This Day in Wrestling History - August 8

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1998: WCW Road Wild (Buyrate: 1.30)
2010: TNA Hardcore Justice

Television Shows
1992: WCW Saturday Night
1992: WCW Worldwide
1993: WWF All American Wrestling
1993: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1994: WWF Monday Night RAW #74
1995: ECW Hardcore TV #119
1998: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #84
1999: ECW Hardcore TV
1999: WWF SuNDAY NiGHT HeAT #54
2002: WWE SmackDown #156 (Rating: 2.70)
2004: WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.90)
2005: WWE RAW #637 (Rating: 3.70)
2006: ECW on Sci-Fi #9 (Rating: 2.20)
2008: WWE SmackDown #470 (Rating: 2.00)
2009: Ring of Honor Wrestling #20
2010: WWE Vintage Collection #114
2011: WWE RAW #950 (Rating: 3.09)
2012: WWE NXT #129
2012: TNA Xplosion #411
2013: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING #474 (Rating: 0.96/Viewers: 1,179,000)

Title Changes
1960: The Bastiens (Lou & Red Bastien) win NWA United States Tag Team Championships (Northeast Version)
1979: Blackjack Mulligan & Ric Flair win NWA World Tag Team Championships (Mid-Atlantic Version)
1981: Wahoo McDaniel wins NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
1993: The Dark Patriot & Eddie Gilbert win ECW Tag Team Championships
1993: Tito Santana wins ECW Heavyweight Championship
1998: Juventud Guerrera wins WCW Cruiserweight Championship

Birthdays
1928: Lord Alfred Hayes
1967: Sable
1967: Eric Angle
1974: Scott D'Amore

Deaths
1966: Ed Lewis

Debuts
1974: Riki Choshu
1998: Jay Leno
2004: Nick Jackson​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

On this day Hogan sold an armbar for an old man with skinny arms and a spare tire......must've thought he was working with Verne again.

 

[Keith]

Props to Leno for still looking the same age today as he did in 98. It maybe time for his in ring comeback!