fourth reign.

1992 - The WWF held WrestleMania VIII at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, before 62,167 fans. The event got a 2.3 buyrate. WrestleMania VIII, in addition to all the matches, featured the respective WWF television debuts of Lex Luger and Paul Ellering. The results were:
- In a dark match, The Bushwhackers (Butch and Luke) defeated The Beverly Brothers (Beau and Blake).
- Shawn Michaels (with Sensational Sherri) pinned Tito Santana with a bodypress after reversing a bodyslam attempt.
- The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) pinned Jake Roberts after a Tombstone Piledriver on the floor.
- Bret Hart pinned WWF Intercontinental Champion Roddy Piper to win the title after pushing off the turnbuckle with his foot to roll over Piper's sleeperhold. This began Hart's second reign as Intercontinental Champion.
- The Big Bossman, Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter and Virgil defeated The Mountie, The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) and Repo Man, when Virgil pinned Knobbs after Sags accidentally hit Knobbs with Virgil's protective face mask.
- Randy Savage (with Miss Elizabeth) pinned WWF Champion Ric Flair (with Mr. Perfect) with a roll-up and a handful of tights to win the title, and begin his second reign as WWF Champion.
- Tatanka pinned Rick Martel after a flying crossbody.
- The Natural Disasters (Earthquake and Typhoon) defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Money, Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster (with Jimmy Hart)), after the champions got intentionally counted out. Money, Inc. retained their title.
- Owen Hart pinned Skinner with a roll-up.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Sid Justice (with Harvey Whippleman) by disqualification after Whippleman interfered. After the match, Papa Shango ran in to help Sid assault Hogan. Hogan was rescued by the Ultimate Warrior, making his first appearance since August's SummerSlam.

1992 - Satanico defeats Lizmark for the NWA World Light Heavyweight Title in Mexico City, Mexico, beginning and ending both men's fourth reign.

1997 - Carlos Colón wins his 21st WWC Universal Heavyweight Title in Caguas, Puerto Rico, by defeating Jim Steele in a rematch from their March 22 meeting in Yabucoa, when the title was held up.

1999 - The Monday Night War continued, with WWF RAW is WAR beating WCW Monday Nitro, 5.8 to 4.3 in the ratings.

The 306th episode of WWF RAW is WAR was taped on March 30 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The results:
- Kane and X-Pac defeated WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Jeff Jarrett (with Debra) to win the title.
- Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly.
- The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) defeated Edge and Gangrel.
- Ken Shamrock vs. Viscera ended in a no-contest.
- Mankind defeated Val Venis.
- WWF Intercontinental Champion Goldust (with The Blue Meanie) fought The Godfather to a double-countout to retain the title.
- Big Show defeated The Rock and Triple H (with Chyna and Shane McMahon) by disqualification in a handicap match.

WCW Monday Nitro's 186th edition was live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The results were:
- Hak (with Chastity) defeated Kendall Windham in a Kendo Stick match.
- Konnan defeated Lizmark, Jr.
- Scott Steiner defeated Meng in a WCW United States Heavyweight Title tournament semifinal match.
- Jim Duggan defeated Lenny Lane.
- Stevie Ray defeated Brian Adams, Horace and Vincent in a battle royal to win leadership of the black and white nWo.
- Raven and Perry Saturn defeated WCW World Tag Team Champions Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio, Jr. by disqualification. Kidman and Mysterio retained the title.
- Booker T defeated Chris Jericho in a WCW United States Heavyweight Title tournament semifinal match.
- Buff Bagwell defeated Bam Bam Bigelow.
- Goldberg defeated Diamond Dallas Page, WCW World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan in a four-way match. Flair retained the title.

1999 - Silky Boom Boom defeats Lord Humongous for the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Loganville, Georgia.

2002 - Ricky Banderas and Shane the Glamour Boy defeat The Starr Corporation (Chicky Starr and Victor the Bodyguard) to win the IWA World Tag Team Title in Manatí, Puerto Rico, ending the Starr Corporation's fifth reign.

2002 - Bruce and Teddy Hart defeat Apocalypse and Dave Swift in a tournament final for the Stampede International Tag Team Title in Calgary, Alberta.

2002 - Havoc defeats Seth Knight in a tournament final to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Junior Heavyweight Title in Chehalis, Washington. Tony Kozina had vacated the title earlier in the year.

2002 - OVW held "Spring Breakout", its first-ever event at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. The results:
- Leviathan pinned both Chris Cage and Johnny Jeter in a handicap match.
- Flash Flanagan and Trailer Park Trash defeated Big Bad John (Heidenreich) and Bull Buchanan, when Flanagan pinned Buchanan. The guest referee was Mark Henry.
- The Dogg Pound (Shelton Benjamin and Redd Dogg) and Nidia defeated The Disciples of Synn (Damien and Payne) and Synn, when Nidia pinned Synn.
- Danny Davis and The Lords of the Ring (Rob Conway and Nick Dinsmore) defeated Victoria and OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Doug Basham and Damaja, when Davis pinned Basham.
- David and Ric Flair defeated Sean O'Haire and OVW Heavyweight Champion The Prototype, when the Flairs made their opponents submit with double Figure Four Leglocks.

2003 - The East Coast Wrestling Association held the seventh-annual Super 8 Tournament at Saint Matthews Parish Hall in Wilmington, Delaware. The results were:
- Frankie Kazarian defeated Chris Sabin in a Super 8 Tournament first round match.
- Spanky defeated Chris Cage in a Super 8 Tournament first round match.
- Chance Beckett defeated Sedrick Strong in a Super 8 Tournament first round match.
- Paul London defeated Alex Arion in a Super 8 Tournament first round match.
- ECWA Tag Team Champion Matt Striker and The S.A.T. (Joél and José Maximo) defeated ECWA Tag Team Champion Ace Darling, Mega and Prince Nana by disqualification.
- Paul London defeated Frankie Kazarian in a Super 8 Tournament semifinal match.
- Chance Beckett defeated Spanky in a Super 8 Tournament semifinal match.
- ECWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion The Japanese Pool Boy won a 19-man ECWA Summit Battle Royal to earn an immediate ECWA Heavyweight Title match. The other participants were: The Amazing Red, Billy Bax, Cheetah Master, Ace Darling, Mozart Fontaine, Mike Kruel, Joél Maximo, José Maximo, Joey Maxx, Johnny Maxx, Tyler Mayne, Mega, Mr. Ooh La La, Prince Nana, Roughhouse Rivera, Matt Striker, Trinity and Venom.
- ECWA Heavyweight Champion Christopher Daniels defeated ECWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Champion The Japanese Pool Boy to retain his title.
- Paul London defeated Chance Beckett to win the Super 8 Tournament.

Jess McGrath filed the following live report:

It is not an exaggeration to call the ECWA's Super 8 tournament the biggest event in the indies. It certainly is to those on the inside. There is fierce competition among talent to get booked on the show, as a show-stealing performance almost always opens the door to more bookings around the country, and hopefully as the result of that, a spot with WWE. What's more interesting to me about this tournament is not who goes over, but who grabs the brass ring, who surprises everybody and "makes himself" in one night.

This year, it was Chance Beckett. The former ECCW champion was a complete unknown east of the Mississippi. He turned in three solid performances and caught the attention of everybody, even overshadowing tournament winner Paul London to some degree. I was impressed with both Beckett's work and personality. He was a good heel and cut a good promo. And he showed tremendous toughness by going two more matches after suffering a nasty hardway cut. After his second round match with Brian Kendrick, he was so weak in the back he couldn't even stand.

There was a lot of mixed reaction to London's performance. These were his first matches back since surgery for a nasal infection. And he worked a different, less highspot-oriented style than he usually does for Ring of Honor, where his matches have received rave reviews and he's gotten over to an amazing degree as a babyface. I thought what he did was fine, and in particular enjoyed his work in the finals a lot. But if you were looking for his work to be along the lines of what he's done in ROH, you were likely disappointed.

While I thought this year's tournament overall was good, it was not at the level of the previous two years' editions. The crowd seemed to agree with me, as I noticed less reaction for the Super 8 matches than usual.

They began with a brief video package showing the eight competitors in this year's tournament. Paul London and Brian Kendrick got the best reaction, although with the former I suspect that was due more to the guys from Mike Johnson's New York bus trip. Then WWE Smackdown tag team champion Charlie Haas made a surprise appearance to a standing ovation. Haas and his brother, the late Russ Haas, were tag champions for ECWA for several months in 2000. Jim Kettner had a hand in training both Haas Brothers. He put over the Super 8, talking about how he was robbed of the opportunity to wrestle in last year's tourney due to an injury (ACL tear). They then brought out the eight competitors to pose for photos for the trophy.

FRANKIE KAZARIAN beat CHRIS SABIN. Kazarian was replacing Johnny Jeter, who dropped out due to an injury. Sabin, who was trained by Border City Wrestling promoter Scott D'Amore, works indies in Michigan and Ontario. Kazarian is a regular with UPW and other West Coast indies. Both Kazarian and Sabin are nicknamed "The Future", which provided the opportunity for some non-committal "Future" chants. I thought this was the best match of the first round. They both did very well. Kazarian showed some personality playing the heel. Sabin got a pop for a reverse neckbreaker where he dropped Kazarian across his knee. Kazarian busted out a Wild Bill Irwin-style jumping big boot to the face. They did back-and-forth cradle two-counts on the mat. Sabin did a very impressive spot where he rolled through on a cross body, got back up to a standing position and holding Kazarian in his arms in one fluid move, then swung him around and dropped his back across his knee. A short time later, he ran up the ropes and gave Kazarian a German suplex. Kazarian did a full flip and landed on his stomach. Kazarian got the pin with the flatliner.

BRIAN "SPANKY" KENDRICK beat CHRIS CAGE. Cage is from OVW. He was trained at the OVW school by Danny Davis and Nick Dinsmore. Kendrick had an excellent match with American Dragon in the first round of the 2001 tournament. This wasn't close to that level at all. The reaction to this match was disappointing considering a WWE talent was involved. Cage got out of the sliced bread #2 once. Kendrick hit it on the second try (bouncing off the ropes instead of the turnbuckle) for the pin.

1998 winner Simon Diamond came out. After briefly speaking about the tournament, he talked about the late Jeff Peterson, saying he went to Jim Kettner after Kettner asked him to train Peterson and said he didn't know what to do with him, to which Kettner replied that he should give him the same opportunity that Kettner gave Diamond when he started. They then showed video highlights of Peterson's two Super 8 matches, in 1999 vs. Christopher Daniels (it garnered rave reviews at the time) and 2000 vs. Jet Jaguar.

CHANCE BECKETT beat SEDRICK STRONG. Beckett wrestles regularly for ECCW in British Columbia. Strong is from Florida. Beckett did a great job here. Aside from Kazarian, he was the only one to play to the crowd and try to get himself over as a heel, which he did. Early in the match, Beckett got a hardway gash on his chin from a kick by Strong. I saw the cut up-close later and it was very nasty. Beckett did a spot where he gave Strong a double underhook suplex, rolled through, did it again, rolled through again, then gave Strong a double underhook DDT. Sedrick hit a spear followed by a cannonball dive outside. When they got back in, Beckett hit his finish, an Asai moonsault dive where he caught Strong mid-air and dropped him like a Scorpion death drop (or, in honor of the Godwinns, a slop drop) for the pin.

PAUL LONDON beat ALEX ARION. Arion works the New England indy scene, including for Sheldon Goldberg's New England Championship Wrestling. He's also been booked of late with Ring of Honor, where London is one of the top guys. A nothing special match. London didn't do anything spectacular in this match to get himself over. Arion used the Victoria widow's peak for a two-count. London scored the fall using a rollup. He was holding his nose afterward.

THE SAT'S & STRIKER were announced as winners over PRINCE NANA & MEGA & ACE DARLING by DQ. The storyline here was that Darling and Striker won the tag team titles at the last show, then Darling turned heel by attacking Cheetah Master. The question was whether the Striker and Darling team would continue to exist. ECWA audiences have always been more about the story and the traditional good guy vs. bad guy saga than about great work or psychology, and that was the case here, as they were very much into this match. Nana is so over with me. Just a great gimmick. He said next month he was going to turn Darling into the Honorable Ace Darling of Ghana, West Africa. SAT's were over huge coming out. And speaking of huge, Mega is a monster. He debuted in ROH recently as the second giant with the Lennox Lewis lookalike. For a giant, he was actually selling a lot. The SAT's timing was off on several spots. The SAT's worked the whole way. Darling missed a legdrop off the top, and the hot tag was made to Striker. Striker got in and immediately turned on Joel Maximo, giving him a DDT. Striker and Darling hugged. The heels trashed the SAT's as the ref called for the bell. Cheetah Master ran in and backed up Mega before Darling attacked him from behind. The J-Team (J.R. Ryder & J.J. Johnston) then came out and turned babyface by saving the SAT's and Cheetah.

PAUL LONDON beat FRANKIE KAZARIAN. Frankie took the running bump into the corner where he flies over the top to the floor. Triple H has pulled that one out before, but I thought Kazarian's was more impressive. London then dove off the top to the floor. Kazarian did a springboard off the ropes but London caught him and gave him a belly to back. I get a kick out of London's dropkicks where he does a full flip in the air after hitting them. Mike Johnson came up with the term "dropsault" to describe them. Kazarian again did the Irwin kick. He also repeated another spot from the Sabin match, where he had London his shoulders and, as he held his hands, dropped him back to the mat and bridged for a two-count. Kazarian twice got knocked off the ropes by London. The third time, he went for a huracanrana off the top, but London dumped him to the mat with a powerbomb, then gave him the shooting star press for the pin. This was stronger than London-Arion and a good match, although the crowd didn't really get into it.

CHANCE BECKETT beat BRIAN KENDRICK. Beckett came out with his jaw taped from the hardway cut. During the match, it was bleeding through his bandage. He posted Spanky early. Beckett got Kendrick in a one-legged Boston crab, but Spanky made the ropes. He later put Kendrick in a great looking move probably best described as a reverse standing Texas cloverleaf. Crowd was chanting "tap" (except for the New York bus trip guys, who were responding with "no" chants). Again, Kendrick made the ropes. Beckett pulled him back to the middle. Beckett hit his finish, then did a move where he had Kendrick on his back, holding him by his neck, and dropped down. That led to the pin. Good match.

JAPANESE POOL BOY won the annual ECWA Summit (Royal Rumble) for a heavyweight title shot at Christopher Daniels. This was ga-ga, and I enjoy a solid mix of ga-ga in with the good stuff. Kevin Kelly laid this out. Mr. Ooh La La was the first out. He's been doing the same gimmick with very little change to it for at least eight years, and he's still really over as a heel with this audience. His manager, Carlton P. Hightower, was funny on the mic. Crowd chanted "hobbit" at him since he's so short. He said Ooh La La was robbed by not being in the Super 8, and everybody has to go through him in order to prove they're the best in ECWA. Pool Boy was second. A security guy held up a disco ball over Pool Boy's head, then followed him around with it, for his entrance to Abba's "Dancing Queen". Ooh and Pool Boy did comedy spots. Roughhouse Rivera was supposed to be #3 in, but he never came out. Next in were Joey & Johnny Maxx. They combined with Pool Boy to give Ooh a three-way Garvin stomp. Mozart Fontaine, Billy Bax, Tyler Mayne, and Mega came in. Mega did the big man in a battle royal stuff where he quickly tossed out Ooh and Fontaine. Mayne ran into Mega, then fell backward over the top to the floor. Xero was next in. He and Mega had the big man vs. big man staredown. Striker came out and went after the Maxx's, who had not been eliminated but were outside the ring selling after taking bumps for Mega. Trinity, who's been feuding with Hightower, came in. She got in Mega's face after Mega dumped Xero. Ace Darling came out and attacked the Maxx's. Prince Nana ordered Mega to eliminate himself, and when he refused, he slapped him. Mega begrudgingly did so. Nana tossed Trinity out. Mega caught her before she hit the floor and put her back in. She then threw Nana out. That sequence got a tremendous reaction. Joel Maximo and Venom were next in. Venom eliminated Trinity. Pool Boy threw out Venom. Trinity and Venom had a wild brawl to the back. It looked good. Trinity tossed Venom into the lighting pole, knocking those away from the ring. Jose Maximo entered. He and Joel went for the Spanish fly, but Rob Eckos, on crutches, ran in and broke the crutches on the Maximos, who bumped out to the floor. The Maxx's, Darling, and Striker all were gone from a double clothesline spot. Mike Kruel and Red were in next. A guy wearing a hat and a baseball bat (I think this might have been Rivera) ran in and attacked Bax. Red did a swanton. Kruel tossed out Bax. Cheetah Master was introduced. Just like Ooh La La, another guy who hasn't changed his act in years and still gets a superstar reaction. He was eliminated fairly quickly by Kruel. Kruel blocked a Red huracanrana attempt and tossed him out. Then Pool Boy eliminated Kruel to win.

CHRISTOPHER DANIELS beat JAPANESE POOL BOY to retain the ECWA title. We all know the quality of matches Daniels can have with guys like Red, Low-Ki, or American Dragon. A better test of his ability was whether he could pull a good match out here. And for what it was, it was fine. It wasn't going to get any better. The only problem was that the audience did not buy the near falls. They started out with mat wrestling. Pool Boy got on Daniels' back and smacked his ass. Daniels immediately rolled through and put Pool Boy in a crossface. Pool Boy made the ropes. Daniels destroyed him most of the way until Pool Boy came back with two-counts using cradles, backslides, roll ups, etc. Daniels pinned Pool Boy using the last rites (roll of the dice). He put over Pool Boy on the mic afterward and offered to shake his hand. I think Daniels only has a problem with shaking hands in the Philadelphia city limits. Anyway, Pool Boy hugged him. Daniels then grabbed Pool Boy's ass, which got a pop.

Before the final, they showed a backstage interview with London and Beckett. London's promo was a lot like a Ricky Steamboat promo. Beckett, who said he came in an unknown and vowed to leave a legend, came off as a strong heel.

PAUL LONDON beat CHANCE BECKETT in the Super 8 final. Before the match even started, Beckett attacked London outside the ring and worked over his left leg, including slamming it into the ring post. I thought this was a really good match that told a simple story effectively. It was much different than the usual London ROH match. London did a phenomenal job selling the leg. Beckett put London in the reverse cloverleaf. He got out by rolling through, with Beckett falling face-first into the middle turnbuckle. London got a two-count with the shooting star press. Big pop for Beckett kicking out. London caught Beckett in the Great Muta "Oriental torture device", best described as a reverse chinlock with London bridging behind Beckett. Beckett passed out, the ref checked his arm three times, and London was declared winner. It was a different finish, and entire match for the matter, than had been done in previous finals. Charlie Haas and the other participants got in the ring. London was lifted up on their shoulders. He got on the mic and put over Beckett for having heart. Beckett then put over London and shook his hand.

London made an appearance on the New York bus right before it returned to NYC and gave an emotional speech, thanking the fans for supporting him and saying that even though his family won't support him in his wrestling career, he knows he always has his brothers from New York with him and that has made the difference. Beckett also stopped on the bus. He said the crowd was the best he'd ever worked in front of.

2003 - Ray Gonzalez wins his second IWA World Heavyweight Title from Ricky Banderas in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, ending his fourth reign. Jess McGrath penned the following:

The IWA had their biggest show on their Juicio Final tour on 4/5 at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon. That stadium has been run many times by rival WWC in the past for their annual anniversary shows. IWA, in their first time in the place, drew an estimated 11,000+, with the gate somewhere in the $100,000 range. Yeah, this company is hot. Rey Gonzalez won the IWA title from Ricky Banderas in the main event and the best match of the night. Both guys exchanged finishers, including Gonzalez's figure-four and Banderas' frog splash, before they went to the finish, with Fernando Tonos interfering and, as Abriela distracted the ref, Victor Quinones passed a gimmick to Rey, which he used to KO Banderas for the pin. Konnan, Rick Steiner, D-Lo Brown, and Scott Hall were all brought in for the tour. Hall put over Savio Vega after Vega hit him with the bat following distraction from Tonos and Quinones. Brown lost to Shane. He shook Shane's hand and put him over afterward, then celebrated with the Puerto Rican flag. Steiner teamed with Victor the Bodyguard to beat Nord and Abyss when Victor pinned Abyss after a miscommunication by the heels. Abyss and Nord teased a breakup afterward before Savio came out and told Abyss to leave the ring and go to the back. Huracan Castillo Jr. beat Konnan by DQ when Miguel Perez interfered. Castillo did a spot where he imitated Carlos Colon. Perez beat Lobo in a kendo stick on a pole match. Lobo grabbed the stick first. Angel jumped in, so Lobo blasted him with the cane. Perez then small packaged Lobo for the pin. Slash Venom and Chicano had an excellent undercard brawl, with Chicano going over. Chris Divine put over Tommy Diablo underneath.

2003 - Billy Kryptonite wins his second Chaotic Wrestling New England Title from Vince Vicallo in Methuen, Massachusetts. At the same event, Luis Ortiz defeats John Walters to win the CW Heavyweight Title, and begin his second reign.

2003 - Papi Cholo defeats The Jett for the NWA Hawaii Junior Heavyweight Title in Kaneohe, Hawaii, ending his second reign. At the same show, Lightning Leni wins the NWA Hawaii Hardcore Title by defeating Sick Dog.

2003 - Ebessan defeats Pero to win the Osaka Pro Wrestling World's Best Attraction Title in Osaka, Japan, beginning his second reign.

2003 - Trik Nasty defeats Max Power and Rocky Reynolds in a three-way match to win the NWA Tri-State Heavyweight Title in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

2003 - Tommy Capone defeats Jeff Daniels in Columbia, Tennessee to become the first NWA Main Event Television Champion.

2003 - Several WWE developmental wrestlers were part of the monthly Heartland Wrestling Association show at the Red Barn Flea Market in Batavia, OH, on 4/5. Lance Cade, Rene Dupree, and Sly Grenier (the ref who screwed Hulk Hogan in the match with Rock at No Way Out 2003) teamed to beat Nova, Matt Morgan, and the HWA's Hoss. Main event was heavyweight champion Matt Stryker beating frequent tag partner B.J. Whitmer in a 30:00 Ironman match to keep the belt. Chad Collyer won a number one contender's match beating Chet Jablonski. Jess McGrath reporting.

2003 - IPW debuted in South Florida with a show on 4/5 in Davie, FL. They have taken over running in the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale market with the collapse of Bobby Rogers' Future of Wrestling; their TV will be starting on the UPN affiliate on 4/11. Billy Fives and David Babylon, who are now teaming as Animal House, lost to Scoot Andrews and Roderick Strong of the Alliance of Defiance in the main event. Andrews scored the fall on Fives using the ropes. Fives challenged Andrews to a match for Fives' heavyweight title at the return date on 5/24. Dennis "Mideon" Knight wrestled Punisher, from south Florida indies making his debut with this promotion, in a "battle of the giants". Knight did the job. Knight jawed with Antonio Banks until Banks ran him off. Naphtali and Justice did a finish in their cruiserweight title match where Naphtali had his shoulders pinned as Justice was tapping out, so there was no winner. The Shane Twins retained the NWA Florida tag team titles over Agent Steele & Mikey Tenderfoot. Steele was supposed to team with Rod Steel, but they said that because of a shoulder injury to Rod, Tenderfoot would take his place. Banks, the "hometown babyface", won a three way match over Lex Lovett and Steve Madison. Banks scored the fall on Madison after Lovett had been knocked outside the ring. Tony DeNucci debuted, working the opener and beating Johnny Vandal. Jess McGrath reporting.

2003 - Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, and the Barbarian worked for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling on 4/5 in Albemarle, NC, before an estimated 175. Eaton and Rikki Nelson, who are the tag team champions here, retained the belts against Zbyszko and Jeff Justice. Zbyszko was a sub for Rick Steiner, who cancelled because he was working for IWA in Puerto Rico. Zbyszko worked hard and actually took the heat to build to a hot tag to Justice. That led to the four way. Nelson, who was outside brawling with Zbyszko, tripped Justice, and Eaton gave him a neckbreaker for the pin. Nelson said he would give Zbyszko 5:00 in the ring. Zbyszko ran him off to end the show with the babyface pop. Pretty good match. Barbarian beat Russian Assassin (Justice under a hood). Former NWA World jr. heavyweight champion Gary Royal defended his Mid-Atlantic jr. title against David Isley. Both Royal and Isley worked for Jim Crockett in the 80s. This match was described as "old school" and solid. The ref, Scotty Piper (former Carolinas indy worker), got bumped. Royal pulled out a gimmick, but Isley stole it, KO'd Royal, and got the pin. Then the ref found the gimmick and DQ'd Isley. Isley did the Thunderfoot gimmick underneath putting over Mikael Yamaha. There was also a women's match where Amber Holly beat Brandi Wine. Next MACW show is 4/12 in Bennettsville, SC, with Rick Steiner and Eaton. Jess McGrath reporting.

2006 - K.C. James and Roadkill defeat The Untouchables (Deuce and Domino) for the OVW Southern Tag Team Title in Louisville, Kentucky.

2006 - Handsome Joe and Yasu Urano defeat Shiori Asahi and Makoto Oishi to win the Kaientai Dojo Strongest-K Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.

2006 - Mike Lee, Jr. and Mr. X defeat Apple Miyuki and YOSHIYA for the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Title in Tokyo, Japan.