This Day in Wrestling History - April 14

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
2004: NWA-TNA Weekly PPV

Television Shows
1990: WWF Superstars
1997: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 3.50)
1997: WWF RAW is WAR (Rating: 2.20)
2000: ECW on TNN (Rating: 1.10)
2002: WWF Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 1.20)
2003: WWE RAW (Rating: 3.45)
2005: WWE Smackdown (Rating: 3.40)
2006: TNA Xplosion
2006: WWE Friday Night Smackdown (Rating: 2.50)
2007: TNA Road to Lockdown (Rating: 0.50)
2008: WWE RAW (Rating: 3.18)
2009: WWE ECW on Sci-Fi (Rating: 1.30)
2010: TNA Xplosion
2011: TNA Thursday Night iMPACT (Rating: 1.14)

Title Changes
2000: Taz wins ECW World Heavyweight Championship
2002: Bubba Ray Dudley wins WWF Hardcore Championship
2002: Spike Dudley wins WWF Hardcore Championship
2002: Goldust wins WWF Hardcore Championship
2002: William Regal wins WWF Hardcore Championship
2008: Mickie James wins WWE Women's Championship

Birthdays
1964: Brian Adams
1967: Jeff Jarrett
1975: Lita

Deaths
2010: Gene Kiniski
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Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

Bringing back Taz to win that ECW title just showed how thin that roster was in 2000. Also wouldn't have happened if Mike Awesome wasn't owed 250 thousand dollars and WCW paid him that for signing. Always bothered me how that was spun so bad it made Awesome look like a sell out, like getting a better job is somehow "selling out".

 

[Rated R Superstar]

I'm assuming that was during the 24/7 rule for the Hardcore belt. Or was it always 24/7?

 

[Deezy]

Think 24/7 rule started around late 99. Crash Holly program.

 

[Keith]

On the Awesome thing, wouldn't call the guy a sell out, but not sure he was any better off going to WCW at the time maybe apart from the money aspect.

Didn't know Lita was pushing 40! Gives the rest of us 30 somethings hope

 

[Chris]

I'm assuming that was during the 24/7 rule for the Hardcore belt. Or was it always 24/7?

It was 24/7 from the late '90s or early '00s until mid 2002 right before it was retired.

 

[ApplePieBandit]

RIP Gene Kiniski