This Day in Wrestling History - April 23

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #41
2006: TNA Lockdown

Television Shows
1988: NWA World Championship Wrestling
1989: WCW The Main Event
1990: WWF Prime Time Wrestling
1994: WCW Saturday Night
1995: WCW Worldwide
2000: ECW Hardcore TV
2001: WWF RAW is WAR #413 (Rating: 5.10)
2005: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.60)
2006: TNA Lockdown Pre-show
2007: WWE RAW #726 (Rating: 3.70)
2009: TNA iMPACT #252 (Rating: 1.23)
2009: WWE Superstars #2 (Rating: 0.88)
2010: WWE Smackdown #558 (Rating: 1.80)
2012: WWE RAW #987 (Rating: 3.07/Viewers: 4,380,000)

Title Changes
1960: The Bastiens (Lou & Red Bastien) win NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Capitol Version)
1978: Paul Jones & Ricky Steamboat win NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic Version)
1990: Mr. Perfect wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
1995: WCW United States Heavyweight Championship vacated
2012: Nikki Bella wins WWE Divas Championship

Birthdays
1944: Tony Atlas
1961: Terry Gordy
1966: Bubba the Love Sponge
1977: John Cena
1986: Jessie
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Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

Oh the Franchise's birthday.....Pay homage.

 

[The Cork]

Cena is 37 and still a goer in the ring, props.

Not that 37 is ancient, but in wrestler years it's a lifetime.

 

[Keith]

That two man power trip deal put extra years on Austin and Trips just what both needed at the time.