This Day in Wrestling History - April 23

  • Welcome to "The New" Wrestling Smarks Forum!

    I see that you are not currently registered on our forum. It only takes a second, and you can even login with your Facebook! If you would like to register now, pease click here: Register

    Once registered please introduce yourself in our introduction thread which can be found here: Introduction Board


Chris

Dreams are Endless
Joined
Dec 23, 2011
Messages
358,527
Reaction score
139,716
Points
128
Age
28
Location
Texas
Favorite Wrestler
tLCb5kv
Favorite Wrestler
OEndG4L
Favorite Wrestler
ArsUxsj
Favorite Wrestler
mrperfect2
Favorite Wrestler
eelOIL6
Favorite Wrestler
BryanDanielson1
Favorite Sports Team
sfa
Favorite Sports Team
dallascowboys
Favorite Sports Team
sanantoniospurs
Favorite Sports Team
texasrangers
Raw-23-April-2001.jpg


Pay-Per-Views

NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #41
2006: TNA Lockdown

Television Shows
1988: NWA World Championship Wrestling
1989: WCW The Main Event
1990: WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1994: WCW Saturday Night
1995: WCW Worldwide
2000: ECW Hardcore TV
2001: WWF RAW is WAR #413 (Rating: 5.10)
2005: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.60)
2006: TNA Lockdown Pre-show
2007: WWE RAW #726 (Rating: 3.70)
2009: TNA iMPACT #252 (Rating: 1.23)
2009: WWE Superstars #2 (Rating: 0.88)
2010: WWE Smackdown #558 (Rating: 1.80)
2012: WWE RAW #987 (Rating: 3.07/Viewers: 4,380,000)

Title Changes
1960: The Bastiens (Lou & Red Bastien) win NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Capitol Version)
1978: Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat win NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
1990: Mr. Perfect wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
1995: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship vacated
2012: Nikki Bella wins WWE Divas Championship

Birthdays
1944: Tony Atlas
1961: Terry Gordy
1966: Bubba the Love Sponge
1977: John Cena
1986: Jessie
Source: wrestlingdata.com
 

Deezy

DZ PZ
Joined
Nov 13, 2010
Messages
135,130
Reaction score
37,554
Points
118
Location
Canada
Favorite Wrestler
brethart2
Favorite Wrestler
newjack
Favorite Wrestler
ddp
Favorite Wrestler
therock
Favorite Wrestler
nwo
Favorite Wrestler
wolfpac
Oh the Franchise's birthday.....Pay homage.
 

The Cork

Banned
Joined
Feb 23, 2011
Messages
4,706
Reaction score
100
Points
63
Age
36
Location
England
Favorite Wrestler
scottsteiner
Favorite Wrestler
brocklesnar
Favorite Wrestler
carlito
Favorite Wrestler
goldburg
Favorite Wrestler
jakeroberts
Favorite Wrestler
paige
Cena is 37 and still a goer in the ring, props.

Not that 37 is ancient, but in wrestler years it's a lifetime.
 

Keith

WCW Halloween Phantom
Joined
Aug 6, 2010
Messages
16,623
Reaction score
2,857
Points
113
That two man power trip deal put extra years on Austin and Trips just what both needed at the time.