This Day in History - March 8th, 2011
March 8th
On this day in history in ....
1983 - The Samoans, Afa & Sika, defeat Chief Jay & Jules Strongbow for their third, and final, WWF World Tag Team Title in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
1985 - Wild Bull Curry dies at the age of 70.
1996 - ECW held the first night of their "Big Ass Extreme Bash" weekend, at the Lost Battalion Hall in Queens, New York. The second show would be the next night in Philadelphia. This would be Mick Foley's last weekend in ECW as Cactus Jack before going to the WWF as Mankind. Here are the results from the show:
- Kendo Nagasaki & Chris Michaels defeated Damien Stone & Joel Hartgood. After the match, the Sandman ran in and caned all the participants.
- Shane Douglas came out for an interview, and was goaded into a brawl by Brian Pillman, who was sitting in the front row. Bill Alfonso then came out and got into a confrontation with ECW Commissioner Tod Gordon, ending with Taz and Alfonso laying out Gordon until Bam Bam Bigelow made the save.
- JT Smith defeated Hack Myers.
- Chris Jericho defeated Cactus Jack with a German suplex and bridge.
- Taz defeated Mikey Whipwreck via submission with the Tazmission. Taz would not release the hold until Bam Bam Bigelow came in. Bam Bam went after Alfonso, and Taz clipped his knee and put Bigelow in the Tazmission.
- ECW Tag Team Champions The Eliminators defeated The Pitbulls when Pitbull #2 was pinned.
- Juventud Guerrera defeated Rey Mysterio, Jr. in a two out of three falls match, winning the third fall with a top rope brainbuster.
- Big Titan defeated Judge Dredd.
- ECW Television Champion 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Sabu ended in a twenty minute draw.
- Buh Buh Ray Dudley & Dances with Dudley defeated The Headhunters when Buh Buh pinned Headhunter B with a cradle.
- ECW World Champion Raven defeated The Sandman after a DDT into a section of guardrail.
2002 - An unusual WWF house show took place in Sarnia, Ontario, as the lineup was shifted due to Booker T & Rob Van Dam being unable to attend the event. The card was restructured to also take advantage of the Canadian talent on the show. Here are the results of the event:
- Crash Holly defeated Christian after help from special referee Jacqueline.
- Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Orton.
- Women's Champion Jazz defeated Trish Stratus.
- Test defeated Faarooq. This was originally scheduled as the APA vs. Test & Booker T.
- Lance Storm defeated Bradshaw. This was originally scheduled as Lance Storm vs. Val Venis. Storm, who was a heel at the time, played babyface for the Canadian fans, while Bradshaw, at the time a face, played heel.
- Light Heavyweight Champion X-Pac defeated Spike Dudley.
- Rikishi defeated Mr. Perfect.
- Val Venis defeated Kurt Angle. This match was originally scheduled to be Rob Van Dam vs. Kurt Angle. Angle got on the mic after the match and claimed the bout "didn't count" because he was supposed to face RVD.
2004 - During an edition of Raw from Bridgeport, Connecticut, Steven Richards defeated Chris Jericho by reversing a Walls Of Jericho attempt into a cradle as Jericho was distracted by Trish Stratus' entrance music and Christian, who was on the stage. Jericho beat down Richards after the match.
2005 - During a Smackdown taping, WWE Champion JBL "blew up" the United States "spinner" belt that John Cena had brought into the WWE and presented new U.S. Champion Orlando Jordan with the previous version of the belt. An irate John Cena came out with a pipe, demanding to face JBL, and when General Manager Theodore R. Long offered Cena a rematch with Orlando Jordan instead, Cena gave Long the Attitude Adjustment.
2010 - TNA Impact broadcasts live on Monday night (doing a 1.0 rating) with Hulk Hogan & Abyss vs. Ric Flair & AJ Styles opening the show. The match is interrupted by a returning Sting, who lays out Hogan and Abyss before walking out. Sting is cornered by TNA President Dixie Carter on why he attacked Hogan & Abyss (who were babyfaces at the time) and Sting responded by telling Dixie he owed her nothing and walked off. The match would resume at the end of the program, under No DQ rules, with Hogan & Abyss getting the win.
2010 - WWE Raw (3.4 rating) sees the first, and to date only, Vince McMahon vs. John Cena match. McMahon made it a handicap match, bringing out a slew of wrestlers to lay out Cena before Vince would make the cover, with Cena kicking out every time, until Batista finally beat Cena down, allowing Vince to get the pin.
