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Today In Pro Wrestling History (7/13) Heat Wave, 2013 MITB, Victory Road, AJ Styles Is A Champion & More

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1982: Mr Fuji & Mr Saito defeated Jules & Chief Jay Strongbow to win the WWF Tag Team Titles.

1996: ECW Heat Wave was held live at the ECW Arena, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1,500 were in attendance and here are the results:

* The Gangstas fought Samoans Gangstas Party to a no contest

* Mikey Whipwreck defeated Paul Lauria

* The Eliminators defeated Sabu & Mikey Whipwreck to retain the ECW World Tag Team Titles

* The Dudley Boyz defeated The Full Blooded Italians

* Tarzan Goto defeated Axl Rotten

* Shane Douglas defeated Chris Jericho, Pitbull #2, & 2 Cold Scorpio to win the ECW World Television Title

* Sabu defeated Louie Spicolli

* The Sandman, Terry Gordy, & Tommy Dreamer defeated Brian Lee, Stevie Richards, & Raven in a Steel Cage Match

1997: WCW Bash At The Beach was held at the Ocean Center, in Daytona Beach, Florida with 6,354 in attendance.

* Mortis & Wrath defeated Glacier & Ernest Miller.

* Chris Jericho defeated Ultimo Dragon to retain the WCW Cruiserweight Title

* The Steiner Brothers defeated The Great Muta & Masahiro Chono

* Juventud Guerrera, Lizmark Jr., & Hector Garza defeated Psychosis, La Parka, & Villano IV

* Chris Benoit defeated The Taskmaster in a Retirement Match

* Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve McMichael to retain the WCW United States Title

* Scott Hall & Randy Savage defeated Diamond Dallas Page & Curt Hennig

* Roddy Piper defeated Ric Flair

* Lex Luger & The Giant defeated Dennis Rodman & Hollywood Hogan

1998: WWF Monday Night Raw defeated WCW Monday Nitro: 4.7 to 4.5 in the ratings.

1998: Kane & Mankind defeated The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & Road Dogg) to win the WWF Tag Team Titles on Raw.

2007: Memorial services for Nancy Benoit & her son Daniel were held in Daytona Beach, Florida today.

2008: TNA Victory Road was held at Reliant Arena, in Houston, Texas with 3,000 in attendance.

* Team TNA (Curry Man, Alex Shelley, & Chris Sabin) defeated Team International (Alex Koslov, Doug Williams, & Tyson Dux), Team Japan (Milano Collection AT, Masato Yoshino, & Puma), & Team Mexico (Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, & Averno) in an Elimination Tag Team Match in the World X Cup Tournament

* Gail Kim defeated Angelina Love

* Sonjay Dutt defeated Jay Lethal

* The LAX defeated Beer Money Inc in a Fan’s Revenge Lumberjack Match to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles

* Taylor Wilde defeated Awesome Kong (with Raisha Saed) to retain the TNA Knockouts Title

* Volador Jr. Defeated Kaz, Naruki Doi, & Daivari in in an Ultimate X Match to win the World X Cup for Team Mexico

* Team 3D & Kurt Angle defeated AJ Styles, Christian Cage, & Rhino in a Full Metal Mayhem Match

* Samoa Joe fought Booker T to a no-contest to retain the TNA World Title.

2009: WWE announced that Bragging Rights would be replacing Cyber Sunday PPV for the month of October.

2010: AJ Styles defeated Rob Terry to win the TNA Global Title.

2011: ROH announced they signed Tomasso Ciampa to a contract.

2013: WWE Money In The Bank was held at the Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 15,000 in attendance.

* The Shield (Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) defeated The Usos to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles

* Damien Sandow defeated Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Fandango Dean Ambrose, Jack Swagger, & Antonio Cesaro (with Zeb Colter) in a Money In The Bank Ladder Match to earn a World Title Match contract

* Curtis Axel defeated The Miz to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title

* AJ Lee defeated Kaitlyn to retain the WWE Diva’s Title

* Ryback defeated Chris Jericho

* Alberto Del Rio defeated Dolph Ziggler via DQ to retain the World Heavyweight Title

* John Cena defeated Mark Henry to retain the WWE Title

* Randy Orton defeated Rob Van Dam, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Christian, & Sheamus in a Money In The Bank Ladder Match to earn a WWE Title Match contract.

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