This Day in Wrestling History - August 28

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1989: WWF SummerSlam (Buyrate: 4.81/Buys: 1,924,000)
2002: NWA-TNA Weekly PPV #11

Television Shows
1971: WWWF @ Fitchburg
1984: WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling
1988: NWA The Main Event
1993: WCW Saturday Night
1993: WCW Worldwide
1993: WWF Superstars
1994: WCW Clash of the Championship XXVIII
1994: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1999: WWF Jakked #1
2000: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 3.50)
2000: WWF RAW is WAR #379 (Rating: 4.90)
2003: WWE SmackDown #211
2004: TNA Xplosion
2004: WWE Velocity
2005: WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.80)
2006: WWE RAW #692 (Rating; 3.40)
2007: ECW on Sci-Fi #64 (Rating: 1.30)
2008: TNA iMPACT! #218 (Rating: 1.05)
2009: WWE SmacDown #524 (Rating: 1.90)
2011: WWE Vintage Collection #169
2013: WWE Main Event #48 (Rating: 0.80)
2013: TNA Xplosion #466

Title Changes
1989: Ultimate Warrior wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
1994: Diesel & Shawn Michaels win WWF Tag Team Championships
2000: Kevin Nash wins WCW World Heavyweight Championship
2002: Jerry Lynn wins NWA-TNA X-Division Championship
2004: John Walters wins ROH Pure Championship

Birthdays
1978: Shaniqua
1978: Ricky Reyes

Debuts
1998: Manu​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Deezy]

Those Summerslam buys were monstrous.

 

[Keith]

Have a soft spot for 89. The IC Title match and the first of the six men tags were excellent. Busters/Harts good, Honkey/Dusty a solid comedy bout, and Perfect/Rooster a good squash. The main event could have been so much worse too.