This Day in Wrestling History

[Cyrus Riddle]

Info from gerweck.net

Trivia

2008 – Hiroshi Tanahashi wins the New Japan Cup, defeating Giant Bernard in the tournament final

Events

In 1997, Wrestlemania 13 was held in Rosemont, Illinois

– Rocky Maivia defeats The Sultan to retain the WWF Intercontinental Title
– Owen Hart & The British Bulldog fought Mankind & Vader to a double countout to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– Bret Hart defeats Steve Austin in a No-DQ Submission Match with Ken Shamrock as special guest referee
– The Legion of Doom (Hawk & Animal) & Ahmed Johnson defeat The Nation Of Domination (Crush, Faarooq & Savio Vega) in a Chicago Street Fight
– The Undertaker defeats Sycho Sid in a No-DQ Match to win the WWF Title

Title Changes

1984 – Ric Flair defeats Harley Race to win the NWA World Title

1985 – Magnum TA defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA United States Title

2012 – Vance Nevada defeats Adam Pearce to win the NWA World Title, but the decision was reversed following the match

Birthdays

Happy birthday to former WWE wrestler Ray ‘Jesse’ Gordy (34), one-time IWGP and TNA Tag Team Champion Travis Tomko (37), former WCW valet Midajah (43), 7-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Villano III (61), 10-time IWGP Tag Team Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan (42) and one-time NWA Tag Team Champion Kevin Northcutt (40)

 

[Fuji Vice]

Bret Hart defeats Steve Austin in a No-DQ Submission Match with Ken Shamrock as special guest referee.

Top 10 all time right there.

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

Definitely, sir. I just picked this WM up last week actually.

 

[Swamps]

Wow, other that Austin vs Hart, WM 13 was pure shit!

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

Wow, other that Austin vs Hart, WM 13 was pure shit!

Mostly, but I rather enjoyed the street fight as well.

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

The Street Fight was easily the best Nation match. The tag match with Owen/Bulldog vs Mankind/Vader is severely underrated.

 

[Fuji Vice]

The tag match with Owen/Bulldog vs Mankind/Vader is severely underrated.

Haven't seen it in years but I remember it being pretty good. Might have to go back and watch this show again.

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

This Day In Wrestling History – March 24th‏
Trivia

1992 – Triple H makes his professional wrestling debut

Events

In 1991, WWF Wrestlemania VII was held in Los Angeles, California. The event changed venues from the Memorial Coliseum to the Memorial Sports Arena. WWF stated that this was due to threats against the company over Sgt Slaughter’s Iraqi sympathizer gimmick, though the generally accepted reason is lower-than-expected ticket sales

– The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags) defeat The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart & Jim Neidhart) to win the WWF Tag Team Titles
– Jake Roberts defeats Rick Martel in a Blindfold Match
– The Undertaker makes his first Wrestlemania appearance, defeating Jimmy Snuka
– The Ultimate Warrior defeats Randy Savage, forcing Savage to retire from pro wrestling
– The Big Boss Man defeats Mr Perfect by DQ (Perfect retains the WWF Intercontinental Title)
– Virgil defeats Ted DiBiase by countout
– Hulk Hogan defeats Sgt Slaughter to win the WWF Title

In 1996, WCW Uncensored was held in Tupelo, Mississippi

– Konnan defeats Eddy Guerrero to retain the WCW United States Title
– The Booty Man defeats Diamond Dallas Page, forcing Page to leave WCW
– Sting & Booker T defeat The Road Warriors (Hawk & Animal) in a Chicago Street Fight
– The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage) defeat The Alliance To End Hulkamania (Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Meng, The Barbarian, Lex Luger, Z-Gangsta, Kevin Sullivan & The Ultimate Solution) in a Doomsday Cage Match

Title Changes

1947 – Ray Steele defeats Marshall Esteppe to win the NWA Junior Heavyweight Title

1973 – Harley Race defeats Dory Funk to win the NWA World Title

1978 – Dale Valentine defeats Al Madril to win the Texas Heavyweight Title

1986 – Lance von Erich defeats Buddy Roberts to win the WCCW Television Title

1994 – Rick Rude defeats Hiroshi Hase to win the WCW International World Title

2002 – Cho-Ten defeat Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata in the final of a tournament to win the vacant IWGP Tag Team Titles

2003 – on Raw, Chief Morley awards the vacant World Tag Team Titles to himself and Lance Storm

Birthdays

Happy birthday to 4-time TNA X-Division Champion Christopher Daniels (42), famed WWF jobber Barry Horowitz (53), former WWE Tag Team Champion Orlando ‘Epico’ Colon (31), former World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger (31) and WWE legend The Undertaker (48)

Also, today would have been the birthday of WWE Hall of Famer Gorgeous George (98)

In Memoriam

On this day in 1997, the wrestling world lost one-time AWA World Champion Dr Bill Miller aged 69. Miller began his professional wrestling career in Columbus and would move through Minneapolis, Detroit, New York and abroad through his career. His greatest exposure came in the WWWF, where he regularly challenged Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Title in the 1960′s. He later established himself in the tag team division, competing along side his brother Dan to win the WWWF United States Tag Team Titles. Miller retired to his home in Ohio in the 1970′s, passing away around a quarter-century later of a heart attack, suffered on his way out of the gym. Interestingly, Miller is one of the few ‘Doctors’ in wrestling who have a legitimate claim to the title, as he is a qualified veterinarian. Indeed, he operated a practice in Ohio following his wrestling retirement.

 

[Hoss]

There's actually a lot of important birthdays today.

 

[Postman Dave]

god damn, the deadman is still below 50?

Scary to think that if he continues his current schedule, he could still go for another three or four years.

 

[Sabretooth]

Ah good old Terra Ryzing debuted today.

Undertaker is getting pretty up there.

 

[Hoss]

Sting is like 54 or something and he still goes H.A.M.

Long live the Icon baby.

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

This Day In Wrestling History – March 25th‏
Trivia

2002 – The first WWE Draft Lottery takes place on Raw, with Vince McMahon picking for Smackdown and Ric Flair for Raw. The first two superstars to be drafted were The Rock (SD) and The Undertaker (Raw)

Title Changes

1983 – Terry Gordy defeats The Great Kabuki to win the Texas Brass Knuckles Title

1988 – King Parsons defeats Kerry von Erich to win the WCCW World Heavyweight Title

1994 – Jerry Lawler defeats Eddie Gilbert to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title

Birthdays

Happy birthday to one-time AJPW, WWF and NWA Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiro Saito (52), one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion Tatsutoshi Goto (57) and former WWE referee Tim White (59)

Also, today would have been the birthday of the first AJPW Triple Crown Champion Jumbo Tsuruta (62)

 

[Horrorfan_1986]

Jumbo was pretty much the GOAT.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Jumbo was pretty much the GOAT.

As someone who loves a good argument, I would LOVE to dispute this. Alas, I cannot. :

Tim White's birthday reminds me of that awful suicide angle.

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