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As always wrestling gives us both great memories and memories we try and forget, but with the amount of moments worth remembering that have happened we are bound to forget some. The same could be said about some talent that were very much underrated during their career or never at the top of a company during a run this unfortunately makes it easier for fans to forget certain talent. These two are very different talent and had two very different careers while they worked in this great business. Sometimes we encounter those that deserve to be remembered and acknowledged. In wrestling we have lost a number of our favorite stars far to soon and we still keep their memory alive. I would like to wish a very big Happy Birthday to all who are celebrating their special day today and especially to the one featured below. Nerd Note: Before his time in WWE, Drew spent time in Combat Zone Wrestling where he first began a campaign for a safer Combat Zone. It's great seeing Drew get a shot with Daniel, because he's one of the many that have been overlooked from the 205 Live brand.
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As always wrestling gives us both great memories and memories we try and forget, but with the amount of moments worth remembering that have happened we are bound to forget some. The same could be said about some talent that were very much underrated during their career or never at the top of a company during a run this unfortunately makes it easier for fans to forget certain talent. These two are very different talent and had two very different careers while they worked in this great business. Sometimes we encounter those that deserve to be remembered and acknowledged. In wrestling we have lost a number of our favorite stars far to soon and we still keep their memory alive. I would like to wish a very big Happy Birthday to all who are celebrating their special day today and especially to the one featured below. Nerd Note: Johnny Stamboli floated around a lot after his contract expired with WWE spending time in All Japan, NWE, and Mexico before heading to TNA to repackaged as Rellik. At the time of her TNA debut Chyna hadn't been in the ring since a tag match in 2002 working for New Japan.
As always wrestling gives us both great memories and memories we try and forget, but with the amount of moments worth remembering that have happened we are bound to forget some. The same could be said about some talent that were very much underrated during their career or never at the top of a company during a run this unfortunately makes it easier for fans to forget certain talent. These two are very different talent and had two very different careers while they worked in this great business. Sometimes we encounter those that deserve to be remembered and acknowledged. I would like to wish a very big Happy Birthday to all who are celebrating their special day today and especially to the one featured below. Nerd Note: Though Harley Race is remembered for a variety of accomplishments over the year one thing not many people remember him for is inventing the swan dive headbutt. One of the reasons for this is Harley on more than one occasion admitting he regretted inventing the move in the first place.
It would be a disservice to wrestling history as a whole to not give one of the greatest events in WWE history and a turning point for WWE. In my opinion, Wrestlemania X-Seven was the event that ended the Attitude Era when Steve Austin turned heel and joined Vince McMahon officially ending the legendary feud between the two stars. Comparing this year's show to Wrestlemania 2000 it is like a tale of two events. Last year a lot of the filler matches felt like they didn't belong on Wrestlemania, but this year WWE even did work to build up the less important matches for the event to make the show feel more complete. Top to bottom Wrestlemania X-Seven is one of the top five best Wrestlemania's in the history of WWE and provided some moments that we will never forget. Outside of Austin vs Rock my mind immediately goes to the Triple Threat TLC Match, because this is the show when Edge speared a hanging Jeff Hardy to mat from a ladder. Raven went crashing through a window while Kane and Big Show broke through a wall during the Hardcore title match. Undertaker choke slammed Triple H from an elevated position where they keep cameras and this was also the first of three meetings between these two at Wrestlemania. Overall even though everything would change following this event it was an incredibly high note to go out on for WWE. After Wrestlemania we would see the formation of the Two Man Power Trip and then after Triple H got injured the launch of an Invasion and from there everything changed.  Wrestlemania X-Seven
Chris Jericho (C) Def. (Pin) William Regal WWF Intercontinental Title Bradshaw & Faarooq & Tazz Def. (Pin) Bull Buchanan & The Goodfather & Val Venis 6-Person Tag Kane Def. (Pin) Raven (C), The Big Show Triple-Threat WWF Hardcore Title Eddie Guerrero Def. (Pin) Test (C) WWF European Title Kurt Angle Def. (Pin) Chris Benoit Chyna Def. (Pin) Ivory (C) WWF Women's Title Shane McMahon Def. (Pin) Mr. McMahon Referee: Mick Foley Street Fight Christian & Edge Def.Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy, Bubba Ray Dudley (C) & D-Von Dudley (C) Triple-Threat Tag TLC WWF Tag Team Titles The Iron Sheik Def.Brother Love, Bushwhacker Butch, Bushwhacker Luke, Doink The Clown (Apollo), Duke Droese, Earthquake, Hillbilly Jim, Jim Cornette, Kamala, Kim Chee, Michael Hayes, Nikolai Volkoff, One Man Gang, Repo Man, Sergeant Slaughter, The Gobbledygooker, The Goon, Tugboat Gimmick Battle Royale The Undertaker Def. (Pin) Triple H Steve Austin Def. (Pin) The Rock (C) No Disqualification WWF World Heavyweight Title |