This Day in Wrestling History - April 17

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1994: WCW Spring Stampede (Buyrate: 0.53)
2011: TNA Lockdown

Television Shows
1988: NWA The Main Event
1993: WCW Power Hour
1993: WCW Saturday Night
1993: WWF Mania
1993: WWF Superstars
1994: WCW The Main Event
1994: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995: WWF Monday Night RAW (Rating: 3.40)
1999: WCW Worldwide
1999: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
2000: WCW Nitro (Rating: 2.50)
2000: WWF RAW is WAR (Rating: 6.70)
2003: WWE Smackdown
2004: NWA-TNA Xplosion
2004: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.80)
2005: WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.80)
2006: WWE RAW (Rating: 4.30)
2007: WWE ECW on Sci-Fi (Rating: 1.50)
2008: TNA iMPACT (Rating: 1.00)
2009: WWE Smackdown (Rating: 2.00)
2011: WWE Vintage Collection
2012: TNA Xplosion
2013: WWE Main Event (Viewers: 1,220,000)
2013: WWE NXT
2013: TNA Xplosion

Title Changes
1984: Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch win WWF World Tag Team Championship
1994: WCW World Heavyweight Championship vacated
1994: Sting wins WCW International Championship
1999: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley) win ECW Tag Team Championship
2000: Scotty Too Hotty wins WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship
2001: Rhyno wins WWF Hardcore Championship
2001: The Brothers of Destruction (Kane & The Undertaker) win WWF World Tag Team Championship
2008: Kaz & Super Eric win TNA World Tag Team Championship
2008: TNA World Tag Team Championship vacated
2008: Petey Williams wins TNA X-Division Championship
2011: Mickie James wins TNA Women's Knockout Championship

Birthdays
1951: Roddy Piper
1958: Nailz​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

Roddy!!!

Listen to his podcast, my birthday wish.

 

[Keith]

Spring Stampede 94 one of the great PPV's of the 90's just a dream lineup even if WCW was mostly the shits at the time.