This Day in Wrestling History - August 3

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1997: WWF SummerSlam (Buyrate: 0.80/Buys: 320,000)

Television Shows
1985: WWF All Star Wrestling
1985: WWF Championship Wrestling
1991: World Championship Wrestling
1991: WCW Worldwide
1993: ECW Hardcore TV #17
1996: WCW Saturday Night
1996: WWF Superstars
1998: WCW Monday Nitro #151 (Rating: 4.20)
1998: WWF RAW is WAR #271 (Rating; 4.93)
2000: WWE Confidential #11 (Rating: 1.00)
2002: NWA-TNA Saturday Morning
2002: WWE Velocity
2003: NWA-TNA Xplosion
2003: WWE Sunday Night Heat
2006: TNA iMPACT! #110 (Rating: 0.90)
2007: WWE SmackDown #417 (Rating: 2.62
2008: WWE Vintage Collection #9
2009: WWE RAW #845 (Rating: 3.55)
2010: WWE NXT #24 (Rating: 0.86)
2011: TNA Xplosion #358
2012: WWE SmackDown #677 (Rating: 1.91/Viewers: 2,783,000)
2013: Ring of Honor Wrestling #198
2013: WWE WrestleMania 29: The World Television Premiere (Viewers: 1,920,000)

Title Changes
1996: The Gangstas (Mustafa Saed & New Jack) win ECW Tag Team Championships
1997: Bret Hart wins WWF World Heavyweight Championship1997: Steve Austin wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
2002: Bradshaw wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Tommy Dreamer wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2013: The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) wins ROH World Tag Team Championships

Birthdays
1934: Haystacks Calhoun
1982: Damien Sandow​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Keith]

Loved that Sunmerslam, along with Candian Stampede the highpoint of the USA/Canada feud and there was quite a few of those. Best Bret/Taker match too.

 

[Chris]

I haven't seen anything besides the Austin/Owen match from that SummerSlam so take my opinion for what it's worth, but it actually looks pretty bad outside the main event and the cage match.

 

[Deezy]

I haven't seen anything besides the Austin/Owen match from that SummerSlam so take my opinion for what it's worth, but it actually looks pretty bad outside the main event and the cage match.

Nah, Shamrock/Bulldog was good too.

Only thing about this card is how many people on it are dead.

 

[Keith]

I haven't seen anything besides the Austin/Owen match from that SummerSlam so take my opinion for what it's worth, but it actually looks pretty bad outside the main event and the cage match.

Pillman/Goldust solid too. Owen/Austin isn't as good as it could have been because of that piledriver, but they still made the most out of a bad situlation. I like the card for how it sold the USA/Canada feud with a number of matches having things attached to them.