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Daniel DeWayne Severn (born June 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Beast", is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist [1] and amateur wrestler.A UFC Hall of Fame member, Severn is considered one of the leading pioneers of mixed martial arts [2] [3] and the first true world-class wrestler to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. [4]
Dan Severn is a 2-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion. By 1994, the Eastern Championship Wrestling (ECW) territory became the NWA's most televised affiliated wrestling promotion. [10] [11] The NWA decided to hold an NWA World Title Tournament through ECW at the ECW Arena in August 1994, which was won by Shane Douglas.
Dan Severn 3: Pts Raw The Godfather: Pts 8/3 Scorpio Raw 8-Ball: 7/20 Scorpio: Pts 1 Steve Blackman won the bout, but was forced to withdraw due to an injury ...
King of the Ring was a pay-per-view (PPV) event held annually in June by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1993. [6] The PPV featured the King of the Ring tournament, a single-elimination tournament that was established in 1985 and held annually until 1991, with the exception of 1990; these early tournaments were held as special non-televised house shows.
The main attraction on the event card was a tag team match with Antonio Inoki and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Dan Severn wrestling Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Oleg Taktarov. Inoki and Severn won the match when Severn pinned Fujiwara with a keylock.
Dan Severn: March 9, 2002: Vast Energy Tokyo, Japan: 2 80: 80 [28] — Vacated: May 28, 2002 — — — — — Dan Severn was stripped of the title after refusing to defend the championship on the inaugural NWA: Total Nonstop Action pay-per-view. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) 57 Ken Shamrock: June 19, 2002: NWA-TNA Weekly pay-per-view ...
The show also featured an NWA World Heavyweight Championship defense, as Tarzan Goto challenged then-champion Dan Severn for the title. Demise, mid 2000s resurgence and folding [ edit ]
On the July 20 episode of Raw is War, it was announced that a Dungeon match would take place between Hart and Shamrock in the Hart family dungeon at Fully Loaded and Dan Severn would serve as the special guest referee. [8] On the June 29 episode of Raw is War, L.O.D. 2000 (Hawk and Animal) called out their famous manager Paul Ellering.