– Tonight’s edition of MSG Classics, which has been airing on the MSG Network Wednesdays at 8pm ET most weeks this summer, features the following matches:
From 12/17/79:
*Hulk Hogan vs. Ted DiBiase (Hogan’s MSG debut)
*Harley Race vs. Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Title
*Bob Backlund vs. Bobby Duncum for the WWF Title, vacant after an Antonio Inoki controversy
From February 1987:
*Roddy Piper & Junkyard Dog & Ricky Steamboat vs. Harley Race & Randy Savage & Adrian Adonis
*The Hart Foundation (Bret The Hitman Hart & Jim The Anvil Neidhart) vs. The Killer Bees (B. Brian Blair & Jumpin Jim Brunzell) for the WWF Tag Team Titles
*Jake The Snake Roberts vs. King Kong Bundy
– Last night’s ECW on Sci Fi did a 2.3 cable rating.
– RAW will air live on USA Network Monday, September 4 (Labor Day), with the US Open tennis on CNBC instead.
– The Brian Pillman DVD “Loose Cannon” will feature a 95-minute documentary on his career, touching on football, Stampede Wrestling, his run with Austin as The Hollywood Blonds, the Four Horsemen, ECW, his car accident, his time with Hart Foundation and will include the following matches:
*Bruce Hart & Brian Pillman vs. Midnight Cowboys 4/23/88 for International tag team titles
*Pillman vs. Lex Luger 10/28/89 Halloween Havoc
*Pillman & Tom Zenk vs. Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin 2/12/90
*Pillman & Austin doing “A Flare for the Old” segment on WCW TV
*War Games 1991 with Pillman & Sting & Steiners vs. Four Horsemen
*Pillman vs. Ricky Morton 10/27/91
*Pillman & El Gigante vs. Barry Windham & Arn Anderson 6/12/91 loser leaves town match
*Pillman & Windham vs. Johnny Gunn & Zenk 12/26/92
*Pillman & Austin vs. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas 5/23/93
*WCW Thundercage with Pillman & Sting & Dustin Rhodes vs. Paul Orndorff & Austin & Rick Rude
*Pillman vs. Jushin Liger from the first Nitro match
*Pillman vs. Dean Malenko 1/22/96 Nitro
*Pillman vs. Eddie Guerrero 1/23/96 Clash of Champions
*Pillman vs. Austin 6/16/97 Raw
*Hart Foundation vs. Austin & Shamrock & LOD & Goldust 7/6/97 Calgary Stampede
*Pillman vs. Goldust 9/7/97
*Pillman vs. Liger 2/29/92 SuperBrawl from Milwaukee
– WWE.com has a story on Mickie James wanting to get the gold back from Lita and a feature on Chris Jericho’s role on Fox show “Celebrity Duets,” ECW.com has posted new photos of Torrie & Kelly “that Mike Knox & Test didn’t want you to see,” video footage of Big Show being helped to the back after last night’s show, an interview with Hardcore Holly and this article on Matt Striker. In WWE.com/ECW.com Superstars page news, Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s bio has been added to RAW, Mick Foley’s and Matt Striker’s removed from RAW, Holly’s removed from SD and Idol Stevens & K.C. James’ added to SD. Jeff Hardy is still missing from RAW, while Holly, Striker, Rene Dupree and Shannon Moore are not on ECW, despite recently appearing on TV.
Credit: WrestlingObserver.com, WWE.com
