Black Widow
12-11-2007, 08:36 PM
December 11th
On this day in history in ....
1953 - Sonny Myers defeats Lenny Montana in St. Joseph, Missouri to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title for the fifth time.
1971 - The Spoiler defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title in San Antonio, Texas.
1975 - All Japan Pro Wrestling held their first card at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Giant Baba & The Destroyer defeating Dory Funk Jr. & Jumbo Tsuruta.
1996 - FMW Brass Knuckles Champion The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) defeats Wing Kanemura in Tokyo, Japan to win the FMW Independent World Heavyweight Title, unifying the top two singles titles in FMW.
1997 - Raw was taped in Lowell, Massachusetts at the Memorial Auditorium (broadcast on December 22nd) with Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF European Title (Michaels was also World Champion) in less than two minutes when Michaels laid down in the ring and Hunter "splashed" Michaels for the win. WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter had ordered the match in an attempt to break apart DeGeneration X by having them face each other. Also on the show, Vader, dressed as Santa Claus, attacked Goldust during a promo.
2002 - Sonny Siaki defeats Jerry Lynn in Nashville, Tennessee to win the TNA X Division Title.
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On this day in history in ....
1953 - Sonny Myers defeats Lenny Montana in St. Joseph, Missouri to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title for the fifth time.
1971 - The Spoiler defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title in San Antonio, Texas.
1975 - All Japan Pro Wrestling held their first card at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Giant Baba & The Destroyer defeating Dory Funk Jr. & Jumbo Tsuruta.
1996 - FMW Brass Knuckles Champion The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) defeats Wing Kanemura in Tokyo, Japan to win the FMW Independent World Heavyweight Title, unifying the top two singles titles in FMW.
1997 - Raw was taped in Lowell, Massachusetts at the Memorial Auditorium (broadcast on December 22nd) with Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF European Title (Michaels was also World Champion) in less than two minutes when Michaels laid down in the ring and Hunter "splashed" Michaels for the win. WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter had ordered the match in an attempt to break apart DeGeneration X by having them face each other. Also on the show, Vader, dressed as Santa Claus, attacked Goldust during a promo.
2002 - Sonny Siaki defeats Jerry Lynn in Nashville, Tennessee to win the TNA X Division Title.
PWInsider.com