TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 7th: Austin vs The Rock – Take One
Watch Stone Cold and The People’s Champion have their first pay-per-view singles encounter, an Intercontinental title match at “In Your House: D-Generation X”
Watch Stone Cold and The People’s Champion have their first pay-per-view singles encounter, an Intercontinental title match at “In Your House: D-Generation X”
1998 – WWF play-by-play announcer Jim Ross suffers a Bells Palsy attack while calling the Capital Carnage event in the United Kingdom
At an Impact taping in Orlando, The Phenomenal One loses a title unification match against Magnus, and says goodbye to the company that he helped build
The Nature Boy Ric Flair is in town with the Ten Pounds of Gold, and tells Lance Russell that he’s agreed to wrestle the Southern Heavyweight Champion in the near future
The new World Six-Man Tag Team Champions tell the World Class announcer that they refuse to release the video of them winning the titles
2012 – The legendary Hart Family home, where dozens of famous wrestlers were trained, is named an official heritage site by the City of Calgary
The reigning Television Champion and The Superstar tell Gordon Solie that they are going to dispose of Kevin Sullivan, and then capture the National Tag Team titles
The WWF stages one of its least successful events of all-time, a mid-week pay per view that saw Hulk Hogan win the WWF World title from The Undertaker
1988 – The Nature Boy and his manager say that even though Ric Flair isn’t afraid of Lex Luger, they still have to teach him some ‘lessons’ before the Great American Bash
Barry Windham talks briefly about being in Dusty Rhodes’ corner for an upcoming match, and then tells Arn Anderson that he’s willing to put his newly-won title on the line
1973 – Stan Stasiak scores a stunning victory over Pedro Morales in Philadelphia to capture the WWWF World Heavyweight championship
Chivalry is dead, as a female manager gets kicked to the curb.
At November to Remember, Shane Douglas defeats Bam Bam Bigelow to win the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, beginning a record 405-day title reign
Just as Stephanie McMahon and Test are prepared to exchange their vows in the ring, the leader of DX shows a bombshell video that breaks up the whole ceremony
The King speaks with Lance Russell and says he has photographic evidence that he’s the man who should be holding the ‘Ten Pounds of Gold’