• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (June 8, 2000) – WWF SmackDown!
On this day in 2000, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF SmackDown!’.
It was pre-taped at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York and featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF King of the Ring 2000’ PPV.
Here’s the card:
1. King Of The Ring – Qualifying Match: Chris Jericho vs. Test
2. Too Cool vs. The Godfather & Dean Malenko
3. Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Hardy
4. The Dudley Boyz vs. Kurt Angle, Edge & Christian
5. Women’s Battle Royal
6. Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley vs. Lita
7. King Of The Ring – Qualifying Match: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy
8. Rikishi vs. Val Venis
9. The Undertaker, The Rock & Kane vs. Triple H, Road Dogg & X-Pac
• Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Says He’s Coming To AEW
Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Ryback was released from WWE in 2016. The Big Guy hasn’t done anything significant in the pro-wrestling world since then.
But it looks like he’s open to working with AEW. AEW wrestler Dustin Rhodes took to Twitter to tell the new talent coming to the company to share their stories with him.
The Big Guy quoted the tweet and said that he’s coming to AEW.
You can check it out below:
“Always has been and always will. Now move the f*ck over and make room for my lats The Big Guy is coming through.”
Always has been and always will. Now move the fuck over and make room for my lats The Big Guy is coming through. ? https://t.co/bX4085ck0U
— The Big Guy (@Ryback) June 8, 2020
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