This Day in Wrestling History - May 17

[Chris]

Pay-Per-Views
1992: WCW WrestleWar (Buyrate: 0.61)
1998: WCW Slamboree (Buyrate: 0.73)
2009: WWE Judgment Day (buys: 228,000)

Television Shows
1993: WWF Monday Night RAW #17
1994: ECW Hardcore TV #56
1997: WCW Saturday Night
1997: WWF Shotgun Saturday Night #20
1999: WCW Monday Nitro (Rating: 3.30)
1999: WWF RAW is WAR #312 (Rating: 6.40)
2000: WCW Thunder
2001: WWF SmackDown! #92 (Rating: 4.00)
2003: WWE Velocity
2004: WWE RAW #573 (Rating: 4.00)
2007: TNA iMPACT! #151 (Rating: 1.04)
2009: WWE Vintage Collection #50
2010: WWE RAW #886 (Rating: 3.44)
2011: TNA Xplosion #347
2012: TNA IMPACT WRESTLING #410 (Rating: 1.08/Viewers: 1,476,000)
2013: WWE SmackDown #718 (Rating: 1.78/Viewers: 2,435,000)

Title Changes
1963: Bruno Sammartino wins WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
1992: The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Gavin & Michael Hayes) win WCW United States Tag Team Championship
1993: Marty Jannetty wins WWF Intercontinental Championship
1998: The Giant & Sting win WCW World Tag Team Championship
1998: Dean Malenko wins WCW Cruiserweight Championship
2007: TNA World Heavyweight Championship vacated
2010: Bret Hart wins WWE United States Championship

Birthday
1949: Earl Hebner
1949: Dave Hebner
1967: Lori Fullington
1975: Alex Wright​

Source: wrestlingdata.com

 

[The Cork]

Judgment Day '09 was brilliant, start of the Jericho/Michaels feud iirc.

 

[Keith]

Judgment Day '09 was brilliant, start of the Jericho/Michaels feud iirc.

Yeah that was the show with Edge/Cena headlining right?

Also, 1992 was one of the best PPV years for WCW. The Steiners, Vader, Sting, Flyin' Brian, The DA etc... Sweet memories.