Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on January 3rd.
• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 3, 1987) – WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 9
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 3, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation aired ‘WWF Saturday Night’s Main Event 9’ on NBC.
The entire event was originally taped on December 14, 1986 in the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Here are the results:
Steel Cage – WWF World Heavyeight Championship: Hulk Hogan (c) defeated Paul Orndorff
WWF Intercontinental Championship: Randy Savage (c) defeated George Steele
Junkyard Dog defeated Harley Race by DQ
Adrian Adonis defeated Roddy Piper by countout
Blackjack Mulligan defeated Jimmy Jack Funk
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 3, 1991) – WWF House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 3, 1991, the World Wrestling Federation held an untelevised house show at the Convention Center in Tucson, Arizona.
This live event included matches on the road to the ‘WWF Royal Rumble 1991’ PPV.
The results can be found below:
The Barbarian defeated Jim Brunzell
The Big Bossman defeated Bobby Heenan
Sgt. Slaughter defeated Jim Duggan
Demolition defeated The Bushwhackers
Saba Simba defeated Buddy Rose
Roddy Piper defeated WWF IC Champion Mr. Perfect by count-out
WWF World Champion The Ultimate Warrior defeated Randy Savage
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• ON THIS DAY IN WWF HISTORY (January 3, 1987) – WWF Boston House Show
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 3, 1987, the World Wrestling Federation held a televised house show at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
The live event was televised on the local NESN channel with Gorilla Monsoon & Lord Alfred Hayes doing commentary.
The results can be found here:
– Dan Spivey defeated Jimmy Jack Funk
– Don Muraco defeated Lanny Poffo
– Greg Valentine defeated Dick Slater
– Tama defeated Scott McGhee
– Randy Savage defeated Bruno Sammartino by countout
– Sika defeated Cpl. Kirchner
– Mike Rotundo defeated Pete Doherty
– Blackjack Mulligan defeated Brutus Beefcake
– Hillbilly Jim defeated Jim Neidhart by DQ
– Blackjack Mulligan won a Bunkhouse Stampede Battle Royal
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• Legendary Old School WWF Commentator Celebrates His Birthday
Legendary Old School WWF Commentator ‘Good Ol’ J.R.’ Jim Ross (Real name: James William Ross) celebrates his birthday today.
Ross started to make a name for himself as an announcer and on commentary in Bill Watts’ UWF Mid-South Wrestling Territory and came to Jim Crockett Promotions when they bought the promotion in 1987.
In 1993 Vince signed J.R. to a World Wrestling Federation contract and Ross made his TV debut at the ‘WWF WrestleMania 9’ PPV.
Him and Jerry “The King” Lawler are considered the voices of the legendary Attitude Era, which is why they got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY J.R.!
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• Old School Wrestling Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School Wrestling Veteran Vic Grimes celebrates his birthday today.
The World Wrestling Federation hired Vic Grimes in 1999 and after some time in their ‘Memphis Power Pro Wrestling’ developmental promotion, he had his Monday Night RAW debut as “Key”, a drug dealer and friend of Prince Albert & Droz.
The character didn’t last very long and Grimes left the WWF to join Paul Heyman’s Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he replaced P.N. News as a member of Da Baldies.
Later on he also worked for Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) and MTV’s short-lived project Wrestling Society X.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIC GRIMES!
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• Old School ECW Legend Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Legendary Hardcore Wrestler & real life Bounty Hunter ‘The Original Gangsta’ New Jack (Real name: Jerome Young).
New Jack originally made a name for himself in Jim Cornette’s SMW Smoky Mountain Wrestling territory, where he formed ‘The Gangstas’ with his Tag Team partner Mustafa Saed, but soon jumped ship to Paul Heyman’s ECW Extreme Championship Wrestling, where he became a house hold name in Hardcore Wrestling and somewhat of an innovator when it comes to jumping of balconies during pro wrestling matches.
After ECW closed its doors in January 2001, New Jack continued to wrestle on the indies (with a few short stints in TNA in between) until he officially retired a few years ago. He has since came out of retirement quite a few times, to reunite The Gangstas with his old partner Mustafa.
Jerome Young passed away from a heart attack in 2021.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
January 3, 1963 – May 14, 2021
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• Old School Midget Wrestler Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School Midget Wrestling Veteran Lord Littlebrook (Real name: Eric Tovey).
During his career, he worked for pretty much all big promotions in the United States, including the AWA, World Championship Wrestling & the World Wrestling Federation.
His most famous appearance was when he teamed with King Kong Bundy & Little Tokyo at WWF WrestleMania III to take on Hillbilly Jim, Little Beaver & The Haiti Kid.
The last time we saw Lord Littlebrook on TV was when he managed The Royal Family (Jack Victory & Rip Morgan) in WCW during the late 80s.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
January 3, 1929 – September 9, 2016
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