On This Day In Wrestling History

[Wolf Pac]

June 23

1994

Ric Flair defeats Sting to unify the WCW World Title and the WCW International World Title at Clash Of The Champions XXVII.

Spoiler

2002

WWE King Of The Ring

-Jamie Noble defeats The Hurricane to win the WWE Cruiserweight Title
-Molly Holly defeats Trish Stratus to win the WWE Womens Title
-Kurt Angle defeats Hulk Hogan
-Brock Lesnar wins the King of the Ring Tournament, defeating Rob Van Dam in the final
-The Undertaker defeats Triple H to retain the WWE Undisputed Title

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2003

Kane is forced to unmask after losing a Title vs. Mask match to Triple H

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2008

The Million Dollar Mania set crashes down on top of Mr. McMahon

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[The Brain]

June 24

2001

Booker T makes his first appearance in the WWF

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[Wolf Pac]

June 24

1984

Wahoo McDaniel defeats Ricky Steamboat to win the NWA United States Title. The title would be vacated a week later as Tully Blanchard interfered to help McDaniel


1988

Tatsumi Fujinami defeats Riki Choshu to win the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Title. Also, Shiro Koshinaka defeats Owen Hart to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title

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1994

ECW Hostile City Showdown

-Mikey Whipwreck defeats Rockin' Rebel by DQ to retain the ECW Television Title
-Tommy Cairo defeats The Sandman in a Cane on a Pole match
-Terry & Dory Funk Jr. defeat The Public Enemy by DQ
-Sabu defeats Cactus Jack


1996

Harlem Heat defeat Sting & Lex Luger to become 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time WCW Tag Team Champions after interference from The Outsiders and The Steiner Brothers

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2001

Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeats Juventud Guerrera in the final of a tournament to become the first GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion

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2007

Chris Benoit no-shows his scheduled ECW World Title match with CM Punk at WWE Vengeance: Night Of Champions for 'personal reasons'.

-Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch defeat The Hardys to retain the World Tag Team Titles
-Chavo Guerrero defeats Jimmy Wang Yang to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title
-Johnny Nitro (subbing for Benoit) defeats CM Punk to win the vacant ECW Title
-Santino Marella defeats Umaga by DQ to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title
-MVP defeats Ric Flair to retain the WWE United States Title
-Deuce 'n' Domino defeat Sgt Slaughter & Jimmy Snuka to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
-Edge defeats Batista by countout to retain the World Heavyweight Title
-Candice Michelle defeats Melina to win the WWE Womens Title
-John Cena defeats Mick Foley, Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton & King Booker in a 5-Way Challenge Match to retain the WWE Title

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[The Brain]

June 25

2007

The wrestling world learns about the death of Chris Benoit

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[Wolf Pac]

June 25

1976

Antonio Inoki and Muhammad Ali battle to a 15 round draw in a Wrestler vs. Boxer match. The rules of the match stated that Inoki could not use any suplexes, throws or submission moves. Inoki spent the majority of the match, lying on his back and kicking at Ali's leg, while Ali would back away from the kicks.

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1995

WWF King Of The Ring

-Bret Hart defeats Jerry Lawler in a Kiss My Foot Match
-Mabel wins the King of the Ring Tournament, defeating Savio Vega in the final
-Diesel & Bam Bam Bigelow defeat Tatanka & Sycho Sid

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2000

WWF King Of The Ring

-Edge & Christian defeat Too Cool, T&A & The Hardy Boyz in a Four Corners Elimination Match to win the WWF Tag Team Titles
-Pat Patterson fought Gerald Brisco to a no-contest in a Hardcore Evening Gown Match. Crash Holly pinned Patterson to win the WWF Hardcore Title under the 24/7 Rule
-D-Generation X (Road Dogg & X-Pac) & Tori defeat The Dudley Boyz in a Handicap Tables Dumpster Match
-Kurt Angle wins the King of the Ring Tournament, defeating Rikishi in the final
-The Rock, Kane & The Undertaker defeat Triple H, Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon. The Rock pins Vince to win the WWF Title

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2001

Rhyno defeats Test to win the WWF Hardcore Title, only for WCW's Mike Awesome to appear and Powerbomb Rhyno on a Ladder and pin him to win the Hardcore Title.

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2006

WWE Vengeance

-Randy Orton defeats Kurt Angle
-Ric Flair defeats Mick Foley in a 2-Out-of-3 Falls Match
-Johnny Nitro defeats Shelton Benjamin & Carlito in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Title
-Rob Van Dam defeats Edge to retain the WWE Title
-Imposter Kane defeats Kane
-John Cena defeats Sabu in an Extreme Lumberjack Match
-D-Generation X (Triple H & Shawn Michaels) defeat The Spirit Squad in a Handicap Match

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2012

Sycho Sid makes his first WWE appearance in 15 years, taking on Heath Slater as part of the build up to the 1,000th episode of RAW.

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[Wolf Pac]

June 26

1992

"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers passes away.

The Steiner Brothers defeat Big, Bad & Dangerous (Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles.

Spoiler

1996

Owen Hart defeats Papa Shango to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship

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2000

Shawn Michaels announces that he's stepping down as the WWF Commissioner and introduces Mick Foley as the newly appointed Commissioner.

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2005

WWE Vengeance

-Carlito defeats Shelton Benjamin to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
-Kane defeats Edge
-Shawn Michaels defeats Kurt Angle
-John Cena defeats Chris Jericho & Christian in a Triple Threat match to retain the WWE Championship
-Batista defeats Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

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2006

DX impersonate The McMahons

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2007

After news of Chris Benoit's double murder-suicide comes out, Mr. McMahons opens up ECW with an announcement that Chris Benoit will never be mentioned on WWE programming again.

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2011

ROH Best In The World

-Homicide defeats Rhino in a No Holds Barred Match
-El Generico defeats Christopher Daniels to win the ROH Television Title
-Wrestling’s Greatest Tag Team defeat The Briscoe Brothers, The All Night Express and The Kings of Wrestling in a Four-Way Elimination Match to retain the ROH Tag Team Titles
-Davey Richards defeats Eddie Edwards to win the ROH World Title

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[The Brain]

June 27

2011

CM Punk's famous pipe bomb speech

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[Wolf Pac]

June 27

1999

WWF King Of The Ring

-The Undertaker defeats The Rock to retain the WWF Title
-Billy Gunn wins the King of the Ring Tournament, defeating X-Pac in the final
-Vince & Shane McMahon defeat Stone Cold Steve Austin in a Handicap Ladder Match to regain control of the WWF

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2002

John Cena makes his WWE debut

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2004

WWE The Great American Bash

-John Cena defeats Rene Dupree, Booker T & Rob Van Dam in a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match to retain the WWE United States Title
-Rey Mysterio defeats Chavo Guerrero to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title
-JBL defeats Eddie Guerrero in a Texas Bullrope Match to win the WWE Title
-The Undertaker defeats The Dudleys in a Concrete Crypt Match. Paul Bearer was buried in concrete after the match.

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2005

Ric Flair faces Kurt Angle for the first time ever

Spoiler

Hulk Hogan teams up with John Cena & Shawn Michaels to take on Christian, Chris Jericho & Tyson Tomko

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[The Brain]

June 28

1998

WWF King of the Ring featuring the famous Hell in a Cell match between The Undertaker and Mankind, and Kane beating Steve Austin for the WWF Title.

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[Wolf Pac]

June 28

1999

Stone Cold Steve Austin defeats The Undertaker to win the WWF Championship on RAW

Spoiler

2001

Sean O' Haire & Chuck Palumbo show up on Smackdown and interfere in a Tag Team Title match between The Dudley Boyz & The Hardy Boyz, but then get taken out by the WWF locker room.

Spoiler

2009

WWE The Bash

-Tommy Dreamer defeats Jack Swagger, Christian, Mark Henry & Finlay in a Championship Scramble to retain the ECW Championship
-Rey Mysterio defeats Chris Jericho in a Mask vs Title match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship
-Michelle McCool defeats Melina to win the WWE Women's Championship
-John Cena defeats The Miz
-Edge & Chris Jericho defeats Carlito & Primo Colón and The Legacy in a Triple Threat to win the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
-Jeff Hardy defeats CM Punk by DQ; Punk retains the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
-Randy Orton defeats HHH in a 3 Stages of Hell match to retain the WWE Championship

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[Wolf Pac]

June 29

1991

Stunning Steve Austin defeats Bobby Eaton to win the WCW Television Title

Spoiler

1998

Stone Cold Steve Austin defeats Kane to win the WWF Title, ending Kane’s reign the night after it begun

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2008

WWE Night Of Champions

-Mark Henry defeats Kane & The Big Show to win the ECW Title
-The Legacy (Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes) defeat Hardcore Holly in a Handicap Match to win the World Tag Team Titles (Rhodes was the champion with Holly, but he turned on him in the match revealing himself as Dibiase's mystery partner, helping him win the titles)
-Kofi Kingston defeats Chris Jericho to win the WWE Intercontinental Title
-Edge defeats Batista to retain the World Heavyweight Title
-Triple H defeats John Cena to retain the WWE Title

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[The Brain]

June 30

2008

CM Punk cashes in his Money in the Bank contract and beats Edge for the World Championship

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[Wolf Pac]

June 30

1961

Buddy Rogers defeats Pat O’ Connor to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship

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1997

Paul Bearer reveals The Undertaker's darkest secret about Taker as a child, killing his parents and his younger half-brother Kane when he burned down his family's funeral home business, where he, Kane & his parents lived and where Bearer worked. Bearer would later reveal that Kane is alive when The Undertaker confronts him.

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Raven makes his WCW debut on Nitro

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2003

Gail Kim wins a Divas Battle Royal to become the new Womens Champion in her WWE debut on RAW

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2005

Batista is the final pick for Smackdown in the 2005 Draft Lottery

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[Wolf Pac]

July 1

1995

Axl Rotten takes on Ian Rotten in their infamous Taipei Death Match at ECW Hardcore Heaven

Spoiler

1998

Sabu & Rob Van Dam defeat Chris Candido & Lance Storm to win the ECW World Tag Team Championship

Spoiler

2002

The Undertaker defends the WWE Undisputed Championship against Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match on RAW

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2007

ROH present their first PPV, Respect Is Earned.

-Takeshi Morishima defeats BJ Whitmer to retain the ROH World Championship
-Naomichi Marufuji defeats Rocky Romero
-The Briscoe Brothers defeat Claudio Castagnoli & Matt Sydal to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
-Roderick Strong defeats Delirious
-Takeshi Morishima & Bryan Danielson defeat Nigel McGuinness & KENTA


Chris Sabin wins the AJPW Junior League, defeating Shuji Kondo in the final

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[Wolf Pac]

July 2

1957

Bret Hart is born.


2001

The WCW World Title is defended on RAW for the first time ever.

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[Wolf Pac]

July 3

2006

Mr. McMahon bans DX from entering the building, so DX invade the WWE Production Truck and have some fun with Vince.

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Edge defeats Rob Van Dam and John Cena in a Triple Threat Match to win the WWE Championship

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[The Brain]

July 4

1993

Lex Luger bodyslams Yokozuna on the USS Intrepid

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2002

Hulk Hogan & Edge defeat Billy & Chuck for the tag team titles

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2005

Shawn Michaels superkicks Hulk Hogan after the two win a tag match together on Raw

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[Wolf Pac]

July 4

1987

Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering defeat The Four Horsemen & JJ Dillon in the first ever War Games Match at The Great American Bash

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2006

Big Show defeats Rob Van Dam to win the ECW Championship

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[Wolf Pac]

July 5

1992

The Miracle Violence Connection defeat The Steiner Brothers to win the WCW Tag Team Titles

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1993

Jerry Lawler defeats Owen Hart to win the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title

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1999

The Rock faces Triple H in a Steel Cage Match

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Bret Hart makes his first televised appearance in months, to give a heartfelt speech about his brother Owen

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2009

Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi) defeat The Motor City Machine Guns to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles

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[The Brain]

July 6

1997

WWF Canadian Stampede

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1998

DX impersonates the Nation of Domination on Raw

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Goldberg beats Hollywood Hogan for the WCW title on Nitro

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[Wolf Pac]

July 6

1985

The very first Great American Bash

-Ole & Arn Anderson defeat Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater to retain the NWA National Tag Team Titles
-NWA World Tag Team Champions, Krusher Khruschev & Ivan Koloff fight AWA World Tag Team Champions, The Road Warriors to a double DQ.
-Magnum TA defeats Kamala by DQ to retain the NWA United States Title
-Ric Flair defeats Nikita Koloff to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Title. David Crockett was the special referee.
-Dusty Rhodes defeats Tully Blanchard in a Steel Cage Match to win the NWA Television Title and the services of Blanchard’s valet, Baby Doll, for thirty days.

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Tito Santana defeats Greg Valentine in a Steel Cage Match to win the WWF Intercontinental Title

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1991

The Miracle Violence Connection defeat Stan Hansen & Danny Spivey to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles


1992

The Moondogs defeat Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Tag Team Titles


1997

El Samurai defeats Jushin Liger to win the J-Crown


2000

Kaientai & The Brooklyn Brawler upset Triple H in a Handicap Elimination Match with help from Chris Jericho

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[The Brain]

July 7

1996

Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, & Scott Hall form the nwo.

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[Wolf Pac]

July 7

1990

Sting defeats Ric Flair to win the NWA World Title at The Great American Bash

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2003

Booker T defeats Christian to win the WWE Intercontinental Title on RAW

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2005

The Blue Meanie defeats JBL on Smackdown

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The segment that got UPN to force WWE to remove Muhammed Hassan from Smackdown. This aired on the same day of the London bombings.

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[Wolf Pac]

July 8

1991

Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi defeat Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat to win the AJPW All Asia Tag Team Titles


1996

Rey Mysterio Jr defeats Dean Malenko to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time

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2002

In his first match back in months after recovering from a biceps injury, Kevin Nash tears his left quadriceps muscle, putting him out of action again for nine months.

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2006

Gedo & Jado defeat El Samurai & Ryusuke Taguchi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles


2007

Dos Caras Jr (Alberto Del Rio) defeats Universo 2000 to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Title


2008

Tiger Mask IV defeats Prince Devitt in the final of a tournament to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title


2012

TNA Destination X

-Samoa Joe defeats Kurt Angle in a Bound For Glory Series Match
-AJ Styles defeats Christopher Daniels in a Last Man Standing Match
-Zema Ion defeats Kenny King, Sonjay Dutt & Mason Andrews in an Ultimate X Match to win the vacant TNA X-Division Championship
-Austin Aries defeats Bobby Roode to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

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[Wolf Pac]

July 9

2000

The Bash At The Beach incident involving Hulk Hogan, Vince Russo & Jeff Jarrett. Booker T would defeat Jeff Jarrett to win the WCW Title later in the night.

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2001

ECW join the Invasion and merge with WCW to form The Alliance. Stephanie McMahon is revealed as the new owner of ECW.

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2009

Hornswoggle is revealed as the Anonymous Raw General Manager

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