This Day In History - October 9th
October 9th
On this day in history in ....
1980 - Jack Brisco defeats Terry Funk in a tournament final for the Georgia National Heavyweight Title.
2000 - In Sydney, Australia, Cpl. Cajun (Lash LeRoux) & Lt. Loco (Chavo Guerrero Jr.) defeat Mark Jindrak & Sean O'Haire for the WCW Tag Team Title, only to lose it right back to Jindrak & O'Haire before the end of the night.
2001 - Billy Kidman defeats X-Pac for the WCW Cruiserweight Title (which was now owned by WWF) in Moline, Illinois, ending X-Pac's second run with the title and beginning Kidman's fifth title reign.
2002 - At the TNA Pay-per-view in Nashville, Tennessee, Syxx-Pac defeats AJ Styles, Kid Kash, Ace Steel, Jose & Joel Maximo, and Tony Mamaluke in a Ladder Match to win the vacant X-Division Title. Syxx-Pac wasn't even involved in the majority of the match. As AJ Styles was about to win the bout, he ran down, suplexed Styles off the ladder, and grabbed the belt. Since the rules stated whoever grabbed the belt first was the champion, Syxx-Pac won the championship.
2006 - Kurt Angle made his debut appearance at TNA's Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. During a taping of Impact, Samoa Joe was informed that if he didn't relinquish the NWA championship belt he had stolen, he would be removed from the roster. In an in-ring segment, Joe refused and ripped up the papers informing him. The lights went out and Kurt Angle hit the ring and got in Joe's face. He headbutted Joe and hit the Angle Slam. Angle held up the belt but Joe hit an enziguiri from behind. Joe cinched a choke on Angle and security tried to break them up. During all this, Jeff Jarrett came out retrieved his belt. After Joe was removed from the ring, Angle took the house mic and stated that he wasn't fired (from WWE), he asked Vince McMahon for his release. He said he was back to wrestling and McMahon could kiss his "Olympic Ass."
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