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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.
WWE SUMMERSLAM 2008
August 17, 2008
Indianapolis, Indiana
Conseco Fieldhouse
1. WWE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - Triple H (champion) V/S The Great Khali
2. WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - CM Punk (champion) V/S "JBL" John Bradshaw Layfield
3. ECW WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - Mark Henry (champion) V/S Matt Hardy
4. WINNERS TAKE ALL TAG TEAM MATCH - WWE Intercontinental Champion, Kofi Kingston & WWE Women's Champion, Mickie James V/S Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix
5. HELL IN A CELL MATCH - The Undertaker V/S Edge
6. John Cena V/S Batista
7. Jeff Hardy V/S "MVP" Montel Vontavious Porter
8. PLUS: SHAWN MICHAELS' ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE FUTURE OF HIS CAREER!
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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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