Today in Wrestling History (June 17th)

Title Changes for June 17th

1934 – Mario Nuez defeated Tony Canales to become the first EMLL Mexican National Welterweight Champion

1964 – Pat Patterson & "Tough" Tony Borne defeated Nick Bockwinkel & Buddy Mareno (Omar Atlas) to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship

1965 – Bob Orton, Sr. won a tournament to win the vacant NWA Southern (Florida) Heavyweight Championship

1977 – Butcher Brannigan & Killer Karl Krupp defeated Larry O’Day & Ron Miller to win the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship

1983 – The Dynamite Girls (Jumbo Hori & Yukari Ohmori) defeated Devil Masami & Talantula to win the WWWA (Japan) World Tag Team Championship

1983 – Kerry Von Erich & Bruiser Brody defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes) to win the NWA American Tag Team Championship

1983 - Gorgeous Jimmy Garvin defeated David Von Erich to win the vacant NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship. The title is immediately held up due to interference by Sunshine

1983 - Vicki Carranza defeated Lola Gonzales to win the Mexican National Women’s Championship

1984 – Jake Roberts defeated "Hands of Stone" Ron Garvin to win the NWA World (Georgia) Television Championship. The title is immediately held up due to Roberts' use of a foreign object

1985 – The U.S. Express (Mike Rotunda & Barry Windham) defeated The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff to win the WWF World Tag Team Championship

1985 – The Fabulous Ones defeated Ron Sexton & Billy Travis in a tournament final to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship

1988 – Chris Benoit defeated Johnny Smith to win the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship

1989 – TNT (Savio Vega) defeated Abudda Dein to win the vacant WWC World Television Championship

1994 – Mickey Doyle defeated Scott D’Amore to win the BCW (Ontario) Can-Am Heavyweight Championship

1996 – Flex Kavana ((Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) & Bart Sawyer defeated Brickhouse Brown & Reggie B. Fine in a tournament final to win the USWA World Tag Team Championship

1999 – Sensational Sherri Martel defeated Miss Manners (Adrian Lynch) to win the AWA Superstars of Wrestling World Women’s Championship

1999 – The Public Enemy defeated The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson & Rick Fuller) to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship

2012 – Manabu Soya & Takao Omori defeated Joe Doering & Seiya Sanada to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Championship

Wrestling PPV Poster of the Day

Results[edit]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
Dark	Koko B. Ware defeated The Brooklyn Brawler	Singles match	Unknown
1	The Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty) defeated The Barbarian and Haku (with Bobby Heenan)	Tag team match	10:41
2	The Texas Tornado defeated Dino Bravo (with Jimmy Hart)	Singles match	03:11
3	The British Bulldog defeated The Warlord (with Slick)	Singles match	08:15
4	The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobs and Jerry Sags) (with Jimmy Hart) defeated The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) (c)	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	12:10
5	Jake Roberts defeated Rick Martel	Blindfold match	08:34
6	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated Jimmy Snuka	Singles match	04:20
7	The Ultimate Warrior defeated Randy Savage (with Sensational Queen Sherri)	Retirement match	20:47
8	Genichiro Tenryu and Kōji Kitao defeated Demolition (Crush and Smash) (with Mr. Fuji)	Tag team match	04:44
9	The Big Boss Man defeated Mr. Perfect (c) (with Bobby Heenan) by disqualification	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	10:47
10	Earthquake (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Greg Valentine	Singles match	03:14
11	The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal) defeated Power and Glory (Paul Roma and Hercules) (with Slick)	Tag team match	00:59[5]
12	Virgil (with Roddy Piper) defeated Ted DiBiase by countout	Singles match	07:41
13	The Mountie (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Tito Santana	Singles match	01:21
14	Hulk Hogan defeated Sgt. Slaughter (c) (with General Adnan)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	20:26
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

The US Express

June 17th 1985
The US Express, Mike Rotunda and Barry Windham defeat The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff in Poughkeepsie, NY to regain the WWF Tag Team titles.  This was their 2nd and last reign as Tag Team champions.  They would lose the belts to "The Dream Team: Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine" on August 24th 1985 in Philadelphia.

Match of the Night

October 14th 1984

Madison Square Garden

The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff

vs

Sgt Slaughter and Andre the Giant