This day in wrestling history

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Testing a new thread idea, with, if possible, at least one wrestling history tidbit per day.

1879 – In Boston, Massachusetts, Henry M. Dufur defeated James Owens to win the American Collar-and-Elbow Title.

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On this day in 2006. Rob Van Dam defeated John Cena to win the WWE Championship

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2003 – (⬇️, ▶️)

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June 12th, 2014

WWE breaks up 3 Man Band by releasing future World Champions Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre.

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June 12th, 2023

Sami Zayn actually won a match with the Blue Thunder Bomb!

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Damn beat me to it.

Also I don't watch much anymore but I've been doing so lately. I know everyone is on Gunther's cock, but I've been kind of impressed with Ludwig Kaiser

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1982 – ‘High Chief’ Peter Maivia, the grandfather of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson passed away aged only 45 after a long cancer battle.

[Big Vic]

June 12th, 2014

WWE breaks up 3 Man Band by releasing future World Champions Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre.

Crazy turn of events where those 2 would be the ones winning the worlds titles later.

[XL]

June 12th, 2023

Sami Zayn actually won a match with the Blue Thunder Bomb!

Hahaha. Read this before watching the end of Raw. Didn’t even click.

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1993 – At a house show in Columbus, Ohio, The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) won the WWF Tag Team titles after beating Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster). They would lose the titles back to Money Inc. two days later but then win them back AGAIN three days after that.

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1998 – Monday Night RAW was held in San Antonio, Texas. In the main event of the show, Steve Austin and The Undertaker fought to a No Contest against Kane and Mankind in the first ever tag team Hell in a Cell match.

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1998 – At a taping of WWF Monday Night Raw in Austin, Texas, Edge made his in-ring debut against Jose Estrada Jr. Not long in to [sic] the match Edge launched himself to the outside onto Estrada, legitimately injuring Estrada’s neck meaning he couldn’t get back in the ring before the 10-count. Edge would go on to be one of the most successful wrestlers in the company’s history, winning the Royal Rumble (twice), the King of the Ring, Money in the Bank and over 30 championship titles.

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On this day in 2007. Doug Basham lost to Daddy Ass in a tag match

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June 17:

1985 – Two debuts were made at a WWF TV taping in Poughkeepsie, New York, both against Aldo Marino. The first one was former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk who made his mark by attacking the ring attendant before making Marino submit. The other was Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage. During his match against Marino nearly every manager came from the back to watch Savage in action. After Savage pinned Marino (following two top rope Elbow Drops) Bobby Heenan, Mr. Fuji, Freddie Blassie, Jimmy Hart, and Johnny V all got in the ring to congratulate him on his victory and to offer their services as a manager.

June 18:

2001 – On an episode of WWF Monday Night Raw in Tampa, Florida, a masked man came out riding a motorbike to the Undertaker’s music. Getting into the ring Jim Ross on commentary said that ‘This must be the human being that’s been stalking the Undertakers wife.’ Taking off his mask in the ring he revealed himself to be the debuting Diamond Dallas Page who got a huge ovation from the crowd.

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June 17:

1985 – Two debuts were made at a WWF TV taping in Poughkeepsie, New York, both against Aldo Marino. The first one was former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Terry Funk who made his mark by attacking the ring attendant before making Marino submit. The other was Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage. During his match against Marino nearly every manager came from the back to watch Savage in action. After Savage pinned Marino (following two top rope Elbow Drops) Bobby Heenan, Mr. Fuji, Freddie Blassie, Jimmy Hart, and Johnny V all got in the ring to congratulate him on his victory and to offer their services as a manager.

June 18:

2001 – On an episode of WWF Monday Night Raw in Tampa, Florida, a masked man came out riding a motorbike to the Undertaker’s music. Getting into the ring Jim Ross on commentary said that ‘This must be the human being that’s been stalking the Undertakers wife.’ Taking off his mask in the ring he revealed himself to be the debuting Diamond Dallas Page who got a huge ovation from the crowd.

They really should have called an audible after that, or not called an audible, whichever is was. They should have just have stopped it with Page stalking the wife as a mind game. Even that first promo, he wasnt talking about Sara, but afterwards they made it like DDP was actually a stalker for her, which itself was dumb because Kimberly Page is far more attractive than Sara Taker.

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June 19

In 2016 on this day. Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship. Moments later Dean Ambrose cashed in Money in the Bank on Seth Rollins to win the WWE Championship. In the span of five minutes, all three men held the WWE Championship during a single day.

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June 21st, 2016

There isn't many things that have ever stopped Roman Reigns, on this day in history. The WWE Wellness Policy did as Roman was suspended for 30 Days.

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June 22nd, 2007

On this day Chris Benoit went over in an intergender match.

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I thought it was a Handicap match?

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I thought it was a Handicap match?

No no. In fact, June 23rd, 2007

On this day Chris Benoit did a run in on sleeping child.

[XL]

I thought it was a Handicap match?

Thought they disproved the Fragile X thing?

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June 24, 2007

On this day Chris Benoit did the favors for a Pulley Machine in his final contest.

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Thought they disproved the Fragile X thing?

They may have. I forgot about that part after I posted and was referring more to it being Daniel and Nancy together versus Chris.

[XL]

Yes I got that.

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[Savio]

On this day 17 years ago at Vengeance:

-Rob Van Dam defeated Edge to retain the WWE Championship

-Shawn Michaels & Triple H defeated The Spirit Squad in a Handicap match

-John Cena defeated Sabu by submission

-Fake Kane defeated Kane

-John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin & Carlito Colon to win the Intercontinental Championship

-Randy Orton defeated Kurt Angle

-Umaga defeated Eugene

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Also on that day. I bought a Carlito shirt cause I was at that event.

Charlotte always gets a Wrestlecrap induction for a match with Fake Kane v Kane and 7 years earlier....The Kennel from Hell match. Sadly I was there for both of them.

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Remember really liking that triple threat between Carlito, Shelton and Johnny Nitro.

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Was easily the best match of that night. Even Edge and RVD or Orton and Angle didn't have a stand out match.

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1999 – The day after the King Of The Ring PPV, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to win the WWF World Championship for the fourth time on WWE Raw from Charlotte, North Carolina. With a 9.5 TV rating, this match is the most watched wrestling match in the history of cable television.

[Big Vic]

I probably saw it, but don't recall it.

[Big Vic]

Apparently Angle wrestled "Meat" (From PMS) in a dark match at the KOTR event that year.

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1999 – The day after the King Of The Ring PPV, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin defeated The Undertaker to win the WWF World Championship for the fourth time on WWE Raw from Charlotte, North Carolina. With a 9.5 TV rating, this match is the most watched wrestling match in the history of cable television.

Oh, shit, don’t tell the Deadlock podcast guys. They fucking hate ’Taker for some reason lol.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Undertaker sucks