This Day in Wrestling History - August 17

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1997: ECW Hardcore Heaven (Buyrate: 0.21)
2008: WWE SummerSlam (Buys: 477,000)

Television Shows
1985: NWA Worldwide
1985: WWF All Star Wrestling
1985: WWF Championship Wrestling
1986: NWA Worldwide
1991: WCW Worldwide1993: ECW Hardcore TV #18
1996: WCW Saturday Night
1996: WWF Superstars
1998: WCW Monday Nitro #153 (Rating: 4.90)
1998: WWF RAW is WAR #273 (Rating: 4.23)
2000: WWF SmackDown! #53 (Rating: 4.70)
2002: NWA-TNA Saturday Morning
2002: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.80)
2003: NWA-TNA Xplosion
2003: WWE Sunday Night Heat
2006: TNA iMPACT! #112 (Rating: 0.90)
2007: WWE SmackDown #419
2008: WWE Vintage Collection #11
2009: Ring of Honor Wrestling #21
2009: WWE RAW #847 (Rating: 3.80)
2010: WWE NXT #26
2011: TNA Xplosion #360
2012: WWE SmackDown #679 (Rating: 1.92/Viewers: 2,612,000)
2013: Ring of Honor Wrestling #200

Title Changes
1986: Nikita Koloff wins NWA United States Heavyweight Championship
1997: Shane Douglas wins ECW World Heavyweight Championship
1997: The Dudley Boyz (Buh Buh Ray & D-Von Dudley) win ECW Tag Team Championships
2002: Shawn Stasiak wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Tommy Dreamer wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2002: Raven wins WWE Hardcore Championship
2008: Beth Phoenix wins WWE Women's Championship
2008: Santino Marella wins WWE Intercontinental Championship
2013: reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly) win ROH World Tag Team Championships

Birthdays
1961: Buddy Landel
1968: Dick Togo
1982: Cheerleader Melissa
1984: Samuel Shaw
1992: Paige

Debuts
1999: Cheerleader Melissa​

Source: wrestlingdata.com