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The Brian Pillman Memorial Show was an annual professional wrestling event held between 1998 and 2001 benefiting the children of Brian Pillman and featuring talent from World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), as well as local and independent circuit performers. The proceeds for the event went to the future education of Pillman's children. [1]

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The match between Chris Benoit and Steven Regal at the 3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show was included on Benoit's 2004 DVD Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story .

Show results

1st Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

April 29, 1998 in Norwood, Ohio (Norwood Middle School)

No.ResultsStipulations
1 Nick Dinsmore defeated Trailer Park TrashSingles match
2 Steve Dunn and Reno Riggins defeated Brian Taylor and The Bounty HunterTag team match
3 Flash Flanagan defeated Bull Pain Singles match
4 Chip Fairway and Shark Boy defeated Terik the Great and Sean Casey Tag team match
5 Al Snow defeated Chris Candido Singles match
6 Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho Singles match

2nd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

May 19, 1999 in Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Gardens)

No.ResultsStipulations
1 Shark Boy defeated Matt Stryker Singles match
2Terik the Great defeated Jeremy JettSingles match
3 Chip Fairway defeated Chad Collyer by submission.Singles match
4 Tim Horner and Rob Conway defeated Flash Flanagan and Bull Pain Tag team match
5 Shark Boy defeated Terik the GreatSingles match
6 Terry Taylor defeated Tom Prichard Singles match
7 Shark Boy defeated Chip Fairway Singles match
8 Al Snow defeated Road Dogg Singles match
9 Mankind defeated D'Lo Brown Singles match
10 Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. defeated Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko Tag team match

3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show: Pillman 2000

May 25, 2000 in Cincinnati, Ohio (Xavier University's Schmidt Field House)

No.ResultsStipulations
1Rory Fox and Logan Caine defeated Jeremy Lopez and Jet JaguarTag team match
2B.J. Payne defeated Rico Constantino Singles match
3 Chuck Palumbo defeated Sean O'Haire Singles match
4Scotty Sabre defeated Reckless Youth Singles match
5Cody Hawk and Anthony McMurphy (c) defeated Flash Flanagan and Matt Stryker Tag team match for the HWA Tag Team Championship
6 Shark Boy (c) defeated Jamie-San Singles match for the HWA Cruiserweight Championship
7Race Steele defeated Chip Fairway (c)Singles match for the HWA Heavyweight Championship
8Anthony McMurphy defeated Cody Michaels Singles match
9 Tim Horner defeated Dr. Tom Prichard Singles match
10 The Harris Brothers (Don Harris and Ron Harris) defeated Billy Kidman and Disco Inferno Tag team match
11 Vampiro defeated Gen. Rection Singles match
12 Chris Benoit (c) defeated Steven Regal Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship
13 Diamond Dallas Page defeated Shane Douglas Singles match
14 Justin Credible (c) defeated Raven Singles match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
15 D'Lo Brown and Eddie Guerrero defeated Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko Tag team match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

4th Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

August 9, 2001 in Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills High School)

No.ResultsStipulations
1 Nigel McGuinness (HWA) defeated The Machine (OVW)Interpromotional match
2 Rob Conway and Ron Waterman defeated The Disciples of Synn (Payne and Damien)Tag team match
3J.R. Ryder (ECWA) defeated Richard Pound (Stampede Wrestling)Interpromotional match
4 Chad Collyer (HWA) defeated Donovan Morgan (APW)Interpromotional match
5Cody Hawk and Lance Cade defeated The Island Boyz (Ekmo and Kimo)Tag team match
6 Randy Orton defeated Flash Flanagan Singles match
7 The Damaja and Mike Hard (OVW) defeated The A Squad (Chet Jablonski and Dean Jablonski) (HWA)Interpromotional match
8 The Haas Brothers (Charlie Haas and Russ Haas) (HWA) defeated Steve Bradley (HWA) and Rico Constantino (OVW)Interpromotional match
9 Matt Stryker defeated Chad Collyer, Shark Boy and Pepper Parks (c)Four-way match for the HWA Cruiserweight Championship
10 Nick Dinsmore defeated Race Steele (c)Singles match for the HWA Heavyweight Championship
11 Terry Taylor defeated Bobby Eaton Singles match with Ricky Steamboat as the special guest referee
12 Steve Corino (c) defeated David Flair Singles match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
13 Mark Henry defeated Hugh Morrus Singles match
14 Lita defeated Victoria Singles match
15 Evan Karagias defeated Chris Candido Singles match
16 Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko (WWF) defeated Raven and Justin Credible (ECW)Interpromotional match
17 The Hardy Boyz (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) (WWF) defeated Edge and Christian (WWF) and Diamond Dallas Page and Kanyon (WCW)Three-way match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. Mick Foley (2000). Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p.260). HarperCollins. ISBN   0-06-103101-1.

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