This Day In History - March 13th

[Black Widow]

March 13th

On this day in history in ....

1985 - Terry Taylor defeats Ted DiBiase in Shreveport, Louisiana to win the Mid South North American Heavyweight Title, ending DiBiase's fourth and final run with the belt. As a result of this win, Terry Taylor was forced to vacate the Mid South Television Title.

1986 - Future Japanese wrestling legends Riki Choshu and Mitsuharu Misawa meet in a singles match for the first time during All Japan's show at Budokan Hall in Tokyo. Choshu defeats Misawa, who at the time was wrestling as Tiger Mask #2.

1995 - Brian Adams, at the time wrestling as Crush in the WWF, was arrested at his home in Hawaii for possession of 500 units of anabolic steroids and having several unregistered semi-automatic guns.

1999 - ECW ran an event at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here are the results:
- Yoshihiro Tajiri defeated Little Guido.
- Super Crazy defeated Antifaz del Norte.
- Balls Mahoney defeated Steve Corino.
- Lance Storm vs. Jerry Lynn went to a 20-minute draw.
- Spike Dudley vs. Mustafa ended in a no-contest when the Dudleys and New Jack ran in.
- Super Nova & Chris Chetti vs. Skull Von Krush & Rod Price ended in a no-contest when Sid Vicious came out and destroyed everyone.
- ECW World Tag Team Champions Sabu & Rob Van Dam defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba & D-Von) and Tommy Dreamer & Shane Douglas in a Three Way Dance. During the match, Taz attacked Sabu.

2002 - Christopher Daniels defeats Samoa Joe and Frankie Kazarian in a Three Way match to win the UPW Heavyweight Title in Santa, Ana California, starting his second reign as champion.

2004 - WWE held their Hall Of Fame induction ceremony at The Hilton in New York City. This event marked the revival of the Hall Of Fame, as there had been no inductees since 1996. The inductees were Jesse Ventura, Don Muraco, Tito Santana, Superstar Billy Graham, Big John Studd (posthumously), Sgt. Slaughter, Greg Valentine, Bobby Heenan, Harley Race and The Junkyard Dog (posthumously). Baseball great Pete Rose was inducted into the "celebrity wing" of the Hall Of Fame. The event was released on DVD and was a success, prompting WWE to make the event a regular part of Wrestlemania weekend.


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[DUKE NUKEM]

thanks for the read Ryan

[JohnCenaFan28]

Thanks for the read.