Curtis Comes Home
| Curtis Comes Home | |||
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Rostraver, Pennsylvania | |||
| Venue | Ice Garden | ||
| Attendance | 1,500 | ||
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Curtis Comes Home (alternately Curtis Goes Home
Production
Curtis Comes Home was one of the largest independent
Event
Nine
There were several featured matches on the undercard. The first was a singles match between Cody Michaels, accompanied by manager Jim Cornette, and Hugh Morrus, which Michaels won. D'Lo Brown, then WWF European and Intercontinental Champion, was scheduled to wrestle Al Snow in a non-title no-disqualification match; however, special guest referee Mankind eventually became involved in the bout, turning it into an impromptu Triple threat match. Mankind ended up winning the match via pinfall when he used his "Mandible claw" finisher on both his opponents and Mark Curtis, then weighing only 75 pounds,[11] unexpectedly entered the ring to make the three count.[6]
Aftermath
Mark Curtis' last match as referee was for the East Tennessee promotion, just a few days before his death on September 8, 1999.[8] Southern States Wrestling held a memorial show honoring Curtis from 2000 to 2003, the Mark Curtis Memorial Weekend of Champions, as a fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network.[12] The Mark Curtis Memorial Reunion, promoted by Curtis' widow Pam Hildebrand-Clark, was also held for the organization in 2005.[13]
Results
| No. | Results Tammy Sytch) Six-man tag team match | |
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References
- ^ a b c Gerweck, Steve (September 16, 1999). "Wrestling mourns the loss of referee to stomach cancer". The Kokomo Tribune. Kokomo, Indiana.
- ^ a b Sforcina, Mathew (March 2010). "Ask 411 Wrestling 03.10.10: The Flight From Hell, Checking Zingers and Wrestling with… Dice?". 411mania.com.
- ^ a b c Cornette, Jim (August 2014). "REMEMBERING BRIAN & BUBBA". Fighting Spirit Magazine. 1 (109). Uncooked Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ a b c Magee, Bob (September 9, 1999). "AS I SEE IT: Reflections on the passing of a friend....Brian Hildebrand". PWBTS.com. Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets.
- ^ a b c Magee, Bob (September 2, 2003). "AS I SEE IT: Remembering..." PWBTS.com. Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheets.
- ^ a b Apter, Bill, ed. (2013). "Wrestling History". PWI-Online.com. Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ a b Roll, Dean (1999). "Shark Boy Benefit Event Gallery". Sharkboy.net.
- ^ a b Mooneyham, Mike (September 12, 1999). "Brian Hildebrand Stood Tall". MikeMooneyham.com.
- ^ a b Magee, Bob (July 6, 1999). ""Curtis Comes Home"-- the Brian Hildebrand fundraiser". rec.sport.pro-wrestling.
- ^ a b c d Woodward, Buck (July 30, 2010). "THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MISS ELIZABETH DEBUTS, CURTIS COMES HOME AND MORE". PWInsider.com.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Dave (February 2000). "Brian Hildebrand (1962-1999) "The World Loved Him and Was Honored to Honor Him"". Wrestle America.
- ^ "Wrestling fundraiser May 10". Daily News. Kingsport, Tennessee. May 9, 2003.
- ^ Johnson, Mike (May 8, 2012). "THIS DAY TO HISTORY: TNA IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED, WWE HOLDS SLAMMY AWARDS PRIVATELY FOR BUSINESS PARTNERS, NIKITA AND MUTA TEAM, FUNK INDUCTED INTO PRO WRESTLING HALL OF FAME, MARK CURTIS MEMORIAL, WRESTLEMANIA 24 BUYRATE BREAKS ONE MILLION, DGUSA TAPES FIRST PPV IN CANADA AND MUCH MORE". PWInsider.com.