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Today In Pro Wrestling History (6/17) WWE No Way Out, TNA Slammiversary, ECW & Nitro!

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1984: Jake Roberts defeated Ron Garvin to win the NWA World Television Title in Atlanta, Georgia.

1995: ECW Barbed Wire Hoodies & Chokeslams was held at the ECW Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1,150 were in attendance to see The Sandman defeated Cactus Jack in a Barbed Wire match to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Title.

1996: WCW Nitro defeated WWF Monday Night Raw: 3.4 to 2.3 in the ratings.

1999: The Public Enemy (Rocco Rock & Johnny Grunge) defeated The Brotherhood (Knuckles Nelson & Rick Fuller) to win the NWA World Tag Team Title in Bolton, Massachusetts.

2007: TNA Slammiversary was held at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium, in Nashville, Tennessee. 3,500 were in attendance to see Kurt Angle defeated Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christian Cage, & Chris Harris in a King of the Mountain Match to win the vacant TNA World Title.

2007: WWE held it’s Supplemental Draft Lottery on WWE.com. Here are the draft results:

* Scotty 2 Hotty was drafted to Raw 

* Kenny Dykstra was drafted to Smackdown

* Viscera was drafted to ECW 

* The Sandman was drafted to Raw

* Hardcore Holly was drafted to Raw 

* The Miz was drafted to ECW

* Daivari was drafted to Raw

* The Major Brothers (Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins) were drafted to Smackdown

* William Regal was drafted to Raw

* Victoria was drafted to Smackdown 

* Jillian Hall was drafted to Raw

* Eugene was drafted to Smackdown

* Johnny Nitro was drafted to ECW

2011: TNA released Nigel McGuinness aka Desmond Wolfe.

2012: WWE No Way Out was held at the IZOD Center, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 10,000 were in attendance to see John Cena (with Vince McMahon) defeated The Big Show (with John Laurinaitis) in a Steel Cage Match.

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