On This Day In Wrestling History

[Wolf Pac]

February 24

1991

WCW WrestleWar: WarGames

This was the first PPV after WCW left NWA.

-Stan Hansen fought Big Van Vader to a Double DQ
-Lex Luger defeats Dan Spivey to retain the WCW United States Title
-The Freebirds defeat Doom to win the WCW World Tag Team Titles
-The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham & Sid Vicious) & Larry Zbyszko defeat Sting, Brian Pillman & The Steiner Brothers in a War Games Match

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1992

Koko B Ware defeats Kamala to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title


1995

Dan Severn defeats Chris Candido to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. His reign would last over 4 years.


1997

ECW invades Monday Night Raw.

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Miss Elizabeth joins the nWo and reunites with Randy Savage



2002

WWA The Revolution

-Scott Steiner defeats Disco Inferno
-Eddie Guerrero defeats Psicosis & Juventud Guerrera in a 3-Way Match to win the WWA International Cruiserweight Title
-Devon Storm defeats Sabu in a No-DQ match
-Jeff Jarrett defeats Brian Christopher to retain the WWA Heavyweight Title

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AJPW Untitled PPV

-Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda defeat Tomoaki Honma & Shigeo Okumura
-Mike Barton, Jim Steele & George Hines defeat Yoji Anjoh, Arashi & Nobutaka Araya
-Taiyo Kea defeats Mitsuya Nagai
-Genichiro Tenryu defeats Satoshi Kojima
-Toshiaki Kawada defeats Keiji Mutoh to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title

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2007

The Briscoe Brothers defeat Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal to win the ROH Tag Team Championship

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

February 25

Maria Kinellis turns 31 today. She's engaged to a no-name guy named mike Bennett

 

[The Brain]

February 25

1949

The Nature Boy Ric Flair is born in Memphis Tennessee

2001

WWF No Way Out: The Rock beats Kurt Angle for the WWF title. Triple H beats Steve Austin in a three stages of hell match.

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[Wolf Pac]

February 25

1990

WCW WrestleWar: Wild Thing

-The Road Warriors defeat The New Skyscrapers (Mark Callous & The Masked Skyscraper) in a Chicago Street Fight
-Brian Pillman & Tom Zenk defeat The Freebirds to retain the NWA United States Tag Team Championship
-The Steiner Brothers defeat Arn & Ole Anderson to retain the NWA World Tag Team Championship
-Ric Flair defeats Lex Luger by countout to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

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1995

Bill Dundee defeats Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship


SMW Brawl In The Hall

-Boo Bradley defeats Chris Candido in a Loser Eats Dog Food match
-The Gangstas & D'Lo Brown defeat "Bullet" Bob and Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers
-The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeat Al Snow & Unabomb by DQ to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
-Dirty White Boy defeats Jerry Lawler by DQ; Jerry Lawler retains the SMW Heavyweight Title
-The Heavenly Bodies defeat The Gangstas in a Street Fight


ECW The Return Of The Funker

-Axl Rotten defeats Ian Rotten in a Barbed Wire Baseball Bat match
-Shane Douglas defeats Marty Jannetty to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
-Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko defeat Sabu & The Tazmaniac to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship
-Terry Funk returns to ECW

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

February 26

- Verne Gagne is 87 today. Verne is battling Alzheimers and Dementia and is living in a mental care unit in Minnesota. Gagne was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006.

- ROH 3rd Anniversary - Austin Aries (c) vs. Samoa Joe - ROH World Championship match:

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[Wolf Pac]

February 26

1967

Verne Gagne defeats Mad Dog Vachon to win the AWA World Title


1988

Terry Taylor defeats Matt Borne to win the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Title


1990

Jimmy Valiant defeats Jerry Lawler to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title


1995

SMW Sunday Bloody Sunday II

-Boo Bradley defeats Chris Candido in a Loser Leaves Town Dog Collar Chain match
-The Heavenly Bodies & Jim Cornette defeat The Gangstas & D'Lo Brown
-The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeat Al Snow & Unabom by DQ to retain the SMW Tag Team Championship
-Bobby Blaze defeats Jerry Lawler to win the SMW Heavyweight Championship
-Bobby Blaze defeats 'Nature Boy' Buddy Landel to retain the SMW Heavyweight Championship


2000

Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka defeat The Impact Players to win the ECW Tag Team Championship



2011

ROH 9th Anniversary Show

-Roderick Strong defeats Homicide in a No Holds Barred Match to retain the ROH World Championship
-The Kings of Wrestling defeat The All Night Express to retain the ROH Tag Team Championship
-Christopher Daniels fought Eddie Edwards to a time limit draw in a 2-Out-Of-3 Falls match; Daniels retains the ROH Television Championship
-The World's Greatest Tag Team defeat The Briscoe Brothers

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[Wolf Pac]

February 27

2000

WWF No Way Out - Triple H defeats Cactus Jack in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the WWF Championship and "retire" Mick Foley

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Kenta Kobashi defeats Vader to win the AJPW Triple Crown Unified Heavyweight Championship

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[Wolf Pac]

February 28

1953

Ricky Steamboat is born in West Point, New York


2000

WWF RAW - Mae Young gives birth to a hand

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WCW Nitro - 3 Count defeat Brian Knobbs to win the WCW Hardcore Championship

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2002

Tough Enough 2 debuts on MTV. This season of TE was won by Jackie Gayda and Linda Miles, and also included future WWE and TNA star Matt Morgan and independent wrestler Kenny King


2005

WWE RAW

-Hulk Hogan is announced to enter the Hall Of Fame
-Chris Jericho comes up with the idea of a 6-WAY Ladder match at Wrestlemania 21. This idea would go on to become the Money In The Bank match
-Shawn Michaels defeats Edge in an Street Fight match

 

[Wolf Pac]

March 1

1982

Jerry Lawler defeats Dutch Mantel to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title, beginning Lawler's 20th reign.


1986

The first-ever WWF Slammy Awards airs on MTV. This show was mainly used to promote The Wrestling Album, which was released earlier that year.

-Roddy Piper wins Best Personality
-Cyndi Lauper wins Best Producer
-Gene Okerlund wins Best Commentator
-Nikolai Volkoff wins Most Ignominious (he was the only nominee)
-Junkyard Dog wins Best Single Performer
-Gene Okerlund, Jimmy Hart, Hillbilly Jim and The Junkyard Dog also performed their respective songs from The Wrestling Album

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1992

NJPW 20th Anniversary Show

-Shinya Hashimoto defeats Riki Chōshū
-El Samurai defeats Tiger Mask III
-Big Van Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow defeat Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Hase to win the NJPW IWGP Tag Team Championship
-Riki Chōshū & Kengo Kimura defeated Antonio Inoki & Osamu Kido



1993

Jeff Jarrett defeats Brian Christopher to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title, beginning his 7th reign and ending Christopher's 7th reign


1998

ECW Living Dangerously

-Bam Bam Bigelow defeats Taz to win the ECW World Television Championship
-Sabu defeats The Sandman in a Dueling Canes match
-Al Snow and Lance Storm defeat 'The Franchise' Shane Douglas & Chris Candido



1999

Jim Ross returns on RAW as a heel, confronting Bart Gunn. JR had taken some time off due to another attack from Bells Palsy at the end of 1998.



2003

Kenta Kobashi defeats Mitsuhara Misawa to win the GHC Heavyweight Title.

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2004

The Rock returns on RAW to help Mick Foley face Evolution at Wrestlemania XX

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2008

AJPW Pro Wrestling Love in Ryogoku Vol. 4

-Silver King defeats Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title
-Keiji Muto & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeat Toshiaki Kawada & Taiyo Kea
-Dory Funk Jr & Osamu Nishimura defeat Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi
-Kensuke Sasaki defeats Satoshi Kojima to retain the AJPW Triple Crown Title



2009

KENTA defeats Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title. Also, Jun Akiyama defeats Kensuke Sasaki to win the GHC Heavyweight Title.

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2011

Johnny Curtis wins NXT Season 4.

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[The Brain]

March 2

1991

The final Brother Love show

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1998

Mike Tyson joins DX

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[Wolf Pac]

March 2

1998

The Undertaker returns, after being burned alive inside a Casket at the Royal Rumble, to confront Kane and accept his challenge for a match at Wrestlemania XIV

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2008

Takeshi Morishima defeats Mitsuhara Masawa to win the GHC Heavyweight Title

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[The Brain]

March 3

1997

Davey Boy Smith defeats Owen Hart in a classic match to become the first ever WWF European Champion.

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[Wolf Pac]

March 3

2011

Sting returns to TNA, and defeats Jeff Hardy to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

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[Wolf Pac]

March 4

1983

Kevin Von Erich defeats Terry Gordy to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Title

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1991

Tatsumi Fujinami defeats Big Van Vader to win the IWGP Heavyweight Title


1992

Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta defeat The Miracle Violence Connection (Steve Williams & Terry Gordy) to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles


1995

Stan Hansen defeats Toshiaki Kawada to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title

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1996

Jerry Lawler defeats Mabel in the final of a tournament to win the vacant USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title


2008

The WWE Cruiserweight Title is officially retired, having not appeared on WWE programming for close to 6 months


2012

ROH 10th Anniversary Show

-The All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) defeat Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin)
-Jay Lethal fought Tommaso Ciampa to a time-limit draw to retain the ROH Television Title
-The Briscoe Brothers defeat The Young Bucks to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
-Kevin Steen defeats Jimmy Jacobs in a No Holds Barred Match
-Eddie Edwards & Adam Cole defeat Davey Richards & Kyle O’Reilly

 

[Wolf Pac]

March 5

1994

ECW held an event at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

-Tommy Dreamer defeats Jimmy Snuka.
-The Bruise Brothers defeat The Public Enemy in a Falls Count Anwyhere match.
-Road Warrior Hawk defeats Mr. Hughes
-ECW Television Champion, Sabu defeats Mike Awesome
-Kevin Sullivan and The Tazmaniac defeat The Bruise Brothers to win the held-up ECW Tag Team Titles
-ECW Heavyweight Champion, Terry Funk defeats Shane Douglas by knockout in a Taped Fists match.


2001

WWF RAW

Paul Heyman makes his debut on commentary, replacing Jerry Lawler who quit the company a week earlier, after the company released his wife Stacy “The Kat” Carter

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Mr. McMahon humilates Trish Stratus, forcing her to strip down to her underwear and bark like a dog, in order for Trish to win back Vince's loyalty after he dumped her the previous week.

The Hardy Boyz defeat The Dudley Boyz to win the WWF Tag Team Titles



2003

TNA held its 34th weekly pay-per-view event at the TNA Asylum in Nashville, Tennesee.

-Jerry Lynn defeats Super Crazy
-The New Church (Brian Lee and Slash) defeat The Hotshots (Chase Stevens and Cassidy O’Reilly)
-Kid Kash defeats The Amazing Red to retain the X-Division Title
-Glenn Gilberti and Mike Sanders defeat America’s Most Wanted
-Raven defeats The Sandman in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun match. Kevin Sullivan was the special enforcer.

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2005

Takeshi Rikio ends Kenta Kobashi’s 2-year reign as GHC Heavyweight Champion

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ROH Trios Tournament

-Azreal defeats B-Boy, Deranged, Dixie, Izzy and Kevin Steen in a Six-Man Mayhem match.
-Jay Lethal defeats John Walters to win the ROH Pure Title
-The Rottweilers (Homicide, Ricky Reyes & Rocky Romero w/Julius Smokes) defeat Generation Next (Austin Aries, Roderick Strong & Jack Evans) in the finals to win the Trios Tournament


2010

Eddie Edwards defeats Davey Richards in the final of a tournament to become the first ROH Television Champion

 

[Wolf Pac]

March 6

1990

The Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy & Steve Williams) defeat Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles



1999

Big Van Vader defeats Akira Taue to win the vacant AJPW Triple Crown Title

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[Wolf Pac]

March 7

1967

NWA International Heavyweight Champion, Giant Baba fought WWWF World Heavyweight Champion, Bruno Sammartino to a draw in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain his title. The NWA Title was the only belt on the line.

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1994

The USWA held “Memphis Memories” at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee.

-The Nightmares (Ken Wayne and Danny Davis) and Skull Von Krush defeat Jeff Gaylord, King Cobra and Spellbinder
-JC Ice vs. Wolfie D ended in a double-countout
-Koko B. Ware defeats Billy Joe Travis
-Tommy Rich defeats Jimmy Valiant by disqualification
-USWA Tag Team Champions, The Moondogs defeat Frankenstein and Leatherface.
-Austin Idol, Jerry Lawler and USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion, Brian Christopher defeat Terry Funk, Doug Gilbert and USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, Eddie Gilbert by disqualification.
-Tommy Gilbert, Al Greene, Don Greene, Jerry Jarrett, Sputnik Monroe and Lance Russell were inducted to the Memphis Hall of Fame.
-Jerry Lawler defeats Brian Christopher, Terry Funk, Doug Gilbert, Eddie Gilbert, Austin Idol, Moondog Spot, Tommy Rich, Jimmy Valiant and Koko B. Ware in a Best Of Memphis 10 Man Survival match.

 

[Wolf Pac]

March 8

1996

ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash (Night 1)

-Chris Jericho defeats Cactus Jack
-Taz defeats Mikey Whipwreck
-The Eliminators defeat The Pitbulls to retain the ECW Tag Team Championship
-Juventud Guerrera defeats Rey Misterio Jr. in a 2 Out Of 3 Falls match
-Too Cold Scorpio wrestled Sabu to a time limit draw to retain the ECW Television Championship
-Raven defeats Sandman to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship

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2004

The Rock presents "This Is Your Life" to Mick Foley.

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[Wolf Pac]

March 9

1991

The Steiner Brothers defeat The Fabulous Freebirds to win the WCW Tag Team Championship.


1996

ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash (Night 2)

-The Eliminators defeat Buh Buh Ray Dudley & Hack Meyers to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship
-Chris Jericho defeats Taz by DQ
-Rey Misterio Jr. defeats Juventud Guerrera in a 2 Out of 3 Falls match
-Cactus Jack defeats Mikey Whipwreck in his last ECW match before he went to the WWF
-Raven defeats Shane Douglas to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship
-The Gangstas defeat Sandman & Too Cold Scorpio and The Headhunters in a Three Way Dance



Lex Luger defeats Johnny B. Badd to win the WCW Television Championship



2008

TNA Destination X

-Awesome Kong defeats ODB & Gail Kim in a Triple Threat to retain the TNA Women's Knockouts Championship
-Robert Roode defeats Booker T in a Strap match
-Rhino defeats James Storm in an Elevation X match
-Christian Cage, Kevin Nash & Samoa Joe defeat Kurt Angle, AJ Styles & Tomko

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2009

WWE RAW

JBL defeats CM Punk to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship


Triple H invades Randy Orton's home

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[The Brain]

March 10

2008

Chris Jericho beats Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental title.

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[Wolf Pac]

March 10

1994

SMW The Armstrong Family Reunion

-Lex Luger defeats Irwin R. Schyster
-Scott, Steve & Brian Armstrong defeat Owen Hart & Well Dunn
-The Rock 'n' Roll Express defeat SMW Tag Team Champions, The Heavenly Bodies by DQ
-Bullet Bob Armstrong defeats Jim Cornette in a Cage match


2000

Rob Van Dam forfeits the ECW Television Title after holding it for 23 months, the longest title reign in ECW history, due to a broken ankle. A tournament would be decided to crown a new champ.


Mike Awesome & Raven defeat Masato Tanaka & Tommy Dreamer to win the ECW Tag Team Championship



2005

JBL blows up the US Title spinner belt

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[Wolf Pac]

March 11

1989

Jeff Jarrett defeats Dutch Mantel to win the Championship (formerly Continental) Wrestling Association Heavyweight Title


1991

Jerry Lawler defeats Terry Funk to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title


1996

The Steiner Brothers make their return to WCW, and defeat The Road Warriors in a match.



2000

The second Rikidozan Memorial Show was held at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. The previous Rikidozan Memorial was held in 1996.

-Gran Hamada and Magnum TOKYO defeat CIMA and Sumo Fuji
-Hideki Takizawa, a teen pop star, defeats Antonio Inoki in an exhibition match.
-Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamikawa defeat Hayabusa and Naoki Yamazaki
-Yoji Anjoh defeats Tarzan Goto by disqualification.
-B.B. Jones and Genichiro Tenryu defeat Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa


2002

The nWo defeat The Rock & Stone Cold Steve Austin in a 2-on-3 Handicap match


The infamous Lucy The Dog segments

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2006

ROH Arena Warfare. CZW also held an event that same day in the same arena, which intensified the war between ROH and CZW. The two rosters would brawl with each other after the main event.

-Roderick Strong defeats Jimmy Yang
-Austin Aries defeats Matt Sydal
-Bryan Danielson defeats Alex Shelley to retain the ROH World Heavyweight Title
-Samoa Joe defeats Colt Cabana and Christopher Daniels in a Three Way Dance



2007

TNA Destination X

-LAX defeat Team 3D in a Ghetto Brawl to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles
-Chris Sabin defeats Jerry Lynn in a 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match to retain the TNA X-Division Title
-Rhino defeats AJ Styles in an Elevation X Match
-Sting defeats Abyss in a Last Rites (Casket) Match
-Kurt Angle defeats Scott Steiner
-Christian Cage defeats Samoa Joe to retain the NWA World Title

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[The Brain]

March 12

1988

Saturday Night's Main Event featuring Hulk Hogan vs. Harley Race and Randy Savage vs. Ted Dibiase

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[Wolf Pac]

March 12

1990

Jerry Lawler defeats Jimmy Valiant to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title for the fifth time in the just over 2-year history of the title.


2000

ECW Living Dangerously

-Dusty Rhodes defeats Steve Corino in a Bull Rope match
-Mike Awesome defeats Kid Kash to retain the ECW World Title
-New Jack fought Vic Grimes to a no contest after both men were legitimately knocked out after falling from a scaffold
-The Impact Players defeat Raven & Mike Awesome and Tommy Dreamer & Masato Tanaka in a Three Way Dance to win the ECW Tag Team Titles
-Super Crazy defeats Rhino in the finals of the TV Title tournament to win the vacant ECW Television Title

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2006

TNA Destination X

-Jeff Jarrett, Abyss, Chris Harris & James Storm defeat Rhino, Ron Killings, Brother Ray & Brother Devon in an 8-Man War
-Christopher Daniels defeats Samoa Joe & AJ Styles in an Ultimate X Match to win the TNA X Division Title
-Christian Cage defeats Monty Brown to retain the NWA World Title. Scott Steiner makes his TNA debut after the match, attacking Sting.

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[#MrScissorsKick]

March 13

Andrew "Test" Martin died today in 2009 to an overdose of oxycodone