This Day in Wrestling History - July 23

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Chris

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Pay-Per-Views

1989: NWA The Great American Bash (Buyrate: 1.50)
1995: WWF In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks (Buyrate: 0.70/Buys: 280,000)
2000: WWF Fully Loaded (Buyrate: 1.04/Buys: 450,000)
2003: NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #54
2006: WWE The Great American Bash (Buys: 227,000)

Television Shows
1984: WWF The Brawl to End it All (Rating: 9.00)
1985: WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1988: WWF @ Philadelphia
1990: WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1994: WWF Superstars
2000: ECW Hardcore TV
2001: WWF RAW is WAR #426 (Rating: 5.40)
2004: TNA iMPACT #8
2005: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.50)
2007: WWE RAW #739 (Rating: 3.37)
2009: TNA iMPACT! #265 (Rating: 1.30)
2009: WWE Superstars #15 (Rating: 0.90)
2010: WWE SmackDown #571 (Rating: 1.80)
2012: WWE RAW #1000 (Rating: 3.84/Viewers: 6,020,000)

Title Changes
1984: WWF International Championship defunct
1984: Wendi Richter wins WWF Women's Championship
1989: NWA World Television Championship vacated
1995: Shawn Michaels wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
2000: Perry Saturn wins WWF European Championship
2001: Lance Storm wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
2006: King Booker wins World Heavyweight Championship
2012: The Miz wins WWE Intercontinental Championship

Birthdays
1974: Sonny Siaki

Deaths
1996: Herb Abrams

Debuts
1984: Cyndi Lauper
1993: Masato Tanaka
1995: Tyson Kidd​

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King Bookah...........loved that character.
 

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Me, too this is a great day for the Bash 89, and that Hot Fully Loaded card!

Not to be picky Chris but In Your House 2 was just In Your House 2 it had no sub-title.
 

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Darn, I must have made that one up.

Everything lists it as the sub that I've seen, but I do think WWE didn't start doing it until 7, although now I think they list it as that.
 

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Why were two of the most over guys in dark matches at In Your House 2?
 

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