Today In Wrestling History


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As a baby, Bret Hart was so ugly that they had to put tinted windows on his incubator!
-Jerry Lawler

On this day in wrestling history ..
  • 1915 - Joe Stecher defeated Charlie Cutler for the World's Heavyweight Wrestling title
  • 1981 - Paul Orndorff defeated Jake Roberts for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
  • 1982 - WWF World Champion Bob Backlund battled NWA World Champion Ric Flair to a double DQ at the Omni in Atlanta, GA
  • 1990 - John Tatum defeated Bill Dundee for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
  • 1991 - Event - Great American Bash, Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
  • 1997 - Death & Destruction defeated Beau James & The War Machine for the SSW Tag Team title
  • 2000 - Val Venis defeated Rikishi for the WWF Intercontinental title



    Wrestling photos for this day ..



    Wrestling milestones for this day ..

  • 1989 - Died - Ismael Yousouf, the original Terrible Turk by drowning
  • 1960 - Born - Barry Windham aka The Stalker, Blackjack Windham
  • 1960 - Born - "Psycho" Sid Vicious (Sid Eudy)
  • 1964 - Born - Jerry Saggs of the Nasty Boys
  • 1988 - Died - Adrian Adonis in a motor vehicle accident at 34
  • 1988 - Died - Pat Kelly in an auto accident
  • 1988 - Died - The Canadian Wildman in an auto accident
  • 1994 - Died - Referee Joey Marella in a motor vehicle accident at 30



    Jerry Lawler art for this day ..



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