Gold Rush

Author: Dan Katz

On each of the given dates, a WWF/WWE wrestling title changed hands in either Boston or New York City.

02/18/85 WENDY RICHTER ==> LEILANI KAI (Women's, NYC)

02/08/86 TITO SANTANA ==> RANDY SAVAGE (Intercontinental, Boston)

08/29/88 THE HONKY TONK MAN ==> THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR (Intercontinental, NYC)

08/26/91 TED DIBIASE ==> VIRGIL (Million Dollar Belt, NYC)

09/13/93 THE STEINER BROTHERS ==> THE QUEBECERS (Tag Team, NYC)

11/26/94 BOB BACKLUND ==> DIESEL (World, NYC)

06/09/97 DEAN MALENKO ==> JEFF JARRETT (US, Boston)

03/29/98 SHAWN MICHAELS ==> STEVE AUSTIN (World, Boston)

08/30/99 THE UNDERTAKER AND THE BIG SHOW ==> THE ROCK AND MANKIND (Tag Team, Boston)

06/25/00 TOO COOL ==> EDGE AND CHRISTIAN (Tag Team, Boston)

02/11/01 AL SNOW ==> RAVEN (Harcore, Boston)

06/25/01 JEFF HARDY ==> X-PAC (Light Heavyweight, NYC)

11/12/01 BOOKER T AND TEST ==> THE HARDY BOYS (Tag Team, Boston)

02/26/02 MAVEN ==> GOLDUST (Hardcore, Boston)

11/17/02 JAMIE NOBLE ==> BILLY KIDMAN (Cruiserweight, NYC)

03/14/04 TRIPLE H ==> CHRIS BENOIT (Raw World, NYC)

Taking the letters in the spots in the NYC title changes marked by lowercase letters, in order by lowercase letters, gives RVD'S BLANK THUNDER; this clues "ROLLING" (in reference to Rob Van Dam's maneuver Rolling Thunder.)

Doing the same for the Boston changes gives THE DWAYNE JOHNSON, a clue for "ROCK" (former wrestler Dwayne Johnson is also known as The Rock.)

Thus the answer is ROLLING ROCK.