Various: Paige on Anniversary of Her Final Match, Mick Foley’s WWF Title Anniversary, Indies

Paige Comments on Anniversary of Her Final Wrestling Match

Paige recently reflected on Twitter about last Friday being the one-year anniversary of her final match in her wrestling career.

One year since the night in Uniondale. So crazy how quickly time passes. 2019 is gonna be a wonderful year. I can feel it 😊

— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) December 28, 2018

20th Anniversary of Mick Foley’s First WWF Championship Victory

In a Wrestling History type fact, yesterday was the 20th anniversary of Mankind’s (Mick Foley) first WWF Championship victory.

Mankind defeated The Rock for the WWF Championship during a WWF RAW is War television taping held on December 29, 1998 in Worcester, Massachusetts. This episode aired on January 4, 1999 due to RAW at the time only aired live episodes bi-weekly.

This moment is notable in wrestling history for being a major turning point in the Monday Night Wars between WWF and WCW, with WCW Monday Nitro announcer Tony Schiavone’s infamous spoiler of RAW’s main event resulting in a huge shift of viewers away from Nitro to watch Foley’s victory on RAW, and the infamous “Finger Poke of Doom” match between Hulk Hogan and WCW World Heavyweight champion Kevin Nash held on Nitro moments after Foley’s memorable victory.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

WWE’s Jack Gallagher and Xavier Woods and NJPW’s Kenny Omega were recent guest contributors to Giantbomb.com’s annual Top 10 games lists series.

United Kingdom-based cable network FreeSports reportedly has ended their television deal with Revolution Pro Wrestling, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported FreeSports pulled out of their deal due to declining viewership numbers for RevPro’s weekly wrestling show, which averaged around 7,000 viewers in recent weeks.

Stardom reportedly generated an overall attendance total of 38,895 for 2018, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported this is the first time since 2005 that a woman’s promotion in Japan managed to draw over 30,000 total fans over the course of an entire year.

Absolute Intense Wrestling announced that the card of their April 4th event in Jersey City, New Jersey features a singles match of Scott Steiner vs. Swoggle (Hornswoggle in WWE).