Tag: SummerSlam
This Day In Wrestling History – August 30th
News 1993 – At a WCW Saturday Night taping in Atlanta, GA, Dustin Rhodes defeated Ravishing Rick Rude to win the NWA/WCW United States Championship. Due to this, Rhodes would be recognized as the official WCW United States Champion a month later after breaking away from NWA. 2007 – In a black eye for WWE, the New…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 29th
News 1988 – WWF would broadcast the very first SummerSlam on this date. This would solidify the name of the Big Four Events, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and Royal Rumble. 1992 – WWF would broadcast their very first International PPV as SummerSlam was held in London, England. The broadcast would not be aired, however,…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 27th
News 1994 – Shane Douglas would win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from 2 Cold Scorpio. Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Osamu Nishimura would make their ECW debut during the same tournament. At the same event, Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) and Mikey Whipwreck would defeat Public Enemy to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship.…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 26th
News 1986 – WWF Superstars of Wrestling taped their very first broadcast from Providence Civic Center in Providence, RI. This would continue to air until 2001, but not before becoming a highlights only show in 1997. On this episode, Koko B. Ware made his WWF debut, teaming with Paul Roma, however, they lost to The…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 25th
News 1984 – The Road Warriors would win their very first AWA Tag Team Championship against Crusher and Baron von Raschke 1991 – Sting would defeat “Stunning” Steve Austin in the finals of a 1 night tournament to win the vacated WCW United States Championship. You can watch the match in the…
This Day In Wrestling History – August 23rd
News 2004 – Raw saw the unholy marriage between Kane and Lita 2009 – SummerSlam would hold the first of six years in a row in Los Angeles from the Staples Center 2015 – SummerSlam would hold the first of four years in a row in New York from…
