Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 14th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 14, 2001) – WCW Sin
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 14, 2001, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Sin’ LIVE on PPV from the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
This PPV is famous for Sid Vicious breaking his leg during the main event … an injury that eventually kind of ended his career. Sid returned to pro wrestling years later, but mostly wrestled for the minor leagues then.
Here are the results:
– WCW Cruiserweight Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. (c) defeated Shane Helms
– Reno defeated Big Vito
– The Jung Dragons defeated Evan Karagias & Jamie Knoble
– Ernest Miller defeated Mike Sanders
– Penalty Box match – Guest referee Jim Duggan: Team Canada defeated The Filthy Animals
– WCW Hardcore Championship: Meng defeated Crowbar and Terry Funk (c)
– WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Natural Born Thrillers defeated The Insiders (c)
– First Blood Chain match – WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Shane Douglas defeated Gen. Rection (c)
– NO DQ: Totally Buffed defeated Goldberg & DeWayne Bruce
– 4 way – WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Scott Steiner (c) defeated Jeff Jarrett, Sid Vicious and Road Warrior Animal
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 14, 1985) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 14, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
Don Muraco defeated SD Jones
Ivan Putski defeated Mr. Fuji
WWF Women’s Champion Wendi Richter defeated Judy Martin
WWF Tag Team Champions Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch defeated Jack & Jerry Brisco
Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine by count-out
WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik
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• Old School WWF Legend Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF Legend ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan (Real name: James Edward Duggan Jr.) celebrates his birthday today.
Duggan wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 to 1993, then went to Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1994 and worked for the promotion until he left in early 2001, before returning to the now renamed WWE in 2005, where he was under contract till early 2009, but mostly wrestled on Sunday Night HEAT or at House Shows during this last major run.
During his career he won the first ever Royal Rumble match in 1988 and later won both the WCW United States Championship and the WCW World Television Championship.
In 2011 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his long-time friend “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM DUGGAN!
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• Old School WCW Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW Veteran Ernest ‘The Cat’ Miller celebrates his birthday today.
The former karate / kickboxing World Champion joined Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1997 during the famous Monday Night Wars and wrestled for the promotion till it was bought by the World Wrestling Federation in 2001.
Ernest didn’t join the WWF right away as he still had an AOL Time Warner contract, so decided to stay at home, till he joined the now renamed WWE in late 2002.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAT!
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• On This Day In Wrestling History (January 14, 2014) – Old School Wrestling Legend Passes Away
On this day in 2014, we lost Old School Wrestling Legend Mae Young (Real name: Johnnie Mae Young) at the age of 90 due to natural causes.
Mae Young had matches between 1939 and 2010, which means she wrestled in 9 different decades, being active in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s.
In 2008 she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Pat Patterson.
REST IN PEACE MAY YOUNG!
March 12, 1923 – January 14, 2014
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