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1952 - Enrique Torres defeats Bob Orton (grandfather of Randy Orton) to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title in Kansas City, Missouri.
1968 - Archie Gouldie (The Mongolian Stomper) defeats Pat O'Connor to become the first Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1982 - Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen win a tournament for the vacant NWA World Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia. The belts had been vacated by Ole & Gene Anderson when Gene was injured the previous October. The idea was that there was an "Eastern Division" tournament, this one, and a "Western Division" tournament, won by Wahoo McDaniel & Don Muraco, but due to McDaniel & Muraco breaking up as a team, the belts went to Anderson & Hansen. Here are the results of the tournament:
First Round:
- Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Ron Bass & Kevin Sullivan.
- Terry & Dory Funk Jr. defeated Buddy Rose & Rip Oliver.
- Ron Fuller & Leroy Brown defeated Masked Superstar & Super Destroyer.
- Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Mongolian Stomper & Rick Harris.
- Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen defeated Brad Armstrong & Tommy Rogers.
Quarterfinals:
- Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Terry & Dory Funk Jr.
- Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta defeated Ron Fuller & Leroy Brown.
- Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen received a bye.
Semifinals:
- Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta.
- Jack & Jerry Brisco received a bye.
Finals:
- Ole Anderson & Stan Hansen defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
1992 - Barry Horowitz defeats Ben Jordan in Dallas, Texas to win the Global Wrestling Federation World Light-Heavyweight Title for the second time.
1994 - Brian Christopher defeats Doug Gilbert for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee, starting the eleventh of his eventual twenty five runs with the title.
1999 - Shadow WX defeats Abdullah The Butcher in Tokyo, Japan to win the Big Japan Pro Wrestling Death Match Heavyweight Title for the second time.
2000 - WCW Nitro was still a year and a month away from it's final episode, but the Monday Night War was already lost, as WWF's Raw more than tripled Nitro's rating for the night. Raw earned a 6.5 to Nitro's 2.1 in a landslide. The scary part of all this is that the most memorable moment from this edition of Raw is also one of the dumbest in WWF history. Here are the results from both shows:
Nitro - Minneapolis, Minnesota:
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Big Vito & Johnny The Bull defeated Lane & Idol when Vito hit the Impaler on Idol for the win, while most of the participants (including the referee at one point) were distracted by Miss Hancock (Stacy Keibler) who was dancing at ringside. After the match, Ron & Don Harris laid out the champions and their manager, Disco Inferno.
- Billy Kidman vs. Booker T ended in a no-contest when the Harris Brothers attacked both men and laid them out.
- Three Count (Shane Helms, Shannon Moore & Evan Karagias) defeated Brian Knobs to win the WCW Hardcore Title when all three men covered him after a series of trash can shots.
- Dustin Rhodes defeated Norman Smiley with a top rope clothesline.
- U.S. Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated Vampiro with The Stroke.
- Cruiserweight Champion The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea defeated David Flair with a second rope DDT while Paisley and Daffney fought on the floor.
- The Maestro defeated Ernest Miller after hitting him with a boombox.
- Ric Flair defeated Curt Hennig with a low blow and a rollup pin.
- Buff Bagwell defeated Lex Luger via disqualification when Ric Flair interfered and attacked Bagwell. After the match, Sting attacked Luger.
- WCW World Heavyweight Champion Sid Vicious defeated Tank Abbott via submission with the Crippler Crossface.
Raw - New York, New York:
- The Hardy Boyz defeated The Acolytes when Matt Hardy pinned Bradshaw after the Twist Of Fate.
- Rikishi defeated Intercontinental and European Champion Kurt Angle via countout when Angle escaped a Stinkface attempt and refused to get back into the ring. Chris Jericho and Chyna then confronted Angle, bringing out the Radicalz, then Too Cool, in a huge brawl before Angle and the Radicalz were run off, leaving Jericho, Chyna, Rikishi and Too Cool to dance.
- Edge & Christian defeated Head Cheese (Al Snow & Steve Blackman). Terri came out and distracted Blackman, who was hit with a Christian top rope dropkick and an Edge spear for the pin.
- The Rock defeated The Brooklyn Brawler in thirty seconds with a Rock Bottom. This match was ordered by the McMahon children and Triple H, saying that Rock needed to earn a World Title match by starting at the bottom of the ladder. Rock then stated that Wrestlemania with World Champion Triple H vs. Big Show would "absolutely suck", beginning an exchange that ended with Stephanie McMahon telling the Rock that if he could beat Big Show and HHH in a handicap match, he would become the new number one contender.
- Chris Jericho defeated Perry Saturn with a Lionsault after interference by both Chyna and Dean Malenko.
- Hardcore Champion Crash Holly defeated Mark Henry when Henry couldn't continue because his girlfriend, the 80-something Mae Young, was about to give birth.
- Tazz defeated Chris Benoit via disqualification when Big Bossman and Albert attacked Tazz.
- Mae Young gave birth to a plastic hand. No, I am not making this up, and please, don't ask me to explain it. If you didn't see it, and have no idea what I am talking about, consider yourself lucky.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions The Dudley Boyz vs. Road Dogg & X-Pac went to a no-contest when Kane interfered and chokeslammed everyone.
- The Rock defeated The Big Show and Hunter Hearst Helmsley via disqualification when Shane McMahon interfered. Following the match, Big Show chokeslammed Rock.
2001 - The Combat Zone Wrestling World Heavyweight Title changes hands three times in one night in Dover, Delaware. Nick Berk defeats Justice Pain for the title, then loses it to Yoshihiro Tajiri, who then loses it to John Zandig, marking the start of Zandig's third run with the title.
2005 - During an edition of Raw from Providence, Rhodes Island, it was announced that Hulk Hogan would be inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame during Wrestlemania weekend. Also during the show, Christy Hemme revealed her Playboy cover, only to be confronted and laid out by Trish Stratus, who spraypainted "slut" on Hemme's back. Chris Jericho, after winning a match with Maven, said he wanted to be a part of Wrestlemania, and said he would make history during the show, along with five other wrestlers and a steel ladder. This would become the first ever Money In The Bank match.
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