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On This Day In Wrestling History: June 9th

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Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on June 9th.

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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO-WRESTLING HISTORY (June 9, 1991) – UWF Beach Brawl

On this day in 1991, Herb Abrams´ Universal Wrestling Federation aired ‘UWF Beach Brawl’ LIVE on PPV from the Manatee Civic Center in Palmetto, Florida.

This was the first and only pay-per-view the Universal Wrestling Federation ever produced, as it was considered a failure with only 550 fans in the 4,000 seat arena and also the PPV only drew a low 0.10 buyrate.

The results were:

The Blackhearts defeated Fire Cat and Jim Cooper

Street Fight: Terry Gordy wrestled Johnny Ace to a double-countout

Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell) defeated The Power Twins

Inaugural UWF Women’s World Championship: Rockin’ Robin defeated Candi Devine

Strap match: Paul Orndorff defeated Colonel DeBeers

Bob Backlund defeated Ivan Koloff

Wet’N’Wild defeated Cactus Jack & Bob Orton, Jr.

Tournament final for the inaugural UWF SportsChannel Television Championship: “Dr. Death” Steve Williams defeated Bam Bam Bigelow

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 9, 1999) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history on June 9, 1999, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Portland Civic Center in Portland, Maine.

This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF King of the Ring 1999’ PPV.

The results can be found below:

Kurt Angle pinned Tiger Ali Singh

Brian Christopher & Scott Taylor defeated D-Lo Brown & Mark Henry

Gangrel & Christian defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy

WWF Hardcore Champion Al Snow defeated Hardcore Holly and Steve Blackman

Val Venis & Tori defeated Meat & Jackie

WWF IC Champion Jeff Jarrett defeated The Godfather

WWF Tag Team Champions The Acolytes defeated Ken Shamrock & Test

Kane defeated Mideon

Slam Match: The Big Show defeated Viscera

Nightstick On A Pole: The Rock defeated The Big Bossman

 

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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 9, 1987) – WWF House Show

On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.

This live event included matches featuring the 1987 WWF Superstars.

The results can be found below:

Sivi Afi defeated Frenchy Martin

Scott Casey defeated Jose Estrada

Brutus Beefcake defeated Johnny V

Hercules defeated Ken Patera

Paul Orndorff (sub. for King Harley Race) defeated Ricky Steamboat by count-out

WWF Women’s Champion the Fabulous Moolah defeated Debbie Combs

Rick Rude defeated Dusty Wolfe

Demolition defeated Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell

 

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