August 6th
On this day in history ....
1963 - Ali Bay defeats Gory Guerrero to win the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight Title in El Paso, Texas.
1994 - Chris Candido & Brian Lee defeat The Rock N' Roll Express for the Smoky Mountain Tag Team Title in Johnson City, Tennessee, ending Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson's eighth title reign after only a day. Candido & Lee had lost the belts the day before in Knoxville, Tennessee.
1995 - WCW held the Clash Of The Champions XXXI in Daytona Beach,
Florida at the Ocean Center. Here are the results from the show:
In matches held before the television broadcast:
- Johnny B. Badd defeated Big Bubba Rogers.
- The Nasty Boys defeated David Sierra & Ricky Santana.
- Brian Pillman defeated Marcus Bagwell.
- Hulk Hogan defeated Kamala via DQ.
In matches that aired on TBS:
- Sting & Road Warrior Hawk defeated Meng & Kurasawa when Hawk pinned
Kurasawa. After the match, Kurasawa "broke" Hawk's arm.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Alex Wright.
- WCW Television Champion The Renegade defeated Paul Orndorff.
- Harlem Heat & Sherri Martel defeated Bunkhouse Buck, Dick Slater &
Col. Robert Parker to earn a tag team title match.
- Big Van Vader defeated Arn Anderson & Ric Flair in a handicap match when
Vader pinned Anderson with a powerbomb.
2001 - Yoshihiro Tajiri defeats X-Pac for the WWF Light Heavyweight Title in Anaheim, California.
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