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He said he never had a world heavyweight title shot. He's had a shot at the WWE title, but not a shot at the heavyweight title since moving to RAW.

I'm really excited to see the Torneo Cibernetica match. Sounds pretty cool.

Those weren't dark matches. They aired live during "The Main Event" pre-show on TBS. Thanks for the correction, sorry about that.

I think that's a fair estimate. 170,000-180,000 probably.

I kind of like the idea of Jericho/Benoit vs. Edge/Christian...those guys worked well together in the past, and it would definitely lead to some great promos and matches. And we'll see how long HBK is out, but he definitely has a feud ready to go with Edge when he gets back, too. I'm really digging the bitter heel Edge right now. People tonight were comparing him to Bret Hart circa 1997, and that's a good thing for him right now, I think. Heels are the best when it feels like they truly believe in their cause, and Edge's promos have made sense and created a much better character for him. He says that he should get a title shot because Benoit and HBK have had plenty of chances before...which is true. He's already bitter at the fans for booing him in Toronto at Summerslam, and now when HBK gets the title shot instead of him he ditches Benoit in the tag match to be a dick and costs HBK the title to be a dick. Good stuff, I really hope they keep going with this character for a while, because he's doing well with it. Snitsky is clearly getting a monster heel push. So what's next for him? I really have no idea. I kind of shudder at the thought of a Benjamin/Snitsky feud for the IC title... Oh, earlier I also wrote that I wouldn't be surprised if HHH turns on Flair on Monday, and feuds with him for a bit to give him something to do while he keeps the title until his Wrestlemania showdown with Orton. And then we have Batista! Who should he feud with? Questions, questions...

Post your thoughts, memories, comments, or anything about these shows below! Bash at the Beach 1995 July 16, 1995 in Huntington Beach, CA The beach drawing 9,500 ($0) Shown live on PPV (0.82) DARK MATCHES: 1. Johnny B. Badd pinned Chris Canyon (2:03). 2. Road Warrior Hawk pinned Mark Starr (1:25). 3. Dick Slater & Bunkhouse Buck beat Marcus Bagwell & Alex Wright (3:25) when Buck pinned Wright. MAIN SHOW: 4. WCW U.S. Champ Sting pinned Meng (15:31). 5. WCW TV Champ The Renegade pinned Paul Orndorff (6:12). 6. Kamala pinned Jim Duggan (6:00). 7. Diamond Dallas Page pinned Dave Sullivan (5:04). 8. WCW Tag Champs Harlem Heat beat The Nasty Boys and Bobby Eaton & Steven Regal (13:41) in a "triangle" match when Booker T pinned Regal. 9. Randy Savage pinned Ric Flair (13:55) in a "lifeguard lumberjack" match. 10. WCW World Champ Hulk Hogan beat Big Van Vader (13:13) in a "steel cage" match by leaving the cage. ======= SummerSlam 1995 August 27, 1995 in Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena drawing 18,062 ($353,705) Shown live on PPV (0.9) 1. Hakushi pinned The 1-2-3 Kid (9:28). 2. Hunter Hearst Helmsley pinned Bob Holly (7:11). 3. The Smoking Gunns beat Eli & Jacob Blue (6:10) when Bart made the pin. 4. Barry Horowitz pinned Skip (11:21). 5. Bertha Faye pinned Alundra Blayze (4:37) to win the WWF Women's Title. 6. The Undertaker beat Kama (16:26) in a "casket" match. 7. Bret Hart beat Isaac Yankem (16:08) via DQ. 8. WWF I-C Champ Shawn Michaels beat Razor Ramon (24:58) in a "ladder" match. 9. WWF World Champ Diesel pinned Mabel (9:15). ============ Wrestlepalooza 1995 August 5, 1995 in Philadelphia, PA ECW Arena drawing 1,150 1. JT Smith pinned Hack Myers (6:33). 2. Big Val Puccio beat Tony Stetson (1:23) via DQ. 3. Raven, Stevie Richards, Snot & Big Dick Dudley beat Tommy Dreamer, Cactus Jack, and The Pitbulls when Richards pinned Dreamer. 4. Too Cold Scorpio, Dean Malenko, & Cactus Jack beat Eddy Guerrero, Rick & Scott Steiner (21:59) when Malenko pinned Guerrero. 5. Mikey Whipwreck pinned Sandman (5:51) in a "Singapore cane" match. 6. The Gangstas beat Public Enemy (17:51) in a "stretcher match."

I'm not a fan of ROH whatsoever --- and they're significantly better than TNA. -=Mike What wrestling ARE you a fan of, Mike? Not being sarcastic or anything...I'm actually curious.

Good point. I retract my statement.

I was hoping for Daniels or Samoa Joe or Super Dragon or Homicide or Colt Cabana or CM Punk or Jay Briscoe or Mark Briscoe...

Have to give the umpire crew credit tonight. In a tough situation they've made the right call on two BIG plays tonight.

Why is that bullshit? He only scored because A-Rod swatted the ball down the line.

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I can definitely see HHH beating up Flair for showing respect to Orton. Maybe a HHH/Flair feud leading towards the Rumble and giving a challenger to HHH before Orton at Wrestlemania?

Or Bash at the Beach 99 True, but in 98 Savage's knee was shot to hell, just like HBK tonight.

I predict they pull a WCW Spring Stampede 98 and put the title on HBK, and then Hogan returns tomorrow night to win the title.

Keller gave it *3/4, for what it's worth. Meltzer said it was decent. Keller gave the tag title match *1/2...everything else has been in the DUD-3/4* range I guess.

Maybe they have some show-closing angle planned so it has to go last...or they're doing an old school cage, so they have to set it up and it's going last. I really can't think of any other reason.

Meltzer said that cage match would go last, for whatever reason. Maybe they really ARE doing an old school cage tonight, so they're doing it last?

Whatever happened to that Jamie Koeppe bitch?

I'm not watching, but Wade Keller at the Torch has: Jericho/Shelton: *3/4 Battle royal: 1/4* Kane/Snisky: 3/4* Eugene/Bischoff: DUD Tag title match: *1/2 Not great so far... I know that Wade is usually terrible with ratings, but this PPV looks absolutely disasterous. But it's the fans fault you know................ Yeah, but if anything Keller is too easy with his ratings. He gave Cena/Carlito from Smackdown ***.

I'm not watching, but Wade Keller at the Torch has: Jericho/Shelton: *3/4 Battle royal: 1/4* Kane/Snisky: 3/4* Eugene/Bischoff: DUD Tag title match: *1/2 Not great so far... That sounds brutal. I guess Smackdown can start feeling better about the Great American Bash (and their No Mercy buyrate). At least for No Mercy while nothing was great, everything was around **-**1/2 or so.

I'm not watching, but Wade Keller at the Torch has: Jericho/Shelton: *3/4 Battle royal: 1/4* Kane/Snisky: 3/4* Eugene/Bischoff: DUD Tag title match: *1/2 Not great so far...

It would be much better if they were chasing each other on Rascal scooters. I'd order the replay to watch that. Like on Seinfeld when these old people on rascals chase after George who is also on a rascal? Edge goes to hell at 5 miles an hour. One of the best Simpsons lines ever: Skinner: They're very slowly getting away!

"Christy vs. Carmella is next. That should save the show." I think Meltzer is getting frustrated.

It would be much better if they were chasing each other on Rascal scooters. I'd order the replay to watch that. Like on Seinfeld when these old people on rascals chase after George who is also on a rascal? What is that, a four volt? I did you a favor!