• OLD SCHOOL HISTORY (October 28, 1996) – WCW MONDAY NITRO
On this day in 1996, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired another LIVE episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW MONDAY NITRO’.
It was broadcasted from the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona and featured matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘WCW World War 3 1996’ PPV.
The card can be found here:
1. Steven Regal vs. Juventud Guerrera
2. Diamond Dallas Page vs. Mike Enos
3. Dean Malenko vs. Jim Powers
4. Jeff Jarrett vs. Ricky Morton
5. Amazing French Canadians vs. High Voltage
6. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Jimmy Graffiti
7. Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
8. Booker T. vs. Lex Luger
• Top SmackDown Name Says PPV Expectations Have Increased After Tonight’s WWE Evolution PPV
The first ever all-women’s PPV, WWE Evolution, is in the history books now and many fans thought it was better than what they were expecting it to be.
Below are the results from WWE Evolution:
– Trish Stratus & Lita def. Mickie James & Alicia Fox (with Alexa Bliss)
– Nia Jax won the #1 contenders 20 woman Battle Royal
– Mae Young Classic 2018 Final: Toni Storm def. Io Shirai
– Sasha Banks, Bayley and Natalya def. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan)
– NXT Women’s Championship Match: Shayna Baszler def. Kairi Sane (c) to win the Title.
– Last Woman Standing Match For The SmackDown Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) def. Charlotte Flair to retain the Title.
– RAW Women’s Championship Match: Ronda Rousey (c) def. Nikki Bella (with Brie Bella) to retain the Title.
Below is what SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon tweeted after the PPV:
“#WOW!” The women competing in tonight’s event certainly raised the bar on PPV expectations.
Congratulations to all.#WWEEvolution— Shane McMahon (@shanemcmahon) October 29, 2018
