This Day in Wrestling History - April 5

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1992: WWF WrestleMania VIII (Buyrate: 2.30/Buys: 920,000)
2009: WWE WrestleMania XXV (Buys: 960,000)
2013: TNA One Night Only: X-Travaganza
2013: ROH Supercard of Honor VII

Television Shows
1992: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1993: WWF Monday Night RAW
1994: ECW Hardcore TV
1997: WCW Main Event
1997: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night
1997: WCW Saturday Night
1999: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 4.30)
1999: WWF RAW is WAR (Rating: 5.80)
2001: WWF Smackdown (Rating: 4.30)
2003: NWA-TNA Xplosion
2003: WWE Velocity
2004: WWE RAW (Rating: 3.80)
2007: TNA iMPACT (Rating 0.90)
2009: WWE Vintage Collection
2010: TNA Monday Night iMPACT (Rating: 0.86)
2010: ROH on HDNet
2010: WWE RAW (Rating: 3.15)
2011: TNA Xplosion
2012: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING (Rating: 1.13)
2013: WWE Smackdown (Rating: 1.82/Viewers: 2,524,000)

Title Changes
1992: Bret Hart wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
1992: Randy Savage wins WWF World Heavyweight Championship
2009: The Colóns (Carlito & Primo) win World Tag Team Championship (Unified with WWE Tag Team Championship)
2009: Rey Mysterio wins WWE Intercontinental Championship
2009: John Cena wins World Heavyweight Championship
2010: Angelina Love wins TNA Women's Knockout Championship
2013: Jay Briscoe wins ROH World Championship

Birthdays
1956: Diamond Dallas Page
1986: Charlotte

Debuts
1934: Lou Thesz
1992: Chris Kanyon
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Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Hot Rod]

I remember Hart vs. Piper, arguably one of Piper's best matches he ever had in his career in a losing effort. That match in general was arguably the best of that entire Wrestlemania.

Bret would hang on to the IC title until dropping it to The British Bulldog in a classic main event encounter at Summerslam '92.

 

[Dale]

That image of Taker doing the suicide dive is still sickening to think about now just like when it happened with Lita.

 

[Hot Rod]

That image of Taker doing the suicide dive is still sickening to think about now just like when it happened with Lita.

Oh yeah, had he seriously been injured it would probably go down as one of the worst botches in history.

But he ended up being alright, so it makes it awesome still....everything about that match...man, it was almost perfect.

 

[Deezy]

The dive that got Jimmy Snuka jr fired.....gotta catch the locker room leader.