This Day in Wrestling History - August 14

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1999: WCW Road Wild
2002: NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #9
2005: TNA Sacrifice
2011: WWE SummerSlam (Buys: 296,000)

Television Shows
1988: NWA The Main Event
1993: WCW Saturday Night
1993: WWF Mania
1993: WWF Superstars
1994: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995: WWF Monday Night RAW #123 (Rating: 3.40)
2000: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 2.40)
2000: WWF RAW is WAR #377 (Rating: 5.90)
2003: WWE SmackDown #209
2004: TNA Xplosion
2004: WWE Velocity
2005: TNA Sacrifice Preshow
2005: WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.70)
2006: WWE RAW #690 (Rating: 4.10)
2007: ECW on Sci-Fi #62 (Rating: 1.50)
2008: TNA iMPACT! #216 (Rating: 0.87)
2009: WWE SmackDown #522 (Rating: 1.70)
2011: WWE Vintage Collection #167
2012: TNA Xplosion #412
2013: WWE Main Event #46
2013: TNA Xplosion #464

Title Changes
1999: Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) win WCW World Tag Team Championships
1999: Balls Mahoney & Spike Dudley win ECW Tag Team Championship
2000: Norman Smiley wins WCW Hardcore Championship
2000: Elix Skipper wins WCW Cruiserweight Championship
2000: Carl Oulette wins WCW Hardcore Championship
2000: The Filthy Animals (Juvetud Guerrera & Rey Mysterio Jr.) win WCW World Tag Team Championships
2006: Lita wins WWE Women's Championship
2011: Randy Orton wins World Heavyweight Championship
2011: Alberto Del Rio wins WWE Championship

Birthdays
1949: Bob Backlund
1958: Bobby Eaton
1961: Eddie Gilbert
1981: Kofi Kingston​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

Screaming Norman Smiley and Ralphus were an underrated duo.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

A night that should have been great for Del Rio that was murdered the next night on Raw.