Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 31st.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 31, 2001) – OVW Christmas Chaos
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 31, 2001, the World Wrestling Federation’s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling held a televised live event in the Louisville Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky.
In addition to the regular OVW roster members (WWF developmental Wrestlers), this event featured several WWF main roster Superstars such as Kane, Mark Henry, Chris Benoit, The Big Show and The Hardy Boyz.
Here are the results from that night:
Brock Lesnar & Shelton Benjamin defeated Johnny Spade & Sly Skraper
Randy Orton defeated Robbie D
Rob Conway defeated Ron Waterman
Derrick King & Jason Lee & Rip Rogers defeated Buddy Landel & Chris Michaels & Sean Casey
Last Man Standing: Russ McCullough defeated Damaja
Flash Flanagan & Trailer Park Trash defeated Mr. Black & Rico Constantino
Big Show defeated Mark Henry
Jeff Hardy, Lita & Matt Hardy defeated Damien, Payne & Synn
OVW Heavyweight Title: Chris Benoit defeated Nick Dinsmore (C) by DQ
Kane defeated Leviathan (Batista)
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 31, 1992) – WWF MSG House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 31, 1992, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
This event featured matches on the road to the ‘WWF WrestleMania VIII’ PPV.
Here are the results from that night:
Rick Martel defeated The Texas Tornado
Shawn Michaels defeated Jimmy Snuka
Sid Justice defeated The Mountie
The Warlord defeated Hercules
Jim Duggan & Sgt. Slaughter defeated The Nasty Boys by count-out
Chris Walker defeated Kato
The Undertaker defeated Bret Hart
Repo Man defeated Virgil
Grudge Match: Randy Savage defeated Jake Roberts
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 31, 1988) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 31, 1988, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Kellogg Center Arena in Battle Creek, Michigan.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF WrestleMania IV’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
WWF Women’s Champion Sensational Sherri pinned Velvet McIntyre
Dino Bravo pinned Koko B. Ware
Danny Davis pinned Sam Houston
Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov defeated Paul Roma & Jim Powers
Brutus Beefcake defeated Greg Valentine by DQ
Ricky Steamboat wrestled Rick Rude to a double count-out
Randy Savage, WWF Tag Team Champions Rick Martel & Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion The Honkytonk Man, Bret Hart & Danny Davis (sub. for Jim Neidhart)
The advertised George Steele vs. Sika match was cancelled
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 31, 1985) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 31, 1985, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
This live event included matches featuring the 1985 WWF Superstars.
The results can be found below:
David Sammartino defeated Steve Lombardi (sub. for Terry Gibbs)
Pete Doherty defeated Mr. X
Brutus Beefcake defeated Salvatore Bellomo
Swede Hanson defeated David Schultz
Don Muraco defeated SD Jones
Tito Santana defeated WWF IC Champion Greg Valentine by DQ
Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas (sub. for The Tonga Kid) defeated Roddy Piper & Bob Orton Jr.
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