This Day In History - June 14th
June 14th
On this day in history in ....
1981 - Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne defeats Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura for the AWA World Tag Team Title in Green Bay, Wisconsin, starting their second run with the gold.
1984 - Antonio Inoki, having won the second annual IWGP tournament, wrestles and defeats Hulk Hogan (who won the inaugural tournament by beating Inoki) for the IWGP Heavyweight Title in Tokyo, Japan.
1989 - WCW held the Clash Of The Champions VII in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Nicknamed "Guts and Glory", the show was aired live on TBS, drawing a 3.8 rating. Here are the results of the show:
- The Freebirds (Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin) defeated The Dynamic Dudes (Shane Douglas & Johnny Ace) in the semifinals of a tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Ranger Ross defeated The Terrorist (Jack Victory) in under two minutes.
- The Ding Dongs (masked wrestlers who came to the ring with bells on their outfits, ringing larger bells as they came to the ring) defeated Cougar Jay & George South.
- The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) defeated The Samoan Swat Team in the semifinals of a tournament for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Terry Gordy vs. Steve Williams ended in a double DQ.
- Norman The Lunatic defeated Mike Justice in under a minute.
- Mike Rotunda & Kevin Sullivan defeated Rick & Scott Steiner.
- NWA Television Champion Sting defeated Bill Irwin.
- The Freebirds defeated The Midnight Express in a tournament final for the NWA World Tag Team Championship.
- Ricky Steamboat defeated Terry Funk via disqualification. After the match, Lex Luger, who had come out to help Steamboat, turned on him and laid him out.
1993 - The Steiner Brothers defeated Money Inc. for the WWF World Tag Team Title in Columbus, Ohio, ending Ted DiBiase & IRS' first tag title run, and beginning Rick & Scott's own first reign with the gold.
1998 - WCW held the Great American Bash Pay-per-view in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Arena, doing a 0.75 buyrate.� Here are the results from the show:
- Booker T defeated Chris Benoit with a pair of sidekicks and a missile dropkick from the top rope. As a result, Booker earned the right to challenge for the WCW Television Title later in the show.
- Chris Kanyon defeated Perry Saturn with a legsweep into a faceplant.� This match featured interference from Mortis, and a second Mortis (fighting with the first Mortis), who was revealed to be Raven.
- Chris Jericho defeated Dean Malenko via disqualification to win the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Title when Malenko hit Jericho with a chair after Jericho berated Malenko's deceased father. Post-match, Malenko chased Jericho out of the building.
- Juventud Guerrera defeated Ron Reis when Lodi distracted the referee, allowing Van Hammer to run in and hit Reis with a chairshot.
- Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defeated Eddie Guerrero when Eddie missed a frog splash and Chavo hit a Tornado DDT for the pin.
- Booker T defeated Fit Finlay to win the WCW Television Title with a piledriver following a missed shoulderblock in the corner by Finlay.
- United States Champion Bill Goldberg defeated Konnan in under two minutes with the spear and jackhammer. Post-match, Curt Hennig and Rick Rude attacked Konnan, and revealed that they were leaving NWO Wolfpack to join NWO Hollywood.
- Hulk Hogan & Bret Hart defeated Roddy Piper & Randy Savage when Hart made Savage submit to the Sharpshooter after Hogan had rammed Savage's leg into the ringpost.
- Roddy Piper defeated Randy Savage via submission in under two minutes. Piper, who agreed to team for the previous match with Savage under the condition that they would settle their own differences afterwards, said he didn't want to wrestle Savage while he was hurt. Savage swung at Piper, and the match was on, with Piper winning via submission with the figure four leglock.
- Sting defeated The Giant to gain control of the WCW Tag Team Championship with a Scorpion Death Drop from the second rope. Sting & Giant were the champions, but had joined different factions of the NWO.� Sting would choose Kevin Nash as his new partner.
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