This Day In History - July 6th
July 6th
On this day in history in ....
1985 - The very first Great American Bash event was held in Charlotte, North Carolina at Memorial Stadium, drawing over 25,000 fans. Here are the results:
- Jimmy Valiant defeated Paul Jones in a Dog Collar match.
- Manny Fernandez, Sam Houston & Buzz Tyler defeated Billy Graham, Konga the Barbarian & Abdullah the Butcher when Houston pinned Graham.
- Ron Bass vs. Buddy Landell ended in a draw.
- National Tag Team Champions Ole & Arn Anderson defeated Buzz Sawyer & Dick Slater when Ole pinned Sawyer.
- NWA World Tag Team Champions Krusher Khruschev & Ivan Koloff vs. AWA World Tag Team Champions The Road Warriors ended in a double DQ.
- United States Champion Magnum TA defeated Kamala via DQ.
- NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair defeated Nikita Koloff. David Crockett was the special referee.
- Dusty Rhodes defeated Tully Blanchard in a steel cage match to win the NWA Television Title and the services of Blanchard's valet, Baby Doll, for thirty days.
1985 - Tito Santana defeats Greg Valentine for the WWF Intercontinental Title in Baltimore, Maryland in a steel cage match. This marked the first time that a WWF Championship changed hands inside a steel cage, and began Santana's second I-C Title reign.
1992 - The Moondogs (Spot & Cujo) defeat Jerry Lawler & Jeff Jarrett for the USWA Tag Team Title in Memphis, Tennessee, ending Lawler & Jarrett's second title reign.
1997 - WWF held their "Canadian Stampede" Pay-per-view in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Saddledome. The show, which many consider to be one of the best WWF PPV events ever, was unique in that hometown favorites the Hart Foundation were wildly popular and cheered by the crowd, while the Harts were actually portrayed as the heels on television at the time. Here are the results:
- In a match that aired on the "Free For All", The Godwinns defeated The Blackjacks (Windham & Bradshaw).
- Mankind vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley ended in a double countout.
- In their WWF debuts, The Great Sasuke defeated TAKA Michinoku.
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker defeated Vader.
- In a ten-man tag team match that lasted almost a half hour, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Jim Neidhart, Davey Boy Smith & Brian Pillman defeated Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, & The Legion Of Doom when Owen pinned Austin.
1998 - The largest crowd in WCW history attended Monday Nitro at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia. The show, headlined by Bill Goldberg defeating Hollywood Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight Title, drew 41,412 fans. The show did a 4.93 rating for TNT.
By comparison, Raw that night did a 4.0 on USA Network for a show headlined by The Undertaker defeating Mankind & Kane in a handicap match.
Here are the full results for both shows:
Nitro: WCW Television Champion Booker T defeated Dean Malenko. ... Raven defeated Kanyon via DQ. ... Scott Putski defeated Scotty Riggs .... WCW Cruiserweight Champion Chris Jericho defeated Ultimo Dragon via DQ. ... Chavo Guerrero, Jr. defeated Johnny Swinger. ... Public Enemy defeated Alex Wright & Disco Inferno via DQ. ... United States Champion Bill Goldberg defeated Scott Hall. ... Juventud Guerrera defeated Psicosis. ... The Giant defeated Hacksaw Duggan. ... Diamond Dallas Page defeated Jim Neidhart. ... Lex Luger & Sting defeated Sickboy & Billy Kidman in less than thirty seconds. ... Bill Goldberg defeated Hulk Hogan to win the WCW World Heavyweight Title.
Raw: Savio Vega defeated Brakkus in a Brawl For All match. ...Ken Shamrock defeated Jeff Jarrett via DQ. ...Vader vs. Bradshaw ended in a no-contest. ... The DOA defeated The Headbangers. ... D'Lo Brown defeated Terry Funk. ... Hawk vs. Droz went to a draw in a Brawl For All match ...Val Venis defeated Dustin Runnels via DQ. ... Ken Shamrock defeated Mabel. ...The Undertaker defeated Mankind and Kane.
