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1982 - Otto Wanz defeats Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Title in St. Paul. Minnesota, ending Bockwinkel's second run with the belt. 

1982 - Super Destroyer (Scott Irwin) wins a tournament for the Georgia National Heavyweight Title.  The title had been vacated by Paul Orndorff so he could "train" for an NWA World Title match with Ric Flair (which he lost). 

1988 - WWF holds their first Summerslam Pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York City.  Here are the results:
- The British Bulldogs vs. Jacques & Raymond Rougeau ended in a twenty minute draw.
- Bad News Brown defeated Ken Patera.
- Rick Rude defeated The Junkyard Dog via DQ when Jake Roberts ran in and attacked Rude, who was wearing tights with a picture of Roberts' wife on them.
- The Powers Of Pain defeated Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zuhkov.
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated The Honky Tonk Man in 31 seconds, the fastest Intercontinental Title win ever, to end the longest Intercontinental Title reign of all time. 
- Dino Bravo defeated Don Muraco.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated The Hart Foundation. 
- Big Bossman defeated Koko B. Ware.
- Jake Roberts defeated Hercules.
- Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeated Andre The Giant & Ted DiBiase when Savage pinned DiBiase after Miss Elizabeth distracted him by taking off her skirt.  Jesse Ventura was the special referee, and wouldn't count the pin until he was forced to. 

1992 - WWF Summerslam is held in London, England at Wembley Stadium in front of almost 80,000 fans.  This is the first (and so far, only) major WWF Pay-per-view event to be held outside of North America. Because of the time difference, WWF decided to air the Pay-per-view on a tape delay, so it wasn't shown in the U.S. until August 31st. Here are the results:
In matches not shown on the PPV broadcast:
- Papa Shango defeated Tito Santana.
- Tatanka defeated The Bezerker.
- The Bushwackers & Hacksaw Duggan defeated The Nasty Boys & The Mountie. 
In matches shown on the PPV broadcast:
- The Legion Of Doom defeated Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster. 
- Nailz defeated Virgil.
- Shawn Michaels vs. Rick Martel ended in a double countout.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions The Natural Disasters defeated The Beverly Brothers.
- Crush defeated Repo Man. 
- The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF World Champion Randy Savage via countout after interference from Ric Flair. 
- The Undertaker defeated Kamala via DQ.
- Davey Boy Smith defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Title. 

1994 - WWF Summerslam is held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.  Here are the results:  
- In a dark match, Adam Bomb defeated Kwang.
- Bam Bam Bigelow & Irwin R. Schyster defeated The Headshrinkers via DQ.
- WWF Women's Champion Alundra Blayze defeated Bull Nakano.
- Razor Ramon defeated Diesel to win the WWF Intercontinental Title.  Ramon was accompanied to the ring by Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton. 
- Tatanka defeated Lex Luger.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated Mabel.
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret Hart defeated Owen Hart in a steel cage match. 
- The Undertaker defeated Ted DiBiase's Undertaker (Brian Lee).

2000 - Al Snow defeats Perry Saturn for the WWF European Heavyweight Title in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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