WWE Hall of Fame - Class of 2013

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Mick Foley, Trish Stratus, Booker T, Bob Backlund, and Bruno Sammartino (pictured above) are all part of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013. Donald Trump was also inducted as a member of the Class of 2013 Celebrity Wing of the WWE Hall of Fame.

Mick Foley - Career Highlights: WWE Champion; World Tag Team Champion; Hardcore Champion; TNA Legends Champion; TNA World Heavyweight Champion;WCW World Tag Team Champion; ECW World Tag Team Champion; WWE Commissioner; Co-General Manager of RAW; General Manager of Saturday Morning Slam; SmackDown commentator; PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year 1993.

Trish Stratus - Career Highlights: WWE Women's Champion; WWE Hardcore Champion; PWI Woman of the Decade (2000–2009).

Booker T (Booker Tio Huffman, Jr.) - Career Highlights: World Heavyweight Champion; WCW Champion; World Tag Team Champion; WCW World Tag Team Champion: WCW Tag Team Champion; Intercontinental Champion; United States Champion; WCW World Television Champion; Hardcore Champion; 2006 King of the Ring; GWF Tag Team Championship; PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year 2000; TNA Legends Champion; TNA World Tag Team Champion; SmackDown color commentator, SmackDown General Manager.

Bob Backlund - Career Highlights: WWE Champion; World Tag Team Champion; NWA Western States Heavyweight Champion; PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year 1977 and 1981; PWI Wrestler of the Year 1982; PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year 1994; NWA Missouri Heavyweight Champion.

Bruno Sammartino - Career Highlights: Known as the longest-reigning WWE Champion (for nearly eight years);  WWWF Champion; WWF International Tag Team Champion; WWWF United States Tag Team Champion; PWI Most Inspirational Wrestler of the Year 1976; PWI Wrestler of the Year 1974; Member of the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame.

Pro Wrestling’s Paul Bearer dies at age 58

Source: WWE, via Reuters

Below is the WWE's tribute to Paul Bearer as seen on the March 11, 2013 edition of Raw.

Also, here is the New York Times article reporting his death: 
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Video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp1UYmLkEzI

"Dr. Death" King Schultz in Django Unchained?

Schultz, on the Morton Downey Jr. Show, listed as a Bounty Hunter

 "Dr. Death" David Schultz a.k.a. David von Shultz, was a Tennessee-born professional wrestler who wrestled in the 1970s and 1980s. While wrestling for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, he became the first AGPW US Heavyweight Champion on June 26, 1980. However, Schultz's career has been said to have peaked in 1984 while being a "heel" or "bad guy" in the World Wrestling Federation. One of Schultz's biggest matches in a major wrestling promotion came on June 17, 1984, when he challenged Hulk Hogan for the World Wrestling Federation Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Schultz is perhaps best known by the general public for assaulting a 20/20 journalist during a report on the legitimacy of professional wrestling (SEE LINK TO VIDEO BELOW). After a career in professional wrestling, Schultz was said to have become a professional bounty hunter.

Waltz (right) playing Dr. Schultz

In the 2012 Quentin Tarantino film, "Django Unchained," there is a character who kills men for money, named Dr. King Schultz, played by actor Christoph Waltz. Dr. King Schultz was a bounty hunter, and could be perceived as a "good guy" for the time period the film takes place. The professional wrestler, "Dr. Death" Schulz was certainly not known as a "good guy." In fact, he could be categorized as a bully, ignoramus, and borderline racist, which is the exact opposite of the character that Quentin Tarantino created. However, the similarities in names, the fact that they both called themselves "Dr." and worked as bounty hunters, is somewhat interesting and perhaps more than coincidental.

Schultz, courtesy of highspots.com

I wonder if screenwriter Quentin Tarantino thought of "Dr. Death" Schultz, when creating the name for Dr. King Schultz. Either way, I thought it was worth ten minutes of my time to write this post and again share "Dr. Death's" famous 1984 interview from the television program, 20/20.

Click here to watch the videos for the entire report from 20/20: http://prowrestlingresource.blogspot.com/2009/02/blog-post.html

Classic WWF: Team Piper vs. Team Flair Photo (Survivor Series 1991)

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The 1,000th episode of Raw aired on 7/23/2012

Monday Night Raw celebrated the 1,000 episode on July 23, 2012. This episode starts the permanent 3-hour format to been seen from now on Monday nights. The weekly professional wrestling program debuted on January 11, 1993 and was created by Vince McMahon.

Vince McMahon speaks on the 1,000th episode of Monday Night Raw! 

To celebrate the 1,000 episode, WWE.com created a list of the greatest matches in RAW history. The list was written by John Clapp, Tom Herrera, Howard Finkel, Zach Linder, Bobby Melok, Ryan Murphy, and Kevin Powers. The top three matches on RAW are listed below.

#3 - Bret Hart vs. The 1-2-3 Kid: WWE Championship Match (July 11, 1994)

#2 - Ric Flair vs. Mr. Perfect: Loser Leaves WWE (Jan. 25, 1993)

#1 - John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (April 23, 2007)

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WWE Classics: John Cena's 50 Greatest Matches (June 2002-June 2012)

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John Cena made his WWE television debut in a match against Kurt Angle on June 27, 2002. Since his debut ten years ago, Cena has held 19 WWE Championship Belts (12 World Championships) and won the 2008 Royal Rumble match.

Congratulations to John Cena for all his success over the past 10 years. Very few individuals have achieved the success he has in the professional wrestling business.

WWE.com released a list compiled by Zach Linder, Bobby Melok, Ryan Murphy, Kevin Powers, and James Wortman, listing John Cena's 50 Greatest Matches in the past ten years.

• #50 John Cena vs. JBL: WrestleMania 21 (April 3, 2005)
• #49 John Cena, Hulk Hogan & Shawn Michaels vs. Christian, Tomko & Chris Jericho: Raw (June 27, 2005)
• #48 John Cena vs. The Great Khali: Judgment Day 2007 (May 20, 2007)
• #47 John Cena vs. Booker T: SummerSlam 2004 (Aug. 15, 2004)
• #46 John Cena & The Rock vs. The Miz & R-Truth: Survivor Series 2011 (Nov. 20, 2011)
• #45 John Cena vs. Kurt Angle: No Mercy 2003 (Oct. 19, 2003)
• #44 WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match: Elimination Chamber 2011 (Feb. 20, 2011)
• #43 John Cena vs. The Miz vs. John Morrison: Extreme Rules 2011 (May 1, 2011)
• #42 John Cena vs. Kane: Elimination Chamber 2012 (Feb. 19, 2012)
• #41 Team WWE vs. The Nexus: Summerslam 2010 (Aug. 15, 2010)
• #40 John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Edge: Backlash 2006 (April 30, 2006)
• #39 John Cena vs. Randy Orton: Summerslam 2007 (Aug. 26, 2007)
• #38 John Cena vs. Chris Jericho: Raw (Aug. 22, 2005)
• #37 John Cena, The Undertaker & DX vs. CM Punk & Legacy: Smackdown (Oct. 2, 2009)
• #36 John Cena vs. Wade Barrett: WWE TLC 2010 (Dec. 19, 2010)
• #35 John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar: Backlash 2003 (April 27, 2003)
• #34 John Cena vs. The Undertaker: Vengeance 2003 (July 27, 2003)
• #33 John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Edge: Raw (July 3, 2006)
• #32 WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match: New Year's Revolution 2006 (Jan. 8, 2006)
• #31 John Cena vs. Edge vs. Big Show: The 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania (April 5, 2009)
• #30 John Cena vs. Triple H: Raw (Oct. 19, 2009)
• #29 John Cena vs. Eddie Guerrero: SmackDown (Sept. 11, 2003)
• #28 John Cena & The Undertaker vs. DX vs. Jeri-Show: Raw (Nov. 16, 2009)
• #27 John Cena vs Batista: Extreme Rules 2010 (April 25, 2010)
• #26 John Cena vs. Sabu: WWE vs. ECW Head to Head (June 7, 2006)
• #25 John Cena vs. Edge: Backlash 2009 (April 26, 2009)
• #24 John Cena vs. Randy Orton: Breaking Point 2009 (Sept. 13, 2009)
• #23 John Cena vs. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: WrestleMania 28 (April 1, 2012)
• #22 John Cena vs. Triple H: Night of Champions 2008 (June 29, 2008)
• #21 John Cena vs. Kurt Angle: No Way Out 2005 (Feb. 20, 2005)
• #20 John Cena vs. JBL: Judgment Day 2005 (May 22, 2005)
• #19 2008 Royal Rumble Match (Jan. 27, 2008)
• #18 John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels: Survivor Series 2009 (Nov. 22, 2009)
• #17 John Cena vs. The Undertaker: Smackdown (June 24, 2004)
• #16 John Cena vs. Big Show: WrestleMania XX (March 14, 2004)
• #15 John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam: ECW One Night Stand 2006 (June 11, 2006)
• #14 John Cena vs. Chris Jericho: SummerSlam 2005 (Aug. 21, 2005)
• #13 John Cena vs. Booker T: No Mercy 2004 (Oct. 3, 2004)
• #12 John Cena vs. Rey Mysterio: RAW (July 25, 2011)
• #11 WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match: Elimination Chamber 2010 (Feb. 21, 2010)
• #10 John Cena vs. Kurt Angle: SmackDown (June 27, 2002)
• #9 John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels: WrestleMania 23 (April 1, 2007)
• #8 John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar: Extreme Rules 2012 (April 29, 2012)
• #7 John Cena vs. Batista: Wrestlemania XXVI (March 28, 2010)
• #6 John Cena vs. Umaga: Royal Rumble 2007 (Jan. 28, 2007)
• #5 John Cena vs. CM Punk: Money in the Bank 2011 (July 17, 2011)
• #4 John Cena vs. Triple H: WrestleMania 22 (April 2, 2006)
• #3 John Cena vs. Randy Orton: Bragging Rights 2009 (Oct. 25, 2009)
• #2 John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels: RAW (April 23, 2007)
• #1 John Cena vs. Edge: Unforgiven 2006 (Sept. 17, 2006)

Source: http://www.wwe.com/classics/john-cena-50-greatest/page-51

Video: Bret Hart Interview (June 2012)

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The Score Television Network's Arda Ocal interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, who discussed Roddy Piper, the 1992 Shawn Michaels ladder-match, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, SummerSlam 1992, Lex Luger, and much more.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Source: www.thescore.com/aftermath, theScore is a wholly owned subsidiary of Score Media Inc.
Video: Copyright © 2012, The Baltimore Sun

WWE: Superstar Profile (Lex Luger)

"The Total Package" Lex Luger (birth name: Lawrence Wendell Pfohl) has been added to WWE.com's Superstar Alumni Profile pages. Luger was voted the Most Popular Wrestler of the Year in 1993 by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated. You can access his profile page at wwe.com/superstars/lex-luger

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Hulk Hogan Announces "Open Fight Night"

Hulk Hogan makes some major changes to IMPACT WRESTLING by including an "Open Fight Night" each month. OFN will invite a wrestler outside of TNA/IMPACT WRESTLING to make an appearance and be judged for a contract.

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WrestleMania XXVIII - The Rock beats John Cena

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WrestleMania XXVIII Match Results

• World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus won the title from Daniel Bryan
• Kane beat Randy Orton
• Intercontinental Championship: Big Show won the title from Cody Rhodes
• Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos beat Beth Phoenix & Eve
• Hell in a Cell Match With Shawn Michaels as Special Guest Referee: The Undertaker beat Triple H
• Team Johnny (David Otunga, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, & The Miz) beat Team Teddy (Santino Marella , R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, The Great Khali, & Booker T)
• WWE Championship Can Change Hands Via DQ: Champion CM Punk beat Chris Jericho
• The Rock beat John Cena