This Day In History - December 6th
December 6th
On this day in history in ....
1960 - Gene Kiniski defeats Wilbur Snyder in Minneapolis, Minnesota to win the AWA United States Heavyweight Title.
1968 - The Professional (Doug Gilbert, not the current wrestler) defeats Johnny Valentine to win the NWA Georgia Heavyweight Title in Atlanta, Georgia. The title had been held up by special referee (and boxing legend) Joe Louis after a match between the two in Atlanta, Georgia.
1985 - Gama Singh defeats Bruce Hart in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the Stampede British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title, ending Bruce's fourth reign as champion.
1980 - The Mongolian Stomper defeats Jack Brisco for the NWA Georgia National Title in Atlanta, Georgia.
1989 - Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu win back the All Japan World Tag Team Title by winning the annual Real World Tag League tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Hansen & Tenryu defeat Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu to win the tournament, 18 points to 16 for Tsuruta & Yatsu. The duo had vacated the belts at the start of the tournament, so they could be awarded to the winning team.
1989 - Candi Devine defeats Judy Martin for the AWA Women's World Title in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, starting her fifth reign as champion. The previous champion, Wendi Richter, had vacated the title and left the company. Devine herself would end up abandoning the title in 1990.
1993 - Tracy Smothers defeats Chris Candido in Jefferson, North Carolina to win the SMW "Beat The Champ" Television Title for the second time. The belt had been vacated by Tim Horner due to injury.
1998 - WWF holds their UK-only Pay-per-view "Capitol Carnage" at the London Arena, in London, England. Here are the results:
- In a dark match, Droz defeated Mosh.
- Gangrel defeated Al Snow.
- The Headbangers defeated Droz & Road Warrior Animal.
- Val Venis defeated Goldust.
- Tiger Ali Singh defeated Edge.
- Sable & Christian defeated Marc Mero & Jacqueline.
- Intercontinental Champion Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman.
- Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Jeff Jarrett.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws defeated D'Lo Brown & Mark Henry.
- WWF World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Maivia defeated X-Pac via disqualification.
- Steve Austin defeated Kane, Mankind and The Undertaker in a Four Way match when he pinned Kane.
2002 - Lex Luger defeats Sting in Glasgow, Scotland to win the World Wrestling All-Stars World Heavyweight Title. The belt had been vacated by Scott Steiner the previous month when he signed with WWE.
2006 - One day after his loss to Bobby Lashley aired on ECW on SciFi, WWE confirmed that Big Show was leaving the company, quoting Show as saying "I've reached a point in my career right now where I am a little run down and hurt pretty bad physically. I've been wrestling the past three months pretty much in pain every night. I can't compete at the level I want to compete at, and that's the most heartbreaking thing." The article portrayed Show's departure as something of a hiatus, although his contract was set to expire in February 2007. Show noted that beyond the injuries, he wanted "some time to himself." Show returned to WWE earlier this year, and has been working regularly for the company ever since.
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