• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 20, 2002) – WWF Sunday Night HEAT
On this day in 2002, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Sunday Night HEAT’.
It was broadcasted from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 2002’ PPV, that happened right after the show.
This was the official pre-show of the pay-per-view.
The card can be found right here:
Perry Saturn vs. Shawn Stasiak
Albert vs. Funaki
Scotty Too Hotty vs. Hurricane Helms
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 20, 2001) – WWF Jakked / WWF Metal
On this day in 2001, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly syndicated TV show ‘WWF Jakked’ (night version) aka ‘WWF Metal’ (afternoon version).
It featured pre-taped mid-card matches on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 2001’ PPV.
The card can be found right here:
Perry Saturn vs. Chad Collyer
Crash Holly vs. Vic Capri
D’Lo Brown & Chaz vs. Jayson Reign & Steve Boz
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 20, 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 Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island and featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 2000’ PPV.
Here’s the card:
X-Pac vs. Test
Al Snow & Steve Blackman vs. Kurt Angle & The British Bulldog
Matt Hardy vs. D-Von Dudley
Rikishi Phatu & Too Cool vs. Chris Jericho, Chyna & Hardcore Holly
Prince Albert vs. The Big Boss Man
Viscera vs. Crash Holly
Gangrel vs. Edge
Over The Top Rope – Lumberjack Match: Kane vs. Big Show & The Rock
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 20, 1997) – WWF Monday Night RAW
On this day in 1997, the World Wrestling Federation aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Monday Night RAW’.
It was broadcasted from the Montage Centre in Beaumont, Texas and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF In Your House 13: Final Four’ PPV.
Here’s the card:
Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith vs. Doug Furnas & Phil La Fon
Farooq vs. Bart Gunn
The Undertaker vs. Steve Austin
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 20, 1996) – WWF Superstars
On this day in 1996, the World Wrestling Federation aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWF Superstars’.
This episode was pre-taped at the Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and featured matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 1996’ PPV.
Here’s the card:
– Psycho Sid & The 1-2-3 Kid vs. Avatar & Aldo Montoya
– Steve Austin vs. Scott Taylor
– Hakushi vs. Jeff Hardy
– Skip & Zip vs. Chaz Warrington & Glen Ruth
– Yokozuna vs. Phil Apollo
– Diesel vs. Isaac Yankem DDS
Diesel defeats his future fake self.
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— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) January 21, 2022
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