This Day In Wrestling History – December 29th Trivia 1997 -WCW Nitro defeated WWF Raw in the Monday Night Ratings War 4.6 to 3.6 2009 - Tommy Dreamer wrestled his last match on the WWE’s version of ECW. Losing to Zack Ryder (w/ Rosa Mendes) in a match Dreamer has promised to leave ECW if he lost Events In 1991, WCW Starrcade: Battlebowl/The Lethal Lottery was held in Norfolk, Virginia. This event solely featured the the qualifying matches for the Battlebowl, followed by the Battlebowl itself. 40 wrestlers were chosen at random to form 10 tag team matches, with each winning pair advancing to the Battlebowl. This was also the 1st Starrcade since it’s inception in 1983 that did not feature Ric Flair: – Marcus Bagwell & Jimmy Garvin defeated Michael Hayes & Tracy Smothers – Steve Austin & Rick Rude defeated Van Hammer & Big Josh – Dustin Rhodes & Richard Morton defeated Larry Zbyszko & El Gigante – Bill Kazmaier & Jushin Liger defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Mike Graham – Lex Luger & Arn Anderson defeated Terrance Taylor & The Z-Man – Ricky Steamboat & Todd Champion defeated Cactus Jack & Buddy Lee Parker – Sting & Abdullah The Butcher defeated Brian Pillman & Bobby Eaton – Big Van Vader & Mr Hughes defeated Rick Steiner & The Nightstalker – Scott Steiner & Firebreaker Chip defeated Arachnaman & Johnny B Badd – Ron Simmons & Thomas Rich defeated Steve Armstrong & PN News – Sting won the Battlebowl In 1996, WCW Starrcade was held in Nashville, Tennessee: – The Ultimate Dragon defeated Dean Malenko to unify the J-Crown Championship & the WCW Cruiserweight Title – Akira Hokuto defeated Madusa to become the 1st WCW Women’s Champion – The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) defeated The Faces of Fear (Meng & The Barbarian) to retain the WCW World Tag Team Titles – Eddy Guerrero defeated Diamond Dallas Page to win the vacant WCW United States Title – Lex Luger defeated The Giant – Roddy Piper defeated Hollywood Hogan 2001 – Jimmy Hart’s short-lived X Wrestling Federation holds it’s 1st of only 4 events in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the U.S. Cellular Arena: – Hail defeated Greg Valentine – Drezden defeated Big Vito – XWF Cruiserweight Champion Kid Kash defeated Josh Mathews – Vampire & Johnny B. Badd defeated Buff Bagwell & Curt Hennig – Jim Duggan defeated The Wall – Ian Harrison defeated Norman Smiley – The Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) defeated XWF Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) in a non-title match In 2007, ROH Rising Above was held in New York City (aired on March 7th, 2008): – Daizee Haze defeated Sara Del Rey & Lacey – Delirious defeated Brent Albright (w/ Adam Pearce) – Kevin Steen & El Generico defeated The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) (w/ Lacey), The Hangmen 3 (Adam Pearce & B. J. Whitmer), & The Vulture Squad (Jack Evans & Ruckus) (w/ Julius Smokes) – Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens – Claudio Castagnoli defeated Chris Hero (w/ Larry Sweeney, Tank Toland, & Bobby Dempsey) – Nigel McGuinness defeated Austin Aries to retain the ROH World Title – Bryan Danielson defeated Takeshi Morishima via DQ – The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark) defeated The No Remorse Corps (Roderick Strong & Rocky Romero) in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles Title Changes 1922 – Sam Hanna defeated Kid Ross to become the 1st Canadian Welterweight Champion in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada 1937 – Lou Thesz defeated Everett Marshall to win the National Wrestling Association & Midwest Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Titles in St. Louis, Missouri 1964 – Tarzan Tyler defeated Bob Orton to win the Florida version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Tampa, Florida 1973 – Moondog Mayne defeated Pat Patterson to win NWA United States Heavyweight Title in San Francisco, Ca. 1974 – Fritz Von Erich defeated Blackjack Lanza to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Title 1985 – Stan Hansen defeated Rick Martel to win the AWA World Title 1991 – Baron Von Raschke & Ken Patera defeat The Punishers (Sledge & Hammer) to win the Pro Wrestling America Tag Team Title in St. Paul, Minnesota 1995 – Mikey Whipwreck defeated 2 Cold Scorpio to win the ECW Television and Tag Team Titles. Cactus Jack appoints himself as Whipwreck’s partner 1997 – on Nitro, Ultimo Dragon defeated Eddy Guerrero to win the WCW Cruiserweight Title. Also, Booker T defeats Disco Inferno to win the WCW Television Title 1998 – Luis Ortiz defeated Tre to win the NWA New England Cruiserweight Title in Somerville, Massachusetts 1998 – on Thunder, Scott Steiner defeated Konnan to win the WCW Television Title 1998 – on Raw, Mankind defeated The Rock to win the WWF Title Birthdays Happy birthday to indy regulars B-Boy (36), & Will Maximo (27), former WCW announcer Mark Madden (54) & former Raw ring announcer Justin Roberts (35)
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