Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on April 22nd.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 22, 2000) – ECW CyberSlam 2000
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 17, 1996, ECW promoted ‘ECW CyberSlam 2000’ at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This is the event where Tommy Dreamer finally won the ECW world Heavyweight Championship.
He defeated WWF Superstar Taz(z) for the belt, but lost it the very same night to Justin Credible.
Clips of his title win celebration were shown on ECW TV and the match was put on one of the “ECW Unreleased” DVD & Blu-Ray sets, but the full event was never released.
Here are the full results from that night:
Masato Tanaka defeated 2 Cold Scorpio
Lance Storm & Dawn Marie defeated Nova & Jazz
Three-Way Dance: Little Guido defeated Super Crazy and Kid Kash
The New Dangerous Alliance defeated Danny Doring & Roadkill
Balls Mahoney & New Jack defeated Da Baldies
Steve Corino defeated Dusty Rhodes
Television Championship: Rhino defeated Yoshihiro Tajiri (c)
ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Tommy Dreamer defeated Taz (c)
ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Justin Credible defeated Tommy Dreamer (c)
Tommy Dreamer vs. Justin Credible – ECW World Championship Match: Cyberslam 2000 https://t.co/nyqU5FnP6k via @wwe
— Old School Wrestling Fans (@80s90sWWFFans) March 1, 2024
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 22, 1991) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history in 1991, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event aired on the MSG Network and featured Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan & Jim Neidhart on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Ricky Steamboat defeated Haku
Paul Roma & Hercules defeated The Bushwhackers
The Big Bossman defeated The Mountie
Sgt. Slaughter defeated WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan by DQ
IRS defeated Jimmy Snuka (Mike Rotunda’s MSG return after more than a 4-year absence)
Kerry Von Erich wrestled the Warlord to a double count-out at (U.S. Rampage 91 VHS)
Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty & Virgil defeated The Orient Express & Mr. Fuji (Prime Time Wrestling – 5/14/91)
Ted DiBiase defeated Roddy Piper by referee’s decision
4/22/91:
IRS. Brown tights.
You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/tLhCFX0oNo
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 22, 2023
4/22/91:
Gorilla Monsoon, Jim Neidhart, and Bobby Heenan welcome us to another evening of WWF action on MSG. pic.twitter.com/btKkhST5O8
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) April 22, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (April 22, 1989) – WWF Boston Garden House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on April 22, 1989, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
This event aired on NESN and featured Tony Schiavone & Lord Alfred Hayes on commentary.
The results can be found below:
Greg Valentine defeated the Blue Blazer
The Barbarian defeated Jim Neidhart
The Honkytonk Man defeated Hillbilly Jim
Tito Santana wrestled Rick Martel to a no contest
WWF Tag Team Champions Demolition defeated the Big Bossman & Akeem by DQ
The Genius defeated Jim Powers
Brutus Beefcake defeated Bad News Brown
Rick Martel defeated Tito Santana
The Honkytonk Man defeated Hillbilly Jim
The Ultimate Warrior defeated WWF IC Champion Rick Rude by count-out
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• Old School WWF Jobber Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF enhancement talent Omar Atlas (Real name: Omar Mijares) celebrates his birthday today.
He wrestled for several territories during the 60s, 70s & early 80s before joining the World Wrestling Federation in 1987, where he would work as a preliminary wrestler until 1990.
He did televised jobs for several WWF Superstars, such as “The British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith, “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase, Haku, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, THe Barbarian, Bad News Brown, Dino Bravo, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, … and many, many more.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OMAR ATLAS!
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