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The following is a list of notable '''deaths in 2007'''. Links to other years follow.
 
Names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name. Only people meeting the [[Wikipedia:Notability (people)|Wikipedia notability]] guidelines are listed and with a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable source]]. A typical entry appears in the following sequence:
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==[[July 2007]]==
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=== [[July 13|13]] ===
This is a list of results from every edition of '''[[WWE Saturday Night's Main Event]]''' (formerly '''WWF Saturday Night's Main Event''').
=== [[July 12|12]] ===
 
*[[Robert Burås]], 31, [[Norway|Norwegian]] guitarist for [[Madrugada]]. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1886346.ece]
==Match results==
*[[Nigel Dempster]], 65, [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist, [[liver cancer]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2763648.ece]
===Saturday Night's Main Event I===
*[[Pat Fordice]], 71, [[United States|American]] broadcaster and former [[First Lady]] of [[Mississippi]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.wapt.com/news/13669058/detail.html]
Taped [[May 10]] [[1985]], shown [[May 11]] [[1985]] - [[Long Island, New York]]
*[[Larry Staverman]], 70, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player and first head coach for the [[Indiana Pacers]] ([[1967]]-[[1968]]). [http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/SPORTS04/70712041]
*The U.S. Express ([[Mike Rotunda]] and [[Barry Windham]]) and [[Ricky Steamboat]] (w/[[Lou Albano]]) defeated [[Nikolai Volkoff]], [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]], and [[George Steele]] (w/[[Fred Blassie|Classy Freddie Blassie]]).
*[[Stan Zemanek]], 60, [[Australia]]n radio presenter, [[Glioblastoma multiforme|brain cancer]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/12/1976619.htm]
**Windham pinned Steele with a roll up from behind after the Sheik and Volkoff both refused to be tagged by their partner.
**After the match, Steele fought off Volkoff and the Sheik, and was consoled by Albano.
*Piper's Pit
**Host Roddy Piper berated Paul Orndorff for their loss to Hulk Hogan and Mr. T at [[WrestleMania (1985)|WrestleMania]]. Bob Orton also came ringside to help Piper double-team Orndorff.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] (w/[[Mr. T]]) defeated [[Bob Orton, Jr.|"Cowboy" Bob Orton]] (w/[[Roddy Piper]]) via disqualification to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] when Piper interfered as Hogan had Orton pinned with the [[leg drop]].
**After the match, [[Paul Orndorff]] made the save for Hogan and Mr. T.
*[[Wendi Richter]] (w/[[Cyndi Lauper]]) defeated [[The Fabulous Moolah]] to retain the [[WWE Women's Championship|WWF Women's Championship]].
**Richter pinned Moolah by reversing a slam into a small package.
**Prior to the match, Moolah had Lauper banned from ringside, but Lauper returned after the match to celebrate with Richter.
*The [[Junkyard Dog]] (w/his mother) defeated [[Pete Doherty (wrestler)|Pete Dougherty]].
**JYD pinned Dougherty with the [[Professional wrestling throws#Front Powerslam|Running Powerslam]].
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main11|11]] Event II===
*[[Mr. Butch]], 56, [[United States|American]] [[homeless person]] and [[Boston]] street identity, scooter [[accident]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/07/12/street_icon_mr_butch_dies_at_56/?p1=MEWell_Pos2]
Taped [[October 3]] [[1985]], shown [[October 5]] [[1985]] - [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]]
<!-- List under C -->*[[Chi Xiaoning]], 52, [[China|Chinese]] cameraman, [[lung cancer]]. [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/12/content_6365144.htm]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Flag match|Flag Match]]''': [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Nikolai Volkoff]] (w/[[Fred Blassie|Classy Freddie Blassie]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[Shag Crawford]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] (1956–1975). [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/07/12/obit.crawford.ap/]
**Hogan pinned Volkoff with the [[leg drop]] after Volkoff hit the turnbuckle.
*[[Bill Flynn]], 58, [[South Africa]]n actor, [[heart attack]]. [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=iol1184167436122F450&set_id=]
*[[Stan Frazier|Uncle Elmer]] (w/[[Hillbilly Jim]] & Cousin Junior) defeated [[Jerry Valiant]].
*[[Richard Franklin (director)|Richard Franklin]], 58, [[Australia]]n film director (''[[Roadgames]]''), [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22065571-16947,00.html]
**Elmer pinned Valiant in six seconds with a bodyslam as Valiant charged at Elmer.
*[[Lady Bird Johnson]], 94, [[First Lady of the United States]] (1963–1969), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19717425/?GT1=10150]
*[[Paul Orndorff]] wrestled [[Roddy Piper]] to a double countout when both men brawled to the backstage area.
*[[Alfonso López Michelsen]], 94, [[Colombia]]n [[President of Colombia|President]] (1974–1978) and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Foreign Minister]] (1968–1970), [[heart attack]]. [http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/2007-07-11/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3633513.html]
*[[André the Giant]] & [[Tony Atlas]] (w/Captain [[Lou Albano]]) defeated [[King Kong Bundy]] & [[John Minton|Big John Studd]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification when Studd and Bundy refused to stop double-teaming André.
*[[Ed Mirvish]], 92, [[Canada|Canadian]] retail pioneer, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2007/07/11/honest-ed.html]
**After the match, Hulk Hogan made the save for André.
*[[Jimmy Skinner]], 90, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] [[coach]] ([[Detroit Red Wings]]). [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/hockey/nhl/wires/07/11/2040.ap.hkn.obit.skinner.0250/]
*[[The Dream Team (professional wrestling)|The Dream Team]] ([[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] & [[Greg Valentine]]) (w/[[John L. Sullivan (wrestler)|Johnny Valiant]]) defeated [[Lanny Poffo]] & [[Tony Garea]] to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Valentine forced Garea to submit to the figure-4 leg-lock.
*Also: The wedding of Uncle Elmer and his new bride, which is interrupted by Roddy Piper. [[Vignette (professional wrestling)|Vignettes]] starring [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] and various WWF superstars are interspersed between matches.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main10|10]] Event III===
*[[Emma Carroll]], 112, [[United States|American]] who was oldest [[Iowa]]n and [[oldest person]] to ride in a [[hot-air balloon]]. [http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_191233045.html]
Taped [[October 31]] [[1985]], shown [[November 2]] [[1985]] - [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]]
*[[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], 43, [[Pakistan]]i cleric at the [[Red Mosque]] in [[Islamabad]], shot. [http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070710%2fred_mosque_070710&showbyline=True]
*[[Terry Funk]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated The [[Junkyard Dog]].
*[[Corbin Harney]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[Western Shoshone]] leader and environmental activist, complications from [[cancer]]. [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20070711-1023-nv-obit-harney.html]
**Funk pinned JYD after hitting him with Jimmy Hart's [[megaphone]] as JYD attempted to get at Jimmy inside the ring.
*[[Ted Hartwell]], 73, [[United States|American]] curator of photography at [[Minneapolis Institute of Arts]], [[heart attack]]. [http://www.startribune.com/1375/story/1295230.html]
**After the match, JYD avoided being branded by Funk, cleared him from the ring, tore Jimmy Hart's pants off, and branded him.
*[[Bruce Kennedy (surgeon)|Bruce Kennedy]], 54, [[United States|American]] [[Plastic surgery|plastic surgeon]], husband of [[International Speedway Corporation|ISC]] president [[Lesa Kennedy]], [[plane crash]]. [http://www.wftv.com/news/13652197/detail.html]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] & [[André the Giant]] (w/Captain [[Lou Albano]]) defeated [[King Kong Bundy]] & [[Big John Studd]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification when Studd and Bundy refused to stop double-teaming André after trapping his arms in the ropes.
*[[Frank Kilroy]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[Scout (sport)|scout]] and general manager for the [[New England Patriots]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/07/11/francis_bucko_kilroy_86_former_patriots_scout_gm_who_had_long_career_in_nfl/]
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[Tito Santana]] via countout when both men began brawling on the floor.
*[[Edward Kuriansky]], 63, [[United States|American]] [[prosecutor]] for [[New York]], [[colon cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/nyregion/13kuriansky.html?ex=1341979200&en=3cfe5d1d3fb5a3bb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]
**The [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] did not change hands.
* [[Doug Marlette]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[cartoonist]] (''[[Kudzu (comic strip)|Kudzu]]''), [[car accident]]. [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/NEWS/70710020]
*'''Kung Fu Challenge''': [[Ricky Steamboat]] defeated [[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]] (w/[[Don Muraco|The Magnificent Muraco]]).
*[[William Seegers]], 106, last [[German-American]] [[veteran]] of [[WWI]] and [[California]]'s last WWI veteran. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/12/BAG61QV5G31.DTL]
**Steamboat pinned Fuji with a dropkick off the top rope.
* [[Zheng Xiaoyu]], 62, [[China|Chinese]] official, former head of the [[State Food and Drug Administration]], [[execution|executed]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6286698.stm]
**After the match, Muraco and Fuji double-teamed Steamboat.
*Also: a [[Halloween]] [[promo (professional wrestling)|promo]] starring [[Roddy Piper]], giving viewers a taste of what the holiday is like at his home.
*Also: Piper's Pit, where [[Stan Frazier|Uncle Elmer]], [[Hillbilly Jim]], & Cousin Junior called [[Jesse Ventura]] to the ring from the broadcast booth to ask him what he said about Elmer and his wife at their wedding.
*Also: The television debut of the WWF's first music video, which featured the song "Land Of 1,000 Dances" performed WWF superstars.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main9|9]] Event IV===
* [[John Baker (General)|John Baker]], 71, [[Australia]]n [[general]], [[Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|Chief]] of the [[Australian Defence Force]] (1995–1998). [http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Former-ADF-chief-General-Baker-dies/2007/07/09/1183833425812.html]
Taped [[December 19]], [[1985]], shown [[January 4]], [[1986]] - [[Tampa, Florida]]
* [[Bill Butler (soldier)|Bill Butler]], 77, [[United States|American]] soldier, [[United States Army|Army]] [[ranger]], member of [[Indiana]] Hall of Heroes. [http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/LOCAL/707100420/1196]
*[[Jesse Ventura]], [[Roddy Piper]], & [[Bob Orton, Jr.|"Cowboy" Bob Orton]] defeated [[Hillbilly Jim]], [[Stan Frazier|Uncle Elmer]], & [[Brian Wickens|Cousin Luke]].
* [[John Fogarty (rugby)|John Fogarty]], 78, [[Australia]]n [[rugby union]] [[Rugby union positions#14. and 11. Wing|winger]], played two tests for the [[Australian national rugby union team|Wallabies]]. [http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=381860&catid=17]
**Piper forced Luke to submit to the [[professional wrestling holds#Sleeper hold|sleeper hold]] after Orton hit Luke in the head with his arm cast.
* [[John Hill (Texas politician)|John Hill]], 84, [[United States|American]] lawyer and politician, [[Texas Attorney General]], [[Texas Supreme Court]] [[Texas Supreme Court#Chief Justice.2C Place 1|Chief Justice]], heart condition.[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4952972.html]
**[[Bobby Heenan]] did guest commentary for the match, subbing for Ventura.
* [[Charles Lane (actor)|Charles Lane]], 102, [[United States|American]] [[character actor]] (''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'', ''[[I Love Lucy]]''), founding member of [[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]]. [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul10/0,4670,ObitLane,00.html]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] (w/the [[Junkyard Dog]]) defeated [[Terry Funk]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
* [[Matilda Lisanti]], 98, [[United States|American]] businesswoman, co-founder of Lisanti Foods, [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/07/13/matilda_lisanti_was_matriarch_of_italian_food_firm/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Obituaries]
**Hogan pinned Funk with a clothesline after JYD nailed Jimmy Hart on the floor.
* [[Tom Meyer]], 65, [[United States|American]] legislator, [[Michigan House of Representatives]]. [http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-45/1184015067192120.xml&storylist=newsmichigan]
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[George Steele]] (w/Captain [[Lou Albano]])
* [[Charles H. Odegaard]], 79, [[United States|American]] envronmental defender, [[Washington]] State Parks and National Parks. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003785534_odegaardobit12m.html]
**Savage pinned Steele with a double axe handle after Steele became distracted by Elizabeth. Steele's newfound infatuation with Elizabeth sparked a feud that lasted nearly 1 1/2 years.
* [[John P. Wilson|John Wilson]], 84, [[Ireland|Irish]] politician, [[Tánaiste]] (1990–1993). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6284522.stm]
*'''Flag Match''': [[Nikolai Volkoff]] (w/[[Fred Blassie|Classy Freddie Blassie]] & [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]]) defeated [[Michael Kirschner|Corporal Kirschner]].
**Volkoff pinned Kirschner with a stungun and knee to the chest.
**After the match, Volkoff spat on Kirschner - resulting in Kirschner clearing the ring of Volkoff and Sheik.
*The [[Junkyard Dog]] & [[Ricky Steamboat]] defeated [[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]] & [[Don Muraco|The Magnificent Muraco]].
**JYD pinned Fuji with a headbutt.
*Also: 1985 WWF [[clip show|highlights]], dubbed to "''When the Going Gets Tough''" by [[Billy Ocean]].
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main8|8]] Event V===
* [[Carlos Adriano de Jesus Soares|Alemão]], 23, [[Brazil]]ian [[football (soccer)|football]] player ([[Palmeiras]]), [[car accident]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/08/sports/LA-SPT-SOC-Player-Dead.php] [http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article.jsp?content=20070708_123207_4752]
Taped [[February 15]], [[1986]], shown [[March 1]], [[1986]] - [[Phoenix, Arizona]]
<!-- List under I -->* [[Haroon-ul-Islam]], [[Pakistan Army]] Lieutenant-Colonel, shot. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=8908]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Boxing match|Boxing Match]]''': [[Mr. T]] defeated [[Bob Orton, Jr.|"Cowboy" Bob Orton]] (w/[[Roddy Piper]]).
* [[Maseru Koaho]], [[South Africa]]n [[Sports journalism|sports reporter]] and [[TV anchor]], [[car accident]]. [http://www.sabcnews.com/sport/other/0,2172,152184,00.html]
**Orton was counted out at the 1-minute mark in the 2nd round.
* [[Jack Odell]], 87, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[engineer]] and co-founder of [[Matchbox (toy)|Matchbox Toys]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6282258.stm]
**After the match, Orton attacked Mr. T (as T was distracted by Piper) from behind and began whipping him with his belt.
* [[Kajo Schommer]], 67, [[Germany|German]] politician and [[Saxony]] Secretary of Economy (1990–2002), [[cancer]]. [http://www.mdr.de/mdr1-radio-sachsen/4656483.html] (German)
*[[King Kong Bundy]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[Steve Gatorwolf]].
* [[Chandra Shekhar]], 80, [[India]]n [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] (1990–1991) and Member of [[Lok Sabha]], [[multiple myeloma]]. [http://www.andhranews.net/India/2007/July/8-Former-Prime-Minister-7286.asp] [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200707081001.htm]
**Bundy pinned Gatorwolf with the [[professional wrestling attacks#Body avalanche|Avalanche]] at the 41-second mark.
**After the match, Bundy stole the microphone from Howard Finkel and said he wanted Hulk Hogan.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Don Muraco|The Magnificent Muraco]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] when King Kong Bundy ran into the ring and attacked Hogan as he had Muraco pinned with the [[leg drop]].
**Heenan filled in for Muraco's usual manager, [[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]].
**After the match, with Muraco's help, Bundy repeatedly "[[professional wrestling attacks#Body avalanche|avalanched]]" Hogan into unconsciousness, until [[Pedro Morales]] and The British Bulldogs made the save.
**This angle set up a steel cage match between Hogan and Bundy at [[WrestleMania 2]].
*[[The Dream Team]] ([[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] & [[Greg Valentine]]) (w/[[John L. Sullivan (wrestler)|Johnny Valiant]]) defeated [[British Bulldogs|The British Bulldogs]] ([[Davey Boy Smith]] & The [[Dynamite Kid]]) (w/Captain [[Lou Albano]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Valentine pinned Dynamite after both men were knocked down from a double shoulderblock, with Valentine's leg landing on top of Dynamite for the win.
*The [[Junkyard Dog]] defeated [[Keith Franke|Adrian Adonis]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
**JYD pinned Adonis after Adonis ran into Jimmy Hart on the apron, who was holding up the [[megaphone]] to use on JYD.
**After the match, Adonis hit JYD with the megaphone.
*Also: The premiere of the ''"Real American"'' music video, which by now was Hulk Hogan's entrance theme.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main7|7]] Event VI===
*[[Anne McLaren]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] geneticist and leading figure in [[developmental biology]], [[car accident]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6281348.stm]
Taepd [[May 1]] [[1986]], shown [[May 3]] [[1986]] - [[Providence, Rhode Island]]
*[[Donald Michie]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] researcher in [[artificial intelligence]], [[car accident]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6281348.stm]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] & [[Sylvester Ritter|The Junkyard Dog]] (w/[[Raymond Kessler|The Haiti Kid]]) defeated [[Terry Funk]] & [[Dory Funk, Jr.|Hoss Funk]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
*[[John Szarkowski]], 81, [[United States|American]] photography curator, complications of a [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/arts/09szarkowski.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin]
**Hogan pinned Terry with a clothesline and the [[leg drop]].
*[[Charles Tisdale]], 80, [[United States|American]] newspaper publisher (''[[Jackson Advocate]]''), collapsed while having [[dialysis]]. [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003608663]
**Mid-way through the match, Jimmy Hart nailed the Haiti Kid in the head with the branding iron, causing JYD to take him backstage for treatment before Haiti returned ringside.
**[[Jesse Barr|Jimmy Jack Funk]] made his TV debut after the match.
*[[King Kong Bundy]] defeated [[Stan Frazier|Uncle Elmer]].
**Bundy pinned Elmer with an elbow drop after Elmer missed a splash in the corner.
*[[Keith Franke|Adrian Adonis]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[Paul Orndorff]] via disqualification when Orndorff began choking Adonis with his own shirt before shoving the referee across the ring.
*[[Jake Roberts]] wrestled [[Ricky Steamboat]] to a no-contest, after Roberts clotheslined Steamboat out of the ring, gave him the [[DDT (professional wrestling)|DDT]] on the concrete floor, and placed his snake Damien over his foe's unconscious body.
**Steamboat's wife was in attendance for the event.
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[British Bulldogs|The British Bulldogs]] ([[Davey Boy Smith]] & The [[Dynamite Kid]]) (w/Captain [[Lou Albano]]) defeated [[Nikolai Volkoff]] & [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]] (w/[[Fred Blassie|Classy Freddie Blassie]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
:*Sheik forced Smith to sumbit to the [[professional wrestling holds#Camel clutch|Camel Clutch]].
:*Smith pinned Volkoff with a roll up after sending him into Sheik on the apron after Volkoff thought he had scored the pinfall.
:*Smith, the illegal man, pinned Sheik with an inside cradle after breaking his Camel Clutch on Dynamite behind the referee's back.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main6|6]] Event VII===
*[[Ralph Bernstein]], 85, [[United States|American]] journalist ([[Associated Press]]), [[cancer]]. [http://cbs.sportsline.com/general/story/10250781]
Taped [[September 13]] [[1986]], shown [[October 4]] [[1986]] - [[Richfield, Ohio]]
*[[Marguerite Vogt]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[polio]] and [[cancer]] researcher. [http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6334226]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Paul Orndorff]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] when [[Keith Franke|Adrian Adonis]] interfered.
*[[Eileen Wearne]], 95, [[Australia]]n [[Athletics (track and field)|athlete]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] and Australia's oldest surviving Olympian. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/australias-oldest-olympian-dies-aged-95/2007/07/09/1183833396606.html]
**After the match, Roddy Piper made the save by hitting Adonis with his crutch.
*[[Kathleen Woodiwiss]], 68, [[United States|American]] romance writer, [[cancer]]. [http://www.strikefuneral.com/2007/07/07/kathleen-e-woodiwiss/]
*'''Snake Pit Match''': [[Ricky Steamboat]] defeated [[Jake Roberts]].
*[[Lois Wyse]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[advertising]] executive, author and columnist, [[stomach cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/business/07wyse.html]
**Steamboat pinned Roberts with a crucifix.
**After the match, Roberts continued to attack Steamboat and was about to place his snake Damien on him, but Steamboat took his komodo dragon out of his bag and scared Roberts from the ring.
*[[Roddy Piper]] defeated [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]).
**Piper pinned the Sheik with a small package and grabbing the tights for leverage after blocking a suplex attempt at the 43-second mark.
**Sheik had been re-scheduled to face [[Pedro Morales]] in the wake of Piper's ([[kayfabe]]) leg injury supposedly scratching him from the match, but Piper ordered Morales out of the ring, then proceeded to [[squash (professional wrestling)|squash]] the Sheik.
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[British Bulldogs|The British Bulldogs]] ([[Davey Boy Smith]] & The [[Dynamite Kid]]) (w/Captain [[Lou Albano]]) defeated [[The Dream Team]] ([[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] & [[Greg Valentine]]) (w/[[John L. Sullivan (wrestler)|Johnny Valiant]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
:*Valentine forced Dynamite to submit to the figure-4 leg-lock.
:*Dynamite pinned Valentine with a diving headbutt off of Beefcake, who was caught in a fireman's carry by Smith.
:*Smith pinned Beefcake with a cradle suplex.
*[[Jim Harris (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant]] (w/[[The Grand Wizard]] & [[Steve Lombardi|Kim Chee]]) defeated [[Lanny Poffo]].
**Kamala pinned Poffo with a splash.
**After the match, Kamala attempted to hit a splash off the top rope but was stopped by his handlers.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main5|5]] Event VIII===
*[[Régine Crespin]], 80, [[France|French]] [[opera]]tic [[soprano]], [[liver cancer]]. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4946531.html]
Taped [[November 15]] [[1986]], shown [[November 29]] [[1986]] - [[Los Angeles, California]]
*[[Kerwin Mathews]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/july07obituaries.php]
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) wrestled [[Jake Roberts]] to a double disqualification when both men shoved referee [[Dave Hebner]].
*[[George Melly]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[jazz]] and [[blues]] musician, [[lung cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6272552.stm]
**The [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] did not change hands.
*[[Mike Portelly]], 55, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[underwater videography|underwater film maker]], cancer. [http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=3760&v=2&sp=332387698970344583332]
**After the match, as Savage was fighting with the referee over a steel chair, Roberts came up behind him and put his snake Damien on his back, resulting in Savage immediately leaving ringside.
*[[Wrede Smith]], 85, [[United States|American]] businessman (American Pop Corn). [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/06/822648-obituaries-in-the-news]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules Hernandez]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
**Hogan pinned Hercules with a boot to the face and the [[leg drop]]
*[[Roddy Piper]] defeated [[Bob Orton, Jr.|"Cowboy" Bob Orton]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
**Piper pinned Orton with a roll up after a miscommunication with Jimmy Hart and Orton on the ring apron.
**The Magnificent Muraco was in Orton's corner but was sent backstage by security during the match.
**Prior to the match, there was a video montage of how close Orton and Piper once were.
*[[The Killer Bees (wrestling)|The Killer Bees]] ([[James Brunzell|Jim Brunzell]] & [[Brian Blair|B. Brian Blair]]) defeated [[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ([[Bret Hart]] & [[Jim Neidhart]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]])
**Brunzell pinned Hart with a small package after the Bees used their masks to switch places in the ring.
*[[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]] defeated [[Nikolai Volkoff]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]).
**Ware pinned Volkoff with a roll up as Volkoff was talking with Slick.
*[[Don Muraco|The Magnificent Muraco]] (w/[[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]]) defeated [[Dick Slater]].
**Muraco pinned Slater with a clothesline after Fuji tripped Slater from the floor.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main4|4]] Event IX===
*[[Barış Akarsu]], 28, [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[rock music]]ian, [[car accident]]. [http://www.cnnturk.com/TURKIYE/haber_detay.asp?PID=318&haberID=372301] (Turkish)
Taped [[December 14]] [[1986]], shown [[January 3]] [[1987]] - [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
*[[Liane Bahler]], 25, [[Germany|German]] [[Bicycle racing|cyclist]], [[car accident]]. [http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2007/07/art000001C7BE79B8DA8DE2.html] (Dutch)
*'''[[Steel cage match]]''': [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Paul Orndorff]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[José Roberto Espinosa]], 59, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[American Football|football]]er, coach and journalist, [[pneumonia]] and [[cancer]]. [http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Deportes/04072007/249867.aspx] [http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2007/07/04/fallecio-el-comentarista-deportivo-pepe-espinosa] (Spanish)
**Hogan escaped the cage after hitting the [[leg drop]] on Orndorff and sending Heenan into the cage.
*[[Johnny Frigo]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[violin]]ist and [[bass (instrument)|bass]] player, [[cancer]]. [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/05/818906-jazz-violinist-johnny-frigo-dies-at-90]
**The match was originally declared "a tie" when both men climbed out opposite sides of the cage and were ruled to have landed on the floor at the same time. Video replays were consulted and it was ([[kayfabe]]) declared inconclusive (although Orndorff's feet clearly hit first). The match was restarted, and Hogan went on to easily defeat Orndorff.
<!-- List under K -->*[[Kuo Tai-cheng]], 46, [[Taiwan]]ese former chairman of [[Foxconn]], brother of [[Terry Gou]], [[leukemia]]. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2007/07/05/2003368216]
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[George Steele]] (w/[[Ricky Steamboat]]) to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
*[[Harold Martin (reporter)|Harold Martin]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[reporter]]. [http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=6751285]
**Savage pinned Steele after hitting him with the timekeeper's bell.
*[[Signe McMichael]], 86, [[Canada|Canadian]] patron of the arts. [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=65faefa4-0006-4f1a-8280-fe8aec7b9e28&k=4834]
**Early in the match, Steamboat came ringside unexpectedly as a surprise of Steele's, having not been seen since suffering a (kayfabe) crushed larynx at the hands of Savage.
*[[Bill Pinkney]], 81, [[United States|American]] singer who was the last original member of [[The Drifters]], probable [[heart attack]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0533421620070705] [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/05/818899-last-of-the-original-drifters-dies-at-81]
**Also, Steele carried Elizabeth backstage and Steamboat was then escorted from ringside by referees and security, with Steele returning to the ring shortly thereafter.
*[[Osvaldo Romo]], 70, [[Chile]]an security agent jailed for [[human rights]] abuses during [[Augusto Pinochet|Pinochet]] regime, heart and respiratory problems. [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-chile-security-agent,0,5085917.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines]
**After the match, Steamboat returned to the ring to make the save as Savage prepared to come off the top with the ring bell onto Steele's throat, just as he had done to Steamboat.
*The [[Junkyard Dog]] defeated [[Harley Race|King Harley Race]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification when Heenan interfered and attacked JYD, who put on Race's crown and robe.
**After the match, JYD fought off a double-team attack from Race and Heenan, knocking Heenan to the floor, and accidentally headbutting referee [[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]] when Race moved out of the way.
*[[Keith Franke|Adrian Adonis]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[Roddy Piper]] via countout when Adonis sprayed perfume into Piper's eyes.
*[[Blackjack Mulligan]] defeated [[Jesse Barr|Jimmy Jack Funk]].
**Mulligan pinned Funk with a flying back elbow.
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main3|3]] Event X===
* [[Beppie Noyes]], 87, [[United States|American]] author, [[stroke]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070601955.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries]
Taped [[February 21]] [[1987]], shown [[March 14]] [[1987]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]]
* [[Claude Pompidou]], 94, [[France|French]] widow of former [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] and [[President of the French Republic|President]] [[Georges Pompidou]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/03/europe/EU-GEN-France-Obit-Pompidou.php]
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[George Steele]] via countout to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] when Savage hit Steele with a wooden chair on the floor.
* [[Boots Randolph]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[saxophonist]] ("[[Yakety Sax]]"), [[cerebral hemorrhage]]. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OBIT_RANDOLPH?SITE=TNNAT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT]
**Had Steele won the match, he would have received the managerial services of Elizabeth.
* [[Henrique Viana]], 71, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[actor]], [[cancer]]. [http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1298480] (Portuguese)
**During the match, Ricky Steamboat came ringside and attacked Savage before being sent backstage by security.
* [[John White (Mississippi politician)|John White]], 70, [[United States|American]] politician, member of [[Mississippi Senate]] for 18 years, complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=246284&pub=1&div=News]
*[[Ray Fernandez|Hercules Hernandez]] won a [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]].
**Other participants included: [[André the Giant]], [[Ronald Herd|Outlaw Ron Bass]], [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Bill Eadie|Ax]] & [[Barry Darsow|Smash]]), [[Billy Jack Haynes]], [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules]], [[Hillbilly Jim]], [[The Honky Tonk Man]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[The Islanders (wrestling tag team)|The Islanders]] ([[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]] & [[Sam Fatu|Tama]]), [[The Killer Bees]] ([[Brian Blair|B. Brian Blair]] & [[James Brunzell|Jim Brunzell]]), [[Blackjack Mulligan]], [[Paul Orndorff]], [[Lanny Poffo]], [[Butch Reed]], [[Sika Anoai|Sika]], [[Nikolai Volkoff]], and [[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]].
**During the match, André easily eliminated Hogan, while eight men teamed to force André out of the ring.
*[[King Kong Bundy]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[Jake Roberts]] via disqualification when Roberts hit the referee while trying to unleash his snake Damien on Bundy.
**After the match, Heenan - who had been chased from ringside earlier - returned to help Bundy out of the ring after receiving the [[DDT (professional wrestling)|DDT]].
*[[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ([[Bret Hart]] & [[Jim Neidhart]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]] & [[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]]) defeated [[Tito Santana]] & [[Dan Spivey]] to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Hart pinned Santana after Davis interfered and hit Santana with Jimmy Hart's [[megaphone]] as Hart was caught in the figure-4
*[[Ricky Steamboat]] defeated [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]).
**Steamboat pinned the Sheik with a bodyslam and karate chop off the top rope.
**Prior to the match, Randy Savage came ringside and confronted Steamboat before he was forced from ringside and joined the commentary team.
**After the match, Savage challenged Steamboat to come out to the commentary table. Steamboat tried to get at Savage but was held back by referees.
*Also: Because [[Roddy Piper]] was planning on retiring from wrestling and moving into Hollywood after ''[[WrestleMania III]]'', a video montage of his greatest moments from [[1984]]-[[1987]] was played to the song ''[[My Way (song)|My Way]]'' by [[Frank Sinatra]].
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main2|2]] Event XI===
* [[Philip Booth]], 81, [[American poet]] and [[educator]], complications from [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://bangordailynews.com/news/t/lifestyle.aspx?articleid=151686&zoneid=14]
Taped [[April 28]] [[1987]], shown [[May 2]] [[1987]] - [[South Bend, Indiana]]
* [[Robert Brown )cartoonist)|Robert "Buck" Brown]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]], created [[Playboy]]'s "Granny" character, [[stroke]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=13163]
*[[Jim Harris (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant]] (w/[[The Honky Tonk Man|Kim Chee]]) defeated [[Jake Roberts]].
* [[James Capozzola]], 44, [[United States|American]] [[blogger]], [[brain hemorrhage]]. [http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/07/blogger-james-c.html]
**Kamala pinned Roberts with a splash after Kim Chee interfered behind the referee's back and hit a clothesline to the back of Roberts.
* [[Robert S. Cooper]], 75, [[United States|American]] official, former [[United States Assistant Secretary of Defense|Assistant Secretary of Defense]] and Director of [[Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency|DARPA]], [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/09/AR2007070901866.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries]
**Following the match, Kamala's "handler," Kim Chee revealed himself to be [[The Honky Tonk Man]] under a mask, who then orders a beating of Roberts.
* [[Brahim Déby]], 27, [[Chad]]ian son of the national [[President of Chad|President]] and former presidential advisor, chemical [[asphyxiation]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/02/europe/EU-GEN-France-Chad-Deby.php]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|Lumberjack Match]]''': [[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[George Steele]].
* [[Howell Estes]], 92, [[United States Air Force]] [[general]] during the [[Vietnam War]], heart ailment. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/04/AR2007070401581.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries]
**Savage pinned Steele the flying elbowsmash after [[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]] interfered and hit Steele with the ring bell.
* [[Ray Goins]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[bluegrass music]]ian. [http://www.news-expressky.com/articles/2007/07/04/news/01goins.txt]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[British Bulldogs|The British Bulldogs]] ([[Davey Boy Smith]] & The [[Dynamite Kid]]) defeated [[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ([[Bret Hart]] & [[Jim Neidhart]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
* [[John Hogness]], 85, [[United States|American]] educator and doctor, [[University President|President]] of the [[University of Washington]], [[heart failure]]. [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003776932_hognessobit06m.html]
:*The Harts were disqualified for illegal double-teaming.
* [[Robert Keeton]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[District Court]] [[judge]], [[professor]] at [[Harvard Law School]], complications from [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/07/03/robert_e_keeton_88_judge_professor_author_war_hero/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Obituaries]
:*Dynamite pinned Neidhart after Smith pressed his partner onto him; because of the disqualification result, the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]] remained with the Harts.
* [[Peter Lyman]], 66, [[United States|American]] information researcher, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lyman7jul07,1,212908.story?track=rss]
*[[Ricky Steamboat]] defeated [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification when Hercules choked Steamboat with his steel chain.
* [[Pete Mead]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[middleweight]] [[boxer]]. [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=11574&more=1]
**After the match, Randy Savage came ringside to check on Steamboat - just to hit the flying elbowsmash on him.
* [[Dilip Sardesai]], 66, [[Indian cricket team|Indian]] [[cricket|cricketer]], [[multiple organ failure]]. [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/300390.html]
*The [[Can-Am Connection]] ([[Richard Vigneault|Rick Martel]] & [[Tom Zenk]]) (w/[[Jim Duggan]]) defeated [[Nikolai Volkoff]] & [[Khosrow Vaziri|The Iron Sheik]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]).
* [[Luigi Scarabello]], 91, [[Italy|Italian]] [[football (soccer)|footballer]], [[gold medal]]ist at the [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Summer Olympics]]. [http://www.telecitta.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29099&Itemid=51] (Italian)
**Martel pinned the Sheik with a roll up as Duggan brawled with Volkoff at ringside.
* [[Margi Scharff]], 52, [[United States|American]] artist, [[ovarian cancer]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-scharff13jul13,1,1246563.story?track=rss]
* [[Beverly Sills]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[opera]] singer, [[lung cancer]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_en_mu/obit_beverly_sills_1]
* [[Jimmy Walker (basketball)|Jimmy Walker]], 63, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player ([[Detroit Pistons]], [[Houston Rockets]], [[Sacramento Kings|Kansas City Kings]]), [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.kansascity.com/sports/basketball/story/174891.html]
* [[Al Williams (basketball)|Al Williams]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player, [[liver cancer]]. [http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6991960?CMP=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=99]
* [[Kevin Woodcock]], 64, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cartoonist]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2742804.ece]
* [[Hy Zaret]], 99, [[United States|American]] [[lyricist]] ("[[Unchained Melody]]"). [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/arts/03zaret.html?ex=1341115200&en=148f5f8e8f40dbbb&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]
 
===Saturday Night's[[July Main1|1]] Event XII===
* [[Count Gottfried von Bismarck]], 44, [[Germany|German]] aristocrat, businessman and socialite, suspected [[heroin overdose]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/04/db0402.xml]
Taped [[September 23]] [[1987]], shown [[October 3]] [[1987]] - [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]]
<!-- List under C -->* [[Chen Xiaoming]], [[China|Chinese]] housing rights activist, [[haemorrhage]]. [http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK48120070713]
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[The Honky Tonk Man]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) via disqualification when [[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ran in to save Honky Tonk from a pinfall loss.
* [[Joseph Cimino]], 73, [[United States|American]] doctor, [[New York City]] Commissioner of Health (1972–1974), [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/nyregion/08cimino.html?ex=1341547200&en=29cfcb52cf67943b&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]
**The [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] did not change hands.
* [[Joerg Kalt]], 40, [[Austria]]n [[cinematographer]], [[suicide]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=13142]
**In the ensuing chaos, Honky Tonk shoved Elizabeth to the mat (while she attempted to stop Honky Tonk from smashing his guitar over the downed Savage's head). As Honky Tonk and the Harts continued to beat Savage, Elizabeth - who had apparently fled the ring in humiliation - returned with Hulk Hogan, who ran in to drive the [[heel (professional wrestling)|heels]] out of the ring. This formed the often-uneasy Hogan-Savage alliance known as "'''[[The Mega Powers]]'''," and also completed Savage's [[Turn (professional wrestling)|turn]] from a heel to a [[face (professional wrestling)|face]].
* [[Colleen McCrory]], 57, [[Canada|Canadian]] environmental activist, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2007/2007-07-03-03.asp]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Sika Anoai|Sika]] (w/[[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]] & [[Steve Lombardi|Kim Chee]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
* [[David Ritcheson]], 18, [[United States|American]] [[hate crime]] victim, suicide by jumping from a ship. [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/02/Party.Attack.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories]
**Hogan pinned Sika with a bodyslam and the [[leg drop]].
* [[Michael Strassman]], 47, [[United States|American]] [[Rock Climbing|climber]], [[filmmaker]] and [[author]]. [http://www.debracowan.com/mike/]
**[[Jim Harris (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant]] was originally scheduled as Hogan's opponent.
*[[King Kong Bundy]] (w/[[André the Giant]]) defeated [[Paul Orndorff]] (w/[[Oliver Humperdink]]).
**Bundy pinned Orndorff with the [[professional wrestling attacks#Body avalanche|Avalanche]] after André grabbed Orndorff's tights and pulled him into the corner.
*[[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ([[Bret Hart]] & [[Jim Neidhart]]) defeated [[The Young Stallions]] ([[Paul Roma]] & [[Jim Powers]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Hart pinned Roma after a [[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Hart Attack|Hart Attack]].
*Also: – The "world premiere" of [[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]]'s music video, ''"Piledriver"'' (the title track from the WWF's [[Piledriver - The Wrestling Album 2|second album]] of entrance themes).
 
==[[June 2007]]==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XIII===
''See [[Deaths in June 2007]]''.
Taped [[November 11]] [[1987]], shown [[November 28]] [[1987]] - [[Seattle, Washington]]
*[[George Steele]] defeated [[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]] via disqualification when Davis kicked the referee while caught in the flying hammerlock.
**After the match, Steele threw the turnbuckle padding into Davis' face before chasing him backstage.
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[Bret Hart]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]] & [[Jim Neidhart]]).
**Savage pinned Hart by reversing a bodyslam into the ring into an inside cradle.
**After the match, Savage knocked Neidhart out of the ring and chased Jimmy Hart backstage after Hart was accidentally hit with the [[megaphone]].
*[[King Kong Bundy]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] by countout when Heenan caused Hogan to fall out of the ring.
**The [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] did not change hands.
**Early in the match, [[André the Giant]] was sent backstage after tripping Hogan.
**After the match, Hogan grabbed Heenan and began throttling him by the neck.
*[[Bam Bam Bigelow]] (w/[[Oliver Humperdink]]) defeated [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules]].
**Bigelow pinned Hercules with a slingshot splash into the ring.
**The match originally ended in a double countout, but Bigelow challenged Hercules to continue the match.
 
==[[May 2007]]==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XIV===
''See [[Deaths in May 2007]]''.
Taped [[December 7]], [[1987]], shown [[January 2]], [[1988]] - [[Landover, Maryland]]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[Strike Force (professional wrestling)|Strike Force]] ([[Tito Santana]] & [[Rick Martel]]) defeated The Bolsheviks [[Nikolai Volkoff]] & [[Jim Barrell|Boris Zuhkov]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
:*Martel forced Zuhkov to submit to the [[Boston crab]].
:*Santana pinned Zhukov after a miscommunication from Volkoff and Zuhkov.
*[[Jake Roberts]] defeated [[Sika Anoai|Sika]] (w/[[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]]).
**Roberts pinned Sika with a roll up after Sika hit the corner.
**After the match, Roberts hit the [[DDT (professional wrestling)|DDT]] on Fuji.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[King Kong Bundy]] (w/[[André the Giant]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
**Hogan pinned Bundy with the [[leg drop]].
**During the course of the match, referee Jack Kruger was caught in an [[Professional wrestling attacks#Body avalanche|avalanche splash]] by Bundy and was [[Legit (professional wrestling)|legitimately]] injured, having to been wheeled away on a stretcher. [[Dave Hebner]] took over as the official.
**Following the match, André grabbed Hogan from behind and began to choke him into unconsciousness, which stopped only after several WWF superstars ran in to pull André off of Hogan, setting up their title match on ''[[WWF The Main Event|The Main Event]]'' a month later.
*[[Greg Valentine]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]] via submission.
**Valentine forced Ware to submit to the figure-4 leg-lock.
**[[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] came ringside to distract Valentine but was soon sent backstage by the referee.
 
==[[April 2007]]==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XV===
''See [[Deaths in April 2007]]''.
Taped [[March 7]] [[1988]], shown [[March 12]] [[1988]] - [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
*[[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] defeated [[Greg Valentine]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
**Beefcake pinned Valentine by lifting his shoulder out of a back suplex.
**During the match, [[The Honky Tonk Man]] came ringside to distract Beefcake.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Harley Race|King Harley Race]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]).
**Hogan pinned Race with the [[leg drop]].
**Late in the match, Race laid Hogan across a table outside the ring and attempted to hit a diving headbutt from the ring apron, but Hogan moved out of the way and Race crashed through the table, suffering an injury that would eventually force him into retirement.
*[[Ted DiBiase]] (w/[[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]] & [[André the Giant]]) defeated [[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) via countout when André hit a headbutt on Savage while Dibiase distracted the referee.
**Late in the match, Elizabeth left ringside.
**After the match, Dibiase and Virgil double-teamed Savage in the ring until Elizabeth returned ringside with Hulk Hogan, who then cleared the ring with a steel chair.
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[The Islanders]] ([[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]] & [[Sam Fatu|Tama]]) (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[The Killer Bees]] ([[James Brunzell|Jim Brunzell]] & [[Brian Blair|B. Brian Blair]]) ''(only the first fall was televised)''.
:*Tama pinned Blair following a [[superkick]] from Haku.
:*Brunzell pinned Tama.
:*Haku pinned Blair.
*[[George Gray (wrestler)|One Man Gang]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]) defeated [[Ken Patera]].
**One Man Gang pinned Patera after tripping and falling backwards on Patera, who was attempting the full nelson.
 
==[[March 2007]]==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XVI===
''See [[Deaths in March 2007]]''.
Taped [[April 22]] [[1988]], shown [[April 30]] [[1988]] - [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
*[[Jim Duggan]] defeated [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) by disqualification when [[André the Giant]] interfered.
**After the match, [[Warrior|The Ultimate Warrior]] made the save for Duggan.
*[[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] defeated [[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]].
**Beefcake forced Davis to sumbit to the [[professional wrestling holds#Sleeper hold|sleeper hold]].
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[George Gray (wrestler)|One Man Gang]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
**Savage pinned One Man Gang with the flying elbowsmash after Slick accidentally hit One Man Gang in the face with his cane.
*[[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Bill Eadie|Ax]] & [[Barry Darsow|Smash]]) (w/[[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]]) defeated [[British Bulldogs|The British Bulldogs]] ([[Davey Boy Smith]] & The [[Dynamite Kid]]) via disqualification to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]] when the Bulldogs attacked Demolition with Mr. Fuji's cane.
*[[Ted DiBiase]] (w/[[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]]) defeated [[Don Muraco]]
**DiBiase pinned Muraco even though Muraco's foot was on the bottom rope during the cover.
*[[Richard Rood|Rick Rude]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]].
**Rude pinned Ware with the Rude Awakening after Ware landed throat-first onto the top rope.
 
==[[February 2007]]==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XVII===
''See [[Deaths in February 2007]]''.
[[October 25]], [[1988]] - [[Baltimore, Maryland]]
*[[Jake Roberts]] (w/his wife Cheryl Roberts) defeated [[Richard Rood|Rick Rude]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification when [[André the Giant]] prevented the pinfall after Roberts hit the [[DDT (professional wrestling)|DDT]].
**After the match, Roberts retrieved his snake Damien from his bag and showed it to André, who became frightened and – upon Roberts throwing the snake on André – collapsed in the middle of the ring from a ([[kayfabe]]) mild heart attack.
*[[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Bill Eadie|Ax]] & [[Barry Darsow|Smash]]) (w/[[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]] & [[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ([[Bret Hart]] & [[Jim Neidhart]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Smash pinned Neidhart by hitting him with Jimmy Hart's [[megaphone]] when Neidhart grabbed for [[Raymond Rougeau]] on the ring apron moments after [[The Fabulous Rougeaus]] came ringside.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[Uliuli Fifita|King Haku]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]).
**Hogan pinned Haku with the [[leg drop]].
**Heenan was helped backstage during the match after Hogan had pulled him in front of him when Haku was jumping from the apron.
*[[Adolfo Bresciano|Dino Bravo]] (w/[[Jean Gagné|Frenchy Martin]]) defeated [[Ken Patera]].
**Bravo pinned Patera with the side suplex.
*[[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]) defeated [[Jim Powers]].
**Boss Man pinned Powers with the sidewalk slam.
 
==[[January 2007]]==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XVIII===
''See [[Deaths in January 2007]]''.
Taped [[November 16]], [[1988]], shown [[November 26]], [[1988]] - [[Sacramento, California]]
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[Keiji Mutoh|Super Ninja]] (w/[[Harry Fujiwara|Mr. Fuji]]) to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
**Warrior pinned Super Ninja with the gorilla press slam & splash combo.
**In a pre-taped interview, Mr. Fuji announced Super Ninja as an unbeatable martial arts master who would destroy the Warrior; however, this ended up being little more than a [[Squash (professional wrestling)|squash match]].
*[[Ray Fernandez|Hercules]] defeated [[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]] (w/[[Ted DiBiase]]).
**Hercules pinned Virgil with a powerslam.
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) wrestled [[André the Giant]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) to a double disqualification when [[Jake Roberts]] came ringside and scared Heenan into the ring.
**The [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] did not change hands.
**At around the 5-minute mark, Roberts came ringside with his snake Damien, and put the bag underneath the ring before being told to go backstage by the referee; once Heenan eventually found the bag, André instructed him to take it to the back, which is what Heenan was attempting to do until Roberts returned.
**After the match, Savage tossed Heenan into André, causing him to fall backwards and have his arms entangled in the ropes; moments later, Savage threw Heenan to the floor, and Jake entered the ring with Damien; André was able to free himself from the ropes and run away before Roberts had a chance to assault him with Damien.
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Flag match|Flag Match]]''': [[Jim Duggan]] defeated [[Jim Barrell|Boris Zuhkov]].
**Duggan pinned Zuhkov with the running clothesline.
*[[The Fabulous Rougeaus]] ([[Jacques Rougeau]] & [[Raymond Rougeau]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[The Young Stallions]] ([[Paul Roma]] & [[Jim Powers]]).
**Jacques pinned Roma with a sit-down splash off the top rope.
*Also: ''The [[Bruce Prichard|Brother Love]] Show'', with special guest [[Hulk Hogan]], to discuss his current feud with [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]]. Hogan, fed up with Love's verbal abuse, handcuffed the wannabe-preacher to the top rope and clotheslined him out of the ring.
 
==External links==
===Saturday Night's Main Event XIX===
* Obituaries on the Web
Taped [[December 7]] [[1988]], shown [[January 7]] [[1989]] - [[Tampa, Florida]]
** [http://www.legacy.com/Legacy.asp?Page=APStories Recent AP Obituaries]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Luchas de Apuestas|Hair vs. Hair]] match''': [[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] defeated [[Ronald Herd|Ron Bass]].
** [http://www.nytimes.com/pages/obituaries/ ''The New York Times'': Obituaries]
**Beefcake forced Bass to sumbit to the [[professional wrestling holds#Sleeper hold|sleeper hold]] after avoiding a clothesline.
** [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/obituaries/index.html ''Washington Post'': Obituaries]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[George Gray|Akeem]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]) via disqualification when [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]] came ringside and tripped Hogan.
** [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/ ''The Boston Globe'': Obituaries]
**During the match, Elizabeth went backstage to try to have [[Randy Savage]] come out and help Hogan as he was being double-teamed, but Savage said Hogan was okay and didn't need his help.
** [http://www.mg.co.za/articleList.aspx?area=/insight/obituaries/ ''Mail & Guardian'' (South Africa) Obituaries]
**After the match as Hogan was double-teamed, Elizabeth stepped into the ring and tried to intervene but got handcuffed by the Boss Man, then Savage made the save and cleared the ring with a steel chair.
** [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/ ''The Guardian'' (UK): Obituaries]
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[The Honky Tonk Man]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
** [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obits ''Daily Telegraph'': Obituaries]
**Warrior pinned Honky with a flying shoulderblock.
** [http://www.smh.com.au/obituaries/ ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (Australia): Obituaries]
*[[Merced Solis|Tito Santana]] defeated [[Terry Taylor|The Red Rooster]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]).
**Santana pinned the Rooster with a roll up as the Rooster was busy arguing with Heenan.
**After the match, Heenan (who was wearing a microphone so viewers could hear him "coach" the Rooster) began to yell at and berate the Rooster, causing the Rooster to [[Turn (professional wrestling)|turn]] against Heenan and become a [[Face (professional wrestling)|face]].
*[[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] defeated [[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]].
**Perfect pinned Ware with the [[Suplex#Fisherman Suplex|Perfectplex]].
 
* Specialized websites
===Saturday Night's Main Event XX===
** [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/2007obituaries.php Entertainment Insiders]
Taped [[February 16]], [[1989]], shown [[March 11]], [[1989]] - [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]]
** [http://www.coffindodgers.co.uk/ coffindodgers]
*[[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] defeated [[Richard Rood|Rick Rude]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification when [[André the Giant]] interfered and attacked Beefcake on the floor.
** [http://www.blogofdeath.com/ The Blog of Death]
**After the match, Rude and André continued to double-team Beefcake until [[Jake Roberts]] came out to make the save for Beefcake; moments later, Beefcake attempted to make the save for Roberts, who was double-teamed by André and Rude inside the ring but, after clearing Rude from the ring, Beefcake was beaten down by André.
** [http://www.celebritydeathbeeper.com/ Celebrity Death Beeper]
**[[Big John Studd]] also came ringside and had a staredown with André from the floor until Roberts threw his snake Damien into the ring to scare André from ringside.
** [http://www.voy.com/60649/ Celebrity Obits]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] (w/[[Miss Elizabeth]]) defeated [[Allen Coage|Bad News Brown]].
** [http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/ Dead or Alive]
**Hogan pinned Brown with the [[leg drop]].
** [http://www.deadpeople.info/ Dead People Server]
*[[Ted DiBiase]] (w/[[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]]) defeated [[Owen Hart|The Blue Blazer]].
** [http://www.findagrave.com/ Find a Grave]
**DiBiase pinned the Blazer with a powerslam as the Blazer attempted a crossbody.
** [http://www.famousdeaddb.com/ Famous Dead Database]
**This marked the TV debut of the [[Million Dollar Championship|Million Dollar Belt]].
** [http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom Casualties]
*[[Brain Busters|The Brain Busters]] ([[Arn Anderson]] & [[Tully Blanchard]]) (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) wrestled [[The Rockers]] ([[Shawn Michaels]] & [[Marty Jannetty]]) to a double countout.
** [http://www.mydeathspace.com/ Myspace Deaths]
**Mid-way through the match, Heenan was sent backstage after interfering twice.
** [http://www.vipatients.com/ VIPatients.com]
**After the match, the Rockers eventually cleared the ring of their opposition.
** [http://writerobits.livejournal.com/ Writers We've Lost]
*[[Terry Taylor|The Red Rooster]] defeated [[Steve Lombardi|The Brooklyn Brawler]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]).
** [http://www.theliterarycemetery.co.uk/ Written in Stone - Literary deaths]
**Rooster pinned Brawler with an inside cradle as the Brawler lowered his head for a backdrop.
For earlier deaths, see [[Deaths in 2006]], [[Deaths in 2005]], [[Deaths in 2004]], [[Deaths in 2003]], [[Deaths in 2002]], [[Deaths in 2001]], [[2000#Deaths|2000]], [[1999#Deaths|1999]], [[1998#Deaths|1998]], [[1997#Deaths|1997]], [[1996#Deaths|1996]], [[1995#Deaths|1995]], [[1994#Deaths|1994]], [[1993#Deaths|1993]], [[1992#Deaths|1992]], [[1991#Deaths|1991]], [[1990#Deaths|1990]], [[1989#Deaths|1989]], [[1988#Deaths|1988]], ...
**After the match, Brawler and Heenan attacked the Rooster before he eventually cleared the ring of both of them.
 
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===Saturday Night's Main Event XXI===
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Taped [[April 25]], [[1989]], shown [[May 27]], [[1989]] - [[Des Moines, Iowa]]
[[Category:2007 deaths|*2007-12]]
*[[Jim Duggan|King Jim Duggan]] defeated [[Richard Rood|Rick Rude]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via countout when the running clothesline from Duggan knocked Rude to the floor and he could not break the count back inside.
[[Category:2007]]
**The [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] did not change hands.
**[[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]] briefly appeared ringside at around the 3:40 mark but was sent backstage by referees.
*[[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Sherri Martel|Sensational Sherri]]) defeated [[Jim Neidhart]].
**Savage pinned Neidhart with the flying elbowsmash after hitting a double axe handle from the top rope to the floor.
*'''[[Steel cage match]]''': [[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
**Hogan stole Boss Man's handcuffs from an interfering Slick and handcuffed Boss Man to the top rope before escaping the cage.
**Prior to the match, Slick introduced [[Tom Lister Jr.|Zeus]], who then came ringside and awaited Hogan's entrance; moments later, as Hogan approached the cage, he was beaten down by Zeus.
**After the match, Hogan rammed Boss Man into the cage on the floor and did the same to Slick inside the ring before Bossman pulled his manager to safety; Hogan then posed in the ring while wearing Slick's hat.
*[[Brain Busters|The Brain Busters]] ([[Arn Anderson]] & [[Tully Blanchard]]) (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Bill Eadie|Ax]] & [[Barry Darsow|Smash]]) via disqualification when a frustrated Ax entered the ring, a brawl ensued, and Ax shoved referee Joey Marella to the mat.
**The [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]] did not change hands.
**After the match, both teams battled their way backstage.
*[[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Jim Barrell|Boris Zuhkov]].
**Snuka pinned Zuhkov with a backbreaker and the top rope splash.
 
[[ar:وفيات 2007]]
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXII===
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Taped [[July 18]], [[1989]], shown [[July 29]], [[1989]] - [[Worcester, Massachusetts]]
[[de:Nekrolog 2007]]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] pinned [[The Honky Tonk Man]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
[[et:In memoriam 2007]]
**Hogan pinned Honky with the [[leg drop]].
[[el:Θάνατοι το 2007]]
*[[Jimmy Snuka]] defeated [[Greg Valentine]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
[[es:2007#Fallecimientos]]
**Snuka pinned Valentine with a flying crossbody after referee [[Ron Garvin|Ronnie Garvin]] punched Valentine.
[[fr:Décès en 2007]]
*[[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]] defeated [[Randy Savage]] (w/[[Sherri Martel|Sensational Sherri]]) via disqualification when [[Tom Lister, Jr.|Zeus]] interfered.
[[id:Daftar tokoh yang meninggal dunia pada tahun 2007]]
**Hulk Hogan attempted to make the save after the match but was unable to drop Zeus following two steel chair shots to the back.
[[hu:Halálozások 2007-ben]]
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[Brain Busters|The Brain Busters]] ([[Arn Anderson]] & [[Tully Blanchard]]) (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) defeated [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Bill Eadie|Ax]] & [[Barry Darsow|Smash]]) in a best-of-three falls match to win the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
[[nl:2007#Overleden]]
:*Smash pinned Anderson.
[[ja:訃報 2007年]]
:*Demolition was disqualified for continuous double teaming.
[[no:Nylig avdøde]]
:*Anderson pinned Smash after Blanchard hit Smash in the back of the head with a chair, which had been thrown into the ring by [[André the Giant]], who came ringside during the match.
[[pl:Zmarli w roku 2007]]
 
[[pt:Falecidos em 2007]]
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXIII===
[[ru:Умершие в 2007 году]]
Taped [[September 21]], [[1989]], shown [[October 14]], [[1989]] - [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]
[[fi:Äskettäin kuolleita]]
*[[Randy Savage|King Randy Savage]] (w/[[Sherri Martel|Queen Sherri]]) defeated [[Jimmy Snuka]].
[[sv:Nyligen avlidna]]
**Savage pinned Snuka with a roll up after hitting him in the kidney with Sherri's loaded purse while Sherri distracted the referee.
[[zh-yue:2007年死]]
**After the match, Snuka avoided Savage's flying elbowsmash and attempted the splash off the top rope before Sherri covered Savage to protect him; moments later, Snuka cleared the ring of both Savage and Sherri.
[[zh:Portal:逝世公告]]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Ted DiBiase]] (w/[[Tom Lister, Jr.|Zeus]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
**Hogan pinned DiBiase with a small package after Dibiase accidentally hit Zeus.
**Earlier in the match, [[Jake Roberts]] came ringside to even the odds but chased an interfering [[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]] backstage after Virgil stole the snake bag.
**After the match, Roberts made the save with his snake Damien, as Hogan was being double-teamed.
*[[Roddy Piper]] defeated [[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]).
**Piper pinned Haku with a belly to belly suplex.
*[[Tito Santana]] (w/[[Terry Taylor|The Red Rooster]], [[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]], & [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]]) wrestled [[Rick Martel]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]], & [[The Honky Tonk Man]], [[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]], & [[The Twin Towers (professional wrestling)|The Twin Towers]] ([[George Gray|Akeem]] & [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]]) to a double disqualification when all the wrestlers at ringside began brawling in the ring before the [[Face (professional wrestling)|babyfaces]] cleared the [[heel (professional wrestling)|heels]] from the ring.
*[[The Bushwackers]] ([[Brian Wickens|Luke]] & [[Robert Miller (wrestler)|Butch]]) defeated [[The Fabulous Rougeaus]] ([[Jacques Rougeau]] & [[Raymond Rougeau]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]).
**Butch pinned Jacques following a double gutbuster.
**Jimmy Hart was in the Rougeaus' corner for the match until he ran backstage after being depantsed by the Bushwhackers.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXIV===
Taped [[October 31]] [[1989]], shown [[November 25]] [[1989]] - [[Topeka, Kansas]]
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[André the Giant]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]] when André pulled referee [[Dan Marsh|Danny Davis]] into a clothesline from the Warrior.
*[[Lanny Poffo|The Genius]] defeated [[Hulk Hogan]] via countout after Mr. Perfect came ringside and hit Hogan with the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] title belt outside the ring.
**The WWF Championship did not change hands.
**After the match, Perfect stole the championship belt.
*[[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] defeated [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]] (w/[[Ken Johnson (wrestling)|Slick]]).
**Rhodes pinned Boss Man with a roll up after the Boss Man became distracted by Slick arguing with [[Juanita Wright|Sapphire]] as she sat ringside.
**After the match, Dusty invited Sapphire into the ring to dance with him.
*[[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] (w/[[Lanny Poffo|The Genius]]) defeated [[Terry Taylor|The Red Rooster]].
**Perfect pinned the Rooster with the [[Suplex#Fisherman Suplex|Perfectplex]].
**At the end of the telecast, Perfect destroyed Hulk Hogan's WWF title belt with a hammer.
*'''[[Professional wrestling match types#Two out of three falls|Two out of Three falls match]]''': [[The Rockers]] ([[Shawn Michaels]] & [[Marty Jannetty]]) defeated [[Brain Busters|The Brain Busters]] ([[Arn Anderson]] & [[Tully Blanchard]]) (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]).
:*Jannetty pinned Blanchard with a roll up after Anderson attempted to hold on to Blanchard from the outside but it was broken up by the referee (after the pinfall, an irate Heenan shoved Blanchard and left ringside).
:*Blanchard pinned Michaels after Anderson dropped him on the top rope from the outside.
:*Michaels pinned Anderson with a flying crossbody; prior to the pinfall, Heenan fired his team during a backstage interview with [[Jesse Ventura]].
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXV===
Taped [[January 3]] [[1990]], shown [[January 27]] [[1990]] - [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]
*[[Randy Savage|King Randy Savage]] (w/[[Sherri Martel|Queen Sherri]]) defeated [[Jim Duggan]].
**Savage pinned Duggan when Sherri grabbed Duggan's leg during a suplex into the ring, with Savage falling on top for the win, and held the foot during the cover.
**After the match, Duggan brought Savage back into the ring just to send him back out with a 2x4 blow to the back.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] & [[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] & [[Lanny Poffo|The Genius]]
**Hogan pinned the Genius with the [[leg drop]] after the Genius sustained the Warrior's gorilla press slam.
**After the match, Warrior accidentally clotheslined Hogan after Hogan grabbed him from behind as Warrior was fighting off Perfect and the Genius; moments later, Hogan and Warrior had a face-to-face confrontation and shoving match as a result of the miscommunication.
*[[Jake Roberts]] defeated [[Greg Valentine]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) via disqualification when [[Ted DiBiase]] and [[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]] interfered and prevented the pinfall after Roberts hit the [[DDT (professional wrestling)|DDT]].
**After the match, Roberts cleared the ring with his snake Damien.
*[[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] (w/[[Juanita Wright|Sapphire]]) wrestled [[Richard Rood|Rick Rude]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) to a double countout.
**Initially both managers were sent backstage after getting into an argument but Sapphire returned ringside after purchasing a ticket.
*[[Adolfo Bresciano|Dino Bravo]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]] & [[John Tenta|Earthquake]]) defeated [[Ron Garvin|Ronnie Garvin]].
**Bravo pinned Garvin when the momentum of a crossbody off the top rope by Garvin put Bravo on top for the win.
**After the match, Earthquake attacked Garvin, who was later stretchered out of the ring.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXVI===
Taped [[April 23]] [[1990]], shown [[April 28]] [[1990]] - [[Austin, Texas]]
*[[Hulk Hogan]] defeated [[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] (w/[[Lanny Poffo|The Genius]]).
**Hogan pinned Perfect with the [[leg drop]].
*[[John Tenta|Earthquake]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[Hillbilly Jim]].
**Earthquake pinned Hillbilly Jim with the [[Professional wrestling attacks#Butt drop|Earthquake(Butt Drop)]].
*[[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] ([[Bret Hart]] and [[Jim Neidhart]]) wrestled [[The Rockers]] ([[Shawn Michaels]] & [[Marty Jannetty]]) to a double disqualification when [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]], who came ringside mid-way through the match, interfered and all six men began brawling until they were pulled apart by officials.
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
*[[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]] defeated [[George Gray (wrestler)|Akeem the African Dream]] via disqualification when [[Ted DiBiase]] and [[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]] interfered.
**After the match, DiBiase cuffed the Boss Man to the ropes, but Boss Man had a key and fought back.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXVII===
Taped [[July 16]] [[1990]], shown [[July 28]] [[1990]] - [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[Richard Rood|Rick Rude]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) via disqualification to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]] when Heenan interfered by breaking the pinfall after the Warrior hit the flying shoulderblock & splash combo.
**After the match, Warrior cornered Heenan in the ring, repeatedly punched him, and eventually threw him to the floor; later in the telecast, it was announced that Warrior and Rude would have another rematch for the WWF title at ''SummerSlam'', only in a [[Steel Cage Match]].
*[[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Barry Darsow|Smash]] & [[Brian Adams (wrestler)|Crush]]) (w/[[Bill Eadie|Ax]]) defeated [[The Rockers]] ([[Shawn Michaels]] & [[Marty Jannetty]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Ax interfered behind referee Joey Marella's back, hit a clothesline on Michaels as he had Smash rolled up, and scored the pin.
**After the match, [[Hart Foundation|The Hart Foundation]] and [[Road Warriors|The Legion of Doom]] came ringside to dispute the decision.
*[[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] defeated [[Tito Santana]] to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
**Perfect pinned Santana by reversing an inside cradle.
**Santana had Perfect down and out 3 times with no referee. A second referee appeared, but Santana never gained back the advantage.
*[[Kerry Von Erich|The Texas Tornado]], in his TV debut, defeated [[Buddy Rose]].
**Tornardo pinned Rose with the Tornado Punch.
*Also: [[Hulk Hogan]] made his return after getting injured at the hands of [[John Tenta|Earthquake]] on the [[May 26]], [[1990]] episode of ''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars]]''. Hogan then challenged Earthquake to a match at [[SummerSlam (1990)|SummerSlam]].
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXVIII===
Taped [[September 18]] [[1990]], shown [[October 13]] [[1990]] - [[Toledo, Ohio]]
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] & [[Road Warriors|The Legion of Doom]] ([[Road Warrior Hawk|Hawk]] & [[Road Warrior Animal|Animal]]) defeated [[Demolition (professional wrestling)|Demolition]] ([[Bill Eadie|Ax]], [[Barry Darsow|Smash]], & [[Brian Adams (wrestler)|Crush]]).
**Warrior pinned Smash with the flying shoulderblock & splash combo as the other participants fought on the floor.
*[[Randy Savage|King Randy Savage]] (w/[[Sherri Martel|Queen Sherri]]) defeated [[Dusty Rhodes (wrestler)|Dusty Rhodes]] via countout when [[Ted DiBiase]] and [[Mike Jones (wrestler)|Virgil]] attacked Dusty's son [[Virgil Runnels III|Dustin]], who was sitting at ringside.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] & [[Fred Ottman|Tugboat]] defeated [[Rhythm and Blues (professional wrestling)|Rhythym & Blues]] ([[Greg Valentine]] & [[The Honky Tonk Man]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) via disqualification when Honky hit Tugboat with a guitar.
*[[Sgt. Slaughter]] defeated [[James Ware (wrestler)|Koko B. Ware]] via submission.
**Slaughter forced Ware to sumbit to the Atomic Noogie.
*[[Kerry Von Erich|The Texas Tornado]] defeated [[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]] (w/[[Bobby Heenan]]) to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
**Tornado pinned Haku with the Tornado Punch.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXIX===
Taped [[April 15]] [[1991]], shown [[April 27]] [[1991]] - [[Omaha, Nebraska]]
*[[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] defeated [[Sgt. Slaughter]] via disqualification when [[Adnan El Kassey|General Adnan]], [[Khosrow Vaziri|Colonel Mustafa]], and [[Mark Calaway|The Undertaker]] interfered.
**After the match, Hulk Hogan made the save for the Warrior.
*[[The Nasty Boys]] ([[Brian Knobbs]] & [[Jerry Sags]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[The Bushwackers]] ([[Brian Wickens|Luke]] & [[Robert Miller (wrestler)|Butch]]) to retain the [[World Tag Team Championship|WWF Tag Team Championship]].
**Sags pinned Luke after hitting him with Jimmy Hart's [[megaphone]].
*[[Ted DiBiase]] (w/[[Sherri Martel|Sensational Sherri]]) wrestled [[Bret Hart]] to a double countout when both men began brawling on the floor moments after [[Roddy Piper]] left the broadcast booth to chase Sherri backstage.
*[[Jacques Rougeau|The Mountie]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) defeated [[Tito Santana]].
**Mountie pinned Santana with a handful of tights.
*[[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] won a [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]].
**Other participants included: [[Sione Vailahi|The Barbarian]], [[Ray Traylor|The Big Boss Man]], [[Jim Duggan]], [[John Tenta|Earthquake]], [[Uliuli Fifita|Haku]], [[Ray Fernandez|Hercules]], [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Badd Company|The Orient Express]] ([[Tom Boric|Kato]] & [[Pat Tanaka|Tanaka]]), [[Jake Roberts]], [[The Rockers]] ([[Shawn Michaels]] & [[Marty Jannetty]]), [[Paul Roma]], [[Davey Boy Smith]], [[Jimmy Snuka]], [[Fred Ottman|Tugboat]], [[Greg Valentine]], [[Kerry Von Erich|The Texas Tornado]], and [[Terry Szopinski|The Warlord]].
**The match revolved around Roberts' beef with Earthquake for squashing Roberts' snake Damien on the most recent episode of ''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars]]''.
**Earthquake eliminated Roberts, who unleashed his other snake Lucifer into the ring, which scared everybody.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXX===
Taped [[January 27]] [[1992]], shown [[February 8]] [[1992]] - [[Lubbock, Texas]]
*[[Roddy Piper]] defeated [[Jacques Rougeau|The Mountie]] (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) to retain the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
**Piper pinned the Mountie by using his own shock stick on him after the Mountie's attempt to use it failed since Piper was wearing a rubber vest underneath his t-shirt.
**Prematch stipulations stated [[Bret Hart]] would face the winner at ''[[WrestleMania VIII]]''.
*[[Hulk Hogan]] & [[Sid Eudy|Sid Justice]] (w/[[Edward Leslie|Brutus Beefcake]]) defeated [[Ric Flair]] & [[Mark Calaway|The Undertaker]] (w/[[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]] & [[Percy Pringle|Paul Bearer]]) via disqualification when Flair shoved the referee as Hogan was being ilegally double-teamed.
**Late in the match, Justice [[Turn (professional wrestling)|turned]] [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] by abandoning Hogan in the ring.
**After the match, Beefcake came into the ring and distracted Flair and the Undertaker long enough for Hogan to clear the ring.
*[[Sgt. Slaughter]] & [[Jim Duggan]] defeated [[Beverly Brothers|The Beverly Brothers]] ([[Mike Enos|Blake]] & [[Wayne Bloom|Beau Beverly]]) (w/[[Lanny Poffo|The Genius]]).
**Duggan pinned Blake with the running clothesline after Slaughter hit Blake with the Genius' scroll.
*[[Randy Savage]] defeated [[Jake Roberts]].
**Savage pinned Roberts with the flying elbowsmash.
**After the match, Savage hit a second elbow drop and prepared for a third before officials took Roberts backstage.
**The telecast ended with [[Miss Elizabeth]] coming to the ring and celebrating with Savage - however several weeks later during ''[[WWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars]]'', it was revealed that Roberts prepared to hit Elizabeth with a steel chair as soon as she stepped backstage, only for the Undertaker to prevent the attack and hit Roberts with the chair.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXXI===
Taped [[October 27]] [[1992]], shown [[November 14]] [[1992]] - [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]
*[[The Ultimate Maniacs]] ([[Warrior (wrestler)|The Ultimate Warrior]] & [[Randy Savage]]) defeated [[Money Inc.]] ([[Ted DiBiase]] & [[Mike Rotunda|Irwin R. Schyster]]) (w/[[Jimmy Hart]]) via countout when DiBiase and I.R.S. walked out of the match.
**The [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE)|WWF Tag Team Championship]] did not change hands.
**After the match, the Warrior and Savage caught up to DiBiase and I.R.S. in the aisle and assaulted them until Savage and the Warrior were attacked from behind by [[Ric Flair]], [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]], and [[Curt Hennig|Mr. Perfect]].
*[[Shawn Michaels]] defeated [[Davey Boy Smith]] to win the [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|WWF Intercontinental Championship]].
**Michaels pinned Smith when Smith failed a superplex, with Michaels landing on top for the pin.
**Mid-way through the match, Michaels loosened the top turnbuckle padding and later Irish whipped Smith back-first into it, which would lead to Smith's back giving out when he tried to superplex Michaels.
*[[Bret Hart]] defeated [[Charles Wright (wrestler)|Papa Shango]] via submission to retain the [[WWE Championship|WWF Championship]].
**Hart forced Shango to submit to the [[Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)|Sharpshooter]].
**After the match, Shawn Michaels interrupted Hart's backstage interview conducted by [[Gene Okerlund|"Mean" Gene Okerlund]] and said that he would have both championships after [[Survivor Series (1992)|Survivor Series]].
*Also: The Funeral Parlor, where [[The Undertaker]] discussed his plans to defeat [[Kamala (wrestler)|Kamala the Ugandan Giant]] at [[Survivor Series (1992)|Survivor Series]].
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII===
[[March 18]] [[2006]] - [[Cobo Hall#Cobo Arena|Cobo Arena]] - [[Detroit, Michigan]]
*[[John Cena]] and [[Triple H]] defeated [[Kurt Angle]], [[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio]], and [[Randy Orton]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap Match]].
**Cena pinned Orton with a rollup.
*The Cutting Edge
**Hosts [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Amy Dumas|Lita]] trash talked [[Mick Foley]] (in anticipation of their [[WrestleMania 22]] match). A brawl would break out between them, ending with Foley delivering a [[Professional wrestling attacks#One man con-chair-to|Con-chair-to]] to Edge.
*[[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] defeated [[John Layfield|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] via disqualification in a Beer Drinking Contest.
**Layfield was caught pouring the beer out instead of drinking it.
**When Layfield tried to escape, [[Chris Benoit]] threw him back into the ring where Austin delivered a [[Stunner (professional wrestling)|Stunner]].
*[[Mickie James]] and [[Trish Stratus]] defeated [[Candice Michelle]] and [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]] by pinfall.
**Stratus pinned Victoria after a [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Springboard bulldog|Stratusfaction]].
**James, who was never tagged in, [[Turn (professional wrestling)|turned]] on Stratus after the match by delivering a Mick Kick (variation of Stratus' [[Kick#Roundhouse kick|Chick Kick]]).
*[[Marty Wright|The Boogeyman]] vs. [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]] was cancelled when Booker T faked a knee injury to get out of the match.
*[[The Undertaker]] confronted [[Mark Henry]].
**Undertaker booted Henry over the guard rail and [[Chokeslam]]med Henry's manager, [[Shawn Daivari|Daivari]] on a casket, and then [[Piledriver (professional wrestling)#Tombstone piledriver|Tombstone Piledrived]] Daivari on the same casket, stopping him from managing Henry at WrestleMania.
*[[Shane McMahon]] defeated [[Shawn Michaels]] by "submission" in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Hardcore-based variations|Street Fight]].
**Michaels never actually submitted. Instead, [[Vince McMahon]] ordered to ring the bell in an ending very reminiscent to the 1997 [[Montreal screwjob]].
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII===
[[July 15]] [[2006]] - [[American Airlines Center]] - [[Dallas, Texas]]
*[[Dave Bautista|Batista]], [[Oscar Gutierrez|Rey Mysterio]], and [[Franklin Lashley|Bobby Lashley]] defeated [[Mark Henry]], [[Dave Finlay|Finlay]], and [[Booker Huffman|King Booker]] (w/[[Sharmell Sullivan|Queen Sharmell]] and [[Darren Matthews|William Regal]])
**Batista pinned Booker after a [[Powerbomb#Sitout powerbomb|Batista Bomb]].
**During the match, Henry suffered from a broken [[patella]] and was put out of action for ten months.
*[[Carly Colón|Carlito]] & [[Trish Stratus]] defeated [[John Hennigan|Johnny Nitro]] & [[Melina Perez|Melina]]
**Carlito pinned Nitro after a [[Backbreaker#Double knee backbreaker|Back Cracker]].
*[[D-Generation X]] ([[Triple H]] and [[Shawn Michaels]]) defeated the [[Spirit Squad]] ([[Ken Doane|Kenny]], [[Nick Mitchell|Mitch]], [[Nick Nemeth|Nicky]], [[Johnny Jeter|Johnny]], and [[Mike Mondo|Mikey]]) in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Handicap match|Handicap]] [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic elimination matches|Elimination match]] (10:28)
**Michaels pinned Mitch after a [[Superkick|Sweet Chin Music]]. (1:19)
**Triple H pinned Johnny after a [[Spinebuster]]. (5:54)
**Triple H pinned Nicky after a [[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|Pedigree]]. (9:09)
**Triple H pinned Mikey after a [[Superkick|Sweet Chin Music]] from Michaels. (9:33)
**Triple H pinned Kenny after a [[Facebuster#Double underhook facebuster|Pedigree]]. (10:28)
**[[Vince McMahon]] added a stipulation where eliminated wrestlers were put in holding cells next to the ring. After the match, he and the Spirit Squad were locked in a cell.
*[[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] defeated [[Stevie Richards]] in an [[Hardcore wrestling|Extreme Rules Match]]
**Sabu pinned Richards after an [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving leg drop|Arabian Facebuster]] through a table.
*Bikini Bull Riding Contest featuring: [[Torrie Wilson]], [[Maria Kanellis|Maria]], [[Mickie James]], [[Candice Michelle]], [[Lisa Marie Varon|Victoria]], [[Kristal Marshall]], [[Ashley Massaro]], [[Jillian Hall]], [[Michelle McCool]] & [[Barbie Blank|Kelly Kelly]]
**Michelle McCool defeated Victoria in the finals
**ROUND ONE (Filmed before the show)
***Michelle McCool: 43 seconds, Victoria: 31 seconds, Torrie Wilson: 19 seconds, Ashley Massaro: 17 seconds, Kelly Kelly: 17 seconds, Candice Michelle: 15 seconds, Jillian Hall: 14 seconds, Mickie James: 14 seconds, Maria: 12 seconds, Kristal Marshall: 8 seconds (disqualified for touching the bull)
**FINAL (Live)
***Michelle McCool: 12 seconds, Victoria: 7 seconds
*[[John Cena]] defeated [[WWE Championship|WWE Champion]] [[Adam Copeland|Edge]] (w/[[Amy Dumas|Lita]]) via disqualification
**Edge was disqualified when Lita slapped the referee [[Mike Chioda]], and as a result retained the title.
*Also: An appearance by [[Hulk Hogan|Hulk]] and [[Brooke Hogan]] during which [[Randy Orton]] challenged Hulk to a match at [[SummerSlam (2006)|SummerSlam]] and later Hulk received an RKO by Orton on his car, and a confrontation between [[Paul Wight|The Big Show]] and [[The Great Khali]] which ended with [[The Undertaker]] coming out only to receive a [[Professional wrestling double-team maneuvers#Double chokeslam|double chokeslam]] from Khali and Big Show.
 
===Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIV===
Taped [[May 28]] [[2007]] - airs [[June 2]] [[2007]] - [[Air Canada Centre]] - [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
*[[John Cena]] vs. [[The Great Khali]] [http://www.wwe.com/shows/snme/matches/41377101/preview/]
*[[Adam Copeland|Edge]] and [[Alvin Burke, Jr.|Montel Vontavious Porter]] vs. [[Dave Bautista|Batista]] and [[Chris Benoit]] [http://www.wwe.com/shows/snme/matches/4137710/preview/]
*[[Professional wrestling match types#Arm wrestling match|Arm Wrestling Contest]]: [[Vince McMahon]] vs. [[Franklin Lashley|Bobby Lashley]] [http://www.wwe.com/shows/snme/matches/41377103/previewlashmcmahon/]
*[[Glen Jacobs|Kane]],[[Nick Dinsmore|Eugene]],and [[Doink the Clown]] vs.[[Eddie Fatu|Umaga]],[[Viscera %28wrestler%29|Viscera]],and [[Kevin Fertig|Kevin Thorn]]
*[[Marty Wright|Boogeyman]] and Little Boogeyman vs. [[Dave Finlay|Finlay]] and [[Dylan Postl|Hornswoggle]]
 
==References==
*[http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wwf/snme.html SNME results at Prowrestlinghistory.com]
 
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