Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 25th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 25, 1997) – nWo Souled Out 1997
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 25, 1997, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘nWo Souled Out’ LIVE on PPV from the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
This was the first ever Souled Out event and also the only one of them, that was presented as an nWo themed PPV.
Here are the results:
Masahiro Chono defeated Chris Jericho
Mexican Death match: Big Bubba Rogers defeated Hugh Morrus
Jeff Jarrett defeated Mr. Wallstreet
Buff Bagwell defeated Scotty Riggs
Scott Norton defeated Diamond Dallas Page by countout
WCW World Tag Team Championship: The Steiner Brothers defeated The Outsiders (c)
Ladder match for the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship: Eddie Guerrero (c) defeated Syxx
WCW World Heavyweight Championship: Hollywood Hogan (c) wrestled The Giant to a no contest
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 25, 1995) – WCW Clash of the Champions 30
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 25, 1995, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired ‘WCW Clash Of The Champions 30’ LIVE on TBS from the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Caesars Palace has also been the location of WWF WrestleMania IX, almost 2 years earlier, but while the World Wrestling Federation went for the open-air arena, WCW booked their Clash event to be held in the indoor arena.
The results from that night:
WCW World Television Championship: Arn Anderson (c) defeated Johnny B. Badd
Alex Wright defeated Bobby Eaton
WCW World Tag Team Championship: Harlem Heat (c) defeated Stars & Stripes
Guest referee The Guardian Angel: Sting defeated Avalanche
Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage defeated Kevin Sullivan & The Butcher
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 25, 1988) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 25, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show in the world’s most famous arena, the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
Here are the results from that night:
Scott Casey defeated Jose Estrada
Sam Houston defeated Danny Davis
Butch Reed defeated Junkyard Dog
Omar Atlas defeated Dusty Wolfe
One Man Gang defeated Don Muraco
Bam Bam Bigelow & Hulk Hogan defeated Ted DiBiase & Virgil
Jim Powers & Paul Roma defeated Barry Horowitz & Steve Lombardi
Jim Duggan defeated Harley Race
Ron Bass defeated Hillbilly Jim
Haku & Tama defeated Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid by DQ
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 25, 1985) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 25, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
George Wells defeated Rene Goulet
Jim Neidhart defeated Rick McGraw
Jesse Ventura defeated Ben Basarab (sub. for Chief Jay Strongbow)
Tony Atlas defeated The Spoiler by DQ
Bret Hart defeated Alexis Smirnoff
Andre The Giant & Blackjack Mulligan fought Big John Studd & Ken Patera to a double-DQ
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