AEW All-In event in the UK!

We discuss various matches on the card, including the Women's Title match, the Stadium Stampede match, and the the main event of the evening (Plus More)!

We share our predictions and excitement for the event, including potential surprises and memorable moments.

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21st - 27th August Wrestling History!

21st August
2000:
Lita defeated Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley to win the WWE Women’s title. This match was the first time in history that a women’s match main-evented Monday Night Raw.

22nd August
1999:
A highly eventful WWE SummerSlam event took place. The main event saw Mankind defeat champion ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and Triple H in a triple threat match officiated by Minnesota governor Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura.

23rd August

1999:
The night after SummerSlam, Triple H won his first WWE Championship when he defeated Mankind on ‘Raw Is War’. Mankind’s reign lasted less than 24 hours and would prove to be Mick Foley’s last WWE Championship reign.

24th August

1994:
WCW presented Clash Of The Champions XXVIII at the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The event was historic for a couple of reasons. The card was headlined by the first ever singles match between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Flair won the match by countout. Additionally, Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat defeated Steve Austin to win the WCW United States Championship. Steamboat however suffered a back injury in this bout that forced him into retirement and this would be his last wrestling match until his three-match WWE comeback

25th August

2002:
WWE SummerSlam 2002 took place at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. At the event, Brock Lesnar became the then youngest WWE Champion of all time when he defeated The Rock just a month after his 25th debut and less than six months after his WWE debut. Also, Shawn Michaels took part in his first WWE match since WrestleMania XIV in 1998 when he faced and defeated HHH in an Unsanctioned Street Fight. Michaels would subsequently return again to win the World Heavyweight Championship in the first Elimination Chamber match at Survivor Series the same year. He would then wrestle a full-time TV schedule until his retirement in 2010.

26th August

1991:
SummerSlam took place at Madison Square Garden on this date with the tagline ‘A Match Made In Heaven, A Match Made In Hell.’ The first part related to the in-ring wedding of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth whereas the latter was Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa & General Adnan. It also featured Bret Hart winning his first ever Intercontinental Championship.

27th August

1995:
Triple H (then known as Hunter Hearst Helmsley) made his in-ring PPV debut at Summerslam on this date in which he pinned Bob Holly following a Pedigree. On the same show the man under the Kane mask, Glenn Jacobs, also made his debut, albeit it as demonic dentist called Isaac Yankem DDS.

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14th - 20th August Wrestling History!

14th August

2011:
SummerSlam 2011 saw CM Punk become the undisputed WWE Champion after defeating John Cena only to be cashed in on by Mr Money In The Bank Alberto Del Rio after Kevin Nash got a text, apparently telling him to “stick the winner”.

15th August

2004:
SummerSlam 2004 featured many classic matches, including Kane defeating Matt Hardy to win the right to marry Lita in a ‘Till Death Do Us Part’ match. More notably, however, it was at this event that Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit to become the youngest World Champion in history at the age of just 24.

16th August

2004:
On a Raw episode airing from Ontario Canada, we saw a celebration for newly crowned World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton hosted by his Evolution teammates. All was well until Triple H pointed the thumbs down to signal the end of Orton’s time in Evolution and for the beat down to begin officially kicking him out of the group.

17th August

2014:
SUPLEX CITY! SummerSlam became SuplexSlam when Brock Lesnar completely dominated John Cena to win the WWE Championship. 16 Suplexes and an F5 later and we had a new face of the company. Also on this night, Stephanie McMahon competed in her first match since 2003 in a successful effort against Brie Bella.

18th August

1993:
WCW presents Clash of Champions XXIV. Big Van Vader defeated Davey Boy Smith in the main event to retain the WCW World Championship. More famously, The Shockmaster made his debut in a backstage segment, seamlessly and graciously bursting through a gimmicked wall with no mistakes made.

19th August

2002:
After a series of title changes on the night between Bradshaw, Tommy Dreamer and Crash Holly, the 24/7 rule for the WWE Hardcore Title is discontinued. The title itself would be declared defunct one week later when Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam defeated Tommy Dreamer in a title unification match.

20th August

2001:
Monday Night Raw played host to ‘Austin Appreciation Night’ as The Alliance paid tribute to their leader, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin. The party was ruined when Kurt Angle drove a milk truck to ringside and doused the group in dairy.

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7th - 13th August Wrestling History!

7th August

2001:
An eventful SmackDown tapings took place that saw Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon become the first WCW tag team to hold the WWF Tag Team Championships when they beat the APA. Later in the show, Kane and The Undertaker became the first WWF team to win the WCW Tag Team Titles when they defeated Sean O’Haire and Chuck Palumbo. On the same show, Rhyno famously gored Chris Jericho through Smackdown’s ‘Ovaltron’. It was the last taping to use the original SmackDown set. A whole new set including the now iconic ‘Smackdown fist’ debuted the following week.

8th August

2016:
On Raw Seth Rollins lays down a passionate claim to become the very first WWE Universal Champion against Finn Balor at Summerslam. Also tensions build between Raw and Smackdown LIVE when Daniel Bryan and Mick Foley come face-to-face with each other. And Lana and Rusev’s Celebration of Love is interrupted by The Big Dog.

9th August

1999:
Chris Jericho made his long-awaited debut on an episode of Monday Night Raw. The weeks long ‘Countdown To The Millenium’ hit zero right in the middle of a promo by The Rock and Chris Jericho came out to declare Y2J had come to the WWF.

10th August

1976:
The man who would go on to become Hulk Hogan has his first professional wrestling match against B. Brian Blair.

11th August

1997:
On Raw Shawn Michaels returned to in-ring action against Mankind, and revealed his new insurance policy to be the returning Ravishing Rick Rude. Also on the show, The Nation of Domination revealed Rocky Maivia as its newest member.

12th August

1988:
Curt Hennig and Owen Hart both make their WWF television debuts. Hennig wrestles under his real name and Hart competes as The Blue Blazer.

13th August

1994:
The very first ECW Hardcore Heaven event from took place in the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. Terry Funk and Cactus Jack fought to a no-contest in the main event after the tag-team of Public Enemy interfered. This event saw one of the most iconic moments in 90s wrestling when the audience threw dozens of folding chairs into the ring burying Public Enemy at the end of the show.

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Ahead of Summerslam on August 5th, 2023, at Detroit’s Ford Field

Greyson Green runs through the announced matches and give us his thoughts and winners/losers (and possible shenanigans ahead of the PLE 🤔)

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31st July - 6th August Wrestling History!

31st July
2015:
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper passed away at the age of 61. The WWE Hall Of Famer and former Intercontinental Champion passed away as a result of a heart attack.

1st August
1994:
Shawn Michaels took part in his first match since losing to Razor Ramon in the iconic ladder match at WrestleMania X. In the main event of Monday Night Raw, Michaels defeated Ramon in a 23-minute barnburner.

2nd August
1992:
Ron Simmons became the first African American to win a major world title in wrestling when he defeated Lex Luger to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in Baltimore, Maryland.

3rd August
1997:
WWE SummerSlam took place at the Continental Airlines Arena in Rutherford, New Jersey. The main event saw Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart defeat The Undertaker for the WWE Championship. However, the event is best known for being the night when ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin suffered a career-altering broken neck at the hands of a botched Owen Hart Tombstone Piledriver. Austin managed to finish the match, of a fashion, and win the Intercontinental title

4th August
1997:
On the 100th episode of Monday Nitro, Lex Luger defeated ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title and end the NWO leader’s near year-long reign. Luger’s run with the title would not last long. He dropped it back to Hogan five days later at the WCW Road Wild PPV. It was the second, and final, world title reign for The Total Package.

5th August
2011:
WWE conducted one of the biggest one day talent purges in their history when they released a raft of talent including Melina, Harry Smith, Chris Masters and Vladimir Kozlov.

6th August
1993:
On a house show in Sheffield, England, Hulk Hogan defeats WWF Champion Yokozuna by disqualification. This would prove to be Hogan’s last match under the WWF banner until his return to the company in February 2002.

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24th July - 30th July Wrestling History!

Do you like history? Do you like wrestling? Would you like to not TOUCHGRASS.

Well then this is the podcast for you. Greyson Green is on his lonesome and is bringing you all the latest historical news from the past in an "On This Day In History" style Podcast called "Curiosity Suplexed The Cat"

Sit back, grab a half a pint as it's a quickie and enjoy this ride back in time.

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In this episode, we had the honour of sitting down with the former WrestleFest DXB Tag Team Champions, Zephyr & Jay Blade. 

Join us as we delve deep into their journey, discussing their championship loss, remarkable chemistry as a team, aspirations for the future, dream opponents, and the invaluable experience of training with the legendary Seth Rollins.

Zephyr & Jay Blade, sit down In their first exclusive interview, they open up about the emotional rollercoaster of losing their hard-earned titles and how they plan to reclaim them.

Discover the secret behind their incredible chemistry and what makes them such a formidable force in the tag team division.

Jay Blade explains how he had to change his whole attitude to get to where he is today!

One of the highlights of their journey was the opportunity to train with none other than Seth Rollins, a seasoned veteran and a true icon of the industry. Listen as Zephyr recount their experiences training with Rollins, the lessons learned, and the impact it had on his career!

This Interview does get a bit heated so sit back and enjoy, if you don't like it then TOUCH GRASS!!

Remember to like this video, leave a comment, and share it with your fellow wrestling enthusiasts! Stay connected with us for more exciting interviews and engaging content. Thank you for watching!

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Welcome to @wrestlefestdxb Power Rankings (Post #WarningShot)

This segment gets very controversial!

⚠️ Wrestlefest DXB wrestlers, you've been put on notice!! ⚠️

Who will be ranked number 1 and who is at the bottom 🤔

Get ready as @johnnyromanoTGW & @greysongreentgw (with special guest @mrsromanotgw) discuss their thoughts on the Power Rankings!!

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