Former TNA World Champion Bully Ray turns 43 today.
Former NWA & WCW World Champion Jeff Jarrett turns 47 today.
Former ECW & WWE announcer Joey Styles turn 43 today.
1986: WWF King of the Ring was held in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
1st Round Matches:
* Don Muraco fought Roddy Piper to a 20-minute time limit draw
* Harley Race defeated George Steele via DQ
* Billy Jack Haynes defeated The Iron Sheik
* Nikolai Volkoff defeated Danny Spivey
* The Junkyard Dog defeated Paul Orndorff via DQ
* Pedro Morales defeated Rudy Diamond (Diamond was subbing for Bob Orton Jr.)
Quarter-Final Round Matches:
* Billy Jack Haynes defeated Mr. X (subbing for Hercules)
* Nikolai Volkoff defeated The Junkyard Dog
* Pedro Morales defeated Mike Rotunda
Semi– Final Round Matches:
* Harley Race defeated Billy Jack Haynes via countout
* Pedro Morales defeated Nikolai Volkoff
* Bruno Sammartino defeated The Designated Hitman (replacing Eddie Andelmann)
King of The Ring Tournament Finals:
* Harley Race defeated Pedro Morales to win the King Of The Ring in the Tournament
* The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith & The Dynamite Kid) defeated The Dream Team (Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake) in a Cage Match to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
1991: WCW’s The Great American Bash was held at the Baltimore Arena, in Baltimore, Maryland with 7,000 fans in attendance.
* PN News & Bobby Eaton defeated Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor (with Lady Blossom) in a Capture The Flag Scaffold Match
* The Diamond Studd (Scott Hall) (with Diamond Dallas Page) defeated Tom Zenk
* Ron Simmons defeated Oz (Kevin Nash) (with Merlin The Wizard (Kevin Sullivan)
* Richard Morton (with Alexandra York (Terri Runnels) defeated Robert Gibson
* Dustin Rhodes, & The Southern Boys (Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong) defeated The Fabulous Freebirds (Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes, & Badstreet) (with Big Daddy Dink (Sir Oliver Humperdink) in a 6-man Tag Team Elimination Match
* The Yellow Dog (Brian Pillman) defeated Johnny B. Badd (with Teddy Long) via DQ
* Big Josh defeated Black Blood (with Kevin Sullivan) in a Lumberjack Match
* El Gigante (with a bunch of midgets) defeated One Man Gang (with Kevin Sullivan)
* Nikita Koloff defeated Sting in a Russian Chain Match
* Lex Luger defeated Barry Windham in a Cage Match to win the vacant WCW World Title
* Rick Steiner & Missy Hyatt defeated Arn Anderson & Paul E. Dangerously in a Cage Match
1992: Tod Gordon’s Eastern Championship Wrestling held a show at The Original Sports Bar, in Philadelphia, PA. The show only had 275 fans in attendance.
* Mr. Perez defeated Jimmy Jannetty
* Scott Summers & King Kaluha defeated JT Smith & Hurricane Curry.
* The Samoan Warrior defeated Jack Hammer via DQ
* Salvatore Bellomo fought Tony Stetson to a double DQ
* ECW Tag Team Champions The Super Destroyers defeated Max Thrasher & Glenn Osbourne
* Tony Cairo defeated Damien Stone
* Vladimir Markoff & the Super Ninja defeated Chris Michaels & Nikolai Volkoff
* Mr. Sandman defeated Larry Winters
* Jimmy Snuka defeated Johnny Hot Body to win the title, crowned as 1st champion
1992: Jimmy Snuka defeated Johnny Hotbody to win the NWA-ECW Title.
1997: WCW Monday Nitro defeated WWF Monday Night Raw: 3.5 to 2.6 in the ratings.
1997: Steve Austin & Dude Love defeated The British Bulldog & Owen Hart to win the vacant WWF Tag Team Titles on Raw.
1998: D’Lo Brown defeated Triple H to win the WWF European Title on Raw.
1998: Stevie Ray was awarded the WCW Television Title on Nitro.
2006: Finlay defeated Bobby Lashley to win the WWE United States Title on Smackdown.
2009: Superstar Billy Graham sold his WWE Hall of Fame ring on Ebay.
2009: TNA signed Ayako Hamada
2011: Sting defeated Mr. Anderson to win the TNA World Heavyweight Title on Impact.