WWE Bad Blood
WWE Bad Blood is a professional wrestling pay-per-view and livesteaming event series made by WWE. It took place in 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2024. It included only the Raw brand for the 2003 and 2004 editions. The 1997 edition was an In Your House pay-per-view called "Badd Blood: In Your House", this event featured the first ever Hell in a Cell match, which was won by Shawn Michaels defeating The Undertaker with the help of the debuting Kane.
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Promotion(s) | WWE |
Brand(s) | Raw (2003–2004, 2024) SmackDown (2024) |
First event | Badd Blood: In Your House (1997) |
Signature match types | Hell in a Cell match |
Events
Raw-branded event |
# | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. | |||
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1 | Badd Blood: In Your House | October 5, 1997 | St. Louis, Missouri | Kiel Center | Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match to determine the number one contender for the WWF Championship at Survivor Series | [1] | |||
2 | Bad Blood (2003) | June 15, 2003 | Houston, Texas | Compaq Center | Triple H (c) vs. Kevin Nash in a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship with Mick Foley as the special guest referee | [2] | |||
3 | Bad Blood (2004) | June 13, 2004 | Columbus, Ohio | Nationwide Arena | Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels in a Hell in a Cell match | [3] | |||
4 | Bad Blood (2024) | October 5, 2024 | Atlanta, Georgia | State Farm Arena | Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu) | [4] | |||
Results
1997
Badd Blood: In Your House | ||||
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Promotion | World Wrestling Federation | |||
Date | October 5, 1997 | |||
Attendance | 21,151 | |||
Venue | Kiel Center | |||
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
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Bad Blood chronology | ||||
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In Your House chronology | ||||
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Badd Blood: In Your House took place on October 5, 1997 at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri. On the afternoon preceding this event, Brian Pillman, who was scheduled to face Dude Love on the show, was found dead in his hotel room. The announcement was made to fans during the half-hour "pregame show" prior to the PPV broadcast itself.
Numbers in brackets are the length of the match.
- Nation of Domination (Rocky Maivia, Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown) defeated The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) in a Handicap match (12:20)
- Maivia pinned Hawk after a Rock Bottom.
- Max Mini and Nova defeated Tarantula and Mosaic (6:43)
- Max pinned Tarantula.
- The Godwinns (Henry and Phineas) (with Uncle Cletus) defeated The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship (12:17)
- Phineas pinned Mosh after a Powerbomb.
- Legends Ceremony hosted by Jim Ross; honoring some legends of St. Louis wrestling, including Harley Race, Jack Brisco, Dory Funk, Jr., Gene Kiniski, Terry Funk, Lou Thesz, and promoter Sam Muchnick.
- Owen Hart defeated Faarooq to win the vacant WWF Intercontinental Championship (7:12)
- Owen pinned Faarooq after Steve Austin hit Faarooq with the IC Title belt. This was the final of an eight-man Tournament.
- Disciples of Apocalypse (Crush, Chainz, 8-Ball and Skull) defeated Los Boricuas (Savio Vega, Jesus Castillo, Jose Estrada, Jr. and Miguel Pérez, Jr.) (9:11)
- Crush pinned Castillo after a Tilt-a-Whirl backbreaker.
- Bret Hart and The British Bulldog defeated Vader and The Patriot in a Flag Match (23:13)
- Hart pinned Patriot with a Roll-up.
- Shawn Michaels defeated The Undertaker in the first Hell in a Cell match (30:00)
- Michaels pinned Undertaker after Undertaker's younger half-brother Kane debuted and tombstoned Undertaker.
- Michaels became the number one contender for the WWF Championship.
The tournament was held between September 8 and October 5, 1997. The tournament brackets were:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
Brian Pillman | Pin | ||||||||||||
Dude Love | |||||||||||||
Brian Pillman | |||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | ||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | ||||||||||||
Goldust | |||||||||||||
Owen Hart | Pin | ||||||||||||
Faarooq | |||||||||||||
Faarooq | |||||||||||||
Ken Shamrock | |||||||||||||
Faarooq | Pin | ||||||||||||
Ahmed Johnson | |||||||||||||
Ahmed Johnson | Pin | ||||||||||||
Rocky Maivia |
Notes:
1 Ken Shamrock initially won the match, but he was injured so Farooq advanced.
2003
Bad Blood (2003) | ||||
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Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
Brand (s) | Raw | |||
Date | June 15, 2003 | |||
Attendance | 10,000[5] | |||
Venue | Compaq Center | |||
City | Houston, Texas | |||
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Bad Blood chronology | ||||
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[6] |
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1H | Ivory defeated Molly Holly | Singles match | 3:18 |
2 | Christopher Nowinski and Rodney Mack (with Theodore Long) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) | Tag team match | 7:07 |
3 | Scott Steiner defeated Test | Singles match for the manager services of Stacy Keibler | 6:23 |
4 | Booker T defeated Christian (c) by disqualification | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | 7:53 |
5 | La Résistance (René Duprée and Sylvain Grenier) defeated Kane and Rob Van Dam (c) | Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship | 5:47 |
6 | Goldberg defeated Chris Jericho | Singles match | 10:53 |
7 | Ric Flair defeated Shawn Michaels | Singles match | 14:18 |
8 | Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated Eric Bischoff 2–1 | Redneck Triathlon[a] | |
9 | Triple H (c) defeated Kevin Nash | Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship with Mick Foley as special guest referee | 21:01 |
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Notes:
- ↑
- Austin won the "Burping Contest"
- Bischoff won the "Pie Eating Contest" by forfeit
- Austin won the "Pig Pen Fun"
2004
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Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | |||
Brand (s) | Raw | |||
Date | June 13, 2004 | |||
Attendance | 9,000 | |||
Venue | Nationwide Arena | |||
City | Columbus, Ohio | |||
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[7] |
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1H | Batista defeated Maven by pinfall | Singles match | 3:44 |
2 | Chris Benoit and Edge defeated La Résistance (Sylvain Grenier and Robért Conway) (c) by disqualification | Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship | 10:17 |
3 | Chris Jericho defeated Tyson Tomko (with Trish Stratus) by pinfall | Singles match | 6:03 |
4 | Randy Orton (c) defeated Shelton Benjamin by pinfall | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | 15:03 |
5 | Trish Stratus (with Tyson Tomko) defeated Victoria (c), Lita and Gail Kim | Fatal four-way match for the WWE Women's Championship | 4:43 |
6 | Eugene defeated Jonathan Coachman by pinfall | Singles match | 7:38 |
7 | Chris Benoit (c) defeated Kane by pinfall | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | 18:20 |
8 | Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels by pinfall | Hell in a Cell match | 47:26 |
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2024
Bad Blood (2024) | ||||
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Promotion | WWE | |||
Brand (s) | Raw SmackDown | |||
Date | October 5, 2024 | |||
Attendance | 16,902 | |||
Venue | State Farm Arena | |||
City | Atlanta, Georgia | |||
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No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[8] |
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1 | CM Punk defeated Drew McIntyre by pinfall | Hell in a Cell match | 31:25 |
2 | Nia Jax (c) defeated Bayley by pinfall | Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship | 14:10 |
3 | Damian Priest defeated Finn Bálor by pinfall | Singles match | 12:45 |
4 | Rhea Ripley defeated Liv Morgan (c) (with "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio) by disqualification | Singles match for the WWE Women's World Championship Mysterio was hung above the ringside area in a shark cage. |
14:00 |
5 | Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns defeated The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu) by pinfall | Tag team match | 25:50 |
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References
- ↑ "WWF In Your House 18: Badd Blood « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ↑ "WWE Bad Blood 2003 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ↑ "WWE Bad Blood 2004 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- ↑ Currier, Joseph (July 6, 2024). "WWE Bad Blood returning this October, location announced". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ↑ "WWE Bad Blood 2003 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ↑ "Bad Blood (2003) Information". Hoff Co, Inc.: CompleteWWE.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
- ↑ Clevett, Jason (June 14, 2004). "Badd Blood a total bore". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Powell, Jason (October 5, 2024). "WWE Bad Blood results: Powell's review of Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu, CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.