Today in Wrestling History: (trying a new way of laying this out, let me know what you think?) 1950 – WWE Hall of Famer Howard Finkel is born. Today is his 63rd birthday 1960 – Rikidozan & Toyonobori defeat Dan Miller & Frank Valois to win the JWA All Asia Tag Team Titles 1965 – WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley is born. Today is his 48th birthday 1969 – Jose Lothario defeats Johnny Valentine to win the Texas Heavyweight Title 1973 – Dennis Stamp & Dewey Robertson defeat Rip Tyler & Eddie Sullivan to win the TSW United States Tag Team Titles 1978 – Paul Jones defeats Baron von Raschke to win the NWA Television Title 1979 – Antonio Inoki wins the NJPW MSG League, defeating Stan Hansen in the final 1981 – Terry Taylor defeats Les Thornton to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title 1982 – Sgt Slaughter defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA United States Title 1989 – TNA Gut Check winner Taeler Hendrix is born. Today is her 24th birthday 1993 – Bobby Blaze defeats The Dirty White Boy to win the vacant SMW Television Title 1994 – Tracy Smothers defeats Kendo The Samurai to win the SMW Television Title 1995 – The Thugs (Tony Anthony & Tracy Smothers) defeat The Dynamic Duo (Al Snow & Unabomb) to win the SMW Tag Team Titles. This was the only change in the history of the titles that did not involve either The Rock n Roll Express or The Heavenly Bodies 1996 – The Ilio DiPaolo Memorial Show was held in Buffalo, New York. The show was promoted by Ilio’s son Dennis in association with WCW. All proceeds from the show were donated to local childrens charities – Konnan defeats Big Bubba Rogers to retain the WCW United States Title – The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Saggs) defeat The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) in a Street Fight – Lex Luger defeats Jim Duggan to retain the WCW Television Title – Randy Savage defeats Ric Flair – The Giant defeats Sting by DQ to retain the WCW World Title 1998 – AAA TripleMania VI was held in Chihuahua, Mexico. This was the first year since 1993 that there was only one TripleMania event. – Pentagon, Octagon & Octagoncito defeat Electroshock, Abismo Negro & Mini Abismo Negro – Latin Lover, La Parka Jr, Blue Demon Jr & El Alebrije defeat Los Vipers (Histeria, Maniaco, Cibernetico & Psicosis II) – Perro Aguayo & Perro Aguayo Jr defeat Fuerza Guerrera & Mosco de la Merced to win the Mexican National Tag Team Titles – Kick Boxer defeats Heavy Metal 2003 – the final WWE Insurrextion was a Raw-exclusive event held in Newcastle, England – Jazz defeats Trish Stratus to retain the WWE Womens Title – Christian defeats Booker T to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title – Rob Van Dam & Kane defeat La Resistance (Robert Conway & Sylvain Grenier) to retain the World Tag Team Titles – Triple H defeats Kevin Nash in a Street Fight to retain the World Heavyweight Title Also, Rocky Reynolds defeats Brother Love to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title 2008 – the NWA 60th Anniversary Show was held in Atlanta, Georgia – Mike DiBiase defeats Aaron Stevens to retain the NWA North American Heavyweight Title – Iceberg defeats Mikael Judas & Shatter in a Triple Threat Match to retain the NWA Anarchy Heavyweight Title – Blue Demon Jr & Sean Waltman defeat Rob Conway & Carl Ouellet – Mike Quackenbush defeats Ricky Vega to retain the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title – Los Luchas (Phoenix Star & Zokre) defeat The Naturals (Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas) & The Real American Heroes (Karl Anderson & Joey Ryan) in a Triple Threat Elimination Match to retain the NWA World Tag Team Titles – The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) defeat The Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton) Also, ROH Respect Is Earned II was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Roderick Strong defeats Erick Stevens in a Fight Without Honor – Nigel McGuinness defeats Go Shiozaki to retain the ROH World Title – The Age Of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black) defeat Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles 2009 – WWE Extreme Rules, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, marked the start of WWE’s new match-specific PPV events – Kofi Kingston defeats MVP, William Regal & Matt Hardy in a Fatal Four Way Match to retain the WWE United States Title – Chris Jericho defeats Rey Mysterio in a No Holds Barred Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Title – Tommy Dreamer defeats Christian & Jack Swagger in a Triple Threat Match to win the ECW Title. Had Dreamer lost, he would have been fired – Santino Marella defeats Vickie & Chavo Guerrero in a Handicap Hogpen Match to retain the title of Miss Wrestlemania – Batista defeats Randy Orton in a Cage Match to win the WWE Title – Jeff Hardy defeats Edge in a Ladder Match to win the World Heavyweight Title – CM Punk cashes in his Money In The Bank and defeats Jeff Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Title 2010 – The Nexus debut on tonight’s Raw, decimating the ringside area. Unfortunately, the angle never really reached its potential and the significantly altered group had all-but-disappeared one year later.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:58:54 +0000
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