Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city. Missouri's capital is Jefferson City. The four largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. Missouri was originally acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became defined as the Missouri Territory. Part of the Missouri Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state on August 10, 1821.

Missouri mirrors the demographic, economic and political makeup of the nation (in general) with a mix of urban and rural culture. It has long been considered a political bellwether state. With the exceptions of 1956 and 2008, Missouri's results in U.S. presidential elections have accurately predicted the next President of the United States in every election since 1904. It has both Midwestern and Southern cultural influences, reflecting its history as a border state. It is also a transition between the Eastern and Western United States, as St. Louis is often called the "western-most Eastern city" and Kansas City the "eastern-most Western city." Missouri's geography is highly varied. The northern part of the state lies in dissected till plains while the southern part lies in the Ozark Mountains (a dissected plateau), with the Missouri River dividing the two. The confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers is located near St. Louis. The starting points of the Pony Express Trail and Oregon Trail were both in Missouri. The mean center of United States population as of the 2010 Census is at the town of Plato in Texas County, Missouri.

Cities

 * Kansas City

Arenas

 * Kemper Arena
 * Sprint Center

Events

 * RAW - October 6, 1997.
 * Smackdown - August 26, 1999.
 * Slamboree 2000 - May 7, 2000.
 * Smackdown - February 22, 2001.
 * Backlash 2002 - April 21, 2002.
 * Smackdown - February 26, 2004.
 * New Years Revolution - January 7, 2007.
 * Smackdown - October 26, 2007.
 * Heat - May 25, 2008.
 * ECW - March 24, 2009.
 * Smackdown - August 21, 2009.
 * Smackdown - February 19, 2010.
 * Money in the Bank 2010 - July 18, 2010.
 * NXT - March 15, 2011.
 * Smackdown - March 18, 2011.
 * RAW - September 26, 2011.

Wrestlers

 * Curtis Hughes
 * Harley Race
 * Jonathan Coachman