This Day in Wrestling History - August 19

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
2001: WWF SummerSlam (Buyrate: 1.32/Buys: 565,000)
2012: SummerSlam (Buys: 358,000)

Television Shows
1989: WCW Worldwide
1990: WWF SummerSlam Fever (Rating: 3.60)
1990: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995: WCW Saturday Night
1995: WWF Suerstars
1996: WCW Monday Nitro #49 (Rating: 3.50)
1996: WWF Monday Night RAW #172 (Rating: 2.90)
1999: WCW Thunder
2000: WCW Worldwide
2002: WWE RAW #482 (Rating: 4.00)
2004: WWE SmackDown #262 (Rating: 3.10)
2008: ECW on Sci-Fi #115 (Rating: 1.50)
2010: TNA Thursday Night iMPACT! #320 (Rating: 0.97)
2010: WWE Superstars #71 (Rating: 0.63)
2011: WWE SmackDown #627 (Rating: 1.86)
2012: WWE Vintage Collection #220
2013: WWE RAW #1056 (Rating: 3.24/Viewers: 4,298,000)

Title Changes
1987: Nikita Koloff wins NWA World Television Championship
1999: Lenny Lane wins WCW Cruiserweight Championship
2001: Edge wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
2001: X-Pac wins WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
2001: The Brothers of Destruction (Kane & The Undertaker) win WWF Tag Team Championships
2001: Rob Van Dam wins WWF Hardcore Championship
2001: The Rock wins WCW World Heavyweight Championship
2002: Tommy Dreamer wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Bradshaw wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Crash Holly wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2010: TNA World Heavyweight Championship vacated
2012: Antonio Cesaro wins WWE United States Championship

Birthdays
1959: Tim Horner
1973: Lilian Garcia
1981: Percy Watson

Debuts
1967: Ole Anderson​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Keith]

It is a shame that Nikita Koloff didn't get a run on top in NWA/WCW he had all the tools at least for a short run. Maybe could have got the spot Ron Simmons got. Also, his feud with Rude over the US strap is one which fell under the redar but is one I loved.