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Today In Pro Wrestling History (7/14) KOTR 86, Bash 91, Before ECW, Several Title Changes & More!

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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.

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