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BY MICHAEL WEAVER, JR. [FACEBOOK | MYSPACE | E-MAIL]
World Wrestling Entertainment invades the Hoosier state during the month of January with three exciting live events and one of them includes a television taping!
WWE SMACKDOWN HOUSE SHOW - JANUARY 19, 2009
The first WWE event in Indiana for 2009 is a house show featuring the SmackDown! brand. It takes place on Monday, January 19th at the John E. Worthen Arena at Ballstate University in Muncie.
According to local advertising, the main event will be for the World Wrestling Entertainment Heavyweight Championship. The current WWE Champion, Jeff Hardy will defend his championship against the former champion, Edge and Vladimir Kozlov. This match will be a Triple-Threat Match.
It’s the most demonic structure in WWE and careers have been
permanently altered by its unforgiving steel. Some of the biggest
Superstars in WWE history, including Shawn Michaels, Mankind,
Undertaker, Triple H, Batista and more, have had signature moments in
the Cell. Now, for the first time, fans can watch the greatest Hell in
a Cell matches in WWE history in this collector’s set, hosted by Mick
Foley.
Disc 1
The Devil’s Playground
The Debut
Hell in a Cell
Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
Badd Blood (October 5, 1997)
RAW in Hell
Tag Team Hell in a Cell Match
Stone Cold Steve Austin & Undertaker vs. Mankind & Kane
RAW (June 15, 1998)
The Defining Match
Hell in a Cell
Undertaker vs. Mankind
King of the Ring (June 28, 1998)
Partners turned Opponents
Hell in a Cell
Mankind vs. Kane
RAW
When I first started watching professional wrestling back in 1988, the first pay-per-view build up that I saw was for the first-ever SummerSlam. I was so lucky to see the creation of matches from when Andre The Giant and Ted DiBiase attacked then-WWE Champion, Randy"Macho Man"Savage to the announcement that Jesse"The Body"Ventura would be the special guest referee. I remember watching the episode of The Brother Love Show just hours before SummerSlam and seeing The MegaBucks fill Ventura's pocket with hundred dollar bills and as I sat in front of my TV I thought, "How can he be impartial if he accepts money from the bad guys?"
Now twenty-one years later, SummerSlam comes to my hometown of Indianapolis and I couldn't be happier! As of this writing there is only one official
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