This Day in Wrestling History - April 10

[Chris]

Television Shows
1988: JCP The Main Event
1993: WCW Saturday Night
1993: WWF Superstars
1994: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995: WWF Monday Night RAW (Rating: 3.70)
1999: WCW Saturday Night
1999: WCW Worldwide
1999: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
2000: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 3.10)
2000: WWF RAW is WAR (Rating: 6.20)
2003: WWE Smackdown
2004: NWA-TNA Xplosion
2004: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.70)
2005: WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.90)
2006: WWE RAW (Rating: 4.20)
2007: WWE ECW on Sci-Fi (Rating: 1.70)
2008: TNA iMPACT (Rating: 1.00)
2009: WWE Smackdown (Rating: 2.20)
2011: WWE Vintage Collection
2012: WWE Smackdown (Rating: 1.52/Viewers: 2,248,000)
2013: WWE Main Event (Viewers: 1,341,000)
2013: WWE NXT

Title Changes
2000: WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and WCW World Tag Team Championship vacated
2001: ECW World Heavyweight Championship, ECW Television Championship and ECW Tag Team Championship defunct
2001: Jeff Hardy wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
2009: The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) win ROH World Tag Team Championship

Birthdays
1954: Paul Bearer
1980: Jesse Neal​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

Oh man, I remember that Nitro, it was the absolute worse of what it was to be in that era at the time. Meta, self aware wrestling is the absolute shits. Nobody needed to be reminded this shit was scripted, but this segment....No way it could be. Not on the format sheet, call the producer.....you gotta be ribbing me....I won't put him over, I'm not doing the job, I gotta get my shit in.

 

[Chris]

Also worth noting that this is the day ECW closed in 2001. Hence the defunct championships

 

[Deezy]

The only person I ever felt bad for when ECW closed was Tommy Dreamer, he was still under the assumption that Paul Heyman was trying to get another TV contract and he was the one left with his dick in his hand after everyone finds out he signed with WWF.