This Day in Wrestling History - June 5

[Chris]

Television Shows
1993: WCW Saturday Night
1993: WWF Mania
1993: WWF Superstars
1994: WWF Wrestling Challenge
1995: WWF Monday Night RAW #113
1999: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #127
2000: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 2.80)
2000: WWF RAW is WAR #367 (Rating: 5.90)
2003: WWE SmackDown #199
2004: TNA Xplosion
2004: WWE Velocity (Rating: 0.60)
2005: WWE Sunday Night Heat (Rating: 0.70)
2006: WWE RAW #680 (Rating: 4.00)
2007: WWE ECW on Sci-Fi #52 (Rating: 1.43)
2008: TNA iMPACT! #206 (Rating: 0.86)
2009: TNA Epics #4
2009: WWE SmackDown #512 (Rating: 1.90)
2011: WWE Vintage Collection #157
2013: WWE Main Event #36
2013: WWE NXT #172

Title Changes
2000: Eric Bischoff wins WCW Hardcore Championship
2001: Jeff Hardy wins WWF Light Heavyweight Championship
2003: Rey Mysterio wins WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Birthdays
1972: Simon Dean

Debuts
1951: Mad Dog Vachon
1991: Dick Togo​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[Keith]

Think I must have stopped watching WCW by the time Bischoff won the Hardcore title! Did he use one of his special karate moves for the finish?

 

[Deezy]

Was after Bret was hurt by Goldberg, so I wasn't watching.