THIS DAY IN HISTORY: WARRIOR WINS THE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE ... WITH THE HELP OF A FULL MOON
By Buck Woodward on 2009-08-28 08:00:00
August
28th
On this day in history in ....
1986 - Wahoo McDaniel defeats Tully
Blanchard for the NWA National Heavyweight Title in Los Angeles, California.
Wahoo would be the final National champion, as he would lose a title unification
match to U.S. Champion Nikita Koloff one month later.
1989 - WWF held their Summerslam
Pay-per-view at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Here are
the results:
- The Brainbusters (Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard) defeated The Hart
Foundation when Blanchard pinned Hart
after Anderson came off the top rope and hit Hart while the referee was
distracted.
- Dusty Rhodes, in his first WWF PPV match, defeated The Honky Tonk Man
with the Bionic Elbow after Jimmy Hart accidentally hit Honky with his guitar.
This was also the debut of the infamous "polka dot" outfit for Rhodes.
- Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig defeated Red Rooster Terry Taylor
with the Perfectplex.
- Rick Martel & The Rougeau Brothers defeated Tito Santana & The Rockers
when Martel pinned Marty Jannetty
with a clothesline as Jannetty had Raymond rolled up for a cover.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated Rick Rude to win the WWF Intercontinental Title with
a back suplex and splash after Roddy Piper
distracted Rude by coming
to ringside, lifting his kilt and mooning
him.
- Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Demolition defeated Andre The Giant, Akeem & Big
Bossman when Smash pinned Akeem
after Duggan hit Akeem with his 2/4..
- Hercules Hernandez defeated Greg Valentine
via disqualification. Valentine
pinned Hercules with his feet on the ropes, but Ronnie Garvin, the guest ring
announcer, announced that Valentine was disqualified for cheating and Hercules
was the winner, then knocked out Valentine.
- Ted DiBiase defeated Jimmy Snuka via countout
when Snuka was chasing Virgil at ringside.
After the match, Snuka gave Virgil the Superfly Splash while DiBiase escaped.
- Hulk Hogan & Brutus Beefcake, with Elizabeth, defeated Randy Savage &
Zeus, with Sherri Martel, when Hogan pinned Zeus after he was hit with Martel's
loaded pocketbook. After the match, Elizabeth cut off the (fake) ponytail
of Martel.
1994 - Shawn Michaels & Diesel defeat
The Headshrinkers for the WWF World Tag Team Title in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Headshrinkers would be the final tag team champions managed/advised by
Captain Lou Albano.
1995 - PG-13 defeat Terry Gordy &
Tracey Smothers in a tournament final for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis,
Tennessee, stating their ninth reign as champs. The belts had been
stripped off of previous champions the Heavenly Bodies after a controversial
match with PG-13 on August 21st.
2000 - Kevin Nash defeats Booker T for the
WCW World Heavyweight Title in Las Cruces, New Mexico, starting his fifth and
final WCW World Title reign.
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