• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (FEBRUARY 21, 1993) – WCW SUPERBRAWL III
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 21, 1993, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW SuperBrawl III’ LIVE on PPV from the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
This pay-per-view featured the return of “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair to WCW, after he left the World Wrestling Federation a few weeks earlier.
Here are the results:
The Hollywood Blonds defeated Erik Watts & Marcus Bagwell
2 Cold Scorpio defeated Chris Benoit
Davey Boy Smith defeated Bill Irwin
Falls Count Anywhere: Cactus Jack defeated Paul Orndorff
Non Title: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express defeated The Heavenly Bodies (c)
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Dustin Rhodes (c) defeated Maxx Payne by DQ
NWA World Heavyweight Championship: Barry Windham defeated The Great Muta (c)
White Castle of Fear – Non Title – Strap match: Big Van Vader (c) defeated Sting
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• Old School WWF Veteran Would Have Celebrated Her Birthday
Old School WWF Diva Bertha Faye (Real name: Rhonda Ann Sing) would have celebrated her birthday today.
Most Old School Fans remember Bertha becoming the WWF Women’s Champion in 1995, while she was managed by Harvey Wippleman.
She wrestled all over the planet, including Japan, Puerto Rico & Canada, as well as joining Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling for a while from 1999 to 2000, where she was known as Rhonda Singh.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
February 21, 1961 – July 27, 2001
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (February 21, 2017) – Former WWF Jobber Passed Away
On this day in 1989, we lost Old School WWF Enhancement Talent Johnny K-9 (Real name: Ion William Croitoru) at the age of 53 with the cause of death still being unknown.
While Johnny K-9 was doing jobs on WWF TV on a regular basis during the 80s, some of you might also remember him as Bruiser Bedlam from Jim Cornette’s SMW Smoky Mountain Wrestling.
In 2011 he was charged with first degree murder, but was released in 2016.
REST IN PEACE JOHNNY K-9!
December 7, 1963 – February 21, 2017
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