• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (June 7, 1997) – ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on June 7, 1997, Extreme Championship Wrestling held ‘ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997’ at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This was the 2nd out of 4 “Wrestlepalooza” events held by ECW between 1995 and 2000, but only one of them (1998) actually made it to pay-per-view.
The results from that night:
ECW World Television Championship: Shane Douglas (c) defeated Chris Chetti
The Pitbulls defeated The F.B.I.
#1 contenders: The Dudley Boyz defeated The Sandman & Balls Mahoney
ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Terry Funk (c) defeated Chris Candido
Loser Leaves Town: Tommy Dreamer defeated Raven
Sabu defeated Taz
ECW World Television Championship: Taz defeated Shane Douglas (c)
ECW World Tag Team Championship: The Eliminators (c) defeated The Dudley Boyz
• Old School WWF Jobber Of The Day: Darrell Peterson
• Complete Results From NXT TakeOver: In Your House – New Record & New Champion Crowned
Below are the complete results from tonight’s NXT TakeOver: In Your House:
– Mia Yim, Tegan Nox, & Shotzi Blackheart def. Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, & Raquel Gonzalez
– Finn Balor def. Damian Priest (Balor has set the record for the most wins at NXT TakeOver events: 11)
– NXT North American Championship Match: Keith Lee (c) def. Johnny Gargano to retain the Title
– Backlot Brawl For The NXT Championship: Adam Cole (c) def. Velveteen Dream to retain the Title (Dream can no longer challenge for the NXT Title again as long as Cole is Champion)
– Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) def. Tommaso Ciampa
– NXT Women’s Championship Match: Io Shirai def. Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair (c) to win the Title
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