• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (February 18, 1996) – WWF Action Zone
On this day in 1996, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Action Zone’.
This episode featured matches, promos, highlights & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage’ PPV, which happened later on the same day.
Here’s the card:
– Highlights Of Yokozuna Leaving Camp Cornette (From Raw Two Weeks Ago)
– Yokozuna vs. J.S. Storm/Billy Mack
– Highlights Of The WWF Superstars On Their Tour Of India
– Interview w/ Bret Hart (From Superstars)
– The Ross Report
– Ahmed Johnson vs. 1-2-3 Kid (From Superstars)
– Promo By Owen Hart & Jim Cornette
– Promo By Shawn Michaels
– Can We Talk With The Following Question: “Who Has The Most Devastating Move in The WWF?”
• MVP’s In-Ring Career Came To An End With A Symbolic Act On RAW
As seen on this week’s episode of RAW, Drew McIntyre defeated MVP in a singles match.
During the match, McIntyre ripped off the tape on MVP’s nose and the Wrestling Observer is reporting that this was a symbolic act for the end of MVP’s in-ring career:
“They ripped off the tape on [MVP’s] nose which is, in fact, the idea of that’s the end of his wrestling career because the tape on the nose is a gimmick.”
As we noted earlier, MVP revealed on Booker T’s podcast that he has signed with WWE to become a Backstage Producer.
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