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August 18th

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1993 - WCW held the Clash of the Champions XXIV in Daytona Beach, Florida at the Ocean Center.  Here are the results:
- Arn Anderson & Paul Roma defeated Steve Austin & Steven Regal (subbing for Brian Pillman) to win the WCW World Tag Team Title when Anderson pinned Austin after Sir William (Bill Dundee, Regal's manager) accidentally hit Anderson with an umbrella.  Interesting to note, they had to have this title change take place, despite Pillman being injured, because they had already taped syndicated TV episodes with Anderson & Roma wearing the belts.
- 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Bobby Eaton (subbing for Steven Regal, who worked the opener) with a 450 splash.
- Johnny B. Badd defeated Maxx Payne. Maxx Payne put his guitar on the line against the mask of Johnny B. Badd (Badd was wearing a mask to hide the scars from when Payne blasted him in the face with Badd's confetti gun).  Payne missed a top rope splash, allowing Badd to get the win. 
- Sting & Davey Boy Smith announced their mystery partner for Fall Brawl ... The Shockmaster.  Fred "Typhoon/Tugboat" Ottman, wearing a silver and glitter painted Star Wars Stormtrooper helmet and a sleeveless fur robe with no shirt and blue jeans, burst through the wall of the interview set, tripping and falling down as he made his entrance.  After getting his helmet back on, he then did a promo (which was actually Ole Anderson's voice, electronically modified) where he tried to make threats to Sid Vicious and Vader. It is universally recognized as one of the dumbest moments in professional wrestling. 
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Paul Orndorff to win the WCW World Television Title when he reversed a bodyslam attempt into a small package.
- Sting & Ric Flair defeated Awesome Kong & King Kong when Sting pinned Awesome after a top rope splash in less than a minute.
- Dustin Rhodes & mystery partner Road Warrior Hawk defeated The Equalizer & Rick Rude when Rhodes pinned The Equalizer.
- WCW World Champion Big Van Vader defeated Davey Boy Smith when manager Harley Race clipped Smith's leg as he attempted a suplex, allowing Vader to get the pin.  Post-match, Cactus Jack attacked Vader as the show ended.

1996 - WWF held their Summerslam Pay-per-view at the Gund Arena in Cleveland,Ohio.  Here are the results: 
- In a match shown on the Free-For-All, Steve Austin defeated Yokozuna in under two minutes when the top rope snapped as Yokozuna prepared for a Banzai Drop.  Yokozuna fell to the mat, and Austin got the pin.
- Owen Hart defeated Savio Vega via knockout when he hit Savio with his cast when the referee was distracted, then applied the Sharpshooter.  Post-match, Justin Hawk Bradshaw attacked Savio.
- WWF World Tag Team Champins The Smoking Gunns defeated The New Rockers, The Godwinns and The Bodydonnas in a Four Corners match.
* Billy Gunn pinned Zip with a forearm.
* Henry Godwinn pinned Leif Cassidy with a Slop Drop.
* Billy pinned Phineas after Bart hit him with a top rope double axe handle.
- Sid Vicious defeated Davey Boy Smith with a powerbomb.
- Goldust defeated Marc Mero with the Curtain Call.
- Jerry Lawler defeated Jake Roberts after hitting him with a liquor bottle.  Lawler taunted Roberts with the bottle throughout the match, making fun of Roberts drinking problems.
- Mankind defeated The Undertaker in a Boiler Room Brawl match. The rules of the match stated that they would start in the boiler room of the building (this segment was actually pre-taped) and battle into the arena and the ring, where Paul Bearer waited with the urn.  The first person to get the urn was the winner.  Undertaker made it to the ring, but Bearer hit him with the urn, turning on him, and gave the urn to Mankind, making him the winner.
- WWF World Champion Shawn Michaels defeated Vader with a moonsault, following Vader missing a moonsault.