Post by 67 more on Aug 28, 2013 10:27:59 GMT -5
AUGUST 28TH WRESTLING HISTORY
1912 – Jerez de Garcia Salinas, Mexico – 4-time NWA Middleweight Champion and 3-time Mexican Light Heavyweight Champion Tarzan Lopez is born.
1938 – St Joseph, Missouri – 7-time world tag championand father of former WWE & WCW referee Nick Patrick, “The Assassin” Jody Hamilton is born.
1953 – Promoter of the precursor to ECW, the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, Joel Goodhart is born.
1964 – Merced, California – 2-time NWA World Champion and 1-time USWA Unified World Champion Mike Rapada is born.
1974 – San Luis Potosi, Mexico – 1-time Mexican Women's Champion Princesa Blanca is born.
1975 – Tarzan Lopez pulls a William Shakespeare and dies on his own birthday age 63.
1976 – AJPW @ Tokyo – Jumbo Tsuruta beats Jack Brisco in a 3-fall match for the NWA United National title.
1978 – Cincinatti, Ohio – WWE Tough Enough 2 winner Linda Miles aka Shaniqua is born.
1978 – Fontana, California – 1-time ROH Tag Champion and 2-time WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion Ricky Reyes is born.
1980 – Saltillo, Mexico – 1-time CMLL Minis Champion Demus 3:16 is born.
1989 – Sacramento, California – 1-time AAA Mixed Tag Champion Christina Von Eerie is born.
1989 – WWF Summerslam – Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude to win his second WWF IC title and in the main event, Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake beat Randy Savage & f***ing Zeus.
1992 – FILL @ Monterrey – Tony Arce & Vulcano beat Misterioso & Volador for the Mexican Tag titles.
1994 – WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII – Ricky Steamboat beats Steve Austin for the WCW United States title. This is Steamboat's last match for fifteen years due to a severe back injury.
1994 – WWF @ Indianapolis – Diesel & Shawn Michaels beat The Headshrinkers for the WWF Tag titles on a house show.
1995 – USWA @ Memphis – PG13 beat Terry Gordy & Tracy Smothers to win the vacant USWA Tag titles.
1996 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1-time WORLD-1 Tag Champion and son of 2-time world champion Steve Corino, Colby Corino is born.
1999 – NJPW Jinju Climax – Shinjro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa retain the IWGP Jr Heavy Tag titles, Kendo KaShin beats Koji Kanemoto for the IWGP Jr Heavy title, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara for the IWGP Tag titles and The Great Muta beats The Great Nita (Atsushi Onita) in a No Rope Explosive Barbwire Barricade Land Mine Death Match which by the way, was the absolute shits.
1999 – WWF Jakked – The first ever episode of this D-show, which included Ivory retaining the Women's title against Jacqueline.
2000 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw has a victory of only 1.4 points due to Nitro getting a higher rating than usual. On Raw, Chyna retains the WWF IC title against Val Venis, Lita retains the WWF Women's title against Jacqueline and Rock retains the WWF title against Kane. Nitro sees Kevin Nash beat Booker T for the WCW World title with Jeff Jarrett as special referee.
2002 – TNA Weekly PPV – Jerry Lynn wins the TNA X Division title beating AJ Styles & champion Low Ki in a 3-way ladder match.
2003 – NJPW Osaka Dream Night – Hiroshi Tanahashi beats Makai #2 in a hair vs mask match to retain the U-30 title and Yoshihiro Takayama retains the IWGP title in a cage death match against Masa Chono.
2003 – WWE Smackdown – Rey Mysterio retains the WWE Cruiserweight title against Nunzio, Eddie Guerrero retains the WWE United States title against John Cena via DQ and Undertaker beats Brock Lesnar and Big Show in a triple threat main event.
2004 – ROH Scramble Cage Melee – Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero retain the ROH Tag titles against Dixie & Izzy and John Walters beats Doug Williams for the ROH Pure title.
2005 – PRIDE Final Conflict – Fedor Emalienenko retains the PRIDE Heavyweight title against Cro Cop.
2005 – Michinoku Pro Fighting Tohoku Legend 1th ~ Miyagi Volume – Taka Michinoku retains the Tohoku Eastern Jr Heavy title against KAGETORA.
2007 – ECW – CM Punk beats The Miz, Big Daddy V & Boogeyman in a 4-way to become ECW #1 contender.
2009 – WWE Smackdown – Jerishow retain the Unified Tag titles against Cryme Tyme when Show shuts down Shad's hot tag with the WMD and Jeff Hardy wrestles his last WWE match, losing a World Heavyweight title Loser Leaves WWE Steel Cage match against champion CM Punk.
2010 – UFC 118 – Frankie Edgar retains the UFC Lightweight title against BJ Penn via unanimous decision.
1912 – Jerez de Garcia Salinas, Mexico – 4-time NWA Middleweight Champion and 3-time Mexican Light Heavyweight Champion Tarzan Lopez is born.
1938 – St Joseph, Missouri – 7-time world tag championand father of former WWE & WCW referee Nick Patrick, “The Assassin” Jody Hamilton is born.
1953 – Promoter of the precursor to ECW, the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, Joel Goodhart is born.
1964 – Merced, California – 2-time NWA World Champion and 1-time USWA Unified World Champion Mike Rapada is born.
1974 – San Luis Potosi, Mexico – 1-time Mexican Women's Champion Princesa Blanca is born.
1975 – Tarzan Lopez pulls a William Shakespeare and dies on his own birthday age 63.
1976 – AJPW @ Tokyo – Jumbo Tsuruta beats Jack Brisco in a 3-fall match for the NWA United National title.
1978 – Cincinatti, Ohio – WWE Tough Enough 2 winner Linda Miles aka Shaniqua is born.
1978 – Fontana, California – 1-time ROH Tag Champion and 2-time WWC Junior Heavyweight Champion Ricky Reyes is born.
1980 – Saltillo, Mexico – 1-time CMLL Minis Champion Demus 3:16 is born.
1989 – Sacramento, California – 1-time AAA Mixed Tag Champion Christina Von Eerie is born.
1989 – WWF Summerslam – Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude to win his second WWF IC title and in the main event, Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake beat Randy Savage & f***ing Zeus.
1992 – FILL @ Monterrey – Tony Arce & Vulcano beat Misterioso & Volador for the Mexican Tag titles.
1994 – WCW Clash of the Champions XXVIII – Ricky Steamboat beats Steve Austin for the WCW United States title. This is Steamboat's last match for fifteen years due to a severe back injury.
1994 – WWF @ Indianapolis – Diesel & Shawn Michaels beat The Headshrinkers for the WWF Tag titles on a house show.
1995 – USWA @ Memphis – PG13 beat Terry Gordy & Tracy Smothers to win the vacant USWA Tag titles.
1996 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1-time WORLD-1 Tag Champion and son of 2-time world champion Steve Corino, Colby Corino is born.
1999 – NJPW Jinju Climax – Shinjro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa retain the IWGP Jr Heavy Tag titles, Kendo KaShin beats Koji Kanemoto for the IWGP Jr Heavy title, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata beat Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara for the IWGP Tag titles and The Great Muta beats The Great Nita (Atsushi Onita) in a No Rope Explosive Barbwire Barricade Land Mine Death Match which by the way, was the absolute shits.
1999 – WWF Jakked – The first ever episode of this D-show, which included Ivory retaining the Women's title against Jacqueline.
2000 – WWF Raw vs WCW Nitro – Raw has a victory of only 1.4 points due to Nitro getting a higher rating than usual. On Raw, Chyna retains the WWF IC title against Val Venis, Lita retains the WWF Women's title against Jacqueline and Rock retains the WWF title against Kane. Nitro sees Kevin Nash beat Booker T for the WCW World title with Jeff Jarrett as special referee.
2002 – TNA Weekly PPV – Jerry Lynn wins the TNA X Division title beating AJ Styles & champion Low Ki in a 3-way ladder match.
2003 – NJPW Osaka Dream Night – Hiroshi Tanahashi beats Makai #2 in a hair vs mask match to retain the U-30 title and Yoshihiro Takayama retains the IWGP title in a cage death match against Masa Chono.
2003 – WWE Smackdown – Rey Mysterio retains the WWE Cruiserweight title against Nunzio, Eddie Guerrero retains the WWE United States title against John Cena via DQ and Undertaker beats Brock Lesnar and Big Show in a triple threat main event.
2004 – ROH Scramble Cage Melee – Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero retain the ROH Tag titles against Dixie & Izzy and John Walters beats Doug Williams for the ROH Pure title.
2005 – PRIDE Final Conflict – Fedor Emalienenko retains the PRIDE Heavyweight title against Cro Cop.
2005 – Michinoku Pro Fighting Tohoku Legend 1th ~ Miyagi Volume – Taka Michinoku retains the Tohoku Eastern Jr Heavy title against KAGETORA.
2007 – ECW – CM Punk beats The Miz, Big Daddy V & Boogeyman in a 4-way to become ECW #1 contender.
2009 – WWE Smackdown – Jerishow retain the Unified Tag titles against Cryme Tyme when Show shuts down Shad's hot tag with the WMD and Jeff Hardy wrestles his last WWE match, losing a World Heavyweight title Loser Leaves WWE Steel Cage match against champion CM Punk.
2010 – UFC 118 – Frankie Edgar retains the UFC Lightweight title against BJ Penn via unanimous decision.