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October 14th
On this day in history in ....
1966 - Lou Thesz defeats Buddy Austin in Los Angeles, California to win
the WWA World Heavyweight Title.
1966 - El Santo defeats Espanto I for the Mexican Light Heavyweight Title
in Mexicali, Mexico, ending Espanto's second title reign.
1978 - The Assassin defeats Jose Lothario in Shreveport, Louisiana to win
the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title, ending the Lothario's second reign as
champion.
1985 - Butch Reed defeats Dick Murdoch to win the Mid-South North
American Heavyweight Title in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a result of this win,
Reed had to vacate the Mid-South Television Title, which he had won from Dutch
Mantell on July 22, 1985.
1989 - Saturday Night's Main Event airs on NBC, drawing a 9.5 broadcast
rating. The show featured matches that were taped on September 21, 1989 in
Cincinnati, Ohio. Here are the results that aired on the show:
- Randy Savage defeated Jimmy Snuka after hitting him with Sherri Martel's
purse. After the match, Snuka moved out of the way of Savage's top rope elbow,
and set up for the Superfly Splash, but Sherri interfered to stop him.
- WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated Ted DiBiase with a small package after
DiBiase had collided with Zeus, who was on the ring apron trying to help DiBiase.
After the match, the heels beat on Hogan until Jake Roberts ran them off with
his snake.
- Rowdy Roddy Piper defeated Haku with a belly-to-belly suplex.
- Tito Santana vs. Rick Martel ended in a double DQ when their Survivor Series
teammates, at ringside, started brawling.
- The Bushwackers defeated Jacques & Raymond Rougeau when Jacques was pinned
after a double gutbuster.
1989 - WWF holds their King Of The Ring tournament in Providence, Rhode
Island at the Providence Civic Center. Here are the results:
First Round:
- Akeem defeated Brutus Beefcake.
- Hercules Hernandez vs. Jim Neidhart ended in a double DQ.
- The Warlord defeated Butch Miller.
- Tito Santana defeated Bad News Brown.
- Rick Martel defeated Bill Woods.
- Luke Williams defeated Nikolai Volkoff.
- Jimmy Snuka defeated The Barbarian.
- Haku defeated Terry Taylor.
Quarterfinals:
- Tito Santana defeated The Warlord.
- Rick Martel defeated Luke Williams.
- Jimmy Snuka defeated Haku.
- Akeem received a bye.
Semifinals:
- Tito Santana defeated Akeem.
- Rick Martel defeated Jimmy Snuka.
Finals:
- Tito Santana defeated Rick Martel to win the King Of The Ring tournament.
1989 - Bruce Hart defeats Gama Singh for the Stampede Wrestling British
Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. This marked
the start of Bruce's sixth run with the belt, and the end of Singh's fifth
reign. Hart would end up retiring the belt, as Stampede Wrestling closed down
two months later.
1996 - The Monday Night Wars continued, with Nitro scoring a strong win
over Raw, 3.3 to 1.8. Raw featured Vader defeated Phinneas Godwin, Jake Roberts
defeating Jerry Lawler, Freddie Joe Floyd (Tracey Smothers) defeated Triple H
via countout, Faarooq defeating Alex Porteau, and Shawn Michaels defeating Steve
Austin via disqualification. Nitro saw Dean Malenko defeat Brad Armstrong,
Hacksaw Duggan defeat V.K. Wallstreet (Mike Rotundo), Hugh Morrus defeat Jim
Powers, Lex Luger defeat Greg Valentine, Eddie Guerrero defeat The Cheetah Kid,
Jeff Jarrett defeat Bubba Rogers, and World Tag Team Champions Harlem Heat vs.
The Faces Of Fear end in a no-contest when Scott Hall & Kevin Nash
interfered.
1997 - Atshushi Onita, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hido defeat Hayabusa,
Masato Tanaka & Koji Nakagawa for the FMW World Streetfight 6-Man Tag Team
Title in Sapporo, Japan.
2000 - JJ The Ring Crew Guy defeats Inferno Kid in Laurel, Delaware to
win the ECWA Heavyweight Title for the second time in his career.
2002 - Chris Jericho & Christian defeat The Hurricane & Kane for
the World Tag Team Championship in Montreal, Quebec. This is the first title
change for the tag straps since becoming an "exclusive" to the Raw
brand.
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