37 years ago today in New York City, Mil Mascaras defeated WWWF Heavyweight Champion Superstar Billy Graham via referee stoppage due to excessive blood loss. The championship did not change hands.
16 years ago today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sabu defeated Taz to win the (officially unrecognized by ECW) FTW Championship. The belt was created by Taz as a shot at Shane Douglas as he saw himself as an uncrowned world champion. Sabu was the only other man to hold the FTW Championship. In a side note, Taz intentionally lost the match when pulled an unconscious Sabu over him, feeling he no longer needed the FTW title and that he could beat Shane Douglas in a match for the ECW title-which he did about a month later.
15 years ago today, WCW presented Starrcade (WWE Network link) from the MCI Center in Washington, DC. 8,582 were in attendance, with 145,000 homes watching on PPV. Reversing a trend from previous years, it's actually lower than the previous month's PPV (Mayhem with 200,000 buys). It's also a third of the buys of Starrcade 1998 (460,000 buys). The show is most remembered for a Goldberg kick that gave Bret Hart a concussion that would lead to the end of his career a few months later. The show also featured the final WCW appearance for Rowdy Roddy Piper.
- The Mamalukes (Big Vito & Johnny The Bull) defeated Disco Inferno & Lash LeRoux.
- Madusa defeated Evan Karagias to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship.
- Norman Smiley defeated Meng to retain the WCW Hardcore Championship.
- The Revolution (Asya, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn & Shane Douglas) defeated Jim Duggan & The Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Mike Rotunda & Rick Steiner).
- Vampiro defeated Steve Williams by disqualification.
- Vampiro defeated Oklahoma.
- Creative Control (Gerald & Patrick) & Curt Hennig defeated Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray) & Midnight.
- Jeff Jarrett defeated Dustin Rhodes in a Bunkhouse Brawl.
- Diamond Dallas Page defeated David Flair in a Crowbar On A Pole match.
- Sting defeated The Total Package by disqualification.
- Kevin Nash defeated Sid Vicious in a "Master Of The Powerbomb" match.
- Chris Benoit defeated Jeff Jarrett in a ladder match to win the WCW United States Championship.
- Bret Hart defeated Goldberg in a No Disqualification match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
14 years ago today at a Smackdown taping in Charlotte, North Carolina, Edge & Christian defeated The Rock & Undertaker to win the WWF Tag Team Championship for the fifth time, tying the New Age Outlaws for most all time.
9 years ago today, WWE airs Tribute to the Troops (WWE Network link) from Bagram Air Base in Bagram, Afghanistan. The show, taped December 9, was the first time the event aired on USA.
- Big Show pinned Carlito Caribbean Cool in just 69 seconds.
- Mick Foley pinned John Bradshaw Layfield in a no holds barred match.
- Gene Snitsky pinned Shelton Benjamin.
- John Cena pinned Chris Masters.
- Ric Flair defeated Jonathan Coachman via submission.
- Candice Michelle & Maria defeated WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus & Ashley.
- Shawn Michaels pinned Triple H in a Boot Camp match.
5 years ago today, Ring of Honor presented Final Battle from the Manhattan Center in New York City. This was the first time ROH's signature show was streamed live on the Internet (via GoFightLive).
- Claudio Castagnoli defeated Rhett Titus, Kenny Omega and Colt Cabana in a Pick Six Challenge Four Corner Survival match.
- The Embassy (Bison Smith & Erick Stevens) defeated Delirious & Bobby Dempsey.
- Eddie Kingston defeated Chris Hero in a Fight Without Honor match.
- The Young Bucks (Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) defeated Kevin Steen & El Generico.
- Kenny King defeated Roderick Strong to take his #4 spot in a Pick 6 Challenge match.
- Rocky Romero defeated Alex Koslov in a AAA Grudge Match.
- The Briscoe Brothers (Jay & Mark Briscoe) defeated The American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
- Jack Evans defeated Teddy Hart in a AAA Grudge Match.
- Austin Aries and Tyler Black went to a one hour draw for the ROH World Championship.
4 years ago today, WWE presented TLC: Tables Ladders and Chairs (WWE Network link) from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. 11,500 were in attendance, with 195,000 homes watching on PPV. That's down from 228,000 homes in 2009.
- In a dark match, Daniel Bryan defeated Ted DiBiase to retain the United States Championship.
- Dolph Ziggler defeated Jack Swagger & Kofi Kingston in a triple threat ladder match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
- Beth Phoenix & Natalya defeated Team Lay-Cool (Michelle McCool & Layla) in a Divas tag team tables match.
- Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov defeated The Nexus (Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater) by disqualification to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship.
- John Morrison defeated King Sheamus in a WWE Championship #1 contenders ladder match.
- The Miz defeated Randy Orton in a tables match to retain the WWE Championship.
- Edge defeated Kane, Rey Mysterio & Alberto Del Rio in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
- John Cena defeated Wade Barrett in a chairs match.
2 years ago today, THQ officially files for bankruptcy. The company held the publishing rights for WWE video games since 1999. Take Two Interactive acquired the WWE license less than a month later. Despite there being speculation that future WWE titles would be delayed, WWE games have come out on schedule since.