Tag: New York
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… JUNE 11TH: RVD & John Cena...
The second incarnation of ECW One Night Stand produces a match for the ages between John Cena and Rob Van Dam
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… MAY 17th: The Dawning of The...
Bruno Sammartino defeats Buddy Rogers in under a minute to win the WWWF Championship, and dominates the title until 1971
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… MAY 15th: Triple H wrestles his...
VIDEO: Hunter Hearst Helmsley wrestles his debut match on the WWF's flagship show, looking and sounding quite a bit different than he does today
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… APRIL 26th: Hansen breaks Bruno’s neck
WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino is knocked out of action for two months after suffering a broken neck at the hands of Stan Hansen at Madison Square Garden
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… APRIL 7th: The Three Faces of...
The WWF presents WrestleMania 2 from three separate locations, New York, Chicago, & LA, headlined by Hulk Hogan defeating King Kong Bundy in a steel cage match
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… MARCH 20th: Climbing the Ladder of...
At WrestleMania X, the first televised ladder match in WWF history takes place between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels for the undisputed Intercontinental title
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… FEB 20th: Backlund wins the Belt
1978 - Bob Backlund defeats Superstar Billy Graham in New York to win the WWWF Championship
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… JAN 18th: Koloff defeats Sammartino
The Russian Bear pulls off one of the most stunning upsets of all time and takes the WWWF World title from Bruno Sammartino, ending his 2,803 day reign
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 20th: Kronus and Saturn regain...
The Eliminators win the ECW World Tag Team titles in Middleton, NY, when they defeat The Gangstas in a hard-hitting match-up
TODAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY… DEC 19th: A Masked Man Challenges...
Mil Mascaras defeats WWWF Heavyweight Champion Superstar Billy Graham via referee stoppage due to excessive blood loss, but the championship does not change hands