This Week In Pro Wrestling History, 15th – 21 July
My name is Brad Gillies, I am 46 and I have been a passionate wrestling fan since around 1985/86. I’ve decided to bring my passion for wrestling to PWdownunder.com with this weekly feature called ‘This Week In Pro Wrestling History’, where I look back at what happened in wrestling every week as well as dropping some different articles from time to time.
Really excited about this new feature and I hope you have a read each week.
In the photo I am with Eric Bischoff from Starrcast in Ballarat earlier this year.
1963.
*Bobo Brazil becomes the first man in WWWF history to hold the United States Championship for a second time when he was victorious over Johnny Barend.
1992.
*The World Bodybuilding Federation (WBF) that was run by Titan Sports under the ownership of Vince McMahon ceased operations.
1995.
*Originating from the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ECW ran the pay per view Heatwave ’95 that featured a Steel Cage main even between The Gangsta’s (Mustafa and New Jack) vs Public Enemy (Johnny Grunge and Rocco Rock).
2002.
*In what has become one of the most shocking and jaw dropping moments in RAW history, the former President of WCW Eric Bischoff was unveiled as the first General Manager of Monday Night Raw. Bischoff’s appearance was kept secret until the last minute.
2006.
*IWGP Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar was stripped of the title by NJPW as a result over a disagreement over a title defense with Heroshi Tanaashi.
*A reunited D-Generation X made a triumphant return in a 5 on 2 Handicap Match against The Spirit Squad.
*At ROH’s Pay Per View Death before Dishonour IV, the ongoing feud between ROH and CZW came to a conclusion in a match called Cage of Death which resembled the WCW’s Wargames Match.
Randy Orton’s Grandfather, Bob Orton Snr, passed away as a result of a heart attack.
2007.
*In a Winner takes All match at the TNA Victory Road Pay Per View held at the Impact Zone in Orlando Florida, the main event featured a tag team match where whoever gets the pinfall would get the others titles, the match was between TNA Tag Team Champions Team 3D facing off against TNA World Champion Kurt Angle and X-Division Champion Samoa Joe.
Samoa Joe won the match for his team and decided to keep both the tag team titles for himself.
2012.
*The main event of WWE’s Pay Per View Money In the Bank held at the US Airways Centre in Phoenix Arizona, saw John Cena victorious and earn a future WWE championship match by winning the Money in the Bank match while Dolph Ziggler was victorious in the other MITB match.
*Sheamus overcame Alberto Del Rio to take the World Heavyweight Championship
2018.
*At the one night where WWE goes extreme, Extreme Rules in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania at the PPG Points Arena a number of championships changed hands.
*The Miztourage were victorious over Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt.
*Jeff Hardy was defeated by Shinsuke Makamura for the United States title.
*Dolph Ziggler was victorious over Seth Rollins to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title in an Iron Man match
2020.
*On an episode of AEW Dynamite entitled “Fight for the Fallen”, held in Jacksonville Florida at Dally’s Place, saw AEW World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley face off against Brian Cage with Moxley retaining the title.
