1 Year in Wrestling

LIVE from the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York Attendance: 17,000 Winner: Ric Flair CLASSIC WWF!! One of, if not, my favourite Rumble match of all time. The card also included: The New Hart Foundation v The Orient Express Roddy Piper v The Mountie LOD v The Natural Disasters

A Year in Review of both 1998 and 2022. ...apologies to our listeners for the recent radio silence!! I explain in this episode. Happy 2023.

August 30th, 1998: NEW YORK: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN: attendance 21,588 One of the most iconic PPVs of the Attitude Era... D'Lo Brown (c) defeats Val Venis via DQ to retain the title WWF EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP The Oddities (Kurrgan, Giant Silva & Golga) defeat Kaientai (Taka Michinoku, Funaki, Dick Togo & Men's Teioh)4-ON-3 HANDICAP MATCH X-Pac defeats Jeff JarrettHAIR VS. HAIR Edge & Sable defeat Marc Mero & Jacqueline Ken Shamrock defeats Owen HartLION'S DEN MATCH Triple H defeats The Rock (c) to win the titleWWF INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH Stone Cold Steve Austin (c) defeats The Undertaker to retain the titleWWF CHAMPIONSHIP

August 8, 1998: STURGIS, NORTH DAKOTA: 8500 attendance Meng defeats The Barbarian The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) defeat The Dancing Fools (Disco Inferno & Alex Wright)STREET FIGHT Saturn defeats Raven and KanyonRAVEN'S RULES TRIANGLE MATCH Rey Mysterio Jr. defeats Psychosis#1 CONTENDER (WCW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP) Stevie Ray (c) defeats Chavo Guerrero Jr. to retain the titleWCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Steve McMichael defeats Brian Adams Juventud Guerrera defeats Chris Jericho (c) to win the title (Special referee: Dean Malenko)WCW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Winner: Goldberg Participants: Goldberg, The Giant, Lex Luger, Sting, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, Scott Norton, Konnan"NWO INVITATIONAL" 9-MAN BATTLE ROYAL Diamond Dallas Page & Jay Leno defeat nWo Hollywood (Hollywood Hogan & Eric Bischoff)

It took place on July 26, 1998, at the Selland Arena in Fresno, California. Nine matches were contested at the event. This is the PPV with the infamous Sable "handprints" bikini competition,  as well as The Rock v HHH in a 2/3 falls (30min time limit) match. ...also Undertaker teams with Steve Austin v Kane and Mankind in the Main Event! Who's side is Undertaker on??