Today In Wrestling History: June

[Mad Dog]

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# 1996 - Event - World Wrestling Peace Festival, LA Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA
# 1996 - Pit Bull II defeated Shane Douglas for the ECW Television title
# 1996 - Brian Christopher defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
# 1998 - Zeig & Flash Wheeler defeated The Skin Head Express for the Jersey All Pro Tag Team Titles


# 1998 - Died - Sylvester Ritter, The Junkyard Dog in an auto accident at 45
# 2000 - Died - Mark Mendlan (Kid Georgeous) of a broken neck at 20

[Mad Dog]

# 1983 - Hulk Hogan defeated Antonio Inoki in a tournament final for the IWGP Heavyweight title
# 1987 - The Honky Tonk Man defeated Ricky Steamboat for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1990 - Tony Anthony & Tom Burton defeated Rex King in a handicap match for the USWA Tag Team title
# 2000 - Tommy Cairo defeated defeated Axl Rotten for the vacant USA Pro-Wrestling Heavyweight Title
# 2000 - Natural Born Killers defeated The Boogie Knights for the USA Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Titles
# 2001 - Kurt Angle inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, OK


# 1958 - Born - Lex Luger aka The Total Package
# 1960 - Born - Don Basher
# 2003 - Died - "Classie" Freddie Blassie Natural Causes 85

[Mad Dog]

# 1964 - Dr. Jerry & Crazy Luke Graham defeated Vittorio Apollo & Don McClarty for the WWWF Tag Team title
# 1991 - Steve Austin defeated Boby Eaton for the WCW Television title
# 1998 - Nick Dinsmore defeated Rip Rogers for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
# 2001 - Balls Mahoney defeated Tommy Cairo & Jimmy Snuka in a Hardcore Three Way Match for the USA Pro-Wrestling Heavyweight Title
# 2001 - The Hit Squad defeated The F.B.I., Da Baldies, & The Boogie Knights in a four corner match for the USA Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Titles
# 2003 - Rey Mysterio, Jr. defeated Matt Hardy for the WWE Cruiserweight title


# 1933 - Died - William Muldoon at 88
# 1973 - Died - Dory Funk, Sr. at 54
# 1976 - Born - Chuckie Chuck

[Frank Coutinho]

Vittorio Appolo, like Antonio Rocca, was Italian and born in Italy but then raised in Argentina. He also wrestled barefoot. His size was about the same as Rocca, 226 LBS. I don't remember Don McClarty. I remember Roy McClarity who also wrestled as McLarty. It could be the same guy. He was very scientific.

[Mad Dog]

# 1971 - Crazy Luke Graham & Tarzan Tyler defeated Dick the Bruiser & The Sheik for the WWWF Tag Team title
# 2002 - Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo defeated Rico & Rikishi for the WWE Tag Team title


# 1937 - Born - Gorilla Monsoon
# 1956 - Born - Joe Malenko

[Mad Dog]

# 1941 - Sandor Szabo defeated Bronko Nagurski for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
# 1983 - Larry Zbyszko defeated Mr. Wrestling II in a tournament final for the Georgia National Heavyweight title
# 2000 - Eric Bischoff defeated Terry Funk for the WCW Hardcore title
# 2001 - Jeff Hardy defeated Jerry Lynn for the WWF Light Heavyweight title


# 1960 - Born - Mr. Excellent
# 1965 - Born - Mick Foley AKA Cactus jack, Mankind, Dude Love
# 1970 - Born - Chaos
# 1971 - Born - Glen Osbourne
# 1972 - Born - Super Nova

[Frank Coutinho]

Szabo was from Budapest, Hungary. He weighed 225 and was a great mat wrestler. Budapest remains today a hotbed of Professional Wrestling. I actually watched TV wrestling while there and except for the language barrier you would have thought that you were back in the days of Georgia Wrestling with the sometime violent interviews.

[Mad Dog]

# 1930 - Jim Londos defeated Dick Shikat for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title & the NY World Heavyweighg title
# 1979 - Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon defeated Pat Patterson & Ray Stevens for the AWA Tag Team title
# 1981 - Jake Roberts defeated the Grappler for the Mid-South North American Heavyweight title
# 1993 - Shawn Michaels defeated Marty Jannetty for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1994 - Troy Graham defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
# 2000 - Gerald Brisco defeated Crash Holly for the WWF Hardcore title
# 2000 - Lt. Loco defeated Daffney and Disco Inferno for the WCW Cruiserweight title
# 2000 - Eric Bischoff awarded Big Vito & Johnny the Bull the WCW Hardcore title


# 1964 - Born - Konnan
# 1970 - Born - Jack Stud
# 1984 - Born - Jim Walus

[Mad Dog]

# 1982 - Sgt. Slaughter was awarded the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title because Wahoo McDaniel was unable to compete
# 1997 - Taz defeated Shane Douglas for the ECW Television title
# 1999 - Sable (Rena Mero) filed a $110 million lawsuit against the WWF
# 2002 - Ghost Shadow defeated Dixie for the Jersey All Pro Television Title


# 1929 - Born - Eddie "The Grand Wizard" Roth in Canton OH
# 1929 - Born - The Sheik

[Mad Dog]

# 1985 - Black Bart defeated Ronnie Garvin for the Georgia National Heavyweight title
# 1988 - Event - Clash of the Champions II
# 1997 - Event - King of the Ring, Civic Center, Providence, RI
# 1999 - Ivory defeated Debra for the WWF Women's title
# 1999 - The Damaja defeated Nick Dinsmore for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
# 2002 - The Shane Twins defeated the New Heavenly Bodies for the NWa Tag Team title
# 2002 - Justice Pain defeated The Messiah and Nick Mondo in a three-way match for the Combat Zone World Heavyweight Title
# 2002 - Justice Pain defeated Nick Mondo & The Messiah in a three-way match for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title
# 2002 - Low-Ki & Xavier defeated The Hit Squad for the USA Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Titles


1965 - Born - Tatanka aka Chris Chavez

[Mad Dog]

# 1932 - Ed Strangler Lewis defeated Dick Shikat for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
# 1986 - Kendall Windham defeated the White ninja for the Florida State Heavyweight title
# 1991 - Event - Beach Brawl, Manatee Civic Center, Palmetto, FL
# 1997 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Dean Melanko for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
# 2000 - Trent Acid defeated Justice Pain for the Combat Zone World Light-Heavyweight Title


# 1952 - Born - Dan the Beast Severn
# 1976 - Born - Jon Dahmer

[Mad Dog]

# 1983 - Harley Race defeated Ric Flair for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
# 1984 - Superstar Billy Graham defeated Billy Jack for the Florida State Heavyweight title
# 1998 - David C. defeated Nick Dinsmore for the Ohio Valley Heavyweight title
# 2000 - Mad Man Pondo defeated Wife Beater for the Combat Zone World Ironman Title


# 1938 - Died - Frank Speer of bronchial pneumonia at 32
# 1960 - Born - Cueball Carmichael
# 1968 - Died - Wladek Zbyszko
# 1977 - Born - Earl the Pearl

[Mad Dog]

# 1993 - Tracy Smothers defeated Tony Anthony in a tournament final for the Smokey Mountain Heavyweight title
# 1998 - THQ, inc. signed a 10 year exclusive deal to produce WWF wrestling videogames
# 2000 - Event - Great American Bash, Baltimore, MD

[Mad Dog]

# 1936 - Dave Levin defeated Ali Baba for the World Heavyweight title
# 1991 - Event - Clash of the Champions XV
# 1998 - Kenta Kobashi defeated Toshiaki Kawada for the All-Japan Triple Crown
# 2000 - Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere defeated The Haas Brothers in a match between Johnny Kashmere & Russ Haas for the Combat Zone Wrestling Tag Team Titles
# 2001 - Test defeated Rhyno for the WWF Hardcore Title


# 1971 - Born - Mark Henry
# 1997 - Died - Stan the Man Stasiak of heart failure at 60

[Mad Dog]

# 1972 - Alfonso Dantes defeated Rey Mendosa for the EMLL NWA Light Heavyweight title
# 1990 - Event - Clash of the Champions XI
# 1993 - King of the Ring, The Nutter Center, Dayton, OH
# 1993 - Yokozuna defeated Hulk Hogan for the WWF Heavyweight title
# 1994 - PG-13 defeated the Eliminators for the USWA Tag Team title
# 1999 - Event - Great American Bash, Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
# 2000 - Crash Holly defeated Gerald Brisco for the WWF Hardcore title
# 2001 - Mark & Jay Briscoe defeated Nick Gage & Nate Hatred for the Combat Zone Wrestling Tag Team Titles


# 1960 - Born - Jacques Rougeau aka the Mounty
# 1962 - Born - Vincent aka Virgil
# 1969 - Born - Stone Manson
# 1974 - Born - Biggie Biggs
# 1982 - Died - High Chief Peter Maivia of cancer at 47

[Mad Dog]

# 1981 - Jim Brunzell & Greg Gagne defeated Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura for the AWA Tag Team title
# 1984 - Antonio Inoki defeated Hulk Hogan for the IWGP Heavyweight title
# 1989 - Jim Garvin & Michael Hayes defeated Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane in a tournament final for the NWA World Tag Team title
# 1993 - The Steiner Brothers defeated Money, Inc. for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1997 - Billy Joe Travis defeated Brian Christopher for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
# 1997 - Death & Destruction (Frank Parker and Roger Anderson) defeated C.W. Anderson and David Dawson (subbing for Pat Anderson) for the SCW Tag Team title
# 1997 - Viper stripped of the SCW Brass Knuckles Championship
# 1998 - Event - Great American Bash, Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
# 1998 - Sting defeated the Giaant to determine who would control the WCW Tag title
# 1998 - Booker T defeated Fit Finlay for the WCW Television title
# 1998 - Chris Jericho defeated Dean Melanko for the vacant WCW Cruiserweight title
# 1998 - Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway defeated Flash Flanagan & Jason Lee for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title
# 2001 - Wife Beater defeated John Zandig for the Combat Zone World Heavyweight Title
# 2002 - Nick Dinsmore & Rob Conway defeated Trailer Park Trash & Flash Flanagan for the Ohio Valley Southern Heavyweight Tag Title


# 1946 - Born - Bruiser Brody
# 1959 - Born - Buzz Sawyer
# 1974 - Born - Rocco Dorsey
# 1993 - Died - Kangaroo Don Kent of leukemia at 61

[Mad Dog]

# 1970 - Bepo & Gito Mongol defeated Victor Rivera & Tony Marino for the WWWF Tag Team title
# 1989 - Event - Clash of the Champions IX
# 1990 - John Tatum defeated Bill Dundee for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
# 1992 - Eddie Gilbert defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
# 1996 - Viper defeated Major DeBeers for the SCW Brass Knuckles Championship Trophy
# 1997 - Event - Great American Bash, Mark at the Quad, Moline, IL
# 1997 - Medusa lost a retirement match to Akira Hokuto, WCW Women's Champion
# 2003 - La Resistance defeated Kane & Rob Van Dam for the WWE Raw Tag Team title


# 1958 - Born - Scott Flash Norton
# 1961 - Born - Brad Armstrong
# 1971 - Born - Chuck Palumbo
# 1996 - Died - Dick Murdoch of a heart attack at 49

[Mad Dog]

# 1937 - Bronko Nagurski defeated Dean Detton for the World Heavyweight title
# 1993 - Money, Inc. defeated the Steiner Brothers for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1996 - Event - Great American Bash, Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
# 2001 - Nick Berk defeated Chino Martinez & Billy Reil to win the vacant Jersey All Pro Light-Heavyweight Title


# 1961 - Born - The Ultimate Warrior
# 1963 - Born - The Sandman
# 1971 - Died - Alberto Torres of internal injuries

[Mad Dog]

# 1985 - Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo defeated Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1993 - Event - Clash of the Champions XXIII
# 1996 - Flex Kavana & Bart Sawyer defeated Brickhouse Brown & Reggie B. Fine in a tournament final for the USWA Tag Team title
# 2000 - "Beautiful" Brian Fury & Bobby Casanova defeated "Surfer" Cody Hawk & "Taxi Driver" Mad Anthony McMurphy for the HWA Tag Team Title

[Mad Dog]

# 1983 - Jack & Jerry Brisco defeated Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Team title
# 1990 - The Snowman defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
# 1995 - Event - Great American Bash, Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
# 1995 - Sting defeated Meng in a tournament final for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
# 1995 - The Renegade defeated Arn Anderson for the WCW Television title


# 1946 - Born - Bruiser Brody
# 1974 - Born - Steve Boz