Today In Wrestling History: August

[Mad Dog]

# 1990 - Riki Choshu defeated Big Van Vader for the IWGP Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Lenny Lane defeated Rey Misterio, Jr for the WCW Cruiserweight title
# 2000 - The last edition of WCW Saturday Morning aired on TBS
# 2001 - Event - Summerslam, Compaq Center, San Jose, CA
# 2001 - Edge defeated Lance Storm for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 2001 - Kane & The Undertaker defeated Chris Kanyon & Diamond Dallas Page for the WWF Tag Team title
# 2001 - Rob Van Dam defeated Jeff Hardy for the WWF Hardcore Title
# 2001 - X=Pac defeated Tajiri for the WWF Light Heavyweight title
# 2001 - The Rock defeated Booker T for the WCW Heavyweight title
# 2001 - Trent Acid defeated Jun Kasai for the Combat Zone World Light-Heavyweight Title
# 2001 - Trent Acid & Johnny Kashmere defeated Men's Teioh & Jun Kasai for the Combat Zone Wrestling Tag Team Titles
# 2002 - Chris Candido defeated The Amazing Red for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title


# 1959 - Born - Tim Horner
# 1973 - Born - Lilian Garcia
# 1975 - Died - Jim Londos of a heart attack at 78
# 1976 - Born - Kano
# 1997 - Died - Jeep Swenson of a heart attack at 40
# 1999 - Died - Ann Laverne at 76
# 2000 - Died - Tony Paresi AKA Antonio Pugliese at 58

[Mad Dog]

# 1963 - Crusher & Dick the Bruiser defeated Ivan & Karol Kalmikoff for the AWA Tag Team title
# 1996 - Lord Steven Regal defeated defeated Lex Luger for the WCW Television title
# 1996 - Bill & Jamie Dundee defeated the Moondogs for the USWA Tag Team title
# 2002 - Balls Mahoney defeated Bam Bam Bigelow for the USA Pro-Wrestling Heavyweight Title

[Mad Dog]

# 1962 - Verne Gagne defeated Mr. M (Dr. Bill Miller) for the AWA Heavyweight title
# 1965 - The Crusher defeated Mad Dog Vachon for the AWA Heavyweight title
# 1979 - Dusty Rhodes defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
# 1995 - USWA Tag Team title held up
# 1997 - Event - Clash of the Champions XXXV
# 1997 - Steve McMichael defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
# 1997 - Alex Wright defeated Ultimo Dragon for the WCW Television title
# 2002 - Jerry Lunn defeated Low-Ki for the NWA-TNA X title


1970 - Born - Nathan Jones

[Mad Dog]

# 1982 - Wahoo NcDaniel defeated Sgt. Slaughter for the NWA U.S. Heavyweight title
# 1997 - Terik the Great defeated Shark Boy in a tournament final for the HWA Cruiserweight Title
# 1997 - "The Expert" Brian Taylor & Bounty Hunter defeated Bobo Brazil, Jr & "Flying" Andy Chene in a tournament final for the HWA Tag Team Title
# 1999 - Event - Summerslam '99, Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
# 1999 - Mankind defeated Steve Austin for the WWF Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Jeff Jarrett defeated D-Lo Brown for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1999 - Undertaker & the Big Show defeated Kane & X-Pac for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1999 - Jeff Jarrett defeated D-Lo Brown for the WWF European Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Al Snow defeated Big Bossman for the WWF Hardcore title
# 2000 - Lita defeated Stephanie MaMahon-Helmsley for the WWF Women's title
# 2000 - Shane McMahon defeated Steve Blackman for the WWF Hardcore title


# 1958 - Born - Stevie Ray of Harlem Heat
# 1966 - Born - Kid Collins
# 2000 - Died - Professor Toru Tanaka of a heart attack at 70

[Mad Dog]

# 1929 - Dick Shikat defeated Jim Londos for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title & the NY World Heavyweight title
# 1982 - Bruiser Brody defeated Brian Blair for the Florida State Heavyweight title
# 1993 - Jeff Jarrett defeated Vampire Warrior for the USWA Southern Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Triple-H defeated Mankind for the WWF Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Mark Henry defeated Jeff Jarrett for the WWF European Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Barry & Kendall Windham defeated Harlem Heat for the WCW Tag Team title


1996 - Died - Neil Superior after an altercation with police at 33

[nelson]

who is anne lavern?just curios.
neil

[Frank Coutinho]

Not to step on any toes but I'll field the question. Ann Laverne wrestled in the 40's. She was a pretty good size at 5' 7" and 148 LBS. She was noted for having a califlower ear. She was born in Canton, Ohio.

Her daughter was Fifi (Maria Laverne) who was very popular in the 70's especially in the Texas area.

[nelson]

frank,
thanks for the info.can you make a card for me?she would have a spot in my low fed.if not thats ok.
neil

[Mad Dog]

# 1960 - Al Costello & Roy Heffernan defeated Red & Lou Bastien for the WWWF Tag Team title
# 1982 - Bruiser Broady was stripped of the Florida State Heavyweight title
# 1985 - Brutis Beefcake & Greg Valentine defeated Barry Windham & Mike Rotundo for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1994 - Event - Clash of the Champions XXVIII
# 1994 - Ricky Steamboat defeated Steve Austin for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
# 1999 - Big Bossman defeated Al Snow for the WWF Hardcore title
# 2001 - The Hit Squad defeated Mikey Whipwreck & JT Jobber for the Jersey All Pro Tag Team Titles
# 2001 - Dixie won a 25 Man Royal Rumble Match to win the vacated New Jersey State Title


# 1945 - Born - Vince McMahon, Jr.
# 1968 - Born - Sho Funaki
# 1975 - Born - Justin Richards
# 1978 - Born - Deno Blade
# 1987 - Died - Malcom "King Kong" Kirk from wrestling injuries

[Mad Dog]

# 1979 - WWF World Champion Bob Backlund battled AWA World Champion Nick Bockwinkle to a double countout in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
# 1984 - The Road Warriors defeated Crusher & Baron Von Raschke for the AWA Tag Team title
# 1991 - Sting defeated Steve Austin in a tournament final for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
# 1995 - 2 Cold Scorpio defeated Eddy Guerrero for the ECW Television title
# 1998 - Don Montoya defeated 911 for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
# 1998 - The Nation of Immigration defeated The Haas Brothers for the Jersey All Pro Tag Team Titles
# 1999 - Todd Morton defeated "Rapid Delivery" Rory Fox in a tournament final for the vacant HWA Cruiserweight Title
# 1999 - Alexis Machine & "Beautiful" Brian Fury defeated Chip Fairway & "Surfer" Cody Hawk for the HWA Tag Team Title
# 2000 - Yoshahiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck won an elimination tournament for the vacant ECW Tag title
# 2001 - WWF Excess debuts at 10 PM on TNN
# 2001 - The Messiah stripped of the XPW Heavyweight title
# 2001 - Johnny Webb defeated Sabu and Lazie for the XPW Heavyweight title
# 2002 - Event - SummerSlam, Nassau Coleseum, Uniondale, NY
# 2002 - Brock Lesnar defeated The Rock for the WWE Unified Heavyweight title


# 1942 - Born - The Russian Bear,Ivan Kolloff
# 1950 - Died - Earl Craddock at 62
# 1972 - Born - David Young
# 1991 - Died - Vivian Vachon in a motor vehicle accident at 40
# 2000 - Died - Chris Duffy during a seizure at 36

[Mad Dog]

# 1975 - Blackjack Lanza & Blackjack Mulligan defeated Irish Pat Barrett & Dominic DeNucci for the WWWF Tag Team title
# 1979 - Harley Race defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA Heavyweight Wrestling title
# 1991 - Event - SummerSlam, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
# 1991 - Bret Hart defeated Curt Hennig for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1991 - Legion of Doom defeated the Nasty Boys for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1991 - Dragon Master defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
# 1999 - The Dudleys defeated spike dudley & Balls Mahoney for the ECW Tag Team title
# 1999 - Tommy Dreamer & Raven defeated the Dudleys for the ECW Tag Team title
# 2000 - Tony Marmaluke & Little Guido defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck for the ECW Tag title
# 2000 - Kid Kash defeated Rhino for the ECW Television title
# 2001 - Xavier defeated Balls Mahoney for the USA Pro-Wrestling Heavyweight Title
# 2002 - Stephanie McMahon announces that WWE Unified Champion Brock Lesner is now exclusive to Smackdown


1972 - Born - Gator McAlister

[Mad Dog]

# 1990 - Event - SummerSlam, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
# 1990 - Kerry Von Erich defeated Curt Hennig for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1990 - The Hart Foundation defeated Demolition for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1990 - The Snowman is stripped of the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
# 1994 - Eastern Championship Wrestling was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling
# 1994 - Cactus Jack & Mikey Whipwreck defeated Public Enemy for the ECW Tag Team title
# 1995 - Event - SummerSlam, Civic Arena, Philadelphia, PA
# 1995 - Bertha Faye defeated Alundra Blaze for the WWF Women's title
# 1999 - ECW debuts on TNN
# 2000 - Event - Summerslam, Entertainment and Sports Complex, Raleigh, NC
# 2000 - Chyna defeated Val Venis by pinning Trish Stratus in a tag match for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 2000 - Steve Blackman defeated Shane McMahon for the WWF Hardcore title
# 2001 - Hurricane Helmes defeated MAtt Hardy for the WWF European Heavyweight title


# 1948 - Born - Sgt. Slaughter
# 1960 - Born - Gary Jackson
# 1962 - Born - Scott Bishop
# 1974 - Born - The Brute Shooter

[Mad Dog]

# 1986 - Wahoo McDaniel defeated Tully Blanchard for the Georgia National Heavyweight title
# 1989 - Event - SummerSlam, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
# 1989 - The Ultimate Warrior defeated Rick Rude for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1994 - Shawn Michaels & Diesel defeated the Headshrinkers for the WWF Tag Team title
# 1995 - PG-13 defeated Terry Gordy & Tracey Smothers in a tournement final for the USWA Tag Team title
# 2000 - Kevin Nash defeated Booker T for the WCW Heavyweight title

[Mad Dog]

I'm having some net issues so these could pop up whenever for a few more days.


# 1982 - Otto Wanz defeated Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA Heavyweight title
# 1982 - Super Destroyer defeated Paul Orndorff for the Georgia National Heavyweight title
# 1988 - Event - SummerSlam, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
# 1988 - The Ultimate Warrior defeated the Honky Tonk Man for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1992 - Event - SummerSlam, Wembley Stadium, London, England
# 1992 - Davy Boy Smith defeated Bret Hart for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1994 - Event - SummerSlam, United Center, Chicago, IL
# 1994 - Razor Ramon defeated Diesel for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1994 - PG-13 defeated Dante & the Great Mephisto for the USWA Tag Team title
# 1999 - Chino Martinez defeated Homicide for the Jersey All Pro Heavyweight Title
# 1999 - Billy Reil defeated O' Dogg for the Jersey All Pro Light-Heavyweight Title
# 1999 - Magic defeated Zieg for the New Jersey State Title
# 2000 - Al Snow defeated Perry Saturn for the WWF European Heavyweight title
# 2003 - Mikey Whipwreck & Wayne defeated The Boogie Knights for the USA Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Titles
# 2003 - Wagner Brown defeated Kid Kruel for the USA Pro-Wrestling U.S. Heavyweight Title
# 2003 - Xavier defeated Reefer for the USA Pro-Wrestling X-Treme Title

[Mad Dog]

# 1969 - Mad Dog & Butcher Vachon defeated Crusher & Dick the Bruiser for the AWA Tag Team title
# 1993 - Event - SummerSlam, The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI
# 1993 - Dustin Rhodes defeated Rick Rude in a tournament final for the WCW U.S. Heavyweight title
# 1995 - Paul Orndorf defeated Vader in a locker room brawl and Vader left WCW
# 1995 - The Young Guns defeated The Death Riders for the SSW Tag Team title
# 1996 - Psycho Sid defeated Jerry Lawler for the USWA Unified Heavyweight title
# 1998 - Event - Summerslam, Madison Square Garden, New york, NY
# 1998 - Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeated Rocky Maivia for the WWF Intercontinental title
# 1998 - Billy gunn & the Road Dog defeated Mankind for the WWF Tag title
# 2002 - The SAT defeated Stormin Norman & Larry McKeeny for the USA Pro-Wrestling Tag Team Titles


# 1997 - Died - Dale Lewis of leukemia at 62
# 1976 - Born - Astin Ambrose
# 1976 - Born - Mortal Decay
# 1979 - Born - Punchy McGee

[Mad Dog]

# 1968 - Verne Gagne defeated Dr. X (Dick Beyers) for the AWA Heavyweight title
# 1997 - Kensuke Sasaki defeated Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight title
# 1997 - PG-13 defeated Steven Dunn & Flash Flanagan for the USWA Tag Team title


# 1947 - Born - Animal Hamaguchi
# 1974 - Born - Ty Dalton
# 1977 - Born - Jeff Hardy