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April 30th
On this day in history in ....
1977 - Superstar Billy Graham defeats Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF World Heavyweight Title in Baltimore, Maryland, ending Bruno's second run with the title.
1983 - Greg Valentine defeats Roddy Piper for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight Title in Greensboro, North Carolina, starting his third reign with the title. This ended Piper's second U.S. Title reign, and it would be over 15 years before Piper would win the title again.
1998 - Chris Benoit defeated Booker T for the WCW Television Title in Augusta, Georgia, ending Booker's second run with the belt. Over the next month, Booker and Benoit would exchange the title several times. They would also engage in a best-of-seven series of matches as part of their rivalry.
2000 - WWE Backlash was held in
Washington, DC at the MCI Center. Here are the results:
- WWF World Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian defeated Road Dogg &
X-Pac when Edge pinned X-Pac.
- WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko defeated Scotty Too Hotty.
- Big Bossman & Bull Buchanan defeated The Acolytes when Bull pinned
Bradshaw.
- WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly defeated Tazz, Hardcore Holly, Perry Saturn,
Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy in a six-way match when he pinned Tazz.
- The Big Show (dressed as Hulk Hogan and calling himself the "Showster"
defeated Kurt Angle in under three minutes.
- Test & Albert defeated The Dudleys (Bubba & D-Von) when Test pinned
Bubba.
- WWF European Champion Eddie Guerrero defeated Esse Rios.
- WWF Intercontinental Champion Chris Benoit defeated Chris Jericho via DQ.
- The Rock defeated Triple H to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title. Shane
McMahon was the special referee.
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