This Day In History - June 30th
On this day in history in ....
1961 - "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers defeats Pat O'Connor in Chicago, Illinois to win the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) World Heavyweight Wrestling Title for the first time.
1985 - Hercules Hernandez defeats Hector Guerrero for the Florida State Heavyweight Title in Orlando. The title would be vacated less than a month later when Hernandez was fired for having a locker room fight with Wahoo McDaniel.
2003 - In her WWE television debut on Raw, Gail Kim wins a Battle Royal for the WWE Women's Title outlasting Jazz
(who was the champion going into the match), Ivory, Molly Holly, Jacqueline, Trish Stratus and Victoria.
2003 - Hulk Hogan appeared on the Bubba The Love Sponge radio show in Florida and said that his "Mr. America" character was "on hiatus" and that, for the immediate future, he was done with WWE. Hogan implied that he was not happy with the creative direction of the company, but stayed away from blaming anyone or giving any specific reasons for his departure. There were rumors that Hogan was also not happy with his Wrestlemania payoff, which may have added to his attitude towards the company. Hogan said he was looking into wrestling some matches in Japan, but that he had no plans to return to action in the U.S. at the time. Hogan would later return to the WWE (and would later leave again, as well).
