This Week in WWE History, October 15, 2015 (Bret Hart)

October 12th 1992

Bret Hart defeats Ric Flair in Saskatoon SK for the WWF Heavyweight Title.

World Championship Victories - WWE Top 10

SummerSlam Moments: 1998 Stone Cold vs. The Undertaker for the WWE Title

Match of the Night (Sgt. Slaughter vs Bob Backlund 1981)

March 21 1981

Madison Square Garden

WWF Heavyweight Title
Cage Match

Sgt Slaughter

vs

Bob Backlund

WWF Champion

MIL MASCARAS VS SUPERSTAR BILLY GRAHAM - 12/19/77

Happy 71st Birthday to a living legend Mil Mascaras

Match of the Night (Sammartino vs Graham 1977)

"Superstar" 

Billy Graham

WWF Heavyweight Champion

vs

"Living Legend" 

Bruno Sammartino

Madison Square Garden

August 1st 1977

The Undertaker - Streak (6-0)

The Undertaker takes his Wrestlemania unbeaten streak to 6-0 against Sycho Sid and this time it was for the WWF Title.

Wrestlemania XIII

March 23  1997

Rosemont Horizon

Chicago,  IL

Match of the Night (Michaels vs Mankind)

IN YOUR HOUSE 10

Mind Games

September 22nd 1996

CoreStates Center

Philadelphia   PA

WWF Title

Shawn Michaels

(Champion)

vs

Mankind

Match of The Night (Kane vs UT) 1998

Judgement Day

October 18th 1998

Rosemont Horizon

Rosemont, IL

WWF Heavyweight Championship

Kane

vs

The Undertaker

(Special guest referee Stone Cold Steve Austin)

Match of the Day (Sammartino vs Baba 1968)

In this rare footage, WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino ventures to Japan to face Shohei "Giant"  Baba.

August 7th 1968

Today in Wrestling History - October 22nd

1979 - Tito Santana and Ivan Putski defeat Johnny and Jerry Valiant for the WWF Tag Team Titles in Madison Square Garden, New York City.


1984 - The Fabulous Ones (Steve Keirn & Stan Lane) defeat Rick Rude and King Kong Bundy to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning Keirn and Lane's eighth of 14 reigns as champions




1994 - Toshiaki Kawada defeats "Dr. Death" Steve Williams for the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight in Tokyo, Japan. 





 1995 - WWF held their fourth In Your House Pay-per-view in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at the Winnipeg Arena. 

Here are the results: -

Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Fatu.

WWF World Tag Team Champions The Smoking Gunns defeated The 1-2-3 Kid & Razor Ramon when Billy pinned The Kid. - 

Goldust, in his WWF debut, defeated Marty Janetty.

Yokozuna vs. Mabel ended in a double disqualification. 

Shawn Michaels, who had been beaten up outside of a bar (legitimately) and was unable to wrestle, forfeited the WWF Intercontinental Title to Dean (Shane) Douglas. 
Razor Ramon defeated Dean Douglas to win the WWF Intercontinental Title. 

Davey Boy Smith defeated WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel via disqualification.

Your Match of the Day (WWF Title Match)

WWF Heavyweight Championship

Philadelphia Spectrum

02/18/1978

Steel Cage Match 

Bruno Sammartino 

vs 

"Superstar" Billy Graham

(WWF Champion)

SummerSlam 1999

This week in 1999 the WWF held its annual SummerSlam pay per view.   
The Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
August 22nd 1999

- Jeff Jarrett pinned D-Lo Brown (7:27) to win the WWF I-C and European Title.
- The APA won a tag team elimination match:
* Edge & Christian defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy when Christian pinned Matt.
* Edge & Christian defeated Mideon &; Viscera when Edge pinned Mideon.
* Edge & Christian defeated Droz & Prince Albert when Edge pinned Albert.
* Faarooq &; Bradshaw defeated Edge & Christian when Bradshaw pinned Christian.
* Faarooq & Bradshaw defeated Hardcore & Crash Holly when Faarooq pinned Hardcore to win the match.
- Al Snow defeated Big Boss Man to win the WWF Hardcore Title.
- WWF Women's Champion Ivory defeated Tori.
- Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman via knockout in a Lion's Den match.
- Test defeated Shane McMahon.

- The Undertaker & Big Show defeated Kane & X-Pac 


- The Rock defeated Billy Gunn in a Kiss My Ass match.


- Mankind defeated Steve Austin and Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a Triangle match to win the WWF World Title when he pinned Austin.  Jesse Ventura was the special referee. Prior to the match, Ventura, the Governor of Minnesota who had been heavily criticized in the media for participating in the event, took the mic and told the crowd and PPV audience that he has always been proud of being a professional wrestler, and he was proud to be a part of the event. 

WWF In Your House - Ground Zero

September 7th 1997 
Louisville Gardens 
Louisville KY

Brian Pillman vs Goldust

Brian Christopher vs Scott Putski

Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq
(Triple Threat Match)

Max Mini vs El Torito
(Midgets)

The Headbangers vs The Legion of Doom vs The Godwinns vs Owen Hart/Davey Boy Smith
(4 way Elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Titles)

Bret Hart vs The Patiot
(WWF Heavyweight Title)
                                                                               
                                                                                Shawn Michaels  vs  The Undertaker

Wrestlemania XI

April 2nd 1995 from the Hartford Civic Center

Wrestlemania XI

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1	The Allied Powers (Lex Luger and The British Bulldog) defeated The Blu Brothers (Jacob and Eli) (with Uncle Zebekiah)	Tag team match	06:34
2	Razor Ramon (with The 1–2–3 Kid) defeated Jeff Jarrett (c) (with The Roadie) by disqualification	Singles match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship	13:32
3	The Undertaker (with Paul Bearer) defeated King Kong Bundy (with Ted DiBiase)	Singles match with Larry Young as Special Guest Referee	06:36
4	Owen Hart and Yokozuna (with Mr. Fuji and Jim Cornette) defeated The Smoking Gunns (c) (Billy and Bart)	Tag team match for the WWF Tag Team Championship	09:42
5	Bret Hart defeated Bob Backlund	"I Quit" match with Roddy Piper as Special Guest Referee	09:34
6	Diesel (c) (with Pamela Anderson) defeated Shawn Michaels (with Sid and Jenny McCarthy)	Singles match for the WWF Championship	20:35
7	Lawrence Taylor defeated Bam Bam Bigelow (with Ted DiBiase)	Singles match with Pat Patterson as Special Guest Referee	11:42

Today In Wrestling History April 12th

1958 - Verne Gagne defeats Dick the Bruiser in Chicago, Illinois to win the Chicago/Detroit NWA United States Heavyweight Title, beginning his second reign, which carried over into the AWA. Gagne held the title until August 1960 when he won the AWA World Title.


1968 - Mr. Wrestling defeats El Mongol in Atlanta, Georgia to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title, ending Mongol's fourth reign and beginning Mr. Wrestling's second


1980 - The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) defeat Ivan Putski and Tito Santana for the WWF World Tag Team Title in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.




1983 - Ron Bass and Stan Hansen defeat Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta for the NWA International Tag Team Title in Matsuyama, Japan, ending Baba and Tsuruta's fourth reign.


1987 - The first of three untimely deaths by suicide in the Von Erich family occured when Mike Von Erich intentionally overdosed on Placidyl, a tranqulizer. The overdose occurred after Mike wrapped himself in a sleeping bag in the woods near his home. He was one-third of the World Class Six-Man Tag Team Champions at the time, along with Kevin and Lance Von Erich. Mike had replaced his brother Kerry in the team after he was injured in a motorcycle accident during the previous summer. Mike Von Erich was just 23 years old.


1987 - Rick Steiner and Sting defeat Chris Adams and Terry Taylor to win the UWF World Tag Team Title in Atlanta, Georgia.




2002 - The WWF Hardcore Title changes hands four times at a house show in Amarillo, Texas. William Regal, the original challenger for the title, became a brief double-champion (he also held the WWF European Title) when he won the title from Bubba Ray Dudley, ending Bubba Ray's third reign and beginning Regal's third. Spike Dudley began his second reign as Hardcore Champion by defeating Regal. Spike then lost the title to Goldust, his fourth title win. Bubba Ray Dudley left with the title though, beating Goldust, and beginning his fourth reign


2003 - All Japan Pro Wrestling held the 13th and final event of its annual Champion's Carnival tour at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with 16,000 fans in attendance. The results were:
- Gran Hamada pinned Gran Naniwa.
- Gigantes and George Hines beat Hiroshi Hase and Masayuki Kono, when Gigantes pinned Kono.
- Ryuki Ueyama defeated Ryuji Hijikata by submission.
- Kaz Hayashi and Jimmy Yang beat Omega Griffon and NWA International Junior Heavyweight Champion Low Ki, when Hayashi pinned Griffon.
- AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion Kendo Kashin defeated Carl Contini by submission to retain the title.
- Shinjiro Otani and Masato Tanaka defeated Hideki Hosaka and Shigeo Okumura, when Otani pinned Hosaka.
- AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion Nobutaka Araya, Nobukazu Hirai and Genichiro Tenryu defeated Tomohiko Hashimoto, Tomoaki Honma and Kazushi Miyamoto, when Araya pinned Hashimoto.
- Keiji Muto and AJPW Unified World Tag Team Champion Satoshi Kojima defeated Masa Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada, when Kojima pinned Fuchi.
- AJPW Triple Crown Champion Shinya Hashimoto defeated AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion Arashi by TKO to retain his title.

Wrestlemania 8(Macho Man vs Nature Boy)

March 24th 1991 Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis Indiana

Macho Man Randy Savage vs Nature Boy Ric Flair

Wrestlemania 5 (The Mega-Powers Explode)

From April 2nd 1989 and Wrestlemania 5 at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City New Jersey,  the WWF Champion Randy "Macho Man" Savage defends his belt against Hulk Hogan

Happy Birthday Kurt Angle

Today, December 9th, is the 43rd birthday of Olympic Gold Medlist and former WWE and TNA Heavyweight champion Kurt Angle.

Normally I try to find a great match for the birthday boy or girl but in this case how about the match that Kurt won his Olympic gold medal.  From the 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atlanta Georgia, USA.


Kurt Angle vs Abbas Jadidi of Iran

ESPN E60 - Scott Hall

The ESPN show E60 did a documentary on the sad decline of Razor Ramon AKA Scott Hall.  

From his days as "Big" Scott Hall to Razor Ramon to the NWO they look at Scott Halls spiral into drug addiction, alcoholism to now where he is on 11 medications for a number of ailments.
This was a well done show and Scott gave them access to himself and the WWE really stepped up with interviews and video.


You see the entire episode here:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:7124904