December 17
1979
Bob Backlund defeats Bobby Duncum in a Texas Death Match to win the vacant WWF Title
1987
The second annual WWF Slammy Awards featuring the infamous "Stand Back" sang by Vince McMahon
-Best Performance by an Animal: George Steele
-Woman of the Year: Miss Elizabeth
-Best Ring Apparel: Harley Race (This was followed by Race brawling with Hacksaw Duggan, who was presenting the award. For the rest of the show, Race and Duggan brawled all over the building and backstage, while Gorilla Monsoon, following them with a camera crew, provided commentary)
-Hulk Hogan Real American Award: Billy Graham
-Jesse “The Body” Award: Rick Rude
-Greatest Hit: Jim Duggan
-Manager of the Year: Presenter Gorilla Monsoon announced that the envelope was empty, so there was no winner, ticking off Bobby Heenan, Mr. Fuji, Jimmy Hart, and Slick
-Best Personal Hygiene: Nikolai Volkoff, Boris Zuhkov and Slick
-Song of the Year: There was no winner, as Sika the Samoan ate the envelope
-Best Group: One Man Gang
-Humanitarian of the Year: Ted DiBiase (the story was that he bought the award)
-Best Head: Gene Okerlund and Bam Bam Bigelow
-Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Scholarship Award: Islanders Haku and Tama, Andre the Giant, Hercules, King Kong Bundy, and Harley Race (who were all managed by Heenan at the time)
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1995
WWF In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
-Razor Ramon and Marty Jannetty defeat The 1-2-3 Kid and Sycho Sid
-Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeats Henry Godwinn in an Arkansas Hog Pen Match with Hillbilly Jim as special guest referee
-Owen Hart defeats Diesel by DQ
-The Undertaker defeats King Mabel in a Casket Match
-Bret Hart defeats The British Bulldog to retain the WWF Title
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1999
Masato Tanaka defeats Mike Awesome to win the ECW World Title, but would lose it back to Awesome 6 days later
2000
WCW Starrcade
-3 Count defeat The Jung Dragons and Evan Karagias & Jamie Noble in a 3-Way Ladder Match
-Terry Funk defeats Crowbar to win the WCW Hardcore Title
-General Rection defeats Shane Douglas by DQ to retain the WCW United States Title
-Jeff Jarrett & The Harris Brothers defeat The Filthy Animals in a Bunkhouse Street Fight
-The Insiders (Kevin Nash & Diamond Dallas Page) defeat The Perfect Event (Chuck Palumbo & Shawn Stasiak) to win the WCW Tag Team Titles
-Goldberg defeats Lex Luger in a No Holds Barred Match
-Scott Steiner defeats Sid Vicious to retain the WCW World Title
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2005
Austin Aries & Roderick Strong defeat Sal Rinauro & Tony Mamaluke to win the ROH Tag Team Titles
2006
WWE Armageddon
-Kane defeats MVP in an Inferno Match
-Paul London & Brian Kenrick defeat William Regal & Dave Taylor, MNM & The Hardys in a Ladder Match to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles
-Chris Benoit defeats Chavo Guerrero to retain the WWE United States Title
-The Undertaker defeats Mr Kennedy in a Last Ride Match
-Batista & John Cena defeat Finlay & King Booker
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2008
Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler has its official Hollywood premiere
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