Post by 67 more on Aug 26, 2013 2:44:09 GMT -5
AUGUST 26TH WRESTLING HISTORY
1932 – Bristol, England – 1-time European Mid-Heavyweight Champion Bill Howes is born.
1965 – Amarillo, Texas – 1-time GWF Tag Champion and WCW West Texas Redneck Bobby Duncum Jr. is born.
1972 – Jalisco, Mexico – 1-time Mexican Tag Champion and 1-time AAA Mascot Tag Champion Mascara Divina is born.
1979 – CWF @ Orlando – Harley Race beats Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight title.
1981 – Windsor, Ontario – 2-time TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams is born.
1984 – Louisville, Kentucky – 1-time CZW Tag Champion and 2-time CZW Underground Ultraviolent Champion JC Bailey is born.
1991 – WWF Summerslam – Bret Hart beats Mr Perfect for the WWF Intercontinental title, Virgil beats Ted DiBiase for the Million Dollar title, Big Boss Man beats The Mountie in a Jailhouse match which leads to The Mountie receiving implied sodomy in prison much to the delight of commentators Gorilla Monsoon & Roddy Piper, LOD beat The Nasty Boys in a street fight for the WWF Tag titles, Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior beat Sgt Slaughter, Col. Mustafa & Gen. Adnan in a handicap match with Sid Justice as the special ref (before the event, Warrior requested a raise after he felt his Wrestlemania 7 payday wasn't good enough and would leave the WWF if this conditions weren't met, which was accepted by Vince McMahon. Immediately following the event, Vince McMahon suspended Warrior due to Vince perceiving this as a threat. Warrior would try to resign but the WWF denied his resignation) and Randy Savage and Elizabeth have a wedding.
1996 – WCW Nitro – Nitro runs unopposed. The main event of Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael vs Lex Luger & Sting goes to a no contest when the nWo run in (unheard of) and beat down both teams.
1998 – WCW Thunder – Chris Jericho retains the WCW TV title against Alex Wright.
1999 – WWF Smackdown – Big Show & Undertaker retain the WWF Tag titles against the Acolytes and X-Pac & Kane in a three way, Big Boss Man beats Al Snow for the Hardcore title and Triple H retains the WWF title against The Rock after shenanigans from special ref Shawn Michaels.
1999 – ECW @ New York City – Taz retains the ECW World title against Tajiri and The Dudleys beat Spike & Balls Mahoney for the ECW Tag titles only to drop the belts the same night to Raven & Tommy Dreamer.
2000 – ECW @ New York City – The FBI beat Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke for the ECW Tag titles, Kid Kash beats Rhino for the ECW TV title and Justin Credible retains the ECW World title against Justin Credible.
2002 – WWE Raw – WWE IC Champion Rob Van Dam beats WWE Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer to unify the two titles and Triple H beats The Undertaker to become #1 contender to the WWE title.
2003 – NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line Day 3 – Kenta Kobashi retains the GHC title against Bison Smith.
2004 – WWE Smackdown – Orlando Jordan defends the WWE title on behalf of JBL against The Undertaker. JBL interferes when he realises Jordan's lost the match to force a DQ.
2006 - OVW TV – Charles Evans beats Seth Skyfire for the OVW TV title.
2007 – AJPW Puroresu Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3 – Katsuhiko Nakajima retains the AJPW Jr Heavy title against Chris Sabin, Satoshi Kojima & TARU beat Toshiakia Kawada & Taiyo Kea for the AJPW World Tag titles and Kensuke Sasaki beats Minoru Suzuki for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
2007 – WWE Summerslam – The Wrestlemania 4 of Summerslams in terms of just plain shitness.Umaga retains the IC title against Mr Kennedy & Carlito in a 3-way, Beth Phoenix wins a battle royal to become Women's #1 contender, John Morrison retains the ECW World title against CM Punk, Triple H returns and uses his trusty shovel on King Booker, Rey Mysterio returns 50 pounds heavier to beat Chavo Guerrero, Great Khali retains the World title against Batista via self DQ and John Cena retains the WWE title against Randy Orton.
2012 – Yokohama Big Fireworks – Takuya Sugawara & Mineo Fujita beat The Jimmyz for the NWA International Lightweight Tag titles.
2012 – REINA X WORLD @ Tokyo – Leon beats Tiffany to become the first REINA/CMLL International Champion.
2012 - AJPW 40th Anniversary Year Summer Impact Day 9 – Takao Omori & Manabu Soya retain the AJPW World Tag titles against Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi, Hiroshi Yamato retains the AJPW Jr Heavy title against Minoru Tanaka and Masakatsu Funaki beats Jun Akiyama for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
1932 – Bristol, England – 1-time European Mid-Heavyweight Champion Bill Howes is born.
1965 – Amarillo, Texas – 1-time GWF Tag Champion and WCW West Texas Redneck Bobby Duncum Jr. is born.
1972 – Jalisco, Mexico – 1-time Mexican Tag Champion and 1-time AAA Mascot Tag Champion Mascara Divina is born.
1979 – CWF @ Orlando – Harley Race beats Dusty Rhodes for the NWA World Heavyweight title.
1981 – Windsor, Ontario – 2-time TNA X Division Champion Petey Williams is born.
1984 – Louisville, Kentucky – 1-time CZW Tag Champion and 2-time CZW Underground Ultraviolent Champion JC Bailey is born.
1991 – WWF Summerslam – Bret Hart beats Mr Perfect for the WWF Intercontinental title, Virgil beats Ted DiBiase for the Million Dollar title, Big Boss Man beats The Mountie in a Jailhouse match which leads to The Mountie receiving implied sodomy in prison much to the delight of commentators Gorilla Monsoon & Roddy Piper, LOD beat The Nasty Boys in a street fight for the WWF Tag titles, Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior beat Sgt Slaughter, Col. Mustafa & Gen. Adnan in a handicap match with Sid Justice as the special ref (before the event, Warrior requested a raise after he felt his Wrestlemania 7 payday wasn't good enough and would leave the WWF if this conditions weren't met, which was accepted by Vince McMahon. Immediately following the event, Vince McMahon suspended Warrior due to Vince perceiving this as a threat. Warrior would try to resign but the WWF denied his resignation) and Randy Savage and Elizabeth have a wedding.
1996 – WCW Nitro – Nitro runs unopposed. The main event of Chris Benoit & Steve McMichael vs Lex Luger & Sting goes to a no contest when the nWo run in (unheard of) and beat down both teams.
1998 – WCW Thunder – Chris Jericho retains the WCW TV title against Alex Wright.
1999 – WWF Smackdown – Big Show & Undertaker retain the WWF Tag titles against the Acolytes and X-Pac & Kane in a three way, Big Boss Man beats Al Snow for the Hardcore title and Triple H retains the WWF title against The Rock after shenanigans from special ref Shawn Michaels.
1999 – ECW @ New York City – Taz retains the ECW World title against Tajiri and The Dudleys beat Spike & Balls Mahoney for the ECW Tag titles only to drop the belts the same night to Raven & Tommy Dreamer.
2000 – ECW @ New York City – The FBI beat Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke for the ECW Tag titles, Kid Kash beats Rhino for the ECW TV title and Justin Credible retains the ECW World title against Justin Credible.
2002 – WWE Raw – WWE IC Champion Rob Van Dam beats WWE Hardcore Champion Tommy Dreamer to unify the two titles and Triple H beats The Undertaker to become #1 contender to the WWE title.
2003 – NOAH Navigation Over The Date Line Day 3 – Kenta Kobashi retains the GHC title against Bison Smith.
2004 – WWE Smackdown – Orlando Jordan defends the WWE title on behalf of JBL against The Undertaker. JBL interferes when he realises Jordan's lost the match to force a DQ.
2006 - OVW TV – Charles Evans beats Seth Skyfire for the OVW TV title.
2007 – AJPW Puroresu Love in Ryogoku Vol. 3 – Katsuhiko Nakajima retains the AJPW Jr Heavy title against Chris Sabin, Satoshi Kojima & TARU beat Toshiakia Kawada & Taiyo Kea for the AJPW World Tag titles and Kensuke Sasaki beats Minoru Suzuki for the AJPW Triple Crown title.
2007 – WWE Summerslam – The Wrestlemania 4 of Summerslams in terms of just plain shitness.Umaga retains the IC title against Mr Kennedy & Carlito in a 3-way, Beth Phoenix wins a battle royal to become Women's #1 contender, John Morrison retains the ECW World title against CM Punk, Triple H returns and uses his trusty shovel on King Booker, Rey Mysterio returns 50 pounds heavier to beat Chavo Guerrero, Great Khali retains the World title against Batista via self DQ and John Cena retains the WWE title against Randy Orton.
2012 – Yokohama Big Fireworks – Takuya Sugawara & Mineo Fujita beat The Jimmyz for the NWA International Lightweight Tag titles.
2012 – REINA X WORLD @ Tokyo – Leon beats Tiffany to become the first REINA/CMLL International Champion.
2012 - AJPW 40th Anniversary Year Summer Impact Day 9 – Takao Omori & Manabu Soya retain the AJPW World Tag titles against Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi, Hiroshi Yamato retains the AJPW Jr Heavy title against Minoru Tanaka and Masakatsu Funaki beats Jun Akiyama for the AJPW Triple Crown title.