This Day In History - June 8th
June 8th
On this day in history in ....
1985 - Black Bart defeats Ronnie Garvin for the NWA National Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia.
1988 - The second "Clash of the Champions" event was held at the James L. Knight Center in Miami, Florida and was broadcast live on TBS. Subtitled "Miami Mayhem", the show did a 4.8 rating. Ric Flair jointed Tony Schivone on commentary for the broadcast, and every match on the show went over ten minutes. Here are the results of the show:
- United States Champion Barry Windham defeated Brad Armstrong.
- United States Tag Team Champions The Fantastics defeated The Sheepherders.
- Jimmy & Ronnie Garvin defeated Mike Rotundo & Rick Steiner.
- Nikita Koloff defeated Al Perez via disqualification.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Sting & Dusty Rhodes ended in a double disqualification.
1997 - WWF held their 1997 King of the Ring Pay-per-view at the Providence Civic Center in Rhodes Island. Here are the results:
- In a match shown on the "Free For All", The Headbangers defeated Billy Gunn & Jesse James.
- In a King Of The Ring semifinal, Triple H defeated Ahmed Johnson.
- In a King Of The Ring semifinal, Mankind defeated Jerry Lawler.
- Goldust defeated Crush.
- Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart & Davey Boy Smith defeated Sid Vicious & The Legion Of Doom.
- Triple H defeated Mankind to win the King Of The Ring Tournament.
- Shawn Michaels vs. Steve Austin ended in a double disqualification.
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker defeated Faarooq.
1999 - Ivory defeats Debra for the WWF Women's Title in Worcester, Massachusetts. This marks Ivory's first WWF title run.
2002 - The Shane Twins defeat the New Heavenly Bodies for the NWA World Tag Team Title in Peru. The belts would be vacated a few weeks later, as NWA:TNA purchased the rights to the championship.
2004 - WWE and John Bradshaw Layfield found themselves with a public relations nightmare as a result of JBL doing a "Nazi Salute" in an attempt to get heat from the crowd during a WWE event on June 5th in Munich, Germany. While there was some outrage from fans over the gesture (which is actually an arrestable offense in Germany), problems really began when it was picked up by the media, with pictures of the incident appearing online. WWE used the following statement:
"WWE and John Layfield deeply regret Mr. Layfield's actions in the ring at our event in Munich, and apologize if it has offended or upset our fans. Mr. Layfield has been reprimanded for his actions."
Strangely, the WWE apology was pulled from the website after only appearing for a day. However, the incident would not be quickly forgotten by others, as CNBC, which was using JBL as a financial analyst, released the following on June 8th:
"CNBC has terminated its relationship with John "Bradshaw" Layfield following his conduct this past weekend in a wrestling match. We find his behavior to be offensive, inappropriate and not befitting anyone associated with our network."
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