26 years ago today, WWF taped the final edition of The Main Event (WWE Network link), the Friday night version of the long-running Saturday night series of the same name, from the Macon Coliseum in Macon, Georgia.

The show did a respectable 6.7 rating, but it was a far cry from its debut episode three years earlier, which did a 15.2 rating. Of course, that debut episode had the Wrestlemania III rematch of Hulk Hogan versus Andre the Giant.

Speaking of Hogan, it was announced when the show aired on February 1 that he would face Sgt. Slaughter at Wrestlemania VII for the WWF Championship.

On the same taping (three episodes of WWF Superstars of Wrestling was also taped during this session), William Moody makes his WWF debut as the new manager of the Undertaker, Paul Bearer.

Hulk Hogan and Tugboat defeated Dino Bravo and Earthquake.

Jim Duggan defeated Sgt. Slaughter by disqualification in a WWF Championship match.

The Legion Of Doom (Animal & Hawk) defeated The Orient Express (Kato & Tanaka).

15 years ago today on RAW from Richmond, Virginia (WWE Network link), Vince McMahon revealed that should Ric Flair refuse to sell his half of the WWF to him, he would bring in the New World Order at the next PPV, No Way Out.

This would be the first mention of the infamous WCW faction on WWF programming since the sale of the former company to the latter.

Surely enough, a few weeks later, Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash all returned to the WWF at No Way Out.

10 years ago today, WWE presented Royal Rumble (WWE Network link) from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. 13,500 were in attendance, with 491,000 homes watching on PPV. That's down from 550,000 for the 2006 edition.

Match ratings are provided by Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter as recorded in the Internet Wrestling Database. Ratings are out of five stars.

In a dark match, JTG defeated Lance Cade.

The Hardys (Jeff & Matt Hardy) defeated MNM (Joey Mercury & Johnny Nitro). (3.25/5)

Bobby Lashley defeated Test to retain the ECW Championship. (1)

Batista defeated Mr. Kennedy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. (1.25)

John Cena defeated Umaga in a last man standing match to retain the WWE Championship. (4)

The Undertaker last eliminated Shawn Michaels to win the Royal Rumble match and a championship match of his choosing at Wrestlemania 23. (4)

2007 Royal Rumble Entrant # Entrant Brand Elimination # Eliminated by Time # of eliminations Entrant # Entrant Brand Elimination # Eliminated by Time # of eliminations 1 Ric Flair Raw 1 Edge 5:40 0 2 Finlay SD! 12 Shawn Michaels 32:33 0 3 Kenny Dykstra Raw 2 Edge 4:05 0 4 Matt Hardy SD! 9 Randy Orton 18:55 0 5 Edge Raw 28 Shawn Michaels 44:02 5 6 Tommy Dreamer ECW 3 Kane 6:41 0 7 Sabu ECW 4 5:28 0 8 Gregory Helms SD! 5 King Booker 6:50 0 9 Shelton Benjamin Raw 14 Shawn Michaels 22:22 1 10 Kane SD! 11 King Booker4 13:21 3 11 CM Punk ECW 22 The Great Khali 27:16 1 12 King Booker SD! 10 Kane 9:22 3 13 Super Crazy Raw 7 Randy Orton & Edge 4:32 0 14 Jeff Hardy Raw 8 Edge 3:39 0 15 The Sandman ECW 6 King Booker 0:13 0 16 Randy Orton Raw 27 Shawn Michaels 27:15 2 17 Chris Benoit SD! 19 The Great Khali 17:52 3 18 Rob Van Dam ECW 21 The Great Khali 16:28 2 19 Viscera Raw 13 Rob Van Dam, Edge, CM Punk, Chris Benoit, Johnny Nitro, Shelton Benjamin, Hardcore Holly & Kevin Thorn 6:22 0 20 Johnny Nitro Raw 15 Chris Benoit 6:18 1 21 Kevin Thorn ECW 16 Chris Benoit 6:15 1 22 Hardcore Holly ECW 18 The Great Khali 10:21 1 23 Shawn Michaels Raw 29 The Undertaker 24:11 4 24 Chris Masters Raw 17 Rob Van Dam 3:32 0 25 Chavo Guerrero SD! 24 The Great Khali 6:24 0 26 Montel Vontavious Porter SD! 26 The Undertaker 7:32 0 27 Carlito Raw 23 The Great Khali 3:19 0 28 The Great Khali Raw 25 The Undertaker 3:45 7 29 The Miz SD! 20 The Great Khali 0:07 0 30 The Undertaker SD! — Winner 13:15 3

The eight-man effort to eliminate Viscera is the most for a single elimination in Royal Rumble history, breaking the old record of seven men needed to eliminate Mabel. Yes, that means Nelson Frazier, Jr., the man behind both Mabel and Viscera, has held the record since 1994.

Glenn Jacobs, aka Kane, made his eleventh Royal Rumble appearance, including nine in a row. Both would be new Royal Rumble records. He has since extended the record to 20 total Royal Rumble appearances, and would end his streak at 13 consecutive Royal Rumbles in 2011.

Undertaker became the first man to win the Royal Rumble from the #30 slot. #30 has since produced two other winners, John Cena the next year, and Triple H in 2016.

The best of cSs on this day:

2010: Chris Jericho and Gregory Helms/The Hurricane arrested for public intoxication; Helms accused of attacking Jericho and 2 others (TMZ reports Gregory Helms and Chris Jericho arrested for being drunk in public near Cincinnati; Helms may face assault charges)

2011: Work or Legit? Muay Thai Meets Pro Wrestling (Missed roundhouse kick leads to muay thai fight going off the rails… like way off the rails)

2012: WWE Royal Rumble: Update on potential names to enter the match (SPOILERS) (Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Road Dogg, and Road Warrior Animal may make surprise appearances, plus repackaged Brodus Clay may get his full entrance)

2013: WWE Royal Rumble ... Is ... Jericho! So now what? (What does Chris Jericho’s surprise return mean going forward?)

2014: WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 main event now official with Antonio Cesaro, Christian added (Antonio Cesaro and Christian win qualifying matches to enter Elimination Chamber for WWE world title)

2015: Stone Cold Steve Austin raises concerns about Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns as the WrestleMania 31 main event (Austin on The Stone Cold Podcast wonders how the Wrestlemania 31 main event will progress with both men having limited experience in “calling” matches)

2016: So who is Undertaker wrestling at WrestleMania 32? (Cagesiders predict who Undertaker will face at Wrestlemania—turned out his actual opponent wasn’t an option in the poll, though 5,000 of over 11,700 votes wanted Undertaker vs. Kevin Owens)