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Bonus track - here’s Bret Hart vs Ric Flair from a WCW house show in Feb 98. Per the rules when they wrestled, Bret takes his straps down.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/18ckejs/bret_hart_vs_ric_flair_wcw_house_show_from_las/

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JULY 2022
The champ is back defending the titles on house shows... well, house show.
MAIN EVENTS
3rd in Tucson it's cross brand and Matt Riddle vs Seth Rollins in a streetfight goes on last, we continue that 9th/10th in Bossier City and Waco, and 16th-17th in Tallahassee and Daytona Beach. On SmackDown, Roman Reigns vs Drew McIntyre for the titles main events 9th in Sacramento (7600) then 10th in Reno it's Drew vs Sheamus and 16th/17th in Estero and Sunrise (suburban Miami) there's swapping positions of a double main (sort of) of The Usos vs New Day for the tag belts and Drew vs Ridge Holland. 23rd-24th in Bridgeport and Utica it's cross-brand again ; still Riddle vs Rollins.

THE CARDS - SMACKDOWN
Drew McIntyre vs Sheamus is the biggest SmackDown match in Tucson which as you read above we repeat in Reno, we also have Gunther vs Ricochet for the ICT which repeats in Sacramento, week 2 we see two instances each of two three-ways with Liv Morgan vs Ronda Rousey vs Natalya for the belt and Raquel Rodriguez vs Shayna Baszler vs Lacey Evans, plus Happy Corbin vs Drew Gulak and Viking Raiders vs Jinder Mahal & Shanky, in Sacramento Madcap Moss vs Humberto and in Reno The Usos vs New Day for the tag belts which bridges us neatly to Florida. By 16th-17th Shanky is beating former boss Jinder, it's Liv, Raquel & Aliyah vs Baszler/Nattie/Evans, Gulak getting his wins back from Corbin and more of Moss vs Humberto and Gunther vs Ricochet. Month end we switch to Usos vs Street Profits, Morgan vs Rousey to a DQ ending in the pair of them vs Shayna & Nattie, plus more of Gunther vs Ricochet.
VARIATIONS
Only in Tucson do New Day face the Raiders and Jinder lose his millionth match with Shinsuke Nakamura. Roman-related shuffle in Sacramento sees the tag title match become Usos vs New Day vs Sheamus and Butch (who has Reno off). 

THE CARDS - RAW
In Tucson we start Bianca Belair vs Becky Lynch vs Asuka vs Carmella for the title and Omos vs Cedric Alexander - that one continues in week 2, where consistent cards see Asuka vs Lynch, Dolph Ziggler vs Austin Theory, Finn Balor vs Dominik Mysterio, Ezekiel vs Tommaso Ciampa, R-Truth vs Veer Mahaan and some 24/7 nonsense that starts with Dana Brooke vs Doudrop. Decent cards in Florida have Dom & Rey Mysterio vs Balor & Damian Priest, Ciampa back with AJ Styles, Belair vs Carmella as a singles titles match, Ezekiel & Street Profits vs Theory & Alpha Academy, Doudrop losing to Alexa Bliss, Omos beating Truth again, Cedric losing to Veer and Brooke vs Tamina vs Nikki ASH. Month end we get Styles vs The Miz and Rey vs Priest one on one plus more of Belair vs Becky vs Mella vs Asuka.
VARIATION
Tucson only has Bobby Lashley vs Theory for the UST. 

MAIN EVENTS - NXT
8th in Citrus Springs it's Bron Breakker vs JD McDonagh for the belt, 9th in Orlando its Breakker vs Tony D'Angelo (battle royal winner) for the belt. Champ's off month end, it's Zoey Stark, Kayden Carter & Katana Chance vs Mandy Rose, Jacy Jayne & Gigi Dolin 22nd in Melbourne and 23rd in Cocoa, on last it's Solo Sikoa vs Wes Lee vs McDonagh vs Von Wagner.
THE CARDS - HIGHLIGHTS
Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen vs Pretty Deadly for the UK tag title in our only repeat, every show except Orlando. In Citrus Springs there's Apollo Crews vs Xyon Quinn, NAT title with Carmelo Hayes vs Wes Lee vs Ikemen Jiro and the Womens tag of Cora Jade & Roxanne Perez vs Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne plus Roderick Strong vs Joe Gacy goes on first. Title defences in Orlando have Mandy Rose vs Ivy Nile and The Creed Brothers vs Gacy & Dyad #1 (James Drake) and Indi Hartwell vs Lash Legend, Giovanni Vinci vs Hank Walker, Nikkita Lyons vs Elektra Lopez and Andre Chase, Bodhi Hayward & Thea Hail vs Grayson Waller, Duke Hudson & Tiffany Stratton complete that show. Melbourne features Hayes vs Axoim for the NAT, Mandy vs Zoey Stark to a DQ, Roddy, Creeds & Damon Kemp vs Tony D'Angelo, Channing Lorenzo, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde, Nile vs Arianna Grace, Lee vs Grayson Waller, Solo Sikoa vs JD McDonagh and Wendy Choo & Fallon Henley vs Tiffy & Kiana James. In Cocoa there's Hartwell vs Lopez, Legend vs Henley and Nile & Sanga (Saurav Gurjar) beating Commander Azeez & Cora - sometimes it's getting pretty tough to choose the "interesting" matches or names you'd say have "made it." 

TVs
1st SmackDown in Phoenix (near 8000) Riddle vs Rollins is a dark main then 2nd at the MGM Grand (>9000) in suburban Vegas it's Money In The Bank - Theory loses the UST to Lashley but then continues his Vince-mandated push by winning the briefcase on last.... hmm. Otherwise (topical) Liv wins the Womens briefcase then later cashes in on Ronda. Befitting a cash in where the champ has barely been weakened in a defence over It's Only Natalya, she does he best to lose before winning the 32 second match, which is pretty divisive among her basket case fanbase. Apparently she deserved to win it "properly." OK. Wednesday 5th at the Performance Center its the "Great American Bash" special for NXT 2.0 - Cora & Roxanne win the tag belts from Toxic Attraction, Breakker, Creeds and Hayes all retain. Wednesday and Thursday there are more UK tapings which conclude with Tyler Bate beating Moustache Mountain partner/buddy/mentor Trent Seven to win the vacant UK title. 8th SmackDown in Fort Worth there's Rodriguez vs Xia Li before the show and Lashley vs Theory after it. 11th Raw in San Antonio I'm compelled to mention rare TV sightings for both in Mustafa Ali vs Akira Tozawa for Main Event. Wednesday's NXT has the unstoppable Mandy retain over Roxi, 15th SmackDown in Orlando (7500) there's Raquel vs Sonya Deville and Humberto & Angel vs Ricochet & Gulak before the show then Riddle vs Omos (!) after it. 18th Raw in Tampa (near 9000) Ali and Tozawa are both used for Main Event again in separate matches, then Tozawa appears on Raw in the 24/7 bollocks, technically winning a title on the main roster, I guess. 22nd SmackDown at the TD Garden (Boston, 7000) Ricochet & Gulak get their win back from the Lotharios before the show and Drew beats Sheamus in a dark match in the Coliseum Video main event. 25th we have Raw at MSG (>13,000) which is loaded, including The Bloodline vs Riddle & the Profits. Friday they're in Atlanta (9000+) Raquel vs Shayna goes on first and Georgia hero AJ goes on last with Corbin. Finally 30th at Nissan Stadium, Nashville (40,000+) it's the first July SummerSlam in history - Belair beats Becky again, Miz does a job for Logan Paul, Corbin loses to Pat McAfee, on last Reigns beats Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match in the feud that never ends, and most importantly, The Usos beat the Profits in a match that features The world's greatest singer, the world's greatest entertainer, and as we found out, the world's greatest referee. J E double-F, J A double-R E double-T. That's Double J, Jeff Jarrett. Ain't he great?
NO NON TITLE WHINING THIS MONTH!

DEPARTURE
Probably doesn't count as we covered her wrestling her last match previously but this is the month Paige is released from her contract, she heads to AEW to be used as (occasionally) a wrestler again.

 

 

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AUGUST 2022
The champ again wrestles on the road just once this month.

THE MAIN EVENTS
It's usually cross brand, 6th in North Charleston and 7th in Fayetteville it's Drew McIntyre & Street Profits vs Sheamus & The Usos (huh), same 13th/14th in Salisbury and Atlantic City. Split cards in Canada feature Roman Reigns vs Drew vs Sheamus for the belt 20th in Ottawa (4600) then Drew vs Sheamus 21st in Quebec City (5600), while in Kingston (2400) and London (3600) Seth Rollins vs Matt Riddle no DQ rolls on. Finally 27th/28th in Springfield MA and Manchester NH it's swapping of before-intermission and on last between Rollins vs Riddle and Drew & New Day vs Sheamus, Ridge Holland & Butch.

THE CARDS
The Usos vs Street Profits for the tag belts bookends the month, precluding the six man street fight in North Charleston. In the Carolinas it's twice Gunther vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the ICT and SmackDown Womens title with Liv Morgan vs Natalya plus Dominik Mysterio vs Finn Balor, also Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler starts in Fayetteville crossing over into mid-month - it's Bianca Belair vs Asuka in Fayetteville and Atlantic City, Belair vs Asuka vs Carmella in North Charleston and Salisbury. Mid month we also get Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler vs Raquel Rodriguez & Aliyah, Bobby Lashley vs The Miz vs Austin Theory for the UST, R-Truth vs Veer Mahaan and more of Gunther vs Nakamura. In Canada, we move onto Ziggler vs Theory, Balor vs Mustafa Ali, Ronda & Shayna vs Liv & Aliyah, Profits vs Alpha Academy, Ricochet vs Happy Corbin, Sami Zayn vs Madcap Moss, Los Lotharios vs Ridge Holland & Butch, 24/7 nonsense with Dana Brooke vs Nikki ASH vs Tamina, and Nattie vs Shotzi Blackheart... plus more of Gunther vs Nakamura. It's Belair vs one of Damage CTRL and the other pair losing a tag - Asuka & Alexa Bliss vs Dakota Kai & Io Sky repeats in both London and Manchester. Month end, we're back to Usos vs Profits and Gunther vs Ricochet, there's Tommaso Ciampa vs Cedric Alexander and for the US title, Lashley vs Theory vs AJ Styles.
VARIATIONS
In North Charleston it's Lashley vs Ciampa vs Ziggler, in Fayetteville Lashley vs Ciampa. In Kingston it's Belair vs Io and Bliss/Asuka vs Bayley/Dakota, unique to London is Belair vs Bayley and ref Shawn Bennett gets involved winning the 24/7 title brieflt. Finally, Springfield get Kevin Owens vs Gable and Io vs Asuka (damn).
Also - 13th in Inglewood ("Hollywood") the Mania launch party sees Raquel vs Nikki, Theory vs Ricochet and Profits vs Lotharios.

MAIN EVENTS - NXT
5th in Largo we have Bron Breakker & Apollo Crews vs JD McDonagh & Grayson Waller, next night a near 100% different crew in Gainesville (apart from three of the ladies) sees Roxanne Perez, Wendy Choo & Zoey Stark vs Mandy Rose, Tiffany Stratton & Cora Jade. 19th in Lakeland Bron defends against Xyon Quinn, next night in Venice another different crew is topped by the invincible Mandy retaining against Ivy Nile.

THE CARDS
Largo has title matches of The Creed Brothers vs Andre Chase & Bodhi Hayward for the tag belts, Carmelo Hayes vs Nathan Frazer for the NAT and Kayden Carter & Katana Chance vs Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson for the ladies tags, plus Roxanne Perez vs Tiffany Stratton, Wes Lee vs Trick Williams, Nikkita Lyons vs Kiana James and Giovanni Vinci vs Dante Chen. In Gainesville the UK tag belts are defended in Josh Briggs & Brooks Legend vs Pretty Deadly vs Edris Enofe & Malik Blade, LDF of Joaquin Wilde & Santos Escobar vs Channing Lorenzo & Tony D'Angelo, Cameron Grimes vs Joe Gacy, Axoim vs Duke Hudson, Tatum Paxley vs Sloane Jacobs (Notorious Mimi), Alba Fyre vs Indi Hartwell and Fallon Henley & Thea Hail vs Elektra Lopez & Lash Legend. In Lakeland the Creeds retain over Mark Coffey & Joe Coffey, Tiffy loses to Wendy Choo, a mixed six person has Briggs/Jensen/Henley beat Legend & Pretty Deadly, Wilde and Cruz Del Toro lose to "Jagger Reid & Rip Fowler" (latest names for Grizzled Young Veterans), Frazer beats Von Wagner, Indi drops Blair Davenport and the opener is Grayson Waller vs Quincy Elliott. Finally in Venice, Hayes defends against Hank Walker, Kayden & Katana beat Kiana and Arianna Grace, D'Angelo Family beat Chase U, Wes beats Gacy, Waller loses to Apollo Crews, Joe Coffey beats Malik and Grimes beats Javier Bernai.

TVs
1st in Houston (10,000 Raw), we need to discuss the Ciampa push (where did that go?) - he beats Gable and Ziggler in a three way to later face and beat AJ to win a shot at the UST. Wednesday's NXT has Carter & Chance win the belts off Gigi Dolin & Jacy Jayne in a four way. 5th SmackDown in Greenville, Moss vs Holland and Lashley vs Ciampa are the dark bookends to a weak sounding SmackDown. 8th Raw again has no dark matches, but Lashley beats Ciampa and the tourney for the vacant Womens tag titles finally starts. Wednesdays NXT has Apollo go over Roderick Strong - writing's on the wall. 12th in Raleigh, SmackDown has a first match back for Top Dolla & Ashante Adonis (with B-Fab). 16th NXT is "Heatwave" - Bron, Mandy and Hayes all retain. 19th in Montreal 10,000 people come to the 1200th episode of SmackDown, where there's only 3 matches around events such as Ronda appearing back on telly after "suspension," Karrion Kross (ew) showing up, and announcement and face to face for Reigns vs McIntyre in Cardiff. 22nd Raw in Toronto (14,000+) gets better value for money in 8 matches including Main Event, topped by Edge vs Damian Priest as the TV main. 29th Raw in Pittsburgh has Aliyah & Raquel beat Damage CTRL to win the tag title tournament and also Alexa/Asuka/Bianca beat three "local talents" one of whom is Kayla Sparks.
NO NON TITLE WHINING!

NO DEPARTURES!!