Just to let you know what I am listening to as I type this so you can go out and buy it, it's the Dave Matthews Band's "Listener Supported." Very cool. DMB is very cool. I have nothing else to say here. Onward to the history...

1992 - The LPWA had a "Super Ladies Showdown" pay-per-view live from Rochester, NY. A tournament was held to crown an LPWA Japanese champ, and included... first round: Denise Storm pinned Susan Greene, Reggie Bennett pinned Yukari Osawa, Harley Saito pinned Mizuki Endo, and Eagle Sawai pinned Madori Saito ... Second round: Storm beat Bennett by DQ, Saito and Sawai went to a time-limit draw and Saito won on points ... Finals: Saito beat Storm to win the belt. There were some non-tournament matches, too, including: Milki Handa & Mami Kitamura beating Lisa Starr & Allison Royal ... Shinobu Kandori pinning Desiree Peterson ... Black Venus pinning Rockin' Robin ... Lelani Kai & Judy Martin defending their tag titles against Bambi & Malia Hosaka ... Terri Power (sounds familar...) winning the LPWA title from Lady X.

1990 - Buster Douglas, serving as guest referee, knocks out Randy Savage on the WWF's Saturday Night special on NBC. Originally, Mike Tyson was supposed to be the referee of the Savage-Hogan match, but Buster Douglas kinda knocked him out and the WWF wanted to hold off on Tyson until DX was formed.

1939 - Back in the good ol' days, Lou Thesz won the NWA World title from Everett Marshall.

SIDENOTE: I thought I should share today's "WWF Fact" from the "WWF Fact-a-Day 2000" calendar since it deals with our favorite wrestler, and is going to make us all change our favorite TV show.

Personality Profile: Midian

Favorite Band/Singer: Nine Inch Nails
Biggest Thrill in Life: "Becoming one with The Undertaker"
Person He Would Most Like to Meet: Jim Morrison
Favorite Athlete: The Undertaker
Favorite Television Show: The Simpsons
Favorite Food: Sacrificial lamb
Favorite Fast Food: Gyro
Secret Talent: Making The Undertaker laugh
Favorite Actress: Linda Blair
Hobbies: "Exploring the Dark Side and opening up my mind to the Ministry"

1995 - After the NWA World title didn't mean much to anybody, Dan Severn won it from Chris Candido.

1992 - Here's a heavyweight title match for ya... Koko B. Ware won the USWA Heavyweight belt from Kamala.

1991 - Back before having SuperBrawl in February was hip, WCW had Wrestle War instead. This one came live from Phoenix, yet Charles Barkley did NOT cut an interview with Ric Flair. Flair was part of the main event though the first ever "War Games" match (you know, the cool match... before it was Hogan/Sting/Savage/Luger vs Meng/Zodiac/Kamala/Shark). Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious, and Larry Zbyszko ended up beating Sting, Brian Pillman, and the Steiners when Nick Patrick called for the bell as Pillman was unconsious from two Sid powerbombs. The NWA World tag belts changed hands, as The Freebirds won the belts from Doom. In other assorted stuff... Six-Man Tag champs Junkyard Dog, Rick Morton, and Tommy Rich beat The State Patrol & Big Cat ... Bobby Eaton pinned Brad Armstrong (B to the U to the double-Z) ... Itsumi Yamasaki & Mami Kitamura beat Miss A & Miki Handa ... Dustin Rhodes pinned Buddy Landell ... The Young Pistols beat the Royal Family ... Terry Taylor won a no-DQ match against "Z-Man" Tom Zenk ... Stan Hansen and Vader went to a double-DQ ... U.S. champ Lex Luger beat Dan Spivey.

1990 - It's the first ever Wrestle War! The NWA aired this one from Greensboro, NC... home of somebody, I'm sure. The main event resulted in World champ Ric Flair beating U.S. champ Lex Luger by countout (a countout in the main event... that must have sucked). No title changes, but you MIGHT have missed such excitement as: Kevin Sullivan & Buzz Sawyer beating the Dynamic Dudes ... Norman the Lunatic pinning Cactus Jack ... The Rock 'n Roll Express beating the Midnight Express ... The Road Warriors winning a Chicago street fight (in Greensboro) against the Skyscrapers ... U.S. tag champs Tom Zenk & Brian Pillman beating the Freebirds ... World tag champs the Steiners beating Arn & Ole Anderson. Wow.

Birthdays - WHOOOOOO! It's Ric Flair's birthday! The Nature Boy is 51 if my match is correct (1949).

1990 - The Jerry Lawler USWA Heavyweight Title tracker... this time, he lost it to Jimmy Valiant. This was only Lawler's fourth time holding the belt, so I guess he could afford to lose it. Don't worry, he wins it back.

1973 - Sure, Triple H can wrestle in five matches, but Giant Baba competed in a series of ten matches. In no particular order... against Bruno Sammartino (one win, one draw), Wilbur Snyder (one win, one draw), Terry Funk (win), Abdullah the Butcher (win), The Destroyer (win), Don Leo Jonathan (win - another guy with three first names), Pat O'Connor (win), and Bobo Brazil (win).

1987 - Jim Neidhart (not Tank Abbott) is indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of assaulting and interfering with a flight attendant. He was acquitted, because the glove didn't fit. And you know... if the glove don't fit, you must acquitt.

Since I mentioned the "WWF Fact-a-Day 2000" calendar I got for Christmas, how about the "Austin Powers Quote-a-Day calendar?" And heeeeere's the quotes!

2.23 - "Shh!"
2.24 - "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Shh!"
2.25 - "Let me tell you a little story about a man named 'Shh.'"
2.26 to 2.27 - "Shh, even before you start."
2.28 - "That was a pre-emptive 'shh.'"
2.29 - "Just know I have a whole bag of 'shh' with your name on it."
And just to wrap it up, 3.01 - "www.shhh.com.org"

Next week (3.01 to 3.07)... March Madness begins! Among the stuff I'll be talking about... one Living Dangerously, Pat Patterson gets accused of sexual misconduct (insert Hyatte joke here), the first Slammys, and more! Until then... peace.