This Day In History - June 28th
June 28th
On this day in history in ....
1982 - Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow defeat Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito for the WWF Tag Team Title in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
1993 - The Bruise Brothers defeat the Rock n' Roll Express for the Smoky Mountain Wrestling Tag Team Title in Council, Virgina, ending the Express' fourth title reign.
1993 - Jeff Jarrett defeats Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee. This ended Christopher's eighth run with the belt, and began Jarrett's eighth reign as Southern Champion.
1997 - Chris Jericho defeats Syxx for the WCW Cruiserweight Title in Inglewood, California.
1998 - WWF holds their King of the Ring Pay-per-view in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
- The Headbangers & Taka Michinoku defeated Sho Funaki, Men's Teioh & Dick Togo.
- In a King Of The Ring semifinal match, Ken Shamrock defeated Jeff Jarrett.
- In a King Of The Ring semifinal match, Rocky Maivia defeated Dan Severn.
- Too Cool defeated Al Snow & Head when Brian Christopher pinned Head. Jerry Lawler was the referee.
- X-Pac defeated Owen Hart.
- WWF World Tag Team Champions The New Age Outlaws defeated The New Midnight Express (Bob Holly & Bart Gunn)
- Ken Shamrock defeated Rocky Maivia to win the King Of The Ring tournament.
- The Undertaker defeated Mankind in a Hell In A Cell match, that saw Foley take incredible bumps off the top of the cage to the floor, as well as through the roof of the cage to the mat. It is easily one of the most famous wrestling matches of all time.
- Kane defeated Steve Austin in a First Blood match to win the WWF World Heavyweight Title.
