Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096 (consolidated; balance total is 597,337). An important internal shipping port in the 19th century, Louisville today is best known as the location of the Kentucky Derby, the first of three annual thoroughbred horse races making up the Triple Crown.

Louisville is situated on the Ohio River in north-central Kentucky at the Falls of the Ohio. Because it includes counties in Southern Indiana, the Louisville metropolitan area is often referred to as Kentuckiana. The river forms the border between Kentucky and Indiana. A resident of Louisville is referred to as a Louisvillian. Although situated in a Southern state, Louisville is influenced by both Southern and Midwestern culture. It is sometimes referred to as either the northernmost Southern city or the southernmost Northern city in the United States.

The settlement that became the city of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France.

Arenas

 * Davis Arena
 * Freedom Hall
 * Louisville Gardens

Events

 * Raw August 7, 1995
 * In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage February 18, 1996
 * In Your House 17: Ground Zero September 7, 1997
 * Nitro March 23, 1998
 * Uncensored 1999 March 14, 1999
 * Smackdown October 21, 1999
 * Raw July 19, 1999
 * Judgment Day 2000 May 21, 2000
 * Smackdown September 7, 2000
 * Smackdown May 17, 2001
 * Raw October 29, 2001
 * Smackdown March 20, 2003
 * Raw May 18, 2009
 * Superstars May 21, 2009
 * Superstars January 7, 2010
 * Smackdown January 8, 2010
 * Superstars July 15, 2010
 * NXT July 15, 2010
 * Raw December 6, 2010
 * Superstars December 9, 2010
 * Ring of Honor January 31, 2011

Promotions

 * Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
 * Ohio Valley Wrestling

Wrestlers

 * 2 Tuff Tony
 * J.C. Bailey
 * J.V. Insanity
 * Jim Cornette
 * Doug Basham