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September 15th
On this day in history in ....
1973 - WWWF World Champion Pedro Morales defeats George Steele in a steel
cage match at the Boston Garden in Massachusetts.
1984 - The World Wrestling Council held their 11th Anniversary Show in
Roberto Clemente Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, drawing over 29,000 fans.
Here are the results from the show:
- Buzz Sawyer defeated Joe Savoldi.
- Hercules Ayala defeated Tom Lintz.
- Wahoo McDaniel, Mark & Jay Youngblood defeated The Super Medics.
- Invader 3 defeated Anibal to win the UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title.
- Invader 1 defeated Konga The Barbarian to win the WWC Puerto Rican Heavyweight
Title.
- Randy Savage defeated Pedro Morales to win the WWC North American Heavyweight
Title.
- PWF (All Japan) Tag Team Champions Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs.
Abdullah The Butcher & Carlos Colon went to a double disqualification.
1986 - Black Bart defeats Chris Adams in Los Angeles, California to win
the World Class Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Title. Actually, this
was a "phantom" title change, as there was no show in Los Angeles.
World Class simply put the title on Bart and made up the switch, so that they
could have the heel Bart drop the title to Kevin Von Erich in Texas.
1989 - Sheik Braddock & Ron Starr defeat Jeff Jarrett & Matt
Bourne for the USWA Tag Team Title in Dallas, Texas.
1992 - WWF holds a show in conjunction with the WAR promotion in Japan.
In the main event, Ric Flair vs. Genichiro Tenryu goes to a draw in a three
falls match. Tenryu wins the first fall, Flair the second, and both men were
counted out in the third. Also on the show, Road Warrior Animal defeats the
Beverly Brothers in a handicap match. During the bout, Animal aggravates a back
injury and ends up retiring from the ring. He would not return to wrestling for
over three years.
1991 - The Lightning Kid defeats Chaz in Marietta, Georgia to win the GWF
Light Heavyweight Title for the second time.
1996 - WCW's Fall Brawl Pay-per-view was held in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. Here are the results:
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated Chavo Guerrero, Jr. with the Diamond Cutter.
- Ice Train defeated Scott Norton in a Submission match with a full nelson.
- Konnan defeated Juventud Guerrera with a Splash Mountain powerbomb.
- Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho with a top rope superplex.
- WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio, Jr. defeated Super Calo with a double
springboard (from one ring to another) into a rana.
- WCW World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat defeated The Nasty Boys when Booker T
pinned Knobbs after Sherri Martel hit Knobbs with Col. Rob Parker's cane.
- The Giant defeated Randy Savage with a chokeslam after Hulk Hogan interfered.
- Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash & Sting (NWO Sting) defeated Lex Luger,
Ric Flair, Arn Anderson & Sting in a War Games match when NWO Sting forced
Luger to submit. Going into the match, Luger, Flair and Anderson accused Sting
of being a traitor, since they believed that Sting (actually NWO Sting) had been
with the NWO in a limo. When War Games took place, Sting came out, cleaned house
on the NWO (who were winning the match), but then walked out on his partners,
since they hadn't believed him. Left with a four on three advantage, the NWO
dominated, with NWO Sting forcing Lex Luger to submit to a Scorpion Deathlock.
Randy Savage ran out and attacked Hulk Hogan, but he was beaten down and spray
painted (as was Miss Elizabeth) by the NWO.
The babyfaces not believing Sting, and Sting's subsequent walkout, was the
beginning of his metamorphosis into the "Crow" character he would use
for the remainder of his career. The next night on Nitro, he did an interview
(his last spoken words for months) proclaiming himself a "free agent",
then began his practice of watching shows from the rafters, starting the long
build to his eventual showdown with Hulk Hogan.
1997 - Curt Hennig defeats Steve McMichael for the WCW United States
Heavyweight Title in Charlotte, North Carolina. This would be Hennig's only
singles title reign during his WCW run.
1998 - Jacqueline defeats Sable for the vacant WWF Women's Title in
Sacramento, California during an edition of Raw. The title had been vacant since
1995, when Alundra Blayze (Madusa) left WWF. In fact, WWF had to have a new
title belt created, since Blayze had taken the strap with her (and
unceremoniously dropped it in a trash can when she debuted in WCW on an edition
of Nitro). The Raw taping also included X-Pac defeating D'Lo Brown to win the
WWF European Title. Also on this show, Michael Modest defeats Tony Jones in a
tryout match that was filmed and included in the documentary Beyond The Mat.
2001 - Scotty Anton defeats Barry Windham in Carrolton, Georgia to win
the Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling Heavyweight Title.
2003 - At an edition of Raw in Columbia, South Carolina, 80-year-old
Fabulous Moolah defeats Victoria with a rollup. After the match, Randy Orton
gave Moolah an RKO, furthering his "Legend Killer" reputation. While
the match was only 30 seconds long, reportedly it was the result of a promise
Vince McMahon had made several years earlier to Moolah that she could have a
match when she was 80.
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