• Steve Austin Wrestled His Final Match 15 Years Ago Today
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 30, 2003, WrestleMania XIX took place at the Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. This was the 1st WrestleMania event under the “WWE” banner.
This event featured the following moments:
– Final Pro-Wrestling match of Stone Cold Steve Austin’s career
– Hulk Hogan’s final WrestleMania match
– Shawn Michaels’ first WrestleMania match since 1998
– Kurt Angle’s first & only WrestleMania main event till date
– Brock Lesnar’s WrestleMania debut and first WrestleMania main event
Below are the results:
– WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match: Matt Hardy (c) (with Shannon Moore) def. Rey Mysterio to retain the Title.
– Handicap Match: The Undertaker def. Big Show & A-Train
– WWE Women’s Championship Match: Trish Stratus def. Victoria (c) (with Steven Richards) & Jazz to win the Title.
– WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) (c) def. Chris Benoit and Rhyno and Los Guerreros (Chavo Guerrero and Eddie Guerrero) to retain the Title.
– Shawn Michaels def. Chris Jericho
– World Heavyweight Championship Match: Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) def. Booker T to retain the Title.
– Street Fight: Hulk Hogan def. Mr. McMahon
– The Rock def. Stone Cold Steve Austin
– WWE Championship Match: Brock Lesnar def. Kurt Angle (c) to win the Title.
You can watch the highlights from this event in just 60 seconds below:
• Former WWE Champion Set To Make History At WrestleMania 34 For The Wrong Reason
According to DirtySheets.Net, former WWE Champion Bray Wyatt could be making history at WrestleMania 34, but this feat isn’t something Wyatt would be proud of.
Wyatt could very well become the first active WWE star to defend the WWE Championship at a WrestleMania event and then fail to appear in a match at next year’s WrestleMania event.
There are 5 other wrestlers would fall into this category, but it should be noted that they weren’t active during next year’s WrestleMania (as they were either injured, retired or left the company). Below is that list:
– Ric Flair (WWF Champion heading into WrestleMania 8)
– Shawn Michaels (won the the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 12)
– Sycho Sid (WWF Champion heading into WrestleMania 13)
– Batista (won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 21)
– The Rock (WWE Champion heading into WrestleMania 29)
Wyatt entered last year’s WrestleMania 33 event as the WWE Champion and lost the Title to Randy Orton. We’re now a week away from WrestleMania 34 and Wyatt hasn’t been announced for any match yet.
The only match it looks like Wyatt could enter (IF he does) is the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (which WOKEN Matt Hardy is also a part of) and that match would most probably end up being on the WrestleMania 34 Kickoff Show.
So this means there’s very little to no chance of Wyatt being involved in a match on the main card of WrestleMania 34.
