Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on February 22nd.
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• ON THIS DAY IN PRO WRESTLING HISTORY (FEBRUARY 23, 1997) – WCW SUPERBRAWL VII
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 23, 1997, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW SuperBrawl VII’ LIVE on PPV from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.
This pay-per-view featured the Heel Turn of “The Macho Man” Randy Savage who joined the nWo New World Order in the process.
Here are the results from that night:
WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Syxx defeated Dean Malenko (c)
Konnan, La Parka & Villano IV defeated Juventud Guerrera, Super Caló & Ciclope
WCW World Television Championship: Prince Iaukea (c) defeated Rey Mysterio, Jr.
Diamond Dallas Page defeated Buff Bagwell via DQ
WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Chris Jericho
The Public Enemy defeated Harlem Heat and The Faces of Fear
Jeff Jarrett defeated Steve McMichael
San Francisco Death match: Chris Benoit defeated The Taskmaster
WCW World Tag Team Championship: Lex Luger & The Giant defeated The Outsiders (c)
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Hollywood Hogan (c) defeated Roddy Piper
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (February 23, 1992) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 23, 1992, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This live event featured matches on the road to the ‘WrestleMania VIII’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
The Berzerker defeated Jim Brunzell
Brian Knobbs & Jerry Sags defeated Bushwhacker Butch & Bushwhacker Luke
The Warlord defeated Chris Walker
Sid Justice defeated Hercules
WWF Intercontinental Title: Roddy Piper (C) defeated Repo Man
The Undertaker defeated The British Bulldog
Rick Martel defeated Big Boss Man
Sid Justice won a Battle Royal
2/23/92:
One of Hercules’ last notable WWF matches, as he gets squashed by Sid and does a very casual powerbomb sell, getting up after the match and calmly leaving. pic.twitter.com/sOfHdU2JSH
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) February 23, 2023
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (February 23, 1990) – WWF The Main Event 3
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on February 23, 1990, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WWF The Main Event 3’ LIVE on NBC.
Buster Douglas replaced the originally scheduled guest referee Mike Tyson in the WWF World Title match, after Douglas k.o.’d Tyson in a boxing fight 12 days earlier.
The results of the show were:
WWF World Heavyweight Championship: Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Randy Savage
WWF Intercontinental Championship: The Ultimate Warrior (c) defeated Dino Bravo
2/23/90: after losing to Hogan, Randy Savage has words with new heavyweight boxing champion Buster Douglas…and pays for it pic.twitter.com/4dHvIDnb0u
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) February 24, 2023
2/23/90: Earthquake interferes in the Warrior/Bravo match, so Hulk Hogan comes out to even the score pic.twitter.com/NbON4GVFa3
— OVP – Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) February 23, 2023
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