• ON THIS DAY IN WWE HISTORY (March 30, 2007) – WWE Friday Night SmackDown!
On this day in 2007, World Wrestling Entertainment aired another episode of their weekly TV show ‘WWE Friday Night SmackDown!’.
This episode was broadcasted from the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan and featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WWE WrestleMania 23’ PPV.
Here’s the official card from that night:
Matt Hardy vs. Great Khali
Mr. Kennedy vs. Finlay
MVP vs. Vito Batomango
Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy
Melina, Victoria, Michelle McCool, Jillian Hall & Kristal vs. Ashley, Mickie James, Torrie Wilson, Maria & Candice
King Booker vs. Punk
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 30, 2008) – WWE WrestleMania 24
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on March 30, 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment aired ‘WrestleMania 24’ LIVE on PPV from the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
The event’s tagline was “The Biggest WrestleMania Under the Sun”, while the official pay-per-view theme song was “Light It Up” by Rev Theory.
This WrestleMania featured Old School Wrestlers The Undertaker (WWF), Edge (WWF), Triple H (WWF), Shawn Michaels (WWF), Ric Flair (NWA/WCW/WWF), Kane (WWF), Chavo Guerrero (WCW/WWF), Fit Finlay (WCW), JBL/Bradshaw (WWF), Chris Jericho (WCW/WWF) and The Big Show (WCW/WWF).
Here are the PPV results:
Belfast Brawl: John “Bradshaw” Layfield defeated Finlay
Money in the Bank: Punk defeated Carlito, Chris Jericho, John Morrison, Mr. Kennedy, MVP and Shelton Benjamin
Batista defeated Umaga
ECW Championship: Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero (c)
Career Threatening: Shawn Michaels defeated Ric Flair
Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjill match: Beth Phoenix and Melina defeated Ashley and Maria
WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) defeated John Cena and Triple H
No Disqualification: Floyd “Money” Mayweather defeated Big Show
World Heavyweight Championship: The Undertaker defeated Edge (c)
